US12072713B1
An apparatus includes a video capture device and a processor. The video capture device may be mounted at a low position. The video capture device may be configured to generate a plurality of video frames that capture a field of view upward from the low position. The processor may be configured to perform video operations to generate dewarped frames from the video frames and detect objects in the dewarped frames, extract data about the objects based on characteristics of the objects determined using said video operations, perform path planning in response the extracted data and generate a video stream based on the dewarped frames. The video operations may generate the dewarped frames to correct a distortion effect caused by capturing the video frames from the low position. The path planning may be used to move the apparatus to a new location. The apparatus may be capable of autonomous movement.
US12072711B2
An autonomous work vehicle including a positioning information obtaining unit including a GNSS receiver acquiring a position of the autonomous work vehicle, a driving unit including a motor, a memory storing position coordinates used to establish an entry avoidance zone, and a control unit including a processor. The control unit is configured to function as a zone entry judgement unit determining whether the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone, and a zone entry validation unit determining whether the determination by the zone entry judgement unit that the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone is valid. When the zone entry judgement unit determines that the autonomous work vehicle has approached the entry avoidance zone, and the zone entry validation unit determines that the determination by the zone entry judgement unit is valid, the control unit controls the autonomous work vehicle to perform an avoidance maneuver.
US12072710B2
The present invention relates to a system for automatically adjusting a vehicle feature of a vehicle, where the system includes a first sensor, an onboard computer, a camera, a mirror, a controller; an actuator; and an algorithm. The algorithm instructs the onboard computer in steps for adjusting one or more vehicle features. The first sensor and the controller are in electronic communication with the onboard computer and the controller is in electronic communication with one or more actuators that connect to and adjust the various vehicle features. The onboard computer includes or accesses a database that correlates users, features, and vehicle feature settings. Such vehicle features include vehicle movement, seat position and camera viewing angle.
US12072701B2
A robot control method includes receiving an image of a space where a robot drives; receiving driving information related to driving of the robot, from the robot; controlling a display unit to output a graphic object corresponding to the driving information, together with the image; and determining a visual characteristic of the graphic object based on the driving information, wherein the controlling includes controlling the display unit to output the graphic object in an overlapping manner with the image.
US12072679B2
A smart space may be provided by a hub and an artificial intelligence server in communication with the hub. The hub may receive data from at least one smart object in the smart space. The artificial intelligence server may generate clusters of the data received from each of the at least one smart objects. The server may perform processing comprising using a cluster to detect an anomaly in the smart object, identify the smart object, classify the smart object, determine a user behavior, determine a user mood, determine an energy consumption pattern, or create an automated action, or a combination thereof.
US12072678B2
In one embodiment, a system includes one or more vehicle sensors for capturing host data and a processor having modules. The data receiving module identifies one or more proximate vehicles within the environment based on one or more of the host data and proximate data received from the one or more proximate vehicles. The motion prediction module generates a first joint uncertainty distribution based on an initial joint uncertainty model and a host model distribution. The motion prediction module also samples host kinematic predictions based on the first joint uncertainty distribution and the host data. The object localization module generates a second joint uncertainty distribution based on the initial joint uncertainty model and an object prediction model distribution. The object localization module also samples proximate kinematic predictions based on the second joint uncertainty distribution and the proximate data.
US12072677B2
A method for a preemptive and graceful shutdown of utilities, facilities or systems in smart cities includes detecting a hazard at external entities based on collected information, determining whether a predefined shutdown plan for the detected hazard exists, generating a new shutdown plan, based on predefined criteria, for the detected hazard, and shutting down the at least one component of the external entities based on the new shutdown plan or the predefined shutdown plan.
US12072676B2
A display device includes a display panel that has a curved part at least at a part of an outer edge of the display panel. The display device also includes a bent connector that is arranged along the curved part and electrically connected to the display panel.
US12072669B2
A control member 76 for controlling transmission and blocking of a rotational force by a clutch is rotatably supported by a supporting member which supports a developing frame. a locking portion provided on the control member 76 rotates between a position retracted from a locked portion of the clutch and a position for engaging with the locked portion.
US12072657B2
To provide an image forming apparatus capable of sufficiently correcting deviation of a recording material by an oscillation operation of a registration roller. Configuring an image forming apparatus including: a conveyor that conveys a recording material; a transferer that includes a transfer roller that transfers a toner image onto the recording material; a fixer that includes a fixing roller that fixes the toner image formed on the recording material; a deviation detector that detects a position of the recording material in a conveyance intersecting direction; a deviation corrector that is located on an upstream side of the transferer and moves the recording material in the conveyance intersecting direction to correct deviation of the recording material; and a controller that controls a drive amount of the deviation corrector on the basis of a detection result of the deviation detector and the pressure contact force of a nipper nipping the recording material being conveyed.
US12072655B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set one or more colorimetric regions in an image to be formed based on image data; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job to an image forming apparatus, the print job including the image data and colorimetric region information indicating the one or more colorimetric regions. The setting unit has a first mode under which the setting unit selects, based on a selection criterion, a colorimetric region in the image to be formed based on the image data, and a second mode under which a user designates the colorimetric region.
US12072654B2
A control unit performs control to make a direction of an electric field generated in a first area of an image carrier forming a transfer portion during image forming operation, relative to a voltage applied to a brush member in a state where the first area passes through a contact portion, different from a direction of an electric field generated in a second area of the image carrier forming the contact portion, relative to the voltage applied to the brush member during a period when operation is shifted from first operation in which the image carrier is rotated at a first speed to second operation in which the image carrier is rotated at a second speed different from the first speed, during non-image forming operation different from the image forming operation.
US12072641B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a belt, a contact member, a rotation shaft member, a cam, an opposing member, and a damper. The belt receives a toner image from the image bearing member. The cam rotates in tandem with the rotation shaft member and contacts or separates the contact member and the belt. The opposing member is disposed to face the rotation shaft member in a direction intersecting with a rotation shaft member shaft direction. The damper member has a first flexible portion and a second flexible portion that are elastically deformable by contacting with the opposing member. In either contact operation or separation operation of the contact member to/from the belt, the damper member rotates in tandem with rotation of the rotation shaft member so that both the first flexible portion and the second flexible portion contact with the opposing member and are elastically deformed.
US12072621B2
An inspection apparatus includes: a stage configured to receive a photomask; a radiation source configured to inspect the photomask; a mirror configured to direct a first radiation beam from the radiation source to the photomask at a first tilt angle; an aperture stop configured to receive a second radiation beam reflected from the photomask through an aperture of the aperture stop, wherein the aperture is tangent at a center of the aperture stop; and a detector configured to generate an image of the photomask according to the second radiation beam.
US12072612B2
A camera module that includes an objective lens with an electrical interface and a device for electrically contacting the objective lens in the area of the electrical interface. The device for electrically contacting are also connected to an electronics system, in particular to a circuit board, of the camera module. The electrical interface is formed at the objective lens on the outer circumferential side, and the device for electrical contacting includes an annular body situated on the objective lens on the outer circumferential side, with contacts formed on the inner circumferential side. A method for manufacturing a camera module is also provided.
US12072608B2
Present invention discloses an inflatable lamp, which comprises an inflatable assembly and a lamp body assembly. The inflatable assembly is provided with a frame structure, and the frame structure is used for filling air. The lamp body assembly is located at the bottom of the frame structure, and the light emitted by the lamp body assembly can be emitted from the middle of the frame structure.
US12072606B2
An amorphous layer is used as a protective coating for hygroscopic nonlinear optical crystals. The amorphous layer consists of one or more alkali metal borates and/or alkali earth metal borates. The amorphous layer slows or prevents water and/or oxygen from diffusing into the hygroscopic nonlinear optical crystal, thus simplifying handling, storage and operating environmental requirements. One or multiple additional coating layers may be placed on top of the amorphous layer, with the additional coating layers including conventional optical materials. The thicknesses of the amorphous layer and/or additional layers may be chosen to reduce reflectance of the optical component at one or more specific wavelengths. The coated nonlinear optical crystal is used in an illumination source utilized in a semiconductor inspection system, a metrology system, or a lithography system.
US12072604B2
The present invention includes an optical deflector that changes a deflection angle depending on an applied voltage, a voltage control unit that applies a voltage to the optical deflector, and a storage unit that stores a value of a voltage to be output by the voltage control unit. The voltage control unit outputs a voltage of a value stored in the storage unit to the optical deflector. The storage unit stores a goal voltage V=ggoal(t), which provides a deflection angle θ with the goal time dependency θ=θgoal(t).
US12072596B2
A switchable optical assembly comprises a switchable waveplate configured to be electrically activated and deactivated to selectively alter the polarization state of light incident thereon. The switchable waveplate comprises first and second surfaces and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second surfaces. The first liquid crystal layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. Said first and second surfaces may be curved. Said plurality of liquid crystal molecules may vary in tilt with respect to said first and second surfaces with outward radial distance from an axis through said first and second surfaces and said liquid crystal layer in a plurality of radial directions. The switchable waveplate additionally comprises a first plurality of electrodes to apply an electrical signal across said first liquid crystal layer.
US12072591B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a counter substrate that are disposed opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer in between. The TFT substrate has, an organic passivation film formed covering the TFT, and a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed on the organic passivation film, the organic passivation film having a through-hole to connect the pixel electrode and the TFT. A columnar spacer is formed on the counter substrate to define a distance between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. A planarization film made of resin is formed in the through-hole. A recess is formed in the through-hole by a surface of the planarization film and a sidewall of the through-hole. A tip end of the columnar spacer exists in the recess.
US12072589B2
Dimming panel and manufacturing method therefor, and dimming glass and manufacturing method therefor
The present disclosure provides a dimming panel and a manufacturing method therefor, and a dimming glass and a manufacturing method therefor. The dimming panel includes at least one dimming module; the dimming module includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed oppositely, and a dimming layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; the dimming layer includes a region to be cut and a dimming region connected to the region to be cut, the region to be cut includes at least one definition part, the dimming region includes a plurality of dimming parts, the definition part is disposed between adjacent dimming parts, and configured to be capable of being cut to segment the adjacent dimming parts, and the dimming part is configured to control transmittances of lights under an action of an electric field.
US12072576B2
Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a plurality of light-emitting units disposed at intervals with one another, an optical film, and a concentrating structure. A slit is between two adjacent light-emitting units. The optical film is disposed at a side of the light-emitting unit. The concentrating structure is disposed at a side of the optical film close to the light-emitting unit and arranged in an area opposite to the slit. The concentrating structure comprises a plurality of protrusions.
US12072574B2
A plurality of light emitting diode elements of a display panel (display apparatus) include: a first light emitting diode element, a second light emitting diode element and a third light emitting diode element. In the X direction, a plurality of the first light emitting diode elements, single or a plurality of the second light emitting diode elements and single or a plurality of the third light emitting diode elements are repeatedly arranged. The total number of the first light emitting diode elements is larger than the total number of the second light emitting diode elements. Light flux of the light of the first color emitted from the first light emitting diode elements is lower than light flux of the light of the second color emitted from the second light emitting diode elements.
US12072570B2
A display device including a light source (A), a color conversion layer (B), and a color filter (C), wherein the color conversion layer (B) contains quantum dots (B-r) that emit red light, the color filter (C) has a blue color filter (C-b), a green color filter (C-g), and a red color filter (C-r), and the display device satisfies α≤1.80 and (II) β≥63.0.
US12072562B2
Provided is a display apparatus including a display module, a main board configured to drive the display module, and a cover coupled to a rear side of the display module such as to cover the display module and the main board. The cover includes a cover sheet formed of an extruded plastic material or an extruded composite material; and a cover frame attached to the cover sheet and configured to couple the cover sheet to the display module.
US12072555B2
A photographing system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element with refractive power. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in paraxial region. The second lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region. The third, fourth and fifth lens elements all have refractive powers. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in off-axis region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in paraxial region, and both of two surfaces are aspheric.
US12072548B2
The present embodiment discloses an interchangeable lens that can be detachably attached to an apparatus body having an image forming surface on which an image is formed, and the interchangeable lens has a magnification conjugate point on a magnification side and a reduction conjugate point on a reduction side. The interchangeable lens includes a focus lens group that can move along an optical axis to adjust a focus at the magnification conjugate point and a flange back distance correction lens group that can move along the optical axis to correct an error in a flange back distance of the interchangeable lens with respect to the image forming surface.
US12072547B2
Carrier arrangement (1) for an optical device (16) comprising a first carrier (2) and a second carrier (3), which are rotatable relative to each other about a first axis (8) that is defined by a first bearing means (7), wherein the first bearing means (7) is arranged between the first carrier (2) and the second carrier (3) and comprises at least one pin (9), preferably two pins, with a longitudinal axis (10), wherein the pin (9) is arranged such that its longitudinal axis (10) is essentially parallel to the first axis (8), wherein a first portion (17) of the pin (9) is attached to the first carrier (2) and a second portion (18) of the pin is moveably arranged in a notch (10) of the second carrier (3), or wherein the first portion (17) of the pin (8) is attached to the second carrier (3) and the second portion (18) of the pin (9) is moveably arranged in a notch (11) of the first carrier (2), the notch (11) comprising at least two support surfaces (30, 31) that are designed such that the second portion (18) of the pin (9) is supported in two circumferential sections by the notch (11), the carrier arrangement (1) further comprising a preload element (19, 22, 26) that is designed to exert a preload force (20, 23, 27) on the pin (9).
US12072546B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a cable routing system including a cable exit trough and a fastener. The cable exit tough includes a base portion, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall extending from the base portion to define a cable exit pathway. A first cutout is located between the base portion and the first sidewall, and a second cutout is located between the base portion and the second sidewall. A support member has a top edge and a bottom edge, and the support member extends on a top edge from a bottom surface of the base portion. A ledge extends perpendicular from the top edge of the support member in an opposing direction from the cable exit pathway. A first and second bracket extend from first end and a second end of the support member. A fastener is capable of extending through the slot and the receiving slot, wherein tightening the fastener causes the first extending portion and the second extending portion to compress.
US12072535B2
Provided is a display device including a light guide plate; a reflective prism configured to reflect an imaging beam toward the light guide plate, wherein the imaging beam reflected by the reflective prism travels within the light guide plate at an angle greater than a critical angle of the light guide plate; and a diffraction grating configured to diffract the imaging beam traveling within the light guide plate to an angle less than or equal to the critical angle of the light guide plate, wherein the reflective prism includes a first surface in contact with the light guide plate, and a second surface configured to reflect the imaging beam.
US12072532B2
An electro-optic combiner includes a polarization splitter and rotator (PSR) that directs a portion of incoming light having a first polarization through a first optical waveguide (OW). The PSR rotates a portion of the incoming light having a second polarization to the first polarization to provide polarization-rotated light. The PSR directs the polarization-rotated light through a second OW. Each of the first and second OW's has a respective combiner section. The first and second OW combiner sections extend parallel to each other and have opposite light propagation directions. A plurality of ring resonators is disposed between the combiner sections of the first and second OW's and within an evanescent optically coupling distance of both the first and second OW's. Each of ring resonators operates at a respective resonant wavelength to optically couple light from the combiner section of the first OW into the combiner section of the second OW.
US12072526B2
An optical fiber includes: a core portion made of glass; and a cladding portion made of glass, having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core portion, and positioned on an outer periphery of the core portion. Further, the cladding portion has an outer diameter smaller than 100 μm, and the core portion has a relative refractive-index difference of 0.32% to 0.40% with respect to the cladding portion.
US12072522B2
The invention provides a display device including a display panel and a backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source, and an optical film. The light guide plate has light incident and exit surfaces. The light source is disposed at one side of the light incident surface. The optical film is overlapped with the light exit surface, and has first optical microstructures facing the light exit surface. The display panel includes a liquid crystal cell overlapped with the light exit surface, first and second polarizers respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell, and a phase retardation film disposed between the first and second polarizers. The first polarizer is located between the liquid crystal cell and the optical film. An axial direction of an optical axis of the phase retardation film is perpendicular to an axial direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizer.
US12072521B2
A fiber includes a core and cladding, both of which may have temperature dependent indices of refraction. The materials and size of the core and cladding may be selected such that as the temperature of the core and/or cladding is heated above room temperature, the fiber transitions from supporting multimode optical waveguiding to supporting single mode waveguiding.
US12072517B2
An optical filter (1a) includes a light-absorbing layer and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii) when light with wavelengths of 300 nm to 1200 nm is incident at an incident angle of 0°: (i) an average transmittance of 78% or more in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 600 nm; (ii) a spectral transmittance of 1% or less in the wavelength range of 750 nm to 1080 nm; and (iii) a decreasing spectral transmittance with increasing wavelength in the wavelength range of 600 nm to 750 nm and a first IR cut-off wavelength in the wavelength range of 620 nm to 680 nm. The requirement (i), the requirement (ii), and the requirement (iii) are satisfied by the light-absorbing layer (10).
US12072515B2
Retroreflective materials and articles are enabled that increase the retroreflectivity of reflective materials or articles for roadway, automotive, and safety purposes by incorporating retroreflective elements that exhibit near-ideal Total Internal Reflection (TIR).
US12072508B2
Described are various embodiments of space-compressing methods, materials, devices, and systems, and imaging or optical devices and systems using same. In one embodiment, an optical system comprises an optical convergence element having a defined optical path convergence distance and disposed so to produce converging optical rays along an optical convergence path to converge at said distance; an optical space-compression medium disposed along the optical convergence path to intersect the converging optical rays to compress a resulting optical convergence distance by imparting an inward transverse translation of the converging optical rays while substantially maintaining respective incident convergence angles upon output.
US12072505B2
A display control apparatus includes: a head mounted display information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of a head mounted display worn on a head of a user; an input apparatus information acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of a position of an input apparatus for use by the user; an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an instruction entered in the input apparatus; and an image generation block configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display on a basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block. The image generation block displays an image of the input apparatus at a position in the image determined on a basis of a relative position with the head mounted display of the input apparatus.
US12072497B2
An image display apparatus that makes it possible to improve the tracking accuracy, while making the image display apparatus smaller in size. An image display apparatus includes a light source section that emits image display light OL used to display an image, and light CL conjugate to the image display light OL; an optical system that projects the image display light OL emitted by the light source section onto a pupil of an eye of a user, and projects the conjugate light CL emitted by the light source section onto a portion around the pupil of the eye of the user; a detector that detects reflected light that corresponds to the conjugate light CL projected by the optical system to be reflected off the portion around the pupil; and a controller that controls a position of a display-target image on the basis of the reflected light detected by the detector.
US12072493B2
A near-eye display apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image to a user. The apparatus includes an image projecting means to project pairs of images associated with different cross-sectional planes of the three-dimensional image; at least one optical display arrangement including a plurality of optical elements, wherein each of the plurality of optical elements is operable to be switched between a first optical state and a second optical state; a control arrangement that is operable to control the at least one optical display arrangement to separately switch each optical element from the first optical state to the second optical state, and the image projecting means to project a separate pair of images on each optical element in the second optical state; and at least one optical device that allows display of the three-dimensional image to each eye of the user.
US12072492B2
A display device for representing three-dimensional scenes is provided. The display device comprises at least one illumination device, at least one spatial light modulation device and at least one Bragg polarization grating. The Bragg polarization grating comprises at least one birefringent layer, incident light being deflectable at a deflection angle of at least 20°.
US12072464B2
A motion sensor assembly may include a cover plate configured to be mounted to an electrical box. The cover plate may include a front surface configured to face away from the electrical box and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The cover plate may further include an aperture configured to receive a toggle or rocker type switch. A motion sensor may be coupled to the cover plate. A power source and processor may be operably coupled to the motion sensor. Furthermore, the processor may be operably coupled to a communication device.
US12072462B2
The subject disclosure relates to the interpretation of borehole sonic data using machine learning. In one example of a method in accordance with aspects of the instant disclosure, borehole sonic data is received, and machine learning is used to interpret the borehole sonic data.
US12072460B2
A system and method for determining a set of first breaks of a seismic dataset are disclosed, the method including obtaining the seismic dataset composed of a plurality of seismic traces and a provisional first break for each seismic trace. The method further includes selecting a plurality of proximal picks for each seismic trace, determining a near-offset pick for each seismic trace starting with shortest offset and sequentially selecting traces in order of increasing offset, and determining a far-offset pick for each seismic trace starting with the farthest offset and sequentially selecting traces in order of decreasing offset. The method further includes determining a set of coincident picks based on the near-offset and the far-offset picks for each seismic trace, fitting a curve to the set of coincident picks, and determining the set of first breaks of the seismic dataset from the curve.
US12072459B2
A method for seismic processing includes extracting, using a first machine learning model, one or more seismic features from seismic data representing a subsurface domain, receiving one or more well logs representing one or more subsurface properties in the subsurface domain, and predicting, using a second machine learning model, the one or more subsurface properties in the subsurface domain at a location that does not correspond to an existing well based on the seismic data, the one or more well logs, and the one or more seismic features that were extracted from the seismic data.
US12072455B2
Polymerization composition for manufacturing a hybrid material for plastic scintillation detection comprising: a) monomers, oligomers or their mixtures intended to form at least one constituent polymer of a polymeric matrix and b) a liquid fluorescent mixture comprising i) 95.6 molar % to 99.1 molar % of a main primary fluorophore consisting of naphthalene and ii) 0.9 molar % to 4.4 molar % of an additional primary fluorophore; wherein the centroid of the light absorption spectrum and of the fluorescence emission spectrum, the fluorescence decay constant and the fluorescence quantum yield of which are judiciously chosen. The decay constant of the fluorescence of the hybrid material manufactured with the polymerization composition is intermediate between that of a fast plastic scintillator material and of a slow plastic scintillator. Further, it can be chosen over a wide range. The invention also relates to ready-for-use kits for manufacturing a polymerization composition.
US12072453B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting incoming radiation having a plurality of differing properties including at least one of differing types, differing energies or differing incoming directions. The method involves using a scintillator structure formed from first and second dissimilar scintillator materials, where the first and second dissimilar scintillator materials emit first and second different colors of light in response to the incoming radiation. A first light detector is used for detecting light having the first color, and a second light detector is used for detecting light having the second color. A first output signal is generated in response to the detection of light having the first color, and a second output signal is generated in response to detecting light having the second color. The first and second output signals are then analyzed to determine at least one property of the incoming radiation.
US12072450B2
A method for optically scanning and measuring an environment using a 3D measurement device is provided. The method includes steps that are performed prior to operation. These steps include positioning a near-field communication (NFC) device adjacent the 3D measurement device. An NFC link is established between the NFC device and the 3D measurement device. An identifier is transmitted from the NFC device to the 3D measurement device. It is determined that the NFC device is authorized to communicate with the 3D measurement device based at least in part on the identifier. Commands are transferred to the 3D measurement device from the NFC device based at least in part on determining the first NFC device is authorized. At least one communication path is activated. The 3D measurement device is connected to a network of computers and measurement data is transmitted from the 3D measurement device to the network of computers.
US12072440B2
An identification system includes a radar sensor configured to generate a time-domain or frequency-domain signal representative of electromagnetic waves reflected from one or more objects within a three-dimensional space over a period of time and a computation engine executing on one or more processors. The computation engine is configured to process the time-domain or frequency-domain signal to generate range and velocity data indicating motion by a living subject within the three-dimensional space. The computation engine is further configured to identify, based at least on the range and velocity data indicating the motion by the living subject, the living subject and output an indication of an identity of the living subject.
US12072437B2
The present disclosure is directed to simulating patterns of reflected radar energy off of reference objects using motion data associated with these reference objects. This motion data may identify start times, start locations, end times, and end locations of a limited number reference objects in a set of discrete scenes. Each of these discrete scenes may also have a same time duration. Motion of these specific objects between a start time and an end time of each discrete scene may be interpolated. Once the locations of the objects are interpolated for a given scene, simulations may be performed to estimate the appearance of reflected radar signals that would be received by a radar apparatus. These simulations may identify patterns of reflected radar energy after radar signals have been emitted from the radar apparatus and these patterns may then be provided to train a machine learning apparatus.
US12072427B2
An antenna includes antenna structure configured to receive electromagnetic radiation and including an antenna geometry. The antenna geometry is configured to cause a variable phase shift in the electromagnetic radiation based on an angular position of a direction of propagation of the electromagnetic radiation relative to azimuth. An angle-of-arrival sensor includes the antenna configured to the receive electromagnetic radiation and to produce a phase-shift signal. A method for determining an angle of arrival of electromagnetic radiation uses the angle-of-arrival sensor.
US12072426B2
A time-differenced carrier phase (TDCP) measurement value-based navigation system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a satellite navigation system information reception unit for acquiring satellite navigation system information including a carrier phase measurement value; an initial position determination unit for determining an initial position of a target on the basis of the satellite navigation system information; a TDCP acquisition unit for acquiring a TDCP measurement value; a relative position determination unit for determining a relative position of the target on the basis of the TDCP measurement value; and an absolute position determination unit for determining an absolute position of the target by accumulating relative positions according to time of the initial position of the target. Therefore, time and expenses required for determining integer ambiguity can be reduced, and precise position of a cm-level error can be measured by using a low-cost satellite navigation system information receiver.
US12072425B2
The disclosure concerns a method for GNSS-based location of a vehicle having a GNSS location device in view of integrity information provided in relation to GNSS correction data, comprising at least the following steps: (a) receiving GNSS correction data for correcting delay measurements for GNSS-based location from a GNSS correction data provision system, (b) receiving at least one piece of integrity information about the reliability of the GNSS correction data from the GNSS correction data provision system, (c) evaluating the at least one piece of integrity information about the reliability of the GNSS correction data that was received in step (b), and (d) influencing GNSS-based location of the vehicle on the basis of the evaluation from step (c).
US12072424B2
A communication system, includes a satellite receiver in operable communication with a central server, a cellular node configured to operate within a proximity of the satellite receiver, and at least one mobile communication device configured to communicate (i) with the cellular node, (ii) within the proximity of the satellite receiver, and (iii) using a transmission signal capable of causing interference to the satellite receiver. The satellite receiver is configured to detect a repeating portion of the transmission signal and determine a potential for interference from the at least one mobile communication device based on the detected repeating portion.
US12072415B2
A determining method for obstacles includes determining whether an ultrasonic noise exists in TOF of an ultrasonic wave reflected by an object and received; generating a virtual object on an outline of a parking path that a vehicle is to move on based on the received ultrasonic wave TOF; generating virtual indirect wave TOF using the virtual object; and determining whether the object is located inside or outside the outline of the parking path by comparing real indirect wave TOF, which is indirect wave TOF among the received ultrasonic wave TOFs, with the virtual indirect wave TOF.
US12072409B2
One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction.
US12072405B2
A device and method for context-aware, intelligent beaconing in a mission include: determining a current location of a beacon device; obtaining context information from one or more of a plurality of sensors, a database, a server, the beacon device, and external devices, wherein the context information includes behavior of the beacon device, and mission objectives; dynamically fusing the context information together to produce fused context information; dynamically setting a frequency for transmission of a beacon, based on the fused context information; and transmitting the beacon at the set frequency.
US12072402B2
Systems and methods are provided for multiphotonic magnetic resonance imaging. The system uses one or more (B1,z) RF coils or oscillating gradients oriented along the z-axis to provide multiphoton resonances. The B1,z coils can be implemented as planar coils or solenoids. With the additional coils, standard slice-selective pulse sequences have all standard excitations replaced with multiphoton excitations that excite extra resonances. In vivo imaging using multiphoton excitation has signal to noise ratios comparable to single-photon excitations when similar pulse sequences are used. Since excitation is not bound to the Larmor frequency, new RF pulse sequences can be designed with imaging methods patterned after single-photon excitation concepts.
US12072395B2
A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic sensing device, a sensor housing and a pair of magnetic flux guide members. The sensor housing includes a base body and a flange. The base body holds the magnetic sensing device at one end portion of the base body. The flange is fixed to the base body and is configured to be placed in contact with a receiving wall that receives a first magnetic circuit portion and a second magnetic circuit portion. The flange is made of a material having a higher rigidity than the base body.
US12072394B2
This document discloses a power leakage sensor for a circuit, comprising: a power switch controller circuit coupled with at least one power switch for the digital circuit, the power switch controller configured to control the at least one power switch, to monitor power supply of the digital circuit, and to perform the following: a. in response to the detecting that the power supply to the circuit is powered on, output a power-off signal to the at least one power switch; and b. in response to the measured power supply metric falling below a threshold in response to the power-off signal, output a power-on signal to the at least one power switch. The power leakage sensor further comprises a frequency counter circuit configured to count a frequency of executing steps a. and b., the frequency indicating a proportion of power leakage in the digital circuit.
US12072393B2
In leakage detection device, coupling capacitor has a first end connected to a current path of power storage unit connected to load in a state of being insulated from a ground. Voltage output unit generates a periodic voltage that changes periodically, and applies the periodic voltage to a second end of coupling capacitor via impedance element. Voltage output unit measures a voltage at a node between coupling capacitor and impedance element. Leakage determination unit estimates at least one of an upper peak value and a lower peak value at a certain time, calculates a peak-to-peak value between the upper peak value and the lower peak value with virtually aligned time axes, and determines presence or absence of a leakage between a current path of power storage unit and the ground.
US12072389B2
The present invention relates to a big data-based battery inspection method. Specifically, the present invention is for providing a big data-based battery inspection method which applies information on a metal part of a battery measured by an eddy current sensor to a discrimination function so as to quickly inspect the state of the metal part.
US12072385B2
A bridge circuit including first and second switch elements connected in tandem at a first connection point, and third and fourth switch elements connected in tandem at a second connection point, and a control unit which when a mode signal indicates a first mode, controls the first to fourth switch elements so that the first and fourth switch elements and the second and third switch elements are alternately turned on and off, and when the mode signal indicates a second mode, controls the third switch element to be off state and the fourth switch element to be on state, and applies analog output control to vertically change a current made to flow due to an analog voltage in which a voltage greater than or equal to a gate threshold voltage changes up and down, to the first switch element during charge control and the second switch element in charging.
US12072384B2
The present invention relates to a method for displaying information of a battery pack based on a mobile terminal. The battery pack is used to supply electric energy to an electric tool. The method includes: establishing wireless communication with the battery pack; acquiring status information of the battery pack; and displaying the status information on the mobile terminal according to the acquired status information. In this way, as long as a user carries a mobile terminal that wirelessly communicates with a battery pack, status information of the battery pack can be displayed. The operation manner is simple, convenient, and easy to realize, which improves user experience.
US12072371B2
A method of operating an auto-monitoring circuit of a circuit interrupting device. The method including monitoring one or more signals to determine an operating state of said circuit interrupting device; outputting a first signal having a first voltage level based on the operating state, wherein the first voltage level is greater than zero volts; and outputting, after outputting the first signal, a second signal having a second voltage level based on the operating state, wherein the second voltage level is greater than the first voltage level.
US12072368B2
According to one embodiment, a deterioration checking apparatus includes an inductor that is connected in series to a main current path of a MOS transistor to be checked, and forms a closed loop together with the MOS transistor when the MOS transistor is in an ON-state, a control circuit that controls ON/OFF of the MOS transistor, a current sensor that detects a current released from the inductor, and a calculation circuit that calculates an ON-resistance of the MOS transistor from an attenuation characteristic of a current released from the inductor when the MOS transistor is in an ON-state, and calculates a threshold voltage of the MOS transistor from an attenuation characteristic of a current released from the inductor when the MOS transistor is in an OFF-state. Therefore, it is possible to easily check a deterioration state of the MOS transistor.
US12072361B2
Methods, devices, and systems for coherent time-gated residual spur characterization and correction in signal analyzers. In some cases, the method includes: displaying a signal on the display of the signal analyzer that is present without an input signal being provided to an input of the signal analyzer; establishing a predetermined amplitude threshold above which energy spikes in the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer are considered spurious; automatically identifying one or more spurious energy spikes in the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer based on the predetermined amplitude threshold; and automatically reducing or removing the one or more spurious energy spikes from the signal being displayed on the display of the signal analyzer. The method can be performed using one or more processors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or other circuitry on any suitable signal analyzer.
US12072348B2
A wearable device for detecting a user state is disclosed. The wearable device includes an accelerometer for measuring an acceleration of a user, a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field associated with the user's change of orientation, a microphone for receiving audio, a memory for storing the audio, and at least one processor communicatively connected to the accelerometer, the magnetometer, the microphone, and the memory. The processor is identified to declare a measured acceleration as a suspected user state, and to categorize the suspected user state based on the stored audio as one of an activity of daily life (ADL), a confirmed user state, or an inconclusive event.
US12072337B2
Systems and methods for validating immune therapy that targets patient- and tumor-specific neoepitopes are presented in which cellular components are identified and/or used that present patient- and tumor-specific neoepitopes. Presence of these neoepitopes confirms the suitability of the neoepitopes. Advantageously, synthetic antibodies are created based on in silico analysis of the tumor genome and RNA or phage display, and can be used to isolate cellular components, and especially circulating tumor cells, metastatic cells, and/or exosomes and microvesicles.
US12072336B2
In certain embodiments, this application discloses methods for the diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer. In some embodiments, the invention takes advantage of the combinatorial utility of certain biomarkers to prognose and diagnose prostate cancer at an early stage. In certain embodiments, the methods described herein do not require the selection of cells from a particular tissue compartment, and are therefore suitable for analysis of cancer tissue in which compartmentalization is lost.
US12072335B2
There is provided a method of evaluating risk of severe outcome of an infectious disease and/or an inflammatory disease in a patient, the method comprising: determining/measuring the number of one or more immune cells selected from the group consisting of VD2 T cells, CD8 T cells, and immature neutrophils in a sample obtained from the patient, wherein the patient has an enhanced risk of severe infectious disease and/or inflammatory disease outcome when: (i) the ratio of immature neutrophils to VD2 T cell is at least 2:1, and/or (ii) the ratio of immature neutrophils to CD8 T cell is at least 0.5:1. Also disclosed are method of treating a patient with a severe infectious disease and/or inflammatory disease and kit for use in methods thereof.
US12072328B2
Provided is a coreflood apparatus that comprises a housing, an inlet, an outlet, and two chambers positioned within the housing that are configured to retain porous media. The apparatus includes a partition coupled to an inner surface of the housing between the two chambers and a sensor mounting location. Provided is a method of introducing a fluid into the coreflood apparatus and allowing fluid to pass through chambers in the apparatus having a sensor mounting location there between. Further provided is a coreflood system comprising a coreflood apparatus, a calcium ion sensor, and a data processing device. Provided is a method of introducing fluid into the coreflood system and allowing fluid to pass through chambers in the system having a calcium ion sensor there between. The method further comprises detecting calcium ions in the fluid and determining calcium ion concentration data.
US12072327B2
A liquid monitoring system includes a remote measurement device located at a location of the fire hydrant that is in contact with water provided by a water main. The remote measurement device has sensors that measure characteristics of the water and a communication interface that transmits measured information to a communication network device that may be located elsewhere on the fire hydrant. The communication network device communicates with a communication network.
US12072319B2
Systems for assessment of weld adjacent heat affected zones are described. An example system may include an inspection robot having a first payload comprising a first plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays, and a second payload comprising a second plurality of ultrasonic (UT) phased arrays. The inspection robot is configured to move in a direction of travel corresponding to a weld of an inspection surface, and the first payload is structured to measure characteristics of a first region of the inspection surface on a first side of the weld while the second payload is structured to measure characteristics of a second region of the inspection surface on a second side of the weld.
US12072316B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a lens for an ultrasound apparatus, as well as to an apparatus comprising the lens. The method comprises choosing a source point, providing a treatment volume situated inside a bone tissue model, providing a plurality of nodes distributed inside the treatment volume, and simulating the emission of a spherical wave from each of the nodes. Thus, a simulated wave front is created, in which each spherical wave has an amplitude and a phase, there being at least two nodes with different amplitudes and/or phases. The simulated wave front is received on a receiving surface. On the basis of the processed results, a holographic lens surface is designed, which can generate a wave pattern equivalent to the simulated wave.
US12072313B2
A graphene transistor includes a graphene layer including at least one sheet of graphene, a drain electrode and a source electrode each electrically connected to the graphene layer, a charge donor on at least one main surface of the graphene layer, the charge donor including an impurity charge, and a counter ion having a charge with a sign different from a sign of the impurity charge.
US12072310B2
As one example, an apparatus includes a dielectric microsensor having a microfluidic chamber that includes a capacitive sensing structure. The microfluidic chamber is adapted to receive a volume of a blood sample, and a bioactive agent is adapted to interact with the blood sample, as a sample under test (SUT), within the microfluidic chamber. A transmitter can provide an input radio frequency (RF) signal to the dielectric microsensor, and a receiver can receive an output RF signal from the dielectric microsensor. A computing device is configured to compute dielectric permittivity values for the SUT based on the output RF signal over a time interval in which the dielectric permittivity values are representative of the bioactive agent interacting with the blood sample over the time interval. The computing device is further configured to provide a readout representative of hemostatic dysfunction for the blood sample based on the dielectric permittivity values.
US12072308B2
A culture device is applicable to measurement of an electrical resistance of cells. The culture device includes a measurement chamber, a permeable layer, an upper working electrode, and a lower working electrode. The measurement chamber is longer in a first direction than in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The permeable layer partitions the measurement chamber into a first chamber on an upper side and a second chamber on a lower side. The permeable layer is permeable to liquid. The upper working electrode is disposed on the upper side with respect to the measurement chamber, and has working electrode portions longer in the first direction than in the second direction. The lower working electrode is disposed on the lower side with respect to the measurement chamber, and has working electrode portions longer in the first direction than in the second direction.
US12072304B2
Systems and methods are provided for serial, high-throughput acquisition of electron diffraction patterns from nanocrystals. Nanocrystals dispersed on a TEM grid are automatically identified from an overview image that is obtained, for example, using a dark field detector in scanning mode. Diffraction patterns are subsequently obtained from a plurality of crystals identified in the overview image by sequentially moving (e.g. scanning) the electron nanobeam relative to the crystals and collecting diffraction images using a fast electron camera. In some example embodiments, this sequence may be repeated for different tilt angles, where registration among overview images obtained at the different tilt angles is employed to position the electron nanobeam for the different tilt angles (e.g. before the sample stage is moved to interrogate a different sample region). The present methods may be automated, thereby facilitating unsupervised acquisition of arbitrarily large data sets.
US12072303B2
A system and method for inspecting an assembly including components joined by self-piercing rivets by a computerized tomography (CT) scan of the joint is provided. The system includes a source of x-rays, a mounting unit for an assembly including the joint which is subject to the x-rays, and an x-ray detector disposed opposite the source for detecting the x-rays. The x-rays are provided at a high energy level of at least 200 kV to generate images having a resolution of at least 200 micrometers (μm). A computer stitches the images together to form reconstructive images which show details of the joint. The assembly to be inspected is not destroyed or modified prior to the inspection process. The resolution of the images generated by the x-rays is high enough to determine the presence of cracks, if any, the interlock (SH), minimum thickness (Tmin), and overall structure of the unmodified assembly.
US12072300B2
A flexible inspection system includes a robot with a plurality of scanners and a robot controller. The robot controller is configured to receive a vehicle inspection protocol (VIP) for a vehicle being assembled on an assembly line. The VIP includes checkpoints to be scanned on the vehicle and the checkpoints correspond to components installed on the vehicle and connections between components installed on the vehicle. The robot controller commands the robot to move the plurality of scanners per the VIP such that the checkpoints are scanned. A characteristic of each checkpoint is recorded and compared to a reference characteristic such that a pass or no-pass determination of each checkpoint is provided. A vehicle inspection report with the pass/no-pass determinations is provided to an operator such that operator inspections and/or repairs of the checkpoints are made.
US12072289B2
An inspection apparatus is an inspection apparatus for inspecting a sample on which a plurality of light-emitting elements is formed, and includes an excitation light source that generates excitation light to irradiate the sample, a camera that images fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a reference wavelength in fluorescence from the light-emitting elements, and a control apparatus that determines a quality of each of the light-emitting elements based on fluorescence imaged by the camera, in which the reference wavelength is a wavelength obtained by adding a full width at half maximum of a normal fluorescence spectrum of the light-emitting element to a peak wavelength of the normal fluorescence spectrum.
US12072288B2
A photoplethysmographic (PPG) device is disclosed. The PPG device can include one or more light emitters and one or more light sensors to generate the multiple light paths for measuring a PPG signal and perfusion indices of a user. The multiple light paths between each pair of light emitters and light detectors can include different separation distances to generate both an accurate PPG signal and a perfusion index value to accommodate a variety of users and usage conditions. In some examples, the multiple light paths can include the same separation distances for noise cancellation due to artifacts resulting from, for example, tilt and/or pull of the device, a user's hair, a user's skin pigmentation, and/or motion. The PPG device can further include one or more lenses and/or reflectors to increase the signal strength and/or and to obscure the optical components and associated wiring from being visible to a user's eye.
US12072276B2
An online measurement device for crystal size and shape in a high-solid-content crystallization process includes a solution amplifier, a measurement device, a peristaltic pump, a crystallization kettle, a dilution device and a solution storage tank. A crystal-containing solution is arranged in the crystallization kettle; an inner wall of the solution amplifier is smooth, one end is an amplification end, and the other end is a contraction end. The contraction end is communicated with one end of the solution storage tank and one end of the crystallization kettle. The amplification end is communicated with the dilution device and the peristaltic pump. The peristaltic pump is communicated with the other end of the crystallization kettle. The solution amplifier, the peristaltic pump and the crystallization kettle form a complete passage through a pipeline. A measurement instrument of the measurement device is arranged at the outer side of the solution amplifier.
US12072271B2
A viscometer (700) is provided, for determining a viscosity of a gas therein. The viscometer (700) comprises a driver (704) and a planar vibratory member (500, 600) vibratable by the driver (704), that comprises a body (502) and a vibratable portion (504) emanating from the body (502), wherein the vibratable portion (504) comprises a plurality of vibratable cantilevered projections. At least one pickoff sensor (706) is configured to detect vibrations of the vibratory member (500, 600). Meter electronics (900) comprise an interface (901) configured to send an excitation signal to the driver (704) and to receive a vibrational response from the at least one pickoff sensor (706), measure a Q and resonant frequency of the planar vibratory member (500, 600), and to determine a viscosity (923) of the gas therein using the measured Q and the measured resonant frequency.
US12072270B2
Techniques for determining rheological properties of a fluid include actuating a resonator disposed in a volume that contains a fluid sample to operate the resonator in the fluid sample at a predetermined actuation scheme; measuring at least one characteristic of the resonator based on the operation of the resonator in the fluid sample; comparing the at least one measured characteristic to a rheological model that associates characteristics of the fluid sample to one or more rheological properties; and based on the comparison, determining one or more rheological properties of the fluid sample.
US12072265B2
A method and apparatus for measuring gas leakage in a graduated cylinder where water is displaced by the gas in a graduated cylinder in combination with a balance scale, allowing for both a visual indication of the gas detected and a change in weight measurement on the scale, correlating to a certain volume of gas detected.
US12072259B2
A resolution measurement apparatus includes a stage configured to receive a display module including an optical part. The stage includes an opening that overlaps the optical part, when viewed in a plan view, when the display module is disposed on the stage. The resolution measuring apparatus further includes a plurality of cameras disposed above the stage, a light source disposed under the stage and overlapping the opening when viewed in the plan view, and a lens disposed between the light source and the stage. The lens overlaps the opening when viewed in the plan view, and the optical part overlaps the lens, when viewed in the plan view, when the display module is disposed on the stage.
US12072256B2
A sensor element suitable for miniaturization. This pressure sensor element has: a metal plate; an insulating film provided on a first surface, which is one surface of the metal plate, so as to form a covered region in which the first plate is covered and an exposed region in which the first surface is exposed; and a pressure detection circuit formed on the insulating film so as to be insulated from the first surface by means of the insulating film.
US12072252B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a sensor device including a first cavity and a second cavity separated from the first cavity by a diaphragm. A first plate of the first cavity forms a first electrode of a capacitance. The diaphragm forms a second plate of the first cavity, which is the second electrode of the capacitance. The diaphragm is flexible and can deflect in response to an applied pressure.
US12072245B2
A heat flux temperature sensor probe includes a first mineral-insulated cable portion and a second mineral-insulated cable portion. The first mineral-insulated cable portion has a first metallic sheath, a first plurality of thermocouple conductors extending therein, and an inorganic insulative material insulating the first plurality of thermocouple conductors from one another and from the first metallic sheath. The second mineral-insulated cable portion has a second metallic sheath, a second plurality of thermocouple conductors extending therein, and an inorganic insulative material insulating the second plurality of thermocouple conductors from one another and from the second metallic sheath. A first thermocouple is formed between at least one of the first plurality of thermocouple conductors and one of the second plurality of thermocouple conductors proximate a first end of the second mineral-insulated cable portion. A second thermocouple is formed between at least two of the second plurality of thermocouple conductors proximate a second end of the second mineral-insulated cable. A sheath is operably coupled to and connects the first and second mineral insulated cable portions, a portion of an interior of the sheath is filled with a non-conductive material.
US12072244B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures for distributed temperature sensing that employ joint wavelet denoising to achieve desirable signal-to-noise ratio(s) over extended sensor fiber distances.
US12072238B2
Disclosed herein is a device including at least one photoconductor configured for exhibiting an electrical resistance Rphoto dependent on an illumination of a light-sensitive region of the photoconductor; and at least one photoconductor readout circuit, where the photoconductor readout circuit is configured for determining the electrical resistance Rphoto of the photoconductor, where the photoconductor readout circuit includes at least one bias voltage source configured for applying at least one modulated bias voltage to the photoconductor.
US12072236B2
A light sensing module includes a substrate, a light sensing unit, a first light-transmissive component, and a light shielding layer. The light sensing unit is disposed on the substrate to sense an intensity of a working light beam, and has an upper light receiving surface and a lateral surface perpendicular to the upper light receiving surface. The first light-transmissive component covers the light sensing unit, and has a first refractive index between a refractive index of the light sensing unit and a refractive index of air. The light shielding layer surrounds the lateral surface and is covered by the first light-transmissive component.
US12072234B2
An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus causes electromagnetic waves incident on a reference surface to propagate in a particular direction using each of the pixels, a detector to detect electromagnetic waves incident on a detection surface, and a second propagation unit that includes a first surface opposing the reference surface, a second surface opposing the detection surface, and a third surface intersecting the first and second surface. The third surface causes electromagnetic waves propagating in a first direction to propagate in a second direction. The first surface causes electromagnetic waves propagating in a second direction to be incident on the reference surface and causes electromagnetic waves re-incident from the reference surface to propagate in a third direction. The third surface causes electromagnetic waves propagating in the third direction to propagate in a fourth direction. The second surface emits electromagnetic waves propagating in the fourth direction to the detection surface.
US12072231B1
An apparatus and method for real-time in-situ simultaneous measurement of temperature and mechanical parameters can include a charge type vibration sensing module having a temperature compensation function and a temperature/vibration coplanarly-integrated wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensing module are controlled by a processing module in which a full-range temperature-vibration composite parameter compensation decoupling method is implanted, which can detect a vibration signal in a variable temperature environment. Moreover, temperature and vibration multi-parameter testing of static components in a high-temperature, narrow and closed environment can be implemented by arranging the charge type vibration sensing module having a temperature compensation function, and the temperature/vibration coplanarly-integrated wireless SAW sensing module implements health monitoring of moving components in a high-temperature and high-rotation environment.
US12072219B2
The present invention relates to apparatus for monitoring fluid flow in a pipe using electromagnetic velocity tomography (EVT). The apparatus generates a magnetic field within a pipe and when electrically conducting fluid, such as an aqueous phase, flowing along the pipe passes through the magnetic field, flow induced voltages are generated by magnetic induction which are detected by electrodes. The signals at the electrodes can be processed to produce images of the flow velocity profile in the pipe. The flow may be a multiphase flow which comprises fluids, and may comprise a mixture of liquids, or one or more liquids in a mixture with solids and/or gases. This invention may provide a multiphase flow metering apparatus which has a number of applications, in particular within the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
US12072218B1
Provided are a phase quadrature four-wavelength demodulation system and method of an optical fiber F-P cavity sensor. The phase quadrature four-wavelength demodulation system of the optical fiber F-P cavity sensor includes a flat ASE broadband light source, an optical fiber circulator, a dense wavelength division multiplexer, a photoelectric detector, and a data acquisition processing unit. The flat ASE broadband light source is connected to the optical fiber circulator, the optical fiber circulator is connected to the dense wavelength division multiplexer, the dense wavelength division multiplexer is connected to the photoelectric detector, and the photoelectric detector is connected to the data acquisition processing unit.
US12072213B2
An inductive type position encoder includes a scale, a detector portion and a signal processor. According to one aspect, field generating elements and sensing elements of the detector portion are provided on opposite sides of the scale such that at least part of the scale is between the field generating elements and the sensing elements (transmissive configuration). According to another aspect, the scale comprises a periodic scale pattern including signal modulating elements that are disposed along a scale direction, which is not parallel to a measuring axis direction of the encoder and is slanted at a scale angle relative to the measuring axis direction, such that there is a corresponding y-direction displacement for a given x-direction displacement of the encoder. These aspects of the disclosure make it possible to design a very compact inductive type position encoder, including one capable of indicating an absolute position along the scale.
US12072211B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for position detection, including a multipole magnet with pole pairs extending along a multipole extension direction, a magnetoresistive sensor including a first sensor bridge sensitive for a first in-plane magnetic field component and a second sensor bridge sensitive for a second in-plane magnetic field component, wherein the first sensor bridge and the second sensor bridge are arranged in-plane and are spaced apart along a sensor axis, wherein the multipole extension direction and the sensor axis are rotated by a rotation angle larger than 20° and less than 70° to each other.
US12072206B2
Methods and systems of generating a data driven digital chart. The methods and systems include retrieving a data driven chart for a requested terminal area procedure chart from a database of data driven charts. The data driven charts describe digital terminal area procedure charts by way of data elements for each terminal area procedure chart including geodetic straights, arcs, text elements and symbols defined with respect to location. Some of the data elements are further defined with respect to altitude values assuming a standard atmospheric temperature value. The systems and methods include calculating compensated altitude values for the data elements of the retrieved data driven chart based on a deviation between the outside air temperature value and the standard atmospheric temperature value. The methods and systems include generating a presentation for a display device of the aircraft of the terminal area procedure chart.
US12072200B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving at a computer server system, from a computing device that is remote from the server system, a string of text that comprises a search query. The method also includes identifying one or more search results that are responsive to the search query, parsing a document that is a target of one of the one or more results, identifying geographical address information from the parsing, generating a specific geographical indicator corresponding to the one search result, and transmitting for use by the computing device, data for automatically generating a navigational application having a destination at the specific geographical indicator.
US12072199B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a display of a navigation map. The system may comprise a historical data source device having, for example, a historical data source computer and a database storing historical data associated with one or more of vehicle accident data, traffic data, vehicle volume data, vehicle density data, road characteristic data, or weather data. The system may comprise a map data processing device having a map data processing computer and memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the map data processing computer, cause the map data processing device to, for example, determine, based on a location determining device, a location of a vehicle. The map data processing system may determine one or more historical factors based on the location of the vehicle. The map data processing system may receive, from the historical data source device and for the location, historical data associated with the one or more historical factors. Based on the location of the vehicle, one or more real time factors and real time data associated with the one or more real time factors may be calculated. The map data processing system may calculate, using the one or more historical factors and the one or more real time factors, a navigation score for each segment of a route from the location to a destination location. The map data processing system may determine one or more colors for each navigation score and/or generate a display of a navigation map comprising the one or more colors.
US12072197B2
Implementations include classifying vehicle trips as similar to previous trips based on location information of a vehicle received from a location device. Unique tile identifiers of the trip, each corresponding to a geographic area and the location information, may be determined and used to generate a fingerprint of the trip. The derived trip fingerprint of the trip information may be compared to stored fingerprints of one or more previously received trips to determine if the new trip is similar to one or more of the previous trips. In one instance, information or data of a new trip may be adjusted based on previous trip data. For example, aspects of the new trip or the previous trip may be updated with information or data of a previous trip if the new trip and the previous trip are similar.
US12072196B2
A mobile-object control device includes: an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a mobile object to cause the mobile object to be present at a set place at a set time; and a notification control unit configured to control notification in a case where at least one of the set time or the set place cannot be achieved. The mobile object includes: a drive unit; an operation control unit configured to control the drive unit to cause the mobile object to be present at a set place at a set time; and a notification control unit configured to control notification in a case where at least one of the set time or the set place cannot be achieved. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a vehicle that performs automatic driving.
US12072195B2
A dispatched vehicle extraction server, a dispatched vehicle extraction device, and a dispatched vehicle extraction method perform: acquiring a dispatching request, a user position and a vehicle position of a dispatched vehicle at the time of the dispatching request; calculating a time the user spends moving from the user position to a meeting site of the dispatched vehicle, calculating a time the user spends waiting, calculating a total time that would be spent by the user from when the user makes the dispatching request until the user arrives at an intended location by boarding the dispatched vehicle; extracting the dispatched vehicle that satisfies constraints relating to the total time and the time would be spent waiting according to the user attribute information at the proposed meeting sites; and outputting a combination of each of the proposed meeting sites and the dispatched vehicle.
US12072187B2
The present invention provides a rotation angle detection device that detects a steering state quantity of steer-by-wire. The rotation angle detection device includes a drive gear that rotates along with the rotation of a rotating shaft part, first through third driven gears that rotate in conjunction with the drive gear and have different numbers of teeth that are indivisible by each other, sensors that detect the amounts of rotation and are provided for the respective first through third driving gears, a rotation amount generating unit that generates the amount of rotation of the drive gear by combining the amounts of rotation of different driven gears, and power supply circuits each of which is provided for a combination of sensors that detect the amounts of rotation of different driven gears. This configuration makes it possible to improve robustness against failure of sensor elements and power supply circuits.
US12072185B2
A magnetic tracking system for determining position and orientation of an object in three-dimensional space, the system including an electromagnet assembly including first and second electromagnets that are coaxial, non-coincident, and spaced from each other by a fixed distance, at least one magnetometer positioned at a movable location relative to the electromagnet assembly and configured to measure three orthogonal components of a magnetic field vector, and a microcontroller unit operably connected to the at least one magnetometer. The microcontroller unit is configured to control measurement of magnetic fields by the at least one magnetometer and compute a relative position and orientation of the electromagnet assembly and the at least one magnetometer in five degrees of freedom using at least two equations with two unknowns and coordinate transformation equations relating the coordinate frames of the electromagnet assembly and the at least one magnetometer.
US12072181B2
An inspection apparatus for adjusting a working height for a substrate for multiple target heights is disclosed. The inspection apparatus includes a radiation source configured to provide a radiation beam and a beam splitter configured to split the radiation beam into multiple beamlets that each reflect off a substrate. Each beamlet contains light of multiple wavelengths. The inspection apparatus includes multiple light reflecting components, wherein each light reflecting component is associated with one of the beamlets reflecting off the substrate and is configured to support a different target height for the substrate by detecting a height or a levelness of the substrate based on the beamlet reflecting off the substrate.
US12072177B2
A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus includes: a single projector device that projects a first light pattern whose luminance changes at a first cycle and a second light pattern whose luminance changes at a second cycle that is longer than the first cycle on a measured object; an image capture device that acquire an image of the measured object on which the first or second light pattern is projected; and an image processing device that processes the image acquired by the image capture device. The image processing device includes a relative phase value calculation unit that calculates a relative phase value on each part of the measured object based on a luminance value of an image of the measured object on which the first light pattern is projected, an absolute phase value calculation unit that calculates an absolute phase value on each part of the measured object based on a luminance value and the relative phase value of an image of the measured object on which the second light pattern is projected, and a three-dimensional coordinate calculation unit that calculates three-dimensional coordinates at each part of the measured object based on the absolute phase value.
US12072174B2
An inertial igniter for igniting a thermal battery, including: a base having a first projection; a striker mass rotatably connected to the base having a second projection, when the striker mass is rotated towards the base, the first projection impacts the second projection; a member having a first portion engaging with a second portion of the striker mass to restrict rotation of the striker mass unless a predetermined acceleration is experienced; a mass movable from a first position where an acceleration is less than the predetermined acceleration and a second position where the acceleration is greater than the predetermined acceleration to permit the first and second portions to come out of engagement; a spring for biasing the mass in the first position; and a rotation prevention member for permitting impact of the first and second projections when the predetermined acceleration is experienced and the mass moves to the second position.
US12072170B2
A shaped charge assembly, comprising a casing and a liner, is disclosed. The liner includes a first longitudinal section connected to the casing, a second longitudinal section having the shape of a truncated cone wherein the truncated end thereof is directly connected, or connected by means of an intermediate longitudinal section, to the first longitudinal section. The second longitudinal section is at its base end directly connected to a third longitudinal section. The third longitudinal section is in the shape of a cone, an ogival or a hemisphere.
US12072166B2
A bow holder is vertically and horizontally adjustable for holding limbs of an archery bow during hunting. A securement mechanism couples a fixed limb of the bow holder to the tree stand. A vertically adjustable limb is coupled to the fixed limb. A series of rungs hold variable position o-rings in position for side-to-side securement of the bow to the bow holder.
US12072157B2
A quick-release take-down assembly for a weapon, including a quick-release, spring-loaded cam lever or handle, or a set of clips, that enables a handler to quickly and efficiently release the upper assembly from the lower assembly to access the bolt, carrier, and other components of the weapon for cleaning and other purposes. The quick-release system eliminates the need for standard, sliding take-down pins that can become stuck, require detent pins/springs in order to stay in place, require tools, and/or become misaligned.
US12072152B2
This disclosure relates to a vapor chamber configured to accommodate a cooling fluid. The vapor chamber includes a first cover, a second cover, a first capillary structure, and a second capillary structure. The second cover and the first cover are attached to each other to form a chamber therebetween. The chamber is configured to accommodate the cooling fluid. The first capillary structure is located in the chamber and stacked on the first cover. The second capillary structure is located in the chamber and stacked on the first capillary structure. The second capillary structure is different from the first capillary structure. A projection of the second capillary structure onto the first cover is smaller than a projection of the first capillary structure onto the first cover.
US12072149B2
An extraction freeze drying system. The freeze dryer has a cold collector, heating elements, and a vacuum chamber. A first removable collector vessel is operatively and removably connected to the freeze dryer. A second removable collector vessel is provided for replacing the first removable collector vessel upon removal thereof from the freeze dryer. The first and second removable collectors are jacketed vessels. Fluid is allowed to pass through the jacket to maintain proper temperatures. A sealable lid is attached to the first removable collector vessel immediately upon or prior to removal from the freeze dryer. The sealable lid comprises a drain valve and spout to aid in pouring off water or terpenes during the separation process.
US12072148B2
The invention relates to a sensor positioning device for use on a vial in a lyophilisation process, a sensor unit including such a device, and a method of mounting a sensor in a stopper for a vial. The sensor positioning device comprises a stopper for closing an opening in a neck of the vial. A cable passage is provided in the stopper and has a first passage section extending through a first part of the stopper. A second passage section is provided between the first passage section and an outer rim and a sub-section thereof extends away from an exterior surface and is located at a distance from the first passage section in a direction parallel to the exterior surface. In the sensor unit at least two bends are provided on the cable. The invention also relates to a sensor positioning device comprising a stopper, a spacer and a connector.
US12072144B2
A combined plant for cryogenic separation and liquefaction of methane and carbon dioxide in a biogas stream, including a mixing means, a compressor, a first exchanger, a distillation column, a second exchanger, a separating means, an expanding means, and a separator vessel. Wherein, the mixing means is configured such that the recycle gas is the overhead vapour stream, and the first exchanger and the expanding means are combined.
US12072142B2
A refrigerator enables a user to easily introduce and remove goods into and from the refrigerator. Specifically, the refrigerator enables a drawer for receiving goods to be more conveniently used. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a food introduction port at the front thereof, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, drawers disposed in the storage compartment and arranged vertically, a moving frame extending vertically to correspond to the height at which the drawers are disposed, the moving frame being configured to selectively push the drawers such that the drawers are moved toward the food introduction port, an electric driving unit coupled to the moving frame for moving the moving frame toward the food introduction port, and a controller for controlling the electric driving unit to move the moving frame when it is sensed that the door is open.
US12072140B2
A method and system for forming an insulation package for use in a vacuum insulated structure is provided. A slurry containing a liquid and an insulation material is formed. The slurry can be supplied to an envelope under vacuum, wherein the envelope is gas-permeable and permeable to the liquid. At least a portion of the liquid is drawn through the envelope and at least a portion of the insulation material is retained within the envelope to form an insulation package. One or more insulation packages can be disposed within an insulating cavity and the insulating cavity can be evacuated to decrease a pressure therein to form a vacuum insulated structure.
US12072137B2
A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a cooler configured to supply cold air, a first tray, a second tray, a driver configured to move the second tray with respect to the first tray, a heater provided adjacent to at least one of the first tray or the second tray, and a controller configured to control the heater and the driver. The controller controls the heater to be turned on during ice making to make transparent ice.
US12072136B2
A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage compartment for storing food; a first temperature sensor for sensing the temperature in the storage compartment; a door for opening and closing the storage compartment; a cold air supply means for supplying cold air into the storage compartment; trays forming ice-making cells which are spaces in which water changes phase into ice due to the cold air; a second temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water or ice in the ice-making cells; a heater for supplying heat to the trays; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein, after opening or closing of the door is sensed during the ice-making process, the control unit increases the cooling power of the cold air supply means if an increase in cooling power therefrom is determined to be needed on the basis of the temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor, and decreases the amount of heat applied by the heater if a reduction in heat applied by the heater is determined to be needed on the basis of the change in temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor.
US12072135B2
An ice maker for a refrigerator includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.
US12072127B2
A refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator, which are connected in sequence to form a cooling circuit, the refrigeration system further includes an oil recovery system which includes: an operation chamber, which includes a first port communicating with an oil-containing position in the refrigeration system through a first pipeline, and a second port communicating with a bearing chamber or a bearing lubrication pipeline of the compressor through a second pipeline; and a main piston in the operation chamber, the main piston reciprocating in the operation chamber to perform an extraction stroke and a discharge stroke; in the extraction stroke, an oil-containing refrigerant in the oil-containing position in the refrigeration system is extracted to the operation chamber; and in the discharge stroke, the oil-containing refrigerant in the operation chamber is delivered to the bearing chamber or the bearing lubrication pipeline of the compressor.
US12072124B2
A rotating support device for a torsion beam is be coupled to a support pillar, especially applicable in solar power plant installations which reduces the number of parts used and facilitates the assembly. The device has a clamp which can be coupled to the support pillar having a cylindrical inner area, a bushing intended to be positioned inside the clamp and which has the possibility of rotation together with the torsion beam with respect to the clamp and a retaining part which can be coupled in the slot which in an assembly situation protrudes in height with respect to the central sector of the clamp.
US12072116B2
For controlling energy transfer (Q) of a thermal energy exchanger of an HVAC system, a control system determines flow-dependent model parameters (M) for modelling performance of the thermal energy exchanger, using a plurality of measurement data sets, each measurement data set including for a respective measurement time a value of a measured flow of fluid (Φact), a value of a measured supply temperature (Tsup) of the fluid, and a value of the measured return temperature (Tret) of the fluid. The control system calculates an estimated energy transfer (Qest) of the thermal energy exchanger, using the flow-dependent model parameters (M), and controls (S4) the energy transfer (Q) of the thermal energy exchanger by regulating (S5) the flow of fluid (Φ) through the thermal energy exchanger, using the estimated energy transfer (Qest).
US12072111B2
An air conditioning capacity presenting system presents a capacity of an air conditioning apparatus including at least one outdoor unit, at least one indoor unit, and a connection pipe that connects the outdoor unit and the indoor unit. The air conditioning capacity presenting system includes first acquisition unit, a measurement unit, a second acquisition unit, and a capacity calculating unit. The first acquisition unit acquires outdoor unit capacity information, which is a rated capacity of the outdoor unit or information related to the rated capacity. The measurement unit measures power consumption of the outdoor unit. The second acquisition unit acquires an outside air temperature, which is a temperature of air around the outdoor unit. The capacity calculating unit obtains a calculation value of the capacity of the air conditioning apparatus based on the outdoor unit capacity information, the power consumption, and the outside air temperature.
US12072104B1
A fuel delivery apparatus is provided for a gas turbine engine. This fuel delivery apparatus includes a fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a plurality of fuel passages, a guide passage, a plurality of air passages, a mixing cavity and a fuel injector outlet. The fuel passages extend along an axis to the guide passage. The fuel passages converge radially inwards towards the axis as the fuel passages spiral about the axis towards the guide passage. The guide passage turns radially outwards away from the axis as the guide passage extends from the fuel passages to the mixing cavity. The air passages converge radially inwards towards the axis as the air passages extend axially to the mixing cavity. The mixing cavity fluidly couples the guide passage and the air passages to the fuel injector outlet.
US12072090B2
A display device is provided having light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board, board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards, a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator that is connected at one end to the control board, and a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors to connect the flexible cable to the light source boards.
US12072062B2
A multilayer structure for transporting, distributing and storing hydrogen including, from the inside to the outside, a sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcement layer, the sealing layer including from the inside to the outside: a layer of a composition including: a short-chain polyamide thermoplastic polymer, more than 15% and up to 50% by weight of impact modifier, or including: a semi-crystalline long-chain polyamide thermoplastic polymer, up to 50% by weight of impact modifier, up to 3% by weight of plasticizer; a hydrogen barrier layer; a layer of a composition including: a short-chain polyamide thermoplastic polymer, more than 15% and up to 50% by weight of impact modifier, or including: a semi-crystalline long-chain polyamide thermoplastic polymer, up to 50% by weight of impact modifier, up to 3% of weight of plasticizer, the innermost composite reinforcement layer being wound around the sealing layer.
US12072060B2
A fixing module suitable for fixing to one of a first end and a second end of a screen bracket is provided. The fixing module includes a first part and a second part. The second part is slidably connected to the first part. The fixing module is configured to be fixed to the first end of the screen bracket by the first part or fixed to the second end of the screen bracket by the second part.
US12072053B2
A rigid conduit (for example, a metal conduit) featuring an electrofusable section secured to the rigid conduit to allow the rigid conduit to be electrofusion welded to another component of the fueling installation, such as a sump or further electrofusable conduit, is provided by the present disclosure. In certain exemplifications, multiple spaced electrofusable sections are provided on the rigid conduit, with corrosion resistant sections spanning the electrofusable sections in certain arrangements.
US12072048B2
A coupling device for a tubular element comprises a hollow body having a housing, a cartridge locked in the housing in a first position, the cartridge then protruding from the hollow body, the cartridge having an outer wall and an inner wall delimiting an inner channel, the inner channel having a first end forming an inlet for receiving the tubular element and a second end provided with an obstacle, an annular seal and a fastening ring disposed in the inner channel in order to secure the tubular element in the inner channel in sealed manner. The coupling device comprises an unlocking system configured to allow, when the tubular element exerts a force against the obstacle, the unlocking of the cartridge and its movement to a second position, in which the cartridge is entirely incorporated in the hollow body.
US12072027B2
A sealing diaphragm for a fluid valve is provided. The fluid valve includes a valve housing and a drive unit, the sealing diaphragm being of hat-like design and being configured for enclosing, on the free-end side, a portion of a valve-closing body which projects into the valve housing of the fluid valve. The sealing diaphragm can include a base portion which is configured to be rotationally asymmetrical on the outer circumferential side, the base portion being provided to abut in a form-fitted manner against an opening of the valve housing, and the base portion of the sealing diaphragm being configured to be received between the valve housing and the drive unit in such a way that the opening of the valve housing is sealed in a fluid-tight manner towards the drive unit.
US12072023B2
A differential lock and parking structure is provided for a dual power source driving speed reducer, that includes first and second shafts, a differential lock mechanism, and a parking mechanism. The first and second shafts are connected to dual power sources, respectively; the differential lock mechanism and the parking mechanism are provided at the tail ends of the first and second shafts; and the differential lock mechanism includes a movable chainring assembly, a fixed chainring assembly, and a fixed armature assembly. The parking mechanism includes a parking gear integrated with a fixed chainring, a pawl assembly, and a parking cam assembly that drives the pawl assembly to realize the conversion between parking-in and parking-out.
US12072021B2
A vehicle gear control method includes acquiring a driving scene image while a vehicle is driving, and performing image recognition on the acquired driving scene image to obtain a driving scene label including at least one of a road attribute label, a traffic attribute label, or an environment attribute label. The method further includes acquiring driving status data and driving behavior data corresponding to the vehicle. The driving status data indicates at least one of vehicle speed and vehicle acceleration and the driving behavior data indicates at least one of a brake control input, an accelerator control input, or a throttle opening degree. The method further includes determining a gear shifting mode based on the driving status data, the driving behavior data, and the driving scene label. The gear shifting mode controls the vehicle to drive according to a corresponding gear at a corresponding gear shifting time.
US12072017B2
A motor unit for transmitting a driving force of a motor driven by a battery to an opening and closing mechanism through a worm gear and a worm wheel includes lubricating grease. The grease includes a solid additive that increases a friction coefficient between the worm gear and the worm wheel as its addition amount increases. The addition amount is not less than a first threshold and is not more than a second threshold. The first threshold is an addition amount for realizing a friction coefficient at which transmission efficiency from the worm wheel to the worm gear becomes 0 [%]. The second threshold is an addition amount for realizing a friction coefficient at which a starting voltage of the motor to move the opening and closing mechanism in an opening direction becomes a minimum guaranteed voltage of the battery after the opening and closing mechanism is restrained fully closed.
US12072014B2
A power transmission device for a work vehicle includes: a transmission case; a gear transmission contained in the transmission case and configured to receive motive power from a power source; a differential mechanism contained in the transmission case and configured to receive motive power from the gear transmission and transmit the motive power to a left wheel and a right wheel; and a gear cover covering a lower portion of a ring gear of the differential mechanism.
US12072010B2
A strain wave gear mechanism includes: a casing; an elliptical drive shaft; an outer ring arranged coaxially around the elliptical drive shaft and rotationally fixed to the casing, the outer ring having a toothed inner circumference; a flexible ring mounted around the elliptical drive shaft radially inwards of the outer ring, the flexible ring having a toothed outer circumference. Rotation of the elliptical drive shaft causes elliptical rotation of the flexible ring relative to the outer ring such that teeth of the flexible ring engage with teeth of the outer ring at points corresponding to the major axis of the ellipse of the drive shaft to cause movement of the flexible ring in a direction opposite to rotation of the drive shaft. The outer ring is rotationally fixed to the casing via a solenoid operated disconnect gear configured to selectively disconnect the outer ring from the casing.
US12072001B2
An axle drive for a vehicle includes at least one drivable vehicle axle oriented transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A drive shaft extends parallel with the longitudinal direction and receives drive power from an electric motor at an input section and outputs said drive power at an output section. A driven shaft extends parallel with the drive shaft and receives drive power from the output section of the drive shaft at an input section and outputs said drive power to the vehicle axle via a bevel gear arranged at a first end of the driven shaft. A brake, in particular a parking brake, includes a brake disk arranged at a second end of the driven shaft and between the input section of the drive shaft and the input section of the driven shaft with respect to the longitudinal direction.
US12071997B2
A flow suppression device adapted to be connected to a high pressure fluid system includes an outer flow containment member of a porous and flexible construction. The outer flow containment member has an upstream end and a downstream end opposite the upstream end. The upstream end includes an inlet opening adapted to receive a flow stream of pressurized fluid from the high pressure fluid system and the downstream end being substantially closed. The flow suppression device also includes a primary inner flow containment member of a porous and flexible construction contained within the outer flow containment member. The primary inner flow containment member has an upstream end with an inlet opening adjacent the inlet opening of the outer flow containment member and a downstream end opposite the upstream end of the primary inner flow containment member.
US12071986B2
A monostable electromagnetic clutch is disclosed, which comprises a movable member, a magnetic assembly, a fixed disc, and a plurality of iron cores, wherein the magnetic assembly is connected to the fixed disc, the iron cores cross through the magnetic assembly and are connected to the fixed disc, the movable member is provided thereon with an spring member, and under an action of an electromagnetic force of the magnetic assembly and an spring force of the spring member, the movable member can reciprocate at a side of the magnetic assembly to keep the movable member and the iron cores in an engaged state or a disengaged state. The structural design of the present disclosure is flexible and compact, and can be combined in a different way according to different applications and different structural spaces. The electromagnetic clutch basic units can be used separately, or a plurality of electromagnetic clutch basic units can be combined freely, and after combination, they can be freely arranged in a variety of installation positions and spaces as required, and the use of space can be fully optimized.
US12071984B2
The invention relates to a rolling bearing with two bearing rings and rolling elements running between same, and a sensor for detecting movements and/or positions of the bearing rings relative to one another, wherein the sensor is fastened to one of the bearing rings and is directed towards a measurement surface on the other bearing ring, wherein said measurement surface comprises a contour projection projecting towards the sensor and/or a contour recess open towards the sensor in the form of a groove or blind hole, which projection or groove influences the measurement signal of the sensor and the movement of which relative to the sensor transverse to the main signal direction of the sensor modifies the measurement signal of the sensor.
US12071983B2
A bearing box for a rotating roller for supporting or transporting a high-temperature object. The bearing box includes a bearing and seal units disposed therein. A cooling jacket is disposed at an outer periphery of the bearing box so that the cooling jacket covers at least a portion of an axial region of the bearing and at least a portion of an axial region of the seal unit. The cooling jacket has a cooling water inlet and a cooling water outlet, and the bearing box is cooled by cooling water supplied to the cooling jacket through the cooling water inlet.
US12071981B2
A pivot cradle bearing (1) for an axial piston machine, including a bent cage segment (2), in which rolling bodies are guided, which are arranged between two bearing parts which can be pivoted with respect to one another, wherein a synchronization device (4), which is designed for synchronizing the relative movement of the bearing parts with the displacement of the cage segment (2), includes a pivoting lever (5) which is mounted in the cage segment (2). An articulated bearing (6) is provided for mounting the pivoting lever (5) in the cage segment (2), the articulated bearing having an asymmetrical design with respect to a tangential plane (TE) lying centrally between an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the cage segment (2).
US12071979B2
A shaft assembly has a shaft and a journal bearing that is fixedly coupled to the shaft so that rotation of the shaft causes corresponding rotation of the journal bearing. A bearing race has an inner surface that defines a cylindrical bore and a lubrication groove that extends radially outward from the cylindrical bore. The journal bearing is rotatably disposed within the cylindrical bore of the bearing race.
US12071975B2
A bracket clip assembly includes a bracket base and a bracket cap. The bracket base has a first base end, a second base end opposite the first base end, and a base slot extending into the second base end toward the first base end that is configured to slidably receive a first structural member. The bracket cap has a first cap end and a second cap end opposite the first cap end. The second cap end of the bracket cap is configured to be removably secured to the first base end of the bracket base to secure a second structural member between the bracket base and the bracket cap.
US12071973B2
A universal quick-release vacuum connector includes a base removably attachable to an object. A vacuum formation-and-release actuator includes a movable anchor member that establishes a releasable vacuum connection with a reference surface. The anchor member includes a flexible outer seal member, a central hub integrally formed with the flexible outer seal member, and a vent port extending through the central hub. A vent port closure member closes or assists in closing a vent port inner end depending on the position of the anchor member relative to the base to establish a controlled pressure zone that maintains a negative pressure differential relative to an external ambient pressure. The releasable vacuum connection is releasable by virtue of the anchor member and the base being movable relative to each other in a manner that vents the controlled pressure zone while the base remains attached to the object.
US12071965B2
An atomizer comprises an atomizing body, an atomizing base disposed at one end of the atomizing body, and a fixing member installed outside the atomizing base and connected with the atomizing body. The atomizing base is fixed on the atomizing body by the fixing member, and the fixing member is made of a material that can be adsorbed by a magnet and comprises a tabular main body portion corresponding to the atomizing base. The atomizing base is fixed on the atomizing body by the fixing member, and after the atomizer is connected and assembled with a power supply assembly, an adsorption force between the tabular main body portion and the magnet can increase.
US12071961B1
An example water well submersible pump filter may comprise: (1) a perforated cap; (2) a perforated hollow cylindrical middle member joined to the perforated cap at a first end of the perforated hollow cylindrical middle member; and (3) a filter crown comprising: (a) a hollow cylindrical crown segment joined to the second end of the perforated hollow cylindrical middle member at a first end of the hollow cylindrical crown segment, (b) a hollow conical crown segment joined to a second end of the hollow cylindrical crown segment at a first end of the hollow conical crown segment, and (c) a ring of fins joined to, and extending longitudinally from, a second end of the hollow conical crown segment. The second end of the hollow conical crown segment may join to proximal ends of fins of the ring of fins.
US12071931B2
A novel universal propeller has a gearwheel arranged on each rotor blade that is directly operatively connected to a reference gearwheel of a timing gear. The timing gear is operatively connected to a hub gear. The hub gear senses and processes an angular velocity ωn of a rotation of the hub. The reference gearwheel and the gearwheels of the rotor blades of the timing gear are configured that the ratio of an angular velocity ωr of the reference gearwheel to the angular velocity ωn of the rotational movement of the hub is as follows: ωr/ωn=1±(½)*(Srot/Sr), where Srot is a size of the gearwheels and Sr is a size of the reference gearwheel. The present invention is particularly suitable for use in a wind power installation, hydropower installation or an engine of a ship or an aircraft.
US12071925B2
The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade (10) comprising an elongate reinforcing structure (62). The reinforcing structure (62) comprises a plurality of strips (63, 64, 65) of fibre-reinforced polymer arranged into adjacent stacks (66) of strips, and at least one alignment member (68). The latter comprises a plurality of alternating horizontal segments (70) and vertical segments (72), wherein a vertical segment of the alignment member is arranged between adjacent stacks of strips, and wherein a horizontal segment of the alignment member is arranged on top of or below each stack of strips. At least one of the vertical segments (72) comprises one or more apertures (84) for allowing resin to flow from one side of the vertical segment to the other side of the vertical segment.
US12071919B2
The present invention relates to a nozzle for injecting fuel comprising an orifice in the region of a nozzle tip for leading fuel out of the nozzle and a reception hole for receiving a nozzle needle, wherein the reception hole has a seat region for a sealing closing by a nozzle needle to enable a fuel supply to the orifice in dependence on a position of the nozzle needle, characterized in that the longitudinal axis of the orifice is directed toward a region of the reception hole that adjoins the side of the seat region remote from the nozzle tip.
US12071917B2
A high-pressure gas compression-ignition engine includes a cylinder block, a piston and a cylinder head, the piston is mounted on the cylinder block and sealed by the cylinder head to form a combustion chamber for fuel work, and the cylinder head is respectively provided with an intake valve and an exhaust valve. It also comprises a fuel supply system, the fuel in the tank is pressurized by the pump body through a fuel channel and then supplied to the combustion chamber of the cylinder block; a fuel injection device for injecting fuel into the intake valve; a compression-ignition system, which is connected to the exhaust duct or the external air source, and recovers or sucks part of the tail gas energy discharged from the power stroke of the combustion chamber into the external air source, and stores it in the compression-ignition gas storage tank after compression.
US12071911B1
A thrust reverser for an aerial vehicle is coupled to an engine associated with the aerial vehicle. The thrust reverser includes a housing configured to receive an exhaust flow. The housing is movable relative to the aerial vehicle between at least a first, stowed position and a second, deployed position. The housing includes at least one inner flange that defines a first curvature. The thrust reverser includes a pair of doors coupled to the housing. The pair of doors is movable between at least a first position and a second position based on a movement of the housing. Each door of the pair of doors includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. The trailing edge is downstream from the leading edge in a direction of the exhaust flow through the housing, and the leading edge has a second curvature that is substantially the same as the first curvature.
US12071908B2
An upstream integrated value is an integrated value of a difference obtained by subtracting an upstream gas temperature at a starting point in time of integration from the upstream gas temperature after starting of the internal combustion engine. A downstream integrated value is an integrated value of a difference obtained by subtracting a downstream gas temperature at the starting point in time of the integration from the downstream gas temperature after the starting of the internal combustion engine. An anomaly diagnosing process obtains an anomaly determination result indicating that the exhaust purification device is in a removed state when a deviation between the upstream integrated value and the downstream integrated value is smaller than a reference level. The determination threshold is higher than a dew point.
US12071905B2
An engine control device may comprise a processor and a memory. The engine control device may be configured to modify a fuel flow based on a density of the fuel proximate a fuel nozzle. The engine control device may include a densimeter embedded in, or disposed proximate, the engine control device. The engine control device may include a temperature sensor embedded in, or disposed proximate, the engine control device. The engine control device may be electrically coupled to a fuel valve and/or configured to modulate the fuel valve based on a density of the fuel at the fuel valve.
US12071904B2
A controller for a gas turbine engine comprises a fuel flow sensor interface for receiving input signals indicative of a fuel flow into a combustor, a power output sensor interface for receiving input signals indicative of power output of an electrical generator driven via the gas turbine engine, a bleed valve interface for providing an output signal to a bleed valve that controls bleed air to vent a compressor of the gas turbine engine, and memory having stored therein instructions for determining functionality of the bleed valve based on evaluating efficiency of the gas turbine engine when the output signal is issued. A method comprises sensing efficiency of a gas turbine engine in response to actuation of a compressor bleed valve, comparing the efficiency to baseline efficiency, and outputting indicia of a differential between the efficiency and the baseline efficiency as an indication of operability of the first bleed valve.
US12071879B2
A NOx generation amount control device includes: a cumulative amount calculating part calculating a cumulative NOx amount obtained by adding together a plurality of NOx exhaust amounts calculated for each prescribed time interval; a specifying part specifying a target value of the cumulative NOx amount associated with a movement distance of a moving body or an output value of an engine; an estimating part estimating a predicted NOx amount indicating a predicted cumulative NOx amount based on a rotation speed of the engine and a fuel injection amount; a judging part judging whether the sum of the predicted NOx amount and the cumulative NOx amount exceeds the target value; and a determining part determining a scheduled NOx exhaust amount and determining at least one of an opening degree of the EGR valve and an opening degree of a turbocharger.
US12071876B1
An aftertreatment system for an engine on a work machine may include a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system configured for arrangement downstream of the engine and having a dosing system for dosing the SCR system with treatment fluid. The aftertreatment system may also include a NOxin sensor arranged at or near the inlet of the SCR system, a NOxout sensor arranged at or near the outlet of the SCR system, and an SCR catalyst monitoring module configured to periodically establish a maximum NOx conversion capacity of an SCR catalyst in the SCR system. A method for determining a maximum conversion capacity at a selected number or working hours and/or determining a remaining useful life of the SCR catalyst is also provided.
US12071873B2
A rotating crankcase ventilation filter element comprises a filter media comprising a plurality of filter media layers. A first end cap is positioned on a filter media first end. The first end cap comprises a first end cap main body, and a first plurality of indenting features positioned on the first end cap main body proximate the filter media first end. The first plurality of indenting features contact and indent corresponding segments of the filter media first end, causing the plurality of filter media layers to interlock at the corresponding segments. The interlocking prevents movement of the plurality of filter media layers relative to each other.
US12071859B2
In an assembly method for a turbine, measured shape data is acquired by measuring a shape for each of a plurality of casing components in a state in which the plurality of casing components are not fastened to each other. self-weighted state shape data, which is shape data when self-weight is applied, is created for each of the plurality of casing components. A reference shape model is corrected based on a difference between the measured shape data of a target measurement part and the self-weighted state shape data of the target measurement part. By using the corrected shape model, fastened state shape data, which is shape data in a state in which the plurality of casing components are fastened to each other, is estimated for each of the plurality of casing components.
US12071857B2
A system for a vehicle has an oil supply, an engine oil pump comprising a plurality of ports and an engine coupled to the plurality of ports. A turbocharger is coupled to the engine. A turbocharger oil pump is coupled to the oil supply comprising a first port coupled to the turbocharger.
US12071854B2
A toothed coupling mechanism for an assembly of rotating elements of an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a pair of coupling halves having an axial toothed coupling interface therebetween. Each coupling half has a plurality of splined teeth inter-engaged about an axis for transmitting torque therebetween. A protrusion is located on one of the splined teeth of one of the coupling halves. A splined tooth of the other coupling half comes into contact with the protrusion in a situation of uncoupling of said coupling halves.
US12071852B2
A refuge shelter includes a container. The shelter includes a tent that is disposed in the container in an undeployed state. The tent includes an inflatable support structure which is inflatable from an undeployed state in the container to a deployed state, and a seal which seals the tent to the container in a deployed state. The support structure has a plurality of hoses interconnected by couplers. The hoses have an inside diameter of less than 5 inches. A gas flow apparatus. A refuge shelter for miners in a mine includes a container and a tent that is disposed in the container. The tent has a test support to which a sample of the external environment can be obtained from inside the tent when the tent is deployed. A method for providing a refuge chamber for miners in a mine.
US12071848B2
A fiber optic cable conducts optical fiber to downhole gauges in a wellbore. Cable connections are used to protect splicing of the optical fiber between cable sections and the gauges. The cable connection includes adjoining tubes, which have passages for the optical fiber. The tubes are nested together and enclose the splicing of the optical fiber. A cable-end tube is affixed to a section of the cable with the passage overlaying a jacket of the cable, and a gauge-end tube is affixed to an end of the downhole gauge with the passage overlaying the end of the downhole gauge. At least one spanning tube has ends that are affixed nested inside the passages of the adjoining ones of the tubes. The cable connections allow the cable and gauges to be wound on a spool or reel for installing into the wellbore.
US12071843B2
A method, apparatus, and system according to which a discharge manifold is pressurized by at least a first fracturing pump, said discharge manifold being adapted to communicate pressurized fluid to an oil and gas wellbore.
US12071840B2
A wellsite system for electrically-driven fracturing may include a power supply system, one or more electrically-driven fracturing systems, one or more electrically-driven sand blenders, a sand supply system, a liquid supply system, and one or more manifolds. The power supply system includes a gas turbine generator set configured to provide power to the one or more electrically-driven fracturing systems and the one or more electrically-driven sand blenders respectively. The sand supply system and the liquid supply system are both connected to input ends of the electrically-driven sand blenders. Output ends of the electrically-driven sand blenders are connected to the electrically-driven fracturing systems through the one or more manifolds. The electrically-driven fracturing systems are connected to a wellhead through the one or more manifolds.
US12071839B2
A fracture tool and a system includes a housing having a port, a sleeve disposed adjacent the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first position where the sleeve blocks the port and a second position where the sleeve unblocks the port, and a biaser operably connected between the housing and the sleeve. The biaser biases the sleeve to the first position. A method for fracturing a formation and producing a fluid includes opening a fracture sleeve, shifting a pressure-operated valve from an unarmed position to an armed position based upon the opening of the fracture sleeve. The method further includes applying fracture pressure to the formation, allowing the fracture sleeve to automatically close, actuating the valve with applied pressure, and flowing fluid through the valve. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and a fracture and production system disposed in the borehole.
US12071837B2
Methods for providing wellbores for electromagnetic heating of a hydrocarbon formation positioned below a ground surface and apparatus thereof are provided. The apparatus includes two or more wellbore casings positioned within two or more wellbores. The two or more wellbores extend from a proximal end at the ground surface to a distal end at the underground hydrocarbon formation. Each of the two or more wellbore casings have a proximal portion and a distal portion. The two or more wellbores are in proximity to one another at a junction. The apparatus also includes a first electrical connection between the proximal portions of the two or more wellbore casings for grounding the two or more wellbore casings and a second electrical connection between the distal portions of the two or more wellbore casings. The second electrical connection is located at the junction and provides a short circuit that reduces current traveling on the two or more wellbore casings to the ground surface.
US12071833B2
A method for evaluating and optimizing scale management at a subsurface for improved well performance may include performing multiple first tests, where each first test combines a first fluid with a second fluid, wherein the first fluid comprises a concentration of a scale inhibitor and a chemistry of additional fluid components. The method may also include identifying an optimal mixture of the first fluid among the first tests, where the optimal mixture comprises a minimum concentration of the scale inhibitor that reduces scale deposition. The method may further include performing a second test that combines the first fluid with the scale inhibitor, the second fluid, and rock. The method may also include evaluating a concentration of the scale inhibitor in aqueous phase after a period of time after initiating the second test. The method may further include identifying a target fluid for use in a field operation at the subsurface.
US12071831B1
A tool and method for selectively allowing a transmission of torque to a casing string at a position below installation of the tool along the casing string. The tool includes an upper body to engage with an upper portion of a casing string, a lower body to engage with a lower portion of a casing string, and a swivel assembly connecting the upper body to the lower body, the swivel assembly is to operate in multiple configurations such that the upper body and the lower body are selectively locked together to allow or prevent torque transmission through the tool from the upper portion of the casing string to the lower portion of the casing string.
US12071830B2
A wellbore intervention system for repairing a wall failure within a wellbore includes a fluid conduit installed to an outer surface of a casing string within the wellbore. The fluid conduit includes a tube to which a remedial substance is delivered, multiple ports arranged along a length of the tube for communicating the remedial substance to the wall failure in a cement region along the wellbore, and a one-way valve for preventing a reservoir fluid at the wall failure from flowing in an uphole direction through the tube.
US12071829B2
A wellhead adaptor for fluidly connecting to a well tubing system, the wellhead adaptor including an outer body having a bore; and an inner body located inside the bore and having an annulus A. The inner body and the outer body define an annulus B, which is concentric to annulus A.
US12071825B2
An annular cutter catching device includes a housing having an inner bore therethrough, a cutter configured to cut a coupon, and a coupon catching device configured to grip an outer surface of the coupon. In an embodiment, an annular cutter catching device includes one or more split rings disposed within the inner bore of the housing. In the embodiment, at least one split ring is configured to grip an outer surface of the coupon within the inner bore of the housing. In an embodiment, an annular cutter catching device includes a coupon catcher disposed within the inner bore of the housing. In an embodiment, the coupon catcher includes a set of fingers movable between an open position and a closed position. In an embodiment, the set of fingers are configured to retain the coupon within the inner bore of the housing in the closed position.
US12071823B2
Provided is an anchoring mechanism, a method for anchoring a downhole tool, and a well system. The anchoring mechanism, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing, a hub disposed about to the tubular housing, and a wedge hub disposed about the tubular housing, wherein at least one of the hub or wedge hub is slidably disposed about the tubular housing. The anchoring mechanism, according to this aspect, further includes one or more telescoping arms and one or more fixed toggle arms, wherein a first end of the one or more telescoping arms is coupled to one of the hub or the wedge hub, a first end of the one or more fixed toggle arms is coupled to an other of the wedge hub or the hub, and a second end of the one or more telescoping arms and a second end of the one or more fixed toggle arms are coupled to one another at a location between the first end of the one or more telescoping arms and the first end of the fixed toggle arms.
US12071809B2
A flexible seal may be attachable to a moveable barrier and usable to seal selectively along a horizontal surface adjacent the moveable barrier and along a vertical surface adjacent the moveable barrier. The flexible seal may assume a first orientation to be affixed to a lower edge of the movable barrier and may assume a second orientation to be affixed to an upper edge of the movable barrier.
US12071806B2
An exemplary modular hold-open device is configured for use with a door closer comprising a body, a pinion rotatably mounted to the body, and an armature connected with the pinion. The modular hold-open device is configured to be mounted to the door closer, to selectively prevent rotation of the pinion by exerting on the pinion a resistive torque in a door-opening direction, and to cease exerting the resistive torque in response to a door-closing torque on the pinion exceeding a threshold torque to thereby permit rotation of the pinion in the door-closing direction.
US12071798B2
The present invention provides an anti-pinch detection method and system comprising: determining a first current change rate according to a current collected in a present period and a previous period; determining a second current change rate according to the current collected in the present period and a target period, there being N periods between the target period and present period; detecting whether a closure component encounters an obstacle according to the second current change rate. If yes, determining the stiffness of the obstacle according to the first current change rate; determining a real-time obstacle compression distance according to a contact position zero point and a motor position collected in real time; and determining a real-time anti-pinch force according to the stiffness of the obstacle and the real-time obstacle compression distance, and controlling a motor to reverse when the real-time anti-pinch force is greater than a preset anti-pinch detection threshold.
US12071796B2
A hinge mounting structure is provided whose appearance can be improved. In a hinge mounting structure including a hinge (1) having a first piece (3) and a second piece (4) that are coupled together via a shaft (2) in such a manner as to be rotatable relative to each other, the first piece (3) being mounted on a side jamb (6), the second piece (4) being mounted on a door (5), the side jamb (6) is provided with a protruding portion (8) protruding forward of a wall surface, and a center (C) of the shaft (2) is placed backward of a front surface line (X) of the protruding portion (8) of the side jamb (6).
US12071793B2
A locking system is mounted to a door with three rods extending therefrom. The rods have a locked position extending beyond the periphery of the door and an unlocked position not extending beyond the periphery of the door. Three rod receivers are adapted to receive the three rods in the locked position. A handle rotatably engages cam plates which are operatively engaged with the rods whereby rotation of the handle rotates the cam which moves the rod ends from one position to the other. A locking tab extends forwardly from the lower cam plate into a recess and is engaged by a circular lock while the recess prevents movement of the engaged circular lock. A second locking tab extends forwardly from the rod-locking link and a stationary locking tab is aligned thereto. Both locking tabs are engaged by a padlock preventing movement of the rod-locking link.
US12071788B2
An interchangeable electro-mechanical lock core for use with a lock device having a locked state and an unlocked state is disclosed. The interchangeable electro-mechanical lock core may include a moveable plug having a first position relative to a lock core body which corresponds to the lock device being in the locked state and a second position relative to a lock core body which corresponds to the lock device being in the unlocked state. The interchangeable electro-mechanical lock core may include a core keeper moveably coupled to a lock core body. The core keeper may be positionable in a retain position wherein the core keeper extends beyond an envelope of lock core body to hold the lock core body in an opening of the lock device and a remove position wherein the core keeper is retracted relative to retain position to permit removal.
US12071781B2
A hunting blind includes a base portion including a plurality of lower arcuate segments configured to be coupled to one another. The hunting blind also includes an upper portion coupled to the base portion and including a plurality of upper arcuate segments configured to be coupled to the base portion. Additionally, the hunting blind includes a cover hingedly coupled to the upper portion and configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. Moreover, the hunting blind includes an actuator coupled to the base portion or to the upper portion and configured to move the cover from the closed position to the open position, and wherein the actuator is a hands-free actuator such that the actuator is configured to be actuated by a user's foot, knee, or elbow.
US12071779B2
A shoring support structure (3) comprising an outer tube (2) having a threaded region (22) with opposing longitudinal slots (16) and an inner tube (4) slidable within the outer tube and having a plurality of pairs of transverse holes (14) at spaced apart intervals. The inner tube and outer tubes terminate in a plate (6) and a pin (10) is receivable through the slots of the outer tube and a pair of transverse holes of the inner tube. A collar (8) is mounted on the threaded region and is rotatable to raise and lower the pin within the slots. The collar includes a driven member (30) such as a bevel gear for mating with a driving member (32) such as a pinion connectable to an actuator (38), actuation of the driving member causing rotation of the driven member to effect rotation of the collar (8) to move the pin.
US12071778B2
A device for repairing a hole in a wall structure, the device comprising: a body; a plurality of arm members mounted relative to the body, wherein a webbing member extends between two or more of the arm members; and a displaceable member associated with the body, wherein displacement of the displaceable member actuates the plurality of arm members to move relative to the body between a retracted condition and an extended condition in which the webbing member is stretched relatively tightly between the arm members to form a substantially planar surface.
US12071774B1
A universal prop system for grid shoring provides increased versatility and cost effectiveness over conventional grid shoring systems for building construction, such as concrete parking garage construction. The universal props include a variety of interchangeable prop stands, interchangeable drop heads, and interchangeable stringer jacks with a variety of different types of stringer heads. The interchangeable drop heads interconnects the interchangeable stringer jacks with the interchangeable prop stands. The interchangeable drop heads are designed to support a variety of different types of rails, such as beams, joists, rafters, pipes, etc. The interchangeable stringer jacks include a number of different stringer heads configured to support a variety of different stringers. The different stringer heads include, for example, U-heads, spindle forks and jack plates, with and without detachable threaded shafts.
US12071767B2
A wall bead (100) is provided for application to adjoining surfaces, typically at a corner of a wall, during coating thereof tin with plaster or other render material. The wall bead comprises a central longitudinally extending portion (102) having first and second longitudinal edges; first and second planar panels (104, 106) extending from the first and second edges respectively; and first and second connection portions (108, 110) extending from the first and second panels respectively. The first and second connection portions each comprise a plurality of teeth (114) protruding therefrom. The first and second panels (104, 106) each comprise a flexible mesh such that they are arranged to conform to a contour of a wall surface. The wall bead is adapted to be flexible to suit the needs of varying shapes, angles and surface profiles of a wall, while having a simple and robust attachment mechanism.
US12071764B2
A roof system for forming a roof includes a first layer positioned over a substrate, the first layer including a translucent material adapted to be exposed to weather, and a second layer positioned between the first layer and the substrate. The second layer is a decorative layer with decorative features such as, for example, an image, design, color, pattern, picture, fabric, or combinations thereof. The decorative features of the second layer are visible through the first layer.
US12071762B2
A modular wall building system includes a plurality of course modules which can be connected to form a wall such as a wall of a building structure. A course module includes inner and outer wall panels connected by upper and lower panel connectors via connector pins which are received by receiving rails extending from interior surfaces of the inner and outer wall panels. The course modules include wall course modules, bottom course modules and top course modules. Door and window modules can be installed to the building structure by attachment to the course modules. The panel connectors include structural openings for receiving vertical structural members. The wall building system includes a bottom plate structure and tie down system for attachment of the wall structure to a foundation, and a top plate structure including truss connectors for attaching a roof structure.
US12071756B2
A system and a tool for clearing an obstructed pipe or drain is presented. The system comprises the tool and a housing. The tool comprises a plunger and a protective sleeve with a closed end. The plunger comprises a dowel shaped flexible portion and a dowel shaped rigid handle portion, the distal end of the rigid handle portion being fixedly attached to the proximate end of the flexible portion by a connection device. The protective sleeve is comprised of a water soluble material that is configured to conform to the shape of the dowel shaped flexible portion and at least a portion of the dowel shaped rigid handle portion when the flexible portion is inserted therein, the water soluble material being chemically formulated and mechanically formed to maintain watertight integrity when submerged in water. The housing is configured to store the plunger and the protective sleeve when not in use.
US12071748B2
The invention relates to an atmospheric water generator that includes an absorption heat transformer (AHT) designed as a heat pump that is able to extract heat even from waste heat sources at or below ambient temperatures, with an evaporator working at a favourable design temperature (preferably between 2° C. and 15° C.) for chilled water supply to a cold coil that extracts atmospheric water from ambient air. The AHT employs a pseudo-isobaric temperature glide bubble reactor that contains a suitable binary liquid-vapour mixture in a density separation distillation environment, powered by a vapour absorption process.
US12071745B1
A work vehicle includes a hydraulic shift control system that enables the work vehicle to smoothly change speeds during a shift and reduce abrupt changes. The hydraulic shift control system may predict undesirable scenarios associated with the abrupt changes. The hydraulic shift control system may utilize configuration data, feedback data (e.g., sensor data), and modeling data to estimate certain operation states and/or parameters, such as engine loads and hydraulic pressures. In response to determining that predicted values may exceed certain thresholds (e.g., maximum load or pressure), the hydraulic shift control system may perform proactive actions to prevent shifting that may cause undesirable outcomes for the work vehicle.
US12071744B2
This contact prevention device for a construction machine is provided with a ToF camera, an object determination unit, an obstacle information output unit, and a notification device. The ToF camera is provided with a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, and can detect the received light intensity and the timing at which the light-receiving unit receives reflected light, which is light from the light-emitting unit that hits and is reflected by an object. The object determination unit determines the object on the basis of at least the received light intensity. The obstacle information output unit outputs information relating to an obstacle. The notification device makes a notification depending on the output results of the obstacle information output unit. The obstacle information output unit generates information relating to the obstacle on the basis of the distance to the object acquired by the ToF camera and the determination results of the object determination unit.
US12071743B2
In some implementations, an implement control system includes an operator control configured for manipulation in one or more motions and a controller. The controller may be configured to, based on a particular motion of the one or more motions, cause actuation of one or more first actuators, configured to selectively raise or lower a first lateral side of a work implement of a machine, and one or more second actuators, configured to selectively raise or lower a second lateral side of the work implement, in tandem. The one or more first actuators and the one or more second actuators may be controlled by independent control systems.
US12071734B2
Disclosed is a debris flow anti-collision device with a high-speed water curtain for a mountain bridge. A pressurizer is fixedly installed in a groove of a base; the pressurizer is communicated with high-speed water curtain spray pipe components, and each high-speed water curtain spray pipe component penetrates through a side wall of the base and communicates with an outside; the base rotates with several groups of spoilers, an outer side of the base is fixedly provided with several groups of energy dissipation components, and a connecting bar is detachably connected between each group of energy dissipation components and the base; rear ends of the base are detachably connected with baffles; and the pressurizer is communicated with a water storage tank.
US12071728B2
A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer. The water vapor barrier layer coating liquid has a spinnability of 0.07 seconds or more and 0.4 seconds or less at a solid content concentration of 32% by weight and a temperature of 25° C. The method is intended to achieve good stability of a coating liquid and good continuous operability.
US12071722B2
A textile fabric having increased improved surface properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a plurality of particles including low-melting particles onto a top surface of the textile fabric. The top surface includes elevated areas, depressed areas, a plurality of surface fibers and gaps among the plurality the plurality of surface fibers. A desired pattern of particle deposition and depth of penetration from the top surface of the plurality of particles into the gaps is established, and heat is applied to the top surface to melt the low-melting particles deposited onto the surface.
US12071718B2
A laundry washing machine having: a casing; a washing tub in the casing; a rotatable drum mounted within the washing tub; a door to provide access to the drum; a receptacle having a volume configured to receive a unit dose package comprising a water soluble pouch containing a dose of cleaning product; a tub supply pipe connecting the receptacle to the washing tub; one or more protrusions movably mounted to the casing to move between a first position in which the one or more protrusions are not located within the volume configured to receive the unit dose package, and a second position in which the one or more protrusions are located within the volume configured to receive the unit dose package; and a motor configured to move the one or more protrusions from the first position to the second position. Methods for operating a laundry washing machine are also provided.
US12071703B2
Provided is an electroplating solution for an indium-bismuth alloy for low-temperature solder, which has a melting point of approximately 140° C. or lower and is capable of inhibiting the displacement of bismuth when manufacturing solder wires. The electroplating solution for an indium-bismuth alloy includes a supplying source of indium ions, a supplying source of bismuth ions, a combination of polyoxyethylene lauryl amine ether and ethoxylated acetylenic diol as a surfactant, carboxylic acid or carboxylate as a complexing agent, and a mercaptotetrazole compound as an auxiliary complexing agent.
US12071700B2
The present invention relates to a process for depositing a metal layer on a substrate by contacting the substrate with a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and a suppressor, and applying a current density to the substrate, where the suppressor is a polycarboxylate ether as described below. The invention further relates to a metal plating bath comprising a metal ion source and the suppressor which is a polycarboxylate ether; and to a use of the polycarboxylate ether in a metal plating bath for depositing a metal layer on a substrate.
US12071696B2
The catalyst composition includes graphitic carbon nitride and a plurality of platinum oxide nanoparticles disposed on the graphitic carbon nitride.
US12071684B2
A method can include vapor depositing a corrosion resistant coating to internal and external surfaces of a metallic air data probe. For example, vapor depositing can include using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method can include placing the metallic air data probe in a vacuum chamber and evacuating the vacuum chamber before using vapor deposition. The corrosion resistant coating can be or include a ceramic coating. In certain embodiments, vapor depositing can include applying a first precursor, then applying a second precursor to the first precursor to form the ceramic coating.
US12071680B2
A product includes a ternary alloy consisting essentially of Sn4Li(4+x)Zn(8−x), where x=0 to <8. A method includes forming a ternary alloy using a mechanical alloying process. The ternary alloy consists essentially of Sn4Li(4+x)Zn(8−x), where x=0 to <8.
US12071660B2
This disclosure provides methods for bisulfite-free identification in a nucleic acid sequence of the locations of 5-methylcytosine, 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, 5-carboxylcytosine and 5-formylcytosine.
US12071655B2
Provided herein are methods of enhancing spatial resolution of an analyte using sandwich maker system. The methods and systems used herein include a first substrate that includes a plurality of probes that include a capture domain and a spatial domain and a second substrate that includes a plurality of probes comprising a capture domain and a spatial domain.
US12071648B2
Disclosed is an ex-vivo model of inflamed skin, an in-vitro method for obtaining the same and uses thereof for screening anti-inflammatory compounds. The method includes injecting, into the dermis of a healthy skin biopsy previously taken from a mammal, a composition including an effective amount for activating dermal resident T cells of an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody; and b) incubating the injected skin biopsy obtained in step a) in the presence of a composition including an effective amount, for obtaining the polarization of the T cells activated in step a) into LTh1 and/or LTh17 and the synthesis of inflammation markers, of at least one mixture of IL-1β, IL-23, and TGF-β.
US12071642B2
The present invention provides engineered amylase polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered amylase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved thermostability, protease stability, and stability under a range of pH conditions, including acidic (pH<7) conditions. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered amylase polypeptides for therapeutic and/or nutritional purposes. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered amylase polypeptides, as well as methods for making the engineered polynucleotides and amylase polypeptides.
US12071614B2
A fermentation broth which includes a microbial cell which has been subjected to a condition under which the activity an endogenous transporter for 2′ fucosyllactose is increased. Also provided are methods for increasing export of 2′ fucosyllactose from a microbial cell, methods for identifying an endogenous yeast transporter of 2′ fucosyllactose, and microbial cells genetically engineered to increase the activity of an endogenous transporter of 2′ fucosyllactose.
US12071603B2
Device for exposing an algal solution to light, associated photobioreactor and implementation method
Disclosed is a device for exposing an algal solution to light, for a photobioreactor, this exposure device including a flat support including at least one opening capable of holding at least one shaft, the shaft being made of a liquid-tight, translucent or even transparent flexible material, and including an open end capable of holding a sleeve, the sleeve being translucent, or even transparent, and arranged to seal and attach the shaft to the support. The exposure device has positive floatability in water. Also disclosed is a photobioreactor equipped with such a device and a start-up method for such a photobioreactor.
US12071600B2
The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.
US12071599B2
An article includes a unit dose packet of a concentrated cleaning composition for cleaning laundry. The concentrated cleaning composition comprising a nonionic surfactant, fatty acid methyl ester sulfonate, fatty acid soap, one or a plurality of enzymes, and a solvent system. The cleaning composition is compatible with polyvinyl alcohol film. The unit dose packet includes the concentrated laundry cleaning composition disposed in a single chamber, dual chamber, or multi-chamber unit dose packet having a total weight of the concentrated cleaning composition of from 15 grams to 30 grams.
US12071588B2
Branched surfactants for use in formulations and processes suitable for hydrocarbon recovery. These formulations, include formulations suitable for fracking, enhancing oil and or gas recovery, and the recovery and/or production of bio-based oils.
US12071587B1
Anti-corrosion and low-heat-conduction annulus protection fluid for deep-sea oil and gas exploitation and a preparation method thereof are provided. The annulus protection fluid includes: a polymer solution: 100 parts, clear water III: 100 parts to 500 parts, a thermally-insulating material: 20 parts, a corrosion inhibitor: 1 part to 7 parts, and xanthan gum: 0.3 parts to 0.5 parts, wherein the polymer solution is a mixture of a polymer and clear water II in a mass ratio of 1:(22-28); and the polymer includes the following raw materials: clear water I: 100 parts, an acrylamide: 15 parts to 20 parts, 2-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid: 5 parts to 10 parts, a crosslinking agent: 0.1 parts to 0.3 parts, and an initiator: 0.5 parts to 1 part. The annulus protection fluid exhibits excellent thermal insulation performance and corrosion resistance, and avoids the generation of hydrates and the decomposition of hydrate layers at a wellhead.
US12071584B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a diverting agent that can exhibit sufficient filling properties against a fracture in a well in an excavation method using a hydraulic fracturing method, and that is excellent in solubility after a predetermined period of time has passed. The diverting agent of the present invention contains a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having an average polymerization degree of 1000 or more.
US12071582B2
A method and apparatus for reclaiming refrigerant. The method includes transferring, an unreclaimed refrigerant composition, including one or more hydrofluoro olefins, from a source vessel to a receiving vessel and transporting the receiving vessel to a recycling center. The unreclaimed refrigerant composition is analyzed to determine the composition of the unreclaimed refrigerant composition sample. A target composition is determined, based on the analyzed unreclaimed refrigerant composition, and one or more treatments are determined, based on the target composition. The unreclaimed refrigerant composition is treated, with the one or more treatments, to form a reclaimed refrigerant composition having the composition of the reclaimed refrigerant composition is equal to the target composition.
US12071580B2
A fire-proof material, in particular a fire-proof thermal insulation material containing water glass, which is composed of a compound which contains 34 to 49.9 wt % of inorganic non-flammable fibres, 50 to 65 wt % of an aqueous silicate solution, and 0.1 to 1 wt % of water glass stabiliser, while it further contains a water glass hardener and the aqueous silicate solution has a density in the range of 1370 to 1400 kg/m3 and a molar ratio of SiO2 to Na2O in the range of 3.2 to 3.4.
US12071577B2
A quantum dot composite comprising: a matrix and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the matrix, wherein the plurality of the quantum dots comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorous, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, and the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The arithmetic size of the plurality of the quantum dots is greater than or equal to about 8 nm, wherein the quantum dot composite is configured to emit red light, and wherein when the quantum dot composite is irradiated with light of a wavelength of from about 450 nm to about 470 nm for a time period of less than or equal to about 500 hours, a luminance increase of the quantum dot composite is less than or equal to about 1.2% of an initial luminance of the quantum dot composite.
US12071576B2
Photostimulated luminescence, which allows energy or data to be stored and released using electromagnetic waves as both the input and output, has attracted considerable interest in the fields of biomedical and informatics technologies, but this phenomenon is mostly limited to solid inorganic materials. Here, we report photostimulated luminescence from purely organic blend films composed of electron donor, acceptor, and trap/emitter molecules. In the films, charges are accumulated as radical ions by ultraviolet light irradiation and then extracted by near infrared light irradiation to produce visible light. Films are capable of multiple cycles (>10 times) of organic photostimulated luminescence, which was still observable from films left in the dark at room temperature for one week after excitation, and emission color could be varied by changing the trap/emitter molecules. These findings will broadly impact existing applications and provide new prospects for innovative flexible devices.
US12071568B2
The present invention relates to adhesive mixtures containing resorcinol and/or resorcinol esters, melamine formaldehyde ethers and sulfenamide derivatives and also silica for use in rubbers, to the production thereof, to vulcanizates and composite articles produced therefrom and to the use thereof.
US12071555B2
An aqueous inkjet ink for textile printing comprising a disperse dyestuff and a glycerol ester of two or three long-chain fatty acids. The invention also includes an inkjet printing method for dyeing fabrics comprising hydrophobic fibres using the above described aqueous inkjet ink.
US12071549B2
The present invention relates to a furnace black having a STSA surface area of at 130 m2/g to 350 m2/g wherein the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.1 if the STSA surface area is in the range of 130 m2/g to 150 m2/g, the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.2 if the STSA surface area is greater than 150 m2/g to 180 m2/g, the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.3 if the STSA surface area is greater than 180 m2/g; and the STSA surface area and the BET surface area are measured according to ASTM D 6556 and to a furnace process wherein the stoichiometric ratio of combustible material to O2 when forming a combustion gas stream is adjusted to obtain a k factor of less than 1.2 and the inert gas concentration in the reactor is increased while limiting the CO2 amount fed to the reactor. Also provided is an apparatus for conducting the process according to the present invention.
US12071548B2
A product having ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection has a quantity of synthetic material, a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each particle having a surface, the quantity of zinc oxide particles in the range of 0.05 percent to 0.10 percent, and a quantity of a reactive group for modifying each surface of each zinc oxide particle, the quantity of the reactive group for incorporating the quantity of zinc oxide particles into the quantity of synthetic material prior to the quantity of synthetic material being formed into a fiber.
US12071539B2
A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.
US12071537B2
Embodiments herein include compositions, extruded articles, and methods of making the same. In an embodiment, an extruded article is included. The extruded article can include an extruded segment comprising a first composition. The first composition can include a polymer resin, particles and fibers. The fibers can be disposed within the first composition exhibiting a substantially non-aligned directional orientation. In an embodiment, an extruded article is included having a first portion comprising a first composition having a first fiber orientation and a second portion comprising a second composition having a second fiber orientation. The first composition can include a polymer resin and fibers. The second composition can include a polymer resin, particles and fibers. The fibers of the second composition can be oriented more randomly than the fibers of the first composition. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12071535B2
Polypropylene polymer compositions are disclosed that can be used to produce different types of molded articles, such as extruded piping structures. The polypropylene polymer composition contains a polypropylene random copolymer in combination with a property enhancing agent. The property enhancing agent is incorporated into the polymer composition so that the composition has relatively high impact resistance properties in combination with a relatively high flexural modulus.
US12071533B2
Provided are methods for selecting a polymer for use as a flexible electronics substrate. An example method includes selecting a thermosetting polymer from a plurality of polymers, wherein the thermosetting polymer: undergoes a thermomechanical transition at a transition temperature between room temperature and the highest temperature observed during processing from the glassy to the rubbery regime; wherein the thermosetting polymer has a Young's modulus below 3 GPa in the glassy regime and wherein the thermosetting polymer has a Young's modulus above 0.3 MPa in the rubbery regime. The method further includes producing a flexible electronic substrate from the selected polymer.
US12071529B2
A method of incorporating nanoparticles into a contact lens includes contacting the contact lens with a solvent sufficient to remove liquid from the contact lens and contacting the contact lens with colloidal nanoparticles sufficient to transfer nanoparticles from the colloidal nanoparticles to the contact lens.
US12071522B2
A liquid color masterbatch composition for fabricating a colored fiber includes 30.0 to 44.4 parts by weight of a colorant, 14.0 to 44.4 parts by weight of a lubricant, and 11.2 to 56.0 parts by weight of a carrier, in which a viscosity of the liquid color masterbatch composition between 13000 cP and 18000 cP.
US12071518B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing an aqueous dispersion of lignin and the use of said suspension in the preparation of a resin.
US12071517B2
Provided herein are dendrimers comprising: a core unit, five generations of building units which are lysine residues or analogues thereof, first terminal groups comprising a cabazitazel residue covalently attached to a diglycolyl linker group, and second terminal groups comprising a PEG group. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dendrimers, and methods and uses of the dendrimers in therapy of disorders such as cancers. Processes for making the dendrimers and intermediates are also provided.
US12071510B2
A perfluoropolyether-based rubber composition which gives cured objects excellent in terms of heat resistance, low-temperature resistance, organic-solvent resistance, and acid resistance, the rubber composition being characterized by comprising (a) a linear perfluoropolyether compound having a number-average molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 and including at least two azido groups in the molecule and a divalent perfluoroalkyl ether structure in the main chain and (b) a linear perfluoropolyether compound having at least three ethynyl groups in the molecule.
US12071506B2
An electrical device includes at least one cross-linked layer obtained from a polymer composition that has: at least one polymer comprising one or more epoxy function(s), and at least one cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agent is selected from: a non-aromatic cyclic amine, an imidazole of formula (I) where R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, R3 and R4 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or R3 and R4 form, together with the carbon atoms of the imidazole ring to which they are attached, a ring, with the imidazole being associated with a cross-linking co-agent having at least one reactive function capable of reacting with the epoxy function of said polymer, and, a mixture thereof.
US12071487B2
Methods are provided for making bispecific antibodies and antibody conjugates comprising site-specifically cross-linking two or more antibodies, antibody fragments or Fc-fusion proteins. Also provided are compositions and uses for the bispecific antibodies and antibody conjugates. The bispecific antibodies may be used to treat a disease or condition. Also provided are methods for site-specifically conjugating a liposome, an mRNA or an siRNA to an antibody, and uses of the antibody-conjugated liposome, mRNA or siRNA.
US12071482B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of engineered IgG Fc constructs, wherein said Fc constructs include one or more Fc domains.
US12071478B2
Provided are methods for treatment or prevention of an autoimmune disease that comprise administering a monoclonal antibody or a binding fragment thereof that binds to domain 3 of human LAG-3 and has one or more of the properties described in (ii) to (v), and the properties described in (i) and (vi) below: (i) having in vitro ADCC activity; (ii) reducing the number of LAG-3 positive cells in vivo in low fucose form; (iii) suppressing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in vivo in low fucose form; (iv) binding to human activated T cells; (v) human LAG-3 binds to human major histocompatibility complex class II molecules in the presence of the antibody or the binding fragment thereof; and (vi) the presence of the antibody or the binding fragment thereof allowing human LAG-3 to exert a human T cell suppression function.
US12071473B2
The present invention relates to a fusion proteins comprising regulatory T cell protein, VISTA (V-domain Immunoglobulin Suppressor of T cell Activation (PD-L3) and an immunoglobulin protein (Ig). The invention also provides the use of VISTA polypeptides, multimeric VISTA polypeptides, VISTA-conjugates (e.g., VISTA-Ig), and VISTA antagonists for the treatment of autoimmune disease, allergy, and inflammatory conditions.
US12071470B2
The invention provides broadly neutralizing antibodies directed to epitopes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. The invention further provides compositions containing HIV antibodies used for prophylaxis, and methods for diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection.
US12071469B2
Provided herein are peptides that exhibit ApoE biological activity, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that include the peptides. The peptides, compositions, and methods disclosed herein have broad applications as they can be used to treat a broad spectrum of injury, diseases, disorders, and clinical indications.
US12071468B2
The present invention relates to a method for purifying a Factor VIII (FVIII) subspecies from a composition comprising FVIII, said method comprising an anion exchange chromatography step, a size exclusion chromatography step, and a concentration step. The invention also relates to a composition comprising a purified FVIII subspecies.
US12071459B2
The present invention relates to a field of biotechnology. It discloses a novel amino acid sequence of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) and encoded nucleotide sequences thereof, and a method for preparing rhBMP-2. In the present invention, by further optimizing the nucleotide sequence of rhBMP-2, novel amino acid sequence of rhBMP-2 that can express good ectopic induced osteogenic activity and has good renaturation and purification effect is screened out. The engineered bacteria constructed by the present invention can induce the production of recombinant rhBMP-2 protein with an expression level of about 55%, and the produced target protein is more easily denatured and purified than the existing recombinant rhBMP-2, with better denaturation and purification effect and higher osteoinductive activity.
US12071456B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising biologically active proteins linked to extended recombinant polypeptide (XTEN), isolated nucleic acids encoding the compositions and vectors and host cells containing the same, and methods of using such compositions in treatment of glucose-related diseases, metabolic diseases, coagulation disorders, and growth hormone-related disorders and conditions.
US12071454B2
Antigenic respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) polypeptides for use in eliciting antibodies against RSV are provided. Also provided are antigenic polypeptides comprising an RSV polypeptide and a ferritin protein.
US12071451B2
A method of enriching a material comprising glucose, fructose, and one or more components inert to isomerization using chromatography to produce a high purity fructose product. An embodiment of the method purifies high fructose corn syrup from a feedstock into three product streams: a first fraction rich in glucose, a second fructose product comprising an extract of fructose purity exceeding about 95%, and a third less pure fructose fraction comprising fructose ranging from about 55% to about 90% fructose purity. The third less pure fructose fraction may be combined with 42% fructose syrup to produce saleable mid-purity fructose product, such as having 55% fructose purity. An SMB system is also disclosed and comprises a first SMB separator, a second SMB separator, and an isomerization chamber.
US12071447B2
A composition for a photoelectric device includes a p-type semiconductor compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and an n-type semiconductor compound, and an image sensor and an electronic device including the same: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
US12071445B2
The present invention provides novel transition-metal precatalysts that are useful in preparing active coupling catalysts. In certain embodiments, the precatalysts of the invention are air-stable and moisture-stable. The present invention further provides methods of making and using the precatalysts of the invention.
US12071437B1
Novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-e]pyrimidine-2-carboxylic acid compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-e]pyrimidine-2-carboxylic acid compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US12071435B2
The present invention relates to a structurally novel TLR8 (Toll-like receptor 8) agonist and, in particular, to a compound thereof of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and an isomer thereof.
US12071433B2
The present invention is related to compounds of structure (I) as heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX 1) inducers. (Formula I) The present invention is also related a method of controlling the activity or the amount, or both the activity and the amount, of heme-oxygenase 1 in a mammalian subject. The definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US12071429B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds.
US12071428B2
Disclosed herein are compounds and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions associated with FGFR inhibition.
US12071426B2
Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors for the targeting or IRE1 protein family members. Binding may be direct or indirect. Further provided herein are methods of using IRE1 small molecule inhibitors for use in treating or ameliorating cancer in a subject. Moreover, IRE1 small molecule inhibitors described herein are for the treatment of cancer, where the cancer is a solid or hematologic cancer.
US12071421B2
Disclosed are compounds including phosphate and N-oxide prodrugs of the NK1 antagonist netupitant, useful in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases including emesis induced by chemotherapy. Also disclosed are methods of making a di-tert-butyl (chloromethyl) phosphate useful in the manufacture of such prodrugs by reacting a dialkylphosphate salt with an acid to obtain the corresponding ester of phosphoric acid, reacting the ester with a quaternary ammonium hydroxide base to form a monobasic salt, and reacting the monobasic salt with chloroiodomethane to form the corresponding chloromethyl dialkyl phosphate.
US12071420B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein A1, A2, X and R1-R3 are as defined in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament.
US12071414B2
Provided herein are agonists of the apelin receptor for the treatment of disease. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for the treatment of a range of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions.
US12071413B2
The present invention relates to a novel azole derivative as an apelin receptor agonist and a method for treating cardiovascular disease, diabetic disease, renal disease, hypertension, and arteriosclerosis, etc., using the same. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof wherein X1 represents —N═ or —CH═, X2 represents —CH═ or —N═, R1 and R2 each represent a C1 to C6 alkoxy group or the like, R3 represents a heteroaryl group (the heteroaryl group is optionally substituted by a methyl group or the like) or the like, and R4 represents a C1 to C6 alkylthio group or a C2 to C6 alkenyl group (the C1 to C6 alkylthio group and the C2 to C6 alkenyl group are each optionally substituted by one carboxy group or the like) or the like.
US12071406B2
The present invention is related to crystalline forms of 2-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-N,2-dimethyl-N-(6-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-(o-tolyl)pyridin-3-yl)propanamide which is an NK-1 antagonist useful in the treatment of induced vomiting and other disorders.
US12071396B2
The present invention provides methods of efficiently producing various optically active aromatic amino acid derivatives by reacting, using an additive, a specific ester compound with an aromatic halide and zinc in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention also provides amino acid derivatives that can be produced by the methods.
US12071394B2
Monoisocyanate impurities are removed from a process stream obtained when solvent is separated from a polyisocyanate product. The monoisocyanates are reacted with amine compounds at specific molar ratios to produce ureas. The ureas can be discarded by burning, landfilling or otherwise. Alternatively the ureas can be recycled back into the polyisocyanate manufacturing process, where they are formed into biuret compounds that can remain with the polyisocyanate product.
US12071372B2
Methods of manufacturing a protective front cover subassembly for an electronic display assembly and related products are disclosed. A first component of the protective front cover subassembly is secured to a frame. A first and second part of a mixture which produces an index-matching optical adhesive when combined are applied to the first component. A second component of the protective front cover subassembly is placed at said frame spaced apart from said first component such that the mixture is interposed between the first and second components. The mixture is exposed to a light source while interposed between the first and second components.
US12071370B2
The present invention relates to a glass substrate including a pair of main surfaces and an end surface, and having a surface layer diffusion Sn atom concentration of 2.0×1018 atomic/cm3 or more and 1.4×1019 atomic/cm3 or less in at least one of the main surfaces, the surface layer diffusion Sn atom concentration being obtained by subtracting an Sn atom concentration of an inside of the glass substrate from an Sn atom concentration of a surface layer of the glass substrate, in which the Sn atom concentration of a surface layer of the glass substrate is defined as an Sn atom concentration at a depth of 0.1 to 0.3 μm from the main surface and the Sn atom concentration of an inside of the glass substrate is defined as an Sn atom concentration at a depth of 9.0 to 9.2 μm from the main surface.
US12071368B2
An improved glazing unit including a glass panel which is low in reflectance for RF radiation, a coating system which is high in reflectance for RF radiation disposed on the glass panel and creating onto the glazing unit a dual band bandpass filter. The glazing unit further includes at least one frequencies selective decoated portion of the coating system extending along a plane, P; having a width, DW, and a length, DL. The at least one frequencies selective decoated portion features a first decoated element with a plurality of unit cells, and a plurality of second decoated elements where a second decoated element is placed in a unit cell of the first decoated element, but no second decoated element is in contact with the first decoated element and at least one unit cell of the first decoated element has no second decoated element.
US12071364B2
A glass ceramic article including a lithium disilicate crystalline phase, a petalite crystalline phased, and a residual glass phase. The glass ceramic article has a warp (μm)<(3.65×10−9/μm×diagonal2) where diagonal is a diagonal measurement of the glass ceramic article in μm, a stress of less than 30 nm of retardation per mm of glass ceramic article thickness, a haze (%)<0.0994t+0.12 where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm, and an optical transmission (%)>0.91×10(2-0.03t) of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths from 450 nm to 800 nm, where t is the thickness of the glass ceramic article in mm.
US12071354B2
Disclosed herein is a class of co-ordination framework materials having various useful properties. The co-ordination frameworks comprise complexes of M2[M′(CN)6] or Ax(M2[M′(CN)6]), wherein M is selected from V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Ru, Rh, Pd and Pt; M′ is selected from Fe and Ru; A (when present) is located in the pores of the framework and is selected from Li+, Na+, K+, Be2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+; and x (when present) is 0
US12071348B2
Provided is a method for forming graphene nanoholes to form nanoholes in a graphene sheet, the method comprising a process (a) of forming a functional group-bonded region in a graphene sheet, and a process (b) of heating the graphene sheet having the functional group-bonded region to remove the functional group-bonded region to form nanoholes.
US12071346B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems to collect fine particle coal are provided herein. For example, these methods, apparatuses, and systems may be incorporated into a coal processing plant to collect a portion of the fine particle coal that is normally lost in the system. A fine particle coal also is provided. The fine particle coal may have a particle size of 1000 μm or smaller and a water content of from about 5% to about 20%, by weight.
US12071340B2
Provided are integrated analysis devices having features of macroscale and nanoscale dimensions, and devices that have reduced background signals and that reduce quenching of fluorophores disposed within the devices. Related methods of manufacturing these devices and of using these devices are also provided.
US12071336B2
There is provided a system comprising a plurality of reusable and portable beverage containers the system further comprising at least one beverage dispensing station adapted to support one of the beverage containers, and connect to the beverage container such that beverage can be dispensed from the container, said beverage dispensing station comprising an identity tag reader configured to read the identity tag of a beverage container, said beverage dispensing station further comprising a wireless network interface, where the beverage dispensing station has dispensing prevention means which prevents a user from dispensing beverage from the dispenser, the system further comprising a server in communication with the beverage dispensing station, said server having stored a dataset comprising the identities of each of the plurality of beverage containers, wherein a beverage container can be flagged, in the dataset, for activation of the be dispensing prevention means, and the system is configured to, when a beverage container is flagged for activation of the beverage dispensing prevention means, activate the dispensing prevention means of the dispensing station.
US12071314B2
In one aspect, a transfer guard member having a body for being positioned in a gap intermediate conveying surfaces, an upper portion of the body for spanning the gap and outer portions of the upper body for slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces, and a pair of spaced, resilient legs having distal end portions for resiliently and slidingly engaging the conveying surfaces. In another aspect, a transfer guard member having a body and at least one attachment member of the body configured for being detachably fixed to a mounting bar. The body has at least one recess adjacent the attachment member for receiving at least one attachment member of another transfer guard member fixed to the mounting bar so that upper transfer surfaces of the attachment members are adjacent one another.
US12071310B2
A conveyor system includes a rail that supports multiple carts that move along a track of the conveyor system. A plurality of sensors is operably connected to the rail and configured to measure vibrations of the rail as the carts move along the track. One or more sensors are operably connected to the cart and configured to take measurements of the cart as the cart moves along the track. A central controller collects data from sensors, and a processor analyzes the data to determine whether the data is within a predetermined range that corresponds to normal operation of the conveyor system. A method of operating the conveyor system includes moving the multiple carts along the rail and collecting data from the sensors. The data is analyzed to determine if it is within a predetermined range.
US12071298B1
A garbage basket storage mechanism comprises of a pair of linear slide bars that attaches to a cabinet base. A pair of linear upper slide guide mounts that mount on the pair of linear slide bars. A second base that attaches to the pair of linear upper slide guide mounts. A swivel mount that attaches to the base of the cabinet. An triangle force transmitting connector (hereinafter “TFTC”) that has a left, a middle, and a right attachment point, the left attachment point attaches to the swivel mount. A first linear bar attaches to the middle attachment point of the TFTC. A pivot attachment that attaches to a cabinet door, the first linear bar attaches to the pivot. A second linear bar that attaches to the right attachment point of the TFTC. And, a second swivel mount attaches to the second base, The second linear bar attaches to the second swivel mount.
US12071283B2
A tray is provided for retaining a plurality of food items that includes a bottom wall portion and a sidewall portion together defining a plurality of compartments separated from each other by dividers and each configured to retain a stack of the food items. Each of the dividers is interconnected to the sidewall portion by a pair of scalloped ledges. The sidewall portion of the tray includes two side panels each including stiffening ribs extending only along a portion thereof, but not extending along an entire length thereof. The tray is configured such that, in response to a compressing force applied to the tray in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second side panels, the sidewall portion of the tray deflects in a direction away from the food items.
US12071274B2
A modular produce crate has four side panels, a base panel and abase having a quadrant of upper surface corner base connectors. Each side panel defines an interior base panel channel, a pair of side panel corner connectors extending below the channel and side panel interfacing edges above the channel. Adjacent pairs of the side panel corner connectors plug into each respective corner base connector to enclose the channels around the base panel to hold the base panel and adjacent interfacing edges thereof are fastened together. As such, the base panel is held fast by the engagement of the side panel connectors within the respective base connectors thereunderneath and by the fastened interfacing edges of the side panels thereabove.
US12071259B2
A support structure, including an excavation and a plurality of irregularly shaped foamed glass bodies at least partially filing the excavation. Each respective irregularly shaped foamed glass body has an aspect ratio of about 1:1.7 and a diameter of about 1 inch. The irregularly shaped foamed glass bodies intersect to define stacking angles of at least about 35 degrees. Under compression, the irregularly shaped foamed glass bodies crush and break up before slip failure occurs such that the roadbed has a crushing failure mode.
US12071252B1
The aircraft can include a rotary airfoil device having an output shaft rotatable around an airfoil rotation axis; an electric engine having a source shaft drivingly coupled to the output shaft; a controller in communication with the electric engine; a low voltage electric system operable to power the controller; a high voltage electric system having a high voltage battery operable to power the electric engine, the high voltage battery further operable to power the low voltage electric system via a voltage converter; and an electromagnetic generator having a generator shaft coupled to the output shaft, the electromagnetic generator operable to power the low voltage electric system.
US12071250B2
An aircraft with hybrid thermal/electrical propulsion includes a turbomachine; a first electrical source; a second electrical source equipped with an electrical energy storage device; a non-propulsion electrical distribution network; a low-voltage electrical distribution network; and a propulsion electrical distribution network. The three electrical distribution networks are electrically supplied by the first and second electrical sources and electrically interconnected by static converters.
US12071249B2
A method and a device are disclosed for determining icing on an aircraft, as well as an aircraft. The method can include acquiring a current flight state of the aircraft, acquiring current flight conditions of the aircraft, estimating an estimated power feed of a power supply of the aircraft for the current flight state under the current flight conditions, comparing the estimated power feed with an actual power feed of the power supply of the aircraft, and determining a presence of icing on the aircraft when a probability of an existence of icing conditions exceeds a predetermined probability threshold and the estimated power feed exceeds the actual power feed by a predetermined amount.
US12071245B2
A legrest assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a plurality of frame members. The assembly may include one or more closeout panels arranged proximate to an opening within a storage compartment and configured to at least partially form the opening within the storage compartment and at least partially enclose one or more gaps formed between sidewalls of the storage compartment, the plurality of frame members, and a divan seat frame. The assembly may include a plurality of panel doors configured to open or close, the plurality of panel doors including a plurality of integrated frame members configured to couple the plurality of doors to a frame member of the plurality of frame members. The assembly may include a panel door latch mechanism configured to open the plurality of panel doors, the panel door latch mechanism including a door handle and a door latch assembly.
US12071241B2
A system for alerting a passenger is disclosed. The system includes an aircraft seat including a haptic mechanism, the haptic mechanism configured to be selectively activated. The system includes one or more buttons operationally coupled to the haptic mechanism. The one or more buttons are configured to be selectively operated. The one or more buttons are further configured to activate the haptic mechanism based on an operation of at least one of the one or more buttons.
US12071240B2
A dual use UAV or “drone” can include a battery and primary processor located at a fuselage, as well as two separate modular units removably coupled to the fuselage and in communication with the primary processor. The two separate modular units can interact with each other to provide an enhanced operation while the drone is in flight. One modular unit can be an ISR unit having a video camera, and the other modular unit can be a cargo unit. The enhanced operation can involve the ISR unit using its video camera to identify a delivery location for a cargo pod of the cargo unit. Alternative modular units can include a secondary ISR unit, a cargo fuel pod unit, or a robotic arm assembly. Standardized interfaces coupled to the fuselage can enable the ready removal of one modular unit and installation of another one.
US12071235B2
An access panel to be received in an access aperture in a lower skin of a wing on an aircraft incorporates a body surrounded by a sealing flange. The body is configured to be received in the access aperture and the sealing flange is configured to be received on a sealing land surrounding the access aperture. An integral heat exchanger extends from a top surface of the body into a fuel tank in the wing to conduct heat from the fuel to an external surface of the access panel.
US12071226B2
A flying passenger rotor lifted vehicle that is capable of taking off and landing vertically, that is relatively light-weight, has responsive control, and increased safety against failure of propulsion/thrust systems. The flying vehicle can include a body having a tail section, a central thrust unit arranged along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, at a distance from the rotation axis of the main rotor, a mounting support on either side of the body, and a side thrust unit mounted to each mounting support. The central thrust unit includes a fan which provides air flow with a flow component perpendicular to a virtual vertical midplane of the vehicle. Each of the side thrust units includes a fan which provides air flow with a flow component parallel to the virtual vertical midplane. At least one of the thrust units has controllable air deflection to deflect the corresponding output air flow in a controllable manner.
US12071221B2
A spoiler actuation apparatus for moving an aircraft spoiler. The spoiler is moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The spoiler actuation apparatus includes a guide member, a rack mounted on the guide member and slideable along a longitudinal axis of the guide member, and a gear coupled to the rack, the gear arranged to move the spoiler in response to sliding of the rack. The rack is held at a first position when the spoiler is in the stowed configuration. An actuator moves the rack from the first position to a second position along the longitudinal axis. When the rack is at the second position, the rack is operable to accelerate relative to the guide member away from the second position by an aerodynamic force acting on the spoiler.
US12071213B1
A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes an engine effectuating rotation of an output shaft; at least one battery configured to power a load; an alternator having a rotor that is driven into rotation by the output shaft and that outputs a charge current to the at least one battery; and a control system configured to operate the engine in a propulsion mode to rotate a propulsor to propel the marine vessel and a generator mode to charge the at least one battery while the marine vessel remains stationary. The control system is further configured to receive a generator mode command to start the engine in the generator mode; determine whether at least one generator start condition is satisfied; and responsive to a determination that the at least one generator start condition is satisfied, operate the engine in the generator mode.
US12071212B2
A suspension structure for an outboard motor and an outboard motor includes a clamp bracket, a main body support having a lowest position in a tilt-down state among portions supporting an outboard motor main body except for the clamp bracket, and a coupling fixed to the main body support and supported turnably about a tilt shaft at a first position and a second position in an axial direction of the tilt shaft. The main body support is between the first position and the second position and parallel to the axial direction of the tilt shaft. In the tilt-down state, the main body support is lower than the first position and the second position, and an imaginary triangle is defined by the first position, the second position, and the main body support as vertices when viewed from a rear.
US12071209B2
In a vessel for installing a structure onto or into a seabed, multiple actuators comprised by a dynamic positioning system and a structure positioning system may be used for controlling a position and/or orientation of the structure. When two actuators are actuated simultaneously or in rapid succession, instabilities may occur. Furthermore, two actuators may be working in opposite directions or with opposite control goals. To increase stability and/or workability of the vessel's actuators, a supervisory control arrangement is provided to interconnect control systems of different actuators of the vessel, for example the dynamic positioning system and the structure positioning system. Where previously the dynamic positioning system and the structure position system were individually operating system, with the supervisory control arrangement one system can take into account an input and/or output of the other system.
US12071206B2
Methods and systems enabling electronic devices associated with each of at least two watercrafts to dynamically form ad hoc wireless networks when the corresponding watercrafts are within range of one another are provided. Data transfer on the water is thus enhanced via such ad hoc mesh-type networks. A method of distributing marine electronics data includes receiving, over a first wireless local area network at an electronic device associated with a first watercraft, marine electronics data from an electronic device associated with a second watercraft; establishing a second wireless local area network between the electronic device associated with the first watercraft and an electronic device associated with a third watercraft; and transmitting the marine electronics data received from the electronic device associated with the second watercraft from the electronic device associated with the first watercraft to the electronic device associated with the third watercraft over the second wireless local area network.
US12071203B2
The present invention provides devices and kits for modifying a standard surfboard into a motorized surfboard, utilizing a detachable modular underwater power unit, wherein said underwater power unit is configured to be attached to various standard fins or a fin unit, and wherein the underwater power unit is further configured be utilized for diving and/or swimming applications.
US12071201B2
A vessel secure remote access system and method, comprising; a maintenance access device arranged on the vessel, configured to be connected to vessel operation systems and further to be connected to a remote service station via a first secure link, wherein the remote service station is configured to perform maintenance tasks on the vessel operation systems. A remote control switch is arranged on the vessel configured to be connected to a remote control station, via a second secure link, wherein a disabled state the maintenance access device blocks access to the vessel operation systems, and in an enabled state allows access to the vessel operation systems. The remote control switch is configured to enable or disable the vessel maintenance access device based on commands from the remote control station.
US12071199B2
A human-powered vehicle includes a crank axle, a first rotational body, a wheel, a second rotational body, a transmission body that transmits a driving force between the first rotational body and the second rotational body, a derailleur configured to operate the transmission body to change a transmission ratio, and a motor configured to drive the transmission body. A control device has an electronic controller configured to control the motor and drive the transmission body with the motor so as to change at least one of a rotational angle of the motor and an output torque of the motor in correspondence with a state of the human-powered vehicle upon determining the derailleur has been actuated to change the transmission ratio and a predetermined condition related to pedaling is satisfied.
US12071191B2
A bicycle locking system for mounting in a bicycle including an axle which is rotatable around its longitudinal axis, a first locking element and a second locking element, which are configured for locking engagement with each other, where the first locking element is fixed to the axle and each of the first and second locking elements comprise an engagement surface. The locking system also includes a biasing device and an actuation element, the biasing device configured to exert a force on the second locking element in the longitudinal direction, so as to displace the first and second locking elements in relation to each other, where the biasing device is a magnetic biasing device, and the actuation element acts to switch the locking system between a state where the biasing device magnetically repels the second locking element and a state where the biasing device magnetically attracts the second locking element.
US12071190B2
A locking mechanism can be used for securing a scooter or other vehicle. The locking mechanism can secure a wheel of the scooter in a left or right steering position. The locking mechanism can be manually actuated by the user, such as by a foot or hand of the user. Once the wheel is secured in place, the scooter may be difficult to ride without unlocking. The locking mechanism can be unlocked through a wireless connection with a remote control (e.g. a phone).
US12071189B2
A method of manufacturing a modular vehicle subassembly (MVS) includes assembling a propulsion system onto a vehicle frame, assembling a suspension system onto the vehicle frame, assembling a steering system and braking system onto the vehicle frame, assembling an electrical distribution system onto the vehicle frame, and integrating an onboard controller with the propulsion system, the steering system, and the braking system. The onboard controller is configured to command the propulsion system, the steering system, and the braking system such that the MVS is operable to move untethered through a top hat assembly line during assembly of a top hat on the MVS.
US12071188B2
An embodiment variable chassis platform includes a body part having an interior space, an extension part configured to be inserted into the interior space of the body part along a first direction that crosses an upward/downward direction and an opposite direction thereto, a fixing part configured to fix the extension part to a specific location, and a wheel part coupled to one end of the extension part.
US12071186B1
Disclosed is a steering wheel torque feedback optimization control method for a differential braking system, including: estimating a tire lateral force of a vehicle; predicting a state of the vehicle at a next moment under a non-differential torque condition; predicting a state of the vehicle at the next moment under a differential torque condition with an additional yaw moment; calculating tire lateral forces at the next moment under the differential torque condition and the non-differential torque condition separately based on the predicted states of the vehicle at the next moment under the differential torque condition and the non-differential torque condition, and obtaining a predicted one-step change value of a front tire lateral force by performing subtraction; performing integral calculation based on time, and obtaining a continuous change amount of the tire lateral force; and correcting a desired moment of a steering power motor.
US12071181B2
An electric drive device includes: an electronic control section including a first electronic control section and a second electronic control section which constitute a redundant system, the first electronic control section and the second electronic control section being provided with a first control section side connecter and a second control section side connecter which have an identical configuration, and the first non-control section side connecter being engaged with the first control section side connecter, and the second non-control section side connecter being engaged with the second control section side connecter to correspond to the lengths of the first harness and the second harness.
US12071177B2
A vehicle function arrangement for a vehicle includes a fender frame and a utility unit. The fender frame is adapted for attaching to a vehicle wheel position of the vehicle, wherein the fender frame has a sideward extension surface arranged for outwardly extending from the vehicle wheel frame. The utility unit is provided at the sideward extension surface of the fender frame for creating an additional utility space for the vehicle. In one embodiment, the vehicle function arrangement is installed to the vehicle wheel frame by fastening the fender frame of the vehicle function arrangement to the vehicle wheel frame.
US12071175B2
A front side frame provided on each of right and left sides of the vehicle and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and a bumper beam provided on a vehicle front side of each of the front side frames and having an inclined section in each end portion in a vehicle width direction, the bumper beam extending outward in the vehicle width direction and being inclined rearward in. A crash can is provided in a front end portion of each of the front side frames, extends forward, and is inclined outward in the vehicle width direction. A front end portion of each of the crash cans is coupled to the respective inclined section of the bumper beam. On an inner side in the vehicle width direction of each of the crash cans, a vulnerable portion is provided, and has low strength against a collision load input to the bumper beam.
US12071156B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for generation and use of surfel maps to plan for occlusions. One of the methods includes receiving a previously-generated surfel map depicting an area in which a vehicle is located, the surfel map comprising a plurality of surfels, each surfel corresponding to a respective different location in the area in which a vehicle is located; receiving, from one or more sensors, sensor data representing the area in which the vehicle is located; determining, based on the sensor data, that the area in which a vehicle is located includes a dynamic object having a changed shape relative to its representation in the surfel map; and generating an updated path for the vehicle to travel that avoids an occlusion by the changed shape of the dynamic object of a line of sight of one or more sensors to an area of interest.
US12071154B2
A driving assistance apparatus includes a controller programmed to perform a deceleration assistance process of assisting in decelerating a vehicle before the vehicle arrives at a deceleration object, and to control a display apparatus to display, in a first display area, first notification information for notifying an occupant of the vehicle of the deceleration object that is a target for the deceleration assistance process. When a first object and a second object that is different from the first object are both detected as the deceleration object and the second object is the target for the deceleration assistance process but the first object is not the target for the deceleration assistance process, the controller is programmed to control the display apparatus to display, in a second display area, second notification information for notifying the occupant of the first object, the second display area is different from the first display area.
US12071151B2
A driver assistance system for a vehicle, includes one or more controllers and is configured to: receive location information indicative of a location of the vehicle; determine, based on image data received from one or more imaging devices associated with the vehicle, one or more visible characteristics in an environment of the vehicle; determine, based at least in part on the location information and the visible characteristics, an availability of a remotely accessible feature of the vehicle; and output a signal indicative of the availability of the remotely accessible feature.
US12071141B2
Systems and methods are provided for predictive assessment of driver perception abilities based on driving behavior personalized to the driver in connection with, but not necessarily, autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. In accordance with on embodiment, a method comprises receiving first vehicle operating data and associated first gaze data of a driver operating a vehicle; training a model for the driver based on the first vehicle operating data and the first gaze data, the model indicating driving behavior of the driver; receiving second vehicle operating data and associated second gaze data of the driver; and determining that an ability of the driver to perceive hazards is impaired based on applying the model to the second vehicle operating data and associated second gaze data.
US12071137B2
A method for automated control of a vehicle includes automatically navigating a vehicle within a current lane of travel with a driving assistance system, and predetermining a steering maneuver during the automatic navigation with the driving assistance system. The method also includes, prior to performing the predetermined steering maneuver, biasing the vehicle within the current lane of travel with an offset from a center of the current lane of travel using the driving assistance system, the offset in a direction of the predetermined steering maneuver, and performing the predetermined steering maneuver with the driving assistance system.
US12071133B2
A vehicle body speed estimation method applied to a four-wheel drive vehicle includes: acquiring an estimated vehicle body speed based on wheel speeds or a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; determining whether an operation condition that includes at least a condition that the estimated vehicle body speed is higher than an operation determination speed is satisfied; performing torque limitation to reduce a torque of a portion of wheels of the vehicle when the operation condition is satisfied; determining whether a stop condition that includes a condition that the estimated vehicle body speed is lower than or equal to a stop determination speed or a condition that a duration of a state where a wheel acceleration of the portion of the wheels is higher than zero is longer than or equal to a set period of time; and stopping the torque limitation when the stop condition is satisfied.
US12071131B2
A route planning apparatus configured to create a travel plan that includes a planned travel route for a leading vehicle to electronically tow a following vehicle using inter-vehicle communication, the route planning apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a request to stop at a waypoint during traveling by the electronic towing, the stop-over request being input on a second information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the following vehicle: a searching unit configured to search, for a waypoint according to the request, the planned travel route and a surrounding region of the planned travel route; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit information regarding a found waypoint and a route to the waypoint to a first information processing apparatus that is used by an occupant of the leading vehicle.
US12071118B2
A brake system for a vehicle has at least one pressure supply device which is connected to a brake circuit via a hydraulic line. Furthermore, the brake system has a hydraulic connection between at least one of the brake circuits and an accumulator container, said connection being switchable via at least one outlet switch valve, and the pressure supply device has a double stroke piston with a working stroke and a return stroke. The double stroke piston can be at least partly emptied via the outlet switch valve.
US12071113B2
The electric-powered actuator includes a control device including: a motor angle estimation unit, and a reverse-input holding control section having a function of engaging an engaging part with an engaged part by controlling a solenoid to set the reverse-input holding mechanism into a reverse-input holding state while the electric-powered actuator is applying a load and a function of, from the reverse-input holding state, disengaging the engaging part from the engaged part to set the reverse-input holding mechanism into a reverse-input holding release state. The reverse-input holding control section includes an engagement intermediate control function section configured to control the estimated rotation angle such that the engaged part and the engaging part come into a predetermined positional relation within a certain period of time, when the engaging part is brought into engagement with the engaged part and when the engaging part is brought out of engagement with the engaged part.
US12071111B2
A brake system for a vehicle has at least two hydraulic brake circuits, each with at least one hydraulically acting wheel brake, and a switching valve on each hydraulically acting wheel brake, which switching valve connects in each case one hydraulically acting wheel brake to one of the two brake circuits. The brake system also has a central outlet switching valve which brings about a switchable hydraulic connection between at least one of the brake circuits and a reservoir vessel, wherein the reduction in pressure in the at least one hydraulically acting wheel brake is effected by opening the central outlet switching valve and the associated switching valve.
US12071104B2
A bicycle carrier includes a vehicle attachment portion, a first load arm, and a second load arm. The second load arm is disposed between the vehicle attachment portion and the first load arm. The second load arm is configured to be removably coupled to the vehicle attachment portion and the first load arm.
US12071092B1
A vehicle includes a vehicle-seat assembly. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a vehicle seat having a seatback. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a head restraint having a frame supported by the seatback and a sliding member supported by the frame. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a track between the sliding member and the frame. The sliding member is slidable along the track from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The vehicle-seat assembly includes an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag has a base fixed to the sliding member in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The base forces the sliding member from the undeployed position to the deployed position as the airbag moves from the uninflated position to the inflated position.
US12071085B2
A system for controlling DC-to-DC converters connected in parallel can include a first DC-to-DC converter, a second DC-to-DC converter, and a controller. The first DC-to-DC converter can be connected between a first node and a second node. The first DC-to-DC converter can be configured to maintain a voltage level at the second node. The second DC-to-DC converter can be connected between the first node and the second node. The controller can be configured to measure a current through the first DC-to-DC converter. The controller can be configured to cause, in response to a measure of the current being in a specific relationship with respect to a threshold current, a change in electric power being conveyed through the second DC-to-DC converter to cause the second DC-to-DC converter to respond to a subsequent change in electric power being conveyed through the second node.
US12071084B2
A method for managing power consumption for a vehicular lidar sensing system includes providing power to each lidar sensor of one or more lidars of the lidar sensing system. Each lidar has a corresponding field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. A speed of the vehicle is determined as the vehicle travels along a road, and electrical power is provided to the lidar sensor of the vehicular lidar sensing system as the vehicle travels along a road. An initial level of electrical power is determined for the lidar sensor based on the determined speed of the vehicle. A change in a driving condition is determined and, responsive to the determined change in driving condition, the electrical power provided to the lidar sensor is adjusted.
US12071083B2
The invention relates to automobile electronic system comprising one or more domain computer centers for embedding electronic units forming parts of the automobile electronic system; and two or more module housings, each of which accommodating at least one of said electronic units; wherein each of the domain computer centers comprises two or more plug-in pockets and each of the module housings is plugged within respective one plug-in pocket, and wherein each plug-in pocket is embedded within a respective domain computer center by at least one apparatus for decoupling a respective plugged module housing from environmental factors. The domain computer centers further has a liquid-cooling apparatus integrated for cooling module housings plugged-in. The invention relates furthermore to corresponding domain computer centers and module housings and to a method for the integration of electronic units into such an automobile electronic system.
US12071081B2
Provided is a wire harness routing device that includes a rail in which an insertion hole through which a wire harness is to be inserted is formed, and a slider that performs a sliding movement together with the wire harness with respect to the rail, the wire harness routing device including a harness regulating portion that is arranged along the wire harness in the insertion hole, and is configured to regulate the movement of the wire harness in a direction different from a direction of performing the sliding movement, and move in the insertion hole accompanying the sliding movement of the slider.
US12071075B1
A method for enhancing situational awareness in a transportation vehicle includes locating at least one camera on the vehicle. Upon activation of a vehicle brake, the camera is automatically paired with a computing device located inside the vehicle.
US12071069B2
A mount is provided for attaching a camera to a support surface of a towed vehicle. The support surface is configured for supporting a light housing and has a hole for receiving a fastener for securing the light housing to the support surface. The mount broadly comprises a flange and a bracket extending below the flange. The flange comprises a light housing hole for receiving the light housing therethrough, and a fastener hole for receiving the fastener. The bracket is configured to engage the camera.
US12071067B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a luminous device of a motor vehicle arranged to emit a pixelated light beam in a preset emission region. The method includes receiving an instruction to emit a desired pixelated luminous function for each of the luminous modules. The instruction for creating a digital image forming one segment of the desired pixelated luminous function in a frame corresponding to the preset emission region of the luminous module, the digital image being independent of the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method further correcting said created digital image depending on the types of light sources and of optical device of the luminous module. The method additionally emitting, with the luminous module, into the preset emission region, a pixelated light beam corresponding to the corrected digital image.
US12071066B2
The present disclosure relates to a bracket assembly for a light. The light is mountable on a vehicle with the bracket assembly. The bracket assembly comprises a main body comprising a post, and an adapter body comprising a post. The adapter body is engageable to the main body. The main body or the adapter body comprises an additional post.
US12071054B2
Provided is a vehicle seat capable of providing its coupling structure with a vibration reducing function at a low cost. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a vehicle seat including a cushion frame. The cushion frame includes a first member and a second member, and a coupling structure coupling the first and second members to each other. The coupling structure includes a first collar having a cylindrical shape and fixed to the first member, a second collar having a cylindrical shape and inserted in the first collar, a bolt inserted through the second collar, a first elastic element arranged between the first collar and the second member in an axial direction of the bolt, and a second elastic element held between the first and second collars in a radial direction of the bolt. The first collar has an inner diameter changing along an axial direction of the first collar.
US12071052B2
An air conditioning device for a vehicle seat, the air conditioning device includes: at least one flow generator to generate an air flow; at least one air inlet opening fluidically connected to a flow inlet of the flow generator to draw in air to be temperature-controlled; at least one air outlet opening fluidically connected to a flow outlet of the flow generator to eject the temperature-controlled air; a temperature-control device configured to control a temperature of the air drawn in through the at least one air inlet opening prior to the air being ejected from the at least one air outlet opening; and a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the air drawn into the at least one air inlet opening and to adapt a heating power of the temperature-control device to the detected temperature of the drawn-in air.
US12071042B2
Various embodiments include method for determining a temperature of an active layer of a heating resistor for a recuperation system of a motor vehicle comprising: determining an instantaneous value of a current flowing through the active layer of the heating resistor at a first time; determining an instantaneous value of a voltage present on the active layer at the first time; calculating an instantaneous value of an electrical resistance based on the determined instantaneous value of the current and the determined instantaneous value of the voltage; and determining an instantaneous value of a temperature of the active layer from the calculated value of the electrical resistance.
US12071037B2
The battery control device includes: a charge/discharge controller configured to charge or discharge the secondary battery during diagnosis; an open circuit voltage curve acquisition device configured to acquire an open circuit voltage by charging or discharging the secondary battery; and an arithmetic processor configured to estimate a potential of the positive electrode and a potential of the negative electrode from an open circuit voltage curve. The battery control device controls the charge cut-off voltage and the discharge cut-off voltage such that an estimated positive potential does not exceed an upper limit and a lower limit of voltage that are preset.
US12071035B2
A method for handling surplus or deficit of energy in a local energy system (30) is presented. The method comprising: determining (S1) energy status of the local energy system (30) based on data pertaining to the local energy system (30); determining (S2), for each of a plurality of moveable devices (10) comprising an accumulator (20), an accumulator status based on accumulator data pertaining to the respective moveable device (10); scoring (S3), based on the determined respective accumulator statuses and the determined energy status, each of the moveable devices (10); and selecting (S4), based on the respective scores of each of the plurality of moveable devices (10), a moveable device (10) among the plurality of moveable devices (10) to which at least one of control information or navigational information associated to the local energy system (30) is to be sent; and sending the control information and/or the navigational information to the selected moveable device (10). Also a server (40) configured to handling surplus or deficit of energy in a local energy system is presented.
US12071031B2
A vehicle charging apparatus is described herein, which may include a battery pack comprising a plurality of individual batteries, a power input port receiving electrical power at a first wattage, an AC-to-DC conversion circuit configured to provide DC power to charge groups of batteries in the plurality of individual batteries, a power conversion circuit configured to condition a DC output of at least one group of batteries to provide a charging current output to a vehicle via a coupling, and a processing circuit configured to control the power conversion circuit to provide the charging current at a second wattage greater than the first wattage. The first wattage may be actively or inherently limited to a level less than the second wattage in order to provide fast DC charging with a limited power input.
US12071027B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a train control system which is a device executing an exclusive control between trains for each of a plurality of sections dividing up a track, wherein said train control system comprises: an on-ground device which manages whether each of the trains has a right to advance into each of the sections; and, an on-board device which is mounted on the trains, said trains comprising an on-board branch device, and with respect to one of the sections to which the on-ground device has given a certain train the right to advance, if said section is a branch section, which is a section that includes a branch, and when a branch direction of the train in said branch section and a branch direction of the on-board branch device coincide, said on-board device self-determines whether it is possible to advance into said branch section.
US12071020B2
This invention enables Electric Vehicle Service Equipments to control external electrical loads, such as water heaters. The parallel electric energy demand of the external load augments the remotely controllable energy demand for charging the vehicle creating a larger controllable demand than for charging the vehicle only. This larger demand is useful in responding to requests for ancillary service from the grid and can increase the revenue for regulation services.
US12071016B2
An apparatus is provided with a dampening unit coupled to an engine. The apparatus further includes a control unit communicably coupled to the dampening unit. The control unit detects a gear shift in a transmission unit associated with the engine. The control unit further determines a dampening duration of the dampening unit at the detected gear shift. The dampening duration corresponds to a time taken for the dampening unit to absorb torsional vibrations of the engine at the detected gear shift. The control unit further compares the determined dampening duration at the detected gear shift with a preset dampening duration at a preset gear shift. The control unit further determines, based on the comparison, a torque control amount for the dampening unit to absorb the torsional vibrations of the engine. The control unit further controls the dampening unit based on the determined torque control amount.
US12071013B2
According to one embodiment of the invention, a display device having a first region adjacent to a transflective object in a vehicle, comprising: a first light emitting unit disposed in the first region; and a light controlling means disposed on a route that a first light and a second light emitted from the first light emitting unit propagate, through which the first light is controlled to propagate out of the display device at a first angle ranged from 30 degrees to 45 degrees and toward the transflective object and the second light is controlled to propagate out of the display device at a second angle ranged from 0 degrees to 5 degrees; wherein a first ratio of a light intensity of the first light to that of the second light is less than or equal to 14%.
US12071004B2
The present document relates to a transmission assembly with multiple gear ratios, comprising: a range gearbox having at least two selectable range gear ratios and comprising a first shaft, a low/high speed mode selection unit for selecting a low-speed mode or a high-speed mode and comprising a third shaft and a first output shaft, wherein the range gearbox and the low/high speed mode selection unit being sequentially disposed in a downstream direction of a transmission power flow, and wherein the first shaft, the third shaft and the first output shaft are offset from one another.
US12071000B2
Fuel tank for a motor vehicle, —comprising a plastic wall which delimits a storage volume for storing fuel, —comprising one or more reinforcing elements for reinforcing the plastic wall, —with at least one reinforcing element being connected to an outer side of the plastic wall that faces away from the storage volume, characterized in that—a maximum thickness of at least one reinforcing element measured normal to the plastic wall is greater than the wall thickness of the plastic wall.
US12070999B2
A portable fuel tank assembly includes a portable fuel tank for holding fuel and a support to be connected to a supporting surface for holding the fuel tank stationary with respect to the supporting surface. The fuel tank has a first quick connector for fluid communication with the fuel in the fuel tank. The support has a second quick connector for mating and providing fluid communication with the first quick connector. The fuel tank and support are configured such that securing the fuel tank in the support simultaneously mates the second quick connector to the first quick connector to provide for fluid communication between the second quick connector and the fuel in the fuel tank. A support for holding a portable fuel tank is also provided.
US12070997B2
A battery enclosure for a vehicle chassis having a base member with raised surface features on the upper surface outlining individual cells, each cell configured to receive at least one battery; a cover member having a plurality of depending surface features on the lower surface which are aligned with the surface features of the base member. The cover member includes a channel formed in the upper surface thereof, aligned with and extending along a length of the depending surface feature disposed on the bottom surface. A lattice support structure is also included which has a plurality of support members extending axially and transversely, wherein the lattice support structure is configured to be at least partially disposed within the channel of the cover member and mounted to the vehicle chassis. The lattice support member providing increased rigidity and a load distribution path for externally applied forces (e.g. crash events) to prevent or inhibit enclosure breakage or puncture.
US12070996B2
The invention relates to a battery box arrangement for a vehicle, the arrangement comprising: a battery box configured to comprise at least one electric battery; at least one elongated beam element connected to the battery box; and at least one vibration damping element configured for connecting the at least one elongated beam element to a chassis frame of the vehicle; wherein the at least one elongated beam element is configured to extend transverse to the chassis frame of the vehicle; wherein a first end part of the at least one elongated beam element is connected to a first battery box module of the battery box, and wherein a second end part of the at least one elongated beam element is connected to a second battery box module of the battery box. The invention also relates to a vehicle with such a battery box arrangement.
US12070991B2
A vehicle cover assembly comprising; a flexible cover; one or more side rails; and a fastener assembly that is secured to a vehicle bed comprising; a cover fastener that is on one or more edge regions of the flexible cover; and a side rail fastener with one or more rows of fasteners comprising; a plurality of dual hooks on the base that releasably connect with the cover fastener of the flexible cover; and a plurality of spacers between the plurality of dual hooks.
US12070986B2
For example, an apparatus may include an input to receive input information including a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) input including HVAC configuration information corresponding to a configuration of an operation of an HVAC system of a vehicle; a plurality of noise inputs representing acoustic noise at a plurality of noise sensing locations; and a plurality of residual-noise inputs representing acoustic residual-noise at a plurality of residual-noise sensing locations within at least one sound control zone in the vehicle; a controller configured to determine a sound control pattern to control sound within the at least one sound control zone in the vehicle, the controller configured to determine the sound control pattern based on the HVAC input, the plurality of noise inputs and the plurality of residual-noise inputs; and an output to output the sound control pattern to a plurality of acoustic transducers.
US12070972B2
A heavy truck tire is provided with a bead design that has a bead core and a reinforcement ply that wraps around a section of the bead core and has a return casing ply. Bead filler is present that has a portion radially outward from the bead core and axially inboard from the return casing ply. A stiffener layer is present that has a portion located outboard from the return casing ply. The bead has a first bead layer with a portion between the return casing ply and the stiffener layer, and a second bead layer that has a portion outboard from the stiffener layer. The stiffness of the first and second bead layers is 8 MPa to 14 MPa. The stiffness of the bead filler is less than the stiffness of the first and second bead layers.
US12070971B1
A method of determining a wear of a tire, which may include, using a computing device operating a processor: based on signals from one or more sensors of a vehicle, determining a plurality of tire parameters of a tire; based on at least a portion of the tire parameters, determining a normalized rolling radius of the tire, the normalized rolling radius being an effective rolling radius of the tire under a zero rotational speed, a zero load or both; and based on a change in the normalized rolling radius of the tire over a period of time, determining an average wear value of the tire.
US12070966B2
There is a lead casing for pencil for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring, made of a composition having, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead casing for pencil: a) from 50 to 95% of a mixture of polylactic acid and polybutylene adipate terephthalate in a weight ratio polylactic acid/polybutylene adipate terephthalate ranging from 60/40 to 90/10, and b) from 5 to 40% of vegetable fillers chosen in the group consisting of wood fibers. There is also a pencil including the lead casing for the pencil of the disclosure for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring, as well as a method for manufacturing such a pencil.
US12070962B2
At an initializing operation, if it is determined that an indirect transfer film has not been replaced before power-on if transferred sensor marks are detected while being conveyed from a supply spool to a winding spool, then the unused amount of the indirect transfer film is estimated on the ratio between the rotation angle of the supply spool and the rotation angle of the winding spool, if the unused amount is estimated to be 2% remaining amount alert threshold or more, positioning of the primary transfer is performed based on the last sensor mark among the sensor marks, and if estimated to be less than 2% it is determined that the unused amount is greater than an amount necessary for recording on the next recording medium unless an end mark is detected while the indirect transfer film is conveyed by predetermined image areas from the last sensor mark.
US12070959B2
A printing apparatus includes at least one processor, an apparatus main body that is capable of holding a tank that stores liquid; and a sensor that detects at least a state of motion of the tank. The processor outputs dispersion information showing an operation to move the apparatus main body to disperse the liquid in the tank based on the state of the motion of the tank detected by the sensor.
US12070954B2
A liquid housing container includes a container main body including a housing chamber for housing liquid therein; and a feeding port for feeding the liquid to the housing chamber, and a plug member that is attachable to and detachable from the container main body and seals the feeding port, the plug member including a cover portion for covering the feeding port from an outer side of the container main body in a mounting state, in which the plug member is mounted to the container main body, and a protruded portion that protrudes from the cover portion to an inner side of the feeding port. The protruded portion includes a liquid holding portion that is provided at a position including a distal end surface of the protruded portion and is capable of holding the liquid by capillary force.
US12070952B2
A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.
US12070951B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus. A discharge head is provided with a discharge port that discharges a liquid. A retention portion is facing the discharge head, and retains the liquid between the discharge head and the retention portion. A detection unit detects that the discharge port is covered with the liquid after the liquid is supplied between the discharge head and the retention portion.
US12070924B2
A household appliance liner includes a first polymeric capping layer and a polymeric base layer. The first polymeric capping layer includes a first pigment additive. The polymeric base layer is coupled to the first polymeric capping layer. The polymeric base layer includes one or more polymers, a second pigment additive, and a natural fiber. The natural fiber can be present at a concentration of at least 50% by weight of the polymeric base layer. Methods of producing the household appliance liner are also disclosed.
US12070923B2
It is an object to provide a substrate for epitaxial growth having a metal base material laminated with a copper layer. On a surface of the copper layer, an area occupied by crystal grains having crystal orientations other than a (200) plane present within 3 μm from the surface can be less than 1.5%. A surface roughness along a same direction as a rolling direction per unit length of 60 μm when measured by AFM can be Ra1<10 nm.
US12070920B2
A method for fabrication of one or more components of an article of footwear is provided. In one example, the method includes fabricating a mixture of polyurethane (PU) precursors and coffee grounds of a first size using a two-step mixing, and then injection molding one or more components of the article of footwear using the mixture, the one or more components of the article of footwear formed of a coffee grounds-PU composite material.
US12070913B1
This application describes a method for manufacturing storage containers by spirally winding with multiple bundles of fibers. Two sets of yarn guide nozzles distributed in a circumferential array form a first spiral winding structure and a second spiral winding structure respectively, and a spiral winding device with the two layers of spiral winding structures cooperates with feeding devices carrying wound containers, to realize the spiral winding of the multiple bundles of fibers on the wound containers; the feeding devices drive the wound containers to do axial reciprocating motion and axial rotation, and the spiral winding device drives the yarn guide nozzles to do radial telescopic motion and self-rotation motion; and according to the lengths of axial dimensions of the wound containers, single-station double-layer spiral winding or double-station single-layer spiral winding is selected.
US12070912B2
The invention relates to shaped parts produced from popcorn which has previously been hydrophobised with a polymer. This allows very light and flexible shaped parts to be produced.
US12070911B2
A stretching unit for clamping and stretching a tubular film in a flow-wrapper, the stretching unit includes: a gripping head; two coupling rods attached to a moving means; two gripping fingers, each of the gripping fingers is attached to the gripping head and to one of the coupling rods; the gripping fingers are moved from a remote position to a clamping position by a relative linear movement between the gripping head and the moving means parallel to a center axis of the moving means.
US12070910B2
A heating unit for heating a continuous web, includes a heating roller rotating about an axis of rotation and having an outer surface comprising a pattern of thermally conductive areas and thermally insulating areas, and at least one induction heater electromagnetically coupled to the thermally conductive areas of the outer surface of the heating roller.
US12070903B2
A 3D printing apparatus includes a substrate stage configured to support a substrate, a droplet ejector including at least one droplet nozzle configured to discharge a photo-curable droplet on the substrate, a first photo curing unit configured to irradiate light to a drop path along which the droplet discharged from the droplet nozzle falls to change a viscosity of the droplet, and a second photo curing unit configured to irradiate light onto the droplet that has landed on the substrate to cure the droplet.
US12070899B2
This disclosure describes three-dimensional printing kits, methods of making three-dimensional printed objects, and systems for three-dimensional printing. In one example, a three-dimensional printing kit can include a powder bed material and a fusing agent to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The powder bed material can include polymer particles and a redox-active inorganic salt mixed with the polymer particles. The fusing agent can include water and an electromagnetic radiation absorber, wherein the electromagnetic radiation absorber absorbs electromagnetic radiation energy and converts the electromagnetic radiation energy to heat.
US12070893B2
A method for the crystallization of a film made of a thermoplastic film material, in particular a CPET material, to form a product in which a crystallization process is initiated by shaping the thermoplastic film material within a molding tool. A main crystallization of the crystallization process is carried on outside of the molding tool.
US12070883B2
A mold locking assembly includes a mold set with a first mold and a second mold adjacent the first mold, a catch plate rigidly attached to the first mold, and a base plate rigidly attached to the second mold. The base plate includes a pair of posts spaced apart from each other and extending from a base portion of the base plate in a normal direction. An L-shaped latch arm pivotally attached to the pair of posts is included and the L-shaped latch arm is configured to engage the catch plate and hold the first mold adjacent to the second mold.
US12070881B2
Disclosed herein are components, systems, and methods to improve characteristics of a manufactured article. Specifically, embodiments of a high pressure system includes an apparatus that subjects the article to specific pressures and temperatures for an amount of time to improve characteristics of the article. Methods of manufacturing include use of the high pressure system to subject the article to specific pressures and temperatures for an amount of time to improve characteristics of the article.
US12070880B2
Rotational moulding machine (1) comprising a fixed frame (2), a support arm (3) comprising a first (4) and a second portion (5) rigidly joined together, the support arm (3) being rotationally fixed to the fixed frame (2) only at the first portion (4) to rotate about a first axis of rotation (101) substantially horizontal, a movable frame (6) rotationally fixed to the support arm (3) to rotate about a second axis of rotation (102) substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (101), the movable frame (6) comprising a supporting portion (7) lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the second axis of rotation (102), and an actuation system (8) rigidly fixed to the movable frame (6) at the supporting portion (7) and structured to secure a mould (20) and rotate the mould (20) about a third axis of rotation (103) substantially perpendicular to the second axis of rotation (102).
US12070866B2
The articulated-arm robot has a robot arm with an arm element movable via a joint and a sensor for continuously measuring a status parameter of the joint. The articulated-arm robot also has an optical signaling device arranged on the robot arm in spatial assignment to the joint and an assessment device for continuously assessing the measured status parameter in a joint-specific manner and for controlling the signaling device on the basis of the assessment result.
US12070864B2
In a robot control system, a storage unit stores a plurality of programs corresponding to tasks for a robot to perform. A reception unit receives selections made by a user, which designate a task for the robot to perform and attribute information related to a program causing the robot to perform the task among the plurality of programs. An acquisition unit acquires the program for performing the task among the plurality of programs from the storage unit based on the task and the attribute information. A robot control unit controls the robot in accordance with the acquired program.
US12070863B2
A dynamic planning controller receives a maneuver for a robot and a current state of the robot and transforms the maneuver and the current state of the robot into a nonlinear optimization problem. The nonlinear optimization problem is configured to optimize an unknown force and an unknown position vector. At a first time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a first linear optimization problem and determines a first solution to the first linear optimization problem using quadratic programming. At a second time instance, the controller linearizes the nonlinear optimization problem into a second linear optimization problem based on the first solution at the first time instance and determines a second solution to the second linear optimization problem based on the first solution using the quadratic programming. The controller also generates a joint command to control motion of the robot during the maneuver based on the second solution.
US12070857B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for robot programming. One of the methods comprises generating an interactive user interface that includes an illustration of a first virtual robot, the first virtual robot having an initial pose that defines respective joint angles of one or more joints of the first virtual robot; receiving user input data specifying a target pose of the first virtual robot; and generating an animation of the first virtual robot transitioning between the initial pose and the target pose.
US12070854B2
A repositionable riser is provided. The repositionable riser may be used in connection with a robotic arm deployed in a workspace. The repositionable riser includes a riser having one or more mounting locations at or near an upper end of the riser configured to fixedly mount an equipment on the riser, a lateral translation subsystem comprising a carriage on which the riser is mounted and a set of one or more elongated structures that define a constrained lateral path along which the carriage is movable, the path including a first end associated with active use of the equipment and a second end not associated with active use of the equipment, and an anchor structure to which one or both of the carriage and the riser are configured to be coupled to secure the riser at the first end.
US12070853B2
A robotic arm having one or more hybrid (soft-rigid) joints includes a first link, a second link, and a joint interconnecting the first link and the second link, such that the first link is movable relative to the second link along an axis of motion. The joint includes: a socket component coupled to a distal end portion of the second link and a ball component coupled to a proximal end portion of first link, the ball component is configured to rotationally fit within the socket component. The joint also includes a flexible membrane encasing the socket component and the ball component. The robotic arm is controllable using a reinforcement learning algorithm training using a simulation of the robotic arm and optionally, further training in a physical world.
US12070851B2
An end-effector of a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end-effector includes a body that provides an open interior, the open interior being coupled to a vacuum source, and the body including a contact surface for contacting an object to be grasped by the end effector. The contact surface is at least partially defining an aperture, and the body includes a flexible portion that permits at least a portion of the contact surface to be drawn at least partially into the open interior of the body when a flow of air drawn by the vacuum source through the aperture is reduced due to the aperture being at least partially blocked.
US12070847B1
A system for collaboration between a first robot and a second robot, including: an application of a communication device configured to receive at least one input designating an instruction for the first robot to execute a first task and an instruction for the second robot to execute a second task after the first robot completes the first task; the first robot, including a medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of the first robot effectuates operations including: actuating the first robot to execute the first task; and actuating the first robot to dock at a charging station upon completion of the first task; and the second robot including a medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of the second robot effectuates operations including actuating the second robot to execute the second task upon receiving a signal indicating the first task is complete by the first robot.
US12070830B1
A system for buffing a cathode including a lifting assembly, a carriage assembly, and a buffing assembly. The lifting assembly is configured to transport the cathode in a substantially vertical direction while the carriage assembly secures the cathode. The buffing assembly is configured to buff the cathode as the cathode is transported in the substantially vertical direction. The buffing system provides for buffing both sides of a cathode simultaneously.
US12070827B2
Provided herein are a numerical control mechanism, a tool replacement equipment and a tool replacement method, which are used for disassembling a first tool and preparing a second tool according to a tool replacement task and replacing the first tool with a second tool, so as to realize automatic tool replacement, reduce manpower and machine waiting time for the tool replacement, and improve the tool replacement efficiency.
US12070822B1
A press-mounting and dismounting machine for multi-gauge and multi-type wheel sets, includes: a frame, a wheel set mounting and dismounting mechanism, and a detection mechanism. The frame includes a base, a first column, a second column and a beam. The wheel set mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a first press-mounting device, a second press-mounting device, a movable baffle device, and a synchronous belt transmission device. The first press-mounting device is arranged on the first column, and the second press-mounting device is arranged on the second column. The synchronous belt transmission device is connected with the movable baffle device to drive the movable baffle device to move in a horizontal direction of the base. The detection mechanism includes a driving rotating device and a data detection device, so as to realize accuracy test of wheel set press-mounting.
US12070817B2
Systems, devices, and methods for additive manufacturing are provided that allow for components being manufactured to be assessed during the printing process. As a result, changes to a print plan can be considered, made, and implemented during the printing process. More particularly, in exemplary embodiments, a spectrometer is operated while a component is being printed to measure one or more parameters associated with one or more layers of the component being printed. The measured parameter(s) are then relied upon to determine if any changes are needed to the way printing is occurring, and if such changes are desirable, the system is able to implement such changes during the printing process. By way of non-limiting examples, printed material in one or more layers may be reheated to alter the printed component, such as to remove defects identified by the spectrometer data. A variety of systems, devices, and methods for performing real-time sensing and control of an additive manufacturing process are also provided.
US12070815B2
A rotary acoustic horn. The rotary acoustic horn includes a shaft having an axial input end and an axial output end; and at least one welding portion; wherein the welding portion comprises an outer weld face that expands and contracts with the application of acoustic energy; wherein the welding portion comprises a first opposing end portion and a second opposing end portion; wherein the welding portion comprises through holes extending substantially along an axial direction of the welding portion from the first opposing end portion to the second opposing end portion; and wherein the through holes are located between the weld face and the shaft.
US12070811B2
A blade for mounting on a rotor disc of a gas turbine engine includes platform segments between a airfoil and blade root and extending laterally from the blade, the platform segment having a curved profile defining a platform recess on a root side of the platform segment, the recess configured to cooperate with recesses of adjacent blades to define a blade pocket. A recessed region is defined in a rear surface of the blade root, and is configured to receive a complementary projection of the rotor disc upon mounting the blade on the rotor disc. The recessed region has a surface configured to abut a corresponding surface on the projection of the rotor disc to form a face seal. Methods of manufacturing such a rotor disc and of sealing a circumferential joint between such blades and the rotor disc are also disclosed.
US12070809B2
A handheld band saw includes a housing, a handle coupled to the housing and configured to be grasped by a user during a cutting operation, a motor supported by the housing, and a drive wheel assembly rotationally driven by the motor. The drive wheel assembly at least partially disposed within the housing. The band saw further includes a saw blade driven by the drive wheel assembly. The saw blade is configured to cut a workpiece during the cutting operation. The band saw further includes a pipe reamer attachment coupled to the drive wheel assembly. The pipe reamer attachment is configured to deburr the workpiece after completion of the cutting operation.
US12070805B2
A drill spindle accessory is disclosed. The drill spindle accessory includes a fixed plate, a drive shaft, a pivot plate, and a working shaft. The drive shaft is mounted to the fixed plate. The drive shaft has a longitudinal axis that extends through a center of the fixed plate. The drive shaft is configured to be rotated by a drill motor. The pivot plate is pivotally coupled to the fixed plate at a pivot point offset from the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft. The working shaft is mounted to the pivot plate. The working shaft has a longitudinal axis that extends through a center of the pivot plate.
US12070787B2
A press forming method includes a first step of pinching one part of a metal sheet by means of a die and a pad, and a second step of moving a punch in a direction in which the punch approaches the die relatively to perform press forming on the metal sheet. The die has a first support surface which has an edge including a curved portion. The pad has a second support surface facing the first support surface of the die. The first support surface includes a first flat portion, and a first deformation portion which protrudes or is recessed with respect to the first flat portion. The second support surface includes a second flat portion which faces the first flat portion, and a second deformation portion which is recessed or protrudes with respect to the second flat portion so as to correspond to the first deformation portion. The first deformation portion is provided on a normal line of the curved portion as viewed from a pressing direction. When a space between the first deformation portion and the second deformation portion is assumed to be a deformation space, in the second step, press forming is performed so that portions of the metal sheet which are on both sides of the deformation space flow into the deformation space, and the metal sheet deforms along the first deformation portion and the second deformation portion in the deformation space.
US12070783B2
A method and an apparatus for axially shaping a tube use a mandrel guided in the tube and an annular die guided on the outside of the tube. The tube is clamped in a clamping device. The outer diameter of the tube is reduced by moving the annular die in a pushing direction. In order to form undercuts on the outside and inside of the tube the method uses the following steps: Reversing the direction of movement of the die and the mandrel upon reaching an end position from the pushing direction to an opposite pulling direction. In a first setting step, the die and the mandrel are then moved in relation to one another to a first preset annular-gap setting, and in a subsequent first shaping step, the die and the mandrel are moved in the pulling direction, while maintaining the preset annular gap.
US12070782B2
A method for producing a hollow part made of a metal material, includes preparing a blank of the metal material, and at least a sacrificial mandrel made of a material which has a yield stress in the range from −30% to +20% of the yield stress of the material of the blank; applying a punch on at least one of the ends of the blank in order to produce the expansion of at least a portion of said blank and to create at least one internal space inside said blank; inserting a sacrificial mandrel in said an internal space of the blank; crimping the sacrificial mandrel in said blank; producing, by co-forging, a simultaneous deformation of said blank and of said sacrificial mandrel, with a homothetic ratio K; and performing a machining in order to remove the sacrificial mandrel.
US12070768B2
A two-component piston for a cartridge includes a piston cover and a piston body. The piston cover has a radially extending attachment portion, a rear side and a front side. The piston body includes a front side and a rear side. The rear side of the piston cover is arranged adjacent to at least a part of the front side of the piston body and includes a valve member configured and arranged to be received within the piston body and to extend into the piston body towards the rear side of the piston body. The piston cover moves relative to the piston body upon actuation of the valve member, and the piston cover is non-releasably connected to the piston body by a part of the piston body being overmolded to the radially extending portion of the attachment portion of the piston cover.
US12070766B2
The present invention relates to a spray gun of those that mix at least two pressurised components in an internal mixing chamber of said gun for subsequent pulverisation/projection to the outside through the dispenser, wherein the gun has a configuration that allows a frontal removal of the mixing chamber directly without disassembling the parts that surround same. The present invention also relates to a spray equipment for the mix with the aforementioned gun.
US12070765B2
Assembly for dispensing a liquid, in particular a colorant for paint, comprising a container for holding a liquid, a pump, a valve, at least one dispense opening, and comprising or associated with a controller arranged to operate the pump and the valve to withdraw liquid from the container and to dispense liquid via the opening and to operate the pump and the valve to purge liquid from the pump to the container via the dispense opening.
US12070758B2
An apparatus may include a centrifuge bowl rotatable about its longitudinal axis, a discharge unit positioned to receive discharge fluid from the centrifuge bowl, a diverter fluid circuit in communication with the discharge unit, a measurement region of the diverter fluid circuit with a narrower diameter than a cross section of the discharge unit, and the diverter fluid circuit oriented to direct a portion of the discharge fluid from the discharge unit to the measurement region.
US12070756B2
A magnetic rod guide for a filter is provided that includes a base for attachment to part of a filter, a through aperture through which a magnetic rod can move, and resilient engagement device. The resilient engagement device includes one or more resilient latches for holding the magnetic rod in one or more fixed positions relative to the guide. Each resilient latch is adapted to allow movement of the magnetic rod through the through aperture in either direction, for insertion into the flier or withdrawal from the filter into one of the fixed positions.
US12070749B2
A microfluidic device includes a substrate having a first fluid inlet/outlet system, a second fluid inlet/outlet system, and a fluidic network between the first fluid inlet/outlet system and the second fluid inlet/outlet system and in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet/outlet system and the second fluid inlet/outlet system. The fluidic network includes a microfluidic channel network that is in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet/outlet system and spaced from the second fluid inlet/outlet system, a nanofluidic channel network fluidly connecting the microfluidic channel network and the second fluid inlet/outlet system, and a plurality of pores in fluid communication with the microfluidic channel network and the nanofluidic channel network.
US12070734B2
An aerogel for harvesting atmospheric water is provided. More specifically, there is provided a polymer-metal organic framework mixed-matrix aerogel comprising a polymer cross-linked with a metal organic framework, wherein the aerogel is capable of continuous sorption-desorption of atmospheric water. There is also provided a method of forming the aerogel.
US12070730B1
A method of for mixing gases is described. The gases may include a first and a second gas wherein a gas mixing system accepts the gases and operates in a plurality of modes of operation to produce a discharge gas including a mixture thereof, and the second gas may be supplied without the first gas, and the first gas may be supplied without the second gas. The gas mixing system may be integrated with a gas processing system to produce a biogas-related product. The gas mixing system may be a compressor, a jet compressor, an ejector, an eductor, venturi jet pump, eductor-jet pump, and/or a thermocompressor, that uses a first stream of high-pressure gas to entrain a relatively lower pressure second gas, mixes the two, and discharges a third gas mixture that is of a sufficiently elevated pressure to be supplied to other areas of a production facility.
US12070727B2
Device for mixing the contents of a tank comprising a first pipe connecting body arranged on a connecting flange of a tank; a riser pipe extending through the first pipe connecting body into the tank; a mixing pipe extending through said first pipe connecting body into said tank; and a pump whose outlet can be connected at least to the mixing pipe and whose inlet can be connected both to the first pipe connecting body and to the riser pipe. Further a method for mixing the contents of a tank is claimed.
US12070723B2
A microorganism recovering method high in recovering efficiency is provided. A microorganism recovering method of recovering microorganisms from a liquid sample includes filtering out microorganisms from the liquid sample through a filtration apparatus, the filtration apparatus including a first end and a second end, the filtration apparatus being configured to receive the liquid sample at the first end and being configured to discharge from the second end filtrate generated through the filtering out microorganisms and recovering the microorganisms filtered out by the filtration apparatus together with a culture medium by feeding the culture medium from the second end to the first end.
US12070722B2
An electrochemical separation device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a cell stack including alternating depleting compartments and concentrating compartments disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, an inlet manifold configured to introduce a fluid to one of the depleting compartments or the concentrating compartments an outlet manifold, and one or more of a fluid flow director disposed within the inlet manifold and having a surface configured to alter a flow path of the fluid introduced into the inlet manifold and direct the fluid into the one of the depleting compartments or the concentrating compartments, and a second fluid flow director disposed within the outlet manifold and having a surface configured to alter a flow path of the fluid introduced into the outlet manifold via one of the depleting compartments or the concentrating compartments.
US12070721B1
Methods and systems for reducing emissions of an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, a combustor is applied post shutdown to purge stored NOx from a passive NOx absorber to prepare for a subsequent engine start. The trapped NOx is subsequently reduced via a selective catalytic reduction catalyst.
US12070711B2
Air filter cartridges are disclosed. Also described are air cleaners including the filter cartridges. Methods of assembly and use are also provided. Also, systems of use are described.
US12070689B2
Provided is a non-transitory computer readable medium including an object linking program causing a server to implement, in a case where one of a real space and a virtual space augmented from the real space is a first space, and the other is a second space, a change information obtaining function of obtaining change information indicating a change in parameter or form of a first object in the first space, and a change linking processing function of performing a process causing a parameter or a form of one or more second objects in the second space to correspond to the first object after change based on the change information.
US12070688B2
A data processing apparatus includes input circuitry to receive audio data for a plurality of respective dialogue recordings for a video game, classification circuitry comprising one or more machine learning models to receive at least a portion of the audio data for each dialogue recording and trained to output classification data indicative of a quality classification of a dialogue recording in dependence upon one or more properties of the audio data for the dialogue recording, and storage circuitry to store identification data for one or more of the plurality of dialogue recordings in dependence upon the classification data.
US12070684B2
An image obtaining section of an information processing apparatus obtains polarized light images in a plurality of directions from an imaging device provided to a moving body. A polarization degree obtaining section of an image analyzing section obtains a degree of polarization on the basis of direction dependence of luminance of polarized light. A high polarization degree region evaluating section detects the peripheral edge of a play field on which the moving body is present, by evaluating the shape of a high polarization degree region having degrees of polarization higher than a threshold value in a state in which the high polarization degree region is overlooked. An output data generating section generates and outputs output data for avoiding movement to the peripheral edge.
US12070681B2
The present disclosure discloses a virtual prop control method performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying an aiming point of a virtual shooting prop, the virtual shooting prop being controlled by a first virtual operation object associated with the electronic device; when a second virtual operation object is determined as an attachment target of the virtual shooting prop, determining, according to an angle between a position of an aiming point of a virtual shooting prop and a target position of a target virtual operation object, that is, a target rotation angle, a rotation manner of a direction aimed at by the aiming point; and when the rotation manner is a time-based rotation manner, automatically rotating, by the target rotation angle according to a predetermined time duration, the direction aimed at by the aiming point, to align with a target position on a second virtual operation object.
US12070678B2
A gaming device that includes a handheld controller having a handle and a depressible button on the handle configured to receive user input. The depressible button includes a first marking layer including a first indicia, a first light source configured to illuminate the first indicia in the first marking layer, a second marking layer stacked with the first marking layer and including a second indicia, and a second light source configured to illuminate the second indicia in the second marking layer.
US12070670B1
An oven sleeve for a glow disc golf disc is described. The oven sleeve includes a front panel coupled to a rear panel via one or more sidewalls to define an interior cavity therebetween, the rear panel having a flap configured to fold over the front panel. The oven sleeve also includes a plurality of ultraviolet lights coupled to the interior cavity, a cable, and a battery pack. The battery pack supplies power to the ultraviolet lights via the cable.
US12070665B2
A golf club head having a multi-layered striking face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has an external frontal face layer, an internal rear face layer, and an intermediary sandwiched face layer juxtaposed between the external frontal face layer and the internal rear face layer. The intermediary sandwiched face layer may generally be made out of a high flexural modulus polymeric material.
US12070663B2
An aerodynamic golf club head producing reduced aerodynamic drag forces. The club head has crown section attributes and material attributes that impart beneficial aerodynamic properties and performance.
US12070660B2
A golf club head includes a hosel and a shaft sleeve insertable into the hosel, A shaft sleeve body of the shaft sleeve, the shaft sleeve body includes an outer wall and a first coupler protruding from the sleeve outer wall and having a first coupler surface area, a second coupler protruding from the sleeve outer wall and having a second coupler surface area, a third coupler protruding from the sleeve outer wall and having a third coupler surface area, and a fourth coupler protruding from the sleeve outer wall and having a fourth coupler surface area. Each of the first second, third and fourth couplers has an arcuate surface continuously curved throughout its respective surface area.
US12070651B2
A fitness machine operable by a user. The fitness machine has a base and a mobile portion that moves relative to the base during operation. A resilient body resists movement of the mobile portion towards the base in a height direction. The resilient body has a length defined in a length direction that is perpendicular to the height direction. The length of the resilient body increases when the mobile portion moves towards the base. An end stop is operable to prevent the length of the resilient body from increasing beyond a set maximum. The end stop is moveable to adjust the set maximum for the length of the resilient body, where a resistance provided by the resilient body to resist movement of the mobile portion towards the base is unaffected by moving the end stop when the length of the resilient member is less than the set maximum.
US12070644B2
A double-safety anti-dropping and anti-fracture hook for an elastic belt comprises a main hook body, wherein a small end of the main hook body is provided with a first connecting hole, a big end of the main hook body is provided with a second connecting hole, the second connecting hole runs through the main hook body in a radial direction, and the main hook body is also provided with a tapered hole communicated with the second connecting hole in an axial direction, and a cross section of the tapered hole increases from the big end of the main hook body to the direction of the second connecting hole; and the big end of the main hook body is also provided with a notch, which ensures that the elastic belt will not cause injury to personnel in case of releasing or fracture.
US12070642B2
A first determination that a range of motion of a user of an exercise machine is between pre-determined motion thresholds is made. While the range of motion of the user is between the pre-determined motion thresholds, a velocity of the cable being below a pre-determined velocity threshold is determined. In response to determining that the velocity of the cable being below the pre-determined velocity threshold while the range of motion of the user is between the pre-determined motion thresholds, a second determination that the user should be spotted is made, Torque of a motor is reduced based at least in part on the second determination that the user should be spotted.
US12070640B2
A two-piece connection between a supply pipe from a source of water and a connection to a fire sprinkler with the connector having a first or rear section entirely above a ceiling and a second or front section connected to the first section with the connection entirely above a ceiling and the forward portion of second section connected to the fire sprinkler. The first connector section, located entirely above a ceiling, has a spherical male sidewall with a rounded leading edge and a rear portion of the second connector section has a spherical female interior surface.
US12070639B2
A utility connection system can include a primary utility spline having a length and a support frame. The utility connection system can include one or more utility conduits extending along at least a portion of the length of the primary utility spline and supported by the support frame. The system can include a sensor hub including one or more sensors; and one or more branch access interfaces having one or more ports in communication with the one or more utility conduits. The utility connection system can include a branch utility spline connected to the primary utility spline at the one or more branch access interfaces.
US12070632B2
A method of controlling a blower system of a powered air purifying respirator to deliver a substantially uniform volumetric airflow to a user, the system including a fan powered by a variable speed electric motor, the motor controlled by an electronic control unit for delivering a forced flow of air through at least one filter to a user. There is also provided an air purifying respirator blower system using such a method.
US12070628B2
Disclosed herein are the systems, devices and methods for treating cancer and metastasis using low energy immune priming. The low energy immune priming includes administering immunopriming energy. The low energy immune priming can be combined with an adjunct therapy.
US12070622B2
Treatment fields can be produced as part of a treatment plan that achieves a desired balance between field delivery time and dose based on machine parameters and knowledge, such as machine-specific beam production, transport and scanning logic, and/or a maximum treatment time value. The treatment parameters can be adjusted using a graphical user interface so that treatment time or dosimetry is prioritized. As a result, the overall treatment time is reduced, and hence treatment quality and patient experience are improved.
US12070609B2
Various embodiments of an electrical component and a method of forming such component are disclosed. The electrical component includes a substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and cavity disposed in the substrate. The cavity extends between the first major surface and a recessed surface. Tantalum material is disposed within the cavity. Further, the tantalum material includes tantalum particles. The electrical component also includes a dielectric layer disposed on the tantalum particles and an electrolyte cathode layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The electrical component further includes a cathode electrode disposed on the electrolyte cathode layer and over the cavity.
US12070608B2
In one embodiment, a method for operating a system for management of implantable medical devices (IMDs), comprises: conducting communications sessions with a plurality of clinician programmer devices, wherein some of the communication sessions occur while the plurality of clinician programmer devices are engaged in respective programming sessions with IMDs; conducting communications sessions with a plurality of patient controller devices, wherein he communication sessions with the patient controller devices include communication of data pertaining to offline programming of IMDs; reconciling programming session data received from the plurality of clinician programmer devices with programming session data received from patient controller devices to identify instances of unauthorized IMD programming; and distributing revocation data to patient controller devices to be downloaded to corresponding IMDs, wherein the revocation data identifies cryptographic keys that are no longer trusted.
US12070601B2
An apparatus for reducing ventilation induced diaphragm disuse in a patient receiving ventilation support from a mechanical ventilator (MV), including: an electrode array of first and second types and comprising a plurality of electrodes configured to stimulate a phrenic nerve of the patient; and at least one controller configured to: identify a type of electrode array from at least two different types, generate a stimulus signal for stimulating a phrenic nerve of the patient based upon the identity of the electrode type.
US12070596B2
An apparatus, such as an implantable medical device, including an implantable device configured to cause trauma in an inner ear and/or a middle ear recipient. In an exemplary embodiment, the implantable device is a cochlear implant. In an exemplary embodiment, the implantable device is configured to deliver a therapeutic substance to body tissue of the recipient.
US12070593B2
Vagal nerve stimulation devices and methods are provided for treating medical conditions, such as conditions associated with insufficient dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in the brain. A device includes one or more electrodes having a contact surface for contacting an outer skin surface of a patient and an energy source coupled to the electrodes. The energy source generates one or more electrical impulses and transmits the electrical impulses to the electrodes and transcutaneously through the outer skin surface of the patient at or near a vagus nerve. The one or more electrical impulses is sufficient to modulate the vagus nerve and release dopamine and/or endogenous opioids in a brain of the patient.
US12070592B2
A pump is provided for conveying body fluids, in particular blood, wherein the pump has a pump housing and a rotor mounted in the pump housing. The rotor comprises at least one sensor for detecting flow and/or movement parameters. Also provided is a method for operating the pump.
US12070589B2
An autoinjector includes a case adapted to hold a medicament container, a needle shroud telescopically coupled to the case, and a plunger slidably disposed in the case. The needle shroud is movable between a first extended position, a retracted position, and a second extended position relative to the case. The plunger is movable between a proximal position, an intermediate position, and a distal position relative to the case. When the plunger is in the intermediate position and the needle shroud is in the retracted position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the extended position. When the plunger is in the distal position and the needle shroud is in the second extended position, the plunger abuts the case to prevent the needle shroud from returning to the retracted position.
US12070588B2
An injector is disclosed for injecting an injectable substance into at least one of the epidermal tissue and the dermal tissue of a subject. The injector includes an outer housing and a control member disposed within the outer housing. A needle head, which is configured to support a plurality of needles, is operatively coupled to the control member. First means are provided in communication with the control member and are configured to be driven by the control member for converting a movement of the control member into a movement of the needle head along an injection direction and toward an injecting position of the needle head. Second means are configured to move the needle head in a direction having a component that is normal to the injection direction and absent movement of the outer housing relative to the skin of the subject.
US12070587B2
An injection device and an injection device trainer for training a user to use an injection device. Each one of the injection device and the injection device trainer can include: a body portion; and an actuator positioned towards a proximal end of the body portion, the actuator moveable from a proximal position to a distal position; wherein the body portion comprises a body protrusion and the actuator comprises a latch that is arranged to couple with the body protrusion when the actuator is in the distal position, thus holding the actuator in the distal position.
US12070581B2
A smart injection system that promotes patient safety includes, among other things, a smart stem that allows for measuring the location of the injection relative to the patient's face and/or the amount of medication injected into the patient. In addition, the smart stem has medication cartridge verification and injector verification features. The smart stem wirelessly transmits the measure data to a processing system.
US12070551B2
A method of controlling a flow rate of gases supplied to a patient by a respiratory assistance device includes controlling the supply gases flow rate so as to deliver gases to the patient according to a predetermined gases pressure/flow rate profile for at least a portion of the breathing cycle. A profile may be achieved that provides the patient with a particular benefit or therapy.
US12070549B2
A respiratory ventilation apparatus configured to deliver a respiratory gas to a patient interface is provided. The apparatus may include a gas pressurization unit configured to generate a pressurized respiratory gas, a gas inlet port configured to introduce the respiratory gas into the respiratory ventilation apparatus, a gas outlet port configured to discharge the pressurized respiratory gas to a respiration tube, a detection module configured to detect the pressure of the pressurized respiratory gas, at least one non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameters and a plurality of programs, and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers may be configured to initiate the respiratory ventilation apparatus upon a boot operation, and/or initiate a program that constantly reads information from the detection module, and controls the pressure of the pressurized respiratory gas using the information read from the detection module and at least one parameter.
US12070548B2
A patient interface system for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a patient interface configured to sealingly engage the patient's face. A mechanism may be provided to ensure that an effective seal is maintained between the patient interface and the patient's face by preventing, reducing, minimizing or limiting effects of disruptive forces, such as tube drag, on the patient interface.
US12070544B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing negative pressure at a wound site. The apparatus includes a suction pump for generating negative pressure, a negative pressure reservoir, a valve element arranged to selectively provide a fluid communication path between the reservoir and the wound site while a negative pressure in the negative pressure reservoir is greater than a threshold negative pressure, to thereby provide a desired negative pressure at the wound site, and wherein in response to a pressure in the negative pressure reservoir decreasing to the threshold negative pressure, the suction pump is operable to re-establish an initial negative pressure in the negative pressure reservoir.
US12070543B2
A detoxification method for treating sepsis, microbial infections, and other inflammatory conditions includes the steps of inducing flow of patient blood through a blood treatment device consisting of a bioreactor inlet and outlet in fluid connection to the circulatory system of a patient. Biological agents including lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) contained within patient blood can be irreversibly detoxified by passage of patient blood over a bioreactor surface having attached or immobilized alkaline phosphatase enzymes and acyloxyacyl hydrolase enzyme, with the bioreactor being contained within the blood treatment device. The method uses continuous treatment of a patient's blood to convert LPS and extracellular ATP in blood into inhibitors of inflammation in vivo without adding any chemicals to the bloodstream of the patient.
US12070534B2
The present invention relates to a surgical anti-adhesion barrier film comprising an oxidized collagen and a polyphosphate compound and to a surgical implant comprising a prosthetic fabric and such a film.
US12070533B2
There is described a bioresorbable metal alloy which is particularly suitable for the formation of bioresorbable medical devices, for example stents. The metal alloy essentially comprises 3.2 to 4.8% by weight lithium, 0.5 to 2.0% by weight yttrium; and the balance being magnesium, in addition to any trace elements. The metal alloy can be drawn into a wire which can be shaped into a stent scaffold. The stent can be produced using one or more stent scaffolds together with one or more bioresorbable polymer connectors, for example formed from PLGA.
US12070526B2
A method of disinfecting an object using cryogenic temperatures, and a cryogenic disinfection device and cryogenic disinfection tunnel for use in such a method are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, one or more chambers are provided, capable of providing an ultralow temperature therein. An object is placed or moved to within the chamber and subjected to ultralow, e.g., cryogenic, temperatures therein for a period of time sufficient to disinfect the object to a desired depth.
US12070522B2
An absorbable hemostatic nonwoven patch utilizes a biocompatible substrate comprised of melt-blown microfibers as webbed sheets that are layered and bonded/entangled in descending density and ascending porosity; the substrate having a high flexibility, strength and porosity that is suitable for coating cross-linkable active molecules and ability for laparoscopic use or trocar deployment, ultimately for functional use as a highly effective hemostat in addressing problematic bleeding during both open and minimally invasive surgical procedures.
US12070517B2
The present invention relates to a water-based cosmetic composition thickened with xanthan gum and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and having a strongly alkaline pH. to be used as an alkalizing component in a two-part oxidative hair dye.
US12070513B2
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding compounds having radioisotope substituents are described, as well as chemical precursors thereof. Compounds include pyridine containing compounds, compounds having phenylhydrazine structures, and acylated lysine compounds. The compounds allow ready incorporation of radionuclides for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) for imaging, for example, prostate cancer cells and angiogenesis.
US12070511B2
The present invention relates to a method of removal of metal ion impurities, such as calcium, from lanthanide metal complexes of macrocyclic chelators. The method uses a scavenger resin to remove metal ions, displaced from chelator, by an excess of lanthanide ions. Also provided is a method of preparation of MRI contrast agents, from the purified lanthanide metal complex, by the addition of a defined excess chelator.
US12070506B2
Described herein protein steroid conjugates that are useful, for example, for the target-specific delivery of glucocorticoids (GCs) to cells.
US12070501B1
A topical ophthalmological composition includes a muscarinic receptor antagonist as an active pharmaceutical ingredient; and medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) or light liquid paraffin oil as liquid vehicle. The topical ophthalmological composition treats an ocular disease.
US12070498B2
The present invention provides a vaccine containing a complex of a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and an epitope of a disease-causing biological protein such as DPP4, IL-17A, IgE, S100A9 or PCSK9, which vaccine uses a less antigenic carrier protein and is capable of inducing antibody production to serve as an effective vaccine.
US12070492B2
A method generally includes co-administering to a subject a composition that includes an antigen and a cytokine signaling immunomodulator. The method can be for treating a subject for abuse of a drug, treating a subject for toxicity from drug abuse, treating a subject for infection by a pathogen, treating a subject for a non-communicable disease, or for increasing antibody production against the antigen. The antigen can be component of a vaccine. The cytokine-signaling immunomodulator is effective to improve the subject's immune response to the antigen compared to the subject's immune response to the antigen without the cytokine-signaling immunomodulator.
US12070488B2
The present invention relates to the discovery that etanercept reduces the rate of resistance to intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG) in subjects with acute Kawasaki disease (KD). In certain embodiments, the co-administration of etanercept and IVIG more effectively treats acute KD in subjects older than 12 months than IVIG alone. In other embodiments, the co-administration of etanercept and IVIG ameliorates coronary artery dilation in high risk subjects.
US12070481B2
Synergistic herbal compositions comprising combination of extracts, fractions or phytochemicals or mixtures thereof derived from Moringa oleifera, Murraya koenigii and Curcuma longa for increasing lean body mass and brown adipose tissue; for accelerating the conversion of the white adipose tissue (WAT) to brown adipose tissue (BAT), inhibiting excessive generation of advanced glycation end (AGE) products and disease conditions associated with increased levels of advanced glycation end (AGE) products. The invention further provides a method of increasing lean body mass and brown adipose tissue; accelerating the conversion of the white adipose tissue (WAT) to brown adipose tissue (BAT), inhibiting excessive generation of advanced glycation end (AGE) products and disease conditions associated with increased levels of advanced glycation end (AGE) products in mammals.
US12070478B2
A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof includes administering in situ to the cancer a therapeutically effective amount of a virus or virus-like particle.
US12070474B2
Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for stimulation of and the production or expansion of natural killer (NK) cells. Numbers of NK cells can be increased following contact with exosomes modified with one or more stimulatory peptides. Methods and compositions for the production of exosomes, wherein the exosomes comprises stimulatory peptides are also described. Also described are methods of treating cancer using the disclosed NK-stimulating exosomes or NK cells stimulated by the disclosed methods.
US12070473B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro culture of haematopoietic cells, wherein the haematopoietic cells differentiate to form granulocytes characterised by the ability to kill cancer cells. The invention also relates to the granulocytes, methods for identifying the haematopoietic cells and granulocytes, compositions and kits comprising the same, as well as uses of the same for treating cancer.
US12070470B2
The present invention relates to a method for mimicking the effects of ionizing radiations on cells, wherein cells are contacted with a topoisomerase inhibitor.
US12070469B2
The present disclosure related to compositions, methods, dosages, dosage regimens, articles of manufacture and kits for the treatment and/or prevention ectopic calcifications, and in particular cutaneous calcifications such as calciphylaxis calcifications comprising inositol phosphate, inositol phosphate analogs, inositol phosphate derivatives, or combinations thereof. In a particular aspect the disclosure provides a dosage regimen to treat calciphylaxis comprising the administration of 6 mg/kg to 9 mg/kg daily doses of myo-inositol hexaphosphate, three times a week, for at least 1 to 8 months.
US12070466B2
Provided herein is an ophthalmic composition formulated in deuterated water. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating, ameliorating, or reducing ophthalmic conditions or diseases by administering to an eye of an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an ophthalmic composition as described herein.
US12070455B2
The present disclosure relates generally to certain compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of making and using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used for the treatment or prevention of an autoimmune disease and/or inflammatory condition, including systemic lupus erythematosus and cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
US12070450B2
The present disclosure provides methods for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura, comprising the administration of ubrogepant. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods for the acute treatment of migraine in patients having hepatic impairment; in patients with renal impairment; and in patients concurrently taking CYP3A4 modulators or BCRP and/or P-gp only inhibitors.
US12070447B2
The present invention relates to a parenteral liquid preparation containing, as active ingredients; a carbamate compound of chemical formula 1, an isomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate or a hydrate thereof; and a cyclodextrin derivative.
US12070446B2
A transmucosal psychoactive alkaloid composition including a psychoactive alkaloid extract or synthetic psychoactive alkaloid. The alkaloids in the extract are predominantly dephosphorylated rather than phosphorylated. The transmucosal psychoactive alkaloid composition also includes a mucoadhesive polymer, a carrier, and optional further excipients. The non-ingestive composition may be taken orally through the mucosa. A process for obtaining an oral transmucosal psychoactive alkaloid composition includes dephosphorylating the alkaloid during extraction, purifying the extracted alkaloid and standardizing to a specific concentration by adding measured quantities of excipients.
US12070434B2
A wearable device for assisting in the movement of lower limbs that includes an anchor component configured to encircle the torso of a user and be supported by the shoulders through a harness/suspender that provides both postural support and proprioceptive input. The wearable device may have one or more elastic cords disposed on the anchor component and a means for aligning the one or more elastic cords. Each cord may have a first and second attachment component on each end, which may attach to a first shoe and a second shoe of the user. Lowering the cord end by the attachment component may cause the other cord end to rise.
US12070429B2
A proning device includes a conformable structure that adapts to the shape of a subject, surrounded by a shell that imparts a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape to an exterior of the device to facilitate rotation of the subject within the device when the device is wrapped around the subject. A low-friction interface may also be provided to further facilitate rotation of the subject. The device advantageously reduces staffing needs for proning a subject while facilitating extended proning and periodic re-orientation of the subject. Also disclosed herein are methods for making and using such a proning device.
US12070426B2
An air conditioning assembly for an environmental chamber includes an air handling unit for supplying air to the environmental chamber. A plurality of ducts in fluid communication with the air handing unit and in fluid communication with the environmental chamber are configured to draw air from one side of the environmental chamber through at least one outlet vent, and to blow air into an opposite side of the environmental chamber through at least one equal but opposite inlet vent. At least one air conditioning means in fluid communication with the at least one air handling unit is configured to condition the air flow passing through the air handling unit. The at least one air conditioning means includes an altitude simulator for changing the oxygen content of the air flow. In use, the air conditioning assembly is configured to create substantially laminar air flow throughout the environmental chamber.
US12070423B2
An ophthalmological laser therapy system having an appliance base and an appliance head, displaceable relative to one another by translational movement and having a laser device and to a corresponding method. A laser pivot arm is fastened to the appliance head pivotable about a horizontal first axis. The laser pivot arm is encompassed by a pivot arm housing, which is fastened in a separately pivotable manner on the appliance head in coaxial fashion relative to the laser pivot arm and/or by virtue of an examination pivot arm with an examination device, defining an examination volume, being fastened to the appliance head pivotable about a second axis, wherein both axes are arranged such that a work volume of a laser beam, when the laser pivot arm is in a work position, is a partial volume of the examination volume, when the examination pivot arm is in a work position.
US12070418B2
Particular embodiments disclosed herein provide a membrane delamination device for delaminating a membrane from a retina of an eye. The membrane delamination device comprises an elastic component and a blade element at least partially covered by the elastic component. The blade element comprises a plurality of teeth. The blade element comprises a plurality of blades configured to cut connective tissues between the membrane and the retina. Each of the plurality of blades is positioned between two adjacent teeth of the plurality of teeth.
US12070417B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring fluid pressure in an ophthalmic surgical system. An example system comprises a fluid flow path and a pressure sensor system for measuring pressure in the fluid flow path. The pressure sensor system comprises a conductive, movable diaphragm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the diaphragm facing the fluid flow path, and an eddy current position sensor positioned on the second side of the diaphragm without contacting the diaphragm. The eddy current position sensor comprises a position sensor coil activatable by high frequency alternating current and signal conditioning electronics capable of sensing inductance or impedance or resonant frequency variation in the position sensor coil as a gap between the diaphragm and the position sensor coil changes and of translating that variation into a displacement signal correlated to fluid pressure. A method of measuring fluid pressure may be performed using one or more of the systems described herein.
US12070414B2
Devices, kits and tools that facilitate pre-loading, storage, transportation and small incision, partial thickness corneal replacement procedures, including deep lamellar endothelial keratoplasty (DLEK), Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK), using donor eye tissue are provided.
US12070408B2
A method includes positioning a patient on a surgical support structure having a fixture. The method includes attaching, to a portion of a body of the patient, a first adhesive layer on a widened pad end of a surgical restraint device. The method includes extending an elongate strap member of the surgical restraint device in a direction in which the portion of the body of the patient is to be moved relative to a remaining portion of the body using tension in the elongate strap member. The method includes attaching an attachment end of the elongate strap member to the fixture of the surgical patient support structure to maintain the moved portion of the body in tension, exposing a surgical site on the body.
US12070407B2
In one embodiment, the orthotic device can include a powered hand portion, a switching element, and a controller. The wearer can interact with the switching element to generate input signals for adjusting an operation of the powered hand portion. The controller can receive the input signals and generate control signals to accordingly adjust the operation of the powered hand portion. In some embodiments, a powered hand portion can be comprised of a plurality of linkages and at least one powered actuator to assist with an opening and closing of the hand portion. The plurality of linkages can be operated by at least one electric motor with quick-connect elements to link onto fingers of a user. In some embodiments, an electrically-actuated clutch mechanism can be affixed to an upper arm section and a lower arm section of an orthotic device. The clutch mechanism can be configured into different positions.
US12070405B2
Disclosed are embodiments of an apparatus and system for performing a sleeve gastrectomy. The apparatus can include a bougie for insertion into an interior of a stomach, the bougie having a proximal bougie end and a distal bougie end, an inflation lumen having a proximal lumen end and a distal lumen end, the inflation lumen extending from the proximal bougie end through the distal bougie end, a fluid delivery system coupled with the proximal lumen end, the fluid delivery system being operably configured to deliver positive pressure in a predetermined positive pressure range into the stomach, and a monitor coupled with the proximal lumen end operably configured for the monitoring of pressure or volume within the stomach. The bougie can be operably configured to define a resection line for the sleeve gastrectomy when the predetermined positive pressure range is achieved within the stomach.
US12070403B2
A covered stent (100A), including a mesh-shaped support structure, and further including a first section (10A) and a second section (20A) connected to a proximal end and/or a distal end of the first section. The first section includes a plurality of first corrugated rings (11A), and a first covering film (12A) which covers surfaces of the first corrugated rings; the second section includes a plurality of second corrugated rings (21A), two adjacent second corrugated rings being fixedly connected to each other; a plurality of windows (201A) are formed between the plurality of second corrugated rings; and the plurality of first corrugated rings and the plurality of second corrugated rings form the support structure. The second section of the covered stent will not block an opening of a branch vessel (400), and thus it is not necessary to reduce the length of the covered stent in a main branch vessel, such that the covered stent has a sufficiently long anchoring area in the main branch vessel so as to ensure that the covered stent has sufficient anchoring force and thus prevent the displacement or endoleak of a distal end of the covered stent, thereby ensuring a good occluding effect.
US12070401B2
Stent device having stent wires interlocking with each other in various ways is disclosed. In primary interlocking structures, the stent wires include a loop formed in a first stent wire through which the second stent wire is threaded. Additional loops can be included in the primary interlocking structures, on one or both of the two stent wires. Primary interlocking structures are positioned at peaks and valleys in the respective first and second stent wires. Secondary interlocking structures do not contain loop features in the interlocking structure, but rather include first and second stent wires engaged with each other by passing first stent wire over the second stent wire forming a hanging arrangement with, e.g., the peak of one of the stent wires located in the valley of the other stent wire. Including one or more primary interlocking structures minimizes or prevents axial shortening and provides flexibility to the stent device.
US12070399B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for accommodating quick and easy exchange of footwear for lower limb amputees. 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.
US12070397B2
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic finger assembly. One embodiment includes a metacarpophalangeal (MCP) pivot configured for swivelable attachment to a hand of a user, a distal coupler, and an articulation assembly rotatively coupled therebetween. A multiple-finger ring configured to receive a user's residual finger and at least one adjacent finger is disposed upon the articulation assembly, and may be adjusted to a target location based on a length of the residual finger. The articulation assembly is configured to utilize vertical movements of the residual and/or adjacent finger(s) within the multiple-finger ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-z plane, and the MCP pivot is configured to utilize lateral movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-y plane. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US12070393B2
Stand-alone interbody fusion devices for engagement between adjacent vertebrae. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include a spacer and one or more inserts or members coupled to the spacer. The inserts or members may be configured and designed to provide the apertures which are designed to retain bone fasteners, such as screws, and secure the implant to the adjacent vertebrae.
US12070391B2
Methods for improving the wear performance of silicon nitride and/or other ceramic materials, particularly to make them more suitable for use in manufacturing biomedical implants.
US12070381B2
The present disclosure in one aspect provides a sterile packaging container comprising a container body with a cross-sectional shape that is constant along the majority of the longitudinal axis, a cover and a closure assembly that inhibits the passage of microbial contaminants. The container is configured such that the interior of the container can be sterilized. The sterile packaging container described herein allows one to manufacture a sterile packaging tube exercising the smallest possible volume.
US12070375B2
A system comprises an image capture device, an augmented reality (AR) display to display, and a processing device. The processing deice receives image data of a dental arch from the image capture device and processes the image data using a plurality of detection rules, where each detection rule detects one or more dental conditions. The processing device determines a dental condition for the dental arch based on the processing, determines a position of an area of interest on the dental arch, wherein the area of interest is associated with the dental condition, generates a visual overlay comprising an indication of the dental condition at the position of the area of interest, and outputs the visual overlay to the AR display, wherein the visual overlay is superimposed over a view of the dental arch on the AR display at the position of the area of interest.
US12070362B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a task(s), might receive sensor data associated with sensors configured to monitor at least one of biometric, biological, genetic, cellular, or procedure-related data of a subject, and might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of the subject. The computing system might analyze the received device data, sensor data, and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map two or more of the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the subject based on the analysis, might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more extended reality (“XR”) images or experiences based on the mapping.
US12070361B2
A protective shield for a surgical microscope provides a barrier between a doctor and a patient that is undergoing a surgical procedure. The protective shield is designed to removably mount to the surgical microscope so that the shield can be replaced or removed for sterilization. The protective shield provides protection to the doctor who is placing his/her eyes directly against the binoculars of the microscope without impeding the view through the binoculars. The shield blocks splatter and other bodily fluids coming from in front of or below the lens or operating area.
US12070356B2
A medical image transmitting method includes obtaining a medical image generated by imaging an object; performing a first determination to determine whether the object has an abnormality, based on the medical image; performing a second determination to determine, based on the first determination, whether to transmit at least one assistance image associated with the medical image; and when the object has no abnormalities, transmitting, to an external apparatus, the medical image, thereby minimizing a data processing amount and a data transmission amount.
US12070355B2
Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including a plurality of casters allowing the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to be moved according to a control signal, a detection sensor configured to detect a motion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, an input configured to receive a control command of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus from a user, and a controller configured to determine whether a user desires to use the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus on the basis of at least one of the detected motion or the received control command, and upon determining that the user desires to use the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, transmit a control signal for locking at least one of the plurality of casters.
US12070354B2
Various methods and systems are provided for automatically detecting scan planes of anatomical structures and providing guidance for obtaining target views during an imaging procedure. As one example, a method includes outputting to a user, instructions for navigating a medical imaging probe from a current scan position to a next scan position for obtaining a desired scan plane of a target anatomical structure based on received image data of the target anatomical structure and position data, the position data obtained from a position sensor on the probe, during receiving the image data.
US12070350B2
CT scan parameters for performing a CT scan of an anatomical target region of a patient are determined and/or adjusted. An initial set of the CT scan parameters for starting to perform the CT scan is determined based on an initial set of attenuation curves associated with the anatomical target region of the patient. The initial set of attenuation curves are determined based on optical imaging data depicting the patient.
US12070344B2
A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. More than one projection may be combined to generate and create a selected view of the subject.
US12070340B2
An imaging system comprises a plurality of imaging detectors for acquiring imaging data. The plurality of imaging detectors is configurable to be arranged proximate to an anatomy of interest within a patient. Each of the plurality of imaging detectors has a field of view (FOV) and at least a portion of the plurality of imaging detectors image the anatomy of interest within the respective FOV. A processor receives the imaging data and processes the imaging data to form a multi-dimensional dataset having at least three dimensions.
US12070338B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for analyzing outcomes of illnesses, such as COVID-19, on living organisms. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for identifying risk of illness based on genetic markers and other available data, predicting results of mass exposure to an Illness based on a populations genomes and other available data, and providing indicators and methods of visualization for probability of illness in any living organism.
US12070303B2
Methods, systems and devices for estimating the position and orientation of an invasive surgical devices, for example, a catheter guidewire or endoscope, surgical catheter, or self-guided electrophysiology catheter, relative to a reference frame, are described. An example system comprises one or more permanent magnets mounted on the surgical device, a plurality of magnetometer sensors at fixed location providing a reference frame that are configured to perform magnetic field measurements of the direct current superposition field of the permanent magnets, and computational means for receiving the input signals and calculating the position and orientation of the permanent magnets mounted on the surgical device.
US12070302B2
An on-body sensor system (30) comprises means for determining a position of a skin interface unit (34) based on transmission and receipt of electrical signals to the unit from a known transmitter (32) location, transmitted via electrical channels of the body. By comparing sensed signal characteristics of the received signals with a plurality of sets of pre-determined signal characteristics, each set associated with one of a plurality of different reference positions and/or orientations of the receiver (34) on the body, it is possible to derive an indication of the position of the receiver unit on the body.
US12070292B2
An ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire physiological data of a patient, at least one network interface and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the at least one network interface. The at least one processor is configured to detect, via the at least one network interface, a medical device, to establish a secure communication session with the medical device via the at least one network interface, to detect a data capacity of the secure communication session, to identify a category of patient data associated with the data capacity, and to transmit patient data of the category to the medical device via the secure communication session.
US12070291B2
A hand grip apparatus for receiving operator input includes a body having a proximal end and a distal interface end for coupling to an input apparatus. A first control lever is attached to the body and extends away from the proximal end and terminates in a finger grip for receiving one of the operator's fingers. A second control lever is attached to the body and extends away from the proximal end terminating in a thumb grip for receiving the operator's thumb. Movement of at least one of the control levers is operable to produce a first control signal representing the movement. An input control is included on the body between the grip ends and has an actuator surface angled towards the finger grip end and configured to produce a second control signal in response to actuation by one of the operator's fingers.
US12070281B2
A platform and methods of use, for providing active, pre-determined, fully controlled, precise delivery of nano- or micro-particles in biological tissue. The platform comprises the following modules: (A) one or more nano- or micro-particles comprising embedded logic and various MEM components; (B) a delivery and retraction module, configured to deliver and retract the particles; (C) an external signal generator; (D) an imaging module, configured to monitor said particles; and (E) an integration module configured to receive inputs from other modules and provide output control commands to other modules. The modules are configured to interact/communicate with each other and are internally controlled, externally controlled or both.
US12070245B2
Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection from anti-rotation, and improved docking cap and drive gear assemblies.
US12070241B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing a hair transplant using a hair transplant device. The hair transplant device comprises a coring needle, a splitting needle, a housing, and a user interface. The coring needle forms a coring lumen configured to extract a hair follicle from a donor site. The splitting needle is configured to create an opening in a recipient site. The housing at least partially surrounds one of the coring needle and the splitting needle. The user interface extends from the housing and is movable relative to the coring needle to push the hair follicle from the coring lumen into the opening in the recipient site formed by the splitting needle.
US12070240B2
An energy treatment device includes a sheath including a hollow portion, a fixed handle provided at a proximal end of the sheath, a probe provided in the hollow portion, a movable handle including a jaw having a recessed portion along a rotation axis of the movable handle extending in a direction orthogonal to the central axis, a metal member provided at a position including the rotation axis, and a preventing member which prevents the metal member from falling out from its position. The sheath extends along a central axis of the energy treatment device and includes an attaching portion by which the movable handle is attached to a position offset from the central axis, the metal member is provided around the rotation axis such that the jaw is rotatable with respect to the sheath, and the prevention member is fixed to the recessed portion.
US12070234B2
Disclosed is an assembly for holding a tool. The assembly may selectively reduce and/or eliminate vibrations received and felt by a user. Reducing vibrations may reduce or eliminate chatter at a working end of a tool.
US12070229B1
A networking-capable emergency tourniquet including an adjustable and inflatable cuff configured to encircle a limb of a patient, and a controller unit removably coupled to the inflatable cuff. The controller unit includes a microcontroller configured to control the introduction, removal, and maintenance of air within the inflatable cuff and process collected patient data, a communicator unit configured to communicate with the user, a transmitter configured to transmit the collected patient data to a centralized server over a communication network, and a receiver configured to receive information from at least one of the centralized server and other sources over the communication network.
US12070225B2
Disclosed is a medical instrument, comprising: a protective sheath device; a clamp device comprising a clamp shell arranged on a distal end of the protective sheath device and at least or just two clamp arms; and a control line extending and passing through the protective sheath device, wherein the clamp shell is directly connected to the protective sheath device by means of at least one connection element and is fixedly attached to the clamp shell, or, a portion thereof is releasably connected to the protective sheath device; and a release mechanism cooperating with each connection element is provided, and when the clamp arms have been closed, the release mechanism can be actuated by means of moving the control line in a proximal end direction so as to release each connection element from the protective sheath device and thus release the clamp shell.
US12070224B2
Medical systems, devices and methods are provided for engaging tissue, e.g. for clipping tissue, closing a perforation or performing hemostasis. Generally, the medical system including a housing, first and second jaws rotatable relative to the housing, a driver, and an elongate drive wire. The elongate drive wire may be disconnected from the driver, first and second jaws, and the housing, which are left in vivo engaged with the tissue.
US12070221B2
Devices, systems, and methods for treating aneurysms are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, the present technology includes a treatment system comprising a delivery shaft, a manipulation shaft slidably positioned within the lumen of the delivery shaft, and an occlusive device configured for implantation within the aneurysm. The occlusive device can comprise a plurality of filaments that are secured to one another at a proximal end of the occlusive device by a cured material. The occlusive device can comprise inner and outer layers of braided filaments, wherein the proximal end region of the inner layer has an exposed portion that extends proximally beyond the proximal end region of the outer layer, and wherein the cured material extends into and fills interstices between the braided filaments at the proximal end regions of the inner and outer layers.
US12070218B2
A surgical system includes an adapter assembly and a tip protector. The adapter assembly includes a tubular housing, and a trocar assembly selectively receivable in the tubular housing. The tip protector includes a housing defining a channel therethrough configured for receipt of the trocar member, a first locking member movably coupled to the housing and configured to selectively engage the trocar member to lock the tip protector to the trocar member, and a second locking member movably coupled to the housing and configured to selectively engage a distal end portion of the tubular housing to lock the tip protector to the tubular housing.
US12070210B2
A bendable endoscopic linear cutting anastomat and assembly includes an anastomat jaw, a turning connection block, an assembly inner core and a cutting blade assembly. The assembly inner core includes an inner core shell and an inner core connection block fixedly mounted in the inner core shell. The front end of the turning connection block is hinged to the rear end of the anastomat jaw, a first vertical rotation shaft is formed at the hinge, the rear end of the turning connection block is hinged to the front end of the inner core connection block, a second vertical rotation shaft is formed at the hinge; the cutting blade assembly penetrates through the inner core connection block, the turning connection block and the anastomat jaw, and can slide forwards and backwards. As a result, a U-shaped left and right bending sheet which controls the bending process.
US12070201B2
A surgical apparatus is configured to support at least one bone cut for installation of a prosthetic component. The installed prosthetic component will have reduced alignment error. The surgical apparatus is configured to distract a first compartment to a first predetermined load value while allowing a moving support structure to pivot freely. A distraction lock mechanism is then engaged to prevent movement of a distraction mechanism that raises or lowers the moving support structure relative to a fixed support structure. The moving support structure has M-L tilt angle that is measured. A M-L tilt mechanism is engaged to forcibly equalize the first and second compartments. Engaging the M-L tilt mechanism prevents the moving support structure from freely pivoting. The at least one bone cut relates to the first and second compartments equalized and the M-L tilt angle.
US12070199B2
Instruments and methods for harvesting a tissue structure such that a tendon graft are provided. In general, the surgical instrument includes an elongate shaft and an end effector pivotally coupled to a distal end thereof. The end effector defines a tissue seating passage configured to seat therethrough a portion of the tendon when the end effector is in use. The end effector is configured to be manipulated such that either its first or second end is positioned as a leading end. A method for using the end effector to harvest a tendon includes using the end effector to strip and cut the tendon at one end thereof when the first end of the end effector is a leading end, manipulating the end effector such that its second end becomes the leading end, and using the end effector to strip and cut the tendon at another, opposite end thereof.
US12070191B2
A holding frame for an imaging unit arranged at a distal end of an endoscope includes a cylindrical three-dimensional molded interconnect device; a housing configured to house the imaging unit, the housing being formed of a notch; at least one cut face formed on the side face of the holding frame and obtained by cutting a support portion which is a gate portion into which a resin is injected when the holding frame is resin-molded; a connection terminal formed on a bottom face of the housing portion and configured to be connected to the imaging unit; a cable connection electrode arranged on a face where a proximal end side of the holding frame is notched; and a wiring pattern formed on a surface area of the holding frame excluding the cut face and configured to electrically connect the connection terminal and the cable connection electrode.
US12070170B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus for cleaning or otherwise treating a floor or ground surface. Devices provided herein include various features to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of cleaning operations. Such devices includes, but are not limited to, bearing protector devices, cord and cable management devices, and ergonomic features useful with ride-on floor treating machines.
US12070169B1
A back scrubbing device for use in the shower including a scrubber assembly and a fixing assembly. The scrubber assembly includes a scrubber having protruding elements protruding thereof. The protruding elements are brushes. The scrubber curves outward. The scrubber is used to scrub the back of a user when the user scratches against the scrubber. The fixing assembly includes fasteners. The scrubber is removable attached to a shower wall through the fasteners. The fasteners are suction cups attached to a rear portion of the scrubber.
US12070168B2
A receptacle holder may include a holder base portion configured to support the bottom of a receptacle, a holder upper portion and an elongated holder back portion extending between the holder base portion and the holder upper portion. A confining member may be provided to pivot relative the holder upper portion between a closed position (A) for confining the neck and/or the shoulder of the receptacle, and a release position to allow removal of the receptacle from the receptacle holder. A locking member may be provided to prevent movement of the confining member. The locking member may be brought out of engagement with a trough hole by application of a force (F) onto a locking portion through the through hole thereby allowing the confining member to be pivoted relative the holder upper portion.
US12070165B2
A drying apparatus is proposed. A moving bar (230) may be mounted to a main body (100) of the drying apparatus to move relative thereto. The inlet (248) may be formed in a side of a lower surface of the moving bar (230), the inlet allowing air to be introduced into the moving bar (230). The bar fan assembly (250) may be provided in the moving bar (230). The nozzle slot (245′) may be formed in the moving bar (230), the nozzle slot allowing the air to be discharged slantingly toward a front lower part of the main body (100). A bar casing (232) having an open lower part and a bar cover (242) covering the open lower part may constitute the exterior of the moving bar (230).
US12070159B2
Food processing apparatuses having a drive unit which has more than one mode of operation, works with more than one food processing container, and/or may be operated in more than orientation are disclosed. The drive unit may be operated in first and second modes of operation. In some embodiments, the drive unit may be actuated in a different manner in the second mode of operation as compared to the first mode of operation. In some embodiments, the orientation of the drive unit in the second mode of operation is vertically flipped upside-down as compared to the orientation of the drive unit in the first mode of operation.
US12070146B2
A cooking system for cooking food includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive the food, a lid movable relative to said housing between an open position and a closed position to form a pressure-tight cooking volume between said hollow chamber and said lid, at least one heating element associated with at least one of said housing and said lid, and a temperature probe positionable within said pressure-tight cooking volume. The cooking system is operable in a pressure cooking mode and during said pressure cooking mode. The temperature probe is operable to detect a temperature of the food in said pressure-tight cooking volume.
US12070143B2
An apparatus for drinking featuring a tubular body with an open bottom end and a closed top end, the tubular body formed to provide a lip stabilizer section at or near horizontal and generally parallel to the lips of a user when in use. The apparatus for drinking further comprising a port in the wall of the tubular body located in the lip stabilizer section. When in use, the apparatus for drinking comes in contact with the lips of a user and the user induces suction to the tubular body through the port located in the lip stabilizer section. The suction induces the flow of liquids through the tubular body and through the port and into the mouth of a user. The lip stabilizer section provides a stabilizing effect to the lips of the user minimizing creases or folds in the lips of the user when in use.
US12070134B2
A foldable bassinet apparatus includes a bassinet locking mechanism and a bassinet releasing mechanism. The bassinet releasing mechanism is used to actuate the bassinet locking mechanism. The bassinet locking mechanism includes a first hinge component, a second hinge component, an outer capping component and a locking hub component. The second hinge component is rotatably connected to the first hinge component. The outer capping component is rigidly connected to the second hinge component and configured to cap the first hinge component. The locking hub component is slidably located between the first hinge component and the outer capping component. The locking hub component is fully retracted into the first hinge component to allow relative rotation between the first hinge component and the second hinge component, and is further partially protruded from the first hinge component to constrain the relative rotation.
US12070133B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed involving a seat cushion configured as a partially-open annular ring, including a circular hollow space in a center of the ring, and a radial-arc-shaped opening in the ring forming a trapezium-shaped hollow space. The cushion includes a top section, a middle section, and a base section, in which the top and middle sections form the partially-open annular ring. Both the circular hollow space and the trapezium-shaped hollow space are located corresponding to the user's spine and coccyx, with the trapezium-shaped hollow space located on a rear portion of the cushion. The circular hollow space frees the perineal region from external compression by avoiding having any portion of the center of the seat cushion pressing against it, and the trapezium-shaped hollow space frees the sacrococcygeal region from external compression by not having any portion of partially-open annular ring of the seat cushion pressing against it.
US12070129B2
An ottoman includes a support base, a reversible footrest that is removably supported in the support base and houses an electrically powered massager, and a compression band that is attached to the reversible footrest and extends over a top or bottom side of the reversible footrest, with the compression band being configured to compress a foot or feet of a user between the compression band and the reversible footrest. The reversible footrest has a first orientation in which the compression band is exposed outside the support base and a second orientation in which the compression band is stowed in the support base. The electrically powered massager is operable when the reversible footrest is in both the first orientation and in the second orientation.
US12070126B2
Bin and shelf mounting systems including at least one mounting bracket and a bin or shelf and methods of installing said bins or shelves to a wall. The at least one mounting bracket configured with a truncated wedge shape and beveled side edges. The bin and shelf include at least one recess on a rear wall thereof. The at least one recess includes (i) a downward-facing cavity at a top portion of the recess, (ii) side edges that are beveled, and (iii) a truncated wedge shape complimentary to the at least one mounting bracket. The recess is configured to slidably engage the at least one mounting bracket. A multi-hook system including a mounting bracket and a plurality of face plates.
US12070116B1
A cosmetic container includes a threaded rod, a sleeve, a nut, a ratcheted wheel, a shell, a lining and a button. The nut is connected to the sleeve and inserted in the shell so that they are not allowed to translate or rotate relative to one other. The threaded rod is engaged with the nut. The shell is connected to the sleeve so that they are not allowed to translate or rotate relative to each other. The ratcheted wheel is movably inserted in the shell. The lining is inserted in the shell so that they are not allowed to translate or rotate relative to each other. The button is partially inserted in the lining so that they are not rotatable but translatable relative to each other. Every time the button is pushed, a cosmetic product is extended from the sleeve by the threaded rod.
US12070107B2
A wristlet including a first row with at least one central link, a second row and a third row disposed respectively on either side of the first row and each including at least one lateral link, a connecting rod positioned in the three aligned holes of the first, second and third rows. The lateral link is hollow and includes in its hollow an insert delimited by two external lateral walls, the connecting rod including at each end a first banking and a second banking respectively bearing on a portion of the external lateral wall when the lateral link pivots about the connecting rod so as to limit the amplitude of rotation of the central link about the connecting rod.
