US12060711B2
An extruded profile defining a normal section surface, a horizontal loading direction along the normal section surface and a vertical loading direction along the normal section surface perpendicular to the horizontal loading direction The profile includes a core arranged in a central position at the intersection of the directions, a plurality of arms each including a radial segment radially connected to the core and a tangential segment perpendicularly connected to the radial segment The radial segments of the adjacent arms are perpendicular to each other and each oriented 45° to the horizontal load direction and/or the vertical load direction, and the tangential segments of the adjacent arms are configured to simultaneously support the same load along the horizontal load direction and/or the vertical load direction.
US12060708B2
An integral main tee connector arranged to couple with an identical connector stamped from metal strip material aligned strip-wise with material making a web of the main tee the connector when connected to another identical connector exhibiting at least five locking zones distributed over an expanse of each connector.
US12060703B2
Toilet like device, which saves water through the separation of solid and liquid depositions, in a hygienic, comfortable, simple, autonomous and aesthetic manner. It's composed by a main toilet body, which has an open space within itself, connected to the main toilet bowl, a space which is open in its front and superior sides. This space works as a water and urine recipient, the water and urine come from the urinal, which at the same time works as a drainage for urine and water. This space also works as a liquid recipient when the urinal is in vertical position, since it is very likely that, after a liquid deposition, the urinal needs to be raised towards a vertical position, for various different reasons. Any liquid remaining in the urinal falls into this space, without going into the rest toilet body, and much less onto the user.
US12060694B2
A blade control method includes: acquiring a design surface indicating a target shape of an excavation object to be excavated by a blade supported by a vehicle body of a work vehicle, the design surface including a first surface present in front of the work vehicle and a second surface disposed below the first surface and forming a level difference with a front end portion of the first surface; acquiring an observed pitch angle indicating an inclination angle of the vehicle body in a longitudinal direction; and calculating a specific part height indicating a height-direction distance between a specific part of the work vehicle and the second surface in a state in which at least a part of the vehicle body is positioned on the first surface and the blade is positioned above the second surface.
US12060685B2
A method of slip forming a concrete structure can include using a first slip form mold that travels along a path to form a portion of a concrete structure by delivering a first flow of concrete into the first mold through a first hopper. The first hopper can be configured to receive the first flow of concrete. The portion of the concrete structure can be modified using a second slip form mold different from the first mold by advancing the second mold along the concrete structure and, while advancing the second mold, delivering a second flow of concrete into the second mold through a second hopper that is configured to receive the second flow of concrete.
US12060683B2
A method and system for electroslag strip cladding (ESSC) of rail heads without preheating utilizing twin electroslag strip welding techniques. The twin ESSC techniques include depositing a layer of wear and corrosion resistance cladding material onto the entire running surface of the rail head at a relatively fast welding speed of approximately sixty cm/minute with less than one cm/meter of distortion. The welding speed is achieved by moving a twin ESSC welding head along a rail, with the running surface of the rail head facing upward, or advancing a rail through a space under the twin ESSC welding head, with the running surface of the rail head facing upward, while cladding material is deposited continuously onto the running surface of the rail head.
US12060671B2
Washing machine appliance ventilation systems and methods include rotating a wash basket of the washing machine appliance for an ON period, whereby a flow of ambient air is drawn through an aperture in the washing machine appliance from an ambient environment into the wash basket. The systems and methods also include comparing a humidity within the washing machine appliance to a reference humidity value. When a difference between the humidity within the washing machine appliance and the reference humidity value is greater than a threshold, the step of rotating the wash basket for the ON period is repeated. When the difference between the humidity within the washing machine appliance and the reference humidity value is less than or equal to the threshold, the ventilation cycle or method is terminated.
US12060666B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a nonwoven fabric. In particular, the present invention relates to the production of a nonwoven fabric having desirable tactile and haptic properties, as well as to the nonwoven fabric itself. The process requires the selection of specific materials and process conditions. The fabric is produced from a masterbatch of isotactic polypropylene homopolymer and a surface-treated calcium carbonate filler.
US12060659B2
A method of producing an oxidized fiber bundle includes heat-treating an acrylic fiber bundle aligned in a heat treatment chamber in which hot air is circulated while causing the acrylic fiber bundle to run on direction-changing rollers disposed on both ends of an outside of the heat treatment chamber, wherein first hot air is supplied in a direction substantially parallel to a running direction of the acrylic fiber bundle, and second hot air is supplied from above the acrylic fiber bundle at an angle of 20 to 160° with respect to a wind direction of the first hot air, so that the second hot air passes at least a part of a running acrylic fiber bundle in a longitudinal direction.
US12060656B2
A capillary type multi-jet nozzle is provided for fabricating high throughput nanofibers by an electrospinning technique. The capillary type multi-jet nozzle includes a cap system with one or more pores and a crew system with a screw groove system. The cap system and the crew system are connected through a cap and crew system. The pores in the cap system are customized in count based on a requirement. The angle between the pores is reduced to make multiple non-interfering and non-hindering jets in less time. A TEFLON® gasket is used for proper tightening and sealing of the cap system and screw system. The cap system includes knurling at an outer surface for grip. The capillary type multi-jet nozzle is made of a conducting material to with stand a high voltage and is fabricated using micro-machining process.
US12060655B2
Compositions, methods and uses of a recombinant virus and/or recombinant viral vector encoding a distinct antibody or antibody fragment generated from high-diversity nucleic acid library are presented. Preferably, the recombinant virus is genetically modified, low immunogenic virus, for example, an E2b-deleted adenovirus. The high-diversity nucleic acid library comprises or is derived from (1) a VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, (2) a plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and (3) a VL sub-library, each of which comprises a plurality of members. Preferably, each member of the sub-libraries comprises at least one random cassette that has a plurality of degenerate base positions. In an especially preferred embodiment, at least portions of at least two members of the VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, the plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and the VL sub-library are recombined to form an expression library member in an expression library, where each member of the expression library encodes a distinct antibody or antibody fragment.
US12060631B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet includes, as chemical composition, C, Si, Mn, and sol.Al. In the hot-rolled steel sheet, a sum of an average of pole densities in a crystal orientation group consisting of {211}<111> to {111}<112> and a pole density in a crystal orientation of {110}<001> is 0.5 to 6.0 in the surface region, and the tensile strength is 780 to 1370 MPa.
US12060629B2
A method of production of a cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet having the following steps: providing a cold rolled steel sheet with a composition with the following elements, expressed in percent by weight: 0.10%≤carbon≤0.6%; 4%≤manganese≤20%; 5%≤aluminum≤15%; 0≤silicon≤2% aluminium+silicon+nickel≥6.5%; and optionally at least one of certain optional elements; a remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing; heating the cold rolled steel sheet up to a soaking temperature between 750 and 950° C. during less than 600 seconds, then cooling the sheet down to room temperature; and reheating the steel sheet to a soaking temperature of 150° C. to 600° C. during 10 s to 1000 h, then further cooling the sheet.
US12060628B2
A sintered valve guide having a metallic structure that has a matrix composed of a martensite phase dispersed in a pearlite single phase structure or a mixed structure of ferrite and pearlite, and a pore dispersed within the matrix, wherein the martensite phase exists in a proportion such that an area ratio of the martensite phase in a structure cross-section is within a range from 1 to 10% of the matrix is provided. A method for producing a sintered valve guide is provided, the method includes preparing a mixed powder by adding a copper-phosphorous alloy powder, a nickel powder and a graphite powder to an iron powder, molding the mixed powder into a molded body having a density of 6.8 to 7.2 Mg/m3, and sintering the obtained molded body at a temperature of 950 to 1,200° C.
US12060626B2
Metal compositions and production processes are described. A process for the production of a metal composition includes a first distillation step separating off by evaporation primarily lead from a solder mixture of lead, tin, and antimony, thereby producing as a first concentrated lead stream. The process includes a second distillation step separating primarily lead and antimony from the metal composition, thereby producing a second concentrated lead stream and a second bottom product. The method also includes a third distillation step separating primarily lead and antimony from the second concentrated lead stream, thereby producing a third concentrated lead stream and a third bottom product.
US12060624B2
A method for producing a PGM collector alloy comprising the steps of: (1) providing (a) copper and/or silver, (b) material, which is to be processed melt-metallurgically, in the form of at least one sodium and/or potassium aluminosilicate support equipped with at least one PGM, and (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of iron oxides, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, sodium carbonate, and potassium carbonate, (2) joint melting of the materials provided in step (1) at a temperature in the range of 1250 to <1450° C. by maintaining a 100:40 to 100:20 weight ratio of the materials provided in sub-steps (1b) and (1c), and a 35:65 to 80:20 weight ratio of copper and/or silver: PGM by forming a melt comprising two phases of different density, (3) separating the upper phase of low density of molten slag from the lower phase of high density of molten PGM collector alloy by utilizing the density difference, (4) allowing the melting phases separated from one another to cool down and solidify, and (5) collecting the solidified PGM collector alloy.
US12060620B2
Provided herein is reagent mixture comprising multiplexed amplification reagents and flap assay reagents for detecting, in a single reaction, mutant copies of the KRAS gene that contain any of the 34A, 34C, 34T, 35A, 35C, 35T or 38A point mutations. Methods that employ the reagent mix and kits for performing the same are also provided.
US12060618B2
The invention provides, inter alia, methods of prognosing a subject with, or suspected of having, multiple myeloma. In certain embodiments, the methods entail testing the gene expression levels of enolase 1 (ENO1), fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5), thyroid hormone receptor interactor 13 (TRIP13), transgelin 2 (TAGLN2), and replication factor C (activator 1) 4 (RFC4) in a biological sample isolated from the subject. The invention also provides methods of treatment for multiple myeloma, as well as kits, oligonucleotides, and systems for performing the methods provided by the invention.
US12060616B2
Provided are a method for assisting in determining the hematological stage of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (child ALL), and an in-vitro diagnostic pharmaceutical product usable in the method. The method for assisting in determining the hematological stage of child ALL comprises the steps of (1) obtaining the mRNA level of Wilms' tumor-1 gene (WT1) in at least one of the biological samples of peripheral blood and bone marrow fluid from a test subject; (2) obtaining the GAPDH mRNA level in the biological sample; and (3) calculating an index value necessary for assisting in the determination based on the ratio of the WT1 mRNA level obtained in step (1) to the GAPDH mRNA level obtained in step (2).
US12060602B2
The present disclosure relates to multiplex assay methods used to detect target nucleic acids of interest from several to many sources in a sample without amplification of the target nucleic acids of interest. The methods involve partitioning of first ribonucleoprotein complexes to detect short sequences from several to many loci scattered throughout a single source genome, and the addition of signal boosting second ribonucleoprotein complexes and reporter moieties.
US12060601B2
A rapid one-pass liquid filtration system efficiently concentrates biological particles that are suspended in liquid from a dilute feed suspension. A sample concentrate or retentate suspension is retained while eliminating the separated fluid in a separate flow stream. Suspended biological particles include such materials as proteins/toxins, viruses, DNA, and/or bacteria in the size range of approximately 0.001 micron to 20 microns diameter. Concentration of these particles is advantageous for detection of target particles in a dilute suspension, because concentrating them into a small volume makes them easier to detect. Additional concentration stages may be added in “cascade” fashion, in order to concentrate particles below the size cut of each preceding stage remaining in the separated fluid in a concentrated sample suspension. This process can also be used to create a “band-pass” concentration for concentration of a particular target size particle within a narrow range.
US12060600B2
The present disclosure provides a simple and secure apparatus and a simple and secure method for selectively detecting a tomato pathogenic fungus. The tomato pathogenic fungus detecting apparatus according to the present disclosure is characterized by including an artificial cell wall, a test sample solution inlet provided above the artificial cell wall, and a culture solution storage part provided under the artificial cell wall, wherein a test sample solution contains a 50 mM to 70 mM buffer solution of a citrate salt in the test sample solution inlet, and the test sample solution has a pH of 5 to 5.5.
US12060591B2
Disclosed are mammalian tau proteases, as well as proteolytically-active fragments, variants, and mutants thereof. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant expression vectors that encode these polypeptides, as well as methods for producing such proteins in selected recombinant host cells, and for using the compositions in a variety of diagnostic and analytical assays.
US12060586B2
Described herein are compositions, vectors, cells, methods, and kits that provide cell data recorder systems for recording cell states. The cell data recorder systems allow for the recording of both the presence and duration of one or more stimuli in a programmable, reproducible, and multiplexable manner. These cell data recorder systems employ a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding protein, such as a Cas9 nuclease, or a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid programmable DNA binding domain and a nucleic acid editing domain to introduce recordable changes in the genome of a cell or in a plasmid within the cell.
US12060580B2
A method is provided for simultaneously producing both nephron progenitor cells and ureteric epithelial progenitor cells including the step of contacting intermediate mesoderm cells with: fibroblast growth factor 9 and/or fibroblast growth factor 20 and optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of: bone morphogenic protein 7; heparin; a Wnt agonist; retinoic acid; and an RA antagonist. The concentrations of Wnt agonist, retinoic acid and/or RA antagonist may be manipulated to favour the relative production of nephron progenitor cells and ureteric epithelial progenitor cells. The intermediate mesoderm cells are ultimately derived from human pluripotent stem cells via a posterior primitive streak stage. The nephron progenitor cells and ureteric epithelial progenitor cells may have end uses such as for kidney repair and regeneration, bioprinting of kidneys and screening compounds for nephrotoxicity.
US12060577B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for expanding and increasing the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells comprising co-culturing, as feeder cells, a population of myeloid leukemia cells engineered to express one or more of membrane-bound IL-21 (mb IL-21) or membrane-bound IL-15 (mbIL-15) in the presence of cytokine support. The present disclosure also relates to a population of acute myeloid leukemia cells engineered to express one or more of membrane-bound IL-21 (mbIL-21) or membrane-bound IL-15 (mbIL-15). The present disclosure also relates to methods of treating cancer employing the step of expanding natural killer cells using feeder cells engineered to express one or more of membrane-bound IL-21 (mbIL-21) or membrane-bound IL-15 (mbIL-15).
US12060570B2
The invention provides a solution to the problem of transfecting non-adherent cells. Devices and delivery compositions containing ethanol and an isotonic salt solution are used for delivery of compounds and compositions to non-adherent cells.
US12060569B2
The present invention relates to host cells comprising a nucleic acid encoding Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Rep proteins Rep78 and Rep68, wherein the internal AAV promoter p19 has been inactivated by one or more mutations that maintain the functionality of said Rep78 and Rep68 proteins. The present invention further relates to respective nucleic acids and vectors comprising the same, as well as respective methods for the production of AAV.
US12060568B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for transiently activating temperature-sensitive agents in one or more cells, for example by contacting one or more cells with a temperature-sensitive agent and transiently incubating the cells at a permissive temperature for inducing an activity of the temperature-sensitive agent in the cells. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to methods of contacting one or more cells in a subject with a temperature-sensitive agent and then lowering the subject's core body temperature to a permissive temperature for inducing an activity of the temperature-sensitive agent in the cells. The disclosure also relates to methods of contacting one or more cells in a subject with a temperature-sensitive agent, maintaining the subject's surface body temperature at a permissive temperature for inducing an activity of the temperature-sensitive agent in the cells. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with a temperature-sensitive therapeutic agent.
US12060561B2
The present invention relates to methods for the selection of a stable producer cell line expressing one or more protein(s) of interest (POIs), comprising the stable transfection of cells with a gene encoding a constitutively active variant of a growth factor receptor, respective methods for the expression of one or more POIs in such stable producer cell lines, and uses of a constitutively active variant of a growth factor receptor as selection marker in the cultivation of cells.
US12060557B2
The invention provides enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) that are expressed specifically in glioma stem cells and whose expression correlates with decreased survival of patients with glioblastomas. The eRNAs are selected, for example, from eTMEM88b, eRTP5, or eNINJ1. The invention also provides an RNA therapy that targets glioma stem cell eRNAs using synthetic oligonucleotides that knock out the eRNA expression. The invention further provides viral vectors that deliver shRNA that inhibit the expression of the eRNA.
US12060555B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a microRNA-33 (miR-33) inhibitor comprising a peptide nucleic acid covalently bound to a pH low insertion peptide. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of treating pulmonary fibrosis in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the miR-33 inhibitor. In some embodiments, the pulmonary fibrosis is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US12060553B2
The disclosure provides amino acid sequence variants of Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) proteases that cleave (VAMP1, VAMP2, VAMP7, VAMP8, SNAP25, SNAP23, PTEN, etc.) and methods of evolving the same. In some embodiments, proteases described by the disclosure are useful for cleaving proteins found in a cell, that is in an intracellular environment. In some embodiments, proteases described by the disclosure are useful for treating diseases associated with increased or aberrant VAMP7, VAMP8, SNAP23 or PTEN expression or activity, for example, cancer and neurological disorders. Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods for generating BoNT protease variants by continuous directed evolution.
US12060546B2
A cask agitator for accelerating the maturation of a cask product. The cask agitator comprises a vibration generator with a fixedly attached magnet for removable attachment to a cask. One or more vibration extenders can be operably connected to a cask agitator to distribute vibration across a greater area of the cask.
US12060544B2
The present invention relates to methods for preparing cereal-based beverages. The present invention provides, for example, methods for steeping and germination of cereal grain under continuous aeration. Particularly, the present invention provides methods for heating the germinated cereal grains prior to wet milling of germinated cereal grains and direct transfer of the germinated grain, without drying, to the brewery for further processing. Compared to current methods the methods of the present invention significantly reduce water consumption, energy consumption and transport need.
US12060534B1
Provided is a reaction intensification structure. The structure includes a pyrolysis gasification apparatus, a flow strengthening mechanism and a turbulence mechanism. The pyrolysis gasification apparatus is cylindrical, and is provided with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet at front and rear ends thereof respectively. The flow strengthening mechanism is provided on an outer wall of the pyrolysis gasification apparatus at a position near the front end, and it is communicated with such apparatus and at an angle of 20° to 50° relative to a radial direction of such apparatus. The turbulence mechanism includes multiple turbulence bodies distributed in an array on an inner wall of the pyrolysis gasification apparatus and protrude towards a center of such apparatus. The turbulence bodies are divided into multiple groups distributed along an axial direction of such apparatus. Each group of turbulence bodies are distributed along a circumferential direction of such apparatus.
US12060530B2
Systems and methods for controlling desalting and dehydration of crude oil, one method including monitoring total dissolved solids (TDS) content at an outlet stream from a crude oil separation unit, the outlet stream comprising water; monitoring basic sediment and water (BS&W) content at an outlet stream from the crude oil separation unit, the outlet stream comprising processed crude oil; determining pounds per thousand barrels (PTB) salt content and volumetric water content of a dried, desalted crude oil product stream using the TDS content and BS&W content; and controlling a process input to the method from a comparison between the PTB salt content and volumetric water content of the dried, desalted crude oil product stream versus a maximum set value for PTB salt content and volumetric water content of the dried, desalted crude oil product stream.
US12060529B2
A marine fuel blend comprising renewable hydrotreated fuel is disclosed. The present marine fuel blend is environmentally friendly and has good pour point and storage stability.
US12060527B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for co-processing a hydrocarbon feed in an FCC system with a second feed of a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil and a third feed of a plastic-derived pyrolysis oil and/or lubricant. A method of co-processing fluid catalytic cracking feeds, includes: introducing a hydrocarbon feed to a fluid catalytic cracking reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feed comprises hydrocarbons; introducing a biomass feed to the fluid catalytic cracking reactor wherein the biomass feed comprises a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; introducing a waste feed to the fluid catalytic cracking reactor, wherein the waste feed comprises a plastic, a plastic-derived pyrolysis oil, a lubricant, or a combination thereof; and reacting at least the hydrocarbon feed, the biomass feed, and the waste feed in the presence of one or more fluid catalytic cracking catalysts in the fluid catalytic cracking reactor to produce cracked products.
US12060521B2
The present invention provides an oil recovery agent which has a property of improving fluidity by reducing viscosity of oil (viscosity reduction properties) and a property of rapidly separating after being dispersed in oil (immediate separability), and which enables to recover oil rapidly. The oil recovery agent of the present invention contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin having a water contact angle of 70° or less when formed into a film.
US12060518B2
Methods of treating a subterranean formation including shale include preparing a treatment fluid by mixing an aqueous base fluid and a dry polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) in flake or powder form having a molecular weight between about 500,000 and about 2,000,000 and introducing the treatment fluid in the subterranean formation.
US12060517B2
Thermal conductive silicone composition, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same
A thermal conductive silicone composition contains, in specific amounts, each of (A) an organopolysiloxane containing two or more alkenyl groups bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in one molecule, (C) a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, (D) a silver powder with a tapped density of 3.0 g/cm3 or higher, a specific surface area of 2.0 m2/g or less, and an aspect ratio of 1 to 30, and (E) a natural graphite powder or a synthetic graphite powder with an average particle size of 3 μm to 50 μm. This provides: a thermal conductive silicone composition that gives a cured material having a favorable heat-dissipating property; a semiconductor device using the cured material of the composition; and a method for manufacturing the same.
US12060504B2
1) Hot melt adhesive composition comprising: —from 30% to 55% of a composition (A) consisting of 2 copolymers of propylene and ethylene (A1) and (A2), with Mw of less than 100,000 Da, wherein: —(A1) is an essentially amorphous copolymer, with a DSC melt enthalpy of 10 less than 30 J/g; —(A2) is a semicrystalline copolymer with a DSC melt enthalpy of more than 30 J/g; and —the ratio:weight of (A2)/weight of (A1) is from 0.2 to 1.5; —from 20% to 50% of a tackifying resin (B); and 1 —from 2% to 25% of a plasticizer (C) consisting of a liquid polybutene oligomer. 2) Process of manufacturing an assembly product, preferably a disposable nonwoven absorbent article, implementing said hot melt adhesive composition.
US12060502B2
Phase separated articles that include a matrix phase including an acrylate copolymer; and a silicone elastomer phase stably dispersed in the matrix phase are described. The matrix phase may be derived from precursors comprising from 60 to 95 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms. Methods of forming phase separated articles, and articles including phase separated articles are also described.
US12060501B2
An adhesive film and an optical display, the adhesive film being prepared from an adhesive composition that includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer, wherein the adhesive film has an elongation of about 750% to about 3,000%, and satisfies the following Equation 1: PB/PY=about 3.0 to about 20, wherein PB is a break point in gf of the adhesive film and PY is a yield point in gf of the adhesive film.
US12060497B2
Bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme capable of enzymatically degrading a component of an organic stain, optionally a lipase or a lysozyme, and optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or bacterial organic material.
US12060492B2
An ink composition is used for recording on a low-absorbing recording medium or a non-absorbing recording medium and is an aqueous ink jet ink containing a pigment, and the ink composition includes 1.2 to 2.9 percent by mass of an amine with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, and an organic solvent other than an amine. The organic solvent includes an organic solvent having a standard boiling point of 150° C. to 250° C. in an amount of 5 to 30 percent by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink composition, and the organic solvent having a standard boiling point of 150° C. to 250° C. includes a diol having a water mixture viscosity of 3.0 mPa·s or more.
US12060487B2
A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least a rubber crumb, a diene elastomer, a pro-oxidant, a reinforcing filler and a crosslinking system, said rubber crumb representing 30% by mass or more of the composition, and exhibiting a ratio of the chloroform extract to the acetone extract of less than 2, the chloroform and acetone extracts being expressed as percentages by mass.
US12060481B2
A flame retardant resin composition includes a polyolefin resin, a phosphate compound, and an organic phosphorus compound. The phosphate compound includes a salt of a phosphoric acid represented by the following formula: where m represents an integer of 1 to 100, and an amine compound containing an amino group in a molecule, and the organic phosphoric compound (C) is represented by the following formula: where X1 and X2 are the same or different, and are represented by the following formula: ALAr)n (3), where AL is a branched or linear aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, Ar is a phenyl group, a naphthyl group or an anthryl group which may include a substituted group, and bonds with an optional carbon atom in the AL, and n indicates an integer of 1 to 3.
US12060480B2
The invention relates to polymer compositions with improved manageability. The invention also relates to a polymer composition obtainable by radical polymerisation of A) 95-40 wt. % of a monomer mixture comprising Ai) 65-98 wt. % of at least alkyl (meth)acrylate having a linear C16-C40 alkyl radical and Aii) 2-35 wt. % of at least one comonomer selected from (meth)acrylates and (meth)acrylamides, which supports an optionally substituted aromatic radical bonded via an alkylene, alkenylene, oxyalkylene or polyoxyalkylene group to the ester group of the (meth)acrylate or to the amide group of the (meth)acrylamide, in the presence of B) 5-60% by weight % of at least one ethylene copolymer. The invention further relates to a method for the preparation and use thereof as flow improvers for paraffin-containing hydrocarbon oils.
US12060478B2
Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment are provided including a foam. A variety of foams and foam components and compositions for forming the foams are provided. In some aspects, the foams and components including the foams can have exceptionally high energy return while also having improved durability and softness. In particular, midsoles including the foams are provided for use in an article of footwear. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding or injection molding followed by compression molding.
US12060475B2
Disclosed is a sulfur-containing silane compound for obtaining a cross-linked product which does not generate poor dispersion or adhesion between an organic polymer material and an inorganic material and exhibits excellent viscoelastic properties or adhesive properties, or a composition comprising the same. In particular, disclosed is a sulfur-containing silane compound represented by formula (1): wherein a, b, c, d, e, L, and each R group is as defined herein.
US12060474B2
The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging molecules, compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12060454B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a polyoxyalkylene polyol, comprising depositing an alkylene oxide onto an H-functional starter substance in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, wherein the alkylene oxide is dosed at the mass flow rate m(alkylene oxide), the H-functional starter substance is dosed at the mass flow rate m(starter substance), and the double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst is dosed in a dispersant at the mass flow rate m(DMC) continuously into the reactor with the reaction volume V during the reaction, and the resulting reaction mixture is continuously removed from the reactor, and wherein the quotient of the sum of the mass flow rates Σ{dot over (m)} of {dot over (m)}(alkylene oxide), {dot over (m)}(starter substance) and {dot over (m)}(DMC) to give the reaction volume V in the steady state is greater than or equal to 1200 g/(h·L).
US12060448B2
In one example, an unsaturated cyclic dione is coupled to the substrate, and is reacted with an indole or indazole including a first functional group to form a first adduct coupling the first functional group to the substrate. In another example, an unsaturated cyclic dione is coupled to a substrate and reacted with a diene including a functional group to form an adduct coupling the functional group to the substrate. In another example, an indole or indazole is coupled to a substrate, and is reacted with an unsaturated cyclic dione including an oligonucleotide to form an adduct coupling the oligonucleotide to the substrate. In another example, a diene is coupled to a substrate, and is reacted with an unsaturated cyclic dione including an oligonucleotide to form an adduct coupling the oligonucleotide to the substrate.
US12060445B2
A composition including a fluorine-containing polymer and a cross-linking agent, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer contains a vinylidene fluoride unit, a unit of a fluorine-containing monomer (1) represented by the following general formula (1): CHX1═CX2Rf (1) wherein one of X1 and X2 is H, the other is F, and Rf is a linear or branched fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and a unit of a monomer providing a crosslinking site. The monomer providing a crosslinking site is a monomer having at least one crosslinkable group selected from a cyano group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group and a hydroxyl group. Also disclosed is a crosslinked rubber molded article obtained by crosslinking the composition.
US12060443B2
The present invention relates to the polymerisation of one or more monomers in a gas phase reactor, and in particular provides a process for from the polymerisation of one or more monomers in a horizontal stirred bed gas phase reactor, wherein the process comprises: a. Polymerising a mixture comprising one or more monomers and hydrogen in the reactor to produce the polymer, b. Withdrawing from the reactor a gaseous stream, c. Passing the gaseous stream to a condenser in which it is partly condensed to produce a liquid phase and a remaining vapour phase, d. Passing the mixture of liquid phase and remaining vapour from the condenser to a separator in which there is maintained a liquid phase and a vapour phase, the volume of the liquid phase in the separator being a percentage, X, which is between 10 and 80% of the total volume of the separator, e. And recycling both liquid and vapour from the separator to the reactor, the mass rate of liquid returning to the reactor being L and the mass rate of vapour returning to the reactor being V, the two defining a ratio V/L, characterised in that the hydrogen concentration in the reactor is changed and the change is effected at least in part by changing the V/L ratio by at least 10% and/or by changing the volume, X.
US12060441B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing cellulose carbamate in an aqueous phase. The method comprises the steps of a) providing a cellulose raw-material; b) providing urea; c) mixing cellulose and urea to provide a mixture; d) subjecting the mixture to a reduced pressure of no more than 350 mbar(a); e) heating the mixture to a temperature of 130 to 150° C. to subject cellulose to reaction with urea to form cellulose carbamate; f) releasing the pressure; and g) recovering the cellulose carbamate g) recovering the cellulose carbamate, and h) washing the cellulose carbamate with water to remove water soluble nitrogenous compounds wherein the water-soluble nitrogeneous compounds make up at the most 12%, preferably 6% or less, of the total weight of cellulose carbamate and water-soluble nitrogenous compounds.
US12060438B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to cyclic peptidomimetic compounds and methods for making the same. Other embodiments relate to a method of treating a disease by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a cyclic peptidomimetic disclosed herein, for example to treat cancer.
US12060434B2
Provided are trispecific T Cell Engagers or TSMAb's, antibodies that can simultaneously engage three different types of epitopes on the same target or on different targets. More specifically, the invention is directed to trispecific molecules that bind to DLL3, MUC17 or CLDN18.2 and activate CD (cluster of differentiation) molecules (e.g. CD3, CD28 and CD137). Also provided are methods of treating an ailment such as cancer using an antibody (or fragment) against DLL3, MUC17 or CLD18 paired with an antibody (or fragment) of an agonist antibody that activates CD3, CD28 and/or CD137.
US12060430B2
Methods of treating metabolic diseases and disorders using an antigen binding protein specific for the GIPR polypeptide are provided. In various embodiments the metabolic disease or disorder is type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated glucose levels, elevated insulin levels and diabetic nephropathy. In certain embodiments the antigen binding protein is administered in combination with a GLP-1 receptor agonist.
US12060422B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to compositions that include antibodies, e.g., monoclonal, antibodies, antibody fragments, etc., that specifically bind a SIRPβ1 polypeptide, e.g., a human SIRPβ1, and use of such compositions in preventing, reducing risk, or treating an individual in need thereof.
US12060420B2
The invention relates to the field of molecular medicine. In particular, it relates to compositions and methods to enhance the clearance of aberrant cells, e.g. cancer cells or virus-infected cells, by the host's immune system. Provided is a composition comprising (i) a therapeutic compound that can trigger a host's immune effector cells against an aberrant cell, such as a therapeutic antibody, and (ii) at least one agent capable of reducing or preventing inhibitory signal transduction initiated via SIRPalpha.
US12060414B2
Peptides that specifically bind erythrocytes are described. These are provided as peptidic ligands having sequences that specifically bind, or as antibodies or fragments thereof that provide specific binding, to erythrocytes. The peptides may be prepared as molecular fusions with therapeutic agents, tolerizing antigens, or targeting peptides. Immunotolerance may be created by use of the fusions and choice of an antigen on a substance for which tolerance is desired.
US12060411B2
This disclosure provides novel neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof. The disclosed anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies constitute a novel therapeutic strategy in protection from SARS-CoV-2 infections.
US12060400B2
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.
US12060393B2
The present invention is a multivalent vaccine for immunizing an animal against filariasis. In some embodiments, the antigens of the multivalent vaccine are protein-based, DNA-based, or a combination thereof. This invention also provides a method and kit for detecting a filarial nematode and determining vaccine efficacy.
US12060390B2
The present disclosure provides AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. The disclosure also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the disclosure to a cell or to a subject in vivo.
US12060388B2
In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides compositions and methods for facilitating cell penetration of a cargo molecule. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of preventing viral infection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising providing to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide comprising a cell-penetrating peptide and a retromer binding site.
US12060387B2
The present description relates to synthetic peptides useful for increasing the transduction efficiency of polypeptide cargos to the cytosol of target eukaryotic cells. More specifically, the present description relates to synthetic peptides and polypeptide-based shuttle agents comprising an endosome leakage domain (ELD) operably linked to a cell penetrating domain (CPD), or an ELD operably linked to a histidine-rich domain and a CPD. Compositions, kits, methods and uses relating to same are also described.
US12060381B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods of purifying messenger RNA (mRNA) including the steps of (a) precipitating mRNA from an impure preparation; (b) subjecting the impure preparation comprising precipitated mRNA to a purification process involving membrane filtration such that the precipitated mRNA is captured by a membrane; and (c) eluting the captured precipitated mRNA from the membrane by re-solubilizing the mRNA, thereby resulting in a purified mRNA solution. In some embodiments, a purification process involving membrane filtration suitable for the present invention is tangential flow filtration.
US12060380B2
There is provided a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, Q1 and formula (X) are as defined herein, which compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders associated with elevated levels of CX3CR1 and/or CX3CL1, in particular acute and/or chronic inflammation, eye diseases, lung diseases, skin diseases, joint and/or bone diseases, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, brain diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, pain, cancer, liver diseases, kidney diseases, gastrointestinal diseases, human immunodeficiency virus and mood disorders.
US12060377B2
Monoorgano tin trialkoxide compounds having chemical formula R′Sn(OR)3 and containing less than about 5 mol % diorgano tin dialkoxide are described. R′ is a linear or branched, optionally fluorinated, unsaturated hydrocarbon group having about 2 to about 20 carbon atoms and each R is independently a linear or branched, optionally fluorinated, alkyl group having about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms. Methods for synthesizing and purifying these compounds are also provided. The monoorgano tin compounds may be used for the formation of high-resolution EUV lithography patterning precursors and are attractive due to their high purity and minimal concentration of diorgano tin impurities.
US12060376B2
The content of boron compounds in a composition containing at least one halosilane is reduced by bringing the composition into contact with at least one phenylsilane and removing the at least one halosilane. The invention further relates to the use of phenylsilanes for removing boron compounds from halosilane-containing compositions.
US12060375B2
Dichlorosilane and trichlorosilane are dehydrogenated at elevated temperature in the presence of an ammonium or phosphonium salt as a catalyst, and a halogenated hydrocarbon or hydrogen halide. The method may be used to synthesize organochlorosilane.
US12060373B2
A new class of compounds known as chalcogenosilacyclopentanes is described. These compounds are five-membered ring structures containing a silicon-selenium or silicon-tellurium bond, as shown in Formulas (I) and (II). In these compounds, the substituents on the silicon and on the ring carbons may be hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aromatic, or ether groups. The chalcogenosilacyclopentane compounds undergo ring-opening reactions with hydroxyl and other protic functionalities and may be used to prepare substrates that are amenable to thin film deposition techniques such as ALD and CVD.
US12060367B2
The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, Z, R3 to R5, A, p, U, V and W have the meanings given in the claims and specification, their use as inhibitors of KRAS, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations containing such compounds and their use as medicaments/medical uses, especially as agents for treatment and/or prevention of oncological diseases.
US12060357B2
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain 9-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline compounds of the structural Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein, ring A, R1 and R2 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutically active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor.
US12060352B2
The disclosure provides substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine compounds of Chemical Formula 1 and compositions and uses thereof, wherein R1-R7, X, Y, Cy, m and n are defined in the disclosure. The compounds are useful for inhibiting ENPP1, activating the STING pathway, and treating cancer.
US12060344B2
A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1, a composition including the same, and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: L1 to L4, L11, a1 to a4, a11, Ar1, Ar2, Ar11, R1 to R7, R11 to R12, b1 to b7, and b11 to b12 are described in the specification.
US12060340B2
Provided herein are compounds, compositions and methods for treating and preventing diseases and disorders, comprising administering to patients therapeutically effective amounts of cysteine-dependent inverse agonists of the nuclear receptor RORγ/RORγt. In some such embodiments, the inverse agonists bind to cysteine 476 of a nuclear receptor RORγ in the patient. Also provided are methods, as well as compounds and compositions, for modulating the activity of RORγ and RORγt by binding to the allosteric binding site through a covalent bond. In some aspects, the present disclosure relates to using compounds containing Michael acceptor groups which bind to a cysteine residue in the allosteric binding site such as cysteine 476 in RORγ.
US12060339B2
Disclosed are a dual modulator of mGluR5 and 5-HT2AR (5-HT2A receptor), and use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a compound which acts as modulator of mGluR5 and an antagonist of 5-HT2AR at the same time, and use thereof as therapeutic agent for pain.
US12060336B1
Synthesis of a compound (2E)-4-[(4-chlorophenyl)amino]-N-phenyl-2-(phenylimino)-1,3,5-dioxazepine-7-carboxamide and its use as an insecticidal agent.
US12060331B2
The present invention relates to herbicidal substituted phenyl-pyridazine-diones and substituted phenyl-pyridazinone derivatives of formula (I), as well as to processes and intermediates used for the preparation of such derivatives. The invention further extends to herbicidal compositions comprising such derivatives, as well as to the use of such compounds and compositions in controlling undesirable plant growth: in particular the use in controlling weeds, such as broad-leaved dicotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants.
US12060321B2
A method for producing an indium carboxylate of the present invention comprises the steps of reacting a hydroxyl group-containing indium carboxylate represented by Formula (1): In(RCOO)3-x(OH)x, wherein R is a straight chain or branched chain aliphatic group having 0 to 5 carbon atoms, and x is a number more than 0 and less than 3, with a lower carboxylic acid represented by the following Formula (2): R′COOH, wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom or a straight chain or branched chain aliphatic group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and the hydrogen atom in the aliphatic group may be replaced with a halogen atom, so as to obtain a product; and then reacting the product with a higher carboxylic acid having 12 or more carbon atoms.
US12060317B2
An onium salt having a partial structure of formula (A) is provided wherein Ra1 and Ra2 are hydrogen or a C1-C10 hydrocarbyl group in which hydrogen may be substituted by halogen and —CH2— may be replaced by —O— or —C(═O)—, both Ra1 and Ra2 are not hydrogen at the same time, Ra1 and Ra2 may bond together to form an aliphatic ring. A chemically amplified negative resist composition comprising the onium salt as acid generator forms a pattern of good profile having a high sensitivity, improved dissolution contrast, reduced LWR and improved CDU.
US12060313B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure pertain to a plant and a process for producing a urea-containing product. The plant comprises a medium pressure dissociation unit and a high pressure CO2 stripper each receiving a part of the urea synthesis solution. Stripped urea solution is further treated in a medium pressure treatment unit.
US12060308B2
The present invention relates to the use of novel nitrification inhibitors of formula I, which are N-functionalized alkoxy pyrazole compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I as nitrification inhibitors, i.e. for reducing nitrification, as well as agrochemical mixtures and compositions comprising the nitrification inhibitors of formula I.
US12060296B2
A coated substrate comprising a coating layer comprising inorganic oxide and pores, the coating layer demonstrates improved durability properties. The coated substrate may for example be used in solar modules. Further a coating formulation and use of the coating formulation are disclosed.
US12060292B2
A system for forming a glass panel includes a mixing apparatus for weighing and mixing glass particles and additives, an oven for melting and holding molten glass, a float chamber for floating molten glass thereover, an annealing lehr, and at least a nozzle for delivering compressed air at least of one of a first pressure and a second pressure.
US12060285B2
A rain head comprising a lower body, a screen and an upper body. The screen includes a frame having a trough or recess. Lower parts of the sidewalls of the upper body 14 can fit into the trough or recess to enable the upper body to be removably mounted to the rain head. The screen also includes a peripheral flange and a downwardly extending lip that enable the screen to be removably mounted to the upper part of the lower body. At least some water splashing off the screen during a rain event comes into contact with the upper body and is re-directed to flow into the lower body and out through the outlet of the lower body to a rainwater collection tank. The screen and upper body may be provided separately to the lower body.
US12060283B2
A magnetic magnesium-manganese layered double metal oxide composite and preparation and application. A soluble magnesium salt and a soluble manganese salt are dissolved in water to obtain a magnesium-manganese salt complex liquid; and a soluble carbonate and a soluble hydroxide are dissolved in water to obtain a carbonate-hydroxide complex liquid; a ferroferric oxide powder is added to the carbonate-hydroxide complex liquid, and then ethanol is added for ultrasonic dispersion to obtain a dispersion liquid; then the magnesium-manganese salt complex liquid is added for aging, centrifuging, washing, drying, grinding for sieving, and calcinating at 250-550° C. to obtain a magnetic magnesium-manganese layered double metal oxide composite. The composite of the present invention has relatively strong magnetism to Cd removal, and is featured by high adsorption efficiency, rapid adsorption rate and stability. Moreover, the composite can not only immobilize Cd efficiently, but also can be separated and recycled by magnet.
US12060279B2
Provided is a supercritical drying method of a silica wet gel blanket and a method for producing a silica aerogel blanket including the same, the supercritical drying method preventing a salt from being accumulated inside equipment during supercritical drying. By preventing a salt from being accumulated inside equipment during supercritical drying, it is possible to improve the operational stability of the supercritical drying process. In addition, since only a line filter needs to be separated and is easily washed, the time required for washing and the total amount of ammonia wastewater generated therefrom can be reduced, thereby improving efficiency and reducing costs.
US12060278B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing an aerogel material based on amorphous silica, comprising the following steps: a) preparing a mixture comprising silica sol, alcohol, and a hydrophobizing agent activatable by acid catalysis; b1) adding a base to the mixture formed in step a) and mixing the resulting mixture; b2) gelation of the mixture comprising silica sol obtained in step b2), resulting in the formation of a silica gel, and optional aging of the gel; c) adding a hydrophobization catalyst to the silica gel formed in step b2) and optionally aged, in-situ formation or controlled release of a hydrophobization catalyst, and initiation of the catalyzed hydrophobization of the silica; d) removing the volatile constituents of the mixture formed in step c) by subcritical drying, resulting in the formation of the aerogel material, wherein at least steps b2) to d) are carried out in the same reactor.
US12060277B2
A reactor 200 according to the present invention includes a heater storage section serving as a space section capable of accommodating a carbon heater for initial heating of silicon core wires. A carbon heater 13 is loaded in a deposition reaction space 20 in the reactor 200 only when necessary for initial heating of silicon core wires 12. After initial heating of the silicon core wires 12 is finished, the carbon heater 13 is unloaded from the deposition reaction space to the heater storage section 30. As a result, the carbon heater 13 is not unduly damaged in the reactor any longer and its deterioration is reduced. In addition, because of reduction in reaction with hydrogen gas in the reactor, the generation of methane is reduced, and thus carbon contamination of polycrystalline silicon is reduced.
US12060268B2
The present invention relates to palladium-platinum system consisting of palladium layer covered with a platinum overlayer consisting of 1 to 10 platinum monolayers deposited on palladium for use as hydrogen storage. Such system can be used in fuel cells, hydride batteries and supercapacitors. A method for increasing hydrogen absorption kinetics of hydrogen absorption/desorption process is also disclosed.
US12060255B1
Intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery devices, systems, and methods are described. An intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery device includes at least one ingredient storage device (e.g., an ingredient cartridge) configured to store one or more ingredients and at least one micro-ingredient pump configured to pump the one or more ingredients into a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber reconstructs at least one finished concentrate from the one or more ingredients. The intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery device further includes at least one pump configured to pump the finished concentrate into a beverage dispensing system.
US12060252B2
The disclosure relates to a lifting gear for opening and closing a workstation of a packaging machine, wherein the lifting gear includes a stationarily mounted base, a lifting platform mounted to be height adjustable with respect to the base along a lifting axis for supporting a lower tool part of the workstation, and an adjusting mechanism comprising a drive unit and a toggle means on which the lifting platform is mounted, wherein the adjusting mechanism furthermore includes a pressure part coupled with the toggle means and adjustable by means of the drive unit along the lifting axis, wherein by the displacement of said pressure part along the lifting axis, the toggle means can be actuated for a height adjustment of the lifting platform.
US12060243B1
A reel apparatus and method comprising an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and a bearing assembly coupled to the inner flange assemblies. The inner flange assembly is capable of freely rotating relative to the outer flange assembly. In another embodiment, wire is spooled from a reel assembly comprising an inner flange assembly and an outer flange assembly.
US12060242B2
A sheet feeding device includes a door movable between an opened position and a closed position relative to an apparatus body, a stacking portion for a sheet, a cover portion configured to be situated at a first position when the door is situated at the opened position and to be situated at a second position when the door is situated at the closed position, and a moving unit including a feeding roller and a moving member supporting the feeding roller. The moving member is movable with respect to the stacking portion in a first direction in which the feeding roller comes close to the stacking portion and in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. In a state in which the cover portion is situated at the first position, the moving unit is situated between the cover portion and the door.
US12060238B1
A container handling system including a substantially stationary first frame structure and a movable second frame structure facilitating loading a container to and unloading the container from of a transport vehicle. The first frame structure is configured to be fixed coupled to a chassis of the transport vehicle. The second frame structure is axially movable relative to the first frame structure and includes a handling device disposed thereon configured to raise and lower the container. Further, the second frame structure is pivotable relative to the first frame structure to facilitate unloading or loading the container on an irregular surface such as the ground.
US12060231B2
The present invention is to provide a measurement control device. A sensor unit 1 disposed at least in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the traveling direction in which the article G to be packaged is conveyed, and a pressing member detection unit D for detecting an article conveyance pressing member P mounted on the packaging device are connected to the measurement control device main body 2, and the measurement control device is provided with an acquisition signal stopping unit which stops acquisition of signals from the sensor unit 1 when the pressing member detection unit D detects the pressing member P, and a signal acquisition restarting unit which restarts acquisition of signals from the sensor unit 1 when the pressing member detection unit D does not detect the pressing member P.
US12060224B2
An automated pharmaceutical dispensing system includes: a tablet dispensing station comprising a plurality of cells for dispensing pills, each of the cells mounted in a dispensing location, each of the cells including a channel for dispensing pills into a container and an inlet configured to be adjustable so that pills in the cell are conveyed through the inlet and into the channel in single file; and an autocalibration station, the autocalibration station comprising a mechanism for automatically adjusting the inlet of a cell based on the dimensions of the pills to be contained in the cell. The autocalibration station is configured and located to also provide a dispensing location, such that a cell docked therein may function to dispense pills.
US12060214B2
A method of assembling an insulated container can include folding a body portion of an insulated blank including folding a first panel of the body portion relative to a second panel of the body portion, the first panel defining a first end of the insulated blank; folding the second panel relative to a third panel of the body portion; folding the third panel relative to a fourth panel of the body portion, the fourth panel defining a second end of the insulated blank; attaching the first end of the insulated blank to the second end of the insulated blank to at least partially enclose an insulated cavity; folding a first bottom flap of the insulated blank relative to the first panel to further enclose the insulated cavity; and folding a second bottom flap of the insulated blank relative to the second panel to further enclose the insulated cavity.
US12060212B2
A two-liquid container capable of mixing solutions, including a container main body having a storage space in which first contents are stored, and having an upper part and a lower part that are open; a rotational assembly which is coupled to the lower open part of the container main body and in which second contents are stored; and a pipette assembly screwed to a screw thread formed on the outer circumferential surface of the upper open part of the container main body. The present invention exhibits an effect of coupling the rotational assembly filled with the second contents to the lower end of the container main body filled with the first contents so as to facilitate mixing of first and second contents by the rotation the rotational assembly.
US12060210B2
A transport container is provided. The transport container includes a body having a base, a cover, an opening, and at least one side wall all defining a cavity therebetween. The transport container also includes an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to determine a geographic route from a carrier destination location to a destination location based on received carrier transfer information and received transportation information. The electronic controller is also configured to display the carrier transfer information on a user interface when the transport container is located at a carrier initial location. The electronic controller is further configured to deploy the transport container when the transport container is located at the carrier initial location.
US12060195B2
A container includes a lid base and a compressible portion. The lid base has a channel and configured to receive a lid. The compressible portion is connected to the lid base. The compressible portion includes a one-way valve in air communication with the channel. Another container includes a compressible portion and a container base. The compressible portion includes a bellow body, which includes at least two convolutions, each including a first living hinge and a first sidewall, at least one second living hinge positioned between the at least two convolutions and connected to the first sidewalls, and a movable bump structure positioned between the at least two convolutions to space the first living hinges apart and being movable between an outer position and an inner position relative to a container interior.
US12060194B2
A plastic, hot-fillable container is provided. The container comprises a blow molded body defining a longitudinal axis. The body including a base and a neck having at least one rib disposed about at least a portion of a circumference of the neck and transverse to the axis, and at least one angled thread. The at least one rib defining a cross section having a first portion and a second angled portion. Container systems and methods of manufacturing containers are provided.
US12060191B2
A packaging machine includes a conveying device for advancing a packaging material web at least to a tube forming station at which the web is formed into a tube and for advancing the tube to a tube forming and sealing device to form and longitudinally seal the tube, a tensioning device to control tension of the web and/or of the tube and a control unit to control operation of the packaging machine. The tensioning device has at least one tensioning assembly having at least first and second drive rollers, a first drive motor connected to the first drive roller to rotate the first drive roller and a second drive motor connected to the second drive roller to rotate the second drive roller. The control unit controls the first and second drive motors such that a free loop of the web expands and/or advances between the first and second drive rollers.
US12060187B2
A filling machine configured to form, fill, and seal individual packages is provided. The filling machine comprises a disinfection station and a hygienic chamber downstream the disinfection station, which hygienic chamber is configured to reduce the risk for re-contamination of the packages after passing the disinfection station. An inner hygienic zone is formed inside the hygienic chamber, whereby a positive air flow is established from the inner hygienic zone to the hygienic chamber outside the inner hygienic zone.
US12060176B2
Systems and processes for packing complementary articles of footwear into a container are disclosed. The processes can include utilizing a reusable packing sheet positioned underneath complementary articles of footwear to transfer the complementary articles of footwear into a container. The processes can also include removing the reusable packing sheet from underneath the complementary articles of footwear while the complementary articles of footwear remain positioned in the container. Additional processes can include aligning and sizing complementary articles of footwear for packing in a container.
US12060165B2
A method for performing a safety assessment of a cargo handling system controlled by a processor and having a plurality of sensing agents is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes receiving by the processor a run-time database from the plurality of sensing agents, the run-time database including data from which a positioning of a plurality of objects on the cargo handling system may be determined; generating by the processor a mapping of the positioning of the plurality of objects; validating by the processor whether a run-time state of the cargo handling system is in violation of a safety protocol; and determining by the processor whether to implement a corrective action.
US12060163B1
A ground marker for use in identifying a location associated with a mission performed by an aerial vehicle includes a visible surface with aspects that are positioned at different vertical heights or elevations. The vertical variation in the aspects of the visible surface enhances a level of visibility of the ground marker within images captured by cameras provided aboard the aerial vehicle, resulting in more accurate estimations of ranges to such markers (e.g., altitudes) determined from such images. The visible surface includes one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar codes, alphanumeric characters and symbols thereon and is provided on or within rigid or flexible frames that are adapted to be placed on ground surfaces at the location associated with the mission.
US12060161B2
A spark containment cap forms a sealed cavity around an end of a fastener protruding from a structure. The cap has a cap body defining an air cavity enclosing the end of the fastener. The cap body includes an annular base (210) terminating at a base rim (211) surrounding an opening into the air cavity. An annular skirt of the cap provides an annular sealing volume extending around the base rim to receive an annular bead of a curable sealing material around the opening into the cavity to provide a seal between the cap body and the structure to seal a volume of gas within the cavity. The cap body includes a cap upper to receive the end of the fastener. The cap upper (220) is positionable so that an axis of the cap upper is offset from an axis of the annular skirt (230).
US12060156B2
A system for maintaining attitude control under degraded or depleted energy source conditions using multiple electric propulsors includes a plurality of propulsors, at least an energy source providing electric power to the plurality of propulsors and a vehicle controller communicatively coupled to each propulsor and configured to calculate initial power levels for the plurality of propulsors, the initial power levels including an initial power level for each propulsor, determine an energy output capacity of the least an energy source under load, calculate, by the vehicle controller, an aggregate potential demand of the plurality of propulsors as a function of the initial power levels, determine that electric potential is insufficient to match the aggregate potential demand, and for each initial power level generate a reduced power level, the reduced power level less than the initial power level and direct a corresponding propulsor to consume electrical power at the reduced power level.
US12060154B2
To provide a structure capable of further improving safety of a device that autonomously moves in an emergency situation. Provided is a circuit including: a report unit configured to report action-allowable time information regarding an action-allowable time to a base station; and an action control unit configured to control an action of a moving object on the basis of an action instruction decided on the basis of the reported action-allowable time information and notified of by the base station and to control an action with reference to a map in which a danger level for each place is defined in an emergency situation.
US12060150B2
A remotely controlled multirotor aircraft for acquiring images and an interface device for controlling the aircraft, wherein the aircraft includes a receiving component adapted to receive a direction and/or orientation signal which can be transmitted by an interface device, wherein the direction and/or orientation signal defines a direction in which the aircraft must move and/or be oriented, and a flight control component adapted to control the attitude of the aircraft and configured for reading the direction and/or orientation signal, determining, on the basis of the direction and/or orientation signal, the direction in which the aircraft must move and/or be oriented, and generating a control signal adapted to make the aircraft take an attitude such as to make it move and/or be oriented in the predetermined direction.
US12060134B2
A drive unit (10) for a manually driven vehicle, in particular a bicycle or an EPAC, includes a housing (12), an electric motor (18) with a rotor (44), a bottom bracket shaft (14), a harmonic drive (20) coupled to the rotor (44), and an output shaft (22). The harmonic drive (20) includes an outer bushing with an inner toothing. The outer bushing (38) of the harmonic drive (20) is coupled to the housing (12) via a buffer (64).
US12060133B2
Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. A sliding bearing block may be secured to a distal end of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may rotate around a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft and around an axis through a shaft bearing attached to the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be self-centering and include one or more springs to apply force to move the pedal body member toward a home or resting position relative to the axle shaft. The pedal may be adapted so that the user's foot can be placed on either a top surface or a bottom surface of the pedal body member.
US12060127B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a base vehicle, including a base vehicle chassis, an upper mount assembly including at least one mounting rail attached to a top of a frame rail of the base vehicle chassis, and a lower mount assembly including at least one mounting bracket attached to a bottom of the base vehicle chassis. The at least one mounting bracket is moveable between a retracted position proximate to the frame rail and an extended position distal from the frame rail. The at least one mounting rail is configured to receive at least one mounting bracket of an upper vehicle to mount the upper vehicle on top of the base vehicle. The at least one mounting bracket is configured to attach to at least one mounting rail of a lower vehicle to mount the base vehicle on top of the lower vehicle.
US12060125B2
Proposed is an apparatus for controlling a steer-by-wire steering system, the apparatus comprising: a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle position; a steering position control command receiver configured to receive a steering position control command y2 from a designated external module; a processor configured to generate a steering angle position signal y1 based on the steering angle position from the steering angle sensor, compute a compensation gain x corresponding to column torque or motor electric current of a steering force actuator (SFA) when a driver's involvement occurs, compute a final steering position control command Y by reflecting the compensation gain x to the steering angle position signal y1 and the steering position control command y2, and output the final steering position control command Y to the steering force actuator (SFA).
US12060121B2
A kingpin arrangement for an automatic coupling system including a kingpin extending in a kingpin direction, a turntable mounted rotatably about the kingpin direction relative to the kingpin and mounted on a plain-bearing, the turntable having an opening, through which the kingpin extends, and a support structure extending in a radial direction, the support structure including a fastener for indirectly and/or directly fastening and/or for mounting a plug connector, the support structure being fixed indirectly and/or directly to an end of the turntable.
US12060117B2
An electric motor is controlled so as to suppress movement of a steering mechanism in response to a reverse input from a road surface during travel on rough roads, for example, a gravel road or an unpaved road.
US12060114B2
A steering gear for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle may include an electric motor having a motor shaft. The motor shaft drives a spindle of a worm gear, and the worm gear comprises a spindle nut in such a manner that a rotational movement originating from the motor shaft is converted into a linear movement of the spindle nut along an axis. The spindle nut, for purposes of steering wheels of the motor vehicle, is connected to at least one tie rod. The worm gear may be a ball screw drive, a trapezoidal drive, or a roller screw drive.
US12060109B2
A recreational fifth wheel travel trailer includes a frame, a wheel for supporting the frame on a ground surface, and a body supported by the frame. The body has a length defined between a front end and a rear end of the body. A roof is coupled to the body, and an interior space is defined in the body between a floor and the roof. The travel trailer includes a door for providing entry to the interior space, a step for gaining access to the floor of the interior space, and a storage compartment at least partially formed by the body. The storage compartment is located below the floor of the interior space. The floor is defined along a plane from the rear end of the body to a location near the front end thereof such that the interior space is accessible without traversing more than a single step.
US12060102B1
A vehicle includes a frame including a first post, a second post spaced cross-vehicle from the first post, and a steering post rotatably supported by the frame. The steering post extends between the first and second posts. The vehicle includes a steering post reinforcement having a first and a second end each fixed to the frame, a curved portion curving about the axis between the ends, and a first and a second portion extending from the ends to the curved portion. The first and second portions are elongated vehicle-rearward from the frame to the curved portion. The curved portion defines an opening between the ends. The steering post extends through the opening between the curved portion and the frame and between the first and second portions. The curved portion is spaced vehicle-rearward from the steering post. The first and second portions are spaced cross-vehicle from the steering post.
US12060097B2
A delivery dolly includes a carousel that is rotatably mounted on a support column. The carousel includes a recess on an underside of the carousel. A locking mechanism is biased toward a locked position. The locking mechanism includes a locking wheel on which the carousel rotates until the carousel reaches a preselected angular position. The recess aligns with the locking wheel at the preselected angular position and, due to a bias force, the locking wheel extends into the recess to inhibit rotation of the carousel until the carousel is spun manually, forcing the carousel to rotate and the locking wheel to retract until the locking wheel encounters the recess again.
US12060095B2
A system is provided that include at least one positioning system that can detect a location or position of a vehicle or a portion of a vehicle group that includes the vehicle, at least one sensor positioned on or associated with the vehicle that can generate sensor data of a determined parameter or condition, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the positioning system. The controller can determine that a hazard event has occurred based at least partially on sensor data, and can communicate a hazard event notification based at least in part on the location data and the sensor data to a remote server.
US12060093B2
A method for odometric monitoring of a rail vehicle includes recording measured values with a sensor in the rail vehicle, and calculating location information and/or speed information from the measured values. The measured values and/or the location information and/or the speed information is stored, and patterns for the measured values and/or the location information and/or the speed information are generated by evaluating the already acquired measured values and/or the location information and/or the speed information. The currently acquired measured values and/or the location information and/or the speed information are synchronized with at least one pattern, and the occurrence of deviations from the patterns is output via an interface. A rail vehicle, a control center, a computer program product and a provision apparatus for the computer program product are also provided.
US12060092B2
An attraction loading system is provided that includes a turntable configured to rotate about a vertical axis. A ride vehicle is configured to travel along a loading path disposed about a perimeter of the turntable. A first track switch of the system is disposed along the loading path to direct the ride vehicle to a main portion of the loading path from an attraction path, or to direct the ride vehicle to the main portion of the loading path from a secondary portion of the loading path. A second track switch of the system is disposed along the loading path to direct the ride vehicle from the main portion of the loading path to the attraction path, or to direct the ride vehicle from the main portion of the loading path to the secondary portion of the loading path.
US12060086B2
An autonomous driving device includes a plurality of driving function ECUs having a function to drive a vehicle in place of an occupant, and a driving function switch ECU is configured to individually change operating states of the driving function ECUs according to a route to a destination and remaining power. The driving function ECUs include an autonomous driving ECU configured to autonomously drive the vehicle, and a remote control ECU configured to operate the vehicle according to remote control from outside.
US12060084B2
Techniques are discussed herein for generating, evaluating, and determining trajectories for autonomous vehicles traversing environments. A state transition model may be generated and used to determine a trajectory from multiple possible trajectories generated by one or more vehicle systems. In some examples, a state transition model may determine a trajectory based on the validation results of the possible trajectories, along with vehicle status data from one or more vehicle components. Various techniques described herein may improve vehicle safety and driving efficiency, by ensuring that the vehicle determines a safe and valid trajectory consistently while navigating the environment, while also being responsive to requests and status updates from various vehicle components.
US12060083B2
This disclosure describes an autonomous vehicle configured to obtain sensor data associated with objects proximate a projected route of the autonomous vehicle, determine static constraints that limit a trajectory of the autonomous vehicle along the projected route based on non-temporal risks associated with a first subset of the f objects, predict a position and speed of the autonomous vehicle as a function of time along the projected route based on the static constraints, identify temporal risks associated with a second subset of the objects based on the predicted position and speed of the autonomous vehicle, determine dynamic constraints that further limit the trajectory of the autonomous vehicle along the projected route to help the autonomous vehicle avoid the temporal risks associated with the second subset of the objects, and adjust the trajectory of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the static constraints and the dynamic constraints.
US12060078B2
Among other things, techniques are described for merging LiDAR information and camera information for autonomous annotation. The techniques include a vehicle that includes at least one LiDAR device configured to detect electromagnetic radiation; at least one camera configured to generate camera information of objects proximate to the vehicle; at least one computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one LiDAR device and the at least one camera and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the control circuit is configured to operate the vehicle based on a location of the object.
US12060073B2
A control system for a vehicle capable of traveling in first and second traveling states is provided. The second traveling state requires an operation related to traveling by a passenger more than the first traveling state. The system changes, based on a traveling situation of the vehicle, an upper limit speed at which the vehicle can travel in the first traveling state. The system performs notification to the passenger of a request for a predetermined operation at a timing when a traveling speed of the vehicle reaches a predetermined speed when switching from the first traveling state to the second traveling state. A difference between the upper limit speed and the predetermined speed is increased in a case where the upper limit speed is high compared to a case where the upper limit speed is low.
US12060071B2
Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and computer-implemented methods for selectively restricting a performance attribute of a vehicle for an operator or group of operators. In an illustrative embodiment, a computing device includes a processor and computer-readable media configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to: identify an operating credential associated with an operator of a vehicle; determine a performance mode associated with the operating credential; and restrict at least one performance attribute of the vehicle in accordance with the performance mode.
US12060070B2
The disclosure generally relates to methods for assisting a driver of a vehicle that include monitoring the driver's actions, during a first portion of time that starts when the driver begins to engage in a surveillance type action and ends when the driver ends the surveillance type action, activating one or more feedback devices, when the driver engages in a surveillance type action, monitoring the driver's actions during a second portion of time that beings when the driver ends the surveillance type action, and ends when the driver begins the surveillance type action, and activating one or more feedback devices, during the second portion of time when the driver engages in a driving maneuver and fails to engage in the surveillance type action.
US12060066B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation of lane planning in an autonomous vehicle. Sensor data are received that capture ground images of a road the autonomous vehicle is on. Based on the sensor data, a current lane of the road that autonomous vehicle is currently occupying is detected. Lane control for the autonomous vehicle is planned based on the detected current lane and self-aware capability parameters in accordance with a driving lane control model. The self-aware capability parameters are used to predict operational capability of the autonomous vehicle with respect to a current location of the autonomous vehicle. The driving lane control model is generated based on recorded human driving data to achieve human-like lane control behavior in different scenarios.
US12060058B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for preventing a vehicle collision. The apparatus includes a communication unit wirelessly communicating with a surrounding vehicle, a sensing unit detecting the surrounding vehicle and a lane, a traveling control module configured to control steering or braking of an ego vehicle, and a controller configured to determine whether the ego vehicle can perform steering avoidance driving toward a neighboring lane, through the sensing unit, based on information on a driving mode of a vehicle ahead received through the communication unit, if it is checked through the communication unit that a vehicle ahead of the vehicle ahead is in a stop state and to control the ego vehicle to perform the steering avoidance driving toward the neighboring lane or to urgently brake through the traveling control module, based on a result of the determination.
US12060057B2
An automated parking system is equipped with an estimation unit that estimates a state of a target vehicle, and a setting unit that sets a running mode of the target vehicle as a low-risk running mode in which a risk regarding the target vehicle is reduced, on condition that the target vehicle be in a low-temperature state.
US12060054B2
A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle which is capable of traveling in a plurality of traveling modes including a first traveling mode and a second traveling mode. And the vehicle control device is capable of executing motor assist, in which electric power of a power storage device is supplied to an electric motor and driving of a drive wheel is assisted by the electric motor, when the vehicle is traveling in the first traveling mode, and is configured to change upper-limit assist electric power, which is an upper-limit value of electric power supplied from the power storage device to the electric motor in order to perform the motor assist, in accordance with a speed of the vehicle and a remaining capacity of the power storage device.
US12060049B2
An apparatus of changing deceleration of a braking curve based on a variation in a coefficient of friction may include: a coefficient-of-friction calculating unit calculating a first coefficient of friction between a brake disk and a friction material at a first point in time, and calculating a second coefficient of friction between the brake disk and the friction material at a second point in time at which a preset driving distance has elapsed from the first point in time; a determination unit determining whether there is a change in coefficient of friction between the first coefficient of friction and the second coefficient of friction; and a deceleration changing unit changing deceleration by regenerative braking or deceleration by hydraulic braking from a preset braking curve by an amount of a variation in deceleration according to the variation in coefficient of friction, when there is a variation in coefficient of friction.
US12060046B2
A relay-valve (RV) device for commercial-vehicles, having: a relay-piston, in a housing, has a piston-pin (PP) extending in a longitudinal-direction (LD) from a piston-plate (PPL) and is movable in the LD in a PPL-guide, the PPL dividing a housing interior into a PP-side volume and a volume remote therefrom, a valve, which is actuated by the PP to introduce a fluid from a supply-pressure-reservoir into the PP-side volume, and an intermediate-element (IE), arranged around the PP is movable relative thereto in the LD in an IE-guide and which divides the PP-side volume into a PPL-side volume and a volume remote therefrom and limits the flow-rate of the fluid to the PPL by at least one through-opening, in which the RV device has an IE-stop, which limits the movement of the IE in the direction of the PPL and against which the IE is bringable into sealing contact by the fluid-pressure.
US12060041B2
Of the moving directions of the piston, the direction in which high-pressure air is delivered is a delivery direction, and the direction in the opposite direction from the delivery direction is a force accumulation direction. The piston is moved in the force accumulation direction by the moving mechanism, and moved in the delivery direction by the biasing force of the biasing spring in response to the release of the moving force exerted by the moving mechanism. The cylinder is provided with: a piston supporting portion that supports the piston; and a connection protrusion that has a delivery path for delivering the high-pressure air to the nozzle. The inner surface of an end of the piston supporting portion in the delivery direction is formed as a closed surface. The delivery path is located further toward the force accumulation direction than the closed surface is.
US12060034B1
Disclosed are embodiments of passenger seats equipped with seat belts for mitigating seat damage and spinal tension from free-flail movements. In embodiments, the assembly includes a seat back, a first slip ring positioned proximate a top of the seat back, a second slip ring positioned lower on the seat back, a retractor, and a webbing threaded through each of the first and second slip rings. During normal use of the seat the first slip ring forms a first pivot for the webbing, and during a qualifying deceleration event the second slip ring forms a new pivot for the webbing lower on the seat back. In a further embodiment, first and second webbings form primary and auxiliary restraints guided by respective first and second pivots.
US12060029B2
An airbag device includes an airbag having an exhaust hole and a flap member that can close off the exhaust hole. The flap member includes a flap main body and a coupling member. The leading end of the coupling member is coupled with an opening/closing control device. The flap main body closes off the exhaust hole from an inner peripheral face side of the airbag. A width on the base portion side is set to be greater than a width of the exhaust hole. Whole of the base portion side is joined to the peripheral edge of the exhaust hole in the airbag. The flap main body covers the exhaust hole in a region between straight lines that connect one end each of a joint region on the base portion and a region on the leading end to which the coupling member is caused to be coupled.
US12060027B2
The invention relates to an airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle, with—an airbag (1), the airbag (1) having a first cushion layer (1.1) and a second cushion layer (1.2) opposite to the first cushion layer (1.1), and—at least one tether arrangement (2), the tether arrangement being connected to the airbag (1) and being connectable with one end to the motor vehicle outside the airbag (1).
US12060024B1
A knee airbag includes overlying panels interconnected along a perimeter connection to define an inflatable volume of the knee airbag. The knee airbag includes a filling portion and a cushion portion. The filling portion is configured to receive inflation fluid from an inflator and to direct the inflation fluid from the inflator to the cushion portion. The cushion portion has a width that is greater than a width of the filling portion and extends laterally beyond the width of the filling portion on opposite sides of the filling portion. The knee airbag also includes at least one tether having a first end connected to the cushion portion and an opposite second having a connection configured to anchor the at least one tether. The at least one tether is configured to limit movement of the cushion portion and to help position the cushion portion relative to a vehicle surface for which the knee airbag is configured to help prevent impacts from a vehicle occupant.
US12060021B2
A driving control device is configured to control driving of occupant protection devices to be mounted on a vehicle. The driving control device includes a detection result acquisition unit, a collision form estimation unit, and a device selection unit. The detection result acquisition unit acquires a detection result of an object ahead of the vehicle before collision. The collision form estimation unit estimates a form of collision that may occur with the object based on the detection result. When a collision between the vehicle and the object is detected, the device selection unit selects which of the occupant protection devices should be driven based on the collision form estimated by the collision form estimation unit.
US12060018B2
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of power delivery (PD) assemblies, including powering, charging, and data connect devices usable within vehicles, etc. In exemplary embodiments, a power block (e.g., standalone power block, wireless charger, etc.) may be connected via a vehicle harness to a user interface (PD charger only) or a user interface (USB hub with charging and data). Accordingly, power blocks having the same or common form factor and vehicle harnesses having the same or common configuration (Vbus PD, GND, CC1, and CC2) may therefore be used to interchangeably connect to charger only user interfaces or to user interfaces with charging and data.
US12060015B2
A decorative element for a vehicle includes a partially transparent element having light-permeable portions and light-impermeable portions, and a light-guiding element which is configured to couple out, at least in some portions in the direction of the partially transparent element, light which has been coupled in. The partially transparent element and the light-guiding element are permeable for radar beams. A molding material layer is arranged between the partially transparent element and the light-guiding element, and is permeable for the light coupled out from the light-guiding element and for the radar beams. The molding material layer connects the partially transparent element to the light-guiding element.
US12060014B2
A movable modular truck toolbox mounting lift system for lifting and repositioning a modular accessory (e.g., toolbox, container, cooler, platform) of a vehicle (e.g., truck, UTV) to enable access to the modular accessory without requiring an entry into the vehicle, a vehicle storage area, or a truck bed. The system has driver side and passenger side support plates pivotably connected to a pair of arms, which are in turn pivotably connected to each other to and upon movement (extension) of one arm pair, the modular assembly transits up and backward within the storage area. The system may be operated via actuators and/or motors to rotate the arms and lift/reposition the modular accessory. The modular accessory may be a toolbox, cabinetry toolbox, or a tray for receiving a plurality of modular accessories. A method of installing and using the system to lift and reposition a modular accessory in a vehicle.
US12060003B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system (1) for controlling generation of a proximity alert for a vehicle (2). The control system comprises one or more controllers (80). The control system (1) is configured to determine an operating state of the vehicle (2) within a spatial environment in dependence on vehicle data from one or more vehicle systems (10, 30, 40, 50, 60). The operating state indicates whether the vehicle (2) is currently in an on-road state or an off-road state. The control system (1) controls generation of the proximity alert in dependence on the determined operating state. Aspects of the present invention also relate to a vehicle (2) comprising a control system (1); a method of controlling generation of a proximity alert; computer software and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium.
US12059999B2
A display system for at least one wheel of at least one vehicle comprising: At least one LED display device for displaying information on a wheel of a vehicle; A computer in association with the at least one LED display device, the computer comprising GPS; A main server; Wherein the LED display device is linked to the computer and the computer is in wireless communication with the main server via a wireless network; in use, the server has stored in memory a plurality of information packets for display by the LED display device, each information packet has an associated location and/or time for being displayed, the main server wirelessly sends at least one information packet and associated time and/or location to the associated computer of the at least one vehicle, when the at least one vehicle is in the desired location and/or time the computer instructs the at least one LED display device to display the associated information.
US12059997B2
In one aspect, responsive to determining that an electric vehicle is connected to an external power source, an operator interface of the electric vehicle is enabled to command a headlight of the electric vehicle into an off condition. Responsive to determining that the electric vehicle is disconnected from the external power source and that the electric motor of the electric vehicle is powered, the headlight of the electric vehicle is maintained in an on condition, and the operator interface from commanding the headlight into the off condition is disabled. In another aspect, an electric vehicle headlight may be rendered non-deactivatable when an accelerator of the electric vehicle is enabled, and the headlight may be rendered deactivatable when an accelerator of the electric vehicle is disabled.
US12059989B2
A headrest for a vehicle seat, comprises an adjustment device comprising at least two adjusting parts and a drive element movable along an axis, wherein the drive element is coupled to the adjusting parts via engaging drive contours which are defined for each of the adjusting parts describe at least one adjustment path, the adjustment path of at least one of the adjusting parts having a twist with respect to the axis and extending from the adjustment path of at least one other of the adjusting parts so that an axial movement of the driving member along the axis causes a relative rotation between the adjusting parts.
US12059988B2
A body-adaptable arm rest arrangement includes an arm rest having an actuation unit for adjusting different arm rest positions, and a base. The arm rest is connected to the base via the actuation unit.
US12059985B2
A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a spin lock mechanism. The seat body is movably disposed on the base and switchable relative to the base between two different positions. The spin lock mechanism includes a pivoting component and a locking component. The pivoting component is pivotally connected to one of the base and the seat body. A driving slot is formed on the pivoting component. The locking component is for engaging with and disengaging from the other of the base and the seat body and movably passes through the driving slot along a direction substantially parallel to an engaging direction and a disengaging direction of the locking component. The locking component can be driven by pivoting movement of the pivoting component to disengage from the other of the base and the seat body to allow switching movement of the seat body relative to the base.
US12059983B2
A child safety seat includes a seat shell, a front end part rotatable relative to the seat shell between a retracted and a deployed position, and a latching mechanism for locking the front end part in the deployed position. The seat shell has a front end provided with an opening, and two sidewalls respectively protruding at a left and a right side of a seat portion. The front end part has a transversal portion extending along a width direction of the seat shell, and two side portions respectively connected pivotally with the two sidewalls of the seat shell via two pivot shafts spaced apart from each other along the width direction. The transversal portion of the front end part is stowed inside the opening of the seat shell in the retracted position, and extends outside the opening of the seat shell in the deployed position.
US12059975B2
An electric regenerative braking system is provided for capturing kinetic energy as electrical potential energy during vehicle braking (also referred to as a braking event). The electric regenerative braking system captures the kinetic energy from a shaft of the vehicle using an electric motor to generate electrical potential energy from the kinetic energy. The generated electrical potential energy is supplied to an energy accumulator that increases in electrical resistance as more electrical potential energy is stored. The electrical potential energy stored in the energy accumulator is used to charge a battery. The electric regenerative braking system uses a controller having a variable resistor to control a braking torque of the electric motor. That is, the controller modulates a resistance of the variable resistor based on the resistance of the energy accumulator, such that the resistance of the variable resistor is reduced as the resistance of the energy accumulator increases.
US12059970B2
A control device for a vehicle having a connection port to which a connector is connectable includes a processor and the vehicle includes a power storage device configured to store electric power. The vehicle is configured to transmit the electric power between a power grid and the power storage device by connecting, to the connection port, the connector electrically connected to the power grid. The processor is configured to execute connector locking control for locking the connector connected to the connection port when participation of the vehicle in demand-and-supply adjustment of the power grid is confirmed.
US12059969B2
A charging system for a vehicle is provided. The charging system includes a charging connector, and the charging connector includes a supply nozzle that is connected to a receptacle of a supply vehicle that includes a hydrogen tank and that supplies hydrogen. A charging hose is connected with the supply nozzle at a first end thereof, and a receiving nozzle is connected to a second end of the charging hose and connected to a receptacle of a receiving vehicle that receives hydrogen from the supply vehicle.
US12059966B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a track system forming a grid pattern in the horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells, each grid cell including a grid opening. A plurality of storage columns is located beneath the track system. Each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening and arranged to store a stack of storage containers. A container handling vehicle for lifting at least one storage container stacked in the stacks is configured to move laterally on the track system above the storage columns to access the storage containers via the grid openings. The container handling vehicle includes a lower part including at least one storage compartment for storing a storage container, an upper part arranged vertically above the lower part, a wheel assembly for guiding the container handling vehicle along the track system and a power supply compartment for accommodating a replaceable power supply; a replaceable power supply for accommodation in the power supply compartment, having a power supply charging connection. A charging station for charging of the replaceable power supply includes a charging connection configured to create an electrical connection with the power supply charging connection and a power supply support for releasably supporting the power supply during charging. The power supply compartment is arranged in the upper part of the container handling vehicle and is configured to receive the replaceable power supply via an opening.
US12059958B2
An electric axle assembly includes a suspension frame, a pair of drive assemblies coupled to opposite sides of the suspension frame, and a drive module coupled to the suspension frame. The drive module controls operation of the drive assemblies. The electric axle assembly is mounted to a vehicle frame and provides motive force to wheels of the vehicle for propelling the vehicle along a roadway.
US12059950B2
The invention relates to a component assembly for a crash zone (C) of a motor vehicle, comprising a retaining device (11) having at least one retaining element (12), by means of which at least one component (13, 14) is retained. In order to both arrange the at least one component (13, 14) to most advantageously utilise the available installation space and to guarantee an arrangement of said component (13, 14) that is secure against damage, said component is retained by means of of the retaining element (12) in the region of the crash zone (C) of the motor vehicle in a fixed position, wherein the retaining element (12) has at least one flexible region (19, 20) with which the component (13, 14) can be shifted out of the fixed position into an avoidance position in the event of an accident-related application of force.
US12059936B2
The invention relates to an air spring module having an air spring and a shock absorber for the suspension and damping of vibrations of a motor vehicle chassis. The air spring has a rolling bellows which is fastened to an air spring cover and a rolling piston. The rolling bellows at least partially delimits a first working space filled with compressed air. At least two working spaces are provided in the rolling piston, which are separated from one another by a partition and connectable to the first working space via switchable valves arranged in the rolling piston. In order to achieve simple production and installation as well as a low overall height, the rolling piston has at least two working spaces which are arranged adjacent to one another.
US12059933B2
An embodiment apparatus for determining a tire position includes a receiver configured to receive a signal from a tire pressure sensor, a processor configured to determine the tire position based on a tire internal temperature variation of a tire and a strength of the signal received from the tire pressure sensor, and a memory configured to store data and an algorithm executable by the processor.
US12059932B2
The present disclosure provides a left and right wheel determination method, a wheel pressure monitoring chip and system, and related apparatuses. The left and right wheel determination method includes: obtaining a time duration for a wheel to rotate for a predetermined number of revolutions after the wheel being detected as rotating; sampling centrifugal acceleration and tangential acceleration of the wheel within the time duration; determining an overrun-lag relationship between the centrifugal acceleration and the tangential acceleration of the wheel based on a serial number of a sampling time-point corresponding to the centrifugal acceleration and a serial number of a sampling time-point corresponding to the tangential acceleration; and determining the wheel to be of a left wheel or a right wheel based on the overrun-lag relationship between the centrifugal acceleration and the tangential acceleration of the wheel.
US12059923B1
A bicycle hub system, method and device including rear and front hub assemblies. Both the rear and front hub assemblies include locking mechanisms with matching undulating splined coupling faces that correspond to complementary undulating splined coupling faces of a wheel hub.
US12059914B2
A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.
US12059912B2
The present invention relates to a rotating mechanism for annular pattern stamping and stamping machine thereof. The rotating mechanism comprises a base (4), a rotating unit (5) rotatably disposed on the base, an operating unit (6) detachably disposed on the rotating unit; wherein, a clamping space is defined between the rotating unit and the operating unit for clamping a stamping carrier; the operating unit is capable of rotating together with the rotating unit and the stamping carrier in the clamping space relative to the base. Compared with the manual mode, the rotating mechanism for annular pattern stamping of the present invention can realize the automatic rotation of the stamping carrier by the operating unit, so it is convenient to operate. In addition, the displacement of the stamping carrier in the stamping process can be avoided by the clamping and positioning of the operating unit and the rotating unit, so that the accuracy of the stamping position and the quality of the stamped pattern are ensured.
US12059909B2
A liquid discharging device includes a support unit configured to support a medium, a discharging unit configured to discharge liquid to the medium, a reading unit configured to read an image formed on the medium with the liquid, a holding unit configured to hold the discharging unit and the reading unit while moving in a scanning direction, and a control unit configured to control operation of the discharging unit, the reading unit, and the holding unit. The control unit is configured to perform pattern forming operation that causes the discharging unit to discharge the liquid to form a test pattern image on the medium, reading operation that causes the reading unit to read at least a partial region of the test pattern image, and flushing operation that causes the discharging unit to perform flushing for discharging the liquid to the region in the test pattern image which was read.
US12059903B2
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.
US12059897B2
An inkjet recording head comprising a flow channel member, wherein the flow channel member is formed of a heat-cured product of a molding material comprising a resin composition comprising a thermosetting epoxy resin and a curing agent, and a filler; the filler comprises alumina and silica; and with d50 as a median diameter of the silica and with alumina A as the alumina having a median diameter of d50/4 or less, the content of the alumina A is 11 parts by mass or more relative to 100 parts by mass of the silica.
US12059892B2
Disclosed herein is a substrate cooling unit for use with a duplex aqueous ink jet image forming device. The substrate cooling unit including a first cooling roll. a first transport belt, a second cooling roll positioned downstream of the first cooling roll in a process direction and a second transport belt. The first and second transports belts include a bottom layer of a fiber mesh impregnated with a polydimethylsiloxane, where the fiber mesh is selected from cotton, polyester, and nylon. The first and second transport belts include an optional intermediate adhesive layer and an optional top layer of silicone having an extractable level of less than 4 percent. The substrate cooling unit includes an invertor.
US12059888B2
An ink jet recording method is a method including a jetting step of jetting a radiation-curable ink jet composition to adhere to a recording medium that shrinks when heated, and a curing step of curing the radiation-curable ink jet composition by irradiating the radiation-curable ink jet composition adhered to the recording medium with radiation, in which the recorded material has a first region and a second region where shrinkage ratios due to the heating in a main surface direction are different when the recorded material is shrunk by being heated and brought into close contact with a packaged object, the shrinkage ratio of the first region in the main surface direction is greater than the shrinkage ratio of the second region in the main surface direction, and the radiation-curable ink jet composition adheres to the recording medium such that a film thickness of a cured film formed in the first region is less than a film thickness of a cured film formed in the second region.
US12059886B2
The present invention provides a printing plate precursor including a layer which includes a polymer and is provided on a printing surface side of an aluminum support, and a layer which includes particles and is provided on a side opposite to the printing surface side, in which a modulus of elasticity of the particles is 0.1 GPa or more, and in a case where a Bekk smoothness of an outermost layer surface on the side opposite to the printing surface side is denoted by b second, a specific expression (1) is satisfied; a printing plate precursor laminate; a method for making a printing plate; and a printing method.
US12059878B2
A method conceals optical defects in surfaces. The method includes: obtaining a digital image by a digital optical recording the optical defect and a surrounding surface; obtaining an imitation of the surface in a region of the at least one optical defect by image processing of the digital image; printing a mirror-inverted, true-to-scale representation of the surface imitation onto a transfer film; soaking the transfer film; applying an activator onto a the transfer film or onto the surface; aligning the transfer film onto the surface so that the surface imitation on the transfer film coincides with the optical defect on the surface; pressing the transfer film onto the surface; peeling the transfer film from the surface; pressing on the ink remaining on the surface; and after complete drying of the activator and of the ink: applying a protective layer onto the surface imitation.
US12059875B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to laminates comprising a uniaxially oriented first multilayer film comprising ethylene-based polymer, wherein the uniaxially oriented first multilayer film has a ratio of percent elongation at break in the cross direction to percent elongation at break in the machine direction of at least 2 to 1; and a biaxially oriented second multilayer film adhered to the uniaxially oriented first multilayer film and comprising an ethylene-based polymer, wherein the biaxially oriented second multilayer film has a ratio of percent elongation at break in the machine direction to percent elongation at break in the cross direction of at least 2 to 1.
US12059860B2
A method for forming a product of compressible material includes preparing compressible material, assembling a molding fixture, filling the compressible material into a filling tube of the molding fixture, clamping the filling tube by a clamping mechanism of the molding fixture, moving an adjusting screw of the molding fixture downward in the filling tube to compress the compressible material, delivering the molding fixture to a heating module to perform a heating process so that the compressible material is heated and melted, delivering the molding fixture to a cooling module to perform a cooling process so that the compressible material is cooled and solidified to form a product, stripping the molding fixture from the product, and finishing and taking out the product of the compressible material.
US12059857B2
A method of forming a composite article includes constructing a preform having a strand layer including an interior portion and a peripheral portion surrounding the interior portion. The strand layer includes a plurality of strand segments traversing the interior portion and defining a first strand segment population density and a second strand segment population density. The preform is inserted into the mold cavity so that the interior portion of the preform is received in a molding region of the mold cavity. The molding region has a first thickness corresponding to the first strand segment population density and a second thickness corresponding to the second strand segment population density. Following the inserting, the mold is closed and the interior portion of the preform is compressed within the molding region. In the closed mold, the peripheral portion of the strand layer may be maintained in a loose state within the relief region.
US12059851B2
A re-circulatory blasting device obtained is capable of performing stable treatment for a prolonged period of time even in cases in which an elastic abrasive employed has abrasive grains adhered to the surface of elastic cores. An elastic abrasive regeneration device provided to the blasting device regenerates elastic abrasive employed for re-circulation. The elastic abrasive regeneration device includes a mixer and a combining unit. Recovered abrasive fed in from an abrasive recovery section is mixed in the mixer with abrasive grains fed in from an abrasive grain feeder, and the abrasive grains are adhered to the surface of the cores of the recovered abrasive. In the combining unit, the abrasive grains are pressed against and combined to the surface of the cores by passing an aggregated state of the recovered abrasive mixed by the mixer along a constricted flow path having a flow path cross-sectional area that gradually narrows.
US12059846B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design and manufacture of physical structures include, in at least one aspect, a method including: obtaining a design space for a modeled object, load cases for physical simulation, and design criteria, wherein the modeled object includes specified geometry with which generatively designed geometry will connect, and wherein the load cases include at least one in-use load case for the physical structure and at least one subtractive-manufacturing load case associated with the specified geometry and with a subtractive manufacturing system; producing the generatively designed geometry in the design space for the modelled object in accordance with the load cases for physical simulation of the modelled object and the design criteria for the modeled object; and providing the modeled object with the generatively designed geometry for use in manufacturing the physical structure.
US12059839B2
An extrusion-based production system, comprising: a filament roll with a filament; at least one assembly with: an entrance for receiving the filament; an exit for delivering the filament, a channel between the entrance and exit; a first and second rotatable component, respectively rotatable about a first/second axis, and having first/second external ridges, wherein, when a filament is introduced into the channel, and the at least one assembly is rotated with respect to the filament, the rotatable components rotate about their respective axis, and the axes move about the filament such that the components mainly roll over the filament, and the external ridges penetrate at least partially into the filament. A method for feeding a filament.
US12059829B2
A method that combines injection molding and extrusion is disclosed. First, a molten material is injected into a mold via an injection gate, the mold comprising a first portion and a second portion. Next, additional molten material is injected via the injection gate and pushed through an extrusion die located in the first portion of the mold and the second portion is separated from the first portion. In embodiments, the second portion is separated from the first portion before the additional material is injected. In other embodiments, the second portion is separated from the first portion simultaneously with the additional material being injected. The method may be used to produce longer and thinner parts with detailed features, such as catheters.
US12059828B2
A method for filling a multi-chamber profile with foam includes providing the multi-chamber profile, which is a closed hollow chamber profile with at least two chambers, where an inner wall is disposed between two chambers of the at least two chambers which are arranged directly on each other, where the inner wall separates the two chambers from each other, and where a first one of the two chambers has a foam inlet. The method further includes forming an opening in the inner wall where the opening connects the two chambers and introducing a flowable foam material via the foam inlet into the first one of the two chambers such that the foam material is distributed within the first one of the two chambers and is introduced via the opening into a second one of the two chambers.
US12059813B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to robotic devices, computer-vision systems, and artificial intelligence. More specifically, some embodiments relate to a computer-vision system for robotic devices. In some implementations, a computer-vision is coupled to a robotic arm for picking items from a bin and perturbing items in a bin. A computer-vision system, in accordance with the present technology, may use at least two two-dimensional (2D) images to generate three-dimensional (3D) information about the bin and items in the bin. A method of training artificial neural networks to generate 3D information from 2D images includes obtaining ground truth data for a scene, obtaining at least two images of the scene, and providing the ground truth data and the at least two images to the artificial neural network configured to generate a depth map from the images based on the ground truth data.
US12059809B2
A swarm autonomy system and swarm autonomy method for organizing multiple industrial robots to carry out a number of manufacturing tasks comprises a swarm core and at least one swarm fleet, wherein, the swarm core is configured to manage the swarm autonomy system and generate a swarm plan; and the swarm fleet is configured to execute a manufacturing execution according to the swarm plan.
US12059801B2
A diagnostic station for inspecting an article transport vehicle movable along a guideway has a diagnostic module associated with the guideway and configured to receive the article transport vehicle when the article transport vehicle is in an inspection position along the guideway. The diagnostic module has at least one of the following: a grip testing substation having at least one force sensor configured for measuring a force exerted by a closure mechanism of the article transport vehicle in a closed position, a pressure testing substation in communication with a source of pressurized air and configured for pressurizing and depressurizing the closure mechanism, and an optical inspection substation having at least one camera configured for capturing image data of the article transport vehicle.
US12059793B2
A hand-held working apparatus has an apparatus housing, a working tool capable of being motor-driven, a drive motor for the working tool, and an operating data communication component connected to the apparatus housing and having a communication interface configured for wireless transmission of operating data. The operating data communication component has a mounting region by which it is mounted on an attachment region of the apparatus housing. The attachment region is located on an inside of an outer wall of the apparatus housing.
US12059788B2
A driving tool includes: a plunger movable in a launch direction of a fastener; an urging member that is extendable and contractible and is configured to serve as a drive source of the plunger; a moving member that is disposed at an end portion in an extension-contraction direction of the urging member and is movable in the extension-contraction direction of the urging member; a string-like member configured to connect the moving member and the plunger and transmit a driving force of the urging member to the plunger via the moving member; and a rotation prevention portion configured to prevent rotation of the moving member around a central axis in the extension-contraction direction of the urging member.
US12059786B2
A striking tool includes: a motor including a rotor; a plunger configured to be movable from a bottom dead point to a top dead point by the motor; a moving unit configured to move the plunger from the top dead point toward the bottom dead point; a speed variation acquiring unit configured to acquire an amount of variation in rotating speed of the rotor; and a control unit configured to control the motor, based on the amount of variation acquired by the speed variation acquiring unit.
US12059776B2
Disclosed are aspects of exemplars of torque-limiting devices, methods and mechanisms exemplars methods may include placing an actuator in a tool containment interface of a handle; movable mounting a tool portion with an actuation catch and a work piece engaging region (WER) in the interface; applying sufficient force to the movable mounting to the handle may be via pins, guides and slots. Said catch may be one of a body catch and a lever catch; and, the actuator terminates on one of a ball shaped end that forms and interface with the body catch and a force lever that forms an interface with the lever catch.
US12059775B2
A power tool includes a housing and a brushless motor with a rotor and a stator assembly. The motor defines a motor envelope bounded by a rear plane at a rearmost point of the stator assembly and rotor, a front plane at a frontmost point of the stator assembly and rotor, and a generally cylindrical boundary surrounding a radially outermost portion of the stator assembly and rotor. A rotor shaft is rotatably driven by the rotor. A transmission includes an input member rotatably driven by the rotor shaft and an output member. A first bearing supporting the rotor shaft is at least partially received within the motor envelope. A second bearing supporting the rotor shaft or a component of the transmission is at least partially received within the motor envelope. A support plate supporting a component of the transmission may be at least partially received within the motor envelope.
US12059771B2
A glass polishing apparatus includes a jig that holds a glass structure. The glass polishing apparatus includes a first flat portion, a second flat portion opposite to the first flat portion, and a curved portion connecting the first flat portion to the second flat portion. The jig and includes a first holding surface holding the first flat portion, a second holding surface disposed opposite to the first holding surface and holding the second flat portion, and a third holding surface connecting the first holding surface to the second holding surface and holding the curved portion. At least a portion of a roller unit having a cylindrical shape is inserted between the first flat portion and the second flat portion.
US12059765B2
An assembly including a tool (1) and packaging (2) for accommodating the tool (1). The tool (1) includes at least one machining head (3) for machining a workpiece (4), in particular a dental workpiece (4), by a machining unit (5), and a clamping portion (6) for securing the tool (1) in a chuck (7) of the machining unit (5) while the workpiece (4) is being machined. The tool (1) can be repeatedly removed from and placed back in the packaging (2), with the packaging (2) being provided with at least one securing device (11) for fastening the packaging (2) in a temporary tool magazine (12) of the machining unit (5).
US12059764B2
Provided a vibration measurement device for a rotary tool held by a tool holder that is coupled with a spindle and axially rotates in cooperation with the spindle. The vibration measurement device includes: a pair of acceleration sensors attached to a horizontal plane with respect to a rotary axis of a rotary tool in a manner symmetric to the rotary axis; an amplifier circuit that matches impedance of acceleration information from the acceleration sensors and amplifies voltage; a low-pass filter that removes predetermined high frequencies from an output signal of the amplifier circuit; and a subtraction circuit and an addition circuit that output a parallel vibration signal in an XY direction and a vibration signal in a rotational direction, respectively, from the output signal of the low pass filter.
US12059763B2
A machine tool chip removal device including a coupling interface to couple with a rotatable spindle of a machine tool to facilitate rotation of the machine tool chip removal device about an axis at a rotational speed. The chip removal device can also include a main fluid channel with an opening to receive pressurized fluid from the machine tool. The chip removal device can further include a first fluid delivery channel and a second fluid delivery channel to direct fluid in different directions. Each fluid delivery channel can be in fluid communication with the main fluid channel. In addition, the chip removal device can include one or more valves associated with the first and second fluid delivery channels to selectively allow fluid passage from the main fluid channel to the fluid delivery channels. The one or more valves can be actuated by varying fluid pressure and/or rotational speed.
US12059760B2
An object is to provide a snap-fit structure in which space on a side where an engaging portion elastically deforms can be effectively utilized. The snap-fit structure includes a mounting component with a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion and a mounted component formed with an engaged portion for engaging the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion. The second engaging portion is arranged in a position not aligned on the same line in a direction in which the first engaging portion elastically deforms.
US12059759B2
A harmonic welding wire oscillator configured to oscillate a stretch of welding wire within a wire liner. The oscillator may include an actuator configured to oscillate the welding wire at a resonant frequency of the stretch of welding wire. The oscillation causes reciprocation of the welding wire at the tip of the welding torch.
US12059754B2
Systems and methods are provided for manually setting up a wire drive assembly of a welding power supply and automatically setting up welding power supply parameters. A drive roll is configured with multiple grooves for receiving multiple wires of different types and/or different diameters. A sensor can detect the configuration of the drive roll such as, for example, being configured to receive a particular wire type with a particular diameter in a particular groove, by detect a distance to the drive roll. The welding power supply can use this information to automatically set the wire speed.
US12059753B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for a welding-type power system that includes an engine configured to drive an electric generator to provide a first power output. An energy storage device to provide a second power output. A controller is configured to receive one or more control signals to provide a total power output to at least one of a welding-type output or an auxiliary type output, determine proportional values for the first power output and the second power output that add up to the total power output based on a power demand signal that indicates a contribution of the first power output and the second power output, control the engine to adjust speed based on the first power output value, and control a connection from the energy storage device to provide the second power output to the welding-type output based on the second power output value.
US12059749B2
Wavelength conversion member manufacturing method and method for manufacturing light-emitting device
A wavelength conversion member manufacturing method includes: providing the wavelength conversion member having an upper surface, the wavelength conversion member including a phosphor portion, and a light-transmissive portion configured to transmit fluorescence from the phosphor portion; and forming, in the wavelength conversion member, at least one depressed portion each having an inclined surface inclined with respect to the upper surface by irradiating the wavelength conversion member with a pulsed laser beam from above more than once to form a plurality of continuous machining marks at different processing depths.
US12059738B2
A hand-held band saw includes a band saw body and an supporting device. The supporting device includes a fixing member, a slider, a supporting member, and a connection assembly. The fixing member is fixedly connected to the band saw body, the slider is slidably connected to the fixing member, the supporting member supports a workpiece and is connected to the slider, and the connection assembly connectes the slider and the supporting member. When the slider moves, the connection assembly is capable of enabling the supporting member to move along with the slider. The connection assembly comprises a buffer member mounted between the slider and the supporting member.
US12059734B2
A hole saw including a plurality of sidewall openings is provided. The sidewall openings are shaped and grouped in patterns that improve debris ejection of the hole saw, and that allows for easy access to the interior of the hole saw for manual debris removal by the user. The opening groups are space from each other by larger uninterrupted areas such that the hole saw has a high strength despite the number and size of openings provided in the saw sidewall.
US12059731B1
A cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film, including a first layer in which a first unit layer composed of TiaAl1-a-bBbN, where 0.30≤a≤0.50, and 0
US12059729B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a metal printed object that can reduce the generation of sputters, and the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal printed object in which, in the presence of a shielding gas supplied around metal powder in a chamber, heat is supplied to the metal powder using energy rays to form a metal layer and laminate the metal layer, wherein the mass per unit volume of the shielding gas at a temperature of 25° C. and a pressure of 0.1 MPa is 1.30×10−3 g/cm3 or less.
US12059721B2
A method for forming and installing a retaining ring comprises: feeding a wire in a linear path into a forming die having a circular bore; forming, using the forming die, the wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; transferring the formed ring from the forming die to a transfer puck; and installing the formed ring, as a retaining ring, in a tube of a product assembly. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state between forming in the forming die and installation in the product assembly. A system for forming and installing a retaining ring into a product assembly includes a forming die configured to form a wire into a formed ring having a ring shape; and a transfer puck to transfer the formed ring from the forming die. The formed ring is maintained in a constrained state from forming through installation.
US12059717B2
A rolling process for long solid-section products includes the steps of rolling stock through a plurality of rolling mill stands, the rolled stock being subjected to a tensile load, between the plurality of stands, that generates a single-axial deformation greater than 0.1 in the rolling direction, and is also deformed by compression between the rolls of at least one of the rolling mill stands, thereby achieving a reduction in the cross section area of at least 5%, preferably of between 5 and 50%. A rolling mill, in which a plurality of stands is connected by spacer elements designed to offset the tensile load; a rolling mill, in which a plurality of stands is connected by elements designed to offset the overturning moment generated by the tensile load; and a rolling mill, in which the aforesaid rolling stands maintain a non-slip condition.
US12059715B2
A mobile panel maintenance system including a mobile panel maintenance unit having a base supported for translational motion over a surface within a panel array and a carriage movably mounted to the base to position a panel maintenance assembly in relation to a panel surface for panel maintenance.
US12059705B2
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.
US12059704B2
The present invention relates to a method comprising as method steps: a) providing a sheetlike composite precursor comprising a carrier layer; b) overlaying the sheetlike composite precursor on an outer face of the sheetlike composite precursor with a liquid first polymer composition; c) hardening the liquid first polymer composition, thereby obtaining a first polymer layer; and d) overlaying the sheetlike composite precursor on the outer face of the sheetlike composite precursor with a liquid second polymer composition; wherein the first polymer layer in method step d) comprises an isocyanate content in a range from 0.1% to 50% by weight, based on the weight of the first polymer layer. The invention further relates to a sheetlike composite obtainable by the method; a container precursor and a closed container, each comprising the sheetlike composite; and to uses of a liquid primer and the sheetlike composite.
US12059701B2
A caulk, sealant, or glue tube repair system and apparatus is described. A form-fitting cap, equipped with at least one tip, is disclosed, which is configured to replace the default top and/or tip of a conventional caulk/sealant/glue tube. The apparatus facilitates the effective replacement of the top and nozzle of the tube container such that it may function as-new within a caulk gun. Via replacement of the nozzle/top of the tube container, hardened or dried contents of the container may be removed, providing for continued use of the remaining contents of the tube container. The apparatus is equipped with a nozzle, an air hole, and a tube entry point. The tube entry point is tapered such that it provides a hard seal against the tube container.
US12059696B2
A device actuation system for actuating a treatment device includes a first drive gear rotatably mountable to the treatment device, a coupler rail slidably mountable to the treatment device, a second drive gear rotatably mountable to the coupler rail, and a coupler gear rotatably mountable to the treatment device and engageable with the coupler rail. In addition, the device actuation system includes a drive rail locatable between the first drive gear and the second drive gear of the gear system. The coupler gear is rotatable to move the coupler rail in a manner maintaining the second drive gear in continuous engagement with the drive rail against the first drive gear. The first drive gear and the second drive gear are rotatable in a manner causing at least one of translation and rotation of the treatment device relative to the drive rail.
US12059692B2
A nozzle assembly for use in liquid-dispensing system, the nozzle assembly includes a pipe having lumens; a body, an end of the pipe being mounted to the body; the pipe having a wall and a septum, the wall enclosing a space, the septum dividing the space enclosed by the wall into the lumens; each of the lumens being correspondingly terminated in an orifice such that a liquid is escapable from each lumen through the corresponding orifice and is thereby dispensable from the nozzle assembly.
US12059691B2
The present disclosure relates to disrupting a flow of a product stream in a centrifuge to help keep the contents of the stream mixed in a relatively homogenous manner. For example, a centrifuge can include at least one discrete, flow interference member located in a product stream pathway to disrupt the flow of the product stream.
US12059690B2
A unit for electrostatic filter includes: a repeated structure of patterns that are respectively formed of one selected from at least two different substances having different work functions. The patterns formed of the different substances are put in contact with each other. The work functions differ by 1 eV or greater between the different substances put in contact with each other in the patterns.
US12059675B2
A tip device (1) includes a tubular tip (6) and a base (8) that is continuous with a rear end (6a) of the tip (6) and includes a first connector. The first connector detachably connects to a second connector provided in a container (2) to house the tip (6).
US12059671B2
A cannabis oil formulation comprises a level of terpene concentration of at least 4.88% by weight, detectable levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and at least two other cannabinoids, and a level of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) concentration that is not detectable.
US12059666B1
A surface-modified bio-adsorbent including Ziziphus Mauritiana biomass particles and TiO2 nanoparticles anchored on a surface of the Ziziphus Mauritiana biomass particles. The bio-adsorbent can be in powder form and the Ziziphus Mauritiana biomass particles can have a particle size ranging from about 25 μm to about 250 μm.
US12059665B2
An active carbon molded body that comprises a plurality of active carbon granules that are formed from aggregates of active carbon particles. The active carbon granules include a fibrous granulation binder. The active carbon molded body is formed as a result of the plurality of active carbon granules being aggregated by means of the fibrous granulation binder in the active carbon granules. The present invention is also an active carbon molded body production method in which active carbon granules that have been formed by aggregating active carbon particles by means of a fibrous binder are molded by simultaneous application of heat and pressure without separate addition of a molding binder. The present invention thereby provides: an active carbon molded body that has high purification capacity and good production efficiency; and a production method for the active carbon molded body.
US12059663B2
A reactor system for thermally treating a hydrocarbon-containing stream includes a pressure containment vessel having an interior chamber defined by a first end, a second end, and at least one sidewall extending from the first end to the second end. A heat transfer medium converts electrical current to heat is positioned within the interior chamber of the pressure containment vessel, and the heat transfer medium has a first end face, a second end face, and channels extending between the first end face and the second end face. A heat sink reservoir includes molten salt, and at least one of a heater or heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the heat transfer medium and thermally coupled to the heat sink reservoir.
US12059658B2
The present disclosure relates to semipermeable membranes which are suitable for blood purification, e.g. by hemodialysis, which have an increased ability to remove larger molecules while at the same time effectively retaining albumin. The membranes are characterized by a molecular retention onset (MWRO) of between 9.0 kD and 14.5 kD and a molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of between 55 kD and 130 kD as determined by dextran sieving curves and can be prepared by industrially feasible processes excluding a treatment with salt before drying. The invention therefore also relates to a process for the production of the membranes and to their use in medical applications.
US12059649B2
The present invention relates to an absorption solvent and, more particularly, to an absorption solvent for removing carbon dioxide from a gaseous mixture having high carbon dioxide partial pressure.
US12059648B2
A carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system and method for removing CO2 from an inlet gas including a first fluid stream inlet providing for the flow of a first fluid stream, such as an inlet gas containing CO2, and a second fluid stream inlet providing for the flow of a second fluid stream, such as steam, an outlet providing for the flow of a CO2 depleted stream from the CO2 capture system, an outlet providing for the flow of a CO2 stream from the CO2 capture system and a concentrator in fluid communication with the first fluid stream. The system further including a first contactor and a second contactor. Each of the first contactor and the second contactor defining therein a first fluidically-isolated, sorbent-integrated, fluid domain for flow of the first fluid stream and CO2 adsorption and a second fluidically-isolated fluid domain for flow of the second fluid stream to assist in desorption.
US12059647B2
Methods of designing zeolite materials for adsorption of CO2. Zeolite materials and processes for CO2 adsorption using zeolite materials.
US12059645B1
Devices and methods are provided for reducing or removing condensation from compressed air.
US12059642B1
An automobile oil filter radiator assembly is provided. The automobile oil filter radiator assembly includes a base and a radiator, where the base is elongated in shape through metal casting; one end of the base is integrally provided with a filter housing; the radiator is assembled on an upper surface of the base; the base is provided with an oil passage communicated with a filter and the radiator; the oil passage is longitudinally provided and divided into a first section and a second section; the first section is communicated with an inner chamber of the filter housing, and is provided with a first core opening extending towards the end of the base provided with the filter housing; the second section is provided with a second core opening extending towards the upper surface of the base; and the second core opening is sealed with a bottom surface of the radiator.
US12059637B2
Devices and methods associated with these devices for significantly reducing or eliminating liquid (e.g., water) in a water or wastewater treatment unit above the underdrain from moving downwardly into the underdrain during an air only wash cycle of the treatment unit. The treatment unit can take many forms including but not limited to an upflow filter and a downflow filter. The treatment unit may include a filter bed having one or more layers of filter media supported by gravel above the underdrain. The treatment unit may also include an underdrain having a porous plate, slotted plate or slotted upper structure that obviates the need for gravel. Positive pressure is provided to the underdrain to overcome the downward force of the driving head in the treatment unit to significantly reduce or prevent liquid present in the treatment unit above the underdrain from moving downwardly into the underdrain.
US12059626B2
A computer-implemented method for generating virtual elements in a fitness-based game. The method comprises hosting, by a game server, a fitness-based gaming module and receiving, by the game server, fitness data from one or more devices of a user. The method also comprises generating, by one or more processors, a plurality of battle options, within the fitness-based gaming module, based at least in part upon the fitness data. The method further comprises generating, by the one or more processors, a battle queue of one or more of the plurality of battle options and transmitting, by the game server, the battle queue to the user.
US12059617B2
The present disclosure is directed to an interactive puzzle. In particular, the methods and systems of the present disclosure may: generate data representing a graphical user interface (GUI); and receive user input via one or more user-manipulable control elements of the GUI such that one or more of a plurality of different, distinct, visibly distinguishable, continuous, and extensible line elements expand and/or contract along their one or more predetermined associated paths in an image area of the GUI to form a line drawing comprising at least a humanly discernible portion of at least one image, of a plurality of different and distinct images that may be rendered in the image area, that constitutes at least a portion of a solution to a user-solvable puzzle associated with the plurality of different and distinct images.
US12059614B2
This application discloses a virtual object control method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium. The virtual control method includes detecting a selection operation on a target skill, the target skill adjusting an action effect of a target virtual prop to a target action effect, the target virtual prop being a virtual prop of a first virtual object; determining, in response to detecting the selection operation on the target skill, a target virtual object in a virtual scene, the target virtual object being an action target of the target virtual prop; and triggering the target virtual prop to perform in an automatic attack mode when the target virtual object is in an action region of the target virtual prop, the automatic attack mode including automatically initiating an attack on the target virtual object when detecting no triggering operation on the target virtual prop.
US12059613B2
A game object control method is provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: at least one target game object is determined in at least one game object, in response to object selecting operation. A grouping control is provided in response to object grouping trigger operation. The grouping control includes at least one grouping sub-control. A target grouping sub-control is determined in the at least one grouping sub-control, in response to a group selecting operation, and the at least one target game object is determined as a target group corresponding to the target grouping sub-control. In the present embodiment, by means of a grouping control and a group selecting operation, a group of a target game object can be determined as a target group corresponding to a target grouping sub-control, thereby quick grouping of the at least one game object to improve the operation efficiency of games is realized.
US12059607B2
A spin-tightened snowshoe binding is provided, the binding comprising a sole plate configured to be hingedly interconnected to a snowshoe an axis extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the snowshoe, a toe cap interconnected with the sole plate with a first anterior strap and a second anterior strap, wherein the anterior straps are configured to wrap around the medial aspect and the lateral aspects of a toe box of a shoe inserted within the snowshoe binding, and wherein the toe cap is configured to interface with a top aspect of the shoe, a first lateral strap extends outward from the sole plate, wherein the first lateral strap is configured to wrap upward along a medial portion of the shoe, and extend toward a posterior aspect of the shoe, a second lateral strap extends outward from the sole plate, wherein the second lateral strap is configured to wrap upward along a lateral aspect of a shoe, and extend toward the posterior aspect of the snowshoe binding, a belt having a first end and a second end, the belt slideably interconnected with the distal end of the first lateral strap and the distal end of the second lateral strap, wherein the belt is configured to span around the posterior aspect of the shoe between the distal ends of the lateral straps, a tightening dial interconnected with the toe cap, a cable interconnecting the tightening dial, toe cap, sole plate, lateral straps, and first end and second end of the belt, wherein rotating the tightening dial in a first direction tensions the cable, and wherein rotating the tightening dial in a first direction retracts the toe cap toward the sole plate and retracts the first end and second end of the belt toward the toe cap.
US12059603B2
A golf club incorporating a plurality of projections extending from on the crown section.
US12059599B2
Golf ball comprising one or more layers and/or indicia formed from a fluorescent composition comprising: a base polymer; and a colorant; wherein the colorant is a small-molecule ionic isolation lattice formed from one or more fluorescent dye and one or more cyanostar macrocycles. The one or more fluorescent dyes may include at least one dye selected from xanthenes, oxazines, styryls, cyanines, trianguleniums, or mixtures thereof. The colorant may be a dispersion of the small-molecule ionic isolation lattice in a carrier medium or a powder. In particular embodiments, at least one of the one or more layers is a cover layer and/or a coating layer.
US12059597B2
The present invention is directed to a physical therapy device capable of folding into a single portable device comprising a frame comprising a first lengthwise bar and a second lengthwise bar; and a first transverse bar and a second transverse bar. The frame is configured to be adjusted between an unfolded configuration for use and a folded configuration for storage; a first set of stanchions, each coupled to at least a portion of the first lengthwise bar; and a first handrail coupled to a top portion of each of the first set of stanchions. In the folded configuration, the first lengthwise bar is parallel to the second lengthwise bar, and the first and second transverse bars are configured to hinge such that each bar folds towards a center region of the frame to be substantially parallel to the first and second lengthwise bars.
US12059596B2
Described herein is a method and system for generating a personalized exercise therapy program that is capable of customizing and providing an exercise program for therapy purposes to a patient. The method of generating a personalized exercise therapy program may include: executing an exercise program generation mode on a terminal logged in with a specific medical staff account; selecting, in the exercise program generation mode, at least one exercise item to be included in an exercise program; setting program information corresponding to the exercise program; generating the exercise program including the exercise item and the program information; storing the exercise program in association with the specific medical staff account; and allocating the exercise program to the patient account, based on receiving, from the specific medical staff account, prescription information for a patient account.
US12059588B2
An exercise and rehabilitation bar including a flexing bar, at least one resistance insert, and at least one handle. The flexing bar has a first end, a second end, and a cavity running from the first end to the second end. The at least one resistance insert is removably carried within the cavity of the flexing bar and the at least one handle is removably securable to either the first or second end of the flexing bar.
US12059583B2
The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic transducer and a focused ultrasound treatment device. The ultrasonic transducer includes a sound generation unit and a sound emitting surface, the sound emitting surface being a spherical surface having a first notch, a second notch and a third notch, wherein one great circle of a sphere corresponding to the sound emitting surface is a main great circle, the first notch and the second notch are respectively positioned at two intersections of the spherical surface and a diameter perpendicular to the main great circle, and the third notch connects the first notch with the second notch; each cross-section of the sound emitting surface parallel to the main great circle is in a shape of an arc; and the ultrasonic wave generated by the sound generation unit is focused on a center of the sphere corresponding to the sound emitting surface.
US12059578B2
A method for controlled tumoricidal radiation dose delivery is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an image of a body organ; diving the image into a plurality of voxels; determining a set of feasible actions for the body organ by identifying an upper bound and a lower bound for the body organ; determining a utility function for the body organ; determining a disagreement point by identifying an ideal fluency map and a worst fluency map; determining a negotiation power weight based on a type of the body organ; and optimizing the plurality of radiation dose levels to the plurality of voxels based on the set of feasible actions, the utility function, the disagreement point, and the negotiation power weight. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US12059574B2
A system for facilitating communications of assistance information for a caregiver includes an external defibrillator configured to collect patient treatment data, a first communications module for providing communication links between the external defibrillator and at least one remote medical services system, and at least one portable computing device comprising a second communications module. The first communications module is configured to communicate the patient treatment data to the at least one portable computing device via the second communications module, and the second communications module is configured to receive the patient treatment data in real-time, communicatively couple to the at least one remote medical services system, and based on the patient treatment data, receive assistance information for the caregiver from the at least one remote medical services system.
US12059572B2
An implantable electrical stimulation device including an implant sized and configured to be implanted subcutaneously, the implant being configured to rectify a received pulse train of ultrasound into a single electrical pulse configured to stimulate a tibial nerve of a patient.
US12059569B2
The disclosed techniques allow for externalizing errors from an implantable medical device using the device's charging coil, for receipt at an external charger or other external device. Transmission of errors in this manner is particularly useful when telemetry of error codes through a traditional telemetry coil in the implant is not possible, for example, because the error experienced is so fundamental as to preclude use of such traditional means. By externalizing the error via the charging coil, and though the use of robust error modulation circuitry in the implant designed to be generally insensitive to fundamental errors, the external charger can be consulted to understand the failure mode involved, and to take appropriate action.
US12059564B2
Provided are devices and methods for preventing an episode of incontinence in an individual in need thereof. The devices comprise a sensor and a stimulator electrode that can be implanted into the body of the individual. Once the device is implanted in the individual, the sensor of the device senses a parameter that is associated with a response from the individual that is intended to prevent an episode of incontinence. Then, the device provides an electrical stimulation using the electrode that, together with the response, helps to prevent the episode of incontinence.
US12059563B2
Methods for treating urinary stress incontinence by non-invasively delivering energy to one or more submucosal regions of vaginal tissue to induce remodeling within the vaginal tissue are provided. In some embodiments, the energy delivery results in heating of the target tissue to a temperature that ranges from about 38° C. to about 46° C. In some embodiments, the subject methods involve cooling a mucosal epithelial layer over the vaginal tissue. In some embodiments, a reverse thermal gradient is produced as the mucosal epithelium is cooled while energy is delivered to the underlying vaginal tissue.
US12059550B2
A safety quick-refill compact pump for administering drugs is provided. The pump includes a motor-driven electromechanical actuator, a cylindrical container, and a hollow piercing element. The actuator causes bi-directional axial sliding of a rod that carries a pusher adapted to cause axial sliding of a plunger of the container which contains a liquid drug and is equipped, at an end thereof, with a pierceable membrane. The actuator is provided with a first connecting portion of a male-female connecting joint at least partially surrounding the rod. The container is provided with a second connecting portion of the male-female connecting joint and is firmly associated with the actuator and defines a cylindrical chamber axially extending about the sliding axis of the rod. The piercing element is oriented toward the inside of the chamber and defines a duct so that the piercing element is in fluid communication with the inside of the reservoir.
US12059547B2
A pump includes a reservoir, a port, and a plunger. The reservoir delivers a liquid by discharging the liquid through the port coupled to the reservoir. A piston of the plunger defines a liquid side of the reservoir and a non-liquid side of the reservoir whereby movement of the plunger towards the liquid side of the reservoir discharges liquid through the port. The pump also includes a reference-volume assembly and/or a linear position sensor. The reference-volume assembly is coupled to the reservoir at an opposite end of the reservoir relative to the port and includes a reference-volume chamber in acoustic communication with the non-liquid side of the reservoir, a speaker disposed within the reference-volume chamber, and a reference microphone disposed within the reference-volume chamber. The pump estimate the amount of liquid discharged from the reservoir.
US12059542B2
Disclosed is a system including a flow control assembly. The system may include a flow regulating shunt system, for various purposes. The flow control assembly may be controlled according to selected parameters and methods.
US12059540B2
A right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit provides a first end having a first disc extending radially therefrom and a second disc, proximate to the first disc. The second disc extends radially from the first end. An expandable lumen section extends between the first disc and the second disc. The conduit also has a second end, distal from the first end.
US12059536B2
Disclosed is a stabilization device and system for stabilizing integrated catheters, and associated methods. The stabilization device can include a platform and a dressing. The platform can have a skin-adhering side configured to stick to a patient's skin and catheter-securing side configured to secure an integrated catheter. The catheter-securing side of the platform can include a contoured recess extending into a body of the platform configured to secure a catheter tube or a hub of the integrated catheter, as well as an extension port of the integrated catheter, a wing assembly of the integrated catheter, or both the extension port and the wing assembly. The dressing can include a transparent polymeric film over a textile pad. The dressing can have a skin-adhering side configured to adhere the dressing to both the integrated catheter secured in the platform and the patient's skin.
US12059530B2
A patient interface for supplying a flow of breathable gas to the airways of a patient may comprise a heat and moisture exchanger (HME). The HME may be positioned in a flow path of the flow of breathable gas. The HME may absorb heat and moisture from gas exhaled by the patient and the incoming flow of breathable gas to be supplied to the patient's airways may be heated and moisturized by the heat and moisture held in the HME.
US12059528B2
A patient interface including a seal-forming structure with a textile membrane. The textile membrane has at least one hole such that the flow of air at a therapeutic pressure is delivered to at least an entrance to the patient's nares. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in a cavity of a plenum chamber throughout the patient's respiratory cycle, in use. The textile membrane includes a first portion that is held in a relaxed state and a second portion that is held in a taut state. The taut state of the second portion is configured to allow the seal-forming structure to include a three-dimensional shape that has multiple curvatures.
US12059520B2
A priming sensor for a medical fluid delivery device is disclosed. In an example, the priming sensor includes light emitters and a detector. The detector is configured to detect light emitted by the emitters that interacts with a patient tube connected to the priming sensor. A processor of a medical fluid delivery device causes the emitters to operate in a sweep pattern during a sweep period. The processor receives output data from the detector that is indicative of light detected during the sweep period. The processor creates an output waveform corresponding to the sweep period based on the output data and compares the output waveform to at least one reference waveform to determine one of (a) a no-tube state, (b) a dry tube state, or (c) a wet tube state. The processor provides an output indicative of the comparison for operation of the medical fluid delivery device.
US12059512B2
An isolation section assembly includes a section housing defining an interior space. The section housing includes a door with access to the interior space. The isolation section assembly includes an enclosure abutting the door. The airlock enclosure defines an interior airlock space. The interior airlock space is configured and adapted to be at a negative pressure relative to a cabin area. An air recirculation system in fluid communication with at least one of the interior space of the section housing or the interior airlock space.
US12059511B2
A dissolvable composition is disclosed. The composition includes a first material (e.g., an anode), a second material (e.g., a cathode), and a third material (electrolytic material). The third material is reactive with water to form an electrolyte. The first material and the second material are electrochemically different such that the first material and the second material are capable of galvanic reaction in the presence of water and electrolytes. Also disclosed are tools or other apparatus made from the composition, as well as processes, systems, and apparatus for making and using such compositions, tools, and other apparatus.
US12059509B1
Disclosed is a method of regenerating a skin wound using a perforated dermal regeneration matrix combined with autograft in a single-stage procedure. The size of the perforations and the spacing between perforations in the dermal matrix are selected to facilitate drainage, encourage vessel growth and minimize scar tissue formation.
US12059505B2
Provided is an air conditioner including an irradiation unit that irradiates an irradiation area of an indoor unit with ultraviolet rays, a temperature detection unit that detects an ambient temperature of the irradiation unit, and a control unit that controls an irradiation time of the irradiation unit. The control unit controls the irradiation time in accordance with the ambient temperature detected by the temperature detection unit.
US12059480B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting metastatic spread of cancer and/or inhibiting progression of pre-existing metastatic disease in a subject using L1CAM inhibition.
US12059479B2
The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods for making and using RNA compositions comprising in vitro-synthesized ssRNA inducing a biological or biochemical effect in a mammalian cell or organism into which the RNA composition is repeatedly or continuously introduced. In certain embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for changing the state of differentiation or phenotype of a human or other vertebrate cell. For example, the present invention provides mRNA and methods for reprogramming cells that exhibit a first differentiated state or phenotype to cells that exhibit a second differentiated state or phenotype, such as to reprogram human somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells.
US12059477B2
The present disclosure describes compositions, preparations, nanoparticles (such as lipid nanoparticles), and/or nanomaterials and methods of their use.
US12059471B2
An object is to provide a technique of forming CpG oligonucleotides and hydrophobized polysaccharides into complexes. This object is achieved by a complex comprising a modified CpG oligonucleotide containing a hydrophobic group A having a sterol skeleton, and a modified polysaccharide containing a hydrophobic group B.
US12059469B2
This application is a continuation of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 17/024,592, filed Sep. 17, 2020, which is a divisional of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 16/153,753, filed Oct. 6, 2018, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/569,025. filed Oct. 6, 2017, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/684,439, filed Jun. 13, 2018, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
US12059461B2
The present invention provides methods for making polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which polysaccharides, typically from bacteria, are conjugated to a carrier protein by reductive amination under conditions which improve conjugation reaction consistency, increase consumption of protein during conjugation reaction, generate conjugates of higher molecular weight, and/or reduce the levels of free cyanide in the conjugate reaction product. The polysaccharide-protein conjugates obtained using these methods are useful for inclusion in multivalent vaccines.
US12059458B2
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.
US12059457B2
An immunogenic product including a cytokine conjugated with a carrier protein, wherein the cytokine is selected from the group including IL-4, IL-13 and mixtures thereof, and wherein the carrier protein is CRM197. Further, a method for manufacturing the immunogenic product. Also, the therapeutic use of the immunogenic product for treating an inflammatory disorder associated with aberrant IL-4 and/or IL-13 expression or activity.
US12059450B2
The present invention pertains to an anticancer composition containing IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1). The IF1 (ATPase inhibitory factor 1) according to the present invention has the effect of releasing extracellular ATP, induces cytotoxicity in various cancer cells and exhibits anticancer efficacy, and is thus very useful as an active ingredient of a powerful anticancer agent.
US12059444B2
The present invention relates to an oncolytic virus encoding a CTLA-4 inhibitor, such as an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof.
US12059437B2
The disclosure is directed to methods for mobilizing hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) in a subject using sildenafil citrate and AMD3100.
US12059435B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing nerve regeneration activity of a macrophage, and for inducing and accelerating nerve regeneration of an injured or damaged nerve. Methods and compositions provided herein include upregulating the expression of an MCT1 gene in a macrophage.
US12059434B2
Provided herein are ST-αDC1 and populations of those cells, methods for making ST-αDC1 and populations of those cells, and methods for using ST-αDC1 and populations of those cells for the treatment of cancer, precancerous conditions and chronic infections.
US12059423B2
The disclosure is related to a meloxicam compositions, pharmaceutical preparations, preparation methods and use thereof. In one aspect of the invention, meloxicam compositions contain meloxicam and cosolvents. The cosolvents are mixed solvents including water and organic solvents. In another aspect of the invention, other compositions contain meloxicam, solvents, and pH regulators. The pH regulators include at least citric acid. The pharmaceutical compositions significantly enhance the solubility of meloxicam in liquid pharmaceutical preparations as well as stability. The meloxicam compositions can be directly used for intravenous injection administration to quickly reach effective therapeutic concentrations for post-operative analgesia.
US12059420B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, viral infections and/or autoimmune diseases.
US12059414B2
Disclosed herein are methods and kits for treating or preventing a heart condition, e.g., cardiac arrhythmia, e.g., atrial arrhythmia, using potassium channel inhibitors and class I antiarrhythmic agents. Also disclosed herein are methods and kits for treating a heart condition via an intravenously, orally, or inhalationally administered fixed-dose combination of a sodium channel blocker and a class I antiarrhythmic agent.
US12059412B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition, containing (R)-N-[1-(3,5-difluoro-4-methanesulfonylamino-phenyl)-ethyl]-3-(2-propyl-6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-acrylamide as a first ingredient and containing a vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer as a second ingredient. The composition of one aspect of the present disclosure has a formulation characteristic in which the crystal formation of a compound represented by chemical formula 1 is delayed for a long time.
US12059411B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors to a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ripretinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12059397B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising calcium lactate as an active agent and a polysaccharide, polymer, lipid, or a combination thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful treating cancer. The invention also relates to foods and nutrient compositions comprising calcium lactate.
US12059390B2
A nasogastric tube stabilization system is provided. The nasogastric tube stabilization clip includes a clip operatively associated between the first portion and the second portion of nasogastric tube stabilization adhesive, wherein the clip is movable between a clipped condition and an unclipped condition, enabling the first and second portions of nasogastric tube stabilization adhesive to move independently of each other for facilitating treatment of a patient, wherein the nasogastric tube stabilization adhesive portions adhere to a nasogastric tube and the nose of patient, respectively, thereby in the clipped condition the nasogastric tube stabilization system stabilizes the nasogastric tube relative to the patient.
US12059385B2
A method and/or device for treatment of dysregulated reduced blood (e.g., reduced ocular blood flow) and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and/or devices for treatment retinal, choroidal and optic nerve disorders. The treatment includes application of an effective amount of ONS ophthalmic nerve stimulation alone and/or in combination with peri-ocular administration of substance Neuropeptides/Platelet Rich Plasma (N/PRP) and/or ascorbic acid as a sympatholytic agent.
US12059382B2
A knee joint stimulation device that can effectively stimulate a knee joint is composed of a base, a frame provided upright on the base, a center shaft provided at an upper part of the frame, a crank connecting a motor and the center shaft and driven by rotation of the motor, a swing arm hanging down perpendicularly from the center shaft, and a support plate unit provided at a lower end of the swing arm and allowing a user in a sitting position to put his/her sole thereon. With the user putting the sole on the support plate unit, the length of the swing arm is adjusted such that a pivot point of a knee joint of the user is aligned with the center shaft.
US12059378B2
An enclosed patient suite may include a plurality of suite walls, a patient bed positioned in a patient area defined within the plurality of suite walls, a plurality of medical systems with at least some of the plurality of medical systems mounted to the plurality of suite walls, a plurality of support members coupled to the plurality of suite walls, a plurality of wheels with a particular wheel of the plurality of wheels coupled to a corresponding support member of the plurality of support members, a rail brake configured to engage a floor-mounted rail in a floor of at least one of a cargo hold or a cabin of an aircraft, and a controller coupled to the plurality of medical systems and configured to receive data from and transmit data to the plurality of medical systems. The enclosed patient suite may be dimensioned to fit within the aircraft.
US12059376B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a welding protector including a head band including a band main body including a front support portion for supporting forehead of a user, a rear band portion arranged opposite to the band main body, and a support band portion connected to the front support portion and supporting an upper portion of the user's head, a face shield rotatably connected to the head band and protecting face of the user, and an auxiliary shield protecting a part of the user's head, wherein the auxiliary shield and the head band are connected to each other.
US12059375B2
Goggles and eyewear with various features are described herein. Such goggles and eyewear may include lenses that allow for the installation of larger roll-off films, adjustable nose sections to increase comfort of a wearer, sweat management systems that include a permeable gasket and a gutter, lens attachment systems, and co-molded frames of multiple different materials.
US12059372B2
A macular indentor for implantation on an eye of a patient includes a curved backbone extending from a first end to a second end and a raised pad coupled to the first end of the backbone. The raised pad extends inward from an inner face of the backbone such that, when the macular indentor is implanted on the eye, the raised pad applies pressure to the sclera of the eye which contacts the macula of the eye. The geometry of the backbone is configured to match the geometry of the eye.
US12059371B2
Wearable heat transfer devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a representative heat transfer device can comprise (i) a thermoelectric component (TEC) including a first side configured to be operated at a desired temperature and a second side opposite the first side, (ii) a thermally conductive contact member thermally coupled to the TEC, and (iii) a heat transfer system configured to distribute heat from the TEC. The heat transfer system includes a heat transfer structure thermally coupled to the TEC, and a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the heat transfer structure.
US12059370B2
A flexible device having a layered structure for delivering light or ultrasound to a skin surface. The device includes a flexible substrate that supports either a flexible light emitter layer or a flexible ultrasound emitter layer, as well as first and second flexible conductive layers. The device has a surface configured to face the skin surface, wherein (a) the light emitter layer emits pulsed light with an intensity that is substantially constant across the device's surface when driven by a power source connected to the conductive layers to thereby deliver a therapeutically effective dose of pulsed light to the skin surface or (b) the ultrasound emitter layer emits ultrasound with an intensity that is substantially constant across the device's surface when driven by a power source connected to the conductive layers to thereby deliver a therapeutically effective dose of ultrasound to the skin surface.
US12059369B2
An intrauterine device includes a central support member, first and second internal flexures and first and second external flexures. The first and second internal flexures each include a first section having a first stiffness, a second section having a second stiffness, and third section having a third stiffness, wherein the second stiffness is more flexible than the first and third stiffness and wherein the first section of each internal flexure is coupled to the central support member. The first and second external flexures are coupled to the central support member and coupled to the third sections of the first and second internal flexures, the first and second external flexures in combination with the first and second internal flexures being configured to extend from a collapsed position parallel to the central support member to a deployed position flexing away from the central support member.
US12059367B2
A device for enclosing a finger includes a protective shell having an opening for receiving the finger. The protective shell defines an interior cavity that is sized and shaped to allow extension and flexion of the finger within the shell.
US12059365B2
Systems, methods, and devices are described for providing a brace having an inflation control. The control directs fluid flow from an inflation component to one or more inflatable cells of the brace. The inflatable cells are independently inflated and deflated by the inflation component through the control. The control allows a user to create a fluid path between the inflation component and one of the inflatable cells by positioning the control in an orientation corresponding to the desired inflatable cells. Each inflatable cell is independently inflated and deflated in various orientations of the control.
US12059364B2
Disclosed is a motion-mode- and thumb-position-based motion control system and method of a myoelectric hand, and more particularly a motion-mode- and thumb-position-based motion control system and method of a myoelectric hand that is capable of performing a hand motion indicating emotion or intention expression as well as a grasping motion for holding an object according to restrictive electromyography signals transmitted from two electromyography sensors provided at the myoelectric hand and that is capable of diversifying hand motions and grips depending on the position of a thumb that can be changed by a user, whereby a utilization range of the myoelectric hand is simply extended.
US12059361B2
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
US12059357B2
An interbody spinal implant for implantation in a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies, and an insertion instrument facilitating such implantation is provided. The spinal implant includes a body portion and an extended end portion, where at least the body portion can include a biconvex upper and lower surfaces. And the insertion instrument is engageable to a proximal end portion of the interbody spinal implant to facilitate insertion of the interbody spinal implant into the disc space.
US12059355B2
Spacer device for the knee joint comprising a tibial component, adapted to be fixed to one end of the tibial bone in proximity to the knee joint, and a femoral component, adapted to be fixed to one end of the femoral bone in proximity to the knee joint, wherein the tibial component is adapted to come into contact and be articulated with the femoral component, wherein the tibial component includes a protrusion adapted to be inserted in an opening present in the femoral component; method for the assembly of the spacer device.
US12059353B2
The invention relates to a device for producing a knee spacer component by curing bone cement paste. The invention also relates to methods for producing knee spacer components using such a device.
US12059351B2
An annuloplasty device is disclosed comprising first and second support rings being configured to be arranged as a coil in a first configuration around an axial direction, wherein the first and second support rings are configured to be arranged on opposite sides of native heart valve leaflets of a heart valve, a stiffening unit, wherein at least part of the first and second support rings comprises an interior channel configured to receive the stiffening unit, wherein insertion of the stiffening unit into the interior channel increases the stiffness of the first and/or second support rings. A method of repairing a defective heart valve is also disclosed.
US12059339B2
A subcutaneous arteriovenous graft system includes an arteriovenous graft having an arterial end, a venous end opposite to the arterial end and an internal volume between the arterial end and the venous end, and a valve device that can be arranged in an open state, in which fluid flow through the graft is possible and a closed state in which the fluid flow through the arteriovenous graft is blocked. The valve device is constructed to decrease, in the closed state of the valve device, the internal volume of the complete graft to substantially zero.
US12059337B2
The present invention relates to a surgical textile (1) comprising an arrangement of biocompatible yarns defining a first face (2) and a second face (3) of the textile, the second face opposite the first face, the textile being provided at least on an area of a surface of one of its faces with a plurality of barbs (4) showing substantially a first length L1, measured perpendicularly to that surface, characterised in that said area of said surface is further provided with a plurality of loops (5), said loops showing substantially a second length L2, measured perpendicularly to that surface, where L2 is greater than L1. The invention further relates to a process for manufacturing such a textile.
US12059334B2
Disclosed is an absorbent article with biocompostable properties, such as a baby diaper or adult incontinence product. Particularly, the present invention is directed to a biocompostable absorbent sanitary article including a blend of synthetic and bio-based superabsorbent polymers with a high degree of biocompostability. The sanitary article comprises, in one embodiment, at least a top layer, a back layer, and absorbent core, wherein the absorbent core includes a superabsorbent polymer, and wherein at least the superabsorbent polymer is biocompostable.
US12059322B2
The method of detection of positioning of a dental implant for dental restoration involves taking a manual or digital impression of the buccal space, including a cicatrisation element secured to the implant and having an emergent surface outside the gum, and automatically detecting the positioning of the implant by identifying (i) the axis of the implant corresponding to an axis of the cicatrisation element identified by the geometry of the emergent surface or association with a cicatrisation element memorized in a database; (ii) the orientation of the implant by the orientation of the emergent surface or association with a cicatrisation element memorized in a database; and/or (iii) the height of the implant by the height of the cicatrisation element, for example based on a color or an indicator of the emergent surface or association with a cicatrisation element memorized in a database.
US12059312B2
A surgical system includes a skull attachment device that includes a support base configured to seat against a skull of a patient and one or more pins extending from a bottom surface of the support base and configured to pierce the scalp to seat the skull attachment device against the skull. The surgical system also includes an interface disposed along a top surface of the support base and having a shape that compliments a profile of a mating feature of a stereotactic device for defining a position and an orientation of the stereotactic device with respect to the support base while the interface is engaged with the mating feature.
US12059305B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic device according to an embodiment includes reception circuitry and processing circuitry. The reception circuitry outputs a plurality of reception signals corresponding to a plurality of reception scanning lines for each time of transmission/reception of ultrasonic waves performed by an ultrasonic probe. The processing circuitry performs filter processing on each of a plurality of first reception signals output from the reception circuitry based on a first ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ultrasonic probe using at least one specific second reception signal among a plurality of second reception signals output from the reception circuitry based on a second ultrasonic wave the sound field of which is adjacent to or partially overlapped with a sound field of the first ultrasonic wave. The processing circuitry generates image data based on the first reception signals subjected to the filter processing.
US12059291B2
A body profiling system includes multiple pivotally connected links and multiple probes. Each of the probes is disposed on one of the links and includes any one or any combination of a transmitter configured to send a signal, a receiver configured to receive the signal, and a transceiver configured to send and receive the signal.
US12059289B2
The invention provides a method for estimating the weight of a fetus. A plurality of different three dimensional ultrasound images of an imaging region are acquired, wherein the plurality of different three dimensional ultrasound images comprise: a head image; an abdominal image; and a femur image. Each of the plurality of different three dimensional ultrasound images undergoes segmentation and the fetal weight estimation is performed based on the resulting segmentations.
US12059286B2
A radiography apparatus includes a drive circuit that drives a radiation source, an internal power supply that makes a current flow to the drive circuit at a first voltage, an external power supply that makes a current flow to the drive circuit at a second voltage different from the first voltage, a power feed controller that performs power feed to the drive circuit using at least one of the internal power supply or the external power supply, and a radiation output restriction unit that controls an output of radiation by a power supply to be used in the power feed to the drive circuit by the power feed controller.
US12059283B2
A computer implemented method for dynamic angiographic imaging including: obtaining image data comprising a plurality of corresponding images capturing at least a portion of both an increase phase and a decline phase of a contrast agent in a blood vessel of interest; generating at least one time-enhancement curve of the contrast agent based on the image data; determining a blood flow characteristic in the blood vessel of interest based on the time-enhancement curve. Systems for implementing the method and computer readable media incorporating the method are also described.
US12059264B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting tremors in a subject. One method comprises receiving data from a digital device, the data comprising a plurality of digital device positions and a plurality of timestamps, each timestamp in the plurality of timestamps being associated with a digital device position in the plurality of digital device positions. The method further comprises determining a plurality of frequencies of hand movements of the subject based on the plurality of digital device positions and plurality of timestamps. The method further comprises determining a subportion of the data corresponding to frequencies of hand movements above a low tremor threshold, and determining a magnitude of tremors of the subject's hand based, at least in part, on the subportion of the data.
US12059257B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for generating a driving model. The driving model generation method includes sensing to collect a brain wave signal for a driver in a mobility for a predetermined time, determining the driver's state by analyzing the brain wave signal collected for the predetermined time, detecting at least one of operational information and driving information of the mobility on the basis of the determined state of the driver, and storing the detected information. Herein, the brain wave signal includes an event-related potential (ERP), and the determining includes determining, by analyzing the ERP, whether or not the driver is in an unstable state.
US12059252B2
A tubing assembly for use in providing a flow of positive pressure breathing gas to a patient. The tubing assembly includes a manifold portion structured to receive the flow of positive pressure breathing gas, a number of tubular portions which each extend from the manifold portion to a distal end which is structured to be coupled to a patient interface for use in delivering the flow of positive pressure breathing gas to the patient, and a reflectance pulse oximetry sensor positioned in or on one of the number of tubular portions. The sensor is structured to be disposed adjacent the patient when the tubing assembly is disposed on the patient for determining blood oxygen saturation levels of the patient.
US12059250B2
Systems and methods for a self-powered wireless wearable sensor system include a freestanding triboelectric nanogenerator (FTENG), used as a power source for a wearable sensor. The FTENG includes stator panels and corresponding slider panels with a grating pattern. Movement, such as cardiovascular exercise causes the slider panel(s) to slide across the stator panel(s) inducing a charge and powering a wearable device sufficiently to support data transmission and continuous monitoring. An integrated self-powered wireless wearable sensor system includes a microfluidic sweat sensor patch which may be connected to lower-power wireless sensor circuitry for regulating power efficiently and is powered by the FTENG.
US12059246B2
Described herein is a method and apparatus for storing a sample of human breath, which includes a metering device having an inlet port and a delivery port; a dispenser device in fluid communication with the delivery port of the metering device; a supply unit configured for delivering a flow of fluid through a delivery port of its own; an acquisition port configured for intake of a sample of human breath; and a selection valve. The selection valve includes a first operating condition, in which a fluid communication is obtained between the acquisition port and the inlet port of the metering device, and a second operating condition, in which a fluid communication is obtained between the delivery port of the supply unit and said metering device.
US12059243B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods thereof for minimizing or preventing contamination of sterile medical devices during magnetization thereof. For example, a magnetizer cover is disclosed for maintaining sterility of a medical device while magnetizing the medical device. The magnetizer cover includes a base, a funnel extending from the base, and a grip tab extending from the base. The base includes a medical-device interface and a magnetizer interface opposite the medical-device interface. The funnel includes a funnel stem configured to protect an elongate medical device from contacting a magnetizer when the medical device is inserted into the funnel. The grip tab is configured for manipulating the magnetizer cover.
US12059240B2
Systems and method for remote field measurement-based mapping of anatomical structures (e.g., using impedance image of electrical fields) are described. In some embodiments, an image of features within a target region is produced by analysis of a spatial pattern of field measurements made in a measurement region remote from the target region features; for example, but not exclusively, by treating the spatial arrangement of field measurements in some portion of the measurement region as indicating the spatial (e.g., angular and/or distance) arrangement of features (e.g., anatomical structure of topography and/or tissue type) in the target region.
US12059235B2
Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump catheter that includes an axial shaft, and an impeller disposed on the axial shaft. A motor drives the impeller to pump blood, by rotating the impeller. A drive cable extends from the motor to the axial shaft, the drive cable being configured to impart rotational motion from the motor to the impeller by rotating. A distal tip portion is disposed at a distal end of the blood pump catheter. The drive cable, the axial shaft, and the distal tip portion define a continuous lumen therethrough from outside the subject's body to the distal end of the blood pump catheter. The continuous lumen facilitates insertion of the blood pump catheter into the subject's body over a guidewire, and, subsequently, provides a channel through which the purging fluid flows. Other applications are also described.
US12059230B2
A system and method of enhancing fluorescence assays can include signal modulation using an an excitation beam directed at a sensor having a modulation frequency and a detector configured to monitor emission from the sensor at a multiple of the modulation frequency.
US12059224B2
A system for controlling a robotic end-effector is disclosed. The system includes a robotic arm, a surgical tool including an end-effector with articulatable arm and a clamp jaw. A tool driver is coupled to the surgical tool and a motor is coupled to the tool driver and is configured to drive the surgical tool. A sensor is configured to sense external forces applied to the end-effector. A central control circuit is configured to control the tool driver. The central control circuit is configured to receive a sensed parameter from the sensor, receive a sensed motor current (I) from the motor, and control the tool driver based on the sensed parameter and the motor current (I).
US12059223B2
A medical apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument includes an elongated support assembly having a longitudinal axis. The elongated support assembly is adapted to laterally receive into engagement and longitudinally support the elongated flexible instrument. The elongated support assembly includes a guide channel configured to laterally receive the elongated flexible instrument, a fastener configured to laterally receive a mating fastener component of the elongated flexible instrument, or an undulated lateral opening extending longitudinally along the elongated support assembly.
US12059218B2
A method for adjusting the operation of a surgical instrument using machine learning in a surgical suite is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of gathering data during surgical procedures, wherein the surgical procedures include the use of a surgical instrument, analyzing the gathered data to determine an appropriate operational adjustment of the surgical instrument, and adjusting the operation of the surgical instrument to improve the operation of the surgical instrument.
US12059217B2
A computer-implemented method for generating and presenting an electronic display of guidance for performing a robotic medical procedure may include receiving a plurality of prior procedure data sets; receiving or identifying objective data defining one or more of a duration or a patient outcome of the robotic medical procedure; executing an algorithm to identify a pattern across the plurality of prior procedure data sets; receiving information about an instance of the robotic medical procedure to be performed in the future for a patient outside the population; automatically generating guidance for performing the robotic medical procedure; and generating and presenting an electronic display of the guidance for performing the robotic medical procedure.
US12059204B2
System and methods for controlling a laser light source of a lithotripsy device to fragment or break a target object are disclosed. An exemplary system includes a controller that can perform one or more iterations of a first process, and one or more iterations of a second process. The first process includes steps of selecting at least one variable operating parameter of a laser light source of a lithotripsy device, determining a value of each of a plurality of base settings of the at least one variable operating parameter selected and selecting one of the plurality of base settings based on signals received from the target in response to laser irradiation according to the value of each of the plurality of base settings set. The second process includes controlling the laser light source based on the one of the plurality of base settings selected.
US12059202B2
A manipulable portion of a catheter system advances out of a lumen of a catheter sheath at a distal end of a shaft, which is also within the lumen of the catheter sheath. The catheter system causes different advancement and retraction trajectories of a manipulable portion out of and into the lumen based at least upon different relative movements between the catheter sheath and the shaft. A projection and a corresponding receiver may be used to control relative positioning of the catheter sheath and the shaft, as well as to control positioning of the manipulable portion. The catheter system may control metering rates of a control element coupled to the manipulable portion during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion. A control element of the catheter system has varying amounts of length outside a distal end of the catheter sheath during advancement and retraction of the manipulable portion.
US12059200B2
Devices, systems, and methods for therapeutically treating tissue. The devices and methods are suitable for minimally invasive surgery or open surgical procedures. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit accessing and/or treating areas of tissue with a therapeutic device.
US12059194B2
An electrosurgical device with an electrode having a first portion whose exterior is electrically uninsulated, a second portion whose exterior is electrically insulated, and a third portion. The device includes an elongated hollow body formed by a first member and a second member. The second member is capable of rotating relative to the first member. The hollow body has an internal cavity, a front end, a rear end, an external surface, and an electrical wire arranged within the body. The hollow body is configured to reversibly receive the third portion of the electrode at the front end of the body such that electrical contact is made between the electrode and the electrical wire and the second portion of the electrode is not surrounded by the hollow body. A first button is provided for controlling a current flow at a first level to the electrode and is arranged on the external surface. A vacuum tube is slidably engaged by the body and has an inlet generally facing the front end and adjacent the electrode. A vacuum outlet port is arranged near the rear end of the body, and the outlet port, internal cavity, and vacuum inlet are in fluid communication with each other.
US12059192B2
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for irrigated bipolar radiofrequency ablation. The system includes an ablation probe that includes an elongate inner electrode assembly and an elongate outer electrode assembly. An irrigation path for irrigation fluid flow is defined between the outer surface of the inner electrode assembly and the outer surface of the outer electrode assembly. The irrigation path enables cooling fluid to be circulated within the probe body, cooling the outer electrode during ablation.
US12059187B2
Articulating implant connectors and related methods are disclosed herein. Exemplary connectors can include first and second bodies that are rotatable relative to one another about a rotation axis and selectively lockable to resist or prevent such rotation. Each of the bodies can be configured to couple to a rod or other fixation component, and the connector can be used to lock first and second rods together even when the rods are obliquely angled with respect to one another.
US12059186B2
The invention relates to a resorptive intramedullary implant between two bones or two bone fragments. The implant includes a single-piece body (1) having a generally elongate shape and having, at each end, areas for anchoring to the bone portions in question, characterized in that one of said areas (A1) has a cylindrical cross-section while the other area (A2) has a flat cross-section.
US12059183B2
A bone plate assembly may include a bone plate with an obverse side, a reverse side, a fastener hole formed through the bone plate from the obverse side to the reverse side, a first draw hole formed through the bone plate from the obverse side to the reverse side, with a wire engagement surface, a fastener insertable through the fastener hole and into tissue, and a first wire insertable into the first draw hole, with a distal end anchorable in the tissue and a proximal end with a retention portion that is retainable in the first draw hole. The wire engagement surface may be oriented obliquely relative to a pilot hole formed in the tissue to receive the wire such that motion of the first wire through the first draw hole exerts a compressive force against the tissue.
US12059180B2
A polyaxial screwdriver for inserting a bone screw in a vertebra. A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a coupling element. When a screw engaging end of the polyaxial screwdriver is lowered on the head of the bone screw, the complimentary surfaces of the screw engaging end of the screwdriver and the head of the screw self-align. A ratchet mechanism formed in the screwdriver provides progressive and automatic locking of the polyaxial screwdriver to the coupling element and prevents the accidental unthreading from the coupling element. In another embodiment of the polyaxial screwdriver, a collet slides over the outside surface of the upper end of the coupling element and locks on to the coupling element. In yet another embodiment of a polyaxial screwdriver, the outer sleeve of the polyaxial screwdriver has a split end that securely engages the coupling element.
US12059175B2
A device for adjusting biopsy angles and a biopsy needle guide are provided. The device for adjusting biopsy angles comprises an angle fixing base and a needle guiding base, the needle guiding base being rotatably connected with the angle fixing base at their first ends, the needle guiding base having a needle tract for guiding a biopsy needle, wherein an U-shaped limiting assembly formed on one side of the needle guiding base surrounds a angle fixing sheet extending from the angle fixing base at their second ends, and a positioning adjuster mounted on the U-shaped limiting assembly is movably engaged with positioning holes on the angle fixing sheet so as to be inserted into the positioning holes or be released out of the positioning holes. The needle guiding base can be rotated at a large angle to disengage from the angle fixing sheet, and is convenient for cleaning.
US12059171B2
Disclosed is a surgical instrument that includes a rotatable shaft having an articulation section and an ultrasonic waveguide disposed within the shaft. The ultrasonic waveguide is configured to articulate at the articulation section. The ultrasonic waveguide is disposed within the shaft. A rotatable clamp arm is located distal of the articulation section of the rotatable shaft. The rotatable clamp arm is configured to rotate independently of the rotatable shaft distal of the articulation section.
US12059168B2
The present invention discloses a ball probe ultrasonic bone removal device that is designed to assist surgeons with foraminotomy procedures. The device comprises a shaft at a first end of the device and a spherical ball tip at a second end of the device. In between the shaft and the ball tip is a foot piece that connects to the shaft through an angle. On the foot piece, serrations or a coarse surface cover a portion of the circumference of the foot piece. In some embodiments, serrations or a coarse surface may also cover a portion of the circumference of the shaft. The spherical ball tip is smooth and designed to cause no damage to the sensitive nerves and tissue in the intervertebral foramina, but the surface with the serrations or the coarse protrusions are designed to remove bone and tissue under ultrasonic movement (e.g., vertical vibration, rotational oscillation).
US12059167B2
A method for producing a medical hand-held instrument having two grip elements, pivotable relative to each other, and a spring element, with the method steps to be performed in the following sequence: providing the two grip elements each with a pivot-pin receiver eyelet formed thereon, at their one end portion and an articulation eyelet for the spring element formed thereon, providing the spring element with pivot pins arranged at or formed integrally with each spring end, inserting the pivot pins of the spring element into the articulation eyelets of the grip elements not yet pivotally coupled to each other, and bringing together the grip elements in the region of their pivot pin receiver eyelets and pivotally coupling the grip elements by inserting a pivot pin into the overlapping pivot pin receiver eyelets.
US12059165B2
Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses including an inverting, rolling conveyor region (“tractor”) at the distal end that are configured to grab and remove thrombus material. In particular, described herein are mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses that are adapted to prevent premature deployment of the tractor, e.g., by including a tractor hold (e.g., a housing, a lock, a clamp, etc.) or the like to secure the outer end of the tractor against and/or relative to the elongate inversion support.
US12059155B2
A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil defining a plurality of staple forming pockets and a stapling head assembly. The stapling head assembly includes a body, a coupling member capable of actuating the anvil relative to the body, a staple deck defining a plurality of staple openings, and a firing assembly capable of driving a plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil. The firing assembly includes a proximal driving body and an array of discrete staple driving segments positioned distal to the proximal driving body. The proximal driving body is slidably housed within the body. The staple driving segments each have a free proximal end. The proximal driving body is capable of simultaneously actuating the array of staple driving segments to drive the plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil.
US12059140B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a device for occluding an aperture in a body, for example, a patent foramen ovale (PFO), including a first side adapted to be disposed on one side of the septum and a second side adapted to be disposed on the opposite side of the septum. The device has an elongated, low-profile delivery configuration and a shortened, radially expanded deployment configuration. The first and second sides are adapted to occlude the aperture upon deployment of the device at its intended delivery location. The device also includes a radially expandable center portion. In some embodiments, the center portion includes a plurality of ribs provided by slits in device. The ribs expand radially when the device is deployed. The expandable center portion facilitates the positioning of the device in the aperture. The device can be secured in the deployed configuration using a catch system.
US12059129B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are discussed herein for an endoscope. The endoscope has a distal tip with an oblique portion and a flat portion, the oblique portion defines a plane that forms an angle between and including 20 and 40 degrees to a central axis of the endoscope. A related sheath may have similar features at the distal tip.
US12059127B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include an endoscope tip assembly for use on an endoscope, during procedures. The endoscope tip assembly may include a base configured to receive an endoscope tip configured to not disengage from the endoscope tip during a procedure. The endoscope tip assembly may also include a plurality of struts which is connected by a webbing, may fold flat during insertion, and may assume a balloon-like shape during withdrawal.
US12059125B2
Systems and methods may display and/or provide analysis of a number of selected images of a patients gastrointestinal tract collected in-vivo by a swallowable capsule. Images may be displayed for review (e.g., as a study) and/or for further analysis by a user. A subset of images representing the stream of images and automatically selected according to a first selection method may be displayed. On user input, additional images corresponding to a currently displayed image may be displayed, where the additional images are automatically selected according to a second selection method. The second selection method may be based on a relation between images of the stream of in-vivo images and the currently displayed image.
US12059121B2
Disclosed are an air duct assembly and a cleaning device. The air duct assembly includes a dirt collecting box, a filter, a cyclone separator and a fan. The dirt collecting box is provided with a dirt collecting cavity and the dirt collecting box is also provided with a dirt inlet and an air outlet communicated with the dirt collecting cavity. The dirt collecting cavity is provided with an air guiding structure, the filter is arranged in the air outlet, the cyclone separator is connected with the air outlet, and the fan is connected with the cyclone separator. The fan drives an air flow to enter into the dirt collecting cavity from the dirt inlet, and enter the cyclone separator from the air outlet after being guided by the air guiding structure, and then enter the fan from the cyclone separator.
US12059119B2
An air handling assembly and a cleaning apparatus having same are provided. The air handling assembly includes: a cyclonic chamber, a cyclonic cone, a dust collection chamber and an exhaust chamber. The cyclonic chamber has a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet and a dust fall opening. The cyclonic cone is arranged inside the cyclonic chamber, an air exit of the cyclonic cone is arranged away from the dust fall opening, and an end of the cyclonic cone close to the dust fall opening is spaced apart from an end of the cyclonic chamber at which the dust fall opening is arranged.
US12059118B2
A cleaning head is provided having a support structure having a front edge. A foldable portion is coupled to the support structure at least partially along the front edge. A receptacle is connected to the foldable portion and defining a chamber therein. A suction inlet is arranged within the foldable portion for allowing debris to flow into the chamber. A cleaning pad is positioned underneath the support structure. An attachment tab extends from a rear edge of the cleaning pad.
US12059117B2
A cleaning accessory for a vacuum cleaner comprises a housing. At least one rotatable cleaning brush is rotatably mounted to the housing and configured to engage a surface to be cleaned. The at least one rotatable cleaning brush comprises at least one flexible cleaning element projecting outwards from a side of the housing. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged to rotate in a cleaning position and rotate in a disengaged position whereby the at last one flexible cleaning element engages the surface to be cleaned when rotating in the cleaning position and the at last one flexible cleaning element is remote from the surface to be cleaned when rotating in the disengaged position.
US12059114B2
A dishwashing appliance or removable rack accessory may include a rigid upper strut, a rigid lower strut, and a plurality of intermediate struts. The rigid lower strut may be spaced apart from the rigid upper strut along a vertical direction. The plurality of intermediate struts may extend between the rigid upper and lower struts. The intermediate struts may be generally movable along a transverse direction relative to the rigid upper and lower struts. The plurality of intermediate struts and the rigid upper and lower struts may collectively define a plurality of variable apertures extending through the removable rack accessory along a lateral direction to receive one or more container lids therein.
US12059104B2
The invention relates to a method for arranging an element, such as a shower board or shower drain, in a floor, which method includes the steps of: providing an element which has an upper surface with at least two straight edges lying at an angle, preferably an angle of 90 degrees. The element has a strip of a flexible watertight layer standing upright from the upper surface along the corner of the two straight edges; folding the upright strip downward, wherein the folding edge is shaped adjacently of the two straight edges of the corner and wherein the strip of the flexible watertight layer hangs downward from this folding edge; and arranging the element in the floor. The upper surface of the floor lies flush with the upper surface of the element.
US12059103B2
A shower receptor includes a base having a floor surface configured for a user to stand on. The floor surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and a second portion having a second coefficient of friction. The first portion is an etched area of the floor surface that defines a surface texture having a depth. The second portion is an unetched area of the floor surface. The first coefficient of friction of the first portion has a first value when the first portion is wet and the second coefficient of friction of the second portion has a second value when the second portion is wet. The first value is higher than the second value.
US12059102B2
A showerhead includes an inlet configured to receive water from the supply conduit. An inner spray portion is coupled to the inlet. A first spray outlet is coupled to the inner spray portion, and the first spray outlet selectively receives water from the inlet and discharges water from the showerhead in a first discharge direction. An outer spray portion is pivotally coupled to the inner spray portion. A second spray outlet is coupled to the outer spray portion, and the second spray outlet selectively receives water from the inlet and discharges water from the showerhead in a second discharge direction. A third spray outlet is coupled to the outer spray portion, and the third spray outlet selectively receives water from the inlet and discharges water from the showerhead in a third discharge direction. The third discharge direction is substantially opposite the second discharge direction.
US12059075B1
A modular furniture assembly has a modular universal base, an armrest module, and a modular recliner. The armrest is modularly coupled to one side of the modular universal base and includes an armrest member, a stepped member, a base horizontal member, and a base vertical plate. The modular recliner is coupled to another side of the modular universal base, and includes a recliner base and a backrest module. The recliner base has a plurality of frames that are interconnected and mechanically attached to each other. The recliner base includes a recessed surface that forms a transverse gap within the recliner base, and a top support having a flat top surface aligned with top edges of the plurality of frames. The backrest module has two backrest sections with end plates configured to move, respectively, along the recessed surface.
US12059070B2
A flip-folding lift desk includes: a support base, the bottom surface of the support base having at least three support members, the top surface of the support base having a connection seat extending in a direction away from the support members; a lift assembly arranged to rise and fall along its length direction, one end of the lift assembly being rotatably connected to the connection seat, so that the lift assembly can switch between two states in the length direction, including one in which the lift assembly is perpendicular to the support base, and the other in which the lift assembly is parallel to the support base; a rotation locking assembly comprising a fixed disk, a locking block, a rotating disk, a torsion spring, and a driving block; and a top assembly connected to the rotating disk on the rotation locking assembly.
US12059066B2
A massage applicator for massaging cream-type fluids into the skin, provided with an end wall with a massage region, on which massage elevations are provided. The end wall is penetrated by at least one outlet channel for the cream-type fluid. The massage applicator is provided with suitable markings in the massage region for measuring the fluid to be used, the applicator is provided with a cover which can be blocked in an open position and/or secured in a closed position, and an assembly of two valves is used in order to secure against unintentional discharge.
US12059062B2
A multifunctional finger ring, comprising a finger ring body (10) and a blade (30) movably provided on the finger ring body (10); the finger ring body (10) comprises an inner ring (11), a first outer half ring (20) and a second outer half ring (26); the first outer half ring (20) and the second outer half ring (26) are oppositely sleeved on the upper and lower sides of the inner ring (11), and the first outer half ring (20) can be assembled on the inner ring (11); the blade (30) is hidden between the first outer half ring (20) and the inner ring (11) when closed, the second outer half ring (26) is integrally connected to the inner ring (11); positioning grooves (261) are provided at the connections between the upper ends of two sides of the second outer half ring (26) and the inner ring (11), and positioning blocks (21) corresponding to the positioning grooves (261) are provided at the lower ends of two sides of the first outer half ring (20), and during assembly, the positioning blocks (21) are embedded into the positioning grooves (261); and limiting protruding blocks (15) are provided on outer surfaces of the left and right sides of the inner ring (11), and limiting grooves (22) corresponding to the limiting protruding blocks (15) are provided on inner surfaces of the left and right sides of the first outer half ring (20), and during assembly, the limiting protruding blocks (15) are embedded into the limiting grooves (12). The finger ring is convenient to assemble, increasing the assembly efficiency and reducing the production cost, can protect the blade, and is convenient to carry.
US12059052B2
Footwear can include an upper forefoot part, an upper heel part, an outsole including a forward part joined with the forefoot part and a rearward part joined with the heel part. The rearward part can be selectively moveable in unison with the heel part from a closed mode secured to a wearer's foot, to an open mode to don or doff the footwear. The footwear can include a first shank defining a recess and a second shank including an engagement rim, the second shank tiltable to the open mode, with the engagement rim registered in the recess to stabilize the footwear in the open mode. The upper forefoot part can include one or more pockets, and the heel part can include wings that slidably fit therein. The wings can cooperate to secure the footwear in the closed mode and/or impair overextension in an open mode.
US12059045B1
An article of clothing is provided in combination with a flexible saw and a deployment slot aligned with a seam within the article of clothing. The saw is storable in and retrievable from a cavity formed by the deployment slot. The article of clothing can be any military uniform or, preferably, an undergarment (i.e., undershirt; boxers/briefs, camisole or brassiere). The flexible saw has a elongated blade formed of a corrosive-resistant material and a grasping element formed at or attached to each end. The elongated blade may comprise a wire from about 20-gauge to about 26-gauge.
US12059044B2
A garment for shaping a form of its wearer includes a front panel and a back panel coupled to one another at first and second seams. The front panel comprises self-lining material in each of a bottom portion and a pectoral portion and compression layer material in a torso portion of the front panel. The back panel includes a first arcuate portion of compression layer material along the first seam and a second arcuate portion of compression layer material along the second seam. Lining material extends from an upper portion of the back panel to a bottom portion of the back panel and is coupled to the two arcuate portions such that the two arcuate portions are separated by the lining material. The compression layer material has a higher elastic modulus than a respective elastic modulus of the lining material.
US12059043B2
A brassiere design that is wireless, that reduces uncomfortable rubbing and chafing of the breasts, and that provides sufficient lift to the breasts to give comfort to the wearer. The brassiere design may comprise left and right cups that are configured as socks for the breasts of the wearer, each of the socks defining a recess into which one of the breasts of the wearer can be received. Each of the socks acts as a stretchable sling or pocket to suspend and hold a breast, and to shape the breast into an attractive teardrop shape.
US12059042B2
A control system for controlling tension applied to a lace cable coupled to a support structure of an adaptive support garment is discussed herein. The control system can include a lace spool, a damper mechanism, and a locking ring. The lace spool can include a lace groove to receive the lace cable and a rotary bias member to apply rotational tension to resist extension of the lace cable out of a housing holding the control system. The damper mechanism is engagable with the lace spool to generate an additional rotational tension resisting extension of the lace cable out of the housing. The locking ring is frictionally coupled to the lace spool, and the locking ring can include a lock wedge adapted to disengage the damper mechanism upon rotation into a pre-determined rotational position relative to the damper mechanism.
US12059038B2
An aerosol generating device that is configured to determine an insertion and a separation of an aerosol generating substance from the aerosol generating device based on an amount of change in inductance and control a heater to heat the aerosol generating substance based on a result of the determination.
US12059037B2
A leakage-proof electronic atomizer includes a shell, a cartridge, a second orifice plate, and a pushing component. The shell is provided with a gas channel. The gas channel includes a gas inlet at one end and a gas outlet at the other end, and the top of the shell is provided with an accommodation cavity with an upper-end opening. The cartridge is detachably arranged in the accommodation cavity, and the pushing component is configured to drive a first orifice plate to slide so that first square holes of the first orifice plate are in communication with second square holes of the second orifice plate, allowing atomized e-liquid in the cartridge to enter into the gas channel.
US12059034B2
Disclosed are an electronic cigarette atomization core (4) and atomizer. The electronic cigarette atomization core (4) includes an ultrasonic atomization piece (46) disposed horizontally, a liquid guide cotton (45) disposed above the ultrasonic atomization piece (46), and an electrode plate (47) placed on the liquid guide cotton (45). Each end of the electrode plate (47) is provided with a curved segment (472). The curved segment (472) includes a first contact (4721) located above a second contact (4722), wherein the first contact (4721) and the second contact (4722) are electrically connected but are distant horizontally, and the second contact (4722) abuts against an atomization surface electrode of the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) to form an electrical connection. A-middle part of the electrode plate (47) presses the liquid guide cotton (45) against the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) to form an atomization region, and the middle part of the electrode plate (47) is provided with a through hole (473) for exposing the atomization region. The electronic cigarette atomization core (4) and the atomizer ensure that the liquid guide cotton (45) well abuts against the atomization surface of the ultrasonic atomization piece (46) without any cotton pressing spring under the condition that an e-liquid atomization effect is not affected, and smoke generated by means of atomization and splashing c-liquid droplets are directly sprayed to an air outlet tube (3) without being shielded, thereby preventing a user from inhaling condensed e-liquid droplets and improving user experience.
US12059031B2
A housing and a flavor inhalation device have a new structure. The housing includes a first housing capable of accommodating a heat generating element, a second housing enclosing the first housing, and a heat diffusion member provided in at least a part of space between the first housing and the second housing and having a higher heat conductivity than the first housing and the second housing.
US12059020B1
A method and apparatus for an extrusion horn including an inner compression chamber having an interior channel extending from an open infeed port to an open exit port, where a top inner surface of the interior channel progressively tapers down with an initial slope having an initial downward taper to a target thickness, then top inner surface abruptly steps to an increased thickness of the channel, and then progressively tapers down with a secondary slope where the secondary slope has a steeper downward taper than the slope of the initial downward taper. An apparatus and method for extruding extrudate through an extruding horn conducive for producing bacon bits and jerky.
US12059012B2
The present invention relates to natural aqueous essence compositions comprised of flavor and aroma constituents from hops. The invention also relates to methods for adding flavor and aroma to beers, ciders, meads, or other fermented beverages, as well as other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages such as seltzers, flavored waters, and teas where a hop-derived flavor and aroma is desired. The aqueous essence compositions are comprised of compounds that are naturally present in hops or in beer and/or result from processes that occur during brewing or in the aqueous processing of hop cones, hop pellets, or other solids separated from the hop plant (Humulus lupulus). The present invention also relates to the process by which aroma and flavor components are released and isolated from hops in a process that involves steam stripping, concentration, and collection of valuable aroma- and flavor-active hop constituents.
US12059008B2
A capsule for preparing a beverage from beverage powder, such as coffee from coffee powder, by introducing water into the capsule. The capsule includes a compacted pellet made of a powder containing at least one polysaccharide. The compacted pellet is sheathed with at least one coating layer that includes a cross-linked polysaccharide. The cross-linked polysaccharide can be obtained by cross-linking a polysaccharide with a cross-linking agent without the use of a polyol spacer. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing such a capsule.
US12059003B2
Provided are compositions and methods relating to antimicrobial compositions. In particular, the invention relates to antimicrobial compositions providing a xanthene dye and component that acts in synergy with the xanthene dye and methods of using antimicrobial compositions for treatment of biological tissues. In particular, the component acting in synergy with the xanthene dye is an organic dye, borate, an inorganic salt, and combinations thereof.
US12058997B2
In various aspects, there are provided compositions used for the transportation and/or cryopreservation of cells, tissues or organs. The transportation and/or cryopreservation compositions comprise at least naringenin, a buffering system and a sugar component. In some embodiments, the cells, tissues or organs are human hair follicles, cells derived from human hair follicles or cells derived from urine.
US12058995B2
A system for controlling a ground speed of an agricultural sprayer includes one or more sensors configured to capture data indicative of first and second application variables and a computing system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. In this respect, the computing system configured to determine the first and second application variables based on the data captured by the one or more sensors. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a spray quality index associated with the dispensing of an agricultural fluid onto a field by the agricultural sprayer based on the determined first and second application variables. Moreover, the computing system is configured to control the ground speed at which the agricultural sprayer travels across the field based on the determined spray quality index.
US12058994B2
A method for weed management is provided. The method may comprise collecting image data of a plantation field after being applied with a primary weed control technique. The method may further include recognizing items indicative of an occurrence of a weed in the collected image data. The method may further include generating a weed pressure map indicative of a weed pressure in the plantation field. The method may further include determining one or a plurality of target areas for weed management in the generated weed pressure map and outputting a treatment control signal, which, when transmitted, causes an activation of at least one weed treatment device to apply at least one secondary weed control technique to the one or the plurality of determined target areas, wherein the at least one secondary weed control technique is different from the primary weed control technique.
US12058991B2
Apparatuses for protecting fishing lures and hooks are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a container for protecting a fishing lure may include a body having a first end and a second end and forming a compartment. The body may be cylindrical. The container may also include a cap and a latch. The cap may be attached to the body and may be used to enclose the first end of the body. The latch may be positioned on the second end of the body. The cap may include a slot extending from an edge of the cap to a center of the cap. The body of the container may include a catch, and the cap may further include a hitch positioned proximate to an edge of the cap and configured to releasably couple with the catch.
US12058987B2
Non-human animals, cells, methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the non-human animals and cells comprise a humanized B-cell activating factor gene. Non-human animals and cells that express a human or humanized B-cell activating factor protein from an endogenous B-cell activating factor locus are described.
US12058984B2
A method of rearing an aquaculture shrimp includes keeping shrimps in a land-farming nursery, and feeding to the shrimps kept in the land-farming nursery a feed including astaxanthin in an amount of 50 ppm or greater.
US12058983B2
An insect watering station includes a bowl, a stem, and an ultraviolet pattern. The bowl is configured to capture water for bees to drink. The stem is attached to an outside surface of a bowl and configured to support the bowl. The ultraviolet pattern is applied to an inside surface of the bowl. The ultraviolet pattern includes a center portion of a non-ultraviolet color, and alternating ultraviolet and non-ultraviolet concentric rings around the center portion.
US12058982B2
A timed calling type pet feeder capable of preventing mistaken touch includes a bottom shell. A feeding tray matching with the bottom shell and embedded in the bottom shell is arranged on the bottom shell. N food storage boxes are uniformly arranged on the feeding tray along a circumferential direction in a sunken manner. The N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3. A sealing cover configured to seal N−1 food storage boxes is arranged on the bottom shell. A rotating mechanism configured to drive the sealing cover to rotate, a control module configured to drive the rotating mechanism to operate, and an appetite stimulating module configured to cooperate with the control module to implement interaction are arranged in a center of the bottom shell. The control module includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB is programmed with a timing module, a key module, and a display module. The appetite stimulating module includes a recording module configured to record a sound for urging a pet to eat and a speaker configured for timed playback of the sound.
US12058976B2
An automated litter device having: a) a chamber configured to hold litter to allow an animal to enter and excrete waste; b) a waste drawer in communication with the chamber and configured to receive the waste; c) one or more sensors configured to detect one or more conditions of the device and transmit one or more signals related to the one or more conditions; d) a controller in communication with the one or more sensors which is adapted to receive the one or more signals, wherein the controller is configured to determine one or more positions of the chamber based on the one or more signals received from the one or more sensors and interpret the one or more signals as one or more status signals; e) a communication module in communication with the controller and adapted to communicate with a user interface via a network to transmit the one or more status signals to the user interface, receive one or more instruction signals via the user interface, or both; wherein the user interface is adapted to transmit the one or more instruction signals to the controller to change at least one of the one or more conditions of the device.
US12058975B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV527145. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV527145, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV527145 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV527145 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV527145.
US12058974B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011015. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011015, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011015 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011015.
US12058958B2
The disclosure provides an operating rod assembly and a string trimmer. The operating rod assembly includes a first rod provided with a first limiting piece, a second rod provided with a second limiting piece and a connector for connecting the first rod and the second rod. An outer diameter of the second rod is smaller than an inner diameter of the first rod; the first limiting piece and the second limiting piece are matched to limit the relative rotation angle between the first rod and the second rod. When the connector is in a locking state, two ends of the connector respectively lock the first rod and the second rod; when the connector is in a loosening state, the connector releases the second rod or the first rod, and the first rod and the second rod can rotate and stretch relative to each other.
US12058953B1
A soil regulation and control device for preventing grassland soil degradation is provided, and relates to the field of grassland restoration. The soil regulation and control device includes a vehicle body arranged in a horizontal state; a reaction cylinder fixedly arranged above the vehicle body and accommodating fertilizer and water; a mixing and stirring mechanism connected with the reaction cylinder and fully mixing the fertilizer and water in the reaction cylinder a reciprocating water spraying mechanism arranged at a lower end of the mixing and stirring mechanism and spraying uniformly mixed fertilizer and water; and a loosening and sowing assembly including a reciprocating soil loosening mechanism connected with the reciprocating water spraying mechanism and loosening soil, and a vibrating sowing mechanism connected with the reciprocating soil loosening mechanism and scattering grass seeds on the loosened soil.
US12058951B2
An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a characteristic at different geographic locations in a worksite. An in-situ sensor detects nutrient values as a mobile material application machine operates at the worksite. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that maps predictive nutrient values at different geographic locations in the worksite based on a relationship between values of the characteristic in the information map and nutrient values detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US12058949B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, including systems and methods, for planting using planting pods. A planting system can be configured to deliver pods including a payload (e.g., seeds, cuttings, or other planting materials) into or onto the ground at a predetermined location. In some embodiments, the automated planting system can include a mapping system that receives various sensor inputs and generates a map of a planting area. A pod planting system may use the map of the planting area to deliver pods to the planting area. The pod planting system may be executed automatically using the maps generated by the mapping system and/or manually by a remote operator. Each pod can include a payload to be planted on or in the ground by the pod planting system. Pods may be customized depending on the types of plants being planted, the terrain, prior planting results, etc.
US12063876B2
A variable resistance memory device includes a variable resistance layer and a first conductive element and a second conductive element which are spaced apart from each other on the variable resistance layer. The variable resistance layer may include a first layer and a second layer on the first layer. The first layer includes a ternary or more metal oxide containing two or more metal materials having different valences. The second layer may include silicon oxide. The variable resistance memory device may have a wide range of resistance variation due to the metal oxide in which oxygen vacancies are easily formed. The first conductive element and the second conductive element, in response to an applied voltage, may be configured to form a current path in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first layer and the second direction are stacked.
US12063865B2
A method of fabricating a magnetoresistive bit from a magnetoresistive stack includes etching through a first portion of the magnetoresistive stack using a first etch process to form one or more sidewalls. At least a portion of the sidewalls includes redeposited material after the etching. The method also includes modifying at least a portion of the redeposited material on the sidewalls, and etching through a second portion of the magnetoresistive stack after the modifying step. The magnetoresistive stack may include a first magnetic region, an intermediate region disposed over the first magnetic region, and a second magnetic region disposed over the intermediate region.
US12063848B2
A mask includes a first mask that includes a first long side that extends in a first direction and a first short side that extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction and that includes a first edge portion, a first center portion, and a first welded portion, that are sequentially arranged in the first direction. The mask further includes a second mask that includes a second long side that extends in the first direction and a second short side that extends in the second direction and that includes a second welded portion, a second center portion, and a second edge portion, that are sequentially arranged in the first direction. The first welded portion is in contact with the second welded portion.
US12063845B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device, a display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, and relates to display technology. The display panel of the present disclosure includes a driving backplane, a first planarization layer, a second planarization layer, light-emitting devices and photoelectric sensing devices. The first planarization layer is provided on one side of the driving backplane. The second planarization layer is provided on a surface of the first planarization layer distal to the driving backplane, and the second planarization layer is provided with sensing holes. The light-emitting devices are provided on a surface of the second planarization layer distal to the driving backplane and are located outside the sensing holes. The photoelectric sensing devices are provided on a surface of the second planarization layer distal to the driving backplane, and each of the photoelectric sensing devices is at least partially located inside the sensing hole.
US12063839B2
This disclosure relates to a display substrate. The display substrate includes: a backplate, and a light-emitting device and a thin film encapsulation layer which are successively formed on the backplate, wherein the backplate includes a display area, the display area includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in an array; the display substrate further includes an electrochromic unit arranged on a side, away from the backplate, of the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein the electrochromic unit includes at least a first area, and projection of the first area onto the backplate covers the pixel areas; the electrochromic unit is in a transparent state when the light-emitting device emits light, and the electrochromic unit is in a black state when the light-emitting device does not emit light. This disclosure also relates to a display apparatus and a display substrate manufacture method.
US12063835B2
An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate including: pixel regions; connection regions between adjacent pixel regions from among the pixel regions, respectively; and a region having a through-opening, the region being defined by the adjacent pixel regions, and the connection regions respectively between the adjacent pixel regions; a sub-pixel structure on the substrate at each of the pixel regions; and an organic pattern on a side wall of the substrate, the side wall being adjacent to the through-opening.
US12063829B2
A load, a transistor which controls a current value supplied to the load, a capacitor, a power supply line, and first to third switches are provided. After a threshold voltage of the transistor is held by the capacitor, a potential in accordance with a video signal is inputted and a voltage that is the sum of the threshold voltage and the potential is held. Accordingly, variation in current value caused by variation in threshold voltage of the transistor can be suppressed. Therefore, a desired current can be supplied to a load such as a light emitting element. In addition, a display device with a high duty ratio can be provided by changing a potential of the power supply line.
US12063824B2
A display panel includes a first area in which first pixels of a first pixel column, second pixels of a second pixel column, and third pixels of a third pixel column are arranged, a second area which cuts off each of the first pixel column, the second pixel column, and the third pixel column and through which an optical signal travels, and first to third data lines. The first data line is connected to the first pixels and a portion of the third pixels arranged on one side of the second area in a direction in which the pixel columns extend, the second data line is connected to the second pixels, and the third data line is connected to a remaining portion of the third pixels arranged on the other side of the second area in the direction in which the pixel columns extend.
US12063822B2
A flexible display panel and a display device are provided. The display device includes a display area and a bending area located outside the display area. The bending area includes: a first flexible area, a first metal layer, an organic insulating layer, and a second metal layer. The first metal layer includes a plurality of traces, and the second metal layer includes a plurality of metal patterns. Orthographic projections of the plurality of metal patterns on the first flexible area completely cover orthographic projections of the first traces and the second traces on the first flexible area.
US12063820B2
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes a light-emitting unit, a pixel defining layer, and a light-shielding layer. The light-emitting unit includes first and second electrodes, and a light-emitting layer. The pixel defining layer includes an opening portion where the light-emitting layer is partially located, and a non-opening portion. The first electrode is located in the opening portion in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the substrate and includes first and second openings. In the direction perpendicular to the plane of the substrate, the light-shielding layer does not overlap with the first opening. Orthographic projections of the light-shielding layer and the first electrode on the plane of the substrate are first and second projections, respectively. In a first direction, a difference between a length of the second opening and a sum of lengths of the first and second projections satisfies a preset threshold.
US12063819B2
A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, a pixel driving circuit layer, a first planarization layer, an anode layer, a light emitting functional layer, and a spacer. The first planarization layer includes a first via hole, the anode layer includes a first anode and a second anode, the first anode includes a first main body portion and a first connection portion, the second anode includes a second main body portion and a second connection portion, the spacer is located between the first and second main body portions in adjacent anode group rows. An overlapping area between the spacer and the first via hole is less than 20% of an area of the first via hole.
US12063816B2
A display device includes pixels disposed on a substrate. Each of the pixels include a pixel circuit layer disposed on the substrate and includes at least one transistor, a first electrode disposed on the pixel circuit layer and electrically connected to the at least one transistor, a bank disposed on the first electrode, the bank including an opening exposing the first electrode, a conductive pattern disposed on a side surface of the bank surrounding the opening of the bank and the exposed first electrode, a light-emitting element disposed on the conductive pattern in the opening of the bank and electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting element. The conductive pattern is a guide member that guides light emitted from the light-emitting element to an upper portion of the second electrode.
US12063813B2
A display substrate, includes a plurality of subpixels arranged in a matrix. Each subpixel is provided with a pixel driver circuit that includes a plurality of thin film transistors and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor of a present subpixel among the plurality of subpixels and the storage capacitor of an adjacent subpixel adjacent to the current subpixel are disposed in a shared capacitance region of the present subpixel and the adjacent subpixel, and the storage capacitor of the present subpixel and the storage capacitor of the adjacent subpixel are stacked.
US12063808B2
A light-emitting substrate includes; a base, an isolation portion disposed on the base and located in an isolation region located outside a light-emitting region, and a second insulating pattern located in the light-emitting region. The isolation portion includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern and a first insulating pattern that are sequentially stacked on the base; an orthogonal projection of the first conductive pattern on the base is located within an orthogonal projection of the second conductive pattern on the base; and a side face of the first conductive pattern proximate to the light-emitting region and a corresponding side face of the second conductive pattern proximate to the light-emitting region have a first gap therebetween. A side face of the second insulating pattern proximate to the first insulating pattern and a side face of the first insulating pattern proximate to the second insulating pattern have a second gap therebetween.
US12063800B2
A photoelectric conversion element that reduces a residual image while enhancing heat resistance and includes a first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer; a first interfacial layer; and a second electrode in this order, the photoelectric conversion layer has a quantum dot, the quantum dot is a PbS quantum dot, the first interfacial layer has an organic compound having a glass transition temperature of 100° ° C. or higher, and the following Equation (1) is met: μhEBL≥1.0×10−3 (cm2/Vs) . . . (1), where μhEBL denotes hole mobility of the first interfacial layer.
US12063796B2
A manufacturing method is provided. The method includes steps below. Forming bottom electrodes. Blanketly forming a resistance switching layer on the bottom electrodes. Forming a first insulating material layer on the resistance switching layer. Patterning the first insulating material layer to form insulating patterns. Conformally forming a channel layer having a plurality of channel regions on the resistance switching layer and the insulating patterns, wherein the plurality of channel regions are located on the resistance switching layer and cover opposite sides of the insulating patterns. Forming a second electrode material layer on the channel layer. Patterning the second electrode material layer to form top electrodes, each of the top electrodes is located in corresponding to one of the insulating patterns and covers at least two of the plurality of channel regions.
US12063788B2
A thin film molecular memory is provided that satisfies criteria needed to make a molecular spintronic device, based on spin crossover complexes, competitive with silicon technology. These criteria include, device implementation, a low coercive voltage (less than 1V) and low write peak currents (on the order of 104 A/cm2), a device on/off ratio >10, thin film quality, the ability to “lock” the spin state (providing nonvolatility), the ability to isothermally “unlock” and switch the spin state with voltage, conductance change with spin state, room temperature and above room temperature operation, an on-state device resistivity less than 1 Ω·cm, a device fast switching speed (less than 100 ps), device endurance (on the order of 1016 switches without degradation), and the ability of having a device with a transistor channel width of 10 nm or below.
US12063779B2
This non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array including NAND cell units formed in a first direction vertical to a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A local source line is electrically coupled to one end of the NAND cell unit formed on the surface of the substrate. The memory cell array includes: a laminated body where plural conductive films, which are to be control gate lines of memory cells or selection gate lines of selection transistors, are laminated sandwiching interlayer insulating films; a semiconductor layer that extends in the first direction; and an electric charge accumulating layer sandwiched between: the semiconductor layer and the conductive film. The local source line includes a silicide layer. The electric charge accumulating layer is continuously formed from the memory cell array to cover a peripheral area of the silicide layer.
US12063768B2
Semiconductor structures and methods are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes forming a first channel member, a second channel member directly over the first channel member, and a third channel member directly over the second channel member, depositing a first metal layer around each of the first channel member, the second channel member, and the third channel member, removing the first metal layer from around the second channel member and the third channel member while the first channel member remains wrapped around by the first metal layer, after the removing of the first metal layer, depositing a second metal layer around the second channel member and the third channel member, removing the second metal layer from around the third channel member, and after the removing of the second metal layer, depositing a third metal layer around the third channel member.
US12063766B2
A four times contacted poly pitch (4CPP) static random-access memory (SRAM) cell layout is disclosed that forms six SRAM transistors from one OD region and four poly lines at a frontside of a substrate and provides a double-sided routing structure for word lines, bit lines, and/or voltage lines. For example, a vertical SRAM is disclosed that stacks transistors, vertically, to facilitate scaling needed for advanced IC technology nodes and improve memory performance. The vertical SRAM further includes a double-sided routing structure, which facilitates placement of bit lines, word lines, and voltage lines in a backside metal one (M1) layer and/or a frontside M1 layer to minimize line capacitance and line resistance.
US12063765B2
A memory cell includes a flip-flop circuit that includes a first CMOS inverter circuit including a 1Ath transistor TR1 and a 1Bth transistor TR2 and a second inverter circuit including a 2Ath transistor TR3 and a 2Bth transistor TR4 and two transfer transistors TR5 and TR6. The 1Ath transistor TR1 and the 2Ath transistor TR2 are connected to a common first power supply line, and the 1Bth transistor TR3 and the 2Bth transistor TR4 are connected to a common second power supply line.
US12063763B2
A system for cooling a power component includes a first metal layer. A cooling layer having a first surface is in contact with a surface of the first metal layer. A second metal layer is included having a surface in contact with a second surface of the cooling layer opposite the first metal layer. The cooling layer is of a material different from that of the first metal layer and that of the second metal layer. A plurality of cooling features are embedded in the material of the cooling layer. The cooling channels are spaced apart from both the first metal layer and the second metal layer by the material of the cooling layer. An electrically conductive path connects the first metal plate to the second metal plate.
US12063759B2
Examples described herein relate to a sub-assembly for a fluid cooling system and the sub-assembly can include a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and at least one tube that is shaped to conform to surfaces of opposing dual inline memory modules (DIMMs). In some examples, the at least one tube is to connect to the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. In some examples, the at least one tube includes a heat transferring material. In some examples, the DIMM includes memory devices and regions between memory devices. In some examples, the at least one tube is shaped with recesses to receive memory devices and shaped with protrusions to fit within the regions. In some examples, the at least one tube is formed as a re-shaped tube by shaping of a tube. In some examples, the re-shaped tube is formed by application of pressure within the tube and/or a vacuum external to the tube.
US12063754B2
The present invention relates to a flexible display device, comprising: a first body; a second body configured to be movable relative to the first body; a support plate installed on the rear surface of the second body and configured to be movable relative to the second body; a flexible display unit configured such that areas exposed to the outside are changed while the first body and the second body move relative to each other; and a driving unit generating a driving force such that the second body slides with respect to the first body, wherein as the driving unit causes a movement of the second body through a rotational force by means of a motor, the areas exposed to the outside of the front part and the rear part of the flexible display unit can be changed respectively.
US12063744B2
The mounting system includes a mounting device including a mounting section, a supply section, and a mounting control section, and a moving work management device. The moving work management device creates loading order information including the loading order of the feeders to be loaded to the loading section with preference given to the feeders to be used in the current production over the feeders to be used in the next production onward based on multiple pieces of feeder arrangement information and the order of use of the multiple feeders, the multiple pieces of feeder arrangement information handling each of multiple pieces of mounting condition information for producing multiple types of mounting targets including the arrangement positions of the feeders created corresponding to positions shared among the productions of multiple types of mounting targets.
US12063743B2
A printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board including an insulative substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and wiring provided on the second surface of the insulative substrate to face the through-holes. The insulative substrate has flexibility and through-holes passing through the insulative substrate from the first surface to the second surface. A semiconductor element is mounted on the first surface of the insulative substrate of the printed wiring board and has element terminals interposed between the printed wiring board and the semiconductor element. Conductive members filled in the through-holes connect the element terminals and the wiring. The insulative substrate has elasticity in which an elongation percentage of the insulative substrate is 20% or more. The wiring is formed from a conductive polymer or an elastic conductive paste in which conductive particles are mixed into a resin material.
US12063742B1
A camera may include a printed circuit board (PCB) that may include at least one coil and at least one position sensor. The coil may be embedded at least partially inside the PCB at a first side of the PCB, whilst the position sensor may be attached to the PCB at a second side opposite the first side. The PCB may include an aperture through the PCB at a location corresponding to the position sensor to enhance sensing of the position sensor. The PCB may further include at least one recess inside which the position sensor may be attached to the PCB.
US12063736B2
A module board and a memory module are provided. The module board includes a first branch line for connecting a clock signal terminal disposed on at least one surface to a first branch point; a first signal line for connecting the first branch point to a first module clock signal terminal; a second signal line for connecting the first module clock signal terminal to the kth module clock signal terminal and a first termination resistance terminal; a third signal line for connecting the first branch point to a (k+1)th module clock signal terminal; and a fourth signal line for connecting the (k+1)th module clock signal terminal to a 2kth module clock signal terminal and the second termination resistance terminal, wherein a length of the third signal line is greater than a sum of a length of the first signal line and a length of the second signal line.
US12063729B2
An example playback device is configured to: (i) determine given audio content that is to be played back by the playback device; (ii) identify at least one frequency range in the given audio content; (iii) for each identified frequency range in the given audio content, determine a respective lighting behavior that is to be produced, by a lighting device that is communicatively coupled with the playback device, during playback of the identified frequency range in the given audio content; (iv) play back the given audio content comprising the at least one identified frequency range; and (v) cause the lighting device to produce the determined lighting behavior in synchrony with playback of the identified frequency in the given audio content.
US12063728B2
A lighting control system (1) comprising at least one lighting module (2) and a controller (3), the controller (3) being configured to cause the at least one lighting module to create a lighting scene for a lighting calendar event, the controller (3) further being configured to obtain first data by data mining social media content relating to the lighting calendar event, determine first lighting attributes from the first data, based on the first lighting attributes, control the at least one lighting module to generate at least one lighting scene and apply the at least one lighting scene for the lighting calendar event, obtain second data by data mining social media content relating to the applied at least one lighting scene, determine second lighting attributes from the second data, and based on the second lighting attributes control the at least one lighting module to generate at least one updated lighting scene and apply the at least one updated lighting scene for the lighting calendar event.
US12063707B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for discovering heterogenous neighbors in coexisting IoT networks including at least one Wi-Fi device and at least one of Zigbee coordinators, ZigBee routers and ZigBee end devices. The method includes generating a broadcast packet such that the broadcast packet emulates a ZigBee broadcast frame, transmitting the emulated broadcast packet using a transceiver of the at least one Wi-Fi device according to cross-technology communication (CTC) method, wherein the emulated broadcast packet is configured to trigger the at least one of the Zigbee coordinators and ZigBee routers having received the emulated broadcast packet to rebroadcast the received packet. The method also includes generating a unicast packet such that the unicast packet emulates a ZigBee address request frame, transmitting the emulated unicast packet using a transceiver of the at least one Wi-Fi device according to cross-technology communication (CTC) method, wherein the emulated unicast packet is configured to trigger the at least one of the Zigbee coordinators, ZigBee routers and ZigBee end devices having received the emulated unicast packet to respond with a ZigBee address response frame, and determining the at least one ZigBee end device to be a neighbor of the at least one Wi-Fi device if the scanned address response frame is transmitted by the at least one ZigBee end device.
US12063702B2
A wireless device communicates with a first network node via a second network node. The wireless device transmits a radio link failure report to a third network node. The radio link failure report indicates a backhaul link failure between the first network node and the second network node.
US12063701B2
There is provided mechanisms for requesting radio resources from a second terminal device. A method is performed by a first terminal device. The method comprises identifying an increasing need for use of radio resources. The method comprises transmitting, via a sidelink to the second terminal device, a request for using radio resources allocated to the second terminal device. The method comprises receiving, via the sidelink, a response from the second terminal device. The response pertains to whether the second terminal device has granted the first terminal device to use at least some of the requested radio resources or not. The method comprises providing, towards a network node serving the first terminal device, a notification of that the first terminal device has requested the radio resources from the second terminal device and/or of that the second terminal device has granted the first terminal device to use at least some of the requested radio resources.
US12063700B2
Thus there is provided a method and appropriately arranged devices for configuring for communications in a wireless network comprising performing a configuration protocol, and sending by the enrollee device, during an execution of the configuration protocol, a message containing an indication of a status of a previous configuration attempt. A configuring device receiving the status of the previous configuration attempt is then able to act upon it and inform the user that a previous attempt failed. The information provided to the user would allow the user to understand why the device fails to connect to the desired network and perhaps alert them to the fact that it has not connected.
US12063692B2
A random access method, device, and equipment are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a network node, a random access request, wherein the random access request comprises a preamble and a first data block; and sending, by the network node, a random access response.
US12063691B2
A method for random access includes: after sending a random access preamble, monitoring a random access response message in a random access response window, wherein a length of the random access response window exceeds a preset value, the random access response message includes a reserved bit that indicates a receiving terminal of the random access response message; reading a value of the reserved bit in the random access response message; determining the receiving terminal of the random access response message according to the value of the reserved bit; and when determining that the receiving terminal is the first user equipment, sending a Message3 based on a message content of the random access response message.
US12063688B2
To properly receive a preamble and/or a message in a random access procedure in communication using beam forming, and perform random access with efficiency, a user terminal of the present invention is a user terminal for communicating with a radio base station using a plurality of types of beam forming, and is characterized by having a receiving section that receives a DL signal transmitted from the radio base station, a transmitting section that transmits a random access preamble (PRACH), and a control section that controls to transmit the PRACH including beam information on a beam of the radio base station.
US12063684B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to sharing a channel occupancy time (COT) associated with a scheduled UL transmission in a frequency spectrum shared by multiple network operating entities are provided. A first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, a first uplink (UL) scheduling grant. The first wireless communication device communicates, with second wireless communication device, a first UL communication signal based on the first UL scheduling grant during a first COT, the first COT based on an extended clear channel assessment (eCCA) associated with the first UL communication signal. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device, a downlink (DL) communication signal during the first COT based on COT sharing information associated with the first COT.
US12063670B2
According to the present invention, transmission is efficiently and repeatedly performed within a slot. The number of repetitions in the slot is calculated using OFDM symbol allocation in a slot notified using a predetermined field during RRC signaling or DCI formatting and the number of divisions in the slot notified by the RRC signaling (or the number of OFDM symbols serving as repetition unit). When the calculated number of repetitions does not satisfy a predetermined condition, repeated transmission is not performed.
US12063664B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including multiplexing of uplink control information communications with other communications between a user equipment device (UE) and a base station. Techniques for generating control information and performing multiplexing are disclosed. The UE may select resources for multiplexing and determine how/if to generate response data for various downlink transmissions are disclosed.
US12063657B2
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for enhancing unicast and groupcast communication in a wireless communication system also utilizing broadcast communication. An example apparatus for a user equipment (UE) wireless communication device, including baseband circuitry having a radio frequency (RF) interface configured to transmit and receive RF signals, and one or more processors is provided. The one or more processors are configured to generate a signal encoding one or more capabilities of the UE wireless communication device and transmit the signal to one or more other UE wireless communication devices.
US12063656B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) indications with multi-physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and/or multi-physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) grants. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a plurality of transmissions of a first priority, wherein the DCI comprises at least one field indicating one or more parameters to apply when at least one previously scheduled transmission of a second priority collides with: one or more of the plurality of transmissions of the first priority, or one or more transmissions acknowledging the one or more of the plurality of transmissions of the first priority; and applying the one or more parameters to process the plurality of the transmissions of the first priority.
US12063655B2
Schemes for supporting device-to-device, D2D, communications between terminal devices in a wireless telecommunication system. A network entity, e.g. a base station, establishes a set pool of radio resources to be reserved for use for D2D communications and communicates an indication of these resources to terminal devices. On an ongoing basis the network entity monitors the extent to which the set of radio resources reserved for D2D communications is being used, for example based on feedback received from terminal devices or its own measurements. If it is determined the set of radio resources reserved for D2D communications is being under-utilized or over-utilized, the network entity may establish an updated set of radio resources to be used for D2D communications, and communicate this to the terminal devices. Thus a mechanism is provided for dynamically adjusting the size of a set of resources available for D2D communications in response to changing resource utilization.
US12063653B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information for an uplink control channel, wherein the configuration information includes at least one of: a first resource identifier associated with a non-full-duplex (non-FD) zone, or a second resource identifier associated with a full-duplex (FD) zone. The UE may transmit uplink control information (UCI) on the uplink control channel in at least one of the non-FD zone or the FD zone in accordance with the configuration information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12063648B2
This application provides a data transmission method and a communication apparatus, to improve data transmission reliability. The method includes: receiving downlink control information (DCI); determining a plurality of pieces of quasi-co-location (QCL) information based on the DCI; and receiving downlink data based on the plurality of pieces of QCL information. The plurality of pieces of QCL information correspond to a plurality of time domain units, each time domain unit corresponds to at least one piece of QCL information, and at least two of the plurality of pieces of QCL information are different, that is, the downlink data is from at least two network devices.
US12063645B2
Methods and devices for a base station acting as a primary cell to perform dual spectrum sharing (DSS) with a first user equipment device (UE) over a 5G NR connection and a second UE over an LTE connection. The first UE establishes the 5G NR connection with the primary cell and one or more secondary cells. One of the secondary cells is configured in the 5G NR connection to provide downlink control information to the UE for the primary cell, to avoid collisions by the primary cell with LTE control transmissions.
US12063640B2
A data transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: sending, by a terminal, first capability information to a base station, in which the first capability information is configured to indicate that the terminal has a capability to support an unlicensed frequency band based on cellular mobile communication technology; generating, by the base station, resource scheduling information according to the first capability information, in which the resource scheduling information is configured to schedule resources for data transmission between the terminal and the base station; sending, by the base station, the resource scheduling information to the terminal; performing data transmission on the terminal and the base station on the resources indicated by the resource scheduling information.
US12063620B2
A Bluetooth-enabled device is provided, the Bluetooth-enabled device being configured to control a radio frequency (RF) chain during a first period to receive at a single antenna selected from a plurality of antennas, a constant tone extension (CTE) signal of multiple frames transmitted by the Bluetooth-enabled transmitter over multiple frequencies. Further the RF chain is controlled during a second period to switch among the plurality of antennas to receive the CTE signal at each of the plurality of antennas. An initial time-of-flight (ToF) data of the CTE signal is determined from first samples of the CTE signal received during the first period. Further, the Bluetooth-enabled transmitter is localized with respect to a location of the Bluetooth-enabled device using a signal model connecting samples of the CTE signal with an unknown angle-of-arrival of the CTE signal received at specific times, an unknown ToF conditioned on the initial ToF data.
US12063614B2
A method performed by a communication node and an apparatus for operating the method are proposed. The method includes obtaining matched filter channel estimation associated with a user equipment (UE); obtaining first Timing Advance (TA) compensated channel estimation; obtaining first noise suppressed channel estimation; and obtaining first TA estimation associated with the UE based on the first noise suppressed channel estimation.
US12063603B2
A user equipment communicates with a first user equipment or a base station apparatus, the user equipment including a receiving unit configured to receive a synchronization signal or a reference signal used in sidelink transmitted from the first user equipment; a control unit configured to measure a channel state of sidelink, based on the synchronization signal or the reference signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus or the first user equipment, information indicating the channel state of sidelink.
US12063586B2
A mobile telecommunications system anchor entity for a mobile telecommunications system is provided. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one entity serving at least one user equipment, wherein the at least one entity and the at least one user equipment are located in a common system information area. The mobile telecommunications system has circuitry, which performs transmitting minimum system information to the at least one user equipment, wherein the minimum system information includes system information area identifier information.
US12063580B2
A communication system provides secure communication between two nodes in a self-organizing network without the need for a centralized security or control device. A first node of the two nodes is provisioned with one or more security profiles, auto-discovers a second node of the two nodes, authenticates the second node based on a security profile of the one or more security profiles, selects a security profile of the one or more security profiles to encrypt a communication session between the two nodes, and encrypts the communication session between the two nodes based on the selected security profile. The second node also is provisioned with the same one or more security profiles, authenticates the first node based on a same security profile as is used to authenticate the second node, and encrypts the communication session based on the same security profile as is used for encryption by the first node.
US12063579B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for dynamic PC5 communication adaptation. For example, a UE may receive, from a vehicle-to-everything control function (V2X CF) or a vehicle-to-everything application server (V2X AS), a V2X provisioning message that includes a first transmission profile and determine, based on the first transmission profile, a first range to configure PC5 communication of a plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon. When a number of UEs joining the V2X platoon exceeds a certain threshold, the UE may transmit, to the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification request message requesting a second transmission profile. The UE may receive, from the V2X CF or the V2X AS, a modification response message that includes the second transmission profile and determine, based on the second transmission profile, a second range to reconfigure the PC5 communication of the plurality of UEs associated with the V2X platoon.
US12063576B2
The present invention includes a system for providing a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform configured to provide an intuitive and semi-automated means of collecting and managing user-driven data by leveraging text messages. The crowdsourcing platform is configured to leverage a Short Message Service (SMS) communication system for generating and transmitting command text messages to mobile devices of users of the service. The command text messages essentially elicit or otherwise train/educate the user's mobile device to automatically transmit requested data back to the crowdsourcing platform, the requested data including the location or position of the user within a given environment.
US12063568B2
Disclosed are an electronic apparatus for wireless communication, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. The electronic apparatus for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to perform control so as to send, by means of beam-based non-terrestrial network communication, information about beam switching of a base station to a user equipment, to determine a temporal or spatial position of beam switching, and to perform control so as to perform beam switching when the determined temporal or spatial position is reached.
US12063556B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for low latency handover between secondary nodes (SNs). In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a plurality of SNs, receive a command to communicate via an SN of the plurality of the SNs, and determine a handover procedure that is to be used to establish a connection with the SN. The handover procedure may be a random access channel (RACH)-less or a two-step RACH procedure and is determined to be used based on a determination that uplink time synchronization is established with the SN.
US12063550B2
An access and mobility management function (AMF) of a network receives, from a wireless device, a registration request message. The AMF sends, to the wireless device, a registration accept message comprising an access traffic steering, switching, and splitting (ATSSS) capability indication of the network.
US12063549B2
The disclosed technology is directed towards load balancing baseband units in a communications network. A baseband physical layer 1 unit's functions are disaggregated into Layer 1 (L1) distributed units and radio units, instead of deploying full-fledged baseband units at a service' provider's service areas (cells). A load balancer scales up the number of active distributed units based on increased actual demand, and scales down the active distributed units based on decreased demand. The L1 distributed units and radio units can be software-defined network functions, and need not be collocated, whereby the distributed units can be in the cloud or hub remotely located relative to the radio units deployed at the service areas. Examples of load balancing can be load balancing of transmitted data per carrier, per subcarrier, per user equipment, per transmission time interval (TTI/slot), per bearer, or per channel.
US12063546B2
A technique for controlling and monitoring packet duplication of at least one packet in a radio transmission from at least one transmitting station (100) to a receiving station (200) is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, a control message (710) that is indicative of the packet duplication in the radio transmission is transmitted to the receiving station (200). The control message (710) controls the receiving station (200) to monitor a reception of duplicates (712) of the at least one packet. Two or more duplicates (712) of the at least one packet are transmitted to the receiving station (200). A control feedback (714) that is indicative of a result of the monitoring is received from the receiving station (200).
US12063543B2
A method in a first network node, which comprises a primary Radio Link Control (RLC) entity is provided. The method comprises: receiving packets from a PDCP entity and sending packets to a PDCP entity; separating the received packets into at least a first group and a second group; assigning sequence numbers to the packets of the first group from a sequence number range allocated to at least one the secondary RLC entity in a second network node, the at least one secondary RLC connected to the primary RLC entity through a RLC channel; sending the packets of the first group with the assigned sequence numbers to the at least one secondary RLC entity.
US12063539B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods may use an smtc information element or an smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a first measurement period to evaluate a serving cell while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode. Additionally, apparatuses, systems, and methods may use the smtc information element or the smtc2-LP information element to calculate timing of a second measurement period to evaluate intra-frequency cells while the UE is in idle mode or inactive mode.
US12063531B2
A signal reporting method, a terminal device and a network device. The terminal device can be configured to measure a reporting volume other than that of L1-RSRP, so as to facilitate the flexible measurement of signals and to improve the reliability of signal selection. The method comprises: a terminal device determining signals under measurement used for signal measurement according to resource allocation information; the terminal device measuring a first reporting volume of the signals under measurement to obtain a measurement result of the first reporting volume of the signals under measurement, wherein the first reporting volume comprises reporting volumes other than that of the L1-RSRP (Layer 1-reference signal received power); the terminal device determining a signal that needs to be reported in the signals under measurement according to the measurement result of the first reporting volume of the signals under measurement.
US12063525B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which beam configuration management service is provided. A network device of a wireless access network provides the service that includes identifying redundant configurations across carriers associated with a cell group, and links the common beam configurations to these carriers. The service also includes identifying any difference in beam configurations relative to the common beam configurations for a carrier. The service may transmit this beam configuration information in a control plane message to an end device. The end device may use the beam configuration information.
US12063524B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a UE may communicate via a serving beam set of the UE, the serving beam set being one or more of a plurality of beams. The UE may measure another beam set in accordance with a measurement schedule configured to prioritize measurement on one or more adjacent beam sets associated with the serving beam set over one or more non-adjacent beam sets associated with the serving beam set. In some aspects, the one or more adjacent beam sets may be associated with one or more coverage areas that at least partially overlap a coverage area of the serving beam set, are adjacent to the coverage area of the serving beam set, or are associated with a measurement value that satisfies a threshold in the coverage area of the serving beam set. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12063522B2
Various embodiments relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate, beyond a 4th generation (4G) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments, a method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus supporting the same may be provided, and other various embodiments may be provided.
US12063517B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12063513B2
A secure trusted service manager provider may include at least one processor configured to provide, to an electronic device, a first script to provision an applet instance corresponding to a third party server, the script including a public key corresponding to the third party server. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from the electronic device, an encrypted symmetric key and provide the encrypted symmetric key to the third party server, the symmetric key being encrypted with the public key. The at least one processor may be configured to receive, from the third party server, an encrypted data element corresponding to a transaction to be performed by the applet instance, the encrypted data element being encrypted with the symmetric key, generate a second script that includes the encrypted data element and provide, to the electronic device, the second script that includes the encrypted data element.
US12063504B2
A system receives, from a user equipment, a request for access to a wireless communication network and identifies, based on the request, baseline radio frequency (RF) response information associated with the user equipment. The system obtains dynamic RF response information associated with the user equipment and authenticates, based on the dynamic RF response information and the baseline RF response information, the user equipment. The system thereby grants the user equipment access to the wireless communication network and determines context information associated with the user equipment. The system generates, based on the baseline RF response information and the context information, user equipment profile information and sends, to a base station associated with the wireless communication network, the user equipment profile information to facilitate access to the wireless communication network by the user equipment.
US12063500B2
A control apparatus that implements access control of a user in a private radio communication network is provided. The control apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a verifying unit. The obtaining unit obtains subscriber information related to a subscriber in a private radio communication network. The verifying unit performs authentication processing for a terminal apparatus requesting connection to the private radio communication network, based on authentication information included in the subscriber information. The verifying unit verifies access authority for the terminal apparatus requesting the connection, based on information different from the authentication information included in the subscriber information when the authentication processing for the terminal apparatus requesting the connection is successful.
US12063492B2
A method includes receiving sound by a first audio unit installed in an electrical outlet, routing audio data corresponding to the received sound from the first audio unit to a second audio unit installed in a second electrical outlet, and sending the audio data to a mobile device using a wireless link between the mobile device and the second audio unit. Routing the audio data may include receiving the audio data from the first audio unit by a third audio unit and routing the audio data to the second audio unit by the third audio unit serving as a router. The data may be routed using table driven routing, on-demand routing or some other appropriate routing protocol. The method may also include performing voice recognition on the audio data and detecting a command word and routing command word data to the second audio unit.
US12063489B2
A method and apparatus are provided for generating a directional output signal from sound received by at least two microphones arranged as microphone array. The method includes transforming the sound received by each of said microphones and represented by analog-to-digital converted time-domain signals provided by each of said microphones into corresponding complex-valued frequency-domain microphone signals each having a frequency component value for each of a plurality of frequency components, calculating, for each of the plurality of frequency components, real-valued Wind Reduction Factors as minima of the reciprocal and non-reciprocal frequency components of a plurality of real-valued Deviation Spectra if said minimum is below a preselected deviation threshold and set to one if said minimum is above or equal to said deviation threshold, and for each of the plurality of frequency components, forming a frequency-domain wind-reduced output signal.
US12063486B2
Systems and methods for optimizing network microphone devices using noise classification are disclosed herein. In one example, individual microphones of a network microphone device (NMD) detect sound. The sound data is analyzed to detect a trigger event such as a wake word. Metadata associated with the sound data is captured in a lookback buffer of the NMD. After detecting the trigger event, the metadata is analyzed to classify noise in the sound data. Based on the classified noise, at least one performance parameter of the NMD is modified.
US12063480B2
A hearing aid includes a microphone, an electro-acoustic transducer, and a housing that supports the electro-acoustic transducer such that the housing and the electro-acoustic transducer together define a first acoustic volume and a second acoustic volume. The electro-acoustic transducer is arranged such that a first radiating surface of the transducer radiates acoustic energy into the front acoustic volume and such that a second radiating surface of the transducer radiates acoustic energy into the second acoustic volume. The hearing aid is configured such that the first and second acoustic volumes are acoustically coupled to the microphone when the hearing aid is worn. The housing supports an acoustic element that is acoustically coupled to the microphone and the second acoustic volume and is arranged such that acoustic energy radiated from the acoustic element sums with acoustic energy leaked from the first acoustic volume at the microphone so as to cancel each other.
US12063479B2
The present disclosure relates to binaural hearing aid systems and methods of enhancing speech of one or more desired speakers in a listening room using indoor positioning sensors and systems.
US12063476B2
A hearing application for a vehicle audio system may include at least one speaker configured to play playback content, and at least one hearing application programmed to receive optimization parameters from a hearing device within the vehicle, the optimization parameters including signal processing parameters specific to the hearing device, apply the optimization parameters to the playback content, and transmit the playback content for playback by one of the hearing device and/or at least one speaker.
US12063467B2
The present disclosure provides a sound producing device, at least comprising a housing assembly. The housing assembly comprises a housing and a sealing member. The housing is provided with a plug-in hole, and the plug-in hole runs through a side wall of one side of the housing; the sealing member is used for plugging and sealing the plug-in hole; the plug-in hole comprises at least one hole wall segment provided along a plugging direction of the sealing member; the cross-sectional area of a reference cross section of at least part of the at least one hole wall segment perpendicular to the plugging direction of the sealing member increases gradually along the plugging direction; the sealing member is in plugging fit with the at least one hole wall segment.
US12063462B2
An optical buffer unit includes a plurality of delay line units each of which gives a delay to optical signals, and a switch that receives an optical signal output from one of the delay line units, includes a first output for outputting the optical signal to a next one of the delay line units and a second output for outputting the optical signal to another apparatus, and outputs the optical signal from the first output or the second output.
US12063460B2
A method for suppressing chromatic aberration, especially blue or red fringing, in a digital image with multiple color channels is disclosed. The method comprises negatively correcting a first color channel by subtracting an overshoot component of the first color channel. The subtraction is subject to a lower threshold, which is dependent on a local value of at least one further color channel.
US12063455B2
The present invention is a method and a processing device that allows smoothing of all camera parameters that are changeable while the camera is running through a tasklist component that schedules transitions synchronized with the output video frame rate. A device-native thread runs the scheduler which picks smoothing tasks off a list to meet real-time requirements. Different strategies for smoothing based on Bézier curves, splines and linear interpolation are scheduled on the runtime. The camera, which is automatically able to detect people and frame them based on where they are, uses this module to smoothly change the frame when people move in the camera field of view, among other functions.
US12063450B2
An apparatus generates an image file including a first region storing a plurality of instances of image data and a second region storing metadata. The metadata includes group information that groups image data shot synchronously with respect to time, the group information indicating image data belonging to a group, and indicator information that indicates an indicator of grouping for the group. The apparatus sets a reference indicating whether the image data has been shot synchronously with respect to time, determines whether the image data has been shot synchronously with respect to time, configures the group information grouping the image data to have been shot synchronously with respect to time, configures the indicator information including at least information of the reference, and generates the file storing the plurality of instances of image data, the group information, and the indicator information.
US12063447B2
Disclosed is a circuit which includes a first amplifier that generates a first output signal by comparing a first pixel signal corresponding to a first conversion gain and a first ramp signal and generates a second output signal by comparing a second pixel signal corresponding to a second conversion gain and a second ramp signal, and a second amplifier that generates a third output signal based on the first output signal and generates a fourth output signal based on the second output signal, the first conversion gain is higher than the second conversion gain, and a first power current of the first amplifier when the first pixel signal and the first ramp signal are compared is different from a second power current of the first amplifier when the second pixel signal and the second ramp signal are compared.
US12063445B2
Techniques are disclosed for analog-to-digital conversion systems and methods with pulse generators. In one example, an imaging system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a comparator configured to generate a comparator output signal based on a first signal and a second signal. The comparator output signal is associated with a first state or a second state. The ADC further includes a pulse generator coupled to the comparator. The pulse generator is configured to generate a pulse signal in response to a transition of the comparator output signal from the first state to the second state. The ADC further includes a memory device coupled to the pulse generator. The memory device is configured to capture a counter value from a counter circuit in response to the pulse signal. The counter value is associated with the detector signal. Related methods are also provided.
US12063438B2
An imaging apparatus includes a processor, and an image sensor, in which a focus lens is moved while avoiding a period of main exposure by the image sensor in accordance with an instruction of the processor and the main exposure is continuously performed to perform continuous imaging at a predetermined time interval, and a processor calculates a first focus position of the focus lens with respect to a specific subject in a specific frame in which the main exposure is performed in a continuous imaging period, predicts a second focus position of the focus lens with respect to the specific subject in a frame ahead of the specific frame by a plurality of frames with reference to the first focus position in the continuous imaging period, and moves the focus lens toward the second focus position.
US12063437B2
A control apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as a setting unit and a selection unit. The setting unit is configured to set an object area indicating an object by using object information that includes information on a part of the object and is based on an image signal converted from an object image and to set a plurality of focus detection points by using the object area. The selection unit is configured to select, from the plurality of focus detection points in a selection area, a main focus detection point on which focusing is performed. In a case where the object is a vehicle, the selection unit makes the selection area narrower than the object area.
US12063423B1
A system and method of presenting interactive content to a user is presented herein. In some embodiments, an interactive story is presented to a user via a computing device. Interactive features are presented such that the user may select the features dictating content that is provided to the user. The content may be presented in the form of audio, video, haptics, as well as other methods which may also be interactive. In some embodiments, the user's location may be used with the content to provide a fully interactive and unique experience to the user.
US12063407B2
Systems, methods, and devices implement video streaming. Methods include receiving video data from a video source, the video data comprising at least one video frame, and determining a plurality of store parameters associated with a store operation and a plurality of fetch parameters associated with a fetch operation for a portion of the video data, wherein the plurality of store parameters and the plurality of fetch parameters identify whether a fetch unit or a store unit should be stalled. Methods also include implementing a store operation in a buffer for a designated number of lines of the video data based on the plurality of store parameters. Methods additionally include implementing a fetch operation from the buffer for the designated number of lines of the video data based on the plurality of fetch parameters.
US12063399B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for video processing. In one aspect, the apparatus may configure at least one frame of plurality of frames in a video stream. The apparatus may also divide the at least one frame into one or more slices, each of the one or more slices including one or more data packets. The apparatus may also map each of the one or more slices to one of one or more communication channels. The apparatus may also transmit each of the one or more slices including the one or more data packets via the one of the one or more communication channels. In another aspect, the apparatus may receive each of one or more slices via one of one or more communication channels. The apparatus may also decode each of the one or more slices including one or more data packets.
US12063394B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting a video quality. One of the methods includes: determining, for a repeating time range of a video with a first video quality, a frequency with which one or more portions of the video were accessed, each portion for a corresponding one of one or more past instances of the repeating time range; selecting, for the repeating time range and using the frequency with which the portion of the video for the repeating time range was accessed, a second video quality from two or more video qualities that includes the first video quality; and storing, in memory, one or more additional portions of the video i) captured by a camera during future instances of the repeating time range ii) at the second video quality.
US12063393B2
A method for processing a media stream is proposed, which includes, at a media distribution unit including a processor: obtaining, based on media stream data received from a media encoder, at least one media data chunk of the media stream, wherein the at least one media data chunk is a separately addressable data unit by a request for media data received by the media distribution unit; generating, based on received media stream data, metadata related to the media data chunk; storing the media data chunk in a memory of the media distribution unit, wherein the memory is used to store media data chunks as separately addressable data units for a memory read from the memory; and updating a list of media data chunks stored in the memory, based on the metadata related to the media data chunk.
US12063390B2
An encoder capable of properly handling an image to be encoded or decoded includes processing circuitry and memory connected to the processing circuitry. Using the memory, the processing circuitry: obtains parameters including at least one of (i) one or more parameters related to a first process for correcting distortion in an image captured with a wide angle lens and (ii) one or more parameters related to a second process for stitching a plurality of images; generates an encoded image by encoding a current image to be processed that is based on the image or the plurality of images; and writes the parameters into a bitstream including the encoded image.
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Systems and methods are provided for using a Multiple Depth Plane (MDP) prediction in predictive coding. The system detects a camera viewpoint change between a current frame and a previous frame, decomposes a reconstructed depth map of the previous frame to a plurality of depth planes, adjusts the plurality of depth planes from a previous camera viewpoint to correspond with a current camera viewpoint, generates an MDP prediction by summing pixel values of the adjusted plurality of depth planes along a plurality of optical axes from the current camera viewpoint, determines an MDP prediction error between the MDP prediction and a depth map of the current frame, quantizes and codes the MDP prediction error, and transmits, to a receiver over a communication network, the camera viewpoint change and the coded quantized MDP prediction error for reconstruction of a depth map of the current frame.
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The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to determine motion vectors. The techniques relate to both encoders and decoders. For example, a decoder receives compressed video data related to a set of frames. The decoder calculates, using a decoder-side predictor refinement technique, a new motion vector for a current frame from the set of frames, wherein the new motion vector estimates motion for the current frame based on one or more reference frames. The calculation includes retrieving a first motion vector associated with the current frame, executing a first portion of the decoding process using the first motion vector, retrieving a second motion vector associated with the current frame that is different than the first motion vector, and executing a second portion of the decoding process using the second motion vector.
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The present disclosure provides systems and methods for video coding. The systems include, for example, an image encoder comprising: circuitry; and a memory coupled to the circuitry, wherein the circuitry, in operation, performs the following: predicting a first block of prediction samples for a current block of a picture, wherein predicting the first block of prediction samples includes at least a prediction process with a motion vector from a different picture; padding the first block of prediction samples to form a second block of prediction samples, wherein the second block is larger than the first block; calculating at least a gradient using the second block of prediction samples; and encoding the current block using at least the calculated gradient.
US12063377B2
A computing device performs a method of decoding video data by reconstructing a luma block corresponding to a chroma block; searching a sub-group of a plurality of reconstructed neighboring luma samples in a predefined order to identify a maximum luma sample and a minimum luma sample; computing a down-sampled maximum luma sample corresponding to the maximum luma sample; computing a down-sampled minimum luma sample corresponding to the minimum luma sample; generating a linear model using the down-sampled maximum luma sample, the down-sampled minimum luma sample, the first reconstructed chroma sample, and the second reconstructed chroma sample; computing down-sampled luma samples from luma samples of the reconstructed luma block, wherein each down-sampled luma sample corresponds to a chroma sample of the chroma block; and predicting chroma samples of the chroma block by applying the liner model to the corresponding down-sampled luma samples.
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An image decoding method, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: parsing tile column number information indicating a value wherein 1 is subtracted from the number of tile columns included in the i-th slice; parsing tile row number information indicating a value wherein 1 is subtracted from the number of tile rows included in the i-th slice; and, if the tile column number information and the tile row number information are both 0, further parsing number information related to the number of slices in which height information in a tile including the i-th slice is clearly signaled.
US12063368B2
An image decoding method according to the present document comprises a step of deriving a corrected transform coefficient, wherein the step of deriving the corrected transform coefficient comprises the steps of: determining whether LFNST can be applied to the height and width of a divided sub-partition block when an ISP is applied to a current block; parsing a LFNST index when the LFNST can be applied; and deriving the corrected transform coefficient on the basis of the LFNST index and a LFNST matrix.
US12063364B2
A method of signaling additional chroma QP offset values that are specific to quantization groups is provided, in which each quantization group explicitly specifies its own set of chroma QP offset values. Alternatively, a table of possible sets of chroma QP offset values is specified in the header area of the picture, and each quantization group uses an index to select an entry from the table for determining its own set of chroma QP offset values. The quantization group specific chroma QP offset values are then used to determine the chroma QP values for blocks within the quantization group in addition to chroma QP offset values already specified for higher levels of the video coding hierarchy.
US12063357B2
An image encoding device and a method, and an image decoding device and a method that are designed to improve encoding efficiency in IntraBC. A screen is divided into four slices (Slices #0 through #3). In a case where reference to a different slice is prohibited, the range that can be referred to from the current CTU in Slice #2 is only the decoded portion in Slice #2, and therefore, any block in Slice #1 cannot be referred to, for example. In the case of the present technology, on the other hand, decoded different slices (Slice #0 and Slice #1) are included in the referable range, and accordingly, a block in Slice #1 can be referred to from the current CTU in Slice #2.
US12063356B2
Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. An example method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current block of a video and a bitstream representation of the video, a number of intra-coded neighboring blocks of the current block for a combined inter and intra prediction mode according to a rule that specifies that a first block coded using a first prediction mode is treated as a non-intra block to be excluded from counting of the number of intra-coded neighboring blocks. In the first prediction mode, reconstructed samples are represented by a set of representative color values, and the set of representative color values comprises at least one of 1) palette predictors, 2) escaped samples, or 3) palette information included in the bitstream. The method also includes performing the conversion based on the determining.
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Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding. The apparatus includes processing circuitry for: receiving prediction information of a current coding block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream, the prediction information indicating that the current coding block is coded using a subblock-based temporal motion vector prediction (SbTMVP) mode; deriving multiple displacement vector (DV) candidates by applying multiple DV offset candidates to a fixed DV predictor of the current coding block; comparing a template of the current coding block with each of multiple templates, each template of the multiple templates being located at a position specified by a corresponding one of the multiple DV candidates; calculating a cost value associated with each one of the multiple DV offset candidates based on the comparing; and reordering DV offset indices of the multiple DV offset candidates based on their calculated cost values.
US12063350B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of picture processing. In particular, the present disclosure relates to improving intra prediction (such as the chroma intra prediction) using a cross component linear model (CCLM) and, more particularly, relating to spatial filtering used in a cross-component linear model for intra prediction with different chroma formats. An apparatus, an encoder, a decoder and corresponding methods for cross-component prediction for a picture, in which the set of down-sampling filters applied during the prediction depends on a chroma format, that may be one of multiple supported chroma formats are provided, so as to improve coding efficiency.
US12063349B2
Provided are a method and device for encoding or decoding an image by using a block map. In the method and device for decoding an image according to an embodiment set forth herein, a bitstream of an encoded image is received, one or more blocks in a picture are determined using split information obtained from the bitstream, a block map indicating whether or not a previous block among the one or more blocks has been decoded is determined, a neighboring region which is available to be referred to for a current block to be decoded in a certain scan order among the one or more blocks is determined, and the current block is decoded based on the neighboring region which is available to be referred to.
US12063347B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for evaluating a built-in video recording device for a vehicle, the system including: a GUI (graphical user interface) test part configured to automatically perform evaluation of a GUI screen of a vehicle display device that operates in conjunction with the built-in video recording device for a vehicle; and an automatic evaluating part configured to automatically evaluate performance of the built-in video recording device for a vehicle based on a result evaluated by the GUI test part.
US12063345B2
Disclosed herein is a near eye assembly having a retaining structure (e.g., a spectacle frame or head up display mounted on a helmet) that is configured to be positioned in proximity to the eye of a user of the assembly. An optical combiner may be mounted on the retaining structure in front of the user eye. The optical combiner may at least partially transmit elements of a scene in front of the assembly through the combiner. In addition, the optical combiner may receive a visible radiation transmission derived from a scene, and/or a visual transmission such as a presentation of data or a marker, and redirect the transmission back to the user's eye.
US12063344B2
The present technology relates to a reproduction device, a reproduction method, and a recording medium capable of suppressing influence of motion parallax and image distortion. There is provided a reproduction device including an image processing unit that performs processing including: projecting an image captured from a specific position in a real space on a projection surface arranged according to a reference position set in a virtual space; acquiring a head movement amount of a user viewing the projected image; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position in a first direction that is at least one of a left-right direction or an up-down direction as viewed from the user, a first relative distance between the reference position and a user position in the first direction; changing, according to the head movement amount with respect to the reference position.
US12063338B2
Embodiments disclose a real-time surgery method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic augmented view of a patient from a static or dynamic viewpoint of the surgeon, which employs real-time three-dimensional surface reconstruction for preoperative and intraoperative image registration. Stereoscopic cameras provide real-time images of the scene including the patient. A stereoscopic video display is used by the surgeon, who sees a graphical representation of the preoperative or intraoperative images blended with the video images in a stereoscopic manner through a see-through display.
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In an image processing apparatus, a condition for detecting a print position deviation on a print medium in a printed material is set. Based on the condition, data obtained by reading the print medium for the print position deviation is inspected. In the condition, in a case where a width of the print medium is larger than a readable width for reading the print medium, a settable range is small relative to a case where the width of the print medium is smaller than the readable width.
US12063325B1
An artificial intelligence (AI) model, using logistic regression and gradient boosting tree, may determine a priority score for a user. The priority score may be associated with a likelihood of redemption of investment funds of the user by the user. Based on the priority score for the user, a server may prioritize transmission of a communication message to the user via one of a plurality of communication channels. The communication message may describe why the user should continue with their investment funds without redemption.
US12063324B2
When an SIP server receives a call signal addressed to a callee side terminal, the SIP server transmits a warning signal to the callee side terminal before transmitting the call signal to the callee side terminal when an international call identifier indicating that the call signal passes through a foreign country is set in the call signal. In addition, when the SIP server receives the call signal addressed to the callee side terminal, the SIP server includes a warning that the caller number is disguised in a warning signal when an international call identifier indicating that the call signal passes through a foreign country is set in the call signal and the caller number of the call signal is a number from a country in which the callee side terminal is located.
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Blockchain-based consumables management with support for offline instruments. In an embodiment, a user device scans a first machine-readable code on a consumable, scans a second machine-readable code displayed on a display of an instrument that is not communicatively connected to a blockchain network, decodes a consumable code from the first machine-readable code, decodes an instrument code from the second machine-readable code, broadcasts a transaction message, comprising the consumable code and the instrument code, to the blockchain network, receives a use code from the blockchain network, encodes the use code into a third machine-readable code, and displays the third machine-readable code, on a display of the user device, for scanning by the instrument.
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A method for transmitting data comprising a data requester sends, to a data sender, a data request that carries an identifier of the data requester and a category of requested data. After receiving the data request, the data sender generates an identifier public key using the identifier of the data requester and the category of the data. The data sender encrypts the data requested by the data requester using the identity public key, and sends the encrypted data and identity public key indication information to the data requester. The data requester decrypts the encrypted data using an identifier private key corresponding to the identifier public key to obtain the requested data, and the data requester performs decryption using the identifier private key.
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A collation system 20, which is provided with a client 30 and a server 40, the client 30 includes: a random number generation unit 31 which generates a random number; a concealed information storage unit 32 which stores concealed information generated by concealing registered information and the generated random number using a concealment key; and a concealed index computation unit 33 which, on the basis of the collation information input for collation with the registered information and the concealed information, computes a concealed index, generated by concealing an index indicating closeness between the registered information and the collation information; the server 40 includes a determination unit 41 which uses a release key corresponding to the concealment key and the random number transmitted from the client 30 to determine whether or not the index can be acquired from the concealed index transmitted from the client 30.
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The present technology relates to a wireless communication device and a method that make it possible to transmit, with low delay, the data supplied from an upper layer. The wireless communication device transmits a signal including first data that is supplied from an upper layer and information regarding timing of transmission of second data that is generated in another wireless communication device on the basis of a result of receiving the first data and is transmitted therefrom. The present technology can be applied to a wireless communication device.
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Techniques for encoding metadata representing a policy into a QUIC connection ID are described herein. A metadata-aware network including one or more enforcement nodes, a policy engine, and/or a connection datastore may be utilized to enforce a policy and route communications on a QUIC connection. The policy engine may be configured to encode metadata representing one or more network policies into a QUIC source connection ID (SCID) and/or may store a mapping between the SCID and a corresponding destination connection ID (DCID) in the connection datastore. The policy engine may communicate with a QUIC application server and/or one or more QUIC proxy nodes to encode the SCID into a QUIC packet. The enforcement nodes may access the metadata and enforce the policies via a connection ID included in a QUIC header of a QUIC packet or by performing a lookup in the connection datastore using the connection ID.
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A method to distribute and manage virtual reality (VR) content among a plurality of headsets can be provided by receiving VR experience configuration information from an administrator of a VR experience including VR content module information identifying the VR content modules to be executed during the VR experience, transmitting information over a network responsive to the VR experience configuration information to a plurality of headsets to operate the plurality of headsets as part of the VR experience subject to operating limitations of the VR content identified by the VR content module information, receiving information from the plurality of headsets relating to operation of the VR experience and, monitoring the information relating to operation of the VR experience relative to the limitations of the VR content identified by the VR content module information.
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Techniques for operationalizing workloads at edge network nodes, while maintaining centralized intent and policy controls. The techniques may include storing, in a cloud-computing network, a workload image that includes a function capability. The techniques may also include receiving, at the cloud-computing network, a networking policy associated with an enterprise network. Based at least in part on the networking policy, a determination may be made at the cloud-computing network that the function capability is to be operationalized on an edge device of the enterprise network. The techniques may also include sending the workload image to the edge device to be installed on the edge device to operationalize the function capability. In some examples, the function capability may be a security function capability (e.g., proxy, firewall, etc.), a routing function capability (e.g., network address translation, load balancing, etc.), or any other function capability.
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A method for linking multiple services in a distributed server cluster system, comprising: receiving a processing request for a second service from a first server which belongs to a first server cluster to which a first service is distributed, wherein the processing request includes identification information for a transaction generated by the first server and request data for processing one or more services according to a client device request, processing a task for the second service according to the received processing request, determining a service to be processed next to the second service based on the request data, determining whether there is the first server having a history which participates in the transaction among servers of a server cluster to which the determined service is distributed, and delivering the processing request for the determined service to the first server when the first server having the history participates in the transaction.
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Object-based transportation between tenants may provide advantages over persistence layer-based transportation on a cloud platform in situations where persistence layer storage space is limited. Object based transportation involves obtaining a selection from the target tenant application of a set of objects from the plurality of objects and determining objects identifiers for each of the selected set of objects. For each object in the selected set of objects, a request is sent to a source tenant. The requests includes the corresponding object identifier for that object. Corresponding object data is received from the source tenant. At least a portion of the corresponding object data is stored in a target tenant database. An existing object may be updated or a new object may be created.
US12063264B2
The embodiments of the disclosure disclose an information indicating method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium, where the method includes: acquiring a first position parameter of first target information in a current page, where the current page is a page in a shared file shared by a sharer client; acquiring a second position parameter of second target information in a display page of the sharer client; and determining an indication identifier according to the first position parameter and the second position parameter, and indicating the second target information according to the indication identifier.
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Example techniques disclosed herein relate to location-based playlists. In an example implementation, a system receives, from a mobile device, first GPS data indicating that the mobile device is located at a first physical location, wherein an application on the mobile device is registered with a particular user account of the cloud service. The system determines that the first physical location represented in the first GPS data corresponds to a location of a first business associated with one or more first playback devices within the cloud service. The one or more first playback devices are playing back first audio tracks. As each first audio track is at least partially played back, the system adds the respective first audio track to a location-based playlist associated with the particular user account of the cloud service. The computing system causes the mobile device to display an indication of the location-based playlist.
US12063255B2
Embodiments disclosed are directed to a computing system that performs steps for providing security group differencing for applications stored in a cloud-based computing environment. The computing system receives a request to update an application stored in a cloud-based computing environment from a first version of the application to a second version of the application. The computing system identifies a first set of security group rules for the first version of the application and a second set of security group rules for the second version of the application. The computing system determines security group differencing data based on the first set of security group rules and the second set of security group rules. Subsequently, the computing system determines a security score based on the security group differencing data and provisions an adoption rule based on a comparison between the security score and a predetermined security score threshold.
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Security drift can be automatically handled in cloud environments. A security audit engine can be configured to extract security configuration datasets from cloud resources and create text sentences from the datasets as well as from a golden configuration. These text sentences can be encoded as vectors in an n-dimensional space. Probability distributions can then be generated using the vectors such as by using an unsupervised clustering algorithm. Distance matrixes can then be generated from the probability distributions. A probability distribution pertaining to a dataset and a probability distribution pertaining to the golden configuration can then be compared and normalized using a transport to thereby yield a security drift score representing a divergence of the corresponding security settings from the golden configuration. When a security drift score exceeds a threshold, the security audit engine can take appropriate action.
US12063247B1
Embodiments are described herein relating to systems and methods for blocking access to phishing-related content accessible via links that are presented via applications being executed on electronic devices based at least in part on implied intent on the part of users using the electronic devices. For example, anti-phishing software may be configured to detect selection of potential phishing-related links that are presented via the applications being executed on the electronic devices, to determine authenticity of the potential phishing-related links, and to take appropriate action based on the authenticity of the potential phishing-related links. For example, the anti-phishing software may be configured to analyze content associated with the potential phishing-related links (e.g., to estimate user intent) and/or to access potential phishing-related content at locations corresponding to the potential phishing-related links (e.g., in an isolated sandbox mode) to determine whether to block or allow access to the potential phishing-related content based on the authenticity of the potential phishing-related links.
