US12104261B2
A bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by titanium carbide and a preparation method are provided. A first chitosan coating and a second chitosan coating both show electropositivity, and a two-dimensional Ti3C2 coating shows electronegativity, wherein the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by two-dimensional Ti3C2 is prepared by an electrostatic self-assembly method. The method is efficient, environment friendly and has simple operation steps; no precious metals are doped in reactions, and no pollutants are produced in reaction processes to meet a requirement of environmental protection; and the method has positive significance for putting the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by the titanium carbide into actual production. The bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode enhances synergistic effect of electrons and delays recombination time of photo-induced electrons and hole pairs. A photocurrent response value of the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode is about 410 times a photocurrent response value of a pure bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode.
US12104249B2
The sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of group 13 indium and gallium oxides (In2O3 and Ga2O3) into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) thin films is demonstrated. Examples highlight the an SIS process using trimethylindium (TMIn) and trimethylgallium (TMGa), respectively, with water. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy reveals that these metal alkyl precursors reversibly associate with the carbonyl groups of PMMA in analogy to trimethylaluminum (TMAl), however with significantly lower affinity. SIS with TMIn and water enables the growth of In2O3 at 80° C., well below the onset temperature of atomic layer deposition (ALD) using these precursors.
US12104246B2
A method comprises depositing a first layer of aluminum oxide onto a surface of a chamber component via atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method further comprises depositing a second layer of yttrium oxide onto a surface of the chamber component via ALD, depositing a third layer of zirconium oxide onto the surface of the chamber component via ALD, and forming a corrosion and erosion resistant coating comprising a YZrxOy solid state phase of the second layer and the third layer, wherein x and y have values that are based on a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the second layer and a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the third layer.
US12104239B2
A composition of matter is generally provided, in one embodiment, a titanium alloy comprising about 5 wt % to about 8 wt % aluminum; about 2.5 wt % to about 5.5 wt % vanadium; about 0.1 wt % to about 2 wt % of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of iron and molybdenum; about 0.01 wt % to about 0.2 wt % carbon; up to about 0.3 wt % oxygen; silicon and copper; and titanium. A turbine component is also generally provided, in one embodiment, that comprises an article made from a titanium alloy. Additionally, methods are also generally provided for making an alloy component having a beta transus temperature and a titanium silicide solvus temperature.
US12104235B2
A piece of jewelry has a copper-containing gold alloy which consists of 75.0 to 75.2 wt. % gold, 16.5 to 17.0 wt. % copper, 3.1 to 7.1 wt. % silver, 1.2 to 3.2 wt. % palladium, and a remainder containing 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % zinc.
US12104231B2
The present invention relates to a steel material including, in mass %: 0.310≤C≤0.410; 0.001≤Si≤0.35; 0.45≤V≤0.70; Cr≤6.00; 6.25≤Mn+Cr; Mn/Cr≤0.155; Cu+Ni≤0.84; 0.002≤P≤0.030; 0.0003≤S≤0.0060; P+5S≤0.040; 2.03
US12104223B2
A method for beneficiation of mineralogical materials that comprises using a one or more of a suite of processes including fluidized bed separation, plasma-based stimulation or enhancement of chemical reactions using a Reactive X-Ray Chemical Processor, field enhancement of chemical reactions and process and drying. All of the processes can be used singly, jointly, simultaneously or sequentially in multiple stages. The methods are nearly non-polluting and serve to replace polluting wet chemistry and other beneficiation techniques.
US12104217B2
Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a film that is effective for the magnetic properties of the steel sheet and particularly effective for iron loss reduction and has favorable adhesion. In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, an insulating film partially enters into a steel substrate to form an anchor part, a depth of the anchor part from the surface of the steel substrate is 3.5 μm or less, and a number of neck parts of 5 μm2 or less in area is 0.06/μm2 or less and a number of neck parts of 10 μm2 to 40 μm2 in area is 0.005/μm2 or more and 0.011/μm2 or less, where each neck part is a remaining part of the insulating film on the surface of the steel substrate when peeling the insulating film from the steel substrate in a bend test for the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.
US12104215B2
A high-magnetic-induction low-iron-loss non-oriented silicon steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor. The chemical composition by mass percentages is: C≤0.005%, Si: 0.1%-1.6%, Mn: 0.1%-0.5%, P≤0.2%, S≤0.004%, Al≤0.003%, N≤0.005%, Nb≤0.004%, V≤0.004% and Ti≤0.003%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and at the same time satisfies: 120≤[Mn]/[S]≤160, and [Nb]/93+[V]/51+[Ti]/48+[Al]/27≤[C]/12+[N]/14. After casting, the cooling rate in a cool-down process of casting slab is controlled, and a temperature controlling method is used to adjust the charging temperature of casting slab.
US12104205B2
Provided are a PCR primer pair and an application thereof. The PCR primer pair comprises a first primer and a second primer, wherein the first primer comprises a first specific sequence, a first random sequence, and a first universal sequence, the first specific sequence is located at the 3′ end of the first primer, the first random sequence is located at the 5′ end of the first primer, and the first universal sequence is located between the first specific sequence and the first random sequence; the second primer comprises a second specific sequence, a second random sequence, and a second universal sequence, the second specific sequence is located at the 3′ end of the second primer, the second random sequence is located at the 5′ end of the second primer, and the second universal sequence is located between the second specific sequence and the second random sequence, wherein the first random sequence and the second random sequence are inversely complementary.
US12104202B2
Described herein, among other things, is a method of sequencing, comprising: concatenating a plurality of fragments of genomic DNA to produce concatenated DNA; sequencing the concatenated DNA to produce a plurality of sequence reads, wherein at least some of the sequence reads comprise: at least the sequence of the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of a fragment that corresponds to the locus of interest and sequence of one or both of the fragments that flank the fragment in the concatenated DNA; and grouping the sequence reads that corresponds to the locus of interest using, for each of the grouped sequence reads: the 3′ and/or 5′ end sequences; and/or the flanking sequence.
US12104198B2
Methods and compositions to restore function to acidified T cells are provided. The methods comprise administering urease to the T cells. Compositions comprise urease.
US12104197B2
A prostaglandin production method according to the present invention comprises reacting an unsaturated fatty acid with cyclooxygenase in the presence of a reducing agent. According to the present invention, it is possible to produce prostaglandins at a high yield.
US12104191B2
A cofactor self-sufficient Escherichia coli and its construction method and application in the synthesis of L-glufosinate are provided. The present invention expresses a NADH kinase and key enzymes of the cofactor synthesis pathway in E. coli, and knocks out the genes of enzymes that catabolizes cofactor, and with the addition of co-metabolic intermediates during cell incubation, the intracellular NADP(H) concentration is increased by at least 50% and the catalytic activity of glufosinate dehydrogenase by 2-fold, resulting in a significant increase in the spatiotemporal yield of the glufosinate synthesis reaction.
US12104188B2
Provided herein are modified caspase-9 polypeptides, and chimeric caspase-9 proteins containing the modified caspase-9 polypeptides. The disclosure further provides polynucleotides encoding these proteins, engineered host cells containing these polynucleotides and proteins, including host cells that co-express a chimeric antigen receptor, and methods of making and using the same.
US12104182B2
Presented herein are altered polymerase enzymes for improved incorporation of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues, in particular altered polymerases that maintain high fidelity under reduced incorporation times, as well as methods and kits using the same.
US12104177B2
Provided for herein are mutant VSV-G polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same. Also provided for herein are polypeptides and compositions that bind to CD7 and uses thereof. Also provided for herein are polypeptides and compositions that bind to CD8 and uses thereof.
US12104175B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene. Compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene comprising one or more human-derived regulatory elements, which, when operably linked to a transgene, can result in high expression of the transgene in one or more cell types or tissues.
US12104167B2
Information is stored in existing DNA through an iterative process of creating a break in dsDNA and adding new DNA by repairing the break with a homologous repair template. The order and sequence of DNA sequences added to the breaks in the dsDNA can encode binary data. By using a context-dependent encoding scheme, three unique homologous repair templates can encode an unbounded number of bits. When the existing DNA is in a cell, the changes are heritably passed to subsequent generations of the cell. Synthesis of the homologous repair templates may be under the control of a promoter and operator. Intra- or extra-cellular signals may regulate the synthesis of homologous repair templates.
US12104160B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and non-naturally occurring microbial organism for preparing compounds such as1-butanol, butyric acid, succinic acid, 1,4-butanediol, 1-pentanol, pentanoic acid, glutaric acid, 1,5-pentanediol, 1-hexanol, hexanoic acid, adipic acid, 1,6-hexanediol, 6-hydroxy hexanoic acid, ε-Caprolactone, 6-amino-hexanoic acid, ε-Caprolactam, hexamethylenediamine, linear fatty acids and linear fatty alcohols that are between 7-25 carbons long, linear alkanes and linear α-alkenes that are between 6-24 carbons long, sebacic acid and dodecanedioic acid comprising: a) converting a CN aldehyde and pyruvate to a CN+3 β-hydroxyketone intermediate through an aldol addition; and b) converting the CN+3 β-hydroxyketone intermediate to the compounds through enzymatic steps, or a combination of enzymatic and chemical steps.
US12104150B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a near-infrared photothermally activated CRISPR/CAS9 genome editing machine.
US12104149B2
Disclosed herein are devices, apparatuses and methods for generating self-sustaining gaseous and non-gaseous gradients across a cell support structure and for culturing one or more cells or tissues under hypoxic conditions. Methods of generating one or more gas gradients across a cell support structure include providing a luminal container having a bottom wall that is a gas permeable membrane, positioning a cell support structure above the bottom wall, positioning one or more cells or tissues on the cell support structure, and generating one or more gas gradients between the bottom wall, across the cell support structure and into a luminal reservoir. An apparatus to produce hypoxic conditions for cell cultures includes a luminal container having a bottom wall, a cell support structure on the bottom wall, and a cover that sealably closes the open top, such that a hypoxic condition can be generated in the luminal reservoir.
US12104143B2
The disclosure is directed to cleaning compositions, methods of making the cleaning compositions, and methods of using the cleaning compositions. The cleaning compositions comprise an enzyme composition, a nonionic surfactant, and a quaternary amine. Preferably, the enzyme compositions included in the cleaning compositions comprise a cellulase, an AA9 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an esterase, an expansin, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, a swollenin, or a combination or mixture thereof. The compositions are useful for degradation of bacterial cellulose.
US12104134B2
A method and apparatus for producing a solid biofuel from hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is described. The process includes loading a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock into a reactor vessel, adding an aqueous catalyst solution into the reactor vessel, wherein the catalyst solution resides at the bottom of the reactor vessel under the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock position, heating the reactor vessel at or above 170° C. to catalyze a reaction of hydrocarbonaceous feedstock under saturated steam conditions for a time sufficient to yield a polymeric biofuel, and isolating the polymeric biofuel from the reactor vessel.
US12104133B2
Fuel additive compositions having at least one acylated detergent, at least one Mannich detergent, and at least one polyether and/or polyetheramine. The acylated detergent may be the reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and a nitrogen containing compound having at least one amino group, that may optionally be quaternizable, and at least one oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent. The compositions are useful for reducing the formation of carbonaceous deposits and/or cleaning carbonaceous deposits in an engine, such as a gasoline direct injection engine.
US12104132B2
Methods of reducing stochastic pre-ignition events and/or carbonaceous deposits in a gasoline-fueled engine by adding at least 10 ppm by weight of a compound having at least one alkyl succinic acid group to a gasoline fuel, wherein said compound is the product of (a) and (b), wherein: (a) is an amine with at least one tertiary nitrogen, water, or a hydrocarbyl substituted alcohol; and (b) is a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid and/or anhydride.
US12104130B2
A method of maintaining a syngas composition ratio during an upset condition, including detecting a reduction in the import carbon dioxide flow rate with a carbon dioxide import stream flow sensor, evaluating the reduction in carbon dioxide flow rate or carbon dioxide pressure in a controller, performing one or more predetermined corrective actions as instructed by the controller. Wherein the predetermined corrective actions are chosen from the following: opening a CO2 import stream flow valve, opening a hydrocarbon and steam stream feed valve, opening a CO2 backup stream control valve, opening a syngas backup letdown valve, and starting a composition adjustment unit.
US12104122B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving product yields and/or product quality during co-processing of fast pyrolysis oil in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reaction environment. The systems and methods can allow for co-processing of an increased amount of fast pyrolysis oil while reducing or minimizing coke production for a feedstock including fast pyrolysis oil and a conventional FCC feed. The reducing or minimizing of coke production can be achieved in part by adding a low molecular weight, non-ionic surfactant to the mixture of fast pyrolysis oil and conventional FCC feed.
US12104119B2
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.
US12104118B2
A composition includes a carbon dioxide (CO2) emulsion including a continuous critical or supercritical CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase including a polyacrylate. A method of making a CO2 emulsion includes providing a first solution of a polyacrylic acid and critical or supercritical CO2, providing a second solution of a base and critical or supercritical CO2, and mixing the first solution and the second solution such that the polyacrylic acid and the base react to form an emulsion of polyacrylate droplets in critical or supercritical CO2. A method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes introducing an emulsion including a continuous CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase comprising a polyacrylate into the formation, contacting the emulsion with an aqueous reservoir fluid in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, and absorbing an amount of the aqueous reservoir fluid into the polyacrylate of the emulsion to provide a dense CO2 emulsion.
US12104114B2
Ionic superatomic materials that can be solution-processed into completely amorphous and homogeneous thin films are disclosed herein. The amorphous materials disclosed herein have tunable compositions and have electrical conductivities of up to 300 siemens per meter, thermal conductivities of 0.05 watt per meter per degree Kelvin, and optical transparencies of up to 92%. Application of these thin-films are also provided herein.
US12104108B2
The present disclosure is directed to etching compositions that are useful, e.g., for selectively removing tungsten (W) and/or titanium nitride (TiN) from a semiconductor substrate as an intermediate step in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.
US12104107B2
Disclosed are a quantum dot and a quantum dot-polymer composite and a device including the same, wherein the quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium (In) and phosphorous (P), a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell, the second semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, wherein in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is less than or equal to about 2.5:1.
US12104106B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a nanocrystalline core that includes a perovskite and having an outer surface, and a chiral molecule having a functional group, where the functional group is bonded to a first portion of the outer surface, and the composition is capable of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the composition is capable of absorbing circularly-polarized light.
US12104102B2
Aqueous-based release coating compositions are disclosed. The disclosed aqueous-based release coating compositions are particularly suitable for use with pressure sensitive adhesives. In some embodiments, the aqueous-based release coating compositions include (A) a vinyl-based emulsion copolymer comprising a copolymerizable acid monomer, (B) a silicone-based emulsion comprising a mixture of amine-, polyol-functional siloxane and epoxy-, glycol-functional siloxane, and (C) a polymeric dispersant comprising an acid functional group. In some embodiments, the weight ratio of silicone-based emulsion (B) to polymeric dispersant (C) in the aqueous-based release coating compositions is from 2:1 to 3:1. The disclosed release coating compositions are suitable for use in, inter alia, tape applications.
US12104099B2
A bonded structure has a first substrate composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a first thin film layer formed on the surface of the first substrate, and a resin adhesive layer bonded to the surface of the first thin film layer. The first thin film layer is composed of silicate glass that has a metal element with different valency from Si as a solid solution. The resin adhesive layer includes a resin including a structural site derived from ionic polymerization or a resin capable of dehydration condensation.
US12104096B2
Provided is an electric motor using a laminated core in which punched electrical steel sheets are adhered to each other with a high adhesion strength. The laminated core includes: a plurality of electrical steel sheets which are stacked on each other and of which both surfaces are coated with an insulation coating; and an adhesion part which is disposed between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and adheres the electrical steel sheets to each other, wherein all sets of the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are adhered to each other by the adhesion parts, wherein the adhesion parts are provided at a plurality of positions between the electrical steel sheets, and wherein the adhesion part is a layer made of an adhesive containing any one or both of an acrylic resin and an epoxy resin and having an SP value of 7.8 to 10.7 (cal/cm3)1/2.
US12104094B2
A phenolic resin composition is described comprising at least 50 wt.-% of phenolic resin; first polymerized units comprising a cationic group; and second polymerized units comprising an anionic group. The cationic groups are ionically bonded to the anionic groups. The ionic bonding of the cationic group and anionic group of the polymerized units can provide certain complex viscosity and/or tan delta properties. In some embodiments, the phenolic resin composition has a complex viscosity at 65 C of at least 50 Pascal(seconds) and/or has a tan delta at 65 C ranging from 0.5 to 2.5. Abrasive articles and methods of making an abrasive article are also described.
US12104093B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion-based adhesive having excellent adhesive force, excellent heat resistance of adhesive force, excellent holding power, less adhesive residue and good “tack”. According to the present invention, an emulsion-based adhesive comprising: a styrene-butadiene rubber; a natural rubber; and a tackifier, wherein a gel fraction of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 20 to 60% by mass, a content of the natural rubber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 10 to 35 parts by mass, a content of the tackifier with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 100 to 150 parts by mass, and a ratio of a styrene monomer unit in a total amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber and the natural rubber contained in the adhesive is 5 to 15% by mass, is provided.
US12104086B2
A composition for paint removal and methods of making and of using the composition are provided. The composition comprises tetrahydrofuran (THF), an amine with a molar volume of <100 cm3/mol, and a solvent.
US12104083B2
The present invention relates to a composite element, especially for a damping element, comprising a) at least one metallic body having a surface; b) a coating comprising an epoxy resin on at least part of the surface of the metallic body; c) a plastics body comprising at least one polyurethane, which at least partly surrounds the metallic body of (a) and in the region of the surround is at least partly in direct contact with the coating of (b), wherein the composite element between the surface of the metallic body (a) and the coating (b) has a conversion layer (d) which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of zirconium(IV) oxide, zinc(II) phosphate, and chromate. The invention further relates to a damping element comprising the composite element and at least one further body which is at least partly in direct contact with the composite element, preferably with the plastics body of (c). The invention additionally relates to production processes for composite element and damping element, to the composite and damping elements, respectively, that are produced or producible by these processes, and the use of these composite and damping elements, respectively.
US12104080B2
Disclosed is an antibacterial and anti-shielding composition for a window film. The composition contains: 17.0 to 19.0 parts by weight of a monomer component composed of dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate and N,N-dimethylacrylamide; 0.85 to 0.95 parts by weight of any one or more liquid compounds selected from the group consisting of diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, oligo[2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]propanone], 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone, and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzophenone; 0.35 to 0.40 parts by weight of 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenylketone; 0.15 to 0.20 parts by weight of phenylbis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide; 0.04 to 0.06 parts by weight of 2-propenoic acid, butyl ester; 50.0 to 78.0 parts by weight of a liquid heat-shielding agent; and 2.0 to 2.5 parts by weight of an antibacterial agent. Also disclosed are a method of producing a window film using the composition, and a window film produced thereby.
US12104078B2
The present invention relates to in vitro nanocoatings based on insect corneal designs and methods for producing such nanocoatings. In particular, the present invention relates to in vitro nanocoatings based on the mixture of the corneal protein retinin, retinin-like protein, or cuticular protein with complementary lipids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to simple methods for producing such nanocoatings from recombinant proteins and commercially available lipids.
US12104074B2
A precoated aluminum material to which various resin members can be bonded and an aluminum composite material that is prepared using this precoated aluminum material are provided. A precoated aluminum material (1) comprises: a substrate (2) composed of an aluminum material; and a primer coating (3) formed on the substrate (2). The primer coating (3) contains urethane resin. In the infrared-absorption spectrum of the primer coating (3), the value of the optical absorption AC═O at the peak top of the maximum peak among peaks present in the wavenumber range of 1,180-1,330 cm−1 is 0.8-1.5 times that of the optical absorption Aurethane at the peak top of the maximum peak among peaks present in the wavenumber range of 1,670-1,770 cm−1.
US12104072B2
A method of coating a substrate includes the steps of: (i) providing a suspension of dye and a binder in a solvent, wherein the ratio of dye to binder is greater than 40 wt % and the dye is uniformly dispersed in the solvent; (ii) spray-coating the suspension onto the substrate with the majority of the solvent evaporating during the spray coating step to result in a coating of dye and binder on the substrate having a density of up to 0.75 gcm-3; and (iii) continuing step (ii) until the coating thickness is at least 30 micrometres; wherein the dye does not include any carbon nanotubes.
US12104071B2
A mixed coating material is obtained by mixing a cold curing resin that undergoes reaction curing at normal room temperature, and a fluororesin. The constituent ratio of the fluororesin in a coating film ranges from 43 wt % to 68 wt %.
US12104063B2
An object to be achieved by the present, invention is to provide a quinacridone pigment having hue that is yellowish and clear and having excellent storage stability, wherein the quinacridone pigment can be advantageously used in an ink-jet ink and the like. Provided is a quinacridone solid solution pigment comprising at least C. I. Pigment Violet 19 and C. I. Pigment Red 122, wherein the ratio of a diffraction peak intensity at a diffraction angle 2θ of 14.8±0.2° to a diffraction peak intensity at a diffraction angle 2θ of 11.9±0.2° is 1.20 or less, as measured by X-ray diffractometry with respect to the quinacridone solid solution pigment.
US12104062B2
The present invention relates to an asphalt composition containing asphalt, cellulose, and a polyester.
US12104053B2
Provided is an antistatic resin composition, which includes: a thermoplastic resin including a vinyl cyanide compound-conjugated diene compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); and a conductive filler including carbon nanotubes. A molded article manufactured using the composition of the present invention has the advantage of improved tensile strength, impact resistance, and surface resistance.
US12104052B2
The present invention relates to a consolidated nonwoven consolidated by treatment with an aqueous binder composition comprising: a polymer P, a polyvinyl alcohol, optional a starch compound S and optional at least one metal compound M selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium and zinc, in the form of an oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate, wherein the polymer P is obtainable by free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture of 75 to 99% by weight of one or more monomers a) selected from the group consisting of esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid with alkanols of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aliphatic conjugated diene and aromatic vinyl compound 1 to 25% by weight of one or more monomers b) selected from the group consisting of N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide, glycidyl methacrylate and carboxylic acid-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomers ≥0 to 15% by weight of one or more further ethylenically unsaturated monomer c) different from any of monomers a) and b) wherein the amounts of monomers a) to c) sum to 100 wt %, the water-based binder composition, the process of for producing the consolidated nonwoven and its use as reinforcing insert for bituminized roofing membranes.
US12104049B2
The present invention is directed to a polyethylene-polypropylene composition comprising a blend (A) being a recycled material, said blend comprising polypropylene and polyethylene, and a compatibilizer (B) being a C2C3C4 terpolymer. Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said polyethylene-polypropylene composition and a process for preparing said polyethylene-polypropylene composition. The present invention is also directed to the use of a compatibilizer (B) being a C2C3C4 terpolymer for improving the impact-stiffness balance and the morphology of the blend (A).
US12104048B2
A reinforced polyolefin composite is provided. The reinforced polyolefin composite comprises a polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, a rigid fibre micro filler such as glass fiber, carbon or cellulosic fibers, and at least one nano filler such as clay. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a modified polyolefin, which has a polar functional group such as maleate monoester, an acid anhydride or an acrylate grafted thereon. The clay nano filler may also be modified with an organosilane. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a stabilizer or other additives. A method of producing the reinforced polyolefin composite is also provided, comprising mixing a polyolefin, a rigid micro filler and at least one nano filler to form a mixture, melting the mixture and kneading the melted mixture. The obtained reinforced polyolefin composite is used in transportation, infrastructure, consumer goods and construction.
US12104045B2
The invention relates to opaque colored multilayer articles having a substrate layer based on polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate. The compositions of the substrate layer contain a titanium dioxide having particular properties as white pigment. Compared to the Kronos® 2230 white pigment which is conventionally used as white pigment for corresponding compositions and has more particularly been specially matched to polycarbonate, it is possible to achieve considerably higher weathering stability of the colored shaped bodies provided that a UV absorber-containing coating has been applied to the substrate layer. Color stability and gloss are maintained even after weathering, and brilliant colors can thus be assured.
US12104035B2
A foam composition that includes a polymer material such as polyurethane or polyurea and a leachable water-soluble fine powder is provided. This composition can be used in a relatively simple process to obtain a foam body (porous body) that is uniform only at the surface or uniform throughout. The foam body can be suitably used as a golf ball member in golf balls required to have good controllability on approach shots. Also provided is a method for producing a foam member, which method includes the steps of molding the foam composition to obtain a solid molded body, and then leaching out and removing the water-soluble fine powder so as to obtain a foam-molded body.
US12104031B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of modifying a surface of a film with an inverse miniemulsion, the method comprising: preparing an inverse miniemulsion loaded with a precursor, and then configuring an alkaline miniemulsion, and finally preparing an oxide nanocrystal surface-modified film by a solvothermal process. Embodiments of the present disclosure drive an oxide nanocrystal precursor preloaded in the inverse miniemulsion to migrate to the surface of the film during a solvent thermal treatment by utilizing a pH-responsive polymer that changes the nature of the polymer in the presence of a change in pH, resulting in the formation of the oxide nanocrystal modification on the film surface. The functional film materials modified by the embodiments of the present disclosure have potential applications in the fields of semiconductor, photosensitivity and photoluminescence.
US12104023B2
Provided is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene composition having a light weight and improved mechanical strength. A carbon fiber-containing polypropylene composition contains a predetermined amount of each of polypropylene (component 1), carbon fiber (component 2), and modified polypropylene (component 3), wherein the component 2 contains a predetermined amount of each of a C—O bond, a C═O bond, an O—C═O bond, a C—C bond, and a C—N bond.
US12104021B2
Superabsorbent fibers (SAF) in a feed stream is converted into soluble polymers in an extensional flow device. The total energy used to degrade the SAF into soluble polymers is less than about 50 MJ/kg SAF.
US12104018B2
The present invention relates to relates to a polymer formulation for three-dimensionally (3D) printing an article by stereolithography, the formulation comprising a functionalized polymer. The invention further relates to lithographic methods to form 3D objects that incorporate the aforementioned polymer formulation.
US12104011B2
Provided is a biopolymer composition, a preparation method for the same, and a bioplastic using the same, the biopolymer composition comprising at least 83.5 weight % of a copolymer resin of lactic acid (LA) and 3-hydroxypropionate (3HP), an antioxidant, and a lubricant, and the composition having an elongation percentage of at least 90% but not greater than 500%.
US12104002B2
Processes for polymerizing polyolefins include contacting ethylene and optionally one or more (C3-C12)α-olefin in the presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system comprises a metal-ligand complex having a structure according to formula (I):
US12103999B2
The present invention relates to provision of a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an acidic substituent, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein at least one of the components contained in the photosensitive resin composition is a component including a dicyclopentadiene structure; a photosensitive resin film using the foregoing photosensitive resin composition; a printed wiring board and a method for producing the same; and a semiconductor package.
US12103994B2
Cationic copolymers having pendant N-allylimidazolium-containing groups are provided. The cationic copolymers can be used, for example, to provide anion exchange membranes for use in electrochemical cells such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, and electrodialysis cells. The anion exchange membranes typically have good mechanical properties and ionic conductivity.
US12103975B2
The present invention relates generally to glutamine-free cell culture media supplemented with asparagine. The invention further concerns the production of recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, in asparagine-supplemented glutamine-free mammalian cell culture.
US12103973B2
The present invention provides an anti-B7-H3 monoclonal antibody and use thereof in cell therapy. Specifically, the present invention provides an scFv, an antibody, and a specific CAR-T cell specifically targeting B7-H3. The present invention further provides an engineered immune cell capable of co-expressing a CAR targeting B7-H3 and a chimeric molecule or a secreted protein of PD-L1, the engineered immune cell having good tumor killing effects.
US12103962B2
The invention refers to an isolated antibody that specifically binds to O25b antigen of E. coli strains comprising at least an antibody heavy chain variable region (VH), which comprises any of the CDR1 to CDR3 sequences as listed in FIG. 1, and optionally further comprising an antibody light chain variable region (VL), which comprises any of the CDR4 to CDR6 sequences as listed in FIG. 1, or functionally active CDR variants of any of the forgoing CDR 1-6 sequences.
US12103955B2
The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
US12103953B2
Provided is a polypeptide having FGF2 activity and improved temperature stability and protease resistance. The polypeptide includes at least one substitution selected from a substitution of aspartic acid (D) with glutamic acid (E) at position 28, a substitution of cysteine (C) with isoleucine (I) or leucine (L) at position 78, or a substitution of cysteine (C) with isoleucine (I) or tryptophan (W) at position 96 in SEQ ID NO: 1.
US12103943B2
The present disclosure is concerned with Clofarabine analogs for the treatment of various cancers such as, for example, sarcomas, carcinomas, hematological cancers, solid tumors, breast cancer, cervical cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, brain cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, testicular cancer, pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer, melanomas, gliomas, leukemias, lymphomas, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and plasma cell neoplasms (myelomas). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12103942B2
Provided are a compound having a metal M and a first ligand LA comprising the structure of where the compound is capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature.
US12103933B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US12103930B2
The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.
US12103923B2
Provided herein are methods of using 2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, an isotopolog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in combination with rituximab, for treating, preventing or managing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
US12103921B2
The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to HbS modulators of formula (I) or tautomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said modulators or tautomers thereof, wherein X, Y, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. HbS modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, including sickle cell disease (SCD).
US12103914B2
The present application discloses, in part, isolated, stable and biologically active menaquinol derivatives and their methods of use for the treatment of various diseases.
US12103911B2
Provided is a method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the composition having a low content rate of protocatechuic acid using a microbial culture solution. A method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the method comprising a step (A) of performing cooling crystallization using an aqueous solution (a) containing gallic acid and protocatechuic acid at 0.9° C./min or less.
US12103909B2
The present invention relates to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based compounds, for a molecular electronic device, enabling molecular rectification, and molecular electronic devices comprising a molecular layer formed by means of the compounds self-assembled on an electrode. The compounds according to the present invention can realize rectifying properties by being introduced between electrodes and thus enable a high rectification ratio by means of low voltage driving, and thus can be substituted for a silicon-based diode device and, more particularly, can be utilized for a wearable device, Bluetooth, an IoT enabling device and the like which require low voltage driving.
US12103906B2
Disclosed herein are clusters compounds that include at least one substituted amine sulfate and at least one substituted amine bisulfate molecule. The substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule may each include an ammonium moiety with at least one alkyl substituent. Optionally, the alkyl substituent can include 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or 1 to 6 carbon atoms. For example, the alkyl substituent can be a methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, or pentyl group. In some examples, the substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule each include an ammonium moiety with at least two alkyl substituents. Optionally, the two alkyl substituents are the same. Alternatively, however, the two alkyl substituents can be different.
US12103903B2
Photostabilizing compounds are provided. In particular, the photostabilizing compound may be heterocyclic or homocyclic. Topical compositions comprising these photostabilizing compounds are also provided. In particular, these topical compositions further comprise photoactive compounds. Methods for stabilizing photoactive compounds are also provided. These methods comprise mixing the photoactive compounds with the photostabilizing compounds.
US12103895B2
A ready-mixed composition and a pre-mix composition for the production of a concrete material containing sequestered carbon dioxide, a CO2-containing water used in such compositions, dry-batch and wet-batch processes for sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete material, general method and process for sequestering carbon dioxide in hardening concrete, system and ready-mixed truck to perform such processes and methods for the production of a ready-to-cure carbonated concrete. Compositions comprise a concrete mixture and a CO2-containing water. The CO2-containing water comprising water and at least one of blended CO2 gas bubbles, dissolved H2CO3, carbonate ions (CO32), bicarbonate ions (HCO3−), nanosized alkaline earth metal carbonate and nanosized alkali metal carbonate particles. The concrete mixture comprises a cementitious material, aggregates and at least one CO2-sequestering chemical for accelerating a CO2 sequestration speed and maximizing the captured amount of the carbon dioxide.
US12103893B2
The long strand fiberglass-impregnated waterproofing compound may provide a pre-mixed waterproofing compound that eliminates the need for a worker to combine the various elements prior to application. The compound may benefit from the use of long strand fiberglass so as to provide additional strength and resiliency to the compound and may be provided in a container suitable for preventing the compound from drying out before it is applied. The advantages of such a compound include creating a seamless waterproof seal on a surface, as well as adding structural rigidity and strength to the surface, while reducing the amount of time needed to apply the compound. The compound comprises, generally, a waterproofing material combined with a structural lattice in a portable container.
US12103891B2
A thin glass sheet having a desired surface profile is produced by: (a) receiving information about an actual surface of a thin glass sheet to be processed; (b) receiving information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (c) determining a corrective curvature based on (1) the information describing the actual surface of the thin glass sheet, and (2) the information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (d) determining at least one parameter of at least one glass shaping process; and (e) applying the at least one glass shaping process to the thin glass sheet using the parameter (s). The corrective curvature may be determined using a Laplacian of surface data of the thin glass sheet and the desired surface profile.
US12103890B2
A glass flux material for applying an opaque coating is provided. The glass flux material includes at least one pigment and a glass component with the following composition: SiO2 55-70 mol %, Al2O3 2.5-8 mol %, Bi2O3 0.5-<4 mol %, B2O3 14-27 mol %, with at least 2.5 mol % of at least one oxide of the group Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, wherein the ratio of alkali oxides to aluminum oxide ΣR2O/Al2O3 is less than 6.
US12103889B2
Glass-based substrates are described herein that may be processed by methods including applying a cover article onto a glass-based substrate, submerging the glass-based substrate in an etchant, and maintaining the submersion of the glass-based substrate in the etchant. The glass-based substrate may include a covered surface portion and an exposed surface portion. At least a portion of the covered surface portion may be in direct contact with the cover article. The covered surface portion may not be in contact with the etchant and the exposed surface portion may be in direct contact with the etchant. The etchant may contact the exposed surface portion and the cover article fora time sufficient to etch the exposed surface portion. The cover article may provide a barrier between the etchant and the covered surface portion for the entirety of the submerging.
US12103878B2
A biofilm composite carrier and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The biofilm composite carrier includes a polyurethane framework, an adhesive and a functional material, wherein the functional material is adhered to the surface and pores of the polyurethane framework through the adhesive, and the functional material is a mixture of zeolite and tourmaline. The biofilm composite carrier is beneficial to the quick start-up and stable operation of the municipal sewage deammonification system under conditions of low temperature and low ammonium.
US12103872B1
Disclosed is a polycyclic azide desulfurizer, including the following raw materials in parts by mass: 20-35 parts of an alcohol amine, 20-35 parts of an amide, and an aldehyde, which is 10-15 parts of a small-molecule aldehyde or 20-35 parts of a polyaldehyde. Also disclosed is a method for synthesis of the polycyclic azide desulfurizer, including: mixing an alcohol amine with an amide and stirring, heating, adding a catalyst I dropwise, and performing reaction to obtain a monocyclic triazine, heating the monocyclic triazine, mixing with a polyaldehyde and stirring, adding a catalyst II dropwise, and performing coupling while stirring; alternatively, mixing a small-molecule aldehyde with an amide and stirring, heating, adding a catalyst I dropwise, and performing reaction, adding an alcohol amine, adding a catalyst II dropwise, and performing coupling while stirring; and separating a by-product from a product obtained after the coupling out, and purifying the product.
US12103868B2
Embodiments under the present disclosure include the application of an electric field in a region of liquid undergoing ultra-high shear impact, mixing and or cavitation. The co-location of electrolysis and high shear mixing and or cavitation has demonstrated the ability to cause advanced oxidation reactions and advanced reduction reactions in fluid systems such as water with both dissolved and suspended solids, and hydrocarbon with and without water emulsion.
US12103843B2
Methods, apparatuses and methods of manufacture are described for a MEMS mirror array with reduced crosstalk. The MEMS mirror array has a plurality of reflective surfaces wherein each reflective surface has a resonant frequency, and further wherein adjacent reflective surfaces do not have the same resonant frequency.
US12103841B1
A connector assembly controllably couples a box having a plurality of containers containing a liquid, is provided. Each container has a fitment. The connector assembly includes a housing, a valve assembly, actuator and a locking plate. The valve assembly includes a plurality of fitment receptacles. The actuator is rotatably coupled to the housing and is movable between an open position, a closed position and an engaged position. The locking plate assembly includes a plurality of opening corresponding to each fitment. The opening has a first diameter when the actuator is in the open position. The first diameter of the opening is configured to allow entry of the fitments into the opening. Movement of the actuator from the open position to the closed position closes the opening to a second diameter.
US12103838B1
Apparatus for automatically filling fluid into containers includes an actuator for raising and lowering a fluid dispensing needle. The needle is coupled to a pump. A first sensor senses that the needle has been moved to its lowered position. A control circuit responsive to the first sensor prevents the pump from pumping fluid to the needle unless the needle is in its lowered position. A horizontal actuator moves the needle actuator in a horizontal plane from one container to another. A second sensor senses that the needle has been moved to its raised position, and the control circuit is responsive thereto for preventing operation of the horizontal actuator unless the needle has been moved to its raised position.
US12103828B2
Disclosed are a winch, a rope guide, and a transmission device having a clutch function. The winch includes a base seat, a reel, a rope guide, a transmission assembly, and a motor. The reel is rotatably provided to the base seat. The rope guide is provided to the base seat. The transmission assembly is connected with the rope guide. The motor is connected with the reel to drive the reel to rotate, and the motor drives the rope guide through the transmission assembly. In the winch according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the rope guide is an active rope guide, bringing about a good rope guiding effect. Moreover, the reel and the rope guide are driven by the same motor, which reduces the number of components and parts, simplifies the structure and control, and lowers costs.
US12103824B2
An elevator system includes a travelling cable connected to an elevator car and to a hoistway wall. The travelling cable includes an electric conductor and/or a data carrier operatively connected at a first end to a feed source and at a second end to service appliances of the elevator car. A protective layer includes an outer diameter and surrounds the electric conductor and/or data carrier. A duct is connected at a first open end to a fluid source and at a second openable end to the elevator car. A sensor system is configured for detecting swaying amplitude of the travelling cable. A microprocessor is associated to the sensor system and to the fluid source. The microprocessor is configured for receiving swaying amplitude data from the sensor system and for operating the fluid source when the swaying amplitude exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12103823B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a vibration damping device including an instability preventing means, for efficiently suppressing amplification of vibration of a long structure, which is mechanically flexible, due to a resonance phenomenon. A vibration damping device (100) for reducing vibration of a long structure (1) includes a displacement amplifier (7) and limiting members (8). The displacement amplifier (7) is arranged along a given position in the longitudinal direction of the structure (1). The displacement amplifier (7) amplifies a displacement of the structure (1). The limiting members (8) control displacement amplification performed by the displacement amplifier (7) such that the displacement of the structure (1) amplified by the displacement amplifier (7) does not become greater than a first displacement, the first displacement being a displacement of the structure (1) by which the structure (1) is not allowed to return to the equilibrium position of the vibration.
US12103805B2
A medium placement device configured to have a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device placed therein, and includes: a placement unit including a plurality of placement surfaces, with different angles with respect to a horizontal direction, that are disposed along a discharge direction of the medium, the placement unit being configured to have the medium discharged from the discharge unit placed thereon; and a plurality of restricting members disposed facing the placement unit along the discharge direction, the plurality of restricting members being configured to come into contact with the medium from above. In an initial state in which the medium is not placed, a distance in a gravitational direction between a first end of each of the plurality of restricting members on a placement unit side and one of the plurality of placement surfaces that faces the first end in the gravitational direction is constant.
US12103803B2
A cassette comprises a storage portion configured to include a loading surface on which a sheet is loaded, a sheet guide configured to pivot with respect to a pivot central axis that is parallel to the loading surface, a pivot support shaft extending on two sides of the sheet guide along the pivot central axis, in the sheet guide, and a bearing portion configured to pivotably support the pivot support shaft, an insertion portion formed at a portion of the pivot support shaft, an insertion groove formed from the loading surface toward the bearing portion, and a flexible pressing portion disposed outside the insertion groove, and configured to press a leading end portion of the pivot support shaft.
US12103796B2
An autonomous racking system for use with a mobile delivery vehicle includes an array of flow racks configured to receive thereon a plurality of containers each of which associated with a single customer and a plurality of pushers configured to push each one of the containers past a front end of the array. An elevator abuts the front end of the array to receive one or more containers from at least one of the array and a vehicle side access portal, and to deliver one or more containers to one or more of the plurality of flow racks from the portal. The elevator comprises a plurality of loading pushers configured to push a container off of the movable carriage and onto the array. A controller is operable communication with a plurality of pusher drives, an elevator drive motor, and one or more elevator position sensors.
US12103792B2
A pallet building apparatus for automatically building a pallet load of pallet load article units onto a pallet support including a frame defining a pallet building base, at least one articulated robot to transport and place the pallet load article units, a controller to control articulated robot motion and effect therewith a pallet load build, at least one three-dimensional, time of flight, camera to generate three-dimensional imaging of the pallet support and pallet load build, wherein the controller registers, from the three-dimensional camera, real time three-dimensional imaging data embodying different corresponding three-dimensional images of the pallet support and pallet load build, to determine, in real time, from the corresponding real time three-dimensional imaging data, a pallet support variance or article unit variance and generate in real time an articulated robot motion signal, the articulated robot motion signal being generated real time so as to be performed real time.
US12103790B2
A flotation conveyance apparatus according to an embodiment conveys a substrate while floating the substrate by ejecting a gas to a lower surface of the substrate. The flotation conveyance apparatus includes an upper plate disposed on the substrate side including a plurality of ejecting ports for ejecting the gas and a lower plate disposed under the upper plate. Flow-paths for supplying the gas to the plurality of ejecting ports are provided on at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate.
US12103788B2
An apparatus includes a processing station with a container conveyor, a discharge apparatus including a discharge star with a carrier for transporting the containers, a discharge device arranged around the discharge star and defining a discharge curve for guiding the containers, a container inlet arranged at an end of the discharge device for receiving the containers, and a container outlet arranged at a second end of the discharge device for discharging the containers. The discharge device includes a discharge edge at the first end arranged in a region of the container conveyor such that, in the operating state, the container is received by the discharge edge into the container inlet, and the discharge star is rotatable such that the container is transported by the carrier on a guideway delimited by the discharge curve and the discharge star from the container inlet to the container outlet.
US12103784B2
An overhead tray conveyor system conveying tray movers holding trays carrying products to a workstation area for processing. Soiled trays are transferred from the tray movers to a wash system. Once sanitized, the trays are returned from the wash system to the tray movers advancing around a track circuit.
US12103783B2
A conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor, in particular a crossbelt sorter, which is configured to be conveyed along at least one guide element of the distributing conveyor in a conveying direction, includes a connecting arrangement for connecting the conveying carriage to a drive means of the distributing conveyor. With regard to a maximum freedom of movement of the conveying carriage relative to the drive means of the distributing conveyor, it is provided that the connecting arrangement has an articulated bearing.
US12103782B2
A feeding apparatus is provided. The feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, a container, an elevatable platform, and a pulling mechanism. The container is disposed in the apparatus body, wherein the container has a carrier unit, and the carrier unit is detachably connected to the container. The elevatable platform is disposed on the apparatus body, wherein the elevatable platform is adapted to be moved between the first height and the second height. The pulling mechanism is disposed on the elevatable platform, wherein the pulling mechanism is adapted to be moved relative to the container.
US12103769B2
A transfer device includes: a mounting unit (132) on which a target article (90) is to be mounted; and a transfer unit (T) that transfers the target article (90) between a storage unit (A) and the mounting unit (132), the transfer unit (T) includes a first transfer device (10T) that holds the target article (90) and moves the target article (90) in a depth direction (L), and a second transfer device (20T) that moves a portion of the target article (90) in the depth direction (L), the portion being mounted on the mounting unit (132), a first transfer distance (dl) by which the target article (90) is to be moved by the first transfer device (10T) is shorter than a total transfer distance by which the target article (90) is to be moved in the depth direction (L) between the mounting unit (132) and the storage unit (A).
US12103767B1
A wheeled garbage receptacle with built-in seat including a main receptacle assembly, an add-on receptacle assembly, and a seat assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a simple solution to maintaining comfortability while disposing of refuse. The main receptacle assembly includes a hollow cylindrical body that can be placed in alignment with an add-on receptacle. The main receptacle engaging with the add-on receptacle via latches about the perimeter of said main receptacle body. The main receptacle assembly also includes a seat assembly that forms a portion of the cylindrical body when in a closed position. The seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back rest that is mounted via a hinge. The add-on receptacle assembly includes a hollow container with a door. Said door allowing a user access to the interior of the add-on receptacle.
US12103765B1
A vehicle or shipping-container monitoring system is provided. The system is used to sample the interior environment of the container and if needed, clear a potentially hazardous material from the interior of the container prior to conventional opening. The system includes a monitoring assembly affixed to a first through-penetration in the vehicle container, an evacuation assembly affixed to a second through-penetration in the vehicle container, and an intake penetration with a cap affixed to a third through-penetration in the vehicle container. A method is also provided to assess the interior of a vehicle or shipping container for hazardous gases or vapors prior to opening the container.
US12103762B1
A site inspection case is presented. The case includes a moisture detector port, configured for a moisture detector. The case also includes a surface hardness tester port, configured for a surface hardness tester. The case further includes a laser distance measurement device port, configured for a laser distance measurement device. The case additionally includes a wheeled distance measurement device port, configured for a wheeled distance measurement device. The case includes a plurality of surface coating vial ports, configured for a plurality of surface coating vials. The case also includes a plurality of sample tile ports, configured for a plurality of sample tiles. The case further includes energy absorbing foam in spaces external to the respective ports and internal to the case wherein the energy absorbing foam is formed with cavities to maintain the components within the interior of the case stowed within their respective ports.
US12103756B2
A film for manufacturing a pouch includes a contact layer including (A) a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin having a density in the range of 0.870 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3, alone or in mixture with (B) a polyolefin having a density in the range of 0.910 g/cm3 to 0.940 g/cm3, the contact layer including less than 0.10 wt %, preferably less than 0.07 wt %, of additives able to release a degradation compound further to gamma irradiation in the range of 25 kGy-50 kGy that can slow down or delay cellular growth. The process for manufacturing such a film, as well as the single-use pouch manufactured from that film are also described.
US12103755B2
An apparatus and method for storing reeds. The apparatus includes a tray having a first platform and a second platform opposite from the first platform where each platform includes a plurality of reed passages, an inner recess between the first and second platforms, and a plurality of ventilation apertures on the first and second platforms. The tray may be removably configured within an airtight container. A method for storing reeds includes positioning a humidity-control insert within an inner recess of a tray, having a first platform, a second platform opposite from the first platform, an inner recess between the first and second platforms, and a plurality of reed passages on the first and second platforms, wherein each of the plurality of reed passages may include ventilation apertures. The method further includes placing a reed within one of the reed passages and securing the reed with an elastic band.
US12103748B2
A capping device intended to be fixed to a neck of a container includes a lower ring, a cap, an articulation device that connects the cap and the lower ring, and a locking device configured to lock the cap when it is in a tilted open position. The locking device includes a stop protruding radially outwards and a protruding portion protruding axially from the lower ring. The stop and the protruding portion are configured in such a way that, when the cap is in the tilted open position, the stop abuts against the protruding portion, the portion protrusion having a radial thickness ε1 greater than a radial thickness ε2 of a first section of the lower ring outside some engaging zones.
US12103742B2
A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other.
US12103737B2
A rectangular-bottomed packaging bag (1) is a rectangular-bottomed packaging bag formed by folding a sheet material member and includes a rectangular shaped bottom (2) a front (3) and a rear (4) rising from two facing sides of the bottom (2), and a pair of sides (5) connecting the front (3) and the rear (4). The pair of sides (5) each include a first region (31) positioned on the front (3) side, a second region (32) positioned on the rear (4) side, a side joining portion (33) joining the first region (31) and the second region (32), and an inclined joining portion (34) inclined to the bottom (2) side from the side joining portion (33) toward one of the front (3) and the rear (4) and joining the sheet material member of the first region (31) and the second region (32) overlapping each other in a direction of thickness.
US12103710B1
A stand for holding a flight control surface of an aircraft wing. The stand has a longitudinal spine supported by plural uprights and supporting at least two hanger assemblies. Each hanger assembly has attachment points transversely outboard of the spine. Rods articulably depend downwardly from the respective attachment points to be articulably connected at a cradle. The cradle is configured to fixedly hold an aircraft flight control surface for maintenance. By adjusting the transverse spacing of the rods from the spine, the attitude of the flight control surface can be adjusted as needed for a particular maintenance task.
US12103703B2
A jam detection system for a flap of a wing of an aircraft includes a linkage coupled to the flap and a support of the wing, and a sensor configured to detect a position of at least a portion of the linkage. The sensor is further configured to compare the position of the least a portion of the linkage to a jam threshold to determine if a jam condition exists. The linkage can also be coupled to a carriage moveably coupled to the support.
US12103695B2
An exhaust nozzle assembly for a propulsion system include a primary nozzle, an outer shroud, an ejector nozzle, and an actuator. The primary nozzle extends along an exhaust centerline. The primary nozzle includes a downstream axial end. The outer shroud surrounds the primary nozzle. The ejector nozzle extends axially between a first axial end and a second axial end. The second axial end forms a nozzle exit plane for the exhaust nozzle assembly. The ejector nozzle converges in a direction from the first axial end to the second axial end. The ejector nozzle forms a mixing cross-sectional area between the primary nozzle and the ejector nozzle at the downstream axial end. The actuator is mounted on the ejector nozzle. The actuator is configured to move the ejector nozzle between a first position and a second position, relative to the outer shroud, to control an area of the mixing cross-sectional area.
US12103694B2
An air intake for a nacelle of an aircraft engine includes a substantially cylindrical outer wall, a substantially cylindrical inner wall, a front lip, a front mounting flange, and a support structure. The front lip connects the substantially cylindrical inner wall and the substantially cylindrical outer wall. The front mounting flange is configured to cooperate with a rear flange of a wall of the aircraft engine forming a fan casing. The support structure comprises a lower end configured to be secured to the fan casing, by the rear flange, and an upper end in contact at least with a downstream portion of the outer wall. The support structure includes access apertures configured to be crossed by maintenance tools during operations of maintenance of the air intake.
US12103686B2
A movable area partition is disclosed herein. The movable area partition includes a bottom pivot point, a top pivot point, a first panel having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the first panel pivotably coupled to the bottom pivot point, and a second panel having a first end an opposing second end, the first end of the second panel rotatably coupled to the second end of the first panel and the second end of the second panel pivotably coupled to the top pivot point.
US12103682B2
A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The package coupling apparatus includes a hanger and a strap coupled to the hanger. The hanger includes a base configured to be positioned adjacent to the package and a handle extending up from the base. The handle includes a handle opening and a bridge that extends over the handle opening. The bridge is configured to be secured by a component of the UAV. The strap is configured to surround the package and secure the package to the hanger.
US12103679B2
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls a first flying vehicle and a second flying vehicle. The first flying vehicle captures an image of a surface of a road. The second flying vehicle emits light onto the surface, such that a spot where a level difference is estimated, in advance, to occur on the surface, an image capturing direction in which the first flying vehicle captures an image of the spot, and a light emitting direction in which the second flying vehicle emits the light onto the spot have a relationship that causes, when the level difference exists, a shadow to occur at the spot and the shadow to be captured.
US12103677B2
A flying vehicle comprising a wing ship body having a pair of wing spars secured thereto; and a plurality of hinged wing-rib assemblies disposed along each wing spar that allows the wings to be folded against the body of the flying vehicle. Fabric-coupling members connect wing fabric to the wing-rib assemblies. A method for folding or collapsing the wings of a wing-in-ground-effect wing ship comprising providing a wing-in-ground-effect wing ship having a pair of wings, and folding the wings toward and against the body of the wing-in-ground-effect wing ship.
US12103674B2
A vehicle includes a tilt rotor that is aft of a fixed wing and that is attached to the fixed wing via a pylon. A flight computer configured to instruct the tilt rotor to produce a maximum downward angle including by updating an actuator authority database associated with the flight computer to reflect the maximum downward angle, and generating a rotor control signal for the tilt rotor using the updated actuator authority database that reflects the maximum downward angle, wherein the maximum downward angle is adjustable.
US12103673B2
A tailsitter aircraft includes an airframe having first and second wings with first and second pylons extending therebetween, a thrust array attached to the airframe, payloads and payload saddle assemblies coupled to the pylons each configured to secure a respective payload. The thrust array includes propulsion assemblies configured to transition the airframe between a forward flight orientation for wing-borne lift and a VTOL orientation for thrust-borne lift. Each payload saddle assembly includes a latch assembly and a retainer configured to secure the respective payload against a respective pylon. A latch assembly is movable between various positions including an open position and a closed position and is configured to secure the respective payload in the closed position and release the respective payload in the open position. Each latch assembly is configured to move from the closed position to the open position to release the respective payload in the VTOL orientation.
US12103672B2
A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region and that comprises a fuselage with a front section and a rear section, the rotary wing aircraft comprising: a main rotor that is rotatably mounted at the front section, and a stabilizer arrangement that is arranged at the rear section in the aft region, wherein the rear section extends between the front section and the stabilizer arrangement and comprises an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile in direction of the associated roll axis.
US12103669B2
By providing propellers for vertical ascent and descent and for horizontal flight, and a blade for horizontal flight, it is possible to obtain an aerial vehicle capable of high speed horizontal flight and capable of flying a long distance.
US12103666B2
An aircraft landing gear assembly having a first landing gear element movably coupled relative to a second landing gear element to move between a first condition and a second condition. The aircraft landing gear assembly further comprises a fibre composite leaf spring formed from a plurality of composite layers and arranged between the first and second elements, the leaf spring being arranged to bend when the first element moves from the first condition to the second condition. The fibre composite leaf spring comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the number of composite layers in the first region is greater than the number of composite layers in the second region. The landing gear further comprises a mounting assembly arranged to engage the first region of the leaf spring to couple the leaf spring to the first landing gear element.
US12103663B2
The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, an unmanned aircraft, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of reflecting the user's intentions and reducing damage in the event of a failure in an unmanned aircraft. A control device of a first aspect of the present technology is a device that controls movement of an unmanned aircraft during a fall according to a control command generated for an image showing a falling position, captured by the unmanned aircraft. The present technology can be applied to a device that controls a drone that controls movement so as to shift the falling position when an aircraft fails.
US12103658B2
A sea water intake riser system for a floating production unit, including a caisson having a through-opening in a bottom side and being connectable to an upper end of a riser pipe; a lift pump inside the caisson and having an inlet at a vertical distance with a predetermined minimum submergence for pumping cold water from the caisson up to the floating production unit for use as cooling medium, wherein the sea water intake riser system includes at least two caissons, having a height substantially equal to a vertical height of a hull of the floating production unit and including an open top side; each caisson extending from a predetermined minimum distance from the bottom side of the hull up to at least the water-line during use and wherein a sump tank is located between the bottom side of the hull and the at least two caissons.
US12103657B2
A remote monitoring method, performed at a central location by a controller associated with the central location, for use with multiple remotely located boats is described involving determining, based upon first location information, second location information and tide information, whether a water-fed air conditioner of a first boat or a water-fed air conditioner of a second boat should be shut off or turned back on due to tide-caused depth changes at a first location or second location. A controller for a boat has at least one processor; and programming which, when executed will cause the at least one processor to, when the boat's air conditioner is operating, cause at least a water pump pumping water to the condenser to shut off at a time, based upon a depth at the current location of the boat of less than a specified minimum acceptable depth.
US12103636B2
An electric snowmobile that reduces a decrease in charging efficiency is provided. The electric snowmobile includes a body frame, a driver's seat supported by the body frame, an electric motor supported by the body frame, a right ski and a left ski supported by the body frame, a track mechanism including a track belt and supported by the body frame below the driver's seat, a battery that is charged with electric power supplied from an external power source and capable of supplying the electric power to the electric motor, and a battery heater H that can be driven by electric power supplied from an external power source and heats the battery.
US12103635B2
A bicycle including a frame with a fork, the fork having dropouts between which a wheel axle is mounted. The wheel axle includes a sensor and/or an electric component arranged to be connected to a control element. A detachable electric connection is provided between the sensor and/or electric component and the control element. The detachable electric connection is positioned between the wheel axle and the thru-axle.
US12103625B2
A control device is for a human-powered vehicle that includes a vehicle component and a plurality of detectors. The detectors are configured to detect information related to a vehicle speed of the human-powered vehicle in which the information related to the vehicle speed differs between the detectors. The detectors includes at least a first detector. The control device includes an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle component in accordance with an output of the first detector in a case where the output of the first detector is in a first state. The electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle component in accordance with an output of a predetermined detector that differs from the first detector among the detectors in a case where the output of the first detector is not in the first state.
US12103623B2
A steering element with a steering control arm has an elongated metallic body that includes a thinner buckling section arranged between a distal part of the metallic body and a proximal part of the metallic body. An anti-corrosion coating is arranged on the metallic body on either side of the thinner buckling section over the distal part and the proximal part. A protective anti-corrosion element, different from the anti-corrosion coating, covers the whole of the thinner buckling section.
US12103616B2
In a steering control device, method, and system, a command is calculated for generating a periodical yaw moment having a phase opposite to oscillating motion based on information on oscillating motion which occurs in a vehicle combination composed of a vehicle and a trailer, and based on the calculated command, a first steering angle command for controlling a steering angle of the front wheels of the vehicle is output to a front wheel steering control unit and a second steering angle command for controlling a steering angle of the rear wheels of the vehicle is output to a rear wheel steering control unit, so that the oscillating motion can be suppressed.
US12103615B2
In some embodiments, a powered trailer is provided having a chassis, a fixation structure for fixing the chassis to a target vehicle to be pushed, a drive mechanism for applying motive force to the chassis, an energy source for powering the drive mechanism, and a controller for controlling the application of motive force to the chassis by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is actuated by the controller to push the target vehicle.
US12103614B2
A method of implementing an autonomous electric-powered trailer during a towing operation includes sourcing, via the one or more computers, one or more streams of sensing data from one or more sensing sources during a towing event involving an autonomous electric-powered (AEP) trailer and a towing entity, generating, via a towing-assist control algorithm, a plurality of towing-assistance instructions based on an input of the one or more streams of sensing data; operating, via one or more electric motors, each wheel of the AEP trailer at a target propulsion based on the plurality of towing-assistance instructions, wherein the operating of the each wheel enables the AEP trailer to autonomously assist the towing entity during the towing event.
US12103594B2
A vehicle includes a dash cross member extending along a vehicle width direction, a front side member arranged in front of the dash cross member and joined to the dash cross member, a floor member arranged behind the dash cross member, and a brace joined to the dash cross member and joined to the floor member. A joint between the brace and the dash cross member overlaps a joint between the front side member and the dash cross member in the vehicle width direction. The brace includes an extending portion. The extending portion is joined to the floor member.
US12103575B2
According to some embodiments, there is provided a wheel storage apparatus comprising a frame having a loading platform, a wheel supporting platform and a handle section. When the wheel storage apparatus is in a first orientation, the loading platform is generally parallel with and at a loading height from a loading surface and configured to cradle a plurality of wheels about a circumferential portion of each wheel. The wheel supporting platform is coupled to a first end of the loading platform and configured to support the wheels in a stacked configuration when the wheel storage apparatus is in a second orientation. The wheel storage apparatus is configured to rotate from the first orientation to the storage orientation about a pivot axis proximate the first end of the loading platform. Kits for wheel storage apparatus are also described.
US12103567B2
A processor operates to: refer to a switching condition in which a vehicle speed and input form information of an input command are preliminarily associated with each other, to determine whether or not the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition associated with the vehicle speed; when a determination is made that the input form of the input command satisfies the switching condition corresponding to the vehicle speed, switch a control mode of the vehicle from autonomous driving control to manual driving control based on the input command; and execute driving of the vehicle by the manual driving control.
US12103552B2
A light emission control device comprises a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. the processor is configured to acquire information related to a target object in surroundings of a vehicle, and perform control so as to interlock light emission of a plurality of light emitting units provided inside the vehicle in a case in which the target object is present.
US12103543B2
A comfort determination model learning unit 81 learns a comfort determination model, by using comfortable activity data where a comfort indicator, which is an indicator measuring whether an individual is comfortable or not when an activity classified as a comfortable activity is performed, is associated with a teacher label indicating comfort, and uncomfortable activity data where the comfort indicator when an activity classified as an uncomfortable activity is performed, is associated with a teacher label indicating discomfort, as first training data, taking an objective variable for a comfort value indicating a degree of comfort, and taking an explanatory variable for each of the comfort indicators. An individual data generation unit 82 generates individual data including explanatory variables, which are used in the comfort determination model, generated based on the comfort indicators of the subject during riding on a vehicle, and driving situations of the vehicle when the comfort indicators are obtained. A driving data generation unit 83 generates comfortable driving data and uncomfortable driving data according to a comfort value calculated by applying the individual data to the comfort determination model.
US12103528B2
A driving assistance device configured to execute deceleration assistance for a driver's vehicle when the driver's vehicle turns right or left at an intersection is configured to recognize, based on a detection result from an external sensor of the driver's vehicle, an adjacent vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane adjacent to a traveling lane of the driver's vehicle, determine whether the adjacent vehicle turns in the same direction of the driver's vehicle at the intersection based on the detection result from the external sensor when the adjacent vehicle is recognized and the driver's vehicle turns right or left at the intersection, and execute the deceleration assistance to cause a vehicle-to-vehicle distance between the driver's vehicle and the adjacent vehicle to reach a distance equal to or larger than a target driver's vehicle-to-adjacent vehicle distance when the driving assistance device determines that the adjacent vehicle turns in the same direction.
US12103523B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for automatically identify wrong-way driven vehicles in real-time on a roadway. Methods may include: receiving an image from at least one image sensor captured at a location; processing the image using a computer vision model to detect features within the image; identifying, using the computer vision model, a wrong-way driven vehicle in the image; incrementing a confidence value for detection of the wrong-way driven vehicle; and generating an alert indicating the presence of the wrong-way driven vehicle at the location in response to the confidence value satisfying a predetermined value.
US12103513B2
A vehicle controller controls a power train of a vehicle and is configured to switch control of the power train between first control and second control. The second control reduces operating noise of the power train by a greater degree than the first control. The vehicle controller is configured to based on sounds in a passenger compartment, perform mood determination in order to determine whether an occupant of the vehicle is in a state of high tolerance for the operating noise or in a state of low tolerance for the operating noise; control the power train through the first control when determining that the occupant is in the state of high tolerance through the mood determination; and control the power train through the second control when determining that the occupant is in the state of low tolerance through the mood determination.
US12103504B2
A hydraulic brake and electronic parking integrated caliper includes a base, a main body movable relative to the base, two brake pads movable relative to the main body, two hydraulic pistons for pushing the brake pads, an electronic drive fixed to the main body, a threaded rod driven by the electronic drive to rotate, and a linearly displacing member displaceable relative to the threaded rod. When moving from a first position to a second position, the linearly displacing member pushes a hydraulic piston and a brake pad toward a direction to press against a brake disc. When moving from the second position to a third position, the linearly displacing member moves the threaded rod, electronic drive and main body toward another direction to make the other hydraulic piston and brake pad press against the brake disc. The caliper has simple structure and generates larger clamping force.
US12103503B2
Assembly (1) comprising at least one vehicle wheel (2), adapted to rotate about a vehicle wheel axis (X2) and adapted to perform an at least rolling movement on a travel surface for the vehicle; at least one flywheel (4), adapted to rotate about a flywheel axis (X4) which can be operatively connected to said at least one vehicle wheel (2), in such way the vehicle wheel (2) can transmit kinetic energy to the flywheel (4); at least one kinetic energy recovery device (10), operatively associated with said flywheel (4) and adapted to store the kinetic energy transmitted to said at flywheel (4), to make it available for subsequent uses; at least one clutch (8), adapted to connect and disconnect selectively and operatively said vehicle wheel (2) and said flywheel (4), in order to uncouple said flywheel (4) from said vehicle wheel (2), to allow said flywheel (4) to rotate due to inertia when the vehicle wheel (2) is stopped, and in such way to couple said vehicle wheel (2) when is standstill to said flywheel (4) rotating due to inertia, to transfer a start-up rotational motion from said flywheel (4) to said vehicle wheel (2).
US12103501B2
A precipitation shield device, and/or methods of manufacturing and/or using the shield device are provided. The shield device of embodiments includes functionality to prevent accumulation of precipitation over an imaging sensor. In embodiments, the shield device includes a base that enables the shield device to be mounted onto an imaging sensor. A shield body may be defined by two end walls and two lateral walls disposed around a central opening of the shield body. During operation, the central opening is aligned with a window of the imaging sensor. In embodiments, the end walls may have a surface configured to control an airflow flowing over the shield device to create a vortex over the central opening of the shield device. In embodiments, the vortex created over the central opening may deflect precipitation away from the central opening and may prevent the precipitation from accumulating over the window of the imaging sensor.
US12103491B2
A belt shaft housing (40) for a belt shaft of a seatbelt system comprises a shaft holder (42) for holding the belt shaft, a securing component (48) including a retaining portion (88), and at least one fixing element (74) that is configured to fasten the belt shaft within the shaft holder (42). The securing component (48) is fastened to the shaft holder (42) such that it can adopt an assembly position and a securing position, wherein the fixing element (74) is released in the assembly position and is secured to the shaft holder (42) in the securing position. Further, a belt shaft including a webbing, a belt pin and a sleeve-shaped axle is provided. There is moreover provided a belt tensioner, especially an end fitting tensioner, comprising such belt shaft housing (40) and such belt shaft as well as a method for assembling such belt tensioner.
US12103485B2
An airbag includes a plurality of base materials made of a sheet body. The base materials include: an occupant side panel; a vehicle body side panel; a front side panel; and a rear side panel. Corresponding edge portions of the occupant side panel, the vehicle body side panel, the front side panel and the rear side panel are configured to be joined to each other by a planar joining operation. Outer peripheral edges of the front side panel and the rear side panel are joined to corresponding edge portions of the vehicle body side panel and the occupant side panel, respectively. The front side panel and the rear side panel are separated from each other on a front-rear direction side, when the inflation is completed, by joining corresponding left and right edges of the vehicle body side panel and the occupant side panel to each other.
US12103477B2
A steering apparatus includes: a steering shaft coupled to a center of a steering wheel and movable in a front-rear direction of a vehicle; a steering shaft cover covering the steering shaft and allowing the steering shaft to be movable therein; and a protector attached to the steering shaft cover and allowing a part of a wire harness to be inserted and accommodated therein, the wire harness being a plurality of electric wires bundled and routed along the steering shaft. The wire harness positioned in the protector is routed in a state where the plurality of electric wires are unbundled and scattered.
US12103474B2
A harness with sensor includes a sensor including a plurality of detection units to detect a physical quantity, a cable including a plurality of electric wires connected to the plurality of sensor units and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of electric wires, and a connector provided at an end portion of the cable opposite to the sensor. The connector includes a plurality of connector-connecting portions to respectively output detection signals of the plurality of sensor units.
US12103465B2
A mobile body includes a steering unit that is displaced according to an operation by a driver, and an operation terminal holding unit that detachably holds, in the steering unit, an operation terminal including an attitude change detection unit that detects an attitude change.
US12103462B2
An occupant monitoring system for a vehicle comprises: a first light source to generate first infrared (IR) light illuminating at least part of the body of an occupant of a vehicle, wherein the first light source is time modulated with a duty cycle; an IR reflective surface to reflect second IR light reflected from the body of the occupant; and a first IR camera to receive at least part of the second IR light reflected by the IR reflective surface, wherein the first IR camera is time modulated with the duty cycle of the first light source.
US12103452B2
A tray assembly adapted for mounting on the top portion of a steering wheel comprising a foldable, backboard having one or more rigid panels wherein the sole or top-most panel of said backboard incorporates a steering wheel attachment, one or more rigid shelf panels, said steering wheel attachment is made of an elastic material connected to the top portion said backboard to form a securement pouch that slides on or over and fully conforms to the shape of said steering wheel. An alternative tray assembly embodiment comprising three rigid panels wherein an upper level panel closest to the 12 o'clock position of the steering wheel is connected at its lower edge to the top edge of a substantially vertical panel, said vertical panel connected at its lower edge to the top edge of a lower level panel closest to the 6 o'clock position of said steering wheel.
US12103451B2
An embodiment vibration motor assembly of a seat includes a vibration motor and an upper housing disposed around the vibration motor to hold and fix the vibration motor, the upper housing configured to be fixed to a pad of the seat, and the upper housing including a holding part disposed at a circumference of a front surface of the upper housing to hold a circumference of the vibration motor and a fixing part protruding from a rear surface of the upper housing to cover and fix a rear surface of the vibration motor.
US12103450B2
A method for producing a connection, including the steps of: providing a connecting part and a retaining part; making a cut-out in the retaining part, wherein a plane is created by the cut-out; turning a deformation region of the retaining part surrounding the cut-out out of the plane such that the cut-out is enlarged and a seat is produced; arranging the connecting part in the cut-out; and forming the deformation region back in the direction of the plane such that the cut-out is reduced in size and the retaining part is connected at least force-fittingly to the connecting part.
US12103442B2
A detent fitting for use in a vehicle seat including a first fitting part and a second fitting part rotatable relative to each other about an axis of rotation, four locking elements movably mounted relative to the first fitting part, configured to move to a locking position in engagement with a toothing of the second fitting part, and a cam element rotatably mounted relative to the first fitting part and including a plurality of cams for supporting the locking elements in the locking position, so that each of the locking elements contacts an associated cam at a support point. Two of the support points are arranged closer to each other than the other support points.
US12103441B2
A vehicle seat includes first and second sub-seatbacks also provided as first and second seat cushions mounted on a main seatback to be rotatable in forward-rearward directions. A forward facing position in which an occupant is accommodated while viewing forward and a rearward facing position in which the occupant is accommodated while viewing rearward is easily realized, in response to forward and rearward rotation of the first sub-seatback and the second sub-seatback also provided as first and second seat cushions. Furthermore, a full-bed mode in which the seat is horizontally spread like a bed, a cushion tip-up mode in which the entirety of the seat is positioned upright for ensuring freight loading and an occupant entering and exiting passage, and the like are realized.
US12103437B2
A seat sliding device includes a lever member, a lock member, a biasing member, and an operation member. The biasing member is formed of a bar-shaped member and includes a front acting portion configured to come in contact with a front end of the lever member to bias the front end of the lever member upward, a rear acting portion configured to come in contact with a rear end of the lever member to bias the rear end of the lever member upward, and an intermediate support portion formed between the front acting portion and the rear acting portion and engaged with a an engaging portion formed in an upper rail. The engaging portion supports the intermediate support portion at a position rearward of a turning center of the lever member (shaft member).
US12103431B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle cooling system for cooling a cabin and a battery system, each having a respective target operating range. The cooling system is configured to select among a cabin-only mode, battery-only mode, or a hybrid cooling mode for cooling the cabin and the battery system. In the hybrid mode, the system determines a desired pressure at an inlet of a compressor corresponding to a suction pressure of the compressor, to avoid cooling interruptions. The system generates a control signal based on the desired suction pressure, and applies the control signal to the compressor. Generating the control signal may include generating a feedforward signal the desired suction pressure, generating a feedback signal based on the suction pressure, or a combination thereof. For example, the use of hybrid mode based on suction pressure allows smoother response to targets with reduced delays in response in meeting the cooling demands.
US12103418B2
A method for managing charging resources of a charging system for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), the charging system including a central recording center including a tracking database. The method including initiating a charging session to a first PEV based on detecting that the first PEV has been plugged into a charging station. The first PEV is associated with the charging session in the tracking database. The first PEV is associated, in the tracking database, to a first user and a first PEV profile. The first PEV is charged in accordance with information from the first PEV profile. Charging session data is monitored and stored in the tracking database during the charging session. A machine learning model is generated based on collective charging data. Charge completion time of the first PEV is predicted based on the machine learning model.
US12103416B2
An energy management system can comprise a capacitor device, a first diode electrically coupled with the capacitor device and configured to bias an energy flow toward the capacitor device, a battery device having a greater energy density and a smaller power density than the capacitor device, the battery device configured to receive the capacitor energy from the capacitor device to store as battery energy, and a second diode electrically coupled with the capacitor device and the battery device. The second diode can convey capacitor energy from the capacitor device to the battery device and inhibit battery energy from passing from the battery device to the capacitor device. An electrical load electrically coupled with the battery device can receive battery energy from the battery device.
US12103415B2
An apparatus for increasing an input voltage for an electric vehicle has an energy supply interface to a vehicle battery, a DC-DC converter and an inverter. The DC-DC converter has a first connection for connection to the energy supply interface and a second connection for connection to the inverter. The DC-DC converter is designed to supply an output voltage at the second connection in response to an amplifier signal, the output voltage being increased with respect to an input voltage applied to the first connection. The inverter has an inverter connection for connecting the inverter to the second connection and has at least one energization interface for energizing at least one unit coupled to the energization interface, the inverter converts a DC voltage applied to the inverter connection to an AC voltage and to supply same to the energization interface.
US12103413B2
A motor vehicle has an electrical contact-making unit, which is fixed to the vehicle, for making electrical contact with an external charging cable. The contact-making unit includes electrical contacts and a movable cover which can be moved between a protective position, in which the cover covers the electrical contacts and thereby protects them against soiling and/or water, and a charging position, in which the electrical contacts are accessible from the area surrounding the vehicle. The cover here is cuboidal and in the protective position it at least partially surrounds the electrical contacts. In the charging position, the cover is located next to the electrical contacts, wherein the cover can be moved between the charging position and the protective position in a manner operated by external force.
US12103411B2
A power supply device includes: a power transmission coil unit; and a display unit displaying a mark indicating a power supply position of the movable object. A power transmission coil region of the power transmission coil unit has a point-symmetric shape with respect to a center of the power transmission coil region. The display unit includes a first display device displaying a first mark indicating a first power supply position of the movable object in a power supply space when the movable object enters the power supply space in a first direction, and a second display device displaying a second mark indicating a second power supply position of the movable object in the power supply space when the movable object enters the power supply space in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US12103406B2
A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a first power module including: a first connection; a second connection; a first power switch including a first gate terminal, the first power switch configured to control a first flow of current between the first connection and the second connection based on a first signal to the first gate terminal; and a first point-of-use controller configured to provide the first signal to the first gate terminal to control the first power switch.
US12103404B2
An electrical power distribution network of an electric power system of an aircraft is operated in at least one normal operation mode such that it provides for load sharing across electrical power sources (A, B, C, D) with respect to electrical loads (AA, BB, CC, DD), wherein the electrical power distribution network, in case of an electrical fault, is operated in at least one electrical failure mitigating operation mode, which provides for electric fault isolation, such that a network portion of the electrical power distribution network including the electrical fault is isolated from at least one other network portion of the of the electrical power distribution network.
US12103392B2
Disclosed herein a user interface device includes a levitating knob configured to detect an input by a user's manipulation; a knob holder configured to be held when the levitating knob does not levitate; a lifting driver provided below the knob holder so that the levitating knob rises from the knob holder and levitates; and an anti-separation section disposed to be spaced apart from the levitating knob by a predetermined distance so that the raised levitating knob does not deviate from an upper side of the knob holder; and wherein the levitating knob is provided with a first magnet, the lift driver is provided with a second magnet arranged to face the first magnet, the second magnet having the same pole as the first magnet on facing surface thereagainst, the lift driver is configured to levitate or hold the levitating knob by driving up or down the second magnet.
US12103391B2
A base support of a display apparatus has a flexible support at least partially delimited by at least one boundary region.
US12103387B2
The invention relates to a display device (210) which is provided with a display (212) and a backlighting unit (218) arranged behind the display (212). The backlighting unit (218) comprises a light guide plate (222) which has an upper light guide plate element (222a) and a lower light guide plate element (222b). Backlight (230) of light sources (220) is fed laterally into the upper light guide plate element (222a), which is emitted from the light emission side (228) of the light guide plate (222) after deflection and scattering within the light guide plate element (222a). Sensor radiation is fed into the lower light guide plate element (222b) by means of proximity sensor system transmitter elements (236), wherein said sensor radiation is likewise emitted from the light emission side (228) of the light guide plate (222) after reflection and scattering. Both light guide plate elements (222a, 222b) are optimized for the wavelengths of the radiation which is fed into the latter. The lateral arrangement of the proximity sensor system transmitter elements (236) and the light sources (220) results in a space-saving arrangement. After reflection on an object located in front of the display (212), the sensor radiation reaches the proximity sensor system receiver elements (238).
US12103381B1
A differential includes a disconnect feature. When in a disengaged state, the drive gear is decoupled from the differential carrier. As a result, the portions of the powertrain that would provide propulsion through the differential may be stationary and parasitic drag is decreased. The differential is transitioned into an engaged state by providing electrical current in a solenoid coil fixed to the housing. A solenoid piston acts through a thrust bearing to slide a sleeve, thereby coupling the carrier to the drive gear.
US12103372B2
In a drive device, a housing includes a motor accommodation portion for accommodating a motor and an inverter accommodation portion for accommodating an inverter unit, the motor accommodation portion includes a tubular portion of a tubular shape extending in a first direction, the inverter accommodation portion includes a peripheral wall portion surrounding the inverter accommodation portion when viewed from a second direction and a plate portion extending from the tubular portion along one side in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and intersecting the second direction and continuous with the peripheral wall portion, and at least one of the pump and the oil cooler is fixed to the plate portion.
US12103367B2
A window pane assembly for a vehicle includes a window pane that moves in a receiving gap of a receiving shaft between a closed position and an open position. The window pane completely covers a window opening in the closed position and at least partially exposes the window opening in the open position. The window pane includes a first edge region facing the vehicle roof and a second edge region located opposite the first edge region and received in the receiving gap of the receiving shaft. The window pane has a wedge-shaped thickened section on an outer face of the window pane at the second edge region. The thickened section engages an outer seal element when the window is set in the closed position and the vehicle is driving. The thickened section is spatially separated from the outer seal element when the vehicle is parked.
US12103363B2
A vehicle includes an instrument panel reinforcement that extends in a vehicle width direction inside an instrument panel, a steering wheel located behind the instrument panel reinforcement, and an air duct that is disposed inside the instrument panel and passes between the instrument panel reinforcement and the steering wheel.
US12103359B2
A thermal management system includes a first cooler that cools a first heat source, a first circulation path that connects the first cooler and a first pump, a second cooler that cools a second heat source, a second circulation path that connects the second cooler and a second pump, a changeover valve, and a controller. The changeover valve is switchable between first and second valve positions. The first and second circulation paths are separated from each other when the changeover valve is in the first valve position. The controller causes both the first and second pumps to operate when the temperature difference between refrigerants in the first and second circulation paths is more than a predetermined temperature difference threshold when the changeover valve is set to the first valve position and one of the first and second pumps is operating and the other is not operating.
US12103357B2
A control device for a cooling system is provided. The cooling system includes a cooling path through which a heat medium flows in an order of a first unit and a second unit. The cooling system is configured to cool the first unit and the second unit. The control device includes a processor being configured to execute: a process of repeatedly detecting or estimating a temperature of the heat medium flowing out of the first unit at predetermined time intervals, a process of storing a plurality of pieces of temperature data of the temperature detected or estimated during an immediately preceding predetermined period as a data group including a predetermined number of pieces of data, and a process of estimating a temperature of the heat medium flowing into the second unit by finding a maximum value from the data group.
US12103351B2
A rear suspension structure includes left and right trailing arms, left and right hub carriers, and a lateral beam. Each hub carrier includes a front arm portion extending in a direction inward in the vehicle width direction and frontward of an axis of the rear wheels, and a rear arm portion extending rearward of the front arm portion. Each trailing arm has a rear end portion coupled to the hub carrier or the lateral beam via a first coupling portion that is a bushing. The lateral beam includes a left beam extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the rear arm portion disposed on a left side of the vehicle, a right beam extending inward in the vehicle width direction from the rear arm portion disposed on a right side of the vehicle, and left and right second coupling portions displaceably coupling the left beam and the right beam.
US12103350B2
The axle beam type suspension includes: the pair of trailing arms extending in the front-rear direction with the respective front end sections supported on the vehicle body and the respective rear end sections coupled to the wheels; the axle beam extending in the vehicle width direction and coupling the pair of trailing arms to each other; the pair of Watt's linkage mechanisms extending in the vehicle width direction, coupling the pair of trailing arms to each other at a position rearward of the axle beam, and fixed at a middle part to the vehicle body; and the inner shafts as connection members connecting the vehicle-width-direction outer end portions of one of the pair of Watt's linkage mechanisms and the other Watt's linkage mechanism. The inner shafts are characterized in that they are fixed to the trailing arms via the elastic members surrounding the inner shafts.
US12103346B2
A device for adjusting the height of a vehicle body includes a rotationally driven axially non-displaceable threaded spindle and a threaded nut, axially displaceable along the threaded spindle. A spring plate is arranged on the threaded nut for axially supporting a spring element. The threaded spindle is drivable by an actuator which is arranged at least partially within the threaded spindle. An axially displaceable additional nut is arranged axially adjacent to the threaded nut along the threaded spindle to absorb a pulse and to introduce it into the housing via the threaded spindle.
US12103345B2
A pneumatic control system includes a manifold that defines: a channel for conveying a fluid, a discharge port, a drain port, and an expansion chamber defining a chamber axis. The discharge port defines a flow axis extending between a first end and second end and a receiving region at the second end. The pneumatic control system also includes a filter assembly with a filter member disposed in the expansion chamber, and an actuator configured to selectively control fluid communication between the channel and the discharge port. The chamber axis is substantially coplanar with the flow axis. A filter cap assembly includes a filter cap body enclosing an end of the expansion chamber and selectively removable from the manifold to provide access to the filter assembly. A purge valve body is configured to selectively control fluid flow between the expansion chamber and the drain port.
US12103344B2
A damper for use with an automotive coil over shock absorber. An outer damping sleeve is retained over the exterior surface of an inner body and includes a plurality of bypass ports to alternately align and unalign with bypass ports of the inner body to regulate a bypass flow of damping oil between an interior volume and an outer passage, thereby allowing variable damping control of the damper. The outer damping sleeve is connected to an internal floating piston (IFP) which rides inside the inner body. A control spring is retained for applying a force to the IFP to limit the free movement of the IFP and thereby control a damping force of the damper during the damping event. Increased pressure in the hydraulic damping oil causes the IFP to move, causing the bypass ports to open and close depending on the forces subject to the damper.
US12103335B2
A modular non-pneumatic tire includes a first annular tire module and a second annular tire module coaxial with the first annular tire module. The first annular tire module includes a first inner ring, a first outer ring coaxial with the first inner ring, first support structure extending between the first inner ring and the first outer ring, and a first circumferential tread extending about the first outer ring. The second annular tire module includes a second inner ring, a second outer ring coaxial with the second inner ring, second support structure extending between the second inner ring and the second outer ring, and a second circumferential tread extending about the second outer ring. The first and second circumferential treads are asymmetrical. The first circumferential tread has a first orientation and the second circumferential tread has a second orientation that is different from the first orientation.
US12103328B1
A multi-foldable clipboard is disclosed, including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, and a fourth panel. The first panel is configured with a clamping means for clamping paper, the first panel is configured to be hinged with the second panel via a first hinged part, the second panel is configured to be hinged with the third panel via a second hinged part, and the third panel is configured to be hinged with the fourth panel via a third hinged part. The first hinged part is disposed on both side edges of the first panel and protrudes from an upper surface of the first panel. With the cooperation of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel and the fourth panel, the multi-foldable clipboard can achieve a small storage volume while ensuring a larger unfolding size, thus improving use experience.
US12103323B2
A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, a print tape wound around the tape roll, a ribbon roll, an ink ribbon wound around the ribbon roll, a recess, an arm portion, and a guide. The print tape and the ink ribbon are conveyed inside the cassette case and the arm portion. The arm portion includes a discharge port to discharge the print tape and the ink ribbon. The guide is provided at a position downstream of the discharge port, on a conveyance path of the print tape and the ink ribbon. A first end of the guide includes a roller members configured to rotate around a shaft extending in the up-down direction. The guide is configured to guide the ink ribbon, by the first end coming into contact with the ink ribbon, to a winding path branching from the conveyance path and toward the ribbon winding spool.
US12103322B2
A method for manufacturing a container product is disclosed. The method includes filling a container with contents; forming information on the container, the information including a number, a letter, and an image, the information being formed by a first pattern, the first pattern being made up of a collection of second patterns; and heating or cooling the container before or after the forming of the information on the container.
US12103320B2
A liquid ejecting device includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting droplets onto a printing medium; a movement unit configured to move the head relative to the printing medium in a relative movement direction; and a control unit configured to record a test pattern on the printing medium by controlling the head and the movement unit, and to perform recording by correcting control of the head and/or the movement unit based on a correction value obtained from the test pattern, wherein the test pattern includes a plurality of patches from which a plurality of candidates for the correction value for correcting a landing position at which the droplet lands on the printing medium in the relative movement direction are obtained.
US12103319B2
A method of configuring an orientation-agnostic inkjet print module for use in either one of first or second module orientations relative to a media path, the second module orientation being rotated 180 degrees relative to the first module orientation. The method includes the steps of: configuring a key assembly to correspond with either one of the first or second module orientations, the key assembly determining a printhead orientation of a respective printhead relative to the inkjet print module; and configuring a switch to correspond with either one of the first or second module orientations, the switch being operably connected to controller circuitry distributing data signals to the printhead via first and second data paths. The switch inverts distribution of the data signals between the first and second data paths.
US12103316B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an ink-jet head including a storage that stores phase transition ink, the ink-jet head forms an image on a recording medium by ejecting the phase transition ink; and one or more hardware processors. The one or more hardware processors change a driving condition of the ink-jet head for a case of ejecting the phase transition ink on a basis of a first reading result of a pattern image formed by the ink-jet head; estimate occurrence of a state change of the phase transition ink in the storage when the driving condition that is changed satisfies a predetermined condition; and determine whether a lifetime of the ink-jet head is over in accordance with whether the occurrence of the state change is estimated.
US12103314B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to scan in a scanning direction, and a discharge head mounted on the carriage and configured to discharge liquid. The discharge head includes a housing and a cover that covers the housing, and a space is provided between an end portion of the cover and an end portion of the housing in the scanning direction. The cover is movable relative to the housing in the scanning direction.
US12103305B2
A liquid discharge device includes a first discharge portion, a second discharge portion, a first drive circuit outputs a first drive signal that the first discharge portion discharges a liquid having a first discharge amount, a second drive circuit outputs a second drive signal that the first discharge portion does not discharge a liquid, a third drive circuit outputs a third drive signal that the second discharge portion discharges a liquid having a second discharge amount, and a fourth drive circuit outputs a fourth drive signal that the second discharge portion does not discharge the liquid, in which the third drive circuit is located between the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit along the one direction, and a shortest distance between the fourth drive circuit and the second drive circuit is shorter than a shortest distance between the fourth drive circuit and the third drive circuit.
US12103302B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording portion configured to record an image on a recording medium; a discharge port configured to discharge the recording medium, on which the image is recorded, in a discharge direction; and a receiving member located below the discharge port in a direction of gravity and configured to receive the recording medium discharged from the discharge port. The recording apparatus further includes a housing portion configured to be movable between a receiving position which is on a side spaced apart from the discharge port in the discharge direction and in which the housing portion holds one end of the receiving member to receive the recording medium, and a housing position which is on a side further toward the discharge port than the receiving position. The housing portion is configured to house at least a part of the receiving member.
US12103295B2
In some examples, a sheet-fed printing unit is configured as a screen printing unit and includes at least one screen printing forme cylinder and at least one impression cylinder cooperating therewith. A cylinder barrel of the impression cylinder includes a supporting surface for sheets, and which includes at least one impression portion having a constant barrel radius that extends over an angle of at least 170 degrees about the axis of rotation of the impression cylinder. The screen printing forme cylinder has an effective screen radius that is smaller than a barrel radius of the impression cylinder, and the effective screen radius is larger than half the barrel radius.
US12103291B2
The present disclosure can provide an aerogel composite. The aerogel composite comprises at least one base layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, the base layer comprising a reinforced aerogel composition which comprises a reinforcement material and a monolithic aerogel framework, a first facing layer comprising a first facing material attached to the top surface of the base layer, and a second facing layer comprising a second facing material attached to the bottom surface of the base layer. At least a portion of the monolithic aerogel framework of the base layer extends into at least a portion of both the first facing layer and the second facing layer. The first facing material and the second facing material can each comprise or consist essentially of a non-fluoropolymeric material.
US12103289B2
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing capable of improving a yield in a manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing which uses a laminated film and implementing an increase in productivity. The manufacturing method of an electrode outer casing disclosed herein includes a preparation step of preparing a multilayer laminated film which has at least a plurality of resin film layers, a transport step of transporting the laminated film to an unevenness forming section in order to form an uneven shape, a forming step of forming the laminated film in the unevenness forming section, and a cutting step of cutting the laminated film having been subjected to the forming step.
US12103285B2
Provided are a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film and a laminate comprising the same. The LCP film has a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, and a ratio of a ten-point mean roughness relative to a maximum height (Rz/Ry) of the first surface is from 0.30 to 0.62. By controlling Rz/Ry of at least one surface of the LCP film, the peel strength of the LCP film stacked to a metal foil can be increased, and the laminate comprising the same can still maintain the merit of low insertion loss.
US12103276B2
Pattern transfer sheets, methods of monitoring pattern transfer printing, and pattern transfer printing systems are provided, for monitoring and adjusting laser illumination used for transferring paste patterns from trenches on the sheets onto a substrate such as electronic circuitry and/or solar cell substrates. Pattern transfer sheets comprise, outside the pattern, (i) trace mark(s) configured to receive the printing paste, aligned to the trenches and are wider than the width of the illuminating laser beam—to detect misalignment of paste release from within the trace mark(s) and/or (ii) working window marks configured to receive the printing paste, set at specified offsets with respect to specific trenches, with different working window marks set at different offsets—to correct the effective working window by adjusting the power of the laser beam.
US12103274B2
An elastomeric laminate material having resolution and image clarity includes an underlying ink graphic fabric material which is receptive to a SEBS like material, the underlying ink graphic fabric material layer having an image thereon having interstitial areas residing in the fabric and a SEBS like transparent polymeric material which is formed as a layer on the fabric layer and penetrating the interstitial areas in a manner to substantially remove all air therefrom and which is compressed and consolidated bonded to the ink graphic layer to form a substantially uniform laminate configuration and retain a transparent and elastic cushion characteristic through the exterior polymeric film layer enabling resolution and clarity of the image, wherein the exterior polymeric film layer imparts a nonslip tactile surface to the laminate.
US12103270B2
Disclosed are a display device and a method for manufacturing a cover thereof. A method for manufacturing a cover of a display device comprises: (a) a step in which a BM printing layer is formed on the front surface of a transparent film, and a release film is attached thereto; (b) a step in which the release film is cut along the BM printing layer; (c) a step in which the release film attached to the front surface of the transparent film is removed; (d) a step in which an abrasion-resistant coating layer is formed on the front surface of the transparent film; and (e) a step in which the release film attached to the BM printing layer is removed.
US12103269B2
A metal can include a metallic substrate and an alloy coating. The alloy coating may have a higher entropy than the entropy of the metallic substrate. The alloy coating may coat an external surface of the metallic substrate. The metal coated by the higher entropy alloy on an external surface of the metallic substrate may serve to increase resistance of the metal to hydrogen-induced cracking in a downhole environment.
US12103263B2
A bag making apparatus includes an intermittent feed device for feeding sheet panels, an adjustment device for detecting upper and lower thresholds for a length of the sheet panels included in a section from a first drive roller pair to a second drive roller pair, a movement device for moving a processing device and a sensor together as a movable group in the longitudinal direction of the sheet panels. The movement device moves the movable group upstream in response to the adjustment device detecting the upper threshold and moves the movable group downstream in response to the adjustment device detecting the lower threshold. If the movable group is moved, the intermittent feed device determines an intermittent feed distance based on a moving distance of the movable group in addition to output from the sensor and feeds the sheet panels by the determined distance using the first drive roller pair.
US12103257B2
A method for detaching elastomer particles that adhere on microvalves (3) disposed on the internal surface of a vehicle tire mold (2) comprises vibrating the microvalve (3) at a constant amplitude ranging between approximately 0.05 and 0.2 mm and at a frequency ranging between 20,000 and 30,000 Hz during the detachment of the particles from the microvalve (3).
US12103250B2
A device and a process for manufacturing a composite part, the device comprising four molding mandrels that can be arranged in a mold arrangement in which they form a mold for the composite part, as well as a locking mandrel configured to lock the molding mandrels in the mold arrangement and to be extracted from between the molding mandrels to release the molding mandrels from their mold arrangement. The locking mandrel extends from one longitudinal end of the molding mandrels to another opposite longitudinal end of the molding mandrels.
US12103248B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses of a fluid bubble valve device or element can comprise a plurality of films or webs aligned over the top of each other. For example, two separate webs or film layers of material can be made with two or more different layers of films combined to provide different necessary benefits in manufacturing or forming the valve and sealing to a pouch or package later. The two individual forming webs or film layers are fed into a machine together where channel seals and a bubble pocket are created to form a pathway for a controlled direction for a fluid product to later flow through when the completed pouch or package is used by the consumer. The pocket is formed on both of the two individual forming webs or film layers at the same time. A separate lidding web or layer of material is introduced and sealed over the underside of the bubble pocket to trap air or gas between the lidding layer and the combined individual forming webs or film layers.
US12103238B1
A system includes an additive manufacturing machine having a reference surface and an object surface, at least one camera device to capture the reference surface, at least one projector device to project at the reference surface, a memory storing computer-readable instructions, and at least one processor to execute the instructions to move the reference surface above or below a highest point the object surface, and move the reference surface downward and obtain a digital fringe projection phasemap of the reference surface using the at least one camera device and the at least one projector device until a whole measurement volume has phasemap data.
US12103235B2
A beam steering system in which the printhead follows a printpath along a curve, such as printing of a heat exchanger thin walls, typically undergoes errors due to varying beam angles, beam focus and beam speed. The present disclosure provides solutions to error reduction and increases reliability for printing rings and hollow objects related to 3D printing. Accordingly, a wall described by a curve function, may be fabricated using a printhead, which is moved in a print path that keeps the print lines orthogonal to the print path and tangent to the inner center line curve between the outer wall and the inner wall.
US12103233B2
The disclosure is of and includes at least an apparatus, system and method for a print head for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include at least two proximate hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing, each of the two hobs comprising two halves, wherein each of the hob halves comprises teeth that are offset with respect to the teeth of the opposing hob half; a motor capable of imparting a rotation to at least one of the two hobs, wherein the extrusion results from the rotation; and an interface to a hot end capable of outputting the print material filament after at least partial liquification to perform the additive manufacturing.
US12103232B2
A three-dimensional printing system for reinforced concrete and a nozzle therefore. The system employs an extruder for extruding unreinforced concrete and a concrete reinforcement feeder is for feeding one or more elongate reinforcement members. The nozzle has an outlet and is operatively connected to the extruder and the concrete reinforcement feeder to receive the unreinforced concrete from the extruder and to receive the one or more elongate reinforcement members from the concrete reinforcement feeder. The nozzle combines the unreinforced concrete from the extruder and the one or more elongate reinforcement members from the concrete reinforcement feeder into a reinforced concrete extrusion and imparts the reinforced concrete extrusion through the outlet.
US12103227B2
An article of manufacture includes a part structure formed via a first additive manufacturing process and a floating structure within the part structure which is mechanically decoupled from the part structure. The floating structure is formed concurrently with the part structure via the first additive manufacturing process.
US12103224B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a first vertically-extending support leg, a second vertically-extending support leg, and a gantry supported on the first and second support legs. The additive manufacturing apparatus also includes a work table movably supported beneath the gantry, a print head supported on the gantry, and a trim head supported on the gantry with the print head.
US12103223B2
The present invention relates to a biodegradable PLA filament composition for molding a porous structure. The biodegradable PLA filament composition for molding a porous structure according to one embodiment of the present invention includes polylactic acid (PLA) in 50% by weight to 60% by weight; polybutylene succinate (PBS) in 20% by weight to 30% by weight; polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) in 7% by weight to 9% by weight; an additive in 0.1% by weight to 1% by weight; a crystallization nucleating agent in 0.1% by weight to 1% by weight; a natural grapefruit seed powder (Jamongci_genu pectin type) in 0.1% by weight to 2% by weight; an inorganic filler in 1% by weight to 10% by weight; and a crosslinking agent in 0.001% by weight to 10% by weight.
US12103216B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided for fabricating anisotropic polymer materials. According to various embodiments, a fluidic device is employed to distribute a polymer solution and a flow-confining solution in order to generate a layered flow, where the layered flow is formed such that a polymer liquid sheet is sheathed on opposing sides by flow-confining liquid sheets. The fluidic device includes first and second fluid conduits, where the first fluid conduit receives the layered flow. The second fluid conduit has a reduced height relative to the first fluid conduit, such that the layered flow is constricted as it flows through the second fluid conduit. The constriction formed by the second flow conduit causes hydrodynamic focusing, reducing the thickness of the polymer liquid sheet, and inducing molecular alignment and anisotropy within the polymer liquid sheet as it is hardened and as strain is applied during extrusion of the sheet.
US12103209B2
A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.
US12103205B2
An assembly for use with a glove manufacturing system is provided. There may be an assembly having first and second holders that engage a glove mold. The first and second holders have respective ledges that each engage respective first and second sides of an edge that defines a slot in the glove mold. With the first and second holders coupled to the glove mold, a connector can connect the first and second holders to a support structure to thereby couple the glove mold the support structure. Then, the gloves may be formed through the use of the glove mold.
US12103202B2
A process for grinding materials includes grinding a frozen plastic material to form a first-stage plastic material in a first mill. The first-stage plastic material is processed in a second mill to form material having a particle size less than about 100 μm.
US12103200B1
An acoustic cleaving system are described for initiating and controlling crack propagation. In an embodiment, the system includes an acoustic generator that includes a piezoelectric device; a high-voltage power supply; and an acoustic cleaving circuit. The acoustic cleaving circuit includes a push-pull circuit coupled to the piezoelectric device and coupled to the high-voltage power supply, and a capacitor bank that includes one or more capacitors coupled in parallel to the push-pull circuit. In one embodiment, the push-pull circuit is for receiving at least one input signal and for producing an amplified output signal to drive the piezoelectric device.
US12103199B2
A work tool (100) comprising: a cutting chain (110), a drive mechanism for driving the cutting chain (110), an annular member (120) arranged rotatably supported by one or more support rollers (130,140,150), wherein the annular member comprises a rim (230) adapted to support the cutting chain (110) during cutting, and a support wheel (160) arranged distanced from the annular member (120), wherein the cutting chain (110) is arranged supported on a rim segment (102) of the annular member (110) forming part of a cutting area of the tool (100) and supported on a rim segment (103) of the support wheel (160) in a direction away from the cutting area of the tool (100). An annular member and a method of producing an annular member are also disclosed.
US12103196B2
There is provided an inspection apparatus for inspecting a plate-shaped inspection target being conveyed. The inspection apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a linear light beam extending along the thickness direction of the inspection target to irradiate a side surface at a lateral end of the inspection target in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the inspection target, an imager configured to capture the light beam emitted from the light source and irradiating the side surface at the lateral end of the inspection target, an imager driving device configured to move the imager, and an imager controller configured to control the position of the imager. The imager controller is configured to control the position of the imager according to the position of the lateral end of the inspection target.
US12103195B2
A method of plugging a permeable porous cellular body (14) comprises: contacting the permeable porous cellular body (14) with a plugging mixture (100), the permeable porous cellular body (14) defining a plurality of channels (26); forcing the plugging mixture (100) into the plurality of channels (26) until a maximum, self-limiting, depth (114) of plugging mixture (100) is disposed within the plurality of channels (26); and maintaining a constant flow rate of the plugging mixture (100) into the plurality of channels until (26) a pressure on the plugging mixture (100) elevates to a predetermined pressure. Alternatively, the method comprises forcing the plugging mixture (100) into the plurality of channels (26) utilizing the application of a constant pressure over time until a maximum, self-limiting, depth (114) of the plugging mixture (100) is disposed within the plurality of channels (26); and maintaining the constant pressure applied to the plugging mixture (100) until flow of the plugging mixture (100) into the channels (26) decays from an initial flow rate to a predetermined flow rate.
US12103190B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a command for controlling a robot, the command referencing an object, receiving sensor data for a portion of an environment of the robot, identifying, from the sensor data, a gesture of a human that indicates a spatial region located outside of the portion of the environment described by the sensor data, searching map data for the object, determining, based at least on searching the map data for the object referenced in the command, that the object referenced in the command is present in the spatial region, and in response to determining that the object referenced in the command is present in the spatial region, controlling the robot to perform an action with respect to the object referenced in the command.
US12103178B2
Methods and apparatus related to generating a model for an object encountered by a robot in its environment, where the object is one that the robot is unable to recognize utilizing existing models associated with the robot. The model is generated based on vision sensor data that captures the object from multiple vantages and that is captured by a vision sensor associated with the robot, such as a vision sensor coupled to the robot. The model may be provided for use by the robot in detecting the object and/or for use in estimating the pose of the object.
US12103146B2
An installation tool and related methods are provided. The tool can pull a strip of collated fasteners along a collated fastener path to a guide, where individual fasteners are sequentially separated from the strip and advanced into a workpiece. The tool can include a tension feeder located downstream of the guide. The tension feeder is configured to apply tension to the strip between the guide and a leading end of the strip. The tool can include a driveshaft configured to attach to a conventional drive tool chuck or a drive tool having hexagonal type drive components. The guide can be one piece and replaceable, with a guide body and a guide head. A strip slot can be defined in the same to align a fastener head with a backstop and facilitate entry of a fastener shank in a feed slot. Related methods of use are provided.
US12103143B1
A uniquely designed torque wrench having a torque body, the torque body attached to a frictional squeezing clamp, and a lug socket which is rotationally connected to the frictional squeezing clamp. The frictional squeezing clamp entering a contracted stated during extension of a rod of a hydraulic cylinder, and entering an expanded state during the retraction of the rod of a hydraulic cylinder, the lug socket turning the wing nut of a hammer union.
US12103139B2
A vacuum tool designed to immobilize a part, including at least one sealing gasket and at least one groove in a bearing surface that is configured to at least partially receive the sealing gasket. The groove has a central slot and right- and left-hand gaps arranged on either side of the central slot. The sealing gasket has a lower portion cooperating with the central slot of the groove and an upper portion in contact with the part when in operation, and right- and left-hand flanges that are seated respectively in the right- and left-hand gaps. These flanges provide a better hold for the sealing gasket in the groove, notably in the curved sections thereof.
US12103137B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating a surface of a utensil as well as to a utensil having been treated by the method. A substrate is provided to form a component of the utensil. The substrate has a surface area to be treated. Through a shot peening process particles impact the substrate substantially evenly across the surface area, so as to dimple the substrate with depressions across the surface area, in order to reduce adhesion of matter on the treated surface area of the utensil.
US12103136B2
A method of machining includes mounting a component in a drilling machine. The component has a target region where the hole is to be drilled. The component and a jet head are situated relative to each other in a drilling arrangement in which the target region is at a first position that is vertically equal to or vertically above a second position at which the jet head is located. A liquid stream is jetted from the jet head and contains either abrasive particles or a laser beam. The stream impinges the target region, and the abrasive particles or the laser beam cause removal of material from the component to form the hole. The liquid stream rebounds off of the component as back-splash. The drilling arrangement causes gravitational draining of the back-splash from the target region to reduce interference between the back-splash and the liquid stream.
US12103135B2
An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a support for a polishing pad having a polishing surface, and an electromagnetic induction monitoring system to generate a magnetic field to monitor a substrate being polished by the polishing pad. The electromagnetic induction monitoring system includes a core and a coil wound around a portion of the core. The core includes a back portion, a center post extending from the back portion in a first direction normal to the polishing surface, and an annular rim extending from the back portion in parallel with the center post and surrounding and spaced apart from the center post by a gap. A width of the gap is less than a width of the center post, and a surface area of a top surface of the annular rim is at least two times greater than a surface area of a top surface of the center post.
US12103117B2
A system for re-configuring a welding system provides the ability to download applications to a welding power source or system, and to store the configuration data and applications to one or more of a series of welders, thereby simplifying configuration and re-configuration of power sources.
US12103114B2
The present disclosure relates to a lead-free solder alloy composition in which a nanosized ceramic powder additive is added to a lead-free solder alloy of Sn—Cu—Bi, Sn—Ag—Bi or Sn—Ag—Cu—Bi, and a method for preparing the same.
US12103110B2
A laser processing apparatus includes: a laser oscillator configured to oscillate a laser pulse; a first laser deflection unit configured to deflect the laser pulse emitted from the laser oscillator in a two-dimensional direction; a second laser deflection unit having a slower operation speed and configured to deflect the laser pulse emitted from the first laser deflection unit in a two-dimensional direction on a same plane; a laser oscillation control unit configured to control the laser oscillator; and first and second laser deflection control units respectively configured to control operations of the first and second laser deflection units. The first laser deflection control unit controls the first laser deflection unit to successively irradiate the laser pulse to multiple sites along a predetermined track in each of the processing positions in turn, and to change energy of the laser pulse emitted therefrom in a middle of repeated irradiation.
US12103107B2
A method of aligning at least one laser beam of an additive manufacturing arrangement. The method includes measuring a surface of the calibration plate at a plurality of measurement points using the coordinate measuring machine. The method further includes generating a correction field based on the plurality of measurement points using the coordinate measuring machine. The method further includes writing at least one fiducial mark on the surface of the calibration plate using the at least one laser beam. The method further includes generating calibration data for the surface of the calibration plate using the calibration system. The method also includes aligning the laser beam within the additive manufacturing system based on the calibration data and the correction field using the computing device by comparing a position of the fiducial mark from the calibration data with the correction field to determine a corrected position of the laser beam.
US12103105B2
A laser cutting head uses a nozzle and gas flow to perform laser cutting or the like. The laser processing and the gas flow passes from an end of the housing. A sensor assembly affixed to the end of the housing has a first through which the laser processing passes and an orifice from which the gas flow passes. A conductive adapter affixes to the sensor assembly and has a passage through which the laser processing passes. The nozzle affixes in a receptacle in an end of the conductive adapter. A collar disposed about the adapter defining one or more gas flow passages therethrough. A cover is disposed between the sensor assembly and the collar and encloses a space communicating the gas flow from the orifice to the one or more flow passages of the collar.
US12103104B2
A laser machine includes a housing, a machining table, a gate, a machining head, a loading/unloading door, an exhaust port, an outside air intake port, and a deflector. The housing includes a first face and a second face orthogonal to a first direction, a third face and a fourth face orthogonal to a second direction, and a fifth face orthogonal to a third direction and facing the floor surface. The exhaust port is provided on the second face and connected to an exhaust unit that generates an airflow that is a flow of air inside the housing. The outside air intake port is provided in an upper part of the housing between the first face and the machining head in the first direction, and takes in outside air. The deflector guides the outside air introduced through the outside air intake port toward the machining head.
US12103101B2
To provide a vibration conversion apparatus capable of reducing occurrence of cracks although using a longitudinal vibration converter for obtaining a torsional vibration. The vibration conversion apparatus comprises: a first longitudinal vibration converter and a longitudinal-torsional transducer having a one-wavelength torsional vibrator portion and a first flexural resonator portion. The first flexural resonator portion is interposed between the first longitudinal vibration converter and the one-wavelength torsional vibrator portion. The first flexural resonator portion is configured such that when a longitudinal vibration generated by at least the first longitudinal vibration converter is received from one end of the first flexural resonator portion, the first flexural resonator portion is bent and imparts a rotational force from the other end of the first flexural resonator portion to the one-wavelength torsional vibrator portion.
US12103093B2
A radius endmill suppressing chatter vibration includes a circular arc edge provided on an outer peripheral side of a distal end portion of a tool body, and a nose (R) angle (θr) that is an angular range in which the circular arc edge is formed in a vertical section including a central axis line of the tool body and which is equal to or less than 30°. The circular arc edge is formed, as a circular arc edge for a bottom surface, from a position having a tangential line in a direction that perpendicularly intersects the central axis line to a side surface in a bottom surface of the distal end portion of the tool body in a vertical section. A nose (R) height (Hr) that is a dimension of the circular arc edge in the direction of the central axis line is equal to or less than 0.75 mm.
US12103090B2
An insert includes a base. The base includes first and second surfaces, and a cutting edge on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first and second surfaces. The first surface includes a groove away from the ridgeline and at an angle θ1 of 20-90° relative to the ridgeline. The groove extends from a first end part closest to the cutting edge to a second end part most away from the cutting edge. The groove includes an opening and a bottom surface. An angle θ2 formed by the bottom surface and a raised surface extended from the bottom surface toward the first end part is 95-135°. A cutting tool includes a holder, which has a length extending from a first end to a second end and includes a pocket located on a side of the first end, and the insert located in the pocket.
US12103089B2
A coated tool includes a base and a coating layer on the base. The coating layer includes a first layer including Al2O3 particles, and a second layer on the first layer. The second layer includes, sequentially from the base, a first film, a second film in contact with the first film, and a third film in contact with the second film. The first to third films individually include Ti. The first film, the second film and the third film individually include at least one kind selected from C and N. The coated tool satisfies a relationship of a first N content>a third N content>a second N content, in which the first N content is an N content in the first film, the second N content is an N content in the second film, and the third N content is an N content in the third film.
US12103087B2
A method for synthesis of platinum nanoparticles by continuous flow using large flow segments. The nanoparticles are monodispersed and can undergo acid leaching to form platinum catalyst, such as PtNi or PtCo catalyst material.
US12103086B2
The present disclosure relates to an earth-boring drill bit including a shank, an internal region formed from at least a first alloy using additive manufacturing and secured to the shank, and an exterior region formed from at least a second alloy using additive manufacturing and secured to the internal region using additive manufacturing. The first alloy and the second alloy have a different modulus of elasticity, yield strength, resilience, ductility, hardness, fracture toughness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, or erosion resistance. The disclosure further includes a method of manufacturing such an earth-boring drill by depositing a plurality of layers according to a drill bit specification using additive manufacturing.
US12103084B2
A production method for producing a product by joining a first part containing an inorganic powder and a binder to a second part containing an inorganic powder and a binder is provided. The production method includes a first step of forming the first part by a three-dimensional shaping apparatus, a second step of forming the second part, a third step of assembling the first part and the second part, thereby obtaining an assembly, a fourth step of heating the assembly at a first temperature, and a fifth step of heating the assembly at a second temperature higher than the first temperature after the fourth step, wherein the first part has a first region that comes in contact with the second part and a second region that does not come in contact with the second part, and a melting point of the binder contained in the first region is lower than a melting point of the binder contained in the second region.
US12103077B2
A metals-based additive manufacturing machine and method are disclosed. The machine and method include a hybrid temperature monitoring system. The hybrid temperature monitoring system includes a Raman spectrometer, a single-element ultrasound transducer, and a phased-array ultrasound pair. The hybrid temperature monitoring system can generate a real-time three-dimensional temperature map of the melt pool and optionally a portion of the metal powder base and/or a formed portion of a desired artifact. The real-time three-dimensional temperature map can be used for optimizing the metals-based additive manufacturing process in real-time or during subsequent process runs.
US12103063B2
Apparatus and methods for loading parts in a press wherein a conveyor transports the parts in a forward movement direction towards the press. An optical measuring device determines the real position of the parts on the conveyor. At least two transfer devices are configured to grab the parts off the conveyor and place them directly on a first surface of the press. A control unit is configured to receive the real position of the parts determined by the optical measuring device, and to compare the real position with a theoretical loading position of the parts on the first surface of the press. The control unit determines a deviation between the real and theoretical loading positions and uses the calculated deviation to command the transfer devices to correct the deviation and to place the parts on the first surface of the press in the theoretical position.
US12103061B2
A method for cold rolling rolled stock (2) in a mill train (1) with multiple roll stands (3 to 7). An upper limit temperature and/or a lower limit temperature is provided for a rolled stock temperature of the rolled stock (2) for at least one rolling pass, and the rolled stock temperature is controlled and/or regulated by at least one control or regulating measure such that during the at least one rolling pass, the rolled stock temperature does not exceed the upper limit temperature specified for the rolling pass and/or the rolled stock temperature does not fall below the lower limit temperature specified for the rolling pass.
US12103055B2
A fuel tank cleaning apparatus configured to remove sludge and prevent sludge accumulation in a fuel tank. A sludge collecting pipe lays horizontally along most of a length of a floor of the fuel tank. A plurality of openings penetrate the sludge collecting pipe along its length. The plurality of openings gradually increase in diameter along the length of the sludge collecting pipe to allow for uniform suction along the entire floor of the tank. A connecting elbow fluidly connects the sludge collecting pipe to a suction pipe. A pump is attachable to the suction pipe to create a suction at the bottom of the tank. The fuel tank cleaning apparatus may be positioned during the construction of the fuel tank, may be retrofitted into existing fuel tanks, or may be integrated into the floor of the fuel tank itself.
US12103052B2
Improved processing systems and methods are provided for wet and dry processing of a semiconductor wafer. Provided is an enclosed chamber for processing a semiconductor wafer within a processing space and a drainage system for directing processing fluids out of the processing space. The enclosed chamber includes a top plate and a bottom plate, which physically confine the processing fluids within a relatively small, enclosed processing space. This forces the processing fluids to flow radially across the wafer surface(s) without the need to rotate the wafer. The drainage system contains a conduit that is downstream from the processing space and configured to retain a portion of a processing fluid dispensed within the processing space. The portion retained within the conduit provides a pressure resistance against the processing fluid(s) dispensed within the processing space to improve wet and dry processing of the wafer surfaces.
US12103049B2
An apparatus for cleaning a semi-rigid, three-dimensional vehicle mat can include a first set of compliant rollers spaced from one another and a second set of compliant rollers spaced from one another that cooperatively grab and advance the mat toward one or more brushes that scrub debris from above and/or below the mat. One or more of the compliant rollers can deform a distance radially toward an axis of rotation when contacting the mat to accommodate the contours of the mat and still grab the mat for advancing. The apparatus can include a holding pan that supports the mat so it is accessible through a second opening below the brushes and a first opening of a frame that supports the rollers and brushes. A deflector can be included to reroute the mat downstream of the brushes along a pathway toward the pan. A related method of use also is provided.
US12103038B2
A crosslinked fluororesin-coated rotor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an annular outer rotor of an internal gear pump including the outer rotor, and an inner rotor, a side surfaces of the outer rotor being coated with a crosslinked fluororesin, an inner peripheral surface of the outer rotor not being coated with the crosslinked fluororesin, the method including: using an outer masking jig for covering the inner peripheral surface in a state where the side surfaces of the outer rotor are exposed; coating the outer rotor with an uncrosslinked fluororesin in a state where the outer masking jig is mounted to the outer rotor; and then irradiating the fluororesin with radiation in a state where the outer masking jig is removed from the outer rotor, to crosslink the fluororesin.
US12103028B2
Provided is an application apparatus for a coatings material. The application apparatus includes a supporting element extending along a first axis and having a first end and a second end. A first arm is coupled to the first end of the supporting element, and a second arm coupled to the second end of the supporting element. A first fastener attached to, and movable with respect to, the first end of the supporting element and detachably fixed to the first arm. Further, the first arm is configured to slide along the first axis.
US12103023B2
A drink and mist bottle cap is detachably attachable to a bottle to enable a person to produce a mist from a pump and mist nozzle and also drink from a drink spout. A drinking spout has a drink spout cap that is detachably attachable over the drinking spout to seal the liquid contents within the bottle when not drinking form the bottle. The drink and mist bottle cap may also have an anti-backwash valve that is configured to prevent backwash from flowing back into the interior of the bottle and an ultraviolet light configured to produce a disinfecting ultraviolet light within the bottle, and a pressure relief valve to allow pressure equalization when there is a pressure differential between the interior of the bottle and the exterior of the bottle.
US12103021B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a showerhead with a pause assembly. The pause assembly can be partially received within a chamber of the housing and positioned between a fluid inlet and a plurality of nozzles to permit flow or substantially reduce flow from the fluid inlet to the plurality of nozzles. The pause assembly includes a valve and a lever coupled to the valve. The lever extends from the housing and movement of the lever in the first direction moves the valve to a first position to permit flow from the fluid inlet to the plurality of nozzles and movement of the lever in a second direction moves the valve to a second position to substantially reduce flow from the fluid inlet to the plurality of nozzles.
US12103016B2
An outlet nozzle (40) for a centrifuge bowl (60) comprises a nozzle insert (10) and a nozzle holder (30). The nozzle insert (10) can be exchangeably fixed, in particular clamped, in the nozzle holder (30), and the outlet nozzle (40) has a flow channel (11) which determines the exit angle (δ) of the outlet nozzle (40), said flow channel (11) of the outlet nozzle (40) being formed, in particular, by the nozzle insert (10).
US12103014B2
Disclosed is a fine dust collecting device using a human body based electrostatic energy harvesting element. The fine dust collecting filter device includes an electrostatic energy harvesting element for collecting and generating current; a charging filter connected to the electrostatic energy harvesting element such that the charging filter is electrically charged to have a first polarity and thus electrically charges fine dust particles; a collecting filter connected to the electrostatic energy harvesting element such that the collecting filter is electrically charged to have a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; and a rectifier disposed between and connected to the electrostatic energy harvesting element, and the charging filter and the collecting filter.
US12103004B2
Provided herein is a system comprising: a) spatial sampler system configured to collect and transmit one or a plurality of cells or nuclei from a tissue specimen, the system comprising: i) a lower carrier having an array of conduits passing therethrough, each conduit comprising an opening on a first side and communicating with an opening on a second side, wherein the opening on the second side either (1) terminates in a capillary or (2) opens onto a well of a multiwell plate; ii) positioned, above the lower carrier, a perforated specimen holder configured to support a frozen tissue specimen, wherein the specimen holder comprises a plurality of perforations having a size sufficient to permit the passage of single cells or nuclei; and iii) positioned, above the specimen holder, a multifunctional head comprising an upper array of upper conduits, optionally, each aligned with a conduit opening of the lower carrier.
US12102990B1
The present invention relates, in general, to an apparatus for an electrical power feedthrough suitable for use in high temperature, high pressure, and/or corrosive environments, such as, for example, within ammonia cracking (i.e., dissociation) systems. The present invention is fabricated from conductive nickel alloys which have high melting temperatures, and which are resistant to corrosion at high temperatures, as well as non-conductive ceramic materials which provide electrical insulation between the systems that feedthrough is coupled to.
US12102985B2
A hollow mesoporous organic silica nano/microparticle having metal particles deposited thereon, and a method for preparing the same. The method may prepare a spherical nanoparticle by coating a porous organic silica layer on an inorganic silica particle having the metal particles deposited thereon and via selective etching of the layer. In addition, two or more types of metals pre-synthesized together with a magnetic particle, or different shapes of metals may be deposited on the nanoparticle at a target concentration. Thus, the nano/microparticle may be used for a drug delivery matrix, a catalyst, and a photothermal effect.
US12102980B2
A composite comprises a carbonaceous and a metallic nanotube conjugated with a carbonaceous support. The composite may be used to remove contaminants from water.
US12102974B2
The present invention concerns a reactor for the conversion of carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide into hydrocarbon and/or alcohol comprising a support made from an electrically and thermally conductive material, forming the wall or walls of at least one longitudinal channel that passes through the support and also acting as the cathode of the reactor, at least one wire electrode forming an anode of the reactor, and extending within each longitudinal channel, and being arranged at a distance from the wall or walls of the longitudinal channel, each wire electrode optionally being covered with an electrically insulating layer along the part of the wire electrode extending within the longitudinal channel, a catalyst capable of catalysing a conversion reaction for the conversion of carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide into hydrocarbon and/or alcohol, the catalyst being situated between the wire electrode and the wall or walls of each longitudinal channel.
US12102972B2
A method for adjusting a blend composition includes: receiving target blend composition data associated with a target blend composition having a target blend property; controlling blend component flow streams to cause blend components to be added to a blend tank to form a blend composition; determining a property of the blend composition; comparing the property of the blend composition with the target blend property; generating control flow instructions based on the property of the blend composition and a machine learning analysis of historical blend data; and adjusting a blend component flow stream of the blend component flow streams to form a modified blend composition in the blend tank.
US12102970B2
A mixing unit comprising a frame, a rheology control portion, and a high-volume solids blending portion. The rheology control portion comprises means for receiving a first material from a first transfer mechanism, a dispersing/mixing system connected with the frame, and a first metering system to meter the first material from the first material receiving means to the dispersing/mixing system. The dispersing/mixing system disperses/mixes the metered first material with a fluid to form a first fluid mixture. The high-volume solids blending portion comprises means for receiving a second material from a second transfer mechanism, a solids blending system connected with the frame, and a second metering system to meter the second material from the second material receiving means to the solids blending system. The solids blending system blends the metered second material with the first fluid mixture to form a second fluid mixture.
US12102966B2
New carbon nanomaterials, preferably titanium carbide-derived carbon (CDC) nanoparticles, were embedded into a polyamide film to give CDC/polyamide mixed matrix membranes by the interfacial polymerization reaction of an aliphatic diamine, e.g., piperazine, and an activated aromatic dicarboxylate, e.g., isophthaloyl chloride, supported on a sulfone-containing polymer, e.g., polysulfone (PSF), layer, which is preferably previously prepared by dry/wet phase inversion. The inventive membranes can separate CO2 (or other gases) from mixtures of CO2 and further gases, esp. CH4, based upon the generally selective nanocomposite layer(s) of CDC/polyamide.
US12102957B2
A device for reducing a carbon dioxide and water content in an enclosed air volume has first and second sorption units for sorbing carbon dioxide and water. The first and second sorption units can be transferred from a sorption mode into a desorption mode and vice versa. In the sorption mode, the first and second sorption units sorb carbon dioxide and water from raw air of the enclosed air volume. In the desorption mode, the first and second desorption units desorb carbon dioxide and water to supplied regeneration air. An air distribution device can switch the first and second sorption units, based on the carbon dioxide and water content, alternately from sorption mode into desorption mode such that, in at least one operating state of the device, one of the first and second sorption units is in sorption mode while the other is in desorption mode.
US12102954B2
A filter element may include a filter medium extending in an extension direction and including a filter material separating clean and raw sides of the filter element, and two seals arranged at two end faces of the filter medium located opposite one another in the extension direction, so that an inner side of each seal may be arranged lying against the associated end face in a fluid-tight manner. The two inner sides, jointly with an inner circumferential side of the filter medium, may partly limit a filter element interior space. The filter medium, in a section running perpendicularly to the extension direction, has an open U-geometry or V-geometry with two legs.
US12102947B1
A biodegradable filter for the removal of various pollutants, contaminants, or harmful substances from the surrounding air, and a method of fabrication. The filter includes 30% by weight of cellulose nanofibers, 30% by weight of activated carbon, and 20% by weight of polyethylene glycol. The cellulose nanofibers and activated carbon are isolated from date palm biomass, making the filter cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
US12102942B2
A method and system for buoyant separation of a target constituent of a sample, the method comprising: at a process chamber, combining a volume of substrates having a first density with the sample, thereby producing a population of target-bound complexes comprising the target constituent bound to at least a portion of the volume of substrates; within the process chamber, physically separating the population of target-bound complexes from the sample based upon interaction between the volume of substrates and an applied force; aggregating the population of target-bound complexes at a collection region of the process chamber; extracting the population of target-bound complexes from the process chamber; and processing the target constituent from the population of target-bound complexes for further analysis.
US12102939B2
A thin-film treatment apparatus for treating viscous material includes a process housing oriented at an incline of at most 20° with a heatable and/or coolable housing casing, which surrounds a housing interior forming a material treatment space, an inlet nozzle arranged in an inlet zone of the process housing to introduce the material to be treated into the material treatment space, an outlet nozzle arranged in an outlet zone of the process housing to discharge the treated material from the material treatment space, and a drivable rotor shaft arranged in the material treatment space and extending coaxially for producing a material film on the inner surface of the housing casing and for conveying the material in the direction of an outlet zone. The rotor shaft includes at least one lift element arranged on the rotor shaft body, for producing a lifting force in the direction of the rotating rotor shaft body.
US12102926B2
A game apparatus provides gameplay concerning development of characters evolving through multiple evolution stages. Type information uniquely identifying the type and the evolution state of each character capable of being developed in the game apparatus is defined. The game apparatus includes a first acquisition unit acquiring information about a state of activity of a wearer; an update unit updating a first parameter and a second parameter concerning a developing character based on the information about the state of activity and the type information about the developing character; a display control unit causing a display unit to display the developing character in a display mode corresponding to the first and second parameters; an accumulation unit accumulating an evolution score concerning development of the developing character based on the first and second parameters; and a determination unit determining a target character of the developing character based on the evolution score.
US12102924B2
A plurality of game titles each associated with at least one tournament may be hosted on a gaming network platform. Real-time gameplay data in matches involving the plurality of game titles may be tracked. Each match may be associated with a stream. Memory may store stream parameters and metrics associated with the at least one tournament. A predefined achievement may be identified for the at least one tournament when the tracked gameplay data for a match meets the stored metrics. The identified achievement may be determined to meet the stream parameters. A notification may be provided to the user device that includes a link to a stream of the match.
US12102922B2
When a first input is performed in a predetermined scene, options including elements available in a predetermined game are presented. An element to be used in the predetermined game is determined on the basis of an operation input by a user. In response to a second input, the predetermined game using the determined element is executed. Meanwhile, at a predetermined timing before the predetermined game is started, an element to be used in the predetermined game is automatically determined. When a third input is performed in the predetermined scene, the predetermined game is executed using the automatically determined element. After the predetermined game is ended, a first reward is given to the user if the element used in the predetermined game is the element determined on the basis of the operation input by the user, and a second reward is given if the element is the automatically determined element.
US12102917B2
Methods and systems for rendering distinct components of a combined user interface (UI) are described herein. A processing device receives a user request for a media item to be presented via a combined UI including one or more video content components and one or more UI control components. The processing device generates a rendering of the video content components and transmits a first stream including the rendering of the video content components to an endpoint device, wherein the first stream is encoded to a first resolution and wherein the rendering of the video content components is to be merged with a rendering of the UI control components into the combined UI at the endpoint device, the combined UI having a second resolution.
US12102914B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute: moving an own object in a virtual space in response to a player operation; controling movement of an other object in the virtual space; and executing, when the own object enters a correction range set for the other object, correction processing with respect to an image acquired and generated by a virtual camera disposed in the virtual space.
US12102909B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a generation unit that generates, on the basis of characteristic information items of a plurality of haptic presentation units having different characteristics, preparation information items to be used by the plurality of haptic presentation units to perform haptic presentation to a user. The plurality of haptic presentation units having different characteristics performs the haptic presentation to the user on the basis of the preparation information items generated on the basis of the characteristic information items of the plurality of haptic presentation units.
US12102901B2
A ball tossing device has a base and a lever, with the lever having a foot portion and a tossing portion, and the base acting as a fulcrum for the lever. In some examples, the foot portion and the tossing portion may be removably coupled to one another. In some examples, a method of using the ball tossing device includes a user placing a ball on the tossing portion, stomping a foot on the foot portion, thereby actuating the lever and tossing the ball upward from the tossing portion, and then hitting the ball with a bat.
US12102899B2
A sports rebounding and goal apparatus for receiving a moving object, such as a ball, or puck having a base frame with elongated base members, an upper frame connected to the base frame and having elongated supports and upper frame members pivotally connected to the base frame. A first lock pivotally joins the supports and is selectively actuatable between a locked configuration to fix relative movement between the elongated supports and an unlocked configuration to allow folding movement of the supports relative to each other and relative to the first lock. Elongated cross members are pivotally connected to the upper frame and slidingly connected to base frame. A second lock pivotally connects at least one of the cross members and is selectively actuatable between a locked configuration to fix relative movement between the cross members and an unlocked position to allow drawing together of the cross members.
US12102898B2
Embodiments of a golf club head comprising a club head body and a sole mass element are described herein. The club head comprises a center of gravity height measured between a club head center of gravity and at least one keel point. The club head comprises a face surface, wherein the face surface defines a face height. The club head defines a ratio of club head center of gravity height to face height, wherein the ratio is less than or equal to approximately 0.36.
US12102893B2
A golf club head according to the disclosure is a cavity-back iron type golf club head that includes a face portion, a cavity portion provided behind the face portion, and a protrusion provided on a lower part of a rear face of the face portion. The protrusion includes a first recess extending from an upper surface of the protrusion toward a sole, a second recess positioned closer to a toe than the first recess is and extending from the upper surface of the protrusion toward the sole, and a thick portion provided between the first and second recesses in a toe-heel direction. The first and second recesses each has a substantially trapezoidal shape in a cross-sectional view taken along a plane that is parallel to a front face of the face portion and passes through a deepest part of each of the first and second recesses.
US12102892B2
Some embodiments include club heads having reinforced club head faces. In one example, the club head comprises a variable face thickness profile with thickened and thinned regions. The face includes a thinned perimeter region positioned near a perimeter of the face, and a thickened central region positioned over a geometric center of the face. The club head further comprises a 360 undercut that extends along the entire perimeter of the face. The club head further comprises one or more reinforcement ribs to improve the frequency response during golf ball impacts. The combination of the thinned perimeter region, thickened central region, and 360 undercut reinforces the club head while permitting the face to bend. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed.
US12102891B2
A method of manufacturing a golf club head with a plurality of stiffening members proximate the face, and particularly solid rods or a plate with one or more cutouts, is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of preparing a wax of a golf club head body having at least one through-hole, a hollow interior, and at least one receiving pocket, preparing waxes of one or more stiffening members, inserting the wax of the stiffening members into the through-hole and seating its opposite end in the receiving pocket, bonding each of the stiffening members to the body with an adhesive material to form a combined wax mold, and casting a golf club head from the combined wax mold.
US12102888B2
A golf club putter includes a head having an insert including face and base portions that interface with each other and are made of materials with dissimilar moduli of elasticity. The face portion can be a polymer and the base portion can be a metal. The face portion has a front facing surface that strikes the golf ball and an opposing rear surface with a smooth curved or stepped angled profile. The base portion has a front surface that interfaces with the rear surface of the face portion and is curved or stepped similar to the face portion. The front-to-back dimension of the face portion is thinnest at the center of the club head, and its thickness progressively increases as the curve of the rear surface of the face portion moves away from the club head center towards the heel and toe of the club head.
US12102881B2
The present disclosure provides a pair of swimming goggles comprising a glass insert in each goggle lens. Each goggle lens comprises a body constructed form a substrate material and a glass insert received within a lip extending upwardly from around the perimeter of the body. The glass insert may be installed on top of a coating on a substrate material of the goggle lens. The glass insert may comprise a glass plate having an adhesive sheet on an underside thereof.
US12102870B2
A lower limb exercise system exercise system includes a chair including a seat and a rowing exercise device configured to enable a user to perform rowing exercise while the user remains sitting on the seat. The seat is configured to at least roll, pitch, or yaw. The seat can instead be configured to at least roll and yaw. The rolling of the seat indicates that the seat descends as the seat moves away to the right or the left from a reference position.
US12102864B2
A folding exercise rack system which may be both adjusted with respect to a wall and adjusted between a folded position for storage and an extended position for use. The folding exercise rack system generally includes an exercise rack that is both adjustable with respect to the wall and foldable between extended and retracted positions. The exercise rack generally includes a pair of inner support members which are adjustably connected to the wall, and a pair of outer support members which are adjustable between an extended position and a retracted (e.g., folded) position. In the extended position, the outer support members are distally spaced away from the inner support members and wall. In the retracted position, the outer support members are positioned adjacent to the wall.
US12102856B2
A firefighting installation including a valve and a network kept under vacuum in a standby position and flooded with water by an actuator if the installation is triggered in the event of a fire. The valve includes: a first conduit to be coupled with the vacuum network which includes the actuator; a second conduit to be coupled with a control device adapted to trigger the actuator by the effect of an air intake; a third conduit to be coupled to a sprayer; a shutter movable by the effect of a water pressure; and an elastically-deformable element adapted to hold the shutter in a rest position.
US12102854B2
Systems and methods are described for the global, rapid, and automatic detection of wildfire activity. Such systems and methods may also classify wildfires based on a new severity classification scheme. Wildfire activity may be tracked as wildfires migrate, grow, and combine. Additionally, because satellite systems currently collect over 4 million fire observations per year, a filtering mechanism is introduced to remove benign anthropogenic fires. To classify wildfire severity for generating alerts, the present disclosure also provides a logarithmic severity classification system based on 24-hour cumulative Fire Radiative Power (FRP).
US12102851B2
A fall protection system includes a base plate defining a first side and a second side defined opposite to the first side. The fall protection system also includes a mast assembly connected to the base plate proximate to the first side of the base plate. The fall protection system further includes a jib inclined with respect to the mast assembly and pivotably connected to the mast assembly. The fall protection system includes a counterweight connectable to the base plate proximate to the second side of the base plate.
US12102849B2
A helmet includes a helmet body and a gas detection and purification device. The gas detection and purification device in includes a body, a purification module, a gas-guiding unit, a gas detection module, and a power module. The gas detection module calculates the gas detection data obtained by the gas detection module so as to control the gas-guiding unit to start or stop operation based on the gas detection data. When the gas-guiding unit is in operation, the gas-guiding unit guides the gas into the body and to pass through the purification module for being filtered and purified to become a purified gas, and the gas-guiding unit discharges the purified gas out of the body to the nose portion, or the mouth portion, or both the nose portion and the mouth portion of the wearer for providing the wearer with the purified gas to breath.
US12102848B2
Provided is an electrically active breathing mask. The mask contains conductive layers separated by insulating layers, the conductive layers being alternatingly positively or negatively charged. Air passing through one insulating layer is directed across the surface of a next charged layer, before flowing through a next insulating layer, and so on. Particles including virus in water vapor or sputum are evaporated as they contact alternately charged layers.
US12102847B2
An article of protective clothing with protective functions in relation to chemical, biological, radioactive, or nuclear, respectively . . . including toxic or harmful substances such as for example warfare agents. The protective clothing can be used in both the military and the civilian sector. More specifically, one embodiment is an article of protective clothing, especially for the region of the head or the neck, respectively, in the form of a headgear which is worn, or used with a respiratory mask, also referred to as a protective breathing apparatus. The headgear has an effective seal between the headgear and the respiratory mask. A further embodiment is a method for sealing the transition between a headgear and a respiratory mask.
US12102846B1
Provided is a human rescue apparatus that comprises a pulley for vertical extraction of a human using a pulley mechanical advantages system and a fan that is powered by rotation of the pulley to generate airflow in the direction of the user so as to cool the user during vertical extraction when direct aid from rescue workers is typically unavailable. The apparatus has a core mechanism and a support structure. The core mechanism comprises a pulley wheel and a fan coaxially connected together by an axle. The core mechanism is held securely and rotatably in a support structure such that it can freely rotate but otherwise be held by the supporting structure. In some embodiments the supporting structure includes one or more passageway allowing removal of the core mechanism.
US12102844B2
A system for treating fat tissue, including: an ultrasound applicator, including: two or more ultrasound transducers configured to generate and direct ultrasonic waves to a selected tissue volume including fat tissue; a control unit, including: a control circuitry electrically connected to the two or more ultrasound transducers, wherein the control circuitry is configured to activate the two or more ultrasound transducers to heat the selected tissue volume.
US12102840B2
Dermatological systems and methods for providing picosecond laser pulses at a plurality of treatment wavelengths, wherein at least one of the wavelengths is provided by an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) capable of providing laser pulses at a wavelength for treating one or more target tissue types. In some embodiments, multiple OPOs may be provided to enable a wide range of selectable treatment wavelengths.
US12102838B2
A magnetic stimulation system may include first and second subsystems. The first subsystem may include a first stimulator, a first coil, and a first processor configured to determine stimulation parameter data for a subject. The second subsystem may include a second stimulator, a headpiece including an identifier and a second coil mounted to a headpiece body at a fixed location, an image recording device, and a second processor configured to: receive first image data for one or more first images of the subject and headpiece; receive, from the image recording device, second image data for one or more second images of the subject and headpiece; determine, using the first and second image data, that the stimulation parameter data corresponds to the subject; determine, using the second image data, that the headpiece corresponds to the subject; and determine, using the second image data, that the headpiece is at a pre-determined position.
US12102828B2
A medical device senses cardiac electrical signals including T-waves attendant to ventricular myocardial repolarizations and detects a T-wave template condition associated with non-pathological changes in T-wave morphology. The device generates a T-wave template from T-waves sensed by the sensing circuit during the T-wave template condition. After generating the T-wave template, the device acquires a T-wave signal from the cardiac electrical signal and compares the acquired T-wave signal to the T-wave template. The device detects a pathological event in response to the acquired T-wave signal not matching the T-wave template.
US12102822B2
Some embodiments of an electrical stimulation system employ wireless electrode assemblies to provide pacing therapy, defibrillation therapy, or other stimulation therapy. In certain embodiments, the wireless electrode assemblies may include a guide wire channel so that each electrode assembly can be advanced over a guide wire instrument through the endocardium. For example, a distal tip portion of a guide wire instrument can penetrate through the endocardium and into the myocardial wall of a heart chamber, and the electrode assembly may then be advanced over the guide wire and into the heart chamber wall. In such circumstances, the guide wire instrument (and other portions of the delivery system) can be retracted from the heart chamber wall, thereby leaving the electrode assembly embedded in the heart tissue.
US12102810B2
The present disclosure relates to an audible indicator for use with a drug delivery device, the audible indicator including a spring element configured to reside in one of a relaxed state and a biased state, wherein the audible indicator includes a rotatable element coupled to the spring element, and wherein the spring element releases stored energy to rotate the rotatable element such that the rotatable element impacts a surface to generate an audible signal when the spring element changes from the biased state into the relaxed state.
US12102805B2
A medication injection pen comprises a dose set knob rotatable with respect to a housing to set a desired injection dose. The dose set knob comprises at least one internal thread. A leadscrew includes a thread element for advancing in a first direction via a corresponding thread engagement. A driver is rotationally fixed to the leadscrew and is rotatable in a first direction to rotate and advance the leadscrew in the first direction. The setback member is rotationally fixed to the driver. The dose stop member is rotationally coupled to the setback member and is axially movable relative to the dose set knob when the dose set knob is rotated relative to the setback member. Axial movement of the dose stop member limits the user from setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medication remaining in a cartridge.
US12102799B2
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.
US12102796B2
A model-based control scheme consisting of either a proportional-integral-derivative (IMC-PID) controller or a model predictive controller (MPC), with an insulin feedback (IFB) scheme personalized based on a priori subject characteristics and comprising a lower order control-relevant model to obtain PID or MPC controller for artificial pancreas (AP) applications.
US12102790B2
Methods to treat anemia are provided whereby an erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) and an iron supplement are administered by a wearable device, based on patient parameters sensed by the wearable device. The method can involve monitoring patient parameters and dosing an ESA and an iron supplement in real-time, via the wearable device.
US12102789B1
The invention is a theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system with movable workstation having handles. The workstation of theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system also has an on-board shielded disposal system for waste collection, which is operated by foot actuated system for locked and unlocked modes during the device journey. The theranostic delivery system or radiopharmaceutical drugs delivery system comprises a status light system that illuminates the working area to enable distance monitoring. Further, the delivery system includes a disposable secondary containment system that protects the core workstation from contamination, a configurable dose transporter and a disposable sealed fluid cartridge to withdraw custom volume from the vial or syringe. The delivery system includes a theranostic informatics management system, which contains a computer screen as a graphical user interface with a retractable rotating arm to receive the various patient infusion parameters.
US12102783B1
An electric flusher configured to clean a private part of a human body is provided. The electric flusher includes a base, a flushing head, and a driving assembly. The base defines a mounting space therein. The flushing head is disposed on a top portion of the base. The driving assembly is mounted in the mounting space. The driving assembly is connected to the flushing head, so that the flushing head swings or rotates in a first direction. Alternatively, the electric flusher includes the base for holding, the flushing head disposed on the top portion of the base, and an FPC germicidal lamp mounted on an outer wall of the flushing head. The electric flusher is able to comprehensively clean the private part of the human body and effectively remove dirt and bacteria.
US12102777B1
Devices and methods are described for accessing an intracranial extravascular space of a patient. For example, this disclosure describes devices and methods for drainage of a subdural hematoma disposed within an intracranial extravascular space of a patient.
US12102775B2
A ureteral catheter structure, comprising a catheter body (1). The catheter body (1) comprises a stepped braided tube (2), a bending tube (3), and a plastic catheter tip (14) which are spliced with each other. A first stainless steel outer tube (4) supports and connects the stepped braided tube (2) and the bending tube (3) at a splice therebetween, and a first PET heat-shrinkable film (5) is coated on the first stainless steel outer tube (4). A second stainless steel outer tube (6) supports and connects the bending tube (3) and the plastic catheter tip (14) at a position therebetween, and a second PET heat-shrinkable film (7) is coated on the second stainless steel outer tube (6). A traction wire (8) is provided within the catheter body (1), an end of the traction wire (8) being fixed on the bending tube (3), while the other end passing through the stepped braided tube (2). A heat-shrinkable sleeve (9) is provided outside the bending tube (3). An end of the ureteral catheter may be independently bent in multiple sections, thereby achieving a good detection effect, and solving the technical problem of instability when an end of the ureteral catheter is deflected.
US12102772B2
Entertainment provided to a patient during a conscious medical procedure is adaptively created and updated such that the length of the entertainment matches the length of the medical procedure even if the length of the medical procedure is extended or shortened while it is ongoing.
US12102762B2
Disclosed herein are novel designs of a nasal cannula device suitable for supplying a flow of respiratory gas to a user during respiratory therapy. In one design, the nasal cannula device includes a cannula body, and a base. The cannula body has a front, top, and rear sides, in which the rear side is substantially longer than the front side and flattens out at both ends in the form of a wing, and a tab extending out from the lower end of the rear side. At least one nasal joint tube extends out from the top side of the cannula body, and a first connecting member is formed on the tab. The base includes, an opening formed on the top of the base; two through holes respectively formed on the left and right ends of the base; and a second connecting member formed on the bottom of the base. The first and second connecting members are configured to engage with each other thereby enclosing the base within a space collectively defined by the front, top, and rear sides, and the tab of the cannula body. In another design, the nasal cannula device includes a cannula body having a tubular body, in which one side of the tubular body is substantially longer than the rest of the tubular body and flattens out at both ends in the form of a wing, and a nasal joint tube extends out from the outer surface of the cannula body.
US12102743B2
A bioreactor has a cover, a container body, a sealing portion, a driving portion and a liquid guide portion. A ventilation structure and a bacteria-retaining sealing breathable structure provided in the cover, a cleaning liquid inlet portion penetrates the bottom of the driving portion, and a liquid inlet portion and a liquid outlet portion of the liquid guide portion are arranged penetrating a sidewall of the container body. The driving portion drives, by means of elastic deformation, a liquid to be replaced or a cleaning liquid to move up and down, such that the liquid to be replaced can enter the container body only through a gas-liquid channel, so as to subsequently prevent damage to hepatic cells due to a carrier bearing a shearing force, and enable the liquid to be replaced to gain full contact with the carrier. Further provided is a bioreaction system.
US12102741B2
A protective mask for filtering out and effectively killing harmful organisms includes a transparent or translucent covering for the wearer's mouth. One or more resilient straps hold the covering over the wearer's mouth. Two modules, one at each edge of the covering, are located behind the edge of the eye sockets to reduce the moment of inertia when the wearer turns her head or moves her head up or down. Each module contains two UVC LEDs injecting light into a reflective chamber. A flow rate sensor in the chamber detects a flow rate of inhaled and exhaled air, and a controller supplies current to the LEDs generally proportional to the air flow. To remove heat from the LEDs, the LEDs are thermally coupled to heat sinks, a thermally conductive body of the modules, a thermally conductive grill, a thermally conductive receptacle for the modules, and thermally conductive straps.
US12102739B2
A support for volatile substance-diffusing wicks including a housing for placing a volatile substance-diffusing wick. The housing is formed by a plurality of elastic extensions defining a funnel shape.
US12102729B2
A tissue adhesive for contacting a tissue site, the tissue adhesive comprising: a mixture of natural polymers; and an activating agent enhancing the adhesive properties of the mixture of natural polymers. And a tissue adhesive for contacting a tissue site, the tissue adhesive comprising: a mixture of natural polymers; and an aqueous solution of a water soluble starch or a water soluble starch derivative which forms a gel with the addition of the mixture of natural polymers.
US12102725B2
An endoscope reprocessor includes a bottle connecting instrument and a nozzle. The bottle connecting instrument includes a first advancing and retracting member which shuts off a first flow path at a first position and opens the first flow path at a second position; a first fitting member; and a first retaining member which retains the first advancing and retracting member. The nozzle includes a second advancing and retracting member which shuts off the nozzle at a third position and opens the nozzle at a forth position, a second fitting member to be fitted with the first fitting member, and a second retaining member which retains the second advancing and retracting member.
US12102721B2
A dosage form of controlled release at specific gastrointestinal sites is provided. The dosage form includes a shell defining a first and a second compartment, a first active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) loaded in the first compartment, and a second API loaded in the second compartment, wherein the first API and the second API can be the same or different. The shell includes a first material soluble in a first gastrointestinal site and a second material soluble in a second gastrointestinal site.
US12102714B2
A disintegrating oral tablet suitable for active pharmaceutical ingredients includes a population of particles and at least one flavor ingredient. The population of particles includes directly compressible (DC) and non-directly compressible (non-DC) sugar alcohol particles, the non-DC particles providing the tablet with a plurality of discrete non-DC areas, and the non-DC areas resulting in a burst of the at least one flavor ingredient upon mastication of the tablet.
US12102702B2
Disclosed are personal care compositions, e.g., skin care compositions, comprising an acyl glutamate, e.g., sodium cocoyl glutamate, in an amount of from 1% to 10% by weight of the composition and at least one topically active compound, wherein the at least one topically active compound comprises a vitamin, as well as to methods of using these compositions.
US12102700B2
The present invention relates to a fluid composition intended for the protection of keratin materials against ultraviolet radiation, characterized in that it comprises at least: (a) a photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation, (b) at least one diester of a C2-C8 carboxylic acid and of a C1-C4 alcohol, (c) at least one diester of a C9-C14 carboxylic acid and of a C1-C4 alcohol, (d) at least one (C4-C26) dialkyl ether. The present invention relates more particularly to aqueous vaporizable compositions in particular in spray form and also to the pressurization devices containing them.
US12102698B2
Masking compositions useful for dental restoration, particularly masking compositions used as a coating to mask the unnatural color of milled lithium-silicate glass-ceramic dental restorations in soft states before crystallization cycle, and method of making same. Some embodiments relate to masking compositions comprising at least one glaze powder, at least one opacifier, and at least one colorant. Some embodiments relate to coating, drying, cooling, characterizing, and firing of dental restorations.
US12102692B2
Provided herein are materials and methods for efficiently delivering nucleic acids to cochlear and vestibular cells.
US12102683B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition of diltiazem hydrochloride. The pharmaceutical composition is preferably a gel and consists of diltiazem hydrochloride and excipients including propylene glycol, benzoic acid, and a gel matrix, which is one of or a mixture of povidone and hydroxypropyl cellulose. Based on percentage by weight, the diltiazem hydrochloride accounts for 1%-5%, the benzoic acid accounts for 0.1%-5.0%, the gel matrix accounts for 5%-10%, and the balance is propylene glycol, with pH maintained at 3.0-4.5. A preparation method is provided accordingly, with simple and readily available raw materials and stable quality.
US12102682B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an injectable photothermal hydrogel based on melanin and a preparation method and an application thereof. The injectable photothermal hydrogel is a hydroxypropyl chitosan/bis-amino polyethylene glycol modified melanin nanoparticles (HPCS/MP) hydrogel. The HPCS/MP hydrogel is prepared by mixing bis-amino polyethylene glycol modified melanin nanoparticles (MP) with hydroxypropyl chitosan (HPCS). The MP is synthesized by an amidation reaction of the melanin and the bis-amino PEG. A ratio of a volume of an MP solution to a volume of an HPCS solution in the HPCS/MP hydrogel is 4:6. A concentration of the MP solution is 20 wt %. A concentration of the HPCS solution is 4 wt %.
US12102680B2
The present invention relates to anti-TIGIT antibodies, as well as use of these antibodies in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
US12102674B2
Immunogenic compositions for inducing a universal immune response to influenza, and particularly influenza A, by eliciting anti-neuraminidase antibodies which provide protection against heterologous influenza infection. Compositions comprising recombinant expression vectors expressing neuraminidase in cultured cells dispersed in a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier comprising cell culture media, and optional adjuvant. Methods of inducing immune responses against influenza, and particularly influenza A, by eliciting anti-neuraminidase antibodies in a host animal susceptible to infection.
US12102669B2
The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting teratoma formation or growth, comprising tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1) or tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP-2) as an effective component. A pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting teratoma formation or growth comprising TIMP-1 or TIMP-2 as an effective component according to the present invention, when used in stem cell therapy, can inhibit the formation and growth of teratomas caused by undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells, without affecting the differentiation potential thereof, and thus can be advantageously used as a combination drug in combination with a stem cell drug.
US12102667B2
Provided are a novel polypeptide having endolysin activity, a fusion protein comprising the polypeptide and an antibiotic active protein, and an antibiotic use against a gram-negative pathogen of the polypeptide and/or fusion protein and/or a use for prevention and/or treatment of gram-negative pathogen infection and/or disease or symptoms related to gram negative pathogen infection.
US12102664B2
Disclosed herein are compounds and ligands, and compositions formed therewith, that modulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite by activating ectopic olfactory receptors. Also disclosed herein are methods for using the compositions to treat endocrine diseases, such as type-2 diabetes, and disorders, such as abnormal insulin secretion.
US12102657B2
A method for producing full spectrum hemp extract comprising extracting substances from cannabis-based green material that are soluble in an extraction solvent and collecting an extract that includes the extraction solvent distilling at least a portion of the extraction solvent which results in a concentrate that is not distilled off, removing at least a portion of water soluble substances from the concentrate by partitioning the at least a portion of water soluble substances into an aqueous phase and a remainder of substances from the concentrate into a partitioned concentrate, heating the partitioned concentrate to evaporate the nonpolar solvent and to yield a crude oil, degassing the crude oil by heating it which results in a degassed crude oil, performing a first pass distillation at about 150° C. and collecting a first residue, performing a second and third pass distillation at about 170° C. and about 185° C., and collecting a distillate from same.
US12102656B2
Topical formulations containing cannabis are provided. A formulation may include a cannabis flower extract, an emollient, a plant extract such as lavender flower or chamomile flower, and one or more excipients. Methods of making and methods of using topical formulations are also provided.
US12102645B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising fluticasone furoate and carboxy vinyl polymer.
US12102639B2
Imipridones selectively modulate Class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), such as the D2-like subfamily of dopamine receptors, and are useful for treating conditions and disorders in need of such modulation, such as cancers. Specifically, the cancer is a midline glioma, a cancer having a histone H3 mutation, or both. In addition, methods of identifying whether a subject having these conditions, is likely to be responsive to a treatment regimen, such as imipridone administration, are provided. Furthermore, methods of assessing the effectiveness of a treatment regimen, such as imipridone administration, monitoring, or providing a prognosis for a subject with these condition are also provided.
US12102637B2
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist and methods of preparing and using such compositions. The disclosure also relates to methods of facilitating release of a GnRH antagonist from a pharmaceutical composition.
US12102636B2
A system includes: a liquid formulation comprising an antipsychotic agent and an implantable infusion device. The implantable infusion device includes a reservoir, an outlet in communication with the reservoir, a drive mechanism configured to cause liquid formulation in the reservoir to be delivered to the outlet, and control electronics coupled to the drive mechanism. The control electronics are programmed with instructions that cause the liquid formulation to be delivered from the reservoir to the outlet at a flow rate of less than 500 microliters per hour for a period of time sufficient to reach a therapeutically effective steady state concentration in a subject's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) if the liquid is delivered to a CSF-containing space of a subject.
US12102631B2
The invention relates to neuroprotective, antioxidant quinolylnitrones to which the blood-brain barrier is highly permeable, as potential drugs for the treatment of a cerebral stroke or ischaemia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
US12102628B2
Compositions and methods useful in slowing, inhibiting, or regressing the progression of myopia, while minimizing pupil dilation and light sensitivity are provided herein. Provided compositions can include a muscarinic receptor antagonist and a miotic agent.
US12102624B2
A spray-dried storage stable pantoprazole composition is provided. The pantoprazole composition includes a pantoprazole and an excipient matrix including sodium chloride (NaCl). The pantoprazole is substantially uniformly dispersed in the excipient matrix. A method for forming a storage stable pantoprazole composition is also provided. The method includes combining a bulking agent and water to form a first solution, combining a pantoprazole and the first solution to form a second solution, combining sodium hydroxide and the second solution to form a bulk solution, and removing water from the bulk solution by drying to form the storage stable pantoprazole composition.
US12102616B2
Psilocin formulations of psilocin mucate with improved stability, physical properties and/or handling characteristics, as well as enhanced pharmacologic activity, pharmacokinetic parameters and safety characteristics as compared to psilocin or psilocybin and methods for their use are provided.
US12102614B2
Compositions and methods for preventing and recovery from detrimental effects of alcohol consumption
Disclosed are compositions, devices, and methods to prevent and recover from detrimental effects of alcohol consumption, including significant undesirable symptoms of a hangover consciously felt by the alcohol consumer, as well as those that may not be consciously experienced. The present technology comprehensively targets multiple negative effects of hangovers. In one aspect, a composition includes dihydromyricetin (DHM); and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC). The composition may further include Prickly Pear Extract, Milk Thistle, Ginger Root, Vitamins B, C, and E, electrolytes, and/or sugars.
US12102612B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a hydroquinone derivative of general formula 1 as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition has the effects of: enabling the prevention or treatment of obesity by inhibiting weight gain and visceral fat accumulation; and enabling the prevention or treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by inhibiting fat accumulation in liver tissue and lobular inflammation, and by improving insulin resistance.
US12102604B1
A medical apparatus having a plurality of medical vials, each medical vial having a vial flange; and a medical carousel configured to be selectively engaged with the plurality of medical vials, the medical carousel having: a carousel platform having: a plurality of vial holders, wherein each vial holder is configured to be selectively engaged with a corresponding medical vial, each vial holder being configured to selectively confine the vial flange of the corresponding medical vial such that upon rotation of the medical vial about a vial vertical axis, and subsequent lifting of the medical vial, the vial holder is configured to allow a patient to extract the selected medical vial using an extraction tool. The medical apparatus may be configured to selectively rotate the medical carousel to align a corresponding medical vial with an extraction aperture, and actuate an extraction door to uncover the extraction aperture, thus facilitating medication dispensing.
US12102603B2
A transparent bottle for holding a liquid includes a bottle body that includes a front wall, a rear wall and a first side wall and a second side wall that extend between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a central portion and a front faceted portion that extends between the central portion and the front wall. The front faceted portion is curved relative to the central portion and is separated from the central portion by a front outer transition line and is separated from the front wall by a front inner transition line. A bottom that extends between the front wall, the rear wall and the first and second side walls. The bottom provides a base structure for supporting the bottle in an upright, standing position. A shoulder extends inward from the bottle body and a neck extends outward from the shoulder toward a mouth.
US12102602B2
A capsule filling machine has a frame and a rotary plate. A processing station includes a weighing device for capsules. The frame has a table and feet for setting down on a floor. The weighing device has a weighing frame provided with dedicated weighing-frame feet. The table has a cutout with a peripheral edge, the weighing device being positioned in the cutout at a distance from its edge on all sides. The machine includes a flange having two ends that lie one on top of the other and a lining encircling its longitudinal axis. The flange in the region of one of its ends encloses the cutout in the machine table and is connected sealingly to the table in the region of the peripheral edge. The flange in the region of its other end encloses the weighing frame and is sealingly connected to the weighing frame.
US12102597B2
A transfer device (10) for removing or transferring a medium out of or into a bottle (20) having a bottle neck (34) that can be closed by means of a closure (42), including a first adapter part (12), which can be positioned on the bottle, and a second adapter part (14), which interacts with the first adapter part, which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the bottle, and has a conducting element (50) for piercing the closure. After the second adapter part (14) has been displaced along the first adapter part in the direction of the closure (42) and the second adapter part has been locked, the first adapter part (12) is non-releasably fastened to or around the bottle (20).
US12102595B2
A combinatorial drug delivery device is provided for delivering a predetermined selection of drug components, each of the drug components being contained in a drug vial. The device includes a plurality of modules, wherein each of the modules includes: a body having an interior volume formed to accommodate a drug vial; a cannula protruding into the interior volume, the cannula terminating at a free end, first and second openings being formed in the free end with first and second lumens extending therefrom and through the cannula; a socket located on an exterior portion of the body; a first passageway extending between, and in communication with, the socket and the first lumen; a boss protruding from an exterior portion of the body; and, a second passageway extending from, and in communication with the second lumen, the second passageway extending through the boss to terminate at an exit opening formed therein.
US12102583B2
A temperature-controlled massage node that imparts either or both a heating or cooling effects is provided, which may be attached to a massager to impart a heating or cooling effect on a user with a massage effect, or optionally, without a massage effect. The temperature-controlled massage node may be affixed to the massager or may be removably coupled. The temperature-controlled massage node may be powered by the same power source as the massager or may include an independent power source located, for example, in the massage node. The massage node may be used with a massager that provides percussive massage effects, such as a massage gun, or may be used with a vibrating massager. Optionally, the massage node may include independent power, a controller and a motor to supply both a vibrating massage effect and hot and cold effect, either alone or in combination.
US12102574B2
Disclosed embodiments provide a wheelchair bumper wing. The wheelchair bumper wing may be installed on a manual or electric wheelchair. In embodiments, two wheelchair bumper wings are used, with one wheelchair bumper wing installed on each side of the wheelchair. The wheelchair bumper wings serve to protect the wheels and other components of the wheelchair. In particular, when navigating narrow areas such as doorways, it is possible for a wheelchair wheel to collide with an obstruction, such as a pole or wall, which can potentially cause damage to the wheelchair and/or cause injury to the person sitting in the chair. Some wheelchairs can be quite expensive. The wheelchair bumper wings of disclosed embodiments can help to protect wheels, axles, motors, and other components of a wheelchair in the event of side contact with a structure such as a pole, wall, door jam, or other object. Disclosed embodiments can be used with conventional manual wheelchairs and/or motorized wheelchairs.
US12102570B2
A patient limb positioning apparatus comprises a movement assembly operating on a coupling bracket which can be engaged with the patient's limb, to move the limb according to a plurality of axes of movement. The movement assembly comprises, for at least one of said axes of movement, a drive unit which can be activated to move the coupling bracket according to a predetermined direction of movement. A load transducer detects a load transmitted between the coupling bracket and the drive unit in the respective direction of movement, to emit a signal representative of a detected load value. An electronic control unit is selectively switchable to a load control command mode and is suitable to cyclically compare the measured load value with a pre-set load value, to control activation of the drive unit when the detected load value differs from the pre-set load value.
US12102560B2
An implantable device having a reservoir for the sustained release of therapeutic agents. The device is configured to be at least partially implanted in an eye and include a retention structure and a penetrable element coupled to and extending within at least a portion of the proximal end region of the device. The device includes a porous drug release element is positioned in fluid communication with an outlet of the device and a reservoir having a volume configured to contain one or more therapeutic agents in fluid communication with the outlet through the porous drug release element. The device is at least partially inserted along an axis of insertion.
US12102553B2
The present invention is a drainable ostomy pouch having a closure system that includes a resealable press and seal material. The material facilitates closing and opening of the ostomy pouch outlet. A space between the comfort panel and the pouch material can accommodate the closure system or at least a portion of the closure system.
US12102552B2
Embodiments disclosed herein offer protective restraint of the hand by securing it with a wrist tie to a padded transparent hard-shell hand restraint with wrist tie slots, multiple ventilation holes, a detachable flexible soft under wrap and a hinging ball-bearing style attachment point for optional attachment to a restraint arm rod and staff-directed upward displacement for enhanced access to the hand, and slots for a resistance band tie for enhanced exercise and intermediate level of restraint and a rigid tie.
US12102542B2
An interspinous spacer that includes a body having a distal portion and a proximal portion; an actuator at least partially disposed in the body; and a first arm and a second arm, where the first and second arms are rotatably coupled to a distal portion of the body and coupled to the actuator, where the actuator, first arm, and second arm are configured, upon rotation of the actuator in a first direction, to move the first and second arms from an implantation position, in which the first and second arms extend from the distal portion of the body back toward the proximal portion of the body, to a deployed position, in which the first and second arms extend away from the body.
US12102528B2
Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve and method for crimping the prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. A method of radially compressing a prosthetic valve can include partially inserting the valve while in a radially expanded configuration into a crimping device comprising crimper jaws, wherein a portion of the valve comprising an outer skirt extends outside of the crimper jaws. The method can further include crimping the valve to a first partially collapsed configuration, further inserting the valve into the crimping device, such that the outer skirt is between the crimper jaws, and crimping the valve to a second partially collapsed configuration, wherein a diameter of the valve is smaller in the second partially collapsed configuration than in the first partially collapsed configuration.
US12102524B2
Embodiments of a modulable absorption light adjustable lens (MALAL) comprise a light adjustable lens that is capable of changing its optical properties upon an adjusting irradiation, including a photo-modifiable material; and a modulable absorption front protection layer, including a modulable absorption compound whose absorption properties can be modulated with a modulating stimulus. Other embodiments include a method of adjusting an optical property of a modulable absorption light adjustable lens, the method comprising: reducing an absorption of a modulable absorption compound of a modulable absorption front protection layer of the MALAL by a modulating stimulus, the MALAL having been previously implanted into an eye; and changing an optical property of a light adjustable lens of the MALAL by applying an adjusting irradiation.
US12102519B1
Embodiments described herein provide enhanced methods, techniques, and methods of treatment for consistently correcting facial asymmetries caused by gestational position of a fetus in utero using an improved method of treatment based upon facial asymmetry grading. With SSM, the patient is evaluated to determine whether their facial asymmetries are a result of FLT; and assuming so, a determination is made as to the severity of the asymmetries based upon the asymmetry severity scale guide. Based upon the determined severity and type of asymmetry, the injector performs an SSM plan that consistently corrects such asymmetries by injecting more filler to the more contoured side of the face as opposed to the heavier side, and in consistent amounts and to certain locations.
US12102504B2
An accurate and precise surgical guide for dental procedures, especially a procedure involving a subject with few or no teeth as well as methods for making and use of such guides.
US12102502B2
An orthodontic expansion device for expanding a maxilla A and a maxillary dentition B includes: two hinges arranged with an interval; a screw; two intermediate members configured to be driven in directions of opening on a front end side with the respective hinges as fulcrums, by rotation operation of the screw; at least two arm members supported by the intermediate members and extending laterally and diagonally forward from the intermediate members; and a plurality of holding members supported by the arm members and configured to be attached to crowns of both lateral segments of the maxillary dentition B.
US12102498B2
The specification discloses a dental curing light including 1) a light engine, 2) a coaxially aligned, camera-based viewing system, and 3) a control system providing a variety of safety features and simplified, operator-friendly operation. The camera's field of view (FOV) is coaxial with the centerline of the curing beam of the light engine. The curing light includes a multi-planar dichroic mirror (MDM) providing viewing and light beam direction aligned with the target. The MDM provide multiple images to the camera from different angles. The camera provides real-time measurement of light intensity reflected back from the targeted surface. Using the multiple image portions reflected by the multi-planar dichroic mirror, the control system computes the distance between the curing light and the target. The reflected intensity and the calculated distance enable the control system to compute a light engine irradiance to achieve a desired irradiance at the targeted surface.
US12102496B2
A base shaft 4 with a built-in magnet is rotatably projected on a base 1. A rocking body 7 has a square substrate 8, a sphere 9, a sphere holder 10 rotatable around an axis which extends through the center of the substrate and perpendicular to the substrate, and a stopper for fixing the sphere holder at a desired rotational position. The sphere holder holds the sphere in such a way that the sphere is fixed at a desired rotational position. A stage is attached to the sphere through a support rod 20. A lower portion of the sphere protrudes downward from the sphere holder and substrate. The rocking body is magnetically coupled to the base shaft at a lower end of the sphere. An elevating body 21 is fitted on the base shaft and fixed by a set collar 22 at a desired height. The elevating body has a recess for receiving the lower portion of the sphere. The rocking body takes a horizontal position when the elevating body is brought into contact with the substrate of the rocking body, but takes a tilt position when a side of the substrate is brought into contact with an upper surface of the elevating body after the elevating body is lowered. An angle display mechanism 23 displays a tilt angle at the tilt position of the rocking body depending on the height of the elevating body.
US12102490B2
A viewing system or imaging system is disclosed that includes optical pieces for viewing a subject. The viewing system may include features that allow an augmented mixed view through eyepieces of the viewing system. The mixed view may include graphical representations that are acquired or determined with information separate from the viewing system.
US12102486B2
A biopsy device includes a lateral member; a gun mount configured to support a biopsy gun, the gun mount being connected to the lateral member and movable along a first axis with respect to the lateral member, and a sensor which detects a position of the gun mount along the first axis with respect to the lateral member and generates positional data which is provided to an interface module. The gun mount can also be reconfigured in orientations which are offset in a dimension which is orthogonal to the first axis, orientations rotationally offset about the first axis or an axis parallel to the first axis. The lateral member can be in right hand and left hand orientations. Various sensors detect these reconfigurations and provide corresponding data to the interface module for additional calculations and display.
US12102481B2
A medical ultrasound system that includes an ultrasound probe and one of number of optional accessories attached to the ultrasound probe. The accessory exchanges data with the probe and receives power from the probe. The accessory includes processors and logic that governs it operation thereby adding functionality to the probe. The accessory receives input and provides output via any of a number of communication mechanisms, i.e., wireless, electrical, optical, RFID, IR, and the like. The accessory adds functionality to the probe, such as fiber optic shape sensing, obtaining electrical signals, obtaining bio-impedance measurements, tracking a needle, and determining the orientation of the probe. The accessory may include a needle guide, a triphalangeal support structure, or an acoustically transparent cap.
US12102480B2
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for portable medical ultrasound imaging. Preferred embodiments utilize a tablet touchscreen display operative to control imaging and display operations without the need for using traditional keyboards or controls. Certain embodiments provide ultrasound imaging system in which the scan head includes a beamformer circuit that performs far field sub array beamforming or includes a sparse array selecting circuit that actuates selected elements. Exemplary embodiments also provide an ultrasound engine circuit board including one or more multi-chip modules, and a portable medical ultrasound imaging system including an ultrasound engine circuit board with one or more multi-chip modules. Exemplary embodiments also provide methods for using a hierarchical two-stage or three-stage beamforming system, three dimensional ultrasound images which can be generated in real-time.
US12102475B2
For a classification-dependent user interface in ultrasound imaging with an ultrasound scanner, the ultrasound scanner classifies a view represented in an image. The user interface changes according to the view, allowing one or a few user inputs to be used for different user options or behavior combinations appropriate for the classified anatomy. The context from imaging alters the behavior of a given user input element of the user interface.
US12102474B2
A method of fetal ultrasound monitoring includes detecting contact of a first ultrasound transducer to a mother's abdomen based on input from a contact sensor in the first ultrasound transducer. A first transducer identifier is received from the first ultrasound transducer, and then the first transducer identifier is correlated with a first transducer label. A first heart rate is measured based on output of an ultrasound device in the first ultrasound transducer, and a heart rate indicator is displayed accordingly. A position of the first ultrasound transducer is identified in a two-dimensional plane, and the first transducer label is displayed on an abdomen image based on the first position.
US12102470B2
A disclosed radiation source position estimation system includes a first position information specifier configured to specify position information of one or more elements included in a position measuring member; an imager configured to acquire images of the one or more elements formed by radiation emitted from a radiation source; and a second position information specifier configured to specify position information of the radiation source, based on the first position information specified by the first position information specifier and the images acquired by the imager.
US12102469B2
An X-ray imaging system using multiple pulsed X-ray sources to perform highly efficient and ultrafast 3D radiography is presented. There are multiple pulsed X-ray sources mounted on a structure in motion to form an array of sources. The multiple X-ray sources move simultaneously relative to an object on a pre-defined arc track at a constant speed as a group. Electron beam inside each individual X-ray tube is deflected by magnetic or electrical field to move focal spot a small distance. When focal spot of an X-ray tube beam has a speed that is equal to group speed but with opposite moving direction, the X-ray source and X-ray flat panel detector are activated through an external exposure control unit so that source tube stay momentarily standstill equivalently. 3D scan can cover much wider sweep angle in much shorter time and image analysis can also be done in real-time.
US12102467B2
There is provided a computer-implemented method of estimating lung volume from radiographic images. The method comprises: registering (102) a two dimensional radiographic image (12) of a patients chest to a three dimensional radiographic image (14) of the patients chest to estimate data describing projection geometry (16) of an imaging setup used to capture the two dimensional radiographic image; using the projection geometry to estimate (104) at least one radiographic magnification factor (18) relating to the imaging setup; and calculating (106) an estimated lung volume (20) using the two dimensional radiographic image and the at least one radiographic magnification factor.
US12102445B2
In general, systems and methods for monitoring and communicating information using drug administration devices are provided.
US12102444B2
Accordingly, systems and methods have been developed to monitor, diagnose, and predict the course of a wound to aid in determining whether a wound is properly healing. This includes systems and methods that may be performed by the patient in the home in some cases, and some that utilized sensors available on mobile devices. Thus, patients may be able to manage wounds at home without the intervention of caregivers and reduce the costs of admission to hospitals.
US12102439B2
A computer-implemented method may comprise providing a wireless tri-axial seismocardiography (SCG) device configured to measure and time-stamp movements of a user's chest caused by the user's heart beats; positioning the SCG device on the user's chest in a predetermined orientation and initiating a test; using the positioned SCG device, detecting, sampling, digitizing and time-stamping movement vectors of the user's chest over a predetermined period of time in each of x, y and z directions; storing the time-stamped digitized movement vectors in a memory of the SCG device and sending the time-stamped digitized movement vectors to at least one of the app on the mobile device and the remote server over a computer network; receiving, by the app on the mobile device, a plurality of fiduciary markers from the remote server, the plurality of fiduciary markers being detected from or derived using the time-stamped digitized movement vectors in each of x, y and z directions; and generating a report on the mobile device using at least some of the plurality of fiduciary markers, the report including an indication of the health of the user's heart.
US12102433B2
The present disclosure provides a fluid collection device, including: a body having an axial bore with a fluid inlet at one end of the bore, the fluid inlet configured to connect directly or indirectly to a needle adapted to penetrate a subject to sample fluid; and two or more integrally formed fittings projecting from the body, the fittings each having an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet; each fitting configured to directly releasably couple to a collection tube such that fluid collected by the needle flows through the inlet, through the body and into each of the fittings to simultaneously or successively fill the coupled collection tubes with fluid.
US12102432B2
Disclosed herein is a method for determining a dosing prescription for a medicament in a patient undergoing CRRT. The method generally includes administering to the bloodstream of the patient a fluorescent agent; administering to the patient at least one dose of the medicament; performing CRRT on the patient after administering the fluorescent agent to the patient; exposing the fluorescent agent to visible or infrared light; monitoring transcutaneously a change in the spectral energy from the fluorescent agent over a period of time; correlating a change in intensity of the spectral energy from the fluorescent agent to a clearance rate of the fluorescent agent from the bloodstream in the patient; calculating a clearance rate of the medicament in the patient; determining an amount of the medicament in the bloodstream of the patient as a function of time; and adjusting a dosing prescription of the medicament to the patient.
US12102424B2
A breathing monitor that includes a contactless sensor that uses magneto-LC resonance technology is provided. The breathing monitor collects breathing data from a patient that indicates a breathing pattern of the patient. A model trained using machine learning using breathing patterns collected from patients known to have different stages of COVID-19 is used to process the collected breathing data and to determine whether the patient has COVID-19. The model further determines the stage of COVID-19. The breathing monitor can identify likely COVID-19 infections faster than existing tests and requires no contact between the patient and a medical professional, which is an improvement over existing COVID-19 detection technologies.
US12102419B2
A bio-information processing apparatus may include: a bio-signal measurer configured to measure a bio-signal; a bio-information receiver configured to receive first bio-information; and a processor configured to estimate second bio-information based on the bio-signal, and to correct the second bio-information based on measurement circumstances of the first bio-information and the second bio-information.
US12102416B2
The present specification describes methods and systems for monitoring changes in physiological data, such as electrocardiogram data, respiration data, and blood pressure data, as a consequence of a change in position or movement of a subject under observation. Embodiments of the present specification provide systems for detecting and processing motion data by utilizing an available physiological monitoring device, with minimal additions of cost and equipment. A connecting wire is used to add a motion sensor to an existing physiological monitoring device. The connecting wire provides a channel for powering the motion sensing device as well as communication of data to and from the motion sensing device. Preferably, the motion sensor is embedded into the wire.
US12102413B2
Apparatuses, systems, devices, mechanisms, and methods are used to locate an ABTT terminus and then to measure the temperature of the ABTT terminus.
US12102403B2
A robotic surgical system with user engagement monitoring includes a surgeon console having a hand detection system and a tracking device including an image capture device configured to capture an image of a user position reference point, wherein information from the hand detection system and the tracking device are combined to control operation of the robotic surgical system.
US12102400B2
Techniques for controlling a moveable component include a moveable component and a controller. The controller is configured to control motion of the moveable component according to a state machine comprising a first and second state. In the first state, the controller holds the moveable component at a current position. The controller transitions the state machine from the first state to the second state in response to detecting a displacement of the moveable component, due to a disturbance, from the current position for longer than a first predetermined duration of time. In the second state, the controller commands the moveable component to perform a motion. The controller remains in the second state until a stop condition is detected, even if the disturbance ends before the stop condition is detected. The controller transitions the state machine from the second state to the first state in response to detecting the stop condition.
US12102397B2
A system for robot-assisted surgery includes an image sensor and a display. The system further includes a controller coupled to the image sensor and the display, where the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the system to perform operations. The operations may include acquiring first images of a surgical procedure with the image sensor, and analyzing the first images with the controller to identify a surgical step in the surgical procedure. The operations may further include displaying second images on the display in response to identifying the surgical step; the second images may include at least one of a diagram of human anatomy, a preoperative image, an intraoperative image, or an annotated image of one of the first images.
US12102395B2
A system for positioning a medical object at a desired depth includes a light guiding facility and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive planning information that specifies a desired depth for an arrangement of a predefined section of a medical object in an examination object with respect to an entry point of the medical object in the examination object. The medical object has a mark that has a predefined relative positioning with respect to the predefined section. The processing unit is configured to control the light guiding facility for emitting a light distribution as a function of the planning information and the predefined relative positioning such that the light distribution illuminates the mark if the predefined section is arranged at the desired depth.
US12102387B2
A diagnostic device for use in performing refractive errors assessment and neurodegenerative disorders screening is described herein. The diagnostic device includes a display configure to render dynamically adjusted, dichoptic visual stimuli to a user, a varifocal optics system orientated between the display and the user's eyes, an ocular reflex analyzer emitting light signals towards the user's eye s and obtaining light signal reflected from selected part of the eye to measure eye accommodation during an on-going visual stimulation, and an eye tracking system configured to track movement of the user's eyes.
US12102379B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for improving sleep by treating at least one of rhinitis, congestion, and/or rhinorrhea to thereby reduce or eliminate symptoms associated therewith, including, but not limited to, nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, and nasal or throat irritation and itching.
US12102376B2
System for increasing a target zone for electrical ablation includes a treatment control module executable by a processor. The control module directs a pulse generator to apply pre-conditioning pulses to subject tissue cells in a pre-conditioning zone to electroporation, the pre-conditioning zone being smaller than a target ablation zone. After the pre-conditioning pulses have been applied, the control module directs the pulse generator to apply treatment pulses to electrically ablate the tissue cells in the target ablation zone. The pre-conditioning pulses cause the pre-conditioning zone to have a much higher conductivity so that the zone acts as a larger electrode area when the treatment pulses are applied, which results in a much larger target ablation zone than otherwise possible.
US12102372B2
A tissue resection apparatus is provided which includes an outer tube with a helical coil disposed on a distal end. The coil is provided with a first electrode. A central tube has a distal edge profile comprising one or more surface segments. One of the surface segments includes a second electrode. The central tube is slidably disposed within the outer tube and positioned such that second electrode opposes at least a portion of the first electrode. A cutting tube is slidably disposed within the central tube and includes a cutting edge.
US12102367B2
A method for stabilizing a vertebral body is provided. The method includes creating one or more openings into a central region of the vertebral body and dispose at least one cannula in the one or more openings. The method includes forming an internal cavity within the vertebral body through at least one of the one or more openings. The method includes injecting bone particles into the internal cavity of the vertebral body through a bone particle catheter disposed within the at least one cannula. The method includes applying pressure to the bone particles within the internal cavity of the vertebral body, thereby compressing them against a sidewall of the internal cavity. The method includes removing the at least one cannula and closing the one or more openings, thereby sealing the bone particles within the internal cavity of the vertebral body. A system for stabilizing a vertebral body is also provided.
US12102360B1
A compressible plate including a plurality of plate segments for compressing two or more osseous structures. The compressible cervical plate includes a spring retaining member extending from at least one plate segment and a spring retaining member recess disposed at another plate segment, the spring retaining member recess receiving the spring retaining member. A spring disposed at the spring retaining member and providing active compression between the plurality of plate segments.
US12102353B2
In one embodiment, an expander set includes a first and second expander. The first expander includes an outer surface having a first engagement feature and a groove and the second expander includes an inside surface having a second engagement feature adapted to engage with the first engagement feature. The inside surface of the second expander is shaped to correspond to a portion of the outer surface of the first expander. Additionally, the groove on the outer surface of the first expander is sized and shaped to accommodate a rod of a retraction system such that when the first expander is advanced within the retraction system, the rod remains within the groove. When the first and second expanders are engaged with one another, they define an oblong cross-section.
US12102342B2
A valvuloplasty system comprises a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent leaflets of a valve. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The system further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves. The shock waves propagate through the liquid and impinge upon the valve to decalcify and open the valve.
US12102334B2
A clip applier may be configured to apply a surgical clip to tissue. The clip applier may include a first jaw member, a second jaw member, and a stabilizing member, each configured to engage the surgical clip. The stabilizing member may be configured to move longitudinally with respect to the clip applier from a first position at least partially between the first and second jaw members to a second position at least partially between the first and second jaw members. The longitudinal movement of the stabilizing member may be constrained to longitudinal movement between the first and second positions. The stabilizing member may include first and second sidewalls on a distal portion, where the first and second sidewalls are configured to stabilize the surgical clip in a lateral direction. The clip applier may include a hinge pin received in a longitudinal channel of the stabilizing member.
US12102322B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a loading unit and a surgical buttress assembly. The loading unit includes an anvil assembly and a staple cartridge assembly. The staple cartridge assembly includes a staple cartridge having a tissue facing surface including staple pockets and a central longitudinal slot defined therethrough and a hook assembly extending outwardly from the tissue facing surface. The surgical buttress assembly includes an anvil buttress and a cartridge buttress. Each of the anvil and cartridge buttresses includes a body, a proximal tab, and a distal tab. The anvil and cartridge buttresses are interconnected at a junction of the proximal tabs and the surgical buttress assembly is folded at the junction such that the proximal tabs substantially overlie one another. The proximal tabs are engaged with the hook assembly to releasably secure the proximal tabs of the anvil and cartridge buttresses to the staple cartridge assembly.
US12102320B2
A cord comprises a braided sheath of strands having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a central hollow portion defined by the inner surface and having a volume and a core within the central hollow portion of the tubular braided sheath, such that when the cord is in a relaxed state the tubular braided sheath has a cylindrical shape and a relaxed volume of the central hollow portion wherein the core does not fill the relaxed volume of the central hollow portion of the tubular braided sheath; when the cord is in a longitudinal tensioned state, the tubular braided sheath elongates under the longitudinal tension such that a tensioned volume of at least a part of the central hollow portion of the tubular braided sheath is less than the relaxed volume; and the inner surface of the tubular braided sheath of tensioned volume contacts and cinches a surface of the core.
US12102316B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for assessing the surface of a target cardiac tissue and for delivering a tissue anchor to cardiac tissue at a preselected depth within the myocardium in a beating heart procedure. In one variation, an anchor delivery device comprises an elongate body, a tissue anchor disposed within a first longitudinal lumen of the elongate body, and a tissue depth indicator slidable within a second longitudinal lumen of the elongate body. The tissue depth indicator has a first configuration that indicates the boundary of the surface of the target tissue and a second configuration that indicates when the distal tip of the elongate body has been advanced to a preselected depth into the target tissue. In some variations, a tissue depth indicator may also be configured to resist or limit the penetration of the delivery device into tissue after a preselected depth has been reached.
US12102314B2
The system includes a frame composed of materials and geometry allowing selective deformation in a plane perpendicular to a patient's anatomy at the surgical site but resisting deformation in a plane parallel to the anatomy. The frame is connected to stabilizing features and sheets, which are attached to adhesive to secure the frame to the patient. The features, sheets, and adhesive layers extend both into and beyond the frame. An integrated sheet covers the prospective incision site on the patient. When positioned at the site, the frame conforms to the patient. Anchor points are distributed along the frame to reversibly secure and provide a stable base for surgical retractors, even when unilaterally applied. By adaptable positioning and design of the stabilizing members and adhesive layers on the frame, the system is able to provide optimal tractional stability when experiencing tensile loads in myriad surgical environments including ophthalmic and spinal surgery.
US12102313B2
A surgical retractor assembly for providing surgical exposure. The surgical retractor assembly consists of two frame segments connected by adjustable ratchet mechanisms to form a retractor frame. The ratchet mechanisms can be attached to tissue retractor blades that provide exposure of the wound when expanded, without the requirement of a direct connection/attachment to an operating table or bed frame. The tissue retractor blades are attached in a manner that is adjustable and facilitates the ability of the overall surgical retractor assembly to be raised or lowered with respect to the patient. The retractor frame also allows attachments of additional retractor blades or other surgical retractor accessories for additional surgical exposure.
US12102312B2
This disclosure relates to the field of luminal surgery. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to medical devices that expand within a body lumen for accessing a target tissue. In an aspect, an expandable device for a body lumen may include a filament comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a length. The device may include a plurality of segments. Each segment may comprise a middle portion comprising a longitudinal axis extending axially therethrough, a projection portion extending from an end of the middle portion along the longitudinal axis, and a receptive portion extending from an opposing end of the middle portion away from the longitudinal axis, the receptive portion configured to receive the projection portion of an adjacent one of the plurality of segments. An aperture may be disposed through the projection portion, the middle portion, and the receptive portion.
US12102295B2
A digital device (100) facilitates body cavity diagnosis without using a speculum. The device (100) comprises a casing (101) for enclosing a probe with additional channels (102). The additional channels (102) comprises a plurality of instruments. The probe (103) is configured for optical and digital diagnosis of abnormalities in the body cavities. The probe (103) is connected to wireless communication components for displaying captured images. The probe (103) in association with angulation wires (107) facilitates capturing the images of abnormalities along with digital image diagnosis, wherein the angulation wires (107) provides maximum field of surround-vision. The casing (101) has a transparent cap (105) configured for visualizing structure of the cavity. The casing (101) comprises an expandable outer cuff (104), for separating the walls of a body part.
US12102294B2
Methods of manufacturing a medical component include additively manufacturing a medical component at least in part by successive, layer-by-layer, selective exposure and associated successive, layer-by-layer, selective solidification of construction material layers made of a construction material solidifiable with an energy beam. The medical component is insertable at least partially into a body of a living being, and the medical component includes a channel structure that has a tubular channel through which a medium and/or at least one functional element can be passed.
US12102292B2
The endoscope system includes a light source device that illuminates a subject, dichroic mirrors that separate a reflected light beam from the subject into a first blue light beam, a second blue light beam, a green light beam, and a red light beam, a CMOS sensor that picks up an image of the first blue light beam, a CMOS sensor that picks up an image of the second blue light beam, a CMOS sensor that picks up an image of the green light beam, and a CMOS sensor that picks up an image of the red light beam, and a control unit that controls image pickup. The control unit independently controls the exposure times of the CMOS sensors.
US12102289B2
Methods for preventing contamination of an endoscope may include coupling a sheath device to cover both the inside and outside of the endoscope. The sheath device may include a rigidizing flexible tubular external sheath that extends over the endoscope to form an external protective barrier, a tubular internal sheath that extends within a lumen of the endoscope that forms an internal protective barrier, and a cap sealed to both the external sheath and the internal sheath. The sheath may be rigidized to enhance insertion.
US12102282B2
A shoe management apparatus including a cabinet defining an inner space for storing shoes, an exhaust port disposed at a rear surface of the inner space and discharging air into the inner space, and a circulation filter disposed on an inner wall of the cabinet and for filtering air within the inner space of the cabinet, the circulation filter including an upper portion including a first opening and a lower portion including a second opening, the lower portion being disposed below the upper portion.
US12102265B2
An herb grinding device for no jamming grinding of herb and other plant material is presented. The herb grinding device, provides for a battery-operated grinder for marijuana and similar herb products. The invention takes a form of an overall cylindrical enclosure that is approximately forty-eight millimeters (48 mm.) high and sixty-three millimeters (63 mm.) high. The overall cylindrical enclosure comprises a battery/motor compartment at the lower portion of the device, a grinding compartment in the middle of the device and a cover at the top of the device. Further description of the battery/motor compartment, the grinding compartment, and the cover will be provided herein below. It is envisioned that the overall cylindrical enclosure would be made of stainless steel for durability, easy of cleaning and sanitization, and durability.
US12102245B2
A floating beverage holding apparatus includes a c-shaped body, a webbing, and a collapsible fastener. The c-shaped body is an inflatable apparatus and includes a top surface, an outer lateral surface, an inner lateral surface, a bottom surface, a lateral opening, and a central opening. The top surface and the bottom surface are perimetrically connected to each other by the outer lateral surface and the inner lateral surface. The central opening is delineated by a curved section of the inner lateral surface and the webbing is terminally connected onto the curved section of the inner lateral surface to receive a beverage container. The lateral opening is delineated in between a first section and a second section of the inner lateral surface. The collapsible fastener is connected onto the outer lateral surface and extended across the lateral opening to secure a beverage container to the c-shaped body.
US12102239B2
An adjustable single-fabric self-cushioned distributed load comfort baby sling.
US12102237B2
An inflatable product includes an inflatable chamber and an elongated element. The inflatable chamber includes fusion portions. The elongated element is flexible, is disposed in the inflatable chamber, includes enlarged portions, and is connected to the inflatable chamber with the enlarged portions constrained by the fusion portions. The elongated element is in tension for controlling expansion of the inflatable chamber to a desired shape when the inflatable chamber is inflated to expand. The enlarged portions are constrained by the fusion portions to avoid separation of the elongated element from the inflatable chamber when the inflatable chamber is inflated to expand.
US12102231B1
A device that stabilizes the connection between the encoder and the tablet of an e-poll book system is provided. The device prevents disconnection of the encoder and/or wear on the connectors between the encoder and tablet that can result in failure of the system. The stabilizer bracket includes a first, primary opening or pocket that is sized to receive the body of the encoder therein and includes an opening that allows the user to see and encoder indicator light on the front face of the encoder 20. A pair of tabs extend from the rear face of the stabilizing bracket, and a shorter pair of tabs extend from the front face of the stabilizing bracket to provide stability.
US12102230B2
An elongated support member and a goods storage system includes an elongated support member (3, 4) including two spaced wall portions (19, 20) defining a channel (21) extending in a longitudinal direction of the elongated support member for receipt of an inner mounting end (22) of a support bracket (7, 8, 9, 10), wherein each one of the two spaced wall portions includes at least one engagement structure (23a, 23b; 24a, 24b) facing the channel for engagement with a laterally projecting engagement structure of the support bracket, wherein each one of the engagement structures (23a, 23b; 24a, 24b) has an open end facing in the same direction in the longitudinal direction of the elongated support member for receipt of an engagement structure of the support bracket during mounting of a goods storage system.
US12102226B2
A clothes-rail system for fastening in rooms includes at least one vertically oriented main element with a first end and a second end and at least one transverse element. The at least one transverse element is arranged on the main element in a direction transverse to the at least one main element. The position in which the at least one transverse element is arranged on the at least one main element is variable. The clothes-rail system includes at least a first fastening element and a second fastening element. The first fastening element is arranged at the first end of the at least one main element. The second fastening element is arranged at a second end of the main element.
US12102225B2
A shelving system includes a support post having a mounting surface and a plurality of vertically spaced retention members extending from the mounting surface. A shelf includes a bracket member configured for coupling to a first of the vertically spaced retention members. A support bracket includes an attachment portion configured for coupling to a second of the vertically spaced retention members adjacent the first vertically spaced retention member and a support portion configured for coupling to the bracket member.
US12102222B2
Systems and methods comprising: cause first legs to rotate towards the center of the table until the first legs reside adjacent to the upper or lower part of the table; cause the first legs to slide against the upper or lower part in a first direction away from the center of the table until second ends of the first legs are received into openings formed in first couplers coupling the first legs to the upper part; cause the second legs to rotate towards the center of the table until the second legs reside adjacent to the upper or lower part of the table; and cause the second legs to slide against the upper or lower part in a second direction away from the center of the table until second ends of the second legs are received into openings formed in second couplers coupling the second legs to the upper part.
US12102214B2
A backpack includes a main body including a front side and a rear side, a pair of shoulder straps, each shoulder strap extending from a first fixed end at an upper portion of the rear side to a second free end, and a shoulder strap leveling structure coupled with each of the shoulder straps. Each shoulder strap leveling structure is coupled with a corresponding shoulder strap and includes a slip lock member disposed along a portion of the corresponding shoulder strap, and a bulk strap including a first end coupled with the rear side of the backpack and a second free end that is moved through a slot of the slip lock member. Each bulk strap also includes a plurality of markings arranged along a length dimension of the bulk strap that are visible through a window of the slip lock member.
US12102208B2
A brush for applying a product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, including a core, in particular a twisted core, that extends along a longitudinal axis, and bristles that are held by the core in a portion of the core bearing the bristles. The bristles have free ends that define an envelope surface, the envelope surface having at least one facet and at least one groove, the groove extending along at least half the length of the portion of the core bearing the bristles, and the envelope surface being configured such that at least one facet and at least one angular sector with a contour of circular overall shape in section are successively encountered on moving around the longitudinal axis of the brush, this angular sector comprising at least the groove, the groove having outer edges situated on the contour of circular overall shape of the angular sector.
US12102202B2
The present invention pertains to the technical field of aeromagnetic survey, and specifically pertains to a storage device for a data analyzer for aerospace magnetic field measurement, which comprises a storage box body, a moving structure for facilitating movement is connected to the storage box body, a shielding structure for shielding sunlight is connected to the storage box body, an accommodating structure for accommodating an article is connected to the storage box body, a support structure for supporting is connected to the accommodating structure, and a placing structure for placing is connected to the storage box body.
US12102200B2
Systems and kits for replenishing an electrowetting ophthalmic device are described. In an embodiment, the system includes an electrowetting ophthalmic device including a lens material defining a cavity encasing an aqueous electrowetting solution; a replenishing solution having an osmolarity approximately equal to an osmolarity of the aqueous electrowetting solution; and a container shaped to carry the electrowetting ophthalmic device and the replenishing solution and to position the electrowetting ophthalmic device in contact with the replenishing solution when the electrowetting ophthalmic device and the replenishing solution are carried by the container. In an embodiment, the osmolarity of the aqueous electrowetting solution is higher than an osmolarity of a tear fluid of an eye.
US12102197B2
An animal tethering, assistive cane, and personal defense combination device incorporating user mobility and self-defense features includes a housing that defines an interior space. A leash is coupled to the housing and is positioned in the interior space. The leash is retractable type so that a cord of the leash is selectively extensible from the housing through an aperture. A user is positioned to couple the cord to a domestic animal to leash the domestic animal. A pole that is coupled to and extends from the housing comprises a plurality of nested sections so that the pole is selectively extensible and configured to serve as a mobility aid. A stun gun that is coupled to the pole distal from the housing is configured to administer an electrical shock to an attacker to incapacitate the attacker.
US12102193B2
A mesh hook surface fastener does not lose engagement ability even when subjected to mold-in forming and gives only a slight feeling of something foreign. The mesh hook surface fastener contains first shape holding ribs (a21) with a relatively small protrusion height and second shape holding ribs (a22) with a relatively large protrusion height which protrude to the opposite side of hook-shaped engagement elements (B1, B2) across a base layer (A1) and are alternately arranged. The heights of the adjacent shape holding ribs (a21, a22) are different, which prevents the direct entrance of a foamable resin liquid and weakens its force. As the force weakens, foaming and curing progress more readily and, as a result, the amount of the foamable resin liquid that passes through meshes of the base layer to reach the hook-shaped engagement elements can be reduced.
US12102191B2
A belt audio system includes a belt and a buckle assembly having a first buckle body and a second buckle body. The first buckle body includes hooks extending outward from the front surface, and the second buckle body including a pair of openings for receiving the hooks. An entertainment device having a magnet on the back surface is connected to the first and second buckle bodies. The entertainment device having a speaker, and a wireless transceiver for receiving content from an external device to be played on the speaker. A location identification unit provides distance information for a golf course, and a display provides the detected distance. A decorative buckle cover includes a magnet along a back surface and decorative elements along the front surface. The buckle cover magnetically connects to the buckle assembly when the entertainment device is not in use.
US12102183B2
A tendon guard for a skate boot includes (a) a structural guard frame configured to protect an Achilles tendon of a wearer of the skate boot; and (b) a mount configured to join the guard frame to a shell of the skate boot. The mount includes a mount flex portion having sufficient flexibility to permit rearward movement of an upper portion of the frame in response to application of a rearward force on the upper portion by a lower leg of the wearer during plantarflexion. The mount flex portion has sufficient resiliency to urge the upper portion back toward a resting position when the rearward force is relieved.
US12102180B2
A closure mechanism is moveable between unlocked and locked positions and includes a locking element coupled to the first portion of the upper and a non-deflecting projection coupled to the second portion of the upper. The locking element is configured to receive the non-deflecting projection and comprises one or more deflecting abs. The projection is moveable in a first direction relative to the locking element to engage with the locking element, thereby moving the closure mechanism to the locked position and moving the upper to the closed configuration. The projection is moveable in the first direction relative to the locking element to disengage with the locking element, thereby moving the closure mechanism to the unlocked position and allowing the upper to return to the open configuration.
US12102179B2
A separable footwear article comprising an outsole oriented at a bottom of the footwear and configured for ground contact, the outsole comprising a first material, an upper portion comprising a second material different from the first material, and a welt positioned between the outsole and the upper. The welt is releasably coupled to the outsole with a first thread using a first stitching technique, and releasably coupled to the upper portion with a second thread using a second stitching technique. The outsole, the upper portion, and the welt are configured to be separated upon receipt of a pulling force upon the first thread and the second thread sufficient to remove the first thread and the second thread from the footwear article.
US12102178B2
A rapid-entry and rebounding fit shoe having one or both of a rapid-entry heel element and a rapid-entry tongue element and both snap back for fit. The rapid-entry shoe directs a user's foot into or otherwise accommodates a user's foot with respect to, a shoe opening, and thereafter secures a rear portion of rapid-entry shoe about a user's heel as well as forefoot.
US12102177B2
A shoe includes a sole and an upper attached to the sole, in which the upper includes an upper main body that covers the forefoot portion, a portion of the midfoot portion, and the heel portion of the wearer, and a tongue that covers a portion of the midfoot portion, the tongue is connected to the upper main body in a front end portion or in the front end portion and portions of side portions, and the front end portion of the tongue is located such that the path length from a rear end portion of the shoe is a range of 35% or more and 50% or less based on a center line passing from the rear end portion to a front end portion of the shoe.
US12102175B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes an upper, an outsole, a sole plate, and a midsole structure. The sole plate is adjacent to the upper, the midsole structure is adjacent to the sole plate, and the outsole is adjacent to the midsole structure. An exposed forefoot region has the bottom wall of the sole plate uncovered by the outsole or midsole structure. A forward point and a rearward point are located along the bottom wall of the sole plate. The forward point is located at the front of the forefoot region and a rearward point is located farthest away from the forward point in the heel region. The forward point and the rearward point form a main axis line. The deepest point is the point located on the exterior of the outsole in the midfoot region that is not obstructed by midsole structure or outsole that can extend to form an inclination line to the forward point with respect to the main axis line at the highest angle. That angle is between 2 and 30 degrees.
US12102171B2
A supporting member in a sole for an article of footwear including at least a vertical sub-member extending in both a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction that extends along a toe region to a heel region of the sole. Located within or adjacent to a cushioning member, the vertical sub-member has a curvature along the longitudinal direction wherein the curvature is configured to reduce flexion of the cushioning element and/or improve the durability of the supporting member. The supporting member further includes a horizontal sub-member extending from a sidewall of the vertical sub-member in a latitudinal direction of the sole and being angled away from the vertical sub-member and at least a portion of the vertical sub-member being coextensive with the vertical sub-member.
US12102165B2
A sport helmet has an outer shell including a first shell and a second shell movable relative to the first shell; levers hingedly connected to the first shell on left and right sides of the sport helmet for adjustably securing the first and second shells together; and finger-engageable locking actuators for selectively allowing movement of the levers from the engaged position to the disengaged position, the finger-engageable locking actuators being engaged to anchoring projections receivable within anchoring apertures, the finger-engageable locking actuators movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position movements of the levers relative to the first shell are limited via the anchoring projections, and wherein in the unlocked position the anchoring projections are disengaged from the anchoring apertures such that the levers are pivotable between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
US12102159B2
A garment worn by a wearer has an impact absorbing material comprising arrays of various hexagonal or other deformable polygonal-shaped structures positioned between an exterior surface and an interior surface. When force is applied to the exterior surface, the structures of the impact absorbing materials deform (e.g., buckle) in a desired manner, reducing the force received by the interior surface.
US12102134B2
Apparatus for an aerosol generating device includes an LC resonant circuit including an inductive element for inductively heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material to thereby generate an aerosol. The apparatus includes a switching arrangement for enabling a varying current to be generated from a DC voltage supply and flow through the inductive element to cause inductive heating of the susceptor arrangement. The apparatus also includes a temperature determiner for, in use, determining a temperature of the susceptor arrangement based on a frequency that the LC resonant circuit is being operated at.
US12102133B2
A detection method for detecting intake of an aerosol-forming substrate, applicable to an electronic vaporization device, includes: obtaining an air pressure value in an airflow channel of the electronic vaporization device, the airflow channel flowing vapor generated by the electronic vaporization device for ease of inhaling, the vapor being generated through vaporization of an aerosol-forming substrate in the electronic vaporization device; calculating intake of the aerosol-forming substrate according to the air pressure value; and reminding a user according to the intake, or adjusting operating parameters of the electronic vaporization device according to the intake.
US12102128B2
A cigarette heater, comprising a heating assembly and a heat insulation assembly used for insulating the heating assembly; the heating assembly comprises a longitudinal heating cavity used for accommodating a cigarette and a heating body used for heating the cigarette; the heat insulation assembly comprises an anisotropic material layer sleeved outside the heating assembly, the thermal conductivity coefficient of the anisotropic material layer in the radial direction being lower than the thermal conductivity coefficient thereof in the axial direction, being used for reducing the thermal conduction of the heat in the heating cavity along the radial direction toward the periphery. By means of arranging the anisotropic material layer outside the heating assembly, the present cigarette heater isolates the heat transfer in the radial direction and also converts the direction of conduction to a dispersed transfer toward the axial direction, reducing the radially outward heat transfer.
US12102114B2
An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.
US12102108B2
Food containing water is improved. A fryer controls water which is an ingredient of food as an object placed between a pair of opposed plate antennas, to be more specific, the water activity of the object, by generating electromagnetic waves between the pair of opposed plate antennas. Then, the fryer applies a DC electric field of +100 V as an offset electric field on the water phase side relative to the oil phase in an AC electric field to irradiate food with electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 50 kHz. Thus, the interfacial polarization between the water phase and the oil phase can be increased to decrease the interfacial tension between the water phase and the oil phase by approximately 60% and bind water in a pearl-chain structure, thus decreasing the water activity.
US12102089B2
The invention relates to inactivating mold spores in a beverage using pasteurization in the presence of natamycin and to a beverage comprising natamycin and mycosamine.
US12102080B2
The invention relates to collapsible insect swatters, including a multi-sectional handle including a grip section and a whip section slidably and/or rotatably joined together on a common axis, wherein the whip section and grip section include a male end and female end that are secured during assembly and detached for disassembly of the handle, and a swatter of a top flapper secured to a bottom flapper that together form a sandwich secured to the end of the whip section, wherein the top flapper and the bottom flapper preferably include tongues that extend under or over windings on the whip section of the handle.
US12102078B2
A removable substrate for an insect attractant device includes a body having front and rear faces, a grip portion, and a base disposed opposite the grip portion. The removable substrate further includes a first lateral portion extending from the base, and a second lateral portion extending from the base. A projection extends outwardly from the base, lowermost ends of the first and second lateral portions are disposed below the projection, and an adhesive is applied to the front face and the rear face.
US12102075B2
A fish dispatching device includes an elongated main body having a first end, a second end, and a hollow interior space. A spike having an opening along a sharpened tip extends outward from the first end of the main body, and an elongated wire is positioned within a continuous interior channel formed by the main body, the spike and the opening. A control knob is connected to the second end of the elongated wire and slides along the length of the main body to extend and retract the second end of the elongated wire through the opening in the spike. The control knob is connected to an elongated slit for cleaning the interior of the main body, and a knife is removably positioned within a sheath located along the second end of the main body.
US12102062B2
A top-fill hummingbird feeder includes a liquid container with a liquid opening at a lower end. A feeding basin is positioned below the liquid container for containing nectar accessed by birds. A sealing mechanism includes a valve responsive to a nectar level in the feeding basin for opening and closing the liquid opening.
US12102059B2
The disclosed technology includes a pet collar that can be configured to determine its geolocational position and evaluate that position with respect to the geo-fence of a predetermined, geo-fenced “safe” zone. If the collar determines that its position is inside a safe zone but is near the geo-fence, the collar may be configured to provide a warning correction. If the collar determines that it is outside a predetermined safe zone, the collar can also be configured to provide a stronger correction to discourage the pet from continuing away from the safe zone. The collar may also be configured to guide the pet back to the safe zone such as by varying the strength and/or type of correction provided based at least in part on the distance of the collar from the geo-fence.
US12102052B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 20R827B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 20R827B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 20R827B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 20R827B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US12102048B2
The present invention relates to non-transgenic and transgenic plants, preferably crop plants, having biological activity of a haploid inducer and comprising a polynucleotide which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a centromer histone H3 (CENH3) protein, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least one mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence of the CENH3 protein, and to a part of the part. Further, the invention provides methods of generating the inducer plants, methods of generating haploid and double haploid plants using the inducer plants as well as methods of facilitating cytoplasm exchange.
US12102035B1
An autonomous mower conversion kit and method for autonomously controlling a zero-turn mower. The conversion kit include a vehicle control unit containing a navigation processor in data communication with one or more global positioning (GPS) devices configured for inputting GPS coordinates to the navigation processor. The navigation processor is configured to send a signal to a pair of high torque servo motors attached to a housing of a mower. Each of the pair of high torque servo motors has a tie rod removably attached on a first end to one of the pair of high torque servo motors and on a distal end to a mower steering arm. A safety override switch is connected to the vehicle control unit and is configured for converting the mower to autonomous control.
US12102033B2
A harvester including an inlet configured to receive a crop including a stalk, a blade configured to cut the crop into a billet, a sensor configured to detect a three-dimensional appearance of at least a portion of the billet and generate a signal associated with the three-dimensional appearance of the at least a portion of the billet, and a control system having a processor, a memory, and a human-machine interface. The control system is configured to receive the signal from the sensor and programmed to 1) analyze the three-dimensional appearance of the at least a portion of the billet, 2) classify the three-dimensional appearance using an indicator of cut quality and 3) index the indicator of cut quality into the memory.
US12102023B2
A coupling device includes: a first connector that connects to a work vehicle; a second connector that connects to a work device; an actuator that changes a connecting position of at least one of the first connector and the second connector; and a control device that controls the actuator.
US12108686B2
A top pinned SAF-containing magnetic tunnel junction structure is provided that contains a coupling spacer composed of a paramagnetic hexagonal metal phase material that has a stoichiometric ratio of Me3X or Me2X, wherein Me is a magnetic metal having a magnetic moment and X is a metal that alloys with Me in a hexagonal phase and dilutes the magnetic moment of Me. In embodiments in which a Me3X coupling spacer is present, Me is cobalt, and X is vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum or tungsten. In embodiments in which a Me2X coupling spacer is present, Me is iron and X is tantalum or tungsten. The coupling spacer is formed by providing a material stack including at least a precursor paramagnetic hexagonal metal phase material forming multilayered structure that includes alternating layers of magnetic metal, Me, and metal, X, and then thermally soaking the material stack.
US12108684B2
A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) element includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer on the reference layer, a free layer on the tunnel barrier layer, and a composite capping layer on the free layer. The composite capping layer comprises a diffusion-stop layer on the free layer, a light-element sink layer on the diffusion-stop layer, and an amorphous layer on the light-element sink layer.
US12108682B2
Provided is a semiconductor structure, a memory cell and a memory array. An nT-MRAM can be realized by a relatively simple structure. Transistors connected to multiple MTJs are connected by connecting pads.
US12108680B2
A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a cap layer adjacent to the MTJ and extended to overlap a top surface of the MTJ, a top electrode on the MTJ, a metal interconnection under the MTJ, a first inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer around the MTJ, and a second IMD layer around the metal interconnection. Preferably, the cap layer is adjacent to the top electrode and the MTJ and on the second IMD layer and a top surface of the cap layer is higher than a top surface of the first IMD layer.
US12108677B2
Provided is a preparation method for a thermoelectric composite. The preparation method for a thermoelectric composite comprises the steps of: preparing a base substrate containing a first binary metal oxide; and providing a metal precursor and a reaction material containing oxygen (O) onto the base substrate to form a material film containing a second biliary metal oxide resulting from the reaction of the metal precursor and the reaction material, wherein in the step of forming the material film, a 2-dimensional electron gas is generated between the base substrate and the material film as the material film is formed on the base substrate.
US12108674B2
A parallel thermoelectric module includes: first and second substrates spaced apart from each other; a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first substrate; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second substrate; thermoelectric devices disposed in the first and second substrates to connect one of the first electrodes with one of the second electrodes and including a plurality of P and N type thermoelectric devices; electrode terminals including at least one positive electrode terminal and at least one negative electrode terminal disposed in at least one of the first and second substrates; and N parallel circuit units (N is a natural number of 2 or more) having an electrically parallel structure to each other in series. The plurality of first electrodes, the plurality of second electrodes, and the thermoelectric devices are arranged to connect N parallel circuit units.
US12108673B2
A thermoelectric module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a heat exchange unit; and a thermoelectric element disposed on the heat exchange unit, wherein the heat exchange unit includes a case for accommodating a material for heat exchange and a cover covering the case, the thermoelectric element is disposed on the cover, and the thermal conductivity of the cover is higher than the thermal conductivity of the case.
US12108668B2
A composition is disclosed that includes a first compound capable of functioning as a host in an emissive layer of an OLED at room temperature; and a second compound that includes a ligand LA of Formula III where ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; where R represents two adjacent substituents that are joined together to form a ring that is fused to ring B, and R has a structure of Formula IV or Formula V disclosed herein.
US12108665B2
The invention relates to compounds which are suitable for use in electronic devices, and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, containing said compounds.
US12108661B2
The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element and electronic device thereof, wherein the organic electroluminescent element comprises the compound represented by Formula 1 as material for an emission-auxiliary layer, and by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the emission-auxiliary layer, the driving voltage of the organic electroluminescent element can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency and life time of the organic electroluminescent element can be improved.
US12108659B2
Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device. More specifically, disclosed is an organic electroluminescent device comprising at least one organic layer comprising at least two dopant compounds therein. The electroluminescent device employs both of a boron-based dopant and a pyrene-based dopant to provide improved color characteristics, efficiency and lifespan.
US12108658B2
A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer including a guest, an n-type host and a p-type host between a pair of electrodes, where the difference between the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the n-type host (or p-type host) and the energy difference between a triplet excited state and a ground state of the guest is 0.15 eV or more. Alternatively, in such a light-emitting element, the LUMO level of the n-type host is higher than the LUMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more, or the HOMO level of the p-type host is lower than the HOMO level of the guest by 0.1 eV or more.
US12108654B2
A polymer solar cell including a cathode buffer layer (CBL) is proposed. the CBL may include a reaction product between a conjugate polymer electrolyte and an acid derivative, the conjugate polymer electrolyte is poly [(9,9-bis 3′-(N,N-dimethylamino) propyl)-2,7-fluorene)-alt-2,7-(9,9-dihexylfluorene)] (PFN), and the acid derivative is trifluoroacetic acid (CF3AA), 4-trifluoromethyl benzoic acid (CF3BA), or 4-toluene sulfonic acid (TsOH). The CBL including the conjugate polymer electrolyte (PFN) modified with a specific acid derivative may improve short-circuit current (Jsc) and a filling factor (FF) simultaneously, and thus, significantly improved efficiency is exhibited.
US12108649B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device using the same, and includes a first region where a plurality of pixel groups are disposed; and a second region where a plurality of pixel groups and a plurality of light transmitting parts are disposed. The plurality of pixel groups disposed in the second region are disposed between the light transmitting parts. An aspect ratio of each of the pixel groups disposed in the second region is different from that of each of the pixel groups disposed in the first region. Each of the pixel groups of the second region includes the same number of sub-pixels as each of the pixel groups of the first region.
US12108646B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a first component area, a second component area, and a peripheral area; a first subpixel on the main display area, and a first pixel circuit connected to the first subpixel; a second subpixel on the first component area; a second pixel circuit spaced apart from the second subpixel; and a connection wiring connecting the second subpixel to the second pixel circuit.
US12108641B2
A display panel includes a substrate. The substrate includes a display area, a bonding area disposed on one side of the display area and a fan-out area disposed between the bonding area and the display area. The fan-out area includes at least two metal layers, a first planarization layer and a first interconnection line layer which are stacked on a surface of the substrate.
US12108639B2
A light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate configured to include a display area with a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a planarization layer disposed at the display area and partially at the non-display area. The planarization layer is configured to include an uneven pattern portion disposed at the non-display area, and the uneven pattern portion is configured to include a plurality of concave portions.
US12108636B2
The present invention provides an OLED display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The OLED display panel comprises a display area and a bonding area defined at least at one side of the display area. The OLED display panel further comprises a substrate and a first metal layer disposed on the substrate. The first metal layer comprises a light-shielding metal disposed corresponding to the display area and a bonding metal disposed corresponding to the bonding area.
US12108628B2
Disclosed is a display device that is capable of being driven with low power consumption. A first thin-film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a second thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are disposed in an active area, thereby reducing power consumption. At least one opening formed in a bending area is formed to have the same depth as any one of contact holes formed in the active area, thereby making it possible to form the opening and the contact holes through the same process and consequently simplifying the process of manufacturing the device. Since a high potential supply line and a low potential supply line overlap each other with a protective film formed of an inorganic insulation material interposed therebetween, short-circuiting of the high potential supply line and the low potential supply line may be prevented.
US12108625B2
A display device according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode, an inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer which is formed of an inorganic material and is formed on the first electrode, at least two light emitting units including a first organic light emitting unit and a second organic light emitting unit having different luminescent colors which are formed on the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer, an electron transport layer which is formed on the at least two organic light emitting units, and a second electrode which is formed on the electron transport layer. Furthermore, a light emitting layer of the first organic light emitting unit is formed by laminating a light emitting layer of a first luminescent color and a light emitting layer of a second luminescent color, and a light emitting layer of the second organic light emitting unit is formed of the light emitting layer of the second luminescent color.
US12108622B2
Flexible display devices, such as flexible cover lens films, are discussed and provided herein. The flexible cover lens film has good strength, elasticity, optical transmission, wear resistance, and thermostability. The cover lens film includes a hard coat layer with a thickness from about 5 μm to 40 μm, an impact absorption layer with a thickness from about 20 μm to 110 μm, and a substrate layer with a thickness from about 10 μm to 175 μm and is disposed between the hard coat layer and the impact absorption layer. By combining the hard coat layer and the impact resistant layer, the cover lens film is both flexible and strong with hardness from 6H to 9H.
US12108621B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a light emitting element disposed in the display area, an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element, and a dam disposed in the non-display area and surrounding the display area. The dam includes a plurality of layers, and the plurality of layers include an organic layer that includes a portion that decreases and then increases in height toward an edge of the organic layer.
US12108616B2
A light emitting element (e.g., light emitting diode) includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region and containing a quantum dot complex, an electron transport region on the emission layer, and a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the quantum dot complex contains two or more quantum dots each including a core and a shell surrounding the core, the shell of one quantum dot is combined with a shell of at least one neighboring quantum dot, and the light emitting element (e.g., light emitting diode) may thus have improved luminous efficiency and service life.
US12108604B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus and methods for forming stair-like structures with accurate profiles and dimension control for manufacturing three dimensional (3D) stacked memory cell semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a memory cell device includes a film stack comprising alternating pairs of dielectric layers and conductive structures horizontally formed on a substrate, an opening formed in the film stack, wherein the opening is filled with a channel layer and a center filling layer, and a protective liner layer disposed between the conductive structure and the channel layer.
US12108587B2
The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies, in particular to a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The method of forming the semiconductor device includes the following steps: forming a substrate with a trench, a gate dielectric layer covering an inner wall of the trench, a barrier layer covering a portion of a surface of the gate dielectric layer, and a first gate layer filled on an surface of the barrier layer being disposed in the trench; removing a portion of the barrier layer to form an groove located between the first gate layer and the gate dielectric layer; forming a channel dielectric layer at least covering an inner wall of the groove and a top surface of the first gate layer; and forming a second gate layer at least partially filling an interior of the groove.
US12108578B2
A heat dissipating assembly including a heat sink and an air baffle, the heat sink includes a base portion, a heatsink portion, installation channels, and first installation hole portions, the base portion is stackable on an electronic component, the heatsink portion comprises fins extend outwardly from the base portion, the first installation hole portions are located on the base portion and respectively correspond to the installation channels, the air baffle is disposed on the heatsink portion and includes a second installation hole portion, the second installation hole portion selectively corresponds to one of the installation channels and one of the first installation hole portions.
US12108562B2
A method for cooling a display assembly includes forcibly circulating gas about an airflow pathway extending within a housing and extending along opposing sides of an image assembly is provided. Ambient air is ingested into the housing through an intake, passed within the housing in a manner which provides thermal interaction with the circulating gas in said airflow pathway, and exhausted from the housing through an exhaust to change a temperature of the circulating gas.
US12108560B2
A computing chassis, including hard disk drives positioned at a first end of the chassis; a fan module positioned at a second end of the chassis; a first baffle having acoustic absorbing material, the first baffle extending between a first and a second side of the chassis, wherein the first and second sides of the chassis extend between the first and the second ends of the chassis, the first baffle spaced-apart from the fan module a first distance; a second baffle having acoustic absorbing material, the second baffle extending between the first and the second side of the chassis, the second baffle spaced-apart from the fan module a second distance greater than the first distance, wherein the first and the second baffle extend between the first and second sides of the chassis perpendicular to an airflow, and the acoustic absorbing material of the baffles attenuate acoustic waves.
US12108554B2
A fixing structure of an electronic component includes a fixing member configured to fix an electronic component while pressing the electronic component against a wall surface of a housing in a pressing direction; and a fastened portion which is provided at a position away from the wall surface of the housing and to which the fixing member is fastened and fixed. The fixing member includes a fixing portion that is fastened and fixed to the fastened portion, a pressing portion that extends from the fixing portion toward the electronic component and is configured to press the electronic component against the wall surface in the pressing direction, and an engaging portion which is provided at the fixing portion. The fastened portion includes an engaged portion that is engaged with the engaging portion, and is configured to limit movement of the fixing portion in a direction opposite to the pressing direction.
US12108552B2
An electronic device comprises a first structure including a first plate providing a first surface and a second surface and a second structure coupled to surround at least a portion of the first structure and configured to guide the first structure in a direction parallel with the first surface or the second surface. The device also includes a roller mounted on an edge of the second structure and a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first surface and a second area extending from the first area. The device also includes at least one support sheet mounted on the roller and wound around the roller as the roller rotates. The support sheet is wound around the roller when the second area is received inside the second structure, and is unfolded inside the second area when the second area is exposed to the outside of the second structure.
US12108551B2
An electronic device includes a first and second housing, a sensor module, and a hinge. The hinge includes first and second rotary members, a first arm rotatable about a first arm shaft, operating in conjunction with rotation of the first rotary member, wherein a rotational axis of the first arm shaft is different from the first axis of rotation, a second arm rotatable about a second arm shaft, operating in conjunction with rotation of the second rotary member, wherein a rotational axis of the second arm shaft is different from the second axis of rotation, and a magnet assembly disposed on at least one of the first arm member or the second arm member such that at least a portion of the magnet assembly faces the sensor, wherein a distance between the magnet and the sensor is changeable based on rotation of the first and second housing.
US12108549B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes an elongated housing; a roller installed inside the housing; a display panel wound on or unwound from the roller; a module cover elongated in a longitudinal direction of the housing and having a plurality of segments sequentially arranged in an up-down direction of the display panel at a rear of the display panel; a top case located at an upper end of the display panel and coupled to the module cover; a foldable link located at a rear of the module cover and having one side pivotably connected to the housing; a coupling protrusion protruding from the top case to the rear of the module cover; and a link bracket pivotably connected to the other side of the foldable link and supporting the coupling protrusion.
US12108542B2
An apparatus and method for soldering an electrical component to a circuit board includes a stage positioning the circuit board and electrical component in alignment with a solder tip along an axis. A first spring-loaded compression mechanism maintains contact between the circuit board and the electrical component, and a second spring-loaded compression mechanism brings the soldering tip into thermal contact with the circuit board and the electrical component such that solder disposed adjacent to the circuit board and the electrical component melts. When the second spring-loaded compression mechanism removes its applied force such that the soldering tip comes out of contact with the circuit board, the first spring-loaded compression mechanism maintains the contact between the circuit board and the electrical component while the solder cools and solidifies.
US12108533B2
A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes disposing an electronic component in a recess formed in a first circuit substrate, and bonding a second circuit substrate to the first circuit substrate to form a third circuit substrate with the electronic component embedded. The method includes forming an opening in the third circuit substrate to expose the electronic component and an inner surface of the third circuit substrate. The method includes disposing an insulation case in the opening. The insulation case has a first segment directly contacting the electronic component, a second segment facing the inner surface, an inner wall between the first and second segments, a first chamber surrounded by the first segment and the inner wall, and a second chamber surrounded by the second segment and the inner wall. The method includes adding a heat-exchanging fluid into the first chamber.
US12108529B2
A suspension board with circuit including a first mounting region for mounting a slider and a second mounting region for mounting a piezoelectric element. The wiring circuit board includes a metal support layer, a base insulating layer, and a conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a first wiring pattern, a second wiring pattern, and a shield wiring pattern. The first wiring pattern includes a read wiring. The second wiring pattern includes a power supply wiring disposed at spaced intervals to the read wiring. The shield wiring pattern includes a shield wiring disposed between the read wiring and the power supply wiring.
US12108527B2
A filter device includes: a multilayer board including a first dielectric layer, a first wiring layer including a reference electrode to which a reference potential is supplied, and a second dielectric layer positioned between the first dielectric layer and the first wiring layer and having a thickness different from a thickness of the first dielectric layer; a series passive element provided on a series wire electrically connecting a first terminal and a second terminal together; a first parallel wire electrically connecting the series wire and the reference electrode together; and a first parallel passive element provided on the first parallel wire. The first parallel wire includes: a first via penetrating through the first dielectric layer and electrically connected to the first parallel passive element; and a second via penetrating through the second dielectric layer and electrically connecting the first via and the reference electrode together.
US12108526B2
A module is provided with a structural object and a connection member. The structural object is provided with an electronic device and a resin portion. The electronic device has an electrode. The electronic device is embedded in the resin portion. The electrode is exposed from the resin portion. The connection member is provided with a film-like base member, an adhesive layer 34 provided on the film-like base member and a wiring formed on the adhesive layer at least in part. The connection member is stuck to the structural object. At least a part of the resin portion of the structural object is directly stuck to the adhesive layer of the connection member. The wiring is pressed to the electrode of the electronic device.
US12108521B2
A circuit board and an electronic device are provided. The circuit board includes a circuit board body (10) and a shielding film layer (11), and further includes a dielectric layer (12), where the dielectric layer (12) is arranged between the circuit board body (10) and the shielding film layer (11).
US12108520B2
A circuit board includes a magnetic shielding member having a first principal surface, and a second principal surface on an opposite side from the first principal surface, and a flexible wiring board having a first surface, and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface. The second surface of the flexible wiring board is fixed to the first principal surface and the second principal surface of the magnetic shielding member. The first surface of the flexible wiring board includes a circuit area mounted with an electronic component, and one or more terminal areas where connection terminals are disposed. The circuit area is disposed above the first principal surface of the magnetic shielding member. The circuit board has a bent shape bent along the magnetic shielding member, so that the one or more terminal areas are disposed below the second principal surface of the magnetic shielding member.
US12108517B2
A sensor lens assembly having a non-soldering configuration is provided. The sensor lens assembly includes a circuit board, an optical module fixed to the circuit board, a sensor chip and an extending wall both assembled to the circuit board, a plurality of wires electrically coupling the sensor chip and the circuit board, a supporting adhesive layer, and a light-permeable sheet. The extending wall surrounds the sensor chip and has an extending top surface that is substantially flush with a top surface of the sensor chip. The supporting adhesive layer is in a ringed shape and is disposed on the extending top surface of the extending wall and the top surface of the sensor chip. The light-permeable sheet is disposed on the supporting adhesive layer, so that the light-permeable sheet, the supporting adhesive layer, and the top surface of the sensor chip jointly define an enclosed space.
US12108515B2
An illumination source includes a laser driver unit configured to emit a plasma sustaining beam. An ingress collimator receives the plasma sustaining beam and produces a collimated ingress beam. A focusing optic receives the collimated ingress beam and produce a focused sustaining beam. A sealed lamp chamber contains an ionizable media that, once ignited, forms a high intensity light emitting plasma having a waist size smaller than 150 microns. The sealed lamp chamber further includes an ingress window configured to receive the focused sustaining beam and an egress window configured to emit the high intensity light. An ignition source is configured to ignite the ionizable media, and an exit fiber is configured to receive and convey the high intensity light. The high intensity light is white light with a black body spectrum, and the exit fiber has a diameter in the range of 200-500 micrometers.
US12108509B2
A lighting system includes a lighting device arranged to attach to a vehicle. The lighting device includes at least two ultraviolet lights and at least one sensor. The sensor determines whether any of at least two areas or zones adjacent to the lighting device are poorly visibly illuminated and/or occupied by personnel, and illuminates these areas or zones with ultraviolet light. The lighting system is configured to operate in conjunction with existing emergency visible lighting and/or flashing visible light systems by using the sensors to sense visible illumination of each individual area or zone provided by the existing emergency visible lighting and flashing visible light systems. The lighting system may be configured to synchronize the illumination of each individual area or zone in ultraviolet light with intermittent absence of visible light illumination in each area or zone from the existing emergency visible lighting and flashing visible light systems.
US12108507B2
An inrush current protection circuit for a solid state lighting fixture is provided. The inrush current protection circuit includes one or more current limiting devices and one or more switching devices coupled in parallel with the one or more current limiting devices. The one or more switching devices are configured in a first state when the solid state lighting fixture draws an inrush current from a power source. The inrush current is provided to the one or more current limiting devices when the one or more switching devices are in the first state. The one or more switching devices are configured in a second state when the solid state lighting fixture draws a steady-state current from the power source. The steady-state current bypasses the one or more current limiting devices when the one or more switching devices are in the second state.
US12108506B2
A circuit arrangement comprises an LED chain comprising multiple LEDs; and bypass switching elements, wherein each LED is assigned to one of the bypass switching elements, and the bypass switching elements each have a driver terminal, wherein each of the bypass switching elements is configured to bypass the LED of the LED chain that is associated with the bypass switching element based on a voltage at the driver terminal that is associated with the bypass switching element; and a switch, wherein the driver terminals of the bypass switching elements are connected to the switch via a common node, the switch being configured to discharge a capacitor of a constant current source that can be connected to the LED chain based on a voltage applied to the node. A circuit comprises the circuit arrangement.
US12108503B2
A lighting control system having a driver for independently controlling multiple light sources. One lighting control system includes an input capable of being driven in a first polarity and a second polarity reversed from the first polarity, a first light source connected to the input and configured to generate light when driven at the first polarity, and a second light source connected to the input and configured to generate light when driven at the second polarity. The lighting control system includes a steering bridge connected to the input and configured to control the polarity of the input, and a controller connected to the steering bridge. The controller is configured to control, based on a steering drive command, the steering bridge, and provide, to the input, lighting control signals to independently control the first light source and the second light source.
US12108499B2
A ceramic heater with a shaft includes: a ceramic plate in which a resistance heating element is embedded; a hollow ceramic shaft having an upper end bonded to a surface on an opposite side of a wafer placement surface of the ceramic plate; and a shaft heater embedded in a side wall near an upper end of the ceramic shaft.
US12108488B2
Apparatuses, methods and systems for virtualizing a reprogrammable universal integrated circuit chip
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are provided for virtualizing a reprogrammable universal integrated circuit chip (UICC) in a connected device's operating system. In one embodiment, an integrated cellular modem in the connected device is configured to use a simple protocol to communicate with the reprogrammable UICC. The protocol may be implemented in a way that allows cellular modem vendors to easily support such functionality and allow original equipment manufacturers to upgrade connected devices already deployed in the field.
US12108486B2
Aspects directed towards steering of roaming (SoR) are disclosed. In one example, a communication from a public land mobile network (PLMN) is received by a user equipment (UE) in which the communication indicates an acceptance of a UE registration with the PLMN. This example further includes performing a determination of whether an SoR indicator associated with a home PLMN (HPLMN) is embedded within the communication. The UE then manages PLMN selection according to the determination. In another example, a UE is configured to operate according to an SoR configuration in which the UE is configured to ascertain whether an SoR indicator is embedded within a communication from a PLMN. An SoR indicator associated with an HPLMN is then generated and subsequently transmitted from the HPLMN to the UE via the PLMN.
US12108484B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are described herein that may be associated with new radio (NR) vehicular communication (V2X) sidelink power saving for unicast and groupcast. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a message. The message may indicate a set of configuration groups and/or one or more suitability selection parameters. The WTRU may receive, from a second WTRU, a first indication. The first indication may indicate that the second WTRU is associated with a first configuration group and a first priority group. The first WTRU may receive, from a third WTRU, a second indication. The second indication may indicate that the third WTRU is associated with a second configuration group and a second priority value. The first WTRU may select a configuration group from the set of configuration groups based on the first indication and the second indication.
US12108478B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for beam (or any other communication resource) failure recovery in wireless communications. A wireless device may determine if only a subset of serving beams have failed, and may perform beam failure recovery using an uplink channel resource for beam failure recovery associated with the failed serving beam(s).
US12108475B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for refreshing a GUTI of a UE. The UE may receive a GUTI from an AMF as part of a registration process. After a timer has expired, the UE may receive a new GUTI from the AMF. The timer may be provided by the UE as a request for use by the AMF. Alternatively, the timer may be used by the UE and the UE may request the new GUTI upon expiry of the timer, e.g., using an existing message or a new message, as desired.
US12108474B2
A dual connectivity management method and device, the method including sending by a terminal device that communicates with a first network device and a second network device in a dual connectivity mode, a first message to the first network device, where the first message indicates or requests deactivation or suspension of the dual connectivity, and deactivating or suspending the dual connectivity.
US12108471B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for quickly pairing a dual-mode Bluetooth device. The method is applied to a master device, and includes: receiving, by the master device, Bluetooth identification information broadcast by a surrounding slave device; checking, by the master device, the Bluetooth identification information; and if the Bluetooth identification information is correct, performing, by the master device, Bluetooth pairing with the slave device. The method for quickly pairing a dual-mode Bluetooth device provided in the present disclosure simplifies a pairing operation and increases a pairing speed without increasing a cost. In addition, a pairing condition is not limited by a system version of a device, achieving high cost performance and strong applicability.
US12108468B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating optimized cell selection for airborne user devices, such as wirelessly connected unmanned aerial vehicles. One or more synchronization signals may be modified to include one or more parameters that would improve airborne cell selection, including radiation center height, vertical beamwidth, horizontal beamwidth and frequency band availability. By optimizing cell selection and therefore reducing unnecessary handovers, the airborne user device will spend less battery power and processing resources, improving overall performance.
US12108441B2
Provided are a method and device for sending and processing access control signaling. The method for sending access control signaling includes: sending, by a base station, indication information to User Equipment (UE) via a downlink control channel in a search space, wherein the indication information is used for indicating to trigger a contention-based random access procedure or a non-contention-based random access procedure.
US12108439B2
There is provided radar operation in a wireless communication system. A method comprises transmitting a random access message for one or more communication resources for a radar operation of a wireless device of a wireless communication system, receiving a grant for at least one communication resource for the radar operation of the wireless device, selecting a radar sequence for generating a radar signal, and transmitting the radar signal using the selected radar sequence in the communication resource.
US12108426B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for coverage enhancement for physical downlink control channel in a wireless communication system.
US12108421B2
Disclosed is a resource allocation method in sidelink communication. An operation method of a terminal includes the steps of: receiving a first message, including mobility conditions to be used for selecting a resource allocation mode for sidelink communication, from a base station; selecting the resource allocation mode to be applied to the terminal, the selection being made on the basis of the results of a comparison between the mobility of the terminal and the mobility conditions; determining a resource pool on the basis of the selected resource allocation mode; and performing the sidelink communication by using the determined resource pool. Accordingly, the performance of a communication system can be enhanced.
US12108416B2
A broadcast communication system includes a plurality of transmitter tower stations configured to exchange inter-tower communication (ITC) signals to support a wireless ITC network (ITCN). Each TTS includes a transmitter (Tx) antenna, at least one receiver (Rx) antenna, and an ITCN server configured to form outgoing ITC signals for transmitting with the Tx antenna and to process incoming ITC signals received with the at least one Rx antenna. Each of the TTSs is configured to multiplex outgoing ITC signals with broadcast services signals prior to the transmitting and to detect the incoming ITC signals in a wireless signal received with the at least one Rx antenna. Several ITCN-integrating broadcast systems operating in a same or different frequency band may be interconnected to support an integrated inter-tower wireless communication network.
US12108412B2
A method for uplink transmission performed by a UE is provided. The method includes: receiving a first configured grant configuration that allocates a first PUSCH duration; receiving a second configured grant configuration that allocates a second PUSCH duration, wherein the second PUSCH duration overlaps with the first PUSCH duration; obtaining a first HARQ process ID for the first PUSCH duration, then determining whether a first configured grant timer associated with the first HARQ process ID is running; obtaining a second HARQ process ID for the second PUSCH duration, then determining whether a second configured grant timer associated with the second HARQ process ID is running; and selecting one of the first PUSCH duration and the second PUSCH duration for an uplink transmission based on whether the first configured grant timer is running and whether the second configured grant timer is running.
US12108395B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus, methods, processing systems, and computer readable mediums for beam formed partial sensing by a user equipment (UE). An example method generally includes performing partial sensing by monitoring for sidelink transmissions from one or more other UEs using one or more different beams during one or more different portions of a sensing window; and selecting resources, within a resource selection window, for future sidelink communications based on results of the partial sensing.
US12108389B2
Apparatus and methods of scheduling request (SR) transmission and reception in multiple transmit receive points (TRPs) are disclosed. The apparatus includes: a transmitter; and a processor that determines a scheduling request uplink control channel resource configured by higher layer for transmitting a scheduling request in a time interval; wherein the processor further determines a first uplink control information for transmission in a first uplink control channel resource associated with a first identity in the same time interval; the processor further determines whether there is a second uplink control information in a second uplink control channel resource for transmission associated with a second identity in the same time interval; and the processor controls the transmitter to transmit, in the same time interval, one or a combination selected from: the first uplink control channel resource, the scheduling request uplink control channel resource, and the second uplink control channel resource.
US12108387B2
A user equipment/base station receives/transmits resource allocation for a PUSCH; determines a plurality of radio resources on the basis of the resource allocation; and repeatedly transmits/receives the PUSCH on the basis of the plurality of radio resources. The repeated transmission/reception of the PUSCH may comprise: applying PUSCH mapping type B to each of the plurality of radio resources; and transmitting a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PUSCH, on the basis of the plurality of radio resources and the PUSCH mapping type B.
US12108384B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink transmission for the UE, the DCI comprising a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator (PRI) indicating an uplink resource for the UE to use to transmit feedback information regarding the downlink transmission; and transmitting, repeatedly a number of times, uplink control information different than the feedback information regarding the downlink transmission, wherein the number of times is based on the PRI.
US12108382B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for communicating and scheduling communications over sidelink. Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). In some examples, the method includes transmitting, to one or more other UEs, first control information comprising an indicator of a starting time and a duration of a first time interval for communication of a first data transmission over a sidelink, wherein the first time interval comprises one or more time periods of a first time window. In some examples, the method includes transmitting the first data transmission to at least one of the one or more other UEs during the first time interval.
US12108375B2
The disclosure provides transmission methods and apparatuses. One example includes sending control signaling to a terminal device, to indicate the terminal device to send a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on a first frequency band; and receiving the PUSCH sent by the terminal device on the first frequency band. The first frequency band includes at least one guard subcarrier. A quantity of the at least one guard subcarrier is determined based on a Doppler frequency shift of a beam covering the terminal device. The first frequency band is located on a frequency band corresponding to the beam.
US12108374B2
A terminal device includes: a determination unit that determines whether an unlicensed band is being used by another device; and a processor that generates a transmission signal. The processor executes a process including: generating first and second information to which a first and a second resources in the unlicensed band, respectively, are allocated; and in a case where the first resource temporally overlaps with the second resource, generating, when a first determination result related to one of the resources starting first indicates that the unlicensed band is not being used, the transmission signal by assigning the first information to the one resource, and generating, when the first determination result indicates that the unlicensed band is being used, the transmission signal by assigning the first information to the other of the resources subsequently starting, in accordance with a second determination result related to the other resource.
US12108372B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The processor is configured to receive, from a base wireless communication terminal through the transceiver, a first frame including first information indicating a duration required for a pending frame exchange sequence and second information indicating a frequency band which is allocated for transmission of a second frame, wherein the pending frame exchange sequence is a transmission sequence between one or more wireless communication terminals, set a network allocation vector (NAV) according to the first information indicating the duration for the pending frame exchange sequence, and reset the NAV when the wireless communication terminal does not receive a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) for a reference time from a time point at which the first frame is received.
