US12093023B2
Workspace coordination systems and methods are presented. A method can comprise: accessing in real time respective information associated with a first actor and a second actor, including sensed activity information; analyzing the information, including analyzing activity of the first actor with respect to a second actor; and forwarding respective feedback based on the results of the analysis. The feedback can includes an individual objective specific to one of either the first actor or the second actor. The feedback includes collective objective with respect to the first actor or the second actor. The analyzing can include automated artificial intelligence analysis. Sensed activity information can be associated with a grid within the activity space. It is appreciated there can be various combinations of actors (e.g., human and device, device and device, human and human, etc.). The feedback can be a configuration layout suggestion. The feedback can be a suggested assignment of a type of actor to an activity.
US12093012B2
A programmable logic controller or PLC (10) includes a clock element (120), a log recorder (101) that records a log together with a record time into a storage device (110) based on a clock signal output from the clock element, an image data acquirer (102) that acquires moving image data indicating a moving image captured by an imaging device from the imaging device, a frame rate measurer (103) that measures a frame rate of the moving image indicated by the moving image data based on the clock signal output from the clock element (120), a corrector (104) that corrects a time to be affixed to the moving image indicated by the moving image data based on the frame rate, and an image storage (105) that stores, into the storage device (110), new moving image (DM) data indicating a moving image affixed with the time corrected by the corrector (104).
US12093007B2
A power control system performs power control such that a target power set for a group including a plurality of units of power consumption is not exceeded. The system includes a limit value setting unit that sets, for each of the units of power consumption, a limit value of power usage for a predetermined time period based on the target power, and an adjustment unit that adjusts, within the predetermined time period, the limit value of each of the units of power consumption based on an actual result of power usage within the predetermined time period.
US12093004B1
An in-wall power adapter configured to apply power to a load is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements adapted to receive power and apply to power to the load; a recess adapted to receive a control module; a second plurality of contact elements positioned within the recess and adapted to be coupled to corresponding contact elements of a control module; and an input portion adapted to receive an input from a user; wherein the in-wall power adapter is adapted to control an application of the power to the load in response to a control signal.
US12093000B2
A method includes operating equipment in accordance with a setpoint to affect a measurement for a space during a training period, performing a plurality of assessments of different characteristics of data for a segment of the training period, and training a system model using a set of training data. The data for the segment is included in the set of training data in response to passing the plurality of assessments or excluded from the set of training data in response to failing one or more of the plurality of assessments. The method also includes controlling the equipment using the system model.
US12092999B2
Systems and methods to provide low carbon intensity (CI) transportation fuels through one or more targeted reductions of carbon emissions based upon an analysis of carbon emissions associated with a combination of various options for feedstock procurement, feedstock refining, processing, or transformation, and fuel product distribution pathways to end users. Such options are selected to maintain the total CI (carbon emissions per unit energy) of the transportation fuel below a pre-selected threshold that defines an upper limit of CI for the transportation fuel.
US12092998B2
Systems and methods to provide low carbon intensity (CI) transportation fuels through one or more targeted reductions of carbon emissions based upon an analysis of carbon emissions associated with a combination of various options for feedstock procurement, feedstock refining, processing, or transformation, and fuel product distribution pathways to end users. Such options are selected to maintain the total CI (carbon emissions per unit energy) of the transportation fuel below a pre-selected threshold that defines an upper limit of CI for the transportation fuel.
US12092997B2
A high-precision time synchronization (HTS) system and method using virtual atomic clocks (VACs) includes: providing an implementation of VAC generation method: accessing the high-precision time service provided by the WPT system, solving receiver clock offsets and reconstructing reference stations observations; providing a rapid HTS method: using the VAC information to realize rapid HTS by means of pseudorange or carrier phase CV time transfer; obtaining a HTS system using VACs, including a real-time observations receiving and distributing module, a differential corrections receiving and decoding module, a local clock solving module, a GNSS observations reconstruction module, and a VAC data broadcasting module. Aiming at VACs don't have the function of time-keeping, and GNSS is easy to be interrupted by factors such as environmental and network anomalies, and a VAC is unable to continuously provide high-precision time service, combing VACs is proposed to safeguard the continuity and reliability of the time-frequency service system.
US12092993B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus in which, while image formation is prevented from being performed, scattered toner that has dropped from a filter and adhered to an outer peripheral surface of a developer carrying member is recovered. A fixed magnet of the developer carrying member has a first pole that is arranged to face the filter, and a second pole and a third pole on a downstream side relative to the first pole. The first pole and the second pole have polarities opposite to each other, and the second pole and the third pole have a same polarity. A length of a gap between the developing container and an area where the developing sleeve faces the second pole among areas of the developing sleeve is smaller than a length between the developing sleeve and the filter.
US12092989B2
A unit accommodation apparatus includes a first unit and a second unit that are to be installed into and removed from an apparatus body through an opening in an installation-removal direction and are held by a unit holder. The unit holder includes a first positioner that is disposed opposite one lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and is detachably attached to the first unit and the second unit. A second positioner is disposed opposite another lateral end of the first unit and the second unit and holds the first unit and the second unit in a state in which the first unit and the second unit are detachably attached to the second positioner. The first positioner and the second positioner secure a relative position of the first unit relative to the second unit in a direction parallel to a hypothetical orthogonal plane perpendicular to the installation-removal direction.
US12092986B2
In a case in which an image forming apparatus determines that a replaceable unit is replaced in a first state, in which removal of the replaceable unit is inhibited, the image forming apparatus performs control to switch from the first state to a second state, in which removal of the replaceable unit is allowed.
US12092984B2
Electrophotography cleaning blade, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image formation device
An electrophotographic cleaning blade, which includes the following: an elastic member containing polyurethane; and a support member supporting the elastic member, and cleaning a surface of a member to be cleaned in motion, by contact of part of the elastic member against the surface of the member to be cleaned, wherein the elastic member has, at least on the tip side, a plate shape having a main surface facing the member to be cleaned and a leading end surface that forms a tip side edge together with the main surface, and a coefficient of variation of area ratios of white regions in each of sections of a binarized image created from grayscale phase image obtained from the leading end surface, is 20.00 or less, and a value of HM1-HM2 is larger than 0.10 N/mm2.
US12092981B2
An image forming apparatus includes an operation panel including a display, a belt through which an image formed thereon is transferred to a sheet, a head configured to form an image on the belt, and a controller configured to control the head to form an image on the belt according to operation settings. The controller is configured to, upon receipt of an instruction to execute a first job, determine whether the job includes forming an image, upon determining that the first job includes forming an image, determine whether a first condition for executing an adjustment operation to adjust the settings is satisfied, upon determining that the first condition is satisfied, control the display to display a screen through which execution of the adjustment operation and a timing thereof can be selected, and execute the first job and/or the adjustment operation based on a selection made through the screen.
US12092978B2
A fixing device includes a first rotator, a second rotator, a heater, a nip formation pad, and a separator. The second rotator contacts an outer circumferential surface of the first rotator to form a nip between the first rotator and the second rotator. The heater includes a resistive heat generator to heat the first rotator. The nip formation pad contacts an inner circumferential surface of the first rotator to form the nip. The separator separates a recording medium passing through the nip from the first rotator. The separator includes a separating surface and a contact. The separating surface is separated from the outer circumferential surface of the first rotator and separates the recording medium from the first rotator. The contact contacts the outer circumferential surface of the first rotator at a position where the first rotator is pinchable between the contact and the nip formation pad.
US12092974B2
Toner cartridge includes a housing, an agitator, an auger, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. The housing includes a first toner accommodating portion having and a second toner accommodating portion. The auger is rotatable about a second axis extending in a first direction and is configured to convey toner from a first toner accommodating portion to the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion is positioned at a first side of the second toner accommodating portion. The first protrusion extends in the first direction. The second protrusion is positioned at a second side of the second toner accommodating portion and extends in the first direction.
US12092969B2
An image-forming apparatus, wherein, in a non-image-forming operation, a control unit executes the following control processing: i) not discharging electric charge between the charging member and the image bearing member and applying a first voltage having a first polarity with respect to a potential on the image bearing member to the charging member; ii) after performing the processing of i), applying a second voltage having a polarity opposite to the first polarity with respect to the potential; and iii) after performing the processing of ii), controlling a third voltage having a second polarity with respect to the potential to be applied to the charging member and controlling a fourth voltage having a polarity opposite to the second polarity with respect to the potential to be applied to the charging member, and controlling electric charge to be discharged between the charging member and the image bearing member.
US12092965B2
A defect prediction method for a device manufacturing process involving processing one or more patterns onto a substrate, the method including: determining values of one or more processing parameters under which the one or more patterns are processed; and determining or predicting, using the values of the one or more processing parameters, an existence, a probability of existence, a characteristic, and/or a combination selected from the foregoing, of a defect resulting from production of the one or more patterns with the device manufacturing process.
US12092964B2
Optically determining whether metallic features in different layers in a structure are in electrical contact with each other. When the metallic features include different metals and/or have different dimensions, which cause one or more resonances in reflected radiation to be detected, the metallic features in the different layers are determined to be in contact or out of contact with each other based on the spectral positions of the one or more resonances. When the metallic features are formed from the same metal and have the same dimensions, the metallic features in the different layers are determined to be in contact with each other responsive to detection of a single resonance associated with the metallic features and out of contact with each other responsive to detection of two or more resonances associated with the metallic features.
US12092963B2
Methods for optimizing an aspect of a patterning process based on defects. For example, a method of source and mask optimization of a patterning process includes obtaining a location on a substrate having a threshold probability of having a defect; defining an defect ambit around the location to include a portion of a pattern on the substrate and one or more evaluation points associated with the portion of the pattern; determining a value of a first cost function based on a defect metric associated with the defect; determining a first guide function for the first cost function, wherein the first guide function is associated with a performance metric of the patterning process at the one or more evaluation locations within the defect ambit; and adjusting a source and/or a mask characteristic based on the value of the first cost function, and the first guide function.
US12092962B1
Contamination of metrology data by non-target signals caused by the measurement spot being incident on target and non-target areas may be reduced or eliminated using local gradient based mixed modeling or a machine learning model. The local gradient based mixed modeling approach uses a mixed model based on a model of the target region and a term of the local gradient of measured signals, which may be determined from scan data. The machine learning approach obtains mixed metrology data from a plurality of locations with respect to the target. The mixed metrology data is a mixture of target signals from the target and non-target signals from a non-target area and is used by a trained machine learning model to determine target metrology data that includes target signals from the target without the non-target signals and is used to determine parameters of interest for the target.
US12092961B2
Provided is an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask manufacturing method of forming an optimum pattern on a wafer by efficiently reflecting a mask topography effect or a coupling effect between edges of a pattern and improving the accuracy of an EUV mask image. The EUV mask manufacturing method includes performing an optical proximity correction (OPC) method for obtaining EUV mask design data, transferring the EUV mask design data as mask tape-out (MTO) design data, preparing mask data based on the MTO design data, and completing an EUV mask by exposing an EUV mask substrate based on the mask data, wherein the performing of the OPC method applies a coupling filter to both a first case in which angles of an edge pair satisfy |θ1−θ2|=0, and a second case in which angles of an edge pair satisfy 0<|θ1−θ2|≤an angle tolerance.
US12092958B2
A wafer stage includes an area for receiving a wafer. The wafer stage further includes a first sensor outside of the area for receiving the wafer. The wafer stage further includes a second sensor outside of the area of receiving the wafer, wherein the second sensor is spaced from the first sensor. The wafer stage further includes a first particle capture area outside of the area for receiving the wafer, wherein the first particle capture area is spaced from both the first sensor and the second sensor, a dimension of the first particle capture area in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the wafer stage is at least 26 millimeters (mm), a dimension of the first particle capture area in a second direction parallel to the top surface of the wafer stage is at least 33 mm, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.
US12092950B2
A case includes a movable body to which an optical module having a first flexible wiring board is to be attached, a fixed body, and a second flexible wiring board with which the first flexible wiring board is to be connected. The movable body is swingably held by the fixed body, and the second flexible wiring board is structured to be resiliently bent easier than the first flexible wiring board.
US12092946B2
A base for a mobile surveillance device includes a base body having a room for receiving a battery and an equipment unit therein. Multiple first wheels are connected to the underside of the base body. A top assembly is located on a top of the base body and includes a first cover and a second cover. A ventilation zone is formed between the first and second covers. A fan is located in the ventilation zone so as to ventilate the room and the ventilation zone. A first tube has the first end thereof extending through the first and second covers, and is inserted into the room. A second tube is retractably inserted into the second end of the first tube and has cameras attached thereto. Multiple solar panels are connected to the top assembly to provide power to the battery and the cameras.
US12092930B2
A display device includes a pixel electrode layer in which a plurality of pixel electrodes is arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface on which the pixel electrode layer is arranged, a second substrate including a third surface arranged to face the second surface, a common electrode layer arranged on the third surface, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the common electrode layer and the pixel electrode layer. Each of the plurality of pixel electrodes includes a plurality of first openings.
US12092928B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a display module and a display apparatus, wherein the orthographic projection region of the sealant on the display panel is located within the orthographic projection region of the second ink layer on the display panel, and the distance between the edge of the sealant and the edge of the second ink layer is greater than or equal to 0.1 mm, so as to prevent the small molecular oily organic substance precipitated from the sealant from diffusing to the surface of the first ink layer and improve the quality problems such as ungluing, dehiscing of the display module.
US12092920B2
The present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a liquid crystal light control panel located on the light incident side of the liquid crystal display panel; and at least two haze layers located on the light emitting side of the liquid crystal display panel.
US12092912B2
A viewing angle widening film, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. A first film layer of the viewing angle widening film includes protrusions spaced apart from each other and extended along a first direction. The protrusions include a first protrusion and a second protrusion arranged on a side of the first protrusion away from a flat layer, a surface of the second protrusion on a side away from the flat layer is an arc surface, and a diffusion effect of the second protrusion is weaker than that of the first protrusion.
US12092889B1
The disclosed system may include (1) a drive subsystem that translates along a powerline conductor, (2) a rotation subsystem that rotates a segment of fiber optic cable about the powerline conductor while the drive subsystem translates along the powerline conductor such that the segment of fiber optic cable is wrapped helically about the powerline conductor, and (3) an extension subsystem that (a) mechanically couples the rotation subsystem to the drive subsystem, and (b) selectively extends the rotation subsystem away from the drive subsystem and the powerline conductor to avoid obstacles along the powerline conductor. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US12092887B2
A fiber optic distribution frame includes a casing and a plurality of tray units disposed in the casing. Each tray unit includes a partition plate, a plurality of inner guiding rails disposed on the partition plate, and a plurality of mounting seats each disposed between adjacent two of the inner guiding rails and movable forwardly and rearwardly to be removed from the adjacent two of the inner guiding rails.
US12092876B2
A fiber optic connector along with a tool allows for the changing of the polarity of the fiber optic connector. Keys may be installed in both the top and the bottom of the fiber optic connector, one in a first position and the other in a second position. Using the tool in one back-and-forth motion, the polarity of the fiber optic connector can be changed. The keys have a configuration that resist an incorrect insertion and provide better retention of the keys in the correct configuration due to a better retention force.
US12092873B2
An optical fiber coupler includes a plurality of optical fibers parallel to each other in a first direction, an optical fiber array block (FAB) configured to maintain a constant center-to-center distance between the plurality of optical fibers, and an optical waveguide block including a plurality of optical waveguides coupled to the plurality of optical fibers, respectively, and configured to transfer optical signals transmitted through the plurality of optical fibers connected to the optical FAB in a second direction in which a photonics chip is placed and which is different from the first direction.
US12092872B2
A waveguide division multiplexer and demultiplexer includes a first-stage Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and two second-stage MZIs. The first-stage MZI includes two input ends and two output ends, in which one of the inputs is configured to receive an input optical beam with a first center wavelength and a second center wavelength, and the output ends are configured to respectively transmit first-stage output optical beams respectively with the first center wavelength and the second center wavelength. One input terminals of the second-stage MZI are configured to respectively receive the first-stage output optical beams, and one output terminals of the second-stage MZI are configured to transmit second-stage output optical beams with the first and second center wavelengths, respectively. Each second-stage MZI is configured in cross-state condition.
US12092860B2
A hollow core fiber (HCF) link is characterized by structural properties selected to support and sustain light propagation in a fundamental mode and in at least one higher-order mode. Connected to a proximal end of the HCF link, there is a mode coupler configured to couple a data signal into the fundamental mode and to couple an obfuscating signal into the at least one higher-order mode for simultaneous propagation of the data signal and the obfuscating signal on the HCF link, where the obfuscating signal substantially overlaps the data signal in spectral content. At a distal end of the HCF link, there is a mode splitter configured to split a first optical signal detected in the fundamental mode from a second optical signal detected in the at least one higher-order mode.
US12092857B2
A display module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The display module has a functional display area and a main display area and includes a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a first backlight unit corresponding to the functional display area, and the first backlight unit includes a first section, a second section disposed around the first section, and a spacer disposed between the first section and the second section. The first section and the second section are integrally formed and on different layers.
US12092840B2
A diffractive optical element includes a unit structure periodically arranged in a first direction and configured to diffract incident light in the first direction. The diffractive optical element has a phase pattern designed such that an angular separation between an outermost diffracted light beam and a second-outermost diffracted light beam along the first direction is smaller than the divergence angle of the incident light.
US12092832B2
A device for adjusting the degree of tightness is provided. The device is for a first strap element and a second strap element. The device includes an outer adjustment element, an inner adjustment element, and an intermediate adjustment element. The inner adjustment element is disposed inside the outer adjustment element. The intermediate adjustment element is disposed between the inner adjustment element and the outer adjustment element. The first strap element includes a first hollow region, and the second strap element includes a second hollow region. The inner adjustment element passes through the first hollow region and the second hollow region to adjust the degree of overlapping of the first hollow region and the second hollow region.
US12092817B2
An augmented reality system includes a light source configured to generate a virtual light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element having an entry portion, an exit portion, and a surface having a diverter disposed adjacent thereto. The light source and the light guiding optical element are configured such that the virtual light beam enters the light guiding optical element through the entry portion, propagates through the light guiding optical element by at least partially reflecting off of the surface, and exits the light guiding optical element through the exit portion. The light guiding optical element is transparent to a first real-world light beam. The diverter is configured to modify a light path of a second real-world light beam at the surface.
US12092816B2
A system for providing information to an occupant of a vehicle includes at least one vehicle sensor for determining information about an environment surrounding the vehicle, a display for providing information to the occupant, and a controller in electrical communication with the at least one vehicle sensor and the display. The controller is programmed to identify at least one driving rule associated with at least one portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle using the at least one vehicle sensor, determine an applicability state of the at least one driving rule, where the applicability state includes an applicable state and a non-applicable state, and display a graphic using the display in response to determining that the applicability state of the at least one driving rule is the applicable state.
US12092814B2
An optical system with aberration correction is disclosed. The optical system may include an illumination source. The optical system may include a detector. The optical system may include one or more collection optics configured to image a sample onto the detector based on illumination from the illumination source. The optical system may include two or more aberration correction plates located in one or more pupil planes of the one or more collection optics. The two or more aberration correction plates may provide at least partial correction of two or more linearly-independent aberration terms. Any particular one of the two or more aberration correction plates may have a spatially-varying thickness profile providing a selected amount of correction for a single particular aberration term of the two or more linearly-independent aberration terms.
US12092806B2
Optics for a transmission and/or reception element configured to emit and/or receive a signal in a main radiation direction has an optical body formed of a material optically transparent for the communication wavelength. It has a cavity within which the transmission/reception element is arranged, wherein a first interface is formed between the cavity and the optical body. Furthermore, the optical body has a second interface formed opposite the cavity and a lateral interface having a total internal reflection region. The first interface forms a first central lens region and a first refraction region surrounding the first central lens region. The second interface forms a second central lens region and a second refraction region surrounding the second central lens region. All the surfaces or areas described are defined to be freeform areas so that they can exhibit any shape. In addition, it is conceivable to introduce Fresnel patterns in the surfaces.
US12092801B2
An optical system (10) includes, successively from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit (110) having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit (120) having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit (130) and a fourth lens unit (140) having a positive refractive power; the positions of the first lens unit (110) and the fourth lens unit (140) are fixed with respect to the imaging surface (S17) of the optical system (10), and the second lens unit (120) and the third lens unit (130) are movable with respect to the first lens unit (110) in the optical axis direction of the optical system (10); when the optical system is zoomed from the short focal end to the long focal end, a distance between the first lens unit (110) and the second lens unit (120) and the distance between the third lens unit (130) and the fourth lens unit (140) increase.
US12092796B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly. The optical imaging lens assembly includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the seven lens having refractive power. The first lens has positive refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface, and an image-side surface thereof is a convex surface; the second lens has negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface; and an object-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface. A distance TTL along the optical axis from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly and a total effective focal length f of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfy TTL/f<1.
US12092778B2
An isotropic neutron detector includes a spherical secondary particle radiator component and a plurality of stacked semiconductor detectors. A first semiconductor detector is coupled to at least a portion of the spherical secondary particle radiator component, forming a portion of a first concentric shell thereover. A second semiconductor detector coupled to at least a portion of the first semiconductor detector, forming a portion of a second concentric shell thereover.
US12092776B2
A radiation detector includes: a sensor panel; a scintillator panel; and a resin frame provided across the sensor panel and the scintillator panel, in which the sensor panel has a mounting surface where the scintillator panel is mounted, the scintillator panel includes a support body having a first surface, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a first side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface to each other, and a scintillator layer formed on the first surface and containing a plurality of columnar crystals, the scintillator panel is mounted on the mounting surface such that the scintillator layer and the first surface face the mounting surface, and the scintillator layer has a second side surface extending so as to be positioned on the same plane as the first side surface.
US12092767B2
A method of a sensing device, comprising steps of emitting, by a light source of the sensing device, a light pulse in each of n cycles; measuring, by a single photon avalanche diodes array of the sensing device, a time-of-flight value with a resolution of m in each of the n cycles to generate n raw data frames based on a reflected light of the light pulse; performing, by a pre-processing circuit of the sensing device, a pre-processing operation to n raw data frames to generate k pre-processed data frames, wherein m, n and k are natural numbers, and k is smaller than n; and generating, by post-processor of the sensing device, a histogram according to the k pre-processed data frames and analyzing the histogram to output a depth result.
US12092766B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to injection locking on-chip laser(s) and external on-chip resonator(s). A system includes a first integrated circuit chip and a second integrated circuit chip. The first integrated circuit chip and the second integrated circuit chip are separate integrated circuit chips and can be optically coupled to each other. The first integrated circuit chip includes a laser configured to emit light via a first path and a second path. The second integrated circuit chip includes a resonator formed of an electrooptic material. The resonator can receive the light emitted by the laser of the first integrated circuit chip via the first path and return feedback light to the laser of the first integrated circuit chip via the first path. The feedback light can cause injection locking of the laser to the resonator to control the light emitted by the laser (e.g., via the first and second paths).
US12092761B2
A sensor assembly includes an upper housing. The sensor assembly includes a monolithic lower housing fixed to the upper housing and defining a chamber therebetween. The monolithic lower housing defines a drain channel that slopes downward and outward in the chamber. The sensor assembly may be mounted to a roof of a vehicle. Specifically, the monolithic lower housing may be fixed to the roof.
US12092759B2
A radar sensor system receives or generates radar data indicative of radar returns received at an antenna array. An encoder neural network encodes the radar data into first embeddings defined in a first latent space. A transformer neural network receives the first embeddings and transforms the first embeddings to second embeddings defined in a second latent space. A decoder neural network receives the second embeddings and decodes the second embeddings to generate beamformed radar data.
US12092757B2
A vehicle measurement and ADAS inspection and/or calibration system incorporating dual support columns arranged in a front-to-back configuration on a rolling base to achieve a low center of gravity. A vertically adjustable instrumentation and target support lateral crossbeam is mounted to a front column and is linked to a counterweight supported on a rear column by a driven cable and pulley assembly. A storage cabinet is additionally located on the wheeled base, partially enclosing a lower portion of the rear column, and extending forward towards the front column. Brake releases are operatively coupled to associated friction brake pads located below the base. The friction brake pads are biased into engagement with a supporting floor surface to prevent unintended movement of the base, and temporarily disengaged by operation of the associated brake releases.
US12092755B2
A roof module for forming a motor vehicle roof, the roof module having a panel component whose outer surface at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof module having at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals for detecting the vehicle environment. The environment sensor is disposed below the roof skin formed by the panel component, the roof module having a cooler configured to discharge exhaust heat emitted by the environment sensor and/or heat introduced from outside from the environment sensor.
US12092750B2
Systems and methods for measuring at and reporting by a target user equipment (UE) of one or more positioning signals sent from one or more assisting UEs to the target UE are disclosed herein. The target UE may receive a positioning signal from an assisting UE according to a communication received at the target UE. The target UE may proceed to perform a positioning measurement using the positioning signal received from the target UE. The positioning measurement may be used by the target UE to estimate its own position, or the positioning measurement may be sent to another entity within a wireless communications system to be used in estimating the physical position of the UE. The handling of multiple received positioning signals from various sources, and the handling of situations where, for example, a transmission reception point (TRP) and an assisting UE may schedule overlapping positioning signals, ate also discussed.
US12092749B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a multi-stage positioning reference signal (PRS) mechanism for downlink angle of departure (DL-AoD) positioning.
US12092747B2
This application relates to an apparatus for generating a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive and store GNSS navigation information, receive a real-time satellite signal, and calculate a frequency shift value of the real-time satellite signal with respect to a default carrier frequency based on the real-time satellite signal. The apparatus may also include at least one signal generator configured to receive the GNSS navigation information from the receiver, and generate pseudo GNSS signal information corresponding to a current time and a current location based on the GNSS navigation information and the frequency shift value. The apparatus may further include a transmitter configured to generate a pseudo GNSS signal based on the pseudo GNSS signal information, and amplify and output the pseudo GNSS signal, wherein the GNSS navigation information indicates an estimated location of a GNSS satellite over time.
US12092743B2
A first light beam transmits from a first location to a region of interest at a time t1a and reflects off at least one object disposed in the region of interest, producing a first reflected light beam. A time of flight (ToF) counter is incremented until the reflected first light beam is received back at the first location, whereupon ToF counter stops at time t1b. A second light beam transmits from the first location to the region of interest at time t2a subsequent to time t1b and reflects off the least one object to produce a second reflected light beam. ToF counter is decremented, starting from first count value, until the reflected second light beam is received back at the first location, whereupon ToF counter stops at time t2b. A real-time velocity of the object is computed based at least in part on t1a, t1b, t2a, and t2b.
US12092738B2
A surgical visualization system is disclosed. The surgical visualization system is configured to identify one or more structure(s) and/or determine one or more distances with respect to obscuring tissue and/or the identified structure(s). The surgical visualization system can facilitate avoidance of the identified structure(s) by a surgical device. The surgical visualization system can comprise a first emitter configured to emit a plurality of tissue-penetrating light waves and a second emitter configured to emit structured light onto the surface of tissue. The surgical visualization system can also include an image sensor configured to detect reflected visible light, tissue-penetrating light, and/or structured light. The surgical visualization system can convey information to one or more clinicians regarding the position of one or more hidden identified structures and/or provide one or more proximity indicators. In various instances, imaging data from different sources and/or obtained at different times can be integrated.
US12092733B2
A radar anti-spoofing system for an autonomous vehicle includes a plurality of radar sensors that generate a plurality of input detection points representing radio frequency (RF) signals reflected from objects and a controller in electronic communication with the plurality of radar sensors. The controller executes instructions to determine time-matched clusters that represent objects located in an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle based on the input detection points from the plurality of radar sensors. The controller determines an adjusted signal to noise (SNR) measure for a specific time-matched cluster by dividing an SNR of the specific time-matched cluster by a range measurement of the specific time-matched cluster. The controller determines a velocity-ratio measure of the time-matched cluster by dividing a motion-based velocity by a Doppler-frequency velocity, and identifies the time-matched cluster as either a ghost object or a real object.
US12092731B2
A method for synthetically generating a point cloud of radar or LIDAR reflections, a reflection indicating at least one location at which radar or LIDAR interrogating radiation has been reflected. In the method, distribution functions which according to a random distribution provide samples in each case for at least one of the variables contained in the radar or LIDAR reflections are provided; synthetic reflections are generated by drawing samples in each case from the distribution functions for variables contained in the radar or LIDAR reflections, one of multiple distribution functions being selected according to at least one selection random distribution in order to draw each sample; the synthetic reflections are combined to form the sought point cloud.
US12092722B2
The present invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program product for determining a position relative to a confined space. For this purpose, one or more UWB anchors are provided on the confined space, a distance of the UWB item relative to the one or more UWB anchors is repeatedly determined, a variability is determined based on the repeatedly determined distances and it is determined whether the UWB item is in the confined space, by comparing said variability with a predetermined variability limit value.
US12092721B2
A multi-mode radar system, radar signal processing methods and configuration methods, including using predetermined, range/mode-specific pushing windows to perform windowing on range and velocity object data before performing an FFT on the windowed object data matrix to generate a three-dimensional object matrix including range, velocity and angle data. The individual windows have an angular spectral response that corresponds to a combined angular coverage field of view of the transmit and receive antennas for the corresponding mode to minimize the total weighted energy outside the main lobe and to provide increasing spectral leakage outside the combined angular coverage field of view with angular offset from the main lobe to push out much of the spectral leakage into regions where leakage tolerance is high due to the corresponding combined angular coverage field of view of the transmit and receive antennas.
US12092711B2
In a general aspect, a sample holder has multiple sample containers. In some instances, the sample holder can be received into a resonator package in a primary magnetic field of a magnetic resonance system. The resonator package includes a resonator configured to interact with a sample in a sample region. The sample holder includes a first sample and a calibration sample. The position of the sample holder relative to the resonator is calibrated. After calibrating the position of the sample holder, the sample holder is translated to position the first sample in the sample region. Magnetic resonance data is acquired based on magnetic resonance signals generated by an interaction between the resonator and the first sample.
US12092710B2
An MR marker (501, 601, 803, 902) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided intervention and method of fabricating same. The tracking device can be integrated with an MRI-guided robotic system to provide precise positional tracking of the interventional tools and robotic components, allowing safe operation inside the human body. The MR tracking device includes a plurality of stacked flexible printed circuit boards; a plurality of flat planar spirals comprised of a non-ferromagnetic material and directly disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface side of each flexible printed circuit board, a biocompatible, non-ferromagnetic material encapsulating the flexible printed circuit boards; and an adhesive bonding the flexible printed circuit boards. In another aspect, an orientation-independent device is provided including three or more markers (501, 601, 803, 902) in an array around a cylindrical substrate.
US12092702B2
A method for detection of a fuse failure of a protective fuse used to protect an associated load against overcurrent and/or against overload includes the steps of: measuring electrical current flowing through the protective fuse in a current path to the load by means of a current sensor element; determining one or more failure indicators adapted to indicate a possible failure of the protected fuse on the basis of the measured electrical current; and detecting automatically a failure of the protective fuse if the determined at least one failure indicator indicates a possible failure of the protective fuse and if the electrical current stopped to flow through the protective fuse or is below a predefined current threshold value.
US12092700B2
An interactive test equipment for quality evaluation of resistance value test for electric leakage is disposed on a platform, and includes at least a control unit, a leaking electric current control module and an operating module. The leaking electric current control module includes at least a test set for quality evaluation to determine a resistance value for electric leakage. Each of the at least a test set has a circuit breaker and an electric leakage value display. The electric leakage value display of the each of the at least a test set can be used to display tripping circuit-breaking data of a corresponding circuit breaker. Test subjects can initiate the interactive test equipment and select answers through the operating module, and load questions and determine answers through the control unit.
US12092693B2
A test and measurement instrument includes one or more sensors configured to measure a mechanical position of a synchronous machine driven by analog three-phase signals, a converter to determine an instantaneous electrical angle from the measured mechanical position, a transform configured to generate DQ0 signals based on the instantaneous electrical angle, and a vector generator structured to produce a resultant vector from the DQ0 signals. Methods are also described.
US12092690B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus (100) for joint test action group (JTAG) and scan emulation, the apparatus includes a controller circuitry (102) that is interfaced to a target integrated circuit (IC) (106) for testing the target IC, the controller circuitry having one or more serial peripheral interface (SPI) devices (104-1, 104-2) operating in master mode and slave mode. The controller circuitry (102) operates the one or more SPI devices (104-1, 104-2) to switch between a first mode and a second mode dynamically to emulate JTAG and scan test functionality. The controller circuitry facilitates reusing the one or more SPI devices located in the controller circuitry to emulate JTAG and scan test interface protocols without any additional hardware requirements.
US12092686B2
An apparatus for electrically coupling an electrical interface of a unit under test with a debugging component includes a bracket assembly having a socket configured to electrically couple with the electrical interface, a baseplate assembly configured to secure the unit under test on a plate, a crane assembly coupled to the bracket assembly, and a cable assembly. The crane assembly is configured to enable movement of the socket relative to the electrical interface in each of a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, and an angular direction; and secure the socket in place relative to the electrical interface while applying a force by the socket against the electrical interface. The cable assembly is associated in part with the bracket assembly and is configured to electrically couple with the socket at a first end and with the debugging component at a second end.
US12092673B2
The present invention relates to a new accessible and accurate computational modeling approach to compute electromagnetic scattering and radiation from large predominantly metallic electrically large targets including but not limited to airplanes, missiles, and ships.
US12092656B2
A test apparatus includes a movable stage to support a sample, tips above the stage that have different shapes and alternately perform profiling and milling on the sample, a tip stage connected to a cantilever coupled to the tips, the tip stage to adjust a position of the cantilever, a position sensor to obtain information about a positional relationship between the tips and the sample, a stage controller to control movements of the stage and the tip stage, based on the information about the positional relationship, and a tip controller to select the tips for performing the profiling or milling and to determine conditions for performing milling, wherein a depth of the sample being processed by the milling in the first direction is controlled based on a relationship between a distance between the tips and the sample and a force between the tips and the sample.
US12092651B2
A hydrometer device according to an example includes a floating waterproof device container, and a liquid level sensor positioned in the device container to sense an immersion level of the device container when the device container is floating in a container of liquid. The hydrometer device further includes a conversion circuit positioned in the device container to convert the sensed immersion level to a digital value, and a controller positioned in the device container to determine a liquid density value for the liquid based on the digital value.
US12092650B2
A liquid evaluation device including a cartridge with one or more channels formed between two closely spaced substrates is disclosed. The cartridge includes one or more liquid flow structures, each of which can be located in a deposition region for a channel, an entrance region for the channel, and/or an interior region of the channel. Each liquid flow structure is configured to facilitate liquid flow to shape and/or locate the liquid in the channel for measuring a volume of the liquid located in the channel.
US12092643B2
Particular disclosed embodiments disclosed herein concern using a one or more various mass tags, which can be specifically deposited at targets through direct or indirect enzymatic-catalyzed transformation, to provide a method for identifying targets in tissue samples. The mass tags may be labeled with stable isotopes to produce mass tags having the same chemical structure but different masses. Mass codes produced by ionizing the mass tags are detected and/or quantified using mass spectrometry. The method can be used for multiplexed detection of multiple targets in a particular sample. In some embodiments, a map divided into sections representing sections of the tissue sample may be prepared, with the map sections including data corresponding to quantification data wherein the size of a mass peak is determined and correlated with the amount of a target for the corresponding tissue sample section.
US12092641B2
Disclosed are methods and kits for analyzing a sample comprising 1,5-anhydroglucitol and a possible first analyte via one or more chemiluminescent reactions. Certain embodiments include measuring a first light response resulting from a first chemiluminescent reaction and measuring a second light response resulting from a second chemiluminescent reaction. Certain embodiments also include comparing the first light response to the second light response to determine a ratio of 1,5-anhydroglucitol and the first analyte. Also provided are kits including reagents for practicing the claimed methods.
US12092630B2
A device and method for analyte detection and analytes in a particulate bearing fluid such as whole blood having an instrument for partitioning the panicles from the fluid that is integrated with a detector for analyses of one or more particulate bearing fluid analytes while the particles in the particulate bearing fluid are partitioned.
US12092622B2
The present specification relates to a method for analyzing deuterated benzene by gas chromatography, and preparing a deuterated compound using deuterated benzene selected based on the analyzed data.
US12092619B2
Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for visualization and advanced data science on information collected in an analytical data system. Embodiments identify correlations and patterns in chromatography metadata around areas of potential user error. Correlations between these data sources may point to compliance risk areas. Metadata from the analytical system may be combined with other data sources and/or analytical data to correlate an analytical outcome with compliance artifacts. Supervised and/or unsupervised machine learning techniques may be used to combine these data source and learn correlations between them and compliance risks. The results of these analyses may be displayed on a dashboard, allowing a user to visualize compliance risks across an entire enterprise or supply chain. Automatic notifications of compliance risks may be generated and presented on a user interface. A system may also use pattern recognition to provide insights around potential compliance risks that have not yet occurred.
US12092614B2
An ultrasonic-resilience value testing apparatus for an inorganic non-metal plate, including: a fixing mechanism, a testing mechanism and a control mechanism. The fixing mechanism is for carrying and fixing an inorganic non-metal plate to be tested; the testing mechanism is for performing ultrasonic-resilience value testing on the inorganic non-metal plate fixed on the fixing mechanism; and the control mechanism is in communication connection to the fixing mechanism and the testing mechanism, and is for controlling the fixing mechanism and the testing mechanism to run. By setting the fixing mechanism, problems such as slipping, angle deviation, vibration or movement and damage to the test sample are avoided. By setting the testing mechanism for the resilience value testing, the phenomenon that the relevant mechanical properties of the test sample cannot be accurately reflected since a resilience angle, a velocity and the like are affected by human factors, is improved.
US12092612B2
A photoacoustic element which has excellent optical properties and acoustic properties is achieved. The photoacoustic element (1) includes: a metal layer (10); a first member (11) which is bonded to one primary surface of the metal layer (10); and a second member (12) which is bonded to another primary surface of the metal layer (10). The metal layer (10) reflects optical waves and transmits photoacoustic waves stemming from optical waves. Materials of the metal layer (10), the first member (11), and the second member (12) are selected so as to match an acoustic impedance of the metal layer (10) and an acoustic impedance of each of the first member (11) and the second member (12).
US12092610B2
High-speed tubular inspection systems include a frame at least one magnetic flux generator contained in a coil annulus and a detector assembly each having inlet and outlet openings for passing a tubular member there through. The detector assembly has one or more magnetic detectors and one or more eddy current detectors configured to be spaced a first distance from the tubular member during an inspection. The detectors are each contained in one or more EMI detector shoes. A conveyor supports the frame and a drive mechanism configured to drive the tubular member through the coil annulus (or drive the coil annulus past the tubular member) at high-speeds.
US12092609B2
Provided are a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities, etc. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a calculation model generating unit (81) configured to select a plurality of pieces of learning data and generate a calculation model for calculating a mechanical property of the substance; and a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate the mechanical property of the substance using the calculation model generated and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities, wherein the selection physical quantities include at least one physical quantity measured using a first measurement signal and at least one physical quantity measured using a second measurement signal.
US12092606B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to compositions comprising a sieving component, and a surface interactive component comprising an interpenetrating polymer network that includes comprising a hydrophilic N-vinyl amide polymer and a hydrophilic acrylamide polymer. The compositions are used for separating analytes by capillary electrophoresis. Kits and methods including the compositions for separating analytes by capillary electrophoresis are also provided.
US12092604B2
Systems and methods for analyzing a gas are provided. In some embodiments, the system includes: at least one scrubber including a scrubber material that removes at least one sulfur compound from the gas to produce a scrubbed gas; at least one gas sensor in fluid communication with the at least one scrubber, the at least one gas sensor sensing at least one remaining sulfur compound in the scrubbed gas. In some embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein may be used to analyze individual odorants in a hydrocarbon gas such as natural gas.
US12092599B2
An online monitoring device for fouling and slagging based on capacitance principle differential measurement includes multiple measuring devices arranged at the same height of the boiler heating surface. Each measuring device includes a fixed sleeve and a sensor, one end of the fixed sleeve is fixed on the boiler heating surface, the sensor is connected with the fixed sleeve through screw threads, the end of the sensor near the boiler is equipped with a measuring probe. When measuring the thickness of ash residue on the monitoring surface, three sets of the measuring devices are at the same height of the monitoring surface. Each sensor is adjusted at a different position in the corresponding fixed sleeve to realize the differential measuring on ash residue thickness. Thus, the thickness of ash residue on the monitoring surface can be calculated based on the measured capacitance by applying the capacitance formula of planar capacitor.
US12092594B2
A method for measuring average thickness of a metal or alloy coating on a metal or alloy substrate using an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer is used when the coating has an uneven surface at different distances from a measurement window of the XRF spectrometer. The method includes measuring elemental composition of the coating or substrate using the XRF spectrometer and obtaining the average thickness of the coating using a calibration relationship between coating thickness and elemental composition of the coating or substrate. The metal or alloy coating may be a metal or alloy coating of a plurality of outer armor wires wrapped around a cable. The method may be used to analyze coating thickness changes over time or along the length of the cable, or to analyze a corrosive environment in order to choose optimal material for a metal or alloy coating.
US12092581B2
Disclosed herein is a laser bond inspection system that comprises a high-power laser, configured to generate a high-power laser beam having a high energy, and a low-power laser, configured to generate a low-power laser beam having a low energy that is less than the high energy. The laser bond inspection system further comprises a target patch. The laser bond inspection system additionally comprises a beam-aiming optic, configured to receive the low-power laser beam from the low-power laser and redirect the low-power laser beam at the target patch when the target patch is affixed to the part. The laser bond inspection system also comprises an optical sensor, configured to detect a reflected portion of the low-power laser beam reflected off of the target patch. The beam-aiming optic is further configured to receive the high-power laser beam from the high-power laser and redirect the high-power laser beam at the target patch.
US12092580B1
A method of measuring a plurality of chemical elements in a baobab fruit pulp can include crushing and homogenizing baobab fruit pulp; sieving the homogenized baobab fruit pulp to obtain baobab fruit fine powder; adding the baobab fruit fine powder to each of prepared plurality of acid mixtures to obtain a plurality of solutions; heating each of the plurality of solutions to digest the baobab fruit fine powder in each of the plurality of solutions; cooling the plurality of solutions; filtering the digested baobab fruit fine powder from each of the plurality of solutions to obtain a plurality of filtered digested baobab fruit fine powders; diluting each of the plurality of filtered digested baobab fruit fine powders with water to obtain a plurality of mixtures; and measuring the plurality of chemical elements in each of the plurality of mixtures using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
US12092575B2
The present invention is directed to a method of measuring cell migration by measuring the invasion ratio of cells incubated on a pillar array inserted into a well structure, the method including steps of: preparing a pillar array having a plurality of micropillars and a well structure having a plurality of microwells into which the plurality of micropillars is insertable, respectively; forming cell spheroids by incubating cells in an extracellular matrix attached to the end contact surfaces of the micropillars; allowing the cells contained in the cell spheroids to invade the end contact surfaces; staining and scanning the cell spheroids, the cells contained in the cell spheroids, and the cells that invaded the end contact surfaces; and calculating the invasion ratio of cells by the following equation through a fluorescence image of the scanned cells: Invasion Ratio = Invasion cell area Total cell area = A Total - A spheroid A Total [ Equation ] wherein Atotal represents the total cell area, and Aspheroid represents the spheroid area.
US12092570B2
A configuration of the present disclosure specifies a signal point of a specific component and a background point, based on time series two-dimensional spectroscopic image data of a gas; calculates a correlation coefficient between a time series detection signal at the signal point and a time series detection signal at the background point; and generates a time series detection signal of the specific component, based on a corrected time series detection signal obtained by subtracting a product of the correlation coefficient and the time series detection signal at the background point from the time series detection signal at the signal point.
US12092548B2
An evaluation and control unit, designed as an ASIC, for operating a broadband lambda sensor that includes at least one electrical line. The evaluation and control unit includes at least one electrical terminal for electrically connecting to the electrical line of the broadband lambda sensor, and a device for determining a setpoint value of a current flowing into the electrical terminal and for comparing this setpoint value with the current actually flowing into the electrical terminal and for comparing with the aid of comparators the electrical potential being applied to the electrical terminal with predefined limits.
US12092536B1
The subject invention is concerned with systems and methods advantageously applying finite element analysis to establish design rules for a highly sensitive piezo-resistive pressure sensor with an output that is high enough to be detectable by simple and inexpensive circuits and therefore ensure wearability. Four frequently reported micro-feature shapes in micro-patterned piezo-resistive sensors are provided, where the micro-dome and micro-pyramid yield the highest sensitivity. Investigations of different conductivity values of micro-patterned elastomers show that coating the elastomer with a conductive material (e.g., a metallic coating) leads to higher current response when compared to composited conductive elastomers. Advantageous geometric parameters and spatial configurations of micro-pyramid design of piezo-resistive sensors are provided. Results show that an enhanced sensitivity and higher current output can be achieved by a lower spatial density configuration of three micro-features per millimeter length, a smaller feature size of around 100 μm, and a 60-50 degrees pyramid angle.
US12092535B2
The disclosure relates to a sensor which is produced by stitching it onto a carrier using threads. The stitching forms a first electrode, a second electrode and a covering layer. The covering layer can be used to produce an electrically conductive connection between the first electrode and the second electrode, at least if a force acts on the covering layer and presses at least one part of the covering layer against a part of the first electrode and of the second electrode. This force can be caused by a pressure locally exerted on the covering layer and/or by bending of the covering layer or of the carrier. The entire sensor and, in particular, the first electrode, the second electrode and the covering layer are produced solely by being stitched onto a common carrier. The sensor can be produced in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner and is robust.
US12092530B2
A material cartridge arrangement (100, 101) for a dispensing system, comprising a material cartridge (2) having a first end (2a), an opposing second end (2b) and an ink material channel (5) extending between the first and second ends in the material cartridge (2), the ink material channel (5) being bounded by an ink material channel wall/walls (9) extending between the first (2a) and second ends (2b). An ink material pressurising device (3) is arranged to cause ink material hold in the ink material channel (5) to flow in a direction from said first end (2a) towards said second end (2b) and through an ink material outlet. At least one temperature sensing element (16) is arranged at a position along the direction of extension of the ink material channel (5) and arranged to measure a temperature at the ink material channel wall (9).
US12092529B2
A window can be used for object detection and/or identification. The window can have a first side and a second side. An optical grating can be operatively positioned with respect to the first side of the window. A light source can be configured to emit light toward the optical grating. A detector can be operatively positioned to acquire spectroscopic data of the light emitted from the light source after the light has interacted with the optical grating. Using the optical grating, a temperature at or near the first side can be determined. Based on the temperature, it can be determined whether an object is located on the first side of the window.
US12092528B2
Monitors are for pressurized systems are described. These may include batteryless monitors that run on power harvested from their environments.
US12092525B2
A burner work measurement system configured to measure work using a burner is provided. The burner work measurement system includes one or more cameras configured to capture the work and a control unit configured to perform computing processing on images captured by the cameras, the control unit is configured to create work data obtained by calculating, based on the images captured by the cameras, at least one of a positional relation between a work object and the burner or flame, a positional relation between the work object and a brazing filler metal, and a positional relation between the burner or the flame and the brazing filler metal.
US12092518B2
Provided herein are a system and a method thereof which allows for calibrating a laser or getting characteristics of the laser by measuring the temporally and spatially resolved beam profile and power density cross-section using non-contact radiometry. An example method includes receiving a radiation beam from a light source by protrusions that protrude from a plate. The example method further includes imaging the protrusions, measuring a respective temperature of each of the protrusions based on the imaging, and profiling the radiation beam based on the measuring.
US12092509B2
A sample-handling-module (10) and an apparatus (1) for calibrating a multi-channel liquid handling device are disclosed. The sample-handling-module cooperates with a weighing balance (11) with a load receiver (16). The sample-handling module has a holding device (20) with holders (22), arranged sequentially and equally spaced apart, configured to receive receptacles (26). A supporting device (30) has an array of tines (32) to laterally support the holders when the holders dismount from the load receiver. An actuating device (44) is operatively connected to the holders through the array of tines. The actuating device mounts the holders onto the load receiver, one at a time, by disengaging the corresponding tines. A system and a method of operating the actuating device are also disclosed. The sample-handling-module of the present invention is modular and compact thus making it easier to manufacture, operate, repair, and service.
US12092494B2
An apparatus for correcting non-polarity and measuring displacement of an object using a search-coil type sensor includes a plurality of sensors that include respective housings having respective inner spaces, respective cores formed to be inserted into the inner spaces of the housings, and respective coils which are each wound around a portion of an outer circumferential surface of each of the housings, the portion corresponding to a position of each of the cores. The plurality of sensors are arranged in parallel with each other. A position of a core and a coil with respect to one housing differs from a position of a core and a coil with respect to another housing. An induced magnetic field is formed due to a distance change with respect to the object containing iron (Fe).
US12092491B2
Provided is an apparatus for sensing a displacement of a brake pedal, the apparatus including: a shaft extending parallel to a movement direction of a piston of a master cylinder displaced by an operation of the brake pedal; a magnet supported by the shaft; a mounting member configured to couple the piston and the shaft; and a sensor configured to detect a change in magnetic force by the magnet, wherein the shaft and the magnet are accommodated in a shaft bore formed through or formed to be recessed in a hydraulic block including a plurality of passages and valves which control flow of a pressing medium, and the shaft bore communicates with a cylinder bore formed in the hydraulic block and receiving the piston.
US12092489B2
A clutch device for a gearbox of a utility vehicle, including: a clutch actuator; a sensor for detecting a position of the clutch actuator; and a sensor stop having a stop surface, which defines a predetermined position of the sensor in a distance direction to the clutch actuator; in which the sensor is holdable via an elastic element in a distance direction in a positionally fixed relationship with the sensor stop.
US12092488B2
A diagnostic device for a sensor for measuring the position of a motor-vehicle drive shaft. The sensor includes a first wired communication link and a second wired communication link, via which wired communication links the sensor sends the signal, and being characterized by an average reference voltage. The diagnostic device for a sensor being intended to be electrically connected between the first wired communication link and the second wired communication link and being configured to: a) receive a first voltage value corresponding to the average voltage in the first wired communication link and a second voltage value corresponding to the average voltage in the second wired communication link; b) detect a short circuit on the first wired communication link; or c) detect a short circuit on the second wired communication link.
US12092480B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, at a processor of an autonomous vehicle, a discrepancy between a map and a property sensed by at least one sensor onboard the autonomous vehicle, the property being associated with an external environment of the autonomous vehicle. In response to detecting the discrepancy, and based on the discrepancy, an annotation for the map is generated via the processor. A signal representing the annotation is caused to be transmit to a compute device that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. A signal representing a map update is received from the compute device that is remote form the autonomous vehicle. The map update is generated based on the annotation, the map update (1) including replacement information for a region of the map associated with the annotation, and (2) not including replacement information for a remainder of the map.
US12092464B2
An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and system for digital indoor navigation. An embodiment may include determining an area type for each distinct area depicted within the digital indoor mapping image based on an identified color used as a fill for each distinct area. In response to receiving a request for indoor navigation comprising a starting point and a destination point within the image, an embodiment may include determining a navigation path from the starting point to the destination point based on analysis of the request and the determined area types, wherein the navigation path traverses one or more distinct areas depicted within the image based on the identified color.
US12092447B2
An apparatus, system and method for a consumable sheet-product level monitoring system for association with a sheet-product filled consumable package. The apparatus, system and method may include a receiver for receiving the consumable package upon insertion thereof; at least one sensor associated with at least one opening in the receiver; a sensing module for receiving sheet-product level data from the at least one sensor as the sheet product is removed through the at least on opening; an inventory monitor sensor associated with a storage point of the consumable package; and a communications module capable of communicating the sheet-product level remaining in the consumable package, and an amount of inventory of the consumable packages remaining at the storage point, to at least a mobile device display and over at least one network to at least one back end module, at least to enable an autoreplenishment of the consumable packages when needed.
US12092443B1
A broadhead generally comprises a body having a plurality of blades defining a proximal end and an opposite distal tip. Each blade has a first side having a first major surface and an opposite second side having a second major surface terminating laterally in a straight lateral edge that terminates distally at a distal point proximal of the distal tip and terminates proximally at a proximal point. For each blade a distal transverse axis is at an angle to a proximal transverse axis such that the first major surface of each blade is sloped distally and the first major surfaces and the lateral edges of the plurality of blades are diverging, whereby the distal tip is twisted relative to the proximal end.
US12092439B2
Herein described is a small caliber ammunition production loading machine with a novel measuring location and device. The machine will load one cartridge at a time and is referred to as a ‘single-out” machine (see FIG. 1). The machine will be similar in nature to existing loading machines with the following key novel aspects: a) The cartridge overall length (OAL) will be measured both as an overall dimension which is industry standard and also at a key datum location on a bullet's ogive. Measuring to a repeatable datum point on the bullet's ogive gives a more accurate representation of the cartridge's ballistic ability.
US12092432B2
A computer implemented method is provided for in-flight trajectory steering a vehicle by an optimal path to a destination. This includes incorporating physical constants; setting initial angle of attack (AoA) and initial AoA rate; incrementing flight AoA; measuring operation parameters; establishing a flight trajectory; calculating an optimal trajectory; comparing flight trajectories; and commanding flight control. The physical constants include gravity and atmospheric conditions. The flight AoA increments from the initial AoA and any prior increments. The operation parameters of the vehicle include pressure, velocity and flight path angle. The flight trajectory denotes the vehicle's path to its destination based on the operation parameters using the physical constants. The optimal trajectory is based on with altitude and velocity of the vehicle. The flight trajectory is compared to the optimal trajectory as a steering correction by altering the flight AoA. The vehicle's flight control executes the steering correction at the flight AoA.
US12092424B2
In some embodiments, a limb assembly comprises a limb cup, a first limb member and a second limb member. The first limb member supports a rotatable member. The first limb member is supported by the limb cup at a first location and is supported by the second limb member at a second location. The second limb member is supported by the limb cup. The second limb member applies a supporting force to the first limb member.
US12092421B2
The present disclosure relates to a modular firearm frame adapter that aid in making compatible a slide associated with a first firearm and a frame associated with a second firearm. The compatibility is such that the slide associated with a first firearm and a magazine associated with a second firearm being able to function properly as a single integrated firearm. This system includes an adapter, and one or more adapter elements that aids allowing the modular firearm to function properly.
US12092420B1
A firearm cartridge adapter for enabling a user to cycle cartridges of varying lengths within a firearm without modification is disclosed. The firearm cartridge adapter comprises a cartridge arrestor, a cartridge support, and a mounting base. The cartridge arrestor includes a low spring constant pivot point, a high spring constant pivot point, and a hard stop. The cartridge support includes a first end and a second end, wherein the second end engages with a top portion of the mounting base, wherein the first end extends from the mounting base. The mounting base includes opposing ends and a pair of mounting flanks.
US12092419B2
A wipe-cutting tool integrated into a firearm or firearm accessory, or component thereof, which can be replaced in the field. The muzzle accessories may include a suppressor, a brake, a compensator or a flash suppressor. The components may include an endcap, the end of an accessory, a muzzle or a baffle. Cutting blades are integrated into the firearm or muzzle accessory and may be integrally formed with the suppressor or compensator tube as well as with a muzzle end cap attached to the tube. When pressed into a substrate of material suitable to form a wipe the cutting blade separates a wipe from the substrate which can be readily inserted into the suppressor or compensator at the muzzle end.
US12092417B2
An automatic rifle (10) includes a receiver (12), a bolt assembly (110), a trigger mechanism (106), a buttstock assembly (100), a barrel assembly (104), and a grip assembly (102). The receiver (12) is characterized by being a unitary body that houses the bolt assembly (110) and the trigger mechanism (106), and the receiver (12) is configured for the connection thereto of the buttstock assembly (100), the barrel assembly (104), and the grip assembly (102).
US12092412B1
A flexible cylindrical fabric rifle cover for mitigating heat mirage, including an inner textile tube having a major axis, an outer textile tube positioned around the inner textile tube and sharing the major axis, and a plurality of middle textile tubes sandwiched between the inner and outer tubes and sharing the major axis. A plurality of thread guides are connected to the outer tube. A poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide thread runs through the thread guides and has a first end connected to the outer tube and a second end connected to a rotary reel affixed to the outer tube. The outer tube is an aramid ripstop fabric, the inner tube is an amorphous silica cloth, and the respective middle tubes are selected from the group consisting of aluminized silica fabric, basalt fiber fabric, silicone coated aluminized fiberglass fabric, poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide fabric, and aramid ripstop fabric. The rotary reel may be wound/unwound to wind/unwind the poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide thread yielding an effectively shortened/lengthened thread. The inner, middle, and outer tubes define a multilayer cloth assembly that is rolled around the major axis to define a cylinder.
US12092410B2
A safety selector assembly for retrofitting a manual firearm safety of a firearm and a safety selector lever for the manual firearm safety. So that the safety and/or fire mode of the firearm can be clearly read, the invention proposes for the opacity of the head section to be interrupted by at least one see-through region between the front side and back side positioned eccentrically to the rotation axis in order to thus enable visibility of at least one safety marking of the manual firearm safety.
US12092408B2
A gun having at least two combustion chambers, a first combustion chamber being fixed within the gun, subsequent combustion chamber or chambers being movable in the direction of the barrel, wherein the trigger mechanism is adapted to ignite the volatile mixture in the first chamber; and the gun having means to regulate the timing of ignition of the volatile mixtures in the subsequent chamber or chambers to eject the bullet for the barrel. A reloading plate prevents a bullet being loaded, while the volatile mixtures are ignited.
US12092407B2
An integrated heat exchanger in which a flow path, in which a first heat exchange medium flows, and a flow path, in which a second heat exchange medium flues, are separated by a baffle, and includes a support surface having a slope of which the height lowers toward the outside, and formed at a header portion coming in contact with a gasket baffle sealing part, and the gasket baffle sealing part formed in a shape corresponding to the support surface of a header such that the deformation of a gasket is prevented during coupling; and problems in which the gasket of a coupling part, at which the baffle is positioned, is non-uniformly compressed or the gasket is broken or separated from a designated position by means of force of the other direction is prevented.
US12092404B2
A heat exchanger, a processing method of a heat exchanger and a composite material, wherein the heat exchanger includes a collecting pipe, a fin and a number of heat exchange tubes. Each of the heat exchange tubes is fixed to the collecting pipe, and an inner cavity of the heat exchange tube is communicated with an inner cavity of the collecting pipe. The fin is retained between two adjacent heat exchange tubes. The heat exchanger further includes a coating layer which is coated on an outer surface of at least one of the collecting pipe, the heat exchange tube and the fin. The coating layer includes micro-nano particles and a polymer obtained by polymerizing monomers including allylic monomers with hydrophilic groups. The micro-nano particles include silicon dioxide and/or titanium dioxide. The coating layer of the heat exchanger has excellent hydrophilic durability.
US12092400B2
Thermal energy storage (“TES”) includes at least two blocks or zones operated with respect to charging and discharging of thermal energy by flowing a heat transfer fluid (“HTF”) through the block or zone; an inlet charging manifold, an outlet charging manifold, an inlet pipe arranged from the inlet charging manifold to each block or zone; an outlet from each block or zone; and one or more of the valves: a flow control valve (vi1; va1, . . . ve1) arranged in at least one of block or zone inlet pipes, inlets, outlets and outlet pipes, for control of flow through the block or zone, a bypass valve (vi2; va2, . . . ve2) arranged in inlet charging side pipe sections between inlet pipe and serial flow return for the block or zone, for bypassing flow and serial flow control.
US12092398B2
A freeze-drying apparatus includes a freeze-drying chamber in which an object to be dried using water as a solvent is disposed, a collection chamber provided with a cold trap which connects with the freeze-drying chamber to condense and collect water vapor generated from the object to be dried, measuring devices which measure a state quantity of at least one of the object to be dried, an inside of the freeze-drying chamber, and an inside of the collection chamber, and a determining unit which determines a water vapor mass flow rate based on the state quantity measured by each measuring device, in which the determining unit has measurement models performed to observe the water vapor mass flow rate, and while each measuring device measures the state quantity, a set based on which the water vapor mass flow rate is determined with superiority at the time of the determination is selected.
US12092397B2
The present invention includes a spray drying disposable device for use in a spray drying system. The disposable has a spray drying head and a plasma drying chamber. The head has a spray dry nozzle assembly in fluid communication with the plasma source and the pressurized aerosol gas source. The pressurized gas flows in a vortex pattern that atomizes plasma droplets in the chamber. The head also includes a plenum has uniform air pressure of the drying gas. A baffle plate forms the floor of the plenum having drying gas jets that supply drying gas to the chamber. The atomized plasma droplets evaporate in the presence of the drying gas emitted from the jets to obtain dried plasma particles and humid air. A capture filter captures the dried plasma particles and allows the humid air to pass. The humid air passes through the gas outlet and the exhaust port.
US12092390B2
A refrigerator appliance includes a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment, and a convertible compartment. The convertible compartment is defined by a liner and is configured to selectively transition between a secondary refrigerator compartment and a secondary freezer compartment. A heating coil is wrapped around the liner with the coil extending over at least two exterior walls of the liner.
US12092383B2
A refrigeration cycle device includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit including: a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; an indoor air-sending device including a fan and a motor to supply air to the indoor heat exchanger; and a controller to control the frequency of the compressor and the rotation speed of the motor. The controller controls the rotation speed of the motor by controlling a frequency of an alternating current output from an inverter to the motor. The inverter is disposed at a position exposed to air heat-exchanged in the indoor heat exchanger. The controller controls the frequency of the compressor to a frequency at which a temperature of the inverter becomes lower than a first prescribed temperature in a state where the rotation speed of the motor is lower than a prescribed rotation speed.
US12092369B2
A combustion air blower includes a blower housing, an impeller fan within the blower housing, and an embossment to restrict airflow from the combustion air blower. The blower housing has a discharge conduit defining a discharge passageway. The discharge conduit is adapted and configured to receive a baffle such that, when the baffle is received, the baffle extends inwardly into the discharge passageway from a first wall towards a second wall opposite the first wall. The baffle restricts airflow within the discharge passageway. The embossment is in the discharge passageway and in the second wall and extends towards the first wall such that the embossment restricts airflow within the discharge passageway. The embossment cooperates with a baffle to provide a reduced cross sectional area of the discharge passageway in comparison to an upstream portion.
US12092367B2
Heating device 1 for an air conditioning unit, the said heating device 1 comprising a heating body 2 powered with current via a distribution unit 3 to heat a flow of air passing through the said heating body 2, the heating body 2 comprising an alignment of tubes 4 in which there are: —heating elements 8 through which the said current passes; —electrodes 9 situated on each side of the heating elements 8 in order to supply them with electrical current. This heating device 1 is characterised in that the distribution units 3 comprises an electrode housing station 6 housing the electrodes 9, the said housing station 6 having a plurality of housings 17 to house the electrodes 9 and in which there are means for mechanically and electrically connecting the electrodes 9 to the distribution unit 3.
US12092366B2
A water heater appliance may include a casing, a tank, a temperature sensor, a heating system, and a controller. The controller may be in operative communication with the heating system. The controller may be configured to initiate a heating cycle. The heating cycle may include determining a future standby event and determining a contemporary depletion state from a plurality of set depletion states. The plurality of set depletion states may include a steady state and one or more depleted states. The heating cycle may further include calculating a recharge period according to a set formula corresponding to the determined contemporary depletion state and directing, prior to the future standby event, the water heater appliance to the steady state based on the recharge period.
US12092361B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a humidifier, the humidifier includes: a humidifier body, provided with a first air inlet; and an inner tub, provided in the humidifier body and internally provided with an air passage, a fan being provided in the air passage, the inner tub being provided with a second air inlet, the second air inlet and the first air inlet being communicated with an air inlet of the fan, and the portion of the inner tub above the second air inlet being provided with a blocking surface, which is provided opposite to at least a part of the first air inlet.
US12092358B2
A fresh air assembly includes a fresh air housing including a mounting holder. A clamp space is formed at the mounting holder. A surface of the mounting holder away from the clamp space is provided with a reinforcement rib. The fresh air assembly further includes a fresh air motor mounted in the clamp space.
US12092346B2
In a mode in which a blowing fan is disposed in an air blowing chamber surrounded by heat exchangers, air sucked from an air blowing opening is directed to each heat exchanger without bias. Even in a mode in which an air blower is disposed in an air blowing chamber which is formed between a first heat exchange part and a second heat exchange part disposed to face each other, and an air suction opening is disposed on the side of a second air suction chamber outside the second heat exchange part, an air guide path is formed from the air suction part to a first air suction chamber on the side of the first heat exchange part between the rear surface of the decorative panel and the bottom surface of the drain pan, so that the air sucked from the air blowing opening is directed to the first heat exchange part and the second heat exchange part without bias.
US12092337B2
An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define an internal chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the internal chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The handle may be provided on the door proximal to the top lip. The handle may define an upper surface directed away from the bottom lip, the upper surface being a complementary match to the underside surface of the top panel.
US12092334B2
An engine assembly includes a combustor, a fuel cell stack integrated with the combustor, the fuel cell stack configured (i) to direct fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into the combustor and (ii) to generate electrical energy, a catalytic partial oxidation convertor that is fluidly connected to the fuel cell stack, the catalytic partial oxidation convertor being configured to optimize a hydrogen content of a fuel stream to be directed into the fuel cell stack, and one or more subsystems electrically connected with the fuel cell stack, the one or more subsystems being configured to receive the electrical energy generated by the fuel cell stack. The combustor is configured to combust the fuel and air exhaust from the fuel cell stack into one or more gaseous combustion products that drive a downstream turbine.
US12092331B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a tip for a fuel nozzle. The tip includes a tip body having a first end and a second end spatially disposed from the first end along a longitudinal axis of the tip body. A nozzle passage is disposed at the first end. An entrance cavity, a swirl chamber, and a plurality of swirl passages are disposed within the tip body. The plurality of swirl passages connects the entrance cavity and the swirl chamber. Each of the swirl passages has an opening to the entrance cavity and an exit into the swirl chamber. Fluid communication is provided from the second end to the first end such that fluid flows from the entrance cavity, through the swirl passages, into the swirl chamber, and out through nozzle passage.
US12092324B2
A flare cone for a mixer assembly includes an annular conical wall extending circumferentially about a mixer assembly centerline, the annular conical wall including a conical inner surface defining a conical opening of the annular conical wall, and an annular axial wall extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the mixer assembly centerline, the annular axial wall disposed at a radially outward portion of the annular conical wall and connected to the annular conical wall. The annular conical wall and the annular axial wall define an annular step circumferentially about the mixer assembly centerline and extending upstream in the longitudinal direction between a downstream end of the annular conical wall and an aft surface of the annular axial wall.
US12092312B2
Disclosed is a lighting device for a table, which supplies light toward a shade of a lighting object such that a shade formed in the vicinity of the neck of the lighting object due to a lighting of a ceiling installed in an interior space, such as a studio, in which an image of a subject is photographed or a space, such as a stage, for a lecturer.
US12092306B2
A device to provide lighting and ventilation for horticultural applications. The invention relates to a device that combines lighting and ventilation into a single device that enables more efficient lighting and ventilation, and thereby greater control of the microclimate for high density indoor horticulture and controlled environment agriculture.
US12092301B2
A lighting arrangement (10) is disclosed, comprising a substrate (11) for mechanically and electrically connecting at least one light-emitting element (12) thereto. The substrate (11) comprises at least a first side (13) and a second side (14), and a circumferential edge (20) along a periphery of the substrate, the circumferential edge (20) extending between the first side (13) and the second side (14), and at least one electrically conductive region (16) disposed on the first side (13). The lighting arrangement (10) comprises at least one thermally conductive element (18) arranged such that the at least one thermally conductive element (18) is coupled to at least a portion of the second side (14) and to at least a portion of an outer surface (17) of the circumferential edge (20), and such that the at least one thermally conductive element (18) is not coupled to the at least one electrically conducting region (16).
US12092299B2
A light includes a housing having a top face, a bottom face, a first side face, a second side face, and a surface arranged adjacent to the bottom face. The top face, the bottom face, the first side face, the second side face, and the surface are each configured to support the light. The light further includes a head pivotally coupled to the housing. The head includes a lens and a plurality of LEDs configured to emit light through the lens. The light additionally includes a power source configured to provide power to the plurality of LEDs. The head is positioned between the top face, the bottom face, and the first and second side faces in a first position of the head. The surface is obliquely oriented relative to the lens when the head is in the first position.
US12092290B2
A lamp wall seat and a wall lamp with a door panel and a waterproof socket, and the lamp wall seat and the wall lamp with the door panel and the waterproof socket includes a box body, a socket and a door panel, one side of the box body is provided with a first through frame, the socket is installed in the box body, a jack end of the socket corresponds to the first through frame, and the door panel is movably arranged between the socket and the first through frame up and down; when the door panel is moved up, the jack end of the socket is exposed, and when the door panel is reset, the jack end of the socket is covered.
US12092280B2
A lamp for a vehicle including a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide body including a light entering portion, a light exiting portion, and a recessed region disposed between the light entering portion and the light exiting portion and having a shape recessed upward in a lower surface of the light guide body, in which the recessed region includes a first surface formed in a region adjacent to the light entering portion, a second surface connected to the first surface through a first connection portion and extending toward the light exiting portion, and a third surface connected to the second surface through a second connection portion and extending toward the light exiting portion, and in which the second connection portion includes a curved connection portion.
US12092275B2
water ripple lamp includes: a housing assembly, a first water ripple light-transmitting plate, a water ripple light-transmitting tube assembly and a limiting assembly. The housing assembly is configured to define at least one light outlet. The first water ripple light-transmitting plate is configured to cover the at least one light outlet. The water ripple light-transmitting tube assembly is arranged inside the housing assembly. The water ripple light-transmitting tube assembly is configured to be rotatable. The water ripple light-transmitting tube assembly includes: a water ripple light-transmitting tube and an outer ring fixed to the water ripple light-transmitting tube. The limiting assembly includes a retaining ring and a bearing structure. The bearing structure is fixed to the retaining ring. The bearing structure includes a bearing. The bearing abuts against the outer ring, and is rollable relative to the outer ring.
US12092269B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for troubleshooting potential safety hazards of a compressor in a smart gas pipeline network and an Internet of Things system thereof. The method comprises: performing a purification process on sound data of a gas compressor, and determining a target sound feature; establishing a feature data vector library based on networked data and reference device data; determining a current gas data vector and a current device data vector based on gas data and device data, respectively; searching the feature data vector library based on the current gas data vector and the current device data vector, and determining a reference sound feature and a reference vibration feature that meet a preset condition as a standard sound feature and a standard vibration feature; and predicting whether there is a safety hazard in the gas compressor using a hazard model.
US12092266B2
A cryogenic dewar may include an inner tank and an outer tank. The cryogenic dewar may further include one or more longitudinal stiffeners coupled to the inner tank at locations of stress that provide resistance to such stress. The inner vessel may include a combination of longitudinal stiffeners to allow the dewar to meet governmental imposed regulations on strength and safety of the dewar without increasing the weight of the dewar or to increase the amount by weight of cryogenic liquid that can be transported under governmental imposed regulations, or both, by, with the addition of longitudinal stiffeners, simultaneously increasing the grade of the material of the inner tank.
US12092264B2
A tank holding device includes a band configured to tighten a hydrogen tank. The band includes a band-shaped base portion extending along an outer circumference of the hydrogen tank, and a plurality of pressing portions projecting from both sides of the base portion in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the base portion and configured to apply a pressing force to an outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank by elastically deforming in abutment against the outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank. At least an elastic member is provided in a gap between the band and the hydrogen tank to fill the gap.
US12092251B1
The invention discloses a sewage pipe heater for a recreational vehicle, comprising a heating sleeve main body and a heating assembly; the heating sleeve main body comprises an inner protective layer, a thermal insulation composite layer and an outer protective layer which are sequentially laminated; the heating assembly is arranged between the inner protective layer and the thermal insulation composite layer; the heating sleeve main body is in a sheet shape, and two side edges of the heating sleeve main body are provided with quick-release structures; and the two side edges of the heating sleeve main body are connected together through the quick-release structure to form a surrounding structure capable of being wrapped on a sewage pipe of the recreational vehicle.
US12092250B2
A metallic fitting assembly employs a clip-to-body attachment for locking a tube end of a fluid system component to the fitting assembly. The fitting assembly includes a fitting body defining a fluid flow path between a first end and a second end opposite from the first end. The first end receives a tube end of a first fluid system component, and the fitting body defines a clip slot adjacent to the first end, and a material of the fitting body includes metal; and a clip wherein a material of the clip includes metal. When the tube end is inserted through the first end of the fitting body, the clip is inserted through the clip slot and around the tube end to engage the tube end in a connected state in which the tube end is locked within the fitting body. The fitting body includes a main body and a ring end that define the clip slot between the main body and the ring end, the main body and the ring end being attached to each other by a bridge. For freeze resistance, the ring end minimizes distortion of the ring end to 0.010″ (0.25 mm) or less at a tensile load of 500 lbf (2200 Newtons). A ratio of a cross-sectional area of the ring end to an inner diameter of the fitting body may be from 21% to 73%. The bridge may have a width within a range of 20% to 70% of an outer diameter of the fitting body.
US12092249B2
A connector includes a connector body and a retainer. The connector body includes a first opening and a second opening. The retainer includes a first leg and a second leg. A second end part of the retainer is temporarily locked at a temporary locking position that is further separated from a first end part of the retainer and is displaced in an insertion direction of a first pipe relative to a restriction position, which is a position to restrict detachment of the first pipe. When the first pipe is inserted into an insertion hole, temporary locking of the second end part is released, and the second end part moves to the restriction position due to a restoring force generated by elastic deformation of the retainer.
US12092247B2
A fastening device for a suction hose includes a main body having a first fastening interface configured to fasten the main body to a handheld power tool and/or to an additional handle, in particular in a manner detachable without the use of tools. The main body further includes a second fastening interface configured to fasten the suction hose to the main body, in particular in a manner detachable without the use of tools. The fastening device also includes a joint unit configured to movably connect the suction hose to the handheld power tool and/or to the additional handle.
US12092245B2
A swivel fitting assembly includes a female body providing a first connection end portion, and a male fitting body providing a second connection end portion. The male body and the female body are operatively coupled together to form a fluid passage between the first and second connection end portions, and are configured to permit relative rotation of the bodies relative to each other. A swivel lock mechanism is provided to rotationally lock or release the male body relative to the female body in response to a fluid pressure level in the fitting. The swivel lock includes a collar that transitions to a lock state and holds the male body when fluid pressure is at or above a predefined level. The collar transitions to a release state to enable relative rotation of the bodies when the pressure is below the predefined level.
US12092233B2
A regulator valve assembly may comprise: a housing defining an actuator cavity and a piston head cavity; a piston rod comprising a piston head disposed within the piston head cavity and a rod end disposed within the actuator cavity; and a disc retainer within the housing. The actuator cavity can have a top region of the actuator cavity and a bottom region of the actuator cavity. The piston head cavity can comprise a regulator inlet and an inlet port. The disc retainer can be coupled to a proximate seating surface of the inlet port, wherein a first face of a membrane disc is coupled to a lateral seating surface of the inlet port disposed between the piston head cavity and the disc retainer. Also disclosed are methods of using and manufacturing regulator valve assemblies.
US12092228B2
A diverter valve assembly includes a diverter valve. The diverter valve includes a housing having an inlet, multiple destination outlets, and a subsequent diverter valve outlet. The diverter valve also includes a rotary element disposed within the housing. The rotary element has an inlet, one or more target destination outlets, and a subsequent diverter valve outlet. Furthermore, the inlet of the rotary element is fluidly coupled to the inlet of the housing, the subsequent diverter valve outlet of the rotary element is fluidly coupled to the subsequent diverter valve outlet of the housing, and the rotary element is configured to rotate to selectively fluidly couple the one or more target destination outlets of the rotary element to one or more respective destination outlets of the housing.
US12092225B2
A butterfly valve having a quintuple offset structure includes a valve body having a flow path formed therein and provided to connect neighboring pipes; a seat coupled to an inner surface of the valve body; and a disk including a disc body provided to open or close the flow path. A hinge coupling part is formed on one surface of the disk body and coupled with a rotation shaft which hinge-couples the disk body and the valve body so that the disk body is rotatable to the valve body.
US12092218B2
A seal assembly is for sealing between an outer member and an inner member, one of which is rotatable about a central axis. An outer annular case is coupled with the outer member and an inner annular case is disposed within and spaced radially inwardly from the outer case. An annular sealing member is disposed within and coupled with the inner case, the sealing member having a centerline coaxial with the central axis and a sealing lip or lips engaged with the inner member. An annular elastomeric coupler has a first axial end attached to the outer case and a second axial end attached to the inner case. The elastomeric coupler is radially deflectable such that the outer case or inner case is radially displaceable relative to the other one of the two cases while the centerline of the sealing member remains coaxial with the central axis.
US12092209B2
Methods and systems for a hydromechanical transmission in a vehicle are provided herein. In one example, the transmission system includes a hydrostatic assembly with a hydraulic pump in fluidic communication with a hydraulic motor. The transmission system further includes a controller configured to selectively transition between a torque control mode and a speed control mode of the hydrostatic assembly while the vehicle is on a slope.
US12092205B2
A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.
US12092204B2
A method for operating a transmission device, in which a requested value of an output torque of the transmission device is input and a first control signal for controlling a first actuator and a second control signal for controlling a second actuator of the transmission device is determined according to the requested value. The control signals bring about input torques which, according to the requested value of the output torque, on the output side of the output shaft, cause moments with different signs and with different absolute values that are different from zero, or moments with the same signs and with the same absolute values that are different from zero.
US12092198B2
A continuously variable transmission for a vehicle includes a drive clutch, a driven clutch operably coupled to the drive clutch, and a belt extending between the drive and driven clutches. The continuously variable transmission also includes an inner cover and an outer cover removably coupled to the inner cover. At least one of the inner and outer covers includes an air inlet for providing cooling air to the drive and driven clutches and the belt.
US12092193B1
A planetary bevel gear automatic limited slip differential includes five portions that are a main differential, a planetary bevel gear controller, a left drive axle shaft, a right drive axle shaft, and clutches. The planetary bevel gear controller includes an outer control unit and an inner control unit, the outer control unit includes four planetary bevel gears on an outer layer and a bevel gear fixed on a housing, and the inner control unit includes inner planetary bevel gears on an inner side and two bevel gears which have the same parameters and are meshed with the planetary bevel gears. The bevel gears are fixedly connected with outer rings of two overrunning clutches, respectively, and inner rings of the overrunning clutches and the right drive axle shaft are connected together by splines.
US12092190B2
A displacement planetary carrier system, which consists of an elastic planetary carrier (1), a rigid tapered sleeve (2) and a rigid tapered sleeve axial adjustment mechanism (3); the elastic planetary carrier (1) is a planetary carrier in which an inner surface of a side wall portion is processed into a tapered surface, and staggered notches (103) are processed on the side wall, so that the elastic planetary carrier (1) elastically deforms; the rigid tapered sleeve (2) is sleeved within the elastic planetary carrier (1), part of the outer side wall is processed with a tapered surface that matches with the tapered surface of the inner surface of the side wall of the elastic planetary carrier (1); the rigid tapered sleeve axial adjustment mechanism (3) is axially mounted on an adjusting bolt/nut or elastic element at an end portion of the elastic planetary carrier (1) and/or the rigid tapered sleeve (2).
US12092181B2
A wave spring having an axially resilient spring section including at least one one-layer wave-shaped spring configured to provide a spring force in an axial direction of the wave spring, and a radially resilient spring section configured to provide a spring force in a radial direction. The wave spring may be made from a continuous flat wire that forms both the axially resilient spring section and the radially resilient spring section, the flat wire being rotated 90° at a transition from the axial spring section to the radial spring section.
US12092177B2
A brake apparatus for a vehicle may include: a brake pad configured to press a brake disk; a screw bar located in a caliper body, and rotatable by power received from a motor unit; a spindle linearly movable by rotation of the screw bar, and coupled to the brake pad; a piston coupled to the spindle so as to cover an outside of the spindle, made of a material having lower hardness than that of the spindle, and movable with the spindle; and a sealing member installed in the caliper body, and contacting the piston.
US12092175B2
A heat shield for a wheel is disclosed. A torque bar may be used to mount the heat shield to the wheel, and includes a connector in the form of a stem and a head. A stiffening or reinforcement plate is mounted to the heat shield with a torque bar mounting aperture extending through the reinforcement plate being disposed about at least part of a torque bar mounting aperture extending through the heat shield. The torque bar mounting aperture of the reinforcement plate is disposed/configured such that the head of the torque bar may be disposed in overlying relation to portions of an outer surface of the heat shield that are on opposite sides of the torque bar mounting aperture through the heat shield that are exposed by the torque bar mounting aperture through the reinforcement plate.
US12092170B2
A dielectric insulating assembly arranged to be positioned between a drive shaft and a driven shaft of a motorised drive assembly. The assembly includes dielectric insulation between the drive shaft and the driven shaft and plurality of electrically non-conductive fastener elements configured to connect the drive shaft to the driven shaft and the dielectric insulation therebetween, in torque transfer engagement, the fasteners located around an outer boundary of the dielectric insulation.
US12092160B2
An integrated seal and bearing assemblies with a bearing assembly having an outer ring defining an outside diameter of the bearing assembly and an inner ring defining an inside diameter of the bearing assembly, and having a plurality of rolling elements located between the inner and outer rings. A seal assembly having a sealing element is integrated with the bearing assembly by engaging an extended flange with an internal channel of the seal element, with a sealing extended flange, or directed with complementary surfaces of the outside flange.
US12092155B2
A split shaft includes a proximal shaft section having a first proximal shaft end and a second proximal shaft end. The first proximal shaft end is configured to couple to the first machine arrangement. The split shaft further includes a distal shaft section having a first distal shaft end and a second distal shaft end. The first distal shaft end is configured to couple to the second machine arrangement. The second distal shaft end is configured to engage with the second proximal shaft end to convey the drive power from the first machine arrangement to the second machine arrangement. The second proximal shaft end includes a first indicator, and the second distal shaft end includes a second indicator. Alignment of the first indicator and the second indicator conveys timing for the drive power.
US12092154B2
A bearing structure (100) of the present disclosure includes: a rotating shaft (11); a dynamic bearing (12) including a foil (22) and a foil holder (21), the foil (22) being disposed around the rotating shaft (11) to constitute a bearing surface, the foil holder (21) holding the foil (22); a bearing support member (13) disposed around the dynamic bearing (12) to support the dynamic bearing (12); and at least one elastic body (14) disposed between the bearing support member (13) and the foil holder (21).
US12092149B2
An elastic connecting block with which, by receiving a connecting pin, at least two components can be connected together via a respective component opening. The connecting block, which is formed as a single piece, comprises a central bearing block with two mutually opposing bearing surfaces for the components to be connected. A locking flange, which can be engaged in a component opening, is provided on the first bearing surface. On the other bearing surface, a widening flange is provided, which can be expanded by a spherical head of the connecting pin such that the widening flange is held via an axial undercut in the second component opening of the second component.
US12092147B2
A precision adjustable length rod end assembly is disclosed and provides a fastener for mechanical assemblies that eliminates the need for a separate secondary locking device. The device includes a connecting rod, an end connector or rod end, and a lock nut assembly. The end connector threadably engages the connecting rod. The lock nut assembly engages both the end connector and the connecting rod. The threaded engagement between the end connector and the connecting rod enables the rod-end assembly to be adjusted to a precise working length (e.g., as measured along the central longitudinal axis). The lock nut assembly maintains the precision-adjusted working length of the rod-end assembly even when the rod-end assembly is exposed to harsh operating conditions, such as exposure to extreme vibrations.
US12092146B2
A speed nut provides a separable housing, when closed, defining an internally threaded cavity for engaging a threaded shaft, and when open, allowing movement of the speed nut along the shaft without engagement of the threads. Interdigitated knuckles on the housing portions provide robust resistance against axial shifting when the nut is used to apply axial force to the threaded shaft. The knuckles may also provide a hinge point allowing the nut to be opened and closed with a simple hinging action and a means for locking the nut portions together through a releasable pin passing through the opposite knuckles.
US12092142B1
A solenoid retaining nut that secures a solenoid on an injection pressure regulator. The solenoid retaining nut comprises of a nut that has a top part, a middle part, and a bottom part, the top part is a nut, the middle part is a spacer, and the bottom part is a washer, the solenoid retaining nut defines an inner thread that runs from the top part of the spacer to the top part of the nut, the inner thread is configured to screw on the threads of a shaft of an injection pressure regulator.
US12092127B2
A pump having tandem seals includes a pump shaft, a pump housing, an inboard seal, an outboard seal, and a gland assembly. The pump housing defines a primary chamber between an interior surface of the pump housing and an outer surface of the pump shaft when the pump shaft is disposed within the pump housing. The inboard seal, the outboard seal, and the gland assembly are configured to be disposed within the primary chamber of the pump housing. The gland assembly is disposed between the inboard seal and the outboard seal, and the inboard seal, the gland assembly, and the outboard seal are configured to form a plurality of chambers within the pump housing.
US12092123B2
A control apparatus includes a constant storage portion that stores constant values of an electromagnet coil including a resistance value Rm, an inductance Lm, a sampling time Ts, etc. A current storage portion stores previous current command values Ir having been regularly sampled by a microcomputer inside a current control circuit. A low-frequency feedback circuit generates a signal for suppressing an error between DC components and low-frequency components of an input current command value Ir and a detected current value IL and outputs the signal. An output voltage computing circuit calculates, based on the input current command value Ir[n+1], a stored value Ir[n] of the current storage portion, a stored value of a constant storage portion, and the signal of the low-frequency feedback circuit, a voltage for suppling the electromagnet coil with a current in accordance with a command, and outputs the calculated voltage.
US12092114B2
Methods and systems are provided for the circulation of blood using a purge-free miniature pump. In one embodiment, a pump is provided that may comprise a housing including a rotor and a stator within a drive unit. In this embodiment, the pump may establish a primary blood flow through the space between the drive unit and the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In another embodiment, a pump establishes a primary blood flow outside the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In yet another embodiment, a method is provided for introducing the pump into the body and circulating blood using the pump.
US12092106B2
Liquid ring systems are known for compressing gasses. However, known systems include moving surfaces that require high precision manufacturing. A valve arrangement for a liquid ring system comprising: a plurality of plates; a vane set; and a chamber set that comprises at least one chamber, wherein a first chamber of the chamber set comprises: a first valve, disposed on a first plate of the plurality of plates, which is configured to be closer to the first face of a first vane of the vane set than the second face of the second vane of the vane set; and a second valve, disposed on a second plate, which is configured to be closer to the second face of the second vane than the first face of the first vane.
US12092101B2
A reciprocating pump system for replacing a removable packing bore, the system includes a fluid end and a pump drive end. The fluid end includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a working barrel, a reciprocating member disposed in the working barrel, and the removable packing bore disposed within the working barrel. The pump drive end includes a gearbox integrally connected to a crankshaft, a crosshead, a transverse member configured to oscillate the reciprocating member of the fluid end in transverse motion. The removable packing bore and the transverse member are each configured to be connected to a packing bore connector.
US12092095B2
A hydraulic fracturing system includes a turbine generator for producing electricity at a well site, the turbine generator producing electrical energy at a voltage. The system also includes an electric pump electrically coupled to the turbine generator and receiving operative power from the turbine generator. The system further includes switch gear arranged between the electric pump and the turbine generator, the switch gear distributing electrical energy from the turbine generator to the electric pump, wherein the voltage remains substantially constant from the turbine generator to the electric pump.
US12092094B2
A fluid control device includes a piezoelectric pump that includes a piezoelectric element and whose discharge pressure output varies depending on a drive frequency of the piezoelectric element, a self oscillation circuit that self-oscillates in accordance with a drive supply voltage and that drives the piezoelectric element at an oscillation frequency, and a control circuit that generates a control voltage. The oscillation frequency of the self oscillation circuit varies depending on the control voltage.
US12092091B2
An axial piston pump having several pistons has a magnetic encoder (5), which is arranged on a swash plate, and a magnetic field sensor, which is arranged in such a way that it faces towards the magnetic encoder (5). The magnetic encoder (5) has at least two permanent magnets (2, 3) and a plate (4) which consists of a ferromagnetic material. The permanent magnets (2, 3) are arranged on the plate (4) in such a way that they each faces a magnetic pole towards the plate (4), and this pole is at least partially covered by the plate (4) in each case.
US12092090B2
An electrically operated displacement pump includes an electric motor having a stator and a rotor. The rotor is connected to the fluid displacement member to drive axial reciprocation of the fluid displacement member. A drive mechanism is disposed between and connected to each of the rotor and the fluid displacement member. The drive mechanism receives a rotational output from the rotor and provides a linear input to the fluid displacement member. A controller controls operation of the motor based on an operating state of the motor to control pumping by the displacement pump.
US12092089B2
A fluid pump for pumping fluids using actuators, like loudspeakers or piezoelectric elements that are arranged in a fluid chamber side by side to each other to generate a fluid flow by driving the actuators with phase shifted signals, so that fluid is sucked into an inlet end of the fluid chamber and pushed out of an outlet end of the fluid chamber.
US12092083B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine using an estimated wind speed is provided. The wind turbine has a rotor rotatable with a variable rotor speed and having rotor blades with adjustable pitch angles and a generator adapted to control a generator torque or a generator output power. The method comprises measuring the rotor speed, determining a common pitch angle representative of at least one or all pitch angles of the rotor blades, determining the generator torque or an output power of the generator and estimating the wind speed by means of an observer. The observer uses a model of the wind turbine as an observer model, uses as input variables, the measured rotor speed, the determined common pitch angle and the determined generator torque or the determined output power, and incorporates expected variations of the wind as at least one stochastic variable.
US12092075B2
The invention relates to a method of prolonging pitch bearing lifetime for a wind turbine as well as the pitch bearing itself. The method comprises the steps of: —stopping the rotor (4) from rotating; —removing a plurality of first fastening means used for mounting the blade (5) to the outer bearing ring (24); —mounting a strengthening arc structure (10) on said outer bearing ring (24), opposite the blade (5); —installing a plurality of second fastening means, thereby connecting said blade (5) and said strengthening arc structure (10) to said outer bearing ring (24).
US12092063B2
In certain embodiments, remarkable improvements in H2-ICE performance may be achieved with the combination of Active Scavenge Prechamber technology and Predictive Model-Based Spark Control to overcome the drawbacks of known combustion technologies. In certain embodiments, advanced combustion modeling and simulations of the ignition process including the spark event, the arc-travel and stretching, and resulting flame propagation may be used to predict the relationship between the spark energy/power, the flow within the electrode gap, and the flame development (SOC) for different engines, different spark plugs and at various conditions. This information may be used to adjust the spark energy/power characteristic during the same cycle spark event, to minimize the SOC variations and to significantly reduce the propensity to combustion anomalies, such as backfire, knock and preignition, that prevent achieving high engine power densities and efficiencies.
US12092060B2
A fuel injector includes an injector body comprising an internal injector cavity, a flow passageway, and a drain conduit. The flow passageway is in fluid communication with at least one injector orifice. The fuel injector further includes a valve assembly comprising a valve seat and a valve member in fluid communication with the fuel circuit. The valve member is configured to move between an open position allowing fuel flow through the at least one injector orifice and a closed position inhibiting fuel flow through the at least one injector orifice. The fuel injector also includes a nozzle valve element fluidly coupled to the valve assembly, an actuator operably coupled to the valve assembly and the nozzle valve element, and a flexible member configured to elastically deform in response to pressure in the fuel injector. The flexible member is configured to inhibit flow to the drain circuit during an injection event.
US12092058B2
The failure diagnosis apparatus whether or not a failure exists in a fuel-evaporation-gas purging system that a negative pressure in an intake system of an internal combustion engine is introduced into an accumulator and pressure accumulation is performed in a time period from a time when a driver turns off an ignition key to a time when the internal combustion engine stops its rotation, that the accumulated negative pressure is introduced into a fuel-evaporation-gas path before the internal combustion engine stops the rotation or after the internal combustion engine has stopped the rotation, and that in a time from a time when after the internal combustion engine has stopped the rotation, the driver again turns on the ignition key to a time when the internal combustion engine starts, it is determined whether or not a pressure change in the fuel-evaporation-gas path exists.
US12092056B2
An internal combustion engine for use with hydrogen fuel, the engine having at least one cylinder assembly which includes a combustion chamber having a cylinder, a cylinder head and a reciprocating piston assembly, the cylinder defining a cylinder longitudinal axis; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, the fuel injector defining an injector longitudinal axis; and a fuel flow director, wherein the fuel flow director is located in the fuel flow path between an outlet of the fuel injector and the combustion chamber. The fuel injector is oriented such that the injector longitudinal axis extends at a first angle; and the fuel flow director is configured to direct fuel flow into the combustion chamber at a second angle, different to the first angle.
US12092049B1
A control system for an engine of a vehicle includes one or more oxygen (O2) sensors disposed proximate to a three-way catalytic converter (TWC) in an exhaust system of the vehicle, the one or more O2 sensors each being configured to measure an O2 level of exhaust gas produced by the engine, and a controller in signal communication with the one or more O2 sensors. The controller is programmed to detect a fuel shut-off (FSO) event where the engine ceases providing fuel to the engine, determine an accumulated gas flow through the TWC during the FSO event, determine the FSO event has ended, and initiate a fuel enrichment event for a predetermined duration where the engine is supplied with a fuel enrichment level having a rich fuel/air ratio. The fuel enrichment level and the predetermined duration are chosen to reduce non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC) emissions while maintaining NOx emission control.
US12092045B2
A control method for an internal combustion engine configured to implement fuel cut in response to becoming zero of an accelerator opening degree during travel of a vehicle, and generate an antiphase torque after the fuel cut by supplying fuel to a cylinder, in order to cancel out vibration of the vehicle caused due to the fuel cut includes setting a timing of generating the antiphase torque to be later than that for normal operation, in response to implementation of the fuel cut under high torque idle operation in which a torque of the internal combustion engine immediately before the fuel cut where the accelerator opening degree is zero is higher than that in the normal operation.
US12092042B2
A method of operating a fuel system for a vehicle having an engine, the fuel system comprising a fuel delivery system, the fuel delivery system including a liquid hydrogen delivery assembly and a regulator assembly, the regulator assembly having a buffer tank, the method including: providing a first flow of hydrogen fuel from a liquid hydrogen fuel tank through the liquid hydrogen delivery assembly to the regulator assembly, wherein providing the first flow of hydrogen fuel includes pumping the first flow of hydrogen fuel through the liquid hydrogen delivery assembly using a pump at a first fuel flowrate; receiving data indicative of a commanded fuel flowrate to the engine, wherein the commanded fuel flowrate is higher than the first fuel flowrate; and providing stored hydrogen fuel from a gaseous fuel storage to the engine.
US12092036B2
The present application provides an alternative fuel fast start system for a gas turbine engine with a combustor and a compressor. The alternative fuel fast start system may include an alternative liquid fuel, a thermal energy storage tank, and a vaporizer. The alternative liquid fuel is stored in the thermal energy storage tank under pressure such that releasing the alternative liquid fuel from the thermal energy storage tank vaporizes the alternative fuel. Upon start-up of the gas turbine engine, the thermal energy storage tank supplies the vaporized alternative fuel to the combustor until the vaporizer is operational. The alternative liquid fuel may be propane, ethanol, or methanol.
US12092035B2
A fire detection system for a gas turbine system including fire risk zones is provided. The system includes a pipe intake port proximate to each of the fire risk zones within a gas turbine system enclosure, and a manifold in fluid communication with the pipe intake port. A temperature sensor is positioned in the manifold upstream of a cooling system. The cooling system reduces a temperature of a gas flow in the manifold, allowing use of an aspirating smoke detector. An aspirating smoke detector, which is downstream of the cooling system, draws in the gas flow and detects smoke in the gas flow. A controller generates a first alarm in response to the temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the gas flow exceeding a temperature threshold, or a second alarm in response to the aspirating smoke detector detecting smoke in the gas flow.
US12092030B2
An aircraft gas turbine engine includes a heat exchanger module, and a core engine including an intermediate-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor, a high pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine. The high-pressure compressor is connected to the high-pressure turbine by a first shaft, and the intermediate-pressure compressor is connected to the low-pressure turbine by a second shaft. The heat exchanger module includes a central hub and heat transfer elements extending radially from the central hub and spaced in a circumferential array, for transferring heat energy from a fluid within the heat transfer elements to an inlet airflow passing over the heat transfer elements prior to entry of the airflow into an inlet to the core engine. The gas turbine engine further includes a first electric machine connected to the first shaft and positioned downstream of the heat exchanger module, and a second electric machines connected to the second shaft.
US12092028B2
An assembly for rotational equipment includes a scoop ring body and an insert. The scoop ring body is rotatable about a rotational axis. The scoop ring body extends radially between and inner radial side and an outer radial side. The scoop ring body includes a body material. The insert is mounted to the scoop ring body. The insert includes an insert material and a cutting edge. The insert material is different than the body material. The scoop ring body and the insert form a passage. The passage extends through the scoop ring body from an inlet at the outer radial side to an outlet at the inner radial side. The cutting edge is at the inlet. The passage extends within the scoop ring body between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side. The passage at the first circumferential side is at least partially formed by the insert.
US12092027B1
A gas turbine engine includes: a manifold arrangement; a plurality of inlet guide vanes located radially inward of the manifold arrangement, wherein each inlet guide vane of the plurality of guide vanes includes an anti-ice cavity for directing a flow of an anti-ice air; and a plurality of crossover ducts located radially inside the manifold arrangement, wherein each crossover duct of the plurality of crossover ducts provides fluid communication between two adjacent inlet guide vanes.
US12092019B2
A power device includes: a plurality of shafts; and a case that rotatably supports the plurality of shafts. At least one of the plurality of shafts has a protruding end portion protruding outward from the case at least at one end portion in an axial direction. An output unit capable of rotationally driving a driven device is at the protruding end portion.
US12092017B2
A fluid-cooled manifold is configured to cool exhaust from an engine. The fluid-cooled manifold includes a plurality of exhaust runners. Each of the exhaust runners includes a runner body having an inlet end and an outlet end, an exhaust conduit extending through the runner body, and a coolant passage extending through the runner body. The fluid-cooled manifold also includes an exhaust collection manifold including a plurality of inlets. Each inlet of the exhaust collection manifold is coupled to the exhaust outlet opening of a respective one of the exhaust runners. The fluid-cooled manifold also includes a coolant feed pipe and a coolant exit pipe. The coolant feed pipe includes a plurality of outlets coupled to the coolant inlets of the exhaust runners. Likewise, the coolant exit pipe includes a plurality of inlets coupled to the coolant outlets of the exhaust runners.
US12092015B2
The invention relates to an engine having prechamber ignition, in particular a gas engine, that comprises a main combustion space in a cylinder of the engine for combusting an air-fuel mixture and a prechamber having an ignition device arranged therein and a fuel injector arranged therein, wherein the prechamber has at least one transfer port that fluidically connects the prechamber to the main combustion space. The engine is characterized in that the fuel injector arranged in the prechamber is the only fuel injector via which fuel can be introduced into the associated main combustion space.
US12092011B2
A system and method include determining, by a controller associated with an aftertreatment system, satisfaction of an enabling condition and in response to the satisfaction of the enabling condition pausing, by the controller, hydrocarbon dosing in a regeneration cycle of the aftertreatment system. The system and method also include upon pausing of the hydrocarbon dosing, monitoring, by the controller, an oxidation catalyst of the aftertreatment system for a light-off shift condition.
US12092003B1
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a main exhaust aftertreatment system with a main catalytic converter, and a light-off catalyst bypass system with a bypass passage and a bypass catalytic converter. An emissions control system includes a controller in signal communication with an oxygen sensor disposed downstream of the bypass catalytic converter. The emissions control system performs a diagnostic of the bypass catalytic converter, by the controller, including (i) monitoring signals from the downstream oxygen sensor for a predetermined time period during an engine cold start condition, (ii) determining a curve plotting oxygen content at the downstream oxygen sensor over the predetermined time period, based on the signals from the downstream oxygen sensor, (iii) calculating an accumulated area under the curve over the predetermined time period, and (iv) comparing the calculated accumulated area to a predetermined threshold to determine if the bypass catalytic converter has failed.
US12091998B2
A muffler for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine. The muffler has a muffler housing having at least two interconnected housing shells delimiting a muffler interior. Each housing shell has a connecting edge extending away from the muffler interior. The housing shells are mutually connected by material bonding in the region of their mutually adjacent housing shell connecting edges. An insulating arrangement covers at least regions of the inner side of one of the housing shells. The insulating arrangement has an insulating shell with an insulating shell connecting edge extending away from the muffler interior and the insulating shell is arranged with the insulating shell connecting edge between the mutually adjacent connecting edges of the housing shells and is connected by material bonding to the connecting edges of the housing shells in the region of the insulating shell connecting edge.
US12091994B2
There is provided a variable valve timing system including: an intake side camshaft and an exhaust side camshaft disposed on a cylinder head; and a variable valve device attached to one end portion of the intake side camshaft. The accommodating wall on an exhaust side of the cylinder head is positioned more inward in a vehicle width direction than the accommodating wall on an intake side of the cylinder head. A first bolt for fixing the intake side of the cylinder head to a cylinder is disposed more inward in the vehicle width direction than the accommodating wall on the intake side. A second bolt for fixing the exhaust side of the cylinder head to the cylinder is disposed more outward in the vehicle width direction than the accommodating wall on the exhaust side.
US12091993B2
A hydraulic oil control valve includes an outer sleeve, an inner sleeve and a spool. The outer sleeve includes: a threaded portion, which is fixed to a camshaft; a projection, which is fixed to a phase changer; and ports, which are formed at a peripheral surface of the outer sleeve between the threaded portion and the projection. The inner sleeve includes: ports, which are communicated with the ports of the outer sleeve; an oil port; an axial groove; and an enlarged diameter portion, which is located on one side of the projection where an insertion opening of the outer sleeve is placed. The spool includes: land portions, which are configured to slide along an inner peripheral surface of the inner sleeve and are located at an outer periphery of the spool at a location that is on another side of the projection where the threaded portion is placed.
US12091992B2
A power plant comprises a steam system, a first electrolyzer, a heat storage system, and a heat exchanger configured to exchange thermal energy between the steam system, the first electrolyzer and the heat storage system. A method of operating an electrolyzer in a combined cycle power plant comprises operating a steam system to convert water to steam, operating an electrolyzer in a standby mode, the electrolyzer configured to convert water and electricity to hydrogen and oxygen when the electrolyzer is in an operating mode, circulating water from the steam system through a heat exchanger, circulating a first heat transfer medium between the electrolyzer and the heat exchanger, and circulating a second heat transfer medium between the heat exchanger and a thermal storage container.
US12091982B2
A turbine component includes a first structure exposed to a hot gas path and a second structure integral with the first structure but isolated from the hot gas path. A first fluid passage in the first structure delivers a thermal transfer fluid, e.g., air, through the first structure to cool the first structure. A second fluid passage is defined within the second structure and is in fluid communication with the first fluid passage. After heat transfer in the first structure, the thermal transfer fluid is hotter than a temperature of the second structure and thus increases the temperature of the second structure. The heat transfer to the second structure reduces a temperature difference between the first structure and the second structure that would, without heating, cause thermal stress between the structures. The heating of the second structure reduces the need for early maintenance and lengthens the lifespan of the component.
US12091980B1
A system for coupling a shroud to a case associated with a gas turbine engine includes the case having a mounting pad, and the shroud having a surface that faces the case. The system includes a load spreader having a spreader surface in contact with the surface of the shroud and a locator pin coupled to the mounting pad and the load spreader to couple the shroud to the case. The system includes a load spreader retainer coupled to the load spreader. The load spreader retainer is to distribute a force to the load spreader. The system includes a biasing system coupled about the mounting pad that includes a spring arm configured to apply the force to the load spreader retainer to maintain the spreader surface of the load spreader in contact with the surface of the shroud.
US12091970B2
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) includes a whipstock having a latch release mechanism and a milling tool having a plurality of blades and a lock mechanism. The BHA also includes a collar coupled to the whipstock and disposed about a portion of the milling tool, wherein the blades of the milling tool abut the collar. The milling tool is releasably coupled to the whipstock by the interaction of the latch release mechanism and the lock mechanism.
US12091969B2
A downhole sampling tool includes a tool body defining an opening therein for drawing a formation fluid into the downhole sampling tool. At least one sampling vessel is carried in the tool body and is operatively coupled to the opening to receive the formation fluid therein. A closure member is selectively engageable with the opening to prohibit flow of the formation fluid through the opening, and a biasing mechanism is operably coupled to the closure member. The biasing mechanism biases the closure member into engagement with the opening and is responsive to an increase in hydraulic pressure on the exterior of the sampling tool to a predetermined threshold pressure to permit movement of the closure member away from the opening and permit flow of the formation fluid through the opening and into the sampling vessel.
US12091963B2
A method and system for performing a pressure test. The method may include inserting a formation testing tool into a wellbore to a first location within the wellbore based at least in part on a figure of merit. The formation testing tool may include at least one probe, a pump disposed within the formation testing tool and connect to the at least one probe by at least one probe channel and at least one fluid passageway, and at least one stabilizer disposed on the formation testing tool. The method may further include activating the at least one stabilizer, wherein the at least one stabilizer is activated into a surface of the wellbore and performing the pressure test and determining at least one formation property from the pressure test.
US12091950B1
The present invention relates to the field of oil extraction machinery and provides a moving barrel type oil pumping device. The device includes a winch, a support frame, a pulley, an oil inlet pipe, an oil extraction barrel, and a suction pump. The support frame is installed at the wellhead, and the pulley is suspended from the top of the support frame, directly above the wellhead. The wellhead is equipped with an upper flange, a lower flange, and a casing, with the upper flange and lower flange connected by bolts, and the lower flange threaded into the casing. The winch is equipped with a cable, and the inlet of the suction pump is connected to the oil inlet pipe. The cable passes over the pulley and changes direction, then passes through the upper flange and is suspended from the oil extraction barrel. The end of the oil inlet pipe extends to the bottom of the oil extraction barrel. This oil pumping device does not require oil pipes and pump rods, and it has a simple structure, low production and maintenance costs, achieves significant energy savings, and is reliable and durable.
US12091944B2
A gravel pack containing a substrate particle coated with an inducibly degradable and a porous particle having an internal interconnected porosity that is at least partially infused with an inducer material for dissolving of a layer of filter cake disposed between the gravel pack and a subterranean formation.
US12091937B2
A valve for use in a wellbore includes a replaceable choke device that is threaded into at least one opening formed through a sidewall of a tubular housing of the valve. The choke device is sealable on the sidewall of the tubular housing with an elastomeric sealing component, and the choke device controls at least one of fluid pressure within the tubular string and a pressure drop across the valve. The valve also includes a flow sleeve carried by the tubular housing for movement relative thereto between a first position in which fluid flow s permitted across the valve, a second position in which the flow sleeve prevents fluid flow across the valve, and a third position in which the flow sleeve is locked in place relative to the tubular housing by a lock ring.
US12091928B2
A tool, tool assembly and method are for operating a well component. The tool being has a bore and one or more inlets at a first portion of the tool; a set of one or more inlet lines extending along tool from the inlets to one or more inlet line terminations at a lower end of the tool; one or more inlets at a second portion of the tool; a set of one or more inlet lines extending from the one or more inlets at the second portion to one or more inlet line terminations at the lower end; one or more outlets having outlet valves; and one or more return lines extending from one or more return line terminations at the lower end to the one or more outlets. The inlet and return line terminations mate with correspondingly fitting inlets and outlets, respectively, on a well component.
US12091923B2
A system adapted to condition an initial water feed stream including a water treatment subsystem, wherein the water treatment subsystem includes a first oxygen removal unit including a membrane filter, wherein the initial water feed stream flows through the membrane filter and the first oxygen removal unit is adapted to treat the initial water feed stream to remove a first portion of the dissolved oxygen to form a first deoxygenated water stream, a hydrazine stream dissolved into the first deoxygenated water stream, a second oxygen removal unit including a vessel filled with a palladium-doped resin, wherein the second oxygen removal unit is adapted to treat the first deoxygenated water stream including the hydrazine stream dissolved therein to catalytically remove a second portion of the dissolved oxygen to form a second deoxygenated water stream, and an oxygen scavenger feeder adapted to blend a chemical scavenger and the second deoxygenated water stream.
US12091910B2
Described is a pallet including a base having a length extending between a first end and a second end opposite the first end and a width transverse to the length; and a cage removably coupled to the base.
US12091906B2
A building component includes a first glass pane connected to a second glass pane to form an insulated glass unit. The first glass pane and the second glass pane define a pocket therebetween. The insulated glass unit is positioned in a frame. The building component includes an insulating material in the middle portion of the frame. The insulating material defines a continuous frame thermal break extending through the frame. The frame thermal break is aligned with the pocket. The frame thermal break has a width of at least 1 inch. The pocket has a width that is less than the width of the frame thermal break.
US12091894B2
A window balance system includes a U-shaped channel with a first end and an opposite second end, and a balance element supported within the U-shaped channel. The balance element includes a fixed pulley block coupled to the first end of the U-shaped channel, a movable pulley block movably disposed in the U-shaped channel, and a cord extending between the fixed pulley block and the movable pulley block. The window balance system includes a locking device coupled to the fixed pulley block and configured to engage with the cord and lock a position of the fixed pulley block with respect to the cord. The window balance system also includes a shoe coupled to the second end of the U-shaped channel. The shoe includes an elongate portion and an enlarged portion such that the shoe is substantially T-shaped, and a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of a pivot bar.
US12091890B1
A remotely controlled inswing portable door lock apparatus having a blade including a barb at a distal end and a tang at a proximal end. The barb being configured to be disposed within an aperture of a strike plate. The body having a top and a bottom, wherein the body is operably coupled to the tang of the blade. A paddle being moveably coupled to the body and configured to selectively move between a first orientation substantially flush with the top of the body and a second orientation protruding from the top of the body. The apparatus further including a remotely controllable electronics module coupled to the body and configured to operate an electromechanical electromechanical actuator in cooperation with the paddle, and configured to remotely and selectively position the paddle between the first orientation and the second orientation.
US12091889B2
A motor-vehicle door latch device includes an engagement mechanism including a latch and a ratchet, a base plate fixed to a body housing the engagement mechanism, a casing fixed to the base plate such that a first side surface faces a side surface on a vehicle-exterior side of the base plate, a releasing mechanism including a releasing lever, a locking/unlocking mechanism enabling the ratchet to disengage from the latch and vice versa, an electric mechanism including a locking/unlocking motor and a releasing motor, and a closure mechanism rotating the latch from a half-latched position to a fully-latched position, wherein all members forming the releasing mechanism, the locking/unlocking mechanism, and the electric mechanism are arranged on a second side surface opposite the first side surface of the casing, and all members forming the closure mechanism are arranged between the first side surface of the casing and the base plate.
US12091888B2
An anti-counterfeiting assembly includes a fixing member, a first connecting member, a second connecting member, an anti-counterfeiting member and a cover. The first connecting member fixed to the fixing member, the first connecting member defining a first receiving groove. The second connecting member movably connected to the first connecting member, the first connecting member is arranged between the fixing member and the second connecting member, the second connecting member defining a second receiving groove communicating with the first receiving groove. The anti-counterfeiting member includes an electronic screen and a battery arranged on the electronic screen, the battery disposed in the first receiving groove, the electronic screen disposed in the second receiving groove. The cover wrapping the first connecting member and the second connecting member, the second connecting member is adapted to move along a first direction away from the fixing member.
US12091883B2
An overhead door interlock device provides an electrical signal indication of the locked or unlocked status of an overhead door, and interfaces with control circuitry of the door's opener to allow or disallow operation of the door based on the locked or unlocked status. In one embodiment, a lever is pivotably attached to the doors track, with the lever engaging with a switch mechanism to indicate the locked or unlocked status of the door. A spring mechanism automatically returns the lever to an unlocked position when the door's lock bar is retracted, with the lever mechanically inhibiting locking of the door until the lever is moved by a user.
US12091879B1
The beam-column moment connection structure provides secure connection between structural beams and columns, such as conventional I-beams. A first bolt is secured to an upper beam flange at a second end of a beam, where the first bolt extends laterally. Similarly, a second bolt is secured to the lower beam flange at the second end of the beam and also extends laterally. A first block is secured to an exterior face of a first column flange of the column and has a first slot formed therein. Similarly, a second block is secured to the exterior face of the first column flange and has a laterally extending second slot formed therein. The first and second blocks are spaced apart and configured such that the first bolt is received in the first slot and the second bolt is received in the second slot to secure the beam to the column.
US12091878B1
A pool skimmer safety tool for grabbing items from a distance, the safety tool having a pincer mechanism attached to an elongated member and a grip. The pincer mechanism is actuated with a trigger located on the grip to transition between an open and closed position. The trigger may transfer force to an actuation mechanism such as a gear, the gear actuating the pincer mechanism to allow the pincer mechanism to open and close when the trigger is pulled. The safety tool may have a hook on the rear end to allow a user to hook items, such as skimmer lids, from a safe distance.
US12091874B2
A versatile and portable tent with bed having an inner tent, a framework for supporting the inner tent, a base for supporting the framework; and cushions positioned inside the base with the inner tent fastened to the base and the framework positioned inside sleeves of the inner tent. The base has two shells that can move between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which the inner tent, framework, and cushions, and any other tent component is completely housed inside the waterproof base cover. The tent is sufficiently lightweight that a single user can place the tent on the roof rack of a vehicle, in the bed of a truck, or on the ground. The tent can also be mounted on a platform to increase the versatility of the positioning or placement of the tent.
US12091871B2
The invention presents a temporary protective containment barrier system tailored for construction and demolition. Comprising multiple wall members, each integrates vertical wall panels affixed to adjustable stud members, forming vertical partitions. These stud members feature cantilevers at their upper limits. The system incorporates noggins connecting adjacent stud members and includes ceiling joists and panels. Cantilevers are linked through ceiling joists. Structural fasteners secure noggins and/or ceiling joists. This modular system offers adaptable protection during construction and demolition activities, facilitating containment and safety measures.
US12091869B2
A system for finishing an interior or exterior drywall surface of a building structure can apply a predetermined formulation of dispensable compound material in liquefied form at a continuous flow with simultaneous surface finishing characteristics while reducing labor intensity and maximizing finish quality to a level 5 standard.
US12091863B2
A modular water-resistant paneling system and method is configured for being retrofitted into walls of existing finished basements or buildings and/or used in new construction, using components fastenable onto wall studs supporting drywall. The components include dimensionally stable water-resistant panels, and finishing strips having a backing flange and an upper lip portion sized and shaped to receive upper edge portions of the panels therein. The backing flange is fastenable to the wall studs while maintaining the panels in spaced relation therefrom, to maintain interior facing surfaces of the panels and drywall flush with one another. The upper lip portion includes opposing flanges configured for superposed engagement with adjacent portions of the interior facing surfaces of the panels and drywall. Mounting clips are sized and shaped for receiving a stud therein, and have a support flange for supporting lower edge portions of the panels.
US12091850B2
Systems and methods for deployment, storage, transport of expandable room dividers. The systems may include a frame configured to lock room divider panels compactly stacked against each other for storage and transport. The frame may retain a non-releasable panel and maintain it vertically upright. That panel may be hinged along a non-retained vertical edge to a closest of a plurality of panels movable with respect to the non-releasable panel. The plurality's panels are serially hinged together, accordion-like, along vertical edges. Hinge angles between adjacent stacked panels are approximately zero degrees. Movable panels are sequentially moved from the frame by user-control opening a locking mechanism. Hinge angles between adjacent panels of the plurality of moved panels, and between the non-releasable panel and its adjacent movable panel, are increased to expand the room divider. The locking mechanism gates return of panels to, and when unopened blocks their movement from, the non-releasable panel.
US12091847B1
This invention is a selective drain hair filter, which allows debris to bypass the filter. The invention contains a circular disk with a centrally positioned hole that sits around a drain flange, held in place by the larger diameter posts and the pressure of flowing water over the circular disk with central hole and sloped base. Water flows around posts of varying heights and diameters and a circular wall with cutout channels. Hair flowing around the posts gets twisted into rotation by the upwardly sloped base and by hitting the wall structure and posts next to the channels. This device selectively filters hair to prevent unsightly debris build up found on other devices. It contains no discrete filtration apertures for hair and debris to get stuck within, allowing easier cleaning. The simpler and low-profile design is more aesthetically pleasing and less prone to encouraging mold growth.
US12091835B2
A joint orientation system is provided for a work vehicle having a chassis and an implement coupled to the chassis at a joint. The joint orientation system includes a first IMU positioned on a first side of the work vehicle relative to the joint and configured to collect a first IMU acceleration and a first IMU angular velocity and a second IMU positioned on a second side relative to the joint and configured to collect a second acceleration and a second angular velocity of the implement. A controller is configured to receive the first and second IMU accelerations and the first and second IMU angular velocities; determine a joint orientation correction based on IMU accelerations and IMU angular velocities; modify an estimate of joint orientation with the joint orientation correction to generate a current joint orientation; and output the current joint orientation for actuation of the implement.
US12091833B2
A work machine includes: a first posture detection device which detects a posture of an upper slewing body with respect to a lower travelling body; a second posture detection device which detects a posture of a blade; a laser beam receiver which is provided to the upper slewing body and can receive a laser beam emitted from a laser beam emitter; and a calculation unit which calculates a height position of a cutting edge of the blade with respect to a surface to be constructed. The calculation unit calculates the height position of the cutting edge of the blade with respect to the surface to be constructed based on a laser beam receiving position where the laser beam is received by the laser beam receiver, a posture of the upper slewing body with respect to the lower travelling body, and a posture of the blade.
US12091828B2
A sheet for forming a floor in a mine or for forming a road on permafrost. A method for making a sheet that is a closed foam celled sheet. A system for making a sheet.
US12091821B2
A pulp molding container includes a conical pulp container open at an upper end. An inner wall of the open end of the pulp container has a separation space defined therein which is inclined downwards and set outwards. A protruding shoulder is defined on an outer wall of the open end of the pulp container, wherein the outer diameter of the protruding shoulder is larger than the inner diameter of the hole on the open end. When two pulp containers are nested over each other, the protruding shoulder of the upper container rests on the upper hole of the open end of the lower container, and a separation gap is formed between the separation space of the lower pulp container and an outer wall on the upper pulp container.
US12091820B2
The embossed multi-ply tissue products have improved bulk, softness, strength, embossment clarity and/or embossment height. The multi-ply tissue products comprise a first tissue ply having a plurality of embossments arranged in an open first pattern such as open, continuous line elements, which may be substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction (CD). The second ply of the multi-ply tissue product have a plurality of micro-embossments disposed in a second pattern. The first and second embossing patterns are such that when the first and second plies are joined to form the product the first and second patterns are not in registration with one another.
US12091809B1
An improved locker seat includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls having a pair of lateral edges. A generally horizontal seat is disposed between the lateral edges of the sidewalls. In a first mode, an air source is connected to an airway formed within the seat to create an airflow. The airflow from the air source creates a first temperature differential to cool the seat. In a second mode, an external or internal heat source provides heat to a top surface of the seat, creating a second temperature differential to heat the seat. The first and second temperature differential are distributed across the top surface of the seat. The seat is hinged to be movable about the hinge between an open and a closed position.
US12091803B2
A device for dosing and dispensing a detergent composition has a reservoir wherein the surface of the reservoir comprises a plurality of ball retainers in which a freely rotating ball is seated.
US12091801B2
An apparatus, method and kit for use in the treatment of substrates with a solid particulate material, said apparatus comprising a housing having mounted therein a rotatably mounted drum having an inner surface and an end wall and access means for introducing said substrates into said drum, the drum preferably having and elongate protrusion (1) located on said inner surface of said drum, wherein •(a) said drum comprises storage means for storage of said solid particulate material; and •(b) said drum comprises a first collecting flow path to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material from the interior of said drum to said storage means when said drum rotates in a first collecting direction, characterised in that said drum comprises a second collecting flow path to facilitate flow of said solid particulate material from the interior of said drum to said storage means when said drum rotates in a second collecting direction, wherein said second collecting direction is in the opposite rotational direction to said first collecting direction, and wherein said first collecting flow path and said second collecting flow path are different flow paths.
US12091797B2
Computerized methods of creating embroidery including capturing embroidery instructions, receiving instructions at an embroidery engine, creating planned patterns of stitches, and outputting instructions for stitching, including instructions for printing colors onto a thread before stitching. Color may be printed in a gradient or gradually faded, for example, from a start color to an end color, or from a start color to an intermediate color and from the intermediate color to an end color. Color may be gradually faded from a start location to an end location or from a start location to an intermediate location and from the intermediate location to an end location. Varying shades of colors may be printed, patterns may be repeated, outlines, segments, and vectors may be used, and intermediate stitch color may be determined based on number of stitches or vector length. Some embodiments allow a user to change embroidery instructions while reapplying unchanged instructions.
US12091796B2
A thimble includes a flexible tapered sleeve and a crown. The sleeve has a frustoconical shape with a fluted sidewall. Multiple outwardly convex panels extend entirely around the sidewall. The sleeve has a mounting end opposite an opening for inserting a user's digit. The sleeve has a pitch of from 0.175 mm/mmL to 0.35 mm/mmL. The crown is formed of hard plastic material and is attached to the mounting end of the sleeve. The crown has a cap with an upper textured planar surface. A ridged sidewall extends entirely around the crown. Multiple longitudinal ridges extend from a lower edge of the sidewall to the cap. The thimble accommodates a variety of finger sizes and the crown prevents slippage of a sewing needle.
US12091794B2
Systems and methods for producing printed goods from textile material to address shortcoming of existing approaches for article production. According to the systems and methods described herein, the harvested and woven cotton may be shipped directly to garment decorators who may perform all remaining steps to provide customers with finished goods. As such, the systems and methods herein may eliminate the steps of the blank goods trade and current manufacturing processes.
US12091790B2
Braided filament with particularized strand compositions and methods of manufacturing and using same
In one embodiment, the present invention is a braided filament including a plurality of strands each having at least one ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber and at least one polyester fiber wherein the quantity of certain types of fibers in a first strand is the same as the quantity of the same type of fibers in a second strand. In a variant, one additional strand of the braided filament is a monofilament strand. In another variant, each strand is homogeneous with respect to the other strands and is made exclusively from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers and polyester fibers such that each strand has the same distribution and quantity of fiber types.
US12091787B2
A needle-holding unit for circular knitting machines has a structure shaped as a hollow solid of rotation developing around a central axis is configured for turning around said central axis and for supporting a plurality of needles moving so as to produce a knitted fabric. The needle-holding unit exhibits on an outer side at least one working surface, on which a plurality of needle seats is defined, which are placed beside one another and arranged around the central axis. Each of the needle seats movably houses at least a portion of at least one respective needle which can be actuated with an alternate motion along the respective needle seat with a motion of extraction and a motion of return, in order to produce knitted fabric. Each needle seat has an inclined longitudinal development with respect to the central axis. The working surface has a shape as a surface of rotation obtained through the rotation of the inclined needle seats around the central axis, and in particular the working surface is a non-cylindrical, non-conical three-dimensional surface.
US12091782B2
A process for manufacturing a composite yarn comprising a continuous multifilament core yarn incorporated in a matrix, comprising at least one step of depositing, by coating or extrusion, a matrix comprising a polymer material and a reinforcing filler formed from functionalized particles, onto a core yarn. A composite yarn obtained by such process. A textile comprising at least one such composite yarn.
US12091772B2
A silicon carbide substrate according to the present disclosure is a silicon carbide substrate that includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and is made of silicon carbide having a polytype of 4H. The first main surface has a maximum diameter of more than or equal to 140 mm. The first main surface is a {0001} plane or a plane inclined at an off angle of more than 0° and less than or equal to 8° relative to the {0001} plane. Half-widths of a peak corresponding to a folded mode of a longitudinal optical branch of a Raman spectrum of the silicon carbide substrate within a plane of the first main surface have an average value of less than 2.5 cm−1, and a standard deviation of less than or equal to 0.06 cm−1.
US12091760B2
A system and method for improving and stabilizing an electronic property of graphite are provided. The method includes heating a graphitic carbon electrode substrate to a first temperature of at least 600° C., maintaining, via controlled heating by the heat source, the graphitic carbon electrode substrate at the first temperature for a first duration of at least 20 minutes, reducing a temperature of the graphitic carbon electrode substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature over a second duration of at least 10 minutes, wherein the second temperature falls within a second range of between 450-500° C., and further reducing the temperature of the graphitic carbon electrode substrate from the second temperature to a third temperature over a third duration of at least 5 minutes, wherein the third temperature falls within a third range of between 180-270° C.
US12091759B2
An electrolyzer system includes a stack of solid oxide electrolyzer cells configured receive steam and output a hydrogen exhaust and an oxygen exhaust, a supplemental steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, a water preheater configured to preheat water using heat extracted from the oxygen exhaust, and a primary steam generator configured to generate the steam provided to the stack by vaporizing the water preheated by the water preheater.
US12091751B2
A substrate processing technique includes a substrate mounting table including a substrate mounting surface for a substrate; a process container for accommodating the substrate mounting table and forming a process chamber for processing the substrate mounted on the substrate mounting surface; at least one gas supplier for suppling a processing gas to the process chamber; a first wall arranged on an outer peripheral side of the at least one substrate mounting table; a second wall arranged at an outer side of the first wall on the outer peripheral side of the substrate mounting table; at least one exhaust flow path formed between the first wall and the second wall and configured to discharge a gas in the process chamber; and a shield plate arranged below the substrate mounting table and extending at least to a lower side of a lower end of the second wall.
US12091746B2
Traveling-wave tube amplifiers for high-frequency signals, including terahertz signals, and methods for making a slow-wave structure for the traveling-wave tube amplifiers are provided. The slow-wave structures include helical conductors that are self-assembled via the release and relaxation of strained films from a sacrificial growth substrate.
US12091740B2
A mask sheet has a first side face and a second side face that are substantially parallel to each other and arranged oppositely. The first side face is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the mask sheet. The mask sheet includes: at least one opening portion, each opening portion including a first opening extending from the first side face toward the second side face and a second opening extending from the second side face toward the first side face, and the first opening and the second opening are communicated with each other, and an inner border of the second opening being located within an outer border of the first opening in a direction perpendicular to a circumferential direction of the second opening; at least one groove located on a periphery of the second opening, the at least one groove being formed in the second side face of the mask sheet.
US12091738B2
A low-resistance conductive thin film is disclosed. The present invention provides a low-resistance conductive thin film including: a substrate; a first capping layer disposed on the substrate; a second capping layer disposed on the first capping layer; a metal layer disposed on the second capping layer; a third capping layer disposed on the metal layer; and a fourth capping layer disposed on the third capping layer.
US12091733B2
A control process of inclusions in ultra-clean rare earth steel, wherein the content of rare earth elements REM in the ultra-clean rare earth steel, the total oxygen content T[O]m, the total sulfur content T[S]m in the steel, and the total oxygen content T[O]r in a rare earth metal or alloy added to the steel are controlled to satisfy the following formula: −500
US12091732B2
A nanocomposite metal material includes a carrier formed of Zr and two-element metal particles supported on the carrier. The two-element metal is formed of Cu and Ni, and a degree of oxidation of the carrier is more than 31% and 100% or less. In a case where the nanocomposite metal material is disposed in a reaction furnace of a thermal reactor, the inside of the reaction furnace is brought into a vacuum state, and the inside of the reaction furnace is heated to a temperature range of 250° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower with a heating mechanism included in the thermal reactor while supplying at least one of hydrogen gas and deuterium gas into the reaction furnace, excessive heat of the nanocomposite metal material is 100 W/kg or more.
US12091729B2
A method of producing a vehicle glass assembly, includes (A) providing a connector made of metal plate and comprising a first flat portion, a second flat portion and a bridge portion connecting between the first and the second flat portions, each the flat portion having a respective surface to be soldered, (B) soldering lead-free solder onto the surfaces to form first and second blocks of lead-free solder on the surfaces of the first flat portion and the second flat portion, respectively, (C) providing a glass substrate layer on which an electrically conductive layer comprising a wire pattern and a busbar is formed, and (D) sandwiching the lead-free solder blocks between their respective surfaces and the busbar, and then melting the blocks to form solder connections between the connector and the busbar; wherein the amount of lead-free solder in each of the blocks is between 15 mg and 50 mg.
US12091725B2
A method of manufacturing a cylindrical battery case includes performing an ironing process, which is one of the processes of manufacturing the battery case, a plurality of times in order to decrease the surface roughness of the battery case, thereby improving the corrosion characteristics of the battery case. The surface roughness of the cylindrical battery case is decreased by performing a thickness reducing process when a process for forming the outer circumferential surface of a body of the cylindrical battery case is performed at the time of manufacturing the cylindrical battery case. In addition, corrosion characteristics are improved for respective values of the surface roughness.
US12091722B2
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and its method of manufacture are provided. The method includes a process of heating to 1280° C. or more and hot rolling a slab containing, by mass %, Bi and a predetermined composition of constituents and having a balance of Fe and impurities to obtain hot rolled steel sheet. After hot rolling annealing, the hot rolled steel sheet is cold rolled one time or more with process annealing performed interposed so as to obtain cold rolled steel sheet, followed by a process of rapidly heating then decarburization annealing the steel sheet, a process of coating the surface of the cold rolled steel sheet after decarburization annealing with an annealing separator comprising sulfates or sulfides and having MgO as its main constituent, then performing finish annealing, a process of performing strictly controlled finish annealing, and a process of coating an insulating coating, then performing flattening annealing.
US12091720B2
A method for producing a feedstock wire is produced from a first metal strip and at least one further metal strip by roll forming, wherein in particular the first metal strip and the at least one further metal strip are made of differing metals, preferably of differing meals having differing yield points, wherein a jacket, which in the final shape completely surrounds the at least one further metal strip in the circumferential direction, is formed from the first metal strip in a plurality of passes by roll forming using a plurality of roll stands, and wherein, first, exclusively only the first metal strip is formed to a preliminary shape in a plurality of passes using a first group of roll stands and, thereafter, the first metal strip and the at least one further metal strip are jointly formed to the final shape in a second group of roll stands.
US12091718B2
The present disclosure relates to high-throughput detection of polyketides using genetically encoded biosensors.
US12091716B2
This document provides methods and materials involved in identifying mammals as having, or being likely to have, a traumatic brain injury (TBI). This document also provides methods for treating mammals identified as having, or being likely to have, a TBI, based on the identification methods described herein.
US12091708B2
Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating asthma and asthma patients a Th2 high asthma phenotype are disclosed.
US12091707B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions of matter and assay methods used to detect one or more non-nucleic acid targets of interest in a sample. The compositions and methods provide signal boost upon detection of non-nucleic acid targets of interest in less than one minute and in some instances instantaneously at ambient temperatures down to 25° C. or less, allow for massive multiplexing, high accuracy, minimal non-specific signal generation, and are easily reprogrammable.
US12091702B2
An identification by mass spectrometry of a microorganism from among reference microorganisms represented by reference data sets includes: determining a set of data of the microorganism according to a spectrum; for each reference microorganism, calculating a distance between the determined and reference sets; and calculating a probability ƒ(m) according to relation f ( m ) = pN ( m | μ , σ ) pN ( m | μ , σ ) + ( 1 - p ) N ( m | μ _ , σ _ ) where: m is the distance calculated for the reference microorganism; N(m|μ,σ) is the value, for m, of a random variable modeling the distance between a reference microorganism to be identified and the reference microorganism, when the microorganism is the reference microorganism; N(m|μ,σ) is the value, for m, of a random variable modeling the distance between a microorganism to be identified and the reference microorganism, when the microorganism is not the reference microorganism; and p is a scalar in the range from 0 to 1.
US12091693B2
Described herein are prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding conjugates that are useful for delivering therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of using the conjugates and compositions. Also described are processes for manufacture of the conjugates and the compositions containing them.
US12091692B2
Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof.
US12091689B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions of matter and methods used to activate effector nucleic acids and effector targets in vivo via a CRISPR-based cascade system. The compositions and methods achieve non-specific delivery of cascade system components to cells yet the cascade system works in a cell-specific manner.
US12091685B2
A bacteriophage RNA polymerase variant is provided. In some embodiments, the variant may have increased thermostability relative to the corresponding wild type bacteriophage RNA polymerase and/or wild type T7 RNA polymerase. Compositions, kits and methods that employ the variant are also provided.
US12091680B2
Provided is a method of inducing the differentiation of a stem cell into nerve progenitor cells, comprising the step (1) of forming homogenous aggregates of stem cells in a serum-free medium (1) and the step (2) of suspension-culturing the homogenous aggregates of stem cells in the presence of a basement membrane reference standard.
US12091678B2
Haploid human embryonic stem cells and cell lines, haploid multipotent human cells, and haploid differentiated human cells are provided. In addition, methods of making and using the haploid human cells are provided.
US12091656B2
The present invention pertains to a novel method for the generation of highly diverse RNA expressing vectors and vector libraries for use in targeted gene knock out, knock down and genome modification approaches. The invention pertains to a method for generating such higher order libraries without the need of classical cloning technologies. This is particularly useful for libraries based on large vectors wherein a sequence cannot be easily mutated with classical mutagenesis methods. The vectors and libraries generated according to the methods of the invention are in particular for RNA assisted silencing technologies such as RNA interference, and for targeted genome editing using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas system or similar RNA/DNA-encoded gene perturbation systems which use small guide RNAs to target the CRISPR complex to a specific genomic sequence. The invention provides also kits comprising the materials for performing the methods of the invention.
US12091654B2
The device uses pulsed electric fields to prevent the growth of biofilm and the attachment of bacteria to targeted surfaces. The device sets up an electric field around or surrounding the surface itself. These pulsed electric fields disrupt biofilm formation and bacterial attachment to surfaces. The device is meant to prevent the formation of biofilm or attachment of bacteria to a surface as opposed to disinfecting the surface.
US12091653B2
The present disclosure discloses a novel strain of Glutamicibacter, derived from insects, which efficiently degrades bifenthrin, belonging to the field of microbial strains. The Glutamicibacter CCTCC NO: M20221445 of the present disclosure was isolated from the intestinal tract of bifenthrin-resistant Ectropis grisescens Warren larvae. It exhibits unique genomic characteristics, growth and phenotypic traits, physiological and biochemical characteristics, as well as the ability to utilize and degrade bifenthrin efficiently. Specifically, it can effectively degrade bifenthrin. Based on phenotypic features, physiological and biochemical characteristics, chemical composition, and molecular biology-based polyphasic classification, Glutamicibacter CCTCC NO: M20221445 is identified as a new species. This bacterium possesses the capability to efficiently degrade bifenthrin, laying the foundation for biological control of E. grisescens and offering new microbial resources to address pesticide residue problems.
US12091652B2
This disclosure provides, inter alia, an optimized strain of Nitrosomonas eutropha (N. eutropha) designated D23, D23-100, or AOB D23-100. N. eutropha bacteria disclosed in this application have desirable properties, e.g., optimized properties, such as the ability to suppress growth of pathogenic bacteria, and an enhanced ability to produce nitric oxide and nitric oxide precursors. The N. eutropha herein may be used, for instance, to treat diseases associated with low nitrite levels, skin diseases, and diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria.
US12091648B2
The systems and methods disclosed herein provide for the efficient generation of fine bubbles. In particular, systems and methods for use in bioreactors are disclosed herein providing a superior means to produce useful fermentation products by the biological fermentation of fine bubble waste substrates injected into a liquid broth containing a microorganism culture.
US12091646B2
The present disclosure provides methods for treating one or more grains in an ethanol plant or alcohol brewery, methods of drying, cooling, disease control of dried distillers grains with soluble (DDG), barley, or brewer's spent grain (BSG), and a system for treating one or more grains in an ethanol plant or alcohol brewery by these disclosed methods.
US12091640B1
Provided herein are formulations for liquidless cleansing products having high biobased content. The cleansing formulations may be substantially free of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no more than a negligible amount of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no detectable amount of polyvinyl alcohol.
US12091629B2
An aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing an ester-based base oil, at least one epoxy compound selected from an alkyl glycidyl ether and an aryl glycidyl ether, and a phenol-based antioxidant, wherein a content of the epoxy compound is 0.7% by mass or more based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil is used with a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodomethane.
US12091626B2
Processes for upgrading of a coal product and preparing of a purified coal product are provided. The process comprises the steps of: (i) providing a purified coal composition, wherein the composition is in the form of solid particles, and wherein at least about 90% by volume (% vol) of the solid particles are no greater than about 500 μm in diameter; and (ii) combining the purified coal composition with a solid coal feedstock, in order to create a combined solid-solid blend upgraded coal product.
US12091622B2
The present invention relates to a fuel additive composition comprising at least a first additive chosen from quaternary ammonium salts different from betaines, and at least a second additive chosen from amido alkyl betaines, wherein the weight ratio of the amount of the first additive to the amount of the second additive is within the range of from 1:4 to 4:1. The invention also relates to an additive concentrate and to a fuel composition comprising this additive composition, and also to the use thereof for preventing and/or eliminating the deposits in at least one of the internal parts of an engine.
US12091621B2
A bio-multi-reactor hydrogen generation method using a bio-multi-reactor hydrogen generation system including a plurality of carbonization-water gasification furnaces and a plurality of heating furnaces arranged alternately side by side includes: arranging solid combustibles in each carbonization-water gasification furnace; dry distilling the solid combustibles by heating from each heating furnace adjacent to each carbonization-water gasification furnace; gasifying carbide obtained by dry distillation within each carbonization-water gasification furnace by supplying steam to the carbide to cause a water gasification reaction to take place; and maintaining each heating furnace at a temperature for dry distilling the solid combustibles in each carbonization-water gasification furnace by collecting a combustible gas generated in dry distillation of the solid combustibles in each carbonization-water gasification furnace in a tank and supplying the combustible gas to each heating furnace for combustion.
US12091608B2
Use of at least one compound of formula (I): (I) [P+(R1—Y—R2)4]zXz- is described for enhancing the injectivity of an injection well, wherein: Y is chosen from an oxygen atom or an NH group; R1 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R2 is chosen from a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl radical having from 1 to 14 carbon atoms; Xz- is a monovalent anion or a divalent anion, or a trivalent anion, or a tetravalent anion group; z is a number from 1 to 4. The compound of formula (I) is added to an aqueous medium to form an injection stream which is injected into a subterranean formation which comprises at least one polymer, via said injection well.
US12091599B2
An ionic phosphorescent metal complex complex has a formula of [PtM3{(PR″2CH2)3P}(C≡CR)(C≡CR′)(μ—Cl)]2+ An−2/n. M is selected from Au(I) and Ag(I). R, R′ and R″ are identical or different, and are independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, and heteroaryl. Each of the alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, and heteroaryl may be substituted with one or more substituents selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, amino, halogen, halogenated alkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl. The substituent is optionally further substituted with one or more of the following groups: alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, amino, halogen, halogenated alkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl. An− is a monovalent or divalent anion, n is 1 or 2, μ—represents bridging linkage. The organic light-emitting diode prepared by using the complex as the light-emitting layer dopant has an external quantum efficiency of 10% or more, and can be applied to the fields of flat panel display and daily lighting.
US12091598B2
Disclosed are a surface-modified quantum dot surface-modified with a ligand complex having a specific structure on the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal, a method for preparing the same, and a quantum dot-polymer composite or electronic device including the same.
US12091597B2
Proposed are a method of manufacturing a quantum-dot film having encapsulated quantum dots dispersed therein, in which quantum dots are uniformly dispersed in a matrix resin to thus increase quantum yield and in which deterioration of the quantum dots can be prevented through encapsulation, a quantum-dot film manufactured thereby, and a wavelength conversion sheet and a display including the same.
US12091596B2
The present invention relates to the field of luminescent crystals (LCs), and more specifically to Quantum Dots (QDs) of formula A1aM2bXc, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification. The invention provides methods of manufacturing such luminescent crystals, particularly by dispersing suitable starting materials in the presence of a liquid and by the aid of milling balls; to compositions comprising luminescent crystals and to electronic devices, decorative coatings; and to components comprising luminescent crystals.
US12091581B2
High oxide film removal rate Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions, methods, and systems of use therefore are provided. The CMP polishing composition comprises abrasives of ceria coated inorganic oxide particles, such as ceria-coated silica; and a chemical additive for providing a high oxide film removal rate. The chemical additive is a gelatin molecule possessing negative and positive charges on the same molecule.
US12091578B2
This clear-coated stainless steel sheet (10) includes a stainless steel sheet (20), and a clear-coated film (30) formed on at least one surface (20a) of the stainless steel sheet (20) and having an average film thickness of 0.05 μm or more and 3.00 μm or less.
US12091574B2
The present invention provides a hydrophobic surface coating and a preparation method therefor. The hydrophobic surface coating uses one or more fluorinated alcohol compounds as a reaction gas material, and is formed on a surface of a base body by a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method, to improve the hydrophobicity, the chemical resistance, and the weatherability of the surface of the base body.
US12091567B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, an ink composition is provided. The ink composition includes a plurality of nanostructures distributed in at least two cross-sectional dimension ranges, wherein each nanostructure of the plurality of nanostructures is free of a cross-sectional dimension of more than 200 nm. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method for forming a conductive member and a conductive device are also provided.
US12091566B2
This disclosure describes hydrogel three-dimensional printing kits, methods of three-dimensional printing hydrogels, and hydrogel three-dimensional printing systems. In one example, a hydrogel three-dimensional printing kit can include a particulate build material, a crosslinking agent, a whitening agent, and a coloring agent. The particulate build material can include a polyhydroxylated swellable polymer. The crosslinking agent can include water and a crosslinker that is reactive with hydroxyl groups of the polyhydroxylated swellable polymer to crosslink the polyhydroxylated swellable polymer. The whitening agent can include water and a dispersed white pigment. The coloring agent can include water and a colorant.
US12091564B2
An ink accommodating body accommodating an ink composition is provided, in which the ink composition contains water and a first dye that is a compound represented by Formula (B-1) or a salt thereof, a content of the first dye in the ink composition is 0.5% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the ink composition, and a value of a ratio (A/V) is 1.7 or less where a total surface area of a metal, of the ink accommodating body, in contact with the ink composition is A (cm2) and an accommodation capacity for the ink composition accommodated in the ink accommodating body is V (cm3).
US12091558B2
UV curable inks comprising a polycarbonate resin; acrylated polymers or oligomers having an aromatic or aliphatic polycarbonate backbone, one or more photoinitiators; and one or more adhesion promoters, are provided, which inks can be formulated as conductive inks or dielectric inks. The UV-curable inks are useful in preparing printed electronic and injection-molded structural electronic components and devices. The UV-curable inks exhibit high elongation and thermoformability, and are especially well suited for use in injection molding processes for printed electronics and thermoformed printed electronic applications.
US12091554B2
The present invention provides fluorescent polyfluorene polymers or macromers with unique optical properties that are stable. The polymeric fluorophores are useful in various bioassays formats. The inventive polymers are useful in assays relying on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanisms where two fluorophores are used.
US12091553B2
A core-shell dye, a near-infrared absorbing resin composition including the same, a near-infrared absorbing film, an optical filter, and a CMOS image sensor, the core-shell dye includes a core represented by Chemical Formula 1; and a shell surrounding the core, the shell being represented by Chemical Formula 2;
US12091537B2
A composition including a composite particle and a fluorine-containing polymer, wherein the composite particle comprises a polymer and an inorganic particle dispersed in the polymer, and the polymer contains an acid group-containing monomer unit. Also disclosed is a molded article obtained from the composition.
US12091532B2
Provided is an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with an ethylene unit content of 15 to 60 mol % and a saponification degree of 85 mol % or more.
US12091522B2
The disclosure provides porous scaffold that include a plurality of microspheres, where the microspheres include a biodegradable polymer blended with a graphene family material (GFM), micro spheres, and methods for making and using such scaffolds and microspheres.
US12091520B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising: a solvent screened using a solvent-polymer particle interaction parameter αPi and a solvent-(meth)acrylate binder interaction parameter αBi, polymer particles, and a (meth)acrylate binder, and an optical film and a display device comprising the same.
US12091509B1
The invention relates to cross-linkable oligoimides, processes of making such cross-linkable oligoimides and products comprising such cross-linkable oligoimides. Such cross-linkable oligoimides provide articles made by an AM process with the desired process ability that permits filament formation, post cure increased strength, the desired in use temperature stability and the desired thermo-oxidative stability.
US12091507B2
Disclosed is a polyimide having a repeat unit structure of Formula III In Formula III: Ra represents one or more different tetracarboxylic acid component residues; and Rb represents one or more different aromatic diamine residues or aromatic diisocyanate residues. 5-100 mol % of Ra has Formula II In Formula II: R1 is H, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkoxy, heteroalkoxy, fluoroalkyl, silyl, hydrocarbon aryl, substituted hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, ally, or vinyl; R2 is halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkoxy, heteroalkoxy, fluoroalkyl, silyl, hydrocarbon aryl, substituted hydrocarbon aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, ally, or vinyl; R3 and R4 are the same or different and are alkyl, fluoroalkyl, or silyl; x and y are the same or different and are an integer from 0-2; and * indicates a point of attachment.
US12091496B2
The present invention relates to new compounds based on polyetheramine modified phenalkamine, their use as curing agents, compositions comprising the novel compounds, the manufacture of such compounds and of such compositions, and the use of these compositions, in particular in a potting process in electrical and electronic components and devices.
US12091480B2
Process for the production of 2-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate in multiple stage batch reactions involving the recycling of the catalyst (DBTO) in subsequent reaction, the addition a certain amount of fresh catalyst to the recycled catalyst, the use of said catalysts in the subsequent reaction, and wherein the volume decrease due to azeotropic distillation is compensate in order to keep the volume constant in the reactor during the reaction by the continuous addition of a composition comprising methyl(meth)acrylate and dimethylaminoethanol.
US12091461B2
A bispecific antibody which is capable of specifically binding to PD-1 and CD3 is disclosed. The bispecific antibody is suitable for preventing, suppressing symptom progression or recurrence of, and/or treating autoimmune diseases. Also disclosed is a formulation which can reduce occurrence of adverse infusion reactions or adverse reaction called cytokine release syndrome. The bispecific antibody has the feature to allow interaction between PD-1 and PD-L1 as its ligand, contributes enhancement or duration of its effects.
US12091458B2
The invention provides antibodies specifically binding to c-Kit and methods of using such antibodies in stem cell replacement and treatment of cancer.
US12091457B2
The present invention relates to an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof specifically binding to CD66c which is expressed in myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) and a use thereof, and specifically to an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof specifically binding to CD66c, a pharmaceutical composition or a diagnosing composition including the same. The anti-CD66c antibody of the present invention can be used usefully for the treatment of various diseases by targeting MDSC which can induce the immunosuppression.
US12091455B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for reducing inflammation. In one aspect, the present invention provides a protein inhibitor comprising an ectodomain of at least one TREM or TREML protein. The invention also relates to inhibiting the interaction between a TREM or TREML protein and mitochondria released or derived from necroptotic cells; or between a TREM or TREML protein and cardiolipin.
US12091443B2
A system for selecting an immunogenic peptide composition comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to create a first peptide set by selecting a plurality of base peptides, wherein at least one peptide of the plurality of base peptides is associated with a disease, create a second peptide set by adding to the first peptide set a modified peptide, wherein the modified peptide comprises a substitution of at least one residue of a base peptide selected from the plurality of base peptides, and create a third peptide set by selecting a subset of the second peptide set, wherein the selected subset of the second peptide set has a predicted vaccine performance, wherein the predicted vaccine performance has a population coverage above a predetermined threshold, and wherein the subset comprises at least one peptide of the second peptide set.
US12091442B2
Provided herein are activatable cytokine constructs that include: (a) a first monomer construct comprising a first mature cytokine protein (CP1), a first cleavable moiety (CM1), and a first dimerization domain (DD1), wherein the CM1 is positioned between the CP1 and the DD1; and (b) a second monomer construct comprising a second mature cytokine protein (CP2), a second cleavable moiety (CM2), and a second dimerization domain (DD2), where the CM2 is positioned between the CP2 and the DD2, where: the CM1 and the CM2 function as a substrate for a protease; the DD1 and the DD2 bind each other; and where the ACC is characterized by a reduction in at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2 as compared to a control level of the at least one activity of the CP1 and/or CP2.
US12091441B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are human interleukin-2 (IL-2) muteins or variants thereof. In particular, provided herein are IL-2 muteins that have a decreased binding capacity for IL-2Rγ. Such IL-2 muteins are useful, for example, as IL-2 partial agonist in applications where reduction or inhibition of one or more IL-2 and/or IL-15 functions is useful (e.g., in the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions). Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such IL-2 muteins, methods of making such IL-2 muteins, pharmaceutical compositions that include such IL-2 muteins and methods of treatment using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US12091437B2
The present disclosure provides a fusion protein useful for treating a non-nuclear organelle associated disorder, such as a genetic disorder, e.g., Friedrich's Ataxia. The fusion protein may comprise a protein of interest to be delivered to a non-nuclear organelle; an organelle targeting sequence (OTS); a cell penetrating peptide (CPP); and a target enhancing sequence (TES); wherein the CPP is capable of interference with delivery of the protein of interest to the non-nuclear organelle; and wherein the TES prevents said interference by the CPP. The fusion protein may also comprise a protein of interest to be delivered to a non-nuclear organelle; a CPP and a TES. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating a non-nuclear organelle associated disorder by administering the fusion protein to a subject in need thereof.
US12091436B2
The disclosure provides a recombinant cell capable of producing a steviol glycoside, wherein the cell comprises a nucleic acid coding for a variant of a parent polypeptide, wherein the variant has steviol glycoside transport mediating activity, wherein the variant comprises an amino acid sequence which, when aligned with the amino acid sequence of the parent polypeptide, comprises at least one modification of the amino acid residue corresponding to any of the amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the parent polypeptide, wherein the variant has an improved ability to produce rebaudioside M and optionally other steviol glycosides extracellularly if compared with the parent polypeptide when measured under the same conditions.
US12091429B2
Porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives of General Formulas I-V are suitable for use as donor-type materials for photovoltaic cells, absorbers for dye-sensitized solar cells, emitters for red and near infra-red organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), absorbers and re-emitters for organic concentrators (e.g., large area organic film for collection of sunlight) for small-size and high efficiency inorganic photovoltaics, and absorbers for hydrogeneration.
US12091428B1
A 4,4′-divinylazoarylene-bridged diruthenium complex bearing two Ru(CO)(L-κ2[N,O]−)(PiPr3)2 entities, its synthesis, and its use as an catalyst in inorganic processes.
US12091425B2
Provided herein are myeloid cell leukemia 1 protein (Mcl-1) inhibitors, methods of their preparation, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the same. For example, provided herein are compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used, for example, in the treatment of diseases or conditions, such as cancer.
US12091423B2
Influenza is an acute infectious respiratory disease caused by the influenza virus. It is part of the group of Acute Respiratory Viral Infections (ARVI). It occasionally spreads in the form of epidemics and pandemics. Currently, more than 2000 variants of the influenza virus differing in the antigen spectrum have been identified. Given that influenza is a serious threat to public health (worldwide, these annual epidemics lead to 3-5 million cases of severe illness, millions of hospitalizations, and up to 650,000 deaths), it seems appropriate to search for new anti-influenza drugs with improved characteristics. The inventors surprisingly found out that the previously unknown substituted 3,4,12,12a-tetrahydro-1H-[1,4] oxazino[3,4-c]pyrido[2,1-f] [1,2,4]triazine-6,8-dione of general formula 1, its stereoisomer, their prodrug, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, and a crystalline or polycrystalline form thereof are effective agents for prophylaxis and treatment of viral diseases, including influenza where R1 is (6,7-difluoro-5,10-dihydrothieno[3,2-c][2]benzothiepin-10-yl, (7,8-difluoro-4,9-dihydrothieno[2,23-c][2]benzothiepin-4-yl, (3,4-difluorophenyl)(phenyl)methyl, (3,4-difluorophenyl)(2-methylsulfanylphenyl)methyl, diphenylmethyl, bis(4-fluorophenyl)-methyl; R2 is hydrogen or a protective group selected from a series comprising (C1-C3 alkyl) oxycarbonyloxy, {[(C1-C3 alkyl)oxycarbonyl]-oxy}methoxy, {[2-(C1-C3 alkyl) oxyethoxy]carbonyl}oxy, ({[(1R)-2-[(C1-C3alkyl)oxy]-1-methylethoxy} carbonyl)oxy, {[(3S)-ethoxyfuran-3-yloxy]-carbonyl}oxy, [(ethoxy-2H-pyran-4-yloxy) carbonyl]oxy, {[(1-acetylazetidine)-3-yloxy]carbonyl}oxy, {[(C1-C3alkyl) oxycarbonyl]-oxy}methoxy, ({[2-(C1-C3 alkyl)oxyethoxy]carbonyl}oxy) methoxy.
US12091412B2
The present disclosure relates generally to inhibitors of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1), compositions thereof, and methods of using said compounds and compositions thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to triazolopyrimidine and imidazolopyrimidine inhibitors of ENPP1 and methods of their use for treating disease mediated by ENPP1.
US12091402B2
Extracellular protein degraders and compositions are provided that have a potent asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) Binding Ligand bound to an Extracellular Protein Targeting Ligand for the selective degradation of the Target Extracellular Protein, for example immunoglobulin in vivo to treat disorders mediated by the extracellular protein.
US12091401B2
Provided are a nitrogen-heterocyclic compound, a display panel and a display apparatus. In an embodiment, the compound has a structure of Chemical Formula 1, in which X1 and X2 are each C or N, and at least one of X1 and X2 is N; X3 to X7 are N or —CRa, and one, two, three or four of X3 to X7 are N, where Ra is hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy, C1-C20 thioalkyl, C6-C30 aryl, or C3-C30 heteroaryl; and Ra is independently present or forms an aliphatic ring, an aromatic ring, or a heteroaromatic ring with adjacent carbon atoms; Ar1 and Ar2 are each C6-C30 aryl or C3-C30 heteroaryl; and L1 and L2 are each a single bond, C6-C30 arylene, or C3-C30 heteroarylene. The compound is suitable as a CPL material to improve external quantum efficiency (EQE) of an organic light-emitting device and light-emitting efficiency.
US12091389B2
The present invention relates to pyrazolylbenzene-1,3-diols as cannabidiol derivatives, its use for the manufacture of a medicament, and more particularly, to the use of this medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder associated with the GPR18 and/or TRPV1 receptors and the use of these compounds for pharmacological assays related to GPR18 and/or TRPV1.
US12091369B2
Inorganic coatings that may be used to coat and protect concrete are disclosed. The protective inorganic coatings include a liquid composition portion comprising water, an alkali metal oxide component and a silicate-containing component. The coatings also include a powder composition portion comprising microspheres, metal oxide powder and optional microfibers. When applied to concrete, the coatings provide chemical and physical protection.
US12091367B2
The method of curing reinforced concrete uses a liquid membrane-forming curing compound for the curing of reinforced concrete, but without fully coating the reinforced concrete with the curing compound, thus allowing for oxygen permeation through the reinforced concrete to effect passive layer formation on steel rebar embedded in the reinforced concrete. Prior to curing, a mask is applied to at least one surface of a slab of reinforced concrete, such that the mask covers about 10% of the surface area of the at least one surface. The at least one surface of the slab of reinforced concrete is then coated with a liquid membrane-forming curing compound. The liquid membrane-forming curing compound is allowed to dry, thus forming a curing compound layer on the at least one surface of the slab of reinforced concrete. The mask is then removed to form at least one uncoated region.
US12091363B2
The present invention relates to a high heat-resistant/oxidation-resistant/flame retardant-non-flammable liquid ceramic coating film for protecting an exterior of an apparatus in an extreme environment. Provided are a method of forming a high heat-resistant coating film including: (a) preparing a liquid ceramic filling agent by mixing a ceramic filler including iron (III) oxide (Fe3O4) powder, a diluent, and an inorganic nanosol; (b) applying the liquid ceramic filling agent to at least one surface of a substrate to form a coating film; and (c) curing the coating film by drying the substrate, and a high heat-resistant coating film prepared thereby.
US12091353B2
Glazing, such as for vehicles, includes a sheet of glass-ceramic that has different regions with different transmission properties, including a first visually clear region that blocks infrared, a second visually clear region that allows transmission of infrared, and a third colored region.
US12091349B2
A method and apparatus for substrate dicing are described. The method includes utilizing a laser to dice a substrate along a dicing path to form a perforated line around each device within the substrate. The dicing path is created by exposing the substrate to bursts of laser pulses at different locations around each device. The laser pulses are delivered to the substrate and may have a pulse repetition frequency of greater than about 25 MHz, a pulse width of less than about 15 picoseconds, and a laser wavelength of about 1.0 μm to about 5 μm.
US12091346B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a silica glass crucible includes a rotating means for rotating a mold and a supply means for feeding a silica powder inside the mold, wherein the supply means has a feeding part for delivering the silica powder in a manner releasing it to fall to a position away from the inner wall surface of the mold inside the mold, and a dispersing part for changing, to one toward the inner wall surface side, at a fall position, the direction in which the silica powder fed from the feeding part moves, while also widening an angle at which the silica powder disperses toward the inner wall surface at the fall position. The apparatus is intended to allow a silica powder layer to be stably formed in the mold in a short period of time.
US12091339B1
A submersible mixing system configured to allow a liquid chemical to be induced directly into the periphery of a radial pattern hydrodynamic cavitation zone, and then dispersed into a water stream, channel, chamber, or rapid mix box with superior velocity gradient mixing intensity to treat wastewater.
US12091335B2
An electrolytic reactor for the electrolytic treatment of a fluid is disclosed. The reactor comprises an electrolytic chamber, an electrode cartridge comprising an electrode assembly longitudinally extending from a crown section configured to operatively seal the electrolytic chamber when the electrode assembly is inserted in the electrolytic chamber; an inlet extending perpendicularly to a vertical longitudinal axis defined by the electrolytic chamber; and an outlet extending through the crown section along the vertical longitudinal axis defined by the electrolytic chamber, the outlet being configured to be in fluid communication with the electrolytic chamber when the electrolytic chamber is sealed by the crown section. Advantageouslly, by having the outlet extending upwardly above the electrodes, any dead zone typically found on electrodes at the level of the outlet are eliminated, increaing as such the useful surface area of the electrodes spanning the entire length of the electrolytic chamber.
US12091334B2
An electrolytic assembly and a laundry treatment apparatus. An electrolytic assembly includes an electrolytic device, a heating member, and a mounting device. The electrolytic device includes an electrode. The electrolytic device and/or heating member is connected to the mounting device. The heating member and the electrode are located on the same side of the mounting device. The electrolytic assembly can produce a hydroxyl radical having a strong oxidization activity by electrolyzing water by means of the electrolytic device to perform disinfection and sterilization, and can further heat a liquid to a required temperature by means of the heating member. The integration of the heating member and the electrolytic device can facilitate the arrangement of the structures of the heating member and the electrolytic device more compact and facilitate overall assembly/disassembly.
US12091329B1
A method for desalinating a saline or a brackish water includes filling an inner portion of a basin with the saline or the brackish water to saturate a second sponge. Adjusting a rear reflective mirror to reflect an incident solar radiation onto a serpentine pipe. Adjusting a top double sided reflective mirror to reflect the incident solar radiation through a front surface of a glass cover and onto a water tank. Adjusting a front reflective mirror, a right reflective mirror, and a left reflective mirror to reflect the incident solar radiation through the glass cover. A temperature rise inside the basin causes the saline or the brackish water to become heated and vaporized into water vapor. Condensing the water vapor to form distilled water droplets which are collected in a plurality of troughs as distilled water. Flowing the distilled water from the plurality of troughs to a storage tank.
US12091322B2
This invention provides an innovative method to manufacture graphene layers or quantities and graphene oxide layers or quantities from graphite, coal slags, asphalt, and other carbon-rich sold materials in nature. The present invention uses controllable microwave irradiation to heat the mixtures of basic material, graphite, or coal slags, or asphalt, or their combinations with ionic liquids and surfactant plus environmentally friendly oxidation agents. This invention can generate the said-products of graphene layers and graphene oxides in a short time period of one second to 300 seconds. The present invention does not involve any concentrated sulfuric acid, nitric acid, nor huge water quantities needed for the purification, unlike the prior art. The as-produced graphene-based materials can be used for preparing conductive films for touch screens, producing graphene carbon fibers and three-dimensional porous graphene nanomaterials, and preparing graphene-based other intelligent nanocomposites for super-light-weight machines and vehicles.
US12091321B2
A nanomaterial and a method of preparing the nanomaterial are provided. The nanomaterial is a product formed by a reaction of functionalized carbon nanotube comprising first and second aminoalkyl groups covalently bonded to a surface of the carbon nanotube and a porphyrin ring of formula (I). A method of removing a pollutant from an aqueous solution by contacting the aqueous solution having an initial concentration of the pollutant with the nanomaterial is also provided.
US12091307B2
A fluid delivery system includes a distribution station moveable between a first location and a second location, a pump on the distribution station, at least one manifold on the distribution station and fluidly connected with the pump, a plurality of hoses connected with the at least one manifold, each of the hoses including a tube and a protective sleeve that circumscribes the tube, a plurality of valves on the distribution station, each of the valves situated between the at least one manifold and a respective different one of the hoses, a plurality of fluid level sensors, each of the fluid level sensors being associated a respective different one of the hoses, and a plurality of sensor communication lines. Each of the sensor communication lines is connected or connectable with a respective different one of the fluid level sensors. Each of the sensor communication lines is routed with a respective different one of the hoses. Each of the sensor communication lines is secured to the tube of one of the hoses by the protective sleeve.
US12091306B2
Fluid delivery vehicles, such as water trucks, and fluid receiving units for use at well sites, storage facilities, treatment facilities, rail and barge terminals are disclosed. The fluid delivery vehicle has primary fluid discharge assembly downwardly extending from a tank on the fluid delivery vehicle for discharge of fluid into a fluid containment unit configured to contain a larger volume of fluid than the tank arranged below the fluid delivery vehicle.
US12091298B2
A boom lift includes a base having a first end and an opposing second end, a turntable coupled to the base, a boom coupled to the turntable, an assembly pivotably coupled to the first end of the base, and a first actuator coupled to the first end of the base and the assembly. The assembly includes a tractive element. The assembly extends from the base such that the tractive element is longitudinally offset from and spaced forward of the first end and the opposing second end of the base.
US12091297B2
A chassis for a lift device includes a base, an arm coupled to the base and configured to support a tractive element, and a plate extending from the arm at an upward angle. The arm includes a steering actuator interface configured to support an end of a steering actuator for the tractive element. The plate is configured to extend past the steering actuator.
US12091291B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for assembling and disassembling a mobile crane boom, in particular a telescopic boom, that comprises a support device that is attached or attachable to the mobile crane and/or to a transport vehicle on which the boom can be placed and fixed or locked, a roller cart on which the boom can be placed and that is movably stored or storable on the transport vehicle, and a guide mechanism that is attached or attachable to the transport vehicle and by means of which the roller cart is actively movable in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the boom. The invention further relates to a mobile crane having an apparatus in accordance with the invention and to a method of assembling a boom stored on a transport vehicle to a mobile crane using the apparatus in accordance with the invention.
US12091281B2
In order to improve assembling convenience and productivity of products, the present invention provides a wire winding adjusting device comprising a reel portion which is accommodated in a housing unit and is selectively hook-engaged with and rotated interlocking with a rotation manipulation means such that a wire is wound on the outer circumference thereof, wherein the rotation manipulation means is rotated about a driving protrusion at the center thereof during a rotation manipulation. The reel portion comprises: a winding body unit which has a cylindrical shape, has an accommodation groove formed in an upper surface side thereof such that an end portion of the driving protrusion is accommodated in the accommodation groove and a lower surface side which is dented to form a coupling groove portion, and includes a wire tying unit adjacent to the bottom surface of the coupling groove unit and having a first tying hole and a second tying hole through which the wire partially passes and which are formed through the wire tying unit to be apart from each other such that the wire is tied; and a pair of flange portions which expand and protrude outward in the radial direction along upper and lower boundaries of the outer circumferential surface of the winding body unit such that a wire winding groove can be formed between inner surfaces thereof facing each other, and which have a through-slot groove that is open because the first tying hole and the second tying hole are apart from each other along the circumferential direction such that an end portion of the wire pulled into the coupling groove unit can be pressed by a part of the wire.
US12091280B2
A conveyance apparatus includes a bearing rotator, an entrance rotator, an exit rotator, a first driver circuit, a downstream conveyor, a second driver circuit, and a recording medium detector. The entrance rotator receives a recording medium at a first position. The downstream conveyor receives the medium at a second position. As a process of removing the medium, the first driver circuit starts rotation operation after the second driver circuit starts driving the downstream conveyor and rotates the rotators for not less than a period of time for the medium to be conveyed from the first position to the second position. The second driver circuit continues driving the downstream conveyor for not less than a period of time for the medium to be conveyed from the second position to a position at which the medium is detected after the rotation operation of the first driver circuit is stopped.
US12091278B2
A printing apparatus, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, performs an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in a reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet relative to a second direction in a conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, and controls the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by a feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet in the reversing path and a leading edge of the second sheet relative to the second direction overlap each other, after completion of the printing operation on a first surface of the second sheet.
US12091272B2
An apparatus for transporting a tail end in a fiber web machine from one structural section to another includes nozzles for guiding the tail end on the guide plate by means of an air flow such that the blown air is brought onto a guide plate shaped into a curve in such a way that the air flow of the blown air guides the tail end onto the curved guide plate by means of a bump functioning as an aerodynamic profile formed in the curved guide plate.
US12091271B2
The invention describes a sleeve for sliding onto and removing from a winding shaft, which comprises a one-piece workpiece defining a cylinder, which workpiece comprises two edge regions each having an edge, the edge regions overlapping one another, the sleeve having a first diameter in a relaxed state, the sleeve in a clamped state having a second diameter which is different from the first diameter, the sleeve in the clamped state experiencing an elastic deformation as compared to the relaxed state.
US12091269B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker, an air blower, a suction feeder, a lifting mechanism, an elevation detection sensor, an elevation detection sensor, a feed detection sensor, and processing circuitry. The air blower blows air to float an uppermost sheet of sheets stacked on the sheet stacker. The processing circuitry drives the lifting mechanism such that the sheet stacker is lifted by an elevation amount determined based on a sheet thickness of the sheets stacked on the sheet stacker, each time a sheet is detected when a number of sheets detected is smaller than a threshold number of sheets, and stops lifting of the sheet stacker until a sheet is not detected when the number of sheets reaches the threshold number of sheets, while repeatedly feeding the uppermost sheet and counting the number of sheets.
US12091267B2
The invention provides a container manipulation device comprising a frame, two container engagement members, two pivoting mechanisms for pivoting the engagement members with respect to the frame, the pivoting mechanisms each include a coupler, pivotally connected with a first end to the engagement member at a first distance from the engagement member pivot axis, a rocker, pivotally connected with a first end to the frame and with a second end to a second end of the coupler, and an actuator for pivoting the rocker about the rocker pivot axis such that the engagement member pivots between the first and second orientation. The invention also provides a hoisting device comprising such a container manipulation device.
US12091264B2
Assemblies, apparatuses, systems, and method to extract or convey a material from a source of the material may include a vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly to enhance conveyance the material from the source of the material. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may include a vacuum source including a plurality of vacuum generators. Each of the plurality of vacuum generators may be positioned to cause a vacuum flow between the source of the material and the vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may further include a sound attenuation chamber connected to the vacuum source. The sound attenuation chamber may include an attenuation housing at least partially defining a chamber interior volume being positioned to receive at least a portion of the vacuum flow from the vacuum source and attenuate sound generated by the vacuum source.
US12091249B2
The present disclosure relates to a warehouse shuttle vehicle, the warehouse shuttle vehicle comprising: a vehicle body; a pallet fork movable relative to the vehicle body to extend from or retract to the vehicle body, the pallet fork the two plate-like components being spaced apart and arranged oppositely to clamp goods therebetween; and a foldable shifting fork mounted on each plate-like component of the pallet fork and movable relative to the plate-like component to switch between a first state and a second state, the shifting fork comprising a first blocking component and a second blocking component connected to the first blocking component, wherein in the first state, the first blocking component and the second blocking component are in sequence in a first direction intersecting the plate-like component, and in the second state, the first blocking component and the second blocking component are stacked and both located at an inner side of the plate-like component, thus improving the problem that the height of a shifting fork influences the storage density of a warehouse in the related art.
US12091246B2
A storage device (1′) for storing transport units (3′) includes a number of transport units (3′), a number of storage lines (12a′-12g′) which are configured to store transport units (3′), a feeding line (11′) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111′) to the storage lines (12a′-12g′), a measuring device (15′) which is arranged on the feeding line (11′) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3′), and a controller (16′) which is connected to the measuring device (15′) and to the first switch pointes (111′) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a′-12g′) for storing the transport unit (3′) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3′) determined by the measuring device (15′).
US12091243B2
A lock for a lid of a receptacle such as a trash can comprises a gravity pin, a torsion spring, a lower pin, and a latch. The lock can be mounted to the receptacle and lid. The gravity pin and latch operate to substantially prevent the receptacle lid from inadvertently opening, while automatically allowing the lid to open when the receptacle is inverted. Also provided are lids and receptacles comprising lid locks as provided herein.
US12091242B2
The present invention relates to a device for transporting a waste container. The device comprises a mount for mounting the device to a vehicle, a central support for supporting the waste container, the central support being connected to the mount and being extendable to lift the waste container off the ground, an attachment element for attaching the waste container to the central support, and a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the waste container when the waste container is attached to the central support, wherein the device is configured such that when the device is mounted to the vehicle, a waste container can be lifted and transported by the vehicle in a substantially upright position.
US12091241B2
A trash box is a trash box including a trash box main body in which trash is accommodated. A top surface or a side surface of the trash box main body includes an input port via which the trash is put into the trash box main body. A bottom surface of the trash box main body includes an opening-closing portion. The trash box main body is placed such that the opening-closing portion faces a reference plane that is a floor face or ground. The trash box main body is changeable in height from the reference plane.
US12091234B2
A recyclable and environmentally friendly cornet cone package which does not contain an aluminum layer and only contains a paper layer.
US12091233B2
Product box for use in a shipping system for temperature-sensitive materials and shipping system including the product box. In one embodiment, the product box includes a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side. The upper edges of the front and the rear are higher than the upper edges of the left side and the right side. The box also includes upper flaps hingedly connected to the upper edges of each of the front, the rear, the left side, and the right side and further includes lower flaps hingedly connected to the lower edges of each of the front and the rear. When folded, the upper flaps of the front and the rear are spaced above the upper flaps of the left side and the right side, thereby forming an air gap. Wings at the upper edges of the four sides center the product box within a container.
US12091221B2
A plastic container comprises a container body having an opening to an interior of the container body; and a lid constructed and arranged for removably coupling to the container body The lid comprises a base portion covering a first region of the opening of the container body; a movable portion covering a second region of the opening of the container body in a closed position and exposing the opening to the interior of the container body in an open position; and a hinge arrangement between the base portion and the movable portion. The movable portion is constructed and arranged to rotate about an axis along which the hinge arrangement extends, and relative to the base portion. The base portion and the movable portion each extends at a predetermined height above the opening of the container body.
US12091220B2
A lid having an excellent sealability of an opening part of a container is for attaching to an opening part of a container in a removable manner, characterized in including a cover wall and a side wall which surrounds the circumference of the cover wall, which is tapered from an upper end towards an lower end and which is made of a paper material, wherein the cover wall and the side wall are integrated with each other by a standing part formed on the circumference of the cover wall being joined to an inner surface of an upper wall of the side wall, wherein an engaging part for engaging with the opening part of the container is provided on an inner circumferential side of a lower wall of the side wall.
US12091217B2
A beverage container includes a vessel and a stopper. The vessel includes a body with a neck portion. The body has an outer wall and an inner wall, and the neck portion defines an open end of the vessel body. The stopper selectively seals the open end of the vessel body in a closed, sealed position and selectively unseals of the open end of the vessel body in an open position. The stopper includes a body having an outer sidewall and a bottom wall. A seal is releasably connected to the body. The seal has a seal sidewall and a rim extending inwardly from the seal sidewall. The seal sidewall sealingly engages the outer sidewall and the rim sealingly overlaps the bottom wall. The outer sidewall together with the seal define an air pathway for the flow of ambient air into an interior of the vessel.
US12091212B2
A packaging assembly includes an outer packaging unit, at least one to-be-packaged unit, and a loading unit configured to accommodate the at least one to-be-packaged unit to limit movement of the at least one to-be-packaged unit with respect to the loading unit. The outer packaging unit includes a receiving unit capable of receiving at least a part of the loading unit and the at least one to-be-packaged unit which are fit to each other.
US12091210B2
The method including providing a sheet of material in the form of a strip, first folding the sheet of material onto itself to form a first package face and a second package face that oppose each other, a first end portion and a second end portion of the sheet of material extending from the first package face, sealing the sheet of material along opposed longitudinal edges of the sheet of material, fixing the first end portion and the second end portion to each other to form a sealing flap, first defining an opening cut in the sealing flap, the opening cut being defined by both the first end portion and the second end portion, and connecting the sealing flap to the first package face to form the assembled package, the opening cut not being visible or directly accessible on the assembled package.
US12091206B2
A method and apparatus for forming packages including articles enclosed between first and second continuous paper sheets having their edges joined by a thermally-activated adhesive, wherein the first and second continuous paper sheets are heated while subjected to a longitudinal tension.
US12091203B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus (10) for filling containers in a sterile environment, comprising a filling unit (40) configured to fill containers with sterilized liquids or powders in a sterile environment comprising interchangeable parts characteristic of each production run; a washer sterilizer (20) configured to wash, sterilize, decontaminate, dry in one single process said interchangeable parts of the filling unit (40) before each run for filling the unit (40). The washer sterilizer (20) is directly coupled to the filling unit (40) and is configured to aseptically transfer the interchangeable parts directly to the filling unit (40).
US12091197B2
An aircraft fuel system monitoring apparatus is disclosed having a processor configured to receive first information indicative of one or more parameters relating to fuel present in an aircraft; receive second information relating to the configuration of a fuel system of the aircraft; receive third information indicative of an orientation of the aircraft; receive fourth information indicative of a state of one or more non-fuel-related systems of the aircraft; and generate a prediction of a quantity of fuel present in the aircraft based on the received first information, the received second information, and one or both of the received third information and the received fourth information.
US12091185B2
The present invention relates to the field of aerial refuelling, usually by transfer of fuel from a tanker aircraft to a receiver aircraft. In particular the invention relates to a probe and drogue assembly arrangement in which the drogue assembly is steerable to facilitate engagement with the probe of the receiver aircraft. The invention provides a steerable drogue assembly for towing behind an aircraft, the drogue assembly comprising a reception coupling for receiving a probe of a receiver aircraft, one or more aerodynamic control features and one or more actuators provided in the drogue assembly and adapted to selectively activate said one or more control features, so that an activated control feature interacts with airflow passing the drogue so as to exert a control force on the drogue.
US12091183B1
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a propulsor section that includes a fan with a plurality of fan blades that are rotatable about a fan axis, a core engine that is configured to generate a gas flow, a power turbine where the gas flow from the core engine is expanded to generate shaft power, and a power turbine shaft that is coupled between the power turbine and the propulsor section. The power turbine shaft is of an axial length between a first end portion and a second end portion along the fan axis that is greater than half a distance between a leading edge of the fan blades and a mechanical coupling of the power turbine shaft to the power turbine, and includes an outer diameter that increases in a direction away from each of the first end portion and the second end portion.
US12091181B2
An aircraft propulsion system configured to be supported from an aircraft wing having a leading edge and opposing upper and lower surfaces. The aircraft propulsion system broadly comprises an engine having a core, a fan case, and a nacelle including a plurality of access panels, and an attachment assembly for securing the engine to the aircraft wing. The attachment assembly broadly comprises an upper support section including a number of spars and a number of ribs connected between the spars, a lower support section, and an aft section. The attachment assembly aerodynamically melds the nacelle and the aircraft wing together via the upper support section so that air flowing over the engine flows over the aircraft wing along the upper surface and air flowing laterally alongside the nacelle flows under the aircraft wing along the lower surface.
US12091179B2
An aircraft includes a gas turbine engine, an electric motor, and a propulsion device. The gas turbine engine and the electric motor are configured to provide a target cumulative output to the propulsion device. An electronic control unit is configured to set the gas turbine engine to a first engine mode to provide a first engine output to the propulsion device, set the electric motor to a first motor mode to provide a first motor output to the propulsion device, a sum of the first engine output and the first motor output being within a predetermined range of the target cumulative output, and in response to a speed of the aircraft reaching a target speed and the first engine output increasing to a second engine output, set the electric motor to a second motor mode.
US12091160B2
Active surface structures comprise an exposed surface, a controlled group of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) actuators, and a controlled region of the exposed surface corresponding to the controlled group. The controlled region has a first state, and a second state that is less textured than the first state. Active surface structures may be part of an apparatus that includes a controller and/or one or more sensors. The controller, sensors, and the controlled region may form a feedback loop in which the active surface structure is actively controlled.
US12091159B2
Flow control ducted fans are disclosed. A disclosed example flow control apparatus for use with an aircraft includes a duct defining an inner cavity with a primary flow path, a fan disposed in the inner cavity, an aperture on an exterior surface of the duct and upstream from the fan, the aperture fluidly coupled to the inner cavity to define a secondary flow path, and a door to control a degree to which the aperture is opened.
US12091158B2
Provided is an airflow control system for controlling airflow flowing over an upper surface of an aircraft. The airflow control system includes: a blowout port that is provided on a forward side of the upper surface of the aircraft to blow out the airflow; a suction port that is provided closer to the forward side than the blowout port to suck outside air; a fan that is provided on a rearward side of the blowout port to suck air flowing from a forward side and to discharge the air to a rearward side; and a compressor that is provided in a channel extending from the suction port to the blowout port to increase pressure of the outside air sucked from the suction port and to pressure-feed the resulting outside air to the blowout port.
US12091157B2
A propeller assembly for an aircraft includes a main shaft rotatable about a propeller axis, a rotor hub mounted to the main shaft, and a plurality of blades coupled to the rotor hub. Each blade is rotatably coupled to the rotor hub for rotation about a blade rotation axis. A control system rotates each blade about the corresponding blade rotation axis and includes a ball screw coupled to the main shaft for rotation about the propeller axis and configured to translate along the propeller axis, an actuator beam mounted on the ball screw, and a ball nut coupled to the ball screw. When the ball nut rotates relative to the ball screw, the ball screw translates relative to the main shaft along the propeller axis. A differential transmission is configured to rotate the ball nut relative to the ball screw such that the ball screw is translated.
US12091134B2
A system and method for a bicycle transmission. Specifically, a bicycle transmission having a housing with a first shaft passing therethrough and a set of two cones in opposing parallel alignment disposed within the housing. The first cone engaged about the first shaft, the second cone engaged about a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, the second shaft structured and arranged to have at least a proximal position and a distal position relative to the first shaft. A driver is disposed generally normally about one of the two cones and passing therebetween, the driver structured and arranged to engaging a portion of the first cone with a portion of the second cone when the second cone is in the proximal position. A driver mover structured and arranged to move the driver between the cones when the second cone is in the distal position; and a transfer element joined to an end of the second shaft.
US12091130B2
An anti-rotation bracket configured to engage a horizontal indented vehicle component and fit within an indentation formed within a component attachable to the vehicle is presented. The anti-rotation bracket comprises a flat region having an opening formed therein, the flat region sized to fit within the indentation and an extension integrally formed at a right angle to the flat region, the extension sized to engage the horizontal indented vehicle component such that the extension abuts the horizontal indented vehicle component, thereby inhibiting rotation of the anti-rotation bracket.
US12091127B2
An operating device for a vehicle comprises an outer unit that can be rotated manually, a detection device configured to detect the movement of the outer unit and generate a control signal using a value that characterizes the movement to control a vehicle function, and an actuator unit that contains a magnetorheological medium, which can be or is coupled to the outer unit and is configured to exert a retaining force on the outer unit based on the viscosity of the magnetorheological medium. The operating device also comprises a sensor unit located in the outer unit and configured to generate a hand signal indicating the absence of a user's hand on the outer unit, and a manipulating device for manipulating the control signal on the basis of the hand signal.
US12091118B2
In a saddle riding vehicle (1) including an external device (26) in which an external device (30) is installable, and a connector (27) for connecting the external device, the external device holder is located in front of a rider and above or in front of an instrument section, the connector is provided on one side (24b) in a vehicle body left-right direction, of the instrument section, and a cable supporter (29) that supports a cable (31) connecting to the connector is provided on a same one side (22b) of the instrument section.
US12091111B1
A biomimetic tower climbing robot and a tower climbing method thereof are provided. The robot mainly includes a main control body module and clamping and moving mechanism modules; two ends of the main control body module are connected to one clamping and moving mechanism module through an elastic universal joint respectively, two clamping and moving mechanism modules can alternately lock and unlock an anti-fall track of an iron tower, and the main control body module alternately pushes the clamping and moving mechanism module at its upper end upwards and pulls the clamping and moving mechanism module at its lower end upwards to achieve climbing of the robot along the anti-fall track.
US12091109B2
A conveyance device including a frame and at least one wheel coupled to the frame. The device further includes a storage compartment coupled to the frame, where the storage compartment has a pair of opposed side walls configured such that at least a portion of at least one side wall has an upper edge that is less than 49 inches above a bottom of the wheel to enable manual loading of the storage compartment. The conveyance device further includes a conveyor positioned in the storage compartment, wherein the conveyor is positioned to convey items in the storage compartment at least partially upwardly and out of the storage compartment.
US12091102B2
The present invention relates to a power assisted steering system arrangement (100A) for a vehicle comprising a steering wheel (120A), a first, driver, link arrangement (10A) comprises a linkage between the steering wheel (120C) and the front wheels (127,127) comprising a steering column (121A), a Recirculating Ball Joint, RCB, (123A) arranged on a first side of the vehicle, a track rod arrangement for steering the front wheels (127,127), a first lever arm (124A) arranged to transfer a driver torque applied by via the steering wheel to the track rod arrangement providing a connection between the RCB (123A) and the track rod arrangement. The system further comprises a torsion bar (128A) with a torsion-bar torque sensor associated with the steering column (121A), an assistance actuator (30A), arranged on a second side of the vehicle, opposite to the side of the vehicle where the RCB is arranged, said assistance actuator (30A) comprising at least an electric motor (115A) and an Electronic Control Unit, ECU, (110A) controlling the electric motor depending on control signals received from the torsion-bar torque sensor, and an assistance actuator link arrangement (20A) connected to said track rod arrangement, so that a steering torque applied by the driver as well as an assistance actuator torque provided or applied by the assistance actuator (30A) is transferred to the track rod arrangement steering the front wheels of the vehicle.
US12091098B1
A ground support tractor for providing ground support services at an airport has a cab forward configuration and a cab aft configuration. The ground support tractor includes a common chassis having a forward mounting location and an aft mounting location. A seat assembly, a battery system and a plurality of body panels are coupled to the common chassis. In the cab forward configuration of the ground support tractor, the seat assembly is coupled to the forward mounting location, the battery system is coupled to the aft mounting location and the body panels are positioned in a cab forward orientation. In the cab aft configuration of the ground support tractor, the seat assembly is coupled to the aft mounting location, the battery system is coupled to the forward mounting location and the body panels are positioned in a cab aft orientation.
US12091091B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having an underbody, the vehicle body defining an inner fender, the inner fender forming an opening in the underbody of the vehicle body. A wheel assembly has a rim and a tire, and the wheel assembly is positioned within the inner fender. A suspension knuckle is disposed within the inner fender to permit motion of the wheel assembly relative to the vehicle body. A brake shield is mounted on the suspension knuckle and an inner fender undercover panel is secured on one of the brake shield and the suspension knuckle and disposed inboard of the wheel assembly. The inner fender undercover panel is configured to move up and down with vertical movement of the suspension knuckle and to move with turning movement of the wheel assembly.
US12091081B2
Backing a vehicle around objects and vehicles is assisted by digitally mapping the location and size/footprint of objects and vehicles. A path for the vehicle to follow is generated by mathematically concatenating small segments of lines of various shapes iteratively, until a mathematical spline curve extending from the vehicle's starting point to a desired end point is generated, the shape of which will safely route the vehicle around objects. The starting and ending points of the spline curve, control points and inflection points are also mapped and wirelessly transmitted provided to a display device for the driver or to the vehicle's steering controls.
US12091075B2
A multi-stage toy walker includes at least a handle, a base, and a configurable component that is adjustable from a folded-flat configuration to at least one of a seat-shaped configuration and a basket-shaped configuration.
US12091073B2
A hand truck having a plurality of hingeably engaged sides that is expandable from a closed position dimensioned to fit through a standard doorway, to an open position to form a movable platform having a swing out support frame having an upper end hingedly attached to the rear side of the center frame which is movable between an extended position and a stored position. A corresponding sofa dolly and a platform enclosure is also disclosed.
US12091056B2
A framework for safely operating autonomous machinery, such as vehicles and other heavy equipment, in an in-field or off-road environment, includes detecting, identifying, and tracking objects from on-board sensors configured with the autonomous machinery as it performs activities in either an agricultural setting or a transportation environment. The framework generates commands for navigational control of autonomously-operated vehicles in response to detected objects and predicted tracks thereof for safe operation in the performance of those activities. The framework processes image data and range data in multiple fields of view around the autonomously-operated to discern and track objects in a deep learning to accurately interpret this data for determining and effecting such navigational control.
US12091055B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods for controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode. For instance, sensor data may be received from one or more sensors of the perception system of the vehicle, the sensor data identifying characteristics of an object perceived by the perception system. When it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system, predicted characteristics for the object may be generated based on one or more of the identified characteristics. The predicted characteristics of the object may be used to control the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode such that the vehicle is able to respond to the object when it is determined that the object is no longer being perceived by the one or more sensors of the perception system.
US12091054B2
A control system for an autonomous vehicle is configured to pick up a passenger at a pickup location. The autonomous vehicle includes a self-driving system and one or more computing devices in communication with the self-driving system. The one or more computing devices are configured to receive a trip request including a pickup location and a destination location, the trip request being associated with a client device; cause the self-driving system to navigate the autonomous vehicle to the pickup location; send a prompt to the client device to collect semantic information; determine a specified location based on the semantic information received in response to the prompt; identify one or more semantic markers for the specified location from the semantic information; and send a message to the client device identifying the specified location using the one or more semantic markers.
US12091045B2
This document discloses system, method, and computer program product embodiments for assessing whether a vehicle that is positioned in an off-road parking area is exhibiting intent to enter the road. If the vehicle exhibits such intent, the system may forecast a trajectory for the vehicle. If the vehicle does not exhibit such intent, a trajectory forecast may not necessarily be required. The trajectory forecasts for vehicles that do exhibit such intent may then be used by an autonomous vehicle in motion planning operations.
US12091035B2
A control device includes: a display control unit configured to display a candidate position image, indicating a candidate position that is a candidate of a target position, on a display device when the candidate position is detected based on a detection result of an external sensor provided in a moving object; and a reception unit configured to receive an operation of selecting a candidate position image indicating a candidate position to be set as the target position from among a plurality of candidate position images when the plurality of candidate position images are displayed on the display device. When any one of the candidate position images is selected, the display control unit displays a movement pattern image, representing a movement pattern executable by the moving object when the candidate position indicated by the candidate position image is set as the target position, on the display device.
US12091033B2
The present invention provides an information provision system that provides information to a driver of a straddle type vehicle, the system comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a course of the straddle type vehicle; a specification unit configured to specify an attention portion to which attention of the driver should be paid in the course acquired by the acquisition unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the driver of the attention portion specified by the specification unit, wherein the specification unit is configured to specify the attention portion based on inclination information indicating an inclination on the course of a reference vehicle that has previously traveled on the course, and specify the attention portion based on a difference in a travel route on the course between the straddle type vehicle and a four-wheeled vehicle as the reference vehicles.
US12091028B2
A vehicle driving assistance device includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute acceleration suppression control for suppressing acceleration of a driver's vehicle in a case where a predetermined prohibition condition is not satisfied when an erroneous acceleration operation precondition is satisfied while a traveling condition is satisfied. The traveling condition is a condition for determining that the driver's vehicle is traveling. The erroneous acceleration operation precondition is a precondition for determining that an acceleration operation is erroneously performed. The acceleration operation is an operation performed by a driver of the driver's vehicle to request the acceleration of the driver's vehicle. The predetermined prohibition condition is based on a relationship between the driver's vehicle and an external environment of the driver's vehicle.
US12091024B1
Anticipatory vehicle seat actuation, including: determining, based on sensor data capturing an environment around a vehicle, a predicted environmental state corresponding to a future time and comprising the vehicle entering a turn; determining, based on the predicted environmental state, an actuation state for one or more ECUs controlling a seat state the vehicle; and configuring the seat state of the vehicle according to the actuation state before the future time.
US12091017B2
A vehicle may include a camera; a storage; and a controller electrically connected to the camera and the storage. The controller may be configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle from the camera by controlling the camera, in a response to obtaining the front image, to identify image data corresponding to a license plate of a front vehicle positioned in front of the vehicle from the front image, to identify a decrease in a distance between the vehicle and the front vehicle based on the image data and reference distance information corresponding to at least one reference image data of at least one reference license plate stored in the storage, to identify a change in height of the license plate of the front vehicle based on the image data, and based on the decrease in the distance between the vehicle and the front vehicle and the change in height of the license plate of the front vehicle, to identify a speed bump located in front of the vehicle.
US12091016B2
An illustrative example embodiment of a system for controlling a vehicle includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one localization reference and at least one processor configured to determine a location of the vehicle with a first precision based on an indication from the at least one sensor while the vehicle is traveling in a first lane of a roadway. The processor is configured to determine that at least one characteristic of the first precision is below a threshold and, based on the at least one characteristic being below the threshold, maneuver the vehicle to a second lane of the roadway.
US12090986B2
A method for turning off an internal combustion engine (ICE) where a clutch arrangement has first and second clutches that respectively couple the ICE to first and second input shafts of a transmission. The input shafts are drivingly connected to first and second sets of gears, respectively. The sets of gears are connected to an output shaft of the transmission. The method includes: controlling the ICE in an idling state when the vehicle is in standstill, wherein the clutches are in open positions; engaging the first input shaft with a first pre-selected gear, and engaging the second input shaft with a second pre-selected gear; initiating an engine turning off command; stopping the ICE by at least partly closing the clutches for simultaneously introducing torque transfer to the clutches into a transmission tie-up state for a controlled engine stop, wherein engine inertia of the ICE is captured in the clutches.
US12090984B2
The electronic control unit is configured to, when braking by the braking device is performed in a deceleration state where the coasting deceleration is equal to or less than a threshold value, distribute target braking force corresponding to requested deceleration to front-wheel braking force and rear-wheel braking force in accordance with a front-rear distribution ratio determined from the requested deceleration and the braking force distribution characteristics, and when the braking is performed in a deceleration state where the coasting deceleration is higher than the threshold value, distribute corrected target braking force to the front-wheel braking force and the rear-wheel braking force in accordance with the front-rear distribution ratio determined from total deceleration and the braking force distribution characteristics, the corrected target braking force being a sum of the target braking force and braking force that generates the coasting deceleration.
US12090983B2
The invention relates to a method of controlling a heavy-duty vehicle in a slope when the vehicle has come to a standstill due to service brakes of the vehicle having applied a service brake force, the method comprising determining a total brake force required for maintaining the vehicle at standstill, activating at least one park brake for providing a park brake force, gradually increasing the park brake force, and, while the park brake force is gradually increased, gradually reducing the service brake force while maintaining the sum of the service brake force and the park brake force at least equal to the determined total brake force.
US12090981B2
The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of hastening identification of an object or an event to be focused by a rider of a straddle-type vehicle, the rider having perceived haptic motion. A controller (51) for a rider-assistance system (50) mounted to a straddle-type vehicle (100) includes: a determination section that determines necessity of a warning given to the rider; and a haptic motion performing section that performs haptic motion at least once to reduce or increase acceleration/deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle (100) only for a moment. The haptic motion performing section changes a priority of each wheel (3, 4) at the time of changing a braking force to reduce or increase the acceleration/deceleration only for the moment in the haptic motion according to a focusing direction that is a direction in which the rider should focus by the warning.
US12090978B2
According to an embodiment, a braking apparatus for a vehicle is advantageous in that this secures the reliability and backup brake performance of a pedal stroke sensor, so that it is possible to prevent a problem in which the brake performance of the vehicle has an error while the vehicle is driving.
US12090973B2
A brake system for a transportation vehicle and a transportation vehicle having such a brake system. The brake system includes two brake circuits which each have a control unit and a battery, wherein the respective control unit actuates two of a total of four service brakes and at least one of at least two electric parking brakes. The brake system also has an electronic circuit element. The brake system forms a defect signal in response to a double fault affecting the two brake circuits and when a defect in at least one of the control units is detected, and/or in which a respective supply voltage of at least one of the control units drops below a predefined limiting value. The at least one electronic circuit element actuates the electric parking brakes when a defect signal is formed.
US12090972B2
A spring brake actuator has a combined housing including a first housing, a second housing, and connection part connecting the first housing and the second housing. Gas inlet ports are disposed along the circumference of the combined housing in a gas inlet port section. A mechanical connection section is disposed in the same axial space as the gas inlet portion section. A bayonet connection is arranged in the mechanical connection section, with gas inlet ports disposed between the bayonet elements. Port connectors may extend through recesses or holes and be threaded into the gas inlet ports, and which may block the bayonet connection and block relative rotation between the first and second housings. The connection part may include a ring shaped protrusion form fit with a protruding of the second housing, with the bayonet elements disposed at the opposite end of the connection part engaged with the first housing.
US12090969B2
A sensor system equipped with a vehicular cleaner comprising: a sensor configured to operate in a normal mode and a standby mode; a cleaner unit configured to clean the sensor in response to an operation signal output in accordance with a dirt determination result of the sensor; and a control unit configured to control the sensor and the cleaner unit. The sensor is configured to operate in the normal mode, in which the sensor is operated at a predetermined cycle, and in the standby mode, in which the sensor is operated at a cycle longer than in the normal mode. The cleaner unit is configured to operate in a regular mode in which the cleaner unit operates in response to the operation signal and to operate in a block mode in which the cleaner unit does not operate even when the operation signal is input.
US12090966B2
The invention relates to an adapter unit which is provided for coupling, in particular releasably coupling, a wiper blade to a wiper arm, having a wind deflecting surface which is designed to deflect inflowing air and press the wiper blade against a vehicle windshield. According to the invention, the wind deflecting surface has at least one first sub-surface and a second sub-surface, wherein the first sub-surface has a different orientation than the second sub-surface and/or the first sub-surface has a different geometry than the second sub-surface.
US12090958B2
A horizontally moving retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle, such as a low to the ground vehicle like a van. The horizontal vehicle step can provide access to different portions of the vehicle. Further, the horizontal vehicle step can act as a safety mechanism to reduce potential harm to a user in accidentally stepping in gaps between the vehicle and a curb.
US12090951B2
A pedestrian airbag device includes an airbag and an inflator that supplies an inflating gas to the airbag. The airbag includes a cowl cover portion and two pillar cover portions. The inflator includes a main body portion having a substantially columnar outer shape, and a mounting bolt disposed to protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion in an axis orthogonal direction of the main body portion. The main body portion is mounted on an accommodation site side by using the mounting bolt in a state where the main body portion is inserted into the cowl cover portion while an axial direction is disposed to substantially extend along a left-right direction. A gas flow regulating member suppressing a rearward outflow of an inflating gas discharged from the main body portion is disposed at a position on a rear side of the main body portion inside the cowl cover portion.
US12090943B2
The present disclosure describes a module base element for a vehicle occupant protection system comprising at least one module carrier for receiving at least one airbag module, wherein the airbag module comprises at least one airbag and the airbag is connected to a gas source, especially a gas generator, and comprising a hinged arm having at least one hinged element so that the module carrier can be moved from an idle position to an operating position and from an operating position to an idle position, and comprising a lap restraint element. The present disclosure further describes a vehicle occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat comprising at least one restraint element, wherein at least one restraint element of the vehicle occupant protection system is disposed in a module base element according to the present disclosure.
US12090939B2
A method for making a crush can for a vehicle which has an internal moulded structure can include providing a crush can with a hole, filling the hole in the crush can with a fibre-reinforced material and compression moulding the fibre-reinforced material using the internal shape of the crush can as an outer shell of a split mould.
US12090938B2
A bumper arrangement (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular for a lower load plane, wherein the bumper arrangement (1) has a bumper crossmember (2) and two spaced-apart supporting profiles (3, 3), the first ends (4, 4) of which are each fastened indirectly or directly to one of the two regions of the bumper crossmember (2) that are in the vicinity of the end and which are each fastened at a second end (5, 5) to chassis parts or longitudinal member parts (6) formed on the motor vehicle, wherein the bumper crossmember (2) is held by the supporting profiles (3, 3) on the vehicle structure and has a preferably symmetrically curved portion (7) in the form of a portion of a tube or a portion of a groove or a portion of a profile, wherein the portion (7) is fastened by its ends (8, 8′) in the vicinity of the second ends (5, 5′) of the supporting profiles (3, 3′) to the chassis parts or longitudinal member parts (6), wherein the curved portion (7) is shaped in a manner projecting with a central region (9) to the bumper crossmember (2) and therefore at least lies against the bumper crossmember (2).
US12090925B2
A method for operating a vehicle having at least one surface region designed to come into direct contact with a user, and at least one sensor to register a direct contact between the at least one surface region and the user. The method includes registering the beginning of a use of the vehicle by the user, registering direct contacts of the user with the at least one defined surface region by using the at least one sensor, registering the end of the use of the vehicle by the user, evaluating the registered direct contacts of the user with the at least one surface region, wherein the surface region is classified with respect to a potential degree of soiling of the surface region caused by the direct contacts during the use, and outputting a notification on the potential degree of soiling of the surface region.
US12090924B2
Systems and methods for detecting a convenient time to play an audible announcement. The techniques described herein can be implemented for audible announcements in various settings, including, for example, audible announcements in an autonomous vehicle and audible announcements from a mapping service on a mobile device. In an autonomous vehicle, interior microphones can be used to detect voices within the vehicle and identify pauses in conversation. Audible notifications and announcements within the autonomous vehicle can then be made during the pauses.
US12090923B1
Techniques for configuring a vehicle based on user data. A vehicle can receive user data indicative of an environment setting associated with the vehicle, such as a temperature setting, an active safety setting, a suspension setting, etc. The vehicle can use the user data to determine a seat for a user associated with the user data. The user data can include request data and seat preference data. The vehicle can generate and send a seat assignment message to a device associated with the user data. The vehicle system can be configured based on the environment setting associated with the vehicle. The vehicle system can further output an indication for guiding the user to the vehicle seat. In some examples, the indication can be emitted via lights embedded in a headliner of the vehicle.
US12090922B2
A door leaf, in particular for motor vehicles and rail vehicles, door leaf includes a main closing edge, wherein a light source is located on the main closing edge. A light profile is located on the main closing edge and is designed to guide and scatter a light emission from the light source.
US12090921B2
Among other things, techniques are described for expressive vehicle systems. These techniques may include obtaining, with at least one processor, data associated with an environment, the environment comprising a vehicle and at least one object; determining an expressive maneuver including a deceleration of the vehicle such that the vehicle stops at least a first distance away from the at least one object and the vehicle reaches a peak deceleration when the vehicle is a second distance away from the at least one object; generating data associated with control of the vehicle based on the deceleration associated with the expressive maneuver; and transmitting the data associated with the control of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to decelerate based on the deceleration associated with the expressive maneuver.
US12090920B2
Systems and methods for deploying warning devices for a vehicle. The vehicle can be an autonomous vehicle. A method of deploying warning devices for a vehicle includes deploying one or more warning devices from the vehicle, the one or more warning devices being coupled to a deployment vehicle. Deploying the one or more warning devices includes controlling the deployment vehicle. A system for deploying warning devices for a vehicle includes a deployment vehicle and one or more warning devices coupled to the deployment vehicle. The system includes a controller configured to deploy the one or more warning devices from the vehicle. Deploying the one or more warning devices includes the controller configured to control the deployment vehicle.
US12090915B2
A lamp for vehicle includes a light source unit that generates light, a shield unit that selectively transmits a portion of the light of the light source unit, and a lens unit that concentrates the light transmitted through the shield unit to a road surface. The shield unit includes at least one protrusion member that protrudes outwardly from a surface of the shield unit.
US12090914B2
The present invention relates to a headlamp control system. The front headlamp control system and a control method thereof according to the present invention are highly applicable to existing vehicles and are capable of efficiently controlling light of a front headlamp by adjusting a light quantity of the front headlamp based on a combination of navigation information and camera information in addition to a steering angle of a steering wheel, and are capable of increasing visibility of an area in front of a driver by calculating a light-off section in a case where there is a preceding vehicle and increasing, in a case where a changed position of a high luminance region overlaps the light-off section, a range of a central luminance region in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction to maintain the high luminance region.
US12090908B2
An embodiment mobile object includes a frame part having an internal space, a wheel part coupled to a first side of the frame part and comprising a wheel, movable modules coupled to a second side of the frame part and configured to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame part, and a door module coupled to a first side of the movable modules, the door part being rotatable relative to the movable modules in a direction toward the internal space or a direction away from the internal space.
US12090899B2
A safety belt fastening device includes a fastening arm. One end of the fastening arm is pivotally connected to a seat body of a child safety seat. The safety belt fastening device further includes an engaging structure connected to the fastening arm and for engaging with the seat body of the child safety seat, and a driving structure for driving the engaging structure to engage with the seat body in a locking status or to disengage from the seat body in a releasing status. The safety belt fastening device and the child safety seat therewith have advantages of easy operation, simple structure, high fastening strength for a safety belt, that the safety belt is not easy to fall off, that the safety belt is easy to release, and capability of meeting needs of different users.
US12090893B2
A braking system includes a service braking system having friction brakes actuatable by a pressure medium, an endurance braking system realized as a hydrodynamic or electrodynamic retarder, an electric machine connected to the wheels on an axle and operatable as a generator, and a foot-brake valve actuatable via a brake pedal. The braking-force demand signaled via a displacement of the pedal is satisfied, in order of priority, by the electric machine in generator operating mode, the retarder, and the service braking system. The distribution of the braking force to the components is communicated to a driver. To inform the driver about the distribution of the braking force, without this requiring the driver to look away from the traffic area ahead, in the case of a change in distribution of braking force, a haptically perceptible signal force is briefly superimposed, via the actuator, on a restoring force acting upon the pedal.
US12090881B2
Systems and methods are provided for coordinating and controlling power flow during in-flight bidirectional energy transfer events between an electrified vehicle, one or more charging trailers, and optionally, one or more electrified recreational vehicles. The systems and methods may prioritize energy transfers between each connected energy unit based on various parameters, including but not limited to in-transit travel logistics, environmental information, time of day, etc. Charge energy may be transferred to the appropriate power source to meet customer needs with varying levels of priority according to an energy transfer prioritization control strategy that is derived from the various inputs that are considered.
US12090878B2
A system for emergency shutdown of an electric aircraft port in response to a disconnection is presented. The system includes a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a sensor datum from a sensor, determine a disruption element between a charging connector and an electric aircraft port as a function of the sensor datum, and initiate a disconnection protocol as a function of the disruption element.
US12090876B2
A mobile electronic vehicle (EV) charging station is provided. The charging station may include one or more charging bays for charging electric vehicles (EVs). The charging station includes a plurality of batteries within an interior compartment to supply power for charging the EVs. There is a power delivery subsystem to control supply of electrical power from the batteries to the charging bays. The charging station self-driving to move between a first position to a second position. In some cases, the charging station includes a drive subsystem that controls speed and/or steering based on wireless communications.
US12090875B2
A multi-input charging system and method use a motor driving device. The system includes: a motor having a plurality of windings; a first inverter including first switching elements and having one end connected to a power input terminal and an opposite end connected to a first terminal of each of the plurality of windings; a second inverter including second switching elements and having one end connected to a battery and an opposite end connected to a second terminal of each of the plurality of windings, the battery connected to the power input terminal or the one end of the second inverter; and a controller configured to charge the battery directly via the power input terminal or with a voltage of the charging power that is stepped down.
US12090874B2
An embodiment charging device includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit including first, second and third inductors and first, second and third switch legs connected to the first, second and third inductors, respectively, a relay network configured to control connection between the first, second and third inductors and first, second and third input terminals according to a phase of a power grid connected to the first, second and third input terminals, wherein the relay network includes a first relay connected between a neutral point and the third inductor, and a capacitor having a first end connected to the neutral point with respect to the first, second and third input terminals and a second end connected to ground, wherein the first end of the capacitor is positioned closer to the neutral point than the first relay.
US12090868B2
The operation of a mechatronic system with a power converter is advantageously and flexibly improved with regard to electromagnetic interference emission and acoustics. A regulation of the instantaneous switching frequency is proposed, with the natural variation of the switching frequency of the delta-sigma PWM in the cycle of the fundamental voltage being taken into account, which can achieve advantages in terms of EMC, acoustics and switching losses. The regulation of the instantaneous switching frequency in particular creates a possibility of generating a specific, calibratable noise with the underlying drive. It can be used to generate a brand-specific, recognizable noise of a vehicle and also to meet normative requirements for the acoustic perceptibility of purely electric vehicles (BEV).
US12090867B2
The disclosure relates to a system for wireless charging of an electric vehicle, the system comprising: an electric vehicle having at least a wireless power transfer module and a wireless communication device; the wireless power transfer module being coupled to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a charging station having a wireless communication module and being coupled to a power source, the power source being a domestic power grid; the charging station being configured to charge the battery by wirelessly transmitting power to the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication device being configured to send signals to the environment for detecting the charging station, waking-up the charging station or activating the wireless power transfer module; the wireless communication module being configured to switch from a standby-mode into an active mode in response to a signal from the wireless communication device; and the wireless power transfer module being configured to switch from a standby-mode into an active mode in response to the wireless communication module being in the active mode. The disclosure further relates to a method for wireless charging of an electric vehicle.
US12090866B2
A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a traction battery, an electric machine, an electrical harness assembly, a protrusion adjacent the electrical harness assembly. The protrusion is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a loading event. When the protrusion is in the first position, the electric machine is electrically coupled to the traction battery through the electrical harness assembly. When the protrusion is in the second position, the electric machine is electrically decoupled from the traction battery.
US12090864B2
A control device includes a limit value calculation unit that, when a rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, subtracts a power consumption value from a discharge power limit value of a power storage device to calculate an input limit value, and a control unit that, when the rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, controls the inverter so that a power consumption value of the rotary electric machine is equal to or less than the input limit value. In response to an abnormality occurring wherein a normal power consumption value cannot be achieved when the rotary electric machine is driven as an electric motor, the limit value calculation unit sets the power consumption value of the electrical device for calculating the input limit value on an upper limit side of a range in which the power consumption value takes when the electrical device is driven.
US12090860B2
A method of controlling a vehicle. The vehicle includes an axle assembly and a one-pedal driving system. The axle assembly may be operatively connected to an electrical machine that is configured to provide torque to a vehicle wheel. The one-pedal driving system that has a pedal that controls torque provided by the electrical machine.
US12090858B2
An axle assembly for a low floor vehicle is described herein. The axle assembly includes an axle housing and a drive unit for driving a wheel assembly. The drive unit includes an axle shaft, a wheel end assembly, an electric machine, and a transmission unit. The axle shaft extends along an axle centerline axis between a first axle end and a second axle end. The wheel end assembly is coupled to the first axle end. The electric machine is positioned within the axle housing and includes a rotor shaft, a drive pinion coupled to the rotor shaft, and an electric motor for rotating the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft extends along a rotor shaft centerline axis that is orientated parallel to the axle centerline axis. The transmission unit is positioned within the axle housing and is configured to transfer torque from the electric machine to the axle shaft.
US12090857B2
The invention is an electric vehicle (100) or specifically an electric motorcycle (100), which comprises an electric motor (3) mounted on at least one wheel (2), said electric motor (3) comprising a rotor (4) fitted on the outer side and a stator (5) fitted on the inner side. The electric motor's (3) stator (5) is arranged to function as an axle for said wheel (2) in such a way that the stator (5) is adapted to bear the loads between said wheel (2) and the remaining structure of the vehicle (100).
US12090850B2
A head-up display for displaying graphics upon a windscreen of a vehicle includes a graphic projection module for generating images upon the windscreen of the vehicle, a user input device for receiving user-generated commands created by a user of the vehicle, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the graphic projection module and the user input device. The controller executes instructions to instruct the graphic projection module to generate a luminance adjustment graphic, where the luminance adjustment graphic includes an adaptive color palette graphic including two or more colors. The controller receives, from the user input device, a user-generated luminance input indicating a change in a level of luminance in a selected color, where the change in the level of luminance in the selected color is selected by the user to discern differences between the two or more colors caused by a color vision deficiency.
US12090846B2
An accelerator device includes an inner housing, a pedal lever, an urging member, and an actuator. The inner housing is supported to the outer housing by a support member. The pedal lever is rotatably supported to the inner housing in response to a stepping operation. The urging member urges the pedal lever in a closing direction. The actuator can drive the inner housing in an opening and closing directions of the pedal lever.
US12090824B2
A system for a vehicle having a trailer coupled thereto includes a rear gate assembly of the vehicle having a first closure panel operable between an open position and a closed position. The system also includes at least one sensor coupled to the first closure panel. The system further includes a controller that prompts execution of a security measure in response to the at least one sensor detecting a person within a predetermined proximity of at least a portion of the trailer.
US12090820B2
Vehicle automatic window sunscreens are provided, which may comprise a plurality of roller shades for the windows of a vehicle. Sunscreens are installed for the side windows of the vehicle in addition to the windshield and rear window. The sunscreens block or filter radiant energy to reduce the effects of sunlight and heat on occupants and interior components of, and personal property in, the vehicle. The sunscreens protect infants and children if they are forgotten and left in the vehicle during sunny, hot days.
US12090812B2
Provided is a construction machine with which it is possible to shorten a duct for an air conditioning device disposed in a driver's cab, and to secure space for disposing a hydraulic hose, a control valve and the like under the floor of the driver's cab. A hydraulic excavator is provided with a cabin covering an maneuvering unit, a turning frame on which the cabin is mounted, and an air conditioning device for air conditioning the inside of the cabin, wherein: the turning frame includes a cabin installation portion in which the cabin 6 is installed; the cabin installation portion 7a includes a box-shaped right frame having a first opening portion and a second opening portion that communicate with one another; and an air conditioned air discharge opening of the air conditioning device communicates with the first opening portion.
US12090804B2
A vehicle wheel suspension has a hydraulic adjustment system for the base of a support spring provided between a wheel-guide component and the vehicle structure. The suspension includes a piston pump which is driven via a relative movement of the vehicle structure in relation to a wheel-guiding component and intended for conveying hydraulic medium through a return valve into a hydraulic chamber provided at the spring base, as well as a pressurized compensation volume for providing hydraulic medium. Preferably, the piston pump has a pump cylinder and a pump piston guided such that it can move relative to the former and a return channel connected to the hydraulic chamber feeds into the pump cylinder in such a way that the feed opening is blocked or released by the pump piston in a position-dependent manner, wherein hydraulic medium can flow via the released feed opening, out of the hydraulic chamber, through the pump cylinder and into the compensation volume.
US12090799B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for persistent alarm transmissions associated with a vehicle mounted wireless sensor device are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, persistent alarm transmission includes a vehicle mounted wireless sensor device monitoring one or more operational parameters of a vehicle and detecting that the one or more operational parameters violates a configurable threshold that is configured by another device. In response to detecting that the one or more operational parameters violates the configurable threshold, the vehicle mounted wireless sensor device persistently transmits an alarm message.
US12090796B2
A pneumatic vehicle tire (1) having sidewalls (2) and having a tread (3) and having at least one hatching area (4) on at least one of the sidewalls (2) and/or on the tread (3), wherein the hatching area (4) has mutually adjacently arranged hatching elements (5), wherein each hatching element (5) has a hatching rib (51). The problem addressed is that of influencing the contrast effect in even more targeted fashion, and further increasing the contrast effect. It is furthermore sought to allow improved ventilation capability during the production of the tire by means of a vulcanization mold. This is achieved in that each hatching element (5) has short transverse elevations (53), which cross the hatching rib (51) in crossing regions (52), wherein the short transverse elevations (53) cross in each case exactly one hatching rib (51).
US12090789B2
A rubber compound for pneumatic tyres comprising a cross-linkable unsaturated-chain polymer base, carbon black, a silane bonding agent and a vulcanization system. Part of the carbon black is carbon black from pyrolysis having a surface functionalization deriving from a treatment with an aminoacidic compound comprising at least one thiol group or a disulfide group.
US12090780B2
The present invention provides a vehicle wheel configured to assemble a motor having an uneven weight distribution. The vehicle wheel comprising a rim having an asymmetric structure. The rim comprising a drop center (202) for mounting a tire, side sections (204A-D) extending axially outward from both sides of the drop center (202), bead bases (208A-D) extending axially outwards from said side sections (204A-D), and flanges (210A-D) disposed axially outward of said bead bases. The bead bases having non symmetrical lengths to compensate the uneven weight distribution of said motor on the rim. The drop center having a drop diameter that is compatible with the diameter of the motor for inserting and encapsulating said motor therein, and the asymmetric structure of the rim compensates the uneven weight distribution of said motor on the rim, thus, maintains said wheel balanced with a minimal overall offset from the center line of the rim.
US12090777B2
In one embodiment, a writing instrument refill includes a first portion having flexibility, and a second portion having a cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of the first portion, wherein the center of figure of the cross section of the first portion is offset from the center of the figure of the cross section of the second portion, the first portion and the second portion are formed integrally, and a part of the first portion has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the other part of the first portion.
US12090771B2
A printing machine includes a plurality of inkjet print heads arranged together in a printing unit and controlled by a control unit. At least two of the inkjet print heads are jointly arranged in relation to a stationary position in a transport path at a printing nip. The control unit activates a first inkjet print head when a substrate of a first substrate type moves past the stationary position, and activates a second inkjet print head when a substrate of a second substrate type moves past the stationary position. The first substrate type and the second substrate type differ from each other in material and/or nature of a surface to be printed. The inkjet print heads arranged in the printing unit are each configured to print an ink that comprises at least one colorant, both for the first substrate type and for the second substrate type.
US12090751B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording portion that records an image on a sheet, a first conveyance path in which a cut sheet serving as the sheet is conveyed toward the recording portion, a second conveyance path in which a continuous sheet serving as the sheet is conveyed toward the recording portion, a common conveyance path in which the sheet is conveyed in a conveying direction from a junction point at which the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path join together to the recording portion, and a control portion that controls the conveyance of the sheet. When the sheet is not detected in the second conveyance path after a sheet conveyance abnormality is detected, while the sheet is detected in the common conveyance path, the control portion performs a discharge operation of conveying the cut sheet from the first conveyance path toward the recording portion.
US12090741B2
A panel for a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion assembly includes two skins and a cell structure provided with transverse partitions defining cells. The cell structure includes folds with at least one central part forming at least one part of at least one transverse partition and at least one peripheral part extending along at least one of the skins. A nacelle with such a panel is provided, as well as a method for manufacturing such a panel.
US12090724B2
A system for making blocks for gravity energy storage includes an extrusion press machine with a receiving chamber for receiving raw material, a compaction chamber and a pressing wall driven by a piston to push the raw material into the compaction chamber to compact the material to form a block. One or more of a top wall, opposite side walls and the pressing wall are moved away from the a center of the compaction chamber to allow the block to elastically expand prior to exiting the compaction chamber.
US12090711B2
A biopharmaceutical flow port, a biopharmaceutical liquid container assembly, and a method for manufacturing the biopharmaceutical flow port and the biopharmaceutical liquid container assembly are described. The biopharmaceutical flow port includes a hose barb coupled to an elliptic body. The hose barb includes a bore. The elliptic body includes a flow passage, a first edge, and a second edge. The flow passage is fluidly coupled to the bore. The first edge extends from the elliptic body away from the flow passage in a first direction and the second edge extends from the elliptic body away from the flow passage in a second direction opposite the first direction. The biopharmaceutical liquid container assembly includes a biopharmaceutical liquid container with an opening and the biopharmaceutical flow port coupled to the biopharmaceutical liquid container within the opening and in fluid communication with a volume of the biopharmaceutical liquid container.
US12090708B2
Systems and methods are described for applying a self-heating structural adhesive to components of aircraft or other structures. A conductive scrim can be placed in between layers of adhesive for use in joining two components together. Leads can be provided to apply an electrical current to the scrim, which can raise the temperature of the system and cure the adhesives, creating a strong bond with a conductive layer there between.
US12090699B2
A device (1) for filtering plastic melt having an inlet valve (14), an outlet valve (15) and a filter canister (2), wherein a cavity (3) closable by means of a cover (4) is formed and into which a melt channel (20) opens. In the filter canister (2) there is arranged a plurality of filter cartridges (5), which are each formed by a filter substrate (6) and a filter lattice (7). The filter substrate (6) comprises a wall having openings, said wall defining an internal space (8), which opens through an outlet (9) into a collection channel (10). The filter lattice (7) covers the openings of the filter substrate (6). The melt channel (20) is adjacent to the inlet valve (14) and may be brought into fluid communication with an outlet channel (16) via the inlet valve (14). The collection channel (10) is adjacent to the outlet valve (15) and may be brought into fluid communication with an outlet channel (18) via the outlet valve (15). The cover (4) fixes the filter lattices (7) onto the filter substrates (6).
US12090689B2
The invention relates to a method of making a thin construction element (10) in sandwich lightweight construction having a high-quality surface (26). Including the steps of deep drawing a substrate film, placing the deep-drawn film into a cavity of a die, introducing partially expanded particles onto the substrate, heating to completely expanded the particle foam, curing the expanded particle foam, and opening the die to remove the molded article.
US12090681B2
A nosebar is supported by supports arranged along the longitudinal direction, and the supports are assembled to fixtures to swing independently of each other in a direction away from a log according to the reaction force of the pressing force acting on the supports. Thus, when a knife peels a knot part of the log or a fragment of the log enters a cutting edge, the portion of the nosebar pressing the knot part or corresponding to the location where the fragment enters the cutting edge is greatly deformed, while the deformation of the nosebar in the other portions is kept small. A corner of the nosebar is prevented from contacting the peeled portion of the raw wood and generating a gap when the nosebar is bent and deformed.
US12090679B2
Device for cutting a syringe having a barrel with a flange at a proximal end thereof, the barrel containing a liquid, a plunger provided in the barrel and sealing the liquid specimen therein, said cutting device comprising: a jig for supporting a syringe, the jig including a proximal wall and a distal wall, a first through-hole defined in the proximal wall and a second through-hole defined in the distal wall; wherein the first and second through-holes are coaxially aligned and are sized to closely approximate the barrel; the first through-hole including a counter bore such that a distal end of the first through-hole closely approximates the barrel and a proximal end of the first through-hole closely approximates the syringe flange; a blade pivotably supported between the proximal and distal walls; wherein the blade cuts the proximal end of the syringe with the flanges without contaminating the liquid within the barrel.
US12090672B2
A method includes receiving, from a sensor on a robotic device, a captured image representative of an environment of the robotic device when the robotic device is at a location in the environment. The method also includes determining, based at least on the location of the robotic device, a rendered image representative of the environment of the robotic device. The method further includes determining, by applying at least one pre-trained machine learning model to at least the captured image and the rendered image, a property of one or more portions of the captured image.
US12090670B2
A transfer robot includes one arm, another arm, a motor, and a brake. The another arm is connected to the one arm via a shaft such that the another arm is rotatable relatively with respect to the one arm around a shaft axis of the shaft. The motor includes a rotor rotatable around the shaft axis to rotate the another arm around the shaft axis, and a stator connected to the one arm. The brake is provided at the another arm to apply a force to the stator so as to suppress relative rotation between the stator and the rotor when electric power is not supplied to the motor.
US12090667B2
A planning system includes flow generating circuitry, confirmation circuitry, and update circuitry. The flow generating circuitry is configured to generate a task flow which includes work tasks predetermined based on a concurrent execution constraint with respect to concurrent execution of tasks performed by robots and connection tasks to be connected to the work tasks. The confirmation circuitry is configured to determine whether at least one of the robots interferes with an object in the connection tasks. The update circuitry is configured to update the concurrent execution constraint when the at least one of the robots is determined to interfere with the object.
US12090666B2
Path generation device, path generation method, and recording medium storing path generation program
A path generation device including an acquisition unit, a setting unit, and a path generation unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire pose information relating to an initial pose and a target pose of a robot, position information relating to a position of the robot, obstacle information including a position of an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot, and specification information relating to a specification including a shape of the robot. The setting unit is configured to, based on a positional relationship between the robot and the obstacle, set a clearance amount representing an amount of clearance to avoid the interference for at least one out of the robot or an obstacle present in a range of interference with the robot.
US12090664B2
An interference avoidance device is provided with: a three-dimensional sensor that is attached to a tip portion of a robot arm and acquires a distance image of an area around a robot; a position data creating portion that converts coordinates of a nearby object in the distance image to coordinates on a robot coordinate system and creates the position data of the nearby object based on the coordinates of the nearby object on the robot coordinate system; a storage portion that stores the position data; and a control portion that controls the robot based on the robot coordinate system; and the control portion controls the robot to avoid interference of the robot with the nearby object, based on the position data stored in the storage portion.
US12090661B2
A velocity control-based robotic system is disclosed. In various embodiments, sensor data is received from one or more sensors deployed in a physical space in which a robot is located. A processor is used to determine based at least in part on the sensor data an at least partly velocity-based trajectory along which to move an element comprising the robot. A command to implement the velocity-based trajectory is sent to the robot.
US12090659B2
A table (122) for holding a beam-cut piece of material (204) including at least one beam-cut part (202). The table (122) comprises a holder (114) holding a raster structure (120) configured to hold the beam-cut piece of material (204). The raster structure (120) comprises raster sections (802) comprising parallel members (804). The table (122) comprises a movable rib structure (902). The rib structure (902) comprises ribs (904). At least one of the ribs (904) is movable between two neighbouring members (804). The rib structure (902) lifts the at least one part (202), or the beam-cut piece of material (204), or a section (208) of the beam-cut piece of material including at least one part of the beam-cut piece of material, or a remainder (206) of the beam-cut piece of material from a resting position on the raster section (802). The rib structure (904) holds the at least one part (202), or the beam-cut piece of material (204), or the section (208) of the beam-cut piece of material, or the remainder (206) of the beam-cut piece of material.
US12090652B2
An information processing apparatus (3) according to an embodiment includes: a context analysis unit (310) that analyzes at least one or more contexts of a user (2), an environment, or a robot (1) based on acquired information; a work plan generation unit (330) that determines, regarding work executed by the user and the robot in cooperation, for each of steps of the work, whether to have the user or the robot execute the step, based on the context, and generates a work plan of the work; and a step determination unit (340) that determines the steps to be executed by the user and the steps to be executed by the robot, based on the work plan.
US12090643B2
A vacuum cup is disclosed for use in a programmable motion device. The vacuum cup includes an open inlet for coupling to a vacuum source, and a vacuum cup lip on a portion of the vacuum cup that generally surrounds the open inlet. The vacuum cup lip includes an inner surface that defines the open outlet through which a vacuum may be provided, and includes noise mitigation features on an outer surface of the vacuum cup lip.
US12090639B2
Provided is an attaching/detaching structure that operates reliably with simple operation. The attaching/detaching structure attaches/detaches a second connecting member (4) to/from a first connecting member (3). An operation chamber (8) formed in a base member (5) of the second connecting member (4) is connected to the outside of the base member (5) via an insertion hole (7) opened to a seating surface (6) of the first connecting member (3). Two clamp arms (10) and (11) are provided in the operation chamber (8) so as to be symmetrical around an axial center of the operation chamber (8). An engaging portion (16, 17) is formed at one end (10b, 11b) in longitudinal direction of each of the clamp arms (10, 11). An engaging member (32) protruding from the second connecting member (4) can be inserted into the insertion hole (7). A lock portion (34) in which the engaging portions (16, 17) can be engaged is formed in the engaging member (32).
US12090637B2
Toolable modules, each having a set of functions and capabilities which are configurable to function cooperatively, to create a set of Robotic arms. Each finger of the module enables a specific task to be accomplished, providing multiple degrees of movements, enabling the Robotic arms to be deployed in highly precise applications and capable of responding to complex tasks. In coordination with an imaging system and a control system the functionality of the Robotic arms are programmable, scalable and configurable in addition to being able to communicate with the external interfaces in a predetermined protocol, thereby providing “Plug and Play” functionality.
US12090624B2
A sample stand includes a base portion that is made of a first material and has an arcuate outer edge in a plane having a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a first portion that is provided on an upper portion of the base portion in the second direction and in which a second material is embedded, a second portion that is provided on the upper portion of the base portion in the second direction and in which a third material is embedded, and a sample holding portion on which a sample is to be held. The sample holding portion is provided on the upper portion of the base portion in the second direction, between the first portion and the second portion in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction.
US12090623B2
The invention is directed to a compacting grip apparatus for a hand-held touch screen electronic device. The apparatus includes an extension portion comprising an extendable cylindrical flexible corrugated tube, the extension portion having a first end and an opposing second end. In some embodiments, the extension expands to an open position and contracts to a closed position. The apparatus includes a hard base that includes a flat outside face and an inside portion fixedly connected to the first end of the extension portion. The apparatus includes a hard top that includes an inside portion fixedly connected to the second end of the extension portion and a flat or plate-like outside face facing away from the outside face of the base.
US12090620B2
A rotary tool may include a motor, a first clutch, a first drive path, a second drive path, a second clutch, a rotating mass, and an output anvil. The rotary tool may drive, by the motor and the first clutch, a first drive path that causes the output anvil to rotate at a speed. The rotary tool may selectively enable, by the motor and the second clutch, a second drive path that causes the rotating mass to engage to the output anvil and increase a torque delivered to the output anvil.
US12090611B2
A clamping handle assembly that is usable with woodworking tools that enables a user to suitably maintain and secure various types of workpiece and/or stock to a woodworking tool during a woodworking project. The clamping handle assembly comprises of a handle. The clamping handle assembly also comprises of a threaded shaft that is operably engaged with the handle, said threaded shaft is adapted to engage with a woodworking tool. The clamping handle assembly also comprises of a clamp block that is operably engaged with the threaded shaft, said clamp block is adapted to apply a clamping force to a workpiece. In addition, various types of clamp blocks may be included in a clamping handle assembly to suitably maintain and secure various types of workpiece and/or stock to a woodworking tool during a woodworking project.
US12090607B2
An oil pulse tool cools an oil unit and a motor. A soft impact driver includes a brushless motor, an oil unit located frontward from the brushless motor and driven by the brushless motor, a spindle located frontward from the oil unit and driven by the oil unit, a cylindrical portion and a rear cover accommodating the brushless motor and having outlets, a grip located below the cylindrical portion and the rear cover, and a unit case accommodating the oil unit and located frontward from the cylindrical portion and having an inlet. The inlet is located in the unit case alone, and the outlets are located in the cylindrical portion and the rear cover alone.
US12090604B2
A shot peening apparatus includes a first tank. The first tank includes a swirl flow generating mechanism and a suction port. The swirl flow generating mechanism swirls a waste liquid in the circumferential direction. The suction port is disposed at the axial center of the first tank. The suction port opens toward a bottom wall and suctions the waste liquid. A plurality of blade members are provided inside the first tank. The plurality of blade members hinders the waste liquid from swirling in the first tank.
US12090603B2
A system for polishing an outer surface of a specimen, the system including a motor and a rotatable shaft extending from a first end of the motor, wherein the specimen is removably attachable to the rotatable shaft, a safety cover configured to at least partially surround at least a portion of the rotatable shaft, wherein the safety cover includes a top panel, a first side panel and a second side panel spaced from each other across a width of the safety cover and extending downwardly from the top panel, and at least one aperture extending through at least one of the first and second side panels. The system further includes an abrasive material insertable through the at least one aperture so that the abrasive material is positionable to contact the outer surface of the specimen.
US12090602B2
A device includes a rotator assembly configured to control a rotational kinetic energy of a wafer-platen based on an electrical energy input. The device further includes a controller configured to control the rotational kinetic energy of the wafer-platen, wherein a rotational velocity of the wafer-platen is either increased or decreased. The device further includes a converter configured to generate an electrical energy output of the rotator assembly based on decreased rotational kinetic energy of the wafer-platen. The device further includes an energy storage device configured to store the electrical energy outputted by the rotator assembly based on the decreased rotational kinetic energy of the wafer-platen.
US12090590B1
A six-degree-of-freedom air-floating moving apparatus comprises a base platform, a floating platform is provided above the base platform, a micromotion platform is provided above the floating platform, the base platform is provided with an X-axis moving assembly, the floating platform is provided with a Y-axis moving assembly, the X-axis moving assembly drives the floating platform to move, the Y-axis moving assembly drives the micromotion platform to move, a damping assembly for reducing shaking is connected to a bottom of the micromotion platform, the X-axis moving assembly comprises an X-axis linear motor and an X-axis bearing platform, the X-axis linear motor is connected to each of two sides of the floating platform, the X-axis bearing platform is provided at each of two sides below the floating platform, an air bearing is provided at a bottom of the floating platform, and the air bearing is matched with the X-axis bearing platform.
US12090587B2
A method to produce multi-component objects, including a first component and a second component assembled to it, provides to feed the first component to a loading station, to feed the second component to the same loading station and then to assemble them so as to produce the multi-component object.
US12090585B2
Systems and methods for cleaning a wire electrode after a welding process has ended are described. During a welding process, a wire electrode may be fed forward from a wire feeder through a welding torch to create a molten weld pool. While, conventionally, feeding of the wire electrode stops when the welding process ends, the present disclosure contemplates instead continuing to feed the wire electrode forward after the welding process ends. More particularly, the present disclosure contemplates feeding the wire electrode into the weld pool so that the wire electrode can be “cleaned” in the molten weld pool created by the welding process. The “cleaned” wire electrode end can be more easily used to establish an electrical arc at the beginning of the next welding process.
US12090583B2
A welding-type system includes a power supply configured to control preheating of an electrode wire. A controller is configured to receive a plurality of power values corresponding to a power output of the power supply and calculate an arc power value corresponding to an arc condition at the preheated electrode wire based on a rate of change of the plurality of power values. A target power output value is determined based on the calculated arc power value, and the power output is adjusted based on the determined target power value.
US12090580B2
A welding apparatus includes a welding power source configured to output current between a consumable electrode and a workpiece; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control the welding power source to repeat a sequence including: outputting a positive peak current from the workpiece to the consumable electrode during a positive peak period; outputting a positive base current from the workpiece to the consumable electrode and subsequently outputting a negative base current from the consumable electrode to the workpiece during a first base period, an absolute value of the positive base current and the negative base current being less than the positive peak current; and outputting a negative peak current from the consumable electrode to the workpiece during a negative peak period following the first base period, an absolute value of the negative peak current being greater than the absolute value of the positive base current and the negative base current.
US12090579B2
A SnAgCuSbBi-based Pb-free solder alloy is disclosed. The disclosed solder alloy is particularly suitable for, but not limited to, producing solder joints, in the form of solder preforms, solder balls, solder powder, or solder paste (a mixture of solder powder and flux), for harsh environment electronics.
US12090574B2
A laser slicing apparatus for dividing a workpiece with a laser beam, including: a light shielding area detection section that detects light shielding areas existing on a side of a first surface of the workpiece; and a control section that radiates a first laser beam from the side of the first surface so as to scan across a whole area of the first surface of the workpiece and form a first modified layer in a to-be-sliced plane inside the workpiece, and that radiates a second laser beam to the light shielding areas of the workpiece from a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface and form a second modified layer in such a manner that the second modified layer is continuous with the first modified layer in the to-be-sliced plane.
US12090573B2
A distributor plate for a fluid treatment tank such as a water softener pressure vessel separates the resin bed from a lower end of the resin tank. The outer peripheral surface of the distributor plate is laser-welded to an inner peripheral surface of the tank. The outer peripheral surface of the distributor plate may have a biasing mechanism that biases the outer peripheral surface of the distributor plate against the inner peripheral surface of the tank. The biasing mechanism may include a plurality of peripherally-spaced resilient fingers extending axially and radially away from a circular base of an outer ring of the distributor plate into engagement with the inner peripheral surface of the tank liner, each of the fingers having a base connected to the base of the ring and having a free end. Also disclosed is a method of making a fluid treatment tank.
US12090570B2
A laser processing apparatus and a laser processing method that can effectively prevent a processing time for one semiconductor film from increasing are provided. A laser processing apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes a laser light source (2) configured to irradiate a semiconductor film (M1) with a laser beam, a film state measuring instrument (5) configured to measure a state of the semiconductor film after the semiconductor film (M1) is irradiated with the laser beam, and a laser light adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a timing at which the semiconductor film (M1) is irradiated with a next laser beam and intensity of the laser beam according to the state of the semiconductor film (M1) measured by the film state measuring instrument (5).
US12090569B2
Method of manufacturing a component of a rotary machine and component manufactured using said method
A component of a rotary machine formed from a blank, the component includes a center, a boundary surface, and at least one inner passage extending from the center up to the boundary surface and being at least partly closed. The inner passage is formed by a first subtractive machining in which a part of the passage that at least includes an opening of the passage into the boundary surface as well as a cut-out in the top surface is manufactured by machining production, and subsequently the passage is completed by a build-up production on the blank.
US12090568B2
The invention discloses an arrangement for mechanically and electrically contacting a glow wire of a thermal radiation source, comprising a glow wire made of refractory metal having at least one flat connection surface to be contacted, a contact surface on which the glow wire is contacted, and a contacting means which connects the glow wire to the contact surface. The invention also relates to a method for producing the contact according to the invention. The problem addressed by the invention, of providing a reliable and enduringly stable mechanical and electrical contact of glow wires made of refractory metals, is solved in that the flat connection surface has at least two perforations and/or at a circumferential edge of the connection surface of the glow wire at least two recesses are formed, wherein the contacting means is integrally connected to the contact surface at the location of the perforations and/or recesses and forms both an electrical and a mechanical connection to the glow wire at the location of the perforations and/or recesses by means of a flange-like design of the contacting means above the connection surface of the glow wire.
US12090565B2
The present disclosure provides a system for printing at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object. The system may comprise a source of at least one feedstock, a support for supporting at least a portion of the 3D object, a feeder for directing at least one feedstock from the source towards the support, and a power supply for supplying electrical current. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to the power supply. The controller may receive a computational representation of the 3D object. The controller may direct the at least one feedstock through a feeder towards the support and may direct electrical current through the at least one feedstock and into the support. The controller may subject such feedstock to Joule heating such that at least a portion of such feedstock may deposit adjacent to the support, thereby printing the 3D object in accordance with the computational representation.
US12090563B2
A laser reflow method includes preparing a workpiece including a board and semiconductor chips each having one or more bumps formed on one surface thereof, the semiconductor chips being placed on the board with the bumps interposed therebetween. An inclination detection step captures an image of one semiconductor chip and detects an inclination of the semiconductor chip within the captured image. A laser beam irradiation step irradiates each semiconductor chip with a laser beam from another surface side opposite to the one surface to reflow the bumps formed within an irradiated range of the workpiece. A phase pattern displayed by a spatial light modulator is rotated in such a manner as to agree with the inclination of the detected semiconductor chip, to thereby rotate an irradiation range of the laser beam within an irradiated surface of the workpiece, before the semiconductor chips are irradiated with the laser beam.
US12090562B2
A power tool with a rotatable tool designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, including a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity having a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress, and the mechanical quantity being dependent on a force emanating from the tool, and a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device, which control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity, where the control device is adapted to selectively determine a first recognition function or a second recognition function different from the first recognition function based on a function determination information, and to perform the recognition of the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity using the determined recognition function.
US12090559B2
According to one implementation, a tool driving device includes a drill chuck, a motor, a casing and a vibrating mechanism. The drill chuck holds a drill. The motor is configured to rotate the drill chuck. The casing houses the motor. The vibrating mechanism is configured to periodically reciprocate the drill chuck relatively to the casing in a tool axis direction during rotation of the drill chuck. The vibrating mechanism is configured to distance the drill chuck from the casing at a first speed smaller than a second speed for bringing the drill chuck close to the casing.
US12090558B2
Chip discharge during high-feed machining and low-feed machining particularly in a high-depth-of-cut state or the like is improved so as to provide adaptability to a wide range of cutting conditions during low depth and high depth cutting and during low-feed and high-feed machining and allow so-called freedom of feed during cutting to be improved. A cutting insert includes a cutting edge body and a substrate to which the cutting edge body is joined. The cutting edge body has a prismatic shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and includes a cutting edge formed on an intersecting edge between a peripheral side surface and an upper surface of the cutting edge body having the prismatic shape and a recessed part formed at a position on the upper surface of the cutting edge body which is more distant from the intersecting edge than from the cutting edge. The substrate has a projected part upwardly projecting from the upper surface of the cutting edge body.
US12090556B2
Disclosed is a silver powder preparation method including a silver salt reduction step. The silver salt reduction step includes a reaction solution preparation step for preparing a first reaction solution and a second reaction solution and a precipitation step for allowing reaction between the first reaction solution and the second reaction solution to precipitate silver particles. The first reaction solution contains silver ions, ammonia, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, and a phosphorous compound, and the second reaction solution contains a reducing agent. The content of the phosphorous compound and the reaction temperature of the precipitation step are adjusted so that the shrinkage rate of the silver powder is adjusted within a range of 5% to 20% at 500° C. when the reaction temperature is heated to 800° C. at a heating rate of 50° C./min.
US12090551B2
Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow portion by contact with the demolition object, changing the demolition object into a second state while the demolition object is within the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part, and removing the demolition object from the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part.
US12090547B1
Online cooperative control method for soft reduction and heavy reduction in bloom continuous casting
Provided is an online cooperative control method for soft reduction and heavy reduction in bloom continuous casting. A quantitative relationship of a theoretical ultimate reduction amount to a reduction position is accurately determined according to an offline three-dimensional solidification and heat transfer model for a continuous casting bloom and a three-dimensional reduction model for a continuous casting bloom under thermo-mechanical coupling; a thermal state of a continuous casting bloom, soft reduction and heavy reduction zones, and a total reduction amount are calculated in real time with an online three-dimensional solidification and heat transfer calculation model for a continuous casting bloom; actual reduction amounts of the rollers for soft reduction and heavy reduction are calculated and distributed online based on a real-time equivalent central solid fraction and a theoretical ultimate reduction amount of each reduction roller. Online cooperative control of soft reduction and heavy reduction in bloom continuous casting is realized.
US12090544B2
A machine and its associated process for upset forging the ends of deformed reinforcement bars are disclosed. The machine includes 2 split clamping dies and an upsetting die, and they are housed in separate casings so that the clamping action is independent from the upsetting die. The clamping dies and the upsetting die form a continuous cavity for accommodating the forging of long bars. The upsetting die has a upsetting cavity with radial closed cross-section, and the whole forging process is performed inside this closed cavity to ensure it's a true closed-die forging process, which results in precise upset diameter with improved roundness of the rebar.
US12090542B2
A forming system for forming a metal pipe having a hollow shape includes a forming apparatus including a gas supply portion that supplies gas into a heated metal pipe material when forming the metal pipe, and a discharge unit that discharges the gas into the formed metal pipe, in which an exhaust port of the discharge unit is positioned in an internal space of a structure including the internal space.
US12090541B2
A press forming method for controlling a shape change of a press formed part over time after the press formed part springs back at a moment of a release from a press-forming die includes: a press forming step of press forming a metal sheet into the press formed part by using the press-forming die; a die releasing step of releasing the press formed part, which is press-formed, from the press-forming die; and a post-release die holding step of holding the released press formed part in a forming bottom dead center shape for 30 minutes or more by using the press-forming die.
US12090540B2
A device and a method are provided for shaping sheet metal. The device is provided with a plurality of support and clamping elements which are designed to cooperate with one another so as to clamp the sheet metal for a shaping process by mechanically contacting the sheet metal and by holding, orienting, and/or positioning processes. A plurality of actuators are designed to orient and/or position the plurality of support and clamping elements. A controller for the actuators is designed to control the plurality of actuators for adjusting the orientation and/or position of the support and clamping elements.
US12090528B2
An apparatus and method for automatic clean connection that is capable of automatically performing the connection and separation of a male coupler to and from a female coupler and cleaning and drying liquid contact parts of the male coupler and the female coupler. According to the present invention, the apparatus for automatic clean connection, which loads or unloads chemicals from one side tank into the other side tank, the apparatus including: a main body having a female coupler connected to the other side tank; a coupler connection module for moving a male coupler connected to one side tank in a direction of a y-axis to allow the male coupler to be fastened to or separated from the female coupler; and a coupler cleaning module for cleaning or drying liquid contact parts of the male coupler and the female coupler.
US12090523B2
A method of cleaning controlled and regulated equipment. A tool handle is pivotably connected to a tool head frame that includes a leading edge opposite a trailing edge between parallel first side and second side edges, where the leading edge and the trailing edge are non-parallel. The tool head frame is disposed in proximity to a tray having a compartment with a pad assembly and a cleaning solution disposed therein. The pad assembly is movable within the compartment between first and second positions. The tool head frame is hands-free attached to the pad assembly in the first or second position and hands-free detached from the pad assembly in the second position.
US12090520B2
The method of uniquely identifying a product for subsequent recycling includes marking a surface of the product with a first trace signature being representative of the manufacturer of the product.
US12090519B2
Method for controlling the mechanical strength of a container, in particular made of glass, by a control apparatus which provides for actuating the control on a control zone extending along an entire circumferential perimeter of the outer surface of the container in which it provides for forwarding the container according to a forwarding direction, simultaneously rotating the container about the axis of symmetry thereof orthogonal to the forwarding direction, then controlling the container during the rotation, exerting a control pressure onto the control zone, the control being divided into several steps, in which in each step it is provided to exert the control pressure on a respective portion of the control zone and which provides that each single container is subjected in sequence to each step during the forwarding thereof and the rotation thereof.
US12090505B2
A portable apparatus for dispensing and foaming of a product, including: a product container which contains a product that is to be foamed by and dispensed from the apparatus; a gas container, at least containing a gas, for example a single gas or a gas mixture, wherein the gas substantially does not contain any greenhouse gases such as N20; a dispersion device, having a product entrance that is connectable to the product container for receiving product, the dispersion device further being connectable to the gas container for supplying the gas to the product during product discharge; a processing device downstream of the dispersion device for performing a mixing treatment and/or pressure reduction on the product provided with the gas; and a product dispensing head, being part of a top section of the apparatus and being arranged downstream of the processing device.
US12090491B2
A separator includes a drum ejection passage control element and an intermediate ejection control element both mounted on a drum assembly. The drum ejection passage control element is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the second position a drum ejection passage is open for ejection of material from a maximum diameter of a separator volume, while in the first position the drum ejection passage control element blocks the drum ejection passage to prevent the ejection of material from the maximum diameter of the separator volume. An intermediate ejection path is formed in the separator, each extending from an intermediate ejection path inlet at an intermediate region of the separator volume to an intermediate ejection path outlet. The intermediate ejection control element is moveable to alternately open or close the intermediate ejection path for fluid communication to the separator volume.
US12090488B2
A method for detecting wear in crushers, having a wearing part (2) mounted on a drive shaft (1), during idle operation is described in which downtimes that impair crusher productivity can be eliminated and nevertheless reliable wear detection is made possible with low risk of injury to machine operators. The drive shaft (1) is accelerated from a starting angular speed (ω1) to an end angular speed (ω2) with a specified acceleration, and the drive energy required for this is ascertained, whereupon the wear of the wearing part (2) is ascertained as the value assigned to the required drive energy in a specified wearing-part characteristic curve (3, 4, 5).
US12090482B2
Systems and methods for performing biological assays are provided herein. The systems and methods determine one or more characteristics of a nucleic acid amplification sample based on a modified optical property of the sample. The nucleic acid amplification sample is reacted with an optical property modifying reagent in a reaction chamber of within a sample preparation device.
US12090478B2
The present invention relates to a microfluidic particle analysis device comprising an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication via a main channel defining a main flow direction from an inlet end to an outlet end, the main channel being defined by a main channel wall extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and having a first cross-sectional dimension in the range of 20 μm to 120 μm and a second cross-sectional dimension of at least 100 μm, the main channel wall at a vertex having an opening extending along the main flow direction and being open to an analysis section having surfaces at an analytical distance in the range of 5 μm to 50 μm and a sensor system for detecting a particle. The present invention also relates to a method of using the microfluidic particle analysis device for detecting particles or monitoring the concentration of particles.
US12090469B2
A thermal method of forming ferric oxide nano/microparticles with predominant morphology is described using different solvents. Methods of using the Fe3O4 nano/microparticles as catalysts in the reduction of nitro compounds with sodium borohydride to the corresponding amines and decomposition of ammonium salts.
US12090467B2
The present invention provides a catalyst for catalytic reduction of an industrial flue gas SO2 with CO to prepare sulfur, a method for preparing the same and use thereof. A CeO2 nanocarrier is prepared by using a hydrothermal method, La and Y are loaded as active components, pre-sulfurization is conducted with 6% of SO2 and 3% of CO, and finally, the catalyst is prepared. The catalyst has high reactivity and sulfur selectivity and strong stability. The by-product sulfur generated by the reaction is recovered with a solvent CS2, and the solvent CS2 is recovered by using a distillation process. The preparation method is low in cost, causes no secondary pollution and is high in sulfur recovery rate. The problem of low sulfur production in China at present is solved.
US12090465B1
Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) blends derived from plastic waste streams and a method to prepare reusable oil sorbents. A method includes separating plastics of group-A from group-B using a float-sink technique, where group-A comprises various PP and PE materials, and group-B comprises polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyvinyl chloride; dissolving the group-A plastics in a solvent; adding a cavity forming agent to the solution; applying the solution onto a solid substrate through spin-coating followed by controlled heating; and extracting the cavity forming agent, obtaining a thin film sorbent with swellable cavities for oil sorption. The film contains 400-800 swellable 3D cavities/cm2, each cavity capable of swelling 20-30 times the thickness of the film when contacted with oil. The method improves compatibility of PP-PE blends without using compatibilizers, resulting in high oil uptake capacity due to swellable cavities, and reusability of sorbent with an oil recovery of more than 98%.
US12090456B2
The present invention relates to a magnetic mixer capable of minimizing mixing of foreign substances, which are generated in components of the magnetic mixer, of a liquid to be mixed, having a simple structure for cleansing a structure supporting an impeller shaft, and capable of securing a sufficient output when a large-scale mixing system with an impeller shaft is configured; and a mixing system including the same.
US12090453B2
A nozzle for spouting a liquid phase, in which one liquid phase in a two-liquid phase system can be stably jetted as highly dispersible droplets while suppressing coalescence of droplets, and accumulation of fine solid components in the nozzle hardly occurs. The nozzle has a structure in which capillary tubes or pores are assembled. Further, the capillary tubes or the pores are formed using a suitable material having a low affinity for organic or a low affinity for water, or a material subjected to appropriate surface treatment.
US12090451B2
A carbonation machine may include a carbonation head, a holder that is configured to hold a gas canister, the holder comprising a connector with a socket configured to enable linear insertion of a valve of the canister into the socket, the socket including a seal with at least one lateral opening to enable fluidic flow between one or more laterally oriented ports of the valve and a conduit of the holder while preventing leakage of gas from the fluidic flow, and a holding mechanism configured to hold a lateral projection from the canister after insertion of the valve into the socket such that the valve remains in the socket, and an activation mechanism configured to operate the valve to release the gas from the canister when inserted into the socket so as to enable the gas to flow via the conduit to the carbonation head.
US12090449B2
A filtration device containing a porous polyparaxylylene (PPX) filtration article is provided. The PPX filtration article includes at least one PPX polymer membrane layer and one or more substrate. Optionally, the PPX filtration article may include one or more support layer(s). The PPX polymer membrane has a pore size from about 1 nm to about 100 nm. The filtration article has a PVA_20 less than about 0.6 cm3/m2 and/or a mass/area (MPA) less than about 30 g/m2. The PPX filtration article separates and retains nanoparticles from a feed fluid with high permeability. In use, the PPX filtration article filters nanoparticles from a feed flow by passing the feed fluid through at least one PPX polymer membrane within the filtration article where the nanoparticles are separated and removed from the feed fluid. The PPX polymer membranes may be resistant to chemical attack, gamma radiation, and are thermally stable, biocompatible, and strong.
