US12099482B2
Embodiments of this application provide a synchronization processing method, apparatus, and device, and a medium. The method includes obtaining a skeleton set and a synchronization task set, the skeleton set being used for storing M blocks to be synchronized by the first node device, the skeleton set comprising P skeletons, the synchronization task set comprising P synchronization tasks, the P skeletons being of a one-to-one correspondence to the P synchronization tasks, and M and P both being positive integers; selecting a second node device from the candidate node set, the second node device being a candidate node device in the candidate node set; concurrently transmitting synchronization tasks in the synchronization task set to the second node device, the second node device performing the synchronization tasks and returning the M blocks; and filling the M blocks into the skeletons in the skeleton set.
US12099479B1
A method for generating a scientific data management in the field of population health based on a mind map includes the steps of: obtaining semantic knowledge of a data management plan, and an original data management plan based on requirements of a project; building a semantic knowledge model and mind map mapping specifications of the data management plan based on the semantic knowledge of the data management plan; mapping information about each part of the original data management plan into node information, additional information and information about tree structure relationships among nodes of the mind map based on the mind map mapping specifications to form a mapping relationship; and generating and exporting a scientific data management plan based on the mind map.
US12099472B2
A query directed to database data stored across a set of files is received. The query includes predicates applied against metadata of the set of files. One or more files are removed from the set of files whose metadata does not satisfy a predicate of the plurality of predicates. Rows of the one or more remaining files of the set of files are filtered based on the one or more predicates.
US12099471B2
This application provides an application program (APP) management method, a terminal device, a server, and a system. According to the method, APPs downloaded on a terminal device can be automatically clustered. This saves time of a user and improves user experience. The method is applicable to a terminal device, and the method includes: obtaining a target desktop folder based on type information of an APP downloaded by the terminal device and attribute information of a desktop folder on the terminal device, where the downloaded APP is to be clustered in the target desktop folder; and clustering the downloaded APP into the target desktop folder.
US12099469B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a key and a value of a data object, determining a first identifier and a second identifier based on the key, defining an entry object including the first identifier, the second identifier, and the value, and storing the entry object in a hashmap by: determining a first value of a first index based on the first identifier, determining a second value of a second index to provide a first value and second value pair that defines a first location within the hashmap storing the first identifier, determining a third value of a third index for the first value and second value pair, where the first value, the second value, and the third value define a second location within the hashmap storing the second identifier, and storing the value at a third location within the hashmap.
US12099462B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for implementing a dynamic processor architectures include, in one or more aspects of the subject matter described in this specification, an apparatus including: switches coupled with computing elements in a hardware processor to enable selective formation of one or more cores from the computing elements in the hardware processor; and means for dynamically determining how many of the one or more cores to form in the hardware processor, by provision of control signals to the switches, to execute instructions of one or more computer programs based on (i) a current set of the instructions to be executed and (ii) a current set of the computing elements available for processing instructions.
US12099453B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to application partitioning for locality in a stacked memory system. In an embodiment, one or more memory dies are stacked on the processor die. The processor die includes multiple processing tiles and each memory die includes multiple memory tiles. Vertically aligned memory tiles are directly coupled to and comprise the local memory block for a corresponding processing tile. An application program that operates on dense multi-dimensional arrays (matrices) may partition the dense arrays into sub-arrays associated with program tiles. Each program tile is executed by a processing tile using the processing tile's local memory block to process the associated sub-array. Data associated with each sub-array is stored in a local memory block and the processing tile corresponding to the local memory block executes the program tile to process the sub-array data.
US12099450B1
Address translation circuitry is provided to perform address translation on receipt of a first address to generate a second address. The address translation circuitry comprises a page walk controller configured to perform sequential page table lookups in a plurality of page table levels of a page table hierarchy. Portions of the first address are used to index into sequential page table levels. Cache storage is provided to cache entries comprising translation information retrieved by the sequential page table lookups. An entry in the cache storage further comprises in association with the translation information a re-use indicator indicative of a re-use expectation for subsequent information which is subordinate to the translation information of the entry in the page table hierarchy. The address translation circuitry is configured to modify cache usage for the subsequent information in dependence on the re-use indicator.
US12099441B2
A storage array controller may receive a write request comprising data to be stored at one or more solid-state storage devices. A write granularity associated with the write request may be generated that is less than a logical block size associated with the storage array controller. The data associated with the write request may be segmented based on the generated write granularity. The write request may be executed to store the segmented data at the one or more solid-state storage devices.
US12099437B1
A computer-implemented method includes downloading respective instances of an enterprise mobile application to a plurality of mobile devices. The instances of the enterprise mobile applications, while executing on respective mobile devices, capture, for each session, a session log that includes indications of ordered user actions occurring during the session, and optionally time intervals between user actions and/or user attributes. Captured session logs stored at and are mined by one or more servers to discover a particular pattern or sequence of user actions that occurred across multiple, different user sessions. If the number and/or rate of occurrences of the particular pattern is greater than a threshold, a new test case corresponding to the pattern is automatically generated and added to a suite of test cases for the UI functionality of the enterprise mobile application. The updated test suite may be automatically executed on a test version of the enterprise mobile application.
US12099432B2
In some embodiments, after receiving event data corresponding to an event-based workflow, the computer system attempts to cause execution of the first step corresponding to one or more events; and in response to receiving an indication that execution of the first step corresponding to the one or more events has failed, the computer system resolves failure the first step in a manner that is based one or more execution criteria (e.g., failure criteria) that is associated with the first step.
US12099431B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of processing software logs, in particular a software log processing method. the present invention has the advantages of following up the unique service code enables all log contents to be automatically concatenated into a log block, and the system to concurrently count execution time, warnings and errors generated in each process, enabling the O&M operators and developers to quickly locate the problems when dealing with them at a later stage, in the scenarios such as a distributed system and microservice system, making it possible to unify the logs scattered in each system to the log platform for storage by way of the unique service code, as well as concatenate the execution timing in each system, greatly raising the treatment efficiency for the problems in the microservices or the distributed system and improving the maintainability of the distributed system or the microservice system.
US12099423B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector including one or more signal terminals and a control circuit electrically connected with the one or more signal terminals. The control circuit may be configured to monitor attachment with an external device through an identification terminal among the one or more signal terminals, identify whether a designated number of, or more, monitoring signals related to attachment with the external device are detected during a designated time, and identify whether there is the attachment with the external device, based on a voltage of a power terminal among the one or more signal terminals, in response to the detection of the monitoring signals being identified.
US12099417B1
Methods and systems for managing data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include and depend on the operation of hardware and/or software components. To manage the operation of the data processing system, a data processing system manager may obtain logs for components of the data processing system. The logs may record information that describe and reflect the historical and/or current operation of these components. Inference models may be implemented to predict likely future component failures (e.g., a predicted mean time to first failure (MTFF) of the components) using information recorded in the logs and component specification information from component vendors. The likely future component failures may be analyzed to reduce the likelihood of the data processing system becoming impaired.
US12099407B2
An error reporting system utilizes a parity checker to receive data results from execution of an original instruction and a parity bit for the data. A decoder receives an error correcting code (ECC) for data resulting from execution of a shadow instruction of the original instruction, and data error correction is initiated on the original instruction result on condition of a mismatch between the parity bit and the original instruction result, and the decoder asserting a correctable error in the original instruction result.
US12099403B2
The embodiments of the present application propose a method and apparatus for repairing a device failure, electronic device and storage medium. The method includes: detecting, after a device restarts, whether there is an abnormal state file saved by a CPU due to a device failure detected before the restart; reading network configuration information of a Uboot saved correspondingly to the abnormal state file when the abnormal state file of the device is detected; initiating a communication connection with a FTP server according to the read network configuration information of the Uboot; sending an upgrade request to the FTP server when the communication connection with the FTP server is successfully established; repairing and upgrading the device in response to a software package returned by the FTP server. The embodiments of the present application realize remote repair of a device failure.
US12099400B2
This invention is a streaming engine employed in a digital signal processor. A fixed data stream sequence is specified by a control register. The streaming engine fetches stream data ahead of use by a central processing unit and stores it in a stream buffer. Upon occurrence of a fault reading data from memory, the streaming engine identifies the data element triggering the fault preferably storing this address in a fault address register. The streaming engine defers signaling the fault to the central processing unit until this data element is used as an operand. If the data element is never used by the central processing unit, the streaming engine never signals the fault. The streaming engine preferably stores data identifying the fault in a fault source register. The fault address register and the fault source register are preferably extended control registers accessible only via a debugger.
US12099390B2
This application discloses example frequency control methods, frequency controllers, processors, and electronic devices. One example method includes obtaining at least two temperatures of a processor core, where each of the at least two temperatures corresponds to a frequency. A load change mode of the processor core is determined, where the load change mode indicates a change status of a load of the processor core. A target temperature is determined from the at least two temperatures of the processor core based on the load change mode. A frequency of the processor core is adjusted based on the target temperature.
US12099369B2
An aerial vehicle includes a liquid chemical tank, at least one spray unit, a plurality of sensors, a processing unit, and an output unit. The processing unit is configured to generate a spray record for an environment within which the aerial vehicle is operating, the spray record comprising: information over a time period of at least one spray condition relating to one or more of the at least one spray unit for the aerial vehicle operating within the environment over the time period, the determined air movement direction relative to the projection of the fore-aft axis onto the ground over the time period, and the determined air movement speed relative to the ground over the time period. The output unit is configured to output the spray record.
US12099367B2
An obstacle touching detecting device for a swimming pool cleaner includes a main functional portion of the cleaner and a sensor obstacle touching detecting device. The main functional portion of the cleaner includes a cleaner main body, a controller module, and a power-driven actuating device. The controller module and the power-driven actuating device are connected to the cleaner main body. The sensor obstacle touching detecting device includes a trigger unit connected to the cleaner main body and a sensor detecting module electrically connected to the controller module. The controller module is electrically connected to the power-driven actuating device. The trigger unit works collaboratively with the sensor detecting module to trigger the sensor detecting module to generate a detection signal. An automatic detection is performed when the cleaner touches the wall or other obstacles, and the cleaner is controlled to change direction automatically.
US12099363B2
A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a time division multiplexed (TDM) bus, an autonomous driving (AD) controller coupled to the TDM bus, and a plurality of AD sensors coupled to the TDM bus. The AD sensors are configured to collect AD data and transmit collected AD data to the AD controller on the TDM bus in an assigned time slot at a first power level. A first AD sensor of the plurality of AD sensors is configured to, based upon collected AD data, detect an AD emergency event. In response to the detection, the first AD sensor is configured to transmit an AD emergency message on the TDM bus in a non-assigned time slot and at a second power level that exceeds the first power level. The AD sensor may transmit the AD emergency message in a particular sub-slot of the non-assigned time slot.
US12099361B2
An onboard device 1 is provided with an own vehicle position estimation unit 17 and an autonomous driving control unit 18. The own vehicle position estimation unit 17 estimates the own vehicle position by collating a detection result of a road marking by a lidar 2 with map DB 10. The autonomous driving control unit 18 acquires, from the map DB 10, the road marking information including detection accuracy information Idet indicative of the accuracy of the collation with respect to each road marking. On the basis of the detection accuracy information Idet, the autonomous driving control unit 18 outputs, to an electronic control device or an information output unit 16 of the vehicle, information for controlling the vehicle so that the accuracy of the collation is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.
US12099358B2
The present application discloses an autonomous machine and methods of controlling the autonomous machine. The present application also relates to a computing system for controlling movement of the autonomous machine. The autonomous machine comprises a movable component, a representation unit, a transformation unit communicatively coupled to the representation unit and a driving mechanism coupled to the movable component and the transformation unit for moving the movable component. In particular, poses of every part of the autonomous machine may be transformed back and forth by simply mathematical addition and subtraction.
US12099355B2
A control device for a vehicle includes a communication module, which establishes a transmission and receiving connection to a server external to the vehicle, and a control module connected to this for driving functions, which receives data of at least one sensor and controls at least one actuator for at least partially autonomously controlling at least one of the driving functions in the vehicle. A disconnector physically separates at least the receiving connection and a read-only memory, in which a piece of software for overwriting the software in the communication module and the control module in case of interference, is stored. Control of the control device is assumed when the control device has presumably been tampered with in the vehicle and uses this to separate at least the receiving connection, to bring the vehicle into a safe traffic state as needed, and to overwrite software in the control module and the communication module with software from the read-only memory.
US12099354B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a self-driving vehicle are presented. The system comprises a camera, a processor, a communications transceiver, a computer-readable medium, and a display device. The processor can be configured to receive an image of a self-driving vehicle from the camera, and vehicle information from the self-driving vehicle. A graphic comprising the image of the self-driving vehicle and a visual representation of the vehicle information is then displayed on the display device. The vehicle information may comprise any or all of vehicle-status information, vehicle-mission information, vehicle-metric information, and vehicle-environment information.
US12099350B2
A method includes finding, in subplant performance data points defined by values of an independent variable and values of a dependent variable, a first point for which a convexity metric of the dependent variable with respect to the independent variable exceeds a threshold, creating a subplant curve by providing a first convex region on a first side of the first point and a second convex region on a second side of the first point, and controlling the campus subplant based on the subplant curve.
US12099347B2
A system may include drives that are communicatively coupled to and/or control I/O devices via communication option cards. The drives and/or the communication option cards may include a logic engine to control internal I/O devices and external I/O devices via single pair Ethernet (SPE) conductors accessible via an Ethernet network.
US12099343B2
Provided is a process, including: obtaining, with a computer system, a set of tasks to be performed by a fleet of robots; obtaining, with the computer system, for each task in the set of tasks, a respective plurality of duty cycles, each corresponding to an amount of usage of a respective actuator of a robot among the fleet of robots upon performing the respective task; accessing, with the computer system, for each robot in the fleet of robots, a current wear-state vector having dimensions corresponding to cumulative wear on actuators of the respective robots; and based on the current wear-state vectors and the duty cycles of the tasks, with the computer system, assigning the tasks to the robots in the fleet of robots.
US12099342B2
Computer readable media for predicting a tooth shape for at least partially un-erupted teeth and dental appliances formed therefrom. In some examples, methods include generating orthoscopic views of virtual representations of an identified tooth type in different orthogonal directions, representing bounding shapes around the orthoscopic views, and applying principal component analysis on the bounding shapes to predict a tooth shape. In some examples, methods include generating a spherical harmonic signature for virtual representations of an identified tooth type, calculating a distance between spherical harmonic signatures to predict the tooth shape. The predicted tooth shape of the at least partially un-erupted tooth may be incorporated into virtual dentition model(s) of a dentition in accordance with an orthodontic treatment plan for treating the dentition.
US12099329B2
Disclosed is a method for processing an input hologram HE associated with an input plane, to obtain an output hologram displayable on a holographic screen placed in a plane called the output plane of a display system, viewable from a viewing plane of the system. The method includes: receiving the input hologram and a position of the input plane; obtaining a first transfer matrix representative of a propagation between the input plane and the viewing plane; obtaining a second transfer matrix representative of a propagation between the viewing plane and the output plane; calculating an overall matrix of transfer of a light field emitted by the input hologram, between the input plane and the output plane, by taking the product of the two matrices; and converting the input hologram into the output hologram by applying an operator dependent of the input hologram and on the screen.
US12099328B2
Exemplary systems may reduce or eliminate the visibility of a boundary between the displaying portions of the system and the non-displaying portions of the system. An exemplary system includes a display screen including a plurality of pixels forming a first periodic structure and a frame surrounding at least a portion of the display screen. The frame may include a holographic structure having a second periodic structure. The first pitch of the first periodic structure may be within 0.5 percent to 20 percent of the second pitch of the second periodic structure.
US12099321B2
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit, a folding processing portion, and a pressure-bonding portion. A first recording material having a first basis weight is fixed at a first temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a first period. A second recording material having a second basis weight is fixed at a second temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a second period. The second basis weight is larger than the first basis weight. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature. The second period is longer than the first period.
US12099319B2
A fixation device may include: an annular belt, and includes an elastic layer with a thickness of more than 300 μm; and a counter member opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the annular belt to form a nip region with the annular belt. A difference between a local maximum and a local minimum in a film thickness profile of the annular belt along a circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface at a first location in a width direction of the annular belt is less than 101 μm.
US12099317B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a belt unit including a cleaning unit and an opposing roller, and a swinging mechanism. The swinging mechanism includes a swingable member which is provided in a position different from a rotation center of the opposing roller while holding the opposing roller and the cleaning unit without changing a relative positional relationship between the opposing roller and the cleaning unit and which is swingable about a swing axis.
US12099316B2
A developing device including a holding body, a supply unit, a filling portion, a closing portion, and a duct portion is provided. The holding body holds a developer. The agitating unit agitates the developer. The supply unit supplies the developer that flows in from the agitating unit to the holding body. The filling portion is provided above the agitating unit and filled with the developer. The closing portion closes a lower portion of the filling portion, and causes the developer to drop from the filling portion into the agitating unit in a case where the closing portion is removed. The duct portion connects a space in the filling portion and a portion above the holding body.
US12099305B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to a rinse and methods of use thereof for removing an edge protection layer and residual hardmask components (e.g., metals) from the edge and at least one proximate surface of a wafer/substrate where the rinse includes acetic acid and/or a halogenated acetic acid of structure (A) wherein R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or a halogen and R3 is a halogen and (ii) a compound having structure (B) wherein each of Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg and Rh may independently be hydrogen, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted halogenated alkyl group, a substituted or an unsubstituted alkyl carbonyl group, a halogen, and a hydroxy group.
US12099301B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist underlayer over a semiconductor substrate. The photoresist underlayer includes a polymer, including a main polymer chain having pendant target groups, and pendant organic groups or photoacid generator groups. The main polymer chain is a polystyrene, a polyhydroxystyrene, a polyacrylate, a polymethylacrylate, a polymethylmethacrylate, a polyacrylic acid, a polyvinyl ester, a polymaleic ester, a poly(methacrylonitrile), or a poly(methacrylamide). Pendant target groups are selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted: C2-C30 diol group, C1-C30 aldehyde group, and C3-C30 ketone group. Pendant organic groups are C3-C30 aliphatic or aromatic groups having at least one photosensitive functional group, and pendant photoacid generator groups are C3-C50 substituted aliphatic or aromatic groups. A photoresist layer is formed over the photoresist underlayer. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation. The selectively exposed photoresist layer is developed to form a photoresist pattern.
US12099294B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of manufacturing textured surfaces nanoimprint lithography with nanoparticulate inks. The present invention provides methods that allow flexible patterning of substrates with features having complex geometries.
US12099293B2
A phase shift mask for extreme ultraviolet lithography includes a substrate, a reflective layer on the substrate, a capping layer on the reflective layer, a buffer pattern on the capping layer, the buffer pattern including an opening exposing a surface of the capping layer, and an absorber pattern on the buffer pattern, the absorber pattern including a refractive index less than a refractive index of the buffer pattern and a thickness greater than a thickness of the buffer pattern. The buffer pattern includes a material having an etch selectivity with respect to the absorber pattern and the capping layer.
US12099291B1
An X-ray-sensitive film includes an acid-hydrolyzed palm mesocarp, a starch, a cellulose, a synthetic polymer, a plant hydrogel, a cyanoacrylate adhesive, glycerin, and an x-ray-sensitive dye. A method of preparing the X-ray-sensitive film includes 32.5 to 45 wt % cellulose based on a total weight of the X-ray-sensitive film, a tensile modulus of 0.75 to 2.5 GPa, a tensile strength of 75 to 125 MPa/kg·m3, a water absorption of 0.00 to 0.16% measured according to ASTM D570, a carbonate content of 100 to 200 ppm, and shows no cracks when tested according to ASTM D5419.
US12099287B2
A transparent projection screen and a manufacturing method. The transparent projection screen is for receiving projection light and transmitting ambient light and comprises a first substrate layer, a Fresnel structure layer, a surface diffusion layer, a nano metal plating layer, and a binding adhesive layer. The Fresnel structure layer is disposed on the first substrate layer and comprises a prism surface. The surface diffusion layer is disposed on a portion of the prism surface. The nano metal plating layer is disposed on the surface diffusion layer. The binding adhesive layer is disposed on the nano metal plating layer and fills and levels the prism surface. The projection light passes the first substrate layer and is incident on the prism surface and then reflected thereby. The ambient light passes the binding adhesive layer, the nano metal plating layer, the surface diffusion layer and the first substrate layer, and is emitted.
US12099281B2
An electro-optic device comprises in order, an electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer, an electro-optic material layer, an adhesive layer, and a backplane substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes configured to apply an electrical potential between the electrically-conductive light-transmissive layer and the pixel electrodes. An activation region, comprising an identification marker, is located in a layer of the electro-optic device and it emits radiation of a characteristic wavelength upon activation by a stimulus, enabling the identification of the manufacturing source and the manufacturing lot of the electro-optic device and its components. The technology is also relevant for a front plane laminate and a double release sheet, which are useful components for the manufacture of electro-optic devices.
US12099278B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first common electrode and a second common electrode arranged in a first direction, a first switch unit selectively supplying a first drive signal or a second drive signal different from the first drive signal to the first common electrode, and a second switch unit selectively supplying the first drive signal or the second drive signal to the second common electrode, wherein the second common electrode and the first switch unit are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first switch unit comprises a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit arranged in the second direction.
US12099272B2
A touch display device includes a substrate, a display layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the display layer, and a touch electrode layer directly contacting the insulating layer. The display layer includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The second region is located between the first region and the third region. The second region is foldable. The touch electrode layer includes a mesh structure, wherein the insulating layer is disposed between the display layer and the mesh structure. The insulating layer includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer. The first layer and the third layer are formed of inorganic insulating materials. The second layer is formed of organic insulating material. The thickness of the first layer is greater than the thickness of the third layer.
US12099264B2
Systems and methods for providing an electrical waveform to a pi-cell polarization switch. The electrical waveform may reduce/limit ion accumulation in and/or light leakage associated with the polarization switch. The electrical waveform may include multiple segments, e.g., a first segment may drive the polarization switch to a first polarization state and may be defined by a first portion having a first voltage level and a first polarity and a second portion having the first voltage level and a second polarity opposite the first polarity and a second segment, occurring after the first segment, that may drive the polarization switch to the second polarization state. The second segment may be defined by a second voltage level having the first polarity. An absolute value of the first voltage level may be greater than an absolute value of the second voltage level.
US12099262B2
A side shield for use with an eyeglass frame includes an attachment body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The attachment body is sized and configured to be insertable within a respective inner periphery of the eyeglass frame. An upper projection extends from the upper portion of the attachment body and is configured to be engageable with a respective lens frame body. A lower projection extends from the lower portion of the attachment body and is configured to be engageable with the respective lens frame body. A side shielding wall is connected to the attachment body and includes an upper edge at least partially defining a void sized to allow for pivotal movement of a respective one of the pair of temple arms when the upper and lower projections are engaged with the respective lens frame body.
US12099254B2
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a lens barrel with which looseness caused by a gap formed between a fixed barrel and a cam barrel can be effectively suppressed without increasing the rotational torque of the cam barrel, as well as a camera equipped with this lens barrel. A lens barrel 100 comprises first to seventh lens group units 21 to 27, a substantially cylindrical rectilinear barrel 11, a substantially cylindrical cam barrel 12, and spacers 11ga, 11gb, 11ha, 11hb, 11ia and 11ib. The cam barrel 12 moves the third to seventh lens group units 23 to 27 in the optical axis OP direction by being rotated with respect to the rectilinear barrel 11 in a state in which main cam followers 11b and main cam grooves 12b are engaged with each other. The spacers 11ga, 11gb, 11ha, 11hb, 11ia and 11ib protrude in the radial direction from the rectilinear barrel 11 and come into contact with the cam barrel 12 so as to suppress looseness between the rectilinear barrel 11 and the cam barrel 12, and the length in the optical axis OP direction is equal to or greater than the amount of movement of the cam barrel 12 in the optical axis OP direction with respect to the rectilinear barrel 11.
US12099240B2
A splitter includes an optical input section, N optical branch sections, and at least (N−1) optical filter structures. Each optical filter structure reflects an optical signal of one wavelength. The at least (N−1) optical filter structures include a special optical filter structure and at least (N−3) common optical filter structures, and a wavelength of an optical signal reflected by each of the common optical filter structures is a common wavelength. A wavelength of an optical signal reflected by a first/second special optical filter structure is a first/second special wavelength. At least (N−3) common wavelengths constitute an arithmetic sequence, a difference between the first special wavelength and a largest common wavelength is greater than a tolerance of the arithmetic sequence, and a difference between the second special wavelength and a smallest common wavelength is greater than the tolerance of the arithmetic sequence.
US12099237B2
A fixture for retaining an optical connector holder and optical fibers for splicing in an optical fiber stripping machine is disclosed. The fixture enables for two optical fibers of the connector to be appropriately aligned such that they can be simultaneously stripped in a standard optical fiber stripping machine. In one example, the fixture includes a main body extending between a first end and a second, a cavity defined within the main body the cavity, the cavity being for receiving an optical cable holder of an optical fiber connector, a first fiber retention structure for holding the optical fibers extending from the connector holder, and a second fiber retention structure for holding the optical fibers.
US12099235B2
An amplification fiber includes a core which is doped with an erbium ion and a cladding which surrounds the core and has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core, and a relative refractive index difference Δn51 between the core and the cladding is not more than a smaller one of values of a relative refractive index difference Δn1 expressed as a predetermined expression related to a radius a of the core and a relative refractive index difference Δn2 expressed as a predetermined expression related to the radius a of the core.
US12099232B2
The present application discloses a backlight module and a mobile terminal. The backlight module includes a reflection layer and a light adjustment layer that are arranged oppositely, wherein he reflection layer is disposed at a periphery of each of light sources, the light adjustment layer includes first light guide portions and a second light guide portion, a light transmittance of each of the first light guide portions is lower than a light transmittance of the second light guide portion, and the reflection layer includes a diffuse reflection sub-layer at least partially overlapping with at least one of the second light guide portion, and a specular reflection sub-layer at least partially overlapping with at least one of the first light guide portions.
US12099226B2
An optical system for displaying an image to a viewer includes a pixelated display including a plurality of pixels emitting unpolarized image light; a partial reflector having an average optical reflectance of at least 30% in a predetermined wavelength range; a first retarder layer disposed between the pixelated display and the partial reflector; a second retarder layer disposed between the first retarder layer and the partial reflector; and a reflective polarizer disposed between the first and second retarder layers. The reflective polarizer is adapted to increase a brightness of a pixelated image emitted by the pixelated display and displayed to the viewer by recycling at least a portion of unpolarized image light emitted by the pixels; and receive an image ray reflected by the partial reflector and reflect the received image ray toward the viewer.
US12099216B2
The present invention provides a surface light source projection device, which includes a light emitting module and a diffractive optical module. Wherein, the diffractive optical module has two micron diffractive layers, the micron diffractive layers include a plurality of micron structures, and the shape of the micron structures is set to be cone, disc or any combination of the above. The micron structures have an outer diameter, and the outer diameter of the micron structures is between 5 times and 200 times of the incident wavelength of the light beam output from the light emitting module. Thereby, the surface light source projection device capable of enduring heat accumulation generated after continuous irradiation of high-energy laser is provided to facilitate long-term irradiation and long-distance sensing.
US12099208B2
A display system includes a pixelated display being curved about at least one axis and including a plurality of groups of pixels; a plurality of light redirecting elements where each light redirecting element corresponds to a different group of pixels in the plurality of groups of pixels; and an optical lens system adapted to receive light emitted by the pixelated display and transmitted by the plurality of light redirecting elements. The optical lens system transmits at least a portion of the received light. For at least one pixel in the plurality of groups of pixels, the light redirecting element corresponding to the pixel reduces an angle between a central light ray emitted by the pixel and a chief light ray emitted by the pixel.
US12099199B2
A system comprising an illumination system to direct light from one or more light sources to a limiting output pupil of a projection optomechanical system, a liquid crystal on silicon display panel (LCOS) to modulate the light from the projection optomechanical system and to direct the modulated light back toward the projection optomechanical system, and an in-coupler to a combiner waveguide to receive the modulated light from the LCOS, after it passes through the projection optomechanical system. The system in one embodiment is designed so that the light that passes through the projection optomechanical system from the illumination system lands on the LCOS within the limiting output pupil of the projection optomechanical system.
US12099193B2
Disclosed is an improved diffraction structure for 3D display systems. The improved diffraction structure includes an intermediate layer that resides between a waveguide substrate and a top grating surface. The top grating surface comprises a first material that corresponds to a first refractive index value, the underlayer comprises a second material that corresponds to a second refractive index value, and the substrate comprises a third material that corresponds to a third refractive index value.
US12099190B2
A waveguide is provided. The waveguide includes a substrate having two outer surfaces for propagating a beam of light in the substrate by reflecting the beam from the two outer surfaces. The waveguide includes at least one polarization volume hologram (PVH) grating to couple light in and/or out of the waveguide. The PVH grating may be a multi-layer PVH grating with graded birefringence.
US12099189B2
A display device includes an image element, a prism mirror that receives image light emitted from the image element through a light incident surface, reflects the image light with an inner reflection surface, and emits the image light from a light emission surface, and a see-through mirror that reflects the image light emitted from the prism mirror toward a pupil position, wherein the prism mirror emits the image light incident from a front to be bent in a direction inclined with respect to the front, and a light emission side of an image source that includes the image element and the prism mirror is covered with a light transmission window that blocks dust.
US12099181B2
A method for centering an optical element in an optical system for an endoscope, wherein the optical element has an optical axis aligned in the optical system such that the optical axis of the optical element coincides with an optical axis of the optical system, the method including: forming recesses into a circumference of the optical element, wherein in a cross-sectional plane of the optical element each recess includes a deepest point which has a smallest distance to the optical axis of the optical element, and the deepest points are located in the cross-sectional plane of the optical element on a circle, a center of the circle being located on the optical axis of the optical element; inserting a centering material into each of the recesses; and aligning the optical element in the optical system using the centering material in each of the recesses.
US12099180B2
An ergonomic digital imaging system obviates the need for, and replaces, the standard microscope with binoculars for viewing images, thereby freeing the user from using his or her hands to manipulate images seen through the binoculars of the microscope, whereby the user can use his or her hands for other tasks, such as dental or other surgery, from a position away from the exhaled breath of the patient being treated. The images are maintained focused, no matter how close or far the viewer is to the viewing display screen. The system is collapsible and portable, so that specialists can take the system from office to office, a plug and play work environment. The extended maneuverability of the camera head results in simple and fast patient positioning, and the camera and display module adjust for any comfortable sit or stand ergonomics of the practitioner.
US12099175B2
An adapter configured to be optically coupled to a plurality of microscopes and including a) a first microscope interface configured to optically couple a first microscope to an optical element in optical communication with an optical probe; b) a second microscope interface configured to optically couple a second microscope to the optical element in optical communication with the optical probe; and c) an optical arrangement configured to direct light collected from a sample with the aid of the optical probe to (1) the first microscope and second microscope simultaneously, or (2) the first microscope or second microscope selectively.
US12099164B2
A predictive real time and prospective environmental analysis and display system accessible by one or more client computing devices through a network to depict on the display surface of a computing device a graphical representation of a geographic environment which can be delimited into one or more two or three-dimensional zones in which visual indicators provide predicted current or prospective airflow speed or direction values associated with the geographic environment.
US12099163B1
The techniques as described herein result in a single set of intrinsic carbon-oxygen (CO) measurements that can be used for various borehole and formation saturation conditions, enhancing the reliability and robustness of formation evaluation in oil and gas wells. A method comprises formulating an intrinsic CO ratio for a subterranean formation, based on theoretical atomic concentrations of carbon and oxygen, and porosity and fluid saturation parameters.
US12099160B2
A computer system and method for determining subterranean rock composition is described in which user input data is received having a plurality of parameters defining a desired subterranean rock composition from a wellbore. Data associated with at least one geologic environment is received, which data contains data acquired from at least one wellbore. An analytical analysis is then conducted by a computer processor utilizing the user input data and the received geologic environment data to determine a match between the user desired subterranean rock composition and the received geologic environment data. Output graphic data is then determined and generated, based at least in part on the analytical analysis, on a computer graphical display consisting of a two-dimensional (2D) graphical representation indicating a region of the geologic environment having a match between the user desired subterranean rock composition and the received geologic environment data.
US12099157B2
One or more first sensors may be configured to sense seismic signals and one or more second sensors may be configured to sense electromagnetic crosstalk signals. The second sensors are not responsive to the seismic signals. The data from the first and second sensors may be recorded as first data and second data, respectively. The first data may be modified based on the second data to remove the electromagnetic crosstalk noise form the seismic data.
US12099152B2
A method for x-ray photon-counting data correction. The method includes generating, by a training data generation module, training input spectral projection data based, at least in part, on a reference spectral projection data. The training input spectral projection data includes at least one of a pulse pileup distortion, a charge splitting distortion, and/or noise. The method further includes training, by a training module, a data correction artificial neural network (ANN) based, at least in part, on training data. The data correction ANN includes a pulse pileup correction ANN, and a charge splitting correction ANN. The training data includes the training input spectral projection data and the reference spectral projection data.
US12099147B2
A vehicle having a Lidar system includes a cleaning apparatus that performs a method of cleaning the Lidar system. The cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle for spraying a gas onto a window of the Lidar, a pump for controlling a flow of the gas through the nozzle, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the pump to control the flow of the gas through the nozzle at a variable flow rate.
US12099146B2
Disclosed is a single photon detector comprising a semiconductor substrate and a 2D material layer provided adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate includes a first well having a first conductivity type, a heavily doped region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and a depletion region provided between the first well and the heavily doped region.
US12099141B1
The present disclosure discloses a laser detection method for port machinery equipment including: providing with a laser radar device: selecting a suitable laser radar device and installing on the port machinery, ensuring that an installation position and angle of the device can provide a good detection range and field of view; emitting and receiving laser: emitting a laser beam and receiving reflected light signals by the laser radar device, emitting a pulsed laser beam by the laser radar device, forming a narrow beam of laser by focusing with an optical component. The laser detection method uses a Velodyne® VLP-32C infrared laser, which has high resolution and a large number of detection points, can provide high-precision laser data to more accurately describe a port environment and target objects. Through a PointNet++deep learning mode, global perception and analysis of laser data can be carried out to obtain target object information.
US12099132B2
Systems and methods for minimizing uncertainty in a geospatial location measurement. First and second positional data of a first reference marker are received, each comprising an uncertainty radius about a preliminary coordinate. A first translation vector comprising the displacement to the first reference marker from the second reference marker is received. The second uncertainty radius is translated by the first translation vector and, based on an intersection area of the translated second uncertainty radius and the first uncertainty radius, the first uncertainty radius is reduced to the intersection area.
US12099131B2
Provided is a direction estimating apparatus using an acoustic sensor, the direction estimating apparatus including a non-directional acoustic sensor, a plurality of directional acoustic sensors provided adjacent to the non-directional acoustic sensor, and a processor configured to obtain a first output signal from the non-directional acoustic sensor and a plurality of second output signals from the plurality of directional acoustic sensors, and estimate a direction of a sound source within an error range from −5 degrees to +5 degrees by comparing magnitudes between the two output signals and phase information between the first output signal and one of the second output signals.
US12099127B2
A method is provided for arranging a grid with respect to a vehicle position. An initial position and a state of movement of the vehicle are determined. A physical grid specifying a spatial location of grid cells with respect to an earth-fixed coordinate system and a logical grid representing the cells within a memory are defined. An initial arrangement of the physical grid is determined with respect to the initial vehicle position. A mapping is defined between the physical and logical grids, and a torus interconnection is defined between margins of the logical grid. A modification of the vehicle position is determined based on the state of movement of the vehicle. By applying the torus interconnection, a revised logical grid is determined based on the modification of the vehicle position. A current arrangement of the physical grid is determined by mapping the revised logical grid.
US12099125B2
A first pair of a wide-lane (WL), zero-difference (ZD) bias filter and corresponding supplemental WL bias predictive filter determines the time-variant wide-lane bias for a corresponding received satellite based on adaptive estimation responsive to tuned dynamic noise. A second pair of narrow-lane (NL), zero-difference (ZD) bias filter and corresponding NL bias filter/code-phase bias filter determines the time-variant NL bias for a corresponding satellite based on adaptive estimation on adaptive estimation responsive to tuned dynamic noise. A correction signal comprises the WL ambiguities, the time-variant WL bias and the NL ambiguities and the time-variant NL bias, along with code bias or code-phase bias for each received satellite within a corresponding GNSS constellation.
US12099111B2
A detection device includes a transmitter for outputting an impulse signal and a receiver for receiving and processing a reflected signal obtained by reflecting the impulse signal from a target. The receiver includes a sample and extension unit that samples a received signal and extends a duration of a value obtained by sampling the received signal to form an extended signal extended to a frequency lower than a frequency of the reflected signal.
US12099110B2
According to various embodiments, a radar system is described comprising a radar receiver configured to receive radio signals, wherein each radio signal is associated with a channel of a plurality of channels, a peak detector configured to perform peak detection using the received radio signals, wherein each detected peak corresponds to a detected object and a direction of arrival estimator configured to, for a detected peak, generate a vector having, for each of the channels, an entry specifying a Doppler Fourier transform result for the channel, supply the vector to a machine learning model trained to output, for each of one or more additional channels, an entry specifying a predicted Doppler Fourier transform result corresponding to the additional channel and perform direction-of-arrival estimation using an output from the machine learning model which the machine learning model outputs in response to being supplied with the vector.
US12099102B2
Systems and method for the delivery of a pump laser using optical diffraction are described herein. In certain embodiments, a system includes a substrate and a waveguide layer formed on the substrate. The waveguide layer includes a first waveguide of a first material configured to receive a probe laser for propagating within the first waveguide. The waveguide layer additionally includes a second waveguide configured to receive a pump laser for propagating within the second waveguide. Further, the waveguide layer includes one or more diffractors configured to direct a portion of the pump laser out of the second waveguide and through the first waveguide.
US12099100B1
The present invention relates to a sensor suite comprising at least one sensor. More particularly, the present invention relates to a sensor suite for measuring absolute and/or relative position, location and orientation of an object on or in which the sensor suite is employed. The present invention further relates to improved, novel sensor types for use in the sensor suite. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved, novel magnetometer that is self-calibrating and scalable. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to such a magnetometer that is miniaturized. Further embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for providing location and guidance, and more particularly for providing location and guidance in environments where global position systems (GPS) are unavailable or unreliable (GPS denied and/or degraded environments).
US12099098B2
Detection circuit for on-board direct current/direct current (DC/DC) ground wire and on-board device
A detection circuit for the on-board direct current/direct current (DC/DC) ground wire and an on-board device are provided. The circuit includes a digital signal process (DSP) controller, a detection circuit, a standby circuit for an on-board DC/DC converter, and a power-supply negative wire for the on-board DC/DC converter. The detection circuit includes a comparator, a first conductive branch, a second conductive branch, a third conductive branch. In this way, the detection circuit is connected between the DSP controller and the standby circuit for the on-board DC/DC converter, and the detection circuit is connected between the DSP controller and the power-supply negative wire for the on-board DC/DC converter.
US12099097B2
The present description concerns a circuit (5) for monitoring the operation of a component (1) associated with equipment (3), comprising: at least one device (100) for measuring one or a plurality of physical quantities associated with the operation of the component; and a circuit for calculating a value representative of a remaining lifetime of a component, said monitoring circuit (5) being linked to the equipment.
US12099084B2
Described herein are systems and methods for real-time fault detection in electrical circuits. Various embodiments provide a fault detection circuit that uses a resistor network that is controlled to detect an internal current leak in multiple directions, e.g., to ground or to a power supply. The magnitude of the leakage current may be estimated from voltage measurements at voltage pins. In addition, as part of circuit diagnostics, open and short circuit fault conditions may be identified by using current sources and measuring deflections at the voltage pins.
US12099080B2
An ingress protection assembly for leading a wire, such as a signal and/or a supply line, through a partition wall of an electrical device is provided. The ingress protection assembly includes a first wall section provided with a receiving slot extending through the first wall section in a lead-through direction and opening at an inlet facing in an assembly direction of the ingress protection assembly; and a second wall section provided with a counter slot extending through the second wall section in the lead-through direction and opening at a counter inlet facing against the assembly direction, wherein at least in a fully assembled state of the ingress protection assembly, the first wall section and the second wall section are at least partially superimposed in a projection along the lead-through direction such that the receiving slot and the counter slot together form an aperture configured for tightly encompassing the wire.
US12099077B2
A socket for electrically connecting a first electrical component, the upper surface of which is pressed upon by a pressing member, and a second electrical component which is positioned below the first electrical component, said socket being equipped with: a socket main body which has a placement surface on which the first electrical component is placed; and a holding part which is provided to the socket main body, holds the first electrical component to the socket main body by engaging the first electrical component in a pressed state in which the first electrical component is pressed upon by the pressing member, and releases the engagement with the first electrical component when the pressing member moves a prescribed distance away from the position which corresponds to the pressed state.
US12099073B2
The invention relates to a device for determining a volume of gas in a sample contained in a vessel, the device comprising: a frame configured to attach the vessel; a needle having a longitudinal axis, comprising a proximal part and a distal part, the distal part being configured to pierce the vessel and the proximal part comprising a lumen; and an analysis compartment comprising a cell in fluid communication with the lumen of the proximal part of the needle. The invention also relates to a method for determining a volume of gas in a sample contained in a vessel.
US12099070B2
A method for discriminating between Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy, the method comprising the steps of: (1) preparing a solution containing α-synuclein monomers having a tendency to produce rod-like aggregates and/or a solution containing α-synuclein monomers having a tendency to produce twisted aggregates; (2) adding a biological sample from a subject to the solution(s) containing the α-synuclein monomers prepared in step (1); (3) allowing the α-synuclein monomers to aggregate in the solution(s) obtained in step (2); and (4) detecting α-synuclein aggregates formed in step (3).
US12099069B2
Disclosed herein are methods that aid in the hyperacute diagnosis and evaluation of a human subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as mild or moderate, severe, or moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), using an early biomarker, such as ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or a combination thereof. Also disclosed here are methods that aid in the hyperacute determination of whether a human subject that has sustained an injury or may have sustained to the head would benefit from and thus receive a head computerized tomography (CT) scan based on the levels of UCH-L1. These methods involve detecting levels of early biomarker, such as ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or a combination thereof, in samples taken from a human subject at a time point within about 2 hours, such as about 10, 12, or 20 minutes, after the subject has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head.
US12099067B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect one or more of C-C motif chemokine 16, C-C motif chemokine 14, and Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor UFO as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker assays in renal injuries.
US12099066B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for analyzing a body fluid proteome. The method comprises: obtaining a sample to be tested I enriched with low-abundance proteins by removing high-abundance proteins in an initial sample A using an affinity technique; obtaining a sample to be tested II enriched with low-abundance proteins by removing high-abundance proteins in an initial sample B using chemical precipitation, wherein the initial sample A and the initial sample B are obtained from a same body fluid sample of a same subject; obtaining a proteome data set I by performing proteomic analysis on the sample to be tested I; obtaining a proteome data set II by performing proteomic analysis on the sample to be tested II; and determining a final quantified proteome data set of the body fluid sample based on the proteome data set I and the proteome data set II.
US12099052B2
A method for detecting ingestion times comprises the following steps: obtaining hair samples or nail samples; sampling hair samples or nail samples per unit length, and judging whether the target ingested substance and its metabolites are present in each sample; and counting times of detected target ingested substance and its metabolites as the ingestion times.
US12099050B2
A system for partially or fully automated, buoyancy-assisted separation includes and/or interfaces with an automated instrument. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include and/or interface with any or all of: a set of buoyant particles, a set of containers (individually and/or collectively equivalently referred to herein as a consumable), a 1st container management subsystem, a 2nd container management subsystem, a user interface subsystem, and/or any other components. A method for partially or fully automated, buoyancy-assisted separation includes manipulating the set of containers and/or processing the set of materials at a 1st container management subsystem; and manipulating the set of containers and/or processing the set of materials at a 2nd container management subsystem.
US12099039B2
A new method for evaluating embrittlement of an amorphous alloy ribbon is provided. The method includes: pressing a pressurization member from one side to a plurality of positions of an amorphous alloy ribbon; scattering, in the amorphous alloy ribbon, pressurization portions where the pressurization member is pressed to form indentation; and evaluating embrittlement by the number or distribution of pressurization portions where cracks have occurred.
US12099037B1
A method for determining an optimal fiber content and fiber slenderness ratio in compression-cast fiber-reinforced concrete (CCFRC). The method includes: step 1, determining an optimal range of pressure of CCFRC with a mix proportion; step 2, applying optimal compressive stress to a fiber-reinforced concrete mixture, and performing a uniaxial compression test after demolding and curing; step 3, keeping the slenderness ratio of the fiber in step 1 and the optimal compressive stress in step 2 unchanged, decreasing or increasing content of the fiber, and repeating step 2 to obtain a mechanical property of CCFRC with different content of the fiber; and step 4, keeping the content of the fiber in step 1 and the optimal compressive stress in step 2 unchanged, decreasing or increasing a slenderness ratio of the fiber, and repeating step 2 to obtain a mechanical property of CCFRC with a different slenderness ratio of the fiber.
US12099035B2
Provided are methods and system for hydrocarbon exploration. The method may include using a downhole reconfigurable pipe inspection tool for electromagnetic logging. The method may also include using the electromagnetic pipe inspection tool for inspecting wellbore pipes. The tool may include at least two modules, a signal generator for exciting the transmitter coil; and a receiver circuitry for measuring voltage across the receiver coil, wherein at least one tool parameter is reconfigurable. The first module houses a transmitter coil, a first end, and a second opposing end, wherein the first and second ends each have a connector thereon. The second module houses a receiver coil, a first end, and a second opposing end, wherein the first and second ends of the second module each have a connector thereon.
US12099027B2
An electronic device can detect whether the device is submerged in water using measurements from one or more electrodes. In some examples, the water detection can differentiate between a user contact with an electrode or the electrode submerged in water. In some examples, the detection of water can trigger water-related functions on device.
US12099025B2
A device for measuring short-wavelength characteristic X-ray diffraction based on array detection, and a measurement and analysis method based on the device are provided. An array detector of the device only detects and receives a diffraction ray which is diffracted by a material of a to-be-measured part inside a sample and passes through a through hole of a receiving collimator, and rays passing through a positioning hole. The to-be-measured part inside the sample is placed at the center of the diffractometer circle of the device. The method is performed with the device. With the present disclosure, a diffraction pattern of a part inside the sample with a centimeter thickness, i.e. Debye rings, can be rapidly and non-destructively measured, thereby rapidly and non-destructively measuring and analyzing crystal structures, and its crystal structural change of the part inside the sample, such as phase, texture, and stress.
US12099020B2
An inspection device and method suppressing measurement time and power consumption. A detection device according to the present disclosure includes a first probe with a first antenna unit for transmission, a second probe with a second antenna unit for reception, the second probe being opposed to the first probe at a predetermined distance, a measurement unit that measures a measurement signal including a propagation characteristic of an electromagnetic wave in a medium between the first and second antenna units, and a calculation unit that calculates characteristics information of the medium based on the measurement signal. In a first mode, the measurement unit measures the measurement signal in a first frequency band for the electromagnetic wave propagating in the medium, and in a second mode, the measurement unit measures the measurement signal in a second frequency band, which is a part of the first frequency band for the electromagnetic wave.
US12099018B2
An Inspection apparatus (9) for inspecting cylindrical metal formed parts comprises a guide (11) for guiding the metal formed parts to be inspected through the inspection apparatus (9). The inspection apparatus (9) further comprises a radiation device which is adapted to emit radiation in the direction of the guided metal formed parts, so that the radiation impinges on each of the metal formed parts and is at least partially reflected therefrom as reflection radiation. A sensor device of the inspection apparatus is adapted to receive the reflection radiation and convert it into image data. An evaluation device is designed to assess, based on an evaluation of the image data, whether the respective metal formed part has production-related defects.
US12099011B2
The present invention relates to a fluorescent polymer cast on the surface of wells of a plate and a plate comprising the fluorescent polymer. The plate is used in a method for calibrating read-out values of plate readers. The method for calibrating the plate readers can effectively reduce the deviation of read-out values among different plate readers.
US12099009B2
A method and apparatus for surface plasmon resonance imaging are provided for imaging the surface plasmon resonance signals caused by the interaction of biomolecules. In particular, the method and apparatus can image the slightly spectral change in a surface plasmon resonance mode by comparing the light intensities of two bands in the frequency domain of the surface plasmon.
US12099003B2
A device may receive information identifying results of a set of spectroscopic measurements of a training set of known samples and a validation set of known samples. The device may generate a classification model based on the information identifying the results of the set of spectroscopic measurements, wherein the classification model includes at least one class relating to a material of interest for a spectroscopic determination, and wherein the classification model includes a no-match class relating to at least one of at least one material that is not of interest or a baseline spectroscopic measurement. The device may receive information identifying a particular result of a particular spectroscopic measurement of an unknown sample. The device may determine whether the unknown sample is included in the no-match class using the classification model. The device may provide output indicating whether the unknown sample is included in the no-match class.
US12099001B2
A bale composition determination system comprising a baler configured to pick up crop material cut and lying on the ground in the form of a windrow and to form bales of the crop material. The system additionally includes one or more sensors configured to obtain electromagnetic reflectance information for the crop material. The system further includes a control system configured to receive the electromagnetic reflectance information for the crop material and to generate vegetation index values for the bales of crop material based on the electromagnetic reflectance information.
US12099000B2
In a defect detection device (10), an input receiver (161) receives an input, by a user, of information concerning the kind and size of a defect expected to be present in or on a test object. An exciter (11, 12) induces an elastic wave in the test object, with the frequency of the elastic wave being variable. A measurer (15) optically measures a vibration state of the surface of the test object caused by the elastic wave. A wavelength determiner (164) determines the wavelength of the elastic wave induced in the test object, based on the vibration state obtained by the measurer. A frequency selector (165) selects an appropriate frequency from a plurality of frequencies, based on the kind and size of the expected defect as well as the wavelength acquired for each of the plurality of frequencies by the wavelength determiner by varying the frequency of the elastic wave.
US12098999B2
An electromagnetic wave sensor cover, applied to an electromagnetic wave sensor including a transmission unit and a reception unit, includes a cover main body portion that covers the transmission unit and the reception unit. The cover main body portion includes: a base material formed of a resin material and having a transmission property of an electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit; an undercoat layer formed on a rear surface of the base material and having the transmission property of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit; a heater portion that is formed of copper in a band shape on a rear surface of the undercoat layer, is configured to generate heat by being energized, and adheres to the base material via the undercoat layer; and a SiO2 coating film having the transmission property of the electromagnetic wave from the transmission unit and covering the heater portion.
US12098992B2
A method for evaluating a rock permeability is disclosed. The method includes generating a binary 2D field of view image; selecting a plurality of regions from the generated image; locating a plurality of pores from the plurality of image seeds; collecting pore data for each pore of the plurality of pores; characterizing the pore data for each pore of the plurality of pores; storing pore data for each pore from the plurality of pores; choosing an image seed of the plurality of image seeds as an initial slice of the 3D image model of the source rock; modulating the pore data for each pore of the plurality of pores relative to the plurality of pores from each image seed of the plurality of image seeds; generating and combining the plurality of new images into a 3D volume to generate the 3D image model of the source rock.
US12098987B2
Rheometer systems and related methods are provided. In accordance with an example, a rheometer system includes a rheometer and a platform supporting the rheometer and movable between a lowered position and a raised position. The rheometer system includes a fluid receptacle defining an opening. The rheometer system includes a receptacle housing having a housing side and adapted to receive the fluid receptacle. The opening of the fluid receptacle facing the rheometer when the fluid receptacle is received by the receptacle housing. The rheometer system includes a thermoelectric device coupled adjacent to the housing side. The rheometer system includes a controller in communication with the thermoelectric device and adapted to control a temperature of the thermoelectric device.
US12098985B2
A substrate holder includes a base configured to receive a substrate; a cover configured to mateably engage with the base, the cover defining an opening formed by inner sidewalls; and a removable insert defining a surface, the removable insert being configured to be received within the opening of the cover. The removable insert includes a gasket; a projection coupled to the gasket; and at least two insert tabs extending from opposite sides of the removable insert, each insert tab being configured to engage with at least one of the inner sidewalls forming the opening of the cover.
US12098981B2
A robotic soil sampling assembly for rapidly obtaining a soil sample from each of multiple sites includes a rolling chassis, to which a sampling apparatus and a computer are attached. The sampling apparatus comprises an auger, a plurality of containers, a robotic manager, and a robotic handler. The robotic manager selectively positions a respective container in axial alignment with the auger, whereupon it is selectively gripped by the robotic handler and selectively positioned along an axis that is defined by the auger. A drill motor and a drill actuator selectively rotate and drill the auger, respectively, into ground upon which the rolling chassis is positioned. The computer is programmed to selectively actuate a pair of chassis motors to sequentially position the rolling chassis at sampling sites and to selectively actuate the sampling apparatus for obtaining a soil sample, which is deposited into an associated container.
US12098976B2
According to one embodiment, a structure evaluation system includes an impact imparting unit, a plurality of sensors, a position locator, and an evaluator. The impact imparting unit applies impacts to a second region different from a first region of a structure to which traveling sections of a vehicle, which travels on the structure, apply impacts. The plurality of sensors detect elastic waves generated in the structure. The position locator locates a position of a source of the elastic waves on the basis of the elastic waves detected by each of the plurality of sensors. The evaluator evaluates a deterioration state of the structure on the basis of a position location result of the position locator.
US12098969B2
An imaging system is for recording images of a bearing raceway and includes a platform having a surface sized to receive the bearing ring and an optical imager having a lens. A positioner secures the optical imager or a reflector oriented to reflect light to the optical imager lens and locates the optical imager lens or the reflector axially between first and second axial ends of the raceway and facing generally toward the raceway. A motor rotates the platform or the positioner relative to the other one of the platform and the positioner. A processor operates the optical imager and the motor such that the optical imager takes a series of images about the entire perimeter of the bearing raceway. The processor also indexes each image to a separate one of a plurality of arcuate segments of the raceway and constructs a panoramic image of the raceway.
US12098967B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a torque and angle sensing device. A sensor and a processing circuit are integrated into the device. The sensor is configured to generate a first signal indicative of a first angle and/or speed. The device includes an input contact configured to receive a second reference signal indicative of a second reference angle and/or speed. The processing circuit is configured to generate an indication of torque based on at least the first signal and the second signal. In certain applications, the processing circuit is capable of pre-programming and/or learning and storing the reference information and generating an indication of torque based on the first signal generated internally and the reference information. An output contact of the device can provide the indication of torque. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.
US12098965B2
A testing method for a thermal contact between a temperature sensor and a battery cell of a battery module, includes measuring a temperature T1 of the temperature sensor at a time point t1, heating the temperature sensor for a defined time (t2−t1) and/or (t3−t1), measuring a temperature T2 of the temperature sensor at a time point t2 and/or a temperature T3 of the temperature sensor at a time point t3, and determining the thermal contact between the temperature sensor and the battery cell based on at least one of the temperature differences ΔT2,1=(T2−T1), ΔT3,1=(T3−T1) and ΔT3,2=(T3−T2) and a heat transfer coefficient determined thereby. Also, a testing circuit for a temperature sensor of a battery module includes a thermistor with a first node connected to a first supply voltage and a second node connected to ground, a switch interconnected between the first node of the thermistor and a second supply voltage, and an analog-to-digital converter connected in parallel to the thermistor. Also, a cell supervision circuit for a battery module including a circuit carrier, a testing circuit, and a temperature sensor surface mounted to the circuit carrier and having a measuring head with a thermistor configured to be brought into thermal contact with a battery cell of the battery module.
US12098964B2
Various techniques for implementing resistive temperature sensors that rely on the resistors' temperature sensitivity to provide temperature sensing are disclosed. Temperature sensitive resistors may be implemented in a resistor stack in combination with a resistor stack of resistors that are relatively temperature indifferent. Various temperature sensor circuits implementing these temperature sensitive resistors are also disclosed. A temperature sensor circuit may implement the temperature sensitive resistors along with the resistors that are relatively stable with temperature to output a voltage signal that is indicative of the temperature sensed by the circuit. In some instances, the signal from the temperature sensitive resistors is increased through the use of a feedback resistor loop.
US12098958B2
An apparatus and method for determining a temperature in a system having an object, an optical sensor, and a gas flow passing between the object and the optical sensor, sensing, with the optical sensor, a wavelength emitted from the object and indicative of an attenuation, sensing, with the optical sensor, a wavelength emitted from the object and indicative of a temperature of at least one of the object or the gas; and calculating a temperature of the gas using the wavelengths.
US12098957B2
Disclosed are a colorimeter and a reflectivity measuring method based on a multichannel spectrum. The colorimeter includes a main unit and a calibration box, wherein the main unit includes an integrating sphere, a light source and a main sensor, a detection hole is formed in one side of a top of the integrating sphere, a light-through hole is formed in a side of the integrating sphere, and a measuring port is formed in a bottom of the integrating sphere, the light source is arranged outside the light-through hole, and the main sensor is arranged outside the detection hole; the calibration box includes a housing and a white board arranged at a top of the housing, the white board is correspondingly matched with the measuring port, and the calibration box is connected with the main unit; the sensor is a multichannel spectral sensor.
US12098955B2
Described herein is a computer-implemented process which includes at least the following steps: receiving at least one image or a plurality of images, implementing an image analysis for each of the images obtained, using at least one processor, identifying at least one sparkle point within a respective image, implementing a features analysis of the at least one identified sparkle point in the respective image in respect of at least one predefined size feature, determining at least one value for the at least one predefined size feature for the at least one sparkle point, calculating a size distribution for the respective image based on the determined value for the at least one predefined size feature, and providing a formulation for a coating which is identical or at least similar in appearance to the target coating.
US12098946B2
The present disclosure describes a lift truck attachment system that includes a lift truck carriage with an upper carriage support and a lower carriage support secured between two support brackets. The lift truck carriage is dimensioned to fit at least partially between opposing masts of a lift truck, such that the upper and lower carriage supports do not extend substantially beyond a forward surface of the mast. A device assembly, is mounted to the lift truck carriage, the device assembly including a base portion removably secured to the upper and/or lower carriage supports via one or more attachments. The device assembly can include a carriage scale removably secured to the base portion, the carriage scale configured to support load handling fixtures, such as a lift fork. In some examples, a single carriage support is used.
US12098943B2
A measuring apparatus for detecting a fill level or limit level of a filling material in a container, wherein the measuring apparatus is designed to be situated on the container and comprises a sensor for determining the fill or limit level, a power supply unit which is electrically connected to the sensor and is designed and configured to supply the sensor with electrical power, an activation unit which is connected at least to the power supply unit for signal communication and an associated method of use.
US12098933B2
A generation device includes processing circuitry configured to receive a plurality of inputs of road map data including longitude/latitude data on lane information indicating a center line of a lane, longitude/latitude data on a road shoulder line, and longitude/latitude data on a lane marker, and refer to the road map data and generate a first polygon indicating a region of a lane based on a plurality of intersections on the lane marker or the road shoulder line crossed by a vertical line from the lane information.
US12098932B2
A system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to: determine, via a trained neural network model, a route for a vehicle to traverse based on vehicle sensor data, and update the trained neural network model based on data received from at least one of an edge computing device or an infrastructure (V2I) device.
US12098930B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device present navigation routes from various perspectives. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of representations of (e.g., physical) objects in the vicinity of a navigation route while presenting navigation directions. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies display of portions of a navigation route that are occluded by representations of (e.g., physical) objects in a map. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents representations of (e.g., physical) objects in maps in response to requests to search for (e.g., physical) objects.
US12098929B2
Systems and methods for using augmented reality technology to provide on-site service center personnel with enhanced safety. In particular, augmented reality technology can be used to display autonomous vehicle driving paths to service center personnel. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for using augmented reality technology to improve efficiency of autonomous vehicle service centers and operating facilities. For example, augmented reality technology can be used to communicate services for respective autonomous vehicles to service center personnel. Augmented reality technology can be presented to users via augmented reality glasses.
US12098926B2
Provided is a system including a robot and an application of a communication device. The robot includes a medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of the robot effectuate operations including: obtaining first data indicative of a relative position of the robot in a workspace; actuating the robot to drive within the workspace to form a map including mapped perimeters that correspond with physical perimeters of the workspace while obtaining second data indicative of movement of the robot; and forming the map of the workspace based on at least some of the first data, wherein the map of the workspace expands as new first data are obtained, until all perimeters of the workspace are included in the map. The application is configured to display information, such as the map, and receive user input.
US12098924B2
A function control method can be applied to a first device configured with a smart space semantic map and include: determining a first location of the first device in the smart space semantic map; determining, based on the first location, a second device in the smart space semantic map, the second device having the capability of executing a first function; and performing a predetermined action, to cause the second device to execute the first function.
US12098920B2
An optical coherence tomography device includes a light source, a mirror device including a movable mirror configured to perform a reciprocating operation, a support part configured to support an object, a beam splitter configured to generate interfering light, an optical sensor configured to detect the interfering light, and a control unit. Each of the plurality of pixels included in the optical sensor includes a light receiving part, a plurality of transfer gates, and a discharge gate. The control unit applies an electric signal to the optical sensor so that the plurality of transfer gates are sequentially brought into a charge transfer state in at least three time ranges separated from each other and the discharge gate is brought into a charge discharge state in a time range other than the at least three time ranges for each period of an interferogram signal of the interfering light.
US12098911B2
Values of parameters specifying conditions for obtaining 3D measurement data representing a measurement object are output as values satisfying a condition designated by a user. The technique includes setting and changing, within a predetermined range, values of parameters specifying conditions for obtaining 3D measurement data represented by 3D coordinates indicating points on a surface of the measurement object, measuring the measurement object to obtain 3D data sets representing the measurement object based on the parameter values resulting from the setting or the change, registering the 3D data sets, storing an identification result of the measurement object based on 3D data obtained through the registration in association with the parameter values, receiving, from a user, designation of a priority condition for obtaining 3D measurement data, and outputting a combination(s) of values of parameters satisfying the priority condition based on association between identification results of the measurement object and the parameter values.
US12098910B2
A wireless detonation system (1) includes a blasting operation device (40), a detonator (10), and a relay device (30). The blasting operation device (40) is disposed at a distance from a blasting face (71) and wirelessly transmits a first downstream signal at a first frequency. The detonator (10) is loaded in a blast hole (72) in the blasting face (71), and has a receiving coil (12) for wirelessly receiving a second downstream signal at a second frequency lower than the first frequency. A relay device (30) includes a first transmitting-receiving antenna (35) that wirelessly receives the first downstream signal, a relay processor (32) that wirelessly receives the first downstream signal and processes it into the second downstream signal to be wirelessly transmitted at the second frequency, and a second transmitting-receiving antenna (37) that transmits the second downstream signal. The second transmitter-receiver antenna (37) is loaded into an insertion hole (74) in the blasting face (71) aligned with the blast hole (72).
US12098907B2
A conducted electrical weapon may deploy a first electrode. Deploying the first electrode may include deploying fewer electrodes than a minimum number required by the conducted electrical weapon to provide the stimulus signal at a remote location. The first electrode may be deployed in response to a first activation signal of a plurality of activation signals. The conducted electrical weapon may deploy a second electrode in response to a second activation signal of the plurality of activation signals. A signal generator of the conducted electrical weapon may provide a stimulus signal between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12098904B2
A deployable, linear explosive structure includes a split tube, an explosive coupled to the split tube, and a fragmentable or non-fragmentable projectile disposed with respect to the explosive. The split tube can be rolled into a non-deployed state in which the split tube has a flat, rolled profile. The split tube also can be deployed from the non-deployed state to a deployed state in which the split tube is extended along its length and has a curved cross-section along its length. The split tube provides support of the explosive structure in the deployed state. The split tube also provides smaller storage and transportation volume for the explosive structure when rolled in the non-deployed state.
US12098901B2
A gas-powered gun for discharge of projectiles, comprising a pressure chamber for holding compressed gas, a valve arranged to release compressed gas from the pressure chamber to thereby discharge a projectile provided in a barrel, and a plenum chamber in fluid connection with the pressure chamber. The plenum chamber is formed coaxially around a rear portion of the barrel.
US12098891B1
The shell-and-tube heat exchanger with semicylindrical tubes includes a shell, an inlet tube sheet received within the shell, and an outlet tube sheet received within the shell. The inlet tube sheet divides the interior of the shell into an inlet plenum and a heat exchange region, and the outlet tube sheet further divides the interior of the shell into an outlet plenum and the heat exchange region. A plurality of tubes are received in and extend across the heat exchange region within the shell. Each of the tubes has an inlet end and an outlet end respectively mounted within corresponding openings formed through the inlet and outlet tube sheets. Each of the tubes is in fluid communication with the inlet plenum and the outlet plenum, and each of the tubes has a semicylindrical shape.
US12098884B2
A support tooling for porous preforms intended to be infiltrated by a molten metal includes a rack including two suspension bars each extending longitudinally along a first direction, the suspension bars being held spaced apart from one another along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality or porous preform supports removably mounted on the suspension bars, each support including a first portion connected to one of the suspension bars by a connection sliding along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions and a second portion extending from the first portion and including support elements which are able to hold a porous preform by point or linear contact.
US12098869B2
A method for cooling with a refrigerant based cooling system includes circulating a refrigerant in a main flow path of a refrigeration cycle including an accumulator, compressor, condenser and an evaporator, diverting a portion of flow to a bypass flow path from a location along the main flow path that is downstream the compressor and upstream the condenser and combining flow through the bypass flow path with flow through the main flow path downstream the condenser and upstream from the evaporator. The rate of flow through the bypass flow path may be dynamically controlled.
US12098867B1
A water heating system includes a burner and a gas valve fluidly connected to the burner to deliver a flow of combustible gas thereto. The gas valve has an adjustable throttle for the flow of combustible gas, along with a motor to adjust a position of the throttle. A controller is configured to determine a throttle position corresponding to a target air-fuel ratio of the burner during a calibration sequence, and to control the motor in order to operate the burner at that target air-fuel ratio throttle position during a start sequence. The controller is configured to monitor a characteristic of the burner during the start sequence, and to initiate the calibration sequence if the monitored characteristic exceeds an error threshold.
US12098859B2
An air treatment system includes an air handling unit to direct air into a building structure; a sensor to detect the presence of a target material and produce a signal indicative of the detection of a target material greater than a threshold amount; and a control system to control the air handler based on the signal from the sensor.
US12098857B2
A wireless communication device includes a main control chip and an outline interface. The main control chip includes a reset pin configured to reset the main control chip and a debug serial port input pin configured to read and detect a running state of a program. The debug serial port input pin is connected to a direct-current power source to receive a high voltage level input. The reset pin is disconnected from an input pin of the outline interface.
US12098855B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a refrigerant flow switching device, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion device, a heat medium heat exchanger, and an accumulator are connected, a heat medium circuit in which a pump, the heat medium heat exchanger, a heat medium flow control device, and a load side heat exchanger are connected, at least one or more bypass pipes provided in the refrigerant circuit so that the refrigerant discharged from the compressor bypasses at least either one of the heat source side heat exchanger and the heat medium heat exchanger, a bypass opening and closing device provided at the bypass pipe, and a controller configured to control the bypass opening and closing device to carry out a start-up control function of causing low-pressure gas refrigerant with a high degree of superheat to flow into the accumulator.
US12098847B2
A gas turbine combustor according to at least one embodiment is a gas turbine combustor that includes: a tubular member; a plurality of premixing tubes circumferentially arranged on an inner side of the tubular member, each of the plurality of premixing tubes forming an outlet portion of a premixing passage; and a base plate for supporting the plurality of premixing tubes. The base plate has: a plurality of through holes disposed corresponding to the plurality of premixing tubes, respectively, and allowing the premixing passage to pass through the base plate; and a plurality of oblique holes extending obliquely with respect to an axial direction of the gas turbine combustor in a region different from a region where the through holes are disposed.
US12098844B2
An integrated comprehensive adjustment method for a pulverized coal boiler based on high-temperature corrosion prevention and control of water wall is provided. The method includes: during shutdown period of the boiler, mounting reducing atmosphere sampling pipe on a water-cooled wall region; carrying out a diagnostic test on the boiler; carrying out an optimization and adjustment test of a boiler pulverizing system; carrying out a single-factor adjustment test of boiler-related parameters; determining degrees of influence of different parameters on water wall reducing atmosphere, thermal efficiency of the boiler and NOx concentration at a denitration inlet; carrying out an optimization test of ammonia spraying of a denitration system; carrying out a maximum safe denitration efficiency test; and finding a balance point among the water wall reducing atmosphere, the thermal efficiency of the boiler and the NOx concentration at the denitration inlet.
US12098841B2
An optical component includes a phase diffraction grating and an amplitude diffraction grating. The phase diffraction grating includes a center concave section and a plurality of ring stages. The ring stages surround the center concave section. The center concave section and the ring stages form a cavity, where a light source is disposed in the cavity and emits the light to the optical component. Each of the ring stages has a stage surface. Each of the stage surfaces includes a plurality of ring microstructures arranged in concentric circles. The widths of each ring microstructure in at least one of the ring stages are less than the quarter wavelength of the light. The amplitude diffraction grating includes a center convex section and a plurality of ring parts. The center convex section and the center concave section are aligned. The ring parts surround the central convex section.
US12098840B2
A light diffusion plate is configured to be assembled with a blue light source module having blue Mini LEDs to form a white light backlight module. The light diffusion plate is added with organic dyes with light-emission wavelength of 490-650 nm in order to convert the blue light into white light. The light diffusion plate is made by a foaming extrusion process and contains a plurality of micro-bubbles with a size of 60-400 μm and a weight-reduction ratio of 15-25% for improving the uniformity of white light and resolving the MURA problem. The size of micro-bubbles is controlled by reducing the temperature of at the exit end of the T-die head, such that the wavelength of the white light emitted from the light diffusion plate can be narrower to achieve the effect of wider color gamut display.
US12098834B1
An electrical light assembly is provided. The electrical light assembly includes a base and a socket. The socket is configured to engage with the base in a snap configuration. The socket includes a housing with internal threads designed to receive a light bulb, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector includes a first connection point provided in the form of a sharp point. The second connector includes a second connection point provided in the form of a sharp point. The first connection point and the second connection point being offset from one another and are designed to pierce an insulative layer of an electrical cord, providing an electrical connection between the electrical cord and the light bulb.
US12098831B1
Systems and methods for enabling wireless control and communication between one or more internal control devices and one or more external devices for controlling one or more light fixtures. According to embodiments, the internal control device is configured to connect to a light fixture that includes at least: a casing forming a cavity therein and one or more lamp-connectors for connecting to one or more illuminators locatable within the cavity, the internal control device may include: (i) an internal controller configured at least to control operation of the one or more illuminators of the light fixture, and to wirelessly communicate with at least one external device, wherein the at least one external device is configured at least for controlling one or more operations of the internal controller; and (ii) a controller encasement configured to be locatable in the cavity of the light fixture, such that the internal controller is kept within the cavity of the light fixture, and wherein only an outer surface of the controller encasement is located over an outer surface of the casing of the light fixture.
US12098829B2
The present disclosure provides a lamp mounting structure and a lamp, and the lamp mounting structure includes a mounting assembly, a connection assembly and a chassis assembly, the mounting assembly is fixedly mounted on a mounting wall, the chassis assembly is fixedly connected with a lamp main body, the connection assembly includes a first connection assembly and a second connection assembly, two ends of the first connection assembly are rotatably connected with the mounting assembly and the chassis assembly, and a first lock catch part is provided on the mounting assembly, at least one second lock catch part is provided at a position, corresponding to the first lock catch part, of the chassis assembly, and the first lock catch part and the second lock catch part are in a lock catch connection.
US12098826B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for attaching pool accessories, such as LED light strings, to a pool liner. The systems and methods for attaching pool accessories can comprise a re-sealable pocket attached to a pool liner where the re-sealable pocket can hold a LED light string or another pool accessory.
US12098822B2
A light box structure includes a bracket and a board. The bracket is in an arc shape and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The board has a plurality of magnetic positioning posts. The magnetic positioning posts have at least two different heights. The board is attracted and attached on the first surface of the bracket through the magnetic positioning posts.
US12098815B2
Disclosed are a headlamp light-sensing detection device and a headlamp. The headlamp light-sensing detection device includes a condensing lens, a lens hood and a light-sensing element. The condensing lens is arranged in front of the light-sensing element, to converge external light to the light-sensing element. The lens hood is arranged between the light-sensing element and the condensing lens, and may be configured to shield the light which is projected to the light-sensing element by a high beam light source and a low beam light source, so as to reduce optical crosstalk, such that external ambient light is received accurately, thereby achieving a desirable light-sensing detection effect. The light-sensing element may provide photoelectric parameters according to the brightness of sensed light, and then an MCU chip collects the photoelectric parameters and provides a corresponding control signal.
US12098810B2
To efficiently illuminate a wide area, an illumination apparatus includes a housing, a light emitter, and a light-transmissive member supported by the housing. The housing has an outer surface including a first outer surface and a second outer surface adjacent to the first outer surface. The second outer surface faces in a direction different from a direction in which the first outer surface faces. The light emitter is operable with power supplied from a battery pack. The light-transmissive member is transmissive to at least part of light from the light emitter and extends on the first outer surface and on the second outer surface.
US12098796B2
A system for dewatering a subsea gas pipeline includes a pig launcher at the pipeline's upper end, which may be at or near the sea surface, and a pig receiver at the pipeline's lower end, which may be at or near the sea floor. A multiphase pump unit is deployed at the pipeline lower end and is configured to provide sea water suction to aid in a pig train being forced downwards through pipeline. The multiphase pump is configured to handle some amount of gas leaking around the pig train. A choke system may allow sea water to enter the flowline, thereby lowering the gas volume fraction (GVF) and preventing the GVF from exceeding the ability of the multiphase pump. For deeper water applications, a second pump may be provided in series that may be a single pump if positioned downstream of the multiphase pump.
US12098794B2
A swivel bayonet joint for transferring cryogenic fluids includes a plug bayonet joint and a socket bayonet joint. The plug bayonet joint has an insertion stem with an insertion jacket surrounding and co-axial with a plug inner line of a corresponding pipe section, and a first clamp member having at least one race. The socket bayonet joint has a vacuum jacket at a distal end thereof that sleeves over the insertion stem of the plug bayonet joint, and a second clamp member having at least one race. When the plug bayonet joint is mated with the socket bayonet joint, the race of the plug bayonet joint aligns with the race of the socket bayonet joint to define a clamp member that is filled with ball bearings, the ball bearings functioning to lock the plug bayonet joint to the socket bayonet joint so as to allow rotation therebetween.
US12098790B2
An assembly includes an elongated, cylindrical pipe; a plumbing connector attached to an end of the pipe, in which an opening is defined through a length of the plumbing connector; and a negative Poisson's ratio (NPR) coating disposed on an interior surface of the plumbing connector that defines the opening, in which the NPR coating on the plumbing connector is configured to exhibit an auxetic behavior in response to application of a force to the NPR coating, in which the end of the pipe is disposed concentrically within the opening of the plumbing connector such that the NPR coating of the plumbing connector contacts an outer surface of the pipe, and in which a portion of the plumbing connector extends beyond the end of the pipe.
US12098783B2
A cylinder porous cylinder, a gas flow control valve, and a mounting method for the gas flow control valve. The porous cylinder (1) includes a plurality of pipe bundles filled inside the pipe. A single flow passage is formed in each of the pipe bundles, such that a seepage passage is formed inside the pipe. The inner diameter, length and permeability of the pipe bundle are determined in advance based on a Reynolds number smaller than 2300. The porous cylinder (1) is capable of implementing a stable gas flow in a gas injection channel. The valve body (21) of the gas flow control valve (2) is provided therein with a plurality of tubular passages arranged in sequence along the horizontal direction of the valve body. The tubular passages include a pipe flow passage (24) and a plurality of seepage passages (25). The porous cylinder (1) is mounted in each of the seepage passages (25). A plurality of connection channels (221) are provided in the valve cap. One end of each of the connection channels (221) communicates with the interior of each of the tubular passages, and the other end of each of the connection channels (221) is provided respectively with a valve stem. The opening and closing of the plurality of tubular passages are controlled by the valve stem, thus regulating the output ratio of the injected gas. In addition, a mounting method for the gas flow control valve is further provided.
US12098780B2
An apparatus and method for sensing the position of a piston in a valve in a gas compressor or the position of a piston in a free piston engine. The apparatus includes a plurality of valve sensors, a plurality of magnets, and a plurality of valve sense modules coupled to the valve sensors and a controller coupled to the plurality of valve sense modules. The method includes processing information received from the valve sensors to determine the linear position of the valves in the gas compressor or a piston in a free piston engine.
US12098779B2
A flow control valve including a main valve and a pilot valve for controlling a piston of the main valve. The valve maybe controlled through a control system based upon measured pressures or temperatures in a system supplied or controlled by the valve. The valve may be operated as a pressure independent control valve, using pressure measurement from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system, which is operable to maintain a constant pressure drop across the system, or the valve may be operated as a temperature independent control valve, using temperature measurements from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system which is operable to maintain a constant temperature drop across the system.
US12098777B2
An actuator includes housing having a reciprocation axis, drive gear configured to couple to the motor, and electromagnetic clutch configured to couple to the motor and coupled to the drive gear. The clutch engages first and second clutch plates responsive to being powered and disengages the clutch plates responsive to not being powered. Actuator includes a ball screw including a nut and a threaded shaft. The nut is coupled to the drive gear and rotation of the drive gear induces rotation of the nut about the reciprocation axis. Rotation of the nut induces motion of the threaded shaft along the reciprocation axis. Actuator includes a fluid damper having a piston coupled to the threaded shaft and disposed within a chamber containing a fluid. Piston includes a port that couples a first chamber portion to a second chamber portion. A brake assembly limits rotation of the nut responsive to the assembly being engaged.
US12098759B2
A system includes a linear guide, drive device, spindle nut and spindle extending along an axis. The spindle nut is arranged on the spindle, with the spindle nut and spindle engaged. The drive device connects to the spindle nut in a torque-proof manner to rotate the spindle nut about the axis, moving the spindle parallel to the axis. The spindle has a spindle groove extending parallel to the axis on an outer circumferential side. The linear guide includes a guide housing arranged in a torque-proof manner, and a ledge element. The guide housing has a radially outwardly extending receptacle. The ledge element includes a radially outwardly disposed carrier and a ledge radially inwardly of the carrier, connected to the carrier and extending parallel to the axis. The ledge element engages the carrier in the receptacle and the ledge in the spindle groove, guiding the spindle parallel to the axis.
US12098758B2
A rotary geared actuator RGA includes an actuator body that has a gear or gears and means configured to rotate said gear or gears about a first central longitudinal axis X′. The RGA also includes a drive transmission shaft extending along a second central longitudinal axis X″, means for rotating said drive transmission shaft about said central longitudinal axis X″, and means for translating said rotation of said drive transmission shaft to said gears so as to cause rotation of said gears about said first central longitudinal axis X′. The second central longitudinal axis X″ of said drive transmission shaft is laterally offset from said first central longitudinal axis X′.
US12098751B2
A two-piece seal assembly includes first and second seal subassemblies, each shaped as a semicircular ring. The first seal subassembly has a first stator subassembly and a first rotor subassembly that cooperate to form a first semicircular segment of a labyrinth. The second seal subassembly has a second stator subassembly and a second rotor subassembly that cooperate to form a second semicircular segment of the labyrinth. The first and second stator subassemblies, when affixed to each other, form a ring-shaped stator that encircles a rotation axis. The first and second rotor subassemblies, when affixed to each other, form a ring-shaped rotor that encircles the rotation axis and can rotate about the rotation axis relative to the stator. When the first and second seal subassemblies are affixed to each other, the first and second semicircular segments meet such that the labyrinth encircles the rotation axis.
US12098742B2
A nonloosening bolt may comprise a first bolt and a second bolt. The first bolt may have a bolt head, and the second bolt may have a threaded tip. Conversely, the first bolt may have a threaded tip, and the second bolt may have a bolt head. The first bolt may comprise an eccentric columnar portion having a small-diameter male-threaded portion at an outside circumference thereof. The second bolt may comprise a small-diameter female-threaded hole that threadedly engages with the small-diameter threaded portion. Threaded engagement between the small-diameter threaded portion and the small-diameter threaded hole may result in a constitution in which the central axes and pitches of the threaded portions at the outside circumferences of the first bolt and the second bolt are aligned. An eccentric frustoconical protrusion may be provided at the first bolt so as to fit within an eccentric frustoconical hole provided at the second bolt.
US12098741B2
The disclosure provides a pre-embedded anti-loosening nut embedded in a plastic component. The pre-embedded anti-loosening nut includes a main body portion and a plurality of radiating portions. The main body portion has a threaded hole. The radiating portions are disposed around a periphery of the main body portion. Each of the radiating portions has a first side and a second side connected with each other. The first side and the second side form a first included angle, and the second side is connected with the first side of another adjacent radiating portion to form a second included angle.
US12098733B2
A shroud assembly mounts a radiator to a vehicle frame. The shroud assembly includes a shroud, a first frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame, and a second frame bracket for mounting the shroud to the vehicle frame. The shroud includes a first shroud portion and a second shroud portion. The first shroud portion has an opening for receiving a fan. The second shroud portion has an opening for receiving a fan. The first mounting bracket connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion, and the second mounting bracket also connects the first shroud portion to the second shroud portion.
US12098732B2
A liquid cooling head includes an upper casing, an impeller, a bottom casing and a skived fin cooling plate. The upper casing has an inlet and an outlet, the upper casing is fixed on the bottom casing, and the impeller is arranged between the upper casing and the skived fin cooling plate. In addition, the skived fin cooling plate is fixed on the bottom casing, and the impeller sucks the heat-dissipating liquid from the inlet and drives the heat-dissipating liquid passing through the skived fin cooling plate, upwardly passing through the impeller and then discharged from the outlet.
US12098728B2
An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.
US12098727B2
An integrated oil system manifold is provided, which includes a combination of a reverse rotation protection element, a first pump check valve, a second pump check valve, and a pressure relief valve integrated with a housing. Furthermore, a combination of a temperature control element, a filter, a heat exchanger, an integral main pump assembly, and an integral auxiliary pump assembly may also be included in the integrated manifold. An associated method is also provided.
US12098721B2
A scroll compressor is described. The scroll compressor comprises a case having a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side, a stationary scroll plate having a base plate with a first side having at least one projection, which forms a spiral wrap, and a second side having a first annular protrusion, a pilot plate for separating the high-pressure side of the case from the low-pressure side of the case and the pilot plate abutting the second side of the stationary scroll plate, wherein the pilot plate has a first side, wherein the first side faces the second side of the stationary scroll plate and wherein the first side has a second annular protrusion, and a seal, wherein the seal seals a radial gap between the first annular protrusion and the second annular protrusion.
US12098709B2
In accordance with a method for assembling a rotor bearing arrangement of a wind turbine, individual slide bearing pads are inserted in the bearing block. The bearing block fitted with the slide bearing pads is then joined to a rotor block. During the joining of the rotor shaft and of the bearing block fitted with the slide bearing pads, the rotor shaft may be installed on a rotor shaft support so as to be vertically upright. A rotor shaft flange of the rotor shaft may rest on the rotor shaft support. The bearing block fitted with the slide bearing pads may be placed upon the rotor shaft vertically from above.
US12098701B2
An example wind turbine is provided that includes a shaft assembly, strut mounts coupled to the shaft assembly, airfoils directly or indirectly coupled to the strut mounts, and a generator assembly connected to the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly defines a central longitudinal axis of the wind turbine. The airfoils are capable of being positioned in a fully extended orientation and a fully retracted orientation. Rotation of the airfoils results in rotation of at least a portion of the shaft assembly to generate electrical current with the generator assembly.
US12098694B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for a throttle body spacer that improves the performance of an internal combustion engine. The throttle body spacer comprises a body that includes an airflow opening for conducting airflow from a throttle body into an intake manifold. A spiral is disposed along a sidewall of the airflow opening and configured for swirling the airflow. The spiral comprises a helical shape disposed around a circumference of the sidewall and extends from an initial bore near a first contact surface of the body to a second contact surface. The helical shape includes a diameter that increases as the spiral extends toward the second contact surface, giving the body a sidewall taper angle that contributes to an increase in power output of the engine. A sawtooth cross-sectional shape of the spiral causes the airflow to swirl so as to improve atomization of an air-fuel mixture entering engine.
US12098692B2
A straddled vehicle on which a part used for performing an inspection for a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system is mounted such that a weight balance of the straddled vehicle is maintained and mass concentrates includes a canister-integrated-leak-detection device that detects a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system. The canister-integrated-leak-detection device configured in a state where at least one of a vent valve or a suction pump is integrated with a canister is supported via a common attaching member to intersect with at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction in the vehicle.
US12098684B2
A aircraft gas turbine engine and operation method, the engine including: a staged combustion system having pilot and main fuel injectors, and operates in a pilot-only range wherein fuel delivers to pilot fuel injectors, and a pilot-and-main operation range wherein fuel is delivered to at least the main fuel injectors. The engine further includes a fuel delivery regulator to pilot and main fuel injectors, which receives fuel from a first and second source containing fuels each with different characteristics. The staged combustion system switches between pilot-only and pilot-and-main range operation when in steady cruise mode, the mode defining a boundary between first and second engine cruise operation range. The fuel delivery regulator delivers fuel to pilot fuel injectors during at least part of the first engine cruise operation with different fuel characteristics from fuel delivered to one or both pilot and main fuel injectors the second engine cruise operation range.
US12098681B2
A fan section includes a fan with fan blades. The fan section drives air along a bypass flow path in a bypass duct. A gear reduction is in driving engagement with the fan and has a gear reduction ratio of greater than 3.0 and less than 4.0. A low spool includes a low pressure turbine that drives a low pressure compressor and drives the gear reduction to drive the fan at a speed slower than the low pressure turbine. The low pressure compressor is a four-stage low pressure compressor. The low pressure turbine is a three-stage low pressure turbine. A high spool including a high pressure turbine that drives a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor is a nine-stage high pressure compressor. The high pressure turbine is a two-stage high pressure turbine. An exhaust gas exit temperature of greater than 900 degrees Fahrenheit and less than 1000 degrees Fahrenheit at maximum take-off.
US12098670B2
This diesel engine comprises: an engine body part in which a cylinder head is fastened to an upper section of a cylinder block; a turbocharger; and an exhaust gas post-treatment device. A cooling fan is provided on the front side in the front-rear direction of the engine body part. The cylinder head is configured to have an exhaust side on the left side in the engine width direction, and an intake side on the right side. The exhaust gas post-treatment device is disposed above the cylinder head so as to extend in the engine front-rear direction. The turbocharger is disposed on the exhaust side of the cylinder head and is configured to spray compressed air in the engine front-rear direction.
US12098669B2
A two-stroke engine according to the present invention includes: a separating wall which confines a tip end portion of an ignition device; an ignition promoting chamber which is formed by means of the separating wall, is independent of a combustion chamber, and encloses the tip end portion of the ignition device; and a plurality of communicating holes which are provided in the separating wall, each of which is provided with a first opening that opens in the combustion chamber and a second opening that opens in the ignition promoting chamber, and which provide communication between the combustion chamber and the ignition promoting chamber.
US12098668B2
The disclosure relates to a DPF regeneration trigger control method and terminal device, and a storage medium. The method includes: setting an active trigger differential pressure and an initial trigger differential pressure; and controlling, according to a relationship between a differential pressure of the DPF collected in real time during a vehicle travelling process and the active trigger differential pressure and a relationship between the differential pressure of the DPF and the initial trigger differential pressure, the vehicle to actively start DPF regeneration, to trigger passive DPF regeneration, or not to start DPF regeneration; otherwise, controlling the vehicle to actively start DPF regeneration. According to the disclosure, by setting a flexible trigger interval, there is a tolerance interval of differential pressure, so that fuel consumption of the diesel engine can be reduced, and the economy is improved.
US12098664B2
A system and method for mechanically timed cylinder deactivation includes an inner passage in the camshaft that supplies fluid for deactivating one or more valve opening mechanisms associated with the cylinders of an internal combustion engine.
US12098663B2
A hydraulically-actuated variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly, including a stator having one or more fluid chambers; a rotor received by the stator, and configured to be angularly displaced relative to the stator, having one or more radially extending vanes positioned within the fluid chambers; one or more end plates coupled with the stator and at least partially defining the fluid chambers; and an end plate seal abutting the end plate(s) and the radial surface of the rotor.
US12098658B2
The present disclosure relates to cogeneration of power and one or more chemical entities through operation of a power production cycle and treatment of a stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A cogeneration process can include carrying out a power production cycle, providing a heated stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, cooling the heated stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen against at least one stream in the power production cycle so as to provide heating to the power production cycle, and carrying out at least one purification step so as to provide a purified stream comprising predominately hydrogen. A system for cogeneration of power and one or more chemical products can include a power production unit, a syngas production unit, one or more heat exchange elements configured for exchanging heat from a syngas stream from the syngas production unit to a stream from the power production unit, and at least one purifier element configured to separate the syngas stream into a first stream comprising predominately hydrogen and a second stream.
US12098656B2
A stator vane assembly of a gas turbine includes: a stationary member formed to have an annular shape; and a plurality of stator vane segments each including a shroud and a vane body, the plurality of stator vane segments disposed along a circumferential direction of the stationary member at a radially inner side of the stationary member such that a cavity is disposed between the shrouds and the stationary member and the shrouds are disposed adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction of the stationary member. The stationary member has a hole which penetrates through the stationary member from a radially outer side toward the radially inner side, and a center axis of the hole is oriented toward a circumferential-direction end portion of the shroud.
US12098652B2
A part made of composite material, in particular for an aircraft turbine engine, includes a body produced from fibers woven in three dimensions and immersed in a resin, in particular an organic or polymer resin. The part has at least one crack sensor capable of detecting a crack in the part, at least one link element connected to the sensor and configured to transmit a signal(S), in particular to a member outside of the part, when a crack in the part is detected. The crack sensor has at least one conductive wire woven with the fibers of the body, and the link element is configured to measure the resistance of the conductive wire and to wirelessly transmit the signal.
US12098651B2
A method for shaping an aerofoil by: (a) defining an aerofoil having a nominal shape, the nominal shape defined by; a leading edge, a trailing edge, a root and a tip, a span extending from the root to the tip, a pressure surface and a suction surface extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a nominal camber line extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; (b) defining an edge region on one of the pressure and/or suction surface which extends distance of at least 0.1% but no more than 10% of the camber line length from one of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the aerofoil; and (c) adapting the shape of the pressure and/or suction surface within the edge region such that the edge region of the aerofoil achieves an asymmetric profile with respect to the nominal camber line.
US12098647B2
A method for calibrating a position sensor of a variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes positioning an actuator member in at least one predetermined position, determining a first measured position of the actuator member in the at least one predetermined position with a first channel of a position sensor, determining a second measured position of the actuator member in the at least one predetermined position with a second channel of a position sensor, determining a measured position difference between the first measured position and the second measured position, and calibrating the second channel of the position sensor by adjusting the second measured position by the measured position difference to determine a second calibrated position.
US12098644B2
A turboshaft engine for a rotorcraft includes a first spool and an independently rotatable second spool. The first spool includes a low pressure compressor, a first set of variable guide vanes disposed at an entry of the low pressure compressor, and a low pressure turbine drivingly engaged to the low pressure compressor. The second spool includes a high pressure compressor, a second set of variable guide vanes disposed at an entry of the high pressure compressor, the second set of variable guide vanes independently operable relative to the first set of variable guide vanes, and a high pressure turbine drivingly engaged to the high pressure compressor. One or both of the low pressure compressor and the high pressure compressor includes a mixed flow rotor.
US12098642B2
A vacuum scroll pump having an inlet portion having a pump inlet, and an exhaust portion having a pump outlet; a frame; a stationary scroll plate fixed to the frame and comprising a stationary plate comprising at least one stationary scroll blade; an orbiting scroll plate comprising an orbiting plate comprising at least one orbiting scroll blade projecting axially from a front side of the orbiting plate toward the stationary plate; a drive mechanism supported by the frame and operatively connected to the orbiting scroll plate so as to cause the orbiting scroll plate to orbit about a longitudinal axis of the vacuum scroll pump and thereby pump a process gas; a double-sided thrust bearing supporting the orbiting scroll plate; and a bellows which isolates the process gas from the drive mechanism.
US12098638B1
Provided is a method and system for coalbed permeability-enhancement induced by pressure-relief with mining an extremely thin slice, belonging to the technical field of coalbed permeability-enhancement induced by pressure-relief. The method includes arranging a boundary gateway and a boundary roadway along a mine field boundary, constructing a row of boreholes into the coal seam to run through a conventional development roadway and the boundary roadway, and arranging devices in the conventional development roadway, the boundary roadway, and the row of boreholes to cut the extremely thin stratified coal seam between boreholes, thus creating a mining space in the coal seam, which causes a deformation failure of the coal around the boreholes.
US12098632B2
A method to perform a field operation with well log repeatability verification is disclosed. The method includes generating, by repeatedly performing well logging of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation in a field, a set of well log data files each comprising a plurality of data channels, each data channel comprising a series of measurement data records representing a downhole property along a depth in the wellbore, analyzing, by a computer processor, a main log and a repeat log of the set of well log data files to determine a repeatability measure of the set of well log data files, presenting, using a graphical user interface, the repeatability measure to a user, and facilitating, based on a user input in response to presenting the repeatability measure, the field operation.
US12098627B2
A turbine fracturing system and a controlling method thereof, a controlling apparatus and a storage medium are provided. The turbine fracturing system includes: N turbine fracturing apparatuses, wherein each of the N turbine fracturing apparatuses comprises a turbine engine, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a fuel gas supply apparatus connected to the N turbine engines, wherein the fuel gas supply apparatus is configured to supply fuel gas and distribute the fuel gas to the N turbine engines as gaseous fuel; and a fuel liquid supply apparatus connected to at least one of the N turbine engines and configured to supply liquid fuel to at least one of the N turbine engines in a case that at least one of a flow rate and a pressure of the fuel gas decreases.
US12098615B2
A plug assembly having valve chamber chargeable with pressure from above or below the plug assembly. The charged chamber is used to selectively move an external sleeve to open fluid communication between the tubular above and below the plug assembly.
US12098614B2
A well construction method, and corresponding apparatus, in which a drilled bore (106) is lined with a plurality of successively smaller diameter sections of bore-lining tubing includes at least one casing (108, 110, 112) and at least one liner (120). The well construction method comprises: drilling a final section of a bore (106) to intersect a hydrocarbon-bearing formation (130); providing a shoe (134) at a distal end of a liner and a running tool (150) at a proximal end of the liner, and coupling an inner string (140) between the shoe (134) and the running tool (150); running the liner (120) into the final section of the bore (106) such that the liner extends into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation (130); pumping a settable material (116) from surface (104), through the inner string (140), and through the shoe (134) to at least partially fill an outer annulus (114) surrounding the liner (120); and retrieving the inner string (140) and the running tool (150).
US12098613B2
A resin plug for wellbore abandonment includes: an amount of a heavier resin and an amount of a light weight resin, the heavier resin configured to have a faster setting rate than the light weight resin. The resin plug creates a seal for wellbore abandonment by the heavier resin setting first followed by setting of the light weight resin thereafter. Any void formed during setting of the heavier resin is filled by the light weight resin before the light weight resin sets.
US12098604B2
A downhole tubing disconnect assembly includes a first tubing portion disposed in a wellbore, a second tubing portion downhole of the first tubing portion, and an actuation sleeve positioned between the first tubing portion and the second tubing portion. The actuation sleeve has a cylindrical body that selectively connects the first tubing portion and the second tubing portion. The actuation sleeve includes an uphole portion of the cylindrical body to selectively engage the first tubing portion, a downhole portion of the cylindrical body to selectively engage the second tubing portion, and a shifting profile in the cylindrical body. The shifting profile selectively engages a shifting tool disposed within the wellbore.
US12098601B2
A weldless adapter is mountable to a conductor casing for pressure testing seals or initial drilling at a well site. Slips engage the conductor casing to latch the weldless adapter onto the casing. Pressure injection ports are utilized to activate two seal rings against the conductor casing using positive sealing. A test port is utilized to test the seals of the two seal rings. The slips are activated by three sets of bolts.
US12098585B1
A powered garage door pivots about a fixed pivot axis extending from the one side edge to the other side edge beneath the top edge of the door panel, such that when moving from the closed position to an opened position the top edge moves rearwardly while the bottom edge moves forwardly. A front top header finishing plate is fixed so as to extend downwardly from the header in front of and beneath the top edge of the door panel. An inclinometer sensor is secured to the door panel, sensing the angle of the door panel as it pivots between closed and opened positions. Hydraulic cylinders are controlled by the electronic controller based on the inclinometer signal, and a graphical user interface allows the user to set both zone sizes (based on inclination angle) and zone speeds, independently for opening and closing.
US12098582B2
A method for determining a position of a door in a door system having a rail guiding a movable door element (50) of the door and a sensor element (10) for detecting movement of the door element along a free movement path of the door element (50), involves detecting a state of the sensor element (10) as the door element is moved to and fro. A door control determines the door changes in the state based on the position of the sensor element (10).
US12098581B2
A drive assembly configured to adjust a motor vehicle closure element including a clutch assembly provided with an input connection and an output connection. The clutch assembly includes a main braking element, configured to brake a movement from the output side, and a freewheel assembly configured to engage the main braking element from movement of the output side and disengage the main braking element by means of a movement from the input side. The brake assembly includes an auxiliary braking element configured to produce a predetermined permanent braking action by means of which the auxiliary braking element acts at least against the movement introduced on the output side, and that the predetermined permanent braking action of the auxiliary braking element has to be overcome to enable the freewheel assembly to disengage.
US12098573B2
A door opener and a method of using the door opener is disclosed. The door opener comprises a housing, a door handle grabber extending from the housing and adapted to engage a door handle, and a motor coupled to the door handle grabber and adapted to rotate the door handle grabber.
US12098567B2
A fencing bracket having a box structure having opposing left and right sidewalls extending from opposing longitudinal ends forming a U-shaped cross-section, and a return support flange disposed at a lower edge thereof, wherein the left and the right sidewall have a pair of aligned cross beam openings and a first and second opening respectively. The fencing bracket includes a strap having a first fiat portion having a third opening, a middle portion (that is either rounded or rectangular), and a second flat portion having a fourth opening, the middle portion is between the first flat portion and the second flat portion. The first opening is aligned with the third opening and the second opening is aligned with the fourth opening, and a fastener passes through the first, second, third and fourth openings and is retained via another fastener at either the third or fourth opening.
US12098559B2
A panel can have a face surface having a length and a width. The panel can include a first tongue that extends along the length and a second tongue that extends along the width. The pane can further include first front and back legs that extend along the length of the panel and define a first groove therebetween and second front and back legs that extends along the width of the panel and define a second groove. At least one of the first tongue or the first back leg can a longitudinal dimension that is greater than the length of the face surface; or at least one of the second tongue or the second back leg can have a longitudinal dimension that is greater than the width of the face surface.
US12098530B1
Generally, a water harvester useful in harvesting water from supply air. Specifically, a water harvester configured to remove the heat gained during adsorption of water by the water capture material contained in the water capture modules of the water harvester. Removal of the enthalpy associated with the adsorption of water by the water capture material can lower the equilibrium temperature of the water capture material and increase the driving potential of adsorption by the water capture material and correspondingly increase the difference in absolute humidity between the supply air passing into a water capture module and the discharge air passing out of a water capture module.
US12098518B2
A vibration ripper having a link structure with an improved vibration isolating function is characterized by including: a first vibroisolating body installed across the vibration body from a left lower portion of the vibration body; and a link device for connecting the outer body and the first vibroisolating body in order to absorb vibrations, wherein the link device is provided with a pair of connection members which are spaced apart from and parallel to each other, a coupling hole for coupling the first vibroisolating body is formed in the left side of the connection members, and a second vibroisolating body coupled to the outer body is integrally installed on the right side of the connection members.
US12098510B2
The present invention provides multi-ply creped tissue products, and in particular embodiments creped wet-pressed tissue products, having substantially higher per-ply basis weights, such as from about 14.0 grams per square meter or greater. Despite having relatively high per-ply basis weights, the products are generally soft and flexible, such as having a softness value (measured as TS7) less than about 10.0 and a Stiffness Index less than about 20.0. While being soft and flexible, the tissue products are durable enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3″.
US12098508B2
Application of KBC as a unique form of and source of nano-crystalline cellulose having viability for use in place of or in conjunction with alternative fiber additives, such as for paper products and reinforced paper composites.
US12098504B2
Hydrothermal pretreatment of mechanically compressed straw in unagitated reactors provides a simple and inexpensive solution to poor C5 monomer yields with autohydrolysis processes. Unlike raw straw, compressed straw pellets or briquettes can be pretreated on commercial scale using unagitated batch reactors or simplified unagitated continuous systems. The chemistry of hydrothermal pretreatment is thereby altered such that loss of C5 sugars to unwanted byproduct reactions is reduced. With compressed straw, water content can be introduced within the reactor while it is pressurized, which reduces energy costs and capital expense. Provided are methods of processing straw feedstocks using semi-continuous or continuous systems and a pretreatment reactor adapted to processes compressed straw with high throughput through a small reactor volume in which water content is added within the reactor under pressure.
US12098501B2
A natural strip or strip-based weaving or weave fabric product or a natural strip or strip-based woven product is coated and protected with a crosslinking polyvinyl acetate (XPVAc or x-PVAc) adhesive. Said adhesive is applied and cured on the exterior surfaces of said product as a first coating layer or a primer in combination with a coating layer of acrylic, alkyd, asphalt, epoxy, latex, polyurethane, silicone coatings, urethane, vinyl ester, etc. coated over the cured adhesive as a second coating layer or a topcoat. Said product is woven or fabricated with stalks, stakes, staves, stems, sticks, strands, shoots, splints, straws, strings, twigs, bark, branches, laths, leaves, rods, roots, whicker, etc. of a fiber plant, a tree, or a crop, or the combination thereof.
US12098500B2
A method of making an antimicrobial textile comprising TiO2 nanoparticles is described. The TiO2 nanoparticles are immobilized by first treating a textile with a base, and then contacting with TiO2 nanoparticles in a solution of an alcohol and acid. The textile may be subsequently irradiated with UV light prior to use. The antimicrobial textile shows high effectiveness against the growth and proliferation of microorganisms transmitted within indoor environments.
US12098481B2
Strengthening the dry and wet tenacity of regenerated cellulosic fibers can be performed through the addition of an aldaric acid, such as (but not limited to) glucaric acid. In some embodiments, regenerated cellulosic fibers that include an aldaric acid or a salt thereof, produced by the disclosed methods are also described. The produced fibers have advantageous properties due at least in part to the inclusion of the aldaric acid.
US12098475B2
The disclosure relates to large area single crystal diamond (SCD) surfaces and substrates, and their methods of formation. Typical large area substrates can be at least about 25 mm, 50 mm, or 100 mm in diameter or square edge length, and suitable thicknesses can be about 100 μm to 1000 μm. The large area substrates have a high degree of crystallographic alignment. The large area substrates can be used in a variety of electronics and/or optics applications. Methods of forming the large area substrates generally include lateral and vertical growth of SCD on spaced apart and crystallographically aligned SCD seed substrates, with the individual SCD growth layers eventually merging to form a composite SCD layer of high quality and high crystallographic alignment. A diamond substrate holder can be used to crystallographically align the SCD seed substrates and reduce the effect of thermal stress on the formed SCD layers.
US12098474B2
A method of acid mist suppression in copper electrowinning is described. In various embodiments, at least one liquid licorice root extract, powdered licorice root extract, or reconstituted licorice extract is added in an amount sufficient to the acidic electrolyte solution of the copper electrowinning process to suppress acid mist from the acidic electrolyte solution during the copper electrowinning process. In various embodiments, combinations of licorice extract and surfactant show synergies in acid mist suppression during copper electrowinning.
US12098473B2
Described herein is a composition including metal ions consisting essentially of cobalt ions, and a specific monomeric and polymeric suppressing agent including a carboxylic, sulfonic, sulfinic, phosphonic, or phosphinic acid functional groups which show a suppressing effect that is required for void-free bottom-up filling of nanometer-sized recessed features.
US12098471B1
A flow cell for reducing carbon dioxide may include a first chamber having a gold coated gas diffusion layer working electrode, a reference electrode, and a water-in-salt electrolyte comprising a super concentrated aqueous solution of lithium bis-(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI). A second chamber adjacent the first chamber has a gold coated gas diffusion layer counter electrode and the water-in-salt electrolyte. The second chamber being separated from the first chamber by a proton exchange membrane. A reservoir coupled to each of the first and the second chambers with a pump contains a volume of the water-in-salt electrolyte and a head space.
US12098458B2
A metal oxide film containing a crystal part is provided. Alternatively, a metal oxide film with highly stable physical properties is provided. Alternatively, a metal oxide film with improved electrical characteristics is provided. Alternatively, a metal oxide film with which field-effect mobility can be increased is provided. A metal oxide film including In, M (M is Al, Ga, Y, or Sn), and Zn includes a first crystal part and a second crystal part; the first crystal part has c-axis alignment; the second crystal part has no c-axis alignment; and the existing proportion of the second crystal part is higher than the existing proportion of the first crystal part.
US12098445B2
A titanium alloy product includes a titanium alloy substrate and a plurality of first holes defined in a surface of the titanium alloy substrate. The first holes have an opening on the surface of the titanium alloy substrate and an inner wall connecting with the opening, a diameter of the inner space is greater than a diameter of the opening. The product tensile strength of bonding between the titanium alloy product and a material part filled in the first holes is very high. A housing with the titanium alloy product and a method for manufacturing the titanium alloy product are also disclosed.
US12098444B2
The present disclosure generally relates to metallic powders for use in multilayer ceramic capacitors, to multilayer ceramic capacitors containing same and to methods of manufacturing such powders and capacitors. The disclosure addresses the problem of having better controlled smaller particle size distribution, with minimal contaminant contents which can be implemented at an industrial scale.
US12098432B2
A mutation site of an ideal brittle culm mutant ibc in rice, a controlling gene IBC, and use thereof are provided. The controlling gene IBC has: (1) a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2; or (2) a nucleotide sequence of a mutant, an allele, or a derivative generated by adding, substituting, inserting or deleting one or more nucleotides. The present disclosure further provides an encoded protein of the controlling gene IBC, a recombinant construct, a recombinant host cell, a method for embrittling culms in a rice ripening stage by using the controlling gene IBC, and use thereof. In a mutant with allelic variation in the gene IBC and loss of gene editing function, culms exhibit a brittle culm phenotype at the late ripening stage, leaves are not brittle, yield traits are excellent, and other agronomic traits are not obviously changed.
US12098428B2
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying subjects having a cancer or tumor that may be susceptible to treatment with a therapeutic agent used to EGFR-related cancer an/or NTRK-related cancer.
US12098426B2
The present invention concerns markers of multiple sclerosis, their use, and treatment with IL-17 antagonists, including IL-17 antibodies, of subjects with increased levels of such markers.
US12098416B2
Systems and methods for rapidly assessing biocide contamination and biological contamination treatments found in fluids used for subterranean well treatments and related operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a fluid including an aqueous base fluid and one or more microorganisms; introducing a first sample of the fluid to a first culture device including an indicator reagent, wherein over a period of about 48 hours or less the indicator reagent indicates a first color change in the first sample of the fluid; and determining a first count of the microorganisms in the fluid based, at least in part, on the first color change.
US12098411B2
A foodstuff can include a free acid β-hydroxybutyrate, and a base. The β-hydroxybutyrate, and base, are present at a less than 1:1 molar equivalence. Ketone Ester may also be incorporated as a component of the foodstuff.
US12098409B2
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising hydrolase-secreting bacteria and fermenting microorganisms and use thereof, such as for fermentative production of ethanol.
US12098405B2
The present disclosure relates to the biosynthesis of indigoid dye precursors and their conversion to indigoid dyes. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods of using polypeptides to produce indigoid dye precursors from indole feed compounds, and the use of the indigoid dye precursors to produce indigoid dyes.
US12098395B2
The present disclosure relates to a polypeptide recognizing immune cells, the polypeptide includes the following amino acid sequences: (a) an amino acid sequence containing C-terminal fragment sequence EQPDPGAVAAAAILRAILE of human Triokinase/FMN cyclase and its homologous sequence; or (b) an amino acid sequence that is substantially identical to the amino acid sequence described in (a), the substantially identical means 70% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence described in (a). The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide; a polypeptide probe used for targeting recognition of immune cells and containing the polypeptide described above and a reporter; a kit containing the probe described above; and, related applications of the polypeptide or probe described above.
US12098377B2
A more efficient breeding against plant disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene. The resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.
US12098374B2
The present invention relates to optimized systems for the genome editing of eukaryotic cells, preferably plant cells. Also provided is a plant delivery system comprising at least one Cpf1 enzyme, or a plant optimized construct encoding the same, to be synergistically combined with a Cpf1 guide RNA system. Further provided is a Cpf1 guide RNA system being flanked by a Hammerhead ribozyme sequence at the 5′ end and by a plant-derived Hepatitis Delta Vims (HDV)-like ribozyme sequence at the 3′ end, or being embedded within a coding or non-coding region, of a sequence encoding a frame sequence. Novel plant-derived HDV-like ribozyme sequences are also provided. Further provided are methods for improved genome editing, and the use of the various systems provided herein to obtain transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, organs, or a progeny thereof, or a plant material, modified in a targeted way even at difficult to access target sites.
US12098367B2
The present invention relates to a mutant of Argonaute protein lacking a DNA cleavage activity but having a DNA binding activity, wherein the mutation of the mutant is located in a PIWI domain. The present invention also relates to a use based on the protein mutant, especially in enrichment of a target DNA and construction of sequence libraries. Therefore, the present invention also relates to a method for enrichment of a target DNA, comprising the following steps: (a) designing a guide sequence for a specific sequence in the target DNA; (b) binding the mutant according to the present invention, the guide sequence and the target DNA to obtain a mutant-guide sequence-target DNA ternary complex; (c) capturing the mutant-guide sequence-target DNA ternary complex through a capture medium; and (d) separating the target DNA from the captured mutant-guide sequence-target DNA ternary complex to obtain an enriched target DNA.
US12098355B2
A fluidic system for producing extracellular vesicles from producer cells, including at least one container, a liquid medium contained by the container and producer cells, characterised in that it also includes microcarriers suspended in the liquid medium, the majority of producer cells being adherent to the surface of the microcarriers, and a liquid medium agitator, the agitator and the dimensions of the container being adapted to control a turbulent flow of the liquid medium in the container.
US12098344B2
A polyester is useful as a high viscosity base fluid. A method for its preparation involves epoxidizing an alpha-olefin, reacting the alpha-epoxide or diol with a saturated linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and isolating the polyester. Lubricant compositions can contain such polyesters and the compositions are useful as automatic transmission fluids, manual transmission fluids, continuously variable transmission fluids, gear oil formulations, industrial gear oil formulations, axle fluid formulations, dual clutch transmission fluids, dedicated hybrid transmission fluids, or as hydraulic oils.
US12098343B2
An additive for lubricating oil may include a phosphite ester compound (A) having a specific structure and a phosphite ester compound (B) having a specific structure, wherein the (A):(B) mass ratio of the phosphite ester compound (A) to the phosphite ester compound (B) is in a range of from 99:1 to 80:20. Such an additive may be provided to a lubricating oil, capable of imparting wear resistance and demulsibility with respect to a base oil for lubricating oil, and to impart durability even in the presence of water.
US12098340B1
A method for forming a magnetic hydrochar nanocomposite includes the step of adding basically treated desert date seeds into a vessel containing phosphoric acid and mixing the basically treated desert date seeds with the phosphoric acid to form a mixture. The mixture is transferred to a microwave and heated to 150° C. The mixture is held at this temperature for one hour to form a hydrochar. The magnetic hydrochar nanocomposite is further formed by dissolving ferrous sulphate and ferric chloride to form magnetic nanoparticles. The magnetic nanoparticles are mixed with the hydrochar, then date fruit extract is mixed with the magnetic nanoparticles and hydrochar mixture to form a resultant mixture. The pH of the resultant mixture is raised to 9-11 by adding sodium hydroxide to form a basic resultant mixture. The basic resultant mixture is heated in a microwave to 150° C. for 30 minutes to form the magnetic hydrochar nanocomposite.
US12098334B2
A non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen and contaminants of metals, gums, and resins is treated by introducing the feedstock into a reactor at a flow velocity of at least 20 ft/sec. The feedstock is heated within the reactor and cooled to form a reduced-temperature reactor product. At least a portion of the reduced-temperature reactor product is feed into a hydroprocessing reactor containing a hydroprocessing catalyst to form a hydroprocessed product. The hydroprocessed product is cooled and non-condensable gases, metals and water are separated and removed to form a final product. The final product has an oxygen content that is 60% or less of that of the feedstock, and wherein the final product comprises 25 wt % or less any triglycerides, monoglycerides, diglycerides, free fatty acids, phosphatides, sterols, tocopherols, tocotrienols, or fatty alcohols, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % naphtha, and 50 wt % or more diesel.
US12098333B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing olefins from a hydrocarbon feedstock 11 having a sulfur content of at least 0.1 weight %, an initial boiling point of at least 180° C. and a final boiling point of at least 600° C.
US12098330B2
Systems and methods to enhance the removal of inorganic contaminants, including metals, from hydrocarbon feedstocks at a refinery. One or more embodiments of such systems and methods may be used to provide a renewable hydrocarbon feedstock having a reduced amount of metal contaminants. The reduction of metal contaminants in the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock mitigates catalyst fouling and/or deactivation during downstream refinery processing of the renewable hydrocarbon feedstock.
US12098328B2
The present disclosure relates to a processes and systems for producing fuels from biomass with high carbon conversion efficiency. The processes and systems described herein provide a highly efficient process for producing hydrocarbons from biomass with very low Green House Gas (GHG) emissions using a specific combination of components, process flows, and recycle streams. The processes and systems described herein provide a carbon conversion efficiency greater than 95% with little to no GHG in the flue gas due to the novel arrangement of components and utilizes renewable energy to provide energy to some components. The system reuses water and carbon dioxide produced in the process flows and recycles naphtha and tail gas streams to other units in the system for additional conversion to syngas to produce hydrocarbon-based fuels.
US12098321B1
A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one example, a method that includes introducing a drill-in fluid into a production zone of a subterranean formation, where the drill-in fluid includes water, a hydrophobically modified starch, a dual oil and water soluble surfactant, and a bridging agent, extending a borehole through the production zone, and forming a filter cake in the production zone where the filter cake includes a plurality of oleophilic channels is formed within the filter cake.
US12098320B2
A heat storage composite material comprises components by weight: 30-55 parts of organic phase change material, 30-40 parts of two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material, 10-20 parts of lamellar structure graphite, and 0-10 parts of oil-absorbing organic resin. A preparing method include steps of stirring the organic phase change material to disperse on a surface of the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material, and melting them so the organic phase-change material is adsorbed in gaps of the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material; stirring and mixing the lamellar structure graphite and the two-dimensional thermally conductive carbon material adsorbed with the organic phase change material in a mixer to obtain a mixed material; and placing the mixed material in a lamination mold for lamination treatment to obtain a sheet-shaped heat storage composite material. The heat storage composite material has high thermal conductivity and is not easy to leak.
US12098315B2
The present invention relates to the field of luminescent crystals (LCs) of the core-shell type, components and devices comprising the same. Particularly, the present invention relates to the manufacturing of luminescent core-shell nanocrystals, wherein said nanocrystal core comprises or consists of a perovskite crystal having a size of 3-100 nm, and said nanocrystal shell comprises a metal oxide having a thickness of 0.5-10 nm and wherein said method comprises combining suitable starting materials under oxygen-free conditions. The invention further provides for specific luminescent core-shell nanocrystals, to components and products containing such luminescent core-shell nanocrystals.
US12098298B2
A method of sealing surface imperfections on a sanded surface of a repair to a vehicle body is provided that includes an uncured layer of a formulation being applied to sanded cured body filler on the vehicle body. The formulation includes a polyester resin, a crosslinking agent, a solvent, and a particulate filler. The uncured layer is exposed to actinic radiation to induce cure of the uncured layer to form a sealing coating. The resulting seal coating has able to seal surface imperfections. A surface imperfection sealing formulation is also provided that includes a polyester resin and a multifunctional crosslinking agent. A solvent is provided. A photoinitiator renders the formulation curable upon exposure to ultraviolet light exposure. A particulate filler is also present in an amount to result in a formulation with an uncured viscosity of between 2600 and 3000 centipoises.
US12098283B2
Described herein are borate salts useful as additives, binders, and electrolyte salts for solid state lithium ion batteries. In particular, the borate salts of Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III) as described herein: can be bound to an existing polymer to provide polymeric binders for ceramic solid state electrolytes that are themselves capable of ion transport independent of the ceramic.
US12098282B2
A film-forming composition includes a compound including a Si—H bond and an orthoester. The compound preferably includes a structural unit that is a structural unit represented by formula (1-1), a structural unit represented by formula (1-2), or a combination thereof. In the formula (1-1) and the formula (1-2), R1 and R2 each represent a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that bonds to two Si atoms.
US12098279B2
Through the present invention, by undergoing a step in which a straight-chain diorganopolysiloxane having silanol groups at both terminal ends of the molecular chain thereof, a hydrolyzable silane and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof having a hydrolyzable group capable of detaching a lactic acid ester, and an amino-group-containing hydrolyzable organosilane and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof are pre-mixed/reacted in advance and silanol groups at both terminal ends of the molecular chain of a main agent (base polymer) are blocked by specific hydrolyzable silyl groups, it is possible to manufacture a lactic-acid-ester-type room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition excellent in all characteristics including curability, adhesive properties, workability, and the like that were not attainable by the conventional lactic-acid-ester-type room-temperature curable (RTV) silicone rubber composition.
US12098278B2
The present invention is a polyamide resin composition which contains 50 to 90% by mass of a crystalline polyamide resin (A) and 9 to 49% by mass of a talc (B). The average particle size of secondary particles of the talc (B) in the polyamide resin composition is 30 μm or less. The polyamide resin composition has an exothermic peak present on a high temperature side of a maximum exothermic peak of a crystallization temperature during cooling in a cooling process of measurement by means of a differential scanning calorimeter. Variations in physical characteristics such as a molding shrinkage, mechanical characteristics, and a heat distortion temperature of the polyamide resin composition are suppressed among different production machines or different production lots. Consequently, characteristics within desired ranges are stably obtained.
US12098277B2
A biocomposite formulation comprising a polyamide, an engineering polyester and biocarbon. The biocomposite can be reinforced with various additives, including reactive compatibilizers, bio-sourced carbons, nanofillers and recycled carbon fibers.
US12098275B2
Compositions include a plurality of polymer particulates comprising a matrix polymer and one or more types of nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of biopolymer nanoparticles, biomineral nanoparticles excluding biomineralized silica alone, and any combination thereof. Illustrative examples of such nanoparticles may include cellulose nanoparticles, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, or any combination thereof associated with the matrix polymer. The polymer particulates may be prepared by melt emulsification. Methods include depositing such polymer particulates in a powder bed; and heating a portion of the powder bed to consolidate a portion of the polymer particulates into a consolidated part having a specified shape. The matrix polymer may be biodegradable and lose at least about 40% mass in six days in a phosphate buffer solution (0.2 M, pH 7.0) containing 0.2 mg/mL of lipase obtained from Pseudomonas cepacia (≥30 U/mg) and incubated at 37° C.
US12098273B2
A polybutylene terephthalate resin composition, comprising comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) containing a polybutylene terephthalate resin and, per 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (A), from 0 to 30 parts by mass of an elastomer (B), from 0.3 to 4 parts by mass of an epoxy compound (C), from 15 to 80 parts by mass of a reinforcing filler (D), and from 1 to 15 parts by mass of a masterbatch (E) containing a silicone compound with a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000 and a thermoplastic resin.
US12098272B2
In one embodiment, a hydrogel-enzyme construct for performing high temperature enzymatic reaction on paraoxon, and/or for performing enzymatic reaction on paraoxon following exposure to high temperature, includes a hydrogel having multiple layers of poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) and a plurality of dPTE2 enzyme molecules. Individual dPTE2 enzyme molecules are embedded between adjacent PMAA layers and are covalently bonded with respective individual PMAA layers. The hydrogel-enzyme construct is capable of performing enzymatic reaction on the paraoxon when the paraoxon is exposed to the hydrogel-enzyme construct under a temperature condition of up to above 99° C. and below 100° C. or when the paraoxon is exposed to the hydrogel-enzyme construct after the hydrogel-enzyme construct has been heated to a temperature condition of up to 550° C., where the enzymatic reaction on the paraoxon by individual dPTE2 molecules embedded within the hydrogel occurs at a residual activity of between 20% and 100%.
US12098270B2
As the sealant material composition forming a sealant layer of a pneumatic tire provided with the sealant layer on a tire inner surface, the sealant material composition prepared by blending from 0.1 parts by mass to 20 parts by mass of a crosslinking agent, from 0.1 parts by mass to 40 parts by mass of an organic peroxide, and from 10 parts by mass to 400 parts by mass of a liquid polymer per 100 parts by mass of a butyl rubber is used.
US12098269B2
The invention provides a polyolefin-based resin film including a polyolefin-based resin composition that comprises a propylene-α olefin random copolymer, an ethylene-butene copolymeric elastomer, and a propylene-butene copolymeric elastomer, wherein (1) the polyolefin-based resin composition contains 2 to 9 parts by weight of the ethylene-butene copolymeric elastomer and 2 to 9 parts by weight of the propylene-butene copolymeric elastomer based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-α olefin random copolymer; (2) the polyolefin-based resin film exhibits a thermal shrinkage rate after heating at 120° C. for 30 minutes of 25% or less in a direction in which the thermal shrinkage rate after heating at 120° C. for 30 minutes is larger between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction of the polyolefin-based resin film; and (3) a planar orientation coefficient ΔP calculated from a refractive index of the polyolefin-based resin film is 0.0100-0.0145.
US12098264B2
A gas-barrier composition including nanocellulose containing at least one of a sulfuric acid group, a sulfo group, or a phosphoric acid group; and a reactive crosslinking agent.
US12098263B1
A composite insulating material based on dielectrophoretic force orientation and its preparation method are provided. The method includes: S1, preparing dielectric composite microspheres with a dielectric epoxy resin as a core and a hexagonal boron nitride sheet as a shell; S2, dispersing the hexagonal boron nitride sheet and the dielectric composite microspheres in an organic solvent to obtain a dispersion liquid, and adding an epoxy resin, an epoxy resin curing agent, and an epoxy resin accelerator to the dispersing liquid, and evaporating the organic solvent to obtain a composite substrate; S3, pouring the composite substrate into a container, wherein an upper surface and a lower surface of the container are connected with electrodes, respectively, transferring the container to a vacuum oven, and connecting a power supply of the container to adjust a voltage amplitude and a frequency of the electrodes, conducting dielectrophoretic force orientation on the dielectric composite microspheres in the composite substrate, so as to cause the dielectric composite microspheres to arrange along a direction of electric field; S4, increasing a temperature of the container to cure the composite substrate, cutting off the power supply to the container after curing, and obtaining the composite insulating material.
US12098262B2
A method for isolating plastic products produced by polymerization of resin with proton beams is disclosed. The method comprises a liquid resin added with a reactive dye that changes from transparent or colorless to color when activated by the proton beam or the chemical polymerization process to reveal polymerization within a polymerizable resin. The change in color is correlated to the energy delivered to the resin by a proton beam, electromagnetic radiation, or heat. The reactive dye is placed into a plastic container. The proton beam is directed into the container to polymerize the resin. When irradiation is complete, the container of frozen resin is opened at the top and bottom and placed on top of the column of water containing a density gradient provided by dissolved salt. The partially cured product is fully cured while suspended in the density gradient by application of heat or ultraviolet radiation.
US12098257B2
An aspect of the present invention is a resin composition containing a polybutadiene compound having an epoxy group in a molecule, a polyphenylene ether compound having at least one of a group represented by the following Formula (1) and a group represented by the following Formula (2) in a molecule, a styrene-based block copolymer, and a curing agent. In Formula (1), p represents 0 to 10, Z represents an arylene group, and R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. In Formula (2), R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
US12098253B2
A method of producing a thermoplastic starch by an in-situ reactive extrusion plasticization process and a method for preparing a starch/polymer blend by an in-situ reactive extrusion plasticization and compatibilization process. In the method, a plasticizer reaction precursor (or a plasticizing compatibilizer reaction precursor) is mixed with starch to adhere to the surface of the starch or enter the starch to break the intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds of the starch. Then a mixture of the plasticizer reaction precursor (or the plasticizing compatibilizer reaction precursor) and starch is subjected to extrusion to produce the thermoplastic starch (or the starch/polymer blend), where the reaction precursor undergoes an in-situ reaction on the surfaces of the starch and in the starch to form a macro-molecular plasticizer (or a plasticizing compatibilizer) to plasticize starch or provide plasticizing and compatibilizing effect on the starch/polymer blend.
US12098252B2
A method for preparing a hydrogel includes forming a pre-gel comprising polymer and metal salt particles, unidirectionally-shrinking and dehydrating the pre-gel, and impregnating the unidirectionally shrunk and dehydrated pre-gel with an ion solution to crosslink and rehydrate the unidirectionally shrunk and dehydrated pre-gel to produce the hydrogel.
US12098247B2
A poly(etherimide) includes repeating units derived from polymerization of a biphenol dianhydride and an organic diamine. A method of making the poly(etherimide) includes contacting the biphenol dianhydride and the organic diamine under conditions effective to provide a poly(etherimide). The poly(etherimide) can be useful in a variety of articles, for example in an optoelectronic component.
US12098236B2
A monomer composition, including: an acidic phosphoric acid ester (A); an amine-based catalyst (B); and a (meth)acrylate (E) having at least one of a urethane bond or a —NHC(═S)O— bond.
US12098233B2
A devolatilizer (devo), which operates at a temperature (T) and at a pressure (P), for the separation of at least a portion of a solvent from a polymer-rich solution comprising the solvent and a polymer, and wherein the devolatilizer comprises at least the following components: A) a distributor, a heater, or a heater/distributor combination; B) a shroud (component B) located around some or all of the periphery of component A; and C) a gap (component C) located between the outer surface of component A and the inner surface of component B.
US12098232B2
A neodymium-catalyzed modified conjugated diene-based polymer having excellent affinity with a filler is provided. A method for preparing the same and a rubber composition including the same are also provided. The neodymium-catalyzed modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer; and a functional group derived from a modifier represented by Formula 1 in at least one terminal of a polymer.
US12098228B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising core-shell polymer latex particles wherein the shell of the core-shell polymer latex particles bears ethylenically unsaturated groups pending from the polymeric backbone of the shell of the latex particles wherein the ethylenic unsaturation is separated from the polymeric backbone by at least 3 chemical bonds and wherein the shell of the core-shell particles is cross-linked and the core of the core-shell particles is not crosslinked, to a method for making the aqueous dispersion, to an elastomeric film made from the aqueous dispersion, to an article comprising the elastomeric film and to a method for making a self-supported elastomeric film from the aqueous dispersion.
US12098217B2
The present invention relates to a fusion peptide having one of the following formulae: P1-L-P2 (I) or P2-L-P1 (II) wherein P1 is chosen from the proline-rich antimicrobial peptides; Lisa peptide linker; and P2 has the following formula (III): wherein m is 0 or 1; n is an integer comprised between 0 and 9; p is an integer comprised between 0 and 10; r is 0, 1 or 2; s is 0 or 1; Gln is glutamine; R1 is the side chain of arginine or lysine; R2 is for example a —(CH2)—C3-6-cycloalkyl group optionally substituted; R3 is for example a C1-8-alkyl group; R4 is in particular a C1-8-alkyl group optionally substituted by a C3-6-cycloalkyl group; R5 is for example a —(CH2)—C3-6-cycloalkyl group; R6 is in particular —COOH, wherein, when the fusion peptide has the formula (II), its C-terminus contains a —CO— group engaged in a peptide bond with said linker.
US12098213B2
The present invention generally relates to antibodies that bind to HLA-A2/WT1, including bispecific antigen binding molecules e.g. for activating T cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies, and to methods of using them in the treatment of disease.
US12098209B2
An asymmetric fusion protein in which a fragment of an antibody binding to an insulin receptor, an iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) enzyme, and an Fc region are fused, and a use thereof are disclosed. The fusion protein can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to deliver the IDS enzyme to the brain. Therefore, a pharmaceutical composition containing the fusion protein as an active ingredient can be used as a therapeutic agent for a central nervous system disease and particularly, is expected to prevent and treat various diseases caused by ribosome accumulation.
US12098197B2
There is provided inter alia a polypeptide comprising an immunoglobulin chain variable domain which binds to IL-6R, wherein the immunoglobulin chain variable domain comprises three complementarity determining regions (CDR1-CDR3) and four framework regions (FR1-FR4), wherein CDR1-CDR3 and FR1-FR4 are as defined in the specification.
US12098196B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing an ustekinumab antibody in CHO cells. It further relates to the use of the produced antibody in the treatment of plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
US12098195B2
The present invention relates to a novel antibody and an antibody fragment thereof that specifically bind to IL-23p19 and a composition comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to a nucleic acid encoding the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof, a host cell comprising the nucleic acid, and related use. Furthermore, the present invention relates to therapeutic and diagnostic use of the antibody and the antibody fragment.
US12098187B2
In various embodiments, the present invention relates generally to using bispecific antibodies in the prevention and treatment of HIV.
US12098183B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12098174B2
The present invention provides an Oct-3/4 protein variant wherein lysine at position 156; lysine at position 286; or lysines at positions 156 and 286 in the Oct-3/4 protein is (are) substituted with arginine. The Oct-3/4 protein variant according to the present invention can inhibit a protein degradation mechanism through ubiquitination, and shows a higher half-life, compared to the wild-type Oct-3/4, thereby exhibiting high stability.
US12098171B2
The present invention provides for a hybrid sugar transporter having an altered sugar transporter activity and comprising at least a first transmembrane domain (TMD) from a first sugar transporter and a second TMD from a second sugar transporter, wherein the first sugar transporter and the second sugar transporter are heterologous to each other.
US12098150B2
There is provided the crystal of a heterocyclic amide compound and a method for producing the same wherein the heterocyclic amide compound defined as a compound having useful activity as herbicide contains a novel crystal, as shown in formula (1):
US12098148B2
The present invention relates to compounds that are Nrf2 activators. The compounds have the structural formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with Nrf2 activation.
US12098147B2
Disclosed is a compound, a complex comprising same, an anti-cancer pharmaceutical composition, and an anti-cancer drug. The compound can have the structure represented by chemical formula 1.
US12098142B2
The invention provides novel benzamides of pyrazolyl-amino-pyrimidinyl derivatives of Formula (I) as selective and potent JAK inhibitors for treating various diseases and disorders. The invention also provides pharmaceutical composition of these compounds and methods of their preparation and use thereof.
US12098141B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, Ia, Ib, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ic, Ic-1, Id-1, and Id-2. Compounds of Formula I, Ia, Ib, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ic, Ic-1, Id-1, and Id-2 may be used in pharmaceutical formulations, and may be used for modulating glucocorticoid receptors.
US12098136B2
The present invention provides for novel co-crystals of lenalidomide. The present invention particularly provides for novel cocrystals of lenalidomide with Resorcinol, Methyl paraben and Saccharin. The present invention also provides for the processes for the production of cocrystals of lenalidomide with Resorcinol, Methyl paraben and Saccharin. The present invention further provides for processes for the preparation of crystalline anhydrous lenalidomide Form IV.
US12098130B2
Described herein are 1,4-substituted piperidine compounds according to Formula I that have demonstrated activity as fatty acid synthase inhibitors. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing the described 1,4-substituted piperidine compounds, and methods of treating diseases mediated by fatty acid synthase, by administering one or more of the compounds or pharmaceutical formulations described herein. Also described herein are methods of synthesizing the compounds described, including the described 1,4-substituted piperidine compounds and synthetic intermediates useful in those syntheses.
US12098120B2
The present disclosure is directed to novel derivatives of naturally occurring humulones and lupulones, methods of making them, compositions comprising them, and methods for using them.
US12098113B1
A method for chemically reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) with a red mud catalyst composition is provided includes introducing a gaseous mixture of CO2 and H2 into a reactor containing particles of the red mud catalyst composition. The method further includes reacting at least a portion of the CO2 and H2 in the gaseous mixture in the presence of the red mud catalyst composition at a temperature of 200 to 800° C., and under a pressure ranging from 5 to 100 bar to form a gaseous product including a chemical reduction product of the CO2. A volume ratio of the CO2 to the H2 in the gaseous mixture is in a range of 1:10 to 10:1.
US12098107B2
Disclosed are methods of forming a chamber component for a process chamber. The methods may include filling a mold with nanoparticles or plasma spraying nanoparticles, where at least a portion of the nanoparticles include a core particle and a thin film coating over the core particle. The core particle and thin film are formed of, independently, a rare earth metal-containing oxide, a rare earth metal-containing fluoride, a rare earth metal-containing oxyfluoride, or combinations thereof. The nanoparticles may have a donut-shape having a spherical form with indentations on opposite sides. The methods also may include sintering the nanoparticles to form the chamber component and materials. Further described are chamber components and coatings formed from the described nanoparticles.
US12098098B1
An ultra-high-performance cement composites comprising cement, a polycarboxylate ether-based superplasticizer, fly ash, silica fume, reclaimed asphalt pavement granules, water and red sand. A very low water-to-binder ratio could be obtained using the polycarboxylate ether-based superplasticizer that overcomes the hydrophobic properties of reclaimed asphalt pavement and yields an ultra-high-performance cement composite.
US12098097B2
A method of preparing a gypsum-based product comprises the steps of mixing calcined gypsum with polymer particles and water to provide a slurry. The polymer particles comprise principally polyvinyl acetate, and have a particle size distribution, measured using laser diffractometry, such that particles having a diameter of 4.5 μm or less provide at least 90% of the total particle volume.
US12098087B2
This application relates to a method and system for cutting a brittle body. In one aspect, the method includes preparing a brittle body having a rotary shaft. The method may also include forming a scribing line by irradiating laser on the brittle body along a preset route by using a laser irradiation unit. The method may further include cutting the brittle body by bringing a vibration unit that vibrates at a preset frequency in contact with a first region of the brittle body, which is spaced apart from the scribing line.
US12098086B2
A device for advanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal in sewage treatment includes a pre-denitrification zone, an anaerobic zone, an anoxic zone, an aerobic zone, a sedimentation zone, a biological filtration zone, and a clear water zone, where a sludge return system is provided between the pre-denitrification zone and the sedimentation zone; a nitrification liquid return system is provided between the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone; a filler layer is provided in the biological filtration zone, and the filler layer divides a cavity in the biological filtration zone to form an upper water inlet cavity and a lower water outlet cavity; a backwash aeration pipe is provided in the water outlet cavity, and a backwash water outlet is formed in the water inlet cavity; and the backwash water outlet is connected to a sludge concentration and storage tank or the pre-denitrification zone.
US12098081B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of new materials, and aims at providing an A-site high-entropy nanometer metal oxide with high conductivity, and a preparation method thereof. The metal oxide has molecular formula of Gd0.4Er0.3La0.4Nd0.5Y0.4)(Zr0.7, Sn0.8, V0.5)O7 and is a powder, and has microstructure of the metal oxide as a square nanometer sheet with a side length of 4-12 nm and a thickness of 1-3 nm. Compared with an existing high-entropy oxide, the product in the present disclosure has high conductivity, and can be well applied to a conductive alloy, an electrical contact composite material, a conductive composite material, a multifunctional bio-based composite material, a conductive/antistatic composite coating and the like.
US12098069B2
A method of manufacturing a plurality of neural probes from a silicon wafer in which after neural probes are formed on one side of a silicon wafer, the other side of the silicon wafter is subject to a dicing process that separates and adjusts the thickness of the neural probes.
US12098061B2
A lifting device having an axle and a pair of wheels attached to the axle, a support element secured to the axle, a vertical element secured to the axle at an angle relative to the support element, and a handle secured to the distal end of the vertical element. In some embodiments, a safety arm is rotatably connected to the support element and the safety arm is moved from a closed position to an extended position, and vice versa, by simply rotating a handle grip which actuates a lever thereby moving a release pin from an engaged position to a dis-engaged position. The release pin secures the safety arm in the closed and extended positions. In further embodiments, a tooth is rotatably connected to the distal end of the support element and the tooth is biased inwards towards the lifting device by at least one spring.
US12098058B2
An automatic configuration method of fixture and a fixture. The automatic configuration method of fixture includes: S1: sending, by a fixture, a predetermined request toward a predetermined address to an elevator controller; S2: judging a control function corresponding to the predetermined address; and S3: configuring the fixture according to the control function corresponding to the predetermined address. The automatic configuration method of fixture and the fixture of the present invention have the advantages of being simple, reliable, convenient to maintain and the like, and can automatically configure the fixture during installation and maintenance, effectively improving the user experience.
US12098056B2
An elevator may include an elevator motor driving at least one elevator car in a hoisting path, which elevator motor is driven via a frequency converter controlled by a control device of the elevator. The frequency converter includes a rectifier bridge and an inverter bridge and a DC link in-between. The elevator further includes at least one elevator brake acting on a brake element rotating with the rotor of the elevator motor, which elevator brake is driven via a brake drive which is connected to the DC link of the frequency converter an comprises a DC/DC converter having its primary side connected to the DC link and its secondary side connected to a brake circuit comprising at least one brake coil of the elevator brake and at least one rectifying element. In the primary side of the DC/DC converter, a first semiconductor switch is connected which is controlled by the control device of the elevator. In the brake circuit a second semiconductor switch is connected which is also controlled by the control device of the elevator, whereby an earth fault indication circuit is connected between the brake circuit and earth. The earth fault indication circuit includes an transmitting part of an opto-coupler, which opto-coupler has its sensor part connected to an earth fault transmission circuit connected to the control device of the elevator. The control device is configured to control the first and/or second semiconductor switch depending on the signal of the earth fault transmission circuit.
US12098043B2
An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit, first and second stacking units, first and second conveyance units, and a control unit. When the first conveyance unit conveys a sheet to the first stacking unit, the printing unit prints an image on a first number of sheets as first sheets in a first printing operation and prints the image on the first sheets in a second printing operation. When the second conveyance unit conveys the sheet to the second stacking unit, the printing unit prints the image on a second number of sheets, greater than the first number of sheets, as second sheets in the first printing operation and prints the image on the second sheets in the second printing operation. A number of sheets printed per unit time in the second printing operation is less than a number of sheets printed per unit time in the first printing operation.
US12098040B2
A supply device for supplying powder, includes: a storage part in which the powder is stored; a supply control part which is provided such that the stored powder flows therein and remains therein, and from which the powder is discharged by external force; and a supply driving part which provides force to the supply control part. The supply driving part includes a control period in which a moving speed is increased and then reduced in a process of reciprocating the supply control part. The control period is set to perform a movement by a distance which is obtained by excluding or adding a predetermined distance from or to a total distance in the process of reciprocating the supply control part.
US12098038B2
A system for sorting and dispensing packages can include a flip gate assembly. The flip gate assembly can include a base, an inclined surface, one or more support legs extending from the base to the inclined surface, an actuator attached to the base, and a flip gate pivotably attached to the inclined surface. The flip gate can be configured to be actuated by the actuator between a retracted configuration, in which a top side of the flip gate is planar with a top surface of the inclined surface, and an extended configuration, in which the top side of the flip gate is disposed at an angle with respect to the top surface of the inclined surface.
US12098037B2
A picking station for picking goods has a source container conveyor for automated transporting of source containers, a target container conveyor for automated transporting of target containers and a fully automated robot system. The source container conveyor includes a first removal area, where a first source container is provisioned, and a second removal area, where a second source container is provisioned. The target container conveyor includes a first loading area, where a first target container is provisioned, and a second loading area, where a second target container is provisioned. The robot system includes a robot having a gripping unit configured to remove goods according to different orders from the first source container and/or second source container and place them into the first target container and/or second target container, and a sensor system for capturing the goods in the first and second source containers. A method automatically picks goods.
US12098036B2
A measurement assembly for measuring wear of the surface of revolution of rotating members is provided. The assembly comprises a support structure, a rod having a first sliding movement along a direction having a rectilinear component with respect to the support structure, a cam guide having a second relative movement with respect to the sliding rod, and at least one roller rotatably fixed to the sliding rod and in rolling contact with a corresponding track of the cam guide. The second relative movement between the cam guide and the sliding rod causes the first movement of the rod along the sliding direction. The measurement assembly may comprise an indicator of the position of the at least one roller along the rectilinear component such that the indicator is capable of generating an electrical signal indicative of the distance between the indicator and the roller.
US12098035B1
A braking device for braking a belt of a downward belt conveyor adopting a head drive is provided. The belt includes first and second belt surfaces opposite to each other. The braking device includes a first clamping plate arranged at a side of the first belt surface, and a second clamping plate arranged at a side of the second belt surface. The first and second clamping plates are configured to move toward each other to allow the second clamping plate and the first clamping plate respectively abut against the second belt surface and the first belt surface, so as to clamp the belt to achieve the braking. The first and second clamping plates are configured to move away from each other to release the belt.
US12098026B2
A system for transferring objects into a device inside a controlled environment includes a winch, tool and carousel. The winch includes a drum, and wire arrangement configured to be reversibly wound onto the drum by a first drive. The tool is suspended below a distal end of the wire arrangement and configured to suspend an object. Both the tool and the object are sized to fit inside a device located below the winch. The carousel is connected to a second drive configured to rotate the carousel around a vertical axis, and includes a storage space centered at a first horizontal angle and a pass-through opening at a different second horizontal angle. The pass-through opening being large enough to pass the tool and the object as the wire arrangement is unwound from the drum thereby lowering the tool and object inside the device.
US12098023B2
Proposed is a portable carrier bag for disposing pet waste in which a tissue storage space portion storing tissues or wet tissues and a pet waste storage space portion storing pet waste are separated from each other, an opening and closing member to open and close the tissue storage space portion is formed of a magnet, a fastener is installed along both lateral surfaces and a lower surface of the pet waste storage space portion, openings are formed on the rear surface of the pet waste storage space portion, a loop for connection with a pet leash is formed in the center of the top surface of the pet waste storage space portion or loops for connection with a shoulder strap are formed on the upper parts of both lateral surfaces thereof, and the portable carrier bag is made of a synthetic resin material.
US12098020B2
A safety door latch system is presented for a grain bin having a door frame. An inner door is connected to the door frame that is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. An outer door is connected to the door frame and is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. A safety mechanism is connected to the door frame and is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. When the inner door frame is moved to a closed position, a portion of the inner door engages the safety mechanism thereby causing the safety mechanism to move to the closed position. When the safety mechanism is in the closed position, the outer door may be latched to the safety mechanism. When the safety mechanism is in the open position, the outer door cannot latch to the safety mechanism.
US12098017B2
Beverage systems and kits and methods of using the same. A beverage system of the present disclosure includes a container configured to retain a beverage, the container having an outer wall and an internal threaded section above a non-threaded inner wall section; a threaded gasket having a threaded portion and an outer curved profile, the threaded portion configured to engage the internal threaded section of the container when coupled thereto; and a lid having an extension portion extending from a cover portion, the extension portion having a seal positioned thereon, the seal configured to engage the non-threaded inner wall section of the container when coupled thereto.
US12098013B2
A multilayer cover has a sandwich design for placement on a drawer of a vacuum drawer device, and the cover allows an evacuation of the drawer interior after sealing against the drawer. The cover has an outer air-tight cover layer and a core layer, recesses molded into the core layer and partly into one of the at least one outer cover layer, and an evacuation channel, a pump, and at least one sensor are arranged therein. The cover is to have a more compact design with a very low height, resulting in a minimal susceptibility to malfunction. This is achieved in that a printed circuit board is arranged on one of the at least one outer air-tight cover layers so as to face the core layer or the at least one outer air-tight cover layer is designed as a printed circuit board on which the core layer lies and on which the electric components integrated into the cover are mechanically held and are electrically connected.
US12098012B2
Food products can be stored and sold in packaging. For example, a perishable food product can be stored in a first compartment of a packaging, and a second food product can be stored in a second compartment. The first compartment can include a modified atmosphere to increase the shelf life of the food product in the first compartment. The second compartment can be under normal atmosphere. This allows a more perishable food product to be stored in the first compartment, and a prepackaged, or otherwise less perishable food product to be separately stored in the second compartment, while extending the shelf life of the food products. The first product could be a sandwich, and the second product be one or more condiments for the sandwich.
US12098008B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article top engaging device, a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B) and a blank (10) for forming the carrier. The article carrier comprises a sleeve structure (12/18) defining at least in part an interior of the article carrier for receiving at least one article, the sleeve structure including at least one substantially planar portion. An end closure structure (14/16) is hingedly connected to a first end of the sleeve structure to at least partially close the first end. At least one glue flap (20, 22) is hingedly connected to the planar portion of the sleeve structure for pivotal movement with respect to the planar portion. The at least one glue flap is disposed generally in the plane of the planar portion of the sleeve structure when the at least one article is received in the interior of the article carrier.
US12098003B1
Provided is a one-piece carton having a child-resistant function comprising a box body, which is a cuboid and comprises an accommodation cavity inside; wherein one side of the accommodation cavity is provided with an opening; the box body is provided with a locking piece and a closure panel; the locking piece comprises a pair of clamping pieces that expand outward and are foldably attached to the locking piece; the opening of the accommodation cavity is provided with a pair of engaged parts; and the box body is provided with pressing pieces corresponding to the clamping pieces.
US12097997B2
Provided is a container including a container body, and an image on the container body. The image includes a plurality of dented portions and non-dented portions. Each of the dented portions is formed of a plurality of processed portions. The plurality of processed portions are disposed linearly, contacting or overlapping each other along a first scanning direction. A width of each of the dented portions in a second scanning direction orthogonal to the first scanning direction changes cyclically along the first scanning direction. Each of the dented portions has bossed portions along the first scanning direction between adjoining ones of the processed portions.
US12097996B2
A container has a base material and a coating layer which is disposed on at least a portion of the base material, contains a composition containing at least one kind of metal component selected from the group consisting of Ti, Al, Mg, Zr, Hf, Fe, Ni, Sn, Zn, Cr, and Mo, and has a thickness equal to or greater than 50 μm. In a case where the composition contains one kind of metal component, a ratio RCAs calculated by CA1s/CA2s is less than 1.0. Alternatively, in a case where the composition contains two or more kinds of metal components, in at least a portion of the coating layer, an average of RCAs determined for each of two or more kinds of the metal components is less than 1.0.
US12097992B2
A container for food liquids, in particular for the storage and/or fermentation of alcoholic beverages, has a body in which a substantial portion of the walls of the container is made of a ceramic material with controlled porosity. The body of the container is shaped as a truncated pyramid, in which each of the faces of the side wall includes a slab of ceramic material with controlled porosity, and in which a support structure made of cementitious material is formed along the external corners of the side wall and in correspondence with the bases of the truncated pyramid. Axial openings are defined in the bases of the container and are adapted to cooperate with suitable closing members.
US12097987B2
A filling machine configured to form, fill, and seal individual packages is provided. The filling machine comprises a sterilization station configured to provide a flow of gaseous sterilizing agent towards open ends of ready-to-fill packaging containers passing through said sterilization station. The filling machine comprises at least one clean air supply and at least one baffle plate arranged above the at least one clean air supply, wherein the air supply is configured to direct a stream of clean air towards the ready-to-fill packaging containers. The clean air supply in turn comprises at least one distribution pipe and wherein the distribution pipe extends in a horizontal direction, the horizontal direction being in the direction of the flow of packages through the filling machine.
US12097982B2
The present disclosure relates to a landing device capable of allowing an unmanned aerial vehicle to be accommodated in a compact manner. A landing device includes a first leg portion that is swingable with a first end portion on a main body side of an unmanned aerial vehicle as an axis; and a second leg portion that is detachably attached to a second end portion of the first leg portion such that the second leg portion extends in an axial direction of the first leg portion. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a drone including a camera at a bottom of a main body.
US12097980B1
An engine device for an unmanned flying apparatus that provides good weight balance for the flying apparatus; cancels the gyroscopic effect; and has auto rotating propellers. The engine device includes a first cylinder and a second cylinder arranged horizontally and opposed to each other, and pistons within the cylinders advance and retract in opposite directions to each other; a first crankshaft and a second crankshaft arranged in the vertical direction, driven by the first cylinder and the second cylinder, respectively, and rotate in opposite directions; a first centrifugal clutch and a second centrifugal clutch rotate in opposite directions to each other; a final drive shaft transmitting rotational force to a gear mechanism comprising orthogonal transform gears, to rotate a propeller shaft; a one-way clutch arranged between the first crankshaft, the second crankshaft and the final drive shaft, and driven by both the first crankshaft and the second crankshaft.
US12097977B2
A system monitors the health of a helicopter, and includes a device for determining a change of state of the engine and is configured to collect data measured by engine and external conditions sensors during a stable flight phase and to process the measured data.
US12097975B1
A tail boom support stand assembly for a tail boom of a helicopter includes a forward structure including a forward telescopic support assembly; a webbing arrangement mounted between a first and second boom support of the forward telescopic support assembly to provide a non-rigid cradle for the tail boom; an aft structure comprising an aft telescopic support assembly; a boom support channel of the aft telescopic support assembly to provide a rigid cradle for the tail boom; and a frame structure that interconnects the forward structure and the aft structure.
US12097973B2
Wing panels having composite wing skins and stringers are produced on a moving production line. The wing panels are formed on mandrels that move through workstations along the production line where laminators layup the wing skins and pick-and-place machines place stringers on the wing skins that are supplied by stringer feeder lines.
US12097971B2
A satellite refueling system has a refueling satellite carrying fuel, a fuel hose connected to the fuel carried by the refueling satellite, with a maneuverable end effector at a deployed end of the fuel hose, the end effector comprising a fuel supply nozzle connected to the fuel hose, a plurality of thrusters on the end effector providing thrust in a plurality of directions, an imaging device on the end effector capturing images in an immediate environment of the end effector, and computerized circuitry operating individual ones of the plurality of thrusters in response to the images captured by the imaging device. The refueling satellite deploys the fuel hose, and the computerized circuitry operates the thrusters to maneuver the end effector, bringing the fuel supply nozzle to a location to deliver fuel.
US12097969B2
A fuel tank protection system having an outer wall for a fuel tank, an inner wall for the fuel tank, a gap between the inner wall and outer wall, and an intumescent material located within the gap between the inner wall and the outer wall.
US12097960B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle for application of an active ingredient to agricultural crops is configured to hold: a liquid comprising the active ingredient in at least one liquid reservoir housed within or attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle. At least one liquid application unit is housed within or attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle and in fluid communication with the at least one liquid reservoir. The housing of at least one sensor unit which is configured to determine sense information comprising sensing a functioning of one or more of: the at least one liquid reservoir, the at least one liquid application unit, the at least one operating unit. A processing unit determines an instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle to dock with a base station and get a service from the base station. This determination step comprises utilization of sense information.
US12097941B1
The portable pedal system for kayaks and other watercraft is a propulsion device. The portable pedal system for kayaks and other watercraft removably attaches to a vessel. The portable pedal system for kayaks and other watercraft is manually powered. The portable pedal system for kayaks and other watercraft comprises a belt drive, a transmission structure, and a vessel. The belt drive and the transmission structure removably attach to the vessel. The belt drive attaches to the transmission structure. A client manually powers the rotation of the belt drive. The rotation of the belt drive rotates the transmission structure which propels the vessel through the water.
US12097940B2
The present invention relates to rotating equipment, and more specifically, to high efficiency rotating equipment which generates thrust through contra-rotating or produces electricity. The rotating equipment includes: a plurality of propeller modules (10, 20) including a plurality of blades (11, 21) installed inside along a circumferential direction; and a rotary module (40) which rotates the plurality of propeller modules (10, 20) or is rotated.
US12097939B1
A field configurable vehicle includes bladders located interior of the vehicle hull walls. One or more of the bladders can be filled with fluids of varying densities to manage the buoyancy, mass properties, and thermal heat dissipation of the vehicle.
US12097932B2
The present invention seeks to reduce the frictional resistance of a vessel through enhanced air lubrication by creating and sustaining a superaerophilic surface underneath the vessel. Air is supplied by two different means: through vents near the bow of the vessel and through the perforated superaerophilic surface underneath the vessel. The air delivered through the perforations in the superaerophilic surface prohibits wetting of microscopic structures on the surface, maintaining the superaerophilic properties of it. Since the superaerophilic surface attracts air close to the hull surface, this invention greatly increases the ratio of air from the bow vents within the boundary layer, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the air lubrication system. Aerophilic effects are enhanced by carbon, which is captured, filtered, and mixed in with the air supplied to the plastron.
US12097929B2
A gearbox may include a drive spindle and several interconnected gear clusters arranged in a housing. A first of the gear clusters is coaxially fastened to the spindle, and has an outboard gear and an inboard gear. The first gear cluster drives a belt to operate one or more of the other gear clusters, and the inboard gear is physically divided into a plurality of segments. A shifting system for the gearbox includes an actuator configured to urge the segments of the inboard gear of the first gear cluster into and out of the plane of the belt, such that a gear ratio of the gearbox is changeable without displacing the belt out of the plane.
US12097925B1
An unmanned vehicle is provided that includes a housing configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The housing supports a pendulum drive assembly having coaxial first and second drive axles that are coaxially aligned with the rotational axis. A first rotating member is mechanically coupled to the first drive axle and configured to rotate with the first drive axle. A second rotating member is mechanically coupled to the second drive axle and configured to rotate with the second drive axle. The pendulum drive assembly includes a first electrical motor and corresponding first transmission system that are operably coupled to the first drive axle as well as a second electrical motor and corresponding second transmission system that are operably coupled to the second drive axle. The first electrical motor, the first transmission system, the second electrical motor, and the second transmission system contribute to an effective pendulum mass disposed within the housing that rotates about the rotational axis of the housing relative to the housing and driven by operation of at least one the first electrical motor and second electrical motor to propel the unmanned vehicle.
US12097922B2
A vehicle, in particular motorcycle, includes a frame, handlebars with two handlebar grips and a communication unit with at least one sensor for the acquisition of data relating to the vehicle, and an interface for transmitting the acquired data. A handlebar protector is arranged, preferably centrally, between the handlebar grips and the communication unit is arranged underneath the handlebar protector or at least partially, preferably entirely, within the handlebar protector.
US12097921B2
A holding device for releasably holding an energy store at a frame unit, in particular, at a bicycle frame. The holding device includes at least one carrier unit and a stop unit connected to a carrier element of the carrier unit. The holding device includes a tensioning unit, which is provided to fix the energy store at the carrier unit in a tensioned operating state and to clamp the energy store between the tensioning unit and the stop unit in an operating position in such a way that the tensioning unit in the tensioned operating state exerts a pressure force on the energy store, which acts in the direction of the stop unit, in particular, parallel to a longitudinal direction of the carrier element.
US12097916B2
A vehicle control system controls a vehicle of a steer-by-wire type. The vehicle control system is configured to execute: driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle; and conjunction reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force component to a steering wheel in conjunction with turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. A driving assist direction is a direction of the turning of the vehicle caused by the driving assist control. The conjunction reaction force control includes feedforward reaction force control that moves the steering wheel in a same direction as the driving assist direction without depending on a steering angle of the steering wheel.
US12097913B2
A power steering system reduces or prevents an unintended jerking of a steering input device due to an unintended torque being input into the power steering system from an output of the power steering system. The unintended torque may be determined based on an acceleration of a motor of the power steering system.
US12097908B1
Provided is a first robot including: a machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor of the first robot effectuates operations including: executing, with the processor of the first robot, a task; and transmitting, with the processor of the first robot, a signal to a processor of a second robot during execution of the task when its power supply level reduces below a predetermined threshold; and the second robot including: a machine readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor of the second robot effectuates operations including: executing, with the processor of the second robot, the remainder of the task upon receiving the signal transmitted from the processor of the first robot; and wherein the first robot navigates to a charging station when its power supply level reduces below the predetermined threshold and wherein the first robot and second robot provide the same services.
US12097897B2
A steering shaft assembly includes a male shaft having a plurality of splines formed thereon, each of the splines terminating at a spline end, wherein each of the spline ends form an angle of about 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal direction of the splines. The steering shaft assembly also includes a female shaft including a plurality of stakes located proximate an end of the female shaft, the stakes retaining the male shaft at an interface between the stakes and the spline ends.
US12097889B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for agent trajectory prediction using anchor trajectories.
US12097887B2
According to various embodiments, systems, methods, and media for evaluating an open space planner in an autonomous vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes receiving, at a profiling application, a record file recorded by the ADV while driving in an open space using the open space planner, and a configuration file specifying parameters of the ADV; extracting planning messages and prediction messages from the record file, each extracted message being associated with the open space planner. The method further includes generating features from the planning message and the prediction messages in view of the specified parameters of the ADV; and calculating statistical metrics from the features. The statistical metrics are then provided to an automatic tuning framework for tuning the open space planner.
US12097886B2
A travel plan generation device used for an autonomous driving system of a vehicle includes circuitry, in which the circuitry is configured to generate a restriction related to a quantity of state of the vehicle, and generate a target trajectory and a target vehicle speed of the vehicle as a travel plan so as to satisfy the restriction by using a Bayes filter as a state estimation calculation without a convergence calculation.
US12097873B2
Systems and methods for dynamic sensor data adaptation using a deep learning loop are provided. A method includes classifying, using a discriminator model, a first object from first sensor data associated with a first sensing condition, wherein the discriminator model is trained for a second sensing condition different from the first sensing condition; generating, using a generator model in response to the discriminator model failing to classify the first object, second sensor data representing a second object comprising at least a modified element of the first object; classifying, using the discriminator model, the second object from the second sensor data; and adapting, based at least in part on a difference between the first object and the second object in response to the discriminator model successfully classifying the second object, a machine learning model associated with object classification for the first sensing condition.
US12097870B2
Systems and methods of an intuitive two-dimensional warning indicator are provided. Various embodiments include a warning indicator for mounting on an instrument panel of a vehicle. The warning indicator may include a plurality of illumination bars defining a polygonal shape representing a two-dimensional layout of the vehicle's surroundings. The warning indicator may be configured to illuminate at least one illumination bar of the plurality of illumination bars based on a warning issued by a vehicle system of the vehicle. The driver may be able to see the warning indicator in his/her peripheral vision while looking forward while driving. Associated vehicles including the warning indicator are provided. Associated methods are also provided.
US12097864B2
A hardware processor of a mobile object executes the program stored in a storage device to acquire reference information with which a facility where an occupant is likely to stop by is identifiable; to recognize whether a mobile object is moving on a roadway or a predetermined region different from the roadway; to recognize presence of a contact portion between the predetermined region and the roadway in a traveling direction of the mobile object; to partially control a speed of the mobile object; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the roadway to a first speed; to limit a speed of the mobile object moving on the predetermined region to a second speed lower than the first speed; and to bring a speed of the mobile object to the second speed when the mobile object is moving on the roadway, the contact portion is recognized within a predetermined range from the mobile object, and it is determined with reference to the reference information that there is a facility where the occupant is likely to stop by on a side on which there is the contact portion from the look of the roadway.
US12097861B2
The present disclosure provides a method for generating road topology information performed by at least one processor. With respect to coordinate data of a road, boundary conditions between segments including topology information may be calculated to make the connection between segments flexible, and a midpoint of a curve of a segment may be detected to directly calculate control points of a Bézier curve, thereby generating a parametric Bézier curve. Accordingly, more precise road map may be generated even when the coordinate data of the segment of the road includes an error.
US12097846B2
A vehicle collision avoidance assist apparatus executes a collision avoidance control for avoiding a collision of an own vehicle with an object ahead of the own vehicle. The apparatus determines whether a driver of the own vehicle has a collision self-avoidance probability that the driver can avoid the collision of the own vehicle with the object ahead of the own vehicle by carrying out a driving operation to the own vehicle. When the apparatus determines that the driver does not have the collision self-avoidance probability, the apparatus sets a start timing of starting executing the collision avoidance control to a timing earlier than the start timing set when the apparatus determines that the driver has the collision self-avoidance probability.
US12097842B2
A clutch arrangement for a hybrid vehicle powertrain including an input shaft to be connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, an output shaft for connection to a transmission, a one-way clutch comprising an inner race connected to rotate with the input shaft and an outer race, a coupling hub rotationally coupled with the output shaft, a synchronizer ring arranged between the coupling hub and the one-way clutch, the synchronizer ring cooperating with the outer race of the one-way clutch, and a coupling sleeve unit that is selectively and axially moveable across the coupling hub. The synchronizer ring and the outer race include three positions, a neutral position, a first position, and a second position.
US12097841B2
A vehicle for supplying a constant current to a motor without changing a gate voltage even at high temperatures is provided. The vehicle includes at least one switching element that supplies a current to a motor; a temperature sensor that detects temperature information of at least one transistor; at least one processor that transmits a clock signal corresponding to driving of the motor; and a driver that receives the clock signal, and transmits a driving signal to the transistor. A converter then determines a duty of the driving signal based on the temperature information received from the temperature sensor.
US12097837B2
A pump housing of a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system has at least one wheel brake cylinder connection for connecting a wheel brake cylinder to the pump housing, and an outlet valve receiving member associated with the individual wheel brake cylinder connection to receive an outlet valve, which is provided for letting brake fluid out of the wheel brake cylinder into the pump housing. The outlet valve has a valve inlet that can be closed by a closing element with an associated closing force. The outlet valve receiving member has an inlet for letting brake fluid from the wheel brake cylinder into the outlet valve. The inlet is adapted for guiding the brake fluid in a flow direction opposite the closing force when letting the brake fluid into the outlet valve, when the outlet valve is received in the outlet valve receiving member.
US12097829B2
The disclosure relates to a pneumatic braking system comprising a service brake actuator; an electro-pneumatic modulator unit for receiving an air control pressure representative of a driver's braking request; delivering, by a regulation unit, a modulated air pressure to a service brake chamber; a parking brake actuator; a parking brake unit for delivering a second air pressure to a parking brake pneumatic chamber; and an isolation device for when the isolation device is electrically energized, preventing the delivery of the air control pressure to the regulation unit, and for when the isolation device is not electrically energized, allowing the delivery of air control pressure to the regulation unit when the second air pressure is higher than a threshold, and preventing the delivery of air control pressure to the regulation unit when the second air pressure is lower than the threshold.
US12097825B2
The present disclosure relates to improvements in load carriers mountable on the rear of a vehicle. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to load carriers having a load support arrangement which may be moved between a use position and a non-use position. The present disclosure also relates to configurations of a base frame for a load carrier, a tightening mechanism for mounting a load carrier on a vehicle, an arrangement for mounting a load support arrangement on a non-round cross beam of a load carrier, an attachment device for coupling a force transfer member to a mounting portion on the vehicle, a specific configuration of a coupling mechanism for supporting a vehicle coupling portion of a load carrier on a vehicle, and a spacer for guiding a force transfer member around damageable parts of a vehicle such as a spoiler.
US12097808B2
A mascot retraction mechanism has a mascot base 10 with a non-circular outline shape which extends over and conceals a contact area with a substantially circular edge. A support 6 comprising a support surface 22 is biased into contact with the contact area of the mascot base permitting the mascot base to pivot relative to the support about the substantially circular edge. Such pivoting may operate a release mechanism causing retraction of a mascot.
US12097799B2
A vehicle headlight (10) includes a light source unit (30) including a plurality of light emitting elements (35), a reflector (39) that scans light from the plurality of light emitting elements (35) to form a light distribution pattern (350), and a control unit (60). The control unit (60) controls the light source unit (30) such that the light amount of light emitted from some light emitting elements to a predetermined region (AR) overlapping a target object does not change and the light amount of light emitted from other some light emitting elements to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object changes among the light emitting elements that emit light to the predetermined region (AR) overlapping the target object in the superimposition region (PA).
US12097792B2
A selectively engageable and interlocking cupholder assembly, which may be used an aircraft or vehicle interior while in movement.
US12097791B2
A seating system for a vehicle includes a first seat assembly having a first seat base and a first armrest that is convertible between an armrest position and a center seat position, and a second seat assembly having a second seat base and a second armrest that is convertible between an armrest position and a middle seat position. The seating system also includes a convertible third seat assembly located between the first and second seat assemblies and having a third seat formed by the first armrest and the second armrest in the middle seat position, wherein the first and second armrests are moveable between the armrest position and the center seat position.
US12097788B2
A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
US12097787B2
A clutch unit includes an operation lever, an operation member, an input-side clutch, an output-side clutch, and a bottomed cylindrical housing. The input-side clutch includes an input-side inner ring member and an operation bracket. The operation bracket includes an engagement portion that engages with the input-side inner ring member, a facing portion that faces the bottom surface of the housing with a gap therebetween, a fastened portion that penetrates a through hole formed in the bottom surface of the housing and is fastened to the operation member, and a sliding-contact portion that extends from the facing portion toward the bottom surface of the housing and comes into sliding-contact with the bottom surface of the housing.
US12097785B2
A mounted object detection device includes: a load sensor in which a plurality of sensor parts each configured to detect a load are disposed in a matrix shape; and a controller configured to detect a situation of a mounted object on the load sensor on the basis of an output from the load sensor. The controller: detects a load distribution on a detection region of the load sensor on the basis of an output from the load sensor; discerns which of a person or animal and a thing the mounted object is, on the basis of the load distribution; and when having discerned that the mounted object is a thing, discerns whether or not a person or an animal is mounted on the thing, on the basis of temporal change in the load distribution.
US12097781B2
A system for powering an electric vehicle (EV) includes a battery, a power distribution module, and a battery bypass module. The power distribution module receives power from a charging station, draws power from the battery in a discharging mode, distributes power from the charging station to the battery in a charging mode, and distributes power to a plurality of subsystems of the EV. The battery bypass module is coupled to the battery and the power distribution module. When the battery bypass module is engaged in a charging bypass mode, power distributed by the power distribution module bypasses the battery and is distributed to at least a subset of the plurality of subsystems of the EV.
US12097776B2
An electric drive system is actively controlled while an electrified vehicle is being towed. The inverter switches are manipulated to preclude exceeding a maximum voltage of a DC bus and also to preclude exceeding a maximum phase current magnitude. During a transition from an inverter off state to a short-circuit state, field-oriented control is utilized.
US12097771B2
A work vehicle is configured to perform an activity in a work area. The work vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of ground engaging members coupled to the chassis for movement of the chassis in the work area, a generator configured to generate energy from performance of the activity of the work vehicle in the work area, an energy storage device connected to the generator to store energy generated by the generator and configured to be charged to an initial charge, a work member, and a controller configured to establish an initial charge setting corresponding to the initial charge of the energy storage device based on at least one anticipated activity input of the work vehicle.
US12097766B2
A dual-clutch transmission includes two clutches for respectively connecting an input shaft in a rotationally fixed manner to a sub-transmission input shaft. Two layshafts each have one output gear arranged coaxially with respect thereto. A first, second, and third forward idler gear are each arranged coaxially with respect to the one layshaft. A fourth and fifth forward idler gear are each arranged coaxially with respect to the other layshaft. One of the output gears is a larger output gear having a greater diameter or a greater number of teeth than the other, smaller output gear. The first forward idler gear forms a second gear stage, the second forward idler gear forms a third gear stage, etc. The gear stages have a decreasing transmission ratio in the order stated.
US12097765B2
A transmission module for a hybrid drive vehicle has a tray-like support structure adapted to be fixed to an internal combustion engine and defining a housing for a decoupling clutch, a first power port for connection to an output member of the decoupling clutch, a second power port for connection to an electric machine, and a module transmission having respective transmission members associated with the power ports, and transmission means connecting the transmission members to each other. The power ports are configured so as to be couplable with respective rotating members of the decoupling clutch and of the electric machine by means of respective axially sliding couplings.
US12097760B2
A technique is directed to methods and systems for detecting the presence of a machine operator. In some implementations, an operator presence system monitors a machine to determine whether an operator is present in an operating machine. The operator presence system collects input data from sensors or devices on the machine and determines whether the operator is in the operator seat. During operation, if an operator is determined to not be in the operator seat, the operator presence system can generate and send notifications (e.g., visual or audible warnings) to alert the operator to sit in the operator seat.
US12097753B2
A vehicle system includes an electric motor that also operates as a generator. A torque transfer mechanism is attached to the electric motor and a second torque transfer mechanism is connected via a disconnect mechanism. An AC compressor is attached to the first torque transfer mechanism via a clutch, which has an open position and a closed position. During recuperation, the second torque transfer mechanism is connected to the first torque transfer mechanism and the clutch is closed, and the compressor is driven by the motor. During stand-still, the second torque transfer mechanism is disconnected from the first torque transfer mechanism, and the compressor is driven by the motor. During drive operation, the second torque transfer mechanism is connected to the first torque transfer mechanism, and the clutch is open such that the compressor is not driven, but the system continues to provide cool air to the vehicle cabin.
US12097750B2
A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a first heat exchanger, a first region of a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a compressor, a vapor generator, an accumulator, a first expansion valve, and a first three-way valve. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet, a mid-pressure inlet, and an outlet. The vapor generator is positioned downstream of the outlet of the compressor and upstream of both the low-pressure inlet and the mid-pressure inlet. The vapor generator includes a first region and a second region. The accumulator is positioned immediately upstream of the compressor. The accumulator includes an inlet and an outlet. The first expansion valve is positioned upstream of the accumulator. The first expansion valve includes an inlet and an outlet. The first three-way valve is positioned immediately downstream of the first expansion valve and immediately upstream of the accumulator.
US12097749B2
An embodiment method for controlling a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes determining a target subcooled temperature of a refrigerant based on a temperature and a pressure of the refrigerant discharged from an outlet of a compressor when the compressor operates, calculating a change in enthalpy of the refrigerant based on the determined target subcooled temperature in a process of condensing and subcooling the refrigerant, calculating a change in enthalpy of air passing over an exterior surface of a condenser based on the calculated refrigerant enthalpy change, and calculating a required fan duty of a cooling fan based on the calculated air enthalpy change, wherein the cooling fan is configured to blow the air to the condenser.
US12097747B2
A control apparatus for a vehicle includes an input signal detector and a processor. The input signal detector detects an input signal that is based on a predetermined switch operation of a switch in the vehicle. The processor controls a defroster of the vehicle and an idle reduction, on the basis of the detection of the input signal performed by the input signal detector. The input signal detector includes a first detector that detects rising of the input signal that is based on the switch operation, and a second detector that detects falling of the input signal that is based on the switch operation. The processor drives the defroster on the basis of the detection of the input signal performed by the first detector, and prohibits the idle reduction on the basis of the detection of the input signal performed by the second detector.
US12097738B2
One or more systems, methods and/or non-transitory, machine-readable mediums are described herein for controlling a suspension system. An active suspension control system can comprise a memory that stores executable components, and a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of the executable components comprising a dynamics model generator that generates a bioinspired dynamics model and determines nonlinear dynamics for nonlinear suppression of vibration of an active suspension system, a fuzzy disturbance observer component that determines a lumped disturbance to the active suspension system by employing fuzzy variables absent determination of exact physical parameters of the active suspension system, and a controller that applies respective outputs of the dynamics model generator and the fuzzy disturbance observer component, in combination with a non-cancelled state-coupling term, to control the active suspension system to thereby cause the nonlinear suppression of the vibration of the active suspension system.
US12097730B2
A bead exerciser system for an automated wheel assembly may include a center lift configured to lift a wheel assembly off of a conveyor belt, a drum roller configured to rotate the wheel assembly, a pair of pinch rollers driven by a driver and configured to apply force to a tire of the wheel assembly, a force sensor configured to detect a force of the tire against the pinch rollers, and a controller configured to receive the force from the force sensor and generate a command for an alert in response to the force falling outside of a predefined threshold range.
US12097719B2
The invention relates to a process for marking an optical eyeglass (1) equipped with a surface coating (5) comprising the following steps: A step of detreating by means of a laser beam, so as to locally detreat an area of the optical eyeglass by removing the surface coating (5) until a lower layer (7) of the eyeglass (1) is reached, which layer is located under said coating (5) and made of a material that is different from the surface coating (5), thus forming at least one the detreated zone (6, 11), A step of depositing an ink (9) in the detreated zone (6, 11) in order to form at least one inked pattern (4), so that the ink (9) adheres to the lower layer (7) present at the bottom (10) of the detreated zone (6, 11).
US12097713B2
A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a first electrode provided in a first portion of a first wall among the plurality of walls; and a second electrode provided in a second portion of a second wall among the plurality of walls, in which the first portion includes a first outer surface on which the first electrode is provided and a first inner surface opposite to the first outer surface, the second portion includes a second outer surface on which the second electrode is provided and a second inner surface opposite to the second outer surface, and the first inner surface of the first portion and the second inner surface of the second portion are subjected to a water-repellent treatment.
US12097712B2
A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the walls; and a flexible printed substrate including a non-conductive first cover film layer, a non-conductive second cover film layer, a non-conductive base material layer provided between the first cover film layer and the second cover film layer, a conductive first conductor layer provided between the first cover film layer and the base material layer, and a conductive second conductor layer provided between the second cover film layer and the base material layer, in which the first cover film layer is provided between the second cover film layer and the storage section, the first conductor layer includes a first electrode provided in a first wall and a second electrode provided in a second wall, and the second conductor layer includes a constant voltage wiring held at a constant voltage.
US12097710B2
A print liquid supply apparatus or interface structure to be connected to a print system comprises a liquid channel, liquid interface and integrated circuit contact pads.
US12097705B2
A recording portion has a nozzle surface. A first movement portion moves the recording portion in a first direction intersecting the nozzle surface. A second movement portion moves a first maintenance portion in a second direction along the nozzle surface. The recording portion is movable to a recording position at which recording is performed on a medium, and a first retreated position where the recording portion is retreated from the recording position. The first maintenance portion is movable to a maintenance position at which maintenance of the nozzle surface is performed and a second retreated position retreated from the maintenance position. When an error occurs, a control portion causes the recording portion to retreat away from the first maintenance portion in a first direction. Then, the first maintenance portion is caused to retreat in a second direction.
US12097704B2
In a case of executing first printing that printing is performed by using a first group, which includes nozzles of a nozzle array whose distances to a detection unit are less than a first predetermined value, and thereafter executing second printing that printing is performed by using a second group, which includes nozzles of the nozzle array whose distances to the detection unit are equal to or less than the first predetermined value and are equal to or more than a second predetermined value, a first driving pulse for the first printing is determined by using a first temperature, which is detected by the detection unit when the first printing is performed. A second driving pulse for the second printing is determined by use of a second temperature, which is derived based on the first temperature and corresponds to a temperature of the nozzles of the second group.
US12097702B2
According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber for ink, a nozzle plate including a nozzle connected to the pressure chamber, an actuator to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit that drives the actuator. The drive circuit drives the actuator according to a drive waveform including an expansion waveform, a first weak contraction waveform, a contraction waveform, and a second weak contraction waveform.
US12097700B2
A liquid ejection head includes a print element substrate having an ejection port for ejecting a liquid; a support member supporting the print element substrate; and an adhesive agent provided for adhering the print element substrate to the support member. The print element substrate includes a supply port opposed to the support member and communicating with the ejection port, a first surface opposed to the support member and surrounding the supply port, and a second surface opposed to the support member and provided along at least a part of an outer edge of the first surface and retracted from the first surface relative to the support member. The adhesive agent is filled in a first space between the first surface and the support member, and at least a part of a second space between the second surface and the support member.
US12097695B2
An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a status register, a plurality of interfaces, and control logic. The plurality of interfaces include a mode interface, a data interface, and a fire interface. The control logic enables reading of the status register in response to a signal on the mode interface transitioning to logic high with a logic high signal on the data interface, and transitioning a signal on the fire interface to logic high with the signal on the single data interface floating.
US12097684B2
A process for preparing a laminated glazing comprises providing a first glass sheet formed into a desired shape with a first thickness by a first procedure and providing a second glass sheet formed into a desired shape with a second thickness by a second procedure with an interlayer located therebetween, and laminating together the first and second glass sheets and the interlayer at a temperature and pressure sufficient to adhere the interlayer material to the glass sheets and in which the process further comprises applying a mould which is shaped substantially the same as the first glass sheet, against the second glass sheet, during laminating to adhere the interlayer material to the two glass sheets such that after lamination, the shape of the second glass sheet is substantially the same as the shape of the first glass sheet.
US12097683B2
An electrical current transmission system for transmitting an electrical current to an object via a substantially transparent structure, wherein the substantially transparent structure includes at least one transparent layer and at least two transparent electrically conductive elements. The substantially transparent structure further comprises means for connecting the at least two electrically conductive elements to an external power supply, and means for transfer of electrical current from the transparent structure to the object. The at least two electrically conductive elements are separated by a part of the structure which is electrically insulating.
US12097677B2
A method of manufacturing a shoe component may include injecting a material into a mold cavity to create a thin sheet of molded material formed as a single piece with molded holes extending through the molded material and formed as part of the injection molding process. The thin sheet of molded material may be in a shape that can be secured together to form a shoe upper including a vamp, a medial portion, and a lateral portion. The method may include removing, from the mold cavity, the sheet of molded material, folding the sheet of molded material, optionally cementing a first portion of the sheet of molded material to a second portion of the sheet of molded material, and cementing a third portion of the sheet of molded material to a sole to form a shoe. The completed shoe may also include an insole, a tongue, and laces.
US12097669B2
A fully impregnated fiber-reinforced thermoplastic granule includes a fiber core impregnated with a thermoplastic resin and coated with the resin and subsequently polymerized to form a thermoplastic. The granule is formed in a continuous process including a continuous fiber strand being coated and impregnated with a thermoplastic resin, curing the thermoplastic resin, and cutting the fiber and thermoplastic into granules of a desired length. The continuous process results in a uniform, fully impregnated fiber core in the granule which results in a longer reinforcing fiber for added strength in subsequently produced products formed from the granules.
US12097668B2
A method for manufacturing a structural component of a blade segment for a segmented rotor blade of a wind turbine includes forming first and second portions of the structural component. The first and second portions include respective holes that align in a chord-wise direction. The method also includes placing the first and second portions of the structural component into a mold such that their respective holes align in the chord-wise direction. Further, the method includes placing a tooling pin through the aligned holes. In addition, the method includes infusing the first and second sides together in the second mold via a resin material so as to form the structural component. Moreover, the method includes removing the tooling pin after the structural component has cured.
US12097666B2
In various embodiments, a hot melt device comprising a heating device that is automatically or manually triggered is configured so as to have its melt surface applied bringing a thermoplastic material in its solid form into contact with a surface via mechanical extrusion; using a heater to heat the thermoplastic material to a temperature above a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material while maintaining the contact of the thermoplastic material with the surface; allowing the heated thermoplastic material to cool to a temperature that is below the thermoplastic material's melting temperature; and allowing the heated thermoplastic material to bond the hot melt apparatus to the contacted surface without a solvent or use of a curing chemical reaction when the heated thermoplastic material is cooled to below the thermoplastic material's melting temperature while remaining connected to the structural body.
US12097661B2
The present invention discloses a construction method of 3D printing and weaving integrated building, comprising: selecting basic building structural components, using finite element analysis after spatial modeling, and combining stress nephogram to set a discrimination domain value and optimize a structure space, obtaining a structural component skeleton; calculating and analyzing the structural component skeleton, determining a weaving range and weaving density of a wire according to weak areas and sizes under structural stress; and then determining a printing process and weaving process according to the structural component skeleton, the weaving range and the weaving density; preparing 3D printing material; 3D printing a matrix and weaving the wire according to the printing process and weaving process, constructing layer by layer, or printing segments, and then connecting segments by preset tenoning structural sections to form a 3D printing and weaving integrated building. The construction method of the present invention has high toughness, fatigue resistance, longevity and other advantages; so that each part of the building can not only meet the different requirements of structural mechanics, but also can achieve economic beauty and modeling art on the basis of safety and reliability.
US12097660B2
A three dimensional (3D) printing apparatus to print an implantable bone scaffold (IBS) in an aseptic environment is described. The 3D printing apparatus includes a sterile cartridge. The sterile cartridge contains a sterile printing material, a print nozzle, and a plunger. The 3D printing apparatus also includes a heater configured to indirectly heat the printing material. In addition, the 3D printing apparatus includes a cartridge receiver configured to retain the sterile cartridge. A sterile receiving plate is positioned below the print nozzle. A cover encompasses and maintains the sterile cartridge and the sterile receiving plate in an aseptic environment. A filter fan unit (FFU) overlays a section of the cover. Positive laminar filtered air flow created by the FFU maintains the aseptic environment inside a printing chamber. An ultraviolet light source irradiates the receiving plate. A movable diaphragm separates a printer mechanism, below the receiving plate, from the printing chamber.
US12097657B2
A three-dimensional structure is formed when layers of a material are deposited onto a substrate and scanned with a high energy beam to at least partially melt each layer of the material. Upon scanning the layers at predetermined locations at least a first segment overlapping a second segment and underlapping a third segment is formed.
US12097652B2
An imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate with use of a mold includes a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, a suction unit provided at the mold holding unit and configured to suction a gas in a space in which the mold and the substrate face each other, a detector configured to detect particles included in the gas suctioned by the suction unit, and a control unit configured to perform error processing depending on a result of detection performed by the detector.
US12097649B2
A steering wheel damper for a vehicle, and a manufacturing method thereof, the method includes putting a plate which is directly fixed to a steering wheel and has a plurality of through holes and a mass member having a predetermined weight to reduce vibration and a central pin in a mold in order, injection-molding rubber, and molding a connection member for connecting the plate and the mass member and a cushion member for limiting movement of the mass member.
US12097648B2
A controller for an injection molding system is in communication with a melt flow control unit, a gas assist control unit, and a gas counter pressure control unit. The controller can effect real-time adjustments to gas assist pressure and/or gas counter pressure as a function of melt pressure or flow front position.
US12097646B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing an articular prosthesis implant using a mould comprising a ceramic imprint (1) moved by a piston (2), the ceramic imprint (1) pressing the thermoplastic material introduced into the mould.
US12097642B2
A wafer producing method for producing a wafer from a semiconductor ingot includes a thermal stress wave generating step of applying a pulsed laser beam having a wavelength that is absorbable by the semiconductor ingot to the semiconductor ingot held on the chuck table to generate a thermal stress wave and a fracture layer forming step of applying a pulsed laser beam having a wavelength that is transmittable through the semiconductor ingot to the semiconductor ingot in synchronism with a time during which the thermal stress wave reaches a position corresponding to a thickness of a wafer to be produced from the semiconductor ingot, causing the pulsed laser beam whose wavelength is transmittable through the semiconductor ingot to be absorbed in a region where a band gap is reduced by a tensile stress of the thermal stress wave.
US12097639B2
Formwork (1) for the construction of railway platforms, comprising: a container (2) in which building material to be shaped and subjected to hardening for the construction of a railway platform can be compacted; at least one fixed crossbeam (3) located at the bottom of the container (2); at least one movable crossbeam (4) provided with at least one pair of fastening imprints (5) arranged symmetrically and configured to model the material to form a pair of fastening seats apt to position the rails on the railway platform; placed side by side with the fixed crossbeam (3) and defining therewith an impression surface on which said material can be molded for the construction of said railway platform; said movable crossbeam (4) being rotatable and/or translatable with respect to said fixed crossbeam (3), the configuration being such that different rotations and/or translations correspond to different positions in the container (2) of the fastening imprints (5) and different impression surfaces.
US12097623B2
A method for collision monitoring of a robot includes ascertaining an actual value of an axis load of at least one axis of the robot and identifying a collision of the robot if a deviation between this actual value and a reference value of the axis load exceeds a threshold value. The threshold value is ascertained as a function of at least one preceding deviation between the actual value and the reference value and/or at least one preceding reference value and/or the reference value, is ascertained as a function of a preceding actual value.
US12097622B2
Improved techniques for examining a plurality of distinct recordings pertaining to user interactions with one or more software applications, where each recording concerns performing at least one task. The examined recordings can be processed such that the recordings can be organized and/or rendered in a consolidated manner which facilitates user's understanding of higher-level operations being performed by the examined recordings to carry out the associated task. As one embodiment, a robotic process automation system can, for example, operate to: acquire a plurality of recordings, the recordings include a series of user interactions with one or more application programs, the recordings being acquired via the robotic process automation system; identify repeating sequences of user interactions within the recordings; select at least one of the identified repeating sequences that occurs more often; create a first level pattern for the selected at least one of the identified repeating sequences; and associate a descriptive label to the first level pattern created for the selected at least one of the identified repeating sequences.
US12097614B2
A robot for object manipulation may include sensors, a robot appendage, actuators configured to drive joints of the robot appendage, a planner, and a controller. Object path planning may include determining poses. Object trajectory optimization may include assigning a set of timestamps to the poses, optimizing a cost function based on an inverse kinematic (IK) error, a difference between an estimated required wrench and an actual wrench, and a grasp efficiency, and generating a reference object trajectory based on the optimized cost function. Grasp sequence planning may be model-based or deep reinforcement learning (DRL) policy based. The controller may implement the reference object trajectory and the grasp sequence via the robot appendage and actuators.
US12097612B2
Modular gripping finger for arrangement on a movable gripper jaw of a gripping device, having at least two rigidly interconnected finger modules, the finger modules including one or more base modules for forming a geometric shape of the gripping finger and including an end module having a gripping surface, the end module including an electrical end module interface and at least one sensor which is or can be connected to the end module interface.
US12097609B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for mitigating slip of a robot appendage. In one aspect, a method for mitigating slip of a robot appendage includes (i) receiving an input from one or more sensors, (ii) determining, based on the received input, an appendage position of the robot appendage, (iii) determining a filter position for the robot appendage, (iv) determining a distance between the appendage position and the filter position, (v) determining, based on the distance, a force to apply to the robot appendage, (vi) causing one or more actuators to apply the force to the robot appendage, (vii) determining whether the distance is greater than a threshold distance, and (viii) responsive to determining that the distance is greater than the threshold distance, the control system adjusting the filter position to a position, which is the threshold distance from the appendage position, for use in a next iteration.
US12097604B2
A power tool receives a reaction force with an auxiliary handle attached to the power tool. An auxiliary handle attachable to a power tool includes a first arm, a second arm that fastens, together with the first arm, at least a part of the power tool located between the first arm and the second arm, a handle, a grip sensor that detects the handle being gripped with the first arm and the second arm fastening at least the part of the power tool in between, and a signal output unit that outputs, to the power tool, a grip signal indicating that the handle is gripped based on a detection signal from the grip sensor.
US12097599B2
A dustproof magazine to be mounted in a nail gun including a muzzle unit includes a magazine body, a nail-pressing member, and a scroll spring connected therebetween. The magazine body includes spaced-apart first and second rail walls extending transverse to the muzzle unit, and disposed respectively distal from and adjacent to the muzzle unit. The nail-pressing member is mounted movably along and between the first and second rail walls, and includes a main body and a scraper set extending therefrom. Movement of the nail-pressing member away from the muzzle unit drives the scroll spring to resiliently convert from a winding state into an unwinding state, where a strip portion of the scroll spring unwinds and extends along the second rail wall. The scraper set is in contact with the strip portion during the movement of the nail-pressing member for scrapping foreign matters off the strip portion.
US12097575B2
A soldering apparatus, in particular a reflow soldering apparatus, for the continuous soldering of printed circuit boards along a transport direction, including a process channel that has a preheating zone, a soldering zone and a cooling zone, and further includes a base body and a cover hood movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein nozzle plates, fan units with fan motors, air ducts that conduct the process gas, filter elements and/or cooling elements are provided in the base body. The soldering apparatus further includes a drawer, which extends along a pull-out direction running transversely to the transport direction, is provided in the base body, with a bottom, a front wall and a rear side. Air ducts for conducting the process gas, at least one replaceable filter element in a filter region and at least one cooling device are provided in the drawer.
US12097568B2
An apparatus and method for fastening layers of non-ferrous alloys, like aluminum, magnesium and copper utilizes a steel fastener and a spot welding machine. The fastener and metals are stacked and the heat from the welder's electric current softens the lower melting point aluminum allowing the fastener to penetrate the aluminum. A weld zone between the fastener and the various layers creates an internal weld. The fastener has a rough shaft that is coated by the molten weld zone and is hard to withdraw on solidification. Layers of non-conductive materials like plastics and ceramics may also be affixed to a conductive layer using a fastener made from a compatible material that extends through a pilot hole and welds to or penetrates a conductive layer. The fastener may have projections that initially reduce contact area with the stack.
US12097564B2
Large diameter edges formed in arc shapes having curvature radii larger than a ball radius are provided. This allows improving surface roughness of a machined surface by cutting of a planar surface with the respective large diameter edges compared with cutting of a planar surface with a ball end cutting edge formed in an arc shape having a single curvature radius. Further, since the respective large diameter edges are formed in the arc shape, compared with cutting of a curved surface with linear cutting edges, surface roughness of a machined surface can be improved by cutting a curved surface with the respective large diameter edges. Accordingly, a pick feed during the cutting of the planar surface and the curved surface with the respective large diameter edges can be increased, and therefore machining efficiency in the cutting of both of the planar surface and the curved surface can be improved.
US12097550B2
A bending machine for bending workpieces is disclosed. The bending machine includes a lower beam and an upper beam for forming a workpiece by bending along a bending line. A tool holder for receiving bending tools is provided on the lower beam and each end of the tool holder is associated with a recessed region which is formed in the lower beam overlapping with the respective end. The lower beam includes a central element and at least one side element arranged adjacent to one another in the thickness direction of the lower beam. Recessed regions are provided in the central element and/or in the width direction adjacent to the central element. The lower beam also includes a central region in which, during a bending operation of a workpiece, a force is introduced via the tool holder both into the central element and into the at least one side element.
US12097547B2
An extrusion press including a ram having a ram body configured for movement along a ram axis, and a compaction container defining a compaction compartment and having a compaction container axis. The compaction container is rotatable between a first orientation wherein the compaction container axis is not aligned with the ram axis and a second orientation wherein the compaction container axis is aligned with the ram axis such that the ram body is movable into the compaction compartment.
US12097546B2
Methods and systems are provided for treating a contaminated environmental medium. In one example, the treatment includes adding a first jarosite-group mineral to the contaminated environmental medium to form a wet mixture under a set of conditions. The set of conditions is maintained over a duration of time to expedite precipitation of a second jarosite-group mineral, the second jarosite-group mineral incorporating contaminant cations and contaminant anions into a structure of the second jarosite-group mineral. The first jarosite-group mineral is added in situ at a contamination site.
US12097541B2
A substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stage having a substantially disc-shaped form and including a hole in a center thereof; a roller that contacts a side surface of the stage and rotates the stage; a first liquid nozzle that supplies a first liquid to a first surface of the substrate; a first driver that moves a position of the first liquid nozzle; a second liquid nozzle that supplies a second liquid from the hole of the stage to a second surface of the substrate; a second driver that moves a position of the second liquid nozzle; a cooling nozzle that supplies a cooling gas from the hole of the stage to the second surface; a third driver that moves a position of the cooling nozzle; and a controller that controls the first driver, the second driver, and the third driver.
US12097533B2
An ultrasonic transducer device comprises a controller and a differential piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer with a membrane later, a bottom electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a top electrode layer comprising a first electrode with a positive voltage to displacement coefficient and a second electrode with a negative voltage to displacement coefficient. During a first period, the controller electrically decouples a first output of a first driver from the first electrode, electrically decouples a second output of a second driver from the second electrode, and electrically couples the first and second electrodes to equalize charge between them. During a second period, the controller electrically decouples the first and second electrodes, electrically couples the first output with the first electrode, and electrically couples the second output with the second electrode; where waveforms on the first and second outputs during the second time period are out of phase with one another.
US12097525B2
The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a head unit configured to discharge an ink to a substrate; a supply unit configured to supply the ink to the head unit and including a reservoir having an inner space; and a pressure adjusting unit configured to adjust a pressure of the inner space, and wherein the pressure adjusting unit comprises: a first pressure adjusting unit; and a second pressure adjusting unit in which a size for changing a pressure of the inner space per unit time is greater than the first pressure adjusting unit.
US12097520B2
A battery-operated ultrasonic diffuser includes a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a liquid management system that allows a user to safely move the diffuser when it is full.
US12097505B2
A system for processing compounds having constituent materials of different mechanical characteristics to extract their constituent materials. The system includes a kinetic impactor configured to impact, via a shockwave, compound particles of a preimpact mixture, thereby creating a postimpact mixture including (i) subparticles of 1st-constituent-material and (ii) reduced-compound particles including a 2nd constituent material.
US12097503B2
A grinding media adapted to measure one or more physical characteristics of a comminution apparatus during operation or a charge therein is disclosed. The grinding media includes a freely moving grinding body with a bore disposed in an outer body portion of the body. A sensor body is configured to be received in the bore. The sensor body comprises a rigid sleeve, a resilient core and a sensor array embedded in the core of resilient material. A system for optimizing performance of a comminution circuit is also disclosed. The system includes a comminution apparatus varied in response to one or more physical characteristics of the comminution apparatus or the charge contained therein, measured during operation of the comminution apparatus. The system comprises a plurality of the adapted to measure grinding media. A method of optimizing performance of a comminution circuit is also disclosed.
US12097499B2
An embodiment of a system includes a compartment-generating device, a compartment detector, and electronic computing circuitry. The device is configured to generate compartments of a digital assay, at least one of the compartments having a respective volume that is different from a respective volume of each of at least another one of the compartments. The detector is configured to determine a number of the compartments each having a respective number of a target that is greater than a threshold number of the target. And the electronic circuitry is configured to determine a bulk concentration of the target in a source of the sample in response to the determined number of compartments. Because such a system can be configured to estimate a bulk concentration of a target in a source from a polydisperse digital assay, the system can be portable, and lower-cost and faster, than conventional systems.
US12097496B2
The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.
US12097492B2
The laboratory device includes an elongated handle with ergonomic grips. The device has a center recess for a rod to slide or rotate. The blade head attaches at the distal end of the elongated handle. The rod has geared teeth that interact and mesh with the gears on the blade head allowing the user to manipulate the angle of the blade head via rod. The rod in the proximal position of the handle is disposed at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle such that the blade head and handle are positioned for insertion into and removal of a tissue culture vessel. When the rod is moved distally or rotated the blade head position is disposed perpendicularly, acute or obtusely in relationship to the longitudinal axes of the handle such that the blade head provides optimal raking opportunities for the device to collect cell colonies.
US12097489B1
The expanded bed direct-contact system uses a multistage expanded bed chamber for heat exchange between heated particles, falling under the force of gravity, and an upwardly directed stream of cool fluid. As the heated particles fall through a plurality of vertically-arrayed stages of the multistage expanded bed chamber and exchange thermal energy with the stream of cool fluid, a stream of heated fluid, and a volume of cooled particles, are produced. Porous plates are respectively received within the stages of the multistage expanded bed chamber for increasing residence time of the particles, and the porous plates, as well as the plurality of stages, are connected to one another by a plurality of downcomers, each also formed from a porous material.
US12097480B2
A composition is provided for removal of a target substance from a fluid stream. The composition may be used to remove polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) from water. The composition comprises a support material comprising an alumina; and a sorbent molecule that comprises a core polymer; wherein the core polymer is covalently linked to the support material; and wherein the sorbent molecule further comprises one or more covalently linked sorbent groups. Processes for removal of target substances such as PFAS are also provided.
US12097463B2
A gas stream is purified by a TSA adsorption scheme including at least two adsorbers following, in an offset manner, a cycle including an adsorption phase, and a subsequently, a regeneration phase. The regeneration phase includes a depressurization step, a pre-regeneration step and a regeneration step. A gas circulator is used to circulate the gas within the adsorber in the pre-regeneration step in a closed loop while the circulating gas is heated with a heater.
US12097456B2
An air purifier according to the present disclosure includes a first blower having a first fan configured to generate an air flow from a first suction part toward a first discharge part, a second blower having a second fan configured to generate an air flow from a second suction part toward a second discharge part, an installation space part configured to be formed between the first blower and the second blower, a power transmitter configured to be positioned inside the installation space part, to be fixed to any one of the first blower and the second blower, and to transmit wireless power, and a power receiver configured to be positioned inside the installation space part, to be fixed to the other one of the first blower and the second blower, and to receive wireless power transmitted from the power transmitter.
US12097454B2
A relofted, spunbonded nonwoven web exhibiting a solidity of from less than 8.0%, to at least 3.0%, and exhibiting a Quality Factor of at least 0.30. Methods of making a relofted web; and, methods of using a relofted web as an air-filtration web. e.g. as a filter media or a layer thereof.
US12097452B2
A water drainage device for a filter module is provided with a valve housing that has a valve bore and a valve body received at least in sections thereof in the valve bore. The water drainage device can be transferred from a closed state, in which the valve body seals in relation to a valve seat of the valve bore, into an open state, in which the valve body is lifted off the valve seat, and transferred from the open state into the closed state. The valve body, upon transfer of the water drainage device from the closed state into the open state, moves linearly along the longitudinal axis of the valve bore and away from the valve seat along or at a slant to a direction of gravity in downward direction.
US12097449B2
A modular filter element frame (10) and a filter element frame assembly (100, 150) are disclosed. The filter element frame (10) has an elongate body (12) with a central bore (14) extending axially through the body. In cross-section the body has at least three smooth-ended lobes (16) that extend radially therefrom. The lobes are angularly spaced about the central bore such that a longitudinally extending channel (18) is formed along the body between adjacent lobes. Each channel has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures (20) extending into the central bore. Axially outer ends (24, 28) of the body are adapted to enable axial stacking thereof with like modular filter element frames to cooperatively form a filter element frame assembly (100, 150) with a required axial length. The assembly may receive a filter sleeve such that the sleeve extends at least partially along an outer periphery thereof.
US12097441B1
A game system comprising a container having a removable cap, and one or more cylindrical shaped game pieces contained within the container. A method of playing a bouncing game for one or more players, the method comprising the steps of: a) designating one of the one or more players as a Cork Master; b) providing each player with one cork; c) the Cork Master saying “Corks Up” and each player holding their corks in a horizontal position above a playing surface; d) the Cork Master saying “Go” and each player dropping their cork, attempting to bounce their cork and stand it up by landing on one its flat ends. When one or more players' corks stand up the one or more players hold up both hands and say “Done”. Step d) is repeated until the last player has their cork stand up and the last player is then eliminated.
US12097437B2
Systems and methods are described herein for monitoring a gameplay session for violations of a policy and creating a remediation gameplay session through which remediation can be provided to players or player accounts that violate gameplay policies. The systems and methods can create a remediation gameplay session based in part on the game state data of the gameplay session during which the violation occurs.
US12097435B2
The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for a wearable band adapted to be worn by a user. The wearable band may include one or more biometric sensors such as a pulse monitor adapted to monitor a pulse of the user, and a transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit pulse information from the pulse monitor to a mobile device such as a cellular telephone or PDA. The wearable band does not include a display for the biometric information. Numerous additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12097434B2
A non-fungible token (NFT) platform operates by: accessing, via a network interface, a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs including a playable instance of an associated game that is accessible by a user of a client device; generating, via a processor, display data associated with a customized collection display that contains the plurality of game NFTs; sending, via the network interface, the display data associated with a customized collection display to the client device for display via a graphical user interface associated with the client device; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game; and facilitating, via the network interface, play of the associated game in conjunction with the client device.
US12097431B2
The specification relates to the generation of in-game animation data and the evaluation of in-game animations. According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is described a computer implemented method comprising: inputting, into one or more neural network models, input data comprising one or more current pose markers indicative of a current pose of an in-game object, one or more target markers indicative of a target pose of an in-game object and an object trajectory of the in-game object; processing, using the one or more neural networks, the input data to generate one or more intermediate pose markers indicative of an intermediate pose of the in-game object positioned between the current pose and the target pose; outputting, from the one or more neural networks, the one or more intermediate pose markers; and generating, using the one or more intermediate pose markers, an intermediate pose of the in-game object, wherein the intermediate pose of the in-game object corresponds to a pose of the in-game object at an intermediate frame of in-game animation between a current frame of in-game animation in which the in-game object is in the current pose and a target frame of in-game animation in which the in-game object is in the target pose.
US12097429B2
An example of an information processing system stores therein first ability data indicating abilities of possessed objects used in a first game. A use object to be used in a second game is selected from among the possessed objects. Second ability data indicating an ability of the use object is set so as to indicate an ability lower than the ability indicated by the first ability data of the possessed object that becomes the use object. When an update condition regarding the use object has been satisfied during execution of the second game, the second ability data is updated such that the ability of the use object having satisfied the update condition is strengthened. Regarding the update of the second ability data, an upper limit is set on at least a part of the ability of the use object, based on the ability indicated by the first ability data.
US12097428B2
This application provides a method and apparatus for state switching in a virtual scene, a device, computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. The method includes: displaying a virtual object in a first motion state in a screen of a virtual scene, the virtual object being equipped with a virtual item, the virtual item being in a first equipment state; and controlling, in response to a first switching instruction for the virtual object, the virtual object to switch an equipment state of the virtual item from the first equipment state to a second equipment state, and controlling a motion state of the virtual object to switch from the first motion state to a second motion state, so that the virtual object that is in the second motion state controls the virtual item that is in the second equipment state.
US12097427B1
Controlling an avatar in an XR environment can be based on input(s) from external, non-XR computing devices, such as mobile devices. An external device can capture sensor data, audio data, and/or image data, which are processed by an avatar control system to determine a gesture performed by the user, gauge the level of intensity or excitement of the user, and/or infer the user's sentiment or emotional state. The avatar control system can generate a motion plan based on these inferences drawn from the external device sensor data based on a baseline animation or motion template. The system can generate avatar animations that have exaggerated or understated expressions relative to the user's real-world gestures, possibly exceeding limitations of a kinematic model that otherwise constrain the avatar's animations. The technology can enable users to control an avatar in an XR environment without specialized XR equipment.
US12097426B2
A game apparatus acquires first input operation information of a user, receives second input operation information of another user of another game apparatus, stores the acquired first input operation information in the first memory area, stores the received second input operation information in the second memory area, progress the game, based on information stored in the first memory area and information stored in the second memory area, executes an initialization process, in an initialization period, progresses the game, in a first period after the initialization period, based on: the first input operation information stored in the first memory area, and initial information stored in the second memory area; and progresses the game, in a second period after the first period, based on: the first input operation information stored in the first memory area, and the second input operation information stored in the second memory area.
US12097414B2
Described herein is a golf club head that comprises a body and a strike plate. The body comprises a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, and a top portion. The strike plate comprises an outer peripheral edge and at least a portion of a strike face. Furthermore, the strike plate is welded to the body via a peripheral weld between the outer peripheral edge of the strike plate and the body. The outer peripheral edge of the strike plate comprises at least one welded portion, welded to the body via the peripheral weld, and at least one non-welded portion, not welded to the body.
US12097411B2
Golf club heads include white diffusing top surfaces to aid in club head alignment. Wood type club heads also include a dark diffusing club face so that a crown/face border is emphasized. Scorelines in wood type clubs can be provided with an intermediate contrast surface, and can be displaced from club face center to accommodate player perception when confronted with a white diffusing crown. Putter heads can include dark diffusing alignment lines, and iron-type club heads can include white diffusing surfaces at a sole portion of a club face, at a top line, or a top portion of a club face.
US12097407B2
A method of dispersing ashes of a subject comprising cremating the subject's body to form ashes, and introducing a sample of the ashes into a spherical golf ball having a frangible outer surface and at least one inner cavity.
US12097392B2
Ultrasound transducer element arrays using acoustic ensonification drive patterns via a patient interface for sonosensitizer activation in sonodynamic therapy. Incoherent acoustic field generation varying phase, frequencies, and/or amplitude via controlled delivery of low intensity planar acoustic waves. Method includes generating a first and a second signal to generate respective acoustic ensonification drive patterns with phase, frequency, and amplitude and generating at least one relative phase, frequency or amplitude difference to generate a third incoherent acoustic ensonification pattern to activate a sonosensitizer. Calibration and complementary therapy procedures to improve cell susceptibility of cells to sonodynamic therapy are disclosed.
US12097388B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for pulse parameter modulation. The systems may perform the methods to obtain information related to a treatment plan; determine a backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, within which one or more radiation pulses have been transmitted; determine backward information associated with the backward window based on the information related to the treatment plan and the backward window; determine a forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, within which one or more radiation pulses are to be transmitted; determine forward information associated with the forward window based on the information related to the treatment plan, the backward information, and the forward window; and determine one or more pulse parameters of the forward window based on the forward information.
US12097371B2
An auricular nerve field stimulation device may include first non-percutaneous electrodes arranged to contact a ventral aspect of an auricle, second non-percutaneous electrodes arranged to contact a dorsal aspect of the auricle, and electrical circuitry coupled to the electrodes and configured to selectively apply electrical stimulation signals to the electrodes to cause a first set of trans-auricular currents to flow through the auricle between the first electrodes and respective ones of the second electrodes paired therewith according to a first pairing, and to cause a second set of trans-auricular currents to flow through the auricle between the first electrodes and respective ones of the second electrodes paired therewith according to a second pairing different from the first pairing, the first and second sets of trans-auricular currents to stimulate at least one auricular nerve field within the auricle.
US12097368B2
The present invention relates to a surgical method of treating a patient. The method involves cutting the patient's skin and abdominal wall, dissecting an area of the patient's intestine, cutting the patient's intestine so as to form an intestinal wall of a reservoir, implanting at least a pump as part of a flow control device so as to permanently reside inside the patient's body and to act on said intestinal wall so as to reduce the reservoir's volume in order to empty intestinal contents from the reservoir to outside the patient's body, and thereafter, permanently closing the abdominal wall and skin.
US12097365B2
Apparatus and methods for treating back pain are provided, in which an implantable stimulator is configured to communicate with an external control system, the implantable stimulator providing a neuromuscular electrical stimulation therapy designed to cause muscle contraction to rehabilitate the muscle, restore neural drive and restore spinal stability; the implantable stimulator further including one or more of a number of additional therapeutic modalities, including a module that provides analgesic stimulation; a module that monitors muscle performance and adjusts the muscle stimulation regime; and/or a module that provides longer term pain relief by selectively and repeatedly ablating nerve fibers. In an alternative embodiment, a standalone implantable RF ablation system is described.
US12097361B2
Fluid management systems are disclosed that include software-controlled, electro-mechanical devices used in combination with single-use or multi-use tubing sets. Functions of the fluid management systems can include fluid pressurization, fluid warming, fluid deficit monitoring (including flow-based and weight-based), suction, fluid collection, and fluid evacuation (including indirect-to-drain and direct-to-drain options). The systems can be configured based on the surgical environment (e.g., operating room or physician office) as well as other user needs and/or preferences.
US12097355B2
The exemplary embodiments may provide a drug delivery device that receives glucose level values for a user (e.g., a diabetic patient) and based on the glucose level values, determines when the user has consumed a meal. In some embodiments, the drug delivery device may calculate an appropriate bolus dose and automatically deliver the drug bolus to the user. In some embodiments, instead of detecting the meal, the user may announce the meal, such as by activating an element on the drug delivery device or on a management device for the drug delivery device. Responsive to the meal announcement, the drug delivery device may calculate the drug bolus dose and deliver the drug bolus. In conjunction with the delivery of the drug bolus, the drug delivery device may relax one or more safety constraints for a relaxation period following the drug bolus delivery so that additional basal drug may be delivered, if needed, under relaxed constraints.
US12097344B2
A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end of the catheter adapter and the proximal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter system may include a septum assembly disposed within the lumen of the catheter adapter. The catheter system may include a catheter extending from the distal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter system may include an introducer needle, which may include a proximal end, a sharp distal tip, and a bump disposed between the proximal end and the sharp distal tip. The proximal end of the introducer needle may be secured within a needle hub of the catheter system. In response to the bump contacting the septum assembly, the sharp distal tip of the introducer needle is disposed distal to a distal end of the catheter.
US12097341B2
A catheter includes a handle and an elongate member extending from the handle. The catheter may also include steering system coupled to the handle. The steering system may be configured to deflect at least a portion of the elongate member in at least one direction. The catheter may also include a locking mechanism configured to lock the portion of the elongate member in a deflected configuration, and a lever coupled to the handle. The lever may be configured to move from a first position to a second position to engage the locking mechanism. The lever may also be configured to be separably retained at least at one of the first position or the second position to prevent movement therebetween.
US12097334B2
A kit including a sheath having a tubular body with proximal and distal ends, an axis extending between the ends and a wall defining a bore extending along the axis to the distal end of the body. A delivery tube having proximal and distal ends and a lumen is adapted for disposition within the bore of the sheath in sealing engagement with the sheath, the delivery tube being slideable distally relative to the sheath. An elongated cannula having proximal and distal ends and a lumen is adapted for disposition inside the lumen of the delivery tube and an elongated dilator is adapted to fit within the lumen of the cannula with a proximal portion of the dilator extending proximally beyond the proximal ends of the cannula and delivery tube and in sealing engagement with the delivery tube proximal to the cannula.
US12097332B2
Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to multi-sensory presentation devices, including virtual reality (VR) devices, visual display devices, sound devices, haptic devices, and other forms of presentation devices, that are configured to present sensory elements, including visual and/or audio scenes, to a user. In some embodiments, one or more sensors including electroencephalography (EEG) sensors and a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, e.g., included in a brain-computer interface, can measure physiological data of a user to monitor a state of the user during the presentation of the visual and/or audio scenes. Such systems, devices, and methods can adapt one or more visual and/or audio scenes based on user physiological data, e.g., to control or manage the state of the user.
US12097331B2
A method includes initiating an accelerated daily light and darkness cycle experience at a first color palette position within the accelerated daily light and darkness cycle that corresponds to a current time at a destination geographic location that a user will travel to. The accelerated daily light and darkness cycle experience is executed at a second color palette position within the accelerated daily light and darkness cycle that corresponds to the current time at the destination geographic location of the user. The accelerated daily light and darkness cycle is less than six minutes and includes projecting a dark virtual sky in a digital space, transitioning the dark virtual sky to a dawn virtual sky in the digital space, altering the dawn virtual sky to introduce a daytime virtual sky in the digital space and modifying the daytime virtual sky to produce a dusk virtual sky in the digital space.
US12097327B2
Devices, systems, and/or methods for immobilizing a patient's head and simultaneously providing emergency respiration for the patient includes, in some embodiments, a head immobilizer, a bag valve mask (BVM), an endotracheal tube (ET) bracket, and/or an oxygen face mask. In some embodiments where head immobilization is not needed, a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) board may be used in lieu of the head immobilizer. Each such embodiment is configured to require reduced manual intervention by a caregiver without reducing the effectiveness of each medical device and/or system. An adjustable BVM holder integrated into the head immobilizer secures the BVM on the patient. In embodiments with a BVM, only a single hand is necessary to provide emergency respiration, freeing the caregiver's other hand for other caregiving tasks. Such a head immobilizer may secure an ET bracket and/or face mask to a patient, allowing for hands-free operation during patient treatment, movement, and transportation.
US12097322B2
A respiratory ventilation apparatus configured to deliver a respiratory gas to a patient interface is provided. The apparatus may include a gas pressurization unit configured to generate a pressurized respiratory gas, a gas inlet port configured to introduce the respiratory gas into the respiratory ventilation apparatus, a gas outlet port configured to discharge the pressurized respiratory gas to a respiration tube, a detection module configured to detect the pressure of the pressurized respiratory gas, at least one non-volatile memory configured to store a plurality of parameters and a plurality of programs, and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers may be configured to initiate the respiratory ventilation apparatus upon a boot operation, and/or initiate a program that constantly reads information from the detection module, and controls the pressure of the pressurized respiratory gas using the information read from the detection module and at least one parameter.
US12097319B2
A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes a heating device arranged to heat, in use, a body, the body including a vaporisable substance located in use in a heating compartment of the heating assembly, the heating assembly being arranged to supply, in use, power to the heating device to heat the body; a temperature sensor arranged to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the body, temperature information related to heat generated from the body being determinable from the monitored temperature; and a memory accessor arranged to access, in use, a memory that holds a relationship between the temperature information, the amount of power supplied to the heating device or the profile of power supplied to the heating device, and at least one condition including an age of the body, or a type of the body, or the presence of the body.
US12097317B2
Provided is a container for connection to a device for suctioning bodily fluids and for supplying a fluid substance to a human or animal body, said container comprising an interior which is divided into a first region for collecting the suctioned bodily fluids and into a second region for providing the fluid substance, The first region of the interior is separated from the second region by means of a flexibly realized partition wall.
US12097311B2
Apparatus and methods for concentrating platelet-rich plasma is described herein. One variation may generally comprise a tube having a length and defining a channel within and one or more ports located at a proximal end of the tube and in fluid communication with the channel. A plunger may slidably translatable within the channel while forming a seal against an inner surface of the channel and a float may have a pre-selected density and defining a concave interface surface, wherein the float is slidably contained within the channel such that the concave interface surface is in apposition to the one or more ports.
US12097305B2
The invention relates to crosslinked soft tissue grafts and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the same.
US12097289B2
The disclosure provides stable formulations of cationic biocides that are primarily used in the treatment and prevention of infections. The disclosure is also concerned with processes for forming stable emulsions of cationic biocides and petrolatum.
US12097286B1
A confectionery method includes dissolving at least one active ingredient in a volatile vehicle to form a solution, applying the solution to a substrate and evaporating the volatile vehicle to leave the at least one active ingredient applied to the substrate. A confection includes an edible substrate and at least one active ingredient provided to the edible substrate.
US12097277B2
A sterile hydrogel composition comprising a crosslinked polymer, wherein the crosslinked polymer is an oxidation product of a thiol-modified hyaluronan and wherein the thiol-modified hyaluronan has a degree of modification of hyaluronan with thiol moieties of more than about 80 μmol per gram polymer, wherein the thiol-modified hyaluronan has a degree of modification of hyaluronan with thiol moieties of less than about 280 μmol per gram polymer, wherein the composition has a residual thiol content of less than 20% in respect to the degree of modification of the thiol-modified hyaluronan.
US12097275B2
A hair coloring method may include a step of applying a mixture of the following (A) and (B) in a predetermined ratio: (A) a hair coloring agent comprising at least a basic dye, a HC dye, a second amino acid, a first cationic surfactant, a thickener, an oil agent, a first pH adjusting agent, a wetting agent and at least one selected from the group consisting of thioglycolic acid, cysteine, 3-mercapto-1,2-propanediol, cysteamine, and derivatives and salts thereof, wherein the pH of the hair coloring agent is pH 3.5 or higher, and (B) a hair cosmetics comprising at least an alkaline agent, a first amino acid, higher alcohols having 12 to 22 carbon atoms, a surfactant, and a thickener. The hair coloring method may further include a step of providing a predetermined time after the application.
US12097274B2
The subject of the present application is an agent for the oxidative dyeing of keratinous fibers, in particular human hair, which contains the coupling oxidation dye precursor 2-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylamino)ethanol in combination with the oxidation base 4,5-diamino-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-pyrazole.
US12097262B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods of using the same for modulating the activity of mTORC1.
US12097251B2
Provided are a mutated HPV51 L1 protein or a variant thereof, a coding sequence thereof, a preparation method therefor, and a virus-like particle containing same, wherein the protein or the variant and the virus-like particle thereof are capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies against at least two types of HPV (for example, HPV51 and HPV69, or HPV51, HPV69 and HPV26). Also provided is the use of the above-mentioned protein and the virus-like particle for preparing a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine, wherein the pharmaceutical composition or the vaccine can be used to prevent infections of the at least two types of HPV and diseases caused by the infections, such as cervical cancer and condyloma acuminatum.
US12097245B2
A pharmaceutical composition having a hypoglycemic effect, comprising: a GLP-1 receptor agonist, and a composition for promoting small-intestinal absorption; wherein the composition for promoting small-intestinal absorption comprises sodium lauryl sulfate, carbomer, chitosan, and sodium citrate. The composition for promoting small intestinal absorption according to the present invention may be prepared into a composite adjuvant, which, when combined with a GLP-1 agonist, can improve the absorption of this active ingredient in the small intestine and the like.
US12097244B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US12097241B2
The present disclosure generally relates to modified relaxin polypeptides, such as modified human relaxin 2 polypeptides, comprising a non-naturally encoded amino acid which is linked to a pharmacokinetic enhancer, and therapeutic uses of such polypeptides, such as for the treatment of cardiovascular conditions (such as heart failure) and/or conditions relating to fibrosis.
US12097227B2
Provided are vesicles derived from bacteria of the genus Lactococcus and a use thereof, and the inventors experimentally confirmed that the vesicles were significantly reduced in samples obtained from patients with diabetes, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, stroke, renal failure, Parkinson's disease and depression, compared with a normal individual, and the vesicles inhibited the secretion of inflammation mediators caused by pathogenic vesicles. Therefore, it is expected that the vesicles derived from bacteria of the genus Lactococcus can be effectively used for a method of diagnosing diabetes, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, stroke, renal failure, Parkinson's disease or depression, and a composition for preventing or treating the disease or inflammatory disease.
US12097222B2
The described invention provides compositions and methods for treating a susceptible subject at risk of pulmonary complications of an acute lung injury caused by a severe infection with a respiratory virus and for restoring lung function to donor lungs. The methods include administering a therapeutic amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising extracellular vesicles (EVs) comprising one or more miRNAs and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The population of EVs can be derived from a patient who has recovered from an infection with the respiratory virus or has been exposed to anti-viral antibodies through treatment, can be derived from MSCs of a normal healthy individual, can be modified by a viral vector, or can be synthetic.
US12097221B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a lysate, from a combination of umbilical cord blood (UCB) and maternal blood (MB) derived platelets by obtaining platelet-rich plasma via sedimentation processes and then mixing platelet-rich plasmas so obtained. The present disclosure further discloses a combination of umbilical cord blood and maternal blood platelet lysate (UCB+MB PL), and the PL so obtained shows greater efficacy as cell and tissue culture media supplement over and above its individual components, umbilical cord blood platelet lysate (UCB PL) and maternal blood platelet lysate (MB PL) and especially over foetal bovine serum (FBS). Moreover, the method of the present disclosure provides an economic, environment friendly, ethical and efficacious method to reach a cell and tissue culture supplement with far-reaching therapeutic applications.
US12097217B2
The present invention relates to in vitro methods of producing mature dendritic cells, a dendritic cell maturation cocktail, a method of producing mature antigen presenting dendritic cells in vitro, methods of manufacturing vaccines containing mature dendritic cells, antigen-presenting mature dendritic cells produced according to the methods described, vaccines containing the mature antigen-presenting dendritic cells and methods of treatment and used of mature antigen-presenting cells of the invention.
US12097216B2
The present application relates to a method for reduction and prevention of damaged skin stasis comprising applying a material containing water-soluble or water-insoluble copper compounds to said damaged skin.
US12097197B2
The present invention relates to stable liquid compositions suitable for parenteral administration in the form of a solution comprising: (a) netupitant and optionally palonosetron; (b) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable stabilizer; (c) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable solubilizer; and (d) at least one pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, wherein netupitant is present at a concentration of about 0.5 mg/mL to about 20 mg/mL and the solution has a pH of about 2 to about 6. The compositions are suitable for subcutaneous, intravenous, or intramuscular administration. The invention further relates to methods for manufacturing the compositions and methods of using such compositions for prevention, treatment or management of nausea and vomiting.
US12097188B2
The present invention is directed to topical ophthalmic compositions of a lipophilic compound and an oligomeric or polymeric carrier wherein the compositions are useful in the treatment and prevention of macular degeneration. The invention also includes methods of treating macular degeneration by using a topical ophthalmic composition of a lipophilic compound and an oligomeric or polymeric carrier.
US12097183B2
The present application relates to a method of treating migraine or cluster headache in a human patient, said method comprising administering subcutaneously composition comprising sumatriptan or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, in an amount equivalent to 3 mg sumatriptan base.
US12097172B2
Embodiments herein disclose methods relating to diabetic nephropathy (DN); methods for preventing the onset and also for preventing the progressing of DN, as well as the treatment of DN in diabetic subjects comprising administering reparixin and/or ladarixin which are inhibitors of CXCL8 receptor CXCR1 and CXCR2 activation.
US12097170B2
A packaged, sealed container system for stable storage of a formulation of an oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutical compound, the packaged, sealed container system comprising a primary container including therein a formulation of an oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutical compound, a secondary outer container comprising a first flexible sheet layer, an opposing second flexible sheet layer, and a seal disposed along a common peripheral edge of the first and second flexible sheet layers, such that the primary container is disposed between and enclosed by the first and second flexible sheet layers of the secondary outer container. An oxygen scavenger is also disposed between and enclosed by the first and second flexible sheet layers of the secondary outer container. The oxygen scavenger is in fluid communication with the contents of the primary container.
US12097168B2
A package for administration of fluid medicinal or nutritional substances features an outer bag with a sterile or sterilized inner chamber and inside chamber a bottle of medicinal or nutritional substance with a neck, a pierceable cap and a device for the withdrawal and/or reconstitution of the substance, placed below the cap of the bottle. The device comprises a perforation needle axially movable to the bottle and an outflow tube extending out of the bag equipped with an openable closure. The perforation needle is crossed longitudinally by a first channel connecting with the closure set open to the outflow tube, and a second channel with a side opening equipped with a hydrophobic filter configured to allow, after perforation of the cap, only air or other gaseous fluids to flow from inside the bottle into the inner chamber of the bag or vice versa.
US12097166B2
There is provided an apparatus (12) for use in measuring blood pressure. The apparatus (12) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire a signal indicative of pressure oscillations detected inside a cuff inflated to pressurize a measurement site of a subject undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The pressure oscillations detected inside the cuff are indicative of a pulse of the subject. The processor (102) is also configured to trigger a blood pressure measurement for the subject based on the pressure oscillations detected inside the cuff.
US12097163B2
A device is described for delivering a therapeutic vibration to a body. The device may include at least two motors in a housing with unbalanced masses coupled to their axles, such that vibration of the masses causes the two motors and housing to vibrate at a beat frequency 80. The motors and housing may be coupled to the body via a platform which places the motors and housings at or near a resonant structure in the body, creating a coupled oscillation between the platform and the body. The vibration may be based on the input signal, such that the system applies the vibration based on the input signal to the user, wherein the signal may be an audio or video signal. The system may be configured to measure and manipulate the flow of cerebral spinal fluid.
US12097162B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, devices, and methods of inducing physical effects in tissue, such as dermis, adipose, musculoskeletal, vascular, hepatic tissue, using unfocused or planar, non-cavitating acoustic shock waves. The physical effects include disruption of fibrous extracellular matrix of the targeted tissues. Embodiments of the present disclosure include applying rapid acoustic pulses (e.g., shock waves) to cause a breakdown in the fibrous extracellular matrix to reduce the appearance of cellulite or scars in a treatment area. Such unfocused or planar, non-cavitating acoustic shock waves may induce a tissue reaction, such as reduction of fibrosis, induction of angiogenesis, or lymphangiogenesis.
US12097155B2
A mattress including: an elastic body; a sheet that is disposed at least above the elastic body and made of any of a conductive sheet and a conductive fiber; and a measurement unit that is configured to measure a change of capacitance of the sheet observed when the elastic body is deformed.
US12097154B2
A patient support apparatus comprise a first frame, a plurality of load cells positioned on the first frame, a second frame, and a control system. The control system includes a controller, the controller is operable to receive a separate signal from each of the plurality of load cells, process the signals to identify, based on transient changes in the forces measured by each of the plurality of load cells, motion of the patient, classify the motion of the patient, and, based on the classification, update a patient profile in a patient record to reflect the characterization of the patient motion.
US12097152B2
A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.
US12097149B2
In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic surgical system for adjusting a dimension of an eye includes a camera and a computer. The camera generates a surgical image of the eye in contact with a patient interface, which distorts the cornea. The surgical image includes the pupil with a real pupil diameter. The computer accesses a diagnostic image of the eye with the cornea having a natural curvature. The natural curvature affects the real pupil diameter to yield a diagnostic pupil diameter of the diagnostic image that is different from the real pupil diameter of the surgical image. The computer adjusts the real pupil diameter of the surgical image using an eye model to yield a refracted pupil diameter that takes into account the curvature of the cornea and uses the refracted pupil diameter to compensate for the difference between the diagnostic and real pupil diameters.
US12097139B2
The present invention describes an orthotic back brace. The device comprises shoulder poster straps that are attached to a first waist belt. The shoulder posture straps tighten around the shoulders of the user when the user leans forward, thereby preventing the form of motion. Instead this system will force the user to bend at the knees keeping proper lifting posture. The device can be utilized to prevent back injuries, to support the back, and promote proper posture, which can cut down on back related injuries in the workplace.
US12097137B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for performing intravascular procedures. More particularly the present invention relates to a vascular treatment system that includes an elongate catheter having a configurable segment with a coaxial expandable member, an expandable ring fastener mounted on the expandable member and a handle assembly connected to the catheter that actuates the configurable segment to change shape and maintain that shape during deployment of the expandable ring fastener within the lumen of a previously placed endovascular graft to secure the graft to a vessel wall.
US12097132B2
A sliding assembly may include a supporting frame having a proximal end and a distal end, a sliding frame partially inserted to the supporting frame, and a supporting member disposed between the supporting frame and the sliding frame to prevent the supporting frame from directly contacting the sliding frame, wherein the sliding frame is configured to move relative to the supporting frame.
US12097131B2
A wrist device for a prosthetic limb is provided. The device (1) comprises a base member (3) connectable to the wearer of the device, and a support member (13) connectable to the limb. The support member (13) is pivotably connected to the base member (3) such that the support member can pivot about a pivot axis (A) relative to the base member. A damping mechanism is located between the base (3) member and the support member (5). The damping mechanism comprises a pinion (47) connected to the support member (5) and rotatable about the pivot axis (A) relative to the base member (3). A rack (35) is engaged with the pinion (47) such that rotational motion of the pinion causes a linear motion of the rack, and at least one biasing member (41) extends between the base member (3) and the rack. The biasing member (41) biases the rack (35) and support member (13) into a neutral position. A prosthetic limb incorporating the wrist device is also provided.
US12097129B2
A method of guiding a glenoid prosthesis is disclosed. The method includes preoperatively determining a position and an orientation of a guide feature of a glenoid guide of the present disclosure based on a scapula of a specific patient, and engaging the glenoid guide with the scapula; and inserting a pin having an axis through the guide feature to or through the scapula.
US12097128B2
An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A method or technique for using the surgical instruments to prepare the bones is also disclosed.
US12097119B2
An interbody spacer for spinal fusion surgery includes first and second opposite side walls that have open-cell metal foam at upper and lower faces, and a three-dimensional lattice disposed between open-cell metal foam at the upper and lower faces. The open-cell metal foam is in communication with the three-dimensional lattice so that bone growth can enter the three-dimensional lattice from the open-cell metal foam. The interbody spacer may be formed by additive manufacturing.
US12097117B2
The disclosure relates to transcatheter stented prosthesis delivery devices including a handle assembly connected to a shaft assembly on which a stented prosthesis is loaded and compressively retained with a plurality of elongate tension members. The delivery devices include a cutting assembly that can sever the elongate tension members after the stented prosthesis is expanded at a target site so that the delivery device can be withdrawn from the patient. Certain embodiments position the cutting assembly at least within the shaft assembly and others position the cutting assembly over the shaft assembly. Various disclosed cutting assemblies are actuated with the handle assembly or the like, which draw the tension members across the blade or vice versa.
US12097115B2
A transcatheter prosthesis includes a stent, a prosthetic valve component, and an anti-paravalvular leakage component. The anti-paravalvular leakage component is coupled to the stent and includes an inner skirt, an outer wrap, a cavity, an opening, and a one-way valve. The inner skirt is disposed on an inner surface of the stent and has an inflow end and a downstream end. The outer wrap is disposed around an outer surface of the stent and has an inflow end coupled to the inflow end of the inner skirt and a downstream end. The cavity is formed between an outer surface of the inner skirt and an inner surface of the outer wrap. An opening is disposed between the inner skirt and the outer wrap. The one-way valve includes a flap at the opening configured to open to allow blood flow into the cavity but prevent blood flow out of the cavity.
US12097104B2
Three-dimensional laminates and methods for making the same are provided. The three-dimensional laminates may be apertured and may have welds between various substrates. The three-dimensional laminates may be used in absorbent articles, such as diapers and pants, for example, as topsheets, as topsheets and acquisition layers, or as outer cover materials, for example. The three-dimensional laminates may be produced on an absorbent article manufacturing line.
US12097100B2
An absorbent body in which a larger amount of a granular absorbent substance penetrates into the inside of a fiber sheet is produced. A fiber sheet having napped one main surface is supplied to a conveying device and conveyed while the other main surface of the fiber sheet is being sucked through a conveyance surface. A granular absorbent substance is sprayed onto the napped one main surface of the fiber sheet to cause the substance to penetrate into the inside of the fiber sheet in a suction section. A pressure difference increasing device is provided that faces the one main surface of the fiber sheet sprayed with the absorbent substance and being conveyed in the suction section, and that suppresses air from flowing through the fiber sheet inward from the conveyance surface to increase the pressure difference between the conveyance surface side and the opposite side of the fiber sheet.
US12097099B2
In a production method of an elastic composite sheet, the elastic member does not break when the elastic member, in a stretched state, is bonded to a base material sheet; an elastic composite sheet and a disposable wearable article use the elastic composite sheet. A strip-shaped or string-shaped elastic member composed mainly of a thermoplastic elastic resin is stretched in the longitudinal direction of the elastic member. The stretched elastic member is placed over a first base material sheet such that the main surface of the first base material sheet contacts the elastic member. In this state, the elastic member and the first base material sheet are bonded in a first position that overlaps the elastic member seen from a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the first base material sheet and that is away from the edges of the elastic member.
US12097096B2
A negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system are described. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue. Some embodiments may include wound closure devices built from smaller units that are modular, assemble-able and/or customizable.
US12097095B2
A method for providing a negative pressure wherein a pump is cycled on and off to achieve a target negative pressure, which is set slightly lower than the therapeutic negative pressure. A device determines the actual pressure by averaging samples which may occur at a different rate than the pump cycle.
US12097094B2
A reduced pressure dressing for applying reduced pressure treatment to a tissue site includes an interface layer adapted to be positioned at the tissue site. An absorbent layer is in fluid communication with the interface layer to absorb liquid from at least one of the interface layer and the tissue site. A pump is in fluid communication with the absorbent layer to deliver a reduced pressure to the tissue site. A cover is positioned over the pump, the absorbent layer, and the interface layer to maintain the reduced pressure at the tissue site, and a liquid-air separator is positioned between the absorbent layer and the pump to inhibit liquid from entering the pump.
US12097090B2
There are described delivery devices for insertion into a body cavity of a target mammal, the delivery device comprising a resilient frame adapted to receive one or more moulded impregnated masses. The frame, together with the impregnated mass, are insertable, retainable and withdrawable from the intended body cavity. The impregnated mass or masses are attached to the frame to present substantially all of each face of the masses to exposure to a fluid of the body cavity when retained therein.
US12097089B2
The present invention provides a trabecular porous tantalum dental implant and a preparation method thereof. The trabecular porous tantalum dental implant provided by the present invention has a cylindrical structure, and sequentially includes a top functional area, a middle functional area and a bottom functional area from top to bottom. The top functional area has a compact structure. The middle functional area has a porous bionic trabecular structure. The bottom functional area has a compact structure. The trabecular porous tantalum dental implant is integrally prepared through an additive manufacturing technology by using pure tantalum or medical tantalum alloy powder as a raw material. The trabecular porous tantalum dental implant provided by the present invention has a high friction force, strength and modulus close to those of human bones, an excellent bone ingrowth effect, high implantation stability and long service life.
US12097088B2
An improved fixing pin support for a dental prosthesis in order to be able to connect the dental prosthesis to a jaw by means of fixing pins which can each be moved through a guide bore in the fixing pin support. The improved fixing pin support has a guide sleeve separate from it which can be temporarily fitted over the fixing pin support so that the guide bore can be formed in the fixing pin support through a guide channel in the guide sleeve, by precise guidance of a drill. After this, the guide sleeve can be removed from the fixing pin support.
US12097086B2
A series of palatal expanders and methods of designing palatal expanders, including rapid palatal expanders, where outer occlusal surfaces of a palatal expander are shaped to conform to a geometry of corresponding teeth surfaces of the patient's lower jaw to provide occlusion between occlusal surfaces and the corresponding teeth surfaces.
US12097084B2
A method for automatically initiating a dental handpiece waterline flushing mode in a dental delivery system includes detecting whether at least first and second handpiece waterlines from a plurality of handpiece waterlines are removed from respective first and second rest positions of a control head for the dental delivery system. According to some implementations, if it is determined that no additional dental handpiece waterline which is flushable remains in a rest position of the control head, then the dental handpiece waterline flushing mode is automatically initiated for the first and second dental handpiece waterlines. In some implementations, a display is updated to provide information to a user, and an input from the user is received to begin flushing.
US12097082B2
An aspect of the present invention is a drill assistance device comprising: a drill guide device that serves as a guide when forming a plurality of holes from a curved surface of a hard palate having the curved surface; and a guide sleeve that is fitted in the drill guide device in an attachable and detachable manner. With this device, it is possible to easily and accurately perform the hole making with a drill and the implant of a screw in an oral cavity. The drill guide device comprises: a guide frame unit that is formed by connecting a plurality of tubular guide frames to each other; a fixing member to be capped on a tooth of a patient; a connecting portion that connects the guide frame unit and the fixing member and determines arrangement of the guide frame unit on the curved surface; and at least one protruding portion that holds the guide sleeve inserted in any of holes inside the guide frames. The guide sleeve comprises: a tubular sleeve main body having an inner diameter that allows the drill to be inserted and an outer diameter that allows the sleeve main body to be inserted in any of the guide frames; a water injection slit that is provided in the sleeve main body; and projecting portions that are each fitted in at least one recessed portion provided in the at least one protruding portion when the sleeve main body is inserted in any of the holes of the guide frames.
US12097072B2
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) devices with robust, four-wire electrical interconnects. In some embodiments, an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device is provided. The IVUS device comprises: a catheter body; an ultrasound assembly coupled to a distal portion of the catheter body; and four conductors extending along a length of the catheter body, wherein a distal section of each of the four conductors has a flattened profile and wherein the flattened distal section of each of the four conductors is electrically coupled to a respective electrical contact of the ultrasound assembly. The ultrasound assembly can be a phased-array ultrasound assembly or a rotational ultrasound assembly.
US12097071B2
A method includes, using a processor, identifying a septum and a Left Atrium Appendage (LAA) of a heart of a patient in an anatomical map of at least part of the heart. An entry surface over which a medical device is defined on the anatomical map, which is to be delivered via a sheath that penetrates the septum, is to engage with the LAA. A normal to the entry surface is calculated. A plurality of curves is calculated that each (i) have one end that is tangent to the normal, (ii) have a second end touching the septum, and (iii) comply with specified mechanical properties of the sheath. Multiple candidate locations on the septum are derived from the curves, for transseptal puncture with the sheath. The multiple candidate locations are presented to a user.
US12097068B1
A heterogeneous patient-based breast phantom that mimics the anatomy and properties of real breast tissues when screened with ionizing and nonionizing imaging modalities is described. The heterogeneous breast phantom includes a skin mimicking segment; an adipose tissue mimicking segment; a fibro-glandular tissue mimicking segment; and a pectoral muscle mimicking segment wherein each segment is shaped and arranged such that the breast phantom represents a breast tissue. Performance of the breast phantom was characterized by mass attenuation coefficient, electron density and effective atomic number. Further, performance of breast phantoms was confirmed CT and breast MRI machines.
US12097067B2
A computer-implemented method of automatically determining photon-count to penetrated depth function for a CT reconstruction includes performing one or more test CT reconstructions on one or more radiographs, each test CT reconstruction using a test transfer function, to provide one more test reconstructions and determining a final transfer function from the one or more test reconstructions.
US12097066B2
Methods and systems are provided for an imaging system including a gantry with a rotatable section including an integrated power source. The integrated power source is configured to provide power to an x-ray tube and other components coupled to the rotatable section and is configured to rotate with the rotatable section. The integrated power source is configured to provide a counter-weight to other components coupled to the rotatable section to increase a rotational balance of the gantry.
US12097063B2
The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for medical image analysis, diagnosis, risk stratification, decision making and/or disease tracking. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are configured to analyze non-invasive medical images of a subject to automatically and/or dynamically identify one or more features, such as plaque and vessels, and/or derive one or more quantified plaque parameters, such as radiodensity, radiodensity composition, volume, radiodensity heterogeneity, geometry, location, and/or the like. In some embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods described herein are further configured to generate one or more assessments of plaque-based diseases from raw medical images using one or more of the identified features and/or quantified parameters.
US12097060B2
Disclosed is a system and method for operating an imaging system. The imaging system may move or be moved to acquire image data of a subject at different positions relative to the subject. The image data may, thereafter, be combined to form a single image.
US12097053B2
To obtain functional information 110 energising a first set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a first period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays 35 after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a first set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data 100; energising a second set of x-ray emitters of the panel over a second period of time and directing the x-rays at the first object; using the detector to detect the x-rays after passing through the first object; processing the detected x-rays to create a second set of images to obtain tomosynthesis data, wherein the number of emitters used in the second period of time is less than used in the first period of time; and comparing at least some images from each set of images to provide functional information.
US12097051B2
A method of, and system for, predicting conductive hearing loss risk in a person. The method includes utilizing, by using a processor, at least the following as inputs to a prediction model: (A) at least one first air conduction value for the person, and (B) any one of (a) a second air conduction value in noise for the person for in-phase binaural stimuli, or (b) a third air conduction value in noise for the person for antiphasic binaural stimuli. The method further includes predicting, by using the processor and an output of the prediction model, whether the person has a risk of conductive hearing loss. The method may be implemented without the need for bone conduction audiometry or any other clinical test to determine conductive hearing loss. The prediction model may be a logistic regression model.
US12097048B2
A radiotherapy system is provided. The radiotherapy system may include a treatment component, an imaging component, and a table being movable between the treatment component and the imaging component along a first direction in a first coordinate system. The table may have a plurality of cross sections perpendicular to the first direction. The table may include a positioning line that extends along the first direction and have a positioning feature. The positioning feature may have a plurality of feature values. Each feature value may correspond to one of the plurality of cross sections.
US12097044B2
Knee replacement prosthesis are provided, comprising a plurality of sensors and at least one of a femoral component, a patellar prosthesis and a tibial component.
US12097039B2
A device may obtain absorption spectra data associated with tissue of a subject. The device may determine, based on the absorption spectra data, an estimate of a water content associated with the tissue. The device may determine, based on the estimate of the water content, an estimate of a hydration level of the subject. The device may perform one or more actions based on the estimate of the hydration level of the subject.
US12097037B2
An exemplary system, method, and computer-accessible medium for generating diagnostic data associated with a likelihood a patient(s) developing a mental disease(s) can be provided, which can include, for example, providing a visual patterns to the patient(s), receiving electroencephalogram (EEG) information from the patient(s) that can be based on the visual pattern(s); and generating the diagnostic data based on the EEG information.
US12097034B2
A catheter comprising an elongated catheter body, an electrode array distal of the catheter body, the array having a mounting member and at least first and second spine supports. Each spine support includes a base having a planar configuration, and a plurality of spines extending from the base, wherein the first base extends in a first plane and the second base extends in a second plane different from the first plane in the mounting member.
US12097025B2
The present invention provides a measuring method for prolonging a usage lifetime of a biosensor to measure a physiological signal representative of a physiological parameter associated with an analyte in a biofluid. The biosensor includes two working electrodes at least partially covered by a chemical reagent and two counter electrodes having silver and a silver halide, and each silver halide has an initial amount. The measuring method includes cyclic steps of: applying a measurement voltage to drive one of the two working electrodes at a measurement period to measure the physiological signal, thereby obtaining the physiological parameter, wherein the silver halide of one of the two working electrodes is consumed by a consumption amount; stopping applying the measurement voltage; and applying a replenishment voltage to drive the consumed counter electrode at a replenishment period to replenish the silver halide of a recharge amount to the consumed counter electrode, wherein: whenever the physiological parameter is obtained, a guarding value of a sum of the recharge amount and the initial amount subtracting the consumption amount is controlled within a range of the initial amount plus or minus a specific value.
