US12111071B2
A multifunctional storage system includes a storage chamber and a machine chamber provided on one side of the storage chamber and in fluid communication with the storage chamber. The system also includes a humidifier configured to generate naturally humidified air with a circulation filter unit; a dehumidifier configured to generate dried air with a heat pump module; a cleaning filter unit configured to purify exterior air; a first flow passage in which the humidifier band the dehumidifier are embedded and configured such that the naturally humidified or dried air flows therethrough; a second flow passage configured such that the exterior air filtered by the cleaning filter unit flows therethrough; and a fan unit configured to circulate air in one direction. The first and second flow passages form flow passages that are independently formed and separated from each other, and formed to be in communication with the fan unit.
US12111069B1
Provided is a blade stabilization apparatus for a relief damper, and more specifically, to a blade stabilization apparatus for a relief damper which can stably maintain an opening angle of a damper blade at any angle when the damper opens or closes after the center of gravity is always aligned with a centerline of a rotating shaft in a perpendicular direction to the damper blade.
US12111061B2
An oven appliance or method may provide for directing a pre-cooking setting of a first heating element and receiving a first-sensor temperature signal from a first temperature sensor. Receiving the first-sensor temperature signal may occur during the pre-cooking setting of the first heating element. The method may also include determining a first progress value based on the first-sensor temperature signal and a first fractional constant. The first fractional constant may be a predetermined proportion of a pre-cooking phase. The method may further include receiving a second-sensor temperature signal from a second temperature sensor and determining a second progress value based on the second-sensor temperature signal and a second fractional constant. The second fractional constant may be a predetermined proportion of the pre-cooking phase. The method may still further include directing display of a progress icon based on the first progress value and the second progress value.
US12111059B2
A filter device for a vapor extraction device includes a grease filter, and a collecting container for collecting liquid. The collecting container includes an opening configured to receive at least part of an edge of the grease filter. The collecting container has an interior defined by a width which is greater than a thickness of the grease filter in a region in which the grease filter is located in the interior of the collecting container.
US12111054B2
A combustor structure of an embodiment includes: a plurality of combustors; a rear liner which guides a combustion gas from the plurality of combustors to a downstream side; and a scroll which guides the combustion gas from the rear liner in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of a turbine rotor. Each of the combustors includes: a combustor liner; a fuel supply part which supplies fuel into the combustor liner; and an oxidant supply part which supplies a swirling flow of an oxidant from the circumference of the fuel supply part into the combustor liner. The plurality of combustors include: the combustor in which a swirling direction of the swirling flow of the oxidant is clockwise; and the combustor in which a swirling direction of the swirling flow of the oxidant is counterclockwise.
US12111052B2
A cooling channel structure including a first wall section extending along a first direction, a second wall section disposed at an interval from the first wall section in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a plurality of partition wall sections connecting the first wall section and the second wall section so as to form at least one cooling channel between the first wall section and the second wall section. The cooling channel having a plurality of channel cross-sections disposed at intervals in the first direction. In a cross-section including the first direction and the second direction, the first wall section includes a thin portion having a thickness smaller than a thickness t1 of the first wall section at a position away from each of the partition wall sections in the first direction.
US12111048B2
A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one light source (2) adapted for, in operation, emitting light (7, 9), at least one free-shape refractive lens element (3) configured to aim light (7) emitted by the at least one light source (2) in a first direction towards a surface (22) to be illuminated by the light emitting device (1), the lens element (3) comprising a first end (11) adapted for facing in a direction towards the surface (22) and a second end (20) adapted for facing in a direction away from the surface (22), at least one first TIR element (4), the first TIR element (4) being a collimating TIR element configured to collimate and redirect light (9) emitted from the at least one light source (2) in a second direction away from the surface (22) into light (9′) propagating parallel and in a downward direction, the first TIR element (4) comprising a light incoupling surface (19) and a light outcoupling surface (13), the light incoupling surface (19) being arranged at the second end (20) of the lens element (3), and at least one second TIR element (5) configured to redirect light (9′) redirected by the first TIR element (4) into light (9″) propagating in a direction towards the surface (22) and comprising an intensity distribution with two intensity peaks at wide angles that are aligned with the intensity peaks of light (7′) aimed by the lens element (3), the at least one second TIR element (5) being arranged at the light outcoupling surface (13) of the first TIR element (4).
US12111046B2
A vehicle barrier system employing a first gate arm having a first continuous side wall with a first channel, a second gate arm slidably insertable into the first gate arm having a second channel, and a third gate arm slidably insertable into the second gate arm with a third channel. A fastener secures the extended gate arms to a desired length. Once extended, an LED light strip is placed through the channels. The light strip can be cut to size as necessary, wherein the length of the gate arm and associated light strip can be adjusted on site to a particular length. A controller is used to pivot the gate arm between a horizontal and vertical position to operate as a vehicle barrier.
US12111042B2
Certain embodiments of the disclosed technology include a decorative lighting system that can be integrated with an artificial tree. The decorative lighting system may include a white light emitting diode (LED) light string and a variable-color LED light string. The variable-color LED light string may employ LED lamps having embedded Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) LEDs. The RGB LED lamps may include an embedded integrated circuit (IC) configured to communicate with and control the energizing of each of the corresponding RGB LEDs to create a multitude of colors and color combinations that can vary with time to create a light show. An electronic controller in communication with the LED lamps may allow a user to select the mode for the light show and further may provide a periodic reset signal to restart or re-synchronize the light show.
US12111038B2
A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
US12111036B2
A solar street lamp includes a connecting base configured with a mounting port for mounting the solar street lamp on top of a lamp post. A bottom plate having a rear portion mounted on top of the connecting base includes a lower surface upon which is mounted, in a forward portion of the bottom plate, a plurality of light-emitting modules. A solar panel is supported above the bottom plate and separated from the bottom plate by a wiring gap space. A battery and power supply are mounted below the bottom plate, inside a mounting chamber formed in the connecting base. A rear plug is detachably disposed on a rear edge of the connecting base. Detaching the rear plug provides access for maintenance to the power supply and battery mounted in the mounting chamber and permits the solar panel to be withdrawn from the solar street lamp.
US12111031B2
Disclosed is a condenser and a high-and-low-beam integrated vehicle lamp module, the condenser comprises at least one light incident portion, a light-transmitting portion, and a light emergent portion, wherein a 50L dark area light shape forming structure is formed on the light-transmitting portion; the 50L dark area light shape forming structure protrudes from a surface of the light-transmitting portion and has a slope surface; and the distance from the slope surface to the surface of the light-transmitting portion gradually increases from a position close to the light incident portion to the light emergent portion. Since the 50L dark area light shape forming structure protrudes out of the surface of the light-transmitting portion and has the slope surface, in a high-beam illumination mode, some light is emitted from the 50L dark area light shape forming structure to a 50L test point.
US12111026B2
A lighting device (100) for illuminating a surface (110). The lighting device comprises at least one first light source (120) configured to emit a first light beam (140) in a first direction and at least one second light source (130) configured to emit a second light beam (150) in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction. The first light beam (140) has a first spectral power distribution, the second light beam (150) has a second spectral power distribution and the second spectral power distribution is different from the first spectral power distribution. The lighting device further comprises at least one light-delimiting element (160) adjustable relative to at least one of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source. The at least one light-delimiting element is further configured to delimit the first light beam and the second light beam thereby modify an area of overlap on the surface (110) of the first light beam (140) and the second light beam (150) by forming a boundary of the light (170) separating the first light beam and the second light beam, such that the first light source is configured to illuminate at least a first region (180) of the surface, and the second light source is configured to illuminate at least a second region (190) of the surface adjoining the at least one first region of the surface.
US12111024B2
A planar light source includes a light source having a pair of electrodes on one face; a light guide member covering the light source while the electrodes are exposed from the light guide member; a wiring substrate having a wiring layer; a light reflecting sheet interposed between the light guide member and the wiring substrate and defining a pair of first through holes at positions aligned with the electrodes on a one-to-one basis; and a pair of conducting members respectively disposed in the first through holes and electrically connecting the electrodes to the wiring layer. The light reflecting sheet includes a first light reflecting sheet defining the first through holes, and a second light reflecting sheet defining a second through hole at a position overlapping the first through holes in a plan view with the light source being disposed in the second through hole in the plan view.
US12111018B2
A refuelling assistance device that determines one of the following scenarios: (a) that consecutive refuelling operations of a first vehicle at corresponding different fuel stations have taken place without a communication link, and (b) that consecutive refuelling operations at a first fuel station for corresponding different vehicles have taken place without the communication link. In response to determining scenario (a), the control unit causes a communication module of the first vehicle to be checked for establishment of the communication link. In response to determining scenario (b), the control unit causes a communication module of the first fuel station to be checked for establishment of the communication link.
US12111007B2
An inline robotic detector for inspection of pipelines includes two groups of real time sensors at both front and rear to measure pressures, temperatures, and flows. The robotic detector further includes radial displacement sensors, acoustic sensors and a digital radiographic camera or Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) at the head and front, and a rechargeable power system at the rear. A GPS positioning module and communicator communicate with an intelligent gateway. Real time data is obtained and associated with the geo-position of the robotic detector received from the intelligent gateway.
US12111006B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for maintaining the interior cavities of pipes. In one aspect, a motorized apparatus includes a main body having a length extending along a longitudinal axis of the main body, where the main body comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The motorized apparatus further includes at least one drive assembly coupled to at least one of the first end and the second end of the main body, where the at least one drive assembly comprises driven members that engage with an inner surface of the pipe and move the motorized apparatus through an interior cavity of the pipe. The motorized apparatus further includes a maintenance head movably coupled to the main body that moves along the length of the main body and rotates about the longitudinal axis of the main body, where the maintenance head comprises at least one tool configured to perform an action on the inner surface of the pipe.
US12111003B2
Disclosed is a pipe fitting for making a bonded joint on a pipe comprising a hub, a cap, and a method for bonding the hub to the pipe. The hub has a cone-shaped bore section with an inner diameter at one end similar to the outer diameter of the pipe, expanding to a second diameter. The cap has a protrusion extending along its bore with a leading edge of a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the pipe as well as an inner-trailing edge of diameter similar to the outside of the pipe. Helical ribs on both components allow the cap to be mounted to and tightened against the hub. As the components are assembled onto a pipe, the protrusion on the cap pushes previously applied adhesive under the protrusion and along the pipe, sandwiching adhesive between the pipe and the protrusion, and between the hub and the protrusion.
US12110999B2
A retainer for a fluid connection assembly, including a first end, a second end, a first section, a second section displaceable with respect to the first section, a radially inward facing surface, a radially outward facing surface, and an indicator slidably connected to the first section.
US12110983B2
A pneumatically controlled valve unit is specified, having a main valve for controlling a fluid flow of a fluid to be dosed. The valve unit has a piston shiftably mounted in a valve chamber, operating against a return device, and connected to a valve closing body of the main valve to open and close the main valve. The piston delimits a pressure chamber within the valve chamber such that the piston can be shifted against the return device by pressurizing the pressure chamber, wherein a position sensor is provided which is set up to detect the position of the piston in the valve chamber. One respective pressure line leads from the pressure chamber to a pressure fluid port and a ventilation port, wherein an aeration valve is arranged in one pressure line and a ventilation valve is arranged in the further pressure line, and wherein a control unit is provided which is set up to switch the aeration valve and the ventilation valve on the basis of the position of the piston detected by the position sensor to regulate a pressure in the pressure chamber for shifting the piston. Furthermore, a valve system comprising at least one valve unit, and a method of operating the valve unit are specified.
US12110976B2
A valve assembly has a housing and a poppet-carrying portion. The housing includes an inlet port, an outlet port, an opening, and a assembly portion including helical grooves. The poppet-carrying portion is configured to be inserted through the opening and engage with the assembly portion. The poppet-carrying portion comprises a poppet head, a closure including protruding arms, convolutions, and a stopping portion. The convolutions extend between the poppet head and the closure and provide compliance such that the poppet head is movable relative to the closure. The stopping portion extends from the closure toward the poppet head and is spaced apart from the poppet head by a maximum compression distance. At a first fluid pressure, the protruding arms engage with the helical grooves, and the poppet head is positioned in a pre-load position that prevents the fluid from discharging through the outlet port.
US12110969B2
A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body having a valve chamber in which a valve body is arranged, inflow outlets, and communication holes communicating the valve chamber and the inflow outlets, and a rectification member arranged in the communication hole. The communication hole has a bent portion where the center line of the communication hole is bent, and the rectification member is arranged in the bent portion and has a corner portion formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion.
US12110955B2
A decoupling ring suitable for a planetary gear is disclosed. A decoupling ring includes an annular elastomeric base body and elastomeric formations. In embodiments, the elastomeric formations are uniformly spaced apart from one another, project in the radial direction from the base body, and run parallel to a central longitudinal axis passing centrally through the decoupling ring. With embodiments of the decoupling ring it is possible for the decoupling ring to be arranged on the circumferential side of a ring gear of a planetary gear.
US12110945B2
A damper includes a piston arranged in sliding engagement inside a pressure tube. The piston divides the pressure tube into a first working chamber and a second working chamber. A hydraulic compression stop assembly is positioned within the second working chamber and includes a plunger arranged in sliding engagement with a sleeve. The plunger includes a bumper cavity having a side wall. The bumper cavity extends a cavity depth from an end face of the plunger. The bumper cavity is in receipt of a compliant bumper. The bumper includes a bumper height greater than the cavity depth such that a portion of the bumper protrudes from the bumper cavity. The protruding bumper portion limits a maximum amount the bumper may be compressed before the sidewall is loaded by one of the piston and a piston rod.
US12110927B2
A torque transmission shaft includes a shaft and a clamp. The shaft includes: a male serration in one axial end portion; a slit in the other axial end portion, the slit axially extending and having a closed end on one side and an open end on the other side; a fitting cylinder portion in the other axial end portion; and a female serration provided in of the other axial end portion. The clamp includes: a discontinuous portion arranged at one place in the circumferential direction; a pair of flange portions arranged on both sides of the discontinuous portion; a connecting portion connecting the flange portions; and an insertion hole for fitting cylinder portion. The clamp is fitted onto the fitting cylinder portion to reduce the diameter of the fitting cylinder portion by narrowing the width dimension of the discontinuous portion.
US12110923B2
Provided is a sliding component capable of reducing the frictional resistance of a sliding surface entailing eccentric rotation. An annular sliding component has a sliding surface relatively sliding with eccentric rotation. A plurality of grooves open to a fluid space on the inner diameter side are circumferentially provided in the sliding surface. A side wall surface of the groove is configured by a wall surface continuous in a circular arc shape in a plan view.
US12110921B2
An ultra-low profile aerostatic bearing and the method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The aerostatic bearing comprises a substrate as a bearing housing, a hypodermic tubing and a plurality of orifices on the tubing. The method of manufacturing the aerostatic bearing includes the steps of forming the bearing housing and the hypodermic tubing and bonding the hypodermic tubing and the substrate together, and applying an encapsulation substance that encases the hypodermic tubing network and covers the substrate surface to obtain geometric accuracy and surface finish of the bearing surface by replicating the geometry and surface finish of a molding master.
US12110913B2
Electro-hydraulic servo-valves and related methods are disclosed herein. An example electro-hydraulic servo-valve includes an inlet to receive a fluid from a reservoir, a torque motor, a chamber, the fluid to return to the reservoir via the chamber, and a flexure tube coupled to the torque motor. At least a portion of the flexure tube is disposed in the chamber. The flexure tube includes a nozzle to deliver the fluid to an actuator. The example electro-hydraulic servo-valve includes a damper operatively coupled to the flexure tube. The damper is disposed in the chamber.
US12110912B2
A hydraulic system for a vehicle includes a first hydraulic pump including a first displacement actuator and a first pressure port, a first load sense system fluidly coupled to the first displacement actuator, a second hydraulic pump including a second displacement actuator and a second pressure port, a second load sense system fluidly coupled to the second displacement actuator, and a crossover pressure controller coupled between the first pressure port and the second pressure port. The crossover pressure controller reconfigurable between (a) a combined pressure configuration providing fluid communication between the first pressure port and the second pressure port and (b) a separate pressure configuration inhibiting fluid communication between the first pressure port and the second pressure port. The crossover pressure controller is actuatable independent of the first load sense system and the second load sense system.
US12110910B2
A compressor (100) comprises a compressor body (10), a pipe (20) connected to the compressor body (10), and an acoustic cover disposed so as to surround the compressor body (10). The acoustic cover (30) has an insertion hole (31) through which the pipe (20) is inserted while being in close contact with the pipe (20), and an inner surface (30A) of the acoustic cover has a shape that traces an outer surface (10A) of the compressor body (10). Due to this configuration, it is possible to reduce the size and the weight of the acoustic cover (30), and by using the acoustic cover (30) with a simpler structure, it is possible to reduce the noise of the compressor (100) of this automobile air conditioning device.
US12110908B1
A personal cooling device includes a first arm. The first arm comprises a fan. The fan comprises a centrifugal impeller. The device further includes a second arm pivotably coupled to the first arm by a hinge. The second arm is biased relative to the first arm about the hinge and configured to secure the device to a garment (or article or object) by pinching the garment against the first arm.
US12110906B2
A heat collecting pump includes: a flow guide member, including a flow guide body and a flow guide blade, wherein the flow guide blade is disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the flow guide body; a heating member, disposed on a periphery of the flow guide member and spaced apart from the flow guide blade. The flow guide blade enables water to flow along the outer peripheral wall of the flow guide body to form a first whirlwind flow and to further form a second whirlwind flow in a gap between the heating member and the flow guide blade. Projections of velocity directions of the first whirlwind flow and the second whirlwind flow on a reference plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the flow guide body are in opposite directions; and the second whirlwind flow removes bubbles gathered on the heating member.
US12110899B2
The present application discloses an oscillation device and a fan, the oscillation device comprises a fixation seat provided with a through hole; a transmission shaft rotatably mounted in the through hole; and a motor mounted at the fixation seat, an output shaft of the motor being connected to an end of the transmission shaft, an axis of the output shaft of the motor being collinear with an axis of the transmission shaft, and the motor being configured to drive the transmission shaft to rotate.
US12110893B2
Disclosed are a main bearing seat for a scroll compressor, and a scroll compressor. The main bearing seat comprises substantially ring-shaped thrust parts for supporting a compressing mechanism of the scroll compressor, and a main part body provided with a bearing to support a driving shaft of the scroll compressor, wherein multiple suspension parts extending in a radial direction of the scroll compressor are provided in the thrust parts, and the suspension parts are arranged in an axial direction of the scroll compressor. The main bearing seat can adjust the stiffness of the thrust parts to better achieve stiffness matching and deformation coordination with a bottom face of a movable vortex, thereby increasing the effective contact area on a contact side of a thrust surface to achieve more uniform contact stress distribution and reduce the wear, and providing an appropriate gap on a non-contact side to facilitate lubrication.
US12110891B2
A fixed outer circumferential wall of a fixed scroll, a movable scroll, and a plate define a suction pressure space configured such that fluid flows from a suction chamber into the suction pressure space. The movable scroll and an opposed wall define a first back-pressure space. The plate and a back-pressure-chamber-defining recess of the opposed wall define a second back-pressure space. A back-pressure supplying groove of the opposed wall is configured to connect the first back-pressure space to the second back-pressure space, thereby supplying the fluid from the first back-pressure space to the second back-pressure space. A discharge hole of the plate is configured to connect the second back-pressure space to the suction pressure space, thereby discharging the fluid from the second back-pressure space to the suction pressure space. At least part of the discharge hole is overlapped with the back-pressure supplying groove in an axial direction.
US12110889B2
A casing of a screw compressor has a delivery inner wall face facing delivery end faces of a male rotor and a female rotor. The delivery inner wall face of the casing has a shield area that shields at least a part of a track of an axial fluid communication path, which is a clearance that periodically occurs at the delivery end faces according to variation of intermeshing of the male and female rotors upon rotation thereof and is bounded by trailing flanks of the male and female rotors. The shield area of the casing is provided with a groove group made up of a plurality of grooves having longitudinal directions. The grooves of the groove group are juxtaposed in the circumferential direction of at least one rotor of the male and female rotors and are arranged such that their sides extending in the longitudinal directions are disposed adjacent to each other. Each groove of the groove group is configured such that its longitudinal direction oriented from the inner circumferential side of the one rotor toward the outer circumferential side is inclined with respect to the radial direction of the one rotor in the same direction as the rotational direction of the one rotor.
US12110888B2
A compressor design includes a male rotor (10) having one or more helical lobes (12) and a female rotor (14) having one or more helical grooves (16). The male rotor is mounted on a first shaft and the female rotor is mounted on a second shaft. The male rotor is positioned in a first section of a chamber and the female rotor is positioned in a second section of the chamber. Fluid enters the chamber at an inlet, and when the rotors are driven, the lobes of the male rotor fit into the grooves of the female rotor, causing compression and movement of the fluid towards an outlet or discharge end where the compressed fluid is discharged. The configuration of the lobe and groove helix, the lobe and groove profile, and the outer diameter of the rotors can be varied in different combinations to form different rotors.
US12110887B2
Disclosed are a fixed scroll and a scroll compressor. The fixed scroll comprises a fixed scroll end plate, a fixed scroll wrap, and a peripheral wall, wherein an air inlet is provided in the peripheral wall, the fixed scroll wrap comprises a starting end connected to the peripheral wall, an engagement position to be engaged with an orbiting scroll wrap, and a scroll section extending from the starting end to the engagement position; the fixed scroll further comprises a flow-guiding passage in fluid communication with the air inlet; the flow-guiding passage extends from the starting end and extends along at least part of the scroll section; the scroll section comprises a first side wall comprising a first section having a first center of curvature and a second section having a second center of curvature, which are respectively located on radially opposite sides of the first side wall.
US12110879B2
An actuator device that includes a first fiber, a conducting material, and a coating. The coating coats the first fiber or the conducting material. The coating may also provide moisture protection, UV protection, thermal insulation and thermal conductivity.
US12110876B1
A system includes a subsea geothermal power system. The subsea geothermal power system includes a well connection configured to couple to a hydrocarbon well. The subsea geothermal power system also includes a geothermal power plant fluidly coupled to the well connection. The geothermal power plant is configured to receive thermal energy from a well fluid received from the hydrocarbon well and convert the thermal energy into at least one of electrical energy and mechanical energy. The system also includes a subsea equipment at least partially powered by at least one of the electrical energy and the mechanical energy produced by the subsea geothermal power system.
US12110869B2
A wind turbine includes a marking light system including a marking light for aerial traffic, a data source, including one light sensor, and a marking light controller for controlling the at least one marking light according to data of the data source, in particular sensor data of the light sensor, a wind turbine controller, a power line for the at least one marking light and/or one control line connecting the marking light controller to the wind turbine controller, wherein the wind turbine further includes a switching arrangement including at least one switching unit in the power line or the control line, wherein the switching unit receives a detection signal from an air traffic detection system and to turn the at least one marking light on or off when the detection signal indicates air traffic or no air traffic, respectively, in an area around the wind turbine.
US12110857B1
To start a vehicle, power is provided from the vehicle's electrical source to electrical load(s) in the vehicle. Heavy electrical load(s) can sag the vehicle's electrical system and make starting the vehicle difficult. The following embodiments can address this problem by providing an intelligent power distribution system that uses controllable switch(es) to selectively connect load(s) to the vehicle's electrical source in a controlled, progressive manner. Connecting load(s) in a controlled fashion can facilitate the starting of the vehicle by avoiding having electrical load(s) present at start-up.
US12110856B2
Various embodiments include an adjusting filter for a fluid injector valve comprising: an elongate filter sleeve having an inlet and an outlet; and a filter insert. The filter sleeve includes a filter accepting section at the inlet, a press-fit section, a centring section at the outlet, and a spring engaging surface surrounding the outlet. The press-fit section is arranged between the filter accepting section and the centring section. The filter insert is arranged in the filter accepting section. The filter accepting section has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the press-fit section. The centring section has an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the press-fit section.
US12110850B2
A pressure regulation device is configured to regulate a pressure of a fluid that flows in the pressure regulation device. The pressure regulation device includes a fluid flow passage, a fluid regulator, and at least one wall member. The fluid flow passage is a passage in which the fluid flows. The fluid regulator is disposed in the fluid flow passage, and configured to regulate a pressure of the fluid. The at least one wall member is disposed upstream of the fluid regulator in a flow of the fluid, and stands from an interior wall of the fluid flow passage.
US12110847B2
A method, which uses real pressure, temperature and mass data obtained from real telemetry, to control the mixture ratio based on the change of the temperature set in its tanks, where the mixture ratio is defined by the ratio between the oxidant mass consumption by the fuel mass consumption. To achieve this, the space system in question must have a bipropellant propulsion system operating in blow-down mode containing independent temperature control systems for each tank. The method is related to the aerospace field, the application of this method is of interest to the areas of manufacturing and operation of space systems.
US12110846B2
An aircraft with an integrated boundary layer ingesting propulsion having a mechanically-distributed propulsion system. The mechanically-distributed propulsion system may include an engine to generate a mechanical drive power, a drive shaft, a direction-reversing transmission, and a propulsor fan. The drive shaft may be operatively coupled to the engine to receive the mechanical drive power. The direction-reversing transmission may have a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft operatively coupled to the drive shaft to receive the mechanical drive power, which is configured to redirect the mechanical drive power received at the first rotating shaft from a first direction to face a second direction at the second rotating shaft. The propulsor fan may be coupled to the second rotating shaft to convert the mechanical drive power into thrust.
US12110832B2
A fuel injection installation method includes detecting an actuation timing of a first valve of a fuel injector, detecting an actuation timing of a second valve of the fuel injector, detecting a return timing of the first valve of the fuel injector, and detecting a return timing of the second valve of the fuel injector. The method includes, for one or more fuel injection events, modifying at least one of: a maximum amplitude of solenoid current, an average amplitude of solenoid current, a start time of solenoid current, an end time of solenoid current, or a total time of solenoid current. The modification is based on the actuation timing of the first valve, the actuation timing of the second valve, the return timing of the first valve, and the return timing of the second valve, and may be performed for installation of the fuel injector.
US12110830B2
A highly efficient gas turbine engine is provided. The fan of the gas turbine engine is driven from a turbine via a gearbox, such that the fan has a lower rotational speed than the driving turbine, thereby providing efficiency gains. The efficient fan system is mated to a core that has low cooling flow requirements and/or high temperature capability, and which may have particularly low mass for a given power.
US12110828B2
A core engine including a core casing covering a low-pressure rotary structure and a high-pressure rotary structure and includes a passage of air flowing through the low-pressure and the high-pressure rotary structures; a fan located in front of the core engine; an inner cowl serving as an inner peripheral surface of a bypass passage that extends through the fan and bypasses the core engine; an accessory gear box that extracts power from the low-pressure or the high-pressure rotary structure and supplies the power to accessories; an auxiliary compressor attached to the accessory gear box, is driven by power of the accessory gear box, and increases pressure of compressed air extracted from the core engine; and a compressed air pipe that extends through an inside of a strut connecting the core engine and an airframe and supplies the compressed air having an increased pressure by the auxiliary compressor to the airframe.
US12110802B1
A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a case, a plurality of flow path components, and a mounting system. The case extends circumferentially around a central axis of the gas turbine engine. The plurality of flow path components includes a turbine vane, a turbine blade, and a flow path ring. The mounting system is configured to couple the flow path ring to the case.
US12110797B1
A gas turbine engine includes a row of blade outer air seal (BOAS) arc segments arranged around an engine axis. Each of the BOAS arc segments includes a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) body that has forward and aft flanges that project from the non-core gaspath side. An annular seal plate is located forward of the forward flange and includes a radially-extending wall, an axially-extending wall that projects forwardly from the radially-extending wall, and a nose that projects aftly from the radially-extending wall. The nose seals against the forward flange. A flexible seal is located in a recess defined by the radially-extending wall and the axially-extending wall. The flexible seal seals against a forward face of the radially-extending wall and is radially spaced apart from a radially outer face of the axially-extending wall.
US12110796B1
An engine housing includes a rotor housing and a side housing assembly. The rotor housing includes a rotor housing body. The rotor housing body extends about an axis to form a rotor cavity of the engine housing. The rotor housing body extends between and to a first axial end and a second axial end. The side housing assembly includes a side housing body, a side plate, and a seal assembly. The side housing body is disposed at the first axial end. The side plate is disposed axially between the rotor housing body and the side housing body. The side plate includes an inner side, an outer side, and a perimeter edge. The seal assembly includes a support ring and a sealing ring. The support ring is disposed at the perimeter edge and the first axial end. The support ring circumscribes the side plate. The sealing ring extends between and to a first axial sealing ring end and a second axial sealing ring end. The first axial sealing ring end is disposed at the support ring and the outer side.
US12110787B2
A method and system estimates an influx profile for at least one well fluid from a reservoir to a producing petroleum well with two or more influx zones or influx locations to a production flow. The method includes installing at least one tracer source with distinct tracer materials in known levels of the well and transporting tracer molecules from the tracer sources in the well into the reservoir. The method also includes inducing production flow in the well from the reservoir into the well, collecting samples downstream of the two or more influx zones at known sampling times and analyzing samples for concentration and type of tracer material from said possible tracer sources. The contribution of flow from the two or more influx zones may be calculated based on the analyzed tracer concentrations.
US12110781B2
In an embodiment, the present system can primarily determine the pilot bore profile of a horizontal directional drill (HDD) based on the number of rod sections added and the pitch reading from the underground transmitter at the front of the drill string (as communicated to the HDD drill rig via the walk-over locator), with such calculations being able to be made at the HDD drill rig and/or related remote display on the HDD drill rig. That is, since the length of a given rod section is known and the pitch readout is provided by the underground transmitter, the change in the overall depth of the drill string can be calculated, for example, on drill rod to drill rod basis based on rise over run geometry. The walk-over locator can then be used for a secondary confirmation of the actual depth, if conditions permit (e.g., in range of a direct walk-over).
US12110777B2
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for determining a gas-oil rate (GOR) for an oil well. A measured GOR is determined for an oil well. A measured water cut (WC) is determined for the oil well. An initial solution of the GOR is determined for the oil well. A corrected WC is determined for the oil well based on a function of the measured GOR, the measured WC, and the initial solution of the GOR.
US12110776B2
A method and apparatus for separating of gas from liquids in a wellbore, the apparatus enabling the receiving of wellbore fluids into two or more production separation chambers, operating in parallel. The apparatus further enabling the receiving of production separation chamber fluids into a production pipe through a thief jet port disposed in a lower chamber beneath the production separation chambers. The apparatus further enabling extraction of bottom hole gas fluids in the wellbore from under the two or more production separation chambers and disposing the gas fluids back into the wellbore above the two or more production separation chambers.
US12110774B2
An oil and gas downhole device is disclosed wherein the device separates the oil and gas from undesired water, which returns to the formation. The device includes a plurality of channels filled with elements fit tightly to a gas tight seal at atmospheric pressure with interstitial spaces. Under pressure the device allows oil and gas to pass but not water within its operating range of pressures. Also included is a method for using the device.
US12110773B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, a hybrid drive system that uses multiple sources of mechanical energy to drive a pump is provided. The hybrid drive system may include a first mover for generating first mechanical energy, a pump, a drivetrain for providing first mechanical energy from the first mover to the pump, and a second mover within the drivetrain to generate and provide second mechanical energy to the pump. The multiple sources of mechanical energy may provide flexibility with respect to system design and allow for alternative sources of fuel and energy to be used to drive pumping systems. This may reduce the total diesel fuel consumption necessary to perform a well stimulation operation as well as provide for configurations in which diesel engines may be excluded from the pumping process in favor of alternative energy sources that typically do not have sufficient torque capacity to power a pump.
US12110772B1
Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery methods may include use of carbonated aqueous fluids. Methods for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery may include: introducing a carbonated aqueous fluid into a subterranean reservoir, the carbonated aqueous fluid including carbon dioxide; introducing a first salt solution and a second salt solution into the subterranean reservoir after introducing the carbonated aqueous fluid; contacting the first salt solution with the second salt solution in the subterranean reservoir under conditions where the first salt and the second salt undergo an exothermic reaction; and heating the carbonated aqueous fluid with heat produced via the exothermic reaction; wherein at least a portion of the carbon dioxide is released from the carbonated aqueous fluid upon heating and migrates from a lower portion to an upper portion of the subterranean reservoir, and a decarbonated saline solution is generated from the carbonated aqueous fluid from which the carbon dioxide is released.
US12110768B2
The disclosed embodiments include multilateral completion systems and methods to deploy multilateral completion systems. A multilateral completion system includes a main bore completion having an inductive coupler, a lateral completion having an inductive coupler, and a second lateral completion also having an inductive coupler. The multilateral completion system also includes a junction having an inductive coupler, and a second junction having an inductive coupler. The multilateral completion system further includes a final completion having a first inductive coupler electrically connected to the inductive coupler of the main bore completion, a second inductive coupler electrically connected to the inductive coupler of the lateral completion, a third inductive coupler configured to couple to the inductive coupler of the second junction, and an electrical conduit running through an inner diameter of the junction, whereby the main bore completion, the lateral completion and the second lateral completion are all electrically connected in parallel.
US12110767B2
A drill device comprising: a pile configured such that same descends to a seafloor surface through a mooring installation device provided in a ship, and a part of the body thereof is fixed in an area of the seafloor surface as the upper surface thereof is pressurized in the vertical direction; a driving pipe configured such that same descends to the seafloor surface through a through-hole formed in the pile, the body thereof is inserted into a seafloor foundation, and same is recovered through the through-hole after excavation is completed; a chain, one end of which is fixed to one side of the pile, and the other end of which is introduced through the through-hole such that same is inserted into the seafloor foundation together with the driving pipe; and a drill bit unit.
US12110765B2
The invention relates to the cleaning of a wellbore including a reservoir liner 3 and an upper portion 2 of the wellbore, by running in only one string into the wellbore and performing a reservoir liner cementing operation, displacing the cement 7 with completion fluid 8, followed using the same string to circulate mud in the upper completion, perform an inflow test on the reservoir liner 3, wash the upper completion and displace it to completion fluid 8.
US12110764B2
A shifting tool including a flow sleeve having a fluidic diode to facilitate flow from an exterior port to an interior port along the flow sleeve and restrict flow in the opposite direction. In a first configuration of the shifting tool, a flow path extends from the exterior of a case, via the exterior port, along the flow sleeve, and, via the interior port, to a flow bore of an operating mandrel. Upon exposure to a pressure differential between a cavity in which the flow sleeve is positioned and the flow bore above a threshold pressure differential, a shear pin breaks, such that the shifting tool assumes the second configuration. In the second configuration, the operating mandrel has shifted longitudinally whereby a snap ring extends into a recess or groove in an outside surface of the operating mandrel, to hold the operating mandrel in the second configuration.
US12110762B2
A subsurface safety valve that includes an assembly configured to convert rotary motion from an electrically controlled drive into linear motion of a member. The member is configured to actuate a valve and to decompress an elastic member upon loss of a signal to the electrically controlled drive, and to compress the elastic member when the electrically controlled drive receives a signal.
US12110761B2
A plug for use in a wellbore has a piston that is movable on a body. A control valve is disposed in communication between the wellbore and a piston chamber and can capture wellbore pressure in the piston chamber. A closure on the body can transition from a closed condition to an open condition relative to the port in response to the movement of the piston. A fixture releasably holds the closure in the closed condition on the body. The fixture releases in response an increased pressure differential on the piston above an initial pressure differential between the captured chamber pressure and the wellbore pressure.
US12110756B2
An improved wiper plug and methods of using the plug during casing and cementing operations within a subterranean wellbore are provided. The present plugs may pre-loaded with at least one engineered material and operative to release the material over time at a target location within the wellbore, such release serving to enhance the degradation of dissolvable components within the plugs and/or within the casing string, and/or to alter the chemical properties of the wellbore environment.
US12110752B2
A system for navigating a downhole environment includes a tube body with a flexible material that is formed as a thin-walled tube and a pump that pumps pressured fluid through the tube body. The tube body has at least a section that extends along a horizontal section of a downhole environment by the flexible material pushing out under the pressured fluid. A method for navigating a downhole environment includes providing a tube body with a flexible material which is formed as a thin-walled tube, pumping a first pressure through the tube body to extend the tube body by the flexible material pushing out at a tip of the tube body, and controlling the flexible material to extend the tube body along a horizontal section of a downhole environment.
US12110732B2
A shock absorber includes a first end configured to be mechanically fastened to a first component, a second end configured to be mechanically fastened to a second component, a main body, a main shaft, and a primary piston. The primary piston configured to move within the main body and further configured to provide a first damping force by movement of a fluid through the primary piston while the main shaft moves a first distance. The shock absorber also includes a deformable solid material arranged in the main body. The primary piston configured to further move within the main body and further configured to provide a second damping force by deforming the deformable solid material after the main shaft moves the first distance.
US12110731B2
A door damper assembly that includes a housing, a damper that includes a fixed end and a movable end disposed within the housing, a carriage assembly that is movable within the housing between a closed position and an open position, a claw assembly pivotably attached to the carriage assembly, and a spring positioned to bias the carriage assembly to the closed position. The movable end of the damper is secured to the carriage assembly. The claw assembly is movable with the carriage assembly between the closed position and the open position. The claw assembly is movable relative to the carriage assembly between a non-toggle position and a toggle position. The claw assembly includes a pin receiving space defined therein that defines a claw axis that is generally vertical when the claw is in the non-toggle position and not vertical when the claw assembly is in the toggle position.
US12110727B2
A door system having a linkage assembly with a drive arm and an attendant arm coupled at the ends through a gear joint. The gear joint has drive teeth on an end of the drive arm and attendant teeth on an end of the attendant arm. The drive arm is coupled to a motor in the door system that is coupled to a door, or a door frame or a wall. The attendant arm is coupled to the opposite of the door, or the door frame or the wall to which the door system is coupled. When the door system is installed on the push side or the pull side of the door the drive arm and the attendant arm are parallel with the door and the upper door frame. During operation the motor transfers the torque from the motor through the gear joint to open the door.
US12110717B2
A motor vehicle including a latch and a pawl, the latch is adjustable between an open position and a locked position, the pawl is adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position, a drive arrangement which, in an opening movement, adjusts an adjusting arrangement such that the adjusting arrangement raises the pawl, an actuating lever and a clutch arrangement arranged between the actuating lever and the pawl, in the disengaging state, the actuating stroke of the actuating lever is an idle stroke with regard to the raising of the pawl and in the engaging state, the pawl is able to be raised via the actuating stroke of the actuating lever, the adjusting arrangement with the opening movement, shifts the clutch arrangement from the disengaging state to the engaging state. An unlocking movement shifts the clutch arrangement from the disengaging state into the engaging state via the adjusting arrangement.
US12110711B2
A novel intelligent lock for a recreational vehicle belongs to the technical field of locksets. The novel intelligent lock for the recreational vehicle includes a recreational vehicle lock body; a lock cylinder device is arranged on one side of the recreational vehicle lock body; an electrical control device is arranged in the recreational vehicle lock body; the recreational vehicle lock body is provided with a fingerprint recognition module with an inclination angle; an electronic peep hole capable of observing an external situation is arranged on one side of the fingerprint recognition module; the electrical control device is electrically connected to the fingerprint recognition module and the electronic peep hole; and the electrical control device is connected to the lock cylinder device.
US12110704B2
A fencing system includes a post configured to be anchored to the ground. The post includes a passageway through the post. A rail member, with the post anchored to the ground, is received within the passageway of the post. A length of the rail member extends from the post. The rail member includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The rail member includes a lengthwise opening along the first side of the rail member. With the rail member received within the passageway of the post and the length of the rail member extending from the post, a fence panel is attached at the length of the rail member at the second side of the rail member.
US12110695B2
The invention relates to a floor panel, in particular a magnesium oxide based floor panel, which is preferably provided with interconnecting coupling parts for mutually connecting adjacent floor panels to each other. The invention also relates to a method of producing a floor panel, in particular a magnesium oxide based floor panel.
US12110693B1
A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate is optionally MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, and at least one side edge together with a side edge opposite thereto forming a first pair of opposite side edges of said substrate. The first pair of opposite side edges includes mechanical first and second coupling parts, respectively, allowing the floor board to couple at the respective side edges with a similar floor board. Also, a floor board covering consisting of a plurality of the floor boards connected to one another, and a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
US12110692B2
In the field of decorative floor coverings, decorative panels are known having a MDF (Medium Density Board) or HDF (High Density Board) based core layer on top of which a decorative substrate is attached to provide the panels a desired appearance. The invention relates to a panel, in particular a decorative panel, a floor panel, a ceiling panel or a wall panel. The invention also relates to a floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled panels.
US12110688B2
A composite comprising (i) a pressure-sensitive adhesive component including first and second planar surfaces; (ii) a fire-resistant fabric adhered to the first planar surface; and (iii) a cap layer disposed on said fire-resistant fabric opposite said asphaltic component.
US12110685B2
The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panel carriers, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling surface by supporting a plurality of ceiling panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a carrier configured to mount ceiling panels at varying heights. The carrier includes an elongate support structure extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of attachment projections positioned along the length of the carrier. Each of the attachment projections extends down from the support structure and is configured to hold a ceiling panel. The attachment projections include a first group with a body and an upper hanger that has a first upper flange extending from the body in the longitudinal direction. The attachment projections also include a second group with a body and a lower hanger that has a first lower flange extending from the body in the longitudinal direction.
US12110684B2
A clip that fixes a ceiling joist intersecting a ceiling joist receiver to the ceiling joist receiver, includes: a top portion having a width of the ceiling joist receiver; a first hanging portion hanging down from one end of the top portion, and provided with, at a lower portion, first engaging projections extending left and right to engage the ceiling joist; and a second hanging portion hanging down from another end of the top portion, and provided with, at a lower portion, second engaging projections extending left and right to lock the ceiling joist. The first hanging portion has a length longer than that of the second hanging portion, and a recess extending in a direction toward the second hanging portion is provided at an intermediate position of the first hanging portion.
US12110677B2
The present invention provides a sidewall system and a collapsible building using the system thereof. The sidewall system has a fixed wall, a sidewall, and a single-side eave system that has an eave panel that can be unfolded and folded along with the movement of the sidewall automatically. A collapsible building with two sidewall systems and a sliding, retractable roof is also provided. The collapsible building can create an enclosed space easily and quickly.
US12110672B2
Food waste disposer systems and related systems for coupling food waste disposer systems having permanent magnet (PM) motors to electrical power sources, and related coupling and configuration methods, are disclosed herein. In at least one example embodiment, a food waste disposer system includes a PM motor, an AC-to-DC converter having AC input and DC output ports, a housing, a power cord connection structure supported at least indirectly upon the housing, an adapter, and a power cord including a first plug configured to be coupled to the connection structure. The disposer system can be selectively implemented either in a first installation environment including a wall outlet by way of coupling the first plug to the connection structure, or in a second installation environment including a hardwired power cable by coupling additional lead wires of the hardwired power cable to the adapter and further coupling the adapter to the connection structure.
US12110670B1
A voice-controlled faucet includes a spout, a base, a mechanically operated mixing valve assembly, an electrically operable flow control assembly, a sound receiving unit and a speaker unit. The sound receiving unit and the speaker unit include a housing structure with enhanced water protection for the electronic components inside, respectively.
US12110665B2
A system includes a work machine, a camera, and a processor. The camera captures an image including a periphery of the work machine. A processor acquires image data indicative of a captured image captured by a camera. The processor acquires, from image data, a specific object present within the captured image and a distance from the work machine to the specific object by performing image analysis using an object detection model. The object detection model is trained an image of the specific object and the distance to the specific object. The processor controls the work machine based on the distance from the work machine to the specific object when the specific object is detected in the captured image.
US12110660B2
A work machine, a first method of defining a virtual 3D exclusion zone, and a second method of preventing collisions involving a work machine are disclosed. The work machine comprises a body, an implement arm, an imaging assembly, and an electrohydraulic assembly configured to prevent the implement arm from intersecting a 3D exclusion zone. The first method comprises scanning a local environment, generating a virtual 3D representation, identifying key structures, and generating a virtual 3D exclusion zone encompassing the key structures. The second method comprises defining a virtual 3D exclusion zone, monitoring a motion of the work machine, and adjusting the motion to avoid an intersection between the work machine and the 3D exclusion zone. The 3D exclusion zone may be implemented for a number of machines, environments, and key structures without unduly removing control from a human operator.
US12110659B2
A pilot neutralizing system of a work vehicle may include a pilot neutralizer and a first sensor. The work vehicle may include a frame assembly having a first frame portion and a second frame portion and an actuating assembly used to pivot the first frame portion relative to the second frame portion. The pilot neutralizer is electrically coupled to a controller and is hydraulically coupled between the operator control member and the steering valve to selectively provide a communication of a pilot signal. When an articulation position reaches a cushion region during steering, the pilot neutralizer is de-energized or energized to change the pilot signal at the steering valve to resist the actuating assembly from moving. The first sensor is coupled to the pilot neutralizer and detects a first value to diagnose the pilot neutralizer to determine whether the pilot neutralizer is incorrectly in a de-energized state or an energized state.
US12110651B2
A work machine includes a boom, a work tool configured to drive with respect to the boom, an actuator configured to drive the work tool, a sub-link attached to the boom, and a control section. The sub-link is configured to transmit driving force of the actuator to the work tool. The control section is configured to control the actuator based on a posture of the sub-link with respect to the boom. A method of controlling a work machine includes controlling an actuator based on a posture of a sub-link with respect to a boom, the sub-link being configured to transmit driving force of the actuator to a work tool configured to drive with respect to the boom.
US12110649B2
A coupler for coupling an implement having first and second spaced apart parallel pins, to the arm of a vehicle. The coupler has a body for attaching to the vehicle arm, a first fixed jaw, a movable second jaw facing away from the first jaw, and an actuator to selectively move the second jaw towards and away from the first jaw. The first jaw includes a lip forward of the seat for the first pin. A first locking member is pivotable between a locking position, in which a portion of the locking member protrudes into the opening of the first jaw, and an unlocked position. A second locking member is pivotable between a locking position in which a portion of the second locking member constricts the opening of the second jaw, and an unlocked position. Movement of the second jaw causes movement of the first locking member.
US12110648B2
An energy island system arranged related to a body of water with a seafloor, a surface and a depth over an underground is disclosed. The system comprises a structurally rigid shell (1) extending from the seafloor to above the water surface, inclosing a lagoon of the body of water, material with a negative buoyancy stacked around the shell (1) forming a gravity stabilized wall (2), and a tunnel (5) established in the wall (2), providing for hydraulic communication between the surrounding body of water and the interior of the shell (1). Further, a method for construction of an energy island is disclosed.
US12110639B1
A rail temperature expansion joint and a laying and mounting method thereof relate to the technical field of track transit. The rail temperature expansion joint includes a sleeper, the upper surface of the sleeper is symmetrically mounted with two first rails and two second rails, and the first rail and the second rail on one side are arranged on the same straight line; a gap is arranged between end faces of the first rail and the second rail; the adjacent ends of the first rail and the second rail are fastened and positioned by a group of adjustment components, the adjustment components are fixedly mounted on the embedded part, and the embedded part is located at the outer side of the first rail and the second rail.
US12110637B2
Dispersible adhesively bonded wet tissue laminates comprising two or more adhesively bonded tissue plies. The first and second tissue plies may be adhesively bonded to one another discrete bond points by adhesive, such as a triggerable adhesive binder. The first and second tissue plies may differ in respect to at least one of basis weight, sheet bulk, tensile strength or fiber composition. The adhesively bonded wet tissue laminates are generally strong enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean wet tensile strength (GMWT) greater than about 200 g/in, but disperse quickly in water, such as having a Slosh Time less than about 60 minutes.
US12110632B2
An automated ironing apparatus has a flexible steaming head for applying steam to a supported article. The flexible steaming head includes a device for shaping the flexible steaming head in at least two dimensions. A method of operating this apparatus for smoothing a garment includes a step of closing at least one opening in the garment, thereby to restrict gas flow through the at least one opening and introducing gas inside the garment thereby to smooth the garment. The step of closing at least one of the openings to be closed is effected by engaging the flexible steaming head with a surface of the garment.
US12110626B2
A laundry processing apparatus includes an outer tub for accommodating washing water therein, an inner tub disposed inside the outer tub and containing laundry therein, a pulsator provided in a lower portion of the inner tub, a blade provided below the pulsator, a driving motor disposed outside the outer tub for rotating a washing shaft, a pulsator connecting shaft penetrating a lower side surface of the outer tub for rotating the pulsator, a blade connecting shaft which also penetrates a lower side surface of the outer tub for rotating the blade, and a gear module disposed outside the outer tub for transmitting a rotational force of the washing shaft to the pulsator connecting shaft and the blade connecting shaft respectively.
US12110615B2
An axial bearing for a spinning rotor of an open-end spinning machine includes a static bearing component having axially polarized permanent magnet rings delimited on both sides by ferromagnetic pole disks arranged in a bearing housing, the static bearing component interacting with a dynamic bearing component formed by ferromagnetic webs arranged on a rotor shaft of the spinning rotor. Each pole disk includes a disk ring, a central opening, a vertical axis, and a horizontal axis. The disk ring includes an area of reduced ferromagnetic material on an inner circumference thereof at the vertical axis as compared to a remaining inner circumferential area of the disk ring.
US12110614B1
Provided is a control method for a yarn route inspection equipment, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting whether a first workstation in an initial yarn route inspection path is in a shoveling state; when the first workstation is not in the shoveling state, controlling the yarn route inspection equipment to inspect the first workstation; when the first workstation is in the shoveling state, controlling the yarn route inspection equipment to bypass the first workstation to inspect a second workstation and mark the first workstation as an uninspected state; and when inspection of the initial yarn route inspection path is completed and there is a workstation in the uninspected state, controlling the yarn route inspection equipment to perform supplementary inspection on the workstation in the uninspected state in the initial yarn route inspection path.
US12110597B2
Methods of applying an inorganic material to a metal substrate that includes a metallic material having an austenite transformation temperature. The method includes depositing inorganic particles onto a surface of the metal substrate. In some embodiments, methods may include depositing inorganic particles at a deposition temperature that does not cause the metallic material to exceed the austenite transformation temperature. The inorganic particles deposited onto the surface of the metal substrate may form an abrasion-resistant coating on the surface of the metal substrate. The difference between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the metallic material and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the abrasion-resistant coating may be 10×10−6/degrees C. or less.
US12110596B2
A structural part includes a pocket where the pocket is formed during or after a production of the structural part. A coating material is disposed in the pocket where the coating material at least partially fills the pocket. A method for producing a structural part includes removing or reducing material in a portion of a structural part to produce or form a pocket during or after a forming of the structural part and filling the pocket with a coating material by a coating method.
US12110595B2
The hot-dip plated steel material includes a steel material and a hot-dip plated layer disposed on a surface of the steel material, the hot-dip plated layer has a certain chemical composition, and the hot-dip plated layer has a diffraction intensity obtained from a result of X-ray diffraction measurement, the diffraction intensity satisfying a certain relationship.
US12110592B2
Embodiments are disclosed for a method for generating a metal-oxide film. The method includes providing a metal ligand complex having a metal and a reactive moiety. The metal ligand complex is dissolved in a solvent that coats at least part of a substrate. Additionally, the method includes inducing a combustion process involving the metal ligand complex, in the absence of any additional fuel, to generate a film that is formed over at least part of the substrate. The film includes an oxide of the metal.
US12110580B2
A method for applying a coating having at least one TiCN layer to a surface of a substrate to be coated by means of high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS), wherein, to deposit the at least one TiCN layer, at least one Ti target is used as the Ti source for producing the TiCN layer, said target being sputtered in a reactive atmosphere by means of a HIPIMS process in a coating chamber, wherein the reactive atmosphere comprises at least one inert gas, preferably argon, and at least nitrogen gas as the reactive gas, wherein: the reactive atmosphere additionally contains, as a second reactive gas, a gas containing carbon, preferably CH4, used as the source of carbon to produce the TiCN layer wherein, while depositing the TiCN layer, a bipolar bias voltage is applied to the substrate to be coated, or at least one graphite target is used as the source of carbon for producing the TiCN layer, said target being used for sputtering in the coating chamber using a HIPIMS process with the reactive atmosphere having only nitrogen gas as the reactive gas, wherein the Ti targets are preferably operated by means of a first power supply device or a first power supply unit and the graphite targets are operated with pulsed power by means of a second power supply device or a second power supply unit.
US12110574B2
Novel aluminum alloys are provided for use in an impact extrusion manufacturing process to create shaped containers and other articles of manufacture. In one embodiment blends of recycled scrap aluminum are used in conjunction with relatively pure aluminum to create novel compositions which may be formed and shaped in an environmentally friendly process. Other embodiments include methods for manufacturing a slug material comprising mixtures of aluminum alloys for use in the impact extraction process, a container manufactured using the aluminum alloy in an impact extrusion process, and the container, wherein the material of the container is the aluminum alloy.
US12110561B2
A DNA methylation profile of a few of trophectoderm cells in a blastocyst is detected, and the average methylation 5 level and the methylation pattern of embryos identified as having a good morphology in Gardner morphological blastocyst grading process are used as the standard for screening for well-developed blastocysts. The nearer the methylation level of the trophectoderm cells of the blastocyst to be tested approaches the methylation level or state of the good embryo, the better the embryo development is and the higher the 10 suitability for being implanted into a maternal subject is.
US12110558B2
The invention provides methods, nucleic acids and kits for determining the prognosis of a subject having cancer. The invention discloses genomic sequences the methylation patterns of which have utility for the improved detection of said disorder, thereby enabling the improved diagnosis and treatment of patients.
US12110551B2
The application concerns means for determining the stage of hepatic tissue damage, in particular the hepatic fibrosis score of subjects infected with one or more hepatitis viruses. In particular, the means of the invention involve measuring the levels of expression of selected genes, said selected genes being: SPP1, and at least one gene from among A2M and VIM, and at least one gene from among IL8, CXCL10 and ENG, and optionally, at least one gene from among the list of the following sixteen genes: IL6ST, p14ARF, MMP9, ANGPT2, CXCL11, MMP2, MMP7, S100A4, TIMP1, CHI3L1, COL1A1, CXCL1, CXCL6, IHH, IRF9 and MMP1.
US12110549B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including analyte characterization by polynucleotide sequencing. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins), genomic DNA, and RNA (e.g., mRNA or CRISPR guide RNAs). Also described herein, are barcoded labelling agents and oligonucleotide molecules useful for “tagging” analytes for characterization.
US12110541B2
Provided herein are methods of preparing a spatial array and methods for associating specific sample analytes with spatial locations in the spatial array. Provided herein are methods for preparing a spatial array using a plurality of primers attached to a substrate to guide a plurality of features to specific locations on the spatial array. In a non-limiting example, a plurality of primers on a substrate can be used to guide a plurality of first features that include capture probes onto the substrate. A plurality of second features that are configured to hybridize to the first features and also include capture probes are added to the substrate.
US12110537B2
The invention generally relates to methods of performing a capture reaction. In certain embodiments, the method involves obtaining a nucleic acid, fragmenting the nucleic acid, and capturing a target sequence on the nucleic acid fragment using a capture moiety, such as a molecular inversion probe.
US12110531B2
A method for increasing the oil yield in an ethanol production process comprising: adding a liquid enzyme formulation having at least one enzyme, a buffering agent, a stabilizer, and a preservative wherein the pH of the enzyme formulation is about pH 6.0-8.0 to a beer, a distillation, a whole stillage, a centrifugation, a thin stillage, an evaporator, a syrup, or an oil recovery unit.
US12110527B2
The present invention relates to the field of microbial production of novel biosurfactants. More specifically, the present invention discloses the usage of a fungal strain such as the yeast Starmerella bombicola having a dysfunctional CYP52M1 cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and a dysfunctional FAO1 fatty alcohol oxidase for producing high amounts of so-called “symmetrical bolaform sophorosides” where both sophorose moieties are attached through a terminal glycosidic linkage to the hydrophobic linker. In addition, the present invention further discloses that the latter yeast can also be used to produce alkyl sophorosides and symmetrical bolaform glucosides.
US12110524B2
Methods, compositions, and cells for generating acyl alcohols. Compositions comprising acyl alcohols. Methods of cleaving acyl amino acids and/or acyl alcohols to generate free fatty acids, free amino acids, and/or free alcohols.
US12110522B2
Engineered promiscuous biotin ligases and methods of using them in proximity labeling are described. In particular, the invention provides novel biotin ligase variants having increased promiscuous biotinylation activity capable of proximity labeling of proteins in live cells in as little as 10 minutes.
US12110515B2
Provided herein are modified Archaeal family B polymerases derived from the Archaeal microorganism Thermococcus sp. EP1 that exhibit improved incorporation of nucleotide analogues utilized in DNA sequences.
US12110514B2
Presented herein are polymerase enzymes for improved incorporation of nucleotide analogues, in particular nucleotides which are modified at the 3′ sugar hydroxyl, as well as methods and kits using the same.
US12110511B2
The present invention is directed to a method for producing bacteriophages infecting a bacterial host such as Flavobacterium columnare or Aeromonas sp, the method comprising the steps of adding the bacterium to a sterile culture medium supplemented with mucin or another mucus component, incubating said culture medium, thereby obtaining a bacterial culture, optionally collecting the supernatant containing floating (planktonic) bacterial cells from said culture and transferring the supernatant to a new container in order to discard most of the biofilm and adding a bacteriophage infecting the bacterium to said bacterial culture obtained from a previous step, and incubating the culture until the phage yield increases or peaks. The method can also be used for preparing modified enrichment cultures for optimized phage isolation. Addition of mucin to soft-agar culture medium is proposed as an optimized technique for viral titration. This invention also covers all relevant steps in setting up a phage therapy product: phage production, phage quantification and phage isolation.
US12110497B2
The present invention relates to a pseudotyped insect baculovirus gene transfer system and a virus for shrimps, and a construction method and use thereof. The present invention belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering. The pseudotyped insect baculovirus gene transfer system for shrimps disclosed in the present invention includes a Bac-to-Bac insect baculovirus expression system, an expression plasmid carrying shrimp virus envelope protein gene and an insect packaging cell. The present invention can achieve stable and efficient transfer and expression of a foreign gene in a shrimp tissue and cell.
US12110491B2
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for selectively reducing expression of an allelic variant of a gene containing a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). Such methods, compounds, and composition are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's Disease (HD).
US12110489B2
Disclosed herein is an improved Gene Site Saturation Mutagenesis (GSSM) method for producing a plurality of modified polynucleotides and/or polypeptides, creating specific changes to a gene, and reassembling mutations or changes at one or more sites.
US12110485B2
Provided is a method for precipitating a starch emulsion, the method including: mixing a fermentation broth with the starch emulsion, the fermentation broth including an isolated microorganism, wherein the isolated microorganism is Leuconostoc citreum WSJ-57 deposited under an accession number of CGMCC No. 19201 in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on Dec. 20, 2019.
US12110480B2
An observation device includes a microscope. The microscope includes an illumination light beam source, an illumination optical system, and an observation optical system forming an optical image of an observation target from reflected light beams obtained by reflection of illumination light beams by the observation target. The observation optical system includes a phase plate changing the phase of directly reflected light beams reflected on a reflection surface among the reflected light beams. Both the illumination optical system and the observation optical system are arranged under the observation target. The observation device includes an image pickup device photoelectrically converting the optical image obtained by the observation optical system to create image data of the observation target and a display device displaying the image data. The illumination light beam emitted from the illumination optical system is a collimated light beam.
US12110474B2
Proposed is a natural wax composition including 80 to 95 parts by weight of natural plant oil being a mixture of different kinds of oil, 3 to 20 parts by weight of wax, and 1 to 3 parts by weight of a preservative. Therefore, a natural wax composition can be provided that enables anyone to easily and conveniently mold Do-it-Yourself (DIY) scented candles even without the need for any expert knowledge for making scented candles. The natural wax composition can exhibit cream-type properties, leading to a reduction in liquefaction time compared to solid wax, thereby significantly reducing the manufacturing time of scented candles.
US12110468B1
The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions and, in particular, lubricating compositions suitable for medium and/or heavy duty diesel engines having low levels of phosphorus and/or zinc but still achieving good valve train wear by including an antiwear system provided from overbased zinc dihydrocarbyl dithiophosphates having a selected average degree of branching and a certain percent of hydrocarbyl groups derived from secondary alcohols.
US12110466B2
A torrefaction method comprises forwarding biomass through a process chamber; heating the biomass in the process chamber to a predetermined temperature and pyrolyzing the biomass to release syngas from the biomass, wherein the syngas contains at least 20% of the power contained in the flow of the biomass; and oxidizing the syngas to heat the biomass in the process chamber.
US12110462B2
Methods of making a diesel fuel blend having enhanced cold properties; methods of lowering the cloud point of a mineral middle distillate fuel; and diesel fuel blends including a blend of a renewable fuel and a mineral middle distillate fuel.
US12110461B2
A solid and liquid waste gasifier has a reactor that includes a fixed chamber and an alumina (aluminium oxide) refractory coating, provided with an automatic energy cell feeder and having, inside the fixed chamber, a rotary steel tube which is coupled to one of the ends of the fixed chamber, said rotary tube having a surface containing holes, a screw on its inside surface and a second screw on its outside surface, which rotates juxtaposed to the inside tubular body wall, ensuring the ashes are moved to be released in an automatic device, said gasifier being provided with sensors, the data from which is sent to a programmable logic controller for activation of the mechanical elements.
US12110457B2
A method of estimating a surface tension of coal inert material includes determining in advance a first relational expression representing a relationship between a surface tension of coal inert material and a physical property value representing a coal rank; and measuring the physical property value representing the coal rank of a coal for which the surface tension of coal inert material is to be estimated, and calculating the surface tension of the coal inert material by using the measured physical property value representing the coal rank and the first relational expression.
US12110455B2
A method of making a hydraulic fracturing slurry can include contacting an aqueous solution comprising calcium ions with a carbon dioxide source producing a carbonated aqueous solution. Substrate particles can be submerged in the carbonated aqueous solution to produce a calcium carbonate coated proppant wherein the carbon dioxide is sequestered in the calcium carbonate. The calcium coated proppant can be combined with hydraulic fracturing fluid to produce a hydraulic fracturing slurry. Alternatively, the calcium carbonate coated proppant can be combined with silica sand to produce a proppant composition used in a hydraulic fracturing slurry.
US12110449B1
Disclosed is a bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material and a preparation method and application thereof in the technical field of natural gas hydrate drilling and production; the preparation method of the bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material includes the following steps: mixing the ceramsite with an aqueous solution of 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane before a stirring reaction and drying to obtain modified ceramsite; and fully dispersing the modified ceramsite, ethyl cellulose, and epoxy resin in dichloromethane to obtain an oil phase; adding the oil phase into a gelatin aqueous solution and mixing uniformly; after a stirring reaction, evaporating an organic solvent, filtering, washing, and drying, to obtain the bio-enzyme degradable temporary plugging material.
US12110445B2
The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (A) an ethylene-based polymer and (B) from 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a metal hydroxide component, based on the total weight of the composition. The metal hydroxide component includes a metal hydroxide having an aspect ratio greater than, or equal to, 10. The composition has a thermal conductivity greater than 0.52 W m−1 K−1 and a density less than, or equal to 1.02 g/cc. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor including a non-metal conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing the composition.
US12110435B2
The disclosed and claimed subject matter is directed to an etching composition that includes (A) phosphoric acid and (B) a mixture that includes (i) a silicon-containing compound and (ii) an aqueous solvent. In some embodiments, the etching compositions include additional ingredients. The etching compositions are useful for the selective removal of silicon nitride over silicon oxide from a microelectronic device having such material(s) thereon during its manufacture.
US12110428B2
This adhesively joined structure includes a first member having a metal portion and a film portion disposed on at least a part of a surface of the metal portion; a second member; an adhesive layer for joining the first member and the second member to each other via the film portion. The film portion includes an organic resin phase containing one or more of a urethane group, an epoxy group, and an ester group; an organic compound phase formed of an organic silicon compound; and optionally an inorganic compound phase formed of an inorganic silicon compound. The total volume percentage of the organic compound phase and the inorganic compound phase to the total volume of the film portion is 16 vol % to 84 vol %. The volume percentage of the organic compound phase to the total volume of the film portion is 16 vol % to 84 vol %. The volume percentage of the inorganic compound phase to the total volume of the film portion is limited to 10 vol % or less. The organic silicon compound includes a Si—C bond; and a Si—O bond or a Si—OH bond or a a combination thereof.
US12110422B2
Provided are a polishing method and a polishing composition that are applied to polishing of silicon carbide and allows reduction of rise in pH of the polishing composition and increase in pad temperature during polishing Provided is a method of polishing an object to be polished having a surface formed of silicon carbide. The method includes steps of preparing a polishing composition, and supplying the polishing composition to the object to be polished and polishing the object to be polished. The polishing composition contains permanganate, a metal salt A, and water. The metal salt A is a salt of a metal cation having a pKa of less than 7.0 in form of a hydrated metal ion, and an anion.
US12110421B2
Provided is a composition for semiconductor processing including abrasive particles and at least one additive. The composition may exhibit excellent polishing performance by being applied to a process of polishing a semiconductor wafer, may minimize defects in a polishing target surface, may achieve flat polishing without a difference in flatness between a plurality of different layers when used to polish the externally exposed surfaces of the layers, and may be applied to polishing of the surface of a semiconductor wafer having a through silicon via (TSV). Also provided is a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the composition.
US12110420B2
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.
US12110413B2
A circuit board water-proofing coating composition is provided comprising: at least one passivating agent, preferably containing a molecule comprising a thio-functional group, desirably a thiol group, an azolic moiety, or an azole, and combinations thereof; at least one binder component comprising an organic or inorganic film-forming polymer, and/or one or more polymer pre-cursors polymerizable on a substrate surface; and optionally one or more additive(s); also provided are methods of making and using the coating composition and coated circuit boards.
US12110398B2
It has been found that bismuth can be milled into pigment platelets. A metallic pigment comprises bismuth metal and an organic additive. The pigment is platelet shaped. In addition, the platelet shaped pigment comprising bismuth metal can be produced by physical vapor deposition (PVD) methods. In some embodiments, the metallic pigment comprises multiple layers.
US12110388B2
Disclosed is a connector connection port formed by injection molding a polybutylene terephthalate resin material. A protruding boss part is provided on an outer or inner peripheral surface of the connector connection port. Voids are present in the boss part and a lower part of the outer or inner peripheral surface on which the boss part is provided. When a total of cross-sectional areas of voids in a region at a height of 0-0.5 mm from the outer or inner peripheral surface in the boss part is S1, a total of cross-sectional areas of voids in a region at a depth of 0-0.5 mm from the outer or inner peripheral surface on which the boss part is provided is S2, and a total of S1 and S2 is 100%, an areal ratio of S1 is 5% to 45% and an areal ratio of S2 is 55% to 95%.
US12110384B2
The present invention provides a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin composition for a window frame having excellent properties including moldability, heat resistance, and impact resistance and capable of preventing or reducing deformation such as warpage or damage even after exposure to sunlight for a long time. Provided is a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin composition for a window frame, containing a chlorinated vinyl chloride resin and an infrared reflective pigment.
US12110382B2
Provided is a polyolefin microporous membrane having a loss tangent (tan δ) at 230° C. of 0.35 or more and less than 0.60 in melt viscoelasticity measurement.
US12110376B2
An article having: an elastomeric jacket; a gel within the jacket; and a plurality of gas-filled, polymerically-encapsulated microbubbles suspended in the gel. The microbubbles have a Gaussian particle size distribution. The largest microbubble has a diameter at least 10 times the diameter of the smallest microbubble. The article may exhibit Anderson localization at at least one frequency of sound waves impacting the article.
US12110373B2
Water-based polyurethane dispersion methodology relating to a chain-extended polyurethane, characterized in that the polyurethane dispersion includes 2, 5, 7, 10-tetraoxaundecane. The water-based polyurethane dispersion is suitable as a non-hazardous water-based coating composition for coatings with a particularly good adhesion on plastic or rubber substrates. The solvent 2, 5, 7, 10-tetraoxaundecane contained therein imparts good film coalescing, good adhesive properties and high strength of the polyurethane dispersion.
US12110359B2
A process for preliminary polymerization may include washing a catalyst mud comprising a supported metallocene catalyst with at least one saturated hydrocarbon at a temperature from 0° C. to 40° C., a pressure from 20 to 40 kgf/cm2, and a residence time of at least 30 minutes; continuously feeding the washed catalytic mud to a continuous pre-polymerization reactor; and pre-polymerizing, in the continuous pre-polymerization reactor, ethylene and at least one C4 to C10 α-olefin as comonomer, with the washed catalytic mud, to produce a pre-polymer; wherein an average residence time in the continuous pre-polymerization reactor is more than 90 minutes and less than 240 minutes, a reactor temperature is from 10° C. to 50° C., and a reactor pressure from 20 to 40 kgf/cm2.
US12110353B2
A modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rubber composition including the same are disclosed herein. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has excellent processability and good tensile strength and viscoelasticity. In some embodiments, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), and has an N content of 150 ppm or more based on the weight of the modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rate of change of mooney viscosity (MVR) of 20% or less.
US12110350B1
A method of making a smart optical material (SOM) including mixing polypropylene in a solvent to form a first solution. The method further includes mixing a zinc salt in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and heating it to form a second solution. The method further includes mixing rhodamine B and a peroxide into the second solution to form a third solution. The method further includes mixing the third solution into the first solution to form a reaction solution, wherein the peroxide initiates polymerization of the 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate to form poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). The method further includes separating the SOM from the reaction solution. The SOM has at least two bandgaps, a first bandgap is from 1.4-1.5 eV, and a second bandgap is from 1.8-1.9 eV.
US12110348B2
A carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein the content of sodium is 1500 ppm by weight or less, the total content of calcium, magnesium, and aluminum is 350 ppm by weight or less, and the storage elastic modulus at 140° C. is 350 kPa or more.
US12110342B2
Disclosed herein is a composition including a recombinant nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody or fragment thereof that targets PCSK9. The disclosure also provides a method of preventing and/or treating disease, such as cardiovascular disease or hypercholesterolemia, in a subject using the composition of the invention.
US12110341B2
A composition comprising a main species HER2 antibody that binds to domain II of HER2 and acidic variants thereof is described. Pharmaceutical formulations comprising the composition, and therapeutic uses for the composition are also disclosed.
US12110340B2
A method for detecting cells having granules expressing G protein coupled receptor-associated sorting protein 1 (GASP-1) or a fragment thereof is provided. The detection method may comprise: (a) contacting the cells with an effective amount of a binding protein, wherein the binding protein comprises an antigen binding fragment that specifically binds GASP-1; and (b) identifying cells having granules bound to the binding protein. The GASP-1 granules may be in the cytosol or on the surface of the cells. Also provided are methods for producing T-cells comprising a chimeric antigen receptor, anti-GASP-1 antibody or a bi-specific binding protein. Further provided are methods for treating GASP-1-mediated to disease or inactivating exosomes, microvesicles or oncosomes.
US12110339B2
Provided herein are immunomodulatory proteins comprising ICOSL variants and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The immunomodulatory proteins provide therapeutic utility for a variety of immunological and oncological conditions. Compositions and methods for making and using such proteins are provided.
US12110332B2
A bifunctional fusion protein targeting CD47 and PD-L1, which belongs to the field of biomedicine and solves the problems that anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment has poor effect on low immunogenic tumors and anti-CD47 treatment has poor targeting properties. The fusion protein consists of a CD47-binding moiety and a PD-L1-binding moiety linked by means of a disulfide bond, can block both the binding of CD47 to SIRPa and the binding of PD-L1 to PD-1, not only activating macrophage phagocytosis of tumor cells and promoting antigen presentation in innate immunity, but also promoting tumor-specific T cell activation in acquired immunity, and has lower hematological toxicity. The fusion protein has better anti-tumor efficacy and hematological safety than anti-PD-L1 or anti-CD47 therapy alone, and animals from which a tumor has disappeared after the treatment of the fusion protein produce immunity against re-inoculation of the same tumor cell.
US12110331B2
The present invention relates to canine antibodies, binding polypeptides, and scFvs specific for canine cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4).
US12110328B2
The invention relates to compounds, in particular polypeptides that specifically bind to the non-classical MHC protein CD1d and modulate CD1d-mediated biological functions. The invention in particular relates to such compounds and polypeptides comprising or consisting of at least one single domain antibody, and wherein at least one single domain antibody specifically binds to CD1d. Also provided is for methods and use employing such compounds, polypeptides and/or single-domain antibodies.
US12110310B2
The present relates to novel bioactive amphiphilic kanamycin compounds having the general formula of: where R may be a C4 to C20 branched or straight chained alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. Also provided are methods of synthesizing and methods of using the compounds of the present invention. The compounds of the present invention are useful in treating and preventing various fungal and bacterial diseases.
US12110305B2
Compounds, compositions, and method useful for treating a viral infection, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, are disclosed. In particular, prodrugs of phosphonamide nucleotide analogues and methods for their preparation and use as therapeutic or prophylactic agents are disclosed.
US12110298B2
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.
US12110287B2
The present invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives which have blocking activities of voltage gated sodium channels as the Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 channels, and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of disorders and diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which voltage gated sodium channels are involved.
US12110284B2
The disclosure is directed to crystalline forms and mixtures thereof of R-fasoracetam. Such crystalline forms include Form II monohydrate R-fasoracetam and the anhydrate form of R-fasoracetam. The disclosure further includes mixtures of the anhydrate form of R-fasoracetam together with one or more of Form I monohydrate R-fasoracetam and Form II monohydrate R-fasoracetam.
US12110280B2
A method for synthesizing cyclic carbonate monomers using carbon dioxide (CO2) is provided. The method also includes combining reagents to synthesize the cyclic carbonate monomer, the reagents including a substrate that is a 1,X-diol, where X is between 2 and 5, a base that is a tertiary amine, a promoter that is a multidentate, bis-tertiary amine base where nitrogens are separated by 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a solvent, and CO2.
US12110274B2
To provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency and to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device which consumes low power and is driven at low voltage, a carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, α1, α2, α3, and α4 each represent an arylene group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aryl group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; R1 represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; and R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. In addition, l, n, and n are each independently 0 or 1.
US12110268B1
A cannabis infused oil is formed by collecting and drying raw cannabis material having a desired cannabinoid profile. Next, the raw dried cannabis material is blended with oil to obtain a cannabis infused oil mixture. Blending is performed without causing the cannabis material to become decarboxylated. Next, the cannabis material is filtered from the cannabis infused oil mixture thereby obtaining a cannabis infused oil. The cannabis infused oil has at least two cannabinoids present in the oil in accordance with the desired cannabinoid profile. Next, the cannabis infused oil is packaged for storage and shipment. The cannabis infused oil is formed without any alcohol, does not have any decarboxylated cannabinoids and is non-psychoactive. In one example, the cannabis infused oil has between 100 milligrams and 2,000 milligrams of cannabinoids per fluid ounce of cannabis infused oil. In another example, before blending with oil, the cannabis material is combined with alcohol.
US12110259B2
A chemical reaction heat source for use in heaters for downhole applications is provided. The heat source has a solid fuel composition that comprises thermite and a binding agent. The binding agent serving to maintain the solid form of the solid fuel composition during burning and ensure a predetermined uniform heating pattern can be provided for longer. The solid fuel composition can be provided in the form of blocks. The solid fuel composition can also be provided in the form of a plurality of fragments that, during burning, behave more like powdered thermite and have the ability to flow.
US12110257B2
The present document describes a method of producing sulfur particles by injecting an unbroken stream of molten sulfur under a pulsation free pressure, from a distance, into tempered water moving at a velocity, to produce a physical reaction of said molten sulfur with said tempered water to produce sulfur particles. Also described are sulfur particles produced by the process and methods of using the same for fertilizing soil.
US12110248B2
A method of producing a microstructured optical fiber is disclosed. The method includes providing a preform and drawing the preform. The preform has a center axis, a length and a first end and a second end and has at least one longitudinal hole extending lengthwise. The method includes inserting a first end of a pressure tube into the hole of the preform at the first end of the preform and subjecting the hole of the preform to a controlled pressure via the pressure tube during the drawing.
US12110245B2
A method for treating wastewater is disclosed. The method is useful in particular for treating wastewater that is generated from the process of drilling, hydraulic fracturing and/or cleaning a bore of an oil or natural gas well bore. The method may include performing cold lime softening of the wastewater to form waste salt flocs, filtration of waste salt flocs, ozonation of the filtrate from the filtration, and reverse osmosis of the filtrate to produce a purified permeate.
US12110238B2
A method of activating and dewatering sludge through application of acoustic pressure shock waves to wastewater.
US12110231B2
A preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) in a protective atmosphere, mixing a graphite powder with a metal peroxide and/or alkali metal superoxide, and leaving same to stand to obtain a mixed graphite-metal peroxide and/or graphite-alkali metal superoxide composite material; (2) putting the composite material prepared in step (1) into a liquid medium, which can react with the metal peroxide and/or the alkali metal superoxide, for a reaction to obtain intercalated graphite; and (3) heating the intercalated graphite prepared in step (2) to prepare the expanded graphite. The preparation method can effectively avoid the generation of harmful impurities such as sulfur and sulfides during the preparation process of the expanded graphite, thereby reducing environmental pollution.
US12110220B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an inverter assembly comprising a base plate to interface with a bottom of an upright gas tank; a rotatable shaft; and at least one swing arm coupled to the base plate and the rotatable shaft; wherein the inverter assembly is to pivot about a horizontal axis to swing the base plate and a bottom side of an upright gas tank placed thereon in an upward arc responsive to rotation of the rotatable shaft.
US12110214B2
Provided is a work vehicle that can be transported by being loaded onto a trailer without having the outriggers removed. The work vehicle (rough terrain crane) is transported by being loaded onto a low bed trailer including a low bed and a high portion (first high bed, second high bed) higher than the low bed in at least one of the front and the rear of the low bed, and includes: outrigger units (front outrigger unit, rear outrigger unit) that are mounted to the front and rear of a vehicle body; and a lift unit that lifts and lowers the outrigger units (front outrigger unit, rear outrigger unit with respect to the vehicle body.
US12110206B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a casing, a sheet discharge unit, a sheet supporting portion, an operation unit, a supporting unit, and a regulating portion. The supporting unit supports the operation unit such that, when the display surface is tilted with respect to a horizontal direction, an end on a lower side of the operation unit is positioned below a second virtual straight line. The regulating portion is disposed between the operation unit and the sheet supporting portion in the vertical direction. The regulating portion is disposed such that at least a part of the regulating portion overlaps the operation unit and the supporting surface in a width direction. The regulating portion is disposed to intersect with the second virtual straight line. The regulating portion is configured to regulate an obliquely upward movement of a recording material discharged by the sheet discharge unit.
US12110204B2
A sheet post-processing apparatus includes an apparatus body, a body frame, a sheet conveyance passage, an elevating tray, and an elevating unit. The elevating unit has a pair of rails. The body frame has a plurality of vertical frame members extending in the vertical direction and horizontal frame members that extends in a horizontal direction and is joined to the plurality of vertical frame members. The pair of rails are formed integrally with, among the plurality of vertical frame members, a pair of vertical frame members provided corresponding to a second side surface.
US12110203B2
Provided is a sheet storage apparatus including: an apparatus body; a sheet storage section; a top cover; a sheet feeding section; a restricting cursor; a blowing device; a sheet holding-down member; and a moving mechanism. The sheet storage section includes a sheet supply port, and a sheet stacking portion. The top cover is pivotable to an opening position and to a closing position. The blowing device includes a fan and a vent. The sheet holding-down member includes a restricting piece. The moving mechanism is coupled to the sheet holding-down member, moves the sheet holding-down member to a restricting position by coming into contact with the top cover under a state in which the top cover has come to the closing position, and moves the sheet holding-down member to a retracted position by separating from the top cover when the top cover is moved to the opening position.
US12110197B2
A block stacking arrangement having multiple container stacking slots and a loading space arranged below the container stacking slots in a direction of gravity, a pass-through opening being arranged between each container stacking slot and the loading space, via which a container can be moved out of the loading space into the container stacking slot or from the container stacking slot into the loading space and which has a holding device. Good flexibility of the block stacking arrangement is achieved at least because at least two pass-through openings have different sizes.
US12110193B2
A device for transporting objects, preferably containers, along a transport path. A control unit is configured to operate the device in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode. In the first operating mode and in the second operating mode the objects are transported in each case by pairs which are formed in each case from one of the first movement devices and one of the second movement devices. In the first operating mode, the pairs are formed such that the first movement device is positioned in a direction of the transport path upstream of the second movement device of the respective pair. In the second operating mode, the positioning is reversed. The device advantageously makes it possible for different objects to be able to be transported without a mechanical adjustment relative to the format and for a relatively small spacing to be able to be achieved.
US12110191B2
A cross-belt sorter (1) comprises a plurality of interconnected carriers (3) which are drivable behind each other in a conveying direction (X). Each of the carriers (3) is provided with a cross-belt (7) for supporting a product. The cross-belt (7) is drivable in a belt driving direction (Y) extending transversely to the conveying direction (X). A pushing element (25) is mounted to the cross-belt (7) for pushing against a product on the cross-belt (7) in the event that a product on the cross-belt (7) tends to move with respect to the cross-belt (7) in opposite direction of the belt driving direction (Y). The pushing element (25) has an upright orientation with respect to the cross-belt (7) and is supported in the belt driving direction (Y) by a supporting member (26) which is at least between opposite side edges of the cross-belt (7) fixed to the pushing element (25) and to the cross-belt (7) at respective distances from an intersection between the pushing element (25) and the crossbelt (7).
US12110188B2
A transfer vehicle system in which transfer vehicles travel on a track includes a measurement portion in a portion of a path continuing to the track to measure a measurement target portion included in the transfer vehicle on the path, an identifier to identify the transfer vehicle for which the measurement target portion has been measured by the measurement portion, a storage to store a measurement result measured by the measurement portion and an identification result identified by the identifier in association with each other, and a display to provide notification of information concerning a state of the measurement target portion determined based on the measurement result and a reference value.
US12110184B2
Block stacking arrangement that includes a plurality of container receiving slots, a loading space arranged below the container receiving slots in a direction of gravity, a pass-through opening between respective container receiving slots and the loading space, and a holding device, which is arranged in the pass-through opening, having a flap pivotable about a shaft between a holding position and a release position. The shaft is mounted in an edge of the pass-through opening, and the shaft is mounted at at least one end in a bolt socket that is upwardly open in the direction of gravity. The block stacking arrangement further includes a shaft hold-down device, which is fastened to the edge of the pass-through opening, arranged at least partially above the bolt socket in the direction of gravity to act on the end of the shaft.
US12110178B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a storage and retrieval systems, and more specifically to a three dimensional storage and retrieval system in which storage cells featuring multiple storage locations disposed around a central void are stacked in alignment with one another such that the central voids in each stack form a central shaft by which storage/retrieval vehicles can access every storage location from upper and lower track grids above and below the stacked array of storage locations.
US12110177B2
A transport system includes transport vehicles, and a controller to control traveling of the transport vehicles. The track includes a first main track, junction points on the first main track and spaced apart from each other, and branch tracks each connected to the first main track via the junction points different from one another. The junction points are spaced apart from each other on the first main track. On each of the branch tracks, a stop position corresponding to a delivery port for each transport vehicle to deliver and receive a load is provided. The controller controls the respective transport vehicles stopping at the stop positions of the branch tracks to control a transport vehicle on a downstream branch track to start simultaneously with or before a transport vehicle on an upstream branch track.
US12110163B2
A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package has a package material including natural fibers. The package has a plurality of panels, including a consumer-facing panel, and wherein the package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are completely enclosed therein. The package material has a basis weight of between 50 gsm to 120 gsm, between 60 gsm to 105 gsm or between 70 gsm to 90 gsm, as determined via ISO 536 as modified herein. The package material is recyclable.
US12110156B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus for dispensing a liquid is disclosed. The apparatus can comprise a cap configured to connect to a container body having a chamber for containing the liquid. The cap can comprise a pour aperture through which the liquid exits the apparatus. The cap can comprise a pour lid configured to open and close the pour aperture. The cap can comprise a cap vent configured to allow air to flow from the outside environs into the chamber of the container body when the cap is connected to the container body.
US12110153B1
A container is provided comprising a storage compartment with a display surface and one or more first sidewalls extending up from the display surface and defining an open top opposite the display surface, an insert compartment comprising a base and one or more second sidewalls extending up from the base and defining an opening opposite the base, and at least one attachment mechanism configured to detachably couple the insert compartment to the display surface of the storage compartment, wherein a height of the one or more second sidewalls is configured to house a decorative insert within the insert compartment, and the display surface is made of a substantially clear material configured to visibly display the decorative insert through the display surface.
US12110147B2
A horizontal forming device, in particular for horizontal flow pack machines, comprises at least one, in particular roller-free, forming unit, in particular a forming shoulder, and comprises at least one support unit, which are configured for forming a packaging material web into a packaging material tube, wherein the forming unit and the support unit together delimit a guiding gap which the packaging material web can be guided through, the horizontal forming device further comprising at least one compensation unit, which is configured to movably support the forming unit and/or the support unit in such a way that, at least during a forming of the packaging material tube, the forming unit and the support unit are movable relative to each other, in particular in order to enable a compensation movement of the forming unit and/or the support unit relative to each other during a forming of the packaging material tube.
US12110137B2
A method of establishing a system for gathering surveillance data in a hostile environment. The method comprises the steps of providing a movable tractor for ground hauling a trailer, and providing a drone which can be operated independently from the tractor. The trailer has a floor pan for supporting a relay sensor dispensing mechanism and a platform above the floor pan, with a hole for dispensing relay sensors therethrough. The relay sensor dispensing mechanism has an elevator for holding a stockpile of relay sensors, and elevating the relay sensors through the hole. The method comprises disposing at least one relay sensor in the elevator, elevating the relay sensor to a pickup position at or above the platform and retrieving the relay sensor with a drone for subsequent deposition in the hostile environment. The relay sensor then gathers and transceives surveillance data for use and interpretation by an operator. Optional a conveyor chute may replenish the elevator when it is depleted of relay sensors.
US12110133B2
An example of an apparatus includes an inlet to connect to a propellant source a pressure regulator connected to the inlet to reduce propellant pressure from a first pressure at the inlet to a second pressure. The apparatus includes a manifold connected to the pressure regulator to receive propellant from the pressure regulator at the second pressure and includes a plurality of manifold outlets. The apparatus further includes a plurality of gas lines, each gas line extending from a corresponding manifold outlet for connection to a corresponding satellite propellant tank.
US12110131B2
A method for autonomously assembling a plurality of tiles is performed in a microgravity environment. Each tile includes a shell having a first geometrical shape and an arrangement of first magnets and a controller that are supported by the shell. The controller controls operation of the arrangement of first magnets to self-assemble the shell with another tile. The first magnets are controlled to mate with a complementary arrangement of second magnets on the other tile when the complementary arrangement of second magnets floats to within a range of magnetic attractive force of the arrangement of first magnets, with or without the aid of propulsion. The controllers in the tiles detect the status of the magnetic bonds to determine whether each pair of tiles is properly bonded or has a magnetic bond error. When an error is detected, the tiles are controlled to disassemble and reassemble to correct the error.
US12110130B2
A multi mode aircraft beacon light comprises a mounting portion for mounting the multi mode aircraft beacon light to an aircraft fuselage; at least one visible light source for emitting a visible beacon light output; a plurality of infra-red light sources for emitting an infrared beacon light output; an orientation sensor; and a controller, coupled to the orientation sensor for receiving an orientation sensor signal from the orientation sensor. The controller is configured to determine a mounting orientation of the multi mode aircraft beacon light from the orientation sensor signal, wherein the mounting orientation is indicative of whether the multi mode aircraft beacon light has an upper fuselage mounting position or a lower fuselage mounting position; and to selectively operate the plurality of infrared light sources, depending on the mounting orientation of the multi mode aircraft beacon light.
US12110126B2
A method for manufacturing a sound-absorbing panel with a sandwich structure for reducing noise impact of an aeronautic engine includes providing a first skin of a thermoplastic polymeric material, making a plurality of micro-holes through the first skin by mechanical punching of the first skin, securing the first skin to a central layer by arranging a structural adhesive layer between the first skin and the central layer and/or by a thermal weld between the first skin and the central layer, and securing the central layer to a second skin by arranging a structural adhesive layer between the central layer and the second skin and/or by a thermal weld between the central layer and the second skin.
US12110122B2
A power supply system includes: a power converter for converting electric power of any one of a plurality of batteries and supplying the converted electric power to one or more second loads; a switch capable of selectively connecting any one of the plurality of batteries to the power converter; and a controller for comparing remaining capacities of the respective batteries, and when the difference between the highest remaining capacity and the lowest remaining capacity exceeds a predetermined threshold, controlling the switch to connect the power converter to the battery having the highest remaining capacity.
US12110109B2
A device for accommodating and for releasing a payload on an aerial vehicle having a mounting frame for accommodating the payload, a linear mover for positioning in a cavity of the aerial vehicle, the mover having a base and at least one holding element, and a release device on the mounting frame. The mounting frame has a largely planar opening area surrounded by an opening edge, wherein the mover is coupled with the mounting frame on a side of the mounting frame facing away from the opening area by the at least one holding element. The mover can move the mounting frame linearly and vertically to the opening area at a variable distance from the base, and the release device can hold the payload in the mounting frame and release it selectively from the mounting frame, where necessary, via the opening edge and in a direction away from the base.
US12110108B2
A system and method for ejecting a store from an aircraft include a stowage tube configured to retain the store. The stowage tube includes an open rear end. A door panel is coupled to the stowage tube. An actuator driven linkage is coupled to the door panel. The actuator driven linkage is configured to rotate the door panel about a pivot axis at a forward edge opposite from an aft end between a closed position associated with a stowed position of the system and an open position associated with a deployed position of the system. The stowage tube is configured to rearwardly eject the store out of the open rear end when the system is in the deployed position.
US12110105B2
An aircraft includes an airframe having at least one wing. A distributed propulsion system is attached to the airframe and includes first and second pluralities of propulsion assemblies. In a vertical takeoff and landing flight mode, each of the propulsion assemblies generates vertical thrust with rotor assemblies of the first plurality of propulsion assemblies rotating in a horizontal plane and rotor assemblies of the second plurality of propulsion assemblies rotating in a parallel horizontal plane. In a forward flight mode, each of the propulsion assemblies generates forward thrust with the rotor assemblies of the first plurality of propulsion assemblies rotating in a vertical plane and the rotor assemblies of the second plurality of propulsion assemblies rotating in a parallel vertical plane. In both the vertical takeoff and landing flight mode and the forward flight mode, a pod assembly coupled to the airframe remains in a generally horizontal attitude.
US12110104B2
A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chordwise direction. The leading edge defines a forward end of the rotor blade and the trailing edge defines an aft end of the rotor blade. The rotor blade has a center of gravity and an aerodynamic center along the chordwise direction. The center of gravity is aft of the aerodynamic center.
US12110103B2
The invention is for a VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) rotorcraft with the annular contra-rotating rotary wings and auxiliary propulsor. The rotary wing of the annular contra-rotating rotary wings is driven by a plurality of tangential forces applied at multiple locations of the inner stator hub. The annular contra-rotating rotary wings can be shrouded for the improvement of propulsive efficiency, reduction of noise and protection of the rotary wing. The fuselage is mounted along the center axis of the annular contra-rotating rotary wings to be outside of the thrust slipstream. The auxiliary propulsor includes a quad independent pusher propeller to propel the rotorcraft to reach faster forward speed.
US12110098B1
An electromechanical boost actuator for aircraft flight control is attached to a mechanical input by a mechanical linkage. The mechanical linkage is also attached to the output shaft of the electromechanical boost actuator. When a pilot or control system manually moves the mechanical input, a position sensor attached to the linkage activates electric motor(s), extending or retracting the output shaft in the direction commanded by the pilot or control system. The motion of the output shaft, acting through the linkage, moves the position sensor to a neutral position, stopping the electric motor(s) and the output shaft when the output shaft reaches the commanded position. Additional linear actuators may inject another control signal in conjunction with the mechanical input.
US12110097B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of propellers, and particularly to a folding propeller, a power component and an unmanned aerial vehicle. The folding propeller includes a hub, at least two blades and at least two connecting pieces, the hub being configured to mount the folding propeller to a driving device. The hub includes a first surface and a second surface disposed oppositely, the first surface facing the driving device, and the second surface facing away from the driving device. Each of the blades is mounted on the second surface by the corresponding connecting piece, and each of the blades is capable of rotating relative to the hub. In the above manner, according to the embodiments of the present application, during mold adjustment in injection molding, a rotary damping between the blade and the hub can be adjusted by only adjusting the friction force of one contact surface, which is convenient for mold adjustment, is beneficial to mass production and reduces the production cost.
US12110095B2
An aerial device for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, includes an aerial arrangement and a lens, which includes a first lens area, made of a first material with a first dielectric constant, overlapping the aerial arrangement and a second lens area, made of a second material with a second dielectric constant, overlapping the first lens area, with the second dielectric constant being smaller than the first dielectric constant, and wherein the second lens area extends in a longitudinal direction and in a curve in respect of a vertical direction oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction.
US12110089B2
Disclosed is a sail comprising a head, a tack, and a luff extending between the head and the tack; a luff region extending along the luff; wherein the luff region has a significantly higher degree of elasticity compared to the average elasticity of a remainder of the sail. Also disclosed is a method of making a sail comprising laying out material to form the sail; arranging material in a luff region of the sail and in the remainder of the sail such that in the direction of the luff, the luff region has a higher degree of elasticity compared to the remainder of the sail; curing or sewing the sail to form a cohesive structure.
US12110077B2
Systems and methods for ensuring safe gripping or locking and release of a cyclist's shoe by a bicycle pedal are disclosed. The system may comprise a computing device, one or more sensors for detecting change of velocity, one or more sensors for detecting a change of angle of the bicycle, and a pedal with one or more retractable members. The retractable member may be configured to grip or lock in a cyclist's shoe by extending to interlock with a portion or a cavity of the cyclist's shoe, or to release the cyclist's shoe by retracting on receiving a command from the computing device based on inputs from the one or more sensors.
US12110075B2
A method for providing a prediction of a radius of a motorcycle turn, the method may include determining that the motorcycle is about to turn; predicting values of multiple radius of turn impacting (RTI) parameters; wherein the multiple RTI parameters are selected out of a group of parameters, wherein the selection was made during a machine learning training process, and the group of parameters comprises motorcycle kinematic parameters; determining, based on the determined values of the multiple RTI parameters, the estimated radius of the motorcycle turn; and performing a driving related operation based on the estimated radius of the motorcycle turn.
US12110068B2
A method of controlling an electric power assisted steering (EPS) system includes the steps: During a first mode of operation of the EPS system driving a motor using two inverter bridges simultaneously, the nominal current that is applied to the motor at any time by each bridge being limited to a first value, and during a fault mode of operation driving the motor using only one of the two inverter bridges. The nominal current that is applied to the motor at any time in the fault mode is limited to a second value. The method varying the second value as a function of one or more operating parameters of the EPS system. The second value is set higher than the first value when it is deemed safe to do so.
US12110063B2
A hybrid component has at least two component portions, which are connected via at least one connection portion. The at least one connection portion extends in a joining direction. A first component portion is formed from a first material which has a first modulus of elasticity, and a second component portion is formed from a second material which has a second modulus of elasticity different from the first modulus of elasticity. The at least one connection portion is designed at least to compensate for a sudden change in rigidity between the two component portions. The at least one connection portion has a rigidity that increases in the joining direction and in the direction of the component portion with the higher modulus of elasticity.
US12110061B2
An embodiment hood cable fixing casing for a vehicle includes a body part configured to be fixed to a vehicle body so that a first surface thereof faces the vehicle body and a cover part provided on the body part and configured to be hingedly rotated and cover the body part, wherein the cover part comprises cable insertion guide portions hingedly coupled to the body part and configured to define an opening with cable insertion portions and to guide insertion of a hood cable while hingedly rotating. An embodiment body part includes clip portions protruding outward from the first surface of the body part and configured to be inserted and fixed into the vehicle body, and cable insertion portions provided at two opposite sides of the first surface of the body part and configured to receive the hood cable therein.
US12110048B2
A method for in-situ and real-time collection and processing of geometric parameters of railway lines, in a particular but non-limiting manner to those related to the height and stagger of the contact wire in electrified lines and the gauges to specific elements of the infrastructure in any line, generated based on static measurements starting from two-dimensional scenes perpendicular to the track axis, by determining the number of angular positions per scene, determining the minimum number of passes in each position, obtaining the raw coordinates, applying an averaging algorithm, applying offset corrections, transforming coordinates and applying either the steps to salve for height and stagger of the overhead contact line, or applying the steps to salve for gauges to specific elements of the infrastructure. An optimized, efficient and simple method is achieved which enables the real-time management and processing of the data obtained from the railway infrastructure.
US12110043B2
The autonomous controller includes: a processor configured to control autonomous driving, calculate a safety area, and determine conversion into an autonomous driving mode based on a current location of the driver's seat; and a storage configured to store information about the safety area, data, and an algorithm run by the processor. The processor is configured to convert a manual driving mode into the autonomous driving mode when the current location of the driver's seat is within the safety area or when a request for conversion into the autonomous driving mode is input while driving in the manual driving mode, and move the current location of the driver's seat into the safety area and convert the manual driving mode into the autonomous driving mode when the current location of the driver's seat is not within the safety area.
US12110040B2
A method to select between tactical driving decisions of a controlled ego vehicle to reach a target destination is described. The method includes determining upcoming tactical driving decisions of the controlled ego vehicle to reach the target destination according to a mission plan. The method also includes ranking upcoming tactical driving maneuvers associated with each of the upcoming tactical driving decisions. The method further includes selecting a tactical driving maneuver prior to a critical intersection according to the ranking of the upcoming tactical driving maneuvers to reach the target destination according to the mission plan.
US12110039B2
The information processing method includes processes of determining whether an emergency stop for a moving vehicle that is autonomously travelling has occurred; when it is determined that the emergency stop has occurred, simulating safety control based on a travel situation history of the moving vehicle; identifying a process that is a cause of the emergency stop from processes for the autonomous travel control indicated by a log of an autonomous driving system, based on the autonomous travel control indicated by the log and the safety control simulated; obtaining, from a database, one or more situation candidates corresponding to the process identified, and presenting an interface to an operator for inputting a situation candidate from the one or more situation candidates that corresponds to a situation indicated by the log; and determining restartability of the autonomous travel control by the autonomous driving system according to the situation candidate input.
US12110033B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems are provided for processing data pertaining to a vehicle event for a vehicle. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, vehicle sensor data is obtained from one or more vehicle sensors pertaining to the vehicle event. Also in an exemplary embodiment, an assessment of the vehicle event is determined via a processor, including as to a fault or a severity, or both associated with the vehicle event, based on the vehicle sensor data.
US12110024B2
A method includes obtaining information about a lead vehicle. The lead vehicle is traveling directly ahead of the host vehicle and the information includes velocity of the lead vehicle and a gap g between the host vehicle and the lead vehicle. Based on detecting a change in the velocity of the lead vehicle in the information, a corresponding desired acceleration is computed for the host vehicle using perceived acceleration of the lead vehicle to maintain the gap g within a specified range of gap values. The perceived acceleration of the lead vehicle is based on the change in the velocity indicated by the information. Based on a check of parameters involved in the computing the corresponding desired acceleration, a modified desired acceleration is computed for the host vehicle using a lag for the lead vehicle that results in an intended acceleration of the lead vehicle differing from the perceived acceleration.
US12110023B2
The present disclosure discloses a driving device, a driving device control method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining whether an automatic driving state is currently available; if yes, detecting whether a user operates an acceleration controller; if the user operates the acceleration controller, receiving an output signal of the acceleration controller in real time; and finally, changing a driving speed based on a simulated acceleration control signal. According to the present disclosure, an operation on the acceleration controller can be used as an acceleration/deceleration operation in the automatic driving state, thereby improving user experience and market competitiveness.
US12110017B2
Lane-level matching is provided. For a time index of a time slot of a period of receiving consecutive position information, a lateral distance of the vehicle to each of a plurality of lanes of a roadway is calculated using data from sensors of a vehicle. For each lane of the plurality of lanes, a positional uncertainty of the vehicle in an orthogonal direction to a lane bearing of the lane is calculated, a lane confidence based on an average of confidence values of the lane over the period of receiving consecutive position information is calculated, and a lane probability based on the lane confidence is calculated. For the time index, it is identified which of the lanes has a highest probability as being the lane to which the vehicle is matched.
US12110015B2
A vehicular driving assistance system includes a camera viewing exterior of a vehicle and capturing image data. The system, via processing captured image data as the vehicle travels along a current traffic lane, determines a current lateral position of the vehicle within the current traffic lane and determines a target lateral position of the vehicle within the current traffic lane. The system determines a steering command to guide the vehicle from the current lateral position to the target lateral position and determines a steering angle offset required to maintain the target lateral position within the current traffic lane and stores the determined steering angle offset in nonvolatile memory. After storing the determined steering angle offset and when the vehicle is traveling during a subsequent trip, the system determines a second target lateral position of the vehicle within the current traffic lane and applies the stored steering angle offset.
US12110002B2
Responsive to a user request, a controller operates an engine of a vehicle while parked to charge a traction battery to a target state of charge that exceeds a maximum state of charge limit, used during drive of the vehicle by an electric machine, in advance of a predefined period of time.
US12110000B2
A method for operating an electrified drive train, the drivetrain including a driving coupling of an electric motor to at least one wheel of a working machine, the method including generating an acceleration torque by the electric motor, the acceleration torque leading to an increase in speed of the at least one wheel, generating a braking torque, the braking torque leading to a reduction in speed of the at least one wheel, generating a second acceleration torque by the at least one wheel, the second acceleration torque leading to an increase in a speed of the electric motor, and generating a second braking torque by the at least one wheel, the second braking torque leading to a reduction in the speed of the electric motor, wherein, during a regenerative operation of the electric motor, an unwanted acceleration of the working machine is counteracted by an automated additional braking intervention.
US12109999B2
A brake system for a vehicle is provided, the brake system including: a main control unit configured to control main braking in response to a pedal signal, control parking braking in response to an EPB signal, and control a plurality of hydraulic brake units disposed at a front wheel unit of the vehicle; a first rear wheel unit configured to receive the pedal signal using a first control unit and control a first rear wheel; a second rear wheel unit configured to receive the EPB signal using a second control unit and control a second rear wheel; and a communication network configured to transmit and receive a braking signal between the main control unit, the first rear wheel unit and the second rear wheel unit.
US12109996B2
A brake control device is applied to a brake device that controls a front-wheel braking force and a rear-wheel braking force. The brake control device includes a ratio calculation circuit that calculates a target front and rear braking force distribution ratio based on a target pitch angle, and a brake control circuit that performs a stability control by operating the brake device based on the target front and rear braking force distribution ratio during braking.
US12109987B2
The disclosure is directed to a fail-safety valve unit for a parking brake function of an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a utility vehicle. The fail-safety valve unit has a monostable release valve and a ventilating valve. The release valve, when energized, provides a release pressure at a first release valve port for the parking brake function and, when de-energized, connects the first release valve port to the ventilating valve. The ventilating valve has a nonlinear ventilating characteristic which permits ventilating of the release valve port from the release pressure to a partial brake pressure with a first gradient, and ventilating of the release valve port from the partial brake pressure to a full brake pressure with a second gradient, wherein the first gradient is greater than the second gradient. A parking brake module and a vehicle are part of the disclosure.
US12109986B2
The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a braking system comprising: a pedal master unit; an electric booster unit; a reaction disc that generates a pedal force when compressed by at least one of the operating rod or the motor piston; and a controller that, upon receiving a regenerative braking interruption signal during the cooperative braking of the vehicle, senses a pressure change in the master cylinder and compensates for a displacement of the motor piston by an amount corresponding to the pressure change.
US12109982B2
The invention relates to an adapter (25) intended to connect a wiper blade to a driving arm for a vehicle via a connector (24), having a first lateral wall (251) and a second lateral wall (252) between which an upper wall (250) is positioned, at least one of these lateral walls (251) comprising a pivot member intended to allow the adapter (25) to rotate with respect to the connector (24), the pivot member comprising at least one hole (451) configured to receive a shaft of the driving arm. According to the invention, this hole (451) has at least one rib able to block pivoting between the shaft of the driving arm and the adapter (25).
US12109981B2
A vehicle-mounted sensor cleaning device includes first and second air jetting devices configured to remove adhered material (such as raindrops and mist particles) that has adhered to detector faces of sensors configured to detect information regarding surroundings of a vehicle, and a control ECU configured to operate air pumps of the first and second air jetting devices when a wiper device of the vehicle has been actuated.
US12109975B2
A steering assist system of a steering column assembly is provided. The system includes a worm rotatably driven by an actuator. The system also includes a worm gear having a first set of teeth and a second set of teeth, the first set of teeth in meshed engagement with the worm, the worm gear operatively coupled to a steering shaft. The system further includes a lock feature moveable into and out of engagement with the second set of teeth of the worm gear to define a locked condition and an unlocked condition of the worm gear.
US12109974B2
A pedestrian protection device includes a left airbag and a right airbag that are disposed in a vicinity of a rear end of a hood panel in a vehicle, and are arranged in parallel on vehicle width direction sides. The left airbag and the right airbag each include a cowl cover portion that is disposed following the vehicle width direction and covers an upper face side of a cowl. The cowl cover portions have end portion regions disposed coinciding with each other on up-down direction sides on end sides that are in proximity to each other. At least one of the end portion regions is configured in such a way that an internal pressure when inflation is completed is raised higher than that of a general region.
US12109963B2
A steering wheel includes a steering wheel body, an airbag module, and a damper unit that connects the steering wheel body and the airbag module. The airbag module is mounted to the steering wheel body via the damper unit facing in a Z-axis first direction that is an example of a first direction. The damper unit is configured to apply a force on the airbag module in a state where the airbag module is mounted on the steering wheel body in a direction of pushing up the airbag module in a direction that intersects with the Z-axis first direction.
US12109959B2
A power supply device includes: a first system; a second system; an inter-system switch configured to be able to connect and disconnect between the first system and the second system; a determining unit configured to keep the inter-system switch in an ON state in a normal time, and turn off the inter-system switch and determine which system a ground fault has occurred in, if detecting a ground fault of the first system or the second system; and a suppression circuit configured to suppress an electric discharge of the second power supply and supply electric power for ground fault detection to the second system, and the determining unit determines whether any ground fault has occurred in the second system or not, based on the electric power which is supplied from the suppression circuit to the second system.
US12109957B2
Provided is a system, comprising: an electrical power meter comprising: a network interface; electrical power inputs configured to receive electrical power from a power-distribution system of a vehicle facility configured to host a plurality of vehicles; first and second electrically controlled switches coupled to vehicle power connectors; and a client-side processor configured to communicate with a remote server system; and the remote server system, configured to: cause a user-computing device of a user to display a user interface by which power-delivery is configurable; receive a request to deliver electrical power via a vehicle power connector; and in response, transmitting, to the electrical power meter, a command that causes the client-side processor to adjust the electrically controlled switch.
US12109955B2
An electrical circuit board on which an electronic component forming an electronic control unit disposed between an upstream power supply and a downstream power supply trunk line is mounted. The electrical circuit board includes a first circuit pattern that forms an electrical circuit corresponding to a single power supply voltage of the upstream power supply, a second circuit pattern that forms an electrical circuit corresponding to a plurality of power supply voltages of the upstream power supply, a single power supply connection portion corresponding to connection with an external circuit that supplies the upstream power supply, and an inter-board connection portion corresponding to inter-board connection with another circuit board that supplies the upstream power supply.
US12109953B2
A vehicle-mounted local network system, comprising a main control unit, a hybrid cable, and several intelligent electrical terminals. The hybrid cable has a built-in power line for power transmission and a signal line for signal transmission; several intelligent electrical terminals are all connected to the hybrid cable, and are connected to the main control unit through the hybrid cable; the vehicle-mounted local network system can quickly connect the main control unit and several intelligent electrical terminals through one integrated hybrid cable, thereby forming a simple, high-performance and low-cost local vehicle-mounted network system.
US12109952B2
An acoustic shield for a motor vehicle engine (2), including a first portion made of a plastic material, the first portion having an element for attaching the shield to a motor vehicle engine, a second portion made at least partially of a sound-absorbent material. The second portion is intended for being placed in contact with the engine, wherein the first portion covers the second portion so as to at least partially conceal it and wherein the first portion has a central opening acting as a housing for a third portion. The third portion is configured to absorb the impacts transmitted by the motor vehicle bonnet during a pedestrian impact.
US12109950B2
An attachment device that suppresses a decrease in the detection accuracy of a sensor. This attachment device is designed to attach a sensor to one surface side of a transmission plate such that the sensor can detect a transmitted wave transmitted from the other surface side.
US12109948B2
An adapter device for a vehicle includes a rail unit installed in the vehicle and defining a moving path, and an adapter unit mounted on the rail unit to move along the moving path, with a connector for mounting various convenience equipment being interchangeably coupled to the adapter unit.
US12109946B2
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes a sensor system configured to generate sensor data associated with a seat of a vehicle; and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor system and configured to determine, from the sensor data, a baseline position of a child seat sitting on the seat of the vehicle, determine, from the sensor data, a displacement of the child seat from the baseline position, and selectively generate notification data based on the displacement.
US12109940B2
The invention relates to a device for illuminating a cab of a utility vehicle, preferably a truck. The device has a roof region (10) and a storage compartment device (12), which is arranged in the roof region (10) and can be closed at least partially by means of a door element (22, 24). The device has an illumination element (38, 40), which is arranged on a roof liner (34) of the roof region (10) such that, by means of the illumination element (38, 40), a cab interior and an interior of the storage compartment device (12) behind the door element (22, 24) can be illuminated when the door element (22, 24) is completely open. The device thus provides function integration since the illumination element (38, 40) is used not only to illuminate the cab interior but also to illuminate the storage compartment device (12) or the luggage rack.
US12109936B2
The application relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation. The lighting device comprises a light emission device, the light emission device is subdivided into a plurality of segments. The lighting device further has a control unit, which is designed to separately control each of the plurality of segments of the light emission device. The control unit is also configured to control the plurality of segments in a way that a photometric parameter of the lighting device averaged across all segments for the light animation is within a predefined interval.
US12109933B2
An image output device for external lamps of a vehicle may include an interface that outputs video data, an image processing device that generates a first video image and a second video image based on the video data, and an output device including the external lamps that outputs the first video image and the second video image.
US12109932B2
A lamp device includes: a lamp unit; a radar unit having an antenna; and a shielding member which covers at least a part of the front surface of the radar unit where the antenna is provided and which is made of a foamed resin.
US12109931B2
Disclosed herein is an adjustable shoring beam having a hook assembly configured to mate with E-track mating features. The adjustable shoring beam can be adjusted over a predetermined length range by adjusting the tube assembly and the rod assembly. In some embodiments, the extension length is fixed using a fixing clamp coupled to the tube assembly and the rod assembly. A connecting clamp and bracket may be used to couple a first adjustable shoring beam to a second adjustable shoring beam.
US12109924B2
An occupant restraining device that uses a side airbag to promote occupant restraint. An occupant restraining device for restraining an occupant seated in a vehicle seat having a seatback and seat cushion, including: a side airbag arranged on at least one of the right side or the left side of the seat back, a tension member arranged over the side portion of the seat back and the seat cushion and a portion thereof provided on the outer surface of the side airbag, and a traction portion on which another portion of the tension member is provided, that is stowed on the inside of or below the seat cushion, and that can pull the tension member, wherein the tension member arranged on the side of the seatback is pulled toward the center of the vehicle seat by the traction portion.
US12109919B2
A seating assembly includes a rotation assembly. The rotation assembly includes a first portion, a second portion, and an arm portion. The first portion includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a floor extending between the inner wall and the outer wall. The second portion is movable relative to the first portion. The arm portion includes a first end, a second end, and a tab. The first end of the arm portion is rotatably coupled to a circumferential surface of the second portion. The arm portion is movable between an engaged state and a disengaged state relative to a hole defined by a leg of the first portion and an opening defined by the second portion.
US12109917B2
A seat assembly comprises a seat adjuster; and a seat including: a seat base connectable with a track assembly; a seat bottom pivotably connected to the seat base at a first pivot axis; a seatback pivotably connected to the seat base at the first pivot axis; and an adjustment member pivotably connected to the seat base at a second pivot axis and pivotably connected to the seat bottom at a member-bottom pivot axis. The seat adjuster is connected to the seat to adjust the seatback about the first pivot axis, the seat bottom about the first pivot axis, and the adjustment member about the second pivot axis to adjust the seat to a first seat position and to a second seat position.
US12109914B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of train power supply and operation control, and provides a three-rail power supply control system for an electrical railway train. Power supply rails in the system are divided into a first power supply rail, a second power supply rail, and a third power supply rail, wherein the first power supply rail, the second power supply rail, and a running rail constitute a three-phase AC power supply loop, and the third power supply rail and the running rail constitute a DC power supply loop. An AC-DC-AC variable voltage variable frequency device supplies power to a train traction motor by means of the three-phase AC power supply loop and current collectors. Frequency modulation and voltage regulation power supply is conducted by means of the AC-DC-AC variable voltage variable frequency device on the ground to achieve train driving and operation control. The DC power supply loop is powered by means of a rectifying device on the ground, and power is supplied to auxiliary electric equipment of the train by means of the current collectors. By changing the power supply mode of the system and optimizing the system structure, the weight and axle load of train-mounted equipment are effectively reduced, lightweight of the train is achieved, and the bearing efficiency of the train is improved, and moreover, automatic control and unmanned driving for train operation are achieved in the most economical way.
US12109912B2
An apparatus can include a body. The body can include a top portion and a base. The top portion can define a cavity. The cavity can be configured to receive a component. The apparatus can include a spring element that extends from at least one of the top portion and the base of the body. The spring element can be disposed at least partially around the cavity. The spring element can be configured to bias the component to an initial position and facilitate movement of the component when a load is applied to the component.
US12109909B2
A system in a vehicle includes memory to store driving history and charging history of the vehicle. The system also includes a processor to obtain a predicted battery life of one or more battery packs of the vehicle based on the driving history and the charging history, obtain a targeted battery life of a user indicating a mileage goal for a specific charge capacity of the one or more battery packs, and determine a difference between the predicted battery life and the targeted battery life. The processor solves an optimization problem to determine a future charging strategy to achieve the targeted battery life and controls an onboard charging system or an external charger based on the future charging strategy or controls routing or navigation based on the future charging strategy.
US12109898B2
A power device to be mounted on a vehicle is provided. The power device includes a battery, a power converter connected between the battery and an auxiliary device, a first capacitor, a first relay connected between the first capacitor and a line connecting the power converter and the auxiliary device, a second capacitor, a second relay connected between the second capacitor and the line connecting the power converter and the auxiliary device, and a controller configured to control the first relay and the second relay, in which the controller turns on the first relay and turns off the second relay when a power switch of the vehicle is ON, and turns off the first relay and turns on the second relay when the power switch of the vehicle is OFF.
US12109895B1
A motion system includes one or more batteries that output direct current electrical power to first and second inverters that generate first and second alternating current electrical power outputs. A first electric machine is configured to be operated by the first alternating current electrical power output. A second electric machine is configured to be operated by the second alternating current electrical power output.
US12109894B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle (1) which has an electrical machine (7) with at least three phases, an electrical energy store (13) and a power electronics system (12) having a plurality of switching elements, wherein the switching elements of the power electronics system (12) are actuated for electrically connecting the phases to the energy store (13), in order to produce a generator deceleration moment. Provision is made for a driving situation of the motor vehicle (1) to be determined, wherein an actuation method is selected from amongst a group of at least two possible actuation methods according to the determined driving situation, and wherein the switching elements are actuated according to the selected actuation method.
US12109891B2
Assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, wheel hub drive for a vehicle, and vehicle
An assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, in which the wheel hub, on which at least one wheel of the vehicle is fastenable in a rotationally-fixed manner, is rotatably mounted via a wheel bearing on the wheel carrier, including at least one surroundings sensor at least partially arranged in the wheel hub, by which at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle can be registered.
US12109889B2
An operation device includes an operation unit configured to be movable relative to a device body of the operation device. The operation device includes a first detector that detects touching of the operation unit and a second detector that detects movement of the operation unit relative to the device body. The operation device further includes a controller that processes detection signals of the first detector and the second detector so that the movement of the operation unit relative to the device body and the touching of the operation unit correspond to inputs for operating an operation subject apparatus.
US12109886B2
A control device includes a first accumulation unit configured to accumulate first energy, a second accumulation unit configured to accumulate second energy different from the first energy, and a supply unit configured to supply either or both of second energy obtained by converting first energy accumulated by the first accumulation unit and second energy accumulated by the second accumulation unit to an external device. The amount of second energy that is supplied from the supply unit to the external device is calculated on the basis of the amount of second energy supplied to a drive unit via the supply unit to move the moving body to a destination, the amount of first energy accumulated by the first accumulation unit, and the amount of second energy accumulated by the second accumulation unit, and a display device is caused to display a supply available time according to the calculated amount of second energy.
US12109883B1
An electric delivery truck control system is disclosed. Sensors detect hub motor parameters associated with the hub motors. An electric delivery truck control unit detects electric delivery truck control inputs associated with an operation of the electric delivery truck. The electric delivery truck control inputs are generated from an operation of the electric delivery truck. An operation parameter controller automatically adjusts a torque level applied by each hub motor of the electric delivery truck to be within a hub motor operation threshold based on the hub motor parameters thereby enabling each hub motor to operate at an operation torque level as requested from the operation of the electric delivery truck. The operation parameter controller maintains the torque level applied by each hub motor within a current limit allowed by a battery management unit of the electric delivery truck and a torque limit allowed by each hub motor.
US12109879B2
A vehicle floor structure may include a floor disposed on a bottom portion of a vehicle body; a plurality of tank mounting members attached to a bottom surface of the floor; and a plurality of hydrogen tanks mounted on the plurality of tank mounting members, wherein each tank mounting member is aligned to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the plurality of tank mounting members is spaced from each other in a width direction of the vehicle, each tank mounting member has a plurality of lower recessed portions provided in a lower portion thereof, and at least predetermined upper portions of the hydrogen tanks are received in the lower recessed portions of the tank mounting members, respectively.
US12109876B2
A drive unit includes a first electric motor, a fluid coupling, a pump, a second electric motor, and a controller. The first electric motor is configured to drive a drive wheel. The fluid coupling is configured such that a torque outputted from the first electric motor is inputted thereto. The pump is configured to supply a working fluid to an interior of the fluid coupling. The second electric motor is configured to drive the pump. The controller controls the second electric motor based on at least one of an input/output rotational ratio of the fluid coupling, a temperature of the working fluid in the interior of the fluid coupling, or an amount of the working fluid in the interior of the fluid coupling.
US12109865B2
A vehicle suspension system may include a deadbeam extended between a first wheel at a first end of the deadbeam and a second wheel at a second end of the deadbeam, an electric motor disposed forward of the deadbeam, a lateral link operably coupling the deadbeam to a chassis of the vehicle, a first half shaft operably coupled to the first wheel and the electric motor, a second half shaft operably coupled to the second wheel and the electric motor, a first suspension assembly operably coupling the first wheel to the chassis, and a second suspension assembly operably coupling the second wheel to the chassis.
US12109848B2
A valve assembly for use in a tire inflation system, the valve assembly including: a valve body including a first fluid port and a second fluid port; a piston disposed at least partially within the valve body and configured to be moved relative to the valve body between an open position and a closed position. When the piston is in the open position, the first fluid port is fluidly connected with the second fluid port. When the piston is in the closed position, the first fluid port is fluidly isolated from the second fluid port. When the piston is in the open position, the first fluid port and the second fluid port are fluidly connected with one another via a fluid channel extending through the piston. A tire inflation system including the valve assembly.
US12109838B2
An apparatus for producing a transfer medium is equipped with: a printing unit that receives image data that represents an image to be printed and prints a print image onto a peelable sheet based on the image data; an adhesive liquid coating unit that coats an adhesive liquid on the peelable sheet on which the print image has been printed; and a control unit that controls the adhesive liquid coating unit such that an adhesive liquid is coated onto a printed image within a transfer region, from between the transfer region to be transferred onto a target medium for transfer and a non-transfer region not to be transferred onto the target medium for transfer, which are included in the printed image.
US12109837B2
Apparatus and methods for transferring a pigment-based decorative design onto a surface without using a plastic film or adhesive.
US12109835B1
A finger mountable implement includes a body defining an open interior space. The body comprises a side wall having an open bottom end and an open top end, and a top panel proximate to the open top end. An interior surface of the side wall includes a figured finger grip portion configured to releasably engage a finger of a user when the finger is inserted into the interior space so as to removably secure the finger within the body. The finger grip portion may include a gel material or one or more flexing springs configured to capture the finger.
US12109833B2
An adhesive for a heat-sensitive screen master is disclosed, the adhesive containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a urethane prepolymer and a polyol, and a polyisocyanate, wherein the mass ratio (A:B) between the at least one (A) selected from the group consisting of a urethane prepolymer and a polyol, and the polyisocyanate (B) is within a range from 35:65 to 5:95. A heat-sensitive screen master and a method for producing a heat-sensitive screen master are also disclosed.
US12109825B2
A head unit includes: a circuit substrate, a casing including a cover for defining an accommodation space that accommodates the circuit substrate, and a flow passage member of which a part is disposed in the casing, including a flow passage coupling portion. The cover has an intake port for sucking air from an outside of the cover to the accommodation space and an exhaust port for exhausting the air passing through the accommodation space, and the flow passage coupling portion is disposed outside the casing and disposed closer to the intake port than to the exhaust port.
US12109822B2
It is hereby disclosed a textile printing method comprising a controller to: receive a print job; and determine a print area of a garment based on the print job; wherein the controller is to instruct a printhead comprising a pre-treatment liquid to eject a pre-treatment liquid in a pre-treatment area of the garment being the pre-treatment area associated to the print area; and to instruct a printhead comprising printing fluid to print the print job on the print area.
US12109818B2
A recording apparatus includes a wiper, a recording head having a step portion and an ejection port surface supporting an ejection port, and a moving unit to relatively move the wiper and the recording head so that the wiper moves with respect to the recording head in relative movement in a first direction. In a first wiping, the relative movement causes the wiper to stop at or in vicinity of the step portion, or pass at or in the vicinity of the step portion at a speed lower than a speed at which the wiper wipes an area in which the ejection port is arranged. In a second wiping performed after the first wiping, the relative movement causes the wiper to pass through the step portion of the recording head and wipe the recording head in the first direction toward the area, and thereafter wipe the area.
US12109815B2
Systems, methods, and software for fabricating a printhead. In one embodiment, a system comprises at least one punch press configured to punch first nozzle holes in a first nozzle plate with a first punch, where each of the first nozzle holes includes a first converging section, and to punch second nozzle holes in a second nozzle plate with a second punch, where each of the second nozzle holes includes a second converging section. The system further comprises a bonding tool configured to bond the first nozzle plate to the second nozzle plate to form a nozzle plate stack, where the first nozzle holes and the second nozzle holes define nozzles of the printhead.
US12109808B2
A recording apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head including a heating element, a first protection layer that blocks contact between the heating element and liquid, a second protection layer that covers at least a portion of the first protection layer to be heated by the heating element and that functions as a first electrode, a second electrode that is electrically connected to the first electrode through the liquid, an ejection port that ejects the liquid, and a temperature detection element that corresponds to the heating element, and a detection unit configured to detect a feature point in a temperature curve that indicates a relationship between time and temperature, in which a combination of a potential set for the first electrode and a potential set for the second electrode in a case where printing is performed varies from that in a case where the detection unit detects the feature point.
US12109806B2
Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus and a method for inspecting an inkjet head using same. The inkjet printing apparatus comprises: an inspection stage unit on which an inspection substrate is seated; an inkjet head unit including at least one inkjet head that ejects ink containing dipoles and a solvent in which the dipoles disperse, on the inspection stage unit; and a particle count inspection unit that is located so as to be spaced apart from the inkjet head unit in one direction. The particle count inspection unit comprises: a first heat treatment unit that is located on the top portion of the inspection stage unit; and a first sensing unit that is located on the bottom portion of the inspection stage unit and measures the number of dipoles sprayed onto the inspection substrate.
US12109801B2
The apparatus is capable of handling sheets of various lengths while suppressing an increase in apparatus size, wherein each of a pair of regulating guides is movable to a guide position at which an end edge of a sheet in a sheet width direction can be guided by a guide surface and to a retracting position retracting further away from the sheet width direction end edge than the guide position. For sheets S1 and S2 each having a first sheet length, the pair of regulating guides is made to reach the guide position from the retracting position in a state where the front end of the sheet is located between upstream and downstream ends of the guide surface. For a sheet S3 having a second sheet length that is longer than the first length, the pair of regulating guides is made to reach the guide position from the retracting position.
US12109800B2
A printer includes a platen, a first head, a second head, a first lamp, and a second lamp. The first head, the second head, the first lamp, and the second lamp are moved relatively with respect to the platen in a main scanning direction, and the platen is moved from the second head toward the first head relatively with respect to the first head, the second head, the first lamp, and the second lamp, repeatedly. The second head ejects the second ink onto the object to be printed placed on the platen while the first head, the second head, the first lamp, and the second lamp are moving in the main scanning direction. The first lamp irradiates light onto the second ink on the object to be printed while the first head, the second head, the first lamp, and the second lamp are moving in the main scanning direction.
US12109799B2
A printer includes a platen, a first head, a second head, and an illumination device. In a normal print mode, the first head, the second head, and the illumination device are moved relatively with respect to the platen in a main scanning direction, in a state in which a distance between the platen and a predetermined position of the illumination device in the height direction is a first distance, and the ink is ejected onto an object to be printed placed on the platen and the light is irradiated onto the ejected ink. In a gloss print mode, the first head, the second head, and the illumination device are moved relatively with respect to the platen in the main scanning direction, in a state in which the distance between the platen and the predetermined position in the height direction is a second distance larger than the first distance.
US12109798B2
A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit, a conveyance path, a double-sided conveyance path, and first and second charge eliminators. The conveyance unit conveys a recording medium having first and second surfaces in a first direction through the conveyance path to a recording area where recording is performed by a recording unit on the first surface. The recording medium then passes through the double-sided conveyance path before recording is performed on the second surface. The first charge eliminator eliminates charges from the first surface and is disposed at a position downstream of a junction between the conveyance path and the double-sided conveyance path in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction. The second charge eliminator eliminate charges from the second surface and is disposed downstream of the junction in the first direction and upstream of the recording area in the first direction.
US12109797B2
A liquid-absorbing, liquid barrier bag comprising a liquid-permeable envelope within which a super-absorbent material in powder or granular form is disposed, the absorbent material being characterized in that it greatly increases in volume upon liquid absorption. The super-absorbent material is adhered to one or more of the inner surfaces of the liquid-permeable envelope such that the desired distribution and pattern is maintained during handling, shipping and activation of the liquid-absorbing. Upon contact with liquid, such as by soaking the bag in water, the super-absorbent material releases from the inner surfaces and swells to create a three-dimensional body suitable for stacking to form a liquid-impermeable barrier wall.
US12109788B2
A laminate includes a polycarbonate substrate and an ultraviolet hard coat film disposed on the polycarbonate substrate. The ultraviolet hard coat film may include a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer, an adhesive interposed between the PET layer and the polycarbonate substrate, and an exterior hard coat disposed on the PET layer opposite the polycarbonate substrate. The exterior hard coat may include UV stabilizers. The laminate may include additional ultraviolet hard coat films stacked on the ultraviolet hard coat film. The laminate may be thermoformed into the shape of a curved vehicle windshield.
US12109784B2
Tie layers and structures that exhibit superior properties and that provide desirable optical properties when incorporated into laminates, such as windshields, windows or other glazings containing a holographic optical element (HOE) are disclosed. The tie layers, when used in a laminate in conjunction with the HOE film, optionally with additional polymer layers, maintain and do not detract from the HOE film properties.
US12109783B2
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing the generation of an optical strain in laminated glass, and enhancing the damping performance of laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer or two or more-layer structure, and includes a first layer containing a resin, and when the interlayer film is arranged between two sheets of clear float glass having a thickness of 2.5 mm to obtain a laminated glass X with a size of 150 mm in length and 300 mm in width, and the obtained laminated glass X is subjected to a specific measurement of optical strain, an optical strain value is 3.00 or less, whereas when the interlayer film is arranged between two sheets of clear float glass having a thickness of 2.1 mm to obtain a laminated glass Y having a size of 950 mm in length and 1500 mm in width, and the obtained laminated glass Y is subjected to a specific measurement of damping ratio, a damping ratio at a resonance frequency of 50 Hz or more and 80 Hz or less is 5.0% or more.
US12109775B2
A method of using a marriage mold includes providing an upper plate having a first wall and at least one second wall, and a lower plate having a marriage cavity and a top wall. At least two midsole components are provided, which are made of a first material, and each have a first region and a void structure. The at least two midsole components are positioned into the marriage cavity. The upper plate is secured to the lower plate such that the first wall and the top wall form a seal. The at least two midsole components are joined together to form a midsole having a second void structure.
US12109773B2
A method for forming a composite apex, the method comprising the steps of: forming a coextruded strip of a first compound and a second compound, wherein the second compound is a compound different than the first compound, wherein the apex is formed from winding the coextruded strip while varying the ratio of the first compound to the second compound.
US12109770B2
A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens including a lens substrate and at least one coating is disclosed. The method includes at least the following steps of providing a lens substrate comprising an uncoated or precoated front surface and an uncoated or precoated back surface, covering at least one of the surfaces of the lens substrate partially or completely with at least one coating composition, drying and/or precuring the at least one coating composition, contacting the surface of the at least one coating composition with at least one mechanical means, curing and/or hardening the at least one coating composition and obtaining a spectacle lens comprising a lens substrate and at least one coating, the surface topography of the at least one coating being modified by the at least one mechanical means.
US12109769B2
A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens according to a prescription includes: blocking or fixing a semi-finished spectacle lens blank having a first face possessing a final curvature and a second face opposite the first face on a block piece or a vacuum or holding chuck, respectively, wherein the first face of the semi-finished spectacle lens blank faces the block piece or the vacuum or holding chuck, respectively; surfacing the blocked or fixed semi-finished spectacle lens blank on the second face to obtain a final curvature of the second face; and deblocking the surfaced spectacle lens blank from the block piece or removing the surfaced spectacle lens blank from the vacuum or holding chuck prior to any subsequent coating step. The first face is coated with a top coating having a surface energy of less than 20 mJ/m2.
US12109768B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for fixing a thermoplastic composite. The apparatus for fixing a thermoplastic composite for fixing the thermoplastic composite and placing a transferring tray to be transferred to a forming mold, the apparatus comprising a frame unit having a location space where the thermoplastic composite is positioned and placed on the transferring tray, and a plurality of connecting units for connecting the frame unit and the thermoplastic composite to pull the thermoplastic composite toward the frame unit. In this case, the plurality of connecting units have variable length and move along the frame unit.
US12109767B2
An FRP continuous molding apparatus continuously molds an FRP from a layered sheet that includes prepreg sheets layered over each other. The prepreg sheets each include thermoplastic resin and reinforcement fibers, and differ from each other in fiber orientation. The FRP continuous molding apparatus includes: sheet feeding devices continuously feeding the layered sheets in a feeding direction; a layering device layering, over each other, the layered sheets fed from the sheet feeding devices, and thereby forming a sheet layered body; and a shaping mechanism molding the sheet layered body into an FRP while the sheet layered body is being transferred in the feeding direction. The FRP has a cross section that is a target shape. The sheet layered body includes the reinforcement fibers whose fiber orientation is the feeding direction.
US12109759B2
A system for producing a graft device for a patient may comprise: an imaging device configured to produce image data of a tubular conduit; and a processing unit configured to receive the image data from the imaging device. The processing unit may comprise an algorithm configured to process the image data, and produce a construction signal based on the image data. A material delivery device may be configured to receive the construction signal from the processor, and deliver material to produce a 3D covering based on the construction signal. The graft device may comprise the 3D covering positioned about the tubular conduit. Graft devices and methods of producing graft devices may also be provided.
US12109754B2
Systems and methods in which a material or materials (e.g., a viscous material) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a printing unit(s). The intermediate substrate having an image of material printed thereon is subsequently transferred to a sample building unit, and the image of material is transferred from the intermediate substrate to a sample at the sample building unit. Optionally, the printing unit(s) includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the printing unit(s). Each of the printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing, heating, sintering, ablating, material filling, imaging and cleaning units to aid in the overall process.
US12109751B2
A hollow body forming mold includes left and right half molds, a bottom of the left half mold is provided with a left avoidance slot, a bottom of the right half mold is provided with a right avoidance slot, a left bottom slider is disposed in the left avoidance slot, a right bottom slider is disposed in the right avoidance slot, and the left and right bottom sliders constitute a group of sliders. The mold design resolves a difficult problem that a fabrication hole exists during forming of a hollow body with a built-in component by using an existing conventional process. The hollow body forming method has the advantages of a short forming period, the high production efficiency, good combination between a built-in component and an inner wall of an fuel tank, and the high location stability.
US12109749B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for producing bi-axially oriented polyester (BOPET) film from the recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) granules. The process involves preparing recycled PET (RPET) granules form post-consumer recycled PET (PCR PET) by depolymerization and polycondensation followed by preparing the biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film having recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET) up to 100%. The bi-axially oriented polyester film has good elongation, mechanical and/or thermal properties and are similar in quality to virgin PET films useful in high end food and pharma packaging and industrial applications.
US12109743B2
A system for producing foams for prosthetics and orthotics include a heated housing that stores monomer containers, temperature-controlled hoses separately coupled with the containers and configured to receive monomers from the containers, a dispensing gun assembly fluidly coupled with the containers by the hoses, and a computer controller configured to control a dispensing time period during which the monomers are dispensed from the containers and through the hoses to the dispensing gun assembly and dispensed out of the dispensing gun assembly as a polymer foam. The controller is configured to stop dispensing of the polymer foam out of the dispensing gun assembly upon expiration of the dispensing time period.
US12109742B2
Provided are a space filling material and a space filling structure capable of filling a predetermined space for various purposes, and method for using those. A space filling material (11) includes reinforcing fibers as an expansion material and a resin. The reinforcing fibers form a plurality of intersections and are bonded with the resin at at least one of the intersections. Heating of the space filling material causes an expansion stress in at least a thickness direction (X) such that the space filling material fills a predetermined space (13). For example, the space filling material may contain the resin at a volume ratio of 15 to 95 vol % based on a total volume of the reinforcing fibers and the resin.
US12109739B1
A food heating mat manufacturing process comprises the following steps: 1. manufacturing silicone layers; 2. treating a heating film; 3. combining the silicone layers and the heating film to form a mat body; 4. integrally molding the mat body at high temperature and high pressure; 5. assembling a food heating mat; and 6. testing the food heating mat; wherein in Step 1, the silicone layers are cut to a predetermined size.
US12109729B2
This wire saw machine having a dust collecting apparatus comprises a main roller for moving a wire by rotation; a first pulley system including a first upper dust collecting roller, a first lower dust collecting roller, and a first support roller; a second pulley system including a second upper dust collecting roller, a second lower dust collecting roller, and a second support roller; and a dust collecting unit which is provided under the first pulley system and the second pulley system to collect foreign substances that escape from the first pulley system and the second pulley system.
US12109724B2
Improved chain saws, components for chain saws, methods of making chain saws and components, and methods of using chain saws and components are disclosed. In some embodiments, a chain saw comprises a saw bar and a plurality of links, wherein a first link has a hook that engages a recess of a second link, thereby coupling the first link and the second link and allowing them to articulate without decoupling. The saw bar may have a rail, and the links may have grooves such that the links straddle and ride over the rail. The rail may have a projection and the grooves of the links may have notches accommodating the projection such that the projection prevents dislocation of the links. The links may have conical or pyramidal cutting teeth. The chain may be bidirectional. Robotic and automated operation of saws and other instruments are also disclosed.
US12109718B2
A razor head includes a frame, elongated blades arranged on an inner side of the frame, and two bridge walls each extending between two points of the frame in an interior of the frame, the bridge walls each including projections arranged in an arrangement direction of the blades. Each of the blades is held between adjacent ones of the projections of the bridge walls. Each of the projections includes a first flat surface and a second flat surface. In each of the bridge walls, the first flat surface and the second flat surface are shifted from each other in a longitudinal direction of the blades so as not to overlap each other, and the first flat surfaces and the second flat surfaces are located on the same position as viewed in the arrangement direction. Each of the projections has a horizontal cross-sectional shape of a parallelogram.
US12109715B2
Computer controlled positioning of delicate objects with low-contact force interaction using a robot
A computer positions an object using a computer-controlled positioning device. The computer is operatively associated with the positioning device via a control interface. The positioning device has a substantially-hollow interior chamber. The computer identifies a selected object located at a primary location within the interior chamber and having a primary orientation with respect thereto. The computer identifies a first array of elements constructed and arranged to generate contact-free support forces sufficient to maintain the selected object at the primary location. The computer identifies a second array of elements constructed and arranged to provide contact-free interaction forces sufficient to move the selected object within the interior chamber. The computer interacts with the selected object, using the control interface to adjust at least one of either the supporting forces and the interaction forces, to place the selected object into at least one of a secondary location or a secondary orientation.
US12109691B2
The invention relates to a container handling system, comprising an exoskeleton which is designed in such a way that it supports movements carried out by an operator of the container handling system for lifting and/or lowering objects, in particular system parts or working material.
US12109686B2
A control apparatus causes a robot device to move a suction head to a predetermined position at which a workpiece is fed and attempt to pick up the workpiece with the suction head at the predetermined position. Upon determining that the suction head has yet to pick up the workpiece, the control apparatus causes the robot device to rotationally move the suction head spirally in a horizontal direction while causing the suction head to perform a suction operation for the workpiece, and estimates a direction in which the workpiece is located with respect to the predetermined direction based on a change in compressed air pressure during the rotational movement of the suction head.
US12109683B2
A tactile sensor pertaining to the present disclosure includes a cover that is provided so as to cover at least part of a base portion, a detection unit that is disposed between the cover and the base portion and detects force applied to the cover, and a limiting structure that limits inclination of the cover with respect to the base portion.
US12109681B2
A substrate handling device includes a substrate reception area defined by an edge. The substrate reception area includes a planar surface, wherein the edge extends upward from the planar surface. The substrate reception area further includes a plurality of contact structures extending upwards from the planar surface, wherein a first contact structure of the plurality of contact structures directly contacts a side surface of the edge, and a second contact structure of the plurality of contact structures is separated from the edge. The substrate reception area and the planar surface include a first material. At least one contact structure of the plurality of contact structures includes a second material different from the first material, and the second material has a hardness aligned to a hardness of a substrate material.
US12109671B2
The invention relates to a removable mechanical tensioning system, tool, and a method of stretching a bolt or stud axially, the bolt being located in and attachable to an object via a nut. The system in accordance with the invention comprises an anti-rotation member; and a tensioner device. The anti-rotation member is attachable to both the tensioner device and bolt. The tensioner device is operatively attachable to the bolt via the anti-rotation member. The tensioner device comprises or is operatively coupled to a nut engaging assembly configured to automatically engage and tighten the nut, at a lower torque than the applied tool torque. Displacement of a part of the tensioner device with a holding force applied to the anti-rotation member causes axial stretch of the elongate member and actuation of the nut engaging assembly to bring about displacement of the nut in the transverse direction relative to the stretched elongate member.
US12109670B1
A method of removing a threaded insert from a wall structure is disclosed, where the insert has a flange and an internally threaded barrel. The disclosed method involves: introducing a bracket onto an outer edge of the wall structure, the bracket having a supporting arm with a hole, and the bracket having a plunger positioning arm with a threaded hole. The bracket is positioned such that the supporting arm is located on a first side of the wall structure, the plunger positioning arm is located on a second side of the wall structure, and the flange resides in the hole. A threaded plunger component is actuated to move a distal end section of the plunger component toward an exposed end of the threaded insert. Continued actuation of the plunger component increases force imparted on the exposed end of the threaded insert, until the insert is released from the wall structure.
US12109657B2
Disclosed welding-type systems and methods are directed to employing a wire feeder for feeding an electrode wire from a wire source in a welding system. The wire feeder includes one or more drive rolls to advance the electrode wire by contact force. In disclosed examples, a contact force on the wire from the drive rolls is adjustable. In some examples, the system includes a controller to receive a feedback signal corresponding to the contact force. The controller commands an actuator or other mechanism to adjust the contact force on the wire, such as by adjusting a position of the one or more drive rolls in response to the contact force falling outside a range of threshold contact force values.
US12109656B2
A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus is configured to increase the oxidation of ejected melted metal drops for the formation of metal support structures during manufacture of a metal object with the apparatus. The oxidation can be increased by either increasing a distance between the ejector head and a platform supporting the metal object or by providing an air flow transverse to the direction of movement of the melted metal drops, or both.
US12109637B2
A foldable miter saw with safety device includes a base unit having a working surface and an axial holder, and a cutting unit including a rotating member, a blade, a driving unit and a safety assembly that has a safety switch and a safety member. When the safety switch is not operated, the driving unit cannot drive the blade to rotate. During the period when the rotating member rotates to drive the blade from a working position to a folded position, a free end of the safety member can be rotated downward under the action of gravity, so that the safety member can rotate to an anti-touch position where the free end is relatively close to the safety switch so that the safety switch cannot be operated, and the driving unit cannot drive the blade to rotate, which can avoid accidentally touching the blade to rotate.
US12109636B2
A milling cutter (100) comprising: a cartridge (33) that has a tip (32) fixed thereto; a body (10) that has a pocket (15) formed therein into which the cartridge (33) is inserted; and a fixing tool (40) that fixes the cartridge (33), wherein the body (10) has a fixing tool insertion hole (16) that is adjacent to the pocket (15) on the radial direction inner side thereof, and a partitioning wall (17) between the pocket (15) and the fixing tool insertion hole (16), the fixing tool (40) that has been inserted into the fixing tool insertion hole (16) exerts a radial direction outward force on the partitioning wall (17), the pocket (15) is formed so as to produce a counterforce that resists the radial direction outward force acting on the cartridge (33) via the partitioning wall (17), and the cartridge (33) is fixed in the pocket (15) on the basis of the radial direction outward force.
US12109614B2
A layer forming apparatus includes a loading unit including a stage onto which powder is supplied, a rotator that flattens the powder on the stage to form a powder layer, and circuitry. The circuitry causes the rotator to move in a first direction parallel to a surface of the stage and rotate while contacting the powder on the stage to form the powder layer. Further, the circuitry causes the rotator to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction and rotate while contacting surplus powder not on the stage.
US12109601B2
A method for manufacturing a press-formed product suppresses occurrence of a forming defect such as a crack in a starting material during press forming, and also suppresses occurrence of problems when transferring a starting material during press forming. A manufacturing intermediate is formed by forming, in a flat-sheet shaped blank sheet, a planned outline portion including an undulating shape which is used for forming an outline of an outer circumferential portion of a press-formed product. The flat shape of the blank sheet is maintained in a region from the planned outline portion toward the center of the manufacturing intermediate, or an intermediate stretch-formed portion having a predetermined intermediate forming height is formed in the manufacturing intermediate in the region. A through-hole is formed by piercing a flat portion at which the flat shape is maintained or a stretch-formed-side top portion of the intermediate stretch-formed portion.
US12109598B1
The present disclosure provides a corrugated skew rolling preparation method of a magnesium alloy bar with a gradient structure, adopts a three-roller skew rolling mill, adding a corrugated curve to a flat roll rolling section of the three-roller skew rolling mill to form a corrugated roll, the billet used is as-cast magnesium alloy bar, and steps include: simulated rolling physical experiment; rolling parameters setting; bar homogenization annealing treatment; heating treatment of bars before rolling; three-roller skew mill rolling; cooling of the rolled parts after rolling. Thus improving the preparation efficiency and preparation quality of the magnesium alloy bar with gradient structure. And further improves the formiability of magnesium alloy bar with gradient structure.
US12109597B2
According to one embodiment, a substrate treatment device includes a placement stand configured to rotate the substrate, a cooling part configured to supply a cooling gas into a space between the placement stand and the substrate, a first liquid supplier configured to supply a first liquid on a surface of the substrate, a second liquid supplier configured to supply a second liquid on the surface, and a controller controlling rotation of the substrate, supply of the cooling gas, the first and second liquids. The controller performs a preliminary process of supplying the second liquid on the surface, and supplying the cooling gas into the space, a liquid film forming process by supplying the first liquid toward the surface after the preliminary process, a supercooling process of the liquid film on the surface, and a freezing process of at least a part of the liquid film on the surface.
US12109592B1
Devices and methods for improved separation of small particles from other stock. The device includes a sifting tray assembly and means for vibrating the screen of the sifting tray assembly for separating components and a cryogenic fluid source and injection system for freezing the small parts to the point where they are solid enough to pass through the screen without adhering to the screen. The method entails use of the system to separate small particles in sifting trays while spraying the stock with a cryogen such as liquid nitrogen.
US12109581B2
A shaping air ring for a rotary bell atomizer spray device includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced nozzles disposed in the shaping air ring, wherein each nozzle has a mix chamber, at least one inlet on an upstream end of the mix chamber, and an outlet at a downstream end of the mix chamber. First and second air flows are provided to the mix chamber through the at least one inlet and a combined air flow is discharged through the outlet. The combined air flow shapes the spray pattern of the liquid sprayed by the rotary bell atomizer spray device.
US12109578B2
A pump attachment member, produced by plastic moulding, having a skirt, an annular plate and a receiving sleeve defining a receiving recess formed by a moulding pin which is forcibly withdrawn on release from the mould, the receiving recess having an inwardly projecting annular inlet rib, the attachment flange of a distribution member being held in the receiving recess by said annular inlet rib. The annular inlet rib having retaining segments for engaging with the attachment flange and mould release segments for engaging with the moulding pin on release from the mould.
US12109577B2
The invention relates to a high pressure tool for industrially cleaning and/or machining workpieces by means of a pressurized fluid, wherein the high pressure tool comprises the following: a base body and a flow channel extending between a flow channel inlet and at least one flow channel outlet. In order to provide a high pressure tool of that kind, with which an improved degree of efficiency can be achieved, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the high pressure tool further comprises a nozzle body on which the at least one flow channel outlet is arranged and through which the flow channel at least partially extends, wherein the base body comprises or forms the nozzle body or wherein the base body is connected or connectable to the nozzle body. A method for producing a high pressure tool of that kind is further disclosed.
US12109573B2
A method and system for coal ash reclamation from a land fill, the system comprising: a harvester; a screen for screening non-ash material from ash collected by the harvester; a dryer for drying raw ash thereby creating dried coal ash and fine particulate ash; an exhaust pipe to direct the ash to a dust collector; a crusher for crushing the dried ash; a classifier for classifying the crushed dried ash; and a storage container for storage. The method comprising: harvesting raw coal ash from a land fill; screening the raw coal ash to remove oversize materials; drying the screened ash to remove water; crushing the stream of dried ash; classifying the crushed ash into fine particulate ash and large particulate ash, the second stream being directed for further crushing; streams of fine particulate ash being cooled; and storing the fine particulate ash.
US12109558B2
A multicomponent photocatalyst includes a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material. A method of performing a catalytic reaction includes loading a multicomponent photocatalyst including a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material into a reaction chamber; introducing molecular reactants into the reaction chamber; and illuminating the reaction chamber with a light source.
US12109548B2
A variety of superhyrdophobic porous materials are provided including a covalent organic framework having a plurality of perfluoroalkyl or perfluorheteroalkyl moieties covalently attached thereto. The materials can include a polymeric foam matrix made of a three-dimensional network of polymer fibers, and the covalent organic framework can be made encasing at least a portion of the polymer fibers. The covalent organic framework can be intertwined within the polymeric foam matrix such that the covalent organic framework encasing the portion of the polymer fibers is stable to mechanical compression of the polymeric foam matrix. Surfaces and other articles are provided including the superhyrdophobic porous materials are also provided, as are methods of making the superhyrdophobic porous materials, and methods of use for oil recovery among other things.
US12109547B2
A method for treating an MTBE-contaminated aqueous solution includes forming an adsorbent by treating fly ash with nitric acid and then doping the resultant acid-treated fly ash particles with AgNO3 and calcining. The adsorbent is used to contact an MTBE-contaminated aqueous solution to adsorb the MTBE and the adsorbent and to form a purified aqueous phase which is then separated from the adsorbent.
US12109541B2
Isoporous block copolymers of cross-linked structures, and methods of preparing, which are resistant to harsh solvent conditions from organic, acidic or basic materials are disclosed.
US12109531B2
The principal approaches to reducing the effects of global warming seek to slow the increase in atmospheric CO2 levels as a result of fossil fuel combustion for energy production and transportation. A process for hybrid carbon capture and mineralization are disclosed. The process utilizes both flue gas from (e.g., power plants) and reject brine from (e.g., desalination process). The process includes providing flue gas to react with an amine solution to produce carbamate; processing the carbamate in a reactor to regenerate amine and to produce a carbonate; treating reject brine to provide a ready-made brine for carbonation reaction; and processing the carbamate with salt from treating the brine to produce a carbonate.
US12109530B2
The present invention can separate waste gases according to whether they are corrosive or non-corrosive to perform pyrolysis treatment thereof individually, wherein powder fixed to a heating module and a chamber is removed to increase operation efficiency and equipment durability, and the collected powder can be externally discharged even during operation.
US12109526B2
An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes facing media secured to fluted media. A preferred projection/receiver arrangement is described. Also, a useful seal arrangement is described. Air cleaner assemblies, methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US12109517B2
A liquid containing exosomes is filtered through a first filter that has a hole diameter that passes the exosomes and blocks cells, and is then stored in a first storage unit (rough filtration step). Next, pressure is applied to the inside of the first storage unit to pump the liquid to a pre-filtration chamber in a second filter that blocks the exosomes so that water in the liquid is filtered out into a post-filtration chamber. The exosome-containing liquid that was not filtered out is returned to the first storage unit, thereby increasing the exosome concentration in the liquid for extraction (concentration step). The exosome-containing concentrate in the first storage unit is then filtered through a third filter having a hole diameter that passes the exosomes and blocks bacteria, and is sent to a recovery unit (sterilization filtration step).
US12109515B2
A filter device with a filter housing (2, 6), in which a replaceable filter element (4) is accommodated and which has a cover part (2). Element material (30) is delimited at the end by at least one end cap (32). This end cap (32) of the filter element (4) is placed on a fluid channel (58). A device (84) for transverse force support for the filter element (4) is provided between this one end cap (32) and the fluid channel (58). The device (84) for transverse force support supports the filter element (4) in relation to the fluid channel (58) engaging in the interior of the filter element (4) at least partially at the end.
US12109514B2
A filter device has a filter housing (2) and a filter element (15) accommodated in the filter housing. The element material (44) of the filter element for filtering a liquid extends between two end caps (40, 42). At least one end cap (40) is mounted on an element receptacle (14). A bearing (46, 54), providing more than one degree of freedom, is used to articulate the filter element (15) on the element receptacle (14) via its one end cap (40). The bearing has a convex bearing surface (46) that is guided in a concave bearing surface (54). The respective bearing surface (46, 54) is part of a respective shell (55a, 55b). At least one shell (55b) has a passage (55c) for liquid media.
US12109497B2
Methods, systems, and media for coordinating multiplayer game sessions are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: determining that a first user associated with a first user device is viewing game content created by a second user associated with a second user device; in response to determining that the first user is viewing the game content created by the second user, determining whether the first user satisfies criteria for joining a multiplayer game session with the second user; in response to determining that the first user satisfies criteria for joining the multiplayer game session with the second user, causing a selectable input element to join a queue of players to participate in the multiplayer game session with the second user to be presented on the first user device; in response to determining that the selectable input element to join the queue of players has been selected on the first user device, adding the first user to a position of the queue of players; in response to determining that the first user can participate in the multiplayer games session based on the position within the queue of players, causing an invitation to join the multiplayer game session to be presented on the first user device; in response to determining that the invitation to join the multiplayer game session has been accepted on the first user device, causing the first user to be added to the multiplayer game session; causing the multiplayer game session to begin on the first user device, wherein the multiplayer game session includes at least the first user and the second user; and in response to determining that the multiplayer game session has ended, removing the first user from the multiplayer game session.
US12109496B2
A persona system determines a player persona for a player of a gaming system based on gameplay information for the user and, for example, performs dynamic content generation or additional product recommendations based on the player persona. The persona system may receive a request for content based on a persona of a player and receive gameplay data associated with gameplay of the player in a plurality of games. The persona system may then generate a player persona of the player based on the gameplay data associated with the gameplay of the player in the plurality of games, determine persona based content based at least in part on a portion of the player persona, and output the persona based content in response to the request.
US12109486B2
An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
US12109483B2
A first sensor detects a movement of a first apparatus attached to a lower body of a user, and a second sensor detects a movement of a second apparatus attached to an upper body of the user or held by a hand of the user. Then, a virtual object is caused to continue a first action in a virtual space while received outputs from the first sensor and the second sensor both satisfy a condition.
US12109478B2
An electronic tracking system for assisting a user in determining distances to landmarks and objects in a sporting environment includes a user tracking system for determining the location of a user, a heads up display for displaying information to the user, and a processor operable to communicate with the user tracking system and the heads up display. The heads up display is designed to be worn on the user's head, and to display an image within the user's field of view. The processor is programmed to determine a distance between the user's determined location and an object or a landmark on. This information is displayed via the heads up display as a numeric representation of the determined distance.
US12109477B2
An exercise machine with a movable belt includes a guard assembly with a flexible guard that extends towards the rear axis and is spaced apart from the movable belt by a first gap and is exposed by the housing body, a rigid guard positioned downstream of the flexible guard with respect to a moving direction of the belt and spaced apart from the movable belt by a second gap, and a channel disposed between the flexible guard and the rigid guard. The guard assembly protects the user from injury and prevents damage to the exercise machine.
US12109476B2
A suspended mounting and exercise apparatus suspended from an overhead structure, comprising: a form; and at least one anchoring point comprising a plurality of stalls affixed to the form, wherein the form is affixed to the overhead structure via the at least one anchoring point.
US12109461B2
A head includes a body member that has an opening, and a face member that includes a striking face and closes the opening. The face member includes a face portion that forms the striking face, and a peripheral portion that extends from a peripheral edge of the face portion toward a back side. The peripheral portion of the face member is welded to the body member. A weld bead that juts from the inner surface of the head is formed at a boundary position between the peripheral portion and the body member. A wall thickness at a face-side end point of the weld bead is greater than a wall thickness at a body-side end point of the weld bead. The peripheral portion has a length of less than or equal to 6 mm.
US12109459B2
The invention discloses a multifunctional trampoline, which relates to the field of children's entertainment. The utility model relates to a multifunctional trampoline, which comprises a football frame. The left wall surface of the football frame is fixedly provided with a bottom support frame, the outer thread of the bottom support frame is provided with a top vertical strut, the upper end surface of the bottom support frame is welded with a circular frame, and the circular frame is formed by inserting a multi end arc frame and fixedly connecting with bolts, and the top surface of the circular frame is provided with a trample cloth, The top vertical strut is provided with a top connecting device, and the inner side of the top connecting device is fixedly connected with a purse seine, the inner side of the top vertical strut is provided with an arc contact block.
US12109446B2
A forest fire retardant composition contains a retardant compound that includes a potassium salt. The potassium salt may include a potassium salt of an organic acid, a potassium salt of an inorganic acid, or mixtures thereof. The organic acid may include formic acid, acetic acid, propanoic acid, butanoic acid, lactic acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, tartaric acid, uric acid, malic acid, or citric acid. The inorganic acid may include sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, carbonic acid, or hydrochloric acid. The composition may be in the form of a dry concentrate, a liquid concentrate, or a final diluted product. The final diluted product is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.
US12109442B2
This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising a basic amino acid or salt thereof, a zinc source, and a preservative, as well as to methods of using and of making these compositions.
US12109439B2
A method of a radiotherapy or radiosurgery treatment comprises steps of: (a) providing a converging x-ray beam source configured for emitting a converging X-ray beam propagating along an axis thereof; (b) emitting the converging x-ray beam towards a volume of treatment (VOT) having a length along the axis of the converging X-ray beam ranging between 2 mm and 5 cm within a patient's body such that a waist portion is within the VOT; (c) propagating the beam through tissues previously located relative to the VOT (PO); the VOT per se and tissues distally located to the VOT (DO). The converging X-ray beam characterized by a convergent angle ranging between 2 and 30 degrees providing 80% to 100% of a maximum dose is received by the VOT and less than 60% of the maximum dose is received by the PO and the DO.
US12109437B2
The present relates to a positioning and shaping shell manufacturing method for manufacturing a positioning and shaping shell comprising a positioning step consisting in positioning and supporting a target body portion with a transparent body shaper in a predetermined position on a positioning board presenting at least one transparent portion permitting scanning through it, an image acquisition step consisting in a target body portion surface scan imaging also via the transparent portion of the board and said transparent body support, a software computing step where the acquired image data are sent and processed in a processing unit, and a producing step consisting in producing a 3D positioning and shaping shell model via additive or subtractive manufacturing method based in the processed image data.
US12109435B2
An example method for a radiation therapy system that includes a movable couch to perform radiation therapy has been disclosed. One method includes based on the X-ray images of an anatomical region of the patient that includes a target volume, reconstructing a digital volume of the anatomical region and based on a user input indicating a location of a patient origin in the digital volume, determining one or more shift values for repositioning the patient origin at an isocenter of the radiation therapy system with respect to a coordinate system. The method also includes obtaining a treatment plan that is based on the location of the patient origin and is associated with the target volume, based on the treatment plan, repositioning the movable couch so that the patient origin is disposed at the isocenter, and while the patient origin is disposed at the isocenter, directing a treatment beam to the patient origin in accordance with the treatment plan associated with the target volume.
US12109434B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying radiation therapy treatment data for patients. A processor accesses a neural network trained based on a first set of data generated from characteristic values of a first set of patients that received treatment at one or more first radiotherapy machines. The processor executes the neural network using a second set of data comprising characteristic values of a second set of patients receiving treatment at one or more second radiotherapy machines. The processor executes a calibration model using an output of the neural network based on the second set of data to output a calibration value. The processor executes the neural network using a set of characteristics of a first patient to output a first confidence score associated with a first treatment attribute. The processor then adjusts the first confidence score according to the calibration value to predict the first treatment attribute.
US12109431B1
A display apparatus driving method includes: obtaining, based on a trigger signal, a distance value between the display apparatus and a user that is acquired by a distance detector, determining whether the distance value is within a preset range; and controlling a near-infrared light emitter of the display apparatus to emit near-infrared light, if the distance value is within the preset range, where the near-infrared light is used to heat the skin of the user.
US12109430B2
A method of treating a non-human animal subject includes irradiating, one or more times, light having a peak wavelength in a range of 315-335 nm to an affected area of the animal subject.
US12109412B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method for treating a cancerous tumor located within a subject. The method can include applying one or more electric fields at or near a site of the cancerous tumor, where the cancerous tumor can include a cancerous cell population. The one or more applied electric fields are effective to delay mitosis and cause mitotic synchronization within a proportion of the cancerous cell population. The method can include removing the one or more electric fields to allow mitosis to proceed within the cancerous cell population. The method can include administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the subject after the one or more electric fields have been removed. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12109405B2
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for reducing or limiting bleeding (e.g., blood loss and/or bleeding time) in an animal by trigeminal stimulation. The apparatuses and methods may activate one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. This activation may be invasive or non-invasive.
US12109396B2
A dual-chamber syringe may include an end wall and a primary plunger. The primary plunger may include a primary stopper. The primary stopper may form a primary chamber with the end wall. A secondary plunger may be in mechanical association with the primary plunger. The secondary plunger may include a secondary stopper. The secondary stopper may form a secondary chamber with the primary stopper. A primary nozzle may extend from the end wall and may be in fluid communication with the primary chamber. A secondary nozzle may extend from the end wall and may be in fluid communication with the secondary chamber.
US12109395B2
The disclosure refers to a device, for example a cartridge, a syringe or an autoinjector, which reduces the possibility of user error and provides an easy and automatic operation during mixing and/or reconstitution. The device is adapted such that activation of the device causes movement one of a first piston and a second piston in second chamber in an axial direction of the device, thereby moving the other one of the first piston and the second piston into the same axial direction of the device, opening a fluid communication path between the second chamber and a first chamber of the device, and expelling a second material from the second chamber into the first chamber via the fluid communication path. The disclosure is further directed to a respective mixing and/or reconstitution method.
US12109393B2
Methods and systems may quantify how much contrast fluid is injected into a patient by a powered fluid injector. A controller of the powered fluid injector can receive a command from a user to begin dispensing contrast fluid. The controller may determine whether a hemodynamic pressure signal is present from a pressure sensor in fluidic connection with the vasculature of the patient. The powered fluid injector may dispense a quantity of contrast fluid in response to the command. The controller may add the quantity of contrast fluid to an injection quantity if the hemodynamic pressure signal is present just prior to and/or just after the quantity of contrast fluid is dispensed. The controller may refrain from adding the quantity of contrast fluid to the injection quantity if the hemodynamic pressure signal is not present just prior to and/or just after the quantity of contrast fluid is dispensed.
US12109379B2
A system and related method are provided for draining cerebrospinal fluid from a bodily cavity of a patient, such as a ventricle in the brain in one application. The system includes a reservoir which may be a collapsible container configured for fluidic connection to a shunt located in the bodily cavity. The collapsible container may be an elastically deformable bladder in one embodiment. A pump is fluidly connected to the collapsible container and draws cerebrospinal fluid therefrom. A programmable controller directs the pump to repeatedly activate and deactivate at a predetermined time interval. A plurality of sensors may be provided which are communicably coupled to the controller for monitoring pump motor current draw, tension in the resilient body of the container, pressure, and orientation of the patient. The controller is configurable to deactivate the pump when abnormal operating conditions are detected by the sensors.
US12109376B2
A guidewire comprising a hydrophilic surface coating encasing a core and a metal coil along a longitudinal length of the hydrophilic surface coating to form a distal closed tip, the metal coil circumscribing the core along a predetermined length, the core extending longitudinally beyond the metal coil in both a proximal direction and a distal direction, wherein a proximal section of the guidewire includes a hydrophobic surface coating.
US12109374B2
An intravenous therapy system may include a curved needle; and a curved catheter formed around the outside surface of the curved needle; wherein, upon insertion of a first length of the curved needle and curved catheter into a patient's body, a curvature angle of the curved needle and curved catheter causes the curved needle and curved catheter to intersect axially with a blood vessel in the patient's body.
US12109363B2
A fixing device in which the direction of a tube can be easily fine-adjusted is provided. A fixing device has: an arm portion which extends in the X direction; a fixation portion which is to fix a tube; and a rotation portion which is disposed between the arm portion and the fixation portion, and which rotates the fixation portion about the X direction.
US12109355B2
Cartridges for vaporizer devices are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the cartridge can include a reservoir housing having a storage chamber and a dispensing chamber, and a vaporization chamber in communication with the dispensing chamber. The storage chamber is configured to hold a first fraction of a vaporizable material and the dispensing chamber is configured to hold a second fraction of the vaporizable material. The dispensing chamber is further configured to selectively dispense at least a first portion of the second fraction of the vaporizable material through at least one dispense opening in response to generation of one or more pressure pulses created within the dispensing chamber. The vaporizable chamber is configured to receive the dispensed vaporizable material from the dispensing chamber for vaporization by a first heating element to form a vaporized material. Vaporizer devices are also provided.
US12109354B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for instilling fluid to a tissue site in a negative-pressure therapy environment are described. Illustrative embodiments may include a pneumatically-actuated instillation pump that can draw a solution from a solution source during a negative-pressure interval, and instill the solution to a dressing during a venting interval. A pneumatic actuator may be mechanically coupled to a disposable distribution system that can provide a fluid path between the solution source and a distribution component. A bacterial filter may be disposed in the fluid path between the actuator and the distribution component to prevent contamination of the actuator during operation. The distribution system may be separated from the actuator and disposed of after operation, and the actuator may be re-used.
US12109348B2
Devices, systems, and methods for medication infusion are described herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a patient access subassembly, a first fluid reservoir, a second fluid reservoir, and an assembly. The assembly can have a first configuration in which the patient access subassembly is in fluid communication with the first fluid reservoir via a first tube, a second configuration in which the first fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the second fluid reservoir, and a third configuration in which the first fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the patient access subassembly via a second tube, the first fluid reservoir fluidically isolated from the first tube in the third configuration.
US12109347B2
Provided herein are novel devices for the formation of arteriovenous fistulas, which may aid subjects in need of hemodialysis. The novel devices are provided in a non-surgical procedure, greatly decreasing the cost and increasing the convenience of placing an arteriovenous fistula. The devices are atraumatic, and consist of a sutureless anastomosis device and conduit. Methods and tools for placing the devices in vivo are disclosed, including a magnetic-assisted method.
US12109341B2
A discharge device is housed in a housing portion of a holder. The discharge device includes a housed section and a discharge electrode protruding from the housed section. The housed section is housed in the housing portion. The housed section includes a bottom wall and two side walls. The two side walls oppose each other in a longitudinal direction of the bottom wall. At least one of the two side walls is connected to the bottom wall via a curved surface. The curved surface guides a corner of the housing portion when the housed section is housed in the housing portion. As a result, the housed section is housed in the housing portion without catching on the corner.
US12109338B2
Apparatus, methods and instructions for disinfecting air. The apparatus may include, and the methods may involve, a fixture. The fixture may include a germicidal light source. The fixture may include a fan. The fan may circulate air through a volume into which the germicidal light source propagates germicidal light. The light source may be configured to emit, upward from a horizontal plane, a beam that, absent reflection off an environmental object, does not cross the horizontal plane. The apparatus may include a shield that prevents light from the light source from crossing the horizontal plane. The sensor may face upward from the horizontal plane. The sensor may face downward from the horizontal plane.
US12109337B2
Disclosed is a degradable zinc base alloy implant material comprising, by mass percentage content, 0.01 wt % to 14 wt % of Fe, 0 wt % to 13 wt % of functional elements and the remainder being Zn and a preparation method and use thereof. During preparation, Zn, Fe, and the functional elements are homogeneously mixed and placed into a high-purity graphite crucible and smelted together under a mixed gas atmosphere of SF6 and CO2. The mechanical properties of the zinc base alloy implant material have been significantly improved, so that the implant material is easy to process and shape, and so that the properties of strength and plasticity, etc., meet the basic requirements of human body implant materials, such as vascular stents, orthopedic internal fixation systems, and the like.
US12109323B2
An overhead lighting fixture containing both visible light sources and UV light sources is disclosed herein. UV light can sanitize/disinfect the surrounding environment after the environment over a period of about 30-45 minutes. In this way, viruses, germs, bacteria, mold, and the like can be destroyed to clean the air and/or surfaces (e.g., furniture). Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention provide a controllable UV lighting assembly that can produce UV light to sanitize/disinfect an area and can be automatically disabled to prevent UV light exposure to those in the area using a motion sensor. The lighting assembly can produce visible light while the UV light source is disabled. According to some embodiments, the duration of UV light production is controlled by a timer for power savings.
US12109319B2
Adhesives comprising rubber, tackifier, oil, and optionally absorbent and active ingredient are described. The adhesives are suitable for medical applications as they are repositionable on skin. Also described are medical articles using the adhesives.
US12109315B2
A nanomedicinal composition comprising a nanocarrier and an antioxidant. The nanocarrier contains a metal organic framework and a porous silicate and/or aluminosilicate matrix. The antioxidant is disposed in the pores and/or on the surface of the nanocarrier by a solution phase impregnation process. The nanomedicinal composition is used in a method of treating Blastocystis infection.
US12109314B2
A soft capsule film composition, comprising: (A) a native gellan gum; (B) one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides; (C) a starch or modified starch; (D) a plasticizer; and (E) water, wherein a gelling agent other than the native gellan gum and the one or more hydrophilic polysaccharides is not an essential component. The soft capsule film composition shortens drying time at room temperature, suppresses the stickiness of the surface of a film sheet, imparts film sheet strength which can withstand continuous production in factory manufacturing with a rotary die filling machine or the like, and enables the manufacture of a good soft capsule with high adhesiveness. For this reason, the soft capsule produced using the soft capsule film composition can be utilized for various uses such as drugs, quasi drugs, cosmetics, and foods.
US12109313B2
A soluble fiber lozenge in includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and one or more additives in the soluble-fiber matrix. A soluble fiber lozenge provided herein includes at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in soluble fiber lozenge can include maltodextrin. The soluble fiber lozenge is adapted to release one or more additives from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of a consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making soluble fiber lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, one or more additives, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 200° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of soluble fiber lozenges.
US12109312B2
An oral tablet for taste masking of active ingredients includes a population of particles and an active ingredient with off-note taste. 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 at least partly in induced taste masking of the active ingredient upon mastication of the tablet.
US12109309B2
A method of generating an internally fixed lipid vesicle, comprising: providing a precursor lipid vesicle that contains an aqueous interior enclosed by a lipid membrane, wherein the lipid membrane of the precursor lipid vesicle is non-permeable to a crosslinker; permeabilizing the lipid membrane transiently to generate a permeable vesicle; contacting the permeable vesicle with an inactive activatable crosslinker, whereby the inactive activatable crosslinker enters the permeable vesicle; allowing the permeable vesicle to return to a non-permeable vesicle; removing any extravesicular crosslinker; and activating the inactive activatable crosslinker to allow crosslinking to occur inside the non-permeable vesicle, whereby an internally fixed lipid vesicle is generated.
US12109307B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for controlled release of macromolecules (such as proteins and polypeptides). The present disclosure also provides method for preparing and using the same.
US12109302B2
Provided herein are sustained release biodegradable intracanalicular insert comprising a hydrogel and cyclosporine, methods of treating or preventing an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof by administering such inserts as well as methods of manufacturing such inserts.
US12109301B2
Provided are formulations and methods for treating one or more genitourinary conditions. The formulations may include a therapeutic agent that includes a calcium channel blocker, a rho kinase inhibitor, or a combination thereof. The methods may include locally administering a therapeutic agent into a ureter. Systems for delivering a therapeutic agent also are provided.
US12109292B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and their use in oral hygiene. More particularly, the compositions comprise one or more flavonoids, such as naringin and neohesperidine and polylysine and/or caprylic acid and/or a zinc salt. Such compositions may be in the form of, for example, a solution, gel, spray, chewing gum or paste suitable for use in the oral cavity. The composition may be used in reducing bacterial numbers on teeth, gums or other surfaces in the oral cavity.
US12109283B2
The invention discloses persistent antimicrobial protection of hands and/or surfaces of different objects using the hydro-alcoholic gel composition of the present invention. In particular, the invention provides water-resistant sanitizing hydro-alcoholic gel compositions based on ethyl alcohol, silver nanoparticles and fatty acids of Tung seed oil (Aleurites fordii). More particularly, it discloses the compositions that keep the surface sanitized well beyond the instant sanitization provided by volatile ethyl alcohol. The compositions of the present invention have ‘natural origin’ index of minimum 99% as per ISO 16128-2.
US12109281B2
An oil-in-water emulsified cosmetic comprising an aqueous medium, an alkali-soluble polymer having a carboxy group and an amphiphilic side chain comprising a hydrophobic block and a hydrophilic block and bonded to the main chain at the hydrophilic block end, a nonionic surfactant having a C3-C6 straight-chain or cyclic polyol residue and an HLB of (6.0-12.0), a liquid oil and a paste oil.
US12109280B2
The present patent application relates to a composition for topical application in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprising an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, characterized in that it comprises at least one noncrosslinked amphiphilic polymer, the globules of the said emulsion exhibiting a mean size ranging from 15 to 500 microns and the oily phase being present in an amount of less than 35% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the composition.
US12109279B2
Cleansing compositions are provided. The mask cleansing composition includes a) A polyvinyl alcohol; b) At least one sugar alcohol; c) At least one surfactant; d) At least one or more hydrophobically-modified polymers; e) At least one silicone oil; and wherein the composition provides the self-bubbling action. The cleansing composition is free of perfluoro compound.
US12109274B2
The invention features polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide including a 3′-stabilizing region and having increased stability compared to wild-type polynucleotides.
US12109270B2
There is provided a complex comprising rifaximin and a complexing agent, wherein the complexing agent is a polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) or a cyclodextrin. There is also provided a process for preparing the complex, a pharmaceutical composition including the complex and therapeutic uses of the complex.
US12109265B2
Treatment of subjects experiencing cerebral ischemia is improved when the treatment employs a thrombolytic and an inhibitor against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signal transduction (VEGF-RST) at a reduced, low dosage compared to that used to treat cancer patients. The treatment is also improved to permit point-of-care use by formulating protein drugs for long term stability at room temperature, providing doses appropriate for the method, and by combining the therapeutic agents with a point-of-care diagnostic for blood brain barrier integrity.
US12109263B2
Small molecule integrin agonists or integrin activating compounds including at least one di-alkylaryl amine end group and at least one alkyl or alkenoxy linking group including at least one protonatable moiety, wherein the compounds enhance vaccine efficacies, enhance adoptive cell therapy efficacies, enhance immunotherapy efficacies, enhance therapeutic antibody therapy efficacies, enhance checkpoint inhibitor therapy efficacies, enhance effector cell therapy efficacies, and enhanced cell based transplant efficacies and wherein at protonatable moiety either protonate at biological pHs or bears a charge with associated pharmaceutically acceptable counterion making the compound water soluble to improve bioavailability and methods for making and using same.
US12109260B2
The present disclosure relates to Zika virus vaccines and immunogenic compositions having one or more antigens from a Zika virus (e.g., a Zika virus clonal isolate, a non-human cell adapted Zika virus, etc.), and methods of treatments and uses thereof.
US12109258B2
Provided herein are sequences of Plasmodium spp. liver stage exported proteins as well as expression constructs expressing the sequences. Also provided herein are methods for generating an immune response against malaria using the expression constructs provided herein.
US12109257B2
Disclosed herein are alphavirus vectors that include neoantigen-encoding nucleic acid sequences derived from a tumor of a subject. Also disclosed are nucleotides, cells, and methods associated with the vectors including their use as vaccines.
US12109252B2
Products, systems and methods are disclosed for lowering the concentrations of at least one of preservatives and fibrils in a liquid insulin composition. One method comprises replacing at least a portion of at least one of phenol and m-cresol with at least one of cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin polymers, cyclodextrin beads, and an ion exchange resin.
US12109248B2
Disclosed is the in vitro use of at least one lectin for marking cancer stem cells of hormone-dependent cancer target organs, selected from the lectins Maackia amurensis lectin II (MAH-II), Euonymus europaeus lectin (EEL), Psophocarpus tetragonolobus lectin I (PTL-I) and Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II (GSL-II), in particular at least two lectins selected from MAH-II, EEL, PTL-I and GSL-II, in particular the two lectins MAH-II and EEL, in order to obtain cancer stem cells of labeled hormone-dependent cancer target organs in a biological sample.
US12109247B2
The present invention relates to the use of at least one peptide having sequence VRLIVAVRIWRR, VRLIVAVRIKRR, VRLIVKVRIWRR, VRLIVKVRIKRR (SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO 2, SEQ ID NO 3, SEQ ID NO 4), as a bactericidal antimicrobial agent against Listeria monocytogenes.
US12109246B2
Compositions for treatment and/or prevention of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). include a pollen extract containing an aqueous pollen extract obtained from a plant mixture belonging to the Poaceae and Pionaceae families, an aqueous extract of plant seeds belonging to the genus Cucurbita and of vitamin E or its esters. Methods for treatment and/or prevention of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with the filling, urination and/or post-urination phases in women with such compositions is disclosed.
US12109244B2
Agents, kits, and methods that utilize oxygenation to prevent and/or treat intestinal inflammation and/or infections caused by anaerobic microorganisms are provided. In several embodiments, the formulations are provided as a capsule within a capsule in order to separate an oxygen prodrug from a catalyst until the formulation is at a target site within the intestine. In several embodiments, the catalyst is provided in an excess of the oxygen prodrug. In several embodiments, the prodrug is within an inner capsule or coating and a biological material comprising a catalyst (e.g., yeast, spirulina, chlorella, etc.) surrounds the encapsulated prodrug and the biological material is within a capsule or coating. The agents, kits, and methods can be utilized to prevent and/or treat anaerobic bacterial infections of the intestinal lumen by enteric aerobization therapy.
US12109241B2
Provided herein is a placental product comprising an immunocompatible chorionic membrane. Such placental products can be cryopreserved and contain viable therapeutic cells after thawing. The placental product of the present invention is useful in treating a patient with a tissue injury (e.g. wound or burn) by applying the placental product to the injury. Similar application is useful with ligament and tendon repair and for engraftment procedures such as bone engraftment.
US12109230B2
The present invention provides a method of treating frontotemporal dementia, or a childhood genetic neurodegenerative disease such as Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T), or neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease or neuropsychiatric diseases comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of chlorite composition, such as sodium chlorite. The present invention thereby provides a method of modulating the immune system in a subject in need thereof. Described herein are methods of administration and treatment.
US12109228B2
The present invention provides a method of treating frontotemporal dementia, or a childhood genetic neurodegenerative disease such as Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T), or neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease or neuropsychiatric diseases comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of chlorite composition, such as sodium chlorite. The present invention thereby provides a method of modulating the immune system in a subject in need thereof. Described herein are methods of administration and treatment.
US12109226B1
A polysilane methacrylic polymer and processes of preparing the polysilane methacrylic polymer are provided.
US12109213B2
The invention provides fused heterocyclic organic compounds such as dihydropyrazolopyridotriazinones, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions for body contouring and/or reduction of fat in a subject.
US12109212B2
The present invention provides methods of treating a subject having a Wnt/beta-catenin active cancer by administering to said subject a compound that inhibits the expression or activity of YES1, BIRC5 or BCL2L1, a compound that inhibits YAP1-beta-catenin complex formation, a compound that inhibits YAP1-beta-catenin complex binding to DNA, a compound that inhibits YAP1-beta-catenin-TBX5 complex formation, or any combination thereof. The compound can be, for example, a nucleic acid, a peptide, an antibody or a small molecule. Methods of screening for therapeutic targets for treating cancer are included.
US12109207B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I). The disclosure provides new compounds, compositions, and methods for treating, delaying, and/or preventing the adverse effects of proliferative diseases, such as cancers including, for example, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, head cancer, neck cancer, head and neck cancer, or leukemia (e.g., cancer resistant to treatment by one or more microtubule-targeting agents (e.g., cancer resistant to multiple drugs associated with P-glycoprotein (P-gp) overexpression)). Provided are methods of inhibiting polymerization of a cancer cell microtubule in a subject in need thereof or a cell, tissue, or biological sample, binding β-tubulin, inhibiting microtubule assembly and, inducing apoptosis in a cancer cell resistant to multiple drugs in a tissue, biological sample, or subject. Also provided in the present disclosure are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods of using the compounds for treating any of the target diseases described herein.
US12109197B2
The present disclosure relates to combinations of a β-lactam compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and probenecid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also relates to methods of treating or preventing a disease via administering to subjects in need thereof a β-lactam compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and probenecid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12109186B2
Modified release formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate having improved dissolution and pharmacokinetic properties are provided, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US12109179B2
The present disclosure generally relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising an androgen receptor N-terminal domain inhibitor or an inhibitor and a second therapeutically active agent, such as an CDK4/6 inhibitor, a Pin1 inhibitor (inhibitor of peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases), or an antiandrogen. In particular, the present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations useful for treatment of various cancers, for example breast cancer and prostate cancer. Further, the present disclosure relates administering an androgen receptor N-terminal domain inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for treatment of various cancers.
US12109178B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US12109170B2
Spa systems may be used all year round and in colder weather provide an enjoyable experience for users through the cold ambient outdoor temperature and the heated water of the spa. However, failures in respect of the water circulating pump and/or heater of the spa system either mechanically, electrically or through overall power outages mean the water in the spa system and its pipework can easily freeze if ambient conditions are cold enough leading to cracks in the spa system or pipes and hence leaks when the water thaws requiring costly repair or replacement of components or entire systems. Accordingly, a freeze protection system is provided that uses a backup thermal management system discretely or in combination with other backup systems. These freeze protection systems offering backup when mechanical failures, electrical failures etc. arise by providing thermal input to the spa system through alternate thermal paths and providing alarms.
US12109149B2
A system includes a radiation source and a controller. The controller is configured to designate, for irradiation, multiple target regions on an eye of a patient, and to perform an iterative process that includes, during each iteration of the process, acquiring an image of the eye, based on the image, calculating a location of a different respective one of the target regions, processing the image so as to identify any obstruction at the location, and provided no obstruction at the location is identified, causing the radiation source to irradiate the location. Other embodiments are also described.
US12109144B2
An ostomy attachment including: a flexible annular seal configured to at least partially surround a stoma, the flexible annular seal including a first face and a second face; wherein the first face and the second face are bounded by an inner rim and an outer rim, wherein the inner rim is concentrically arranged within the outer rim; and an ostomy seal liner configured to engage with the inner rim of the flexible annular seal; wherein the ostomy seal liner includes one or more stabilising extensions, wherein the one or more stabilising extensions extend from the ostomy seal liner radially outward and over the first face of the flexible annular seal; and wherein the one or more stabilising extensions are in contacting relation with the first face of the flexible annular seal. Methods of manufacturing ostomy attachments and methods of use are also provided.
US12109143B2
A body support wrap adapted to encompass a body article of a user while elastically encompassing and supporting a fluid communication element, the body support wrap includes first and second flexible elastomeric surrounding sidewalls that are adjacent to one another and offset on an upper end forming a mouth opening and the first and second sidewalls are evenly displaced on a lower end forming a closed attachment, wherein an interior pocket is formed therebetween the first and second sidewalls that the fluid communication element is disposed through the mouth opening, wherein operationally via the first and second sidewalls elasticity the fluid communication element is held anyplace within the interior pocket in multiple positions adjacent to the user for the convenience and comfort of the user.
US12109119B2
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a femoral component having a condyle surface. The condyle surface is defined by one or more radii of curvatures, which are controlled to reduce or delay the onset of anterior translation of the femoral component relative to a tibial bearing.
US12109103B2
Devices and methods for treatment of bodily lumens and sphincters are disclosed. Some embodiments include methods and devices for inducing an inflammatory response and development of fibrosis, collagen, and/or scar tissue. In some embodiments, scaffolds may be composed of a matrix of filaments. Application of the methods and devices disclosed herein to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and other sphincter disorders are discussed. Biodegradable scaffolds configured to induce an inflammatory response are also disclosed.
US12109102B2
An aortic protection device including a mesh lumen shaped and sized to extend along the aorta, from a heart-side of a brachiocephalic artery exit from the aorta to distal of a left subclavian artery exit from the aorta, wherein the mesh lumen is arranged to change a porosity of mesh pores in response to external control. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US12109096B2
An absorbent article of the present invention includes an absorbent core (4) and a topsheet (2) disposed on a skin-facing surface of the absorbent core (4) and having a projecting-and-depressed structure on the skin-facing surface. The absorbent core (4) includes one or a plurality of low-basis-weight portions (41) extending in one direction and having a relatively lower basis weight than other parts of the absorbent core (4). In a plan view, the topsheet (2) includes a plurality of types of projections (24) having different sizes in an overlapping region with the low-basis-weight portions (41).
US12109094B2
The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles comprising belts comprising one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics, while providing adequate modulus of (between about 2 gf/mm and 15 gf/mm), resulting in a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 1.1 and a Product Waist-to-Crotch Silhouette from about 0.8 to about 2.0 to provide for the advantages described above.
US12109093B2
The present disclosure relates to one or a combination of an absorbent article's chassis, inner leg cuffs, outer leg cuffs, ear panels, side panels, waistbands, and belts that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced and/or low Average-Dtex and/or low Average-Pre-Strain elastics to deliver low Pressure Under Strand, while providing adequate Section-Modulus to make the article easy to apply and to comfortably maintain the article in place on the wearer, even with a loaded core, to provide for the advantages described above. Further, the elastomeric laminates of the present disclosure outperform existing laminates currently used for disposable absorbent articles as it relates to one or more key parameters (including Percent Contact Area, 2-98% Height Value, Pressure-Under-Strand, Air Permeability, Water Vapor Transmission Rate, Caliper, Caliper Retention Value, Cantilever Bending, Open Area, Section-Modulus, Rugosity Wavelength, Rugosity Frequency, Graphic Distortion Ratio).
US12109091B1
A method of cryptographically secured digital dental treatment planning comprises: receiving, at an intraoral scanning system, an intraoral scan of a patient's dentition, wherein the intraoral scan comprises a three-dimensional (3D) surface representing the patient's dentition at a first arrangement; encrypting, at the intraoral scanning system, the intraoral scan to create a cryptographically secured dental record of the patient's dentition; decrypting, at a treatment planning system, the cryptographically secured dental record; determining a target arrangement for the patient's dentition; determining a digital treatment plan for the patient's dentition, wherein the digital treatment plan comprises a series of intermediate arrangements for a series of aligners to move the patient's dentition from the first arrangement toward the target arrangement; adding the digital treatment plan to the cryptographically secured dental record of the patient's dentition; and sending the cryptographically secured dental record of the patient's dentition to one or more data stores.
US12109088B2
A method for evaluating an orthodontic appliance. Acquisition of a two-dimensional “appliance image” of teeth at least partially representing the orthodontic appliance in a service position. Acquisition of a two-dimensional “dentition image” of the teeth. If a determination of comparable dental and appliance attributes is not possible from the appliance image and from the dentition image, respectively, conversion of the appliance image and/or of the dentition image so that the appliance image be compatible with the dentition image. Determination of dental and appliance attributes relative to the shape of the tooth represented on the dentition image and relative to the shape of the orthodontic appliance on the appliance image. Comparison of the dental and appliance attributes, followed by determination of at least one score. At least one image is acquired with a mobile phone.
US12109086B2
A teeth whitening system that emits electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of a user's teeth and may also dispense a tooth whitening material for contact with the user's teeth. In one aspect, the teeth whitening system includes a mouthpiece comprising a wall and a bite platform extending from the wall that collectively define a first channel for receiving a user's teeth and an electromagnetic radiation source coupled to the mouthpiece and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of the user's teeth that are positioned in the first channel. The teeth whitening system may also include an opening in the wall through which a tooth whitening material may be dispensed into the channel. The tooth whitening system may alternatively include apertures in the wall or bite platform through which a tooth whitening material can be dispensed.
US12109085B2
An inversion maintenance device has a case, an inverting mechanism, and a control system. The case forms an inversion space. The inverting mechanism has an inverting base and multiple adapting modules. The inverting base is pivotally mounted in the inversion space. The adapting modules are mounted on the inverting base. Each of the adapting modules has an adapting port. The inverting base is capable of inverting to make the adapting port face downward and cover the inversion space. Dental handpieces can be mounted on the adapting modules. The control system has a control module and an operation input terminal. The operation input terminal is electrically connected to the control module and is capable of controlling the control module to inject a working fluid with pressure into the dental handpiece via the adapting module.
US12109083B2
In one aspect, a method for manufacturing a glazed dental prosthesis includes at least the steps of: a) providing a dental prosthesis body; b) position sensitive application of a predetermined amount of a glaze composition to at least a part of the dental prosthesis body surface, wherein the glaze comprises a heat sensitive coloring indicator and wherein this step is performed one or more times; c) controlling the applied glaze amount at least at one position of the glazed dental prosthesis body surface by assessing the color intensity at that position; and d) subjecting the coated dental body to a heat treatment to form the glazed dental prosthesis, wherein the temperature in the heat treatment is larger or equal to the de-composition temperature of the heat sensitive color indicator, wherein at least 90 mol-% of the coloring indicator are transformed into the colorless leuko-form.
US12109082B2
A curable composite material containing nanodiamonds, denture bases and other dental prosthetics made from the composite material and methods for treating dental stomatitis using these prosthetics.
US12109080B2
A clamping device and method for human-medicine or veterinary-medicine applications for the frictionally engaged locking of at least two holding segments, the clamping device has a first holding segment, a second holding segment; a driveable spindle, via which a rotational movement can be converted into an axial longitudinal movement for spindle-locking the second holding segment, and a threaded plate. In this case, the threaded plate can be moved axially in the opposite direction during the spindle movement, wherein, by counter-movement of the threaded plate, at least one wedge body is moveable in a ramp system, in order to clamp the first holding segment.
US12109075B2
A system and method for generating a corrected image is provided. A plurality of poses for an imaging device may be calculated based on information about an object within a patient's anatomy. An image may be received from the imaging device at each pose of the plurality of poses to yield an image set. Each image may depict at least a portion of an anatomical element of the patient and an object. A set of saturated areas in which the object has caused saturated attenuation, and a set of unsaturated areas in which the object has not caused saturated attenuation may be identified in the images of the image set. A corrected image may be generated by combining data from the set of unsaturated areas, the corrected image depicting the anatomical feature with fewer than all of the saturated areas in the set of saturated areas.
US12109072B2
Systems and methods for protecting non-target tissue from damage during a medical procedure for disrupting target tissue via heat application are disclosed. Data associated with the target tissue to be disrupted may be received. Based on the received data, one or more non-target objects of tissue that may be affected by the applied heat are identified. Both a temperature threshold and thermal dose threshold for each of the one or more non-target objects may be generated. Both the temperature and the thermal dose of each of the one or more non-target objects may be evaluated during performance of the medical procedure. A response may be generated when either the evaluated temperature of any of the one or more non-target objects reaches the corresponding temperature threshold or the thermal dose of any of the one or more non-target objects reaches the corresponding thermal dose threshold.
US12109063B2
An apparatus including a memory (128), a display (122), and a processor (126). The memory is configured to store a protocol definition module (132). The processor is configured to execute the protocol definition module, which causes the processor to display, via the display, an interactive graphical tool (202) that includes a digital representation of an anatomical model with an interactively generated scan field of view superimposed thereover to create a standard scan protocol for execution by an imaging system, wherein the scan field of view identifies anatomy of the subject to scan for the scan protocol.
US12109048B2
A physiological monitor has a sensor port configured to attach and communicate with a sensor. A processor board is in communications with the sensor port and has a board digital signal processor (DSP). Firmware residing on the processor board is executable by the board DSP so as to calculate physiological parameters in response to a sensor signal received from the sensor. Upgrade tools are individually attachable to the sensor port in lieu of the sensor so as to designate to the processor board which of the physiological parameters, if any, to calculate when the sensor is attached to the sensor port.
US12109038B2
The present disclosure describes a sleep staging system. The sleep staging system comprising: one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to one or more breathing parameters of subject; and one or more physical computer processors operatively connected with the one or more sensors, the one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to: determine, based on the output signals, one or more breathing features of individual breaths of the subject; determine a distribution of the one or more breathing features over one or more time windows; detect presence of a breathing event based on the output signals; determine sleep states of the subject with a sleep stage classifier model based upon the distribution of the breathing features and the one or more breathing events; and provide feedback indicating the sleep states.
US12109032B1
A method for circumscribing an insulating barrier region around a singular conductive microneedle structure or plurality of conductive microneedle structures adhered to a fixed substrate for the purpose of spatially defining a conduit for the routing of an electrical signal from the surface of said microneedle or microneedles to the posterior surface of the substrate is disclosed herein. A microneedle-based electrochemical biosensors structure comprises a substrate, a microneedle biosensor, a primary electrically conductive element, a secondary electrically conductive element and an electrically insulative annular barrier.
US12109026B2
Provided is an exercise load control device including: a patient information input unit configured to input patient information which indicates whether a patient using an exercise therapy apparatus is an atrial fibrillation patient; a heart rate information acquisition unit configured to acquire heart rate information which indicates a heart rate of the patient using the exercise therapy apparatus; and a load control unit configured to control a magnitude of a load to be applied by the exercise therapy apparatus to the patient, based on the patient information input by the patient information input unit and the heart rate information acquired by the heart rate information acquisition unit.
US12109025B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods and devices for predicting whether a user has a target health condition using eye images. Automated guidance is provided to the user to obtain, using a computing device operated by the user, images including the user's sclera, each of the images corresponding to a guided direction of the user's gaze. Images are received from the computing device by way of a network. Images are subject to verification that sufficiently show the user's sclera, including by estimating a direction of the user's gaze and confirming that the estimated direction for a given one of the images conforms with the guided direction. Feature-enhanced image data are generated by applying an autoencoder to enhance features corresponding to the user's sclera in the images. A prediction of whether the user has the target health condition is generated by providing the feature-enhanced image data to a convolutional neural network.
US12109016B2
The invention relates to a method for gait analysis. In this method, data comprising a ground reaction force curve is first obtained from a force measuring device. Then, a determination of a first approximation of the ground reaction force curve performed by at least a first approximation function defined by a set of coefficients. Then, a determination of a second approximation of the ground reaction force curve is performed by a second approximation function formed on the basis of the set of coefficients of the at least one first approximation function. Further, the invention relates to a gait analysis system.
US12109010B1
The present disclosure relates to devices and processes that produce superior photoplethysmography (PPG) signals. In various embodiments, the present devices and processes leverage load backing, conformal contact, and strain isolation mechanisms to produce higher quality and amplitude PPG signals, and provide more repeatable results than previous devices and processes. In at least one embodiment, the devices discussed herein include a rigid support structure and elastic spacer for supporting a PPG sensor and various adhesive layers.
US12109006B2
An optical speckle receiver for receiving a speckle signal from a sample, the optical speckle receiver comprising an optical detector and an aperture and/or lens array. The aperture and array respectively comprise a plurality of apertures or lenses and is located between the sample and the optical detector such that the received speckle pattern is obtained from multiple discrete sample locations.
US12109005B2
Systems and methods for aiding, supplementing, and/or increasing the monitoring capabilities of responsible persons over a supervised person are disclosed herein. In some implementations, the system includes one or more controlling persons, one or more supervising persons, a supervised person, and a cloud server. Each of the controlling persons and the supervising persons can have a personal electronic device. The supervised person can have a wearable electronic device. The electronic devices allow the controlling persons and the supervising persons to actively communicate with the cloud server to upload data related to the supervised person that is accessibly stored in the cloud server. In turn, the wearable device can include one or more sensors to measure and communicate various bioindicators to the cloud server. The system allows the controlling persons to monitor the health of, development of, and/or current control over the supervised person.
US12108998B2
A LUS robotic surgical system is trainable by a surgeon to automatically move a LUS probe in a desired fashion upon command so that the surgeon does not have to do so manually during a minimally invasive surgical procedure. A sequence of 2D ultrasound image slices captured by the LUS probe according to stored instructions are processable into a 3D ultrasound computer model of an anatomic structure, which may be displayed as a 3D or 2D overlay to a camera view or in a PIP as selected by the surgeon or programmed to assist the surgeon in inspecting an anatomic structure for abnormalities. Virtual fixtures are definable so as to assist the surgeon in accurately guiding a tool to a target on the displayed ultrasound image.
US12108996B2
A method for remotely supporting a surgery assistant robot may include: receiving at least one piece of operation information concerning an operation of the surgery assistant robot, by a server device that performs a remote support for the surgery assistant robot; and transmitting, in response to a predetermined event, at least one of a sound, an image, or a text from the server device to at least one of the surgery assistant robot or a terminal device.
US12108990B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for customized kit assembly for surgical implants are disclosed. A robotic surgical system designs and customizes a surgical implant and its surgical implant components. The surgical implant and its surgical implant components are assembled into a kit that is customized for a specific patient. The robotic surgical procedure using the kit can additionally select from available generic, off-the-shelf surgical implant components or customized surgical implant components.
US12108989B2
Head-worn computers with eye-imaging systems include a camera system positioned in a head-worn computer, wherein the camera system is further positioned to capture eye-image light that originates as reflections from a user's eye, wherein the camera system is further positioned to capture eye-image light as a reflection from a partially reflective surface that is positioned in front of an image display in the head-worn computer, wherein image light, from the image display, is transmitted through the partially reflective surface. A processor is adapted to cause the camera system to capture the eye-image light. The processor is further adapted to cause a comparison of the captured eye-image light with a pre-stored eye image of a known user of the head-worn computer. In the event the comparison confirms the identity of the known user, the user is granted permission to view content to be presented in a display of the head-worn computer.
US12108974B2
Provided is a catheter including a shaft having a distal end and a loop disposed near the distal end and configured to curl around a tissue and receive, via the shaft, energy to denervate at least a portion of the tissue.
US12108970B2
A surgical implant system includes a surgical implant and at least one fixation device. The surgical implant includes a first side member, a second side member, a distal member and a proximal member. The first side member is disposed in opposed relation relative to the second side member, the first and second side members including distal and proximal ends. The distal member is disposed in opposed, spaced relation relative to the proximal member. The distal member extends across one end of the surgical implant between the first and second side member connecting distal ends of the first and second side members. The proximal member extends across a second end of the surgical implant connecting the proximal ends of the first and second side members. The fixation device is inserted in and advanced through osseous tissue and traverses the openings of the first and second side members.
US12108962B2
An endoscopic treatment device includes a sheath formed from a resin; a flow-passage formation member attached to a distal end portion of the sheath to be rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the sheath; a pair of forceps pieces supported by the flow-passage formation member such that the pair of forceps pieces are able to be opened and closed; a link mechanism connected to the pair of forceps pieces and configured to open and close the pair of forceps pieces; an operation wire extending along the longitudinal axis of the sheath; and a connection member configured to connect a proximal end arm of the link mechanism and the operation wire.
US12108960B1
An aspiration thrombectomy system including an aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the aspiration catheter having a lumen to accommodate fluid, a vacuum source including a controllable vacuum valve, a tubing connected to the aspiration catheter, and a controller configured to detect a change in a catheter diameter corresponding to a change in the connection between the aspiration catheter and the tubing. The controller is configured to change a pulsation protocol associated with the aspiration catheter responsive to the change in the catheter diameter, and the pulsation protocol specifies pressure variations and pressure patterns to modulate the vacuum valve to change a level of vacuum at the distal end of the aspiration catheter.
US12108958B2
A burr attachment designed for use with a curved burr attachment or other chuck attachments that includes a tube with a wire shaft supported therein and a coil spring surrounding said wire shaft and having each of the coils touch the outer periphery surface of the wire shaft and the inner peripheral surface of said tube to enhance cooling of said outer periphery of said tube from the heat generated by said wire shaft and attenuate vibrations while allowing said burr attachment to be bent without kinking.
US12108951B2
A staple cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a sensor array, and a thermal control system is disclosed.
US12108950B2
A surgical instrument can include a shaft, an end effector, and an articulation joint configured to permit the end effector to rotate relative to the shaft about the articulation joint. The surgical instrument can further comprise a first articulation actuator for rotating the end effector in a first direction and a second articulation actuator for rotating the end effector in a second direction. The articulation actuators can be configured to push the end effector. The articulation actuators can assume different configurations depending on whether they are experiencing a compressive load or a tensile load. The articulation joint can comprise an articulation frame which forms a proximal joint with the shaft and a distal joint with the end effector. The joints can comprise fixed axis joints and/or ball-and-socket joints, for example. The articulation joint can comprise links having different sizes to facilitate the articulation of the articulation joint.
US12108942B2
The present invention relates to a sample collection and testing device for analyzing and testing an analyte in a liquid sample. The sample collection device includes a collection inner cavity and a collection outer cavity. The collection inner cavity is disposed inside the collection outer cavity. The collection inner cavity communicates with the collection outer cavity via through holes at a bottom portion of the collection inner cavity. The collection inner cavity is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the collection outer cavity. When the collection inner cavity is at the first position, the liquid sample is collected into the collection outer cavity. When the collection inner cavity is at the second position, the liquid sample is discharged out of the collection outer cavity.
US12108928B2
Embodiments described herein provide various examples of a machine-learning-based visual-haptic system for constructing visual-haptic models for various interactions between surgical tools and tissues. In one aspect, a process for constructing a visual-haptic model is disclosed. This process can begin by receiving a set of training videos. The process then processes each training video in the set of training videos to extract one or more video segments that depict a target tool-tissue interaction from the training video, wherein the target tool-tissue interaction involves exerting a force by one or more surgical tools on a tissue. Next, for each video segment in the set of video segments, the process annotates each video image in the video segment with a set of force levels predefined for the target tool-tissue interaction. The process subsequently trains a machine-learning model using the annotated video images to obtain a trained machine-learning model for the target tool-tissue interaction.
US12108925B2
An apparatus for a vacuum cleaner for compensating air pressure surges, where a first air flow is flowable in a first flow direction through the apparatus and a second air flow is flowable in a second flow direction through the apparatus, includes a main body having a first cross-sectional area of flow and a flow resistance element. A free end of the flow resistance element projects from the main body and produces a second cross-sectional area of flow. The first cross-sectional area of flow is larger than the second cross-sectional area of flow such that the second air flow flowable in the second flow direction is reduced.
US12108921B2
A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum body assembly. The vacuum body assembly includes a housing having a base end, a mount hook connected to the housing, a debris container removably coupled to the housing, and a suction source. The suction source is able to draw air into the debris container. A harness assembly is removably connected to the vacuum body assembly. The vacuum cleaner is convertible between a carry mode, a stand mode, and a hang mode. The harness assembly is connected to the vacuum body assembly in the carry mode, and the harness assembly is to be worn by a user. The base end of the vacuum body assembly may rest on a support surface in the stand mode. The hook of the vacuum body assembly may hang the body assembly from a mount structure in the hang mode.
US12108911B2
A foldable grill for housing a charcoal fire, the foldable grill including: (a) a body, the body having at least partially an empty internal volume; (b) a first grill portion and a second grill portion, the first and second grill portions being hingedly coupled together and in slidable communication with the body, the foldable grill adapted to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein in the closed configuration, the first and second grill portions are disposed within the empty internal volume.
US12108907B2
A cooking appliance (10) including: a body (12) with a front face; at least one projection (24, 26, 28) extending from the front face, and that is manipulated by a user to control the appliance (10); and an interface (30) releasably mounted on the front face adjacent the projection (24, 26, 28), the interface (30) being mountable in a first orientation or a second orientation, with the orientation to be selected by the user when mounting the interface (30) on the front face.
US12108905B2
An open extract beverage dispenser and method for using the same. A storage device produces and stores liquid with nanobubbles, an extraction device is installed with an extraction part where a solid to be extracted is placed and a liquid storage part that accommodates the extraction part, and the storage device and extraction device are connected by a connection and circulation device. The extraction part and the liquid storage device are connected by a first conveyor in the connection and circulation device, which channels the liquid with nanobubbles to the extraction pant for mixing with the solid to be extracted; the extraction part and the liquid storage part are connected by a second conveyor in the connection and circulation device, which re-channels the liquid in the liquid storage part to the extraction part for re-mixing with the solid to be extracted.
US12108902B2
Embodiments provide a screw, a food processing cup assembly, and a food processor. The screw includes a screw body including a feeding area for feeding and a crushing area connected to the feeding area; a first spiral rib is spirally arranged on the feeding area along the axial direction of the screw body, and extending to the crushing area along a top of the screw body; a cutting surface extending from the top of the screw body to the crushing area; second spiral ribs are disposed on the screw body at intervals along the axial direction of the screw body.
US12108893B1
The remote-controlled collapsible valet stand may assist a user in wearing an article of clothing without needing to reach behind themselves to grasp the clothing. The device may comprise a linear actuator mounted to a base and raising a plurality of arms to dress the user. The device may be remote controlled, and the user of the device may place an article of clothing onto the arms and then control the height of the actuator to have the clothing lifted onto their person for easy wearing. The remote-controlled collapsible valet stand may further comprise a plurality of clips allowing the clothing to be quickly disconnected once the user is wearing it, and height adjustability so that users of varying heights may be able to use the device. In one embodiment the device may comprise a plurality of cowlings, near field communication, audible and visual alerts, proximity sensors, and various attachments considered related in the art.
US12108884B2
A base for a chair is described. The example base for the chair includes a central support coupled to a seat of the chair, a first pair of legs extending radially from the central support, and a second pair of legs extending radially from the central support. The first pair of legs extend in a direction opposite the second pair of legs. A first angle between the first pair of legs is larger than a second angle between the second pair of legs. Respective legs of each of the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs are rotationally fixed relative to the seat of the chair.
US12108883B2
A portable, compactable seating barrier for positioning between a user and a seating surface and with a soft and/or moisture wicking material having a first and second side with one side comprising a non-slip texture on at least a portion thereof, and wherein the material has a first dimension that is in the range of approximately 18 inches to approximately 25 inches in length and a second dimension that is in the range of approximately 18 inches to approximately 25 inches in width and a thickness that is less than ⅓ inch.
US12108881B2
A seat pad with improved thermal comfort and improved vibration absorptivity and a seat pad manufacturing method for easily obtaining the seat pad are provided. In the seat pad (1), when a surface portion (2) up to 10 mm from a surface (1f) is cut out and the air permeability AR1 of the surface portion (2) is measured in compliance with JIS K 6400, the air permeability AR1 is more than 5 cc/cm2/sec and 25 cc/cm2/sec or less. The seat pad manufacturing method is a seat pad manufacturing method for obtaining the seat pad (1) by supplying a molding material into a molding die and performing foam molding. As the molding die, a molding die an inner surface of which is covered with polystyrene or polyethylene is used.
US12108880B2
Provided is a novel inflatable bed, which relates to the field of articles for daily use. The novel inflatable bed comprises a bed body and a closed annular pull strap. The bed body is provided with a main air chamber. The closed annular pull strap has two annular edges, the closed annular pull strap is provided in the main air chamber, the two annular edges are respectively welded to two adjacent bed walls of the bed body, so that the main air chamber is separated to form a central air chamber and an edge air chamber. A weld seam formed by welding at least one of the two annular edges with the bed body has at least one broken portion, so as to form a channel making the central air chamber and the edge air chamber in communication at the broken portion.
US12108877B2
A seating device (1) with a reclining function comprising a back frame (4) which provides a significant reduction in the complexity of the system, at the same time as it gives the user increased comfort both in an upright (sitting) position and in a reclining position. The back frame (4) comprises in particular two types of resilient elements (7, 8) and rotatable fasteners (6) which provide adaptive support to the lumbar spine in both a sitting and reclining position.
US12108871B2
A brush roller and its manufacturing method and brush roller mold is provided, the brush roller is manufactured by foaming a gaseous pore filler, while solving the problem of using a solid pore filler foaming method to manufacture the brush roller. In addition, the brush roller of the present invention has a plurality of fluid channels communicating between any adjacent two, and the plurality of fluid channels respectively extend to the surface of the brush roller to form pores to improve the fluid permeability of the brush roller, and in the brush roller manufacturing method of the present invention, after the PVA emulsified solution is cured, the compressive stress under the condition of the predetermined compression ratio can be formed to meet the expected brush roller, and it can be used to brush the circuit substrate.
US12108870B2
An oral care refill head and an oral care kit comprising the same. The oral care refill head may include a sleeve portion, a head portion, and an elastomeric prophy cup. The sleeve portion may have an inner surface that defines an internal cavity for receiving a portion of a stem of an oral care implement handle therein so that the oral care refill head can be repetitively attached to and detached from the oral care implement handle. The elastomeric prophy cup may comprise an outer surface that forms at least a portion of a peripheral side surface of the head portion. The elastomeric prophy cup may be formed by injection molding an elastomeric material onto a support portion of the head portion. The oral care refill head may be packaged together with a store of an anti-sensitivity oral care material to form a kit.
US12108867B2
A lanyard device suitable for connecting a tool to a user in use, including a housing at least part of which is adapted to be connected to clothing, belt and/or safety harness. The housing including at least one socket means formed thereon and/or therein, said device also including a flexible lanyard or tether means, at least one end of which is adapted to connect to a tool in use. At least part of the said lanyard means includes a portion to be received and/or engage with said socket means and said socket means shaped and/or orientated such that the flexible lanyard cannot pass freely through said socket means when the user lets go of the tool and/or lanyard.
US12108864B1
A rear-pressing anti-misoperation double-ended eyebrow pencil includes a nib, a front lid, a piston, an intermediate ring, a pencil body, a threaded rod, a nut, a first spring, a ratchet wheel, a ratchet seat, a ratchet rod, a shoulder sleeve, a bristle carrier, a bristle, an inner sleeve, a tail lid, and a button, where the intermediate ring is sleeved on the hollow pencil body; the threaded rod is provided with a screw thread and rotatably provided on the nut; one end of the piston abuts against a material, and the other end of the piston abuts against the threaded rod; the piston can move to an outlet under pushing of the threaded rod; an end of the ratchet wheel adjacent to the ratchet rod is provided with a first unidirectional jump tooth; and an end of the ratchet rod adjacent to the ratchet wheel is provided with a ratchet.
US12108863B2
A device (10) for packaging and applying a pasty product, notably a cosmetic product, comprising: a case (14); an external protective shell (30) mounted on the case (14) and provided on the interior surface thereof with at least one helical groove (36); a tubular element (40) mounted to rotate freely in said external protective shell (30), while being held axially relative to said shell and provided with at least one longitudinal groove (42); and a cup (20) supporting a stick (12) of product mounted to slide in said tubular element (40). The cup (20) comprises a lower cup (22) carrying the stud (23) and an upper cup (24) carrying the stick (12) of product and comprising an axial projection (24c) extending axially toward the base of the case (14) through an orifice (22d) provided on the lower cup (22), said lower and upper cups (22, 24) being integral via a “push-push” latch locking/unlocking system (50).
US12108857B1
The present utility model discloses a power cord storage structure of a hair dryer, and belongs to the technical field of hair dryers. The power cord storage structure of the hair dryer includes a winding part for winding the power cord of the hair dryer, which can be installed on the hair dryer. A retaining member is fixedly provided on the winding part to maintain the initial winding state of the power cord. By setting the winding part on the hair dryer, the power cord storage structure can quickly and effectively store the power cord by winding it around the winding part and has the advantages of tidiness, neatness, space saving, etc. Additionally, a baffle is fixedly provided on the winding part to prevent the power cord from slipping off the winding part, thereby improving the storage effect.
US12108851B1
A wristwatch wrapper device for temporarily storing a wristwatch which includes an anterior material layer, a posterior material layer reinforced with an interior lining material circumventing a tubular open channel with a first elasticized selvage and a second elasticized selvage having a first flexible cuff portion, a second flexible cuff portion with a mounting portion therebetween. In an embodiment, a torus-shaped wristwatch wrapper device is formed with a circumferential ring. In another embodiment, an orbicular shaped wristwatch wrapper device is formed removably coupled with a metal swivel carabiner hinge. In another embodiment, the wristwatch wrapper device includes viewing windows to view a front portion of the wristwatch and to store an identification card when the wristwatch wrapper device is in a folded state.
US12108850B2
An adjustable walking cane includes an inner tube slidably received within an outer tube. The inner tube defines a plurality of apertures therethrough. A translating rod assembly having a central fixed rod and a concentrically mounted translating member is also included. An actuating assembly including a button proximate the top end of the outer tube is coupled to a first end of the translating member. A pin assembly is located at the bottom end of the outer tube and has a pin reciprocally translatable between an extended position, where the pin engages a selected aperture of the plurality of apertures defined within the inner tube, and a retracted position where the pin disengages from the outer tube. Application of a force upon the button causes the pin to move from the extended position to the retracted position such that the inner tube slides within the outer tube.
US12108837B1
A shell with a flap for covering first and second portions of a ski boot is disclosed herein. Two sets of mating fasteners are attached to the flap and shell, respectively. The first mating pair prevents the flap from displacing from the second portion of the ski boot when fastened, causing the flap to fully cover the second portion. The second mating pair causes the flap to partially cover the second portion of the ski boot, leaving a section exposed for access by a user. The shell also includes two straps and a hoop. The first strap embraces a bottom portion of the ski boot while the second strap is inserted through the hoop and embraces a heel portion of the ski boot.
US12108835B2
An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper, a first collar fastener, a second collar fastener, and a strap. The upper is connected to the sole and includes a hindfoot portion and a collar extending from the hindfoot portion. The collar is configured for movement between a first position in which a first side of the collar is an exterior side, and a second position in which an opposite second side of the collar is the exterior side. The first collar fastener is mounted to the first side of the collar. The second collar fastener is mounted to the second side of the collar. The strap extends from the upper and includes a strap fastener. In the first position of the collar, the first collar fastener connects to the strap fastener. In the second position of the collar, the second collar fastener connects to the strap fastener.
US12108833B2
The present disclosure provides a pull-on style boot that fits better for a larger number of people sharing the particular shoe size. The boot of the present disclosure has the ability to expand to adapt to the user's particular foot and lower leg geometry. The boot provides an improved dynamic and static fit and also facilitates foot entry and exit.
US12108832B2
A shoe including: an upper that includes a first layer made of knitted fabric and a second layer made of knitted fabric arranged inside the first layer, wherein at least one of the first layer and the second layer includes first yarns and second yarns as yarns for forming the knitted fabric, wherein the first yarns have a heat shrinkability, wherein the second yarns have a higher fusion point than that of the first yarns, and wherein the at least one of the first layer and the second layer including the first yarns and the second yarns has a higher heat shrinkage rate in a width direction than in a longitudinal direction.
US12108831B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method. The method may include placing an upper on a last, where the upper includes a lower perimeter edge secured to a lasting element, and where the last includes an opening for receiving the lasting element. The method may further include feeding the lasting element at least partially through an opening of the last and tensioning the lasting element to tighten the upper around the last by pulling the tensioning element at least partially through the opening.
US12108823B1
An earmuff for hats, including a holder assembly and a cover assembly. The holder assembly includes a first ring and a second ring coupled together from a bottom portion thereof defining a separated top portion. The cover assembly encloses the holder assembly. The cover assembly is attached to a hat through the holder assembly. The holder assembly is operated to open and close to be clipped to the hat. The cover assembly, when attached to the hat, is an earmuff.
US12108821B1
Implementations of headbands may include: a continuous length of fabric including a first side and a second side, a portion of hook material coupled with the first side of the continuous length of fabric, and a dabber. The dabber is configured to couple with the portion of hook material.
US12108820B2
A glove includes: first palm pieces at fingertips of the glove and rear side pieces at the fingertips of the glove; the first palm piece and the rear side piece are integrally formed; each of the first palm piece and the rear side piece is sewn together at one end of their respective finger parts to form a three-dimensional structure, seams between the first palm pieces and the rear side pieces are provided on nails or on backs of fingers. The present disclosure includes a complete piece that fully encloses the fingertips formed integrally by the first palm piece and the rear side piece, and makes the sewn part of the first palm piece and the rear side piece from the fingertips to the back of the fingers.
US12108819B2
A scraper glove is provided and includes a glove body including one or more finger sleeves; and one or more scraper elements. Each of the scraper elements includes a receptacle portion positioned within a respective one of the finger sleeves to accept one or more fingers of a user, and a scraping portion with one or more scraping edges extending from a tip of a corresponding finger sleeve and integrally connected to the corresponding receptacle portion, wherein the scraping portion is configured to scrape a plant-based medium.
US12108807B2
A method for automated manufacturing of e-vapor devices may include establishing a procession of partially assembled, oriented cartridge units of the e-vapor devices in an assembly path. The method may additionally include preparing the cartridge units for filling while the cartridge units are moving on a first drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method may also include adding liquid to the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a filling workstation of the assembly path. The method may also include preparing the cartridge units for sealing while the cartridge units are moving on a second drum-to-drum transport path of the assembly path. The method further includes sealing the cartridge units while the cartridge units are moving in a sealing workstation of the assembly path.
US12108785B2
Features relating to a vaporizer body are provided. The vaporizer body may include an outer shell that includes an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall. A support structure is configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell. The support structure includes a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket. An integrated board assembly is configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure. The integrated board assembly may include a printed circuit board assembly formed of multiple layers that form a rigid structure and that include an inner, flexible layer. A first antenna is integrated at a proximal end of the flexible layer, and a second antenna is integrated at a distal end of the flexible layer.
US12108777B2
An edible meat substitute product includes a fibrous mycelium mass in a range of 10 wt % to 100 wt %. The fibrous mycelium mass has a protein content greater than 40 wt % of a dry mass of the fibrous mycelium mass. The edible meat substitute product includes a water content in a range of 0 w % to 90 wt %.
US12108775B2
The invention relates to utilising red marine macroalgae to provide improvements in growth performance.
US12108769B2
The present invention relates to a food product forming apparatus with a food forming member, which comprises a multitude of product cavities and a seal plate which sealingly cooperates with the surface of the mould drum.
US12108767B2
The present invention relates to a spring roll making apparatus comprising: a supply part for supplying rice paper; a moving part for moving the rice paper supplied by means of the supply part; a softening part for inducing softening of the rice paper moving by means of the moving part; a feeding part for feeding a filling onto the rice paper softened by means of the softening part; a folder part for folding the rice paper on which the filling is put; and a rotating part for rolling the rice paper folded by means of the folder part, and thus spring rolls can be mass-produced.
US12108764B2
Methods for inhibiting fungal secondary metabolisms are described. Secondary metabolisms inhibited by the methods can include those responsible for expression of mycotoxins such as aflatoxin. Methods can include inhibition of aflatoxin production without inhibiting fungal growth by contacting a fungus with a suspension including silver nanoparticles that can include a surface coating. The methods can be utilized in preventing fungal-caused destruction of plant species (e.g., crop species). Disclosed methods encompass utilization of silver nanoparticles at low concentrations of from about 10 picograms per liter to about 1 microgram per liter.
US12108762B2
Methods of protecting fruit crops from flying insect pests and of repelling flying insects using aromatic amide compounds are disclosed. The methods apply the compounds to various surfaces, such as the fruit crops, the ground or structures adjacent to the fruit crops, or an object, article, human skin or animal. The compounds have the formula RxC6Hy—C(═O)—N(Cy), where RxC6Hy is a substituted phenyl group, each R group is independently C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C4 alkyl, (substituted) C6-C10 aryl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C6-C10 aryloxy, halogen, nitro, cyano, cyanate, isocyanate, nitroso, C1-C4 alkylthio, phenylthio, (halogen-substituted) C1-C4 alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, tolylsulfonyl, amino, mono- or di-C1-C4 alkylamino, diphenylamino, di-C1-C4 alkylamido, formyl, C2-C7 acyl, or C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl; x is an integer of 1 to 5; x+y=5; Cy is a C2-C8 (substituted) alkadiyl, a C4-C6 (substituted) alkenediyl, or a (substituted) diyl of the formula —(CH2CH2)—O—(CH2CH2)—, —(CH2CH2)—NR′—(CH2CH2)— or —(CH2CH2)—S—(CH2CH2)— that, along with the amide N atom, forms a non-aromatic cyclic group; and R′ is C1-C6 alkyl, substituted C1-C4 alkyl, (substituted) C6-C10 aryl, or (substituted) benzyl.
US12108761B2
A control agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a specific quinoline derivative compound such as 8-fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-(methylcarbonyl)oxyquinoline, azoxystrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, kresoxim-methyl, trifloxystrobin, metominostrobin, orysastrobin, famoxadone, fluoxastrobin, pyribencarb, cyazofamid, amisulbrom, flutolanil, mepronil, isofetamid, fluopyram, carboxin, thifluzamide, fluxapyroxad, furametpyr, penflufen, penthiopyrad, boscalid, diflumetorim, fluazinam, ferimzone, fenpyroximate, or an acid addition salt of any of these compounds shows an excellent controlling effect on Mesostigmata mites.
US12108758B2
A low viscosity agricultural adjuvant for spraying syrup comprising emulsifying agents, surfactants, suspending agents, defoamer, clays and water. This invention is directed to the agricultural sector and it is an adjuvant that can be classified as an activator and modifier of spraying and other modifiers. The adjuvant when added to the agricultural spray syrup, assists in the compatibility of phytosanitary products used for the formation thereof. This invention avoids the formation of possible organic and inorganic scale, which can affect the spraying equipment. The invention confers high syrup conditioning capacity and provides a homogeneous and fluid syrup preparation, with high efficiency from the outlet of the spray nozzle to the deposition of droplets in the crops.
US12108744B1
Disclosed is a method for optimization design of an artificial reef structure. The method includes: arranging an artificial reef model to be tested on a test platform, testing a flow field to obtain flow field data and a pull force of an artificial reef, analyzing the flow field data to obtain a flow velocity reference point, and carrying out optimization analysis in combination with the flow field data and the pull force.
US12108741B1
A leash with an integrated leash securing device having a cord member, with a retention member on a distal end and a handle formed on a proximal end. The leash securing device is integrated on the leash with the cord member passing through the leash securing device and the handle is formed by forming a loop with the proximal end of the cord member returning into the leash securing device. An end of the handle within the leash securing device is secured via a fastener inserted through the leash securing device pushing the handle portion within the leash securing device against a surface of the leash securing device. The leash securing device includes a clasping element and an ergonomic feature that allow a one-handed use to secure a pet, that is on the leash, to a fixed object allowing an owner to be hands free.
US12108735B2
A manure scraping assembly includes a scraper that has a first portion forming an angle with a second portion. The scraper is positionable in a pushing position to push manure on the support surface. Conversely, the scraper is positionable in a pulling position to pull manure on the support surface. A handle is removably attached to the scraper and the handle can be gripped by a user thereby facilitating the scraper to be pushed or pulled. The handle angles upwardly at a substantially diagonal axis with respect to the first portion of the scraper when the scraper is positioned in the pushing position. Moreover, the handle angles upwardly at a substantially diagonal axis with respect to the second portion of the scraper when the scraper is positioned in the pulling position.
US12108730B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 19R316B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 19R316B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 19R316B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 19R316B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US12108729B2
A bean plants designated HMX0175722 is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of bean plant HMX0175722, to the plants and plant parts of bean HMX0175722, and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plant HMX0175722 with itself or another bean plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other bean plants derived from the bean HMX0175722.
US12108717B2
A greenhouse screen comprising strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of a knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product is provided. At least some of the strips comprise a polyester film having a transparency of at least 93%, said polyester film having at least one base layer B comprising a thermoplastic polyester and a UV stabilizer. The polyester film has a first and a second surface, wherein a permanent anti-fog coating is applied to at least one of the first or second surfaces of the polyester film. The anti-fog coating has a lower refractive index than the base layer B.A process for producing said film is also disclosed.
US12108703B2
Weed seeds are destroyed in the chaff from a combine harvester by repeated high speed impacts caused by a rotor mounted in one of a pair of side by side housings which accelerate the discarded seeds in a direction centrifugally away from the rotor onto a stator including angularly adjustable stator surfaces around the axis. Thus the discarded seeds rebound back and forth between the rotor and the stator to provide a plurality of impacts. The seeds are carried axially of the rotor by a controlled airstream so that they move to an axial discharge location where a discharge fan is mounted. The angle of the discharge around the rotor axis can be changed to direct the seeds to the side of the combine away from a straw chopper, towards the guide fins of the tailboard of the chopper, or into the housing of the straw chopper.
US12108694B2
A method performing an agricultural task on a field, the method comprising: identifying a number of plants in the field on a per unit area; determining a field pattern of plant maintenance for the plants in the field, the field pattern comprising: a planting instruction for travel in a first direction; and a plant maintenance instruction for travel in a second direction which is not parallel to the first direction, the plant maintenance instruction generated using at least one parameter corresponding to the number of plants in the field on a per unit area.
US12108693B2
An agricultural row unit assembly includes a prefracture coulter positioned along a center axis of the row unit assembly and a seedbed cultivator positioned along the center axis of the row unit assembly at a location aft of the prefracture coulter. The row unit assembly also includes a rolling cultivator positioned aft of both the prefracture coulter and the seedbed cultivator, the rolling cultivator rotating about a shaft, the shaft extending between first and second ends. Additionally, the row unit assembly includes first and second gauge wheels, with the first gauge wheel being coupled to the first end of the shaft and the second gauge wheel being coupled to the second end of the shaft.
US12114578B2
A magnetoresistive tunnel-junction (MTJ) memory element includes a magnetic reference layer (RL), a magnetic free layer (FL), a tunneling barrier layer, which extends between the magnetic RL and the magnetic FL, and a diffusion-blocking layer (DBL), which extends on the magnetic FL. The includes at least one material selected from a group consisting of bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb), osmium (Os), rhenium (Re), tin (Sn), rhodium (Rh), indium (In), and cadmium (Cd). An oxide capping layer is also provided on the DBL. The oxide layer may include at least one of strontium (Sr), scandium (Sc), beryllium (Be), calcium (Ca), yttrium (Y), zirconium (Zr), and hafnium (Hf).
US12114575B2
A sensor electric wire that is not readily affected by external noise, and a sensor circuit that uses the same, including a first internal conductor covered by a piezoelectric material, a second internal conductor provided on the outside of the piezoelectric material, and an external shield conductor surrounding the first internal conductor and the second internal conductor, an insulating body being disposed between the first internal conductor and second internal conductor, and the external shield conductor.
US12114572B2
A compound containing Sn, Te and Mn, and further containing either one or both of Sb and Bi.
US12114570B2
A thermoelectric generator module includes a first base material that is formed into a sheet and that has a thermoplastic layer, a second base material that is formed into a sheet and that has a thermoplastic layer, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements arranged between the first base material and the second base material, a plurality of first electrodes arranged between the first base material and the thermoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of second electrodes arranged between the second base material and the thermoelectric conversion elements, and a joint that joins the first base material to the second base material. The thermoelectric conversion elements, the plurality of first electrodes, and the plurality of second electrodes are sealed by the joint.
US12114567B2
A photoelectric device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a charge transport layer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. The photoelectric conversion layer is configured to absorb light in a wavelength spectrum and converting the absorbed light into an electrical signal. The charge transport layer includes a first charge transport material and a second charge transport material which collectively define a heterojunction.
US12114566B2
A polycyclic compound of an embodiment is represented by Formula 1, which is defined in the disclosure. A light emitting device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes the polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and the light emitting device may show improved device characteristics.
US12114562B2
Disclosed herein are an anthracene derivative represented by [Chemical Formula A] and an organic light-emitting diode comprising same. In [Chemical Formula A], the substituents R1 to R5, R, R11 to R18, L1, and n are as defined in the description.
US12114559B2
Fullerene derivative blends are described herein. The blends are useful in electronic applications such as, e.g., organic photovoltaic devices.
US12114557B2
Apparatus and methods may be implemented to provide multi-layer display assembly apparatus for information handling systems, including portable information handling systems (e.g., such as smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, etc.) as well as display assembly apparatus for other types of information handling systems such as desktop computers, servers, etc. The disclosed multi-layer display assembly apparatus may be implemented to include multiple adhesive layers (e.g., two or more adhesive layers) that have different indices of refraction and/or different debonding characteristics, and that are disposed between a display substrate and an transparent protective hardcover such as glass-based or plastic-based cover.
US12114554B2
The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element in which a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially layered toward a side of a light-emitting face. Further, the light-emitting device includes, on a side of the light-emitting face of the second electrode, a complementary color light absorption layer configured to absorb complementary color light of light emitted by the light-emitting element.
US12114551B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a base layer, a circuit element layer, a display element layer, an encapsulation layer, and a sealing member. The circuit element layer includes a power supply line on the base layer and an auxiliary power supply pattern on and connected to the power supply line. The display element layer includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially stacked on the circuit element layer. The second electrode is electrically connected to the auxiliary power supply pattern. The sealing member is between the circuit element layer and the encapsulation layer to overlap with the auxiliary power supply pattern when viewed in a plan view.
US12114547B2
Provided is a display panel, including a substrate, multiple pixel circuits, an insulating layer, multiple first electrodes, a first isolation structure, and a second isolation structure. The pixel circuits are located on the substrate. The insulating layer is located on the pixel circuits and has multiple through holes. The first electrodes are located on the insulating layer and are respectively electrically connected to the pixel circuits through the through holes. The first isolation structure is located on the insulating layer and overlaps the through holes. The second isolation structure includes multiple separating parts and multiple cover parts. The separating parts and the first isolation structure at least partially overlap, and the cover parts respectively overlap the through holes and the first isolation structure.
US12114543B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a first active pattern on the substrate; a second active pattern on the first active pattern; a first upper electrode on the second active pattern and having an island shape; and a first signal line on the first upper electrode, being electrically connected to the first upper electrode, and having an electrical resistance smaller than an electrical resistance of the first upper electrode.
US12114541B2
A method of manufacturing a display panel includes providing an insulating substrate that includes a hole area, a display area that surrounds the hole area, and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, forming a semiconductor pattern in the display area, forming an insulating layer, forming contact holes in the insulating layer that expose portions of the semiconductor pattern, and forming a module hole by etching a portion of the insulating layer and a portion of the insulating substrate that overlap the hole area.
US12114537B2
Provided is a display element according to an aspect of the disclosure including a flattening film and, on the flattening film, a plurality of banks each having a linear shape, a plurality of active layers each having a linear shape and formed between adjacent banks, and an upper transparent electrode formed on each of the plurality of active layers. A cut line having a locally reduced height with reference to the flattening film is formed in each the plurality of banks, and the upper transparent electrode formed on one of the adjacent active layers and the upper transparent electrode formed on the other of the adjacent active layers are electrically connected via a conductive electrode formed in the cut line.
US12114534B2
The disclosure provides an OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, wherein the OLED display substrate is provided with a display area and an edge area surrounding the display area, the OLED display substrate includes a back plate and a pixel-defining layer on the back plate, and a protrusion is provided on the back plate at the edge area of the OLED display substrate.
US12114529B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate; at least one inorganic layer disposed on the substrate and including a first area, a second area, and an elongated recess disposed between the first area and the second area, the first area and the second area being adjacent to each other in a first direction; an organic material disposed in the recess; a plurality of first pixel electrodes disposed on the first area of the inorganic layer; and a plurality of second pixel electrodes disposed on the second area of the inorganic layer. The number of the plurality of first pixel electrodes and the number of the plurality of second pixel electrodes are different from each other.
US12114522B2
In an organic EL display device in which an outer peripheral shape of a display region is a variant shape different from a rectangular shape and having rounded corner portions and a notch portion, a protruding portion having a height equal to or greater than heights of a first dam wall and a second dam wall is provided at positions facing the rounded corner portions and the notch portion in the display region through the second dam wall and the first dam wall positioned inside the second dam wall, on the outer side of the second dam wall in a frame region.
US12114516B2
The present technology relates to, in a photoelectric conversion element using a photoelectric conversion film, the photoelectric conversion element and a method of manufacturing the same, a solid state image sensor, an electronic device, and a solar cell, for enabling improvement of quantum efficiency. The photoelectric conversion element includes two electrodes constituting an anode and a cathode, and a photoelectric conversion layer arranged between the two electrodes, and at least one electrode side of the two electrodes is doped with an impurity at impurity density of 1e16/cm3 or more in the photoelectric conversion layer. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a solid state image sensor, an electronic device, a solar cell and the like.
US12114515B2
The present application relates to thin film transistors having a semiconducting channel comprising a network of carbon nanotubes that are electrically coupled to a source electrode and a drain electrode and electrically insulated from, but capacitively coupled to, a gate electrode, wherein a polymeric layer encapsulates the carbon nanotubes. The polymeric layer can comprise a first monomeric unit and optionally a second monomeric unit, wherein the first monomeric unit, the second monomeric unit and the relative amounts thereof are optionally selected to provide at least one target electrical property of the thin film transistor. The present application also relates to methods for manufacturing such thin film transistors as well as a methods of selecting a polymeric layer to provide a desired threshold voltage for such thin film transistors.
US12114502B2
The semiconductor storage device of an embodiment includes a first conductive layer, a stack disposed above the first conductive layer and including a plurality of second conductive layers in a first direction, and a columnar body that extends in the first direction through the stack, and includes a semiconductor layer and a charge storage film provided between the plurality of conductive layers and the semiconductor layer. A first conductive layer out of the plurality of conductive layers is connected to the semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer includes a first region in which a concentration of an n-type impurity is higher than a concentration of a p-type impurity, a second region in which a concentration of a p-type impurity is higher than a concentration of an n-type impurity, and a third region contacted to the first conductive layer and disposed closer to the first region than the second region in the first direction.
US12114500B2
Some embodiments include a method of forming vertically-stacked memory cells. An opening is formed through a stack of alternating insulative and conductive levels. Cavities are formed to extend into the conductive levels. Regions of the insulative levels remain as ledges which separate adjacent cavities from one another. Material is removed from the ledges to thin the ledges, and then charge-blocking dielectric and charge-storage structures are formed within the cavities. Some embodiments include an integrated structure having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. Cavities extend into the conductive levels. Ledges of the insulative levels separate adjacent cavities from one another. The ledges are thinned relative to regions of the insulative levels not encompassed by the ledges. Charge-blocking dielectric and charge-storage structures are within the cavities.
US12114497B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region, insulating patterns in the substrate in the second region that define active patterns of the substrate, gate electrodes spaced apart from each other and stacked on an upper surface of the substrate and extending in a first direction, first separation regions extending in the first direction and in contact with the active patterns, second separation regions extending between the first separation regions in the first direction, and channel structures penetrating through the gate electrodes in the first region. At least one of the second separation regions is in contact with the substrate below the insulating patterns.
US12114482B2
Embodiments provide a memory and a fabrication method thereof, and relates to the field of storage device technology to solve the technical problem of lower storage density of the memory. The fabrication method of the memory includes: providing a substrate including a central region and an edge region connected to each other, a first contact structure electrically connected to a wordline structure in the substrate being formed in the edge region; forming a second contact structure electrically connected to the first contact structure on the edge region; forming a capacitor structure electrically connected to the wordline structure on the central region; forming a third contact structure electrically connected to the second contact structure on the second contact structure; and forming a transistor structure electrically connected to the wordline structure on the capacitor structure and the third contact structure.
US12114477B2
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate, including a memory array region and a peripheral region; a first interlayer insulation layer and the second interlayer insulation layer which are formed on the substrate in the memory array region and the peripheral region, the first interlayer insulation layer and the second interlayer insulation layer being arranged at intervals along a direction perpendicular to the substrate; a columnar capacitor array, including columnar capacitors arranged at intervals, and the columnar capacitors being formed in the first interlayer insulation layer and the second interlayer insulation layer in the memory array region; and a contact structure, formed in the first interlayer insulation layer and the second interlayer insulation layer in the peripheral region.
