US12105153B2
A battery management system includes a monitoring device and a controller. The monitoring device is arranged in a housing accommodating a battery, monitors the battery and acquires battery monitoring information that includes information indicating a state of the battery. The controller performs wireless communication with the monitoring device and execute a predetermined process based on the battery monitoring information. The controller transmits a request for battery monitoring information to the monitoring device. The monitoring device transmits the battery monitoring information to the controller in response to the request. The controller determines whether missing of the battery monitoring information has occurred based on a correlation between the battery monitoring information acquired from the monitoring device via wireless communication and relationship information held by the controller related to the battery monitoring information.
US12105152B2
A battery capacity estimation system executes a charging and discharging process (S1), an alternating current impedance acquiring process (S2 and S3), and a battery capacity estimating process (S4 to S6). The charging and discharging process involves charging and discharging a target secondary battery. The alternating current impedance acquiring process involves acquiring a measurement result of an alternating current impedance of a target secondary battery, by applying an alternating current signal within a specific frequency range to the target secondary battery after completion of the charging and discharging in the charging and discharging process and before a predetermined maximum waiting time elapses. The battery capacity estimating step involves estimating a battery capacity of the target secondary battery based on the measurement result of the alternating current impedance.
US12105148B2
Disclosed are a gas density relay having a simulation check function and a simulation check method thereof, the gas density relay includes a gas density relay body, a simulation reference signal unit, a simulation check signal unit, a driving contact action mechanism, and an intelligent control unit. The intelligent control unit obtains, according to the check, by the simulation reference signal unit, of a simulation check signal generated by the simulation check signal unit, a current working state of a monitoring part, so as to quantitatively and accurately measure the precision of the gas density relay; by providing the driving contact action mechanism, the gas density relay body generates an alarm and/or a locking contact action to ensure that a contact execution mechanism of the gas density relay body and a contact itself are normal. The present application completes online simulation or virtual check of the gas density relay while being used for monitoring the gas density of a insulation or arc extinguishing electrical equipment, thereby improving working efficiency, reducing operation and maintenance costs, and guaranteeing safe operation of a power grid.
US12105145B2
A method for testing a chip comprising receiving N scan-in chains of test data; using the N scan-in chains of test data to perform tests on the chip; receiving a merged expected test-result and masking-instruction signal on X pins of the chip from the off-chip test equipment, X being less than 2*N; decoding the merged expected test-result and masking-instruction signal to extract N decoded output signals, each of the N decoded output signals corresponding to a respective chain of test results.
US12105144B2
A semiconductor device includes a control signal generating circuit, a first circuit and a second circuit. The control signal generating circuit is configured to generate a control signal. The first circuit is coupled to the control signal generating circuit and configured to receive the control signal and generate a first test pulse signal according to the control signal. The second circuit is coupled to the control signal generating circuit and the first circuit and configured to receive the control signal and generate a second test pulse signal according to the control signal. The first circuit is comprised in the first block. The second circuit is comprised in the second block. The first block and the second block are connected with each other via one or more interconnection logics and timing of the first test pulse signal and timing of the second test pulse signal are synchronized.
US12105143B2
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a switching network and built-in-self-test (BIST) circuitry. The DAC, in operation, generates analog output signals in response to input codes of a set of input codes of the DAC. The BIST circuitry sequentially applies codes of a determined subset of codes of the set of input codes to test the plurality of switches. The determined subset of codes has fewer codes than the set of input codes. The BIST circuitry detects failures of switches of the plurality of switches based on responses of the DAC to the applied codes. In response to detecting a failure of a switch, the BIST generates a signal indicating a failure of the switching network.
US12105142B2
The present disclosure provides a method and system for creating dipole moment model. The method is applied to a tested circuit and includes: performing a near-field measurement on the tested circuit, to obtain a near-field electric field and a near-field magnetic field related to the tested circuit; performing a two-dimensional divergence calculation on the near-field electric field and the near-field magnetic field, to obtain a near-field electric divergence field and a near-field magnetic divergence field; performing a convolution calculation on the near-field electric divergence field and the near-field magnetic divergence field with a digital filter; and building a dipole moment matrix equivalent to the tested circuit according to a result of the convolution calculation.
US12105137B2
To provide more test data during the manufacture of non-volatile memories and other integrated circuits, machine learning is used to generate virtual test values. Virtual test results are interpolated for one set of tests for devices on which the test is not performed based on correlations with other sets of tests. In one example, machine learning determines a correlation study between bad block values determined at die sort and photo-limited yield (PLY) values determined inline during processing. The correlation can be applied to interpolate virtual inline PLY data for all of the memory dies, allowing for more rapid feedback on the processing parameters for manufacturing the memory dies and making the manufacturing process more efficient and accurate. In another set of embodiments, the machine learning is used to extrapolate limited metrology (e.g., critical dimension) test data to all of the memory die through interpolated virtual metrology data values.
US12105135B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are an insulation resistance detection circuit, a resistance detection method, a converter and a photovoltaic centrifuge. The insulation resistance detection circuit includes a resistance detection module connected between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a direct-current bus to be detected. The resistance detection module includes a first resistance bridge and a second resistance bridge arranged in parallel. The first resistance bridge is connected to the positive electrode of the direct-current bus by means of a first sampling resistor R1. The second resistance bridge is connected to the negative electrode of the direct-current bus by means of a second sampling resistor R2, and both the first sampling resistor R1 and the second sampling resistor R2 are equipped with voltage sampling chips. The resistance detection module is configured to calculate an insulation resistance value of the direct-current bus according to voltage values of the two sampling resistors before and after a first switch S is switched.
US12105131B2
A testing device for testing an antenna is provided. The testing device includes a housing, an antenna module for holding the antenna and disposed under the housing, and a receiving module disposed on the housing. The antenna module includes a base and a flexible film disposed on the base. The receiving module includes a substrate, a coupling radiation element disposed on the substrate and a support disposed on the substrate and having an opening. The antenna is partially exposed from the opening.
US12105123B2
A zero-crossing detection circuit includes a logic unit and an input stop detection unit. The logic unit is configured to estimate a zero cross of an AC signal in accordance with at least one of a first monitoring target signal and a second monitoring target signal, respectively input through diodes from a first node and a second node between which the AC signal is applied, so as to generate a zero-crossing detection signal. The input stop detection unit is configured to compare the first monitoring target signal with the second monitoring target signal after giving an offset to one of them so as to generate an input stop detection signal. The logic unit is configured to fix a logic level of the zero-crossing detection signal in accordance with the input stop detection signal.
US12105120B2
A sensor circuit may comprise or otherwise be connected to a transformer. The transformer may comprise a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding may be configurable and/or connectable to sense a current flow in the primary winding. A configurable circuit with an output may be connected to the input of a comparator circuit. The output of the comparator circuit and one or both of the input of the configurable circuit or the output of the configurable circuit may connect across the secondary winding.
US12105116B2
A disposable flow velocity measuring device including: a first panel having a flow velocity measuring structure, and having additional micro protrusion patterns formed around the flow velocity measuring structure; a second panel separated from the first panel, and including a fluid channel through which a sample passes; a porous ultra-thin film formed on a portion, at which the first panel and the second panel come in contact with each other, so that the sample passing through the fluid channel does not directly come in contact with the flow velocity measuring structure, thereby separating the first panel and the second panel and removing micro-air bubbles included in the fluid passing through the fluid channel; a non-porous ultra-thin film formed in a partial region of the porous ultra-thin film; and a negative pressure forming unit for applying negative pressure in order to adsorb the first panel and the second panel.
US12105108B2
A method is provided for detecting one or more analytes in a sample. The method relies, in part, on the ability of functionalized particles added to the sample to partially or completely inhibit the transmission of electromagnetic radiation into and out of the sample through a detection surface in a reaction vessel containing the sample. In a microarray format, the invention can be used to screen millions, billions or more biological elements, such as an organism, cell, protein, nucleic acid, lipid, saccharide, metabolite, or small molecules. Methods, apparatuses and kits are described.
US12105100B2
Disclosed herein are methods of aiding in the diagnosis and evaluation of a subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head. For example, the present disclosure provides methods for aiding in the diagnosis and evaluation of a subject to determine whether the subject has sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) by detecting or measuring a combination of the levels of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in samples taken at various time points within 48 hours after the subject has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head.
US12105098B2
Disclosed herein are methods, and kits for use in said methods, that aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a subject that has sustained an orthopedic injury and sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), using ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), or a combination thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods, and kits for use in said methods, that aid in determining whether a subject that has sustained an orthopedic injury and sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head would benefit from and thus receive an imaging procedure, such as MRI or head computerized tomography (CT) scan based on the levels of GFAP and/or UCH-L1. These methods involve detecting levels and changes in levels of GFAP and/or UCH-L1 in biological samples taken from a subject at time points within 48 hours after the subject has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head.
US12105097B2
The present invention relates to a peptide capable of binding to rheumatoid arthritis autoantibodies, which is a consecutive 10-25 amino acid sequence of any one fragment of the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3-4, 7-13 or 16-19, wherein the peptide fragment has an epitope that binds to the rheumatoid arthritis autoantibodies. Furthermore, the peptide fragment bound to the rheumatoid arthritis autoantibodies is used for testing rheumatoid arthritis, and according to this use, the present invention provides a method for testing rheumatoid arthritis disease and a test reagent kit used for determining whether a subject to be tested suffers from rheumatoid arthritis disease.
US12105096B2
The present invention is directed to a method for predicting the risk of a female subject to develop postpartum HELLP syndrome, postpartum preeclampsia, or postpartum eclampsia. The method is based on the determination of the levels of i) sFlt-1 and PlGF, or ii) Endoglin and PlGF in a first sample obtained from said subject before delivery of baby, and a second sample of from said subject obtained after delivery of baby. Moreover, encompassed by the invention are devices and kits for carrying out the method of the present invention.
US12105079B2
The invention relates to the field of nanopores, in particular to engineered Fragaceatoxin C (FraC) nanopores and their application in analyzing biopolymers and other (biological) compounds, such as single-molecule (protein) sequencing. Provided is a system comprising oligomeric FraC nanopores comprised in a lipid bilayer, wherein the sum of the nanopore fraction in the heptameric (Type II) state and the nanopore fraction in the hexameric (Type III) state represents at least 60% of the total number of FraC nanopores.
US12105077B2
A computer system obtains a first set of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) data representing a rock sample obtained from a subterranean formation that includes gas-bearing sandstone. The system obtains a plurality of second sets of micro-CT data in a sequence, each representing the rock sample after a performance of a corresponding triaxial shear test on the rock sample. Performing each triaxial shear test includes applying a triaxial load force to the rock sample, and removing the triaxial load force from the rock sample. The system estimates, based on the first micro-CT data and the plurality of second sets of micro-CT data, one or more characteristics of the underground formation, including a permeability of the underground formation and/or a porosity of the underground formation. The system causes one or more resource extraction operations to be performed on the underground formation based on the one or more characteristics of the underground formation.
US12105076B2
Provided herein are methods of characterizing rock qualities, such qualities of rock obtained as cuttings from petroleum operations. One embodiment comprises determining the carbonate grain size of one or more rock samples by subjecting the samples to conditions that cause release of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide-related compound(s) and quantifying the amount thereof. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method of identifying regions of a geologic area likely to be associated with faults by identifying regions of low carbon dioxide or other target volatile compound(s) compared with expected properties and/or the surroundings of the low volatile compound region. Other methods involve analyzing differences in the amounts of compounds of different sizes in different geologic areas. The methods can aid in guiding petroleum exploration and/or production operations.
US12105073B2
A method for generating an abnormal state detection model, that includes: receiving first and second normal state signals detected, for a predetermined time by first and second sensors, respectively; generating a normal state data set based on the first and the second normal state signals; recognizing first and second variable values; generating a first abnormal state signal by applying the first variable value to an impulse function and a second abnormal state signal by applying the second variable value to a Gaussian distribution function; generating an abnormal state data set based on the first and second abnormal state signals; generating a detection model learning set for generating an abnormal state detection model by combining the normal state data set and the abnormal state data set; and generating an abnormal state detection model based on the detection model learning set.
US12105071B2
The system and method for a multi-element, ultra-low SWaP chemical concentrator incorporating Applicant's own open cell foamed adsorbent material which allows high volume sampling (e.g., liters per minute) to achieve low detection limits (ppt) using high-volume, low-pressure air sources (i.e. fans or blowers) rather than pumps. The device delivers the sample directly to an analyzer without the need for a typical intermediate cryogenic trapping step. In one example, a rotary style concentrator comprises four individual foam elements. Each element can be individually heated to desorb analytes.
US12105068B2
Hitherto, preprocessing for separating impurities and calculation processing, for example, a peak splitting method, are required in order to acquire information on test substances from spectral information. An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes information acquisition means for acquiring quantitative information on a test substance estimated by inputting spectral information on a sample containing the test substance and impurities into a learning model.
US12105066B2
A preparative liquid chromatograph includes a liquid feeding pump (2) that feeds a mobile phase, an injector (4) that injects a sample into the mobile phase at a downstream of the liquid feeding pump (2), a separation column (6) for separating components in the sample injected into the mobile phase by the injector (4) at a downstream of the injector (4), and an eluate fractionator (8) configured to divide a flow of the eluate from the separation column (6) into a flow of a minute flow rate and another flow at a downstream of the separation column (6) and to extract at least a part of an eluate that forms the flow of a minute flow rate into an fractionation container (22).
US12105063B2
The auto-sampler for chromatographs includes a needle for sampling configured to move while a tip end thereof faces vertically downward; a switching valve having a plurality of ports to which channels constituting a chromatograph are connected, the switching valve switching between port connecting conditions to switch between channel configurations; and an injection port including an opening at an upper surface thereof through which a tip end of the needle is inserted to make the needle fluidically communicate with a pipe connected to one port of the switching valve, and a needle seal configured to get into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the tip end portion to make the needle fluidically communicate with the pipe in a liquid-tight manner when the tip end of the needle is inserted through the opening.
US12105059B2
A tensile test machine is a tensile test machine that executes a tensile test by applying a test force to a test target to deform the test target and includes a detection unit that detects an elongation amount of the test target, a calculation unit that calculates an elongation rate of the test target on the basis of a detection result of the detection unit, and a display control unit that displays a graph showing a change in the elongation rate.
US12105058B2
A method and system for determining acoustic emission (AE) parameters of rock based on moment tensor analysis. The method includes: constructing, according to macroscopic mechanical parameters, a numerical model of a rock specimen to be tested; loading the numerical model through particle flow code software to simulate a failure process of the rock specimen to be tested, and identifying fracturing time and positions of microcracks when the PFC software loads the numerical model; determining, when the PFC software loads the numerical model, if rock grains of two sequentially generated microcracks include common rock grains, and an interval for generating the two microcracks is less than duration time of a present AE event, the two microcracks as a same AE event; taking geometric centers of all microcracks within a spatial range of an AE event as source positions of the corresponding AE event; and determining AE parameters of the AE event.
US12105054B2
A light source that emits beam light, a beam shaping unit that shapes the beam light, and a pulse control unit that forms the beam light into pulse light are included. The light source emits beam light that has a wavelength that is to be absorbed by a measurement-target substance. The pulse control unit forms beam light that is emitted from the light source and with which a measurement-target part is irradiated, into pulse light that has a preset frequency and has a pulse width that is a reciprocal of twice the frequency. The beam shaping unit shapes the beam light so that a beam radius of the beam light that is emitted from the light source and with which the measurement-target part is to be irradiated is equal to a value obtained by dividing a speed of sound by π×f, where f denotes the frequency.
US12105047B2
A sensor element includes an element body having a measurement-object gas flow section formed therein, and a porous protective layer arranged to cover first to fifth surfaces of the element body. When an external wall that is the thinnest of parts of an external wall which constitute the element body and extend from the measurement-object gas flow section to the first to fifth surfaces is defined as a thinnest external wall and a surface corresponding to the thinnest external wall is defined as a closest surface, a part of the protective layer which covers the closest surface overlaps the entirety of the thinnest external wall when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the closest surface, and has one or more internal spaces formed therein which overlaps 80% or more of the thinnest external wall when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the closest surface.
US12105045B2
Sensors are configured to capture measurement data representing dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements of an environment and capacitance measurements of a medium of the environment. A memory includes computer-executable instructions. One or more processors are communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to carry out operations comprising: generating, using first measurement data captured by the one or more sensors, a model based on a relationship between the first set of DO measurements and the first set of capacitance measurements; receiving, from the one or more sensors, second measurement data; predicting, using the model and based on the new capacitance measurement, an expected DO measurement; determining whether to use the expected DO measurement or the new DO measurement; and controlling, a valve to cause the determined oxygen input amount to flow into the environment based on the expected DO measurement.
US12105043B2
A gas sensor includes: a gas sensor cartridge; and a gas sensor body to which the gas sensor cartridge, which includes: a case that has an intake port and an exhaust port and serves as a gas sensor chamber; a gas sensor device provided inside the case; an external connection terminal provided at the case and connected to the gas sensor device; a first sealing member that seals the intake port such that the intake port is opened when the gas sensor cartridge is attached to the gas sensor body; and a second sealing member that seals the exhaust port such that the exhaust port is opened when the gas sensor cartridge is attached to the gas sensor body, is detachably attached.
US12105042B2
Time until a conductivity meter is ready to measure a conductivity after an electric decationizing apparatus starts is shortened. Water to be treated that contains cations and anions is supplied to the electric decationizing apparatus while applying a first voltage to the electric decationizing apparatus, and decationized water is generated. Next, the decationized water that is generated by the electric decationizing apparatus is supplied to the conductivity meter in order to measure conductivity of the decationized water. Before the first voltage is applied to the electric decationizing apparatus and before the conductivity meter begins measuring the conductivity of the decationized water, a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage is applied to the electric decationizing apparatus in a state in which the electric decationizing apparatus is charged with water to be treated.
US12105040B1
A probe provides one end of an electrically conductive path with a ground stake defining a second end. The probe is supported on a tip of a cable rotatably supported by a snake, with the snake including a conductor routed toward the ground stake. A spool can optionally be located between the conductor and the ground stake. A voltage source and a current sensor are located upon said electrically conductive path. The probe is fed by action of the snake along an underground pipe to be scanned. The current sensor senses current flow between the probe within the underground pipe and the ground stake. Analysis of the current flowing in this electric circuit allows for determining if underground pipe material includes lead, based at least partially on electrical conductivity of pipe segments through which the probe passes.
US12105031B2
Described herein is Dielectric Constant Sensor (DDKS) comprising an EIT-based with two U-shaped structures and a transmission line that can compare dielectric constants (Dks) of two different materials that are placed at open stubs U-shaped structures. In at least one embodiment, DDKS generates fully tuned EIT resonance when a reference sample and a sample under test (SUT) have the same Dk. In at least one embodiment, a sharp resonant split is observed within EIT resonance band when a reference sample and sample under test have different Dks. In at least one embodiment, Dk sensor can detect biomarkers of infectious diseases in blood, urine, saliva, medicines, or any other biological sample.
US12105028B1
A method of quality control and testing for manufactured semiconductors by generating a model for spectroscopic ellipsometry constant analysis includes: calculating, by an operator, simulation data representing a spectroscopic ellipsometry constant of an analysis target through reasoning on attribute data representing an attribute of the analysis target using a simulation model; calculating, by an error calculator, an error representing a difference between actual measured data obtained by measuring the spectroscopic ellipsometry constant of the analysis target and the simulation data; and performing optimization in which an optimizer modifies a parameter of the simulation model according to the error.
US12105024B2
A sensor for detecting an analyte can include a photoluminescent nanostructure embedded in a sensor porous planar substrate. The sensor porous planar substrate can be supported by a substrate porous planar substrate.
US12105021B2
The present disclosure relates to a THz measuring device for measuring a measuring object and a THz measuring method for measuring a measuring object.
US12105019B2
The concentration measurement device 100 includes an electric unit 20 having a light source 22 and a photodetector 24, a fluid unit 10 having a measurement cell 1, a first light-transmission member 11 for transmitting light from the light source to the measurement cell, a second light transmission member 12 for transmitting light from the measurement cell to the photodetector, a lens 3A provided in the fluid unit, the lens 3A being arranged such that light from the first light transmission member is to be incident on the first position and light is to be emitted from the second position to the second light transmission member, a pressure sensor 5 for measuring pressure of fluid flowing through the measurement cell, and an arithmetic circuit 28 for detecting concentration of the fluid flowing through the measurement cell, the arithmetic circuit being configured to calculate the fluid concentration based on the output of the photodetector and a correction factor related to the pressure output by the pressure sensor and the concentration of fluid in order to reduce the measurement error due to the refractive index of the fluid.
US12105009B2
In relation to application of artificial intelligence to image analysis of particles, to make it possible to provide data for machine learning corresponding to user demands while making it possible to reduce, as much as possible, man-hours taken to, for example, prepare vast amounts of actual image data obtained by actually capturing images of particles, the present invention generates virtual particle image data, which is image data of a virtual particle, on the basis of a predetermined condition, generates label data corresponding to the virtual particle, and associates the virtual particle image data with the label data.
US12105003B2
A system and a method for testing a filter used in ultrapure water are provided. The method for testing a filter, which is used for removing particles from ultrapure water, comprises: providing a testing solution with particles; detecting the particles in the testing solution by a particle counter; passing the testing solution through a filter; and detecting the particles in the testing solution, which is passed through the filter, by another particle counter.
US12104998B2
The present invention relates to devices for measuring property changes via in-situ micro-viscometry and methods of using same. The aforementioned device is inexpensive and can be used to quickly and accurately measure numerous physical and chemical property changes, including but not limited to the rate of chemical cure, change in tack, and rate of mass loss, for example, rate of moisture, solvent and/or plasticizer change.
US12104992B2
The present invention relates to a technology related to an exfoliative cell processing device which obtains exfoliative cells out of a vial which has contained specimen of exfoliative cells (e.g., exfoliative cells and liquid medium) of a human body and then thinly smears the exfoliative cells on a cell smear slide. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology for vertically entering the upper entrance of a vial which containing a specimen so as to extract a part of the specimen from the vial and then for thinly smearing the part of specimen on a cell smear slide which being disposed adjacent to the vial. The present invention has an advantage in that exfoliative cells may be attached in a thinly spread state on the lower surface of the specimen collector since the process of suctioning specimen from the vial.
US12104984B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure belong to the field of valve sealing, and in particular, relate to a test device for simulating sealing performance of a one-way valve. A box is provided with a gas inlet pipe and a gas outlet pipe, the gas inlet pipe is communicated with a gas source, a detection device is communicated with the gas outlet pipe, the detection device is used to detect detection gas input into the box by the gas source, a sleeve is connected to the gas inlet pipe, one end of the sleeve is communicated with the gas source, the other end of the sleeve has a gas outlet, one end of a fitting piece is used to block the gas outlet, and the other end of the fitting piece is connected to a driving member, which is used to drive the fitting piece to move and rotate.
US12104981B2
Described herein are systems and methods for determination of rolling resistance from a sensor or sensors in a tire or tires for application in smart cars to provide feedback to interested parties, such as Departments of Transportation or tire manufacturers.
US12104979B2
A whole vehicle in-loop test system of an intelligent automobile, including: a rotary drum platform, used for simulating a longitudinal movement of a test vehicle; an environment perception platform, disposed at a front end of the rotary drum platform, used for simulating a transverse movement of a test vehicle, and including a support base at a lower portion and a vehicle placing platform at an upper portion, where a transverse drive wheel is mounted at the lower portion of the support base, and the transverse drive wheel moves along a transverse track disposed on the ground; and a target vehicle simulation unit, disposed at a periphery of the environment perception platform, and configured to simulate a target vehicle.
US12104968B2
This disclosure provides a flexible capacitor array and a preparation method therefor, a capacitor array detection system, and a robot. The flexible capacitor array includes: a first flexible electrode layer including a first electrode array; a second flexible electrode layer including a second electrode array arranged opposite to the first electrode array; and a spacer layer and a dielectric layer, the spacer layer and the dielectric layer being arranged between each electrode pair arranged opposite in the first electrode array and the second electrode array. A unit capacitor in the flexible capacitor array includes the electrode pair, the spacer layer, and the dielectric layer.
US12104967B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, a method includes tuning a sensor comprising a first resonator having an effective gain, a second resonator having an effective loss, and a coupling circuit connected between the first resonator and the second resonator at an extrema degeneracy point with a nonlinear response to a force applied to the sensor. At least one of the first resonator, the second resonator, or the coupling circuit comprises a variable capacitor having a capacitance that varies as a function of the force. The method comprises injecting an input signal into one of the first resonator or the second resonator, receiving an output signal from one of the first resonator or the second resonator, and determining a magnitude of a force based on a difference between a first frequency extrema point and a second frequency extrema point in the output signal.
US12104966B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing an adiabatic power compensation differential scanning calorimeter to minimize a temperature difference between a sample and a reference. For instance, methods can include providing ramp-up heating power to heat a sample container and a reference container based on a preprogrammed temperature ramp rate; minimizing a temperature difference among the sample container, the reference container, and at least one furnace; providing compensating heat to the sample container and the reference container when a self-heating activity of the sample material is detected; providing container-only compensating heat to the sample container to block heat transfer from the sample material to the sample container once the self-heating activity of the sample material is detected; and providing compensating heat to the reference container to facilitate container-only compensating heat calculation and control.
US12104957B2
The invention relates to a photometer (30) for analysing the composition of a sample gas. The photometer comprises an infra-red (IR) source (20) configured to direct a first plurality of pulses (40) of IR radiation through the sample gas to an IR detector (26), at least two of the first plurality of pulses being of different wavelength. The photometer further comprises an ultraviolet (UV) source (32) configured to generate a second plurality of pulses (38) of UV radiation for conveyance to a UV detector (36), at least two of the second plurality of pulses being of different wavelength. A path selection arrangement (22, 42-50) is configured to selectively convey different ones of the second plurality of pulses (38) to one of the sample gas and the UV detector (36). The photometer further comprises processing circuitry coupled to the IR source (20), the UV source (32), the IR detector (26), the UV detector (36) and the path selection arrangement (22, 42-50). The processing circuitry is configured to (i) select the wavelength to be used for a given UV pulse of the second plurality of pulses (38), (ii) receive a plurality of detection signals from each of the IR detector (26) and the UV detector (36) and (iii) based on the detection signals, determine a concentration of at least one component of the sample gas. A method for analysing the composition of a sample gas is also disclosed.
US12104954B2
An apparatus for detecting an ultraviolet blocking material includes a light receiver configured to acquire detection light from a target object; a spectrum signal generator configured to generate spectrum signals based on the detection light; and a processor configured to: select a reference wavelength from a range from about 290 nm to about 400 nm, and detect an ultraviolet blocking material based on a first spectrum signal of a first wavelength less than the reference wavelength and a second spectrum signal of a second wavelength greater than the reference wavelength, the first spectrum signal and the second spectrum signal being generated by the spectrum signal generator.
US12104951B2
The invention provides a photocoupler sensing circuit and an operation method thereof. The photocoupler sensing circuit includes a processing circuit and a sensing circuit. The processing circuit has a first input terminal and a second input terminal. The processing circuit outputs a first signal according to a connection status of the first input terminal and the second input terminal being short or open. The sensing circuit is coupled to the processing circuit and receives the first signal. The sensing circuit determines to output a sensing signal to a system terminal according to the first signal, so that the system terminal determines whether the connection status of the first input terminal and the second input terminal is short or open according to the sensing signal. The sensing circuit includes a single-diode photocoupler coupled to the system terminal.
US12104948B2
An optical measurement device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a universal metasurface on which light is incident, a polarization sensor configured to measure a polarization state of light passing through the universal metasurface, and a controller configured to collect a quantitative differential interference contrast (QDIC) image for the x polarization of incident light that is collected by the polarization sensor, a QDIC image for y polarization, and a quantitative relative phase (QRP) image representing a relative phase difference between the x polarization and y polarization and configured to calculate intensity, a phase or polarization information of the incident light.
US12104939B2
A method for the measurement of a physical parameter of a liquid by means of a sensor having at least one measuring tube for conducting the liquid, wherein the measuring tube can be excited to vibrate in at least one flexural vibration mode, comprises: determining at least one current value of a vibration parameter of the flexural vibration mode; determining a measurement value of the physical parameter according to the current value of the vibration parameter, wherein the measurement value is compensated in respect of the resonator effect according to a current value for the natural frequency of the flexural vibration mode and according to the sound velocity of the liquid conducted in the measuring tube, wherein the value for the sound velocity is provided independently of the vibrations of the measuring tube.
US12104934B2
An electronic device is described. The electronic device may include a housing, a rotatable crown, and a self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensor positioned within the housing. The rotatable crown may include an array of retroreflective surface features that reflect incident light back to a light source. Each retroreflective surface feature of the array of retroreflective surface features may be formed as a corner-cube with three perpendicular faces. The SMI sensor or associated processing electronics may compare originally emitted light with reflected light to identify a movement or distance of the rotatable crown with respect to the SMI sensor.
US12104932B2
An encoder for detecting rotation information of a first rotation shaft includes a first detector which detects a pattern provided in the first rotation shaft, a first housing case which houses the pattern provided in the first rotation shaft and the first detector, a second housing case which houses at least a part of a shaft portion different from a portion where the pattern is provided, of the first rotation shaft, and an adjusting mechanism which adjusts at least one of an atmospheric pressure and a temperature in the first housing case to be higher than at least one of an atmospheric pressure and a temperature in the second housing case. The inflow of the high-humidity air from a motor into the encoder is prevented or suppressed, so that the condensation in the encoder can be prevented or suppressed.
US12104930B2
A sensor arrangement, including a detection unit and a carrier element for attaching the detection unit at a motor cover, The detection unit, on a side facing the motor cover, including electronic components which are accommodated in a receptacle of the carrier element. A motor including a motor cover and a corresponding sensor arrangement are also described.
US12104928B2
An absolute encoder includes a spindle gear fixed to a motor shaft, a permanent magnet provided on the spindle gear, and a first driven gear having a center axis perpendicular to a center axis of a worm gear portion, and engaging the worm gear portion. The absolute encoder includes a second driving gear provided coaxially with the first driven gear and rotating according to a rotation of the first driven gear, and a second driven gear having a center axis perpendicular to the center axis of the first driven gear, and engaging the second driven gear. The spindle gear includes a magnet holder which is fit onto a tip end of the motor shaft, coaxially with the motor shaft, and a resin gear portion provided with the worm gear portion on an outer side in a radial direction.
US12104925B2
An object of the present disclosure is to improve the resistance of a sensor device to external damage. A sensor device includes a sensor element, and a resin cover part that covers the sensor element, wherein at least a portion of a surface of the resin cover part is cross-linked.
US12104914B2
The disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods related to charging an electric vehicle. A method for determining recommendations for a user of a user device includes determining that the user is consuming content on a first application on the user device, the content available on the electric vehicle, determining a charge state of the electric vehicle, determining, based on the charge state of the electric vehicle that a length of time to charge the electric vehicle satisfies a timing requirement associated with the content, locating a charge station where the electric vehicle can be charged while the vehicle plays the content, and presenting a recommendation to charge the vehicle at the charging station.
US12104913B2
A system that reduces the possibility of damaging items. A route searching system includes a type-of-item obtaining part that obtains a type of an item transported by a vehicle; a destination obtaining part that obtains a destination; and a route searching part that searches for a route that reaches the destination by selecting, based on the type of an item, a road with a low possibility of damaging the item on a priority basis over a road with a high possibility of damaging the item.
US12104912B2
Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control, routing, and automatic feature adjustment are disclosed. Sensors associated with autonomous operation features may be utilized to search an area for missing persons, stolen vehicles, or similar persons or items of interest. Sensor data associated with the features may be automatically collected and analyzed to passively search for missing persons or vehicles without vehicle operator involvement. Search criteria may be determined by a remote server and communicated to a plurality of vehicles within a search area. In response to which, sensor data may be collected and analyzed by the vehicles. When sensor data generated by a vehicle matches the search criteria, the vehicle may communicate the information to the remote server.
US12104909B2
A fully self-contained portable location tracking device autonomously compares a current location with a latitude-longitude map stored in memory. The latitude-longitude map stores guidance zone values indicative of a predetermined safe zone, progressive alert zones, and a predetermined reference point. The guidance zone values represent actions to be taken based upon current location. When initiated by some combination of current location or zone value, location history, and time, or when otherwise queried, the tracking device transmits the offset from reference location, rather than actual current location data, to at least one wireless communications monitoring apparatus. The monitoring apparatus also stores a copy of the latitude-longitude map and reference point. Using the received offset, the monitoring apparatus knows both the location of the location tracking device and the actions to be taken based upon current location.
US12104908B2
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of integrated navigation under non-ideal conditions, and in particular relates to a robust filtering method for integrated navigation based on a statistical similarity measure (SSM). In view of the situation that there are normal beam measurement information of the DVL and beam measurement information with a large error simultaneously in a SINS/DVL tightly integrated system, and aiming at the problem that the existing robust filters of an integrated navigation system process the measurement information in a rough manner and are likely to lead to loss of normal measurement information, the disclosure proposes a novel robust filtering method based on decomposition of multi-dimensional measurement equations and the SSM. The disclosure introduces the SSM theory while decomposing the multi-dimensional measurement equations of the SINS/DVL tightly integrated navigation system, and assists the measurement noise variance of each beam to complete respective adaptive update in case of a large measurement error, finally ensuring independence of processing of the measurement information of each beam. The disclosure can be used in the field of integrated navigation of underwater vehicles under non-ideal conditions.
US12104906B2
Disclosed is a chip-level disc-type acousto-optic standing wave gyroscope including a substrate and a gyroscope structure placed on an upper surface of the substrate; the substrate is in a shape of a circular disc; the gyroscope structure includes an acoustic wave drive module and an optical detection module, the acoustic wave drive module is arranged in a circular shape taking the center of the circular disc as an origin and extending outward radially, and the optical detection module is arranged in the middle of the acoustic wave drive module and is annular; the acoustic wave drive module includes an annular interdigitated transducer, a metal electrode layer group uniformly sputtered on the annular interdigitated transducer, annularly arranged metallic pillars and an annular reflection grating, respectively placed in sequence from center of the disk radially to periphery of the disk; the optical detection module includes a first grating coupler, an optical waveguide at a light source input end, a first coupler, a second coupler, an optical waveguide at a signal output end and a second grating coupler, which are connected in sequence. According to the technical solution of the disclosure, the sensitivity of gyroscope detection can be improved.
US12104904B2
A support structure for a micro-vibrator includes: a micro-vibrating body having a curved surface portion and a recess recessed from the curved surface portion; and a support member having a rod and an adhesive member arranged at a tip end of the rod. The support member is adhered on a connecting surface of the recess through the adhesive member. The connecting surface of the recess is an internal bottom surface of the recess.
US12104900B2
Methods and apparatus receiving data at a first time from at least one sensor, determining a parameter from the received data for the first time, estimating the parameter for a future time based on the data for first time, and outputting the estimated parameter for the future time to a receiving device. In some embodiments, an IC package can process the received data to generate the estimated parameter for the future time. The IC package may transmit the estimated parameter using a particular protocol. In some embodiments, the receiving device can treat the estimated parameter as real-time data.
US12104894B2
Provided are an illumination device and an electronic apparatus. The illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light, a surface light source layer configured to convert the light emitted from the light source to surface light, a focusing lens configured to focus the surface light from the surface light source layer, and a display panel including an aperture through which light focused by the focusing lens passes.
US12104891B1
A system for measuring a target grating includes an illumination source, a reference transmission grating, a pupil filter, and a detector. The illumination source is disposed to generate an incident light beam that illuminates the reference transmission grating. The reference transmission grating splits the incident light beam into a plurality of diffraction orders. The plurality of diffraction orders interrogates a target grating. The reference transmission grating and the target grating are parallel. The pupil filter allows transmission of a subset of diffraction orders of light that has been diffracted and/or reflected from the target grating after being split again by passing through the reference transmission grating. The detector takes a measurement of the subset of diffraction orders of light after transmission through the pupil filter.
US12104887B2
An explosive device configured for outputting a quasi-planar shock wave includes: a body structure having a proximal end and an opposing distal end, and within which (a) an initiation device chamber; (b) a donor charge having a geometric shape correlated with first cone having an internal void exhibiting a geometric shape correlated with a second cone, wherein a first base of the first cone and a second base of the second cone reside in a common plane and have a common center point; (c) a non-explosive wave shaper filling the void; and (d) an acceptor charge are sequentially disposed adjacent to each other in a direction toward the distal end. Perpendicular to the central axis, a maximum lateral span of each of the wave shaper, the donor charge, and the acceptor charge coincide. The acceptor explosive charge mass does not laterally extend to a set of body structure outer walls.
US12104882B2
Skin-core structure fibers with both infrared and radar stealth, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof are provided. The fibers are as follows: a core material of the skin-core structure fibers comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 10 parts of paraffin; 0.7-1.5 parts of an electromagnetic wave absorbent; and 1 part of a high-molecular polymer, wherein the electromagnetic wave absorbent is one or more of ferroferric oxide-intercalated graphene oxide, nano ferroferric oxide and carbon black, and wherein the skin-core structure fiber is obtained by spinning the core material with a skin-layer material.
US12104876B1
A deformable archery toy may include an annular rotating arm, a rotating shaft sleeve, an unfolding arm body A, an unfolding arm body B and a connecting arm body, wherein one end of the annular rotating arm is rotatably connected with the grip connecting arm, one end of the grip connecting arm far away from the annular rotating arm is fixedly connected with the unfolding arm A, one end of the unfolding arm A far away from the grip connecting arm is clamped with the string connecting sleeve block A, one end of the annular rotating arm far away from the grip connecting arm is fixedly connected with the unfolding arm B. In this invention, the whole archery toy could be effectively folded, the archery toy could be changed from the archery bow to the slingshot, so that the dual-purpose function could be effectively achieved.
US12104874B2
A magazine of a pistol for cartridges of the caliber .22LR with a case rim, consisting of a hollow magazine body for receiving the cartridges in two rows, a stub-like base plate, a feeder slidably guided in the magazine body, a compression spring between the feeder and the base plate, which base plate has a bore as do the two side walls of the magazine body comprise openings, all of which are formed by a transversely extending bolt, wherein the upper end region of the magazine body forms a constriction in which two rows of cartridges are brought together into one. The side walls have inwardly directed corrugations running longitudinally over their entire height, which merge with guide ribs in the upper region.
US12104849B2
A system and method for cooling a gas using a mixed refrigerant includes a compressor system and a heat exchange system, where the compressor system may include an interstage separation device or drum with no liquid outlet, a liquid outlet in fluid communication with a pump that pumps liquid forward to a high pressure separation device or a liquid outlet through which liquid flows to the heat exchanger to be subcooled. In the last situation, the subcooled liquid is expanded and combined with an expanded cold temperature stream, which is a cooled and expanded stream from the vapor side of a cold vapor separation device, and subcooled and expanded streams from liquid sides of the high pressure separation device and the cold vapor separation device, or combined with a stream formed from the subcooled streams from the liquid sides of the high pressure separation device and the cold vapor separation device after mixing and expansion, to form a primary refrigeration stream.
US12104846B2
A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator, and that is coupled to a dock through a combined inlet/outlet through which the receptacle is filled and fluid is dispensed through the receptacle. A dock closure may also be used to inhibit fluid flow through the combined inlet/outlet when the fluid storage receptacle is removed.
US12104840B2
A refrigerator includes an ice maker, which includes an ice making cell, a heater configured to supply heat to the ice making cell during an ice making process, and a controller configured to control the heater. A cooling power of the cooler when a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a limit temperature during an ice making process is greater than a cooling power of the cooler when the temperature is less than the limit temperature. A heating amount of the heater when the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is greater than or equal to the limit temperature during the ice making process is greater than a heating amount of the heater when the temperature is less than the limit temperature.
US12104839B2
An ice maker, according to the present disclosure, comprises: a first tray forming a part of an ice-making cell; a second tray forming another part of the ice-making cell; and a heater arranged on the first tray or the second tray, wherein the heater operates during a period when cold air is supplied for the purpose of freezing ice.
US12104838B2
An ice cube tray includes a base and a lid for covering an open top of the base. The open top provides access to compartments for making individual ice cubes. The lid includes ridges on its bottom surface that define holding areas. When the lid covers the open top, such that the holding areas are facing the compartments, and the tray is turned upside down, ice cubes are released from the compartments and fall into the holding areas on the lid. When the base is moved away from the lid, the ice cubes are each held in a respective holding area for grasping by a user. Any ice cubes remaining on the lid remain held in the holding areas. The base can then be placed back over the lid and the tray can be turned right-side up, which returns the remaining ice cubes to their original compartments.
US12104823B2
A thermal-storage container used in a thermal-storage system to exchange heat by fluid flow though phase-changing material disposed inside the thermal-storage container, including a thermal-storage container housing, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and one or more capsules containing the phase-change material, wherein the housing is shaped as an elongate container, a ratio of length to width of the housing is between 2 and 20. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US12104814B2
A remote monitoring device communicates with an external device via a public communication line and sends, to an air-conditioning apparatus, an operation instruction signal for operating the air-conditioning apparatus. The remote monitoring device communicates with the external device via the public communication line, and communicates with the air-conditioning apparatus via a dedicated communication line. A monitoring-side data storage unit stores air-conditioning operation data set by a user of the air-conditioning apparatus that indicates operation contents of the air-conditioning apparatus for communication disruption. A disruption, and a monitoring-side control unit generates the operation instruction signal based on the air-conditioning operation data if communication with the external device via the public communication line is disrupted, and sends the operation instruction signal to the air-conditioning apparatus via the dedicated line.
US12104809B2
A sensor assembly including a housing having an inlet an outlet and an interior space generally closed from an environment external to the sensor assembly. The interior space of the housing can include an inlet zone, a central zone and an outlet zone. A baffle can be disposed within the central zone of the interior space of the housing and be located between the inlet zone and the outlet zone and nearer to the inlet zone than to the outlet zone. The baffle can extend downwardly from an upper side of the housing. A gas sensor that can be operable to detect a presence of a lower GWP refrigerant can be disposed in the outlet zone of the interior space of the housing. The housing includes a door in a lower side of the housing in the central zone of the housing.
US12104807B2
A radon management system using a radon detector is proposed. The system includes: at least one radon detector installed in a specific space indoors or outdoors, and configured to detect in real time alpha particles present in the specific space, output a predetermined alpha particle detection signal, count for a preset measurement time to calculate and transmit an alpha particle concentration value, and transmit unique device identification information; and a radon management server configured to collect the unique device identification information and alpha particle concentration value, calculate and quantify an average value of the collected alpha particle concentration values to be converted into a database for each radon detector, store and manage the average value, compare the alpha particle concentration value and the average values of the previously stored alpha particle concentration value to each other to calculate a change amount thereof, and generate radon generation event information data.
US12104806B2
A dehumidifier includes a housing having a mounting groove, a water tank detachably inserted in the mounting groove and including an abutment member, a pump assembly including a water pump and a water pump inlet pipe, a water tank outlet pipe, and a micro switch installed at the housing. A first end of the water pump inlet pipe is connected to the water pump. A first end of the water tank outlet pipe is detachably connected to a second end of the water pump inlet pipe. A second end of the water tank outlet pipe is located in the water tank. When the water tank is installed in place, the micro switch is pressed by the abutment member to connect the water pump to a power supply, and the water pump inlet pipe is communicated with the water tank outlet pipe.
US12104798B2
A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber and a first air sending unit. The heating cooking chamber includes an accommodation space that accommodates an object to be heated, and a first space that communicates with the accommodation space. The first air sending unit includes a first partitioning member positioned between the first space and a first air sending chamber, a first suction hole portion disposed in the first partitioning member and configured to suction air inside the heating cooking chamber, and a first blow-out hole portion disposed in the first partitioning member and configured to blow air into the heating cooking chamber. The accommodation space is a space that can accommodate the object to be heated and has a predetermined capacity. The first space indicates a space into which the object to be heated is prohibited from entering.
US12104796B2
A modular firestarter assembly. The modular firestarter assembly includes a number of modular components configured to be able to join to one another to form the firestarter assembly. The modular components can be broken down to save space. The modular firestarter assembly can be formed from a number of different combinations of the modular components to hold fuel sources and assist in starting a fire.
US12104795B2
A combustor for a gas turbine includes a combustor liner that has an outer liner and an inner liner. At least one of the outer liner and the inner liner includes (a) an upstream liner section fixedly connected in the combustor, (b) a downstream liner section fixedly connected in the combustor, and (c) a dilution liner section including a movable portion including at least a part of the dilution liner section and having at least one dilution opening therethrough. The movable portion is arranged to translate in an upstream direction and in a downstream direction. At least one actuator is connected to the movable portion of the dilution liner section and controls translational movement of the movable portion in the upstream direction and the downstream direction to adjust a volume of a primary combustion zone within the combustor.
US12104793B2
A flame-holder device for a turbojet afterburner comprises an annular row of flame-holder arms, each having an inner branch having a free end and another end, and two outer branches which extend from the other end (52) and diverge from one another in a direction extending from the free end to the other end, such that the inner branch transitions radially outward into the two outer branches which diverge radially outward from one another in two opposing circumferential directions, thereby forming mutually approaching areas between consecutive flame-holder arms for enabling the flame to spread from arm to arm.
US12104789B2
A combustion control apparatus of an Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) reforming system and a method for controlling the same may include a burner provided to supply heat to a reformer, a flame temperature analyzer configured to analyze a flame temperature of the burner, an air flow rate calculator configured to determine an initial value of a flow rate of air to be supplied to the burner depending on a flow rate of fuel gas supplied to the burner, and an air flow rate controller electrically connected to the air flow rate calculator and the flame temperature analyzer and configured to select the flow rate of the air at which the flame temperature transmitted by the flame temperature analyzer reaches a maximum while changing the flow rate of the air from the initial value and to control supply of the selected flow rate of the air to the burner.
US12104788B2
A method includes firing a first burner into a furnace process chamber in a first initial condition, firing a second burner into the process chamber in a second initial condition, and measuring temperature at each of an array of locations in the process chamber. The first burner is adjusted to a first adjusted condition while the second burner is being fired at the second initial condition, and a resulting first temperature change is measured at each of the locations. The second burner is adjusted to a second adjusted condition while the first burner is being fired at the first initial condition, and a resulting second temperature change is measured at each of the locations. The measured first and second temperature changes are recorded as reference data for adjusting burner conditions to adjust temperatures at each of the locations. The method can thus be used to improve temperature uniformity throughout the array of locations.
US12104786B2
A burner of a gas stove includes a burner body, a partition member, and at least one flame cover. The burner body includes a gas conduit and a base. The gas conduit has at least one gas input passage for injecting gas and air, and the base has at least one mixture passage for mixing the gas and the air. The at least one mixture passage communicates with the at least one gas input passage. The partition member has a plurality of through holes and covers the at least one mixture passage. The at least one flame cover provided with a plurality of flame holes covers the partition member. Whereby, the size of the burner of the gas stove is reduced significantly, and the gas can mix with the air effectively and uniformly.
US12104785B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising a light generating device (100), a luminescent body (200), and first optics (410), wherein: •the light generating device (100) is configured to generate device light (101); wherein the light generating device (100) comprises a laser; •the luminescent body (200) comprises a luminescent material (210), wherein the luminescent material (210) is configured to convert at least part of the device light (101) into luminescent material light (211), and wherein the luminescent body (200) is transmissive for at least part of the luminescent material light (211); •the first optics (410) are transmissive for at least part of the device light (101) and reflective for at least part of the luminescent material light (211), wherein the first optics (410) comprise a primary optic surface (411) having a first surface area A1, wherein the primary optic surface (411) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the light generating device (100); •the luminescent body (200) is enclosed by a cavity (500) having a cavity opening (510) having a smallest cross-sectional area A2, wherein the cavity (500) is at least partly defined by the optics (410); wherein the first optics (410) comprises the cavity opening (510); wherein A2
US12104774B1
An angle adjustment device for lighting softbox includes an operating device, a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, and a controlled device which are connected in series. The first/second connecting rod is provided with a first/second outer tube, a first/second inner tube and a first/second inner rod, one side of the first/second inner tube close to the operating device is provided with a first/second non-circular fixing base, and one side of the first inner tube distanced from the operating device is provided with a clamping fixing base; and the controlled device is provided with a rotary portion, an outer tube fixing base and a plurality of screw positioning beads, the plurality of screw positioning beads surround the outer tube fixing base and pass through the outer tube fixing base and the second outer tube, and the plurality of screw positioning beads abutting against the rotary portion.
US12104770B1
Provided is a downlight comprising: an optics housing configured to receive a source of light; a support for holding the optics housing in position; a vertical track configured for the support to move along in a vertical direction; an angled track attached to the vertical track and configured to move the support from a horizontal orientation to an angled orientation; and a frame with an aperture positioned below the support; wherein position of the optics housing is configured to change relative to the aperture in a vertical direction and a vertical axis.
US12104761B2
A vehicle lamp includes a light source configured to emit light, a liquid crystal element configured to variably modulate a polarization state of the light emitted from the light source, a condensing optical system configured to condense the light emitted from the light source toward the liquid crystal element, a polarization beam splitter configured to transmit light containing one of polarized components of the light condensed by the condensing optical system toward the liquid crystal element and configured to reflect light containing the other polarized component of the light condensed by the condensing optical system toward the light source, and a scattering and reflecting member disposed at a surrounding of the light source and configured to scatter and reflect the light reflected by the polarization beam splitter toward the condensing optical system.
US12104759B2
A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag; a power supply coupled to or arranged on the mounting bracket; a control panel arranged within the first opening and coupled to the mounting bracket; a first flexible light strip; a second flexible light strip; and a power cable coupleable within the carrying bag to the control panel, the first flexible light strip, and the second flexible light strip. The first and second flexible light strips are coupleable to the power cable to receive DC power from the control panel, and may be extended throughout a structure, such as a tent, using a plurality of hangers. In a representative embodiment, the first flexible light strip provides white light and the second flexible light strip provides blackout light.
US12104755B2
LED arrays comprise patterned reflective grids that enhance the contrast ratio between adjacent pixels or adjacent groups of pixels in the array. The pattern on the reflective grid may also improve adhesion between the reflective grid and one or more layers of material disposed on and attached to the reflective grid. The reflective grid may be formed, for example, as a reflective metal grid, a grid of dielectric reflectors, or a grid of distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs). If formed as a metal grid, the reflective grid may provide electrical contact to one side of the LED diode junctions. This specification also discloses fabrication processes for such LED arrays.
US12104753B2
The present invention relates to a color tunable and/or color temperature tunable LED filament (20, 22, 24), said LED filament comprising an elongated carrier (220), said elongated carrier comprising a first major surface (222) and a second major surface (224) arranged opposite to said first major surface, a plurality of LEDs (210) arranged in at least one linear array on said first surface of said elongated carrier, wherein the plurality of LEDs includes LEDs of different colors and/or different color temperatures, a first elongated transparent or substantially transparent layer (230) covering the plurality of LEDs on the first major surface and also at least partly covering said first major surface, and a first elongated light scattering layer (240), arranged to at least partially cover said first transparent or substantially transparent layer.
US12104744B2
A turner apparatus, adapted for supportively disposed between two surfaces of two objects so as to allow the two objects rotating with respect to each other, includes a frame body and a rotor mechanism. The frame body includes a ring-shape turner frame and a ring-shape support turner, wherein the turner frame having a ring-shape rotor chamber formed therein and said support turner is rotatably mounted at an opening of the rotor chamber to enclose the rotor chamber. The rotor mechanism which is rotatably received in said rotor chamber includes a plurality of rotors and a ring-shape retainer unit configured to intervally retain the plurality rotors in a rotatable manner. The turner frame has a first rolling surface and the support turner has a second rolling surface, wherein the first and second rolling surfaces are positioned face to face to define a rolling track channel such that each of the plurality of rotors is capable of revolving along the rolling track channel.
US12104737B2
The invention relates to a line feed-through (1) for feeding a line (4) through a building component, comprising one or more sealing arrangements (2) for feeding the line (4) through, wherein the one or more sealing arrangements (2) have at least two sealing structures (51) lying opposite each other, wherein at least one first of the sealing structures (51) has an arrangement of elongate fins (53) adjacent to each other, the protruding ends of which lie against a second of the sealing structures (51) and thus seal the passage region.
US12104732B2
The disclosure relates to a plug connector and method for connecting pipes for liquid or gaseous media. The plug connector includes a connector body and a locking element. An indicator element is formed, which has an indicator surface, a first partial section and a second partial section, wherein the first partial section and the second partial section are flexibly coupled to one another by means of a spring section. The first partial section is connected to the locking element, and the indicator surface is formed on the second partial section, wherein the indicator element is formed such that, in a locking position of the locking element, the second partial section is deformed relative to the first partial section, so that the indicator surface is pushed into an indicator position.
US12104731B2
A pipe disassembly system for removing a pipe fitting from a pipe includes a fitting removal tool comprising a locking pliers with engagement members attached to the jaws of the locking pliers for engaging the pipe fitting. One of the engagement members engages a body of the pipe fitting, and another of the engagement members engages a release collar of the pipe fitting to move the release collar to disengage from the pipe.
US12104714B2
A valve actuator includes: a housing, a motor that is disposed in the housing and that includes a motor shaft, a drive gear coupled to the motor shaft, a transfer gear that engages with the drive gear and that is configured to, based on the drive gear rotating, be rotated according to a predetermined gear ratio, an output shaft disposed in the housing, an output gear that is coupled to the output shaft and that engages with the transfer gear, and a stopper that is disposed in the housing and that is configured to control a rotation radius of the output gear. The transfer gear comprises an inner part, an outer part disposed at an outside of the inner part, a first magnet disposed at the outer part, and a second magnet that is disposed at the inner part and that faces the first magnet.
US12104710B2
Valve assemblies are described that provide magnetic coupling between a valve actuator and a valve body housing the valve rotor and stator. A valve assembly embodiment, includes, but is not limited to, a valve body, the valve body including at least one magnet, and a rotor and a stator configured to define a plurality of fluid flow passageways; a valve actuator configured to drive the rotor via a drive shaft; and an actuator mount coupled to the valve actuator and configured to magnetically couple with the at least one magnet of the valve body to magnetically couple the valve body and the valve actuator.
US12104699B2
A representative seal system (such as a seal system for a turbopump of a rocket engine) automatically adjusts a balance ratio of a seal. The system can include a ring element encircling an axis. A front side of the ring element contacts a revolving surface to form a seal with the revolving surface. The front side can include a stepped surface having two or more steps. Each step includes a sealing surface configured to contact the revolving surface to form a sealing area that is different from a sealing area of each other sealing surface. Each step is positioned and configured to wear away during operation of the machine to expose an underlying surface to the revolving surface, to change the sealing area and the balance ratio of the seal. A representative method of operating a turbomachinery system includes changing the balance ratio of a seal while rotating a rotor.
US12104696B2
A waterproof click pad device includes a click pad, a frame and a waterproof unit. The frame surrounds the click pad and surrounds an axis passing through the click pad. The waterproof unit is transverse to the axis and is in sheet form. The waterproof unit includes a frame adhesive member surrounding the axis and adhered to the frame, a first non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the frame adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the frame, a second non-adhesive member surrounding the axis, connected to an inner periphery of the first non-adhesive member and spaced apart from and located above the click pad and the frame, and an plate adhesive member connected to an inner periphery of the second non-adhesive member and adhered to the click pad.
US12104695B2
An apparatus and methods are provided for a CVT primary clutch that provides enhanced adjustability and performance to off-road vehicle drivetrain. The clutch comprises a stationary sheave attached to a center post coupled to an output end of an engine crankshaft. A moveable sheave slides along the center post toward and away from the stationary sheave in response to engine RPM. A spider portion mounted onto the center post is coupled with the moveable sheave by multiple shift arms and ramps. The shift arms roll along the ramps to push the moveable sheave toward the stationary sheave in response to engine RPM. The weight of the shift arms and the angle of the ramps may be adjusted to affect the engine RPM at which the moveable sheave begins to move toward the stationary sheave. A face plate is fastened onto the moveable sheave for protecting internal components of the clutch.
US12104694B2
Methods and systems for transmission control are provided. In one example, a transmission system operating method includes maintaining a displacement set-point of a variable displacement hydraulic motor in a hydrostatic assembly within a working zone, where at least a portion of a boundary of the working zone is determined based on a kinematic constraint of the hydrostatic assembly. the transmission system includes the hydrostatic assembly that includes the variable displacement hydraulic motor that is hydraulically coupled in parallel with a variable displacement hydraulic pump and a gearbox mechanically coupled to the hydrostatic assembly and including one or more clutches.
US12104686B2
A harmonic deceleration module, a dynamic power device, an automatic mobile vehicle, a transfer apparatus, a dynamic power supply system, and an electric bicycle are provided. The harmonic deceleration module includes a connecting member, a flexible bearing, a first frame, a first circular spline, a second frame, and a second circular spline. When the connecting member is driven, the connecting member rotates around a central axis. The connecting member has a cam part, and the cam part and the flexible bearing jointly form a wave generator. The wave generator is configured to be driven by the connecting member to drive a flexspline to continually and flexibly deform, and the flexspline drives the second circular spline and the second frame connected to the second circular spline to rotate. The second frame has a hollow channel penetrating through the second frame along the central axis.
US12104683B2
Disclosed is a torque converter. A torque converter according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a front cover, an impeller assembly coupled to the front cover and configured to rotate together with the front cover, a turbine assembly disposed at a position facing the impeller assembly, a lock-up clutch including a piston configured to directly connect the front cover and the turbine assembly, and a torsional damper coupled to the lock-up clutch and configured to absorb impact and vibration applied in a rotation direction, in which a turbine shell provided in the turbine assembly may further include at least one damper connection part protruding in an axial direction toward the torsional damper and bent to be coupled to the torsional damper.
US12104678B2
Drive devices, in particular linear drives, spindle drives, and/or telescopic drives, for moveable vehicle components are provided. A housing assembly for a drive device is also provided. A connecting element for a drive device is also provided. A spring element for a drive device is also provided.
US12104677B2
A forward/backward movement device includes: a case; a guide member that is housed in the case and includes a shaft and a protrusion formed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft; and a forward/backward movement member having a cylindrical shape. The forward/backward movement member includes a groove that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the forward/backward movement member and moves forward and backward with respect to the case while rotating by being guided by the protrusion. The groove is a portion where the protrusion slides. Thereby the forward/backward movement device can be miniaturized while preventing the intrusion of water.
US12104672B2
An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder attached to the top and bottom end caps and configured to hold pressurized air therebetween, and a plurality of tethers disposed within the bladder, each tether in the plurality of tethers having a first end coupled to the top end cap and a second end coupled to the bottom end cap, wherein when the bladder is inflated, the bladder expands axially forcing the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another, the plurality of tethers adapted to restrict movement of the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another and limit axial expansion of the bladder, wherein, at least one of the plurality of tethers is elastic, and the inflatable structure is adapted to provide multiple support profiles that are capable of supporting compressive loading.
US12104670B2
An outer attachment member (111) includes a first end member (117), a second end member (118), and an intermediate member (116), in which the first end member (117) and the second end member (118) are respectively fitted into both end portions of the intermediate member (116) in the axial direction, a coupled portion (135) provided in any one of the vibration generating part and the vibration receiving part is disposed on one end surface of both end surfaces of the first mounting projecting portion (124) in the axial direction provided in the intermediate member (116), and a second mounting projecting portion (125) is disposed on the other end surface thereof, the first mounting projecting portion (124) and the second mounting projecting portion (125) are separately provided with insertion holes (111a) through which fixing bolts (136) for integrally fixing the first mounting projecting portion (124) and the second mounting projecting portion (125) and for coupling the first mounting projecting portion (124) to the coupled portion (135) are inserted, a first crimping portion (128) and a second crimping portion (129) for separately crimping the first end member (117) and the second end member (118) is formed at both end portions of the intermediate member (116) in the axial direction, and the circumferential length of the first crimping portion (128) is larger than the circumferential length of the second crimping portion (129).
US12104666B2
A brake caliper of a disc brake has a caliper body straddling a brake disc and having a thrust device housing accommodating a thrust device operatively connected to a translating screw nut. The translating screw nut is operatively connected to a worm. The worm is operatively connected to a gearbox and rotatably supported by a screw thrust bearing configured to apply for the worm an axial reaction. At least one part of the gearbox is rotatably supported by a gearbox thrust bearing configured to apply for the at least one part of the gearbox a radial reaction. The thrust bearing has at least one radially inner slewing ring and the gearbox has an epicyclic gear having a fixed gear or an internally toothed body cooperating with at least one planet gear rotatably supported about at least one planet gear pin connected to the at least one radially inner slewing ring to transmit action of the gearbox to the worm by the at least one radially inner slewing ring.
US12104663B2
An object of the invention is to provide a positive clutch that has a high rigidity and simple structure, and offers potential to allow easy adjustment of torque limit load, suppress friction loss and noise generation, realize a size reduction, and extend the service life. This positive clutch is configured to prohibit relative rotation of an outer and inner races by circumferentially holding each of a plurality of rollers between an outer race slope portion and an inner race slope portion. The clutch includes a torque limiter mechanism, which includes a piston member having a flat portion that forms the outer or inner race slope portion, and a resilient member that applies a constant load on the piston member. The piston member is slidably accommodated in a piston member accommodating hole formed in the outer race or the inner race.
US12104654B2
Disclosed is a system for measuring the wear condition due to friction in a clutch system, which is widely used in the automotive industry.
US12104643B2
A welded structural assembly and method, in one form, includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate adjacent the upper substrate, a fastener, and a sealing member. The fastener includes a shank portion, a first head portion, and a second head portion. The shank portion extends through the upper substrate and into the lower substrate. The shank is welded to the lower substrate. The first head portion has an outer periphery and an underside. The second head portion is frangibly coupled to the first head portion. The sealing member is disposed under the first head portion between the upper substrate and the first head portion. The sealing member contacts the underside and extends beyond the outer periphery such that the sealing member extends radially outward beyond all points of the first head portion.
US12104641B2
Retention washers include a washer body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The washer body has a perimeter having one or more lobes, and the retention washer further includes a multi-point star-shaped hole extending through the washer body from the first side to the second side. The retention washer is configured to maintain an installation torque of an installed nut when the retention washer is positioned such that the hole circumscribes the nut. Systems for retaining a propeller assembly on a shaft may include a nut installed on a bolt, and a retention washer positioned such that the hole of the retention washer circumscribes the nut, thereby limiting rotation of the nut with respect to the bolt and retaining the nut on the bolt. The system may include a circular array of nuts and bolts, each nut having a respective retention washer positioned thereon.
US12104636B2
A quick-release and quick-installation nut includes a nut body. The nut body includes a first threaded block and a second threaded block. An inner wall of the first threaded block and an inner wall of the second threaded block are formed with inner threaded surfaces for cooperating with an outer threaded surface of a screw rod. A right end of the first threaded block is detachably connected to a right end of the second threaded block. A left end of the first threaded block is hingedly or detachably connected to a left end of the second threaded block. The nut can realize quick disassembly and installation with the screw rod.
US12104635B2
A roof-mount antenna mounting structure includes a first threaded part, a second threaded part, a legged washer, a leg opening preventing part and a receiving part. The legged washer has a washer ring having a size smaller than the diameter of a mounting hole of a vehicle roof and a leg part extending from the washer ring and having a plurality of claws that can abut against the vehicle roof. The leg part has such elasticity that it closes once when the legged washer is inserted into the mounting hole of the vehicle roof from the washer ring side and recovers to substantially the original opening state after insertion. The leg opening preventing part has a horizontal part and a vertical part and prevents the leg part from opening at a predetermined angle or more when the claws abut against the vehicle roof.
US12104617B2
A blower mounting assembly of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a bracket assembly including a base panel, a plurality of mounting flanges extending from the base panel, and an alignment flange extending from and transverse to the base panel. The blower mounting assembly includes a first mounting aperture extending through the base panel in a first direction and includes second mounting apertures extending through the plurality of mounting flanges in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The blower mounting assembly includes a bolt configured to extend through and slidably engage with an aperture of the alignment flange and a blower mounting skid such that the bolt limits movement of the blower mounting skid relative to the bracket assembly. The aperture of the alignment flange extends through the alignment flange in a third direction transverse to the first mounting aperture and the second mounting apertures.
US12104616B1
Disclosed is a handheld fan, including a main body, a housing cover and a fan blade. The main body includes a handheld area and a fan blade area longitudinally arranged, the main body is internally provided with a driving device, the driving device drives the fan blade to rotate, a sliding connecting structure is arranged between the main body and the housing cover, the housing cover leans against the sliding connecting structure and slides relative to the main body, and the housing cover has two working positions, one for covering the fan blade area and the other for exposing the fan blade area.
US12104611B2
The present disclosure relates to a fan system and a fan driving method. The fan system includes a first fan and a second fan, which are used to operate according to a first driving signal and a second driving signal, respectively, and to generate a first rotating speed signal and a second rotating speed signal. The first rotating signal has a first phase, and the second rotating signal has a second phase. The second fan is electrically connected to the first fan to receive the first rotating speed signal, and obtain a detected phase difference between the first phase and the second phase. The second fan is further configured to selectively increase or decrease the duty cycle of the second driving signal according to the detected phase difference, so that the second phase is adjusted to maintain a preset phase difference with the first phase.
US12104609B2
A fan includes a first blower and a second blower each having an impeller. The first blower includes a first motor and a first motor drive controller to control driving of the first motor and communicate with the second blower. The second blower includes a second motor and a second motor drive controller to control driving of the second motor and communicate with the first blower. The first motor drive controller controls the driving of the first motor based on a result of communication with the second blower.
US12104600B2
A device to assist the performance of a heart with at least one pump that is formed as a rotary pump and driven via a magneto coupling.
US12104591B2
A fluid pump including a fluid end body having a plurality of interconnected fluid paths, a plurality of valves located within the plurality of interconnected fluid paths and a plunger located within at least one of the plurality of interconnected fluid paths to push a first portion of the volume of fluid through a first section of the plurality of interconnected fluid paths and from a second fluid port during a push stroke to push a second portion of the volume of fluid through a second section of the plurality of interconnected fluid paths and from the second fluid port during a back stroke. Each of the plurality of valves is movable between an open position and a closed position to form the first section and the second section.
US12104589B2
A device for monitoring an electrical submersible pump having a motor includes an integrated temperature sensor and electrical feedthrough assembly having a probe body housing the temperature sensor, the electrical feedthrough assembly, and a high voltage insulator; an electronics assembly operably connected to the integrated temperature sensor and the electrical feedthrough assembly; and a pressure assembly operably connected to the electronics assembly.
US12104588B2
A low hysteresis piezo-electric pump using a piezo-electric element as an actuator to dispense a liquid may maintain accurate viscous liquid discharge characteristics by adjusting an applied voltage in response to changes in behavioral characteristics of a piezo-electric actuator depending on causes such as temperature change.
US12104585B2
A pressurization dehydrator comprising an air compressor and a controller connected to enable automatic operation of the dehydrator. The dehydrator is implemented as a freestanding, bench-top unit having a housing that encloses a baffle plate on which the compressor is mounted. The bottom panel of the housing is affixed to the plate using dampers inserted therebetween. The plate has legs protruding through the corresponding openings in the bottom panel for supporting the whole unit in the upright position on the bench top. Some or all of the legs may not have contact with edges of the openings. In operation, the legs provide an efficient mechanical pathway for transferring some vibrational energy of the plate to the bench top, thereby diverting said energy away from the housing. The circuit board of the controller is affixed to the housing, which beneficially reduces vibration levels transferred to the electronic components of the controller.
US12104580B2
A main bearing housing for a wind turbine comprising a bearing arrangement having a sump located in a floor region of the main bearing housing. The sump comprises a floor pan surrounded by a side wall and includes an overflow arrangement configured to permit fluid to spill from the sump. The overflow arrangement comprises a spill passage configured with a spill inlet at or near the floor pan of the sump and a spill outlet located in a position between the spill inlet and an upper edge of the sump side wall. An advantage of the invention is that since the spill passage is fed with oil from a position that is close to the bottom of the sump, debris and sediment at the bottom of the sump tends to be entrained with the flow of oil and so tends not to collect at the bottom of the sump. The lubrication system therefore is able to clean the oil more effectively because the debris and sediment is encouraged to circulate around the lubrication system.
US12104579B2
A canopy for a direct drive wind turbine is provided. The canopy includes an interface section configured for mechanically coupling the canopy to a generator, wherein the interface section includes at least one outlet configured to receive cooling fluid exhausted by the generator and eject the received cooling fluid. A wind turbine including such a canopy is also provided.
US12104574B2
A kinetic fluid energy to mechanical energy conversion system includes hubs that are rotatable with respect to a hub carrier and support one or more independently controlled articulating energy conversion plates (“ECP”) and a track orientation control mechanism (“TOCM”) for alternating the independent control of each ECP in response to operating conditions. Each ECP has opposed surfaces and leading and trailing edges and may have one or more lips projecting from one of the opposed surfaces, wherein the one or more lips comprise at least an inboard end lip extending transversely from an inboard end of the plate. Articulation of each ECP is controlled by a follower within a track that is rotatable with respect to the hub carrier, and service lines pass through a chase or bore passing through the hub carrier to bring power and/or control signals to the TOCM for effecting controlled, powered rotation of the track.
US12104572B2
A semi-submersible floating wind power generator includes a wind power generator set, a post device, a load carrying device and a mooring device. The wind power generator set is disposed at a first end of the post device. The load carrying device is disposed at a second end of the post device. The mooring device is disposed at the second end of the post device. The post device includes a main post and multiple auxiliary posts. The main post is disposed in parallel with the multiple auxiliary posts, and second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts are aligned such that the second ends of the multiple auxiliary posts form a first plane, and the second end of the main post is disposed at a position closer to the first end of the main post than the first plane.
US12104567B1
A self-contained hydroelectricity generating system to produce an amount of usable electrical energy has primary and secondary cisterns containing a motive fluid. A hydro-expeditor tower assembly includes a plurality of spiral hydro-expeditor towers each disposed in fluid communication with the primary cistern, a portion of the motive fluid flows from the primary cistern into and through each of the hydro-expeditor towers increasing the velocity thereof. A hydroelectric generator assembly has a plurality of hydroelectric generator units each disposed in fluid communication with a corresponding spiral hydro-expeditor tower, the motive fluid discharged from each of the spiral hydro-expeditor towers contacts the turbine of a corresponding hydroelectric generator unit resulting in generation of the amount of usable electrical energy. The motive fluid from the hydroelectric generator units is discharged into the secondary cistern and is then transferred to the primary cistern for reuse through the system.
US12104561B2
Method of temperature management of fuel injected in internal combustion engines (1) applicable to said system, which takes into account the measurement of the fuel flow to be injected and one or more dynamic data of the engine demand level (1) in an immediate current instant, providing accuracy in the transformation of electrical energy into heat by controlling the fuel heating temperature and, consequently, great precision in the reduction of pollutant gases, without deterioration of the vehicle's energy balance (battery).
US12104559B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a vapor retention device and methods of using a vapor retention device to manage propellant for upper stage space vehicles. The use of a vapor retention device, in combination with controlled acceleration, drives liquid propellant from a propellant supply line communicating with an upper stage main engine back into a propellant tank and establishes an insulating liquid/gas propellant interface that prevents the exchange of gaseous propellant across the interface.
US12104554B2
An aircraft propulsion assembly equipped with a thrust-reversing device which includes at least one lateral aperture, passing through the nacelle of the propulsion assembly, configured to be in an open state or a closed state, at least one inflatable barrier configured to be in a deflated state in which the barrier does not protrude into an annular duct channeling a flow of air and an inflated state in which the barrier, substantially rigid or semi-rigid, is deployed and extends across the annular duct to deflect at least a part of the flow of air toward the lateral aperture, and at least one supply system configured to supply the inflatable barrier with fluid. An aircraft is provided which includes at least one such propulsion assembly.
US12104549B2
A vehicle (1) is a hybrid vehicle including a traveling mode to travel only with the driving force of a drive motor (5). Vehicle (1) is mounted with an internal combustion engine (10) capable of being operated at an air-fuel ratio leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio. The operation of internal combustion engine (10) is controlled by a control unit (41). Control unit (41) is configured to determine whether to stop internal combustion engine (10) in an operation state, in consideration of the NOx adsorption ratio of a downstream-side exhaust purification catalyst (33) provided in an exhaust passage (31) of internal combustion engine (10).
US12104545B1
A method can include controlling, by at least one controller, an amount of hydrocarbons provided upstream of a diesel oxidation catalyst. The method can include determining, by the at least one controller, a first temperature of exhaust gas at an inlet of the diesel oxidation catalyst. The exhaust gas can be produced from combustion of fuel. The method can include determining, by the at least one controller, a second temperature of the exhaust gas at an outlet of the diesel oxidation catalyst. The method can include calculating, by the at least one controller, a lower heating value of the fuel based on the first temperature, the second temperature, the amount of hydrocarbons, and a flow rate of the exhaust gas. The method can include estimating, by the at least one controller, a percentage of biodiesel in the fuel based on the lower heating value.
US12104543B2
A hydrogen pressure maintenance system of a hydrogen fuel engine includes a hydrogen tank configured to store hydrogen, an injector configured to inject the hydrogen, a hydrogen internal combustion engine configured to operate using the hydrogen from the injector, a hydrogen pressure controller configured to supply the hydrogen to the injector by controlling a pressure of the hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen tank, a hydrogen pressure intensifier device configured to increase the pressure of the hydrogen and supply the hydrogen to the injector, a hydrogen pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure of the hydrogen and output a signal based on the measured pressure of the hydrogen, a hydrogen bypass valve configured to control the hydrogen to be supplied to the injector through the hydrogen pressure controller or to the injector through the hydrogen pressure intensifier device, and a controller configured to control the hydrogen bypass valve according to the signal from the hydrogen pressure sensor.
US12104539B2
A gas turbine engine defines an axial direction and a radial direction and comprises a turbomachine having an unducted primary fan, a core engine a combustor casing enclosing a combustor and defining an outer surface, a core cowl surrounding at least a portion of the core engine. The outer surface of the core cowl defines a peak cowl diameter (D) in the radial direction, and the outer surface of the combustor casing defines a maximum combustor casing diameter (d) along the radial direction. The core engine defines an overall core axial length (L) along the axial direction and an under-core cowl axial length (L1) along the axial direction. The gas turbine engine defines a core cowl diameter ratio (CDR) equal to the peak cowl diameter (D) divided by the maximum combustor casing diameter (d) and a core cowl length ratio (CLR) equal to the under-core cowl axial length (L1) divided by the overall core axial length (L). The CDR is between 2.7 and 3.5 and the CLR is between 0.25 and 0.50.
US12104534B2
A heat exchanger (100) for an aircraft engine includes a core (1) and radiating fins (2). The radiating fins are configured such that a ratio y/Y of a height y from a surface (10) of the core to a formation position of a connecting portion (23) to a total height Y of each of the radiating fins (2) from the surface of the core satisfies a relationship of 0.34
US12104524B2
A two-cylinder reciprocating engine includes a cylinder block; a first cylinder with a combustion chamber; a second cylinder with a combustion chamber; a crankshaft coupled to the first cylinder and the second cylinder with a crank angle of 270 degrees; a first exhaust port connected with the combustion chamber of the first cylinder; a second exhaust port connected with the combustion chamber of the second cylinder; a first header connected with the first exhaust port; a second header connected with the second exhaust port; and an exhaust converging section connected with the first header and the second header, wherein the first header, the second header, and the exhaust converging section are in the cylinder block.
US12104522B1
A marine engine system includes a marine engine, a turbocharger comprising a compressor, an air valve positioned in a flow path connecting the compressor and a mixing chamber to split flow between an intake air stream and a recovered air stream directed to a separation unit, an air operated compressor to generate a separator feed stream by increasing the pressure of the recovered air stream, the separation unit configured to concentrate nitrogen from the separator feed stream to generate a nitrogen-enriched air stream and a nitrogen-depleted air stream, a mixing chamber to combine the nitrogen-enriched air stream and the intake air stream to generate a nitrogen-enriched intake air stream, and a controller communicatively coupled to the air valve to direct the air valve to variably adjust the split between the intake air stream and the recovered air stream.
US12104519B2
A catalyst support for induction heating includes: a honeycomb structure including a pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion having: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from an end face on an inlet side to an end face on an outlet side in a gas flow direction to form a flow path; a catalyst supported onto an interior of the partition wall; and at least one magnetic body provided within the honeycomb structure, wherein the catalyst support has a region A where the catalyst is not supported, at least on the end face side of the catalyst support on the inlet side in the gas flow direction, and wherein the magnetic body is arranged at least in the region A in the gas flow direction.
US12104518B2
Method for emptying an SCR supply system, wherein the SCR supply system comprises a pump with a pump chamber and an actively controllable inlet valve and an actively controllable outlet valve, wherein an emptying process of the SCR supply system is detected and controlled as a function of the pressure curve in negative pressure phases and/or criteria determined in pressure release phases.
US12104515B2
A method for operating a burner, comprising supplying a controlled quantity of combustion air to the burner, supplying a controlled quantity of fuel to the burner, igniting the air-fuel mixture in the burner, determining a pressure pulsation value in the exhaust gas downstream of the burner and/or in an air path upstream of the burner, and adjusting the quantity of combustion air and/or the fuel depending on the pressure pulsation value. Further proposed are a computing unit and a computer program product for performing such a method.
US12104507B2
A plant for producing mechanical energy from a carrier fluid under cryogenic conditions, including a cryogenic tank configured for storing the carrier fluid under cryogenic conditions and a capacitive tank. The plant further includes a supply circuit, arranged as a connection between the cryogenic tank and the capacitive tank and comprising a pump configured to increase the pressure of the carrier fluid. The plant provides an engine body, configured for producing mechanical energy and including at least one work chamber having an inlet port, arranged in fluid communication with the capacitive tank, and an outlet port connected to a discharge circuit for the spent carrier fluid, and a recirculation circuit designed to convey a portion of the spent carrier fluid into the capacitive tank.
US12104504B2
A device for setting the pitch of blades for a turbine engine, including a control system acting on a linkage mechanism and including an actuator having two chambers; —a supply member coupled to a fluid transfer bearing for transferring a pressurised fluid from a main supply source in a fixed frame of reference to the chambers; —an auxiliary supply circuit which is arranged in a rotating frame of reference and is connected to the supply member and to the main supply source, the supply member being configured to: —in normal operation, allow fluid to pass from the main supply source to the chambers and to the auxiliary supply circuit, and—in the event of a break in the supply to the chambers from the main supply source, allow pressurised fluid to pass from the auxiliary supply circuit to the chambers.
US12104489B2
Geosteering can be used in a drilling operation to create a wellbore that is used to extract hydrocarbons from a defined zone within the subterranean formation. According to some aspects, generating paths for the wellbore may include using path-planning protocols and pure-pursuit protocols. The pure-pursuit protocol may be executed to output a plurality of candidate drilling paths. The output may also include control parameters for controlling the drill bit. A trajectory optimizer may determine a result of multi-objective functions for each candidate path. A cost function may represent a cost or loss associated with a candidate path. Additionally, the trajectory optimizer may perform an optimization protocol, such as Bayesian optimization, on the cost functions to determine which candidate path to select. The selected candidate path may correspond to new control parameters for controlling the drill bit to reach the target location.
US12104482B2
Current profile of water (e.g., ocean) around a riser connected to a wellhead may be measured and used to determine integrated current load on the riser at any given moment in time. The integrated current load may be used to estimate the wellhead fatigue damage rate at that moment in time. The estimated wellhead fatigue damage rate may be used to make operational decisions for the well.
US12104481B2
Processes for mitigating wellbore screen-out. The processes can automatically determine an onset of wellbore screen-out by analyzing corrected pressure data from the at least one pressure sensor, select at least one type of mitigation action based on the automatic determination of the onset of the wellbore screen-out, and mitigate the wellbore screen-out with the selected at least one type of mitigation action.
US12104479B2
A downhole solids separator having: a plurality of solids separation modules, a production tube disposed therein, one or more limited entry ports in the production tube, placed in each of the modules, an intake port in the lower half of each module opening into a wellbore annulus, the intake port below the limited entry port of the module, a closed chamber for collecting solids, isolated from the well bore, the closed chamber below modules, a solids conveying conduit from at least one module, opening into the closed chamber, an opening restricted to less than the size of the production tube in the conduit near the bottom of the module, an opening in the production tube in the closed chamber, where the production tube opening and conduit opening are configured to effect a drop fluid velocity into production tube to a level insufficient to carry solids into the production tube.
US12104474B2
An electric submersible pump (ESP), comprising: an intake that suctions fluids into the ESP, wherein the fluids include a mixture of gas, water, and oil; a discharge that discharges the fluids from the ESP; an acoustic intake transducer that determines the speed of sound in the fluids suctioned into the ESP at the intake; and a first acoustic discharge transducer that determines the speed of sound in the fluids discharged from the ESP, wherein the speed of sound of the fluid at both intake and discharge is used to calculate a gas volume fraction difference of the multiphase fluid mixture across the intake and discharge of the pump, and wherein the gas volume fraction difference is used as feedback to control the ESP.
US12104473B2
Provided is a gauge mandrel, a sensing system, and a well system. The gauge mandrel, in one aspect, includes a housing having a length (Lt), the housing having a main section and an upset section extending outward from the main section, and a primary fluid passageway located in the main section of the housing and extending along the length (Lt). In accordance with this aspect, the primary fluid passageway includes an uphole tubing coupling having an uphole tubing coupling centerline (CLTU) and a downhole tubing coupling having a downhole tubing coupling centerline (CLTD). In further accordance with this aspect, the uphole tubing coupling centerline (CLTU) and the downhole tubing coupling centerline (CLTD) are offset from one another by a distance (DT). The gauge mandrel may further include a gauge cavity located in the upset section of the housing and extending along at least a portion of the length (Lt).
US12104471B2
The present disclosure relates to a multi-plunger lift control device for increasing device durability and production efficiency by synchronizing and controlling operating states of a plurality of plunger lifts sharing some production lines. The multi-plunger lift control device according to the present disclosure includes a plunger lift synchronization setting unit configured to set an operation priority of the plurality of plunger lifts so that production stages of the plurality of plunger lifts do not collide, a stage monitoring unit for each plunger lift configured to monitor current production stages of the plurality of plunger lifts, and a plunger lift logic control unit configured to synchronize and control production operations of the plurality of plunger lifts based on the operation priority set by the plunger lift synchronization setting unit and stage monitoring information received from the stage monitoring unit for each plunger lift. The multi-plunger lift control device according to the present disclosure can increase device durability and production efficiency by synchronizing and controlling operating states of the plurality of plunger lifts in an environment that shares a production line for transporting oil and/or gas produced in a plurality of oil and/or gas wells, in which the plurality of plunger lifts are installed, to a remote storage.
US12104468B2
A method and apparatus for containing one or more shaped charges in a single plane, using a shaped charge housing containing a cluster of one or more shaped charges. The cluster contains with the apex ends facing each other, arrayed about the center axis of a gun body, and detonated from a single initiator located in the middle of the cluster of the one or more shaped charges. The shaped charge housing can be one of many shaped charge housings coupled together to perforate in a plurality of single planes.
US12104467B2
A system for use in a well includes a liner hanger including a mandrel, a cone mounted about the mandrel, the cone having tapered slips, a plurality of tapered slips slidably received in the tapered slots, each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips comprising a plurality of teeth, wherein each tapered slip of the plurality of tapered slips and the corresponding tapered slot includes a setting ramp, and a loading ramp separate from the setting ramp, and an actuator mounted about the mandrel to selectively shift the plurality of tapered slips between a radially contracted position and a radially expanded, set position.
US12104455B2
Provided is a float for use with a fluid flow control device, a fluid flow control device, a method for manufacturing a fluid flow control device, and a well system. The float, in one aspect, includes a ceramic base material having one or more cavities therein, the ceramic base material and the one or more cavities creating a net density for the float that is between a first density of a desired fluid and a second density of an undesired fluid, such that the float may control fluid flow through a flow control device when encountering the desired fluid or the undesired fluid.
US12104452B2
A sealing tool for sealing a tubing string at a predetermined location, the sealing tool having a prong assembly and a plug assembly, each of which includes a cavity configured to capture and retain debris, and the plug assembly including at least one equalization hole for fluid communication through the plug when unobstructed by the prong.
US12104449B1
A sealing system for fluidly sealing a portion of a wellbore including a housing, a rupture disc disposed within a housing inner bore, and a plug disposed within the housing inner bore. The rupture disc includes a base and a central portion, which extends across the housing inner bore to fluidly seal the housing inner bore in a sealed state. The plug fluidly seals the housing inner bore in the sealed state. The plug is disposed an axial distance from the rupture disc in the sealed state. In some embodiments, a sleeve is disposed within the housing inner bore. A central bore of the sleeve retains the plug in the sealed state. Upon a release event, the plug is released from the sleeve. The release of the plug triggers a rupture event, which fractures the rupture disc. The plug clears rupture disc fragments.
US12104446B2
A system used to dislodge and, if necessary, sever a tubular string that is stuck within a cased wellbore. The system utilizes a jar, a plurality of plugs, and a tubular severance device. Components of the system are carried to their respective desired downhole positions by downward fluid flow within the wellbore. The jar is configured to jar the string in an effort to dislodge the string from its stuck point. The plugs are configured to fill open perforations formed in the casing in order to direct the fluid toward the stuck point and away from the perforations. If the string cannot be freed by the jar, the tubular severance device is deployed within the string above the stuck point. Detonation of the device severs the string above the stuck point.
US12104445B2
A device for handling inner tubes that allows receiving said tubes from the drilling rig to make it available for the extraction of the sample, which reduces operator intervention, reducing risks and facilitates handling of the inner tube, optimizing work times and improves the efficiency of the operation.
US12104431B2
A composite aluminum alloy profile and a preparation method therefor. The composite aluminum alloy profile includes an outer decorative profile, a polyurethane elastomer structural adhesive, and an inner frame profile. The inner frame profile is an integral component of alkali-free glass fibers and polyurethane resin formed by one-time extrusion, and the inner frame profile comprises one upper closed cavity and one lower closed cavity for a total of two cavities and a reinforced heat insulation rib plate between the upper closed cavity and the lower closed cavity; and the outer decorative profile is connected to the inner frame profile through the polyurethane elastomer structural adhesive. The preparation method includes: preparing glass fibers and polyurethane materials of components A and B into a glass fiber resin reinforced profile by a compound strip-threading and injection machine, adhering the inner frame profile to the outer decorative profile through the polyurethane elastomer structural adhesive, and rolling the same. The profile has the features of heat and sound insulation and is easy to produce.
US12104427B2
A vehicle control device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire a determination result as to whether a predetermined communication terminal is in a vehicle cabin interior area, and acquire another determination result as to whether or not the communication terminal is in a vehicle cabin exterior area; and a control section configured to, based on the determination results of the acquisition section, initiate a closing operation of a vehicle door in cases in which a determination is made that the communication terminal is in the vehicle cabin exterior area, and stop the closing operation in cases in which a determination is made that the communication terminal is in the vehicle cabin interior area after the closing operation was initiated.
US12104422B1
A vehicle includes an interior space and a door assemble having a door, a first door actuator mechanism, and a second door actuator mechanism. The first door actuator mechanism is disposed proximate a top of the door and the second door actuator mechanism is disposed proximate a bottom of the door. Both the first door actuator mechanism and the second door actuator mechanism transition the door between a closed position and an open position. The first door actuator mechanism includes a first channel, as well as a first carriage assembly having a first carriage and a second carriage that traverse the first channel. The second door actuator mechanism includes a second channel, as well as a second carriage assembly having a third carriage and a fourth carriage that traverse the second channel.
US12104419B2
A door assembly of a vehicle includes a first door panel movable at least partially across a door opening from a first side of the door opening toward a second side of the door opening, a second door panel spaced apart from the first door panel and movable at least partially across the door opening from the first side toward the second side. A first magnetic element is located at the first door panel and a second magnetic element is located at the second door panel. The second magnetic element is interactive with the first magnetic element such that moving of the first door across the door opening causes movement of the second door panel across the door opening.
US12104418B1
A carriage arrangement has a driving bar arrangement and a carriage. The carriage has a roller part with a plurality of running rollers. The roller part is displaceable transversely to the longitudinal extent of the carriage with respect to a wing part which can be mounted immovably on a wing. A driving bar of the driving bar arrangement has a control projection which engages in a control slot which is formed obliquely to the longitudinal extent of the carriage. To guide the roller part on the wing part is provided a first roller bearing guide which extends transversely to the longitudinal extent of the carriage. The first roller bearing guide has rolling bodies which are supported both on the wing and roller part so forces acting in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the carriage are channelled away from the wing part into the roller part with low friction.
US12104412B2
An anti-theft device for use in deterring theft of an audio/video device mounted to a bracket.
US12104407B1
A novel multifunctional door lock comprises a main body and a locking device, wherein the locking device is arranged inside the main body; the main body is provided with an input module which can generate an input instruction and transmit the input instruction to the locking device; the locking device comprises a circuit board and a locking mechanism, wherein the circuit board can generate a control signal according to the input instruction; the locking mechanism can respond to the input instructions or control signal and move between a locked position and an unlocked position; the circuit board is provided with a limit switch, and the locking mechanism comprises a limit member and a motor, wherein the limit member is operated to contact the limit switch in the locked position and the unlocked position, and when the limit member contacts the limit switch, the motor stops working.
US12104401B2
A comprehensive dry flood proofing solution to mitigate inland flooding risk for existing or new homes and small buildings. This family of integrated systems of the present disclosure each leverage the building's structure to offer practical and affordable flood protection for those buildings constructed with slab-on-grade foundations. This family of solutions includes pluggable weep holes, entry door/garage door/window protectors, wall appurtenances and penetration protection, house wrap and debris barrier system for wall protection and sewage anti-backflow protection. The components of the solution are reusable, easy to deploy, and do not detract from the building's permanent appearance. Furthermore, the solution allows for ingress/egress during flood events and can protect the building from standing water incursion up to 24″ above slab elevation. The pre-flood design and preparation, the deployment immediately preceding flooding event and the subsequent removal after flooding event has passed is provided by both contractors and homeowners.
US12104383B2
Fastening support devices and systems for hanging half round gutter include engagement portions for internal engagement with the front and rear of a gutter. A rear face of the device may be configured to provide support to a curved rear gutter wall, such as the rear wall of a half round gutter. The rear face may include a substantially vertical upper portion adjacent a curved lower portion. A support body of the device may include a substantially planar lower surface, two or more internal supports projecting upwardly from the lower surface, and one or more thin walls interconnecting the internal supports and the lower surface. These features provide structural rigidity to the device and support the gutter to resist bending under heavy loads. Additional features of the device provide ease of installation and improved aesthetics of the overall gutter system.
US12104379B2
A microbial growth and dust retardant roofing shingle comprising a substrate and a pore filling composition applied on the surface of the substrate is disclosed. The pore filling composition comprises a silane or acrylic composition. A method of protecting a substrate from microbial growth and soiling using the pore filling composition of the present disclosure is also disclosed.
US12104375B2
Concrete form assemblies having insulating foam panels are created using locking members embedded within the insulating foam panels and ties each having a pair of side rails for coupling two insulating foam panels together at a predetermined distance apart, the locking members and side rails being adapted so that either side rail can be coupled to either locking member and either of the ends of the rails and locking members can be toward the top or bottom of the assembly when the rails are coupled to the locking members.
US12104369B2
A joist pocket assembly and a method for manufacturing a joist pocket assembly is described herein. In some embodiments, the joist pocket assembly can include a frame configured to be mounted within a cut-out in a wall. In some embodiments, the joist pocket assembly can include a base of the frame, where the base can be configured to receive a structural member of a joist. In some embodiments, the joist pocket assembly can include a flange extending from a perimeter of the frame, where the flange can cover a gap between the frame and the wall. In some embodiments, the joist pocket assembly can include a first stud coupled to the base of the frame, where the first stud can secure the frame to the wall. In some embodiments, the joist pocket assembly can be placed in a concrete tilt wall or concrete precast wall.
US12104350B2
A speed determination method, an electronic device and a computer storage medium are provided, relates to the field of computer technology, and may be applied to the field of artificial intelligence, especially the field of automated driving. The method includes: determining an expected speed direction of a controlled point of a first controlled target according to an actual location of the controlled point of the first controlled target and a preset trajectory of the controlled point of the first controlled target, wherein the first controlled target is one of a plurality of controlled targets having a kinematic relationship; and determining a target speed of at least one controlled target of the plurality of controlled targets according to the expected speed direction of the controlled point of the first controlled target and the kinematic relationship.
US12104348B1
A compact utility loader compact utility loader comprising a frame, a first track and a second track positioned on either side of the frame, and a pair of loader arms. The loader arms are configured to couple with an attachment via a hitch plate and a hitch pin. The compact utility loader is configured such that as the loader arms are raised and lowered, the hitch pin follows a path approximately defined by a curve f(x)=4.641e0.34x. The value “x” represents a horizontal direction and the function f(x) represents a vertical direction.
US12104333B1
In a system and method for processing recycled asphalt pavement or aggregate for asphalt production, a heating and drying unit includes a trough positioned within an external housing. A hollow auger is positioned in the trough, such that the recycled asphalt pavement or aggregate received at a first end of the trough is transported to a second end of the trough via rotation of the hollow auger. The trough is constructed of two or more sections to allow for thermal expansion, with only one end of each of the two or more sections connected to the external housing. Heated air is introduced into the trough via an inlet and exits the trough via an outlet. Heated oil is pumped through the hollow auger, entering via an inlet and exiting via an outlet. The heated air and heated oil raise the temperature of the recycled asphalt pavement or aggregate.
US12104329B2
A dumping system for accurate and precise dumping of ballast rock, sand, and gravel (aggregate) to all areas of a railroad track (a track) is described. The dumping system includes a dump box, a dump gate having at least two delivery gates, an operating system, and a control system. The at least two delivery gates of the dump gate each include a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of each of the at least two delivery gates is adjusted in real time by the operating system via the control system to accurately and precisely deliver the aggregate to all areas of the track. The dump box may further be rotated horizontally and vertically to aid with the delivery of aggregate to the track in an accurate manner.
US12104317B2
Disclosed is an artificial leather base material including: a non-woven fabric that is an entangle body of fibers (A) and fibers (B); and an elastic polymer applied inside the non-woven fabric, wherein the fibers (A) are crimped fibers that are formed from two types of resins with intrinsic viscosities different from each other, and that are filaments of 0.6 dtex or more, and the fibers (B) are ultrafine fibers of less than 0.6 dtex.
US12104303B2
Provided is a spunbond nonwoven fabric for use in filters which has excellent rigidity, folding endurance, and uniformity of a weight per unit area, and which also has excellent dust collection performance and mechanical properties. The spunbond nonwoven fabric for use in filters includes a thermoplastic continuous filament and has a partially fused portion. The nonwoven fabric has a stiffness of 2 mN or more and 100 mN or less, a weight per unit area-CV value of 5% or less, and a weight per unit area of 150 g/m2 or more and 300 g/m2 or less.
US12104290B2
A device for joining textile yarns for joining two ends of two textile yarns by decomposition and subsequent re-composition of the twists of the fibers of the ends in order to make up a single yarn, including two counter-rotating components, each provided with at least one joining element and disposed opposite each other defining a joining zone defined by the area between the respective joining elements facing each other and substantially aligned along a work axis.
US12104289B2
The invention relates to a card with a device for recognizing interfering particles, in particular trash parts, neps, shell neps, thick spots and/or foreign parts in a carded fibre web. The device comprises at least one sensor stationarily disposed in a web guiding element, which is disposed at the transition from a doffer to a stripper roll. The at least one sensor detects the fibre web on the doffer.
US12104287B2
The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.
US12104276B2
Provided is a Ga2O3-based single crystal substrate capable of achieving a high processing yield. A Ga2O3-based single crystal substrate having a crack density of less than 0.05 cracks/cm can be obtained that has as a principal surface thereof a surface rotated 10-150° from the (100) plane, when a rotation direction from the (100) plane to the (001) plane via the (101) plane is defined as positive, having the [010] axis as the rotation axis.
US12104275B2
Cooling jacket devices of ingot puller apparatus used to prepare silicon ingots by the Czochralski method are disclosed. The cooling jacket device may include an inner shell that forms an inner chamber through which the ingot is pulled. The cooling jacket includes an outer shell. A plurality of tubes are disposed between the inner shell and outer shell. Each tube forms a cooling fluid passageway through which cooling fluid passes.
US12104272B2
Methods for treating a substrate are disclosed. The substrate is deoxidized and then immersed in an electrodepositable pretreatment composition comprising a lanthanide series element and/or a Group IIIB metal, an oxidizing agent, and a metal-complexing agent to deposit a coating from the electrodepositable pretreatment composition onto a surface of the substrate. Optionally, the electrodepositable pretreatment composition may comprise a surfactant. A coating from a spontaneously depositable pretreatment composition comprising a Group IIIB and/or Group IVB metal may be deposited on the substrate surface prior to electrodepositing a coating from the electrodepositable pretreatment composition. Following electrodeposition of the electrodepositable pretreatment composition, the substrate optionally may be contacted with a sealing composition comprising phosphate and a Group IIIB and/or IVB metal. Substrates treated according to the methods also are disclosed.
US12104258B2
Presented are lithium-metal electrodes for electrochemical devices, systems and methods for manufacturing lithium-metal foils, and vehicle battery packs containing battery cells with lithium-metal anodes. A method of melt spinning lithium-metal foils includes melting lithium (Li) metal stock in an actively heated vessel to form molten Li metal. Using pressurized gas, the molten Li metal is ejected through a slotted nozzle at the base of the vessel. The ejected molten Li metal is directly impinged onto an actively cooled and spinning quench wheel or a carrier sheet that is fed across a support roller underneath the vessel. The molten Li metal is cooled and solidified on the spinning wheel/carrier sheet to form a Li-metal foil. The carrier sheet may be a polymeric carrier film or a copper current collector foil. An optional protective film may be applied onto an exposed surface of the Li-metal foil opposite the carrier sheet.
US12104253B2
An apparatus for controlling precursor flow. The apparatus may include a processor; and a memory unit coupled to the processor, including a flux control routine. The flux control routine may be operative on the processor to monitor the precursor flow and may include a flux calculation processor to determine a precursor flux value based upon a change in detected signal intensity received from a cell of a gas delivery system to deliver a precursor.
US12104251B2
A substrate processing method includes: forming a coating film so as to cover a front surface of the substrate, the substrate having a recess formed in the front surface and in which an organic film is formed; heating the substrate to turn the organic film into a gas, removing the gas from an interior of the recess by causing the gas to pass through the coating film, and forming in the substrate a sealed space surrounded by the recess and the coating film; supplying a processing gas into the sealed space; and irradiating the substrate with a light to activate the processing gas in the sealed space, causing a reaction product gas to pass through the coating film, and removing the reaction product gas, wherein the reaction product gas is generated by a reaction between a residue of the organic film and the activated processing gas in the sealed space.
US12104236B2
The present invention provides a shape-memory alloy including a Au—Cu—Al alloy having 20 at % or more and 40 at % or less Cu and 15 at % or more and 30 at % or less Al, with the balance being Au and inevitable impurities. The shape-memory alloy has a Vickers hardness of 360 Hv or less. The Au—Cu—Al alloy of the present invention is an alloy capable of developing both biocompatibility and a shape-memory effect, and further capable of achieving artifactlessness in a magnetic environment. The Au—Cu—Al alloy can be produced by heat-treating a clad material formed of a combination of a hollow material made of a Au—Cu alloy and a core material made of metallic Al at 500° C. or more and 700° C. or less.
US12104233B2
A high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel is disclosed, which comprises, in weight percent: 22-30% Cr, 2-10% Si, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, of which a content amount of Cr and Si is less than 37%. Experimental data reveal that, samples of the high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel all have a pitting potential greater than 0.8 V and a hardness in a range between HV170 and HV500 in the as-homogenized condition. As a result, experimental data have proved that the high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel of the present invention can replace conventional stainless steels having poor pitting resistance like type 304 and type 316 L, and then be adopted for the applications of components and/or structural parts requiring high corrosion resistance.
US12104232B2
A method is used to fabricate a hot-rolled steel having a yield strength greater than 550 MPa and an impact toughness of at least 27 J at a temperature of −40° F. In one embodiment, the yield strength is greater than 690 MPa. The method includes melting steel to create melted steel. The melted steel is poured into a mold. The metal steel is continuously cast into a steel slab. The steel slab is heated to maintain a predetermined temperature. The steel slab is rolled to reduce the thickness to a predetermined thickness to create a hot-rolled steel sheet.
US12104229B1
A cemented carbide is composed of a first hard phase, a second hard phase, and a binder phase, wherein the first hard phase is composed of tungsten carbide particles and having a particle diameter D10 of 0.30 μm to 0.60 μm, a particle diameter D90 of 0.90 μm to 1.40 μm, the second hard phase contains at least one first compound selected from the group consisting of TiNbC, TiNbN, and TiNbCN, and having an average particle diameter of 0.03 μm to 0.50 μm, a content of the binder phase in the cemented carbide is 8.0 vol % to 16.0 vol %, an average particle diameter of the binder phase is 0.15 μm to 0.45, a particle diameter D95 of the binder phase is 1.5 μm or less, and a degree of dispersion of the binder phase is 0.15 to 0.25.
US12104225B2
Provided are a method and molten salt system for recovering rare earth elements from NdFeB waste and use of ferric oxide as a raw material of a manganese-zinc ferrite. The molten salt system comprising the following components in percentage by weight: 40% of K3AlF6 or Na3AlF6, 40% of KBe2F5, and 20% of KAlF4. By adopting the three-component molten salt system of the present invention, recovery rates of rare earth elements extracted from NdFeB waste all can reach 98% or above. By adopting the three-component molten salt system, extraction temperature is 100-400° C. lower than that of all current similar halogenation methods, and extraction time is fold shorted to 1-3 h. The reduction of the extraction temperature and the shortening of the melting time greatly reduce the energy consumption of extracting rare earth elements from NdFeB waste, and the economic benefits are remarkable.
US12104221B2
An induction heating method for a metal strip is provided to heat a continuously conveyed metal strip using an induction heating device disposed at a first position on a pass line. The induction heating method includes a step of detecting a displacement from a predetermined datum line of a width direction center line of the metal strip at a second position on the pass line that is different from the first position, a step of computing an estimated displacement of the width direction center line of the metal strip at the first position by temporal and spatial extrapolation of the displacement based on a function expressing a time series of changes in the displacement, and a step of controlling a relative positional relationship between the induction heating device and the metal strip in a width direction of the metal strip based on the estimated displacement.
US12104220B2
Welding base metal for recycling railway wheel and method for recycling railway wheel using the same
The present disclosure relates to a welding base metal for recycling a railway wheel and a method for recycling a railway wheel using the same, which can overlay-weld a railway wheel with a welding base metal suitable for overlay-welding a railway wheel through a heat treatment, form a surface hardened layer, and strengthen the metal structure of the railway wheel, in order to recycle the railway wheel. The welding base metal for recycling a railway wheel may be used as a surface hardened layer of a railway wheel because the welding base metal has high hardness while exhibiting a similar property to the railway wheel. Furthermore, the welding base metal can change the metal structure of the recycled railway wheel, and thus delay the initial wear time of the recycled railway wheel. The method for recycling a railway wheel may overlay-weld the damaged railway wheel to its original size, form a surface hardened layer, and change the metal structure of the railway wheel by changing the composition of the welding base metal and performing the pre-heat treatment and the post heat treatment, thereby minimizing the occurrence of damage to the recycled railway wheel.
US12104206B2
The present disclosure provides methods and kits for direct sequencing of nucleic acid targets. Such methods can be used to determine if one or more nucleic acid targets are present in a sample.
US12104204B2
The present invention provides a use of a high-temperature-resistant Cas protein, and a system and reagent kit for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule; specifically, the present invention provides a reaction system used for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule, said reaction system comprising: a guide RNA, Cas12b (formerly known as C2c1), and a nucleic acid probe; after a reaction is completed, detection of the nucleic acid is performed. In addition, by means of combining with nucleic acid amplification techniques (such as LAMP and the like), the sensitivity of the described detection method can be significantly improved. The detection system provided by the present invention can be used for rapidly detecting pathogenic microorganisms, gene mutations, single nucleotide polymorphisms, specific target DNA, and the like, and for quantifying nucleic acid samples.
US12104201B2
The present invention relates to the field of protein engineering, molecular imaging, and molecular diagnostics. More particularly, provided herein are novel synthetic aptamers produced using the Gyrl-like family of proteins as a scaffold. Methods of obtaining and using the synthetic mutein aptamers are also provided.
US12104200B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for processing nucleic acid molecules from one or more cells. A cell may be comprised in a cell bead. Processing may comprise uniquely identifying nucleic acid molecules. Nucleic acid molecules may be identified by barcoding. Barcoding may be combinatorial barcoding. Combinatorial barcoding may allow for generation of a large number of barcodes, thereby uniquely identifying nucleic acids from a large number of single cells. Combinatorial barcoding may be performed in successive operations. Successive operations may be performed in partitions.
US12104187B2
Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant useful for cleaning applications and in methods of cleaning. One embodiment is directed to one or more subtilisin variant, including one or more Bacillus sp. subtilisin polypeptide variant, and one or more cleaning composition comprising one or more such variant.
US12104185B2
Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof.
US12104178B2
The present invention is related to compositions and methods for the regulated and controlled expression of proteins.
US12104169B2
Compositions and methods are described herein for chemically inducing cells to change their differentiation state and become neuronal cells.
US12104168B2
The present invention relates to a cell culture medium for preparing liver, gastric, pancreatic, colon or intestinal adult stem cell isolated from adult tissue, as well as for maintaining such stem cell in the undifferentiated state. The cell culture medium comprises a base medium; an ABL and SRC dual kinase inhibitor/an ABL kinase inhibitor and a SRC kinase inhibitor; a mitogenic factor; a WNT signalling pathway activator; a stimulator for NAD+ and NADP+ generation; and a cAMP/PKA pathway activator. In a particular embodiment, the ABL and SRC dual kinase inhibitor is Dasatinib; the mitogenic factor is EGF; the WNT signalling pathway activator is R-Spondin 1; the stimulator for NAD+ and NADP+ generation is nicotinamide; and the cAMP/PKA pathway activator is cholera endotoxin.
US12104163B2
The disclosure provides nucleic acids (comprising AAV expression cassettes), AAV vectors, and compositions for use in methods for treating and/or delaying the onset of diseases associated with mutations in the mecp2 gene, such as Rett Syndrome. Also, provided herein are methods for treating and/or delaying the onset of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-associated diseases.
US12104156B2
Disclosed herein are polynucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
US12104148B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods for a pulsing system which can be configured to provide pressure pulses to a fluid communication tube to/from a bioreactor (for example). Such a system may comprise one or more of, and preferably a plurality of a pulsing motor, a compression plate, one or more fluid communications tubes comprising a biomedia fluid tube configured to direct biomedia fluid into and out of one or more bioreactors, and/or an intra-luminal fluid tube configured to direct intra-luminal fluid through a mandrel tube provided in each bioreactor, and one and/or another of a cam, gearing, and/or actuator configured to repetitively moving the compression plate so as to repetitively compress and release at least a portion of a respective intra-luminal fluid tube for a respective bioreactor to effect a temporary pressure increase (distension or strain) in a respective mandrel-tube according to the predetermined time period.
US12104140B2
The present disclosure relates to a polymerizable surfactant with reducibility and a preparation method thereof. The acid anhydride is reacted with a long-chain fatty alcohol to obtain an intermediate of an anhydride monoester, and then the obtained intermediate is reacted with the hydrochloride of dimethylaminohalogenated alkane, and a polymerizable surfactant with reducibility is obtained by post-processing. The polymerizable surfactant can not only play a role as a reactive emulsifier and copolymerize with monomers to obtain a soap-free emulsion, but also form a redox initiation system with peroxide, and conduct redox emulsion polymerization at room temperature. The soap-free emulsion synthesized by the polymerizable surfactant synthesized can greatly reduce the energy consumption in production, and can carry out one-step emulsion polymerization at normal temperature or low temperature to obtain an environment-friendly emulsion with a branched structure, thereby obtaining coatings with excellent water resistance, weather resistance, and impact resistance.
US12104137B2
The present invention provides an engine oil composition including 70 to 95 percent by weight of a base oil and 0.01 to 15 percent by weight of a dispersant comb polymer, based on the overall weight of the engine oil composition. The dispersant comb polymer consists of 13.7% by weight of a macromonomer, which is an ester of methacrylic acid and a hydroxylated hydrogenated polybutadiene with Mn of 4750 g/mol; 51.5% by weight of n-butyl methacrylate; 17.3% by weight of LMA; 11.2% by weight of styrene; 0.2% by weight of methyl methacrylate; and 6.10% by weight of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. The modified dispersant inhibitor package contains 30 wt % or less of succinimide type dispersant based on the overall weight of the modified dispersant inhibitor additive package, and the engine oil composition has an SAE viscosity grade of 0W-X, wherein X is 30 or less.
US12104135B2
Provided is a lubricant composition including a bicyclic liquid crystal of formula (1), tricyclic liquid crystal compounds of formula (2), and formula (3). The composition is suitable for use in a clean environment, under a high vacuum, under high temperature and a bearing. R1 and R2 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OCH2CH2CH(R′)CH2CH2OR. R11 and R21 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OR. R12, R13, R22 and R23 are the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen or a group —OR. R31 and R41 are the same or different from each other, and each is —OCH2CH2CH(R′)CH2CH2OR. R32, R33, R42, and R43 are the same or different from each other, and each is hydrogen or —OCH2CH2CH(R′)CH2CH2OR. R is a linear or branched CnH2n+1, 1≤n≤20, and R′ is methyl or ethyl.
US12104128B2
An apparatus to simulate biocide performance in crude oil pipeline conditions is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a reactor to simulate a two-phase crude oil pipeline which includes a crude oil phase above a water phase. The reactor has an agitator to control a flow of the water phase in the reactor in response to a motor that drives an agitation rate of the agitator. A crude oil inlet supplies crude oil to the reactor for the crude oil phase. A water inlet supplies water to the reactor for the water phase. A control circuit is configured by code to control a proportion of the water to the crude oil supplied to the reactor and to control the motor to drive a desired agitation rate of the agitator. A biocide inlet supplies biocide to the reactor. A water sample outlet enables sampling of the water phase of the reactor.
US12104127B2
A method for producing a low-viscosity high-aromatic non-carcinogenic petroleum-based process oil which can be used as a plasticizer oil or an extender oil in the manufacture of synthetic rubber and tyres is described. The oil is obtained from by-product fractions of secondary petrochemical processes by fractional distillation, wherein the used by-product fractions of secondary petrochemical processes are products of catalytic cracking, or products of catalytic reforming, or aromatic extracts, or mixtures thereof, which have an initial boiling point of no less than 200° C. and above and a final boiling point of no less than 360° C. at atmospheric pressure, and contain no less than 85% of aromatic constituents and no more than 10.0 mg/kg of the sum of the following polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: benz[a]anthracene; chrysene; benzo[b]fluoranthene; benzo[i]fluoranthene; benzo[k]fluoranthene; benzo[e]pyrene; benzo[a]pyrene; and dibenzo[a,h]anthracene.
US12104120B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for converting biomass to biofuel, comprising a reaction apparatus including: a reaction tank configured to hold a process fluid; at least one mechanical rotating device comprising: a submergible chamber configured to operate within process, the submergible chamber having a first section including a first rotatable member and configured to receive biomass feedstock; a second section including a second rotatable member and configured to process biomass feedstock; and a third section including a third rotatable member and configured to treat the processed biomass feedstock effective to convert the processed biomass feedstock; a shaft in operable communication with each of the first, second, and third rotatable members for rotating said rotatable members about an axis; and a drive source for driving the shaft about said axis. Also disclosed herein are kits and methods for using the disclosed system to produce biofuel.
US12104115B2
The present application provides a composite material and a method for producing the same. The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam and a polymer component, and has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity.
US12104109B2
A liquid-crystal (LC) material having negative dielectric anisotropy and the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, such as for example in LC displays, in particular energy saving displays based on the ECB, IPS or FFS effect, where the liquid crystal medium contains one or more compounds of formula I and one or more compounds compounds of formulae IIA, IIB, IIC and IID
US12104097B2
The present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive composition comprising at least one polyester polyol based on Betulin and at least one NCO-terminated compound as well as a method for the production of a laminated article using the inventive hot-melt adhesive composition.
US12104095B2
The present invention relates to specially formulated adhesives and methods for preparing such adhesives. The present invention also relates to composites and materials formed from such adhesives. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with specially formulated adhesives comprising phenolic resins.
US12104092B2
An adhesive composition having excellent adhesiveness to a cycloolefin resin or the like. The adhesive composition of the present invention includes a polymer having a repeating unit derived from a polymerizable compound represented by formula (I): Y—N(Ar)(R) Formula (I), in which Ar represents an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C14 aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C10 aryl C1 to C3 alkyl group; R represents an unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C6 alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C3 to C6 cycloalkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C14 aryl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted C6 to C10 aryl C1 to C3 alkyl group; and Y represents a polymerizable functional group. In Formula (I), a substituent on Ar and a substituent on R can bond to form a divalent organic group.
US12104091B2
Undesirable materials that are frequently discarded from recycling desirable polymer-containing materials may be processed and used in the production of soft surfaces to produce soft surfaces with improved properties.
US12104090B2
A method of making an adhesive for an ice protection assembly includes mixing ferrous nanoparticles into the adhesive. Removal of the adhesive for ice protection assembly inspection or repair includes heating the ferrous nanoparticles in the adhesive to soften the adhesive and allow for easy removal or repositioning of the ice protection assembly.
US12104089B2
The present invention relates to a water-soluble pre-reacted binder composition, a method of its manufacture, a use of said pre-reacted binder composition, a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by a polymeric binder, a binder solution or dispersion comprising said pre-reacted binder composition, as well as products comprising the pre-reacted binder composition in a cured state.
US12104081B2
The present invention relates to an antimicrobial coating composition having antiviral activity against coronavirus, the composition comprising: an adhesive having adhesiveness to a surface coated therewith; and a coronavirus antiviral material which is to be attached to the surface by the adhesiveness of the adhesive and exhibits antiviral activity against coronavirus.
US12104069B2
The present invention provides an epidermal penetration type ink composition comprising: a fluorescent colorant containing at least one selected from the group consisting of indocyanine green (ICG), cyanine, phthalocyanine, oxazine, rhodamine, and a mixture thereof; a binder resin containing at least one of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and polyvinylbutyral (PVB); and a solvent containing at least one of ethanol and isopropanol.
US12104055B2
The invention relates to a polyamide molding composition with good weathering resistance containing or preferably consisting of the following components: 85 to 99.85% by weight of a component A, where component A consists of polyamide A1 or of a mixture of the polyamides A1 and A2, where A1 is at least one amorphous or microcrystalline polyamide having more than 60 mol % of monomers having exclusively aliphatic structural units, based on the total amount of monomers, and A2 is at least one acyclic aliphatic polyamide, and where the sum of components A1 and A2 gives 100% by weight of component A; 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of at least one colorant B; 0.10 to 3.0% by weight of at least one stabilizer C; 0 to 10% by weight of additives D, other than A, B and C; the proportions by weight of components A to D summing to 100% by weight, wherein the polyamide molding composition comprises neither carbon black nor nigrosine, the color lightness L*, determined according to DIN EN ISO 11664-4:2020 in the CIELAB color space on a plate of the dimension 60×60×2 mm, being at most 32, and the polyamides A1 having a transparency of at least 88% and a haze of at most 5%, in each case determined according to ASTM-D1003-21 on a plate of the dimension 60×60×2 mm.
US12104044B2
A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for a 3D printer is formed by impregnating a thermoplastic resin into a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: an average value S of a roundness parameter s of a cross section is 60% to 100%, the average value S being evaluated by (i) taking a photograph of the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the filament, (ii) drawing an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle of the filament in a cross-sectional image and determining the diameter length of each, (iii) calculating the roundness parameter s defined by equation (1), and (iv) repeating (i)-(iii) at a plurality of locations on the filament and calculating the average value S of the roundness parameter s; and the coefficient of variation of the diameter length of the circumscribed circle is 0% to 10%.
US12104043B2
A protective film that includes at least one of a transparent polyolefin resin layer and a surface protection layer, and that has excellent weather resistance and a low level of white turbidity, which is a factor that impairs design properties; and a sheet using the protective film. The protective film comprises at least a transparent polyolefin resin layer, wherein the transparent polyolefin resin layer contains a first hydroxyphenyltriazine-based ultraviolet absorber (UVA-A) having a structure represented by the general formula below. In the general formula, R1-R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a phenyl group, or an alkoxy group, and at least two of R1-R3 are an alkoxy group having 8-18 carbon atoms, R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydroxyl group, a methyl group, or a hydrogen atom, and R6-R8 each independently represent a methyl group or a hydrogen atom.
US12104038B2
The subject invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the use of a very specific combination of hydrophobating silanes and sulfur crosslinkable silanes can be used to attain outstanding performance characteristics in silica reinforced rubber formulations. More specifically, these rubber formulations provide a highly desirable combination of both improved abrasion characteristics and reduced hysteresis without compromising other important rubber characteristics. The present invention more specifically discloses a sulfur cured rubber formulation which is the reaction product of (1) at least one rubbery polymer, (2) sulfur, (3) silica, (4) 2 phf to 12 phf of a hydrophobating silane, and (5) 0.5 phf to 3 phf of a crosslinkable silane. The weight ratio of the hydrophobating silane to the crosslinkable silane will typically be within the range of about 2:1 to about 20:1.
US12104029B1
A preparation method of a high-barrier antibacterial flame-retardant food packaging film solves problems that an existing food packaging film is non-degradable, poor in preservation effect, and inflammable. The preparation method includes: performing blending reaction on chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and phytic acid to generate a polyelectrolyte complex; and adding the polyelectrolyte complex into a polyvinyl alcohol solution, heating the polyvinyl alcohol solution added with the polyelectrolyte complex to obtain a film-forming solution, pouring the film-forming solution into a mold, leveling and drying the film-forming solution to obtain the high-barrier antibacterial flame-retardant food packaging film. The food packaging film has water vapor permeability in 1.82-2.58×10−8 g·s−1·m−1·Pa−1, oxygen permeability in 1.63-12.31 cm3·mm−2·Pa−1·day−1, and a value of limiting oxygen index (LOI) in 28.10%-33.33%. The food packaging film performs an instant self-extinguishing behavior after ignition; and can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli when used in packaging.
US12104028B2
The present disclosure provides an ionic gel film preparation method, a chemical sensor and preparation method thereof, relating to the field of sensor technology. The preparation method of ionic gel film includes: blending a vinyl-free ionic liquid with a vinyl-containing ionic liquid and a specified additive to obtain a homogenous solution, taking a predetermined amount of the homogenous solution and dropping it onto a first substrate equipped with interdigital electrodes, flattening the homogenous solution on the first substrate using a second substrate, curing the flattened homogenous solution on the first substrate using ultraviolet light of a preset wavelength, and curing until the vinyl-containing ionic liquid polymerizes in situ to form an ionic gel film. The preparation method of ionic gel film, chemical sensor, and preparation method thereof of the present disclosure have the advantages of good device consistency, high conductivity, and good sensing performance when using the ionic gel film.
US12104025B2
Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness, has excellent heat resistance at a high temperature of 150° C., easily maintains a bag shape when being made into a packaging bag, and has less pitch shift during printing or fewer wrinkles in a sealed portion when being heat-sealed. A biaxially oriented polypropylene film, wherein a maximum elongation of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° ° C. or lower measured by a thermomechanical analyzer (TMA) is not larger than 1.5 mm in a longitudinal direction and not larger than 0.1 mm in a width direction, and a heat shrinkage rate of the biaxially oriented polypropylene film at 150° C. is not higher than 10% in the longitudinal direction and not higher than 30% in the width direction.
US12104013B2
The present application relates to a process for preparing polyesters comprising reacting a dicarboxylic acid with butanediol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein in the process an aluminosilicate is present, as well as the use of aluminosilicates in such a process.
US12104012B2
A polymer is made by polymerization of CBDA-4 monomers with a glycerol linker through a condensation reaction. The resulting polymer is thermally cleavable having a plurality of CBDA-4 monomers linked with the glycerol linkers, making it recyclable when heated and degraded. The resulting intermediate material can be hydrolyzed back to initial starting material for synthesizing CBDA-4 monomers.
US12104001B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing of solid particulate olefin polymerisation catalyst or catalyst carrier comprising forming a solution of the catalyst or a catalyst carrier in a solvent, subjecting the solution into an atomization by spraying the solution via a capillary vibrating spray nozzle with a capillary orifice having a diameter of 5 to 100 μm generating a laminar jet of liquid, which disintegrates into liquid droplets entering into the spray-dryer, transforming the droplets with aid of a gas to solid particulate catalyst or carrier in the spray-dryer and recovering the solid particulate olefin polymerisation catalyst or carrier having particle size distribution defined by a volumetric SPAN of 0.7 or less. The invention further relates to the catalyst produced by the methods, and use thereof in olefin polymerisation process.
US12104000B2
The present disclosure provides a photopolymerizable composition. The photopolymerizable composition includes at least one polypropylene oxide component and an initiator, plus optionally a urethane component, a multifunctional reactive diluent, and/or an inhibitor. The present disclosure also provides an article including the reaction product of the photopolymerizable composition. Typically, the article exhibits an elongation at break of 30% or greater. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of making an article. The method includes (i) providing a photopolymerizable composition and (ii) selectively curing the photopolymerizable composition to form an article. The method optionally also includes (iii) curing unpolymerized polypropylene oxide component, urethane component and/or multifunctional reactive diluent remaining after step (ii). Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the article based on the digital object. A system is also provided, including a display that displays a 3D model of an article; and one or more processors that, in response to the 3D model selected by a user, cause a 3D printer to create a physical object of an article.
US12103996B2
Element tags based on novel metal-polymer conjugates are provided for elemental analysis of analytes, including ICP-MS. A polymer backbone is functionalized to irreversibly bind metals that are selected prior to use by the user. The polymer is further functionalized to attach a linker which allows for attachment to antibodies or other affinity reagents. The polymer format allows attachment of many copies of a given isotope, which linearly improves sensitivity. The metal-polymer conjugate tags enable multiplexed assay in two formats: bulk assay, where the average biomarker distribution in the sample is diagnostic, and single cell format to distinguish a rare (for example a diseased) cell in a complex sample (for example, blood).
US12103992B2
A polymer material is provided that can be used to produce an intraocular lens having a high refractive index and low adhesion on a lens surface and suppressing the occurrence of glistening and sub-surface nano glistening. Further, an intraocular lens with the properties mentioned above is provided. The polymer material can preferably be used to produce an intraocular lens. The polymer material is formed by polymerizing a liquid monomer mixture containing 11 to 30% by mass of a macromonomer (A) represented by the following formula (I) and at least a (meth)acrylate monomer (B) with an aryl group. [In the formula, four n respectively and individually representing 1 or 2, a, b, c, and d being respectively and individually integers of 4 or more, and four Z being respectively and individually substituent groups containing a (meth)acryloyl group.]
US12103983B2
Disclosed are a novel compound having a higher angiogenic effect than that of a known peptide-based angiogenic agent, and an angiogenic agent including the novel compound. The compound is represented by the following formula [1]: Cyclic(Cys-O2Oc-SVV(F/Y)GLRG-Cys)-NH2 (wherein the number of oxyethylene units, represented by O2Oc, is within the range of 2 to 6), the following formula [II]: Cyclic(O2Oc-SVV(F/Y)GLRQ)-NH2 [II] (wherein the number of oxyethylene units, represented by O2Oc, is within the range of 2 to 6), or the following formula [III]: O2Oc-SVV(F/Y)GLR-NH2 [III] (wherein the number of oxyethylene units, represented by O2Oc, is within the range of 2 to 6).
US12103978B2
This document provides methods and materials for treating a mammal having HER2-expressing cancers. For example, antibody drug conjugates containing an anti-HER2 antibody and at least one molecule of an anti-cancer drug are provided, as well as methods of administering such antibody drug conjugates to a mammal (e.g., a human) having a HER2-expressing cancer to treat the mammal.
US12103969B2
Disclosed herein is a novel monoclonal antibody exhibiting binding affinity to Siglec-3 receptor. According to the embodiment, the monoclonal antibody is capable of reversing HBV-induced immunosuppression. Accordingly, also disclosed herein are the uses thereof in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.
US12103967B2
The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.
US12103966B2
Isolated or recombinant EphA5 or GRP78 targeting antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer. A method of rapidly identifying antibodies or antibody fragments for the treatment of cancer using a combination of in vitro and in vivo methodologies is also provided.
US12103961B2
Compositions for increasing half-life of a therapeutic agent in livestock animals and methods of use
Provided are compositions for increasing the half-life of a polypeptide or polypeptides in a livestock animal and methods of their use. The compositions involve variant IgG Fc regions.
US12103958B2
The invention provides LFA3 polypeptide molecules, e.g., variant LFA3 fusion polypeptide molecules. The invention includes uses, and associated methods of using the LFA3 polypeptide molecules.
US12103948B2
Provided is a separating agent with an improved dynamic binding capacity (DBC) to a target substance. The separating agent includes a carrier and a protein, wherein the protein is a given protein, and a surface of the carrier and added lysine residues in the protein are bound by chemical bonds.
US12103947B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method having high efficiency and versatility for a peptide thioester and peptide. The present invention provides a method for producing a peptide thioester, comprising the steps of: (1) providing a peptide thioester having a CGC triplet at the C-terminal; (2) causing a transfer between an SH group of the C-terminal cysteine and a carbonyl group of the glycine in the CGC triplet to obtain an R-X-CG-thioester; and (3) causing, in the R-X-CG-thioester, a transfer between the SH group of the cysteine and a carbonyl group of X, and a transfer between an amino group of the cysteine and a thiol group of the glycine to obtain a peptide thioester, and a method for producing a peptide using the peptide thioester produced by this method.
US12103946B2
Steroid compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: (I) and wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6a, R6b, R7, R8, and n are as described herein. The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for promoting differentiation of T regulatory (Treg) lymphocytes, and for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune disorders, and graft-versus-host disease.
US12103939B2
A gold(III) complex of formula (I) or formula (II) wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted arylalkyl, or an optionally substituted aryl; R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, an optionally substituted arylalkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted heterocyclyl, an optionally substituted alkoxy, a hydroxyl, a halo, a nitro, a cyano, a N-monosubstituted amino group, or a N,N-disubstituted amino group; and X is Cl, Br, or I. A pharmaceutical composition containing the gold(III) complex of formula (I) or (II), and a method of treating cancer are included.
US12103935B2
The present invention primarily relates to compounds of formula (I) and compositions comprising one, two, three or more compound(s) of formula (I) or consisting of two, three or more compound(s) of formula (I). The invention further relates to methods for producing a compound of formula (I) or a composition as defined herein, the use of a compound of formula (I) as defined herein as a fragrance substance, the use of a composition as defined herein as a fragrance substance mixture and the use of a compound of formula (I) or a composition as defined herein for imparting, modifying and/or enhancing one or more olfactory notes selected from the group consisting of the notes ambergris, woody and animalic. Moreover, the present invention relates to fragrance substance compositions and perfumed products as defined herein, methods for producing a perfumed product, methods for perfuming a product and methods for perfuming hair, skin, textile fibres, surfaces and/or ambient air.
US12103927B2
A ligand of Formula (A): or a carboxylate salt thereof; wherein Y1, Y2 and Y3 each independently represents —COOH or a picolinate of Formula (i): wherein each R1 independently represents a chromophore group; L1, L2 and L3 each independently represents a single bond or a linker; and X1, X2 and X3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a coupling function or a bio-vectorizing group. Also, a process for manufacturing the ligand and to a process for manufacturing a chelate by complexation by the ligand of a rare-earth cation, preferably a lanthanide cation. Further, a use of the ligand and/or the chelate in biological imaging and/or photoluminescence imaging.
US12103925B2
The present application provides a crystalline form of tolebrutinib, an amorphous form, and a method of preparation thereof and a use thereof, and the crystalline form of tolebrutinib provided in the present application has at least one of the following advantages: good stability, low moisture attraction, uniform particle size distribution, solubility meeting the requirements for medicinal use, stable storage, avoiding phase transformation of the drug in the process of development and in storage, and a reliable method for the preparation thereof, which has a great development value. The amorphous form of tolebrutinib provided in this application, while possessing better solubility than that of tolebrutinib in the crystalline state, still possesses good stability of placement and acceptable hygroscopicity, and has high medicinal value.
US12103919B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions and their use in reducing Widely Interspaced Zinc Finger Motifs (WIZ) expression levels, or inducing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression, and in the treatment of inherited blood disorders (e.g., hemoglobinopathies, e.g., beta-hemoglobinopathies), such as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia.
US12103910B1
Novel organoselenium selective ligands are presented and designed to determine metal ions in a sample. These ligands are used as complexing agents in a dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction procedure of copper and zinc ions. The procedure has a shortened extraction time, minimal organic solvent types, and lower amounts of solvents, as well as easy operation and high enrichment efficiency.
US12103905B2
Process for the preparation of urea granules comprising the steps of obtaining an aqueous urea solution from one or more synthesis and recovery steps wherein ammonia and carbon dioxide are reacted together, subjecting the aqueous urea solution to an evaporation step wherein water is removed to obtain a urea melt (1), processing and treating said urea melt in a granulation step (7) and optionally in a cooling section (10) to obtain solid urea granules (14); the process further comprises a scrubbing step (3) of granulation offgas and an atmospheric evaporation step (32) to recover a urea solution (2) and a water-saturated air stream (18): the water-saturated air stream is fed back to the scrubbing section (3) without condensation, and the recovered urea solution is conveyed to the granulation step (7).
US12103904B2
Disclosed are compounds of formulae: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, n, and m are defined herein. These compounds are useful for treating Gram-negative bacteria infections. Also disclosed are methods of making these compounds.
US12103902B2
Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for treating diseases, such as cancers. Specific cancers include those that are mediated by YAP/TAZ or those that are modulated by the interaction between YAP/TAZ and TEAD.
US12103901B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a composition containing at least one metal amino acid compound, in which method—a basic compound of a divalent metal is first reacted together with an alpha amino acid in a molar relationship of one to at least two in water during heating of up to 60° C. to 100° C.,—a reaction equilibrium is awaited,—the reaction solution is then mixed with a water-soluble salt of the same divalent metal at a quantity such that the molar total quantity of the divalent metal from the basic compound of the metal and the metal salt does not exceed the molar quantity of the alpha amino acid,—the metal salt is allowed to completely dissolve,—the reaction solution is then dried thereby obtaining a solid composition.
US12103898B2
The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more specifically it concerns a process for preparing compound of formula (I) catalyzed by a nickel complex. The compound of formula (II) is also part of the invention.
US12103897B2
The present invention describes a processes, systems, and catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide and water and electricity into low carbon or zero carbon high quality fuels and chemicals. In one aspect, the present invention provides an integrated process for the conversion of a feed stream comprising carbon dioxide to a product stream comprising hydrocarbons between 5 and 24 carbon atoms in length.
US12103896B2
The present disclosure concerns fertilizer particles comprising calcium nitrate and potassium nitrate. It is found that fertilizer particles comprising 43 to 47% w/w calcium nitrate and 46 to 54% w/w potassium nitrate can be produced by melt granulation. Due to undercooling problems, such particles were not expected to be suitable for industrial production by melt granulation. However, the present disclosure provides a composition which forms a low viscosity melt with short solidification time. This was successfully achieved by reducing the water content of a fertilizer melt comprising 43 to 47% w/w calcium nitrate and 46 to 54% w/w potassium nitrate to less than 3% w/w of the melt.
US12103887B1
Foamed glass beads can be made from glass, a hydrated foaming agent, a hydrated binding agent, a sealing agent, a fluxing agent, and a solvent. The hydrated binding agent can hold the glass and the hydrated foaming agent in solution. The glass can be derived from glass cullet that is ground into powder. The glass powder, the hydrated foaming agent, the hydrated binding agent, the sealing agent, the fluxing agent, and the solvent can be mixed together to create a preform material that is pelletized to make preform pellets. The preform pellets can be dried and then heated to a predetermined temperature. The heating process can create the final, foamed glass beads.
US12103866B2
Systems for removing one or more contaminants from water are provided that can include a hydrate formation chamber assembly; a contaminated water diffusion assembly within the hydrate formation chamber assembly; a space between a wall of the hydrate formation chamber assembly and the diffusion assembly; and a guest compound conduit configured to provide a guest compound within the space and form a hydrate comprising water and the guest compound. Methods for removing one or more contaminants from water are provided that can include providing a contaminated water mixture and one or more guest compounds; forming a hydrate complex comprising water and the one or more guest compounds; and separating the water from the guest compounds to provide water with less contaminant. Mixtures are also provided that can include a liquid component comprising water and at least one contaminant, and a solid component comprising a hydrate complex. One embodiment of the system provides methods for production of excess electric power as a byproduct of the desalination process.
US12103864B2
The present invention describes a water distribution system 1 comprising a water supply, a heating source 100, at least one temperature sensor, a flow path for water with a user outflow UO, and a control unit for operation of the water distribution system 1, said temperature sensor being connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit also is connected to at least one presence sensor PS arranged for the detection of presence of a human or animal body in physical proximity to the user outflow UO and/or in an outflow direction area from the user outflow UO and wherein the control unit is arranged to drive a hot water pasteurization procedure of at least a portion of the flow path and out from the user outflow UO based on a response or an indication of no presence of a human or animal body in physical proximity to the user outflow UO and/or in an outflow direction area from the user outflow UO.
US12103854B2
A method for fabricating nanodiamond particles in a nanodiamond fabrication reactor, which method entails: a) forming a composite of a plurality of diamond monolayers interspersed with a plurality of non-monolayer dihydrobenzvalene (DHB), one over the other, by reacting kinetically energized carbyne radicals with a supported layer of DHB, thus sealing off any subtended, unreacted DHB from further reaction with the kinetically energized carbyne radicals. b) subjecting the diamond monolayers to an anvil having a nanomachined strike face, with sufficient force to fracture the diamond monolayers, to thereby produce nanodiamond having a shape in the X-Y plane matching that of the nanomachined strike face and a Z-axis dimension (thickness) which is that of a diamond monolayer.
US12103853B2
A polycrystalline element includes a table formed of polycrystalline diamond. The table includes a first surface; a second surface spaced apart from the first surface; and at least one side extending between the first surface and the second surface. The table also includes a plurality of extensions also formed of polycrystalline diamond, wherein at least one extension of the plurality of extensions extends away from at least one of the first surface and the at least one side. A radial line extends radially outward from a center axis of the first surface intersects each of a long axis of a subset of a plurality of extensions. Optionally, the polycrystalline diamond of at least one extension of the plurality of extensions is contiguous with the polycrystalline diamond of the table. The polycrystalline element may be used in downhole tools for boring and well drilling, machine tools, and bearings.
US12103852B2
A method for the manufacture of graphene oxide from Kish graphite including the pretreatment of kish graphite and the oxidation of pre-treated kish graphite into graphene oxide, the graphene oxide obtained with at least 45% by weight of oxygen functional groups and the use of the graphene oxide.
US12103851B2
Graphene based sensor technology is described. Certain aspects relate to graphene containing ink formulations suitable for fabricating sensor electrodes via inkjet printing methods and to sensor electrodes produced from such ink formulations. Certain further aspects relate to processes for fabricating functionalized graphene materials for use in such ink formulations. Further still, certain aspects relate to sensors comprising graphene sensor electrodes.
US12103842B2
Devices, systems, and methods for thermally regulating and dispensing beverages are described herein. More particularly, in one aspect, jackets for thermally regulating a beverage container are described. Such a jacket can comprise an interior temperature control layer defining an interior space for receiving the beverage container, and an exterior fabric layer disposed over the interior temperature control layer. The interior temperature control layer comprises a first phase change material (PCM) having a first phase transition temperature corresponding to a desired service temperature of a beverage contained in the beverage container.
US12103837B2
This invention relates to a gas tank handling attachment for a truck mounted forklift truck (TMFL) comprising a frame, a pair of clamping arms pivotably mounted on the frame, and a pair of pivoting rams mounted on the frame, operable to pivot the clamping arms to and from a stowed configuration and an operating configuration. The frame comprises a pair of spaced apart uprights bridged by a bracing cross-member, and there is provided, mounted on the frame, means to releasably engage a fork carriage. One of the clamping arms is mounted on one upright and the other clamping arm is mounted on the other upright. In the stowed configuration, the clamping arms are substantially parallel to and extend upwardly from the uprights, and in the operating configuration the clamping arms are substantially orthogonal to and project forwardly from the uprights. An operator can operate the attachment to engage/disengage a gas tank from inside the driver's station of the TMFL.
US12103832B2
A method and apparatus for moving objects between locations using a moving apparatus coupled to a lifting device, such as a forklift. The moving apparatus is engageable with the lifting device when seated on a surface and is secured to the lifting device by a retaining assembly when the lifting device lifts the moving apparatus off the surface. The moving device includes a connector assembly which is used to retain or secure an object, article, or piece of equipment to the moving apparatus. The connector assembly may be any suitable hitch-type apparatus such as a standard ball hitch or a gooseneck hitch. In other embodiments, the connector assembly may include a platform which is rotatably mounted to a body of the moving apparatus. The platform defines a platform channel into which a portion of the object, article, or piece of equipment is received.
US12103829B2
A chain inlet/outlet, from which a load chain on a load side is hauled in or paid out, has a first guide groove having a first longitudinal groove and a first lateral groove. The chain inlet/outlet also has a second guide groove that is provided on a deeper side of a body part than the first guide groove is and has a second longitudinal groove and a second lateral groove. The first guide groove has narrowed parts that determine, when each link of the load chain is pulled in, into which of the first longitudinal groove and the first lateral groove the link is introduced, and expanded groove parts having a width larger than the groove width of the narrowed parts and provided on the outer side, farther away from the center of the chain inlet/outlet than the narrowed parts.
US12103822B2
A braking mechanism includes a wedge selectably engageable with a guide rail, and a frictional surface defined on the wedge configured for selective engagement with the guide rail in an overspeed condition. The frictional surface includes a friction coating of polycrystalline blocky diamond material. An elevator system includes an elevator car, a guide rail along which the elevator car travels, and a braking mechanism located at the elevator car and selectably engageable with the guide rail to slow or stop travel of the elevator car along the guide rail. The braking mechanism includes a wedge having a frictional surface configured for selective engagement with the guide rail in an overspeed condition. The frictional surface includes a friction coating of polycrystalline blocky diamond material.
US12103821B2
The present disclosure relates to an elevator having a function of removing dust adhered to an object aboard, including: a car which provides a boarding space, and in which a pair of air holes disposed in a diagonal direction each other at a same height of an inner space are formed; and a pair of fan modules that generates whirlwind rotating in the inner space of the car by ejecting air traveling from one of the pair of air hoes in a direction away from a center of the inner space of the car and ejecting air traveling from the other of the pair of air hoes in a direction away from the center of the inner space of the car, in which dust adhered to the object aboard inside the car is separated from the object aboard by the whirlwind generated inside the car.
US12103816B2
An elevator data communication system is configured to communicate between a plurality of elevator systems and a datacenter remotely located from the plurality of elevator systems. The elevator data communication system includes a software-based cloud communication platform and a server. The software-based cloud communication platform is configured to receive and send communications to the plurality of elevator systems. The server is remotely located from the plurality of elevator systems and is configured to send and receive the communications between the datacenter and the software-based cloud communication platform. The server includes a plurality of software-based simulated modems each assigned to a respective one of the plurality of elevator systems.
US12103815B2
An image reading apparatus includes a stacking portion, a feeding unit, a reading unit, and a discharge portion provided below the stacking portion. The feeding unit feeds a sheet stacked on the stacking portion in a feeding direction. The reading unit reads an image on the fed sheet and the discharge portion discharges the read sheet. The stacking portion includes first and second support surfaces that support the sheet and first and second regulating units to regulate a position of the sheet in a widthwise direction using two opposing ends of the sheet. The second support surface is retractable from a predetermined section above the discharge portion. The first support surface includes a downstream support portion that supports the sheet on a downstream side of the predetermined section in the feeding direction. A part of the second regulating surface is positioned on the downstream support portion.
US12103810B1
An improved shaft safety pneumatic valve system in combination with a pneumatic expanding core shaft, is provided. The valve system provides a threaded air valve with a disk threadingly engaging the threaded air valve and a corresponding adapter fitted onto an air gun and adapted to engage the threaded air valve via the threaded disk. The threaded disk acts as a shroud about the air valve preventing an operator's finger from entering the bearing tube aperture to release air from the air valve.
US12103809B2
A scanner includes: a first transport roller pair that transports a material; a reader that reads the material; a second transport roller pair that transports the material; a transport motor; and a pressing section. The transport motor 50 rotates both the rollers of the first transport roller pair and both the rollers of the second transport roller pair. The pressing section can vary a first pressing force generated in the first transport roller pair and a second pressing force generated in the second transport roller pair. The pressing section varies the second pressing force in such a way that the second pressing force when the first transport roller pair transports the material but the second transport roller pair does not transport the material becomes lower than the second pressing force when neither the first transport roller pair nor the second transport roller pair transports the material.
US12103801B2
A raw material supply device for a separator of a secondary battery includes a conveyor for causing an end portion of the supplied raw material to move to an end portion of the existing raw material; and a bonding unit for bonding the end portion of the supplied raw material and the end portion of the existing raw material. The raw material supply device may automatically bond the existing raw material and the supplied raw material by using ultrasonic waves with respect to the raw material for the separator of the secondary battery in the form of a roll.
US12103799B2
Provided is a wound body formed by winding a long sheet. The wound body is supportable by a support shaft. The support shaft includes a cylindrical outer peripheral part that includes a first projection located at a proximal end and a second projection located at a distal end, and includes an inner peripheral part that includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in the radial direction and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction. A recessing amount of the second recess part is smaller than that of the first recess part. The support shaft and the core body are integrally rotatable around the central axis by engagement of the first projection with the first recess part in a state where the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. The circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis is aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis by engagement of the second projection with the second recess part when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft.
US12103798B2
A dispenser for dispensing plastic film for vehicle repair, the dispenser including: a first support adapted to rotatably support a roll of plastic film, and an aperture, wherein the plastic film can be pulled through the aperture from the roll and retracted through the aperture towards the roll.
US12103797B2
A reading apparatus to convey a document set on a document tray and to read an image of the conveyed document includes a control unit and a determining unit. The control unit performs lifting control for lifting the document tray in a case where a first condition is satisfied and performs lowering control for lowering the document tray in a case where a second condition is satisfied. The determining unit determines whether a predetermined period elapses after the lifting control of previous time is started. The control unit does not perform the lowering control even if the second condition is satisfied in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined period does not elapse.
US12103793B2
An unloading apparatus comprises a sensor interface, a gripping unit interface and a processor. A sensor interface acquires a photographed image from a sensor that photographs an image of a cargo group. A processor transmits, in a case of successfully recognizing each piece of cargo of a same-type cargo group, a first control signal to the gripping unit to perform unloading according to a first gripping method corresponding to the same-type cargo group, and transmits, in a case of failing to recognize each piece of cargo of the same-type cargo group, a second control signal to the gripping unit to perform unloading according to a second gripping method corresponding to a mixed-type cargo group including different types of cargo.
US12103789B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device pick-and-place system and an electronic device testing apparatus having the same, comprising a plurality of pick-and-place heads, a plurality of negative pressure generators and an air pressure regulating valve. Each pick-and-place head has a pick-and-place port; the plurality of negative pressure generators are communicated with the plurality of pick-and-place ports of the plurality of pick-and-place heads respectively; an inlet end of the air pressure regulating valve is communicated with an air pressure source, and an outlet end of the air pressure regulating valve is communicated with the plurality of negative pressure generators; the air pressure regulating valve can be used to adjust the suction forces of the pick-and-place ports of the pick-and-place heads in a batch. Accordingly, the suction forces and blowing forces of the pick-and-place ports of the pick-and-place heads can be adjusted in a batch.
US12103785B2
Provided an automatic feeding device for automotive wheel hub, comprising a separable material rack having material rack units capable of being stacked in turn, a first roller table for conveying the separable material rack containing the wheel hub to a second roller table, and a material rack separating device having a support frame and material rack inserting and taking devices; the second roller table, under which a lifting platform is mounted, is located at a first end of lower part of the material rack inserting and taking device; the material rack inserting and taking device splitting the separable material rack into units, and placing to a third roller table being arranged at a second end of the lower part thereof; a manipulator, for grasping and placing the wheel hub from the material rack unit to a fourth roller table being on a second side thereof.
US12103772B2
A wafer storage system includes a main rail, an overhead hoist transport (OHT) on the main rail, the OHT being configured to transfer at least one storage case with wafers, an interface port on at least one side of the main rail, an auxiliary rail on one side of the interface port, the auxiliary rail being parallel to the main rail, and the interface port being between the main rail and the auxiliary rail, an auxiliary transport on the auxiliary rail, the auxiliary transport being configured to move along the auxiliary rail and to move the at least one storage case, a storage shelf on at least one side of the auxiliary transport, the storage shelf being configured to store the at least one storage case, and a worktable on one side of the storage shelf, the storage shelf being between the worktable and the auxiliary transport.
US12103770B2
The present invention relates to a sorting robot and a sorting method. The sorting method is applicable to the foregoing sorting robot, where the sorting robot is configured to deliver specific goods to be sorted to a specific sorting position, and a sorting mechanism carrying the specific goods to be sorted corresponds to the specific sorting position. The sorting method includes: S130: the sorting mechanism receiving goods to be sorted; S140: the sorting mechanism being raised or lowered to a height corresponding to the sorting position under drive of a lifting mechanism; and S160: the sorting mechanism performing an action to deliver the goods to be sorted that is placed on the sorting mechanism to the corresponding sorting position.
US12103763B2
Various embodiments provide a shipping and display box. In example embodiments, a shipping and display box includes a bottom panel, the bottom panel comprising a distal end wall at a distal end of the bottom panel and a proximal end tab at a proximal end of the bottom panel. In embodiments, the shipping and display box further includes a first side wall adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the bottom panel at a first crease line. The shipping and display box further includes a top panel adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the first side wall at a second crease line, the top panel comprising a proximal end wall at a proximal end of the top panel and a distal end tab at a distal end of the top panel. In embodiments, the shipping and display box further includes a second side wall adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the top panel at a third crease line. The bottom panel, first side wall, second side wall, top panel, and proximal end wall each comprise one or more perforations configured to enable removal of sections of each of the bottom panel, first side wall, second side wall, top panel, and proximal end wall for display of contents of the shipping and display box.
US12103758B2
A universal insulating beverage container cover device that expands to accommodate various sizes and shapes of beverage containers. The device is constructed of multiple panels of insulated material, such as stainless steel with double-wall vacuum insulation walls, that can expand and contract relative to each other depending on the size of the beverage container inserted into the container cover device. The bottom of the beverage container cover device also allows for expansion and contraction so that the size of the bottom of the drinking container can fit snuggly into the insulating beverage cover device as well.
US12103754B2
The present invention relates to a powder storage container formed by comprising: a storage part (10) in which a protein supplement is stored; an opening (20) which is open and connected to the top of the storage part and protrudes upward, and has a screw thread formed on the protruding outer circumferential surface thereof; a lid (30) for opening and closing the opening; a scoop (40) which is formed to be separate from the storage part (10) and is used when scooping the stored protein supplement; and an attaching part (50) which is formed between the upper end of the storage part (10) and the lower end of the opening (20) and enables the scoop (40) and the lid (30) to be attached thereto or detached therefrom and securely placed thereon, wherein the powder storage container of the present invention can improve the problems of uncleanliness in terms of hygiene and worry about loss, as the lid is not placed on the ground but securely placed on the exterior of the container, and the container has the significant effect of being more convenient to use, as an accurate amount by the spoonful can be scooped easily.
US12103752B2
A packaged product has a product surrounded by a vacuum skin package. The vacuum skin package has a support member and an implosion-resistant thermoplastic top web. The top web conforms with both the upper surface of the product, and an uncovered portion of the upper surface of the support member. The thermoplastic top web comprises an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer in an amount of from 55 wt % to 85 wt %, based on total weight of top web, and/or a blend of ethylene/α-olefin copolymer and cyclic olefin copolymer. Also disclosed is a vacuum skin package containing the implosion-resistant top web.
US12103750B2
A carrier and method of manufacture for a carrier that results in a package of containers includes a plastic sheet having an array of container apertures and a portion having a printed matte finish where the printed matte finish includes a lower coefficient of friction relative to a container than a remaining surface of the plastic sheet. A plurality of containers are each positioned within an aperture of the array so that the printed matte finish of the plastic sheet is positioned along an inner portion of the package and the remaining surface of the plastic sheet is positioned along an outer portion of the package.
US12103747B2
Packaging may include a base box and a lid having a tamper-evident seal. The tamper-evident seal may include a paper substrate having a first adhesive portion configured to attach to a side panel of the base box, a second adhesive portion configured to attach to a second side panel of the lid. The first and second adhesive portions may be disposed on opposing sides of the paper substrate, and a tab configured to be accessible on an exterior of a package when the tamper-evident seal is applied may be a part of the paper substrate. When the tab is pulled with sufficient force, the paper substrate tears such that the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion remain fixed to the first and second side panels, respectively, while the remainder of the paper substrate tears free so that the packaging may be opened.
US12103746B2
A beta container for an alpha-beta port system includes a sheath for receiving transport material and a flange part having a through opening for transferring the transport material from and/or into the sheath, a first interface for a reversible connection to an alpha connection of the port system, and a second interface for releasable attachment of a beta cover for closing the through opening. An edge of the sheath is connected with a first surface of a ring which encompasses a jacket surface of the flange part, the first surface and the jacket surface having different materials. An elastic bellows may be fastened to the flange part such that, in the relaxed state, it engages over the second interface and/or projects out of the through-opening on the side facing away from the sheath, and such that it can be compressed. At least one transponder for transmitting an identification may be arranged on the flange part.
US12103745B2
A package is provided to make it more resistant to access by individuals, such as small children, while remaining simple enough for an adult to open. A feature, such as a top gusset or a breachable flange or flap, can be provided to promote the child resistance attributes of the package.
US12103743B2
A product package includes a receiving space (1a), a covering film (7), an inner lining (6) and a body part (2) created out of a single blank. The body part (2) includes walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8), a bottom (3) and a rim portion (4) as well as a plurality of slots (5) for shaping the receiving space (1a). The rim portion (4) of the body part (2) is a continuous, seamless and planar portion formed out of the same said blank and interconnecting the walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8) of the body part (2).
US12103740B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems and apparatuses that include a drinking vessel with a hygienic straw. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a container and a lid, where the lid is configured to engage an opening of a container to retain the liquid within the container. The lid may further include a drinking straw for use in extracting liquid from the container. The straw may be attached to the lid so that it can be covered, uncovered, and/or otherwise accessed without the need to physically touch the straw itself.
US12103738B2
One or more implementations of a thermoplastic bag with a grab zone of deformations including raised rib-like elements positioned in a high-touch area of the bag. For example, the thermoplastic bag includes a hem skirt non-continuously laminated to a sidewall by one or more raised rib-like elements. The grab zone regions of one or more raised-rib-like elements are located in visible and high-touch areas to provide visual and tactile cues of strength and durability. Moreover, the grab zone regions of one or more raised rib-like elements serve to distribute pull and lift forces across a wider area in order to avoid common failures in high-touch areas such as over stretching, punctures, tears, and rips.
US12103736B2
A container and accessory system comprising a bottom, at least one wall, and at least one accessory. The exterior of the wall is comprised of a plurality of holes. The accessory has a face and a peg which is configured to be insertable into the holes to allow the accessory to be removably attached to the container. This allows accessories to be attached to and removed from the container without disturbing the contents of the container.
US12103732B2
A folding box is provided. The folding box includes a bottom plate, a two side plates opposite to each other, a front plate, and a rear plate combined with one another. While in use, the above plates are expanded to form a box for mounting different objects. While not in use, the above plates are folded for storage. During expansion or folding of the folding box, touch fasteners are used to adhere and fix the respective plates tightly. Thereby overall weight of the folding box is lighter and the folding box is capable of being folded for minimizing storage space occupied while not in use. After being folded, the folding box is positioned precisely, unable to be expanded freely. Therefore, the folding box is more convenient to use.
US12103728B2
The present invention is a square bottle. In the square bottle, a body portion extending in a vertical direction is configured that a panel surface portion and a corner surface portion are disposed, a circumferential groove is formed at a center portion of the body portion in the vertical direction, a recessed portion for finger contact is disposed in a portion of the circumferential groove located on the panel surface portion, a horizontal stripe portion is provided at an upper end portion of an inner surface defining the circumferential groove, and a vertical stripe portion extending downward from the horizontal stripe portion is disposed.
US12103723B2
The present invention relates to a device for dispensing a single droplet of a fluid, for example a single droplet of an adhesive, onto the inside surface of a cap or onto the inside surface of a body of a capsule, this is useful for rendering a closed capsule with a telescopically engaged cap and body more tamperproof, or for fixing a cap or a body or both, which encloses a caplet or tablet or a part thereof, to the caplet or the tablet.
US12103721B2
A rotary filling machine for filling containers with bridgeable dry materials includes a turret supporting a plurality of circumferentially spaced drop buckets and a plurality of funnel assemblies located under the drop buckets. A stationary slide plate is located vertically between the funnel assemblies and the drop buckets. The slide plate is configured such that flow paths from the bottoms of the drop buckets to the inlet openings of the funnel assemblies increase progressively in at least a portion of a circumferential extent of the slide plate. Drop buckets are located above the slide plate and rotate with the turret. Each drop bucket is provided with one or more partitions that hinder the “snow-plowing of particles” along the edge of the associated fill opening in the machine's fill plate rather than the sweeping of those particles into the fill opening.
US12103720B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of sealing devices, for solving the technical problem that sealing and vacuumizing are incompatible when the sealing length of the bag is too long, and discloses a bag sealing machine, the machine head includes an upper bin, a roller for driving the bag to move and a heat generating module cooperating with the roller to seal the bag are arranged in the upper bin. An upper sealing ring is arranged at an outer side of a groove of the upper bin. A lower bin is arranged in the machine body, a vacuum hole is defined in the lower bin, and a lower sealing ring corresponding to the upper sealing ring is arranged at an outer side of a groove of the lower bin. A lifting mechanism for driving the lower bin to move up and down is provided in the machine body.
US12103718B1
A self-charging modular portable survival drone that recharges by natural elements is disclosed. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is capable of conventionally charging other devices, performing remote flight operations, and signaling for help. The natural elements include wind and water. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is configured to rapidly and repeatedly charge mobile battery units stored in ducted fan assemblies. The ducted fan assemblies can be used to charge personal electronic devices and power remote flight operations via modular drone. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can be used to signal for help using onboard high-output LEDs during SOS flight operations. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can further be used, during SOS flight operations, to broadcast current GPS coordinates over local search and rescue bands.
US12103714B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic moulded part able to constitute a duct of an aerial vehicle or space vehicle, to a method of manufacturing same, and to this duct which comprises said part. For example, provided is a part according to the invention, which has an external surface (2) with symmetry of revolution at least in part, is such that the external surface comprises a multitude of integrally moulded depressions (6) which are connected to one another in pairs by crests (7), and that: each of the depressions has a largest transverse dimension D between the adjacently paired crests of between 3 mm and 10 mm, measured in a direction d perpendicular to the crests delimiting each depression, and each of the crests has an apex of transverse width L measured in said direction d, where L
US12103711B2
In a satellite constellation forming system, each satellite in an orbit satellite group includes a propulsion device to change velocity of each satellite in the orbit satellite group. A satellite constellation forming unit causes propulsion devices of satellites in the orbit satellite group to operate in synchronization, for each orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes. The satellite constellation forming unit causes each satellite in an orbit satellite group in a first orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes to perform an acceleration and deceleration process of repeating operation of accelerating for a first time period and then decelerating for the first time period. The satellite constellation forming unit causes each satellite in an orbit satellite group in an orbital plane adjacent to the first orbital plane to start the acceleration and deceleration process after a delay of a second time period.
US12103702B2
An aircraft defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction is provided. The aircraft includes a fuselage; an engine mounted at a location spaced from the fuselage of the aircraft, the engine comprising rotor blades; and at least one fuselage shield removably coupled to the fuselage at a location in alignment with the rotor blades along the lateral direction.
US12103693B2
A power management system for an aircraft with a hybrid power source comprises a rechargeable electricity source and an electricity generating source, a detector determining status data of the elements of the aircraft power consumption electrical circuit, and power data relating to the instantaneous electrical power demanded by the aircraft and/or the charging status of the rechargeable electricity sources, an automaton receiving the power data from the detector and determining a control status for the power sources, an adapter determining a backup electrical configuration when the status data indicate a failure, a controller determining an electrical control for the rechargeable electrical source and the electrical generating source based on the instantaneous electrical power demanded, and a switch emitting commands to the switches of the aircraft power consumption electrical circuit to implement a nominal electrical configuration, or, a backup electrical configuration for the adapter in case of receipt thereof.
US12103690B2
Ice detection test apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some cases, ice detection and precautionary system shut-down event reduction systems and related methods are provided. The system utilizes a turbine engine ice detection apparatus that includes and engine pressure simulation device, an air moving device, and a first air pressure sensor associated with the engine pressure simulation device. The embodiment further includes an ice monitor controller that receives inputs from the first air pressure sensor and at least one second sensor located adjacent a turbine engine intake. The ice monitor controller performs comparisons of inputs from these sensors against each other and stored values to determine actual icing conditions then generate warnings on a display to an operator. The exemplary control section has multiple modes including manual, semi-manual and automatic.
US12103689B2
The invention relates to An aircraft on-board kitchen module (1) comprising at least one heater and/or cooler with at least one first compartment (2) for drinks and/or food and whose temperature can be conditioned by at least one thermoelectric element (5) having a first and a second heat exchanger (8, 9), one of the heat exchangers (8, 9) forming a cold side and the other heat exchanger (8, 9) forming a hot side of the thermoelectric element (5) such that heat generated by the thermoelectric element (5) is dissipated by a primary coolant from a central cooling system (11) of the aircraft, the primary coolant being supplied via a coolant duct (10) that is selectively supplied with ambient air from the cabin and/or conditioned cold air from the central cooling system (11) of the aircraft.
US12103685B2
Methods and systems to provide service levels for aircraft in-flight connectivity network systems based on service set identifiers (SSIDs) are disclosed. A disclosed method includes providing a first wireless access point having a first SSID; providing a second wireless access point having a second, different SSID; segregating users by providing instructions regarding which of the first and second SSIDs to use to access services; tagging first data received via the first SSID with a first differentiated services code point (DSCP) value; tagging second data received via the second SSID with a second, different DSCP value; and handling the first and second data with different service levels based upon the first and second DSCP values.
US12103681B2
An aerial monitoring system includes a base station having a controller and a user interface. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) indicative of a point cloud corresponding to a target object on a target agricultural tool. The controller is also configured to compare the point cloud to a model of the target object in a reference unworn state and to determine a state of wear of the target object based on the comparison. In addition, the controller is configured to determine an estimated cost to repair or replace the target object and/or a value of the target agricultural tool based on the state of wear of the target object. The controller is also configured to instruct the user interface to present the estimated cost to repair or replace the target object and/or the value of the target agricultural tool.
US12103671B2
An aerial vehicle has a passenger cabin for receiving at least one passenger, a load-bearing structure beneath the cabin, and a propulsion system including a number of propulsion units, which propel the aerial vehicle for powered flight and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The propulsion units are preferably carried by support arms attached to the load-bearing structure and extending upwards therefrom so as to support the propulsion units at a level above the cabin. The aerial vehicle is preferably reconfigurable to a compact configuration after landing, with at least some of the propulsion units overlapping the cabin and/or each other, while still allowing passenger transfer in and out of the vehicle, thereby facilitating efficient use of space for implementing a vertiport.
US12103664B2
An arrangement for influencing a liquid flow includes a first section selectively configurable to provide a vortex generator surface, the vortex generator surface comprising a series of laterally aligned projections, to induce vortices in the liquid flow.
US12103661B2
A propeller blade includes a first material and a second material. The first material includes fibers. The second material is different from the first material. The fibers are interspersed through the second material and the fibers are oriented in a same direction within the second material. The propeller blade is anisotropic and includes sections of the fibers.
US12103660B2
A table is incorporated into an aircraft staircase design. The table can be deployed when the stairs are stowed inside the aircraft cabin area. The table is upwardly biased such that when it is released from a locking mechanism the table flips up to horizontal.
US12103659B2
A track door system for an aircraft includes a door having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A first roller track and a second roller track are aligned adjacent one another on the first side of the door. A third roller track and a fourth roller track are aligned adjacent one another on the second side of the door. A first motion driver is configured to move the door along the first roller track and the second roller track. A second motion driver is configured to move the door along the third roller track and the fourth roller track. A drive unit is operatively coupled to the first motion driver and the second motion driver to provide electromechanical power for cooperatively moving the door forward to an open position or aft to a closed position.
US12103656B2
A self-adjusting variable pitch propeller included a central hub with an axial propeller centre line defining the rotational axis of the propeller. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub. The hub exhibits a central bore arranged to receive a rotating drive shaft. Each blade is pivotally fixed to the hub and pivotal about a respective blade pivot axis which extends radially from the hub through the respective blade. Each blade exhibits a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side exhibiting a pressure side area and a suction side exhibiting a suction side area. The blades are mechanically interconnected to freely transfer pivotal movement of each blade to all other blades. The pivotal axis of each blade is positioned such that >50% of the suction side area and of the pressure side area is arranged between the trailing edge and the pivotal axis of the respective blade.
US12103652B2
An Axial Flux Propulsion System for an Electric Boat which includes interconnecting subsystems including a mounting system, a traction system, a transmission system, an electrical power distribution system, a control system, and a fluid management system among other boat systems. The traction system being an axial flux motor/generator.
US12103650B2
A cutting device to sever a cable or the like. The cutting device can be used to sever the cable or the like in relatively inaccessible locations, such as in the ocean. The cutting device can include one or more springs that can be loaded to facilitate the deployment of a cutting tool to sever the cable or the like. The cutting device can include a lever than can be rotated between a locked configuration impeding deployment of the cutting tool and an unlocked configuration permitting deployment of the cutting tool. A linkage can retain the lever in the locked configuration. The linkage can be compromised, permitting the movement of the lever into the unlocked configuration.
US12103648B2
A boat anchor monitoring system is disclosed and includes an anchor module operable to communicate with a base module. The anchor module includes a transmitter operable to transmit a signal containing a data payload on a set schedule. The base module on the boat is operable to determine if the signal strength exceeds, or is equal to a predetermined threshold value, in order to direct a status indicator to either display the anchor in a “Deployed” or “Not Deployed” position. The system may further include a time measurement component or water contact sensor that will direct the indicator to display the anchor in a deployed position if sufficient time has elapsed with no signal or the anchor module has contacted water. The system is also configured to prevent ignition if the anchor is determined to be deployed.
US12103647B2
A structure capable of suppressing load applied to a solar panel module due to thermal expansion and contraction of a float. Provided is a structure including a float, a solar panel module having a plate portion, and a supporting member fixed to the float and supporting the plate portion. The plate portion is supported to be movable relative to the supporting member, and a cushioning member is disposed between the supporting member and the plate portion.
US12103643B2
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes: a modular board removably attachable to a power system. The power system includes a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system. The power supply system includes a housing including a battery. The propulsion system includes a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil. In one embodiment, the power supply system is removably and mechanically attachable directly to the propulsion system.
US12103622B2
A vehicle safety system and method, having an attachment mechanism, a hinge, either a bend or a plurality of spacers, and a cover. The system comprises a hook and loop section which connects to a vehicle door as well as a hook and loop section which connects to the attachment mechanism.
US12103617B2
A vehicle control system controls a steer-by-wire type vehicle. The vehicle control system executes: reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force to a steering wheel; and driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle. The reaction force control includes road information transmission control that applies a steering reaction force component corresponding to an oscillation caused by road surface unevenness to the steering wheel. The vehicle control system deactivates the road information transmission control when a deactivation condition is satisfied. The deactivation condition is that the driving assist control is in operation and a steering parameter reflecting a driver's steering intention is less than a threshold. As another example, the deactivation condition is that the driving assist control that vibrates the steering wheel for notifying the driver of a possibility of a lane departure is in operation.
US12103608B2
Disclosed embodiments include steering circuits utilizing a controllable cross-feed loop between left and right drive motor sides of an articulated power machine to reduce skidding caused by a turning operation in which an articulation actuator changes an articulation joint angle between a front frame member and a rear frame member of the power machine.
US12103601B2
A semi-trailer aerodynamic drag deflection assembly for reducing aerodynamic drag upon all surfaces of the semi-trailer includes a pair of interior walls positioned against a respective one of a pair of lateral surfaces of a semi-trailer. A plurality of vents is positioned from an inner surface to an outer surface of the interior wall. A pair of exterior walls is positioned against a respective one of the pair of interior walls. An outside surface of each of the exterior walls has a plurality of indents for deflecting wind An undercarriage has a pair of side walls with a storage being positioned between each of the side walls. Each of the side walls has a plurality of fins directing aerodynamic drag from the bottom surface of the semi-trailer into each of the vents of each of the interior walls. A pair of doors provides access to the storage of the undercarriage.
US12103597B2
A vehicle-mounted component attachment structure including a configuration member of a vehicle, a vehicle-mounted component, and a fixing member. The configuration member has plural recesses spaced apart from one another in a predetermined direction and formed in a fixing face that configures a part of a surface of the configuration member. The vehicle-mounted component includes plural protrusions corresponding to the plural recesses. The fixing member is configured such that one face of the fixing member is fixed to a location of the vehicle-mounted component positioned between the plural protrusions. Another face of the fixing member is spaced apart from the fixing face when the plural protrusions are contacting the fixing face, and the other face of the fixing member is fixed in a contact state to the fixing face when the plural protrusions have been positioned in the corresponding plural recesses.
US12103595B2
An embodiment front vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody is provided. The front vehicle body structure includes a dash crossmember coupled to an upper part of a front surface of a dash panel provided in a front part of the upper body along a vehicle width direction, a front tray panel coupled to an upper part of the dash crossmember along a vehicle body length direction, and a front cowl member coupled to a front part of the front tray panel along the vehicle width direction.
US12103589B2
An all-terrain vehicle and a body thereof are provided. The body includes: a vehicle frame and a seat frame. The vehicle frame includes a front part, a middle part, and a rear part, connected in sequence. The rear part is provided with a power compartment for accommodating a power train. The front part includes a lower mounting frame and an upper support frame, the lower mounting frame is connected to the middle part, and the upper support frame can be detachably connected to both the lower mounting frame and the middle part. The seat frame is detachably arranged in the middle part and defines, with a bottom of the middle part, a mounting space for a plurality of components.
US12103579B2
A working machine may include a battery box and a battery detachably attached to the battery box. The battery box may include a top cover, and a battery cover having a shape that covers the battery attached to the battery box and being pivotable about a pivot axis with respect to the top cover. When the battery box is viewed in a top plan view in an open state in which the battery cover is open, the battery cover and the top cover may at least partially overlap with each other. When the battery box is viewed in the top plan view in a closed state in which the battery cover is closed, the battery cover and the top cover may at least partially overlap with each other.
US12103574B1
A beach cart kit and method for transporting cargo over soft-sand may include a handle and a telescoping support member coupled to the handle. The telescoping support member allows the handle to move between several positions. A cargo deck may be coupled to the telescoping support member via a hinge. The hinge permits the telescoping support member with the handle to fold towards the cargo deck when an assembled beach cart is placed in a storage state. An axle may be coupled to the cargo deck for supporting two wheels. Each wheel is removable from the axle when the assembled beach cart is placed in the storage state. Each tire is inflated within a predetermined pressure range such that each tire rotates properly over soft-sand environments when supporting the cargo deck along with any cargo. The kit includes a tire inflation tool providing a predetermined circumference for each inflatable tire.
US12103573B2
A control system including one or more processors that may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles and states of charge of vehicle energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may include an energy chassis having a fuel source holding a supply of fuel, an energy converter to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy, and a communication device to communicate with the processors. The processors may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy chassis based on one or more of: the vehicle locations, the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices, an amount of the supply of the fuel of the energy chassis, and a chassis location of the energy chassis.
US12103564B2
A method of generating an output trajectory of an ego vehicle includes recording trajectory data of the ego vehicle and pedestrian agents from a scene of a training environment of the ego vehicle. The method includes identifying at least one pedestrian agent from the pedestrian agents within the scene of the training environment of the ego vehicle causing a prediction-discrepancy by the ego vehicle greater than the pedestrian agents within the scene. The method includes updating parameters of a motion prediction model of the ego vehicle based on a magnitude of the prediction-discrepancy caused by the at least one pedestrian agent on the ego vehicle to form a trained, control-aware prediction objective model. The method includes selecting a vehicle control action of the ego vehicle in response to a predicted motion from the trained, control-aware prediction objective model regarding detected pedestrian agents within a traffic environment of the ego vehicle.
US12103562B2
An autonomous delivery box includes a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a delivery box configured to house a package. The autonomous delivery box is configured to travel autonomously between a dispatch base from which the package is dispatched and a handover location at which the package is handed over. The first processor is configured to authenticate opening permission for a door of the delivery box, and to control whether or not the autonomous delivery box is permitted to travel such that the autonomous delivery box is not permitted to travel in a case in which a travel-permitting condition of the autonomous delivery box has not been satisfied at the handover location.
US12103558B1
Techniques are discussed herein for executing and evaluating simulations and/or emulations based on parameterized scenarios, such as driving scenarios used to analyze and evaluate the responses of autonomous vehicle controllers. A surrogate model may be determined by simulating points in a simulation parameter space with a simulator to determine the surrogate model while capturing the main features of the simulation model. Additionally, relevant areas of the parameter space, such as, areas containing parameters associated with events occurring infrequently during simulations, may be quickly identified using Bayesian optimization techniques. An iterative evaluation of an acquisition function may delineate a contour associated with the region of interest, and the surrogate model may be evaluated to determine a probability of returning a result corresponding to a parameter being within the contour. The probabilities may be further analyzed to determine scenario/vehicle performance metrics access the scenario parameter space.
US12103555B2
A vehicle motion control device generates a travel route where behavior of a vehicle traveling on a curve is small and comfortable ride is achieved even when the vehicle travels on a continuous curve. The control device includes a travel track generation unit that generates, based on information on a curvature of a first curve on a lane existing in a traveling direction of a vehicle and a curvature of a second curve connected to the first curve, a travel route by setting curvature of the travel route at a time of traveling on a curve having a smaller curvature between the first and second curves to be larger than the curvature of the curve and setting a curvature of the travel route at a time of traveling on a curve having a larger curvature between the first and second curves to be smaller than the curvature of the curve.
US12103546B2
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of executing control processing by utilizing a power saving execution determination unit that determines a shift to or a release from a normal mode to a power saving mode on the basis of a preset power saving condition, and a power saving execution unit that executes power saving control of the CPU by determining a shift to the power saving mode and stops the power saving control of the CPU by determining a release of the power saving mode. Then, the power saving execution determination unit has a plurality of power saving conditions, determines to shift to the power saving mode in a case where all of the plurality of power saving conditions are satisfied, and determines to release the power saving mode in the case of being changed to a state in which some of the power saving conditions are not satisfied.
US12103541B2
An information output control method includes a step of deriving a driving load of a driver, based on a traveling environment or a driving state of the driver, a step of deciding to suggest a content that meets the derived driving load, to the driver, and a step of calculating a degree of acceptance of the suggested content by the driver. In the deciding step, the frequency of suggestion of the content or the type of the content is set based on the calculated degree of acceptance.
US12103538B2
A method for improving the force transmission between a wheel of a vehicle and the road is disclosed. The method has the following steps: determining target dynamics of a wheel; and, adjusting the dynamics of the wheel by a driving device of the vehicle by actively applying a torque to the wheel to set the target dynamics. A device, a vehicle, and a computer product are disclosed to execute the method.
US12103537B2
According to an embodiment, a driving assistance device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control at least steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized, a receiver configured to receive an operation of an occupant of the vehicle, and an output controller configured to cause an output to output a traveling state of the vehicle. The driving controller causes a lane change of the vehicle to be made when a receiver receives an instruction for allowing the vehicle to make the lane change and a condition in which the lane change is made is satisfied. The output controller causes the output to output information about the lane change when the lane change has not been started even though a first prescribed time period has elapsed after the receiver received the instruction.
US12103533B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing variable energy regeneration cruise control, which involves dynamically increasing a limit of allowed energy regeneration in order to meet the deceleration need of the vehicle. The system and techniques leverage variable energy regeneration to allow for the additional energy resulting from deceleration to be stored (e.g., in a vehicle battery) for further use rather than being lost. Consequently, by ultimately providing additional stored energy, the disclosed variable energy regeneration cruise control system can realize advantages over conventional cruise control systems. A system can be programmed to dynamically adjust an amount of regenerative energy for decelerating a vehicle while a cruise control is activated. A regenerative braking system can decelerate the vehicle and store an amount of captured energy based on the amount of adjusted regenerative energy.
US12103520B2
A vehicle driving support system evaluates the ability of a driver based on the driving operation of the driver for each of driving-related functions possessed by the driver to drive the vehicle. Based on the past evaluation result, the vehicle driving support system determines whether the ability of the driver is less than a predetermined standard, whether the ability of the driver is not improved from then on, and whether the ability of the driver is on a declining trend for each of the driving-related functions. The vehicle driving support system performs support control for causing the vehicle to support the exertion of the ability of the driver when determining that the ability of the driver is less than the predetermined standard and improvable from then on or that the ability of the driver is equal to or more than the predetermined standard and is on a declining trend.
US12103512B2
A system includes a vehicle having an electrically powered trailer towed thereto. The vehicle has a vehicle powertrain, and the trailer has a trailer powertrain. A controller, in order to propel the vehicle with the trailer towed thereto, operates the vehicle powertrain and the trailer powertrain according to a combined efficiency map based on (i) an efficiency map associated with the vehicle powertrain and (ii) an efficiency map associated with the trailer powertrain.
US12103505B2
A brake system includes a first electric power-supply-unit (EPSU) and a first electronic-brake-control-unit (EBCU). The first EBCU is connected to the first EPSU. Also, the brake system includes a second EPSU and a second EBCU, which is connected to the second EPSU. The brake system further includes a first axle-pressure-modulator (APM) for service-brake-chambers associated with a first vehicle-axle. The brake system includes a second APM for spring-brake-cylinders for a second vehicle-axle. The brake system includes two power-supply-switches (PSS). A first PSS is connected to the first EBCU, the second EBCU and the first APM and configured to connect the first EBCU or the second EBCU to the first APM. A second PSS is connected to the first EBCU, the second EBCU and the second APM and configured to connect the first EBCU or the second EBCU to the second APM.
US12103502B1
A heater box apparatus may include a shaft member and a gear member. The gear member may include one or more protrusions, with a first and a second protrusion being on a first side of the gear member and a third protrusion being on a second side of the gear member. The third protrusion may include an aperture configured to receive the shaft member. The shaft member may include a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a hood that separates the first shaft portion from the second shaft portion. The hood may circumscribe an outer edge of a new, enlarged, or broken vehicle door bore, the door bore couples to the airflow doors, which directs airflow between hot and cold.
US12103500B2
A wiper blade (12) is disclosed having a support connector (18) for at least one wiper rubber (14), an adapter (20) that is able to take a front-end terminal part (10) of a drive arm of the wiper blade (12) which is mounted so as to be articulated with respect to the connector (18), about an articulation axis (A), between a working position and a maintenance position, and which has a locking member (32) for locking said terminal part (10) to the adapter (20), which is mounted so as to be movable between a locking position and a retracted position releasing said terminal part (10). The wiper blade (12) has a member (68, 38) for immobilizing the locking member (32) in the locking position when the adapter (20) is in the working position, and for releasing the locking member (32) when the adapter (20) is in the maintenance position.
US12103496B2
A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a passenger seating area; a seat that is repositionable (e.g., movable, slidable) within the passenger seating area; an electromechanical system that is located beneath the seat and which is configured to support movement and/or reconfiguration of the seat; and a storage compartment that defines a receptacle for at least one personal accessory. The storage compartment is configured to conceal the electromechanical system to reduce the visibility thereof and is unitary in construction. The storage compartment is removably connected to the seat such that the storage compartment is fixed in relation to the seat but movable concomitantly with the seat during repositioning of the seat within the passenger seating area.
US12103495B2
This disclosure relates to a front trunk including a number of features, which can be used for work purposes, entertainment purposes, or both. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a front trunk establishing a cargo space; a first panel moveable between a closed position in which the first panel covers the front trunk and an open position in which the first panel uncovers the front trunk, wherein the first panel includes a first surface facing the cargo space when the first panel is in the closed position; and an electronic visual display mounted to the first surface, wherein the first panel and the electronic visual display are configured such the electronic visual display is substantially perpendicular a ground surface beneath the motor vehicle when the first panel is in the open position.
US12103490B2
A self-regulating damper unit comprising a cylinder having a first working chamber and a second working chamber, a piston, a piston rod, and a through-hole between the first working chamber and the second working chamber. The damper unit also comprises a shiftable weight which modifies a passage cross-section of the through-hole. The shiftable weight is movably mounted such that retardation of the piston causes enlargement of the passage cross-section. A seat belt unit comprises a seat belt and the damper unit.
US12103489B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and/or the like are provided. An example method may include a vehicle restraint system. An example vehicle restraint system may include a first restraint hook array, a second restraint hook array, at least one restraint strap, and a restraint closure assembly. An example first restraint hook array may extend from the back portion of a vehicle seat and define at least one back restraint lock channel. An example second restraint hook array may extend from the seat portion of a vehicle seat and define at least one seat restraint lock channel. An example restraint strap may be configured to securely engage to at least one of the back restraint lock channels or to at least one of the seat restraint lock channels. An example restraint closure assembly may be configured to slidably close and secure an occupant seated in the vehicle.
US12103483B2
A device for retaining a safety module mounted on a vehicle steering wheel structure, comprising: at least one latching element, at least one elastic element that is arranged so as to engage with the latching element in order to retain the safety module on the steering wheel structure, the elastic element comprising a contact portion arranged such that, when there is a movement of mounting the safety module on the steering wheel structure, it comes into contact with a guide track arranged on an actuation face of the latching element located facing the elastic element, wherein the guide track is arranged on a first side of the latching element, and in that the actuation face has at least one offset arranged between the guide track and a second side of the latching element.
US12103480B2
Cable protector devices, assemblies, and systems. The cable protection system may include a moveable system with wheels for moving the moveable system across a floor and a cable pusher attached to each of the wheels. Each cable pusher may include a frame with a pair of deflector legs configured to be positioned in front of and behind each wheel in close proximity to the floor. The cable pusher may be magnetically secured to the wheel, and the deflector legs may magnetically connect to the frame. As the wheels spin or rotate, the frame and deflector legs remain stationary, thereby pushing obstacles out of the way.
US12103471B1
An extension capsule for vehicles is provided, consisting of an inner and an outer capsule, both vacuum-formed from lightweight, durable materials. The inner capsule is designed to nest within the outer capsule, and when joined, they create an insulated, structurally reinforced unit. This assembly method enhances the strength and durability of the extension capsule without significantly increasing the vehicle's weight. The capsules feature outwardly-extending lips that facilitate secure attachment to the vehicle, effectively expanding the cargo area's lateral dimensions. The inclusion of an insulation layer between the capsules offers thermal regulation, making the space suitable for comfortable occupancy in various weather conditions. The lightweight construction of the capsules ensures ease of installation and contributes to the vehicle's overall fuel efficiency. This invention provides a practical solution for vehicle owners seeking additional insulated cargo space without compromising on vehicle performance.
US12103466B2
Disclosed is a holder for retaining an electronic device within a vehicle. The holder includes a first segment oriented along a first axis, a second segment unitary with the first segment and oriented along a second axis, and a third segment unitary with the second segment and oriented along a third axis. The second segment includes opposite end portions. The vehicle includes a sun visor mounted on an elongated member mounted to an inner surface of the vehicle. The elongated member includes opposite end portions. The first segment of the holder includes a hooked end portion that is non-rotatably secured to one of the opposite end portions of the elongated member. The holder includes a strip of hook-and-loop material adhesively secured to the third segment. The cell phone has a backside surface to which is secured another strip of hook-and-loop material. One of the strips of hook-and-loop material, when engaged with and secured to the other of the strips of hook-and-loop material, secures the cell phone to the third segment.
US12103459B2
A method for displaying an external communication message includes determining an external communication message display situation via environmental information of a surrounding of a vehicle, generating the external communication message based on the determined situation, and scanning the generated external communication message.
US12103457B2
Disclosed is a lamp control device. The lamp control device may include: a lamp having an LED channel; a channel resistor corresponding to the LED channel; and a controller configured to boost a channel resistor voltage applied to the channel resistor, and retain a channel current of the LED channel as a target current, using the boosted channel resistor voltage.
US12103456B2
A vehicle headlight aiming device is provided that includes, a device housing having an input drive gear, a screw chamber, an output screw having a screw shaft, a screw first end that is rotationally coupled at least indirectly with the input drive gear, and a screw second end. The device further including an indicator nut having a base with a nut indicator mark, a first leg and second leg extending from a base bottom portion, and an expandable threaded opening extending between a first threaded wall of the first leg and a second threaded wall of the second leg, the threaded walls selectively engageable with a threaded portion of the screw shaft, wherein the threaded opening is expandable to disengage the first threaded wall and the second threaded wall from the threaded portion to allow longitudinal movement of the indicator nut within the device housing without rotating the output screw.
US12103434B2
A transportation vehicle may be equipped with electrical energy harvesting systems to harvest electrical energy for use. By way of example, the transportation vehicle includes a Venturi system and a plurality of energy harvesting systems. The Venturi system is configured to receive and accelerate the speed of an incoming air flow and based on the incoming air flow, each of the energy harvesting systems is configured to receive the accelerated incoming air flow and to generate electrical energy from the accelerated incoming air flow. The generated electrical energy is stored into onboard batteries in the transportation vehicle.
US12103425B2
An automatic battery replacement apparatus, a moving platform, and a rechargeable battery are provided. The moving platform includes a movable carrier and the rechargeable battery assembled in the movable carrier. The movable carrier includes a carrying body and a moving component that is assembled to the carrying body. The carrying body has a power supply slot recessed in an outer surface thereof, and an inner lateral wall of the power supply slot is in a shape of an arc having a central angle that is less than or equal to 180 degrees. The moving component is configured to move on a working surface. The rechargeable battery has a matching structure configured to be engaged with a driving gear. The rechargeable battery is configured to be rotated along the inner lateral wall of the power supply slot by having the matching structure engaged with the driving gear.
US12103421B2
Charging management methods and systems for electric vehicle charging stations for use in a charging field with charging stations are provided. First, a server instructs a first charging station to perform a first charging operation for a first electric vehicle via a network, wherein the server sets a first target power parameter value corresponding to the first charging operation, and the power output from the first charging station to the first electric vehicle in the first charging operation will not exceed the first target power parameter value. The server monitors a first power output value actually output from the first charging station to the first electric vehicle during the first charging operation, and determines whether to adjust the first target power parameter value of the first charging operation according to the first power output value and the first target power parameter value.
US12103417B2
A panel for wireless charging of an electric vehicle includes a metamaterial panel with a first shape and a second shape different than the first shape. The metamaterial panel is configured to be positioned between a transmitter coil of a wireless power transfer station (WPTS) and a receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle and change between the first shape and the second shape as a function of at least one of a size of the transmitter coil, a size of the receiver coil, and a distance between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil. A robot with at least one of a robotic arm and a robotic buggy can be included and the metamaterial panel can be coupled to the robot. And the robot is configured to position the metamaterial panel between the transmitter coil of the WPTS and the receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle.
US12103412B2
Electrical charging station that includes the following: A first socket to deliver electrical power to an electric vehicle. A casing to be fastened to the ground or to a wall. A holder in which the first socket is fastened or integrated. The holder is movable with respect to the casing between a protected position and an exposed position, in which positions access to the first socket, from outside the casing, is prevented and permitted. Structure to drive the holder between the protected and exposed positions. A control module for controlling the driving structure. The casing includes an aperture that is blocked in the protected position and that defines an access to the first socket in the exposed position. The holder is movable in the casing between the protected and exposed positions. The holder is arranged so as to block the aperture in the exposed position.
US12103405B2
A power distribution apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a power distribution mechanism configured to distribute power output from an electric motor to front and rear wheels, and a controller configured to control the power distribution mechanism. The power distribution mechanism includes a first clutch configured to fix a power distribution ratio during straight traveling to a first distribution ratio at which first power distributed to the rear wheels and second power distributed to the front wheels are nearly same, and a second clutch configured to fix the power distribution ratio during straight traveling to a second distribution ratio at which the first power is larger than the second power. The controller is configured set the second clutch to an engaged state and sets the first clutch to a half-engaged state during regenerative braking.
US12103403B2
The present disclosure relates to a sub-system for a vehicle comprising an electrical power bus (12, 14, 16) for distributing electrical power from an electrical energy storage means (10) to various different electrical components of the vehicle, such as a combined electric traction motor/generator (20). The sub-system comprises means for disconnecting the electrical energy storage means (10) from the bus (12, 14, 16), means (6) for measuring the potential difference between a rail of the bus of a first polarity and a chassis (18) of the vehicle, and means (4) for connecting the rail of the bus of the first polarity to the chassis (18) or a terminal of the electrical energy storage means of opposite polarity if the potential difference between the rail of the bus of the first polarity and the chassis is measured to be greater than a predetermined level, until the potential difference between the rail of the bus of the first polarity and the chassis is less than the predetermined level, then disconnecting the rail from the chassis or the terminal of the electrical energy storage means of opposite polarity, wherein the means (6) for connecting the rail of the bus to, then disconnecting the rail of the bus from, the chassis comprises the means (6) for measuring the potential difference between the rail of the bus and the chassis. This technique may be used to at least partially discharge a Y capacitance on the rail of the bus in question. The Y capacitance on any or all rails of the bus, of either polarity (positive or negative), may be discharged in this fashion, for example in the event of a collision of the vehicle, in order to render a high-voltage (HV) electrical supply sub-system (2) more safe. The present invention also provides a vehicle comprising such a sub-system and a method of reducing a potential difference between on the one hand, an electrical power bus (12, 14, 16) for distributing electrical power from an electrical energy storage means (10) of a vehicle and on the other, a chassis (18) of the vehicle to below a predetermined level.
US12103402B2
A system for selecting one of multiple paths in a linear drive system includes track segments having a first drive member and at least one mover having a second drive member for the linear drive system. Each mover includes a drive surface oriented toward the track segment when the at least one mover is driven along the track. Each mover also includes a first channel and a second channel extending along the drive surface. A switch track segment includes a first path and a second path along which the at least one mover may travel, at least one first pin positioned along the first path, and at least one second pin positioned along the second path. The first and second pins are extendable to engage the first and second channels of the at least one mover to direct the mover along either the first path or the second path, respectively.
US12103399B1
A hybrid electric driving device includes an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a power splitting mechanism, and a bypass mechanism. The power splitting mechanism includes at least one planetary gear set, an input end, a first output end, and a second output end. The input end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with the engine. The first output end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with the first motor. The second output end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with a wheel of a vehicle. The second motor is connected with the wheel. The bypass mechanism is configured to connect with or separated from the first output end and the second output end of the power splitting mechanism. The bypass mechanism includes an engagement separation component.
US12103396B2
A system includes a surface, a display screen positioned adjacent to the surface, and a selectively retractable screen cover positioned at the surface adjacent the display screen. The selectively retractable screen cover including a door member rotatably mounted relative to the surface between a first stop, wherein the display screen is fully exposed and a second stop, wherein only the display screen is only partially exposed, the door member including a door pivot. An actuating fork includes a first tine element, a second tine element, and a connector portion defining an axis of rotation. The door pivot is slidingly received between the first tine element and the second tine element. A motor includes a shaft connected to the actuating fork. The motor rotates the shaft to shift the door member between the first stop and the second stop.
US12103394B2
A vehicle display device includes: a display unit in a shape of a rectangular film, the display unit being configured to be advanced from and withdrawn into a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; a lower edge reinforcing portion located at a lower edge of the display unit, the lower edge reinforcing portion reinforcing the lower edge of the display unit; and a support mechanism configured to be extended and retracted according to an amount by which the display unit protrudes beyond the ceiling, and configured to support the display unit.
US12103379B2
A modified fuel tank for utility, off-road and all-terrain vehicles. The modified fuel tank has a built-up first side and a thinner second side, wherein a modified opening is formed through a portion of both. A modified insert is dimensioned and adapted to engage the periphery of the modified opening through a sidewall including a curved portion and a tapered portion to accommodate the transition between the first side and the second side. A pump assembly with a built-in regulator is supported by the modified insert, by way of a retaining lip and a seal and retaining ring, so that the pump assembly is fluidly coupled to the fuel compartment of the modified fuel tank, and an outlet protrudes just above the modified insert.
US12103375B2
Vehicle platforms, and systems, subsystems, and components thereof are described. A self-contained vehicle platform or chassis incorporating substantially all of the functional systems, subsystems and components (e.g., mechanical, electrical, structural, etc.) necessary for an operative vehicle. Functional components may include at least energy storage/conversion, propulsion, suspension and wheels, steering, crash protection, and braking systems. Functional components are standardized such that vehicle platforms may be interconnected with a variety of vehicle body designs (also referred to in the art as “top hats”) with minimal or no modification to the functional linkages (e.g., mechanical, structural, electrical, etc.) therebetween. Configurations of functional components are incorporated within the vehicle platform such that there is minimal or no physical overlap between the functional components and the area defined by the vehicle body. Specific functional components of such vehicle platforms, and the relative placement of the various functional components, to allow for implementation of a self-contained vehicle platform are also provided.
US12103371B2
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a tonneau cover with moveable panels. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a cargo area; and a tonneau cover including a first side panel, a second side panel, and a central panel between the first and second side panels, wherein the tonneau cover is configurable in a first configuration in which the central, first side, and second side panels provide a cover for a top of the cargo area, and wherein the tonneau cover is configurable in a second configuration in which portions of the first side panel and the second side panel are raised relative to the first configuration.
US12103364B2
An air discharge device includes a duct that defines a flow passage through which a working air flow to be discharged passes, and a hole forming member defining an air discharge hole as an outlet of the working air flow. The hole forming member has a vortex generation structure configured to generate an auxiliary vortex having a vortex characteristic including a vortex rotation direction and a vortex axis direction. The vortex characteristic of the auxiliary vortex is different from that of a lateral vortex generated by the working air flow at a downstream side of the air discharge hole. The vortex generation structure is configured in the hole forming member so that the auxiliary vortex collides with the lateral vortex in a state where at least one of the vortex rotation direction and the vortex axial direction of the vortex characteristic is different from that of the lateral vortex.
US12103360B2
This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) comprises: a PTC heater (H) that is included in a high-voltage system circuit (HV) and generates heat by the power supplied from a high-voltage battery (B2); and a microcomputer (10) that is included in the high-voltage system circuit (HV) and controls the power supply from the high-voltage battery (B2) to the PTC heater (H). This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) further comprises: a water temperature sensor (151, 152) that is included in a low-voltage system circuit (LV) and outputs a voltage signal corresponding to the temperature of hot water; and a V/f conversion unit (161, 162) that is included in the low-voltage system circuit (LV) and converts the voltage signal output from the water temperature sensor (151, 152) into a frequency signal. This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) further comprises a digital isolator (171, 172) that transmits the frequency signal to the microcomputer (10) while maintaining electrical insulation between the V/f conversion unit (161, 162) and the microcomputer (10).
US12103356B2
Provided is a vehicle air conditioning controller including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor determines whether or not an occupant in a cabin of a vehicle is applying makeup to herself/himself and, in a case in which it has been determined that the occupant is applying makeup, changes at least one of an air direction or an air volume of conditioned air that is generated by an air conditioning system installed at the vehicle and is supplied to the occupant from an air outlet provided in the cabin.
US12103339B2
A tire fitting system and a method therein for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle is provided. The tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to determine a location of a RFID tag on the tire of the wheel, determine a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel, determine the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim, and provide instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.
US12103331B2
A transformable wheel assembly includes a spoke frame and a central gear coupled to the spoke frame. A plurality of legs are pivotably coupled to the spoke frame. The plurality of legs include an arcuate outer surface and an arcuate distal interior edge. A plurality of leg teeth are formed on the arcuate distal interior edge. The leg teeth engage the central gear such that the central gear drives the plurality of legs between a closed position and an open position based on a direction of rotation of the central gear.
US12103321B2
A printing apparatus includes a printhead having a plurality of chips each including a plurality of nozzle arrays which are arranged in a predetermined nozzle array direction and each of which is formed from a plurality of nozzles and energy generation elements provided in correspondence with the nozzles of each nozzle array and each configured to generate energy used for discharging ink. The apparatus relatively moves the printhead and a print medium in a direction intersecting the nozzle array direction, reads a predetermined test pattern printed on the print medium by driving the printhead, analyzes the read test pattern, calculates a slant of the printhead with respect to a reference based on a result of the analysis, and corrects the calculated slant of the printhead by moving the printhead.
US12103309B2
It is hereby disclosed a method to print on porous substrate by a printer comprising: a print zone; a conveyor to receive a porous substrate on a loading zone and to move the porous substrate along a transport direction between the print zone and the loading zone; a print engine positioned on the print zone for ejecting printing fluid towards the porous substrate; wherein the method comprises ejecting printing fluid towards a front side the porous substrate and, by a controller, activating a vacuum source as to exert a vacuum on a back side of the porous substrate being the vacuum exerted while the porous substrate is within the print zone.
US12103296B2
A foil transfer film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a foil film including a transfer layer containing foil is wound, a take-up reel on which to take up the foil film, a first connecting portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a first axial direction along a rotation axis of the supply reel and connecting the supply reel and the take-up reel at a position apart from the foil film, and a film guide member extending in a second axial direction along a rotation axis—of the take-up reel the film guide member being capable of assuming an out-of-contact state and an in-contact state with the foil film extended between the supply reel and the take-up reel.
US12103293B2
A thermal transfer ribbon includes a carrier layer, a release layer, and a thermally transferable ink layer. The ink layer includes an active ink having a chemistry that is configured, responsive to the occurrence of an environmental, physical or biological condition, to undergo a chemical or physical state change causing a change in the color state of the active ink.
US12103288B2
Described is an affixing apparatus capable of flattening a surface of a film affixed to a main surface of a plate-shaped body. An affixing apparatus for affixing the film to the plate-shaped body includes: a plate-shaped mounting member provided with a mounting portion on which the plate-shaped body is mounted; a plate-shaped pressing member installed at a position facing the mounting member; and a support member installed at an outer edge of the mounting portion so as to be positioned between the mounting member and the pressing member.
US12103282B2
A decorative film for insert molding includes a gravure-printed graphic layer and a light-transmissive patterned layer and has high dimensional accuracy and delicate and rich tone expression. A multilayer film includes first and second layers containing an acrylic-based resin, and a polycarbonate resin layer located between the first and second layers and containing a polycarbonate-based resin. The multilayer film is transmissive to visible light. A first gravure print layer is located on a first main surface of the multilayer film, includes a first graphic layer, and is transmissive. A backer film contains a polycarbonate-based resin and is transmissive. The first graphic layer includes a first image at a predetermined position in a three-dimensional shape of a decorative film formed in the three-dimensional shape. A patterned layer includes a pattern patterned to allow visible light to pass through the first image at the predetermined position in the three-dimensional shape.
US12103281B2
Multi-layer biaxially oriented compostable composite film with a sealant layer formulation has improved heat seal initiation temperature, enhanced plateau seal strength, and broadened heat seal temperature range, while optical clarity is maintained, and film modulus (noise) is reduced. The film includes a core layer comprising a PLA-rich biodegradable composite resin, and a heat sealable layer comprising 20 to 60 wt % amorphous polylactic acid resin, and 40 to 80 wt % flexible compostable polymeric modifier Y having a glass transition temperature of Tg≤0° C. and a melting temperature of 56° C.≤Tm≤90° C. Specifically, the flexible compostable polymeric modifier includes 20 to 70 wt % polybutylene succinate-co-adipate (PBSA) copolymer and 5 to 35 wt % polycaprolactone as a promoter of low heat seal initiation temperature (SIT) and hermeticity. The inventive compostable composite film is desirable to have improved home compostability.
US12103280B2
An integral modified polyolefin resin/silicone elastomer layered article is provided together with a method for its production. The integral polyolefin-based resin/silicone elastomeric material article comprises a shaped layer of a polyolefin-based copolymer or grafted polyolefin. It contains silyl trialkoxy groups, carboxylic acid groups and/or —OH groups. A silicone elastomeric material layer is subsequent to being cured from a hydrosilylation curable silicone elastomer composition comprising one or more adhesion promoters.
US12103273B2
A floor, wall, or ceiling panel and to a method for producing same. The panel has a base made of a wood material and an upper veneer. The base and the veneer are hot-pressed together while incorporating a resin layer. During the pressing process, pores, cracks, and/or gaps in the veneer are filled with resin. In particular, the pressing process is carried out such that the veneer is saturated with resin, and the resin can be seen on the surface of the veneer after the pressing process. The adhesion of the veneer to the base and the smoothing of the veneer are thus carried out in one operation.
US12103259B1
A laminating system, an insert injection system including a laminating process, a laminating method, and an insert injection method including the laminating process, which can enhance adhesive force between a metal sheet made of a SUS material and plastic resin, which are raw materials for injection-molded products, such as automobile window moldings, when the injection-molded products are manufactured, are described. The present system can enhance adhesive force between a metal sheet made of a SUS material and plastic resin through introduction of film-type adhesive and dedicated adhesive equipment, which are raw materials for injection-molded products, such as automobile window moldings, when the injection-molded products are manufactured, and can save labor costs generated due to manual work by workers and improve the workshop environment (e.g., the unique smell of solvent-type bond/contamination).
US12103243B2
Provided is a welding method including: a sheet disposition process of disposing a first and a second protection sheet such that the first and the second protection sheet come into contact with a first and a second composite material and disposing an energization sheet such that the energization sheet comes into contact with the first and the second protection sheet; and a welding process of applying a voltage to a pair of electrode portions disposed at the energization sheet and welding the first and the second composite material, the energization sheet contains the carbon fiber base material oriented in a first predetermined direction connecting the pair of electrode portions, and the first and the second protection sheet contain the carbon fiber base material oriented in a second predetermined direction that substantially perpendicularly intersects the first predetermined direction.
US12103241B2
A connection element for adhering to a component surface of a first component, such that a second component can be secured to the first component by the connection element, including a base element having an adhesive side with an adhesive surface, and a mounting structure. The base element consists of a thermoplastic with a temperature of continued use of at least 130° C., which can be poorly irradiated or cannot be irradiated with light, and has at least one irradiation region. The base element can be irradiated with light in this region in such a way that light energy penetrates the base element. The irradiation region, in cross-section, has a smaller thickness and a transmittance at least 20% with a light wavelength between 320 and 500 nm. Alternatively, the irradiation region is formed by a through-opening.
US12103234B2
Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.
US12103228B2
The present disclosure provides for making annealed additive manufacturing powder, where the powder can be used to make structures using additive manufacturing processes. The additive manufacturing powder can be annealed to improve the flowability of the powder. Once annealed, the powder can be used in the additive manufacturing process and structures can be formed by affixing the powder particles to one another (e.g., by reflowing and re-solidifying a material present in the powder particles). The annealed additive manufacturing powder can be formed in a layer-by-layer additive process to produce articles such as a component of an article of sporting equipment, apparel or footwear, including a sole structure for footwear.
US12103215B2
A device manufactures an electrode strip for a battery including a current collector strip and at least one layer of electrochemically active composite material on either side of the current collector strip. The device includes an extruder including a sheath, an extrusion head, and an extrusion screw. The extrusion screw includes an outer tube and an inner tube that are coaxial and fitted into one another. The outer tube is mounted so as to be rotatably movable relative to the sheath. The inner tube is stationary relative to the sheath and includes an outlet located upstream of the extrusion head. Moreover, the manufacturing device includes advancing and unwinding structure to convey the current collector strip through the inner tube and up to the extrusion head.
US12103211B2
There is provided a plasticizing device including a rotor which rotates around a rotational axis, and has a groove forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel which is opposed to the groove forming surface, and has a communication hole, and a first heating section configured to heat a material fed between the rotor and the barrel, wherein the material fed between the rotor and the barrel is plasticized and discharged from the communication hole due to a rotation of the rotor and heating by the first heating section. In the plasticizing device, the first heating section includes a first portion configured to house a first heat source, includes a second portion which is disposed closer to the groove forming surface than the first portion in an axial direction of the rotational axis, and which has a shape surrounding the communication hole when viewed along the axial direction, and is configured so that heat by the first heat source is transferred to the material between the rotor and the barrel via the second portion.
US12103207B2
There is provided a manufacturing method of a cover material fastening member including a clip locking member. The clip locking member is integrally provided at an end edge portion of a strip shaped member. The manufacturing method of the cover material fastening member includes: a molding step of filling a resin for forming the clip locking member in a cavity formed on a surface of each of a pair of rolls in rotation; and a press-bonding step of passing the strip shaped member between the pair of rolls in accordance with rotation of the pair of rolls, pressing the resin by the pair of rolls, and continuously press-bonding the clip locking member to two surfaces of the strip shaped member.
US12103203B2
In order to be able to operate a dust separator with or without a lower closure element (44), the closure element (44) is part of a separate closure unit (40) which is mounted under the dust separator if required. For this purpose, the dust separator, the closure unit (40) and optionally further components, such as a delivery flow generator, are kept available in a kit so as to be able to assemble the treatment unit as required. The dust separator can be operated in batches by means of the closure element (44).
US12103194B2
A device for machining material includes a rotatable turret including a plurality of plank holding positions, each plank holding position including a plank holding device. A projector is configured to project at least one cut line on a first surface of a plank. A cutting device is positioned adjacent to the turret, the cutting device includes a cutting tool configured to cut a trim section along a second surface of the plank to establish a substantially planar portion and/or to locate defects of the first edge. A sensor is configured to scan the first edge of the plank and determine whether the groove and the substantially planar portion are within a predetermined tolerance. A jointing device is positioned adjacent to the turret, the jointing device includes a joint cutting tool configured to cut at least one groove on the second surface.
US12103189B2
The article discharge system includes plural grippers, weight acquisition units, and a control unit. The grippers grip the articles. The weight acquisition units acquire weight values of the articles that each of the plural grippers grips. The control unit causes the plural grippers to grip the some articles from the article group disposed in the placement unit and, based on the result of a combination calculation using the weight values of the articles that each of the plural grippers grips, causes a predetermined combination of the grippers to release and discharge the articles. During the period after the control unit has caused the grippers to release the articles and before the control unit next causes the grippers to grip the articles, the control unit implements a zero correction process on the weight acquisition units corresponding to the grippers that were caused to release the articles.
US12103185B2
In one embodiment, a method includes generating a trajectory plan to complete a task to be executed by a robotic system, identifying objects in the environment required for completing the task, determining attributes for each of the identified objects, determining trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan based on the determined attributes for each identified object and operational conditions in an environment associated with the robotic system, and executing the task based on the determined trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan.
US12103184B2
The present application discloses a mechanism to adjust backlash in a rack and pinion powertrain assembly. The mechanism to adjust backlash includes a mounting frame having an opening defined therein to receive an operative end of a drive assembly, a shoulder fastener positioned through a first complementary set of holes at a first end of a mounting flange to movably couple the mounting flange to the mounting frame, the fastener being fastened in a manner such that the mounting flange and drive assembly have freedom to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the first complementary set of holes, and an adjustable length coupling device having a first end coupled mechanically to the mounting plate and a second end coupled mechanically to the mounting flange at a location substantially opposite the first end of the mounting flange.
US12103183B2
A method for controlling a robot includes detecting current positions of joints of the robot and actuating the joints using drives of the robot based on the detected current joint positions such that at least one drive supports a manual guidance-induced movement of the joint actuated by the drive if a distance between the detected or target joint position and a specified first boundary has a first value. The drive supports the manual guidance-induced movement to a lesser degree if the distance has a second value which is lower than the first value. Additionally, the manual guidance-induced movement is oriented towards the first boundary.
US12103180B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a robot gripper with a closing mechanism that while providing a desirable closing speed avoids exerting a force on the rigid object which is greater than the holding force required to hold the rigid object in the gripper. In another aspect, the present invention provides a robot gripper capable of detecting a slip or loss of an object held by the gripper. In an alternative aspect, the present invention provides a robot gripper capable of being hand guided. In another aspect, the invention provides a robot gripper brake drive circuit with faster operation. In one other aspect, the invention provides a connector for connecting a robot end effector to a robot arm with an adjustable cable.
US12103175B2
Described is a robotic apparatus (10) for investigating a confined area comprising: an articulated robot (20) for insertion into a confined area, the robotic apparatus further comprising a robot control system (30) for controlling the articulated robot. Further, the robot control system comprises a control unit (50), a robot driving means, a seal (70) for isolating the confined area from the external environment and at least one transmission member (80), wherein the control unit is configured to send control signals to the robot driving means, and the at least one transmission member extends from the robot driving means to connect to the articulated robot, the at least one transmission member extending through the seal.
US12103174B2
A robot arm includes a plurality of links and a plurality of joints connecting the links for adjustment relative to one another. At least a first link has a first bearing pin, a second bearing pin located opposite the first bearing pin, and a second link connected in an articulated manner to the first link by one of the joints has a first bearing flange on which the first bearing pin of the first link is rotatably mounted, and has a second bearing flange on which the second bearing pin of the first is rotatably mounted. The first bearing flange of the second link has a circumferentially closed recess in which the first bearing pin of the first link is received, and the second bearing flange of the second link has a circumferentially open recess in which the second bearing pin of the first link is received. An opening in the circumferentially open recess has an opening width that is greater than the width of the second bearing pin of the first link, and the second bearing flange has securing structure with which the second bearing of the first link is secured to the circumferentially open recess of the second bearing flange.
US12103171B2
A chairless chair exoskeleton in order to provide seating support to the user while the user is standing particularly in industrial field includes at least one foot connection element for being connected to the foot of the user and at least one calf support element connected to said foot connection element, and at least one thigh support element connected to said calf support element by means of at least one joint and at least one energy storage element associated to the thigh support element from one side and associated to the calf support element from the other side.
US12103162B2
An application processor processes an application. A sensor processor acquires image data from an image sensor and analyzes the image data. The application processor acquires an image analysis result obtained by the sensor processor and posture information for specifying an orientation of the image sensor. The application processor acquires posture information obtained when the image sensor acquires image data to be analyzed by the sensor processor.
US12103160B2
A rotation connecting mechanism includes: a joint that connects a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom; a first link and a third link in each of which one end is attached rotatably to second member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, each of first link and third link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; a second link in which one end is attached rotatably to first link with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, second link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; and motors that generate force changing lengths of the three links.
US12103158B2
The disclose provides a magnetic levitation gravity compensation device, including: a first permanent magnet, which is cylindrical; a second permanent magnet, which is cylindrical, arranged in the first permanent magnet and radially spaced from the first permanent magnet; and at least one end permanent magnet, which is cylindrical, and is located on at least one of two axial ends of the second permanent magnet and axially spaced from the two axial ends of the second permanent magnet, a center line of the end permanent magnet is configured to coincide with a center line of the second permanent magnet, and a cylinder wall thickness of the end permanent magnet is smaller than that of the second permanent magnet, wherein a magnetization direction of the first permanent magnet is a radial direction, and a magnetization direction of the second permanent magnet and the end permanent magnet is an axial direction.
US12103157B2
A hand tool includes a first driving element, a second driving element and at least one connecting element. The first driving element includes a first driving portion and a first staggered portion. The first driving portion is connected to the first staggered portion integrally. The second driving element does not contact the first driving element and includes a second driving portion and a second staggered portion. The second driving portion is connected to the second staggered portion integrally. The connecting element connects the first staggered portion and the second staggered portion, wherein the connecting element is made of insulating material.
US12103152B2
A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable between a ready position and a driven position, a lifter engageable with the driver blade to return the driver blade from the driven position to the ready position, and a multi-stage planetary transmission including an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque thereto, a first bearing supporting a first portion of the output shaft for rotation, a second bearing supporting a second portion of the output shaft for rotation, and first and second planetary stages. The fastener driver also includes a housing having a cylinder support portion and a transmission housing portion in which the first and second bearings are received. The cylinder support portion and the transmission housing portion are integrally formed as a single piece.
US12103151B2
Realized is a driving device capable of controlling driving timing of a blade and driving timing of a feeder independently. The driving device of the present invention has a housing having an injection path, a blade hitting a nail supplied to the injection path, an electric motor, a controller controlling drive of the electric motor, a magazine accommodating connected nails, and a supply, mechanism sequentially supplying the connected nails, which are accommodated in the magazine, to the injection path. The supply mechanism has a reciprocable feeder backward and forward, an energizing member energizing the feeder forward, and a stopper holding a position of the backward moved feeder against energization of the energizing member. Then, holding the position of the feeder by the stopper is released based on control of the controller.
US12103149B2
A clip installation tool that includes a shaft defining a first bore centered around a central axis. The first bore receives a spring therein. The clip installation tool further includes a movable portion partially disposed within the first bore and in contact with the spring. The movable portion defines a second bore. The clip installation tool further includes a stopper extending at least partially within the second bore and a handle coupled to the shaft.
US12103141B2
The wrench has a thumb switch, when operated, opens against a spring bias the pivotal ring portion around the axis pin attached to the fixed head portion of the wrench head portion, allowing a tube or pipe attached to the fastener to access the confines of the wrench head hexagonal inner profile via the said access channel now provided, the opening of the pivotal ring portion involves approximately 50% of the wrench head portion, the said pivotal ring portion encompassing approximately 50% of the wrench head inner profile. The corner profiles next to the swivel joints are scalloped such that when the pivotal ring is opened the scallops substantially align forming a passageway required for the abutting fastener drive corner to traverse through.
US12103140B2
Stuffing box rebuild systems including a first socket precision-tooled to couple with a top seat of the stuffing box, a second socket precision-tooled to couple with a bottom seat of the stuffing box, and a rebuild table including one or more receptacles for receiving and retaining the stuffing box during the rebuild. In some examples, the stuffing box rebuild system includes a top wrench precision-tooled to couple with a top seat of the stuffing box and a bottom wrench precision-tooled to couple with a bottom seat of the stuffing box. In some further examples, the top wrench is precision-tooled to couple to the first socket and the bottom wrench is precision-tooled to couple to the second socket.
US12103131B2
A method and associated implementing system eliminates much of the stress presently introduced by the bonding of ophthalmic lens blanks, or blanks to a holding device, namely a metal block. The method of attaching ophthalmic lens blanks to a blocking assembly comprises the steps of shaping a blocking assembly to take the shape of an ophthalmic lens blank surface of an ophthalmic lens, wherein the blocking assembly is not attached directly to the ophthalmic lens blank during shaping of the blocking assembly; and following the shaping of the blocking assembly, attaching the lens blank to the shaped blocking assembly.
US12103124B2
A wear pad for a longwall mining shield base lift. The wear pad includes at least one spanner hole for rotating the wear pad with a lever, at least one threaded retaining hole, and a retaining bolt threaded through the retaining hole until it contacts a cylinder rod to which the wear pad is to be attached.
US12103119B2
A robotic welder includes one or more motors, one or more articulating arms connected to the one or more motors, one or more sensors configured to image a wear plate for determining welding locations for welding the wear plate to a blade of a machine, and an orbital welder to rotate a torch head for welding the wear plate to the blade.
US12103116B2
An aluminum brazing sheet has a multilayer structure of two or more layers of at least a core material and a brazing material, wherein an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing, by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg, 1.5% to 14.0% of Si, and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi is clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material to be located at an outermost surface of the aluminum brazing sheet, in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi based brazing material, there are more than 10 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm when observed in a surface layer plane direction and there are less than 2 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more, and in the brazing material, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more when observed in the surface layer plane direction.
US12103102B2
A method and apparatus for joining using friction and current, wherein the friction/current joining apparatus includes a friction device, a forging device, an electrical current source, and a programmable controller, as well as workpiece holders for the workpieces to be joined. The friction/current joining apparatus is controlled such that, in a contacting phase, the workpieces are initially moved along a process axis, and their mutually facing joining surfaces oriented transverse to a common process axis are brought into contact. In a grinding phase, while subjected to contact pressure by mutual relative movement, the joining surfaces, are ground together and made smooth. At the end of the grinding phase, the relative frictional movement is permanently stopped and, in a forging phase following the grinding phase, the workpieces are pressed together, plasticized, and joined while subjected to contact pressure on their contacting joining surfaces along the process axis, and subjected to conductive heating with electrical current.
US12103097B2
A reciprocating saw blade includes a body including a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a coupling edge extending between the first and second end portions. The body defines a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second end portions. The reciprocating saw blade also includes an attachment portion coupled to the first end portion of the body and a cutting portion coupled to the coupling edge of the body. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth and a plurality of gullets. Moreover, the reciprocating saw blade includes a plurality of slots spaced along the cutting portion to separate the cutting portion into a plurality of cutting segments including a distal end segment adjacent the second end portion of the body. The distal end segment extends beyond the coupling edge of the body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US12103095B2
An apparatus, system, and method for shearing cables, such as those used in concrete support structures, is presented. In one embodiment, an apparatus is presented that can include a casing, a handle, a cutting nose, a torque conversion mechanism, and a cable support. The cable support can be configured to removably couple to a cable, such as to secure the cable within a cable groove of the apparatus. In another embodiment, a system for cable shearing is presented, wherein the system comprises a shearing apparatus and torque-generation apparatus. In another embodiment, a method of clipping cables, such as within a pocket, is presented.
US12103092B2
A device for controlling deformation of a large-scale crankshaft comprising a crankshaft holder that is arranged for fixing the crankshaft so that the crankshaft is aligned with an axis; a regulatory bracket that is arranged on the crankshaft holder at a position corresponding to the crankshaft; and a high-energy acoustic beam transducer that is arranged on the bracket and is provided with an end part coupled with the crankshaft. The crankshaft is fixed through the crankshaft holder, high-energy ultrasonic waves are injected into the crankshaft by the transducer, mass points in the crankshaft are driven to vibrate along the acoustic beam direction, and machining residual stress of the crankshaft is removed through the high-energy acoustic beam to realize the regulation and control of the residual stress in the material in the specific direction, so that machining precision of the crankshaft is ensured and machining deformation of the crankshaft is reduced.
US12103088B2
A holder may include a base, an antenna and a sensor. The base has a bar shape extended along a central axis from a first end toward a second end. The base may include a metal member and a first resin. The metal member may include a pocket that is attachable of an insert including a cutting edge. The first resin may be located closer to the second end than the metal member. The antenna may be covered with the first resin. The sensor may be located closer to the pocket than the antenna and may be wired connected to the antenna, and may be measurable a state of the base. This configuration may contribute to solving the problem that handling of wiring becomes complicated.
US12103082B2
A method for producing a metallic green compact 61 relates to a method for producing the green compact 61 having at least one recess 62, including a step of subjecting a raw material powder filled in a resin mold 1 to cold isostatic pressing while placing a resin core material 11 having a shape corresponding to the recess 62 at a position corresponding to the recess 62 in the resin mold 1.
US12103079B2
An apparatus for forming at least one three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a powder bed, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article, the apparatus comprising: a powder distributor configured for evenly distributing a layer of powder on top of a work table provided inside a build chamber; and at least one high energy beam source emanating at least one high energy beam configured for fusing the powder layer in selected locations corresponding to the cross section of the three-dimensional article, wherein the apparatus further comprising at least one target area arranged spaced apart from the layer of powder for emanating light when irradiated by the at least one high energy beam.
US12103076B2
An apparatus includes a build plate, a powder application apparatus that applies metal powder onto the build plate to form a powder layer, a beam irradiation apparatus that irradiates the powder layer with an electron beam, and a control unit that controls the powder application apparatus and the beam irradiation apparatus. When the powder layer is preheated by irradiation with the electron beam, the control unit sets a beam size and an irradiation position of the electron beam such that lines of the electron beam do not overlap each other at least at a start of preheating, and controls the beam irradiation apparatus to gradually increase at least one of a beam current and the beam size of the electron beam from the start of preheating to an end of preheating.
US12103071B2
Methods for large-scale additive manufacturing of high-strength boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)/aluminum (Al) (e.g., reinforced Al alloy) metal matrix composites (MMCs) (BNNT/Al MMCs), as well as the BNNT/Al MMCs produced by the large-scale additive manufacturing methods, are provided. A combination of ultrasonication and spray drying techniques can produce good BNNT/Al alloy feedstock powders, which can be used in a cold spraying process.
US12103070B2
A sliding closure (10) at the outlet of a metallurgic container is provided with a housing (12), at least one closing plate arranged therein, a longitudinally displaceable closing plate and a cover (15), fastened to the housing (12) by means of a bracing mechanism (20). The closing plates can be pressed against one another by the bracing mechanism (20) via the cover (15). The bracing mechanism (20) having at least one spring member (33) is provided with clamping levers (21, 22) pivotably housed on either side at the housing (12) and supports (23, 24) which cooperate with same, with the result that, by pivoting these clamping levers (21, 22), the cover (15) can be fastened to, or released from, the housing. In this way, the closing plates, which often need to be exchanged, can also be braced, always uniformly and optimally, against one another, even after many operational uses.
US12103065B2
A method of manufacturing a hub unit bearing (1) includes the step of applying an axial load to a shaft end of a hub body (21) so that a staking portion (26) for inner races (22a, 22b) is formed in the hub body (21). The load is adjusted based on at least one of first information acquired before applying the load and second information acquired while applying the load.
US12103064B2
A punch assembly with interchangeable tips includes a punch body and a punch tip releasably coupled to the punch body. The punch body includes a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a cross-sectional shape defined between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end includes a flange configured to engage a punch holder. The distal end includes a distal surface include a front side and a rear side. At least one first magnet faces a same direction as the front side and at least one second magnet faces a same direction as the rear side. The punch tip is coupled to the distal end of the punch body via a magnetic coupling provided by the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet.
US12103062B2
Molds for forming formed containers with reduced or eliminated parting lines, and systems and methods of forming the formed containers, using electromagnetic radiation are disclosed. In some aspects, the forming mold includes a multi-segment mold disposed about an electromagnetic coil. The multi-segment mold having a plurality of circumferential segments, a bottom mold section and an annular ring. Each of the circumferential segments including an inner surface wherein the plurality of inner surfaces defines a desired shape of the formed containers. The bottom mold section being adapted to hold and move the pre-form articles about an electromagnetic coil and into and out of the forming mold. The annular ring being adapted to hold, seal and optionally shape a top section of the pre-form articles so as to reduce or eliminate parting lines on the surface of the formed containers.
US12103058B2
The present invention discloses a soil remediation device and method. Soil is remediated by (i) introducing hot air at 550-650° C. from an outlet of an air heater into the drum from a circulating hot air inlet of a discharge end fixed hood and transferring heat with the soil by direct countercurrent contact such that the soil is heated, and (ii) releasing heat from a heat accumulator at a bottom of the drum through heat pipes such that the soil is heated. As a temperature of the soil gradually rises to about 300-500° C., water and organic contaminants in the soil are volatilized into a gaseous state and carry dust to become thermal desorption offgas that is separated from the soil, the thermal desorption offgas becoming part of the hot air and flowing from the drum to a dust remover. Part of the hot air is recirculated to the drum, and another part of the hot air is discharged after being purified.
US12103057B2
The present subject matter illustrates a zero-valent metal suspension in non-aqueous phase. The suspension comprises 41 wt. % of a plurality of zero-valent iron particles; 0.1 wt % of a surfactant; 36 wt. % of an oil; and 23 wt. % of a thickening agent.
US12103051B2
In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to apparatus comprising a liquid-impregnated surface, said surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a matrix of solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, one or both of the following holds: (i) 0<ϕ≤0.25, where ϕ is a representative fraction of the projected surface area of the liquid-impregnated surface corresponding to non-submerged solid at equilibrium; and (ii) Sow(a)<0, where Sow(a) is spreading coefficient, defined as γwa−γwo−γoa, where γ is the interfacial tension between the two phases designated by subscripts w, a, and o, where w is water, a is air, and o is the impregnating liquid.
US12103047B2
A cyclone separator wherein the tapered tip of the conical hollow body faces downwards. The air separator has at least one immersion tube which abuts the conical wall of the conical hollow body and which protrudes upwards within the conical hollow body, the conical hollow body tapered tip which faces downwards being connected to an outlet for fine material. The first cylindrical hollow body is equipped with a rotating rod basket which is enclosed by a static circular conveyor trough for coarse material, the conveyor trough resting against the lower outer circumference without contacting same. The conveyor trough for coarse material is connected to an outlet out of the cylindrical hollow body, and the volume enclosed by the rod basket is fluidically connected to the conical hollow body.
US12103046B1
A static classifier including a vessel having an inlet and an outlet and having a vessel interior area. A classifier chamber is positioned in the vessel interior area. The classifier chamber has a plurality of openings extending through a side wall of the classifier chamber and into a classifier interior area of the classifier chamber. The plurality of openings are configured for passing particles entrained in a gas from the vessel interior area into the classifier interior area. One or more flow restrictors are arranged with the classifier chamber. The flow restrictors are configured to establish an optimal flow velocity and direction of the particles entrained in the gas, through the static classifier.
US12103045B2
A system classifies materials utilizing a vision system that implements an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify and then remove automotive airbag modules from a scrap stream, which may have been produced from a shredding of end-of-life vehicles. The sorting process may be designed so that live airbag modules are not activated, which may cause damage to equipment or persons.
US12103042B2
An electrode material containing active material powder is prepared. Dry classification of the electrode material is performed by a classifier. An electrode is manufactured by using the electrode material subjected to the dry classification. The classifier includes a mesh screen, a blade, and a motor. Breakage of the mesh screen is detected by monitoring either or both of an operation sound of the classifier and torque of the motor. The electrode material contained in the classifier will no longer be used for manufacturing of the electrode when breakage of the mesh screen is detected.
US12103041B2
The present invention relates to a portable screening and stockpiling apparatus comprising a tracked chassis; a feed system mounted to the chassis for accepting material to be screened; means for moving the feed system upwards from a substantially horizontal transport position with respect to the chassis to an inclined working position at an angle to the chassis and from the inclined position downwards to the substantially horizontal position; a screen box supported on the chassis for accepting material from the feed system, wherein the screen box comprises a first deck for screening any material fed thereinto, whereby material of relatively finer and coarser fractions is adapted respectively to pass through the first deck and across the top of the first deck, a first folding conveyor mounted on the chassis beneath the screen box and feed system to receive fines material passing through the deck of the screen box and to convey same away from a first end of the apparatus; and a second folding conveyor mounted on the chassis and associated with the screen box to receive the coarser material from the top of the deck and to convey same away from a second, opposing end of the apparatus.
US12103035B2
An apparatus and method for modifying an aspect of an exterior polymer material or polymer type material of a linear substrate with a fluid. The apparatus include a variable exposure gap within which the linear substrate is exposed to the fluid. The width of the exposure gap is varied with the speed of the linear substrate traversing the exposure gap to maintain a constant exposure time of the linear substrate with the modifying fluid.
US12103032B2
A liquid product distribution assembly for on demand dispensing of liquid products includes a set of reservoirs, to which a set of supply lines is attached, a set of pumps, to which a set of feeder lines is attached, and a set of communicators. Each reservoir is configured to hold a respective liquid product and is in fluidic communication with at least one supply line. Each supply line is operationally engaged to a respective pump and each pump is in fluidic communication with at least one feeder line. Each communicator is positioned proximate to an outlet port of a respective feeder line and is in communicative engagement with an associated pump. The communicator is positioned to communicate a liquid demand request to the associated pump to actuate the associated pump so that an associated liquid product is delivered through the outlet port.
US12103031B2
Among arbitrary positions on the course of a sealing gun, a position ahead of and separated from the arbitrary position in the moving direction of the sealing gun by a given distance, where an application part falls within a given allowable size in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction on the basis of the sealing gun, is a first position, and a position where the application part is deviated from the allowable size is a second position. A control device corrects the course of the sealing gun that is defined by an operation plan, based on the shape of the application part measured in a measurement point located at the first position.
US12103030B1
A smart edge sealing system includes a control, monitoring and communication module that includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) controlling system processes. A curing and quality control module (CQCM) includes an artificial intelligence camera and a machine learning algorithm that identifies defects or inconsistencies in the coating process and communicates with the control, monitoring and communication module. A plunger sliding module is controlled by the control, monitoring and communication module based on information received from the CQCM to extrude a coating material on an edge of a workpiece.
US12103029B2
A painting device includes a paint output part for outputting paint toward an object to be painted; an introduction pipe through which the paint flows and which introduces the paint into the paint output part; flowmeters placed outside the introduction pipe and measuring the flow rate of the paint in the introduction pipe; and a determination unit for determining whether the condition of the paint is normal on the basis of the result of measurement by the flow meters. The flow meter can be placed between an air motor and a valve. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of the valve, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a joint, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a pump, respectively.
US12103020B2
A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition therefrom is provided. The microfluidic delivery device includes a housing electrically connectable with a power source; a cartridge releasably connectable with the housing; and a fan connected with the housing. The cartridge has a reservoir for containing a fluid composition and microfluidic die in fluid communication with the reservoir. The die is configured such that substantially all of the fluid composition exits the microfluidic die in a horizontal direction or downward direction relative to horizontal. The fan is configured to generate air flow that converges with and redirects the fluid composition dispensed from the microfluidic die in an upward direction relative to horizontal.
US12103015B2
The present application relates to a purification unit, a purification device and a using method, belonging to the technical field of air purification, the purification unit includes a frame, an electrostatic dust removal zone located inside the frame, the electrostatic dust removal zone is located inside the frame, a support plate located on an outer side of the frame, wherein an insulation member is connected between the support plate and the frame; and a conductive assembly connected to a high-voltage end of the electrostatic dust removal zone and the support plate. A grounding end of the electrostatic dust removal zone is connected to the frame.
US12103002B2
A method for analyzing biological samples is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a fluid sample into a cartridge device, which comprises: a fluidic chamber; at least one microfluidic channel in fluid communication with the fluidic chamber; and a venting port configured to apply a pneumatic force to the fluidic chamber; and inserting the cartridge device into a reader device to perform measurements, wherein the cartridge device is positioned in a vertical or tilted position such that at least a portion of the fluid sample inside the fluidic chamber is pulled by gravity in a direction away from the venting port or towards the bottom of the fluidic chamber.
US12103001B2
A hydrodynamic barrier device including: a plurality of outlets disposed on a surface; a plurality of inlets dispersed among the plurality of outlets and disposed on the surface; and at least one pump in fluid communication with the plurality of outlets and the plurality of inlets, the at least one pump configured to simultaneously pump an operating fluid out of the plurality of outlets and pull the operating fluid back through the plurality of inlets to create a hydrodynamic barrier on the surface.
US12103000B2
The present invention is directed to the fabrication and use of phase-change material (PCM) membranes in microvalves for microfluidic systems. The microvalve may be fabricated by using a tissue-sectioning instrument to slice a thin membrane of PCM off of a block of PCM. The membrane may then be sandwiched between a plurality of microfluidic flow sections to act as a microvalve. At room temperature, the membrane may exist in a solid state to act as a zero-leakage seal and microvalve. Applying heat to the membrane may bring the membrane to a melting point, causing it to reach a liquid state. The microvalve in the liquid state may experience a surface tension effect by a material of the microfluidic flow sections, causing it to displace from a flow path and allow a fluid to pass from one microfluidic flow section to another.
US12102999B2
A device for handling a particle suspension, in particular a cell suspension, which includes at least one channel for flowing the particle suspension, a pumping unit configured to move a driving fluid and control element for controlling the pumping unit. Also, a method for handling a particle suspension, which includes flowing the particle suspension in or out of at least one channel using a driving fluid for driving the particle suspension in the channel.
US12102997B2
Provided herein are portable biocontainment devices for safe and reliable collection of biological samples, including liquid and gas samples. A sample inlet for collecting fluids and/or gases, including oral fluids and expired breath samples, is connected to a container having a climate-controlled container reservoir. One or more sample containers are connected to the sample inlet for collection of samples. The devices are configured for safe transport and handling of samples, while maintaining sample viability, including for relatively long transport periods. Safety components integrated within the device facilitates safe and effective decontamination of contagious samples. In this manner, aborting the sample preservation by decontamination prior to a hazardous release is achieved within the same apparatus.
US12102988B2
A thermal method of forming ferric oxide nano/microparticles with predominant morphology is described using different solvents. Methods of using the Fe3O4 nano/microparticles as catalysts in the reduction of nitro compounds with sodium borohydride to the corresponding amines and decomposition of ammonium salts.
US12102983B2
A solid-supported Pd catalyst is suitable for C—C bond formation, e.g., via Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions, with a support that is reusable, cost-efficient, regioselective, and naturally available. Such catalysts may contain Pd nanoparticles on jute plant sticks (GS), i.e., Pd@GS, and may be formed by reducing, e.g., K2PdCl4 with NaBH4 in water, and then used this as a “dip catalyst.” The dip catalyst can catalyze Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross coupling-reactions in water. The catalysts may have a homogeneous distribution of Pd nanoparticles with average dimensions, e.g., within a range of 7 to 10 nm on the solid support. Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions may achieve conversions of, e.g., 97% with TOFs around 4692 h−1, Mizoroki-Heck reactions with conversions of, e.g., a 98% and TOFs of 237 h−1, while the same catalyst sample may be used for 7 consecutive cycles, i.e., without addition of any fresh catalyst.
US12102977B2
A biomass-based porous carbon composite material and preparation thereof and an application thereof in CO2 adsorption are provided. In the biomass-based porous carbon composite material, with a pulping black liquid solid as a precursor, by arc treatment, porous carbon structures capable of physically adsorbing CO2 and basic substances capable of chemically adsorbing CO2 are obtained; with lignin in the precursor as the carbon source, and sodium hydroxide, sodium salts, and small-molecular carbohydrate degradation products in the precursor as the template and activator, porous carbon structures are obtained by arc thermal carbonization and self-activation; the basic substances are obtained by allowing sodium hydroxide and sodium salts in the precursor to undergo arc thermal decomposition. Further, the present disclosure relates to an application of the biomass-based porous carbon composite material in CO2 adsorption.
US12102971B2
The invention relates to a generator and its operation and use for generating toroidal and spatial vortices in a liquid. It comprises a rotationally symmetrical stator housing with an inlet opening and an eccentric outlet opening. It further comprises a rotor rotatably arranged in the stator housing with radially outwardly extending channels in constant fluid connection to the inlet opening. The rotor comprises a rotor disc, radially outside of the rotor with a side surface with inner notches in fluid connection to the rotor channels. The stator housing comprises a stator disc comprising a side surface with stator notches. When these notches face each other due to rotation of the rotor disc, a periodical liquid flow from the inner notches to the stator notches is formed and toroidal vortices are generated in the portioned liquid by shear stress as the portions of liquid move back and forth in the notches.
US12102969B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to an assembly including a CF Valve coupled to a solenoid and an inlet area on a first plane, an outlet area located on a second plane, and a flow path which passes through the CF Valve and the solenoid to the outlet area on at least a portion of the first plane.
US12102968B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for proportional gas mixing. A method for mixing gas may include receiving, at a modified ball valve, a first gas via a first gas input port of the modified ball valve, and a second gas via a second gas input port of the modified ball valve. The method may also include coupling a motor control device with the modified ball valve. The method may further include operating the modified ball valve via the motor control device by adjusting a position of the modified ball valve. In addition, the method may include releasing a gas mixture of the first gas and the second gas through a gas output port of the modified ball valve.
US12102964B2
A reverse osmosis water production apparatus for use in a body of water includes a first section defining a buoyancy chamber and an elongate second section connected to the first section and configured to define an elongate chamber which extends downward beneath a waterline in use. The elongate chamber is provided with a plurality of elongate reverse osmosis membrane tubes, each tube containing a reverse osmosis membrane. A longitudinal axis of each reverse osmosis membrane tube is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the elongate chamber and the reverse osmosis membrane tubes are arranged around a passage.
US12102963B2
A high salinity feed water such as seawater is treated to produce a reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate and an RO permeate. Optionally, some or all of the RO concentrate may be filtered to produce a nanofiltration (NF) permeate. Optionally, some feed water can also be filtered to produce NF permeate without first being concentrated by RO treatment. The NF permeate, or a blend of the RO permeate and NF permeate, may be used to produce a product water for injection into an oil-bearing reservoir to enhance oil recovery. Optionally, the product water may have salinity greater than the feedwater, or at least 30 g/L. The product water may have hardness of less than 20 mg/L.
US12102961B2
A process for capturing carbon dioxide in which an exhaust stream containing carbon dioxide is cooled by a plurality of stages of indirect heat exchange to produce a cooled exhaust stream, compressed over a plurality of stages of compression, and separated to produce a CO2-enriched stream and a CO2-depleted stream. The CO2-enriched stream is dehydrated by contacting the CO2-enriched stream with a regenerated desiccant to produce a CO2 product stream and a spent desiccant. The CO2-depleted stream is heated by indirect heat exchange against the exhaust stream to produce a hot CO2-depleted stream, while a portion of the CO2-depleted stream is extracted from an interstage of the plurality of stages of indirect heat exchange to regenerate the spent desiccant. The hot CO2-depleted stream is expanded over a plurality of stages of expansion to drive the compression of the cooled exhaust, thereby producing an expanded CO2-depleted stream.
US12102958B2
A method and apparatus for continuously treating acid gases including recovering absorbent chemicals by introducing streams leaving a regenerator and/or leaving an absorber into a static mixing zone wherein supplemental washing water is added to recover absorbent chemicals. Improvements to the prior art methods are provided where one or more absorbent chemical recovery units are included to increase the amount of recovered absorbent chemicals exiting the regenerator and/or exiting the absorber are increased and/or maximized. Absorbent chemical recovery units can include mixing units where liquid is added to the stream of sour gas and absorbent chemical to mix with and absorb the absorbent chemical from the stream.
US12102951B2
An air cleaner includes: a housing including a suction portion suctioning air and a discharge portion discharging air, a frame disposed inside the housing, a sterilizer sterilizing the suctioned air, a filter assembly filtering air, a blower moving air, a flow converter disposed on a top surface of the housing, guiding a flow of air, and discharging air inside the housing to an outside, and a guide guiding a direction of the flow converter. The sterilizer includes a sterilizing light source generating sterilizing light, a first sterilizing casing accommodating the sterilizing light source, and a second sterilizing casing coupled to a lower portion of the first sterilizing casing and supporting the first sterilizing casing and the sterilizing light source, where a portion of the first sterilizing casing is spaced apart from the second sterilizing casing to define a space therebetween that dissipates heat generated from the sterilizing light source.
US12102946B1
A pipeline filter assembly comprising a base assembly, an outer wall, and a lid assembly. The base plate has a pocket to hold a tool for opening and closing a drain plug. The outer wall has a lower end portion and an upper end portion, wherein the upper end portion comprises a lower collar, and the lower collar comprises threading around an exterior surface thereof. The lid assembly is configured to couple to the lower collar of the outer wall. The lid assembly has an upper collar configured to mate with the lower collar. The upper collar has at least one housing that is coupled to the upper collar, and at least one biasing clip pivotally mounted within the housing for releasable engagement with the lower collar.
US12102938B2
A distribution chamber suitable for distributing a liquid stream to a plurality of pipe openings distributed over a planar surface. The distribution chamber includes three perforated plates. A method to distribute a liquid stream to a plurality of pipe openings, a method to decompose ammonium carbamate from an aqueous solution comprising ammonium carbamate and a method to produce a concentrated aqueous urea solution from a diluted aqueous urea solution.
US12102935B1
A bubble blowing apparatus comprising a main body, a plurality of legs connecting the main body to a base, a motor, a fan operably coupled to the motor to blow an upward stream of air, a liquid fountain unit operably coupled to the motor to blow a bubble solution upward, a gear shaft operably coupled to the motor to rotate about a rotational axis, and a plurality of bubble wands rigidly affixed to an upper portion of the gear shaft. Further, the gear shaft is configured to continuously rotate about the rotational axis, such that each of the plurality of bubble wands repetitively cycle between the two positions of (1) passing over the liquid fountain unit so as to amass upwardly blown bubble solution, and (2) passing over the fan such that the amassed bubble solution contacts the upwardly blown air and forms a bubble.
US12102934B1
A religious speaking teddy bear including a stuffed animal assembly, an attachment assembly and an electronic assembly. The stuffed animal assembly includes a movable mouth. The movable mouth moves to emulate speaking. The attachment assembly includes attachments to illustrate the ten commandments. The attachments can be attached to the stuffed animal assembly. The electronic assembly includes buttons and a speaker. The buttons can be depressed to actuate the speaker to recite the ten commandments and the movable mouth to emulate speaking. The electronic assembly is inside the stuffed animal assembly.
US12102930B1
A ball pitching device includes a frame including three first elbows and four second elbows, an upper PVC sheet and a lower PVC sheet below the upper PVC sheet and connected with the upper PVC sheet, the upper PVC sheet is connected with the frame, a ball storage space is formed between the lower PVC sheet and the upper PVC sheet, the upper PVC sheet is configured with a hole, the three first elbows are connected in sequence, two adjacent first elbows are arranged horizontally and hinged to each other, the remaining first elbow extends obliquely and is hinged to the two horizontal first elbows, two second elbows are respectively hinged with the two horizontal first elbows at two ends of the frame, another second elbow is hinged at a connection between the two horizontal first elbows, and the remaining second elbow is hinged to the oblique first elbow.
US12102927B2
A game system includes a game apparatus providing gameplay concerning development of characters evolving through multiple evolution stages and an information communication terminal with the game apparatus, which causes a display unit to display an evolution flow indicating a group of characters. Type information uniquely identifying the type and the evolution state of each character is defined. The evolution flow is displayed in an aspect in which at least part of the characters is unidentifiable in an initial state and is configured so that the number of kinds of the characters in each evolution stage is identifiable. The information communication terminal includes a first acquisition unit acquiring the type information and a display control unit that changes the evolution flow including the character having the acquired type information from an unidentifiable aspect to an identifiable aspect to cause the display unit to display the evolution flow.
US12102923B2
A method of determining an authenticity of a normal map is disclosed. An input candidate normal map is received. A reconstructed candidate normal map is generated based on a performance of a mathematical differentiation on an integration of the input candidate normal map. A reconstruction error is determined based on a comparison of the input candidate normal map to the reconstructed candidate normal map. An authenticity of the input candidate normal map is determined based on the reconstruction error being within a configurable threshold.
US12102920B2
In a computer-implemented method of generating a virtual 3D environment, a hierarchy of slots is provided. The slots are organized in tiers from one or more top tier slots to one or more bottom tier slots. Each slot defines a portion of a 3D environment and includes a plurality of layouts. Each layout of a non-bottom tier slot defines a position of at least one slot from a lower tier within the portion of the 3D environment. One or more of the top tier slots are positioned within the 3D environment. The 3D environment is generated by randomly selecting one of the plurality of layouts of the top tier slot and the lower tier slots, and populating each of the selected layouts with one or more objects. The 3D environment is rendered for display.
US12102915B2
A client device of a game streaming system generates an overlay that identifies discontinuities and other changes in features between streamed frames. The client device receives a stream of frames, representing game content for display, from a server via a network. The client device analyzes the received frames to identify discontinuities and other changes in features of the plurality of frames, such as a particular feature changing one or more of position, size, texture, or other visual characteristic between successively received frames. The client device generates the overlay to indicate the identified features and displays the overlay with at least one of the received frames.
US12102907B2
A game device includes a storage unit and a control unit configured to execute a game program. The control unit acquires biological information indicating physical feature of a user operating the game device, computes a biological parameter of the user based on the biological information, and stores the biological parameter in the storage unit. The control unit then computes, in accordance with the biological parameter stored in the storage unit, a property parameter that determines a property of a character generated by the game program.
US12102900B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing a golf simulator comprising a computing system with real-life golf courses stored in memory, a projector, and a screen; projecting a simulation of a real-life golf hole stored in memory on the screen with the computing system to provide a simulated golf hole that simulates the real-life golf hole; and using one or more lights to indicate a location of the ball after a simulation of one or more golf shots.
US12102897B2
A multi-purpose golf tool includes a golf tee platform arranged on a golf tool body, the golf tee platform configured to receive a golf ball balanced thereon, a first prong extending from the golf tool body opposite the golf tee platform, a second prong extending from the golf tool body opposite the golf tee platform, a curved depression extending perpendicular to the length and formed by the golf tool body and a portion of the first prong and second prong, and a first rounded gap between the first prong and the second prong. The first prong has a first ridge extending perpendicular to the length and abutting the curved depression. The second prong has a second ridge extending perpendicular to the length and abutting the curved depression.
US12102896B2
A golf bag includes a base, two wheels, a bag body and a stand assembly. The base has a first base member and a second base member. The first base member has a first bottom side. The second base is pivoted on the first base member to be turned between a first position and a second position. The bag body is connected to the base, and is turned between a third position and a fourth position. The stand assembly has two stands, which are turned between a fifth position and a sixth position. Wherein, the golf bag can be switched between an upright status and a self-standing status. In the upright status, the golf bag has both the first bottom side and the second bottom side touch the ground. In the self-standing status, the golf bag has the first bottom side and distal ends of the stands touch the ground.
US12102894B2
Iron-type golf club heads are disclosed having a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The iron-type golf club heads include a localized stiffened region that is located on the striking face of the club head such that the localized stiffened region alters the launch conditions of golf balls struck by the club head in a way that wholly or partially compensates for, overcomes, or prevents the occurrence of a rightward deviation. In particular, the localized stiffened region is located on the striking face such that a golf ball struck under typical conditions will not impart a right-tending sidespin to the golf ball.
US12102886B2
Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.
US12102884B1
A balance beam includes a main body and two support components. The main body includes a middle part and two connection parts located on opposing sides of the main body. The two support components are respectively connected to the two connection parts. Each support component includes a connector, a supporter and an adjuster. The connector is connected to the main body and the connector is provided with multiple connection positions at intervals. A connection end of the supporter is rotatably connected to an end of the connector. The supporter rotates between a folding state and an open state, a free end of the supporter is configured to support on a support surface, a first end of the adjuster is rotatably connected to the supporter, and a second end of the adjuster is detachably connected to one of the multiple connection positions.
US12102879B2
Disclosed herein are examples of user-paced exercise equipment, as well as related circuitry, methods, and computer-readable media. For example, disclosed herein is a user-paced treadmill, including a belt, a motor coupled to the belt, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the motor. The control circuitry may be configured to change a velocity of the belt based at least in part on a body velocity and a leg swing velocity of a user of the user-paced treadmill.
US12102878B2
A method is disclosed for using an artificial intelligence engine to perform a control action. The control action is based on measurements from a wearable device. The method includes generating, by the artificial intelligence engine, a machine learning model trained to receive the measurements as input, and outputting, based on the measurements, a control instruction that causes the control action to be performed. The method includes receiving the measurements from the wearable device being worn by a user, determining whether the measurements indicate, during an interval training session, that one or more characteristics of the user are within a desired target zone, and responsive to determining that the measurements indicate the one or more characteristics of the user are not within the desired target zone during the interval training session, performing the control action.
US12102877B2
Some existing health and fitness apps map athletic activity and track that activity over time and present to the athlete various aggregations of their activity. Other existing health and fitness apps create training schedules for the athlete to achieve a fitness goal. However, the training schedules provided by these apps are static in nature and provide a fixed quantity and type of exercise within a fixed schedule for the athlete to accomplish. The presently disclosed virtual athletic coach offers dynamic training schedules that can make incremental adjustments based on an athlete's performance to the training schedule over time.
US12102873B2
There is provided a method and apparatus for tracking a device. The tracked device may be a wearable device worn by a user participating in an athletic activity. An anchor device is positioned with respect to a playing area and receives signals from the tracked device. The anchor device estimates the position of the tracked device by measuring a distance and direction of the signal, and decodes the signal to obtain measurements taken by the tracked device. The position and the measurements are combined to produce tracking data for the device.
US12102872B1
Apparatus and method for measuring angles, such as foot angle at each of a plurality of positions during a plurality of successive strides during activity such as bicycling or running. Optionally, acceleration and gyroscopic/rotational data is wireless received from a foot-mounted sensor module having accelerometers for acceleration measurements in orthogonal directions and gyroscope sensors to provide rotational measurements around orthogonal axial directions; and a processor that calculates foot angles at a plurality of successive positions within each of a plurality of strides of a human user during an athletic activity; and an output device in the personal electronic device that presents human-perceptible indications based on the calculated foot-angle data. In some embodiments, the output data is presented visually and/or audibly. In some embodiments, stereo audio indications provide different audio indications to the user's left and right ears that correspond to different foot-angle data from the user's left and right feet.
US12102867B1
An exercise device uses a vertically oriented member with multiple sheaves. Each sheave may be disposed around three different heights of the vertical member. A first sheave may be disposed substantially at a first end of the member. A second sheave may be disposed substantially at second end of the member. A third sheave may be disposed substantially at the center of the member. A flexible line may be connected to a weight at one end of the line, and the flexible line is then threaded through at least two of the first sheave, second sheave or third sheave.
US12102866B2
The present application provides a combinable weight plate, which relates to the field of fitness equipment, and includes a plate body, a limiting assembly and an engaging assembly. The limiting assembly and the engaging assembly are arranged in the plate body. The engaging assembly is used to engage and connect the two plate bodies, and the limiting assembly is used to restrict the relative rotation of the two engaged and connected plate bodies. The present application also provides a weight adjustable kettle bell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable dumbbell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable barbell.
US12102863B1
The present invention relates to a device for fixing the movement track of a barbell bar mounted on a squat rack, which comprises two sliding mounting seats, wherein the two sliding mounting seats are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of a squat rack body, and two groups of first sliding shafts are arranged between the two sliding mounting seats, and the two groups of first sliding shafts are both fitted tightly with the squat rack body, and the two sliding mounting seats are provided with fixing mechanisms for fixing barbell bars; the fixing mechanism comprises a fixing seat corresponding to the sliding mounting seat, and both a clamping seat and the fixing seat are provided with at least one second sliding shaft, and the axial direction of the second sliding shaft is parallel to the axial direction of the barbell bar.
US12102861B2
A perfluorohexanone microcapsule with a high core-wall ratio is provided. In the perfluorohexanone microcapsule, there is no need for auxiliary materials/fillers and other adsorption or high-boiling solvent to dissolve perfluorohexanone. By coating the microcapsule shell with secondary polymers, the shell strength of the microcapsule is improved, the volatilization loss of perfluorohexanone is reduced, and the problem of short storage life of the perfluorohexanone microcapsule material is overcome, so that it has commercial application value. The perfluorohexanone microcapsule can be further compounded with various materials and interfaces to obtain various fire extinguishing materials with perfluorohexanone microcapsule as the core component. This kind of fire extinguishing material can be dry powder of perfluorohexanone microcapsules, and can also be made into shapes suitable for various surfaces, such as fire extinguishing stickers, fire extinguishing blankets and fire-fighting clothes with various thicknesses.
US12102859B2
A corrosion monitoring device for pipe systems according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a pipe having a first pipe portion and a second pipe portion. The first pipe portion includes a wall having a first wall thickness, and the second pipe portion includes a wall having a second wall thickness that is greater than the first wall thickness. The corrosion monitoring device further includes a structure coupled to the pipe and defining a sealed chamber between the structure and at least the first pipe portion, and a sensor for sensing a pressure in the sealed chamber or for sensing a liquid in the sealed chamber. Example corrosion monitoring devices and methods for monitoring corrosion in pipe systems are also disclosed.
US12102855B2
A spray nozzle and fan spray system is provided to aid in the cooling and extinguishing of electric vehicle fires. The spray nozzle is configured to be positioned underneath the vehicle, where water is evenly distributed along the underside of the vehicle through a plurality of holes disposed through the side and upper surfaces of the spray nozzle. Simultaneously a fan nozzle may be configured to spray fluid over the top of the vehicle and provides a heat barrier. A method of extinguishing an electrical vehicle fire is also provided that improves the safety of bystanders and fire fighters.
US12102836B2
A cold plasma device generates cold plasma to treat an area of a biological surface. The device includes an array of cold plasma generators associated with a substrate. Each of the cold plasma generators has an electrode and a dielectric barrier. The dielectric barrier has a first side that faces the electrode and a second side that faces away from the electrode. A controller is operably coupled to the array of cold plasma generators and is programmed to control each of the cold plasma generators to generate a plasma dose.
US12102833B2
Devices, systems, and techniques for controlling charging power transmitted to an implantable medical device during a recharging process based on patient activity are disclosed. Various example techniques include a method comprising receiving, by processing circuitry, an activity signal generated by an implantable medical device and indicative of an activity level of a patient during charging of a rechargeable power source of the implantable medical device implanted in the patient, determining, by the processing circuitry and based on the activity signal, a patient status for the patient during charging of the rechargeable power source, and controlling, by the processing circuitry and based on the patient status, charging of the rechargeable power source of the implantable medical device.
US12102831B2
The present invention changes the magnet-mode of an active implantable medical device (AIMD) using a static strip magnet comprising at least a first, second and third magnet. The electronic circuits of the AIMD have been programmed to register when the static strip magnet has been swiped across the AIMD so that when the magnetic field-detection sensor detects a defined north and south polarity sequence of the first, second and third magnets, the electronic circuits have been programmed to enter into magnet-mode with electrical stimulation therapy of the body tissue and/or electrical sensing of biological signals from the body tissue being suspended, maintained in a preset mode, or placed in a programmed mode.
US12102827B2
This disclosure relates to implantable neuro stimulation devices with a feedback loop to control an amount of energy delivered into a neural tissue based on a measured evoked neural response. Stimulation electrodes deliver stimulation energy to neural tissue. A microprocessor performs closed-loop control of the stimulation energy based on a feedback signal that is indicative of an evoked neural response. A supervisor is connected to the feedback signal and detects malfunction of the stimulator based on the feedback signal. The supervisor is also connected to the stimulator to provide a status signal to the stimulator and changes the status signal to indicate malfunction upon detecting malfunction based on the feedback signal. The microprocessor adjusts the control of the stimulation energy in response to the status signal from the supervisor indicating malfunction.
US12102821B2
A device for positioning an electrode in tissue includes: a lead body having a distal portion; an electrode array coupled to the lead distal portion; an anchoring element having an anchor tip and being operable in a first configuration in which the anchor tip is retracted within the lead and in a second configuration in which the anchor tip is extended outside the lead and configured to fixate within the tissue; and a displacement mechanism that is actuated to bias the electrode array or the anchoring element toward the tissue. A method for positioning an electrode in tissue includes: navigating, to the tissue, a lead with an electrode array, an anchoring element with a distal anchor tip, and a displacement mechanism; biasing the electrode array and anchoring element towards the tissue with the displacement mechanism; and deploying the anchoring element, and verifying fixation of the anchor tip within the tissue.
US12102817B2
An external power source, implantable medical device, and method for indicating an extent of power transfer between an external coil to an internal coil associated with the implantable medical device. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a parameter that depends on an extent to which the external coil is aligned with the internal coil, where the parameter includes at least one of an indication of an internal coil output power and power transfer efficiency and a resonant frequency of the external coil when inductively coupled to the internal coil. The method further includes indicating an extent to which the external coil is aligned with the internal coil based on the parameter.
US12102813B2
A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.
US12102811B2
Provided are a medicine injecting tip, which injects a medicine into a hole in a skin formed by a needle while invading the needle to a preset depth of a deep portion of the skin, a hand piece equipped with the medicine injecting tip, and a skin treatment device using the medicine injecting tip. The medicine injecting tip includes a cylinder, a plunger that reciprocates downward and upward, and has a first space and a second space formed inside the cylinder, and a needle disposed in the plunger and disposed in the second space of the cylinder. The needle is inserted into a skin and a negative pressure state is formed in the second space when the plunger moves downward, and the needle is discharged from the skin and a positive pressure state is formed in the second space, when the plunger moves upward.
US12102801B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US12102800B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US12102792B2
A bilaterally driven drug infusion device with multiple infusion modes comprises: a drug storage unit (150); a piston (160) and a driving wheel (130,630) respectively connected with a screw (170), the driving wheel (130,630), provided with wheel teeth (131,631), drives the screw (170) movement by rotation, the piston (160) is arranged in the drug storage unit (150), the screw (170) advances the piston (160) to move; a driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) cooperating with the driving wheel (130,630); and a power unit (180,680), connected to the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600), outputs forces in two different directions (A′,B′) on the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) to lead driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) to perform multiple-mode operation, making the infusion device have multiple infusion increments or infusion rates. The driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) has a variety of different pivot amplitudes, that is, the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) can realize multiple-mode pivot, thereby achieving increment-adjustable infusion.
