US12100051B2
According to some embodiments, a hail history storage device may store information periodically received from a remote third-party weather reporting service. A hail history score request associated with a geographic location and a date range may be received from a remote requester device. Responsive to the received hail history score request, a computer processor of a hail history server may automatically access information in the hail history storage device based on the geographic location and date range. Moreover, the computer processor may automatically evaluate accessed information to calculate a hail history score value. The computer processor may then transmit, to the remote requester device, historical hail evaluation data including the calculated hail history score value.
US12100050B1
Systems and techniques are provided for providing notification indicative of a breach of a dynamic operational parameter threshold. The dynamic operational parameter threshold is set based upon habits of inhabitants of an environment, which are observed via controlled sensors of the environment.
US12100044B2
A method and a system for using differential privacy techniques to provide axe obfuscation with respect to information included in an inventory axe list of available securities is provided. The method includes: obtaining first information to be included in a first inventory axe list to be published on a particular day; retrieving second information included in a second inventory axe list that was published on the previous day and/or several previous days; obfuscating the obtained first information by applying an algorithm based on the difference between the first information and the second information; and publishing the first inventory axe list by transmitting the obfuscated first information to a plurality of intended recipients. The quality of obfuscation may be measured and controlled as a function of desired privacy level and potential cost.
US12100041B1
A financial education tool includes a body portion, a basin disposed within the body portion, and a receptacle into the body portion. The receptacle is configured to receive physical currency into the basin. The financial awareness tool includes a counter configured to detect receipt of the physical currency into the basin, a display, and a user interface configured to receive a user input from a user. The financial awareness tool includes a processor communicatively coupled to the display and the user interface, where the processor is configured to communicate with a server configured to manage a banking account of the user. The processor is configured to, in response to receiving the user input at the user interface, detecting receipt of the physical currency by the counter, or both, instruct the display to display information relating to the banking account of the user.
US12100030B2
Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are an information presentation method and device. One specific embodiment of a system comprises: receiving a collocation request for performing clothing collocation on target clothing, the collocation request comprising a target clothing image; performing feature extraction on the target clothing image to obtain a feature vector of the target clothing image; and selecting, from a preset clothing information set on the basis of the feature vector of the target clothing image, a clothing image having a feature vector matching the feature vector of the target clothing image to form at least one group of clothing collocation images together with the target clothing image, wherein the clothing information set comprises clothing images and feature vectors of the clothing images. The embodiment improves clothing collocation effects.
US12100028B2
Disclosed embodiments describe text-driven AI-assisted short-form video creation. Text from a website is extracted to generate extracted text. Possible summary sentences are formed from the extracted text. The forming is based on natural language processing. The summary sentences are ranked according to an engagement metric. Summary sentences from the possible summary sentences are picked based on a threshold engagement metric value. A list of video scenes is generated based on the summary sentences. Each video scene is associated with a summary sentence. A media asset from a media asset library is chosen for each video scene within the list of video scenes. The choosing is accomplished by machine learning. The list of video scenes, including the media asset that was chosen for each video scene, is compiled into a short-form video. Media is extracted from the website included into the short-form video. The compiling includes a dynamically generated image.
US12100027B2
Systems, methods and computer readable products are provided for enabling dynamic loading of one or more digital image branding functions associated with one or more distribution rules. A distribution rule is used to target a group of end users that are selected from a dataset mapping a plurality of end-users according to one or more distribution rules. Instructions are forwarded to present an indication the digital image branding function to each member of the end users group.
US12100025B2
A system, method, device, and platform for monetizing user data. One or more data elements associated with user data of a user are received from one of a number of sources. One or more tokens are created based on the user data. The user data is stored in a secure location. The user data is vended to one of a number of parties utilizing the one or more tokens. The user data is accessible from the secure location utilizing an indicator included in the one or more tokens. The user is compensated for vending the user data.
US12100016B2
An example system disclosed herein includes programmable circuitry to identify donor adjustment factors and recipient adjustment factors used for correction of media impressions logged by a database proprietor, the donor adjustment factors including first donor adjustment factors associated with a first geographic region and second donor adjustment factors associated with a second geographic region, determine a first reduced donor factor set corresponding to ones of the first donor adjustment factors that satisfy a threshold, determine a second reduced donor factor set corresponding to ones of the second donor adjustment factors that satisfy the threshold, and generate imputation factors based on an aggregation of retained ones of the donor adjustment factors, the retained ones of the donor adjustment factors selected based on the first reduced donor factor set and the second reduced donor factor set, the imputation factors to reduce error in the correction.
US12100005B2
A payment system includes: a merchandise reading unit that reads merchandise; a merchandise information acquisition unit that obtains a merchandise information about the read merchandise; a confirmation information output unit that outputs a confirmation information for confirming with a customer an intention of payment of the merchandise; a receiving unit that receives an input from the customer for the confirmation information; a face acquisition unit that obtains a face image of the customer; an iris acquisition unit that obtains an iris image of the customer; and a payment processing unit that performs a payment process for the merchandise on the basis of the input from the customer and on the basis of at least one of the face image and the iris image. According to such a payment system, the payment process for the merchandise can be properly performed.
US12099999B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer system. An instruction to transfer a first quantity of a resource from a first resource pool to a second resource pool may be received. A hold may be placed on a second quantity of the resource in the first resource pool. The held second quantity of the first resource may not be transferred from the first resource pool until the hold is released. Responsive to receiving a message that fulfills a condition on the hold and an instruction to execute the transfer, the hold may be released. A register that is in the first resource pool and is associated with the resource may decremented by the first quantity, and a register that is in the second resource pool and is associated with the resource may be incremented by the first quantity.
US12099997B1
A method of transacting a liability, comprising: defining smart contract which separates a set of rights as a first fungible token type and set of responsibilities as a second fungible token type, the second token type comprising a representation of a liability; in a first transaction, establishing a first transaction consideration which offsets a difference in a value of the set of rights and the set of responsibilities, and allocating a first fungible token with a requirement to pay the consideration to a first party, and allocating the second fungible token with a right to receive the consideration to a second party; and in a second transaction, merging possession of a token of the first fungible token type and a token of the second fungible token type, and extinguish the smart contract set of rights and the set of responsibilities to thereby satisfy the liability.
US12099996B2
In an example, a system comprises at least one processor, at least one memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and at least one network interface communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: receive an intent to purchase a token into a transaction address from a remote computing device; receive signed data, signed by a private key, from the computing device; receive at least one of the transaction address or public key associated with the transaction address from the computing device; verify that the transaction address or the public key is associated with the private key; verify that the transaction address or the public key is whitelisted to purchase the token; and allow purchase of the token into the transaction address when the target transaction address or the public key is both: (1) associated with the private key and (2) whitelisted to purchase the token.
US12099988B2
Systems and techniques are provided for a resource transfer system. An instruction to transfer a first quantity of a resource from a first resource pool to a second resource pool may be received. A hold may be placed on a second quantity of the resource in the first resource pool. The held second quantity of the first resource may not be transferred from the first resource pool until the hold is released. Responsive to receiving a message that fulfills a condition on the hold and an instruction to execute the transfer, the hold may be released. A register that is in the first resource pool and is associated with the resource may decremented by the first quantity, and a register that is in the second resource pool and is associated with the resource may be incremented by the first quantity.
US12099985B2
Techniques described herein are directed to storing group data objects that associate accounts and generating user interfaces associated with those group data objects. User input data may be received that is associated with the group member accounts and a determination may be made that the user input data is associated with the group data object in question. Elements of the user interface may be altered based on the user input data, and a command may be sent to a device associated with the group data object, where the command may cause a payment application to be displayed in a foreground of the device and may cause display of the element as altered.
US12099984B2
The invention relates to a display device (2-19) comprising a storage stage (50) for storing a product data set (PD1-PD3) which was received in a communication with a base station (25, 26) via a first radio interface (44) of the display device (2-19), and comprising a second radio interface (45) for communication in particular for RFID or NFC communication, with a self-checkout device (57), which display device (2-19) is designed to process a self-checkout request received from a self-checkout device (57) for the purpose of transmitting the product data set (PD) via the second radio interface (45).
US12099982B2
The present disclosure relates generally to communication with payment terminals via TCP/IP protocol. Using network technology and novel processes, in particular embodiments, the present systems and methods facilitate local network discovery and communication between a payment terminal and an electronic cash register (“ECR”) via a browser. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems and methods leverage TCP/IP network technology to securely facilitate communications between SaaS ECR software running in a browser environment and one or more payment terminals.
US12099978B2
Systems and methods for determining and executing complex multi-route transfers of digital assets are described. A multi-route transfer of a source asset for a destination asset may be determined by analyzing a graph representing a plurality of assets and exchanges to determine a plurality of unique transfer paths. A transfer path may reflect a direct transfer in which the source asset is swapped for the destination asset, or it may reflect a series of intermediate transfers in which the source asset is swapped for intermediate asset(s) that are swapped for the destination asset. Dynamic programming can be used to select the transfer paths to include in the multi-route transfer, how to distribute swaps across those transfer paths, and how to distribute swaps for each transfer of a transfer path—thereby optimizing for the total amount of the destination asset received while accounting for transaction fees.
US12099977B2
A vehicle repair support system for supporting repair of a failed vehicle includes a storage device configured to store IDs of a plurality of donor vehicles registered in advance and parts mounted on the donor vehicles in association with each other, a support management device configured to specify a repair part needed to repair the failed vehicle based on defect information for the failed vehicle, and extract the donor vehicles on which the repair part is mounted from among the donor vehicles based on information stored in the storage device, and a request notification device configured to notify an owner of the donor vehicle extracted by the support management device of a request to provide the repair part.
US12099959B2
A system and a method are disclosed for selectively activating access by an application to a camera. In an embodiment, a physical object provider receives a request, from an application installed on a mobile device of a user, for a physical object to be delivered to an address corresponding to the user, wherein access by the application to a camera of the mobile device is de-activated. Responsive to receiving the request, the physical object is caused to be delivered to the address. The physical object provider receives a notification that the physical object has been delivered to the address, and transmits an instruction to the application to activate access by the application to the camera. The physical object provider receives, from the application, an image captured by the camera, and publishes the image to an additional user.
US12099952B2
Computer vision systems and methods for detecting power line hazards from imagery are provided. The system obtains at least one image from an image database having an object and/or a structure present therein, and generates a digital surface model (DSM), a vegetation mask, and a three-dimensional (3D) power line model based on the obtained image. The system generates a digital line model based on the 3D power line and a risk distance indicative of a distance between the 3D power line and vegetation proximate to the 3D power line, and also generates a digital tree model. The system generates a digital difference model based on an intersection of the digital line model and the digital tree model, identifies sections of a power line within a risk distance of vegetation located proximate to the power line based on the digital difference model, and generates a vegetation risk report based on the identified sections of the power line, the predetermined 2D risk distance, a predetermined 3D risk distance, and an elevation risk distance.
US12099945B2
A communication management apparatus creates pieces of character string button information for incorporating part or all of a message content in text format into a character string constituting message information. The communication management apparatus: transmits the pieces of character string button information to a second terminal that is input the message information directed to users at message destinations, and receives the message information in text format created in response to selection of at least one of the pieces of character string button information on the second terminal; creates synthesized voice data representing the message information and broadcasts the synthesized voice data to plural third terminals of the users; and accumulates the message content, the message information, and the result of voice recognition received from the third terminal in chronological order as a communication history and controls transmission to display the communication history on the terminals in synchronization.
US12099942B2
The system may include a secondary irrigation feature that determines a percent of overlap of each of a plurality of submodules in a first lift over each of a plurality of submodules in a second lift and adjusts at least one of leaching operations or a leaching model based on the total tonnage weighted average of metal in the second lift. The method may further comprise determining an acid gap based on a difference between total acid given and total acid consumption; and further adjusting at least one of the leaching operations or the leaching model based on the acid gap. The method may further comprise determining a percentage of compacted material based on the material that is compacted and irrigated divided by the material that is irrigated; and further adjusting at least one of the leaching operations or the leaching model based on the percentage of compacted material.
US12099940B1
The features relate to artificial intelligence directed detection of user behavior based on complex analysis of user event data including language modeling to generate distributed representations of user behavior. Further features are described for reducing the amount of data needed to represent relationships between events such as transaction events received from card readers or point of sale systems. Machine learning features for dynamically determining an optimal set of attributes to use as the language model as well as for comparing current event data to historical event data are also included.
US12099927B2
A neural network training apparatus is described which has a network of worker nodes each having a memory storing a subgraph of a neural network to be trained. The apparatus has a control node connected to the network of worker nodes. The control node is configured to send training data instances into the network to trigger parallelized message passing operations which implement a training algorithm which trains the neural network. At least some of the message passing operations asynchronously update parameters of individual subgraphs of the neural network at the individual worker nodes.
US12099926B2
A water treatment plant which performs water treatment using a water treatment device includes an imaging device, a processing device, and a control device. The imaging device images a water treatment environment of the water treatment device and outputs image data obtained by imaging. The processing device causes an arithmetic device which performs an arithmetic operation using one or more calculation models generated by machine learning to execute the arithmetic operation employing the image data output from the imaging device as input data of the one or more calculation models. The control device controls the water treatment device on the basis of output information output from the arithmetic device by executing the arithmetic operation.
US12099925B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable media related to training and/or utilizing a neural network model to determine, based on a sequence of sources that each have an electronic interaction with a given electronic resource, one or more subsequent source(s) for interaction with the given electronic resource. For example, source representations of those sources can be sequentially applied (in an order that conforms to the sequence) as input to a trained recurrent neural network model, and output generated over the trained recurrent neural network model based on the applied input. The generated output can indicate, for each of a plurality of additional sources, a probability that the additional source will subsequently (e.g., next) interact with the given electronic resource. Such probabilities indicated by the output can be utilized in performance of further electronic action(s) related to the given electronic resource.
US12099920B2
A first voltage application circuit applies a first voltage determined to have a first voltage value to a first wiring connected to an asymmetrical memory cell. A second voltage application circuit applies a second voltage determined to have a second voltage value to a second wiring connected to the asymmetrical memory cell. When receiving a first input value from a first terminal, a voltage control circuit fixes the second voltage value and changes the first voltage value with a positive inclination with respect to the first input value within a range equal to or higher than the second voltage value. When receiving a second input value from a second terminal, the voltage control circuit fixes the first voltage value and changes the second voltage value with a negative inclination with respect to the second input value within a range equal to or lower than the first voltage value.
US12099917B2
The present disclosure discloses a neural network processing module, in which a mapping unit is configured to receive an input neuron and a weight, and then process the input neuron and/or the weight to obtain a processed input neuron and a processed weight; and an operation unit is configured to perform an artificial neural network operation on the processed input neuron and the processed weight. Examples of the present disclosure may reduce additional overhead of the device, reduce the amount of access, and improve efficiency of the neural network operation.
US12099910B2
Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods to substantially simultaneously orchestrate machine learning models over multiple resource constrained control edge devices, so that the overall system is more agile to changes in events and environmental conditions where the models have been deployed. The example implementations described herein involve multiple processes that when executed, determine a list of edge devices to be updated along with the corresponding models based on correlation.
US12099900B2
A method includes receiving a plurality of quantum systems, wherein each quantum system of the plurality of quantum system includes a plurality of quantum sub-systems in an entangled state, and wherein respective quantum systems of the plurality of quantum systems are independent quantum systems that are not entangled with one another. The method further includes performing a plurality of joint measurements on different quantum sub-systems from respective ones of the plurality of quantum systems, wherein the joint measurements generate joint measurement outcome data and determining, by a decoder, a plurality of syndrome graph values based on the joint measurement outcome data.
US12099898B2
A method for use with a topological quantum computing device is provided. The method may include setting a plurality of device parameters for a qubit architecture including a plurality of Majorana zero modes (MZMs). The method may further include calibrating the plurality of device parameters at least in part by determining whether the plurality of MZMs exhibit ground state degeneracy. When the plurality of MZMs are determined to not exhibit ground state degeneracy, calibrating the plurality of device parameters may further include modifying one or more device parameters of the plurality of device parameters. When the plurality of MZMs are determined to exhibit ground state degeneracy, the method may further include modifying one or more parameters of a measurement device coupled to the qubit architecture.
US12099894B2
An example method for manufacturing a component of a gas turbine engine is provide. The method includes forming a tow of filaments of a fiber material. The method further includes weaving the tow together with other tows to form a sheet of the fiber material. The method further includes forming the component from the sheet of fiber material, the component comprising a designated surface area having a unique pattern created from properties of the fiber material.
US12099886B2
Techniques are provided to enable paste operations to directly create files, of an appropriate file type, within a file system based on non-file content items contained in a clipboard at the time of the paste operation. In addition to clipboard-to-file paste operations that create a single file based on a single non-file content item in the clipboard, techniques are described herein for performing one-to-many clipboard-to-file paste operations. In one-to-many clipboard-to-file paste operations, multiple files are created, in different file formats, for the same non-file content item, in response to a single clipboard-to-file paste operation. Techniques are also provided for many-to-many clipboard-to-file paste operations, where a single paste operation creates files for multiple distinct non-file content items identified within the buffered-content-data. Thus, a single clipboard-to-file paste operation may result in creation of files for two different images, a text file, and a shortcut file.
US12099882B2
Techniques are disclosed for deploying a computing resource (e.g., a service) in response to user input. A computer-implemented method can include operations of identifying a first set of computing components already deployed within the cloud-computing environment and identifying a second set of computing components available for deployment within the cloud-computing environment. A request for deployment may be subsequently received for one of the available computing components. A bootstrap request corresponding to the particular computing component requested may be transmitted to a deployment orchestrator, the deployment orchestrator being configured to deploy the particular computing component to the cloud-computing environment based at least in part on the bootstrap request. A user interface may present status indicators for each computing component (e.g., deployed, available, requested, etc.).
US12099867B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a multi-kernel wavefront scheduler are disclosed. A system includes at least a parallel processor coupled to one or more memories, wherein the parallel processor includes a command processor and a plurality of compute units. The command processor launches multiple kernels for execution on the compute units. Each compute unit includes a multi-level scheduler for scheduling wavefronts from multiple kernels for execution on its execution units. A first level scheduler creates scheduling groups by grouping together wavefronts based on the priority of their kernels. Accordingly, wavefronts from kernels with the same priority are grouped together in the same scheduling group by the first level scheduler. Next, the first level scheduler selects, from a plurality of scheduling groups, the highest priority scheduling group for execution. Then, a second level scheduler schedules wavefronts for execution from the scheduling group selected by the first level scheduler.
US12099864B2
A formally verified trusted computing base with active security and policy enforcement is described. The formally verified trusted computing base includes a formally verified microkernel and multiple formally verified hyper-processes including a virtual machine monitor (VMM), virtual machine introspection (VMI), policy enforcers including an active security policy enforcer (ASPE), and a virtual switch. The active security and policy enforcement continuously monitors for semantic behavior detection or policy violations and enforces the policies at the virtualization layer. Further, policies can be attached to the network layer to provide granular control of the communication of the computing device.
US12099861B2
A method and an apparatus for switching between master and standby container systems are provided. The method may be applied to a first container system deployed in a physical network device and functioning as a master container system, and a shared file is created in the physical network device. The method includes: receiving a system upgrade instruction input by a user; in response to the system upgrade instruction, sending container system data to a second container system functioning as a standby container system corresponding to the master container system in the physical network device; when receiving a data backup completion notification from the second container system, writing a master/standby container system switching notification into the shared file, so that the second container system switches to function as the master container system when detecting that the master/standby container system switching notification in the shared file.
US12099854B2
A user device (24) includes an audio output device (58) and one or more processors (44). The one or more processors are configured to run an Operating System (OS-48), including running an OS component for coordinating outputting of audio generated by user applications (26) to the audio output device, to preload a user application, and, while the user application is in a preload state, to inhibit the audio generated by the preloaded user application using the OS component.
US12099844B1
An exemplary branch predictor apparatus comprises a Pattern History Table (PHT) configured with a PHT allocation multiplexer/demultiplexer (PAMD) configurable to output a prediction logically selected from a portion of the PHT entries selectively allocated among a plurality of threads. The PHT entries may be allocated among a plurality of threads based on control bits read from a Control and Status Register (CSR) at system initialization. The branch predictor may govern a plurality of threads fetching instructions from an address selected from a Branch Target Buffer (BTB) entry indexed based on a per-thread Program Counter (PC) or a PHT entry indexed based on a per-thread Global History Register (GBHR). The PHT entries may be saturating binary counters. The saturating counters may be two-bit counters. An exemplary implementation may permit reduced misprediction rate, increased throughput, or reduced energy consumption resulting from increased allocation of PHT entries to more branch-intensive threads.
US12099830B2
Systems and methods of conducting a dialogue sequence between user devices are disclosed. A method includes receiving, at a user device, authorization signal to enable the user device to conduct at least a portion of a dialogue sequence facilitated by an application included on the user device. The application includes first code includes information that must be translated before it can be executed on a computer processor of the user device. The method further includes determining that the user device satisfies one or more criteria associated with the dialogue sequence, and receiving second code at the user device that allows the application to conduct at least an updated portion of the dialogue sequence. The second code includes information that must be translated before it can be executed on the computer processor of the user device. The application on the user device continues to operate when the second code is received.
US12099818B2
A computing system can be configured to perform operations in a define phase including receiving a component specification including a transformation function; inputting the component specification into a define function; receiving, as an output of the define function, the factory function; and receive data describing a second software component that satisfies the component specification of the first software component. In an assembly phase after the define phase, the computing system can input, into the factory function, the first software component and the second software component; and receiving, as an output of the factory function, the assembled software system including the first software component connected with the second software component according to the component specification of the first software component.
US12099810B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12099803B2
A training process produces a machine-learned model that, once trained, can be applied to process different types of data items. The training process accomplishes this result by combining data items in a training set with type-specific parameter information, to produce supplemented data items. The training process then trains a model based on the supplemented data items. Training involves adjusting model weights together with the type-specific parameter information. In an inference stage of processing, the technology combines a new data item with an appropriate type of trained parameter information, and then maps the resultant supplemented data item to an output data item. The technology is particularly effective in adapting an initial model to a new subject matter domain in those situations in which a robust set of data items that pertain to the subject matter domain and which have a desired type is lacking.
US12099794B2
A document production system may construct a document from fragments based on a theme associated with the document. The theme may contain section(s), each section having an access control list (ACL) associated therewith. The ACL may specify role-based user group(s) and permission(s) for the role-based user group(s). The system may evaluate rules applicable to the document. At least one rule may pertain to the ACL(s). The evaluation may include, at least in part, utilizing user login information received over a network from a client device. In constructing the document, the system may assemble the document in accordance with the rules and utilizing the fragments and meta information that describes the document. The system may render the document thus assembled utilizing the ACL, generate a view of the document, and communicate the view of the document over the network to the client device for presentation on the client device.
US12099788B2
There is provided a method of predicting performance in electronic design based on machine learning using at least one processor, the method including: providing a first machine learning model configured to predict performance data for an electronic system based on a set of input design parameters for the electronic system; providing a second machine learning model configured to generate a new set of parameter values for the set of input design parameters for the electronic system based on a desired performance data provided for the electronic system; generating, using the second machine learning model, the new set of parameter values for the set of input design parameters for the electronic system based on the desired performance data provided for the electronic system; evaluating the set of input design parameters having the new set of parameter values for the electronic system to obtain an evaluated performance data associated with the set of input design parameters having the new set of parameter values; generating a new set of training data based on the set of input design parameters having the new set of parameter values and the evaluated performance data associated with the set of input design parameters having the new set of parameter values; and training the first machine learning model based on at least the new set of training data. There is also provided a corresponding system for predicting performance in electronic design based on machine learning.
US12099778B2
The present disclosure is generally related to a data processing system to determine operational statuses of agents interfacing with digital assistant applications. The data processing system can access a log database. The log database can maintain response metrics for an agent service. Each response metric can correspond to a response by the agent service to a request generated by a digital assistant application responsive to an input audio signal. The data processing system can transmit a ping request to the agent service and can wait for a second response from the agent service. The data processing system can determine an operational status of the agent service based on the response metrics and on a time elapsed since the transmission of the ping request. The data processing system can cause the digital assistant application to perform an action based on the operational status.
US12099776B2
Providing virtualized credentials of a license holder includes determining contextual data that governs visual information presented on a display and displaying credential data on the display, where visual characteristics of the credential data that is displayed varies according to the contextual data. The display may be a display on a device of the license holder or a display on a device that is viewable by a relying party. The visual characteristics may be modified according to a location of at least some of the credential data on the display on the device of the license holder, a particular font used, a particular color used for text, a color scheme of an existing image and/or a specific image that is independent of the credential data. The visual characteristics may be modified according to the color scheme by changing a background color on the screen of the device of the license holder.
US12099772B2
The present disclosure generally relates to engaging in cross device interactions. The method includes at a first device with a first display, while a second device having a second display is placed over a first region of the first display, detecting, via input devices of the first device, a first input. In response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input occurred while focus was directed to the second device, the method includes causing a response to the first input to be displayed on the second display. In response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input occurred while focus was directed to the first device, the method includes displaying, on the first display, a response to the first input without causing a response to the first input to be displayed on the second display.
US12099766B2
An information processing system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: accept a job requesting print output of print data from an information terminal; determine one or more printing companies having a printing machine that can execute a job, among a plurality of printing companies, based on a state of a printing machine held by each one of the plurality of printing companies and a content of the job; and transmit information of the one or more printing companies determined, to the information terminal to display the information on the information terminal.
US12099762B2
An image forming apparatus receives a first trigger frame including information about OFDMA conforming to the IEEE 802.11 standard from an external access point external to the image forming apparatus while a first mode is enabled, performs communication processing in the first mode through OFDMA conforming to the IEEE 802.11 standard based on information about the first trigger frame, and transmits, in a case where the a mode is enabled, a second trigger frame including information about OFDMA conforming to IEEE 802.11 standard.
US12099754B2
A method for utilizing an object storage system (470) for storing and retrieving a volume of data, the volume of data including a plurality of data objects, the method includes the steps of accumulating the volume of data to an ingest area (474) provided within a non-taped-based storage medium; copying a first subset of the plurality of data objects to a first tape medium (472A); and copying a second subset of the plurality of data objects to a second tape medium (472B) that is independent of the first tape medium (472A). The method can further include managing the object storage system (470) with object storage software (476) to perform one or more of (i) generating a first extent parity that contains redundant information from the first subset of the plurality of data objects using erasure coding; and writing the first extent parity to the first tape medium (472A); (ii) generating a second extent parity that contains redundant information from the second subset of the plurality of data objects using erasure coding; and writing the second extent parity to the second tape medium (472B); and (iii) generating a volume parity that contains redundant information from the volume of data using erasure coding; and writing the volume parity to a third tape medium (472C) that is independent of the first tape medium (472A) and the second tape medium (472B).
US12099747B2
Write removal for solid-state drives can be managed. For example, a computing device can designate a space of a solid-state drive (SSD) for a write of container. The computing device can store the write for the container in the space in response to loading the container for executing the container. The computing device can determine an end to an execution phase for the container. In response to determining the end to the execution phase, the computing device can remove the write from the space of the SSD.
US12099745B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device has a corresponding total storage capacity and includes multiple memory blocks. The total storage capacity is set to a maximum storage capacity provided by the memory blocks by default. The memory blocks include one or more predetermined memory blocks configured as a buffer to receive data from a host device. The memory controller is coupled to the memory device to access the memory device. In response to setting of a maximum amount of write data, the memory controller determines a value of the total storage capacity according to the maximum amount of write data, and determines a number of said one or more predetermined memory blocks according to the value of the total storage capacity and the maximum storage capacity.
US12099744B2
A transform memory controller is described herein wherein the transform memory controller comprises logic elements configured to perform desired transform operations on data that flows to-and-from conventional computer memory elements. The transform operations are configured to perform operations on such data without the need for such data to travel to-and-from the conventional computer memory element via the processor (e.g., Central Processing Unit (CPU)) of the computer system. Several desirable transform operations are herein disclosed.
US12099739B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, system and computer program product for trace data protection. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, a target task is determined from a plurality of tasks, where trace data of the target task is to be protected. The trace data of the target task is transferred from a first area to a second area of a memory. Existing trace data in the second area is offloaded to a storage device before being overwritten. In other embodiments, a system and a computer program product are disclosed.
US12099734B2
Methods, systems, and devices for memory block utilization in memory systems are described. A system configured to allow a memory device to group or segment a memory block into two or more sub-memory blocks, which can be independently programmed is described herein. For example, a host system may determine a configuration of a memory array, and communicate the configuration information to the memory system, and transmit a command for an operation to the memory system. In some examples, the memory system may utilize the memory array configuration information and determine to segment the blocks of memory cells into sub-blocks. By segmenting the memory block into sub-blocks, the memory device may maintain its memory block density while supporting efficient programming of blocks of the memory array.
US12099733B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The at least one processing device is configured to implement a source multi-path device between a source access device and a source logical storage device, to implement a target multi-path device between a target access device and a target logical storage device, and to initiate a data migration process to migrate data from the source logical storage device to the target logical storage device. The at least one processing device is further configured, in conjunction with the data migration process, to copy a set of paths of the source multi-path device to the target multi-path device, and to at least temporarily provide to the source access device identifying information of the source logical storage device in place of identifying information of the source multi-path device.
US12099732B2
A memory system is connectable to a host device, and includes a nonvolatile memory, a signal line connected to the nonvolatile memory, and a memory controller. The memory controller is connected to the signal line, and repeatedly performs de-assertion and assertion of the signal line at a first frequency while transmitting or receiving data to or from the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller, in response to receiving a first command from the host, repeatedly performs the de-assertion and the assertion of the signal line at a second frequency lower than the first frequency while transmitting or receiving the data to or from the nonvolatile memory.
US12099726B2
In a computer system including a distributed file system cluster and a block SDS cluster, the distributed file system cluster has a plurality of distributed file system nodes, and stores a management-subject file redundantly in a plurality of volumes managed by a plurality of distributed file system nodes, the block SDS cluster has a plurality of block SDS nodes, and provides a plurality of the volumes on the basis of storage regions of storage apparatuses of the block SDS nodes, and a CPU of a management server is configured to perform control such that a plurality of the volumes storing the file in the distributed file system cluster for redundancy are not volumes based on a storage region of a storage apparatus of one block SDS node.
US12099716B2
A method for presenting parameters of a food machine, a food processing machine, or a food packaging machine, by a display device, where a memory stores a first recipe that includes multiple parameters that each have an assigned first parameter value and stores a second recipe that includes multiple parameters that each have an assigned second parameter value; where in an ascertainment step, a parameter is ascertained that is contained in the first recipe and in the second recipe and that has an assigned first parameter value of the first recipe and an assigned second parameter value of the second recipe, which differ from each other; and in a first display step, the display device is used to display the first parameter value and the second parameter value for the ascertained parameter at the same time.
US12099709B2
Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a display method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: in response to a first operation acting on a first interface, the first interface being displayed on a target area of an interactive interface, controlling the first interface and a preset second interface to move in a first direction, and controlling the second interface to display in the target area, wherein if the second interface does not satisfy a preset condition, the second interface is controlled to enter a first display state, so that an upper boundary of the second interface is aligned with an upper boundary of the target area; in response to a second operation acting on the second interface in the first display state, controlling the second interface to move in a second direction, the second interface entering a second display state from the first display state; and triggering a state locking to limit the second interface to return from the second display state to the first display state.
US12099704B2
Graphical element detection using a combined series and delayed parallel execution unified target technique that potentially uses a plurality of graphical element detection techniques, performs default user interface (UI) element detection technique configuration at the application and/or UI type level, or both, is disclosed. The unified target merges multiple techniques of identifying and automating UI elements into a single cohesive approach. A unified target descriptor chains together multiple types of UI descriptors in series, uses them in parallel, or uses at least one technique first for a period of time and then runs at least one other technique in parallel or alternatively if the first technique does not find a match within the time period.
US12099701B2
A message prioritization interface, to perform operations that include: accessing a message repository associated with a user account, where the message repository comprises a plurality of message threads; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) that comprises an allocable region at a first position in the GUI, and a presentation of the plurality of message threads at a second position within the GUI; receiving an input that selects or otherwise identifies a specific message thread from among the plurality of message threads via the GUI; and allocating the selected message thread to the allocable region at the first position in the GUI in response to the input that selects or identifies the specific message thread.
US12099696B2
A system and a method for content localization in moving vehicles may include receiving from within a moving vehicle first acceleration data captured using a first sensor included in an extended reality appliance mountable on a head of a wearer. The first acceleration data includes a first component associated with movement of the head of the wearer with respect to the vehicle and a second component associated with movement of the vehicle. The system also includes receiving from within the moving vehicle second acceleration data captured using a second sensor included in a personal input device. The personal input device may be a non-vehicle component configured to be paired with the extended reality appliance. The system may segregate the second component from the first component using the first acceleration data and the second acceleration data to thereby isolate the head acceleration with respect to the vehicle from the vehicle acceleration.
US12099695B1
Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for managing locations of users in a spatial group within a communication session based on the display of shared content in a three-dimensional environment. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are in communication within a communication session. In some examples, the first electronic device displays a three-dimensional environment including an avatar corresponding to a user of the second electronic device. In some examples, in response to detecting an input corresponding to a request to display shared content in the three-dimensional environment, if the shared content is a first type of content, the first electronic positions the avatar a first distance away from the viewpoint, and if the shared content is a second type of content, the first electronic device positions the avatar a second distance away from the viewpoint.
US12099694B1
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that updates state information for a portion of a user interface. For example, an example process may include obtaining a recording of an execution of an application within a three-dimensional (3D) environment. The recording may include 3D appearance information and state information for elements of the application at multiple instances in time. The process may further include presenting a user interface based on the recording where the user interface includes a visualization portion providing a visualization of the 3D appearance of the application based on the 3D appearance information and a state information portion. The process may further include receiving a selection of an element and identifying element-specific information corresponding to the element at a particular instance and updating the state information portion of the user interface based on the selection of the element and the element-specific state information.
US12099687B2
An electronic device includes a first sensing electrode, a second sensing electrode, a first conductive pattern disposed between the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode and including a plurality of first repeating units electrically connected to each other, and a second conductive pattern disposed between the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode and including a plurality of second repeating units electrically connected to each other. The first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are electrically insulated from each other, and each of the plurality of first repeating units and the plurality of second repeating units includes at least two mesh lines crossing each other.
US12099686B2
A display device having a photosensing function is provided. A display device having a biometric authentication function typified by fingerprint authentication is provided. A display device having both a touch panel function and a biometric authentication function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a light guide plate, a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a light-receiving element. The first substrate and the light guide plate are provided to face each other. The first light-emitting element and the light-receiving element are provided between the first substrate and the light guide plate. The first light-emitting element has a function of emitting first light through the light guide plate. The second light-emitting element has a function of emitting second light to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light-receiving element has a function of receiving the second light and converting the second light into an electric signal. The first light includes visible light, and the second light includes infrared light.
US12099685B2
An ultrasonic touch sensor includes a touch structure configured to receive a touch; a transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic transmit wave toward the touch structure; a receiver configured to receive ultrasonic reflected waves produced by a plurality of reflections of the ultrasonic transmit wave and generate a measurement signal representative of the ultrasonic reflected waves; and a measurement circuit configured to: acquire a first plurality of digital samples of the measurement signal during a first observation window that corresponds to a first ultrasonic reflected wave produced by a reflection of the ultrasonic transmit wave at the touch interface, acquire a second plurality of digital samples of the measurement signal during a second observation window that is subsequent in time to the first observation window, and determine whether a no-touch event or a touch event has occurred based on the first and the second plurality of digital samples.
US12099683B2
Acoustic touch and/or force sensing system architectures and methods for acoustic touch and/or force sensing can be used to detect a position of an object touching a surface and an amount of force applied to the surface by the object. The position and/or an applied force can be determined using time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, for example. Acoustic touch sensing can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric) to simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves along a surface and through a thickness of a deformable material. The location of the object and the applied force can be determined based on the amount of time elapsing between the transmission of the waves and receipt of the reflected waves. In some examples, an acoustic touch sensing system can be insensitive to water contact on the device surface, and thus acoustic touch sensing can be used for touch sensing in devices that may become wet or fully submerged in water.
US12099682B2
A display device can include a display panel including a gate line, a data line, and a pixel connected to the gate line and the data line; a plurality of touch electrodes; and a touch sensing circuit configured to supply a first touch driving signal to a first touch electrode in a first touch time section of a first frame, the first frame including a first display time section and the first touch time section, and supply a second touch driving signal to the first touch electrode in a second touch time section of a second frame, the second frame including a second display time section and the second touch time section. Also, a frequency of the first touch driving signal supplied to the first touch electrode is different from a frequency of the second touch driving signal applied to the first touch electrode.
US12099681B2
A timing controller according to one aspect of the present disclosure that is capable of operating in a low-power mode for a touch sensor driving period includes a receiver which receives a timing synchronization signal and video image data from an external source, a data processor which generates a gate control signal and a data control signal on the basis of the timing synchronization signal and arranges the video image data as pixel data for a display panel, and a transmitter which operates in a normal mode to output the pixel data, the gate control signal, and the data control signal for a display driving period and operates in a low-power mode for at least some time of a touch sensor driving period.
US12099679B2
The disclosure discloses a touch display device includes, at a display panel including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a plurality of X-touch electrode lines extending in a first direction and receiving a touch driving signal, a plurality of Y-touch electrode lines extending in a second direction and transmitting a touch sensing signal, a plurality of X-touch lines extending in the second direction and transmitting the touch driving signal, at least one pseudo-touch routing line disposed at an outermost portion of the display panel, and at least one pseudo-touch electrode line extending from the at least one pseudo-touch routing line.
US12099673B1
A recognition system for recognizing dual inputs of gestures and virtual keys on a touch screen includes a touch IC connected to the touch screen for receiving a plurality of touch signals generated by the touch screen and converting the touch signals to a touch data frame. A processor set is connected to the touch IC. The processor set serves to perform a touch data processing on the touch data frame from the touch IC. The touch data processing is performed by using a processing directly executed by an OS (Operating System) and a processing of AI (artificial intelligence) recognizing. The processor set serves to perform a grammar correction on a recognition result of the AI recognizing. A result of the grammar correction is output to the OS for processing.
US12099666B2
Disclosed herein is an information input/output system including an indication operation device, and an information processing device including a sensor. The indication operation device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a signal generation circuit which generates a signal to be transmitted to the information processing device, a first transmission circuit which transmits the signal from the signal generation circuit to the sensor of the information processing device through the first electrode or the second electrode, a reception circuit which receives information from the information processing device through the first electrode or the second electrode, an information storage device which stores the information received by the reception circuit, and a transmitter which transmits the information stored in the information storage device to an outside of the indication operation device. The information processing device includes a processor, an acquisition circuit, and a second transmission circuit.
US12099664B2
An information processing apparatus has a first display mode in which the entire screen region of a display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and a second display mode in which a partial screen region excluding the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display is controlled to be displayed as a display region, and performs a placement detection process of detecting placement of an external keyboard on the predetermined screen region in the screen region of the display, a communication control process of performing a communicative connection with the keyboard, and a display mode control process of controlling switching between the first display mode and the second display mode on the basis of the placement detection process and the communication control process.
US12099661B1
Virtual assistant devices and related methods are described that allow users having special needs to communicate with the virtual assistant device. The virtual assistant devices are augmented with additional intelligent sensors, including, but not limited to, three-dimensional optical sensors that are used to capture optical signals of user's non-verbal communication (e.g., sign language, lip movements, gestures or the like). Additionally, the virtual assistant device includes an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based engine that includes one or more Machine Learning (ML) models trained on user-specific data and used to determine the non-verbal communication of the user (i.e., sign language, lip movements or other gestures) based on inputs derived from the sensors. Moreover, the virtual assistant devices may be configured to generate and display visual information, such as three-dimensional floating avatars of the user and/or the virtual assistant.
US12099660B2
The technology disclosed relates to creating user-defined interaction spaces and modalities in a three dimensional (3D) sensor space in response to control gestures. It also relates to controlling virtual cameras in the 3D sensor space using control gestures and manipulating controls of the virtual cameras through the control gestures. In particular, it relates to defining one or more spatial attributes of the interaction spaces and modalities in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture. It also particularly relates to defining one or more visual parameters of a virtual camera in response to one or more gesture parameters of the control gesture.
US12099644B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a setting unit that, based on basic trigger region information defining a basic trigger region which is to be a trigger of an occurrence of an event in an application that presents predetermined content to a user based on position information regarding the user within a real space, determines an extended trigger region having a predetermined positional relationship with the basic trigger region, and sets information defining the determined extended trigger region onto a storage unit.
US12099643B2
Different computing methods and systems to at least compose at least a portion of a story are disclosed. In one embodiment, the story can be presented by an electronic device. The device can include a sensor to sense the user, and a processor. The processor can become aware of an attribute of the user. The story can depend on the attribute. In one embodiment, the attribute can be a behavior of the user. In another embodiment, the attribute can be a location of the user, or a social network of the user. The story can include a story theme and a non-story theme. The story theme can convey a concept, and the non-story theme can include scenes, scripts and/or props. The attribute can affect the story theme, the non-story theme, or both.
US12099639B2
Memory devices, systems including memory devices, and methods of operating memory devices are described, in which security measures may be implemented to control access to a fuse array (or other secure features) of the memory devices based on a secure access key. In some cases, a customer may define and store a user-defined access key in the fuse array. In other cases, a manufacturer of the memory device may define a manufacturer-defined access key (e.g., an access key based on fuse identification (FID), a secret access key), where a host device coupled with the memory device may obtain the manufacturer-defined access key according to certain protocols. The memory device may compare an access key included in a command directed to the memory device with either the user-defined access key or the manufacturer-defined access key to determine whether to permit or prohibit execution of the command based on the comparison.
US12099632B2
Technologies for digital content distribution include creating a data set that includes a plurality of entity data records each comprising a plurality of attribute values. By applying a first data security technique to the data set, a first query term and a matching subset of the plurality of entity data records are determined. A second data security technique is applied to the matching subset. When output of the second data security technique satisfies a first noisy threshold, the first query term is added to a set of query terms. A third data security technique is applied to the matching subset. When output of the third data security technique satisfies a second noisy threshold, the set of query terms is expanded to include a second query term. The set of query terms is used to perform the digital content distribution.
US12099628B2
The present disclosure relates to privacy protection in a search process. According to a method, a target emotion vector is extracted from a search interaction, the target emotion vector representing emotional information in the search interaction. Respective emotion distances between the target emotion vector and respective emotion vectors associated with a plurality of text clusters are determined. The plurality of text clusters is clustered from a dictionary of text elements. A first number of text clusters are selected from the plurality of text clusters based on the determined respective emotion distances. The first number of text clusters have emotion distances larger than at least one unselected text cluster among the plurality of text clusters. A plurality of confused search interactions are constructed for the search interaction based on the first number of text clusters, and the plurality of confused search interactions are performed.
US12099624B2
A host that runs a security component and a container such that code running within the container cannot access data and resources running on the host except through a predetermined location (e.g., a container file system folder) that is visible from within the container. The security component helps to provide this safety by facilitating input of input data to the container, and facilitating output of output data from the container. Such containers and host security components may similarly operate on multiple hosts. An overlay network may be present over multiple of such containers to thereby allow the code within containers to communicate with each other, even if the code is running on different computing systems, so long as the code is running within the overlay network.
US12099618B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for intelligent verification of digital files via the analysis of metadata and other file characteristics. The system is adaptive, in that it can be adjusted based on the needs or goals of the user utilizing it, or may intelligently and proactively adapt based on the files or data received for processing. The system may be seamlessly embedded within existing applications or programs that the user may already use to interact with one or more entities.
US12099614B2
A method, system, and computer program product are provided for swapping secrets in source code. One or more secrets in source code are identified by scanning the source code. The set of the one or more secrets are exported to a secrets manager. A reference ID for each secret in the set of the one or more secrets is received from the secrets manager. The source code is injected to replace each secret from the set of the one or more secrets with the corresponding reference ID.
US12099609B2
A computing system may implement a basic input/output system (BIOS) update method. The BIOS also includes identifying an installed central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system coupled to a BIOS chipset, selecting CPU firmware corresponding to the installed CPU from a plurality of CPU platform firmware stored on a first memory, and loading the CPU firmware into a shared portion of a second memory coupled to the BIOS chipset, where the shared portion of the second memory is configured to store the CPU firmware as secondary CPU firmware.
US12099602B2
A device includes a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) signal path, a processor, and a peripheral component. The peripheral component may comprise secret data, such as a secret key. The processor may perform a preconfigured NMI interrupt service routine (ISR), in response to detecting a preconfigured signal in the NMI signal path. Access to at least a part of the peripheral component may be enabled in response to detecting the preconfigured signal in the NMI signal path. Thus, the processor may be able to access the secret data, for example, when the processor is running the NMI ISR.
US12099600B2
Responding to incidents includes creating a playbook of tasks based on a first document constituting an authority, such that at least some of the tasks are completed in response to incidents. A new version of the playbook is created based on differences between the first document and a second document constituting a revision of the authority. Responsive to a first incident, the new version of the playbook is used to respond to the first incident. Creating the new version of the playbook includes at least one of excluding a first task of the playbook from the new version, adding an updated task of a second task of the playbook to the new version, or adding a third task to the new version.
US12099596B2
In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving software code with an invalid characteristic, repeatedly attempting to execute the software code with the invalid characteristic on a device, and in response to successful execution of the software code with the invalid characteristic, taking an action. The action may include an action to remediate the device.
US12099593B2
A method for authenticating an integrated circuit is provided. At an intellectual property facility, a random encryption key and a number of random input vectors are generated. For each input vector, the input vector is encrypted, based on the encryption key, to generate a corresponding output vector, and the input vector and the corresponding output vector are formed into an authentication vector pair. The encryption key is embedded into hardware description language instructions that define an integrated circuit that includes a cryptography engine. A number of authentication vector pairs is transmitted, via a secure communication link, to a semiconductor assembly and test facility. An input vector of an authentication vector pair is presented to the integrated circuit, which encrypts the input vector using the embedded encryption key. If the result matches the output vector of the authentication vector pair, the integrated circuit is determined to be authentic.
US12099591B1
One or more indications may be received of a decision to allow an access of a computing resource by an identity. A plurality of relevant policies may be determined whose permissions are evaluated as inputs to the decision to allow. One or more explicit allow policies of the plurality of relevant access permission policies may be determined that explicitly allow the access. At least one explicit allow indication may be provided of at least one of the one or more explicit allow policies. One or more acceptable properties of the plurality of relevant access permission policies may be determined that do not need to be modified to change the decision to allow the access. One or more acceptability indications may be provided of the one or more acceptable properties.
US12099587B2
A composite device with a high security level is provided. A composite device capable of inhibiting unauthorized use favorably is provided. The composite device includes a control portion, a detection portion, an authentication portion, and a memory portion. The detection portion has a function of detecting a touch and a function of obtaining first fingerprint data of a finger touching the detection portion. The authentication portion has a function of executing user authentication processing. The memory portion has a function of retaining second fingerprint data registered in advance. The control portion has a function of bringing a system into an unlocked state when the authentication portion authenticates a user and a function of comparing the first fingerprint data obtained by the detection portion and the second fingerprint data when the detection portion detects a touch, and bringing the system into a locked state in the case where those data do not match.
US12099580B2
An information processing apparatus comprises an image processing unit configured to acquire a plurality of images representing results of executing predetermined image processing for target data using a plurality of candidate values of a parameter associated with the predetermined image processing; a selection unit configured to select a plurality of representative images from the plurality of images; a display control unit configured to display the plurality of selected representative images on a display unit; an operation unit configured to accept an operation input to the plurality of displayed representative images; and a statistical processing unit configured to decide at least one value from the plurality of candidate values based on a result of statistical processing of information obtained by the accepted operation.
US12099579B1
Genetic-variant data is obtained that corresponds to one or more variants associated with a client. Each of the one or more variants corresponds to an instance of one or more bases positioned at one or more first positions in a first genetic sequence differ from corresponding one or more bases positioned in a reference genetic sequence. The first genetic sequence is a genetic sequence of the client. Sensor data is obtained that provides an indication of one or more characteristics of a current or past environment of the client. The genetic-variant data and the sensor data is processed to generate a disease-risk metric corresponding to a predicted risk of the client developing a particular disease. A communication is generated that is indicative of the disease-risk metric. The communication is transmitted to a remote device.
US12099567B2
An embodiment may involve web page metadata that defines a web page, first sub-page metadata that defines a first sub-page, and second sub-page metadata that defines a second sub-page, wherein the web page metadata includes specification of a viewport, and wherein the viewport is associated with an identifier. One or more processors may be configured to: receive a request for the web page; resolve the web page metadata into web content, wherein resolving the web page metadata includes: (i) determining, based on the identifier, a route associated with the viewport, (ii) determining, based on the route, a set of conditions associated with the viewport, (iii) determining that a particular condition is satisfied, wherein the particular condition is associated with the first sub-page and (iv) placing, based on the particular condition being satisfied, the first sub-page metadata in the viewport; and transmit the web content.
US12099562B1
A method for rendering context based information on a user interface includes receiving a user request to extract the context based information from a database. The database includes a plurality of documents and the request includes at least one search criteria required to determine a context of the user request. The method includes generating a list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request and rendering on a viewing portion of the user interface the list of documents corresponding to the context of the user request.
US12099561B1
Systems and methods for presenting information, messages, sound recordings and video to a user via content cards embedded in a software application includes generating content card data sets at the time that the software application is started and run. The software application requests content card data sets upon startup, and a data service then generates content card data sets at that time. The software application uses the newly created content card data sets to display information, messages, images, sound recordings and video to a user within the embedded contact cards.
US12099558B2
Disclosed is an electronic device for providing more accurate contents to a user based on obtained personalization information. The electronic device includes at least one processor configured to collect information of a user based on user activities on the electronic device, analyze the collected information of the user for generating a personal knowledge graph of the user, provide the personalization information generated based on the personal knowledge graph to a content provider (CP), receive at least one content which is provided from the CP, and provide recommendation content selected from among the a least one content based on the personalized information.
US12099555B2
To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.
US12099553B2
A method by one or more electronic devices to detect flapping in a computer system. The method includes obtaining a plurality of metric values indicating a state of the computer system at various times within a time window, determining a combined length of lines connecting time-wise consecutive points representing the plurality of metric values in a cartesian coordinate system, wherein a first axis of the cartesian coordinate system represents time and a second axis of the cartesian coordinate system represents a metric associated with the plurality of metric values, determining a baseline length based on a maximum metric value within the time window, a minimum metric value within the time window, and a length of the time window, and determining whether the computer system flapped during the time window based on a result of comparing the combined length to the baseline length.
US12099552B2
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for assisting a user in advancing a task objective. The technique uses a suggestion-generating system (SGS) to provide one or more suggestions to a user in response to at least a last-submitted query provided by the user. The SGS may correspond to a classification-type or generative-type neural network. The SGS uses a machine-trained model that is trained using a multi-task training framework based on plural groups of training examples, which, in turn, are produced using different respective example-generating methods. One such example-generating method constructs a training example from queries in a search session. It operates by identifying the task-related intent the queries, and then identifying at least one sequence of queries in the search session that exhibits a coherent task-related intent. A training example is constructed based on queries in such a sequence.
US12099541B1
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for selecting a classification category based on query data. An example method includes receiving query data and requesting a set of classification categories from a set of classification engines. The example method further includes receiving the set of classification categories and, if a leading classification category occurs, selecting a classification category that includes the first leading classification category. The example method further includes, if the leading classification category does not occur, forming a set of partial-digits categories by removing a first pre-determined number of digits from each classification category, and if a first leading partial-digits category from the first set of partial-digits categories occurs, selecting a second classification category consistent with the first leading partial-digits category. The example method further includes selecting a ranked priority classification category based on the priority rank for each classification engine.
US12099539B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for improved text classification. Embodiments include providing, based on a text string, one or more first inputs to a summary model. Embodiments include determining, based on one or more first outputs from the summary model in response to the one or more first inputs, a summarized version of the text string. In some embodiments the summarized version of the text string comprises a number of tokens that is less than or equal to a maximum number of input tokens for a machine learning model. Embodiments include providing, based on the summarized version of the text string, one or more second inputs to the machine learning model. Embodiments include determining one or more attributes of the text string based on one or more second outputs received from the machine learning model in response to the one or more second inputs.
US12099527B1
A method for meta-model optimization may include receiving an entity and engagement profile, classify each entity and engagement profile to one or more descriptors, compiling a digital model for each entity and engagement profile, identifying an optimal compatibility allocation of entities to engagements; and generating a user display summarizing the optimal meta-model to the user.
US12099526B1
An apparatus for determining cluster pairs, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive a first attribute cluster, classify the first attribute cluster to one or more descriptors, generate a first cluster profile as a function of the classification, wherein the first cluster profile comprises a degree of intensity of each descriptor of the one or more descriptors, and determine a complementary cluster profile as a function of the first cluster profile comprising receiving a plurality of complementary cluster profiles from a database and selecting one complementary cluster profile from the plurality of complementary cluster profiles.
US12099525B2
A data processing service performs a rebalancing process for rebalancing stateful tasks on a cluster computing system. In one instance, the method for rebalancing stateful tasks is performed such that the per-operator partitions are spread across available executors of a cluster of the cluster computing system with respect to one or more statistics of the tasks. In one instance, the method for rebalancing stateful tasks is also performed such that the total number of stateful tasks are balanced per executor as long as this rebalancing does not imbalance the per-operator placements. In this way, the processing of stateful tasks can be spread across multiple executors in a relatively uniform manner, even though there may be an upfront cost of breaking the local caching on an executor.
US12099520B2
A read-write set of a blockchain transaction specifies a delta value by which to add or subtract from the current value of a delta-enabled world state record. In connection with committing the blockchain transaction to a world state record, the then-current value of the world state record is read and adjusted by the delta to determine the actual value to assign to the world state record. The actual value computed is correct even though the version number and current value at the time the read-write set was generated may have changed by the time the commitment of the blockchain transaction has commenced. Multi-version concurrency is foregone.
US12099519B1
A system is configured to replicate events to be processed by service regions. The system implements an event bus service that hosts an event bus in respective ones of a plurality of regions. The event bus service is configured to receive, at the event bus in a secondary region of the plurality of regions, a replicated indication of an event that is replicated from the event bus in a primary region of the plurality of regions. The event bus service determines, at the event bus in the secondary region, whether the primary region has completed processing of the event. Based on a determination that the primary region has not completed processing of the event within the pre-determined time period, the event bus service processes the event according to the replicated indication and indicates, in the replication record, that the secondary region has completed processing of the event.
US12099514B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for transforming data metrics to conform to a production schema for cross-domain uniformity. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems receive a metric having an initial schema, determine that the initial schema is inconsistent with a production schema, transform the metric to conform with the production schema, and store the metric in a standardized-schema database.
US12099513B2
Annulment of events written into an ordered event stream (OES) storage system is disclosed. Events can be written to one or more segments of an OES. An event can be invalid and overwriting the event can be desirable. A stream-cut event can be employed to facilitate annulment of the event via altering a portion of a segment of an OES. The stream-cut event can be durable. Annulment can avoid rewriting an entire stream and/or complicating a stream by adding mitigating events without overwriting invalid events. In an aspect, annulment can comprise moving a write cursor according to a stream-cut event. The annulment can be lossy or lossless. In an embodiment, annulment can be performed in single tier OES storage system. In another embodiment, multi-tier OES storage systems can facilitate annulment.
US12099510B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating an optimal solution for determining a value for one or more base data objects. A plurality of solutions include one or more composite data objects transacted by a transaction system processor. The composite data objects include the one or more base data objects. An optimal solution is generated by using data indicative of a level of activity and a number of sources for each of the plurality of composite data objects.
US12099509B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing constraint driven database searching. At least one constraint is received for a search of one or more databases comprising one or more datasets, each comprising multiple entry fields. The one or more databases comprising the one or more datasets may be accessed and searched based on the constraint to identify one or more dataset entries that contain the at least one constraint in one of multiple entry fields. A visual representation of the identified dataset entries may be provided to the user as results of the constraint driven database search. Additional constraints may be accepted to further narrow the results of constraint driven database search. The results may be exported and made accessible for later retrieval and/or cached for use in subsequent searches.
US12099505B2
A system and method for just in time compilation for hash table probing are disclosed. In one implementation, the method of using just-in-time compilation is used to combine the stages of hash value computation and initial lookup into a single compound operation. In another implementation, the method of using just-in-time compilation is used to combine the stages of a hash table record and input record checking to detect if these records are equal, and if not, fetching the next possible record in the linked list of the per-bucket records.
US12099503B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for receiving, from a user device, user input, wherein the user input comprises a query comprising conversational language. Based on determining that the query is not stored in a database of queries sending, a quality assurance device may send a request for information associated with the query. The requested information may be received. Based on the request information and determining one or more previously input queries similar to the query, a response to the query may be generated. The quality assurance device may verify the response comprises a solution to the query. The query and the verified response may be stored in the database of queries. The user device may be sent the response. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
US12099501B2
Object scriptability includes receiving a high-level language script describing at least one data-analysis object, including a node representing the data-analysis object in a graph-based data structure including a plurality of nodes, where each node from the plurality of nodes represents a respective data-analysis object in a data analysis system, where each node from the plurality of nodes is connected to at least one other node from the plurality of nodes by an edge, and where the edge represents a relationship between the respective objects in the data analysis system.
US12099499B2
A computer-implemented method can receive a hierarchy table comprising a plurality of records associated with objects organized in a hierarchical structure. The records comprise values corresponding to a plurality of displayable fields and specify value distributions among the objects. The method can specify one or more viewable fields at an input area of a graphical user interface, and display a plurality of nodes and a plurality of directional links connecting the displayed nodes on a display window of the graphical user interface. The displayed nodes represent objects whose associated records have unique combinations of values corresponding to the specified viewable fields. The directional links represent value distributions among objects represented by the displayed nodes. The method can display aggregated value distributed to or from objects represented by the displayed nodes. The viewable fields specify which of the displayable fields are visible on the displayed nodes.
US12099497B2
A data model is derived from transaction data. The model is represented in a combination data structure for a tree and a hash table. The hash table provides direct access to leaves of the tree, each leaf comprises a frequency count for a particular unique basket of items detected in the transaction data. Mining the combination data structure does not require recursive traversal of the tree. Moreover, derivation is performed with just two passes on the transaction data, during each pass multiple concurrent reducer tasks handle a unique portion of the transaction data providing parallel processing during creation and derivation which improves the processor elapsed time to complete the combination data structure. Furthermore, updates to the data structure are incremental without requiring any additional passes on the original transaction data and without requiring full traversal of the tree. Output from the mining is provided as input to predictor services.
US12099496B2
A request may be received to access a digital asset uniquely identified by an identifier within an on-demand database system configured to provide computing services to a plurality of entities via the internet. Ownership of the digital asset may be determined based on ownership of a designated smart contract recorded in a public trust ledger. A plurality of related smart contracts recorded in the public trust ledger may be identified. Each of the related smart contracts may be linked with the designated smart contract. Two or more of the smart contracts may each include a respective one or more non-fungible tokens related to the digital asset. A respective state for two or more of a plurality of modifiable values may be determined. Each of the modifiable values may be being stored within a respective one of the plurality of related smart contracts within the public trust ledger.
US12099494B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed that may generate staging data independently from the execution of control scripts, which process the staging data, improving the quality, efficiency, and speed of data processing systems. The staging data can be independently loaded, validated, and utilized across multiple control scripts, reducing redundancy in the loading of data and the overhead of executing separate data processing for each control script. The control scripts can be automatically validated, such as by verifying expected output data ranges. Additionally, the complexity of the control scripts can be reduced as the loading of data is not performed by the control scripts. The controls scripts can generate a variety of output data, such as an indication of impacted accounts, and provide notifications based on the output data. A variety of machine learning classifiers may automatically generate the staging data and validate the staging data and/or output data.
US12099487B2
An event-related media management system contextualizes media content. The event-related media management system associates media content with contextual event-related data to associate the media content with the events and information about the events. The contextual event-related data can then be used to provide access to the media content, such as through relevant search results or by presenting the media content in organized displays for contextual browsing and navigation. In some embodiments the event-related media management system generates contextualized media content for contextual search, discovery, and advertising.
US12099483B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for performing rules based scheduling and migration of databases based on complexity and weight. Information about source databases from a source system can be stored, the stored information including storage capacity information and downtime information for the source databases. Each of the source databases can be classified to one of a plurality of predetermined migration complexities based on the storage capacity information and downtime information. Scheduling weights can be assigned to each class of complexity. A migration schedule can be generated that defines periods of time for migrating data from the source databases, where a rules based scheduling engine generates the migration schedule based on the classified source databases and the assigned scheduling weights, the rules defining a weight criteria for the periods of time. Data can be migrated from the source databases to target databases according to the migration schedule.
US12099473B1
A logging management server is provided for enhanced centralized monitoring of cloud computing platforms. The processor is configured to receive logging data sub-streams from the cloud computing platform. Each of the logging data sub-streams includes compressed logging data. The processor is also configured to apply a transformation function to each of the logging data sub-streams to obtain a transformed centralized logging data stream. The processor is further configured to transmit the transformed centralized logging data stream to write to a centralized object storage container. The processor is also configured to decompress a portion of the compressed logging data of the centralized logging data stream. The processor is further configured to identify the appended account identifier and the appended log group associated with the decompressed portion of logging data. The processor is also configured to route the decompressed portion of logging data to a sorted object storage container.
US12099465B2
Persistent storage may contain: (i) a database table containing entries, (ii) a definition of a communication endpoint of a remote system, and (iii) outbound flow processing. One or more processors may be configured to: detect a state change associated with a local entry in the database table; read, from the database table, a set of data representing the local entry; transform, using the outbound flow processing, the set of data into a format receivable by the remote system; create, for the set of data, a correlation record that contains a local correlation identifier, wherein the correlation record specifies the local entry; transmit, to the remote system, the set of data as transformed and the local correlation identifier; receive, from the remote system and for the set of data, a remote correlation identifier; add, to the correlation record, the remote correlation identifier; and write, to a correlation table, the correlation record.
US12099458B2
A shared memory controller receives, from a computing node, a request associated with a memory transaction involving a particular line in a memory pool. The request includes a node address according to an address map of the computing node. An address translation structure is used to translate the first address into a corresponding second address according to a global address map for the memory pool, and the shared memory controller determines that a particular one of a plurality of shared memory controllers is associated with the second address in the global address map and causes the particular shared memory controller to handle the request.
US12099454B2
System and method for improved transferring of data involving memory device systems. A memory appliance (MA) comprising a plurality of memory modules is configured to store data within the plurality of memory modules and further configured to receive data commands from the first server and a second server coupled to the MA. The data commands may include direction memory access commands such that the MA can service the data commands while bypassing a host controller of the MA.
US12099447B2
Prefetch circuitry generates, based on stream prefetch state information, prefetch requests for prefetching data to at least one cache. Cache control circuitry controls, based on cache policy information associated with cache entries in a given level of cache, at least one of cache entry replacement in the given level of cache, and allocation of data evicted from the given level of cache to a further level of cache. The stream prefetch state information specifies, for at least one stream of addresses, information representing an address access pattern for generating addresses to be specified by a corresponding series of prefetch requests. Cache policy information for at least one prefetched cache entry of the given level of cache (to which data is prefetched for a given stream of addresses) is set to a value dependent on at least one stream property associated with the given stream of addresses.
US12099446B2
Methods and systems for existing software applications to automatically take advantage of multicore computer systems outside of the conventional simultaneous processing of multiple applications and without performance problems from cache misses and mismatched task processing times are presented. Unlike other multicore optimization techniques, the present invention uses techniques that are applied to design graphs and work for scaled and standard speedup-based parallel processing. The methods and systems optimize software designs that are attached to code for maximum performance on multicore computer hardware by analyzing and modifying loop structures to produce a general parallel solution, not just simple loop unrolling.
US12099443B1
Techniques are provided for implementing and managing a multi-modal write cache for a data storage system. For example, a storage control system is configured to perform a write caching method which comprises the storage control system receiving an input/output (I/O) write request from a client application to write data to a primary storage volume, comparing a current I/O workload associated with the client application to an I/O workload threshold, and writing the data of the I/O write request to one of (i) a persistent write cache in a persistent storage volume and (ii) a non-persistent write cache in a non-persistent storage volume, based at least in part on a result of comparing the current I/O workload to the I/O workload threshold.
US12099433B1
Systems and methods provide for an integrated script development and script validation platform. The integrated script development and script validation platform archives data in a way such that the dependencies between contributions of code strings (e.g., script sets) are detected and recorded. That is, the systems and methods detect dependency branches in the script code of script sets. By doing so, the systems and methods may identify individual performance characteristics for a given script set as well as determine the overall impact on the application itself.
US12099424B2
A memory testing device uses a master control unit to concurrently operate multiple, intelligent, slave control units (SCUs). SCUs have one or more processing unit(s) (i.e. Finite State Machines, micro controllers, processors) capable of processing one or more firmware with or without operating system (i.e. bare-metal, embedded OS, RTOS (real time operating system)) to perform a series of task defined by firmware(s) for testing volatile and/or non-volatile memory devices connected into one or more DUT devices plus SCU has capability of having operating system and install and run host applications locally within each SCU units to mimic host applications environments along with performing regular memory testing.
US12099422B2
Techniques for storage testing involve: acquiring a first state of a storage system including first input/output (IO) load information; taking a first action based on the first state, the first action causing the first IO load information to be changed to second IO load information; updating the first action to be a reserved action for the first state if it is obtained based on the second IO load information that the storage system reaches a preset condition; and obtaining an action combination of a plurality of IO load information changes based on a plurality of reserved actions corresponding to a plurality of states, wherein the plurality of states include the first state. Accordingly, the most effective load combination change mode for the storage system can be found automatically and more accurately, so as to find more vulnerabilities of the storage system, thereby improving the efficiency of storage system testing.
US12099420B2
An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to control access to a persistent storage media based on a block and sub-block access structure, store a data structure in the persistent storage media to track read fails at a sub-block granularity for a word-line for every block, and update the data structure in response to a read fail on a block to indicate a failed sub-block that corresponds to the read fail for a word-line for the block. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12099418B2
Techniques described herein relate to methods and systems for managing backup operations. The method may include receiving a request to perform a first backup operation for a first virtual machine (VM); making a first determination, using a vProxy preference map, that a first vProxy is assigned to the first VM based on a backup capability associated with the first vProxy; making a second determination that the first vProxy is not available to perform the first backup operation; making a third determination, based on the second determination and using a vProxy information database, that a second vProxy is available to perform the first backup operation based on the second vProxy being associated with the same backup capability as the first vProxy; and performing the first backup operation using the second vProxy.
US12099413B2
A memory controller includes a request pipeline and a retry control circuit. The request pipeline receives an input of a request to a memory output from a processor core, stores the request, and causes the memory to process the request in order of storage. The retry control circuit stops a new request input to the request pipeline when an error occurs in the memory, and re-inputs, to the request pipeline, requests to be retried that includes the request in which the error has occurred and a subsequent request stored in the request pipeline.
US12099408B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory controller having logic circuitry to write a unit of write data into a plurality of memory chips according to a striping pattern that includes multiple protected sub words, each protected sub word including a smaller portion of the unit of write data and error correction coding (ECC) information calculated from the smaller portion of the unit of write data.
US12099405B2
A method for reducing observed processing latency in networked communication, the method comprising: receiving a first portion of data, the data consisting of the first portion and a second portion; initializing data processing on the data after receiving the first portion of data and before receiving the second portion of the data; receiving the second portion of the data, the second portion of the data including error-detection code; performing error detection on the data based on the error-detection code; in response to the error detection indicating that the data is valid, finalizing data processing on the data and committing a data-processing result; and in response to the error detection indicating that the data is invalid, performing an error-correction process.
US12099404B2
A method and apparatus for determining stripe consistency, including an operation node that obtains n groups of CRC data blocks corresponding to a target stripe, where the target stripe includes n first data blocks, the n first data blocks include k original data blocks and m EC data blocks of the k original data blocks, the n groups of CRC data blocks are respective CRC data blocks of n groups of second data blocks, one group of second data blocks includes m transformation results obtained by performing m times of EC transformation on one first data block, both k and m are positive integers, and n=m+k.
US12099397B2
Various embodiments include power management system methods including receiving, at a processor(s), a notification signal triggering the processor(s) to implement power usage mitigation at the processor(s), determining, by the processor(s), a mitigation amount of power rail power by which to mitigate current usage at a power rail based on a use case for the power rail, and implementing power usage mitigation at the processor(s) by the processor(s) sufficient to mitigate power usage at the power rail by the mitigation amount of power rail power. Power usage mitigation may include reducing processor(s) current usage: by a predefined amount; proportional to the amount a power rail current exceeds a power rail current threshold; by the amount of current exceeding a processor current threshold; or by a smallest amount between the amount a power rail current exceeds a power rail current threshold and the processor(s) current exceeds a processor current threshold.
US12099395B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector including multiple conductive terminals, a battery, and a power control circuit electrically connected to the connector and the battery, wherein the power control circuit controls a value corresponding to electrical information on a first conductive terminal among the multiple conductive terminals so that a first time interval during which a first value is maintained and a second time interval during which a second value is maintained after the first time interval are alternated for each time interval among the multiple time intervals, identify, in response to the connection of the electronic device to the external device through the cable connected to the connector, whether a size of a time, during which the value is maintained as one of the first value or the second value, is smaller than a designated value, and select a first method.
US12099393B2
A vehicle includes a power management apparatus including a first voltage sensor detecting a voltage applied to the first main signal line and output first voltage information about the detected voltage; a second voltage sensor detecting a voltage applied to the second main signal line and output second voltage information about the detected voltage; a first communicator communicating with the master control devices connected to the power signal lines, respectively; and a first processor configured to determine whether a failure in power supply of the battery has occurred or a discharge of the battery has occurred based on the first voltage information and the second voltage information received from the first voltage sensor and the second voltage sensor, and determine whether a failure in power supply through the power signal lines has occurred based on pieces of voltage information received from the master control devices, respectively, through the first communicator.
US12099384B2
A mount bracket is adapted to fix a storage device to a first side plate. The mount bracket includes a base part and a handle. The base part includes a first support portion and a second support portion. The first support portion is configured to be removably disposed on the first side plate. The first support portion has at least one first buffering structure configured to be in contact with the first side plate. The second support portion is connected to the first support portion and configured to support the storage device. The handle is pivotably disposed on the base part.
US12099382B1
The disclosure is suitable for the technical field of photo booth, and provides a photographic device holder convenient for angle adjustment and tablet computer replacement. The photographic device holder comprises a base, wherein a box body is fixedly connected at the upper end of the base, an LED light board is fixedly disposed in the box body, an acrylic panel is fixedly disposed at the front side of the box body, a first fill light support is fixedly connected at the top end of the box body, a second fill light support is movably connected at the top end of the first fill light support by a damping rotating shaft, a fixing cover plate is rotatably connected at the other end of the second fill light support, an LED fill light is fixedly connected at the front side of the fixing cover plate, a tablet computer fixing panel is fixedly disposed at the front side of the LED fill light, the tablet computer fixing panel is fixedly connected with the fixing cover plate, the upper and lower ends of the tablet computer fixing panel are respectively provided with a tablet computer pressing strip that is fixedly connected with the tablet computer fixing panel. The photographic device holder disclosed has the advantages of good compatibility, tool-free quick demounting and mounting, effectively preventing the tablet computer from shaking, supporting multi-angle shooting, and better user operation experience.
US12099378B2
Computer processing unit intra-frame clock and voltage scaling based on graphics application awareness is disclosed. The computer processing unit includes a processor configured to execute a graphics application to generate a graphics image for output to a display. The computer processing unit includes a power management circuit configured to perform clock and voltage scaling (CVS) (i.e., frequency and/or voltage scaling) for the processor. The power management circuit is configured to identify a graphics application dispatched to be executed or being executed by the processor and to set the operating point for the processor based on the identified graphics application. This may allow the processor to operate at a more optimal operating point for performance of graphics and non-graphics applications as opposed to operating each application at a lower operating point due to a graphics application that is more current intensive.
US12099374B2
Methods and systems are provided for responding to an attacker including a shooter who opens fire at a site where people are gathered, including identifying, neutralizing, and restraining the attacker. A system may include a central control unit configured to perform a series of steps including: receiving an image including the origin of the gunfire and responsively acquiring identifying features of a shooter associated with the gunfire; subsequently tracking a current location of the shooter according to the identifying features; releasing an autonomous, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to engage the shooter; guiding the flight of the UAV towards the current location of the shooter; and neutralizing the shooter by operating a shooter incapacitating mechanism of the UAV.
US12099346B1
Disclosed is a large-scale dynamic double-effect scheduling method for a flexible job shop based on genetic programming (GP). In a GP implementation process of the present disclosure, in addition to features related to workpieces, processing robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), such as processing time of working procedures and buffer area waiting time, features of a ratio of processing time to transfer time and a ratio of processing energy consumption to transfer energy consumption are also added in a terminal set to cause job shop environment features to be more comprehensively applied to a scheduling rule design, thereby automatically designing a more consistent and accurate scheduling rule. A double-effect scheduling rule of the present disclosure overcomes the shortcomings of slow convergence speed, difficulty in rapid corresponding changes and unfit scheduling rules, and can quickly produce a more efficient and energy-saving production scheduling scheme.
US12099335B2
A system includes a first computing system. The first computing system includes a target and an offline mode proxy. The offline mode proxy is configured to perform operations. The operations include monitoring an online request from the target to a service. The operations also include monitoring an online response from the service to the target. The operations also include monitoring an offline request from the target to the service. The operations also include generating and transmitting a proxy response to the target in response to the offline request. The proxy response is based at least partially upon the online request, the online response, the offline request, or a combination thereof.
US12099334B2
A system includes one or more memory devices having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including obtaining a first building information model (BIM) file associated with a building, the building comprising one or more building assets, obtaining a second BIM file associated with the building, linking data from the first BIM file to data from the second BIM file, and concurrently presenting, via a single user interface, a representation of at least a portion of the first BIM file and the second BIM file based on the linked data.
US12099333B2
Various embodiments relate to an electronic device for brain-inspired adaptive control of resolving the bias-variance tradeoff and a method thereof. The method may include estimating a prediction error baseline for an environment, based on a first prediction error of a low-variance intelligent system for the environment and a second prediction error of a low-bias intelligent system for the environment; and implementing an adaptive control system by combining the low-variance intelligent system and the low-bias intelligent system based on the estimated prediction error baseline.
US12099326B2
A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin containing at least 50 mass % of a polyester resin, wherein the polyester resin contains a polyester resin A having a silicone segment, and in XPS analysis, when X is a ratio of the number of silicon atoms attributable to silicone segments relative to a total number of measured atoms, X1 is a value of the X on the toner particle surface, X2 is a value of the X at a depth of 30 nm from the surface, Z is a ratio of the number of carbon atoms attributable to ester bonds relative to a total number of measured atoms, Z1 is a value of the Z on the toner particle surface and Z2 is a value of the Z at a depth of 30 nm from the toner particle surface, X1, Z1, X2 and Z2 satisfy a specific relationship.
US12099311B2
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming portions, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer member, a secondary transfer roller, a counter roller, and a charge eliminating device. The counter roller is pressed against the secondary transfer roller via an intermediate transfer belt to thereby form a secondary transfer nip portion. The charge eliminating device includes a charge eliminating needle that is disposed with an end part thereof pointing to a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording medium, and that is grounded, and a charge eliminating needle protection cover that has a guide surface that is opposed to the recording medium having passed through the secondary transfer nip portion. The guide surface is formed of a conductive material having a resistance value of 106Ω or lower, and is in a floating state.
US12099300B2
Compounds having three or more alkynyl moieties substituted with an aromatic moiety having one or more of certain substituents are useful in forming underlayers useful in semiconductor manufacturing processes.
US12099297B2
An energy-sensitive composition including a polysilane, a base generator, and a solvent, the base generator including a compound represented by formula (b1) and a photo base generator: in which Rb1 to Rb3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphonato group or organic group; Rb4 and Rb5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, hydroxyl group, mercapto group, sulfide group, silyl group, silanol group, nitro group, nitroso group, sulfino group, sulfo group, sulfonato group, phosphino group, phosphinyl group, phosphono group, phosphonato group or aliphatic group; and Rb6 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group or alkoxy group.
US12099296B2
A method for producing an optical element includes: forming a resist layer on a main surface of a substrate; forming a pattern region in the resist layer; forming a groove; forming a dielectric layer covering the pattern region; and forming an optical functional portion. The pattern region is formed in the resist layer. The groove is formed in a portion corresponding to a periphery of the pattern region as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the main surface. A dielectric is deposited to form the dielectric layer. After the dielectric layer covering the pattern region is formed, the resist layer is removed to form the optical functional portion at a position where the pattern region is disposed on the main surface. The optical functional portion is made of the dielectric.
US12099273B2
The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of thin, low power consumption and high emitting efficiency. A concrete structure of the inventions is as follows. A lighting device including a first light guide and a second light guide stacked on the first light guide, a reflecting sheet disposed under the first light guide, and a prism sheet disposed on the first light guide, in which a concentric first prism array is formed on the prism sheet, a plurality of first LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a first hole of the first light guide, a plurality of second LEDs are disposed along a circumferential direction of a side wall of a second hole of the second light guide, and the plurality of the first LEDs and the plurality of the second LEDs are displaced in azimuth direction.
US12099270B2
A display device is provided and includes display panel including first substrate, lower electrode on first substrate, lower alignment layer with first alignment direction on lower electrode, second substrate, upper electrode on second substrate, upper alignment layer with first alignment direction on upper electrode, and liquid crystalline polymers with striped structure and liquid crystal molecules which are aligned in first alignment direction, and which are disposed between first and second substrates; light source unit disposed at side of display panel and configured to emit incident light which is not polarized; and light guided structure disposed between side of display panel and light source unit, wherein light source unit is disposed in parallel to first alignment direction and light which is emitted from display panel is polarized in first alignment direction.
US12099261B2
A system includes an electronic contact lens that obtains sensor measurements from integrated motion sensors or other types of sensors and a processing module that estimates a mental state of an individual based on the sensor measurements. The processing module identifies patterns of eye movements and analyzes how these patterns change over time. Based on anatomical relationships between eye movement and mental state, the processing module estimates characteristics of the individual such as fatigue, intoxication, injury, or a medical condition that have known effects on eye movement patterns. The electronic contact lens system generates an output indicative of the estimated mental state to alert the individual to the detected condition or to initiate an automated action.
US12099257B2
An optical photographing system includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the optical photographing system has at least one inflection point.
US12099256B2
An optical system, a lens module, and a terminal device are provided. The optical system includes a first lens and a fifth lens, each of which has a positive refractive power. The optical system also includes multiple lenses with refractive powers. Each of the first lens, a second lens, and a seventh lens has an object-side surface which is convex at an optical axis. Each of the third lens and a fifth lens has an image-side surface which is convex at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an image-side surface which is concave at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an inflection point on the object-side surface and/or the image-side surface. The optical system satisfies the expressions tan ω/ƒ>0.21 mm−1 and Y2/Y1+Y3/Y1+Y4/Y1<3.1.
US12099249B2
A lens support mechanism (10) comprises a fourth lens group unit (24), a sixth lens group unit (26), a rectilinear cylinder 11, a cam cylinder (12), and a guide shaft (29a). The rectilinear cylinder 11 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the fourth lens group unit 24 and the sixth lens group unit 26, and has a rectilinear groove 11e into which a cam follower 24b and a main cam follower 26ba are inserted to restrict the rotation of the fourth lens group unit 24. A cam groove 12e and a cam groove 12h with which the cam follower 24b and the main cam follower 26ba are engaged are formed in the cam cylinder 12, and when the cam cylinder 12 rotates with respect to the rectilinear cylinder 11, this moves the fourth lens group unit 24 and the sixth lens group unit 26 in the optical axis OP direction. The guide shaft 29a is fixed at a first end to the fourth lens group unit 24 and inserted into the insertion opening 26c to guide the sixth lens group unit 26 in the optical axis OP direction.
US12099248B2
An optical component includes an active optical surface, a back surface opposite the active optical surface, and an installation surface connecting the active optical surface and the back surface. At least one of the active optical surface or the back surface is formed with a metal layer on at least a portion of an area located away from a center of the at least one of the active optical surface or the back surface.
US12099245B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include optical packages. In an embodiment, an optical package comprises a package substrate, where the package substrate comprises a recessed edge. In an embodiment, a compute die is on the package substrate, and an optics die on the package substrate and overhanging the recessed edge of the package substrate. In an embodiment, an integrated heat spreader (IHS) is over the compute die and the optics die. In an embodiment, a lid covers the recess in the package substrate.
US12099244B2
A method of manufacturing a light receiving module according to an embodiment includes positioning a light receiving element, positioning a lens that causes light to converge on the light receiving element, and positioning an optical fiber such that an end surface of the optical fiber is located at a position spaced apart from the lens by a certain distance. The certain distance is a distance that is offset from a focal length of the lens.
US12099239B2
An optical system may include (1) a light-guide optical element formed from transparent material and having at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces for supporting propagation of an image by internal reflection, and (2) a mediating layer adjacent at least one of the at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces, the mediating layer configured such that (1) reflectivity, averaged over the visible spectrum, of light coupled into the LOE and transmitted between the at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces at angles below the critical angle is higher than the reflectivity that would have been expected absent the mediating layer and (2) reflectivity of purely white light lies closer to a purely white color point for an angular range from angles below the critical angle to the critical angle than the reflectivity that would have been expected absent the mediating layer.
US12099238B2
A device for realizing the splicing of an array fiber and a large-size quartz end cap comprises a carbon dioxide laser, a light splitter, a light beam shaper, a high reflectivity mirror, an image detection module, an array fiber and a carrier thereof, a large-size quartz end cap and a carrier thereof, a stepping motor, a thermodetector, and a computer; a laser beam emitted by the carbon dioxide laser is divided into two light beams through a light splitter, after the two light beams respectively pass through the beam shaper and the high reflectivity mirror, two strip-shaped light spots with uniform power density are integrally formed to heat a splicing face of the large-size quartz end cap, a uniform temperature field of a target splicing area is achieved through indirect heating and heat conduction.
US12099236B2
An optical subassembly includes a planar dielectric waveguide structure that is deposited at temperatures below 400 C. The waveguide provides low film stress and low optical signal loss. Optical and electrical devices mounted onto the subassembly are aligned to planar optical waveguides using alignment marks and stops. Optical signals are delivered to the submount assembly via optical fibers. The dielectric stack structure used to fabricate the waveguide provides cavity walls that produce a cavity, within which optical, optoelectronic, and electronic devices can be mounted. The dielectric stack is deposited on an interconnect layer on a substrate, and the intermetal dielectric can contain thermally conductive dielectric layers to provide pathways for heat dissipation from heat generating optoelectronic devices such as lasers.
US12099231B2
A user interface including: a) one or more light guides, each light guide including: i) a rear wall; ii) an outer wall projecting from the rear wall; iii) one or more guide walls having opposing guide surfaces angled away from the rear wall; iv) a plurality of light pockets, each light pocket defined by the space between one or more guide walls, the outer wall, or any combination thereof; b) a plurality of light emitting devices, one or more light emitting devices residing within and/or aligned with the plurality of light pockets; and c) one or more diffusers located opposite the rear wall, the one or more diffusers distanced from the one or more guide walls such as to create a gap.
US12099229B2
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an illumination device includes: a first light source; a first light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a first end face configured to face the first light source and receive incident light, a first main surface, and a second main surface; a first sheet including one main surface as a third main surface configured to face the first main surface and a fourth main surface; a second light source; and a second light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a second end face configured to face the second light source, a fifth main surface, and a sixth main surface configured to face the fourth main surface.
US12099228B2
First light is incident on a diffuser, and scattered light emerges from the diffuser. The diffuser includes one light incident surface on which the first light is incident in a first direction and a first light transmitting surface. The light incident surface is formed on an end surface of the diffuser. First transmitted light emerges from the first light transmitting surface. Second transmitted light emerges from second light transmitting surface that is a surface other than the first light transmitting surface of the diffuser. Intensity of the first transmitted light increases as a direction in which the first transmitted light emerges approaches the first direction. Correlated color temperature of the first light is lower than correlated color temperature of the first transmitted light and higher than correlated color temperature of the second transmitted light.
US12099224B2
An optical laminate includes two optically anisotropic layers, an A-plate and a C-plate, in which the adhesiveness between the layers, the liquid crystal alignment of the C-plate, and the adhesiveness between the A-plate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, are excellent. The optical laminate includes first and second optically anisotropic layers which are A-plate and C-plate formed of a first and second liquid crystal compound, respectively, and a mixed layer disposed between the layers, including components derived from the first and second liquid crystal compounds, and an optical alignment compound, in which a surface energy of the first optically anisotropic layer on a side opposite to the mixed layer is 25 mN/m or more, and where a component in a depth direction is analyzed with time-of-flight type secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating ion beams from a surface of the optical laminate on the first, toward the second, optically anisotropic layer.
US12099217B2
A mirror includes an ultralight substrate. A reflective layer is disposed on the ultralight substrate. A bonding layer may be disposed between the reflective layer and the substrate.
US12099214B2
A near-eye display includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (10) having first and second major external surfaces (11A, 11B) that are planar and mutually parallel. An image projector (2) introduces into the LOE illumination corresponding to an image so that the illumination propagates within said LOE by internal reflection at the major external surfaces. A coupling-out arrangement couples the illumination out of the LOE towards the eye of the observer. The coupling-out arrangement may be a set of mutually-parallel, partially-reflective surfaces (12A) deployed at an oblique angle within the LOE. Various arrangements for suppressing reflections of ambient light sources include obstructing baffles oriented so as to avoid reduction of peripheral field of view, various non-reflective coatings and various deployments of polarization filters.
US12099209B2
Objects are to provide a projection-image-displaying laminate film that enables, when used for, for example, a HUD, displaying of undistorted projection images of high-quality screen images, a laminated glass using the projection-image-displaying laminate film, and an image display system using the laminated glass. The objects are achieved with a projection-image-displaying laminate film including a half-mirror film including a selective reflection layer configured to wavelength-selectively reflect light, and a heat-sealing layer disposed on one surface of the half-mirror film, wherein the half-mirror film has a stiffness at 25° C. of 4.0 N·mm or less, and the heat-sealing layer has a thickness of 40 μm or less, contains a thermoplastic resin, and has a surface opposite from the half-mirror film, the surface having a static coefficient of friction of 1.0 or less.
US12099201B2
The disclosure discloses a display system, display glasses and a display system control method. The display system includes an eyeglass, a first optical engine, a light guide, and a light receiver. The eyeglass includes a first display area and a non-display area. Imaging light emitted from the first optical engine is received by the first display area. The light guide is disposed on a periphery of the eyeglass or at least a part of the light guide is disposed in the non-display area, and the light guide is provided with an optical communication channel for light transmitting. The first optical engine is disposed at one end of the optical communication channel, and the light receiver is disposed at another end of the optical communication channel. The technical solution of the disclosure can avoid increasing the size of the glasses.
US12099196B2
A display and method for providing an image to an eye of a viewer is provided. The display comprises at least two projector assemblies. Each projector assembly comprises a light-guide optical element (LOE), and an image projector arrangement for generating a partial image and being deployed to introduce the partial image into the LOE for coupling out towards the eye of the viewer. The at least two projector assemblies cooperate to display the image to the eye of the viewer with partial overlap. The display further comprises a controller associated with the image projector arrangements and configured to reduce a pixel intensity of selected pixels in a region of partial overlap between the first and second part of the image so as to enhance a perceived uniformity of the image.
US12099194B2
An imaging system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes first and second light guiding optical elements having respective first and second entry portions, and configured to propagate at least respective first and second portions of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a light distributor having a light distributor entry portion, a first exit portion, and a second exit portion. The light distributor is configured to direct the first and second portions of the light beam toward the first and second entry portions, respectively. The light distributor entry portion and the first exit portion are aligned along a first axis. The light distributor entry portion and the second exit portion are aligned along a second axis different from the first axis.
US12099188B2
An optical system includes a light guide to be worn in front of one eye, which guides light beams from the source image into the light guide and towards a reflective outcoupling arrangement, which couples the light beams out of the light guide to the eye. The outcoupling arrangement has a plurality of individual mirrors, which are spaced apart from one another in the light propagation direction. A first group of individual mirrors couples first light beams, which originate from a first imaging region, out of the light guide towards the eye, and at least one second group of individual mirrors couples second light beams, which originate from a second imaging region, out of the light guide towards the eye. The individual mirrors of the first group and the second group are each arranged alternating in the light propagation direction.
US12099184B1
A system for detecting and cleaning contaminants from an imaging optical path, comprising an imaging device configured to receive a slide and capture a first slide image, at least a computing device configured to determine a contaminant presence indicator associated with a contaminant within an optical path of the imaging device based on the first slide image and execute a contaminant cleaning protocol as a function of the contaminant presence indicator, a contaminant removal mechanism configured to remove the contaminant from the optical path according to the contaminant cleaning protocol, wherein the computing device is further configured to re-evaluate the contaminant presence indicator based on a second slide image of the slide captured using the imaging device and request a user input upon a positive re-evaluation of the contaminant presence indicator.
US12099176B2
The invention relates to a device for applying a liquid immersion agent into a gap (6) between a microscope objective (1) and a sample (2, 20) to be examined under the microscope, wherein the device has a blasting device (4) which is designed to introduce the immersion agent laterally into the gap (6) in a jet (5), and the blasting device (4) is designed to spray the immersion agent into the gap (6) in the form of a vapor or spray mist jet (5).
US12099171B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and three or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units varies during zooming. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US12099167B2
An optical imaging system a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the optical imaging system satisfies 0.5
US12099154B2
A method includes obtaining a digital seismic file, performing autodetection of parameters of the digital seismic file, and registering the parameters of the digital seismic file with the digital seismic file. Performing autodetection comprises a computer processor, repetitively until a candidate template successfully extracts the parameters, selecting a target candidate template, attempting extraction of a binary header using the target candidate template, attempting extraction of a trace header using the target candidate template, attempting extraction of the plurality of parameters when the target candidate template extracts the binary header and the trace header, and moving to a next target candidate template when extraction of the plurality of headers is unsuccessful.
US12099151B2
An evaluation circuit for an x-ray detector for signaling coupling to a converter, designed to convert incident x-radiation into electrical signals. In at least one embodiment, the evaluation circuit includes a multiplicity of pixel-electronics modules. A respective pixel-electronics module is designed to process electrical signals fed into the respective pixel-electronics module from the converter, order to produce a respective digital pixel-measurement signal. Further, each of the respective pixel-electronics modules has at least one respective settable digital signal-processor, designed to adapt a respective processed digital pixel-measurement signal in a respective pixel-electronics module.
US12099150B2
An ultrasound device for use with various types of imaging. In some embodiments, the ultrasound device may comprise a circuitry substrate and a plurality of transducer chips coupled to the circuitry substrate. In some embodiments, each transducer chip may comprise a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) component that may include a plurality of ultrasound elements closely packed with one another, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that may be operatively coupled to the plurality of ultrasound elements of said MEMS component, and a control unit that may be electrically coupled to each ASIC of the plurality of transducer chips for control thereof. In some embodiments, at least two transducer chips of the plurality of transducer chips may be placed on the circuitry substrate with a separation distance that may be less than an operational wavelength of the ultrasound elements of the MEMS components of said at least two transducer chips.
US12099144B1
A LIDAR system includes a LIDAR chip configured to output a LIDAR output signal. The LIDAR chip includes a waveguide array. A steering mechanism is configured to control a direction that a system output signal travels away from the LIDAR system. The system output signal includes light from the LIDAR output signal. A location that a comparative signal is incident on the waveguide array changes in response to the steering mechanism changing a direction that the system output signal travels away from the LIDAR system. The comparative signal includes light from the system output signal after the system output signal has been reflected by an object located outside of the LIDAR system.
US12099138B1
A maneuverable jamming grid array and methods of use thereof, that generally a portable grid array having a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of charging capacitors, an array of optical/RF module emitters configured on the grid array, in electrical communication with the power supplies and the plurality of charging capacitors, a control and communications module in electrical communication with the array of optical/RF module emitters, at least one array lifting and maneuvering drone connected to the grid array; and at least one array lifting balloon connected to said grid array, and thus to facilitate a positionable antiaircraft defense system.
US12099128B2
Systems, devices, and methods for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicle having a first GPS antenna and a second GPS antenna, where the second GPS antenna is disposed distal from the first GPS antenna; and an aerial vehicle flight controller, where the flight controller is configured to: utilize a GPS antenna signal via the GPS antenna switch from the first GPS antenna or the second GPS antenna; receive a pitch level of the aerial vehicle from the one or more aerial vehicle sensors in vertical flight or horizontal flight; determine if the received pitch level is at a set rotation from vertical or horizontal; and utilize the GPS signal not being utilized via the GPS antenna switch if the determined pitch level is at or above the set rotation.
US12099124B1
An integrated sensor assembly is described. The integrated sensor assembly can include a housing comprising a compartment. The housing can be arranged on a side surface of a cabin of an autonomous vehicle and within a threshold distance of a cabin roof of the autonomous vehicle. The assembly can include a first sensor arranged in the compartment, the first sensor configured to receive a first signal from a vehicle computer and collect information for mapping an environment of the autonomous vehicle. The assembly can include a light source arranged in the compartment. The light source configured to receive a second signal from the vehicle computer and emit a light pattern for visually indicating one of a hazard, a turn, or an autonomous mode. The light source can be arranged in the compartment to emit light to traffic toward a rear of the autonomous vehicle.
US12099119B2
A sonar target locking system to position a sonar assembly to maintain the sonar array of the sonar assembly pointing at a position of a user set (desired) target even when the watercraft is rotating or moving in various motions. The sonar target locking system includes electro-mechanical assembly that can be steered electrically to maintain the sonar array pointing at the position of the desired target. The system may be activated using at least one of a foot pedal, handheld remote control, or a display of a fish finder head unit. The system may use GPS and IMU inputs to generate control signals to steer the electro-mechanical assembly to maintain the sonar array pointing at the position of the desired target.
US12099114B2
A method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: dividing SAR raw data into one or more sub-aperture data by a predetermined number in an azimuth direction; performing a spectral length extension FFT on the sub-aperture data in the azimuth direction; multiplying the sub-aperture data by a chirp scaling function; performing a range FFT on the sub-aperture data; performing range compression, SRC, and a bulk RCMC on the sub-aperture data; performing an inverse chirp-z transform on the sub-aperture data in a range direction; multiplying the divided sub-aperture data by a predetermined first function; performing an IFFT on the sub-aperture data in the azimuth direction; recombining the sub-aperture data; multiplying the recombined data by a second function and deramping same; performing an azimuth FFT on the recombined data; performing an azimuth IFFT on the recombined data; multiplying the recombined data by a third function and deramping same; performing the azimuth FFT on the recombined data; performing azimuth compression by multiplying the recombined data by a fourth function; performing an azimuth inverse chirp-z transform on the recombined data; and multiplying the recombined data by a fifth function for phase preservation.
US12099113B2
A semantic access control system includes a computer system having an associated memory, the memory storing a semantic network model comprising a plurality of endpoints and oriented links between the endpoints and a semantic attribute. The computer system is configured to receive a primary signal having identification data associated with a user and to process an access attempt by the user to a secured endpoint by identifying the user based on the primary signal, sending an authorization message comprising a secondary access code, receiving a secondary signal containing the secondary access code as part of an email or cell phone transmission, allowing a computer-controlled access to the secured endpoint, and inferring the semantic attribute to the user when the computer-controlled access to the secured endpoint is allowed.
US12099108B2
Provided is a system 10 for remote activation of an emergency radio beacon by a Search and Rescue (SAR) party, the system 10 comprising a controller 12 operatively arranged in signal communication with an emergency radio beacon 14, a positioning module 16 arranged in signal communication with the controller 12 and configured to operatively provide spatial positioning data to the controller 12, and a receiver 18 arranged in signal communication with the controller 12 and configured to operatively receive an activation signal 20. The controller 12 is configured to activate the beacon 14 upon receipt of the activation signal 20 and to provide the spatial positioning data of a potentially lost or distressed party to the beacon 14 for transmission along with an emergency signal 22.
US12099106B2
An MRI system and method for generating MR images is provided. An MR signals acquisition unit is configured to generate a main magnetic field, orienting the magnetization of blood within a subject, and first inversion/non-inversion RF pulses such that predetermined sequences of blood boli with inverted/non-inverted magnetization are generated. First inversion/non-inversion MR signals can be acquired, which are caused by the influence on the magnetization by the first inversion/non-inversion RF pulses. MR images may be generated by an image generation unit based on imaging MR signals, acquired after the sequences of inverted and non-inverted blood boli have been flowed from the first region to the part to be imaged, and the predetermined sequences. An evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the inverting of the magnetization in the first region based on the first inversion and/or non-inversion MR signals. In one embodiment, the labeling efficiency of a pseudo continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) MRI experiment is performed.
US12099105B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for determining whether to extend scanning performed by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. According to some embodiments, there is provided a method for imaging a subject using an MRI system, comprising: obtaining data for generating at least one magnetic resonance image of the subject by operating the MRI system in accordance with a first pulse sequence; prior to completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, determining to collect additional data to augment and/or replace at least some of the obtained data; determining a second pulse sequence to use for obtaining the additional data; and after completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, obtaining the additional data by operating the MRI system in accordance with the second pulse sequence.
US12099089B2
An electronic device including a phase detector is provided. The phase detector includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a first equalizer device. The first transistor has a first input terminal configured to receive a first signal. The second transistor has a second input terminal configured to receive a second signal. The third transistor is electrically connected to the first transistor and has a first output terminal. The fourth transistor is electrically connected to the second transistor and has a second output terminal. The first equalizer device is connected between the first output terminal and the second input terminal.
US12099083B2
A detection apparatus and an anti-bending device thereof are provided. The detection apparatus includes a probe card circuit board, at least one probe, and the anti-bending device. The probe card circuit board has a first board surface and a second board surface on opposite sides thereof. The at least one probe is mounted on the first board surface. The anti-bending device includes an anti-bending frame, at least one sensor, a processing circuit, and a transmission part. The anti-bending frame is mounted on the second board surface of the probe card circuit board, and the at least one sensor is disposed on the anti-bending frame or the probe card circuit board. The processing circuit is disposed inside the anti-bending frame. The transmission part is mounted on the anti-bending frame, and is electrically coupled to the processing circuit.
US12099075B2
A gyro sensor includes: a spring having an inner span beam connected to an outer span beam via a turnaround beam; and a fixed driver that laterally faces the outer beam. A first beam is provided to the structure side of the outer beam so as to face the outer beam. T1 is a width of a space between the outer beam and the structure, T2 is a width of a space between the inner and outer beams, and T2
US12099071B2
The present disclosure is, in one aspect, directed to a locking assembly for securing a sample tube assembly to a sample manifold of a measurement system. The locking assembly includes a ramp block having one or more slots defined therein and configured to at least partially receive a portion of the sample tube assembly. The ramp block also includes a plurality of surface features defined therealong and configured to engage and move the sample tube assembly toward and into engagement with the sample manifold. The ramp block further is movable between a plurality of positions including an open position for allowing the sample tube assembly to be received through the one or more slots or openings, and a closed position substantially sealing the sample tube assembly against or within the sample manifold. Other aspects also are described.
US12099068B2
Biomarkers are provided that are predictive of a subject's responsiveness to a therapy comprising a JAK inhibitor. The biomarkers, compositions, and methods described herein are useful in selecting appropriate treatment modalities for a subject having, suspected of having, or at risk of developing Graft-Versus-Host Disease.
US12099064B2
The invention provides anti-hypusine antibodies and their use in detecting and isolating polypeptides containing hypusine and/or deoxyhypusine, as well as compositions and kits comprising the anti-hypusine antibodies.
US12099061B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for treatment, screening, diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with extrahepatic metastasis. Provided herein are methods and compositions for treatment, screening, diagnosis and prognosis of metastatic cancers. Also provided are antibodies and compositions for the treatment of cancers. Provided herein is therapeutic target for the treatment of cancers or as a marker for cancers. In particular, the protein represents a biological target against which affinity molecules including therapeutic antibodies, or other pharmaceutical agents, can be made. The disclosure also relates to the use of such affinity molecules for the treatment and/or diagnosis of cancers.
US12099043B2
A small-sized, portable enclosure protects a gas sensor against degradation due to environmental exposure and changes in atmospheric conditions. The protective enclosure includes an inlet for introduction of a gas into the enclosure, an outlet for release of the gas upon completion of a sensing run, and at least one retractable filter that removes from the inflowing gas deleterious compounds that can compromise the integrity of the sensor or cause the sensor to degrade over time. The enclosure does not include any filters during the measurement phase of the sensing run in order to allow the gas sensor to accurately measure an unmodified gas mixture and/or analyte.
US12099040B1
A method for testing the nanomechanical properties of natural gas hydrate samples is provided. A dry pure nitrogen environment and a partial ultralow-temperature liquid nitrogen test condition are constructed, a micro-positive pressure state in a glovebox is maintained, and the temperature of a milling tool and a sample stand are maintained consistent; then, a hydrate sample is transferred and installed in the dry nitrogen environment, and the milling tool is driven to cut a surface of the natural gas hydrate sample to form a relatively flat surface; next, indentation parameter reliability testing is performed, an indentation load is changed, indentation testing of indentation points is performed, and an indentation form is observed. The method can realize indentation testing of natural gas hydrate samples in an ultralow-temperature and dry environment by means of a nanoindenter.
US12099038B1
A test system for an anchoring performance of a full-size rock mass anchor bolt under combined load and relates to the technical field of detection test equipment includes a primary frame, a co-directional pull-twist loading mechanism and a vertical shear loading mechanism. The primary frame includes a dual-parallel horizontal reaction frame and a vertical reaction frame. The co-directional pull-twist loading mechanism and the vertical shear loading mechanism are arranged in synergy with the primary frame. The co-directional pull-twist loading mechanism performs synchronous pull and twist loading for the anchored rock mass and the vertical shear loading mechanism applies a static load or simulates a dynamic load disturbance. The co-directional pull-twist loading mechanism and the vertical shear loading mechanism perform separate loading.
US12099033B2
Provided are: a mechanical property measuring apparatus and method that can accurately measure a mechanical property through physical quantities; a substance manufacturing equipment and method that can improve the production yield rate and high-quality substance. A mechanical property measuring apparatus (100) comprises: a physical quantity measuring unit (5) configured to measure a plurality of physical quantities of a measured object that includes a substance and a film on a surface of the substance; a mechanical property calculating unit (82) configured to calculate, using a plurality of calculation models each for calculating a mechanical property of the substance and at least two of the plurality of physical quantities measured, the mechanical property of the substance for each of the plurality of calculation models; and a selection processing unit (81) configured to select one mechanical property based on the at least two of the plurality of physical quantities.
US12099028B2
A wireless sensor includes a radio frequency (RF) front end and a sensing integrated circuit (IC). The RF front end includes an antenna that is operable to transceive RF signals and a tuning circuit. The sensing IC includes a power supply. The sensing IC is operable to detect an impedance change of the power supply. The sensing IC is further operable to convert the impedance change into a digital value. The sensing IC is further operable to output, via the antenna, the digital value.
US12099016B2
An illuminator for a viewing unit of an optical inspection machine for the quality control of parts, in particular gaskets, comprises a diffusion chamber, a diffuse illumination source, a low-angle illumination source, a direct illumination source placed in the diffusion chamber, and an annular reflective element placed in the diffusion chamber. The annular reflective element is integral to the direct illumination source so that together they form a chamber closure assembly delimiting the upper end of the diffusion chamber. The chamber closure assembly can move axially by translational movement in the diffusion chamber both toward and away from the diffuse illumination source.
US12099014B2
In a bubble measurement device for measuring bubbles moving in a liquid, the bubble measurement device includes a measurement chamber in which the bubbles in the liquid containing solid materials are introduced into the measurement chamber from below the measurement chamber, and providing a transparent slope facing diagonally downward at a position where the introduced bubbles rise, an image capturing device to capture an image of the bubbles passing the transparent slope, an introduction pipe provided below the measurement chamber to introduce the bubbles into the measurement chamber, and a bubble introduction valve that is immersed in the liquid to be measured and performs the introduction and blocking of the bubbles into the introduction pipe.
US12099005B2
A terahertz device includes a base member, a terahertz element, an antenna base, and a reflection film. The terahertz element is mounted on the base member and configured to generate an electromagnetic wave. The antenna base is located opposing the base member and includes an antenna surface. The reflection film is formed on the antenna surface to reflect at least part of the electromagnetic wave generated by the terahertz element in one direction.
US12098998B2
Provided is a seal material having high rigidity without deformation or breakage, excellent corrosion resistance to fluid, and low solubility when used under high sealing force, and to provide a flow cell, a detector, and an analyzer in which there is no fluid leakage, contamination of the seal material components is prevented, and the replacement frequency is low. Provided are a seal material for an analyzer, including a resin and at least one layer of fiber sheet embedded in the resin, wherein the at least one layer of fiber sheet is embedded between and in substantially parallel to two seal surfaces: a first seal surface, which is one resin surface of the seal material; and a second seal surface, which is the other resin surface substantially parallel to the former one, and a flow cell, a detector, and an analyzer using the seal material.
US12098997B2
A loading frame for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests includes a standing guide tower, a base section, and a loading beam. The standing guide tower is perpendicularly mounted to the base section. A testing load is applied to the loading beam when performing a series of FRP-concrete bond tests. A sliding end of the loading beam is positioned into a channel within the standing guide tower allowing the loading beam to be positioned at a preferred height. The engagement between the loading beam and the standing guide tower reduces secondary forces. The loading frame is mobile and may also be used with existing testing devices and systems used to perform the series of FRP-concrete bond tests.
US12098982B1
A biochemical sludge and physicochemical sludge separate sampling device for identifying attributes of sludge, includes a sludge extraction assembly, and a biochemical reaction tank and a physicochemical reaction tank which are respectively connected to the sludge extraction assembly through connection pipelines. The sludge extraction assembly includes an outer shell, a porous plate clamped to an inner bottom of the outer shell, and a sampling dish. A drain pipe is arranged at a lower end of the outer shell. The sampling dish is provided with a biochemical sludge cavity and a physicochemical sludge cavity. Filter cloth is arranged at inner bottoms of the biochemical sludge cavity and the physicochemical sludge cavity. Electric extrusion stems are arranged at an inner top of the outer shell; and the electric extrusion stems are provided with extrusion plug plates.
US12098974B2
The present application provides an apparatus comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor comprising: an antenna configured to receive an interrogation signal from a reader and to transmit a response signal to the reader; at least one integrated circuit (IC) connected to the antenna; and at least one sensing element. The apparatus further comprises a channel for directing transmission of signals between the antenna and the reader, wherein the RFID sensor is attached or directly adjacent to a first end of the channel. The sensing element is responsive to a change induced by its environment to switch from a conductive state to a non-conductive state, or from a non-conductive state to a conductive state. The present application further provides a method for monitoring the integrity or the change in environment of a buried structure using the RFID sensor-containing apparatus.
US12098971B2
The present invention relates to the system for measuring the slip of a tyre (10) with respect to a rim (20), on which said tyre (10) is mounted. In particular, said system comprises a first electronic device (1) and a second electronic device (2), each of which is configured at least to acquire, filter, store and send data, and a processing unit (3), external to said electronic devices (1, 2), configured at least to receive and process the data sent by each electronic device (1, 2), in order to measure said slip by measuring an angle (α) and comparing the value of this angle with respect to at a reference angle αref. The present invention also relates to method for measuring the slip of a tyre (10) with respect to a rim (20), on which said tyre (10) is mounted.
US12098970B2
A generalized autocorrelation method for bearing fault feature extraction under a variable rotational speed condition includes: resampling an original vibration signal in an order domain based on instantaneous phase information by using an order tracking processing method, to greatly weaken a frequency modulation phenomenon; further weakening background noise in consideration of a correlation between a plurality of adjacent fragments by using a generalized autocorrelation method; and controlling an accumulation of periodic disturbances by considering only a correlation between several adjacent signal fragments based on that conventional noise resistant correlation (NRC) methods consider a correlation between all signal fragments and cannot eliminate influence of accumulated periodic disturbances. Compared with the conventional methods, this method overcomes the difficulties caused by mutually restricting signal features, and achieves a better effect.
US12098966B2
A differential pressure monitor is disclosed herein, which comprises a controller comprising a processor disposed in a housing, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to pre-calibrate a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor before initial use, and subsequently, determine the differential pressure between the first and second sensors during use of the sensors, and display an indicia representative of the differential pressure between the first and second sensors. Corresponding methods and systems also are disclosed.
US12098952B2
A photodetector device includes: a plurality of light detector elements; and a plurality of filters, in which each filter of the plurality of filters is arranged in front of a light detection surface of a corresponding light detector element to filter incoming light incident on the light detection surface, and in which the plurality of filters are configured to filter at least two different wavelength bands, respectively, of the incoming light, and in which the at least two wavelength bands combine to span a predefined range of wavelengths, and in which each filter of the plurality of filters has a corresponding spectral sensitivity, and in which a sum of the spectral sensitivity curves of the plurality of filters over the predefined range of wavelengths is a constant value.
US12098951B2
Provided are a hyperspectral sensor and a hyperspectral camera in which influence of external information such as a reflecting material is reduced such that the spectral data accuracy of a subject to be acquired can be improved. In the hyperspectral sensor in which light from a subject is split into light components in a plurality of wavelength ranges by a spectral optical element and each of the light components in the wavelength ranges is received by a sensor array consisting of a plurality of photodetection elements to acquire spectral data in which spectral information of the subject is associated with each of the photodetection elements, a polarization diffraction element that emits polarized light is used as the spectral optical element.
US12098948B2
A method is provided for measuring an energy efficiency of a quantitative weighing device. A data measurement part is formed by: recording a control time of fast charging, recording a control time of slow charging, recording a comparison prohibition time, and recording weighing data. A current device reliability parameter, a fast charging feed flow, and a slow charging feed flow are calculated, based on the comparison prohibition time and the control time of slow charging. The fastest feed time under a requirement of a target reliability parameter is calculated as the difference between the target reliability parameter and the calculated control reliability parameter. By using the method, application data, such as capability of a quantitative control device and energy efficiency of the quantitative weighing device, can be intuitively obtained. This facilitates commissioning, maintenance, and use of the quantitative weighing control device.
US12098945B2
The present disclosure provides a real-time vehicle overload detection method based on a convolutional neural network (CNN). The present disclosure detects a road driving vehicle in real time with a CNN method and a you only look once (YOLO)-V3 detection algorithm, detects the number of wheels to obtain the number of axles, detects a relative wheelbase, compares the number of axles and the relative wheelbase with a national vehicle load standard to obtain a maximum load of the vehicle, and compares the maximum load with an actual load measured by a piezoelectric sensor under the vehicle, thereby implementing real-time vehicle overload detection. The present disclosure has desirable real-time detection, can implement no-parking vehicle overload detection on the road, and avoids potential traffic congestions and road traffic accidents.
US12098940B2
The present invention controls convergent pressure of a closed space provided with a fluid resistance at high speed while an upstream valve provided on the upstream of the fluid resistance prevents overshooting. A pressure control system is provided with a fluid resistance in a channel forming a closed space and is configured to control pressure of the closed space by controlling an upstream valve provided on the upstream of the fluid resistance. The pressure control system includes a convergent pressure arithmetic unit and a valve controller. The convergent pressure arithmetic unit calculates convergent pressure of the closed space when the upstream valve is fully closed using at least one of upstream pressure and downstream pressure on the fluid resistance in the channel. The valve controller compares the calculated convergent pressure with a predetermined target convergent pressure and fully close the upstream valve based on the result of the comparison.
US12098935B2
A detector applies voltage to a first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode to detect a user operation performed on the operation surface based on a change in capacitance of the first electrode to which voltage has been applied. The detector includes a switch unit that forcibly switches the second electrode to a state connected to ground so that the second electrode shifts to ground potential after voltage is applied to the first electrode when a change in the capacitance of the first electrode is being detected. A determination unit determines whether wire breakage is occurring in the first electrode and the second electrode based on a detection signal obtained from the first electrode after the first electrode is connected to ground and a difference in the detection signal obtained from the first electrode before and after the first electrode is connected to ground.
US12098928B2
An information processing device includes: a recognition unit (21) that recognizes a surrounding environment of a current position of a user; a guide control unit (22) that generates guide information corresponding to a characteristic of the user by using a recognition result of the recognition unit and that causes an output device to perform an output thereof; and a change detection unit (23) that detects a changed portion in the surrounding environment of the current position in a case where it is determined that the user has visited the current position in the past, wherein in a case where the change detection unit detects the changed portion, the guide control unit generates the guide information including information causing the user to recognize the changed portion.
US12098922B2
Inertial reference unit and system with enhanced integrity and associated integrity-checking methods
An inertial reference unit includes a first measurement channel that includes a first high-performance inertial measurement unit for measuring specific forces and angular velocities, a first computing unit able to compute pure inertial data based on the measurements of the first measurement unit; a second measurement channel that includes a second inertial measurement unit of performance lower than the first inertial measurement unit for measuring specific forces and angular velocities; a second computing unit able to compute pure inertial data based on the measurements of the second measurement unit; an integrity check function able to implement a method for checking the integrity of the data of the first measurement channel based and the second measurement channel; and a synchronization device for synchronizing the measurements.
US12098913B2
A detector that detects relative positions of a first object and a second object in directions different from each other on a predetermined plane, includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a first mark provided on the first object and a second mark provided on the second object, and a detection optical system configured to detect interference light of diffracted lights from the first mark and the second mark illuminated by the illumination optical system. A light intensity distribution is formed, on a pupil plane of the illumination optical system, to illuminate the first mark and the second mark from a direction tilted with respect to a normal of the predetermined plane. A pupil plane of the detection optical system allows the interference light to pass through and block at least a part light other than the interference light.
US12098899B2
A retainer is shown for catching ejected cartridge cases from shotguns. The retainer includes a) a base adapted for being mounted on a shotgun; and b) an elongate member adapted for being releasably fastened to the base. The elongate member includes i) a core of one or more magnets; and ii) a cover adapted for covering the core of one or more magnet(s).
US12098898B2
A backstrap assembly is disclosed. The backstrap assembly contains a cavity sized to retain a main spring cap, a main spring retainer, a main spring, and a lower end of a strut, and an opening for a pin, wherein the pin retains the main spring cap, the main spring retainer, and the main spring in the cavity.
US12098890B2
One variation of a cooling system includes: a cooling unit including a substrate defining a thermally-conductive material and a coating defining a porous, hydrophilic material. The substrate defines: a base; a heatsink structure extending from the base; and an open network of pores extending between surfaces of the substrate. The coating extends across surfaces of the substrate and lines the open network of pores within the substrate. The heatsink structure is configured to: communicate thermal energy from a first working fluid, flowing over the heatsink structure, into the heatsink structure, to cool the first working fluid; and release thermal energy and moisture, contained in pores of the coating, into a second working fluid flowing over the heatsink structure, to cool the second working fluid and the heatsink structure.
US12098888B2
A heat storage and recovery system and process includes at least one cylindrical external wall, at least one first volume, at least one second volume and at least two fluid injection/withdrawal devices. The first and second volumes are separated by at least one heat storage system comprising at least one bed of heat storage particles. Furthermore, the storage system and the first and second volumes extend substantially over the entire axial length of the cylindrical external wall. The longitudinal axis of the said cylindrical external wall is horizontal. A system and a process for the storage and recovery of energy by compressed gas include such a heat storage means.
US12098885B2
A shielding module for a high-temperature furnace has a packet of interconnected shielding plates. The packet of interconnected shielding plates is mounted to a common base body. The base body has fixing points for fixing to base bodies of other shielding modules of the same kind.
US12098880B1
A cooling apparatus includes an inner beverage container for containing a food product and having a rim and a side wall and a base dome, and an outer shell container having an open rim and a side wall and a base dome, where the inner beverage container is snugly fitted into the open rim of the outer shell container and a common lid on the container rims, and the inner beverage container is shorter than the outer shell container defining a dry gas chamber between the container base domes containing a dry gas and a cooling structure, and where the diameters of the inner beverage container is less than that of the outer shell container leaving a radial space between the container cylindrical walls defining a humidification liquid chamber containing a humidification liquid, and a deformable barrier between the dry gas chamber and the humidification liquid chamber.
US12098878B2
A fan assembly for use in an appliance provided with a housing including a first sidewall forming a first outlet and a second outlet, a fan disposed in the housing and configured to expel cooled air through the first outlet and the second outlet to a number of compartments of the appliance, a damper including an annular rim and a second sidewall extending from at least a portion of the annular rim, the damper configured to rotate to completely or partially cover the first outlet, the second outlet, or the first outlet and the second outlet, and a wiper including a main body disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and configured to block the cooled air from traveling between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
US12098876B2
A refrigerator including a main body having a storage chamber and a cold air supply device configured to supply cold air to the storage chamber, wherein the cold air supply device includes a compressor, a condenser configured to condense a refrigerant compressed by the compressor, a flow path switching valve connected to the condenser, a first capillary tube and a second capillary tube connected to the flow path switching valve, respectively, the second capillary tube arranged in parallel with the first capillary tube, and a cluster pipe arranged between the flow path switching valve and the first capillary tube to further condensate the refrigerant pass therethrough. The flow path switching valve is configured to selectively allow the refrigerant received from the condenser to flow into the first capillary tube or the second capillary tube.
US12098870B2
Proposed is a gas heat-pump system including: a compressor discharging compressed refrigerant; an indoor heat exchanger causing heat exchange to occur between indoor air and the refrigerant; an outdoor heat exchanger condensing the refrigerant; a four-way valve switching a flow direction; an engine; a radiator cooling heated coolant; an exhaust gas heat exchanger causing the heat exchange to occur between the coolant passing through the radiator and exhaust gas from the engine; and a first three-way valve switching a flow direction of the coolant and controlling an amount of the flowing coolant in such a manner that the coolant passing through the radiator flows toward at least one of the exhaust gas heat exchanger and the engine.
US12098868B2
Disclosed is a control method for a hydrogen-fueled domestic gas water heater. A staged combustion technology and a fully premixed combustion technology are combined in the method, a controller judges a combustion mode according to inlet water flow and set hot water input temperature, staged combustion of the hydrogen on a combustor is achieved due to the arrangement of two electromagnetic valves and the staged combustor, and meanwhile the stable combustion of the hydrogen can be achieved by adjusting a rotating speed of a fan and magnitude of currents of a gas proportional valve; and an oxygen sensor is arranged on a exhaust pipe, and the controller judges whether actual hydrogen combustion reaches an optimal state by monitoring outlet water temperature and oxygen concentration in flue gas and performs adjustment.
US12098865B2
An indirect evaporative cooling system for cooling a space adjacent to or containing an ablution bay is described. The indirect evaporative cooling system includes a greywater source from the ablution bay and evaporative cooler apparatus located above the space to be cooled in a dome shaped housing. The evaporative cooler apparatus includes a wet channel, at least one spray nozzle, and a dry channel. The at least one spray nozzle is located at the top of the evaporative cooler apparatus and is fluidly connected to the greywater source and the wet channel. The wet channel is located directly above the dry channel. A first side of the dry channel is connected to a first opening with a fan and outside air.
US12098861B1
An smart air duct/vent cover plate for air conditioning and ventilation can be implemented either as a nested three cylinder device which or as a cover frame with a flexible layer perforated with through holes. Either device provides selectivity in terms of the amount of airflow provided to an interior ambient air space. The functionality of both devices can be controlled by a wireless handheld remote control.
US12098843B2
A pump uses the steam hammer effect to pump water from a reservoir into a control volume. Steam is injected into a water conduit extending between a liquid water reservoir and the control volume forms a liquid steam interface. Steam within the conduit condenses on the interface creating a region of partial vacuum. Water accelerates into the region of partial vacuum and is vented into the control volume, flow being controlled by a valve.
US12098839B2
A power tool having a handle extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the handle is configured to house a motor. A ratchet head is connected to a first end of the handle. The ratchet head supports an output shaft having a drive square or bit that is driven by the motor. The ratchet wrench includes an application-targeted lighting system disposed around a periphery of the handle that illuminates the ratchet head and a workpiece below the output shaft. The application-targeted lighting system may include an array of Chip-On-Board LED lights. The application-targeted lighting system illuminates the workspace in applications where socket extenders and/or deep sockets are used with the ratchet wrench.
US12098837B1
Provided is a lighting glove, relating to the technical field of daily supplies. The lighting glove includes a glove body, a lighting assembly, a main machine module, and a fixing support ring. The glove body includes an inner protective layer and an outer protective layer which are stacked and form a receiving space. The outer protective layer is provided with a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole. The lighting assembly is detachably mounted in the receiving space. At least part of the lighting assembly extends out of the receiving space from the first mounting hole. The main machine module is configured to supply power to the lighting assembly. The main machine module is detachably mounted in the receiving space. At least part of the main machine module extends out of the receiving space from the second mounting hole. The fixing support ring is connected to the outer protective layer and annularly disposed at the second mounting hole. The main machine module engages with the fixing support ring. According to the lighting glove, the main machine module and the lighting assembly of the lighting glove are detachable from the glove body. Thus, the glove body can be cleaned easily, and the fixing support ring ensures that the main machine module is firmly mounted.
US12098836B2
A light assembly and method for installing the same on a surface in a wet or outdoor environment, e.g., on a marine vessel or land recreational or other vehicle, such as marine light assemblies, without need for specialized tools or mounting assemblies. The light assembly comprises a flexible diffusion housing having a first portion and a second portion, with a groove therebetween. A light element is disposed within the interior of the first portion, and light produced by the light element is diffused by the first and second portions prior to emission outwardly from the second portion. After installation, only the second portion of the light assembly is visible on the marine vessel or land recreational surface.
US12098830B1
An industrial and mining lamp that can be rotated and adjusted from multiple angles is provided. Which includes a lamp frame and two sets of lamps provided on two transverse sides of the lamp frame and symmetrically distributed along an axis of the lamp frame. Two longitudinal sides of the lamp frame are provided an end cover, the two sets of lamps are respectively connected to the end cover through a rotating component along two longitudinal ends. The rotating component includes a screw, a limit ring, an iron ring, and a connector, the iron ring extends towards a circular groove direction and is provided with a toggle hook matching a convex bar, the rotating component in the present disclosure connects the end cover and the lamp. The rotating component can rotate the lamp from multi angle and achieve lighting in multi angle.
US12098825B2
The present invention claims a ceiling-mounted lighting system, comprising a lighting fixture installation area, a ceiling lighting fixture, first elastic fasteners, and second elastic fasteners. A mounting hole is provided in the lighting fixture installation area. The ceiling lighting fixture is installed in the mounting hole through the first elastic fasteners and the second elastic fasteners to facilitate removal and installation of the ceiling lighting fixture. After installation, a back edge of a lighting portion of the ceiling lighting fixture is attached to the lighting fixture installation area, which can achieve a shockproof effect. As the ceiling lighting fixture can be suspended at the 6 o'clock position on the mounting hole, it is convenient to connect lighting fixture wires to mains cables above the ceiling.
US12098814B2
In order to provide an illumination system for line illumination with a minimal intermediate gap between adjacent elongated trunks, which gap is maintained minimal over length of time, a coupling member is implemented and arranged for longitudinally connecting the elongated trunk in line with an adjacent further elongated trunk thereby forming a self-sustained trunked illumination system, with the coupling member having a first coupling portion to be fixed with the elongated trunk at its second trunk end portion thereof, as well as a second coupling portion structured to engage with the adjacent further elongated trunk at its first trunk end portion, the second coupling portion arranged in setting a gap distance between the two elongated trunks between a first configuration, wherein the gap distance is extant and a second configuration, wherein the gap distance is minimal, by imparting a tension force on the further elongated trunk in a longitudinal direction towards the first elongated trunk.
US12098813B1
The present invention discloses a seamlessly illuminating bendable light strip and manufacturing process thereof, comprising a strip-shaped PCB, a plurality of LED chips, and a flexible bracket; wherein the PCB is provided with a plurality of deformation portions capable of being deformed in different directions, and an arc-shaped opening is provided on the deformation portions; the plurality of the LED chips are uniformly distributed on the PCB between the two adjacent deformation portions; and the flexible bracket is a one-piece molded structure comprising a plurality of bracket units connected in sequence, and two adjacent bracket units are connected to each other by means of a flexible connecting strip, wherein the PCB is snap-fitted to the flexible bracket while the flexible connecting strip passes through the arc-shaped openings in a transverse direction.
US12098812B1
The present invention discloses a projector, including: a fastening base; an electric motor assembly, and a light source assembly, component are fastened to the fastening base; a first optical element, driven by the electric motor assembly, the first optical element is selected from at least one of the following types of optical elements: slides, condensing lenses or corrugated pieces; and light emitted by the light source assembly passes through the first optical element; and a second optical element, located above the first optical element, wherein the first optical element is located in a range of 1F-2F of the second optical element; and the second optical element is selected from at least one of the following types of optical elements: multi-section lenses, convex lenses or irregular elongated lenses.
US12098808B1
The present invention relates to a decorative lamp, including a lamp cap and a light-emitting assembly. The light-emitting assembly includes a conductive wire frame and a light-emitting device. The conductive wire frame includes two long wires and a short wire; a rectangular frame is formed between the long wires and the short wire; and the light-emitting device is mounted on one long wire; and one of the long wires communicates with the electrode contact, and the other one communicates with the threaded tube. The decorative lamp has the effects of supporting the light-emitting device and conducting electricity, and is unnecessarily provided with a separate supporting frame, thereby having a simple and reasonable structure and reducing the production cost.
US12098800B2
A machine for making insulation may include two or more rotatory members configured to pull a precut insulation product at a first rate, wherein the precut insulation product comprises a first paper layer, a second paper layer, and a continuous paper core sheet, a first restraint and a second restraint spaced apart a predetermined distance to create a first space therebetween, and two or more second rotary members configured to feed a continuous paper sheet at a second rate into the first space such that the continuous paper sheet forms a plurality of flexible loops defining a plurality of air channels that extend in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with a machine direction. The first rate may be slower than the second rate.
US12098798B2
An apparatus, method, and system for a cable jacket having a resealable closure, where the closure is adapted to protect the inner elements of the jacket without exposure to outside contaminants, even when the jacket is manipulated by bending and/or twisting.
US12098797B1
The present invention discloses a positioning device for pipeline detection, which comprises: a host machine and a detection part detachably connected to the host machine, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the host machine, a main control board is arranged in the accommodating cavity, the host machine is provided with a first connecting member, a buckling position is formed on the first connecting member, the first connecting member is provided with an ejector pin assembly, an antenna assembly is arranged in an inner cavity of the detection part, the detection part is provided with a second connecting member, the second connecting member is provided with a clamping hook, a part of the second connecting member passes into the accommodating groove and is in buckling connection with the first connecting member, and the detection part is electrically connected to the main control board through the ejector pin assembly.
US12098787B2
A pipe binding band comprises: a band body which is formed in a ring shape so as to surround interconnection end portions of a first and a second pipe in the circumferential direction and has a structure capable of adjusting a close contact coupling force to the external surfaces of the first and the second pipe through an adjustment member; and a plurality of pressing pins which are arranged to be spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction of the band body and provide a pressing force to the first and the second pipe so that the first and the second pipe move in a direction closer to each other as the close contact coupling force increases.
US12098786B2
An ear clamp (10) comprising a clamping band (12) and tightening structure (14), wherein the clamping band (12) has an outer clamping band end (12a) and an inner clamping band end (12b), wherein the inner clamping band end (12b) includes a first hook (16) which, in the closed condition, passes through an opening (18) in the outer clamping band end (12a). In a top view of the band, the openings (18) are slit-shaped.
US12098781B2
A method for diagnosing possible causes of changes in at least one control valve, in a plant of which the control valve is a part, or in a process which is carried out on the plant is proposed, wherein at least in a first and in a second time interval the position of the actuator is detected, an operating point or operating range is determined from the first and from the second time interval, these are compared, and possible causes of changes in the at least one control valve, in the plant or in the process are diagnosed from detected differences. Such a diagnosis does not require any additional sensors and makes it possible to detect emerging problems or undesirable developments solely from the operating state of the valve.
US12098778B2
A solenoid valve includes: a valve body; a housing which includes a valve seat and a valve chamber; a movable iron core which moves the valve body; a solenoid coil; a fixed iron core configured for moving the movable iron core by causing a current to flow to the solenoid coil; and a sleeve which is disposed inside the movable iron core, in which the sleeve is attached to the housing in such a manner that an open portion of the sleeve is inserted into an open recess portion of the housing communicating with the valve chamber and a gap between the sleeve and the housing is sealed by a seal member.
US12098774B2
A check valve includes a housing that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and a valve chamber. The inlet port extends from a ceiling of the valve chamber to an outer surface of the housing. The outlet port extends from a floor of the valve chamber to the outer surface of the housing. The check valve further includes a valve member supported within the chamber. The valve includes a valve head. When an upstream pressure is applied to the valve, the valve head is configured to deflect away from the ceiling of the valve chamber and unseal the inlet port. When a downstream pressure is applied to the valve, the valve head is configured to deflect away from the floor of the valve chamber and seal the inlet port such that the valve head conforms to a shape of the ceiling of the valve chamber.
US12098773B2
The present invention disclosed a core seat for a valve core, the core seat comprises a base (9) with a total water outlet passage (9a), a first transition water outlet passage (9b) and a second transition water outlet passage (9c); and an electric control switch (13), the second transition water outlet passage (9c) is in communication with the total water outlet passage (9a), the electric control switch (13) controls communication between the first transition water outlet passage (9b) and the total water outlet passage (9a); the core seat provides the possibility that a tap using the core seat can be switched into an ordinary tap for use after an electric control switch is damaged. The present invention disclosed a valve core module which comprises a water path switching valve core and the core seat, a tap using the valve core module can be switched to an ordinary tap for use after the electric control switch is damaged.
US12098768B2
A rotary shifter includes a knob, a cam mechanism to hold the knob at holding positions corresponding to respective predetermined shift positions whose number is N, an electromagnetic brake including a yoke and an armature to restrict the rotation of the armature and the knob, and a hardware processor to determine a predetermined shift position of the knob to control the operation of the electromagnetic brake. The rotation pitch angle between the holding positions of the knob at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a first integer A (A≥N). The rotation pitch angle between stopping positions of the armature corresponding to the holding positions at the time of switching the predetermined shift positions is set to an angle obtained by dividing 360 degrees by a second integer B (A>B≥N).
US12098767B2
A planetary carrier, including an input flange, a first web plate connected to the input flange, a second web plate arranged opposite the first web plate, a first support plate connected to a side of the first web plate that faces the second web plate and parallel to the first web plate, and a second support plate connected to a side of the second web plate that faces the first web plate and parallel to the second web plate, the first and second support plates being arranged opposite each other. The side of the first support plate includes a plurality of first support portions. A number of first support portions is the same as that of planetary gear shafts. The side of the second support plate includes second support portions corresponding to the first support portions. Each first support portion and respective second support portion support one planetary gear shaft.
US12098766B2
A gear motor for a motor vehicle is provided comprising a housing having an engine housing section to contain an electric machine and a transmission housing section to contain a transmission coupled to the electric machine, wherein the electric machine, the transmission, and an oil collection tank are incorporated in an oil circuit, wherein oil for the cooling and/or lubricating of the electric machine and the transmission circulates in the oil circuit by at least one delivery device of the gear motor or the motor vehicle, and wherein the interior of the engine housing section and the interior of the transmission housing section are separated from each other such that the oil collects separately in the engine housing section and the transmission housing section at respectively at least one suction outlet connected to the delivery device, while a lower section of the transmission housing section in which the oil collects forms the oil collection tank.
US12098765B2
A power transmission system for an aircraft turbine engine including a speed reducer including a ring gear that is able to rotate about an axis X, formed from half-rings having annular flanges clamped together by first fastener. The reducer includes an annular channel for recovering centrifuged oil, having a U-shaped cross section, extending around the flanges, this channel being formed by an axial assembly of at least two parts and forming a fairing for the flanges and the first fastener intended to limit aerodynamic disturbances.
US12098755B2
Provided is a flexible member that can exhibit excellent load resistance and flexibility while achieving a reduction in size. This flexible member includes: a main body part which has multiple wave washers stacked in an axial direction and joined to each other, and the main body part is able to be bent with respect to the axial direction due to elastic deformation of the wave washers; and a linking member that is elastically deformable, the linking member being provided at an end part of the main body part and being linked to other member. A deformation amount of the linking member is smaller than a deformation amount of the wave washer, when the main body part is bent.
US12098749B1
A platform comprises a base platform, a linear motor is provided on the base platform and connected with an air flotation platform, a bearing platform is provided below the air flotation platform, a plurality of shock absorption assemblies are embedded in the base platform and arranged at intervals below the bearing platform, the shock absorption assembly comprises a bottom plate, shock absorption columns are symmetrically provided on an upper end of the bottom plate, a piston is cooperatively arranged in the shock absorption column, a cavity is formed between a bottom end of the piston and an inner wall of the shock absorption column, a sliding rod is fixed on an upper end of the piston, and an assembly joint is connected to a top end of the sliding rod and to a bottom end of the bearing platform.
US12098740B2
A threaded fastener capable of torque detection includes: a head and a shank connected together, wherein the shank has a threaded peripheral surface; a neck formed at the junction between one end of the shank and the head; and at least one sensing element and a sealing element, both provided on the neck, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect deformation of the neck, and the sealing element seals the sensing element. The threaded fastener may further include a covering element that covers the sealing element. The threaded fastener can be deformed consistently, allowing the sensing element to obtain relatively accurate detection values.
US12098730B2
A vane arrangement for a compressor is disclosed. The vane arrangement comprises a generally annular vane deck and at least one vane. The generally annular vane deck extends at least partway around a longitudinal axis, defining a deck thickness b in the axial direction. The at least one vane projects from a first surface of the vane deck. The at least one vane comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, and first and second pressure surfaces. The leading edge is proximate the longitudinal axis. The trailing edge is distal the longitudinal axis. The first and second pressure surfaces extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The at least one vane defines a neck thickness t, proximate the leading edge, in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis, wherein t/b≥about 0.21.
US12098726B2
A fan comprises a fan frame, a motor, an impeller, a circuit board and an enclosing layer. The fan frame has a motor base disposed in a central portion thereof. The motor is mounted on the motor base and has a rotor, a stator and a bearing unit. The stator is disposed around the outer periphery of the bearing unit, and the rotor is sheathed on the stator and the bearing unit. The impeller is mounted on the motor. The circuit board is sheathed on the bearing unit and located between the stator and the motor base, and has a plurality of electronic components disposed on a first surface thereof. The stator and the circuit board are enclosed by the enclosing layer, and the plurality of electronic components are enclosed by the uniform enclosing layer with a specific thickness.
US12098723B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a block insertion groove to accommodate a discharge port and at least one bypass hole disposed in a rear surface of a non-orbiting end plate of a non-orbiting scroll, and a retainer block including at least one bypass valve to open or close the bypass hole inserted into the block insertion groove. The bypass hole may include a first bypass hole and a second bypass hole. The bypass valve may include a first bypass valve to open or close the first bypass hole and a second bypass valve to open or close the second bypass hole, and may be disposed between the block insertion groove and the retainer block facing the block insertion groove. Accordingly, the first and second bypass valves are not fastened to the non-orbiting end plate, which may allow the non-orbiting end plate to be made thin.
US12098722B2
A method of operating a rolling piston compressor includes determining a pressure difference (ΔP) between a discharge pressure (Pd) within a compression volume and a suction pressure (Ps) within a suction volume; determining a pressure ratio (rp) equal to the discharge pressure (Pd) over the suction pressure (Ps); estimating a discharge pressure (Pd) based at least in part on the pressure difference (ΔP) and the pressure ratio (rp); determining that the discharge pressure (Pd) is greater than a predetermined pressure limit (Pd-limit); and lowering a target speed (ωtarget) of the rolling piston compressor.
US12098719B2
A scroll compressor including a compression mechanism assembled with a valve assembly disposed in a housing. The compression mechanism including a fixed scroll and an orbit scroll. The fixed scroll includes a recessed pocket having a first indentation with a first injection port and a second indentation with a second injection port. A double reed structure of the valve assembly is disposed in the recessed pocket of the fixed scroll. The double reed structure includes a first reed configured to selectively permit a flow of a fluid through the first injection port and a second reed configured to selectively permit a flow of a fluid through the second injection port. The valve assembly further includes a valve member disposed adjacent the reed structure and a valve gasket disposed between the valve member and a portion of the housing.
US12098717B2
Device and method for the provision of pressurized medium for injection into a high pressure process
A pump injection arrangement can inject a medium at least one process position into a high-pressure process, in particular at least two different pressure levels. The pump injection arrangement includes injection pump apparatuses for the medium and a regulating unit coupled to the injection pump apparatuses and configured for regulating the injection by at least two of the injection pump apparatuses. The pump injection arrangement is configured for synchronized regulation of the injection pump apparatuses with dependence on one another. At least two of the synchronously regulated injection pump apparatuses are double acting bidirectionally operating high-pressure pumps that are functionally coupled with at least single redundancy to the regulating unit such that pressure can be generated via at least two shafts and the pressurized medium can be made available for injection via a joint high-pressure conduit. In this way, advantageous pressure and pumping characteristics can be achieved.
US12098714B2
An electric compressor includes a compression part, an electric motor, an inverter, a housing that has an outer circumferential surface, and a soundproof cover that covers the outer circumferential surface of the housing. The soundproof cover has a covering portion that covers the outer circumferential surface of the housing and an overlapping portion that overlaps the covering portion in a radial direction of the housing. The overlapping portion and the covering portion each have an insertion hole. The housing is provided with a shaft that extends from the outer circumferential surface of the housing and that is inserted into the insertion hole, and a pressing part that presses a part of the overlapping portion around the insertion hole toward the housing so as to elastically deform the overlapping portion and the covering portion. The soundproof cover is attached to the housing with the shaft and the pressing part.
US12098697B2
A shrouded fluid turbine comprises annular airfoils (called shrouds) that are coaxial with and surround a rotor of a fluid turbine. A Mixer Ejector Wind Turbine consists of a turbine shroud that is engaged with a rotor. The rotor is rotationally engaged with a nacelle that houses electrical-generation equipment. The turbine shroud is engaged with support members that are engaged with an ejector shroud. At least one inflated annular tube is surrounded by an annular array of support members, which in turn is covered by a membrane, forming the annular airfoils that make up the turbine shroud and ejector shroud.
US12098693B2
An air cleaner device that is positioned forward of a radiator, has a bottom surface inclined backward and upward to face the radiator side, and purifies air sent to an engine, and a discharge pipe that is disposed to extend from the bottom surface of the air cleaner device to the lower portion of the radiator and discharges dust separated by the air cleaner device are included.
US12098686B2
Methods, systems and devices for evaluating incoming air to an engine, industrial controller including engine controls, valves and solenoids, for concentrations of explosive or combustible gases or vapors, and actuating process control including but not limited to shutting down an engine or other industrial process to control an outcome including the prevention of an overspeed condition when pre-set or calculated elevated gas or vapor concentrations are detected. In some embodiments industrial control including engine shutdown may be achieved conventionally via an electronic kill signal, a shutdown of the fuel injector, carburetor or fuel pump, and in emergency conditions by the shutoff of incoming air to an air intake, turbocharger, or other air delivery systems. Decisions based on explosive gas or vapor concentrations and species and the use of networking to allow additional systems to take action before explosive gases or vapors reach said other valve-sensor devices can provide additional safety.
US12098665B2
An oil pan noise reduction device includes an oil pan, a mounting plate positioned at one side of the oil pan, and a damping member positioned between the oil pan and the mounting plate, in which the mounting plate includes a depressed portion formed in one surface of the mounting plate directed toward the oil pan, and a protruding portion disposed in the depressed portion and protruding from the depressed portion.
US12098650B1
A process of determining a location of a core cavity in a cast part including determining a nominal location of the cavity within the part; determining a nominal location of at least one locator hole in at least one external surface of the part; determining an actual location of the at least one locator hole in the at least one external surface of the part; comparing the nominal location of the at least one locator hole in the at least one external surface of the part to the actual location of the at least one locator hole in the at least one external surface of the part; and determining an actual location of the core cavity within the part.
US12098646B2
A turbine engine includes integrated electric machines in the compressor section and the turbine section to supplement power produced from fuel with electric power. The example compressor section includes a compressor electric motor that is coupled to a compressor generator. The example turbine section includes a turbine electric motor that is coupled to the geared architecture to supplement power driving the fan section. A turbine generator provides electric power to the turbine electric motor.
US12098637B2
An I-patterned filling method for an initial stage of coal mining based on roof fracture characteristics is provided. A relationship between an overburden load borne by a main roof and an overhang size is determined based on principle of virtual work and a surgery theory when an overhang distance of the main roof reaches an initial weighting interval to enter a plastic limit state with an advance of a working face to obtain the initial weighting interval. An initial fracturing interval of an immediate roof is obtained in the same way. According to a subsidence law of the main roof in an inverted hip roof form, the filling is performed at a key position around an internal plastic hinge line through I-patterned three-strip filling. Size parameters of the I-pattered filling are designed to prevent the immediate roof and the main roof from being fractured.
US12098633B2
A well testing system and method is disclosed that reduces the surface equipment needed for well testing by providing a closed loop fluid flow path where the fluids produced during the well test are not brought to the surface for storage or flaring but instead are disposed in a downhole zone. The system and method are implemented using a simplified acoustic communications network where a hub device generates and transmits a single multiple hop query that includes multiple commands or queries directed to targeted downhole tools.
US12098631B2
Process-mining software is disclosed for generating a process flow for forming a wellbore at a wellsite. The process-mining software can receive data from sensors at a wellsite. The process-mining software can determine wellbore operations performed at the wellsite, based on the received data, using a predefined algorithm. The process-mining software can generate an event log based on the determined wellbore operations. The process-mining software can then generate a process flow based on the event log. The process-mining software can output the process flow for use in forming one or more wellbores.
US12098624B2
A method and apparatus for detecting the orientation of each perforating gun in a wellbore and using that information in arming and firing each perforating gun in a perforating gun string.
US12098622B2
A self-entry exploitation device and method for marine natural gas hydrates is provided. The exploitation device includes a self-entry structural body (1), a sand control device (2) and a gas-liquid lifting system. The self-entry structural body (1) is a gravity anchor. The sand control device (2) and the gas-liquid lifting system are mounted on the self-entry structural body (1). At least one cavity (21) is formed between the self-entry structural body (1) and the sand control device (2), and the cavity (21) is communicated with at least one channel. The sand control device (2) allows liquid and gas to pass through to enter the cavity (21) and is able to filter out silt. The gas-liquid lifting system includes at least one lifting power device (31) and has an end connected to the cavity (21) and an end extending out through a pipeline. By adoption of the exploitation device, drilling is not needed, the self-entry structural body (1) can enter a natural gas hydrate reservoir or a free gas layer below the natural gas hydrate reservoir, so that depressurizing exploitation can be realized, an exploitation system can be withdrawn, and the exploitation cost of natural gas hydrates can be greatly reduced.
US12098609B1
A unitary wellhead flow block lubricator assembly includes a unitary body and flow passageways that extend through the unitary body. Various openings on the exterior of the unitary body allow flow control devices to be mounted in the flow passageways to control the flow of fluid though the flow passageways. One or more of the control devices could be mountable in two or more orientations that alter the way in which the flow control device controls flow through one or more passageways in the unitary body. One or more choke mechanisms may also be mounted on the unitary body. The choke mechanisms may allow an operator to selectively adjust a flow of fluid through one or more of the passageways in the unitary body.
US12098608B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for cutting in a borehole or casing. A cutting device can include a first arm having a cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade has side cutting teeth and an axis of rotation that is substantially at a right angle with respect to an axis of the tool body. The cutting device can also include a second arm with a bumper. The first and second arms articulate away from the elongate body in different directions to reduce vibrations while cutting. A control device can automate the cut based on hydraulic pressure measurements. Additionally, the cutting device can also be extended or rotated on a rotary index. The cutting device can rotate around a J slot, in an example.
US12098607B2
A downhole vibration tool includes a body, a mandrel, a spring, and a balance piston. The body may be generally tubular and may have one or more helical slots formed on an inner surface thereof. The mandrel may be generally tubular, may have a bore, and may be positioned at least partially within the body. The mandrel may have one or more helical splines formed on an outer surface of the mandrel, the helical splines engaging the helical slots of the body such that the mandrel is translatable axially relative to the body. The spring may be positioned in an annular space formed between the mandrel and the body defined as a spring chamber. The balance piston may be in an annular space formed between the mandrel and the body, wherein the balance piston separates an oil-filled chamber from an internal pressure chamber.
US12098606B2
A treatment system including a settable and unsettable seal sub, an operation sub connected to the seal sub, the operation sub including a flow restrictor, and a selectively openable port biased to a closed position. A borehole system including a slickline, and a resettable seal connected to the slickline and runnable in the borehole on the slickline. A method for treating a formation adjacent a borehole including running the treatment system on a slickline to a target depth, flowing past the flow restrictor thereby causing the flow restrictor and a mandrel upon which the restrictor is mounted to move toward the seal sub, partially setting the seal sub and increasing pressure on the seal sub thereby fully setting the seal sub. A borehole system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a treatment system disposed within the borehole.
US12098599B2
A drilling assembly for percussive drilling includes at least two of a drill bit, a drill rod and a guide adapter. A peripheral surface of the shoulder on the drill rod is at least partially encased in both radial and axial directions inside the mounting sleeve of the drill bit or the mounting sleeve of the guide adapter, and/or the peripheral surface of the shoulder on the guide adapter is at least partially encased in both radial and axial directions inside the mounting sleeve of the drill bit.
US12098590B2
Various embodiments include bullet-resistant multilayered curtain that can be quickly deployed to secure an entranceway from attackers and deter them from entering. A bullet-resistant multilayered curtain may be contained above an entranceway in a casing and supported by a quick release pin when in the stored configuration. The bullet-resistant curtain includes multiple horizontal bars that are distributed along the length of the bullet-resistant curtain. Firmly fixed on the perimeter of the entranceway are horizontal bar retainer clamps for locking the horizontal bars into place when the bullet-resistant curtain is in its deployed state. A vibration sensor control switch may be fixed on the perimeter of the entranceway and configured to activate vibration sensors fixed on the bullet-resistant curtain to detect vibrations and send notifications to remote authorities.
US12098588B2
A glass unit according to the present invention includes a first glass plate having a through hole formed therein, a second glass plate that is arranged facing the first glass plate at a predetermined interval therefrom and forms an internal space with the first glass plate, a sealing member that seals a gap at peripheral edges of the first glass plate and the second glass plate, a cover that closes the through hole, and an adhesive that fixes the cover to the first glass plate. The internal space has been depressurized to a vacuum state, or a predetermined gas has been injected into the internal space, and the first glass plate and the cover are fixed by the adhesive.
US12098586B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a glazing bead system and methods of using the same. The systems and methods can include a frame interface member with structural features that enable the practical and automated coupling of the frame interface member to a frame constituent, before a panel is inserted within the frame interface member.
US12098577B2
A door locking structure includes a door located at a side of a vehicle, a locking unit provided at the door, an input unit configured to apply unlocking input to the locking unit, and a controller configured to receive the input through the input unit and to unlock the locking unit. The controller is configured to integrally unlock the locking unit in response to the input through the input unit.
US12098572B1
A flood prevention system is described. The flood prevention system includes a first bracket attached to a side wall adjacent to a left side beam of a doorway and a second bracket attached to a side wall adjacent to a right side beam of a doorway with a unique structure to accommodate receiving a first doorway barrier piece that is attachable to the first bracket and the second bracket and a second doorway barrier piece is attachable to the first bracket and the second bracket and faces towards the first doorway barrier piece when attached. One or more beams can be stacked either in a vertical or horizontal direction in the lip of the first doorway barrier piece. The second doorway piece can be used to add additional barrier protection and to test the first doorway barrier piece by pouring water into the lip of the second barrier piece.
US12098571B2
Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable storage media, and devices of the various embodiments enable a vehicle vending machine to retrieve a vehicle from a storage location and deliver the vehicle to a delivery bay for delivery to a customer. Various embodiments may include a vehicle vending machine including a tower, a robotic carrier, a corridor extending from the tower, a plurality of delivery bays positioned along the corridor, a customer interaction kiosk, and/or a video system. In various embodiments, the vehicle vending machine may further include a lighting system.
US12098566B1
A trimmer line shield for preventing the line of a grass trimmer from striking and becoming entangled in the bottom portion of a chain link fence is formed of an elongated stiff plastic extrusion having a longitudinally extending vertical main body of generally T-shaped transverse cross section, a tapered bottom end, a pair of longitudinally extending stop flanges disposed a distance above the tapered bottom end extending laterally outward beyond each side of the main body, and a longitudinally extending flat top portion that extends a distance laterally outward beyond each side of the main body for engaging the bottom of the fence. The shield is driven into the ground to extend between vertical fence posts and the fence is installed between the posts with its bottom end engaging the flat top portion a distance above the ground surface which also inhibits growth of vegetation into the open spaces between the wire members.
US12098563B2
A computer system of the present invention comprises a processor unit, and is configured to be capable of communicating with a user device operated by a first user and a satellite. The satellite includes a religious object and an information providing means for providing information associated with the religious object. The processor unit is configured to execute at least the following: acquiring location data indicating a location on Earth of the first user; acquiring bearing data indicating a bearing; calculating, on the basis of the location data and the bearing data, a time period in which the satellite is located in a predetermined space extending toward the bearing from the location on Earth of the first user; and providing the user device with information associated with the religious object provided by the information providing means of the satellite only during the time period.
US12098556B2
A prefabricated assembly for covering walls and floor in a building, and in particular, for bathrooms, and other units in a building that requires waterproofing and an aesthetic finish. The prefabricated assembly can include finished panels for use in shower surrounds and shower tray. The prefabricated wall panels can have tiles and natural stones as the finishing layer that provides an aesthetic appearance. The prefabricated panels are manufactured in an industrial setting and transported on-site. The prefabricated panels include interlocking fasteners that make assembly quick and easy.
US12098548B2
A composite open web beam-joist includes a cambered beam-joist portion including a top end, a bottom end, a first side, a second side, and an open web layout extending from end to end. The open web layout includes triangular web sections and openings between each of the triangular web sections. Each triangular web section includes a peak. A first chord angle beam is attached to the first side of the cambered beam-joist portion at the peaks of the triangular web sections. A second chord angle beam is attached to the second side of the cambered beam-joist at the peaks of the triangular web sections. A plate is vertically attached to a center of the top end of the cambered beam-joist. The plate extended longitudinally along the center of the top end of the cambered beam-joist portion. The plate includes a distal end having a flange and a recess.
US12098546B2
A stay-in-place concrete formwork system allows stucco to be applied directly to the formwork, avoiding the need to provide a further surface treatment of the wall prior to applying stucco. Apertures are provided on an exterior facing wall of the formwork panel to receive and embed stucco therein. The panel may also be formed with outward stucco-engaging projections. Other features include using rigid insulation to brace the stucco and keep concrete from the apertures, a sealing joint element, extendible panels for use in curved formwork, rainscreen features and an alligator connector panel for adjustable lengths of formwork faces.
US12098544B2
A framing system for constructing a wall frame assembly having a framing member and studs. A template of the framing system has an elongated body configured to be located on a surface of the framing member and a series of spaced apart openings corresponding to locations for placement of ends of the studs. A framing guide of the framing system has a body, a passage that is configured to receive a fastener, and a guiding surface within the passage is disposed at an angle relative to a bottom surface of the body to direct the fastener along a predetermined angle and direction relative to a front surface of the body. The template may be used to locate studs onto the framing member. The framing guide may be used to guide the fastener to connect the stud and framing member.
US12098541B2
An expansion joint profile system for producing an expansion joint in the manufacture of a rigid floor covering includes a profile (1) comprising a first profile element (3) having a first support leg (5) provided for bearing on a substrate (18) and a first abutment leg (6) projecting upwardly therefrom. A second profile element (4) has a second abutment leg (6). A connection element (9) is formed in a ridge-like manner and extends in the longitudinal direction between the two profile elements (3, 4) and connects them to one another in the lower region. An insertion opening (10) is formed between the abutment legs and is open at the top and extends in the longitudinal direction (L). A sealing element (11) is formed in a T-shaped cross-section with a downwardly projecting insertion leg (12) for insertion into the insertion opening (10).
US12098540B2
A method and kit for installing siding panels to an exterior surface of a structure. The method and kit are directed to the positioning of a mending plate between the ends of horizontally adjacent siding panels. Lines of an adhesive are applied to the mending and the mending plate is disposed approximately midway between the ends of each of the adjacent first and second siding panels. Pressure is applied to the ends of the siding panels that are disposed over the respective portions of the mending plate thereby uniformly spreading the adhesive across the back surface of the siding panel and the mending plate to enhance the chemical bond of the adhesive once fully cured.
US12098539B2
A connecting member, an ALC batten mounting node structure, and a prefabricated mounting method are provided. The connecting member includes a connecting part, a first pipe clamp, and a second pipe clamp. The connecting part includes a first connecting segment and a second connecting segment, the first pipe clamp and the second pipe clamp are respectively perpendicular to the first connecting segment, and symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of the first connecting segment, and the second connecting segment is bent towards one side of the first connecting segment.
US12098531B2
A rigid T-shaped body with a hollowed cavity is configured to intercept a drain line between a clogged portion and an unclogged portion. A first inlet on the body to receive pressurized water from a water line. A second inlet on the body to receive pressurized air from a mobile air source. The second inlet can have a smaller diameter than the first inlet. The pressurized air is mixed with the pressurized water in a chamber at an intersection of the T-shaped body to produce a pressurized air/water combination of air pressurized water droplets. A combined outlet for coupling to the clogged portion of the drain pipe to force the pressurized air/water combination to clear the clogged portion of the drain.
US12098527B2
A time period for which an ineffective operation is performed during an excavation work is reduced. A work machine includes a vehicular body, a running wheel rotatably attached to the vehicular body, a work implement operable with respect to the vehicular body, an operation apparatus for operating the running wheel and the work implement, and a controller that controls an operation by the work machine. The controller determines that slip-during-excavation which refers to slip of the running wheel with respect to the ground is occurring during the excavation work based on an operation command value output from the operation apparatus and outputs a signal relating to working of the work implement.
US12098522B2
A management server receives a maximum value and a minimum value of the respective voltages in a plurality of battery cells configuring an electricity storage device of a hydraulic excavator from the hydraulic excavator, and stores the values in a storage device. Discharge characteristics of the electricity storage device are stored in the storage device in the management server. A battery state estimation calculating unit in the management server calculates an estimation maximum value and an estimation minimum value of cell voltages in the present or in the future by adding the discharge characteristics stored in the storage device to the latest maximum value and the latest minimum value of the cell voltages stored in the storage device. A management information producing unit outputs information based upon the estimation maximum value and the estimation minimum value of the cell voltages calculated in the battery state estimation calculating unit.
US12098521B2
A control system is disclosed. The control system may include a first input component to control a lean angle of at least one set of wheels of a machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the lean angle. The control system may include a second input component to control an articulation angle of an articulated joint of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the articulation angle. The control system may include a third input component to control a rotation angle of an implement of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the rotation angle.
US12098517B2
A blade for a work machine includes a body having a main portion including a top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A wing portion is pivotally coupled to the body about a pivot axis. The first lateral edge includes a curved edge extending outwardly towards the wing portion, where the curved edge forms an apex between the top edge and the bottom edge. A first axis is defined through a first intersection point and a second intersection point, the first intersection point located at an intersection of the top edge and the first lateral edge and the second intersection point located at an intersection of the bottom edge and the first lateral edge. A second axis is defined through the apex and is parallel to the first axis. The pivot axis is located between the first axis and the second axis.
US12098516B2
A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a link unit attached to the upper turning body, and a processing circuitry configured to align an end of the link unit with an end attachment to be attached.
US12098513B2
A material handling bucket apparatus including a material handling bucket and method of use thereof. The material handling bucket includes a bucket back half and a bucket front half. The bucket back half is configured to engage a loader. The bucket back half includes a plurality of guide slots and a dozer scraping lip configured to engage a surface. The bucket front half is pivotally coupled to the bucket back half. The bucket front half includes a plurality of slide members receivable in the plurality of guide slots. The plurality of slide members are configured to slide within the plurality of guide slots to allow the bucket front half to move linearly and pivotally relative to the bucket back half.
US12098511B2
A bollard sleeve with a removable or replaceable cover is described. In one example, the bollard sleeve includes a cover portion and a sleeve portion coupled to the cover portion. The cover portion can have a cover removably coupled to a skirt, and the sleeve portion can have a tab. When the tab is in a first position, the tab can prevent the cover from being removed. When the tab is in a second position, the tab can form an opening that allows the cover to be removed. The tab can be bent from the first position to the second position, or the tab can be removed from the sleeve portion.
US12098497B2
A clothing processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a cabinet having a receiving space formed therein, in which clothing is received, a holder configured to be located in the receiving space to hold a clothing supporter configured to support the clothing, a steamer configured to spray steam toward the clothing while locating inside the receiving space, a rotation motor configured to rotate the steamer so that the steamer is in contact with the clothing, and an elevating motor configured to elevate the steamer in a state where the steamer is in contact with the clothing. The steamer may include a front steam body formed long in the left and right direction and in contact with the front surface of the clothing, and a rear steam body spaced apart from the front steam body, formed long in the left and right direction, and in contact with the rear surface of the clothing.
US12098495B2
A washing machine appliance has a vertical direction, a transverse direction, and a lateral direction and includes a cabinet and a stand assembly. The cabinet defines an opening. The stand assembly supports the cabinet and facilitates movement of the cabinet between a loading position and a washing position. The stand assembly includes a stand defining a guide track, a plurality of linkage arms located within the stand, and a plurality of follower pins. The follower pins may be mechanically coupled to the cabinet and slidably received into the guide track to facilitate movement of the cabinet between the loading position and the washing position.
US12098493B2
A filter device includes a case, an external filter disposed inside the case to filter substances introduced into the case and configured to be movable with respect to the case, and an internal filter disposed inside the external filter to filter the substances introduced into the case and configured to be movable with respect to the external filter.
US12098491B2
A tub support system that fits inside the top opening of a washing machine to prevent the wash tub from moving relative to the cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub support system comprises two separate components held in interlocking engagement. One component contacts the tub and the other component contacts the cabinet.
US12098490B2
A net wig cap for processing a braiding wig includes a plurality of net pieces, where each of the net pieces is provided with patterns composed of wig threads. A method for processing a braiding wig includes: step 1: processing the net wig cap; and step 2: crocheting hair or pre-woven single-dreadlock braids onto embroidered wig threads. The present disclosure creatively applies an embroidery machine to the field of wig processing. The present disclosure first embroiders a layer of patterns composed of wig threads on a base layer of a wig by the embroidery machine, and then crochets pre-woven single-dreadlock braids onto the embroidered wig thread patterns one by one. The present disclosure does not need to manually fix the wig threads on the wig, which greatly reduces the manual workload, improves the processing efficiency and reduces the cost.
US12098484B2
The present disclosure relates to a textile fabric comprising a casing of three layers, the three layers comprising a top layer, a bottom layer, and an intermediate layer that is arranged between the top layer and bottom layer, wherein the top layer, the intermediate layer, and the bottom layers are bonded together through weaving, and forming a casing including a binding element.
US12098480B2
A method of making a nonwoven from continuous filaments is provided. The method comprises the steps of spinning continuous filaments from a spinneret to move along a vertical travel path in a vertical travel direction, cooling and stretching the filaments downstream of the spinneret in a cooler and a stretcher, and depositing the cooled and stretched filaments at a deposition location on a foraminous belt moving horizontally underneath the cooler and stretcher and having an array of openings of which a portion are plugged with a sealing compound to create a partially plugged foraminous belt. The method comprises drawing air downward through unplugged openings in the foraminous belt to stabilize the continuous filaments deposited on the foraminous belt, and pre-consolidating the deposited nonwoven into final form.
US12098479B2
A probiotic-encapsulating gum Arabic (GA) composite fiber/capsule, including: lactic acid bacteria and an electrospun fiber or electrosprayed capsule, where the lactic acid bacteria are encapsulated in the electrospun fiber or electrosprayed capsule by electro-hydro dynamics (EHD) technology. The electrospun fiber or electrosprayed capsule is prepared by compounding a polymer matrix with GA, and the polymer matrix is polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), whey protein concentrate (WPC) or maltodextrin (MD). A preparation method and an application of the composite fiber/capsule are also provided.
US12098476B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel SiC substrate production method. The SiC substrate production method according to the present invention comprises an etching step S10 of etching a SiC base substrate 10, a crystal growth step S20 of growing a SiC substrate layer 13 on the SiC base substrate 10 to produce a SiC substrate body 20, and a peeling step S30 of peeling at least a portion of the SiC substrate body 20 to produce a SiC substrate 30, the method being characterized in that each of the etching step S10 and the crystal growth step S20 is a step of arranging the SiC base substrate 10 and a SiC material 40 so as to face each other and heating the SiC base substrate 10 and the SiC material 40 so as to form a temperature gradient between the SiC base substrate 10 and the SiC material 40.
US12098466B2
A carburized steel component, comprising a steel base including, by weight percent, from 0.08% to 0.35% carbon, 0.5% to 1.3% manganese, 0% to 0.35% silicon, 0.2% to 2.0% chromium, 0% to 4% nickel, 0% to 0.50% molybdenum, 0% to 0.06% niobium, and a remaining weight percent of iron, and a carburized layer of above 0.35% by weight carbon from a surface of the carburized layer to a carburized layer depth, wherein the carburized layer depth is from 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm, wherein the carburized layer comprises a microstructure including martensite, retained austenite, carbide, and less than 2% by volume non-martensitic transformation products (NMTP), and wherein the carburized layer includes a prior austenite average grain size of 3.0-8.0 microns from the surface to a depth of at least 0.2 mm.
US12098463B2
A method for manufacturing an amorphous multielement metal oxide hydroxide film includes: A liquid mixture is formed by dissolving an oxidizing agent selected from a group consisting of potassium permanganate, potassium chromate, potassium dichromate and potassium ferrate, and a reducing agent in a solvent. The oxidizing agent forms an oxometallate anion having a first metal atom with a first valence number. The reducing agent forms a metal cation having a second metal atom with a third valence number. An amorphous multielement metal oxide hydroxide film is deposited on a substrate by soaking the substrate in the liquid mixture. The amorphous multielement metal oxide hydroxide film includes a multielement metal oxide hydroxide having the first metal atom with a second valence smaller than the first valence number and the second metal atom with a fourth valence number larger than the third valence number.
US12098459B2
The invention relates to a method for adhesion of a thin film or functional layer to a substrate by applying a pulsed and/or alternating voltage.
US12098456B2
Methods for controlled microstructure creation utilize seeding of amorphous layers prior to annealing. Seed crystals are formed on an amorphous layer or layers. The material, size, and spacing of the seed crystals may be varied, and multiple seed layers and/or amorphous layers may be utilized. Thereafter, the resulting assembly is annealed to generate a crystalline microstructure. Via use of these methods, devices having desirable microstructural properties are enabled.
US12098442B2
A method for enriching lithium from a lithium clay includes the following steps (1) the raw ore were crushed to produce fine particles, (2) performing rougher on the fine particles by adding ferric sulfate or ferric nitrate, sodium oleate, and cocoamine to obtain rough concentrate and rough tailing, (3) finely separating the rough concentrate to obtain the first part of concentrate, (4) re-grinding the rough tailing by ball mill, (5) performing rougher on the reground tailing to obtain reground rough concentrate and re-ground rough tailing, (6) performing cleaner on the reground rough concentrate to obtain the second part of concentrate, and (7) performing scavenger on the reground rough tailing to obtain the cleaned tailing.
US12098440B2
Provided are a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, and a steel microstructure comprising, by vol %, ferrite: 1 to 50%, ratio of nonrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite: 0 to 50%, tempered martensite: 1% or more, retained austenite: 5% or more, fresh martensite: 0 to 10%, total of pearlite and cementite: 0 to 5%, and balance: bainite, and, when analyzing the surface by an EPMA, an area ratio of regions with an AlS/SiS ratio of 0.2 or less is 50% or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more, and a method for producing the same.
US12098436B2
A method and system for operating a seal gas compressor utilized in a direct reduction process including: monitoring a pH level of a water stream used in the seal gas compressor, wherein the pH level of the water stream is affected by a reformer flue gas stream that comes into contact with the water stream, wherein the monitoring step is carried out one or more of upstream of the seal gas compressor and downstream of the compressor; and adjusting the pH level of the water stream to maintain the pH level of the water stream within a predetermined range based on feedback from the monitoring step. The method includes maintaining the pH level of the water stream upstream of the seal gas compressor in a range between 7.5 and 10 and maintaining the pH level of the water stream downstream of the seal gas compressor in a range between 7.8 and 9.5.
US12098434B2
Provided herein is a method for detecting the presence of a COVID-19 virus in a human sample or an environmental sample having one or more viral and bacterial pathogens. Samples processed to obtain total nucleic acids. The nucleic acids are used as a template in a reverse transcription-amplification reaction to obtain cDNA, which is used in a PCR amplification reaction to obtain fluorescent COVID-19 virus specific amplicons. These amplicons are detected by microarray hybridization near the lowest limit of detection. Also provided is a method for detecting in addition to the COVID-19 virus, the presence of respiratory disease-causing pathogens including viruses, bacteria and fungus in a single assay using the above method.
US12098431B2
Provided herein is technology for lung neoplasia screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting the presence of lung cancer.
US12098430B2
This application provides a kit or a device for the detection of early pancreatic cancer or a pancreatic cancer precursor lesion, comprising a nucleic acid(s) capable of specifically binding to a miRNA(s) in a sample from a subject, and a method for detecting early pancreatic cancer or a pancreatic cancer precursor lesion, comprising measuring an expression level(s) of the miRNA(s) in vitro.
US12098425B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for generating and using indices in a synthetic three-dimensional (3D) matrix within a biological sample (e.g., a cell or a tissue sample). The present disclosure provides a method for processing or analyzing a nucleic acid molecule having a three-dimensional (3D) spatial position in a cell or cell derivative can comprise: (a) using a transposase to insert a nucleic acid index sequence into the nucleic acid molecule to generate an indexed nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleic acid index sequence; (b) detecting the nucleic acid index sequence of the indexed nucleic acid molecule to identify the 3D spatial position; (c) subsequent to (b), removing the indexed nucleic acid molecule or derivative thereof from the 3D spatial position; and (d) identifying a sequence of the indexed nucleic acid molecule or derivative thereof removed from the 3D spatial position in (c).
US12098414B2
It is provided a monitoring reactor and a method for using the same, belonging to microbiologic electrochemical early-warning technology. The monitoring reactor enriches microorganisms therein before use, and consumes the organic matter. When the organic matter in the monitoring reactor is consumed completely, i.e. the microorganisms are in a starved state, the monitoring reactor is placed in a system to be monitored for monitoring, thereby avoiding the interference of the organic matter in the soil in the monitoring reactor to the electrical signal and improving the monitoring accuracy. Furthermore, since the electrical signal in the monitoring reactor is conducted through the electricigens, the process of generating electricity of the electricigens is a process of growth and propagation of microorganism. This process is less affected by the monitored environment. Therefore, the signal output process is stable, without swell and sag of the electrical signal.
US12098413B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing oxygen, used in an electrochemical biosensor, and to a measurement system and a method for electrochemically determining a concentration of an analyte using said method.
US12098403B2
The present invention relates to genetically engineered organisms, especially microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts, for the production of added value bio-products such as specialty saccharide, activated saccharide, nucleoside, glycoside, glycolipid or glycoprotein. More specifically, the present invention relates to host cells that are metabolically engineered so that they can produce said valuable specialty products in large quantities and at a high rate by bypassing classical technical problems that occur in biocatalytical or fermentative production processes.
US12098401B2
The present disclosure relates to a fructose-C4-epimerase and a method of preparing tagatose using the same.
US12098394B2
An amino acid sequence of the monooxygenase mutant is obtained by mutation of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the mutation at least includes one of the following mutation sites: 45-th site, 95-th site, 106-th site, 108-th site, 114-th site, 186-th site, 190-th site, 191-th site, 249-th site, 257-th site, 393-th site, 436-th site, 499-th site, 500-th site, 501-th site, 503-th site, 504-th site, 559-th site, and 560-th site.
US12098393B2
Arbovirus carries an altered furin cleavage site that results in enhanced cleavage of a precursor polyprotein, such as, prE2 or prM. Dengue virus particles can have an amino acid alteration within amino acids 80-130 of prM. Zika virus particles can have alterations at amino residues at and/or about the furin cleavage site. The virus can be produced in insect cells. The virus does not form progeny virus in mammal cells.
US12098388B2
A method for producing natural killer cells is disclosed. The method comprises isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a blood sample; isolating at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3−/CD56+ cells from the PBMCs; and co-culturing the at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3−/CD56+ cells with a combination of feeder cells in the presence of a cytokine. A composition for treating cancer is also disclosed. The composition comprises the CD56+ natural killer cells produced by the disclosed method and a cytokine.
US12098384B2
The present invention relates to a novel adenoviral vector not including a replication competent adenovirus. A recombinant E1/E3/E4-deleted adenoviral vector, of the present invention, in which an antigenic protein and an E4orf6 gene are inserted in an E1 gene-deleted region, has adenovirus productivity, degree of antigen expression, neutralizing antibody production amount, and T cell induction ability that are similar to those of a control group, and thus can be effectively used as a carrier for various vaccines for diseases or anti-cancer vaccines.
US12098383B2
Compositions include modified adenoviruses. Nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the compositions, including their use as vaccines. Viral vectors using a TET promoter system and methods of producing viruses having the same.
US12098382B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods comprising one or more recombinant influenza viruses. Recombinant influenza viruses with mutated polymerases and/or rearranged genomes are disclosed. Constructs comprising different influenza nucleic acid sequences are also provided. Methods of inducing protecting immunity with the recombinant influenza viruses are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of plasmid-free production of influenza virus comprising amplicons comprising one or more of influenza genes.
US12098371B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to lipid-PEGylated solid support and phosphoramidites derivatives, methods for preparing the same, and their uses in the delivery of oligonucleotide drugs to the cellular targets.
US12098369B2
Disclosed herein is a modified ribonucleotide comprising a nucleoside comprising N4-acetylcytidine and/or 5-hydroxymethyluridine, and polyribonucleotides comprising the same. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a polyribonucleotide of the present disclosure and methods of making and using the same.
US12098360B2
This invention relates to a system for obtaining a biomass measurement from a medium contained within a bioreactor. The system comprises a bioreactor having a port comprising an annular flange (15) and an upstanding collar (19), and a biomass sensing probe comprising an elongate body and at least one electrode (3) provided on a first region (1) of the body. The port is configured to receive the probe and form a watertight seal with the probe when it is located in the port with the first region (1) of the body exposed to the interior of the bioreactor.
US12098356B2
The invention generally relates to a microfluidic platforms or “chips” for testing and conducting experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). More specifically, microfluidic Brain-On-Chip, comprising neuronal and vascular endothelial cells, will be analyzed in both healthy and inflamed states to assess how the circumstances of space travel affect the human brain.
US12098354B2
The present disclosure describes hydrogels which are micropatterned with a network of wells for cell culture. In a preferred embodiment, the micropatterned hydrogels are embedded with a nanomaterial. Further described are methods of forming the micropatterned hydrogels and methods of culturing cells in the micropatterned hydrogels. The hydrogels can be natural or synthetic.
US12098351B2
The invention relates to a device and process for converting organic waste to biogas with high methane content and improved organic conversion efficiency. Disclosed process consists of two stages and in the first stage, shredded organic waste is digested in primary digester in which biodegradable organic fractions present in waste gets converted to volatile fatty acids and alcohols dissolved in aqueous solution by hydrolytic and acidogenic microorganisms. Primary digester effluent pH, is adjusted to about 6.8-7.5 by addition of controlled alkali solution. Neutralized waste slurry is separated into liquid solution called as leachate and digested solid sludge. In the second stage, liquid leachate comprising volatile fatty acids are converted to biogas with methane content in the range 80-86% by methanogenic microbial culture in main digester under anaerobic conditions. This invention further describes optimized primary and main digester configurations with operating conditions to improve organic conversion efficiency in both the digesters.
US12098347B2
The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions configured for motorcycles and also to methods of lubricating a motorcycle engine, transmission, and clutch assembly with a single lubricating composition that is generally provided from a common sump or reservoir to achieve improved fuel economy.
US12098345B2
The instant disclosure relates to a lubricant composition having an oil of lubricating viscosity, a polymeric surfactant compound that is an acylated polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 500 to about 50,000 where the polymer comprises a branched olefin having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms. The acylated polymer can further be reacted with an amine or alcohol to form an amide, imide, ester or combinations thereof. The present disclosure further relates to lubricant compositions that exhibit good dispersancy and viscometric performance.
US12098341B2
A lubricant base oil of the present invention includes an ester compound including: a structural moiety (A) that is derived from an alcohol compound (A); and a structural moiety (B) that is derived from a carboxylic acid, the structural moiety B including: a structural moiety (B1) that is derived from a monocarboxylic acid (B1); and a structural moiety (B2) that is derived from an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid (B2) having 4 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a lubricant base oil having excellent low-temperature stability and high heat resistance while maintaining torque-lowering properties.
US12098336B2
This invention relates to drag reducing agents used in case of transportation of crude oil products, in particular, to solid dry poly(meth)acrylate with dry poly alpha-olefins powders based agents. The technical result of the solution involves the preparation of an effective, fast-dissolving, stable solid dry drag reducing agent suitable for use in heavy crude oil. The drag reducing agents compositions have better drag reducing performance in heavy crude applications as compared with traditional drag reducing slurries is also disclosed, which consists of the following components, wt %: a mixture of at least two drag reducing polymers, from 65 to 90 a separating agent from 3 to 25 anti-agglomerating agent from 3 to 25 a surfactant from 3 to 25, where the first polymer is poly(meth)acrylate, the second polymer is poly alpha-olefin, the ratio of the polyacrylate weight and polyalphaolefin weight varies in the range from 2:1 to 5:1.
US12098331B2
A process for capturing carbon dioxide includes the steps of mixing a hydrogen stream and a feedstock stream to produce a mixed stream, wherein the feedstock stream includes hydrocarbons, reacting the hydrocarbons and the hydrogen in the primary reactor of the hydroprocessing unit to produce a hydroprocessing product stream and a carbon dioxide stream, wherein the hydroprocessing product stream includes light products, wherein the hydroprocessing unit is further configured to produce ammonium bisulfide, collecting the ammonium bisulfide in the water to produce a sour water, processing the sour water in the waste water unit to produce an ammonia stream, a hydrogen sulfide stream, and a stripped water stream, introducing the ammonia stream to a carbon dioxide recovery system, and separating carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide stream using the ammonia in the ammonia stream to produce a carbon dioxide product.
US12098326B2
A polyacrylamide friction reducer wherein the friction reducer contains surfactant functional groups, and wherein the polyacrylamide friction reducer is degradable, can be used for multi-functional, slickwater fracturing fluid projects. Under downhole conditions, the polymer degrades and releases the surfactant molecules to act as oil displacing agent to provide additional stimulation.
US12098319B2
The present invention is directed to a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protective film on a silicon element-containing wafer surface, a method of preparing the liquid chemical and a method of manufacturing a surface-treated body with the use of the liquid chemical, wherein the liquid chemical includes the following components: (I) a silylation agent; (II) at least one kind of nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of those of the following general formulas [1] and [2]; and (III) an organic solvent.
US12098311B2
Provided is a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which enables to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer without allowing the progression of rapid gelation at the time of heating and melting. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition provided by the present invention is a solvent-free hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a base polymer, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, and a tackifier T which is a reaction product of a compound X and a compound Y. A content of the tackifier T with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer is 20 parts by weight or more and 40 parts by weight or less.
US12098310B2
The invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive composition, comprising at least one polyolefin polymer at a content from 5 to 90% by weight; at least one branched polypropylene at a content from 0.1 to 10% by weight; at least one tackifying resin at a content from 0.1 to 60% by weight; optionally, at least one styrene block copolymer from 0 to 30% by weight; optionally, at least one plasticizer at a content from 0 to 30% by weight; optionally, at least one stabilizer at a content from 0 to 5% by weight; and optionally, at least one wax at a content from 0 to 30% by weight. The invention further relates to the use of a branched polypropylene for reducing stringing of a hot-melt adhesive composition.
US12098297B2
Plastic powder for use as a building material for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layer-by-layer melting and solidification by hardening of the building material at the positions corresponding to the cross-section of the three-dimensional object in the respective layer by exposure to radiation, preferably by exposure to NIR radiation, wherein the plastic powder comprises a dry blend of polymer-based particles and particles of a NIR absorber, wherein the NIR absorber comprises carbon black or is carbon black and wherein the weight percentage of carbon black in the total weight of polymer and carbon black particles is in the range of at least 0.02% and at most 0.45%, and/or wherein the carbon black has a mean primary particle diameter in the range of from 15 nm to 70 nm, preferably of at least 26 nm and/or at most 58 nm.
US12098291B2
The present application provides high solids film coating compositions comprising a water-soluble cellulose ether, hydroxy propyl cellulose (HPC), a poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) copolymer, a film-forming agent based on D-glucose, plasticizer, medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and an anti-tack agent. The invention further provides a process for preparing the above described film coating compositions and method of coating solid substrate with such coating compositions.
US12098288B2
The azomethine compound provided by this case is a compound showing high chroma and having excellent light resistance.
US12098284B2
Bitumen granules including at least: bitumen, a compound of general formula R1-(COOH)z (I), a compound of general formula R2-(NH)nCONH—X—(NHCO)p(NH)n-R3 (II), and a compound of general formula Ar1-R—Ar2 (III); and a method for producing the bitumen granules and to the use thereof as asphalt binder.
US12098268B2
The present disclosure provides a composition. In an embodiment, the composition includes a neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer includes from greater than 0 wt % to 6.0 wt % nonconjugated polyene. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer has the following properties: (i) a molecular weight (Mw) from 240,000 to 270,000; (ii) a Mooney viscosity (ML (1+4), 125° C.) from 80 to 85; (iii) a rheology ratio (RR) from 35 to 65; (iv) a Mw/Mn from 2.2 to 3.5; (v) a tan delta ratio from 0.6 to 0.9; and (vi) an absolute tan delta slope from 5.0 to less than 10.0.
US12098249B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to Schiff base oligomers and uses thereof. In at least one aspect, an oligomer is represented by Formula (I) wherein each instance of R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyl, aryloxyl, ether, and heterocyclyl. Each instance of R9 of Formula (I) is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, and ether. Each instance of R28 and R29 of Formula (I) is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl. Each instance of R33 of Formula (I) is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, and a bond. Each instance of R41 of Formula (I) is independently —NH— or a bond and each instance of R40 is independently —NH— or —NH—NH—.
US12098248B2
A poly(amide-imide) copolymer that is a reaction product of a diamine represented by Chemical Formula 1, a diamine represented by Chemical Formula 2, a dicarbonyl compound represented by Chemical Formula 3, and a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride represented by Chemical Formula 4, a composition for preparing the poly(amide-imide copolymer, and an article including the copolymer, e.g., a film are provided: wherein, in Chemical Formulae 1 to 4, Ra, L1, L2, n1, A, R3, X, R10, R12, R13, n7 and n8 are the same as defined in the specification.
US12098245B2
A capped bisphenol polyether oligomer including a reactive end group, wherein the capped bisphenol polyether oligomer further includes a repeating unit derived from: a bisphenol monomer, a benzylic dihalide, a tertiary cycloalkyl dihalide, or a combination thereof; and optionally, the capped bisphenol polyether oligomer further includes a branching agent.
US12098242B2
Disclosed is an eco-friendly biodegradable polyester resin composition, including: a polyester resin including a diol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein an alternating ratio of the polyester resin is 0.3 to 0.7, wherein the alternating ratio is a ratio of a diol, bonded between the aromatic dicarboxylic acid and the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, among the diol. The diol may include 1,4-butanediol; the aromatic dicarboxylic acid may include terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate; and the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid may include adipic acid. When the biodegradable polyester resin composition is dried at 80° C., placed in a stainless steel mold, and compressed at 210° C. under a pressure of 10 MPa for 3 minutes to produce a polyester sheet having a thickness of 300 μm, the sheet has a tensile strange range from 40 MPa to 60 MPa, an elongation at break range from 800% to 1100%, and Young's modulus range from 20 MPa to 80 MPa.
US12098239B2
Disclosed are a modified epoxy resin immobilized enzyme, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. Herein, the preparation method includes the following steps: modifying an epoxy resin, adding a polyethyleneimine to a modified epoxy resin for further modification, and then adding an enzyme to be immobilized and a glutaraldehyde for immobilization, to obtain the modified epoxy resin immobilized enzyme. The epoxy resin is modified, the polyethyleneimine is added to the modified epoxy resin for the further modification, and an aldehyde group in the resin and an amino group in the polyethyleneimine are covalently bound to each enzyme, then it is activated by the bifunctional reagent glutaraldehyde.
US12098227B2
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, devices, and kits for creating composite materials from a single resin, the composite materials having multiple continuous phases. The disclosure includes a process to three-dimensionally print objects (e.g., orthodontic appliances) with composite properties. In some aspects, the composite properties are formed from a single formulation with components that, when processed, have hard and soft continuous phases. In some aspects, the composite properties are formed by separately processing the hard phase components and the soft phase components. In some aspects, the composite materials and devices are three-dimensionally printed using the processed material.
US12098225B2
The present invention discloses a preparation method for an amphiphilic nanosheet. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing choline chloride and urea, and heating to prepare a choline chloride-urea based deep eutectic solvent; adding styrene, divinylbenzene and azobisisobutyronitrile into a higher alkane solvent, stirring and dissolving to obtain an oil phase solvent, wherein an addition amount of the divinylbenzene is greater than 5% by mass of a styrene monomer; and adding a hydrophilic monomer, cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and the oil phase solvent into the deep eutectic solvent, stirring and mixing, ventilating and deoxidizing, then heating to 70° C., reacting for at least 6 h, and then crushing and centrifuging to obtain the amphiphilic nanosheet. According to the present invention, a block polymer does not need to be prepared in advance, and a hydrophobic monomer and a hydrophilic monomer are physically isolated, so that the prepared amphiphilic nanosheet has a distinct partition and is not easy to agglomeration. The method is similar to conventional emulsion polymerization, the amphiphilic nanosheet is prepared by a one-step method, and the preparation process is simple; and the method has high product yield and is easy for mass production.
US12098223B2
The invention provides a living radical polymerization method using a zinc phthalocyanine dye as a near-infrared photocatalyst, including subjecting a free radical polymerizable monomer to a near-infrared light-controlled polymerization reaction, in the presence of a chain transfer agent, a cocatalyst and a zinc phthalocyanine dye containing a carbon-carbon double bond, in a solvent at 0-30° C. under the air atmosphere, to obtain a living radical polymerization product. The free radical polymerizable monomer is an acrylate monomer, a methacrylate monomer, an acrylamide monomer or a methacrylamide monomer; the chain transfer agent includes a thiocarbonate; and the cocatalyst includes an organic amine with or without a carbon-carbon double bond. A near-infrared light-responsive functional zinc phthalocyanine dye is used as a near-infrared photocatalyst for the polymerization reaction, and after the polymerization is completed, the polymerizable zinc phthalocyanine dye remains on the polymer chain by polymerization, thereby realizing the cyclic utilization of the near-infrared photocatalyst.
US12098219B2
A method for drying polyolefin-containing particles includes a drying step of supplying polyolefin-containing particles to a drying container and drying the polyolefin-containing particles in the drying container. In the drying step, a value determined by the following formula (a) is −0.20 or more and 1.05 or less. 0.00304×apparatus diameter [m]+0.00261×bed height [m]+0.0179×residence time [hr]+0.00213×particle temperature in drying container [K]−0.0109×inclination angle [degree]+0.0212×CXS component amount [% by mass] Formula (a):
US12098207B2
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating a neutrophilic dermatosis. The methods of the present invention include administering to a patient suffering from a neutrophilic dermatosis a pharmaceutical composition including an anti-interleukin-36 receptor (anti-IL-36R) antibody.
US12098191B2
Antibody for human amyloid beta. Antibody selectively binds human amyloid beta 42 peptide over human amyloid beta 40 peptide. Antibodies specific for amyloid beta 42 as therapeutic agents for binding amyloid beta 42 peptide and treating conditions associated with amyloidosis, such as Alzheimer's disease.
US12098184B2
The systems and methods described herein include the use of Giant Plasma Membrane Vesicles (GPMVs) derived from cells expressing SPASM sensors (e.g., SPASM GPCR sensors). Herein provided are giant plasma membrane vesicle (GPMV) sensors containing a membrane-associated polypeptide, where the membrane-associated polypeptide contains a target G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), a linker including an amino acid sequence flanked by a FRET donor and a FRET acceptor, and a receptor partner for the target GPCR, where the linker separates the target GPCR from the receptor partner. In another aspect, provided is a method for quantifying the intrinsic efficacy of a compound for a target GPCR. In another aspect, provided is a method for identifying a compound that interacts with a target GPCR.
US12098182B2
This disclosure describes, generally, a modified form of CD16, genetically-modified cells that express the modified CD16, and methods that involve the genetically-modified cells. The modified form of CD16 can exhibit increased anti-tumor and/or anti-viral activity due, at least in part, to reduced susceptibility to ADAM17-mediated shedding upon NK cell stimulation.
US12098180B2
This disclosure relates to VIP antagonist for uses in managing the treatment or prevention of cancer and viral infections. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to chimeric variants of VIP antagonists, as peptides disclosed herein, and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. In certain embodiments, this disclosure contemplates methods of stimulating immune cells to target cancer by mixing immune cells in vitro with peptides disclosed herein and further administering an effective amount of stimulated immune cells to a subject in need of cancer treatment.
US12098177B2
Compositions and methods for NK cell based treatments, and particularly NK cells that express and intracellularly retain IL-2, are presented in which the NK cells are stimulated with a chimeric protein that has a cancer cell targeting portion and an IL-12 portion. Beneficially, such chimeric protein has substantially reduced systemic toxicity and induces IFN-γ secretion in a targeted manner. Moreover, chimeric proteins contemplated herein also significantly enhanced IFN-γ secretion in NK cells that express and intracellularly retain IL-2 as compared to native NK cells. Preferred chimeric proteins comprise SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2, and SEQ ID NO:3.
US12098176B2
Provided are keratin BD-4, an encoding nucleic acid molecule thereof, an expression vector, a host cell, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the keratin. The keratin BD-4 can be used for preparing drugs having antipyretic and analgesic, antitussive and expectorant, and antiepileptic effects.
US12098175B2
The present invention provides novel peptides binding to HMGB1 and inhibiting the interaction of HMGB1 and CX-CL12. The present invention also provides proteins, virus-like particles, nanoparticles and compositions comprising such peptides and nucleic acids encoding such peptides. In addition, methods for using the peptides are provided. In particular, the peptides are useful in the treatment of inflammation and immune-related diseases.
US12098173B2
The present disclosure relates generally to polypeptides, which may be used of the treatment of neurological diseases or disorders.
US12098166B2
The invention relates to the field of veterinary medicine. The invention provides an immunogenic composition, comprising a hemagglutinin protein of avian influenza virus H5 subtype. Also provided is a method of differentiating animals naturally infected with AIV from animals vaccinated with the immunogenic composition of the invention. The immunogenic composition of the invention can provide a broader, more effective, long-lasting and early onset protection on poultry.
US12098164B2
The present invention relates to recombinant self-assembling protein nanoparticles presenting an albumin-binding peptide at the surface. For the recombinant self-assembling protein nanoparticles according to the present invention, an albumin-binding peptide can reduce the immunogenicity of the recombinant self-assembling protein nanoparticles because the albumin-binding peptide is presented at the surface, and thus binds to an albumin protein present in vivo, and the albumin-binding peptide can also provide the cancer delivery function of the recombinant self-assembling protein nanoparticles because the albumin-binding peptide binds to albumin around cancer. Simultaneously, the binding of the albumin-binding peptide to albumin can significantly increase the in vivo residence time of the recombinant self-assembling protein nanoparticles, thus increasing the potential for use in various medical applications.
US12098163B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a crystalline functional sweetener, and more specifically, relates to a method for preparing a crystalline functional sweetener for raising the crystallization yield and increasing the particle size by controlling the content of impurities or production of impurities comprised in a solution for preparing the crystal.
US12098162B2
The compounds of the present invention are useful for stabilizing biological molecules, particularly in the presence of pH and thermal stress.
US12098161B2
Compounds useful as biologically active compounds are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, L, L1, L2, L3, M and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds is also provided.
US12098160B2
Embodiments relate to organometallic compositions that are useful for chain transfer during olefin polymerization. Such compositions are chain transfer agents comprising an organoaluminum compound of the formula Al(CH2CH(Y2)A2)3 and an organozinc compound of the formula Zn(CH2CH(Y2)A2)2.
US12098144B2
Provided are piperazine substituted fused azadecalin compounds of Formula J, I, Ia, Ib, Ib-1, Ib-2, Ic and Id for use in pharmaceutical formulations, and for modulating glucocorticoid receptors.
US12098140B2
The invention relates to substituted pyrazolo piperidine carboxylic acids, their salts and to processes for their preparation, and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular cardiovascular and cardiac diseases, preferably heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF, HFmrEF and HFpEF), hypertension (HTN), peripheral arterial diseases (PAD, PAOD), cardio-renal and kidney diseases, preferably chronic and diabetic kidney disease (CKD and DKD), cardiopulmonary and lung diseases, preferable pulmonary hypertension (PH), and other diseases, preferably neurodegenerative diseases and different forms of dementias, fibrotic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc), sickle cell disease (SCD), wound healing disorders such as diabetic foot ulcer (DFU).
US12098138B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of the formula: as well as analogs thereof, wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used for the treatment or prevention of diseases or disorders, including but not limited to cancer (e.g., pancreatic cancer), including drug-resistant cancers, such as gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer or KRAS dependent tumors.
US12098134B2
A novel benzoheterocycle compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof showed a high anti-proliferative effect against cancer cell lines. Using this, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer disease can comprise the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. In addition, a health functional food composition for preventing or improving cancer disease can include the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition or health functional food composition can effectively prevent or treat various cancer diseases.
US12098132B2
The present invention relates to methods for synthesizing compounds, and to intermediates thereto, useful for treating various conditions in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis.
US12098129B2
To provide a novel therapeutic agent for fibrosis that induces selective cell death of lung fibroblasts and suppresses lung fibrosis without injuring alvocar epithelial cells. A pharmaceutical composition for treating fibrosis, the pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or formula (II): wherein in formula (I), R1 represents a C1-4 alkyl group optionally substituted with a halogen atom, and l represents an integer of 3 to 6; and in formula (II), n represents an integer of 8 to 12, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the compound or the salt thereof.
US12098127B2
Provided are a salt form of an estrogen receptor down-regulator, a crystalline form thereof, and a preparation method therefor
US12098121B2
A method for producing one or more of benzene, toluene, or xylene may include contacting a feed stream including C9+ alkylaromatic hydrocarbons with a catalyst mixture to form one or more of benzene, toluene, or xylene. The catalyst mixture may include mesoporous zeolite Beta, ZSM-5 zeolite, one or more active metals, and binder material. The feed stream may include C9+ alkylaromatic hydrocarbons in an amount of at least 10 wt. %. The weight ratio of mesoporous zeolite Beta to ZSM-5 zeolite may be from 2 to 4.
US12098117B2
This disclosure relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating diseases related to Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 (HSF1) activity and/or function. More particularly, this disclosure relates to methods of inhibiting HSF1 activity with these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treating diseases associated with HSF1 activity and/or function, such as cancer.
US12098114B2
A fluidized apparatus contains a double-trapezoid structural member. These fluidized apparatuses are used in the nitro compound hydrogenation reaction process. The fluidized apparatus includes a shell, a gas distributor, and an inner chamber defined by an inner wall of said shell and an upper surface of said gas distributor, in the middle region of said inner chamber is disposed a perforated plate, the perforated plate comprise an outer edge region and a center region, assuming the opening rate of the outer edge region is A1 (the unit is %), assuming the opening rate of the center region is A2 (the unit is %), then A1/A2=0-0.95.
US12098110B2
A solid rocket propellant includes a hydroxyl-terminated polybudadiene (HTPB) binder system having a high molecular weight diol that is greater than thirty carbon atoms (>C30) and less than fifty carbon atoms (
US12098102B1
A concrete slab on ground system includes a first slab portion and a second slab portion. The first slab portion is disposed on a ground substrate and includes geopolymer cement (GC) concrete. The second slab portion is disposed on the first slab portion and consists of Portland cement (PC) concrete. The first slab portion may be mixed in-situ and left in an unfinished state such that only the top or exposed surface of the second slab portion need be finished.
US12098099B2
The present invention discloses a polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent with high adaptability to temperature and a method for preparing the same. The polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent is prepared by introducing an unsaturated macromonomer D with a temperature-sensitive side chain which could be bonded to the backbone of the polycarboxylic acid through free radical polymerization. The polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent prepared by the invention has an adsorption group density that can be automatically adjusted with the change of ambient temperature, and thereby shows similar dispersing capability and dispersion retention capability at different ambient temperatures, demonstrating high adaptability to different ambient temperatures. It can be used in a larger temperature range with a constant dosage, which is beneficial to further popularization and application of the polycarboxylic acid water-reducing agent in regions of different climates.
US12098096B2
A low dielectric sealing glass powder for a miniature radio-frequency glass insulator is made of the following raw materials expressed in molar percentages: SiO2: 70.5-74.0%, B2O3: 20.5-23.5%, Ga2O3: 0.5-2.0%, P2O5: 0.25-2.0%, Li2O: 0.4-6.0%, K2O: 0.1-1.5%, LaB6: 0.05-1.0%, and NaCl: 0.03-0.3%. The raw material components are simple, and the preparation method is easy to implement. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the prepared glass powder are low, and the melting and molding temperature is low, which are convenient for large-scale industrial production. The melting and molding temperature of the low dielectric sealing glass powder ranges from 1320° C. to 1360° C., and the obtained glass has a dielectric constant ranging from 3.8 to 4.1 and a dielectric loss ranging from 4×10−4 to 10×10−4 at a frequency of 1 MHz, and a sealing temperature ranging from 900° C. to 950° C.
US12098092B2
A device for repairing a damaged spot in a repair area of a glass pane includes an attachment portion, a repair portion and a first sensor device. The attachment portion is configured to be releasably attached to a main surface of the glass pane. The repair portion is configured to repair the glass pane. The first sensor device is configured to be brought into data connection with a control device and to determine a contact pressure with which an injector unit, which is configured to be disposed on the repair portion, is pressed onto the repair area in order to release a repair agent.
US12098085B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of chemical compounds, compositions and processes. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to compositions having a high-loading capacity in an aqueous medium and to compositions, processes and uses thereof as silica coagulants in hydrometallurgical process streams.
US12098083B1
A device that treats water with multiple wavelengths of light in order to modify the structure of the water. The device may have two light panels on two different sides of a transparent container that holds water to be treated. Each light panel may have light sources that emit three different wavelengths of light. Specific wavelength combinations have been found to produce the desired structural changes in water. Hydrogen and/or oxygen may be added to the water before or during treatment. Potential sources of hydrogen and oxygen may be an electrolysis unit attached to or integrated into the light treatment device, or a hydrogen bearing mineral that may be added to the water. Experiments that treat and then freeze the water demonstrate a novel structure via the formation of unusual crystalline forms in the frozen, treated water.
US12098072B2
A preparation method of a ferrous lithium phosphate material includes the following steps: (1) mixing zinc source, copper source and complexing agent solution, then mixing with iron source and phosphoric acid source, evaporating and dehydrating to obtain a jelly, and then primary sintering the jelly under a protective atmosphere to obtain a solid-phase material; and (2) mixing the solid-phase material prepared in step (1) with a lithium source, grinding and secondary sintering under a protective atmosphere to obtain the ferrous lithium phosphate material.
US12098068B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices for removal of undesired materials are disclosed. Production of desired materials may result in the production of undesired materials. The systems, methods, apparatuses, and devices, may provide for removal of the undesired materials from various environments (e.g., industrial, commercial, residential, natural, etc.). The undesired materials may be removed in a substantially continuous manner and may limit or prevent contamination of an ambient environment with the undesired materials. The undesired materials may be removed with high-pressure vacuum through a fluid flow path that keeps the undesired materials from the ambient environment.
US12098063B2
Mainframes for a self-propelled machine are disclosed. The mainframe includes first and second pockets that extend from the front end to the rear end of the mainframe. A hydraulic reservoir housing extends from the first side to the second side of the mainframe. The hydraulic reservoir housing is disposed between the front end of the mainframe and first and second drive openings.
US12098057B2
Provided are techniques for performing validation of a passenger boarding, where the embodiments include receiving a call request, and detecting beacon information responsive to the call request. The techniques also include validating a boarding status of a passenger that placed the call request based at least in part on the beacon information, and responsive to the validation, transmitting a notification of the boarding status.
US12098053B2
Postprocessing device that controls rotation of pair of folding rollers according to status of sheet
A postprocessing device includes a pair of folding rollers, a folding blade, a transport device, a roller driver, a blade driver, and a drive controller. The drive controller selectively performs one of a first rotation control, including controlling the roller driver to keep rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers constant, while the folding blade is moving away from a nip region, and a second rotation control, including controlling the roller driver to stop the rotation or slow down the rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers, while a tip portion of the folding blade is being withdrawn from a folded portion of a sheaf of sheets folded, and to restore the rotation speed of the pair of folding rollers to original rotation speed, after the tip portion of the folding blade has been removed from the folded portion of the sheaf of sheets folded.
US12098051B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sensor that acquires first and second data groups of paper characteristics by measuring a recording medium; a processor that determines a parameter for controlling at least one of image formation and conveyance of a recording medium on a conveyance path based on the first and second data groups acquired by the sensor; an image former that forms an image on a recording medium conveyed on the conveyance path based on the parameter. The processor compares the first and second paper characteristic data groups, the first paper characteristic data group has been measured at a first time period and the second paper characteristic data group has been measured at a second time period nearer to a present time than the first time period, and the processor controls the image formation based on a the comparison result.
US12098047B2
For the defects that manual adhesive tape pasting is low in efficiency and high in cost, and it is difficult to automatically paste adhesive tapes at specified positions of inner and outer surfaces of an item according to a certain length through a handheld box sealer and an adhesive tape seal pasting mechanism, a cantilever type plane automatic adhesive tape pasting device is invented. A liftable two-stage telescopic cantilever adhesive tape pasting head structure, a roller type automatic adhesive tape feeding structure, an adjustable fixed-length cutting structure and a roller type pasting structure are adopted for the device to achieve the automatic adhesive tape pasting on inner and outer side planes of an item. After the item needing adhesive tape pasting is positioned, the pasting process is completely automatically conducted without manual participation, the labor intensity is reduced, the labor efficiency is improved.
US12098046B1
A portable tape dispenser is disclosed. The portable tape dispenser can comprise a spool and two sidewalls which overhang the spool to capture a roll of tape on the spool. In some examples, one of the sidewalls can have a clip for attaching the portable tape dispenser to a user's clothing. In some examples, the tape dispenser can have features such as a through hole disposed in one of the sidewalls or an extension piece to adjust the width of the spool.
US12098041B2
An image forming apparatus includes a paper feeding cassette, a first conveying unit, a lift mechanism, a motor, a second conveying unit, and a control unit. The controller drives the motor and, if a value indicating a movement amount of the tray moving from when the lift mechanism starts the lifting of the tray until when a position of the top part reaches a first position is a first value, matches a position of the first conveying unit, which comes into contact with the top part to thereby rise together with the tray, with a second position and, if the value indicating the movement amount is a second value larger than the first value, matches the position of the first conveying unit, which comes into contact with the top part to thereby rise together with the tray, with a third position lower than the second position.
US12098029B2
The invention concerns an access station (3) for picking storage containers (106), comprising: •—a picking zone (4), •—at least one conveyor (8,9,21,22) arranged to transport storage containers (106) from an entry position (6) through said picking zone (4) and to an exit position (7), wherein the access station (3) comprises: •—at least one tilting device (13) arranged to tilt a storage container (106) at least in the picking zone (4). The invention further relates to a method for operating such an access station and an automated storage and retrieval system comprising such an access station.
US12098011B2
A resealable package and method for making is provided. The package may comprise a laminate lidding member having an outer structure, an inner structure joined to the outer structure by an adhesive layer, and a pull tab. The laminate includes an outer line of weakness in the outer structure defining a separable opening portion and an inner line of weakness in the inner structure, defining a separable opening portion from the inner portion. The lidding member also comprises a second inner line of weakness formed in the inner structure, disposed between the pull tab and the inner opening portion, partially within the flange seal.
US12098006B2
A closing cap for a container includes a separating line on a lateral wall forming a retaining ring, configured to remain anchored to a neck of the container and extending up to a free edge. A closing element is engageable with the neck, to open or close the container. The separating line is circumferentially interrupted to define in the lateral wall a joining zone, extending at a first angle, in which the retaining ring and the closing element are joined. An engagement element of the retaining ring is bent when the cap is closed. First and second incision lines allow deformability of a connecting portion and a region of the engagement element extending at a second angle, so that when first opening the closing element, the region goes beyond the locking ring and deforms to rest on the locking ring in an extended configuration.
US12098004B2
An exemplary tamper evident tub is disclosed. In various embodiments, the exemplary tub includes one or more breakable tabs in near proximity to a lid latching assembly. The one or more breakable tabs, in particular embodiments, prevent access to one or more lift tabs and latches, while the tamper evident tub lid is in a closed position. In various embodiments, the one or more lift tabs and latches are operable to allow for the lid to be opened from a closed position. In some embodiments, removing the breakable tabs allows access to the one or more lift tabs and latches, and further indicates that the exemplary tub has been tampered with.
US12097994B2
A dunnage support assembly for a transportation or storage container may include pair of panels each defining a channel at a top end thereof, the panels being configured to be received within a transportation or storage container with a top edge of one side wall thereof received within the channel of one panel such that the panel is supported on and by the one side wall, and with a top edge of another side wall thereof received within the channel of the other panel such that the other panel is supported on and by that side wall. One or more elongated support rails are secured to the each panel and oriented to be substantially parallel with the channels, and the support rails are configured to support a plurality of dunnage pouches therebetween and slidable relative thereto.
US12097993B2
A high-strength foam bearing pallet is disclosed. The foam bearing pallet comprises a foam bearing plate and supporting legs configured on the lower end of the foam bearing plate. The foam bearing plate comprises a foam core and a PET reinforcing film covering the outer surface of the foam core to increase its strength. The PET reinforcing film is made of a PET sheet heated and fixed to the outer surface of the foam core through vacuum forming. The PET reinforcing film limits and tightens the foam core to prevent the foam core from deformation or fracture. As the outer surface of the foam core is wholly covered by the reinforcing film, and the reinforcing film limits and tightens the foam core, the foam bearing pallet will have higher strength.
US12097989B2
A system includes a film processing module, a processor, and memory. The processor and memory are in communication with the film processing module. The processor is configured to dynamically coordinate movement of the film processing module relative to a moving web of film and to perform a function on the web of film with the film processing module.
US12097978B2
A service satellite having a body, a controller and a docking unit including a telescopic arm, mounted on a 6-DOF parallel manipulator, and two additional gripping arms. The telescopic arm, deployed from the 6-DOF manipulator, is equipped with a pair of rapid closure digits. The telescopic arm facilitates capturing the launch adaptor ring of a client spacecraft, even during tumbling. The 6-DOF parallel manipulator has force sensors and can accommodate post capturing relative motion through active compliance control and controlled de-tumbling, for avoiding generation of high forces in the telescopic arm. After relative rate annihilation, the telescopic arm retracts and the client ring is secured to the 6-DOF manipulator with the help of a pair of clamps. After the ring is secured, two additional gripping arms secure a rigid connection with the launcher ring so that the docking connection comprises three equally spaced connections.
US12097972B2
An engine inlet cover and a method for covering an engine inlet are provided. A method for covering an engine inlet includes providing a collapsible cover comprising a connection pin defining an axis; a frame including interconnected arms; and a web. Further, the method includes storing the collapsible cover in a stowed configuration in which the arms are aligned. Also, the method includes rotating the arms from the stowed configuration to an operating configuration in which the arms are radially spaced about the axis, enclosing the frame in the operating configuration with the web to define an interior volume, and placing the cover over the engine inlet.
US12097966B2
A fuel pipe assembly is disclosed including a connector having a socket and a lug arrangement extending from the socket, a pipe having a first end portion adapted to fit within the socket, and a retainer having first and second parts which together form a collar configured to retain a pipe. The retainer has an open condition in which a pipe is insertable, and a closed condition. The retainer also has a channel arranged, in the closed condition, to capture the lug arrangement.
US12097951B2
A landing gear assembly is disclosed having a trailing arm for carrying a wheel, a shock absorber pivotally coupled to the arm for damping movement of the arm, and an articulated lock mechanism. The mechanism includes an upper and lower lock links each with a distal end respectively pivotally coupled to the shock and arm. Proximal ends of the lock links are pivotally coupled about a common axis to enable a distance between the distal ends to vary. The mechanism is lockable to lock the assembly in an extended or retracted configuration. When the assembly is in the extended or retracted configuration, the mechanism is locked respectively in an extended or retracted locking configuration, such that the distance between the distal ends of the lock links is substantially the same in either extended or retracted locking configuration.
US12097950B2
An aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a main leg, a foldable stay and a lock link configured to hold the foldable stay in position when the landing gear is extended. The foldable stay includes a first stay member and a second stay member, and the landing gear is configured such that the second stay member rotates in a first direction from a first position to a second position as the landing gear moves from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. An end stop is arranged such that in the event the lock link fails, the second stay member rotates in the first direction from the second position to a third position in which the stay contacts the end stop thereby preventing further movement of the second stay member in the first direction and wherein the foldable stay goes over centre as the second stay member moves from the first position to the third position.
US12097948B2
A propulsion system, including a rotor arrangement rotatably mounted with respect to a nacelle about a rotor axis. The rotor arrangement includes rotor blades, each being pivotably mounted to a hub element about a respective blade pivot axis, the rotor blades being deployable between an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration. The nacelle includes a nacelle body having a nacelle outer surface including facet elements and transition elements, each facet element extending aft from the hub element, each adjacent pair of facet elements being circumferentially spaced from one another by a corresponding transition element, each facet element having a first curvature with respect to the rotor axis, each transition element having a second curvature with respect to the rotor axis. The first curvature is different from the second curvature. In the undeployed configuration, each rotor blade is in overlying and fully external relationship with respect to a corresponding facet element.
US12097945B2
A vessel operation system includes a propulsion apparatus to generate a forward thrust or a backward thrust by output of an engine, a throttle actuator to change a throttle opening degree of the engine, a first operator, a second operator, and a controller. When the propulsion apparatus generates a backward thrust, the controller sets a first target value within a range not more than a first upper limit value in accordance with an operation of the first operator and control the throttle actuator so that the throttle opening degree reaches the first target value. The controller sets a second target value within a range not more than a second upper limit value larger than the first upper limit value in accordance with an operation of the second operator and control the throttle actuator so that the throttle opening degree reaches the second target value.
US12097943B1
The pair of transom mounting brackets are movably coupled to a pair of tensioning rods, which allows the adjustment of the transom mounting brackets. There is a lower cross brace and a pair of upper cross braces. A slide plate is slidably coupled to the transom mounting brackets. A pair of hydraulic cylinders are coupled to the lower cross brace and each of the hydraulic cylinders is operatively coupled to the slide plate. A pair of motor mounting plate offsets are coupled to the slide plate and to a multi-engine mounting plate.
US12097938B2
A diving mask (1) comprising a rigid frame (101), at least one lens (102, 103), and a face mask (104) made of soft and elastically yielding material fixed to the rigid frame (101), where the face mask (104) has at least one opening (106, 107) for positioning at least one lens (102, 103), a front hollow projection (112) for housing the nose of the diver and a rear perimeter profile (105) applicable sealingly to the face of the diver so as to delimit an internal space (113) between said mask (1) and the face of the diver adapted to contain the nose and eyes of the diver, where the face mask (104) has a means for cooling the damp air exhaled from the nose of the diver for the dehumidification thereof before reaching the at least one lens (102, 103).
US12097937B2
A combination float and bracket assembly for a floating structure that includes a float body made of closed-cell foam with a plurality of transversely aligned L-shaped brackets that extend upward from the float body's top surface. Each bracket includes horizontal and vertical flanges, During manufacturing, a plurality of bracket cutouts are formed in the float body's top surface, and a bracket is then inserted into each bracket cutout so that the brackets' vertical flanges extend upward above the top surface. Connectors attach the vertical flanges to a frame member. In one embodiment, a transversely aligned void area is formed in the float body adjacent to the vertical flange. The void area receives the frame member that extends over the top surface of the float body and attaches to the vertical flange. Also disclosed is a floating structure with a frame attached to a plurality of float and bracket assemblies.
US12097928B2
A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that is configured to control an electric component of the human-powered vehicle in at least one control state selected from multiple control states that at least partially differ from each other. A number of the at least one control state is changeable. A human-powered vehicle control system includes the human-powered vehicle control device. Also, a method is carried out to set a control state of the human-powered vehicle control device.
US12097924B2
A storage container for a saddle riding-type vehicle, the container including an electric device requiring a power supply for the operation thereof, a wireless power receiver configured to obtain electrical power from an electromagnetic field generated by a wireless power transmitter, and a power supply circuit operatively connected to the wireless power receiver and to the electric device to supply the electric device with the electrical power obtained from the electromagnetic field.
US12097920B2
A snowmobile including a warming element at a handlebar of the snowmobile. The warming element is configured to generate heat in response to electrical current driven therethrough. A user interface is configured to receive inputs from an operator of the snowmobile. The inputs include a first temperature input setting a first predetermined temperature for the warming element. A control assembly includes a warmer control button configured for setting the warming element at the first predetermined temperature. A control module is included with the control assembly and in receipt of inputs from the user interface and the control assembly. The control module is configured to, when the first predetermined temperature is selected by way of the warmer control button, direct sufficient electrical current to the warming element to generate heat equal to the first predetermined temperature.
US12097917B2
A steering control device is configured to control a steering device as a controlled object, the steering device having a structure in which transmission of power between a steering portion and a turning portion is cut off. The steering control device includes a central processing unit. The central processing unit is configured to execute a reduction process in a case where at least either one of a travel state amount and a steering state amount is a state amount indicating that a target turning-corresponding angle does not change. The reduction process is a process of reducing a driving current to be supplied to a turning motor.
US12097914B2
A track for traction of a vehicle (e.g., a snowmobile), in which the track is studded, i.e., comprises studs, to enhance its traction, including to optimize acceleration, control, and/or braking of the vehicle, such as, for example, by increasing engagement of the studs with a ground on which the vehicle travels (e.g., increasing their number and/or exposure) and/or improving retention of the studs in the track (e.g., better orienting and/or anchoring them), while being lightweight, reducing noise, and/or withstanding high speeds.
US12097911B2
Provided is a steering system capable of enhancing traveling stability when a vehicle drives straight and improving small-turn performance. The steering system includes: a first steering device; a second steering device including a mechanical section configured to individually steer each of left and right wheels by driving a steering actuator and a control section configured to control the steering actuator; and a vehicle information detection section configured to detect a velocity of the vehicle and a steering angle. The control section includes a turning angle control module configured to control the steering actuator pursuant to a predetermined rule in accordance with the velocity of the vehicle and the steering angle so as to control turning angles of the left and right wheels.
US12097905B2
An embodiment frame joint structure includes a plurality of body members, each body member including a closed section portion having a closed section of a set shape and a flange portion integrally extending from the closed section portion, and a plurality of joints, each joint having a first end coupled to a connection point of a respective one of the body members and a second end coupled to an adjacent joint.
US12097902B2
A vehicle rear portion structure includes: a rear side frame extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle; a bumper beam disposed on a rear side of the rear side frame; and a rear panel provided between the rear side frame and the bumper beam. The rear panel includes a peripheral edge frame structure which is provided at an upper part of the bumper beam, and which has a closed cross-sectional structure. An upper projection of the bumper beam is in contact with a panel of the peripheral edge frame structure.
US12097895B2
A train management method includes sending a registration request to a takeover zone controller (ZC) in response to determining that the train enters an area of co-management, so that the takeover ZC calculates a second movement authority (MA) of the train according to the registration request and exchanges information with a handover ZC, determining a target MA according to a first MA of the handover ZC for the train and the second MA of the takeover ZC for the train, and traveling according to the target MA within the area of co-management. The area of co-management is composed of a part of an area of management of the handover ZC and a part of an area of management of the takeover ZC.
US12097893B2
The use of short consists of powered and unpowered freight cars for moving cargo from its source to transfer facilities is described. The use of short consists of powered and unpowered freight cars can enable the efficient operation of unit trains. Single self-powered rail cars or short consists (up to about 25 cars) can overcome a number of problems associated with long unit trains such as dynamic instabilities, inability to stop quickly if needed and long headway time required between trains. A system of feeder trains (aggregators) to facilitate keeping unit trains in more or less constant motion is described. The use of gearing and shafts for power transmission from traction motors installed on various types of freight cars using the structure of the existing freight car truck is also described.
US12097888B2
A power supply facility includes a wireless communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating with a plurality of electric vehicles traveling in line, a plurality of power supply coils installed at a predetermined interval, and an inter-vehicle calculation unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of information including power supply coil interval information indicating a distance of the predetermined interval, information on an entire length of a vehicle body of each of the plurality of electric vehicles, and information on a position of a power reception coil installed in each of the vehicle bodies, and calculate an inter-vehicle distance for leading each of the plurality of electric vehicles to be parked in accordance with the acquired plurality of pieces of information so as to align the plurality of power supply coils with the power reception coils to face each other.
US12097885B2
Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle for providing a shoulder function. Under a first condition, a motor vehicle is detected on a shoulder of a roadway via at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with at least one predetermined first criterion. Under a second condition, a steering behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle is determined in accordance with a second criterion, where a shoulder function is executed in accordance with which an automatic driving intervention. Under a third condition, an obstacle ahead of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel is detected by the at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with a specified third criterion, where a control signal influencing the execution of the shoulder function is output.
US12097882B2
In some implementations, a device associated with a vehicle may receive, based on user input to an interface of the vehicle, information indicating an incident associated with the vehicle, wherein the user input indicates at least one of: whether the incident is associated with the user of the vehicle, or whether the incident is associated with an event outside of the vehicle. The device may transmit, to a system and via a transceiver of the vehicle, a message indicating the incident associated with the vehicle. The device may receive, from the system and via the transceiver of the vehicle, an acknowledgement of the message, wherein the acknowledgement indicates a classification of the incident. The device may cause the vehicle to perform one or more actions based on the incident associated with the vehicle and based on the classification of the incident.
US12097881B2
An approach is provided for determining an autonomous vehicle reaction strategy when facing a wrong way driving vehicle. The approach, for example, involves processing mapping data, sensor data, or a combination thereof to develop a map of an area within a threshold distance of an autonomous vehicle in response to a detection of an oncoming vehicle that is driving in a wrong direction towards the autonomous vehicle. The approach also involves using a decision tree of a plurality of candidate strategies for avoiding the oncoming vehicle to select a strategy based on one or more attributes of the map. The approach further involves presenting the selected strategy in a user interface of the autonomous vehicle.
US12097878B2
A system receives information describing paths traversed by vehicles of a vehicle type, for example, a bicycle or a motorcycle. The system determines locations along the paths. For each location the system determines a measure of likelihood of encountering vehicles of the vehicle type in traffic at the location. The system selects a subset of locations based on the measure of likelihood and obtains sensor data captured at the subset of locations. The system uses the sensor data as training dataset for training a machine learning based model configured to receive input sensor data describing traffic and output a score used for navigation of autonomous vehicles. The machine learning model is provided to a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle for navigation of the autonomous vehicle.
US12097877B2
A method is described and includes subsequent to an autonomous vehicle becoming immobilized, initiating a local assistance request; subsequent to the initiating, receiving local assistance input from a passenger of the autonomous vehicle; and using the local assistance input to determine an action to be taken by the autonomous vehicle to mobilize the autonomous vehicle.
US12097863B2
Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle during an end of assembly line test are presented. In one example, torque of an integrated starter/generator (ISG) is adjusted so that the ISG may not affect engine data that is collected during end of assembly line engine testing. The collected engine data may be a basis for adapting engine operation.
US12097862B2
A system and method for controlling a merge vehicle travelling along a highway having a merge lane and a main lane. The method includes receiving merge data about the merge vehicle and a surrounding environment of the merge vehicle. The method includes detecting an intent to perform a merge maneuver by the merge vehicle from the merge lane to the main lane based on the merge data. Further, the method includes generating a graph having a plurality of nodes connected by edges. The plurality of nodes includes a start node set to a current position of the merge vehicle and a goal node located in the main lane after the merge lane has ended. The method includes calculating a three-dimensional (3D) trajectory based on the graph by optimizing edge costs from the start node to the goal node, and controlling the merge vehicle based on the 3D trajectory.
US12097857B2
A platooning control system includes a platoon controller that generates environmental maps used for platooning of vehicles, and a travel controller that controls travel of a following vehicle following a leading vehicle. The platoon controller generates the environmental maps each representing the position of an object around the vehicles, and delivers the maps to the following vehicle. The travel controller transmits object information indicating the position of an object detected from environmental data outputted by an environmental sensor mounted on the following vehicle to the platoon controller, executes update so that the position of the object represented in the latest environmental map is changed to the position of the object at the time when the following vehicle reaches the position of the leading vehicle represented in the latest environmental map, and controls travel of the following.
US12097856B2
A system and a method for adjusting a yielding space of a platoon are provided. The system can include camera modules, sensors, interface circuitry, processing circuitry, and memory. The sensors can detect one or more behaviors of one or more vehicles adjacent to the platoon. The processing circuitry can determine one or more triggering events between the one or more vehicles and the platoon based on the one or more behaviors. The processing circuitry can adjust the yielding space of the platoon.
US12097851B2
A mobile object control device includes a recognizer that recognizes a surroundings situation of a mobile object, and a controller that controls an acceleration and deceleration of the mobile object based on the surroundings situation recognized by recognize, and the controller sets a risk area at a first reference position based on an end of an obstacle present around the mobile object in a traveling direction of the mobile object when a predicted trajectory in which another mobile object is estimated to move and a future trajectory of the mobile object interfere with each other, and the length of a target area corresponding to the predicted trajectory in a predicted trajectory direction is equal to or larger than a predetermined length with respect to the target area difficult for the recognizer to recognize due to the obstacle, and controls at least the speed of the mobile object based on the set risk area.
US12097839B2
A device for determining lane type and method thereof are provided. The device for determining lane type according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a camera for acquiring an around view image around a vehicle, a GPS receiver for receiving GPS information, and a controller communicatively connected to the camera and the GPS receiver. Here, the controller is configured to recognize a scene of the image acquired by the camera, detect lanes and road markings from the recognized scene, comprise a classifier adapted based on the GPS information, classify the detected lanes and road markings by the classifier, and confirm a type of the classified lanes.
US12097835B2
Assembly comprising a vehicle (13, 13a-c) having a plurality of wheels (2), each of the wheels (2) arranged to support a weight of the vehicle (13) against an underlying surface (5); a sensor (10) operable to measure a force between one of the wheels (2) and a body of the vehicle (13, 13a-c); and a processor (15) configured to receive measurement data from the sensor (10). There is also provided a method for measuring conditions of a drive surface (5) and a method of operating vehicles (13, 13a-d) on a road (5).
US12097834B2
A method for determining an operating variable of a drum brake comprises actuating the brake in at least one of: a first wheel speed range and a second wheel speed range. The operating variable is calculated based on bearing force of a leading brake shoe and the further bearing force of a trailing brake shoe when in the first wheel speed range. The operating variable is calculated when in the second wheel speed range based on a current actuator position and an actuator contact position, in which brake shoes of the drum brake come into engagement with a drum of the drum brake.
US12097826B2
This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to washing a vehicle in a car wash. In an example method, a car wash controller in a car wash detects a vehicle inside a bay of the car wash and selects a piece of equipment for washing a certain portion of the vehicle. Selecting the equipment may be based on an amount of dirt present on the portion of the vehicle, which can be, for example, a front portion, a rear portion, a side portion, a roof, or an underbody of the vehicle. The car wash controller may query a driver of the vehicle to determine a detergent preference. A car wash system computer in the vehicle may specify an amount of water to be used for washing the vehicle. The car wash controller washes the portion of the car using the detergent and the specified amount of water.
US12097821B1
A vehicle seat system includes a seat including a seat base and a seat back having a first end pivotally connected to the seat base and a second end. A belt guide system is mounted adjacent to the second end. The belt guide system includes a guide mechanism supportable in a vehicle. The guide mechanism including a guide track having a first end section, a second end section, and an intermediate section extending between the first end and the second end. A shuttle arranged at the guide track. The shuttle is shiftable between the first end section and the second end section. An actuator is operatively connected to the shuttle. The actuator is operable to shift the shuttle between the first end section and the second end section. A belt guide is mounted to the shuttle.
US12097816B2
An electrical connection box includes an insulating connection box housing and an insulating branch box housing. The insulating connection box housing stores a conductive connection box bus bar therein, and the insulating branch box housing stores a conductive branch box bus bar therein. The branch box housing and the connection box housing are stacked in a vertical direction. The connection box bus bar and the branch box bus bar are electrically connected by bringing connection box bus bar tip portions of the connection box bus bar into direct contact with branch box bus bar tip portions of the branch box bus bar and by jointly fastening the tip portions using bus bar fastening members.
US12097814B2
A vehicular device includes a control unit, a main board on which the control unit is mounted, and a module that has a functional unit having different specifications depending on a product model of the vehicular device. The module has a module side control unit configured to control the functional unit of the module. The main board and the module are housed in a casing and connected with each other through a common interface regardless of the specifications of the functional unit. The module side control unit is configured to control the functional unit based on a control command received from the control unit, the control command being common regardless of the specifications of the functional unit.
US12097811B2
A wiring member includes: at least one wire-like transmission member; a first sheet to which a first section located along a longitudinal direction in the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a second sheet to which a second section located along a longitudinal direction in the wire-like transmission member is fixed, wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are separated, and at least one bending trace is formed in an intermediate section between the first section and the second section in the wire-like transmission member.
US12097802B2
A safe driving determination apparatus includes an angle value identification part that identifies an angle value indicating a face direction angle of a driver with respect to the traveling direction of a vehicle, an offset value determination part that determines an offset value of the angle value corresponding to an imaging direction of the imaging device with respect to a face of the driver using the angle value identified by the angle value identification part over a predetermined period of time, and a determination part that starts determining whether or not the driver is in a state of being inattentive to the road ahead on the basis of a relationship between the offset value and the angle value after the offset value determination part determines the offset value.
US12097800B2
A visual front alert system attached to a vehicle windshield for instructing observers as to movement of the vehicle. A strip shaped body incorporates a plurality of illuminating elements communicating with a PCBA. An accelerometer connected to the PCBA, with a power supply operating the accelerometer and PCBA. In response to a determined acceleration of the structure, the accelerometer inputting a signal to the PCBA representative of the vehicle movement and the PCBA in turn providing an output signal causing illuminating elements to generate a visual output corresponding to said input signal. The visual output further includes a first output representative of a steady or accelerating motion of the vehicle and a second output further representative of a decelerating or braking condition of the vehicle.
US12097794B2
A load ramp for a vehicle includes a corrugated layer that has a first surface and a second surface. A first layer is positioned adjacent to the first surface of the corrugated layer. A second layer is positioned adjacent to the second surface of the corrugated layer such that the corrugated layer is positioned between the first and second layers. A thickness of the load ramp can be in the range of about 10 mm to about 30 mm. A load capacity of the load ramp can be at least about 100 kg. A method of manufacturing the load ramp is also disclosed.
US12097789B2
The present invention provides a construction machine, which includes a cabin in which a driver is seated, the construction machine including a ventilated seat having fans, an air conditioning device configured to adjust an internal temperature of the cabin, and ducts extending from the air conditioning device and configured to guide an air flow, in which the ducts branches to include a first duct extending toward an upper side of the cabin, and a second duct extending toward a rear side of the ventilated seat. Therefore, it is possible to improve a cooling effect that the driver actually feels.
US12097782B2
A battery management device includes: a first switch state acquisition unit configured to acquire the state of an ignition switch; a determination unit configured to determine to perform correction control for correcting an error in the state of charge (SOC) of the battery when the ignition switch is operated from ON to OFF; a correction control unit configured to perform the correction control of the SOC of the battery when it is determined that the correction control is to be performed; and a second switch state acquisition unit configured to acquire the state of a cancel switch for canceling the execution of the correction control. When the ignition switch is operated from ON to OFF while the cancel switch is ON, the determination unit determines that the correction control is not to be performed.
US12097780B2
A power supply/reception matching device includes a communicator, an acquirer configured to acquire a power reception request or a power supply request including information for identifying a type and a charge rate of a battery through the communicator, a matching processor configured to match a power supplying vehicle and a power receiving vehicle on the basis of the power reception request and the power supply request acquired by the acquirer, and a guider configured to cause the communicator to transmit a processing result from the matching process to devices of transmitters of the power reception request and the power supply request.
US12097777B2
Methods and systems for predicting a potential alternator failure in a motor vehicle are provided. The method includes determining a potential alternator undercharging condition if a duration between the maximum cranking voltage time stamp and the maximum device voltage time stamp is greater than an undercharging indicator duration threshold. Advantageously, an alternator may be repaired or replaced before it fails thus averting having the motor vehicle become inoperable.
US12097775B2
In a vehicle power supply device mounted on a vehicle and obtaining a low voltage power supply from a high voltage power supply via a step-down means, electric shock to the human body is prevented without using an insulating means such as a transformer. A vehicle power supply device converts power from high voltage to low voltage by selectively connecting a predetermined power storage element group to a low voltage electric load from a high voltage power supply formed by connecting power storage elements in series. A leakage current from the high voltage power supply is measured during the dead time period when the power storage element group is not connected to the low voltage electric load. When the value exceeds a predetermined value, cutting off the power supply from the high-voltage power supply to the high-voltage load device, so that electric shock is prevented.
US12097758B2
A utility vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission and an intake duct including an intake passage that guides cooling air to an internal space of a CVT case of the continuously variable transmission. The intake duct includes: a peripheral wall that includes a downstream tube portion having an elongated section and defines the intake passage; a bridge that extends in a transverse direction of the downstream tube portion and couples a pair of opposing wall portions of the downstream tube portion to each other, the opposing wall portions being opposed to each other in the transverse direction; and two outflow openings that are defined by the peripheral wall and the bridge and are lined up in a longitudinal direction of the downstream tube portion.
US12097755B2
A side sill part (6) for an automotive vehicle comprises an outer sill member (10) and an inner sill member (12), and defining between them an outer volume (47). The side sill part also includes an external profile part (68), defining with the inner sill member (12) an inner volume (74), and a first profile part (48) extending in the outer volume (47). The first profile part comprising at least one outer contact portion (50), at least one inner contact portion (52), and at least one joining wall (54) joining the outer contact portion (50) and the inner contact portion (52). The side sill part further includes a second profile part (88) extending in the inner volume (74), comprising at least one outer contact portion (90), at least one inner contact portion (92), and at least one joining wall (94) joining the outer contact portion (90) and the inner contact portion (92).
US12097746B2
An embodiment heat exchanger includes a first flow path through which a refrigerant discharged from a condenser and drawn into an expansion valve flows and a second flow path through which the refrigerant discharged from a vapor-liquid separator and drawn into a compressor flows, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to perform a heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing through the first flow path and the refrigerant flowing through the second flow path.
US12097742B2
There is provided a suspension arm for a vehicle used in a suspension device of a vehicle. The suspension arm may include: a body portion constituting a basic body of the suspension arm; and a plurality of mounting portions configured to connect the suspension arm to a wheel-side member or a vehicle-body-side member. At least one of the plurality of mounting portions may be configured to include a bushing coupling portion and a fastening portion formed to extend from the bushing coupling portion to one side, such that the fastening portion may be coupled to a coupling portion provided on one side of the body portion in surface-contact with state.
US12097739B2
A rinsing system includes: a pump control module configured to, when a hydraulic line is connected to a port that is fluidly connected to a hydraulic line of a suspension system, selectively operate a hydraulic fluid pump of the suspension system and pump hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fluid tank of the suspension system through the hydraulic fluid pump toward the hydraulic line; and a valve control module configured to, when the hydraulic line is connected to the port and the hydraulic fluid pump is pumping hydraulic fluid, open valves of the suspension system and fluidly connect the hydraulic fluid pump with the hydraulic line.
US12097736B2
A vehicle includes an outside sensor configured to acquire information on an outside circumstance of the vehicle, a vehicle height adjusting device configured to adjust a vehicle height, and a control device configured to control the vehicle. The control device is configured to control the vehicle height adjusting device such that the vehicle height becomes a vehicle height corresponding to a platform condition at a predetermined stop position when the vehicle stops at the predetermined stop position. The control device is configured to control the vehicle height adjusting device based on a height of an obstacle such that the obstacle does not interfere with the vehicle when the obstacle is detected at the predetermined stop position by the outside sensor.
US12097734B2
A suspension includes inner magnets coupled to an inner cylindrical member and outer magnets coupled to an outer cylindrical member that circumscribes the inner cylindrical member. The inner magnets are stacked on top of one another in an axial direction and include a first set having a first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having a second polarity. The outer magnets are stacked on top of one another in the axial direction and include a first set having the first polarity alternately arrayed with a second set having the second polarity. Each inner magnet in the first set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the second set and each inner magnet in the second set is radially aligned with an outer magnet in the first set to provide an attractive electromagnetic field between the magnets that passively absorbs axial displacement between the inner and outer cylindrical members.
US12097723B2
Provided is a retractable writing instrument including a pen point, a barrel, and a clip. The pen point is configured to be in a state of projecting from the barrel or a state of being retracted into the barrel by sliding the clip in a longitudinal direction of the barrel. The clip includes a clip body extending in the longitudinal direction of the barrel, a ball portion provided on a front side of the clip body and projecting in a direction of a surface of the barrel, and a clip base provided on a rear side of the clip body and is configured to produce a biasing force in a direction of a surface of the barrel. The surface of the barrel includes a guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction of the barrel and provided with a pair of side surfaces to restrict lateral movement of the ball portion, and the guide groove has a through groove capable of causing the ball portion to be in a noncontact state in a direction of the biasing force at least when the pen point is in the retracted state.
US12097722B2
A thermoplastic writing composition includes at least one particulate filler including one or more of days, silicates, or carbonates, at least one thermoplastic binder material including one or more of high density polyethylene, polypropylene, and styrene, one or more waxes chosen from soy wax, paraffin wax, and beeswax, at least one colorant, and optionally, at least one surfactant.
US12097721B2
A trifold organizer includes a front page that includes a cover surface and a front page inner surface; a back page that includes a back surface and a back page inner surface; an inner page between the front page and the back page, the inner page comprises a inner page front surface and a back inner page surface; a power supply mounted to the back inner page surface; a light in electrical communication with the power supply; and a charging port in electrical communication with the power supply.
US12097707B2
A wiping device includes a wiping member and a moving part. The wiping member wipes a liquid off a nozzle surface of a recording head. The moving part moves the wiping member along the nozzle surface in a predetermined moving direction. The wiping member performs a first wiping operation in which the wiping member is moved while not coming into contact with the nozzle surface but coming into contact with the liquid adhering to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping operation in which the wiping member is moved while coming into contact with the nozzle surface after the first wiping operation.
US12097706B2
An inkjet device includes a stage, a first suction member, a second suction member, a spray member, and a substrate. The first suction member is at a first side surface of the stage. The second suction member is at a second side surface of the stage. The spray member is configured to store ink and to move above top surfaces of the stage, the first suction member, and the second suction member, the spray member including a body and a nozzle at a side of the body to discharge the ink. The substrate is on the stage in which the ink discharged from the spray member is printed on the substrate.
US12097697B2
An ink jet recording head that includes a substrate having an ejection orifice for ejecting a liquid and a member provided with a recessed portion for accommodating the substrate, the head including a gap formed between a wall of the recessed portion of the member and the substrate, and a sealing material that seals the gap, in which the sealing material contains a cured product of a composition containing at least a hydrogenated bisphenol A type epoxy resin, a solid basic compound, and polythiol.
US12097689B2
A method for forming of a building panel with a surface including a thermosetting resin such that tension created during curing of the surface is reduced or eliminated. Method for producing a panel with a wood based core and a surface layer including a thermosetting resin wherein the method including: curing and connecting the surface layer to the core while applying heat and pressure in a first main pressing step, thus raising a temperature of the surface layer above an initial temperature; applying a bending force on the panel after the first main pressing step to bend the panel such that an uppermost surface of the panel is convex an a lowermost surface of the panel is concave while the panel is still above the initial temperature; and releasing the bending force such that the panel springs back to an essentially flat shape.
US12097681B2
An intercellular structure and a battery module including the intercellular structure, and a method of assembling the battery module are provided. The intercellular structure includes a honeycomb structure including a plurality of hexagonal cells. Each of the plurality of hexagonal cells has an open-ended top and an open-ended bottom and is configured to be arranged around a middle section of one of a plurality of battery cells. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells arranged in a predetermined pattern and the honeycomb structure including the plurality of hexagonal cells.
US12097675B2
Provided are a cylindrical base, a master and a method for manufacturing a master enabling a uniform transfer of a fine pattern. A cylindrical base of a quartz glass having an internal strain in terms of birefringence of less than 70 nm/cm is used. A resist layer is deposited to an outer circumference surface of this cylindrical base, a latent image is formed on the resist layer, the latent image formed on the resist layer is developed and the pattern of the developed resist layer is used as a mask for etching to form a structure including concaves or convexes arranged in a plurality of rows on the outer circumference surface of the cylindrical base.
US12097671B2
A device for inflating and sealing an inflatable object comprising an air-tight tube, at least one hermetic connector reversibly coupled to either end or both ends of said air-tight tube and a source of pressure connected to either one end, second end or said at least one hermetic connector. The airtight tube serves as both storage means and transfer means for a sealing agent. The device allows transfer of said sealant agent in a largely laminar flow, aiding solid and semi-solid materials in said sealant agent to align in the direction of said flow and pass securely throw the valve mechanism without clogging. The inflatable object may be inflated and sealed without removal of the valve mechanism of said inflatable object and may be charged with pressurized gas and sealant agent contemporaneously.
US12097653B2
A method of manufacturing a length of lined pipe inserts a radially contracted liner pipe into an outer host pipe. Injector needles are inserted through an end of the outer pipe into an annular gap between the pipes. Adhesive is injected between the pipes at locations inboard of the end of the outer pipe. After withdrawing the injectors, at least a portion of the liner pipe is expanded to close the gap and to bond the pipes together via the injected adhesive. Shims can be inserted into the gap between the pipes. A portion of the liner pipe inboard of the shims can be expanded radially while the shims constrain local radial expansion of an outboard portion of the liner pipe to maintain the gap for accommodating the injectors. Withdrawing the shims after injecting the adhesive allows radial expansion of the outboard portion to close the gap between the pipes.
US12097651B2
A molding device includes a mold cavity defined by an upper mold, a lower mold and a middle mold being moveably attached to the lower mold; a position control mechanism configured to move the middle mold; and a gas discharging mechanism disposed adjacent to the mold cavity and including a gas conduit and a slit jointly defined by the upper mold and the lower mold when the molding device is closed, the slit is in communication with the mold cavity and the gas conduit. A molding method includes injecting a material into a mold cavity to form an article in the mold cavity; discharging at least a portion of a gas out of the mold cavity through a slit of a gas discharging mechanism adjacent to the mold cavity after the article is formed; disengaging a upper mold from a lower mold; and detaching the article from a middle mold.
US12097650B2
A runner for supplying resin to a cavity includes a sprue that is supplied resin from a nozzle of an injection molding machine, a first path formed in the runner, where the resin flows in the first path from the nozzle when the nozzle connects to the sprue, a first pin that moves to a first position to increase the size of the first path before the resin is supplied to the first path and moves to a second position to decrease the size of the first path before the nozzle separates from the sprue.
US12097644B1
A method of manufacturing a part with a plurality of cut segments includes receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus and removing material during one or more first passes with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments in the sheet of material. The method also includes forming a tab by removing material during the one or more first passes with the machining apparatus for forming the segments, the tab connecting two segments within the sheet of material to each other and removing material with the machining apparatus to form joints on the segments.
US12097641B2
A method for separating a solid-body layer from a donor substrate includes providing a donor substrate having a planar surface, a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the planar surface, and a peripheral surface, and producing modifications within the donor substrate using at least one LASER beam. The at least one LASER beam penetrates the donor substrate via the peripheral surface at an angle not equal to 90° relative to the longitudinal axis of the donor substrate. The method further includes producing a stress-inducing polymer layer on the planar surface of the donor substrate, and producing mechanical stresses in the donor substrate by a thermal treatment of the stress-inducing polymer layer. The mechanical stresses produce a crack for separating the solid-body layer, and wherein the crack propagates along the modifications.
US12097640B2
A plant for the production of slabs from a mixture of agglomerate comprises a station (50) with a mixture distribution unit (52) which pours the mixture onto the inner surface of a slab forming mould (11) present in the station. The mould (11) is provided with a sheet (15) of plastic protective material arranged above the inner surface of the mould and which forms the surface for contact with the mixture which is introduced into the mould by the distribution unit (52). The station comprises air suction means which are coupled/connected to suction ducts (54) which are present in the mould and which emerge with their front end inside the mould in a zone of the mould situated between the inner surface of the mould and the sheet (15), so as to allow the suction of air between the sheet and this inner surface and bring the sheet (15) against this surface by means of a vacuum. A method for the production of slabs is also described.
US12097631B2
A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed. The method may include the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.
US12097629B2
A cartridge for a razor comprises a plurality of blade supports, wherein at least one blade support further comprises a blade attached to an inner surface of the at least one blade support that faces away from a shaving surface, wherein the at least one blade support comprises a first optical feature disposed on a portion of an outer surface of the at least one blade support that faces towards the shaving surface, and wherein the first optical feature is a first thermochromic portion configured to change colour based on a temperature of the at least one blade support according to a first temperature response of the first thermochromic portion.
US12097625B2
Systems and methods for identifying a robot end effector in a processing environment may utilize one or more sensors for digitally recording visual information and providing that information to an industrial workflow. The sensor(s) may be positioned to record at least one image of the robot including the end effector. A processor may determine the identity of the end effector from the recorded image(s) and a library or database stored digital models.
US12097620B2
Provided are methods and apparatus for environment-adaptive robotic disinfecting. In an example, provided is a method that can include (i) creating, from digital images, a map of a structure; (ii) identifying a location of a robot in the structure; (iii) segmenting, using a machine learning-based classifying algorithm trained based on object affordance information, the digital images to identify potentially contaminated surfaces within the structure; (iv) creating a map of potentially contaminated surfaces within the structure; (v) calculating a trajectory of movement of the robot to move the robot to a location of a potentially contaminated surface in the potentially contaminated surfaces; and (vi) moving the robot along the trajectory of movement to position a directional decontaminant source adjacent to the potentially contaminated surface. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12097619B2
A method and system for robot motion control using a model predictive control (MPC) technique including torque rate control and suppression of end tooling oscillation. An MPC module includes a robot dynamics model which inherently reflects response nonlinearities associated with changes in robot configuration, and an optimization solver having an objective function with a torque rate term and inequality constraints defining bounds on both torque and torque rate. The torque rate control in the MPC module provides an effective means of controlling jerk in robot joints, while accurately modeling robot dynamics as the robot changes configuration during a motion program. End tooling oscillation dynamics may also be included in the MPC objective function and constraints in order to automatically control end tooling vibration in the calculations of the MPC module.
US12097602B2
The hand-held power tool (1) includes a transmission housing (24) for receiving a transmission (23), a motor housing (25) for receiving a motor (5), a bearing plate (28) arranged between the transmission housing (24) and the motor housing (25) for mounting a shaft (21) of the motor (5), at least one first screw (32) which fastens the bearing plate (28) to the motor housing (25), wherein the first screw (32) is not in engagement with the transmission housing (24), and at least one second screw (33) which fastens the transmission housing (24) to the bearing plate (28), wherein the second screw (33) is not in engagement with the motor housing (25).
US12097594B2
A modular fixture plate system comprising: at least one interlocking fixture plate comprising at least one of a male end and a female end, wherein the male end comprises at least one male projection and the female end comprises at least one female recess; and a docking plate comprising at least one of at least one male projection and at least one female recess; wherein at least one male projection or female recess of the at least one interlocking fixture plate is interlocked with a mating one of the at least one male projection or the at least one female recess of the docking plate.
US12097587B2
A workholding device for positioning a workpiece on a machining equipment, comprising a sacrificial support for supporting the workpiece, a workpiece holding layer formed of a curable material applied onto the sacrificial support, a curable material collector, a curing processing unit which comprises a controller and a curing rate regulator, and a bearing assembly for supporting the sacrificial support, the curable material collector and the curing processing unit, wherein the curable material is a solid which is viscous before curing and elastic after curing and has a melting point above 1000° C.
US12097586B2
A method and system temporarily holds a workpiece, most suitably an aero engine turbine blade element during manufacture. The workholding system includes a support body with a contoured body surface, complementary to a workpiece surface, formed of a transparent material to define a bonding zone. The support body is supported by a base to form a workpiece shuttle, and a bond station receives the workpiece shuttle. Complementary zero-point locating elements on the shuttle and station assure accurate positioning. The bond station further has workpiece locating elements configured to accurately position the workpiece on the shuttle in a predetermined position relative to the zero-point locating elements of the shuttle, thereby compensating for shuttle-to-shuttle variance. An adhesive, such as a UV curable adhesive, is applied to the bonding zone and cured by UV through the transparent material, thereby fixing the workpiece in the predetermined position.
US12097583B2
A method of repairing an ultra-large single-piece cast component of a vehicle body. The method includes the steps of locating a damaged portion of the cast component, determining an extent of the damaged portion of the ultra-large cast component, defining a cut-line sectioning off the damaged portion from an undamaged portion of the ultra-large cast component, cutting along the cut-line to excise the damaged portion from the undamaged portion of the ultra-large cast component, and joining a replacement piece to the undamaged portion of the ultra-large cast component. The replacement piece is fabricated based on the original manufacturer's geometry and dimensional data of the excised damaged portion. The undamaged portion of the ultra-large cast component remains on the vehicle body during the repair.
US12097580B2
A hinge is formed having a hinge bolt and a U-shaped hinge support with a hinge base, an upper limb and a lower limb. The method includes placing the hinge support in manufacturing apparatus having a support base, a workpiece holder having a fixed clamping jaw and a movable clamping jaw, a tool die which includes a tubular die support and a press contour, and a press piston. The press piston is movable along a first axis to apply an adjustable pressing force on the hinge support. The support base includes cylindrical guide shafts to movably guide the workpiece holder along a second axis. The hinge support is placed relative the workpiece holder such that upper edges of the upper limb are brought into contact with a first recess in the fixed clamping jaw and a second recess in the movable clamping jaw.
US12097574B2
In an embodiment a sensor device includes a sensor element, a media supply configured to transport a medium to the sensor element and a surface, wherein the surface is configured to be exposed to the medium during operation of the sensor device, and wherein the surface comprises a surface structure configured to reduce a wettability of the surface by the medium.
US12097567B2
A technique of removing material from metal parts referred to as OPECM and a corresponding OPECM processing machine are disclosed. A tool electrode is manufactured for removing material from a target workpiece, and the workpiece and tool electrode are fixed into a processing machine that imparts an oscillatory motion path or profile and applies a voltage through a flowing electrolyte solution. The disclosed technique and processing machine removes material from the surface of the target workpiece through proximal surface dissolution as the workpiece and tool electrode are brought within proximity of one another.
