US12131310B2

Systems and methods for processing payment transactions using combination payment cards. The combination payment card is associated with an open-loop account and one or more closed-loop accounts. Transaction information is received from a point-of-sale device. At least one of the closed-loop and open-loop account is debited.
US12131308B2

In various embodiments, a system, method, and computer readable medium of the present disclosure comprises authenticating, by a processor of a computing device, credential information of a user of the computing device; releasing, by a processor of the computing device and in response to authenticating the credential information, a first secret element to a secure element processor of the computing device; verifying, by the processor of the computing device from the secure element processor of the computing device, that the user is an authorized user of a first transaction account by comparing the first secret element with an issuer element associated with the first transaction account; and activating, by the processor of the computing device, the first transaction account for a transaction on the computing device.
US12131307B2

An example computing platform is configured to receive a request from a first user account of a first P2P payment service that a cross-service transaction be initiated with another user account of another P2P payment service. Based on the request, the computing platform generates a transaction identifier for the transaction and sends the identifier to the first P2P payment service's platform. Thereafter, the computing platform receives, from a second P2P payment service's platform, the transaction identifier and an identifier of a second user account of the second P2P payment service and responsively determines that the cross-service transaction comprises a transfer of funds between a first financial account associated with the first user account and a second financial account associated with the second user account. The computing platform then selects and causes a given payment rail platform to transfer funds between the first and second financial accounts.
US12131301B2

The disclosed embodiments include computer-implemented systems and processes that facilitate an initiation and a performance of one or more trustless transactions between counterparty devices operating within a trusted, secure computer-networking environment. For example, an apparatus may receive, through a touchscreen display unit, first data that identifies a session identifier associated with a transaction session, and may determine a validity of the session identifier based on the received first data. The apparatus may establish the transaction session in response to the determined validity of the session identifier. The transaction session may be associated with first and second operations characterized by values of corresponding parameters. The apparatus may receive, through the touchscreen display unit, second data confirming a completion of the first operation, and in response to the confirmation of the completed first operation, the apparatus may perform the second operation in accordance with at least a portion of the parameter values.
US12131299B2

A method for electronically determining patient medical treatment eligibility, coverage, copayment amount and insurer billing simultaneously, by: (a) a patient requesting medical treatment at a retail clinic; (b) the patient presenting a health insurance card at the retail clinic; (c) the retail clinic transmitting patient health insurance card information to a centralized adjudication facility; (d) the retail clinic transmitting medical treatment information to the centralized adjudication facility; (e) the centralized adjudication facility determining patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount (f) transmitting the patient medical treatment coverage, eligibility and copayment amount from the centralized adjudication facility to the retail clinic; (g) the patient purchasing the medical treatment by paying the retail clinic the copayment amount, (h) transmitting a bill to the health care insurance provider; and (i) thereby informing the retail clinic clinician to sell the medical treatment to the patient.
US12131295B2

A volunteer reporting system is provided. The system includes a computer server having a memory storing organization data and user data and a user computing device coupled to the computer server. The computer server may be programmed to automatically determine an accumulated amount of time the user computing device has been within the proximity zone during a designated period of time less the time the user computing device is outside of the proximity zone until within the proximity zone and sensed and the server receives another signal during the designated period of time. Additionally, the system may generate a report of the location, time and accumulated amount of time the user computing device was within the proximity zone in response to receiving a request for the report.
US12131294B2

An activity stream based interaction model and systems implementing such a model are disclosed. In various embodiments, a text-based tag is recognized in a received communication stream, such as an activity stream. An action indicated by text included in the tag is determined and performed in response to receiving the tag. In some embodiments, a tag to be inserted into the communication stream may be determined automatically by a machine or a process running on a machine, for example a workflow engine.
US12131281B1

The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining, using one or more processors, case management signal data associated with one or more alerts, the case management signal data based on human interaction; training, using the one or more processors, a first model based on the case management signal data associated with the one or more alerts; and applying, using the one or more processors, the first model.
US12131271B2

A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for a graphical user interface that presents a quantification of CO2 emissions in a manufacturing process. A selection of a material is received, and the selection is displayed in a graphic user interface. Amounts of material and energy consumed in a manufacturing process are calculated. A chemical composition of the material is decomposed into a set of constituent elements. A first quantity of CO2 emissions is estimated based on the amount of material consumed and a first CO2 emission factor based on a proportional composition of the set of constituent elements in the chemical composition. A second quantity of CO2 emissions is estimated based on the amount of energy consumed and a second CO2 emission factor based on an energy source used in the manufacturing process. Total CO2 emissions, based on both the first and second quantities, are then displayed in the graphic user interface.
US12131268B2

Systems and methods for projecting one or more trends in electronic data and generating enhanced data. A system includes a data forecasting system is in electronic communication with one or more electronic data sources via an electronic network. The data forecasting system is configured to: monitor the electronic data source(s) for data that meet one or more predetermined criteria; obtain at least a portion of the monitored data from electronic data source(s) based on the predetermined criteria; create a data set from the obtained data; derive one or more data values associated with the data set over a predetermined period according to a forward-looking term methodology; and utilize the data set and the derived value(s) over the predetermined period to derive at least one data forecast metric associated with the data set.
US12131263B2

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining prediction data that are indicative of media use behaviors of a user; and predicting, in dependence on the prediction data, a pattern of the media use behaviors of the user.
US12131262B2

A graph-based data storage and retrieval system in which multiple subgraphs representing respective datasets in different namespaces are interconnected via a linking or “canonical” layer. Datasets represented by subgraphs in different namespaces may pertain to a particular information domain (e.g., the health care domain), and may include heterogeneous datasets. The canonical layer provides for a substantial reduction of graph complexity required to interconnect corresponding nodes in different subgraphs, which in turn offers advantages as the number of subgraphs (and the number of corresponding nodes in different subgraphs) increases for the particular domain(s) of interest. Examples of such advantages include reductions in data storage and retrieval times, and enhanced query/search efficacy, discovery of relationships in different parts of the system, ability to infer relationships in different parts of the system, and ability to train data models for natural language processing (NLP) and other purposes based on information extracted from the system.
US12131256B2

A system and a method for training non-parametric Machine Learning (ML) model instances in a collaborative manner is disclosed. A non-parametric ML model instance is trained at each of a plurality of data processing nodes to obtain a plurality of non-parametric ML model instances. Each non-parametric ML model instance developed at each data processing node is shared with each of remaining data processing nodes of the plurality of data processing nodes. Each non-parametric ML model instance is processed through a trainable parametric combinator to generate a composite model at each of the plurality of data processing nodes. The composite model is trained at each of the plurality of data processing nodes, over the respective local dataset, using Swarm learning to obtain trained composite models.
US12131251B2

The present disclosure relates to a neuron for an artificial neural network, the neuron comprising: a first dot product engine and a second dot product engine. The first dot product engine is operative to: receive a first set of weights; receive a set of inputs; and calculate the dot product of the set of inputs and the first set of weights to generate a first dot product engine output. The second dot product engine is operative to: receive a second set of weights; receive the set of inputs; and calculate the dot product of the set of inputs and the second set of weights to generate a second dot product engine output. The neuron further comprises a combiner operative to combine the first dot product engine output and the second dot product engine output to generate a combined output, and an activation function module arranged to apply an activation function to the combined output to generate a neuron output.
US12131250B2

A convolutional neural network (CNN) accelerator, including: a CNN circuit for performing a multiple-layer CNN computation, wherein the multiple layers are to receive an input feature according to an input feature map (IFM) and a weight matrix per output feature, wherein an output of a first layer provides an input for a next layer; and a mapping circuit to access a three-dimensional input matrix stored as a Z-major matrix; wherein the CNN circuit is to perform an inner-product direct convolution on the Z-major matrix, wherein the direct convolution lacks a lowering operation.
US12131245B2

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture providing an improved Bayesian neural network and methods and apparatus to operate the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an oscillator to generate a first clock signal; a resistive element to adjust a slope of a rising edge of a second clock signal; a voltage sampler to generate a sample based on at least one of (a) a first voltage of the first clock signal when a second voltage of the second clock signal satisfies a threshold or (b) a third voltage of the second clock signal when a fourth voltage of the first clock signal satisfies the threshold; and a charge pump to adjust a weight based on the sample, the weight to adjust data in a model.
US12131241B2

Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and model evaluations systems for understanding diverse machine learning models (MLMs) are disclosed. In some examples, a feature contribution value is determined for features included in a reference or evaluation input data set. The evaluation input data set represents a protected class population and each feature contribution value identifies a contribution by a feature to a difference in output generated by an MLM for the evaluation input data set. Model explanation information is generated using the feature contribution values and execution of the MLM is monitored. The model explanation information explains the difference in output generated by the MLM for the evaluation input data set and includes information relating to a model-based decision. A report is generated from a knowledge graph for the MLM and output via a GUI to an operator device that includes the model explanation information.
US12131233B1

A method for deployment of machine-learning based operators within a query is described. For this embodiment, a sequence of operators associated with a query is identified, which includes at least a first operator and at least a second operator. The second operator is configured to perform operations, in accordance with a machine learning (ML) component, on data received as input from execution of the first operator. Schemas associated with the machine learning component is retrieved along with schemas associated with other operators within the sequence. Compatibility between at least an output schema associated with the first operator and an input schema associated with the second operator associated with the ML component is determined. Thereafter, a portion of the sequence of operators including at least the second operator and another operator of the sequence of operators successive to the second operator may be stored within a data store for subsequent use.
US12131231B2

A method, a computer program product, and a system of training a machine learning model using federated learning with extreme gradient boosting. The method includes computing an epsilon hyperparameter using training dataset sizes from a first party and a second party. The method also includes transmitting a machine learning model and the epsilon hyperparameter to the first party and the second party and receiving a first model update and a second model update from the first party and the second party respectively. The method further includes fusing the first model update and the second model update to produce a global histogram and determining at least one split candidate in a decision tree used by the machine learning model using the global histogram. The method also includes rebuilding the machine learning model by adding the split candidate to a decision tree of the machine learning model.
US12131212B2

A reader includes: a transmission device that repeatedly transmits, at a cycle corresponding to the code length of a prescribed code string, an electromagnetic wave that is phase-adjusted with the prescribed code string; a reception device that receives the reflected wave from the object to be identified, cyclically overlaps a reception signal relating to the reflected wave at the cycle of the code length, and calculates the correlation value of the overlapped result and the prescribed code string; and a control device that controls the transmission device and varies the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic wave in a steplike manner to perform a frequency sweep within a prescribed frequency band, controls the reception device, causing the reception device to calculate the correlation value for each transmission frequency, and specifies the attributes of the object to be identified on the basis of the correlation value for each transmission frequency.
US12131204B1

This disclosure describes techniques for latency mitigation during inter-process communication based on pre-allocating and managing shared memory. During the startup phase (e.g., prior to run-time), processes of vehicle computing systems may request to engage in communication with other processes within the vehicle computing system. Based on the request, a memory manager may determine an amount of shared memory to pre-allocate. In such examples, the amount of shared memory may be determined based on a maximum number of messages that may be “in-flight” at any single instance during run-time, and a maximum size of a message. The memory manager may pre-allocate shared memory consistent with the determined amount, and transmit a key to the requesting process. In such examples, the key may enable the process to access the pre-allocated shared memory. After the startup phase has ended, the process may read and/or write messages to and from the shared memory.
US12131197B2

A system includes a container cluster including plural hosts that communicate with one another via a network. Each of the plural hosts includes a computing node that includes an operating system and a container runtime configured to run containers. Each of the plural hosts stores a respective member list that defines capabilities of the plural hosts in the container cluster. Each of the plural hosts is configured to identify another one of the plural hosts for running a container based on comparing tags of the container to the capabilities of the plural hosts defined in the respective member list. Each respective one of the plural hosts is configured to perform the identifying the another one of the plural hosts for running the container in response to determining the respective one of the plural hosts is resource-constrained from running the container.
US12131196B2

A technique for efficiently determining the optimal deployment for the application distribution processing can be offered. A distributed processing support apparatus configured to support distributed processing of an application on a plurality of information processing devices includes a source code acquisition unit configured to acquire a source code of the application; a source code partition unit configured to partition the source code into a plurality of logics; a candidate extraction unit configured to extract, based on a processing order of the logics of the application, information relating to the operational environments of the information processing devices, deployment pattern candidates of the logics which are to be deployed in a distributed manner to any of the information processing devices; and an optimal pattern determination unit configured to determine an optimal deployment pattern from the extracted deployment pattern candidates.
US12131186B2

A processor core is configured to execute a parent task that is described by a data structure stored in a memory. A coprocessor is configured to dispatch a child task to the at least one processor core in response to the coprocessor receiving a request from the parent task concurrently with the parent task executing on the at least one processor core. In some cases, the parent task registers the child task in a task pool and the child task is a future task that is configured to monitor a completion object and enqueue another task associated with the future task in response to detecting the completion object. The future task is configured to self-enqueue by adding a continuation future task to a continuation queue for subsequent execution in response to the future task failing to detect the completion object.
US12131169B2

A system is disclosed for dynamically assigning a predetermined user experience displayed in a graphical user interface based on one or more parameters associated with user login information that includes identifying information associated with a user and based on the type of interaction a user has requested to initiate. The system receives the user login information and automatically determines whether to display a first format or a second format in a first window within the graphical user interface based on the identifying information associated with the user. While the first window is displaying either the first format or the second format, the system may receive a request to initiate an interaction. Based on determining whether the interaction is a first type or a second type, the system automatically displays a second window in either the first format or the second format based on the type of interaction requested.
US12131160B1

A data processing system for separating complex programming algorithms into networks and computations is disclosed. The networks store logic in the form of relationships that is utilized to make decisions, and the computations are reduced to simple data processing algorithms. The data processing system includes a central processing unit; one or more relationship units; a layer unit; a layer router; a relationship path unit; a frame capture unit; and a frame controller.
US12131152B2

In one embodiment, a test process herein may: execute an application under test; monitor execution of the application under test for system calls specific to a particular operating system in which the application under test is being executed; capture a count of system calls specific to the particular operating system during the execution of the application under test; and compute a portability metric based on the count of system calls specific to the particular operating system, the portability metric indicative of how dependent the application under test is on the particular operating system.
US12131151B2

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed herein that utilizes historical changes made to files and methods in computer programming code to predict related files and methods that may be affected by current and/or future changes made to other files and methods. In aspects, when computer code for a particular method is going to be edited, other methods are identified that were changed in previous editing sessions that also included changes to the particular method. Using scoring techniques for the other methods, a recommendation is provided that details the relative strength of whether the other methods are predicted to be affected by any changes made to the computer code for the particular method that is edited.
US12131150B2

A method for patch management is described. The method includes downloading a patch that is incompatible with a patch management system. The method also includes creating an archive that is executable by the patch management system. The archive includes the incompatible patch. The method further includes sending the archive to the patch management system.
US12131149B1

A method and an apparatus for updating a programmable data plane at runtime are provided. The method includes: splitting, based on distributed on-demand parsers of the data plane, a parsing graph into parsing sub-graphs, and distributing each parsing sub-graph to a respective physical stage in a virtual pipeline of the data plane; adjusting, based on template-based processors and the virtual pipeline, an order between any two template-based processors by configuring an interconnection network; disaggregating and pooling, based on a decoupled resource pool of the data plane, flow table resources of each physical stage, and updating a flow table at runtime; and suspending, based on a fast update controller of the data plane, packet processing prior to a to-be-updated template-based processor, and configuring or deleting the template-based processor from the pipeline when the template-based processor has no packet.
US12131139B2

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with associated with unified pipeline flow with common and phase-specific paths are described. In one embodiment, a method includes accepting, through a graphical user interface, a setting of a phase-specific link type for a link between nodes of a pipeline, wherein the phase-specific link type indicates that the link is associated with a particular phase; accepting, through the graphical user interface, a selection to execute the pipeline for the phase; parsing the pipeline to determine an execution set of nodes for execution in the phase based on the nodes being connected with links having either the link type or a default link type common to all phases; and executing the pipeline for the phase by executing the execution set of nodes, and not executing nodes not included in the set of nodes.
US12131136B2

Methods and systems machine learning-based methods and systems for facilitating a virtual keyboard for software coding on mobile computing devices. The present disclosure describes a code analysis platform that facilitates coding by enabling to user to program code on a mobile computing device by enabling a virtual keyboard that replaces the existing default keyboard when the user is required to type a software program.
US12131130B2

A method of exploiting activation sparsity in deep neural networks is described. The method includes retrieving an activation tensor and a weight tensor where the activation tensor is a sparse activation tensor. The method also includes generating a compressed activation tensor comprising non-zero activations of the activation tensor, where the compressed activation tensor has fewer columns than the activation tensor. The method further includes processing the compressed activation tensor and the weight tensor to generate an output tensor.
US12131117B1

Systems and methods for linking a data set to respective locations of relevant data elements in documents included in electronic files in which a formatting server identifies a specific location of each occurrence of each of a plurality of different categories of fields in documents in an electronic file and links an identifier of each of the categories to each specific location of each of the occurrences. Thereafter, a review server compares data populating all of the occurrences at each specific location of at least one of the categories of fields to which the identifier of the particular category of fields is linked and generates a notification when the data populating any of the occurrences differs from data populating any of the other occurrences of the same category of fields.
US12131116B2

A quick entry method includes receiving receive, at a device comprising a screen, a selection of a portion of a screen, which corresponds to a section of a regular form. A sectional data separation process is performed to identify and separate the section of the regular form into a plurality of individual questions. Each of the plurality of individual questions is formatted for the screen. The plurality of individual questions is displayed, one at a time, on the device comprising the screen. Each of the plurality of individual questions comprising one or more data input fields for a user to complete.
US12131103B2

A device design file and material properties are inputted into a neural network module configured to operate a generative adversarial network. A process parameter is determined based on a device design file and material properties inputs using the generative adversarial network. This can be used to provide process parameters during semiconductor device design or manufacturing.
US12131102B2

Various embodiments described herein provide a method of making an object from a three-dimensional geometry file and a light polymerizable resin on a light-transmissive window by projection of light through the window in a bottom-up stereolithography process. The method may comprise: slicing the file into a series of sequential images. Temperature fluctuations in the resin may be calculated for at least some of the sequential images upon light polymerization thereof based on sequential exposure of the resin to light, the light corresponding to the series of sequential images. During producing of the object, the production may be modified based on the calculated temperature fluctuations by: (i) reducing production speed during at least a portion of the production; (ii) activating a window cooler during at least a portion of the production; or (iii) increasing production speed during at least a portion of the production.
US12131096B2

Example techniques related to a sub-index of a media index. An example implementation may involve maintaining, on a mobile device, a first index of audio tracks associated with a particular user profile, the audio tracks indexed in the first index consisting of a particular subset of audio tracks that are indexed in a second index. Based on receiving the input data indicating the search query, the mobile device searches, within the first index, for audio tracks corresponding to the search query. If the audio tracks corresponding to the search query are not found in the first index, the mobile device sends to one or more servers of the cloud service, a request to search the second index for audio tracks corresponding to the search query.
US12131093B2

A method for eliminating a splicing gap of splicing screens and a display device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first pixel value and a second pixel value; acquiring an image to be displayed; acquiring a first display area and a second display area; determining a first display image and a second display image according to the first display area, the second display area, and the image to be displayed if an edge area is adjusted from the first pixel value to the second pixel value; and displaying the first display image and the second display image.
US12131092B2

A digital picture frame including a camera integrated with the frame, and a network connection module allowing the frame for direct contact and upload of photos from electronic devices or from a user's social media account or her or his community members' social media accounts. The integrated camera is used to automatically determine an identity of a frame viewer, and a viewer profile automatically determined from the identity of the viewer. The displayed photos are automatically shown and/or changed according to the detected viewers.
US12131087B2

A novel bendable and highly portable information processor is provided. In addition, a novel information processor capable of displaying information or the like on a seamless large screen is provided. A novel information processor in which one display region can be divided into two regions at a bend position is provided. A novel information processor in which different images or images for different purposes can be displayed in the respective regions is provided. The present inventors have conceived a program including a step of dividing the display region and displaying image data in the respective regions when a display unit of the information processor is bent.
US12131086B2

An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit for receiving an instruction given by a user, and according to receipt of a request of a print-and-delivery job from an external apparatus, performs print processing to produce a print and passes the produced print to a print delivery apparatus that delivers a print to a designated delivery destination. A controller controls an order of execution of jobs. In a state in which a print-and-delivery job has been registered in a job queue of the image forming apparatus, in a case where an instruction for executing a predetermined job which cannot be processed in parallel with the print-and-delivery job is received from the operation unit, the controller performs predetermined job priority control for causing the predetermined job to be preferentially executed.
US12131083B2

A server system connectable to a print system including a transmission unit configured to transmit received print data to a printer includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an amount of a consumable which is used for printing of transmitted print data to the printer, and a placement unit configured to place an order for the consumable to be used by the printer, based on the acquired information.
US12131075B2

A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. The computing devices may use local caches and storing snapshots in a coherent manner when accessing the plurality of storage devices spread across multiple data centers.
US12131068B2

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for synchronously accessing data. The method may include sending metadata associated with data to be moved by a user to a programmable network device associated with a persistent memory containing the data, so as to enable the programmable network device to move the data based on the metadata, wherein the programmable network device is a smart network interface card having a remote direct memory access function. The method may also include entering a hibernation state. In addition, the method may include exiting from the hibernation state in response to receiving a confirmation of operation completion from the programmable network device, so as to notify the user that an operation of moving the data is complete. By means of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an operation of synchronously accessing data can be implemented, and computing resources of the CPU are saved, thereby improving user experience.
US12131065B2

Apparatuses and methods can be related to reducing memory device overhead using artificial intelligence (AI). Reducing overhead can include receiving file metadata of a data file and device metadata of the memory device. Based on the file metadata and the device metadata, a number of indicators can be selected to provide an indication of an expected use of the data file in the memory device. The number of indicators can be provided to the memory device. The data file can be stored with different data files having matching indicators corresponding thereto.
US12131056B2

Providing data management as-a-service, including: presenting one or more available data services to a user; receiving a selection of one or more selected data services; and applying, in dependence upon the one or more selected data services, one or more data services policies to a dataset associated with the user.
US12131053B2

A memory system includes a memory device having a plurality of memory blocks for storing data, and a controller configured to perform an erase operation including plural unit erase operations to erase data stored in at least one target memory block included in the plurality of memory blocks. The controller can be configured to perform at least some of the plural unit erase operations onto the at least one target memory block before the at least one target memory block allocated for storing data.
US12131051B2

In a data storage method, a storage system comprises first and second medium layers for data storage, wherein the performance of the first medium layer is different from the performance of the second medium layer. Based on the performance difference between the two layers, the storage system stores data in the first medium layer and the second medium layer based on different erasure code ratios. The different erasure code ratios correspond to different write amplification, and result in different storage space utilization.
US12131038B2

Disclosed are systems and methods for adaptive partitioning of memory and storage resources of a first cluster node of a cluster system, comprising a plurality of nodes; wherein the first node includes one or more shards; and a client device in data communication with the plurality of nodes, wherein the first node is configured to: receive a client request, identify one of the one or more shards based on the client request, retrieve shard rules of the identified shard, determine an allocation of one or more memory slots of the identified shard based on the client request, lock the one or more memory slots, and perform one or more operations on the one or more memory slots associated with the client request based on the allocation.
US12131037B2

An exemplary communication method and system is disclosed. The system may be configured to create a mesh network of nodes for routing and/or rerouting data communications depending on the integrity of or demands on the system to improve efficiency and transmission confidence. The system may be configured to redundantly, simultaneously send data transmissions on different transmission interfaces using different transmission protocols.
US12131036B2

A networked database management system (DBMS) is disclosed. In particular, the disclosed DBMS includes a plurality of nodes, one of which is elected as a designated leader. The designated leader is elected using a consensus algorithm, such as tabulated random votes, RAFT or PAXOS. The designated leader is responsible for managing open coding lines, and determining when to close an open coding line.
US12131034B2

A storage device and a method thereof determine a candidate memory block satisfying a set condition among a plurality of memory blocks when the temperature of a memory is equal to or higher than a first temperature as a target memory block. The target memory block is used to determine whether to apply a thermal throttling mode to a target operation to be executed on the memory when the temperature of the memory is equal or higher than a second temperature in order to avoid unnecessary thermal throttling.
US12131033B2

One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to extending the endurance of flash media. In embodiments, an input/output (IO) workload can be received at a storage array. In addition, one or more characteristics of each write-IO in the IO workload can be determined. Further, for each write-IO, a portion of a storage device of a plurality of storage devices can be dynamically allocated based on the one or more characteristics and an endurance level of each of the plurality of storage devices.
US12131028B2

Control logic in a memory device causes a first pulse to be applied to a plurality of word lines coupled to respective memory cells in a memory array during an erase operation. The control logic further causes a second pulse to be applied to a first set of word lines of the plurality of word lines to bias the first set of word lines to a first voltage. The control logic can cause a third pulse to be applied to a second set of word lines of the plurality of word lines to bias the second set of word lines to a second voltage and cause a fourth pulse to be applied to a source line of the memory array to erase the respective memory cells coupled to the first set of word lines and to program the respective memory cells coupled to the second set of word lines.
US12131023B2

A computer system is coupled to a database management system for managing data, and an infrastructure system for managing storage areas of the data. The computer system is configured to: receive a tracking request including identification information of target data; calculate, based on information on the data managed by the database management system, a data duration period of the target; identify, based on configuration history information on a configuration of the storage areas, a first storage area which is provided to the database management system for the data duration period and which stores the target data; and execute, based on the data duration period and history of copying operation of the storage areas of the infrastructure system, with the first storage area as an originating point, tracking processing for tracking a second storage area in which the target data is stored by the copying operation.
US12131019B2

A computing device with a touch-sensitive display displays a menu for a touch-sensitive keyboard, the menu including a plurality of keyboard settings. In response to a first input in the menu, adjusting a first setting of a plurality of keyboard settings for a first application. In response to a second input in the menu, adjusting a second setting of the plurality of keyboard settings for a second application distinct from the first application.
US12131018B2

A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.
US12131015B2

Systems and methods for control of application actions using a modification trigger to visually modify an electronic document are disclosed. A computing device, such as a mobile computing device having a touchscreen display, can display an electronic document having a first portion and a second portion. Initially upon displaying the electronic document, the computing device displays the first portion and the second portion may lie out of view, not displayed. A user can swipe along a scroll direction, causing the second portion to be displayed. The second portion can include or otherwise be associated with a modification trigger. Upon receiving a gesture on the second portion, the modification trigger performs actions, including, for example, subscribing to a series of electronic documents and minimizing the visual display of the electronic document.
US12131007B2

In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes: displaying a home menu comprising a plurality of application launch icons; detecting activation of any respective application launch icon; and, in response to detecting the activation, displaying a first animation of a transition from display of the home menu to display of an application that corresponds to the activated application launch icon. The first animation comprises expanding an image of the application.
US12131006B2

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for navigating an avatar based on time zones. A global event is identified that begins at a particular time on a given date; a sequential list of time zones associated with a plurality of geographical locations is retrieved; and a current time at a first time zone of the sequential list of time zones is determined to have reached the particular time on the given date. In response, an avatar is generated for display on a map at a first of the plurality of geographical locations associated with the first time zone and is navigated to a second geographical location when a current time at a second time zone, associated with the second geographical location, reaches the particular time on the given date.
US12131002B2

A controller of a device is configured to selectively display a plurality of screens. In response to a particular arranging operation to arrange a particular icon assigned with a particular process on a screen the controller displays the particular icon in accordance with the arranging operation an arrangement target area of the screen.
US12131001B2

An image processing apparatus capable of increasing a possibility that a three dimensional virtual object after an operation related to editing is transitioned to a state intended by an operator. The image processing apparatus allows the operator to perform an operation related to editing of a three dimensional virtual object. The image processing apparatus includes a memory device that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions to display a first route after the operation, display a second route after the operation, the second route being different from the first route, allow the operator to select any one of coordinates on the first route, allow the operator to select any one of coordinates on the second route, and determine a state of the three dimensional virtual object based on the coordinate selected by the operator on either one of the first route and the second route.
US12130995B2

An electrode member includes a first electrode pattern and a second electrode pattern. In each of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, first end portion wires of the first thin metal wires form a pair across the insulation gap, and first end surfaces of the paired first end portion wires are located so as to include portions that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween in a direction that intersects a first direction. In each of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, second end portion wires of the second thin metal wires form a pair across the insulation gap, and second end surfaces of the paired second end portion wires are located so as to include portions that face each other with a predetermined distance therebetween in a direction that intersects a second direction.
US12130988B2

An image capture device may include a touchscreen display, which may be used to receive user input. The image capture device may determine whether it is under water based on analysis of visual content captured by the image capture device. Responsive to determination that it is under water, the image capture device may change operation with respect to the touchscreen display.
US12130986B2

A capacitance detection device has: a first capacitor disposed in the path between a first node connected to a detection electrode and a second node; a second capacitor disposed in the path between the first node and the ground; a third capacitor disposed in the path between the first node and a third node connected to a shield electrode placed in proximity to the detection electrode; an alternating-current voltage output circuit that outputs a first alternating-current voltage to the third node; a first attenuation circuit that outputs a second alternating-current voltage resulting from attenuating the amplitude of the first alternating-current voltage; and a charge amplifier that supplies charge to the first capacitor through the second node and outputs a detection signal matching the supplied charge.
US12130985B2

A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of functional unit groups arranged in a display area. Each functional unit group includes at least one functional unit. Each functional unit is electrically connected to a first signal transmission line. A signal shielding line is disposed between the first signal transmission lines of a same functional unit group and a functional units of an adjacent functional unit group to solve a problem of poor touch performance caused by signal interference in existing touch solutions.
US12130980B2

An input device a touchpad, an near field communication (NFC) controller, and an antenna electrically interfaced with the NFC controller. The antenna includes an antenna rod. The antenna rod is straight and disposed outside a perimeter of the touchpad.
US12130978B2

A display module, an electronic device, and an electronic device control method, and relate to the field of display technologies. A pressure sensor is integrated into a layered structure of the display module. The display module includes an active area and an inactive area. The inactive area includes the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor includes one or more pressure sensitive resistors, at least one pressure sensitive resistor is disposed at a same layer as a semiconductor active layer of the active area, and the at least one pressure sensitive resistor is made of a same material as the semiconductor active layer.
US12130976B2

A display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a third electrode on an outer side of the first substrate or the second substrate, the third electrode including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; a plurality of first conductive lines extending along a first direction; a plurality of second conductive lines extending along the first direction; a plurality of third conductive lines extending along a second direction; and a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. A sheet resistance of the third electrode may be greater than a sheet resistance of each of the plurality of first electrodes and a sheet resistance of each of the plurality of second electrodes.
US12130974B2

There are provided an HMD system capable of improving operability by realizing various input operations on a head mounted display (HMD), an HMD used therefor, and an operation method therefor. Therefore, in the HMD system, an HMD allowing an operation input from an external operation device is connected to a plurality of external operation devices. The external operation device is a device worn on the body of a user who uses the HMD, includes a sensor for detecting movement, and transmits operation information by moving the external operation device. The HMD includes a short-range wireless communication unit and an operation control unit. Operation information from the plurality of external operation devices is received through the short-range wireless communication unit. The operation control unit executes a predetermined operation based on the operation information received from the plurality of external operation devices.
US12130962B2

First media content including text is presented on a display. User expressions of a user, including eye movement, are tracked by an image detector while the user is reading the text of the first media content. User expression data is generated based on the user expressions of the user. A determination can be made as to whether the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value. Responsive to determining that the user expression data indicates that the user gazes at a portion of the text presented on the display for a period exceeding a threshold value, one or more actions can be automatically initiated. For example, additional media content that provides further explanation of the media content can be presented.
US12130961B2

A ride vehicle control system for a ride vehicle of an attraction includes multiple sensors that are configured to monitor a guest supported by the ride vehicle. The ride vehicle control system also includes an actuator system configured to couple to the ride vehicle. The ride vehicle control system further includes one or more processors that are configured to receive signals from the multiple sensors, wherein the signals are indicative of a position of the guest, a movement of the guest, or both. The one or more processors are also configured to determine an intended movement for the ride vehicle based on the signals and to control the actuator system to adjust a resistance to movement of the ride vehicle to facilitate the intended movement.
US12130957B2

An interactive energy effect system that includes one or more sensors configured to generate a signal indicative of a position of a user-associated object in the system. The interactive energy effect system also includes a system controller that receives the signal and generates a first and second set of instructions based on the signal. The system controller transmits the first instructions to an energy emission system to cause the energy emission system to reposition and activate an energy emitter. The system controller transmits the second instructions to a multi-layer display system to cause the multi-layer display system to move towards or away from the user-associated object.
US12130955B2

A light field display system is implemented in a mobile device to present the user with holographic content which includes at least one holographic object, providing the user with an immersive operational experience. The system generates and presents holographic content for the user. In one embodiment, the system receives a command from the user. In some embodiments, the presented holographic content may comprise a holographic user interface that is used by the system to receive the commands from the user of the mobile device. Subsequently, the system recognizes the received commands, determines one or more computational commands for execution by the system, and executes the determined computational command.
US12130953B2

A secure guest generates an updated image for the secure guest, and computes one or more measurements for the updated image. The secure guest provides the one or more measurements to a trusted execution environment and obtains from the trusted execution environment metadata for the updated image. The metadata is generated based on metadata of the secure guest and obtaining the one or more measurements.
US12130948B2

Examples herein include methods for dynamically protecting selective content during screen capture on a user device that is running an iOS operating system. The method includes extending a UI class that includes a protected field of an iOS class. The custom class can receive configuration data and determine which elements to protect. The protected elements can be placed within the protected field whereas the non-protected elements can be kept outside of the protected field. The operating system can hide the protected field and its contents during screen capture, while allowing additional content outside the protected field to remain displayed.
US12130934B2

Some examples described herein relate to generating a non-fungible token on a distributed ledger, where the non-fungible token represents a machine-learning model for use in performing hydrocarbon extraction operations. The non-fungible token can also include one or more identifiers of one or more training datasets used to train the machine-learning model.
US12130930B2

A system and method for automation and managing of security requirements and software supply chain in a software development lifecycle in a service-oriented architecture. Shared components can be used in the implementation of multiple software applications and each component has a functionality in the application and a set of controls for its implementation. A requirements library provides a list task requirements for each application which are applicable to the software application based on application context which is adjusted based on the controls required for implementation or controls addressed by the component. The shared components in the component library can be pre-authorized for use and applied to various software projects and applications with tracking, versioning, and dependency management.
US12130929B2

Subject level privacy attack analysis for federated learning may be performed. A request that selects an analysis of one or more inference attacks may be received to determine a presence of data of a subject in a training set of a federated machine learning model. The selected inference attacks may be performed to determine the presence of the data of subject in the training set of the federated machine learning model. Respective success measurements may be generated for the selected inference attacks based on the performance of the selected inference attacks, which may then be provided.
US12130928B2

A method and system for anomaly detection in the banking system with graph network of a plurality of interconnected gateways. The system continuously monitors a plurality of gateways, data flows related to and executed at a first gateway of the plurality of gateways, the gateway data flows including at least one or more of gateways in a network.
US12130918B2

The invention relates to data recovery technology. An archive connection driver creates a virtual storage medium that is readable by an operating system, with the operating system running antivirus scanning algorithms on the connected virtual storage medium. Corrupted data and malware are deleted and the relevant data blocks repaired in a connected backup. Corrupted data and infected files are restored in marked invalid data in the backup.
US12130916B2

Apparatus, systems, and methods to classify malware with explainability are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry. The example processor circuitry is to execute the instructions to: generate feature vectors from a first input; train a neural network model using a first portion of the feature vectors; add one or more fully connected layers to the trained neural network model to form a hybrid model; validate the hybrid model using a second portion of the feature vectors; and deploy the validated hybrid model as a malware classifier, the malware classifier to provide a malware classification with explainability in response to a second input.
US12130910B2

The present disclosure is directed to managing device authorization through the use of digital signature thresholds. Individual components of a device, or individual devices in a network environment, are associated with separate secret shares from which a digital signature can be derived. The digital signature may be used to authorize performance of a function. A threshold number of such secret shares are used in order to derive the digital signature. Therefore, an authorization process that relies on digital signature verification to determine that a function is authorized will do so if a threshold number of secret shares are available at authorization time.
US12130908B2

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for detecting malicious entity behavior and providing accurate indicator of behaviors indicating occurrence of malicious behavior. Data input as to the entity behavior is received and monitored from different sources. The entity behavior is monitored over time at time periods. Detection probability is determined at each time period, where the detection probability relates to malicious behavior and increases over time. A trigger indicator of behavior is provided if the detection probability reaches a threshold value.
US12130906B2

State of the art authentication mechanisms have limitations when used by Basic Emergent User (BEU). Embodiments herein provide method and system for recognition based multi-skill-multi-sensory passwords with dynamic identification of sensor combination based on end user skill, specifically for the BEU. The method disclosed generates user profile using a task-based technique to determine skill and capability of the user associated with each of a plurality of sensory categories used for generating a multi-skill-multi-sensory password. Each of the plurality of sensory categories are graded is descending order based on user's skill and capability and user is offered to select each password entry from a particular sensor category in accordance with the identified grade in each iteration. Thus, the entropy of password generation in the context of user is split among the sensor categories. Furthermore, recognition-based out of sequence approach is used during user authentication instead of more challenging memorizing-based approach.
US12130898B2

Disclosed herein are systems and method for verifying user identity. In one exemplary aspect, a method comprises receiving sensor data from at least one sensor and parsing the sensor data to determine a plurality of identifiers of a user authorized to access data via a computing device. The method comprises generating, for each identifier, an event including the user. The method comprises intercepting, on the computing device, a data access request including an identifier of the user. The method comprises verifying whether the data access request is from the user authorized to access data by generating a chain of events including the user for a period of time preceding the data access request, determining a deviation of the chain of events from a target chain of events, and in response to determining the deviation is less than a threshold deviation value, granting the data access request.
US12130897B2

A server comprises a communications module; a processor coupled with the communications module; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor-executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to send, via the communications module and to a remote computing device, a signal causing the remote computing device to display a unique code and a telephone number; monitor at least one instant messaging account associated with the telephone number for the unique code; after determining that the unique code has been received at the at least one instant messaging account associated with the displayed telephone number, determine that authentication for a particular account has been successful; and in response to determining that authentication for the particular account has been successful, initiate an authenticated session.
US12130895B2

Parental control of child's web-based digital content experience, which can be applied to other contexts such as education, the workplace or other organizations. Trust relationships authorize specified users or organizations to permit access to content or resources by other users. Collection curation including content reputation and age appropriate ratings disclosed.
US12130891B2

A method of real-time video event detection includes: obtaining, based on a natural language query, a query vector; performing multimodal feature extraction on a video stream to obtain a video vector, obtaining a similarity score by comparing the query vector to the video vector; comparing the similarity score to a predetermined threshold; and activating, based on the similarity score being above the predetermined threshold, an action trigger. The multimodal feature extraction is performed using a plurality of overlapping windows that include sequential frames of the video stream.
US12130889B2

A method, a neural network, and a computer program product are provided that optimize training of neural networks using homomorphic encrypted elements and dropout algorithms for regularization. The method includes receiving, via an input to the neural network, a training dataset containing samples that are encrypted using homomorphic encryption. The method also includes determining a packing formation and selecting a dropout technique during training of the neural network based on the packing technique. The method further includes starting with a first packing formation from the training dataset, inputting the first packing formation in an iterative or recursive manner into the neural network using the selected dropout technique, with a next packing formation from the training dataset acting as an initial input that is applied to the neural network for a next iteration, until a stopping metric is produced by the neural network.
US12130874B2

A device receives a request to display a learning module. The device receives sensor values from a set of one or more sensor devices attached to a patient. The device displays a set of survey questions. The device receives user-specified responses to the set of survey questions. The device selects a first learning module from a plurality of learning modules based on the sensor values and the user-specified responses to the set of survey questions. The device displays the first learning module on the display in response to receiving the request to displaying the learning module.
US12130869B2

A system and method identifies activity data that is related to activity of a plurality of users of a gaming platform. The activity data is used by the gaming platform to perform a gaming process. The system and method identifies first data of the activity data based on a first characteristic. The first data is a subset of the activity data. The system and method determines a number of times that the first data of the activity data meets a first condition. The system and method responsive to determining that the number of times that the first data of the activity data meets the first condition satisfies a first threshold, modifies the activity data by removing the first data from the activity data. The system and method performs the gaming process using the modified activity data.
US12130866B1

One or more processing devices receive a definition of a search query for a correlation search of a data store, the data store comprising time-stamped events that each include raw machine data reflecting activity in an information technology environment and produced by a component of the information technology environment, receive a definition of a triggering condition to be evaluated based on aggregated statistics of values of one or more fields of a dataset produced by the search query, receive a definition of one or more actions to be performed when the triggering condition is satisfied, generate, using search processing language, a statement to define the search query and the triggering condition, and in view of the results of the execution of the search processing language, cause generation of the correlation search using the defined search query, the triggering condition, and the one or more actions, the correlation search comprising updated search processing language having the search query and a processing command for criteria on which the triggering condition is based.
US12130861B1

An index is provided of content at timestamps of frames in a video. A search request is received with search content. A determination is made of matching content in the index, associated with a timestamp, matching the search content. A computer addressable link to the timestamp in the index associated with the matching content is returned to the search request. Selection of the computer addressable link causes the video to play from the timestamp.
US12130852B1

An extractive summarization model provides extraction and classification of research assertions, or claims, made by a documented body of research such as a scientific paper or article. Modern electronic publication and dissemination allows tremendous capability for researching and scrutinizing previous documented efforts for further research and study. Accordingly, a substantial volume of material is easily obtained in response to research efforts. The extractive summarization model provides a summarization of this scientific literature by identifying and classifying asserted claims made by a particular research document. Researchers may quickly identify relevant documents based on the extracted claims asserted by the document, facilitating substantive review.
US12130851B2

The invention relates to a method and a system for improving performance of text summarization and has an object of improving performance of a technique for generating a summary from a given paragraph. According to the invention to achieve the object, a method for improving performance of text summarization includes: an a step of generating an embedding vector by vectorizing a natural language-based context; a b step of generating a graph using the embedding vector and calculating a first likelihood of each of at least one node included in the graph; a c step of generating a second likelihood by assigning a weight to the first likelihood according to a result of comparing at least one node included in the graph with the context; and a d step of calculating a third likelihood for all candidate paths present in the graph based on the second likelihood, selecting a path having a highest third likelihood, and generating a summary based on the path.
US12130842B2

Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together.
US12130840B2

Generating virtual foreign key relationships includes determining and displaying, in a user interface, a set of candidate foreign keys. It further includes determining and displaying, in the user interface, a set of candidate primary keys. It further includes receiving a request, via the user interface, to generate a virtual foreign key relationship between a selected candidate foreign key and a selected candidate primary key. It further includes in response to receiving the request to generate the virtual foreign key relationship between the selected candidate foreign key and the selected candidate primary key, generating the virtual foreign key relationship at least in part by generating a record for the virtual foreign key relationship. Determining a schema for non-relational data includes receiving a document in a first format. It further includes scanning the document and determining, for a field in the document, a corresponding path of the field and a data type of the field. It further includes updating a hybrid schema based at least in part on the determined path and data type of the field in the document.
US12130837B1

A replicated block storage service provides durable and high performance network-attached storage replicated in two or more zones of a single region, and remains available despite a single zone failure. A probe file is generated to determine a health state of a replicated disk. When a disk is degraded, a lease is created indicating which replica is trusted and providing visibility to backend jobs to facilitate reconciliation of data between the first replica and the second replica. Moreover, degraded file markers are generated for use by the backend jobs in quickly identifying the data to be copied.
US12130832B2

A computing system that includes one or more server computing devices including one or more processors configured to execute instructions for a domain extensibility module that provides software development tools for building domain extensions for a database platform, and a data ingestion module that provides software development tools for defining a metadata schema for extracting metadata from data files. The one or more processors are configured to receive a set of data from a user computing device, define a target metadata schema that includes one or more metadata fields that will be populated during a data ingestion process, define a target domain extension that defines one or more data types for storing the received set of data after performing the data ingestion process, and ingest the received set of data using a metadata extraction pipeline to generate metadata files based on the target metadata schema.
US12130829B2

Systems and methods are described for generation and execution of modified queries. An input can be received via a visualization of a user interface. The input may identify a first field value and a first field for execution of a query. A set of data for execution of the query can be identified based on the input. Alias data may identify a second field that is associated with the first field. Using the alias data, a modified query can be generated based on the query and the second field. The modified query can be executed to generate query results. The query results can be displayed via a visualization of the user interface based on the first field.
US12130823B2

Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to dynamically customize rankings. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, from a user, a request for a list of items available on an online gaming platform, identifying a particular trained machine learning model based at least in part on user data associated with the user, providing an input feature vector to the particular trained machine learning model, obtaining an output feature vector from the particular trained machine learning model, assigning a rank for each of the plurality of items based on the output feature vector, generating the list of items, wherein items in the list of items are ordered based on respective ranks, and providing a user interface to the user that includes the list of items.
US12130821B1

A containerized data classification and automated metadata publishing system (DCAMPS-C) is disclosed. DCAMPS-C is powered by a data classification engine. The containerized data classification and automated metadata publishing system hosts a data classification and automated metadata cloud application publishing service. DCAMPS-C offers a containerized solution that automates the data classification and metadata generation processes, eliminates the need for manual input, reduces the chances of human error, and ensures seamless integration with modern cloud and on-premise infrastructures for better resource utilization, scalability, and overall efficiency in managing digital content within an organization.
US12130815B2

A system and method for labelling, categorizing, structuring, and enriching unstructured data is disclosed. First, raw data is received, and a checksum is calculated and compared with an existing checksum. The raw data is downloaded to an object storage, wherein it is then parsed and transmitted to a sanity check system. The sanity checked data is then loaded into a staging database and a stability check is performed. The stability checked data is then loaded into a master database and transmitted to a search platform. Post checks are performed, and a report is generated, followed by the system updating the watchlist checksum.
US12130811B2

A system for improving task scheduling on a cloud data platform is provided. A task to be executed using resources of a computing cluster is received. A task execution plan is generated and information about data to be used for the ask is accessed. Resource requirements for executing the task are predicted by applying machine learning to the task execution plan and the information about the data. Assignment data is generated to execute the task on the resources by applying machine learning information about a current state of the resources and predicted resource requirements.
US12130804B2

In some examples, a system receives, as part of a service to update a data store, a collection of operations that are to be performed with respect to the data store, wherein the collection of operations comprises a plurality of different types of operations for respective data blocks of the data store. Multiple operations of a respective type of the different types of operations are batched to produce a batch of operations of the respective type, and the batch of operations of the respective type is flushed to the data store. The system progressively updates a tracking data structure that tracks batching and flushing of operations of the collection of operations during the service, where the tracking data structure includes metrics representing flushes of batches of operations of the different types. After an interruption of the service, the system resumes the service using a checkpointed version of a resume portion of the tracking data structure.
US12130803B2

A blockchain data search method is proposed, the method including receiving a search term for identifying a block from a user terminal, and selecting a blockchain network to be searched from among multiple blockchain networks; accessing the selected blockchain network to enter the search term and thus searching the selected blockchain network for a block corresponding to the search term; receiving data stored in the searched block from the selected blockchain network; and transmitting the received data to the user terminal.
US12130794B2

Mediums, apparatus, computer program code, and means may be provided to customize electronic records associated with a distributed communication network via an automated back-end application computer server. According to some embodiments, a relational database management system database and a plurality of database tables linked to the relational database management system database may be accessed. The back-end application computer server may retrieve electronic record layout information and utilize pre-determined logic associated with the plurality of linked tables, including logic that matches multiple pointers within a single pair of linked tables, to automatically insert accessed data into a customized electronic record in accordance with the electronic record layout information. The customized electronic record may then be transmitted to be rendered via an interactive user interface display.
US12130788B1

An anomalous period of operation of a database management system is detected by analyzing a time series of data points indicating the number of database queries pending processing by the system. Conditions associated with execution of the pending database queries are recorded and analyzed to identify conditions correlated with the anomalous period of operation. A recommendation for tuning the database is generated based on analysis of the conditions.
US12130784B2

In some aspects, a first plug-in module that is installed on a server receives an instruction to install a particular database on a first target server that is near (e.g., less than a threshold number of hops from or having less than a threshold latency communicating with) the server. The first plug-in module creates a first persistent authentication session between the server and the first target server and initiates a first installation of a first database on the first target server using the first persistent authentication session. Concurrently with the first installation, a second plug-in module that is installed on a second server initiates a second installation of a second database on a second target server using a second persistent authentication session. The second target server is near the second server.
US12130783B1

Providing access to usage reports on a cloud-based data warehouse including maintaining, by a management module, a metadata table on the cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the metadata table comprises usage reports for a plurality of organizations; receiving, by the management module, a request for the metadata table from an administrator account for a first organization of the plurality of organizations; granting, by the management module, the administrator account permission to access a filtered portion of the metadata table, wherein the filtered portion of the metadata table is generated by filtering the metadata table by an organization identifier of the first organization; and providing, by the management module, the filtered portion of the metadata table to the administrator account.
US12130782B2

Proactive auto scaling can be implemented in a scaled multi-tenant cloud environment. For a particular update window, a management server can obtain tenant details for each tenant whose endpoints are to be updated during the update window using a file server. The management server can use the tenant details to calculate a total update time for deploying a respective update to each of the endpoints. If the total update time will exceed the update window, the management server can create one or more additional file servers and cause some of the endpoints to obtain their respective update from the one or more additional file servers to thereby ensure that all the endpoints can complete the update during the update window.
US12130781B2

A sparse files aware rolling checksum is provided by passing, in sequence, each byte of an archival file to a hash function; and in response to: detecting that a sequence of bytes from the archival file produce outputs from the hash function of zero, wherein a number of bytes in the sequence of bytes satisfies a chunk-end threshold, and determining that the sequence of bytes is located in a hole in the archival file of a greater number of bytes than the chunk-end threshold: designating a hole-chunk of the archival file that includes metadata for a location and a length of the hole in the archival file.
US12130780B2

An information processing apparatus includes: an inputter which receives an input of identification information of a user; a storage including a shared storage area to be used by the user; and a controller which adds the identification information to folder path information, which is information on a folder path to the shared storage area, according to a result of authentication of the identification information.
US12130773B2

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a quality of service (QOS) assignment policy for processor applications in a system on a chip (SoC). In accordance with one aspect, the system on a chip (SoC) includes an applications central processing unit (CPU), wherein the applications CPU comprises a quality of service (QOS) database table configured to list a plurality of QoS metrics associated with a plurality of processor threads, wherein at least one of the plurality of QoS metrics is used to determine a dynamic clock and voltage scaling (DCVS) operating point; a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the applications CPU; and a common interconnection databus coupled to the applications CPU and the GPU.
US12130772B2

A multi-processor device is disclosed. The multi-processor device includes interface circuitry to receive requests from at least one host device. A primary processor is coupled to the interface circuitry to process the requests in the absence of a failure event associated with the primary processor. A secondary processor processes operations on behalf of the primary processor and selectively receives the requests from the interface circuitry based on detection of the failure event associated with the primary processor.
US12130771B2

Techniques for transmitting data include one or more processors of a computing device included in a network device identifying data to be transmitted, wherein the computing device includes the one or more processors, a queue, and a transmitter, and wherein the network device includes the computing device and a transceiver that is configured to transmit data outside of the network device; adding the data to the queue; and during an open data session window: transmitting, via the transmitter and to the transceiver, data extracted from the queue; and in response to determining that an amount of data in the queue is below a threshold, (a) delaying for a period of time, and (b) after the period of time, instructing the transceiver to end the open data session window early and transition to a lower power state.
US12130765B2

A process includes coupling a push-pull driver of a first bus device to a plurality of communication lines that are associated with a first bus to allow the first bus device to access the first bus using push-pull signaling. The process includes sharing a set of communication lines with the second bus. The sharing includes coupling an open drain driver of a second bus device to the set of communication lines to allow the second bus device to access the second bus using open drain signaling. The sharing includes using the set of communication lines in first time periods in which the first bus device accesses the first bus and using the set of communication lines in second time periods other than the first time periods in which the second bus device accesses the second bus. The sharing includes isolating a push-pull driver of the first bus device from the set of communication lines responsive to the second time periods.
US12130760B2

A system-on-chip including: a first slave having a first safety level; a second slave having a second safety level; a first master having a third safety level, the first master outputs a first access request for the first slave and a second access request for the second slave; a safety function protection controller that outputs first attribute information corresponding to the first safety level, second attribute information corresponding to the second safety level, and third attribute information corresponding to the third safety level; and an interconnect bus that receives the first, second and third attribute information, transfers the first access request to the first slave when it is determined that the third safety level is higher than or equal to the first safety level, and blocks the second access request when it is determined that the third safety level is lower than the second safety level.
US12130759B2

The described embodiments provide a system for controlling an integrated circuit memory device by a memory controller. During operation, the system sends a memory-access request from the memory controller to the memory device using a first link. After sending the memory-access request, the memory controller sends to the memory device a command that specifies performing a timing-calibration operation for a second link. The system subsequently transfers data associated with the memory-access request using the second link, wherein the timing-calibration operation occurs between sending the memory-access request and transferring the data associated with the memory-access request.
US12130758B2

Systems and methods for data transmission power optimization are disclosed. In one aspect, the system consolidates signals from multiple narrowband channels in a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) (RFIC) into a single shared buffer and evenly distributes packets based on the signals across lanes in a communication bus to a modem circuit. Such even utilization of the lanes of the bus allows for idle periods to occur on the bus, during which a low power or sleep state may be used to reduce power consumption.
US12130754B2

Examples described herein relate to a network device apparatus that includes a packet processing circuitry configured to determine if target data associated with a memory access request is stored in a different device than that identified in the memory access request and based on the target data associated with the memory access request identified as stored in a different device than that identified in the memory access request, cause transmission of the memory access request to the different device. In some examples, the memory access request comprises an identifier of a requester of the memory access request and the identifier comprises a Process Address Space identifier (PASID) and wherein the configuration that a redirection operation is permitted to be performed for a memory access request is based at least on the identifier. In some examples, the packet processing circuitry is to: based on configuration of a redirection operation not to be performed for the memory access request, cause transmission of the memory access request to a device identified in the memory access request.
US12130753B2

An implantable device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform actions, including: receiving electrical signals from tissue of a patient; and in response to each of a plurality of triggers, storing a portion of the received electrical signals, occurring after the trigger and extending for a limited duration, in the memory on a first-in-first-out basis. Another an implantable device includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform actions, including: receiving electrical signals from tissue of a patient; and in response to each of a plurality of triggers, determining at least one feature of the received electrical signals; and storing the at least one feature in the memory on a first-in-first-out basis.
US12130742B1

A request processing method and apparatus, a device, and a non-transitory readable storage medium. When modifying reflink data, in the present application, first reading continuous data including currently modified data from a disk to a cache, then modifying corresponding reflink data in the cache, but not modifying other data in the continuous data, and then allocating a new address for the modified new reflink data in the disk, and mapping the cache address of the new reflink data to the new address, so as to store the new reflink data in the new address, and at the same time reducing the reference count of the corresponding reflink data in the reflink shared tree by one. In this solution, there is only one read operation and one write operation for the disk, so the problem of write amplification is reduced.
US12130720B2

Proactive avoidance of performance issues in computing environments. In one embodiment, a causal dependency graph representing the usage dependencies among the various components of a computing environment is formed, the components being associated with key performance indicators (KPIs). A probabilistic model is trained with prior incidents that have occurred in the components to correlate outliers of KPIs in associated components to prior incidents. The training includes determining the correlation based on the causal dependency graph. Upon detecting the occurrence of outliers for performance metrics, an imminent performance issue likely to occur in a specific component is identified based on the probabilistic model and the detected outliers. A preventive action is performed to avoid the occurrence of the imminent performance issue in the specific component.
US12130714B2

A method and system for performing a flexible Byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) protocol. The method includes sending, from a client device, a proposed value to a plurality of replica devices and receiving, from at least one of the plurality of replica devices, a safe vote on the proposed value. The replica device sends the safe vote, based on a first quorum being reached, to the client device and each of the other replica devices of the plurality of replica devices. The method further includes determining that a number of received safe votes for the proposed value meets or exceeds a second quorum threshold, selecting the proposed value based on the determination, and setting a period of time within which to receive additional votes. The method further includes, based on the period of time elapsing without receiving the additional votes, committing the selected value for the single view.
US12130711B2

In some embodiments, a process for restoring a version of a virtual machine using a data storage system comprises identifying a particular version of a virtual machine to be restored, determining a base image from which the particular version may be derived, determining a set of incremental files for generating the particular version, generating a file associated with the particular version using the base image and the set of incremental files, and outputting at least a portion of the file.
US12130701B1

A processing unit employs a residue code (RC) to perform error detection and correction for a multi-round transformation data encryption process. The processing unit generates a cipher based on a plurality of transformations. For each of the plurality of transformations, the processing unit generates a corresponding residue code of a plurality of residue codes. The processing unit performs error detection for the cipher based on the plurality of residue codes.
US12130699B2

An event graph schema for a technology landscape may be determined, where the technology landscape is characterized using scores assigned to performance metrics. The event graph schema may include a plurality of nodes corresponding to the performance metrics and the scores, and directional edges connecting node pairs of the plurality of nodes, with each directional edge having a score-dependent validity criteria defined by scores of a corresponding node pair. Anomalous scores associated with an event within the technology landscape may be used to find anomalous nodes. Valid edges connecting two of the anomalous nodes and satisfying the score-dependent validity criteria thereof may be used to determine at least one path that includes the valid edges and connected anomalous nodes. In this way, it is possible to traverse the at least one path to identify at least one of the connected anomalous nodes as a root cause node of the event.
US12130697B2

A method of diagnosing a condition of a central processing unit (CPU) of a transportation device and calculating a remaining life is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a controller, data including condition values; comparing, by the controller, the number of previously accumulated condition values with a set number of condition values; constructing, by the controller, a database in response to a determination that the number of previously accumulated condition values is smaller than the set number of condition values; and diagnosing, by the controller, a condition of the CPU in response to a determination that the number of previously accumulated condition values is greater than or equal to the set number of condition values. A system including the controller configured to execute the above method is further disclosed.
US12130684B2

Techniques and apparatus for providing power monitoring processes are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one storage device and logic coupled to the at least one storage device. The logic may be configured to poll a power device comprising a plurality of power elements via an alarm status identifier operative to cause the power device to return an alarm status string comprising a plurality of alarm status bits, each of the plurality of alarm status bits indicating an active alarm state of one of the plurality of power elements, and determine each of the plurality of power elements in the active alarm state based on the alarm status string. Other embodiments are described.
US12130675B2

A chassis includes an electronic device. The electronic device includes a box body, a fixed member, and a slidable member. The box body includes a first side plate. The first side plate includes a corresponding portion. The fixed member is fixed to the first side plate and includes a positioning structure. The slidable member is slidably arranged on the fixed member and includes a matching structure and a mismatch-proof structure. The mismatch-proof structure is arranged in the corresponding portion. The matching structure selectively matches the positioning structure to cause the mismatch-proof structure to be slidably arranged in the corresponding portion.
US12130663B2

An input device is operable to detect input. The input device is a deflection based capacitive sensing input device. Deflection of a metal frame of the input device causes a change in capacitance that is used to control a function of an electrical device. The input device appears invisible because it is made of the same material as the housing it is contained in. Invisible backlit holes may make the input selectively visible or invisible to the user.
US12130662B2

Disclosed herein are single surface top covers for portable information handling systems, and that employ a substrate of thermoplastic fiberglass composite which is impregnated with polycarbonate material. The thermoplastic fiberglass composite material may be recyclable, and the thermoplastic fiberglass composite material may be impregnated with recycled polycarbonate material. A selective UV molding process may be employed to create multiple different finishes on the same upper surface of a single surface top cover by applying a nano coat of a textured UV light curable resin on at least a portion of the upper surface of a single surface top cover.
US12130656B1

A method system, and apparatus for adjusting skew in a circuit comprising feeding an input clock into a first push-pull source follower stage, feeding an inverse of an input clock bar into a first CMOS inverter stage, creating an output clock based on an equal contribution of the input clock of the first push-pull follower stage and the inverse of the input clock bar of the first CMOS invert stage, feeding the input clock bar into a first push-pull source follower stage, feeding an inverse of the input clock into a first CMOS inverter stage, and creating an output clock based on an equal contribution of the input clock bar of the first push-pull follower stage and the inverse of the input clock bar of the first CMOS invert stage.
US12130653B2

A delay time detection circuit includes below configurations. A clock generation unit generates a sub scale clock signal, based on a system clock signal. A count unit generates a count signal while sequentially and repeatedly incrementing a count number, based on the sub scale clock signal. A sub scale signal generation unit receives the count signal, and generates sub scale signals, equal in number to the count number, that each have, at a rate of once in the count number, a rectangular wave for a duration being associated with a second period and that are shifted in timing relative to one another according to the second period. A delay time calculation unit receives the input clock signal, and calculates a delay time within a range of the first period of the input clock signal with respect to the system clock signal, based on one of the sub scale signals.
US12130649B2

A bias current generation circuit and a flash memory. The bias current generation circuit includes a voltage source, a switching circuit and a current generation circuit. The voltage source is configured to provide a voltage for generating a bias current. An input terminal of the switching circuit is connected to the voltage source, a control terminal of the switching circuit is configured to receive a control signal. The current generation circuit includes a first MOS transistor and a second MOS transistor, an input terminal and a control terminal of the first MOS transistor are connected to an output terminal of the switching circuit, an output terminal of the first MOS transistor is connected to an input terminal and a control terminal of the second MOS transistor, and an output terminal of the second MOS transistor is grounded.
US12130641B2

The method for processing a depth map includes the following steps: S1: correcting an image of a target area that is collected by an image collection apparatus; S2: performing binocular matching on the image to obtain a depth map of the target area; and S3: acquiring a distribution of obstacles around an UAV according to the depth map. The method further includes: acquiring execution times of the foregoing steps before executing the steps; and establishing at least two threads and at least one ring queue according to the execution times of the steps, and executing the steps by the at least two threads to reduce a total execution time.
US12130640B2

The present invention aims to control position of flying object with respect to a structural object in a situation where it is difficult to perform positioning based on radio signals transmitted from a satellite. A position identification unit identifies position of flying object in troublesome GPS signal reception space, using different methods for coordinate axes. Specifically, position identification unit identifies position, on Z axis (first coordinate axis), of flying object in troublesome GPS signal reception space, based on distance from flying object to structural object (distance measured at time of position identification), and identifies positions, on X and Y axes (second coordinate axes), of flying object based on change in shape of structural object in respective axis directions of X and Y axes (second coordinate axes) (history of distance from flying object to bridge B measured multiple times until position identification).
US12130639B2

Systems, devices, and methods for a fleet of three or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), where each UAV of the fleet of UAVs comprise a respective flight control computer (FCC); at least one computing device at a ground control station, where each computing device is in communication with each FCC, and where each computing device is associated with at least one operator; where the fleet of UAVs above the threshold altitude are in communication with the first computing device monitored by at least one operator such that a ratio of operators to UAVs above the threshold altitude exceeds a 1:1 ratio; and where the first UAV below the threshold altitude is in communication with the second computing device monitored by at least one operator such that a ratio of operators to UAVs below the threshold altitude does not exceed the 1:1 ratio.
US12130636B2

A computer-implemented method for controlling a UAV includes identifying a set of target markers based on a plurality of images captured by an imaging device carried by the UAV, and controlling the UAV to fly based on the set of target markers. The set of target markers include at least two or more types of target markers and are in close proximity to be detected within a same field of view of the imaging device. Controlling the UAV to fly includes controlling the UAV to approach the set of target markers based at least in part on a spatial relationship between the UAV and a first type of target marker; and determining whether to control the UAV to land at or near the set of target markers based on information conveyed by a second type of target marker.
US12130626B2

A system for lateral control in-path tracking of an autonomous vehicle includes a lateral controller. The lateral controller controls movement of the autonomous vehicle relative to a path and receives as an input a desired target. An outer control loop of the lateral controller includes a first controller generating an output based on the difference between the desired target and a current position of the autonomous vehicle. An inner control loop of the lateral controller includes a second controller receiving the generated output from the first controller. The inner control loop generates a sideslip angle and a yaw rate, wherein the sideslip angle and the yaw rate are returned to the second controller. The sideslip angle and the yaw rate are used to generate the relative yaw angle and lateral distance, which are returned to the first controller as the current position of the autonomous vehicle.
US12130621B2

Techniques to provide guidance to a vehicle operating in an environment are discussed herein. For example, such techniques may include sending a request for assistance, receiving a reference trajectory, and causing the vehicle to determine a trajectory based on the reference trajectory. Data such as sensor data and vehicle state data may be sent from the vehicle to a remote computing device. The computing device outputs a user interface using the data and determines the reference trajectory based on receiving an input in the user interface. The techniques can send an indication of the reference trajectory to the vehicle for use in planning a trajectory for the vehicle. A vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, can be controlled to traverse an environment based on the trajectory.
US12130618B2

An in-vehicle system enables retrofitted hardware to be used in cases in which predetermined hardware has been connected to an in-vehicle unit by performing processing to obtain an application corresponding to the predetermined hardware from a server and install the application in the in-vehicle unit. In cases in which the retrofitted hardware has been disconnected from the in-vehicle unit, the in-vehicle system also performs at least one type of processing out of processing to compress or processing to delete the application corresponding to the retrofitted hardware that has been disconnected.
US12130617B2

One embodiment is a navigation system for an aircraft including a positioning system to generate information related to a position of the aircraft, a group of cameras mounted to a body of the aircraft, each camera of the group of cameras to simultaneously capture images of a portion of an environment that surrounds the aircraft, and a processing component coupled to the positioning system and the group of cameras, the processing component to determine a current position of the aircraft based on the information related to the position of the aircraft and the images.
US12130605B2

Disclosed are a computerized system and a method of programing a controller of an industrial system. The method may include: receiving, from the controller, data defining two or more controllable elements included in the industrial system; generating logical connections between the two or more controllable elements based on the received data and the graphical presentation; receiving, from a user interface included in the computerized system, one or more graphical markers presenting an operation sequence of the two or more controllable elements; and converting the graphical markers to an executable code configured to control a controller of the industrial system to control the two or more controllable elements according to the operation sequence.
US12130601B2

A system for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2E) communication includes servers configured to communicate over a Wide Area Network with one local signaling device of a vehicle in a real-time or near real-time. The servers are further configured to register the local signaling device of the vehicle to utilize third-party provided functions provided by third party devices or sensors coupled to, or operating on a same Local Area Network as, the local signaling device, the third-party devices or sensors selectable by a registering entity from a plurality of third-party devices or sensors. The registration includes configuring predefined steps to be taken by the servers in connection with the third party-provided functions of the third-party devices or sensors. The servers are further configured to receive a communication signal from the local signaling device of the vehicle, and in response to receiving the communication signal, execute the predefined steps.
US12130599B2

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of geotechnical engineering digitization, and in particular to a digital and intelligent operation and maintenance system for a tailings pond. The present disclosure has a better supplementary effect on the operation and maintenance of the tailings pond, can judge and warn the stability of the dam body and the pollution degree of the surrounding environment during the operation of the tailings dam, and can provide a good tailings discharge mode.
US12130589B2

A method of modulating a depth of a hologram, the method includes: obtaining hologram data; determining a scale factor based on a hardware specification of a holographic display to display a three-dimensional (3D) hologram image in a space by using the hologram data; and modulating depth information of the hologram data based on the scale factor.
US12130585B2

An electrophotographic developer set comprising a toner comprising a thermoplastic resin and a wax, and a powder adhesive comprising a thermoplastic resin and a wax, wherein where Ea (mmol/g) denotes an ester group concentration of the wax contained in the toner, Na (mass %) denotes a content of the wax in the toner, Eb (mmol/g) denotes an ester group concentration of the wax contained in the powder adhesive, and Nb (mass %) denotes a content of the wax in the powder adhesive, the Ea, the Na, the Eb and the Nb satisfy the following formulae: 0.00≤Ea≤2.45, 2.50≤Eb≤3.60, and 0.80≤Nb/Na.
US12130577B2

A positioning mechanism includes two adjusting devices. The adjusting device includes: a shaft that extends between a first apparatus and a second apparatus in a facing direction where the first and second apparatus face each other and has an outer peripheral surface with a threaded portion formed therein; a holding member that is provided on the first apparatus, has a threaded hole formed through in the facing direction, and holds the shaft member passing through the threaded hole; an abutment member that is provided on an end of the shaft member close to the second apparatus and abuts on a connectable surface of the second apparatus and a compression coil spring that is disposed to surround the shaft member and the abutment member and is clamped and compressed between the holding member and the connectable surface of the second apparatus.
US12130572B2

A print apparatus is disclosed. In an example, the print apparatus comprises: a photoconductive surface to receive a latent image representative of an image to be printed onto a printable substrate; a plurality of print components, each print component having a surface movable relative to the photoconductive surface, wherein a current or voltage is to be applied between the print component surface and the photoconductive surface; and processing circuitry to: measure a current or voltage between each print component surface and the photoconductive surface; responsive to detecting a deviation in the measured current or voltage from a reference current or voltage in respect of any of the plurality of print components, determine that there exists a defect associated with the photoconductive surface; and determine, based on the amount of deviation of the measured current or voltage from the reference current or voltage, an indication of the size of the defect.
US12130560B2

The present invention provides a control method of a driving apparatus that repeatedly performs a process of driving a target object in a predetermined range by a linear motor, wherein the linear motor includes a stator in which a plurality of coils are arrayed, and a mover provided with the target object, the control method comprising: changing a position of the stator with respect to the predetermined range at an arbitrary timing; and determining, in accordance with the changed position of the stator, output ratios of the plurality of coils in the process.
US12130555B2

An extreme ultra violet (EUV) lithography method includes receiving an EUV light by a scanner from an EUV light source, the EUV light passing through an intermediate focus disposed in the scanner and at a junction of the EUV light source and the scanner; directing the EUV light by the scanner to a reticle in the scanner; and deflecting nanoparticles from the EUV light source away from the reticle by generating a gas flow using a gas jet disposed entirely in the scanner and proximate to an interface of the scanner and the intermediate focus such that the gas jet does not block the EUV light.
US12130551B2

A photomask assembly may be formed such that stress relief trenches are formed in a pellicle frame of the photomask assembly. The stress relief trenches may reduce or prevent damage to a pellicle that may otherwise result from deformation of the pellicle. The stress relief trenches may be formed in areas of the pellicle frame to allow the pellicle frame to deform with the pellicle, thereby reducing the amount damage to the pellicle caused by the pellicle frame.
US12130549B2

A method of manufacturing a template including a mesa on a second side is disclosed. The method can include depositing a first coating on the second side, depositing a photocurable material over a top of the mesa, contacting the photocurable material with a second surface to cause the photocurable material to cover the top surface of the mesa and at least a portion of a side of the mesa, curing the photocurable material to form a cured film on the top surface and to form a cured extrusion on at least a portion of the side surface, the cured extrusion is thicker than the cured film, etching the top surface of the mesa to remove the first coating and the cured film from the top surface, and removing the cured extrusion to form the template with the first coating on the side surface.
US12130546B2

An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly and a connecting assembly. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element having an optical axis, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The movable assembly is movably connected to the fixed assembly through the connecting assembly.
US12130539B2

A microwave imaging system is provided. The microwave imaging system comprises a dual-comb transceiver module and a processing module. The dual comb transceiver module comprises a transmitter module for transmitting an output signal, at least one receiver module for receiving the output signal from the transmitter via a channel and for generating a first output signal, and a reference receiver module for receiving a portion of the output signal transmitted by the transmitter module via an attenuator module and for generating a second output signal. Further, one or more channel parameters associated with the microwave imaging are determined based on the first output signal and the second output signal.
US12130537B2

According to an embodiment, a liquid lens control apparatus includes a liquid lens configured to control an interface between liquids in response to a driving voltage, a voltage booster configured to increase the level of a supply voltage and output a voltage having a higher level than the supply voltage, a controller configured to control the driving voltage, and a gyro sensor configured to sense the movement of the liquid lens and output a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens. The controller acquires a signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens output from the gyro sensor during a period in which the voltage booster is in an OFF state, and controls the driving voltage using the signal corresponding to the movement of the liquid lens.
US12130527B2

The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, including a plurality of substrate via holes located in a display area of the display panel; and a plurality of driving signal lines and a plurality of bonding terminals, respectively located on different sides of the base substrate. At least one of the plurality of driving signal lines is electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of bonding terminals through the substrate via hole(s).
US12130525B2

The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a main pixel electrode, a data line, a scan line and a balancing capacitance part. The balancing capacitance part includes a first balancing subpart and a second balancing subpart which are disposed corresponding to each of the subpixels. The first balancing subpart includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are connected to the main pixel electrode and one data line at one side of the main pixel electrode, respectively. The second balancing subpart includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode that are connected to the main pixel electrode and another data line at another side of the main pixel electrode, respectively.
US12130523B2

An electrostatic protection circuit, a power management chip, and a display terminal are provided. The electrostatic protection circuit includes a level shift unit and a power management unit. The electrostatic protection circuit also includes a clamping module. An input terminal of the clamping module receives an electrostatic detection signal. An output terminal of the clamp module outputs a fault detection signal. The output terminal of the clamp module continues to output a high electrical potential when the electrostatic detection signal transits from a low electrical potential to the high electrical potential until the power management unit stops operating.
US12130521B1

A vehicle or other system may have windows. A window may include an outer glass layer having a concave inner surface and an inner glass layer having a convex inner surface. Transparent conductive electrodes may be formed on the concave inner surface and the convex outer surface. A liquid crystal layer such as a nanocapsule guest-host liquid crystal layer may be interposed between the transparent conductive electrodes. During manufacturing, a first layer of liquid crystal may be coated onto the transparent electrode on the outer glass layer, and a second layer of liquid crystal may be coated onto the transparent electrode on the inner glass layer. The two coated glass layers may then be pressed together in a vacuum chamber so that the first and second liquid crystal layers merge and become a homogenous layer, thereby removing surface irregularities in the liquid crystal layers and reducing undesired haze.
US12130505B2

This ophthalmic lens for improving vision has a light cut factor CutLED between 32% and 90%, for wavelengths ranging from 380 nm to 500 nm, defined by formula (I), where Σ is a discrete or continuous sum operator, λ is the wavelength in nm, lens T % is the spectral transmittance of the lens in % and LED emission is the spectral distribution of a white light emitting diode; a mean luminous transmittance in the visible range higher than or equal to 75%; and light transmitted through the ophthalmic lens has a colorimetric value b*, as defined in the colorimetric CIE L*a*b* with illuminant D65, lower than 25.
US12130498B2

The present disclosure discloses an optical lens assembly including a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens, which are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens has negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is convex, and an image-side surface thereof is concave. The second lens has negative refractive power, an object-side surface thereof is convex, and an image-side surface thereof is concave. The third lens has positive refractive power, and both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are convex. The fourth lens has refractive power. The fifth lens and the sixth lens are cemented to form a cemented lens. The seventh lens has positive refractive power, and both of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are convex.
US12130496B2

The present invention relates to a camera and a terminal comprising same. A camera and a terminal comprising same according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a lens device including a micromirror array; and a processor for outputting, to the micromirror array in the lens device, a curvature control signal for curvature change, wherein the micromirror array includes a plurality of micromirrors including a first micromirror and a second micromirror, and the second micromirror is closer to the outer periphery thereof than the first micromirror and has a larger tilting angle according to the control signal than the first micromirror. Accordingly, focus can be changed using the micromirror array.
US12130495B1

Various embodiments include an engaging arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the engaging arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the engaging arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the engaging arrangement may include an adhesive positioned continuously 360 degrees around the engaging arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier.
US12130482B2

Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to hydrophobic features to block or slow the spread of epoxy. These hydrophobic features are placed either on a die surface or on a substrate surface to control epoxy spread between the die in the substrate to prevent formation of fillets. Packages with these hydrophobic features may include a substrate, a die with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the second side of the die physically coupled with a surface of the substrate, and a hydrophobic feature coupled with the second side of the die or the surface of the substrate to reduce a flow of epoxy on the substrate or die. In embodiments, these hydrophobic features may include a chemical barrier or a laser ablated area on the substrate or die. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12130479B2

A windowless multi-fiber ferrule including a ferrule body. The ferrule body includes a plurality of outer slots. The ferrule body defines an inner passage that extends through a length of the ferrule body from a front end to a rear end. The inner passage includes a main chamber and a row of parallel fiber bores. The ferrule body includes a first and a second major side which each define a plurality of slots. The ferrule body includes ferrule walls which are located between the main chamber and the major sides. The ferrule walls have a first thickness at the outer slots and a second thickness at the regions between the outer slots which is thicker than the first thickness. The main chamber includes sink locations adjacent the regions between the outer slots.
US12130477B2

A cable marking clip for securing to a connector of a cable such that axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to the connector is prevented includes an outer portion; and an inner portion attached to the outer portion at an end. The outer portion is configured to engage a connector having strain relief grooves and the inner portion is configured to be received radially between the connector and a cable so as to prevent axial movement of the cable marking clip relative to connectors with and without strain relief grooves.
US12130474B2

A linear N×N robotic fiber optic switch is described. Notably, fiber adapters for connecting the input and output fibers are arranged linearly. Moreover, each fiber adaptor is driven by a push-pull mechanism such that it can be positioned to a front, center, or back position, with which the private plane of a fiber port can be separated from the other fiber ports and fiber connection can be configured using a simple linear translation robotic pickup free of interference in a compact space. Furthermore, a large scale fabric switch comprises 3 stages of N linear N×N robotic switches connected using fiber shuffles. Each stage or all three stages can share one robot to reduce cost. Scalability to large port counts may be accomplished proportional to N, the number of ports, rather than N2.
US12130472B2

Example embodiments relate to multilevel coupling for phase front engineering. An example integrated optical structure for phase front engineering of optical beams includes a substrate. The integrated optical structure also includes a plurality of optical layers formed on the substrate. Each of the optical layers includes an optical phased array that includes a plurality of optical waveguides. Each of the optical layers also includes a coupling section for each of the optical waveguides. Each coupling section is configured to control the phase of an optical beam coupling out of the optical waveguide. Additionally, the integrated optical structure includes a slab waveguide formed on the substrate and between two of the optical layers. The slab waveguide is in optical communication with the coupling sections of the two optical layers. The slab waveguide includes a slab waveguide outcoupling structure.
US12130470B2

A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die are provided. The PIC die includes a set of optical connect grooves including a first groove aligning a core of a first optical fiber positioned with a first optical component in a first layer at a first vertical depth in a plurality of layers of a body of the die, and a second groove aligning a core of a second optical fiber positioned therein with a second optical component in a second, different layer at a second different vertical depth in the plurality of layers. The grooves may also have end faces at different lateral depths from an edge of the body of the PIC die. Any number of the first and second grooves can be used to communicate an optical signal to any number of layers at different vertical and/or lateral depths within the body of the PIC die.
US12130469B2

The invention generally relates to optical fibers, and, more particularly, to hollow-core optical fibers and cables for use in high-speed data transmission, including transmission of telecommunications data, and methods of manufacturing such hollow-core optical fibers and cables.
US12130452B2

A grating adjustment apparatus includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and a first substrate and a second substrate that are opposite to each other; the grating adjustment apparatus further includes a plurality of first driving lines, a plurality of second driving lines and a plurality of grating units arranged in the first direction, and is configured as: when the grating adjustment apparatus is powered on, the grating unit is capable of forming a light transmission unit and a shading unit, and opening positions and/or opening ratios of the grating unit are adjustable; and the plurality of grating units are divided into at least one group; for the grating units in the same group, at least two of the first sub-electrodes are electrically connected to different first driving lines, and at least two of the second sub-electrodes are electrically connected to different second driving lines.
US12130450B1

An optical assembly includes a Fresnel lens and a diffractive optical element. The Fresnel lens includes a high-refractive-index material having a refractive index greater than 1.9. The diffractive optical element is optically coupled with the Fresnel lens to compensate for chromatic aberration caused by the Fresnel lens. A method for imaging light with the optical assembly is also disclosed.
US12130442B2

An information processing device including a display unit, a detector, and a first control unit and a method of using same. The display unit may be a head-mounted display. The display unit is capable of providing the user with a field of view of a real space and a virtual object. The detector detects an azimuth of the display unit around at least one axis and display of the virtual object is controlled based in the detected azimuth.
US12130439B2

In some embodiments, a display device includes one or more waveguides having a vapor deposited light absorbing film on edges of the waveguide to mitigate ghost images. In some embodiments, the film is formed directly on the edge of the waveguide by a vapor deposition, such as an evaporative deposition process. In some embodiments, the light absorbing films may comprise carbon, for example carbon in the form of one or more allotropes of carbon, such as fullerenes, or black silicon.
US12130423B1

Suspension system structures and methods are provided. A system as disclosed includes a supported object that is mounted to a post by a first two axis gimbal. The system also includes a reaction mass that is mounted to the post by a second two axis gimbal. The supported object and the reaction mass are connected to one another by a drive assembly. The drive assembly transfers a rotation of the reaction mass about either of the two axes in a first direction to a rotation of the supported object about a parallel axis in an opposite direction.
US12130417B2

Provided is an optical signal detection device that includes: an objective; a holding member provided between the objective and a sample to hold the sample; and a gel member that fills a space between the objective and the holding member. The gel member has ¼ scale penetration indicating a value of 44 to 111, both inclusive, measured based on a penetration test using a ¼ scale cone of JIS K 2220.
US12130416B2

An observation carrier for a microscope is provided. The observation carrier includes a rotation base and a driving unit. The rotation base is adapted to carry a base material, the base material is adapted to receive a droplet, and the droplet includes a sample liquid and at least one sample particle suspended in the sample liquid. The driving unit is connected to the rotation base and is adapted to drive the rotation base to rotate, such that the sample liquid on the base material is removed by a centrifugal force produced by the rotation of the rotation base. In addition, a method of using the observation carrier for a microscope is also provided.
US12130410B2

An imaging optical system has an image circle defined on an imaging element. The imaging optical system includes: lens elements arranged from an object side to an image plane side, and a diaphragm arranged between two of the lens elements. The lens elements include freeform lens elements, each having a freeform surface that is an asymmetrical surface with respect to a long side direction and a short side direction which cross with each other with a first diameter of the image circle in the long side direction being larger than a second diameter of the image circle in the short side direction. At least two of the freeform lens elements are located on an object side of the diaphragm. The imaging optical system satisfies a condition based on a summation for freeform surfaces of freeform lens elements located on the object side of the diaphragm.
US12130409B2

An optical system comprising an optical lens •—the optical lens comprising a substrate (2) and a self-healing coating (3) extending along at least part of a surface of the substrate, the self-healing coating having a glass-transition temperature equal to or greater than 40° C. and equal to or smaller than 60° C., and •—the optical system comprising a heating component (4) adapted to heat the self-healing coating at a temperature above the glass-transition temperature of the self-healing coating.
US12130406B2

A method for predicting snowmelt flood is provided. The method includes: acquiring rain and snow fall distribution data in a target area in a preset time period, and extracting precipitation characteristic data according to the rain and snow fall distribution data; acquiring temperature distribution data in the target area, acquiring a target temperature and a corresponding target time according to the temperature distribution data, and determining temperature characteristic data according to the target temperature and the target time; and determining a snowmelt flood risk level in the target area according to the precipitation characteristic data and the temperature characteristic data.
US12130394B2

A sensing optical fiber includes multiple waveguides or cores to allow sensing of multiple measurands using a single fiber. The fiber can be a dual clad fiber having a single mode core and a multi-mode core disposed radially or circumferentially about the single mode core. A dual clad fiber coupler couples source light from a DAS interrogator and a DTS interrogator into the dual clad fiber in use.
US12130387B2

A photon detecting 3D imaging sensor device for detecting a distance information for pixels in an image includes an array of detector units. Each detector unit is configured to receive a light signal pulse and to provide a detection signal pulse on receipt of the light signal pulse. The 3D imaging device further includes a pulse selection unit including a decision tree with one or more stages. Each of the stages has one or more decision makers which are cascaded to propagate the earliest detection signal pulse of one of a respective detector unit as a timing signal. The 3D imaging device further includes a time-to-digital converter configured to receive the timing signal and to provide a time stamp depending on the timing signal. The time stamp indicates the distance information for a pixel of the image.
US12130386B2

A distance measurement performing a signal propagation time-based measurement of a distance from an object located in a sensing field, the unit including an emitter unit having a plurality of emitters for emitting pulses and a receiver unit for receiving echo pulses. The distance measurement unit is configured for measurement such that the echo pulses are associated with the different solid angle segments and at least two of the emitters emit pulses into at least some of the solid angle segments.
US12130376B2

A method comprising: obtaining I/Q data associated with a received radar signal; performing background subtraction on the I/Q data to obtain a subtracted signal; applying an algorithm to the subtracted signal to obtain a filtered signal, wherein the algorithm is based on a MSE filter; performing time-gating on the filtered signal to obtain a time-gated signal; applying a FFT to convert the time-gated signal to a frequency-domain signal; and applying a calibration set to the frequency-domain signal to extract an RCS of an OUT; and a system for conducting the method.
US12130374B2

An inertial head-tracking system includes light emitting diodes (LEDs) and photoreceptors. The LEDs and photoreceptors are positioned around the environment and helmet respectively. A processor periodically receives measurements from the photoreceptors and resets inertial drift based on those measurements. Either the LEDs or the photoreceptors are constrained to a specified range to allow for more accurate drift estimation.
US12130368B2

A test device determines a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal propagation delay in a GNSS signal distribution system (GSDS) for a radio access network. The test device includes a GNSS receiver and a clock. The GNSS receiver is connected at different times to a reference GSDS with a known signal propagation delay and to a device under test (DUT), including a second GSDS having an unknown signal propagation delay. One pulse per second (1PPS) signals are generated by the GNSS receiver and are compared to determine the unknown signal propagation delay of the DUT.
US12130360B2

In accordance with an embodiment, an ultrasound transmitter device includes a transformer comprising a secondary winding configured to be coupled to a piezoelectric transducer; a plurality of transistors coupled to the primary winding of the transformer and to a ground terminal via a sense resistor; an amplifier having an output coupled to control nodes of the plurality of transistors, a first input coupled to the sense resistor, and second input coupled to a reference resistor; a switching circuit configured to alternately couple control nodes of the plurality of transistors to an output of amplifier and to a reference node via complementary pulse signals, wherein the switching circuit is configured to turn on and turn off the plurality of transistors and operate the plurality of transistors in a push-pull manner; and a digital-to-analog converter having an output coupled to the reference resistor.
US12130359B2

Systems, devices, and methods for ultrasonic imaging by sparse sampling are provided. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system comprises an array of ultrasound transducer elements, electronic circuitry in communication with the array of ultrasound transducer elements and configured to select a first receive aperture of the array comprising a plurality of contiguous ultrasound transducer elements and at least one non-contiguous ultrasound transducer element, and a beamformer in communication with the electronic circuitry. Each ultrasound transducer element of the first receive aperture is configured to receive reflected ultrasound echoes and generate an electrical signal representative of imaging data. The beamformer is configured to receive the electrical signals generated by the first receive aperture and apply different weight to the electrical signals generated by the contiguous ultrasound transducer elements and the electrical signal generated by the at least one non-contiguous ultrasound transducer element.
US12130352B2

Systems and methods are described to identify motion events on a sloped surface, such as a mountainside, using transmitted and received radio frequency (RF) chirps. A one-dimensional array of receive antennas can be digitally beamformed to determine azimuth information of received reflected chirps. Elevation information can be determined based on time-of-flight measurements of received reflected chirps and known distances to locations on the sloped surface. Motion events may be characterized by deviations in return power levels and/or return phase shifts. The systems and methods may, for example, be used to provide real-time detection of avalanches and/or landslides.
US12130351B2

The present disclosure relates to a calibration unit for a vector network analyzer (VNA). The calibration unit comprises a calibration circuit which is configured to provide the calibration standards open, short and match; and an isolation circuit. The calibration circuit comprises a first port which is arranged for being connected to a port of the VNA, a second port which is arranged for being connected to a device-under-test (DUT), and a third port which is connected to a first port of the isolation circuit; and the isolation circuit comprises a second port which is arranged for being connected to one or more further calibration units.
US12130350B2

For imaging an object subject to a cyclic motion, two or more imaging repetitions are carried out. Each of the imaging repetitions includes a sequence of equally spaced imaging events, wherein each imaging event has an event number, which corresponds to a respective predefined imaging parameter. A cycle duration of the cyclic motion is determined, a number of events per cycle is determined based on the cycle duration and a shift number is determined at least in part randomly. For a first imaging repetition, a starting number is determined depending on the number of events per cycle and the shift number. The first imaging repetition is carried out, wherein the respective sequence is started with an imaging event, whose event number is given by the starting number.
US12130348B2

Described here are systems and methods for a robust magnetic resonance elastography (“MRE”) imaging platform for rapid dynamic 3D MRE imaging. The imaging platform includes an MRE pulse sequence and advanced image reconstruction framework that work synergistically in order to greatly expand the domains where MRE can be deployed successfully.
US12130325B2

An electronic device and a method for operating an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a signal line connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a processor disposed on the first circuit board and outputting a pulse signal through the signal line, a parasitic capacitance pattern disposed around the signal line and generating a parasitic capacitance by the pulse signal, and an amplifier disposed on the second circuit board and amplifying a signal generated by the parasitic capacitance, wherein the processor identifies whether the signal line is abnormal, based on the amplified signal obtained from the amplifier.
US12130323B2

A system for checking the electrical insulation in converters for electric cars comprises at least one voltage generator connected to at least one line to be monitored of a high-voltage converter for electric vehicles and connected to the ground of said converter, and at least one current detection unit operatively connected to said voltage generator and configured to detect any current possibly present on the voltage generator and to generate a warning signal in the event of detection of the current.
US12130320B2

A measuring device facilitates equipment calibration. A measuring device for measuring noise contained in equipment having a prescribed resistance value is provided with a first voltage-dividing circuit connected to a direct-current power source, a second voltage-dividing circuit connected in parallel with the first voltage-dividing circuit, and a measuring unit which measures a first voltage-divided voltage output from the first voltage-dividing circuit, and a second voltage-divided voltage output from the second voltage-dividing circuit, a calculating unit which calculates the difference between the measured first voltage-divided voltage and second voltage-divided voltage, and an output unit which outputs the calculated result, wherein: the first voltage-dividing circuit outputs the first voltage-divided voltage from the equipment and a first resistor, connected in series.
US12130318B2

A testing base includes a housing, a carrier, a wave absorber, and a filler. The housing has an inner surface. The carrier is disposed on the housing. The carrier includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a groove recessed in the upper surface. The groove is adapted for accommodating a component to be tested. The lower surface and the inner surface of the housing define a cavity body together. The wave absorber is disposed on the inner surface of the housing. The filler is filled in the cavity body and contacts the wave absorber and the carrier. A relative permittivity of the filler is less than or equal to 2.
US12130313B2

The present disclosure provides a system and method for verifying alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) conversion of an ultralow-frequency voltage. The system includes a quantum voltage generation system, a low-frequency signal source, a follower, three switches, a double-heater-strip thermoelectric converter, a nanovoltmeter, a clock source, a high-precision digital sampling system, and an upper computer. Based on DC and AC quantum voltage technologies and with reference to the double-heater-strip thermoelectric converter, an ultralow-frequency voltage is traced to a DC quantum voltage through AC/DC conversion, and a conversion result is compared with an AC quantum voltage to verify rationality of precision and an uncertainty evaluation result of AC/DC conversion of the ultralow-frequency voltage, so as to ensure reliability of AC/DC conversion of the ultralow-frequency voltage. This resolves a problem that the AC/DC conversion result of the ultralow-frequency voltage cannot be verified.
US12130311B2

Current sense circuitry includes: a current mirror circuit for sensing a power transistor current; a capacitor directly connected to the current mirror circuit at a first node; and a comparator circuit having a first input electrically connected to an input terminal of the current mirror circuit, a second input electrically connected to a drain or source terminal of the power transistor, and an output that is in a first state when a voltage at the first input is higher than a voltage at the second input and in a second state when the voltage at the first input is lower than the voltage at the second input. Current is sourced to the first node if the power transistor is on and the comparator output is in the second state, and sunk from the first node if the power transistor is on and the comparator output is in the first state.
US12130310B2

A power module device, comprising a main switch and a detection unit. The main switch is electrically connected between a first detection node and a second detection node. The first detection node and the second detection node are electrically connected between a plurality of power supply nodes, and are substantially two ends of the main switch. When the main switch is turned on, the main switch is configured to transmit a current flowing through the plurality of power supply nodes. The detection unit is electrically connected to the first detection node and the second detection node, and configured to detect a voltage across the two ends of the main switch to generate a detection voltage.
US12130309B2

An apparatus for positioning and retaining a Rogowski coil around a conductor includes a first member configured to receive a first section of the Rogowski coil, a second member configured to receive a second section of the Rogowski coil, and a non-conductive securing structure configured to engage the conductor and retain the first member and the second member in fixed positions relative to the conductor. According to one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may also include a coupling mechanism configured to permit at least one of the first member and the second member to be moved relative to each other and positioned around the conductor. According to another exemplary embodiment, the securing structure may include a pair of arched elements, wherein each arched element is configured to engage the conductor and retain a corresponding one of the first and second members in a respective fixed position relative to the conductor.
US12130302B2

An inertial sensor module includes: a first inertial sensor having a first axis as a detection axis; and a second inertial sensor having the first axis as a detection axis, in which detection accuracy of the first inertial sensor is higher than detection accuracy of the second inertial sensor, and the operation circuit receives a detection signal of the first axis output from the first inertial sensor and a detection signal of the first axis output from the second inertial sensor, and selects and outputs either a first output signal based on the detection signal of the first axis output from the first inertial sensor or a second output signal based on the detection signal of the first axis output from the second inertial sensor.
US12130300B2

A sample measuring apparatus, a reagent container, and a method of measuring a sample are provided. The sample measuring apparatus includes a reagent container holder and a measuring unit. The reagent container holder holds, by suspending, a reagent container that stores a reagent. The measuring unit that measures a sample by using the reagent.
US12130297B2

The present invention relates to a system for performing assays on a solid phase to measure the level of analyte in a sample. Such a system may perform immunoassays using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) including a counterbalanced orbital shaking apparatus for assay consumables.
US12130292B2

The present invention provides a reporter for a protein fragment complementation assay characterized in that the reporter is a fused protein comprising a first fragment, a second fragment and a protein kinase sequence section, wherein the first fragment and the second fragment are derived from different sections of the same split protein, and wherein the protein kinase sequence section intervenes between the first fragment and the second fragment and wherein the kinase sequence section comprises a kinase domain sequence and one or more regulatory sequence(s). Further the invention provides polynucleotides and cells encoding for the reporter as well as methods of conducting a protein fragment complementation assay with the reporter according to the invention.
US12130283B2

The present invention comprises methods, systems and compositions comprising cell culture analog systems, comprising components which optionally comprise biologically functional cells, and the components and systems function similarly to in vivo conditions.
US12130280B2

A fluid ejection controller interface includes input logic to receive control data packets and a first clock signal, each control data packet including a set of primitive data bits and a set of random bits, wherein the input logic identifies the random bits in the received control data packets to facilitate the creation of modified control data packets. The fluid ejection controller interface includes a clock signal generator to generate a second clock signal that is different than the first clock signal, and output logic to receive the modified control data packets, and output the modified control data packets to a fluid ejection controller of a fluid ejection device based on the second clock signal.
US12130270B2

An object of the present invention is to detect ammonia with high sensitivity and high selectivity using a nanomechanical sensor with a structure that is as simple as possible. A method for detecting ammonia according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises supplying a sample gas possibly containing ammonia to a nanomechanical sensor that detects a stress or a displacement using poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride) as a material of a receptor layer, and detecting presence or absence of ammonia or a content of ammonia in the sample gas based on an output signal from the nanomechanical sensor, in which the sample gas is a humidified sample gas with controlled relative humidity.
US12130252B2

A soil moisture and fertility sensor system is presented that includes an elongated probe having a plurality of sensor modules positioned along the length of the probe. Each sensor module includes a co-located sensors configured to take a moisture, temperature, and fertility measurements at varying depths of the soil. The probe is configured for wireless communication. The probe is configured to take moisture measurements, temperature measurements and/or nutrient measurements at different times so as to prevent interference between measurements. The probe includes a plurality of receptacles that receive the fertility sensor assembly cartridge that may be inserted into and removed from a receptacle so as to facilitate end-of-life replacement. In one arrangement, the fertility sensor assembly includes a reference sensor and a plurality of nutrient sensors that are each configured to sense the presence of a specific nutrient.
US12130249B2

Aspects of the present invention provide methods, systems, and/or the like for: (1) receiving current thermal imaging data for a portion of a paper web in the paper manufacturing process; (2) determining force data for the portion of the paper web; (3) processing, to produce a first data analysis result, current thermal imaging data, the force data, and paper profile data using a machine-learning model trained with respective historical thermal imaging data, respective historical force data, and respective paper profile data for each respective prior paper breakage event in a set of prior paper breakage events; (4) generating, based on the first data analysis result, a prediction as to an occurrence of the paper break on the portion of the paper web; (5) identifying a preventative action based on the prediction; and (6) facilitating performance of the preventative action.
US12130220B2

A biosensor using an exceptional point is disclosed. A biosensor according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a biosensing unit configured to output wavelength-separated optical signals from destruction of an exceptional point resulting from attachment of biomolecules; a detection unit configured to convert the wavelength-separated optical signals into wavelength-separated electrical signals; an analysis unit configured to measure a beat frequency resulting from the wavelength-separated electrical signals; and a determination unit configured to determine a wavelength difference resulting from the beat frequency, thereby determining the amount of the biomolecules therefrom.
US12130219B2

Methods and systems for evaluating fertility potential of a living sperm cell are presented and involve providing a predetermined classification function correlating between one or more physio spatial parameters of sperm cells and DNA fragmentation distribution in sperm cells, providing data indicative of the one or more physio spatial parameters of the living sperm cell, and applying the classification function to the one or more physio spatial parameters of the living sperm cell to thereby determine a DNA fragmentation level, inside the DNA fragmentation distribution, in the living sperm cell, the DNA fragmentation level being indicative of the fertility potential of the living sperm cell.
US12130209B2

Disclosed is a system and method for testing a structure mode of vibration based on digital image recognition, which comprises a camera, targets, a bridge, a vertical acceleration sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor; the camera is arranged near the bridge head of the bridge; the bridge is equipped with a plurality of targets equidistantly inside guardrails on both sides; and the vertical acceleration sensor and the lateral acceleration sensor are fixedly arranged on the camera. The present application avoids the arrangement of a large number of sensors and complicated wiring in the bridge vibration detection, saves time and reduces economic cost, is convenient to operate, has relatively high precision, and has broad application prospects.
US12130207B2

Using at least one sensor positioned to monitor a fluid conduit, an acoustic event is detected. A speed of sound of the acoustic event is determined. The speed of sound of the acoustic event is compared to a baseline speed of sound. Based on the comparison, whether or not a leak has occurred in the fluid conduit may be determined.
US12130200B2

A failure diagnosis apparatus includes a controller to control drive of a motor, a wear estimator to estimate an amount of wear of a bearing of the motor based on a current that flows in the motor, and a failure notification unit to diagnose a failure of the motor based on the amount of wear of the bearing of the motor estimated by the wear estimator and to notify a user. When the wear estimator estimates the amount of wear of the bearing of the motor, the controller controls drive of the motor such that the motor is driven in a constant state.
US12130199B2

Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for estimating wear in aircraft rotor systems. Data associated with loads and motions of a swashplate actuator is collected. The swashplate actuator drives a swashplate and at least one control link is coupled to the swashplate. The loads and motions of the at least one control link is estimated based upon the loads and motions of the swashplate actuator. Using a wear model, the current wear of control link components is estimated due to the loads and motions of the at least one control link. Wear estimates for the components are aggregated across multiple flights and used to determine when maintenance actions should occur.
US12130196B2

A method for verifying an alignment of one or more devices of a vehicle in a manufacturing environment includes selecting an alignment verification routine to be performed by an autonomous alignment verification mobile robot (AAVMR) and autonomously positioning the AAVMR based on a position of the vehicle and one or more displacements associated with the alignment verification routine. The method includes performing, using the AAVMR, the alignment verification routine to generate one or more alignment characteristics associated with the one or more devices and broadcasting a notification based on the one or more alignment characteristics.
US12130195B2

An assembly system for assembling an optical die to an optical substrate includes test equipment configured to test optical couplers formed between the optical die and the optical substrate. The assembly system is configured to adjust an alignment of the optical die relative to the optical substrate until the optical couplers meet a performance metric. After the performance metric is met the optical die is permanently attached to the optical substrate.
US12130191B2

A pressure measuring unit includes a pressure measuring cell; a rotationally symmetrical sensor bushing into which the pressure measuring cell is inserted; a rotationally symmetrical process connection having, at one end, an inwardly extending encircling stop surface intended for the sensor bushing and, at another end, an opening for receiving the sensor bushing; a ring-like process seal between the sensor bushing and the stop surface of the process connection in order to thus prevent an ingress of the process medium into the pressure measuring unit; wherein the stop surface of the process connection and/or a counterpart stop surface, which in the installed state is directed toward the stop surface, of the sensor bushing have multiple individually formed webs configured such that the process seal is not extruded into the openings.
US12130187B2

An optical-based fire detection system has a fire detecting mode in which the system is monitoring a flammable region for occurrence of fire in the flammable region and a system calibrating mode in which functionality of the system can be verified. The system comprises a light signal collecting unit located inside of the flammable region. The system also comprises a light signal processing unit located outside of the flammable region. The system further comprises a light signal calibrating unit located outside of the flammable region. The system also comprises one or more optical fiber bundles optically interconnecting the collecting unit, the processing unit, and the calibrating unit. The optical interconnections, when the fire detection system is in the fire detecting mode, enable the processing unit to receive at least one light signal from the collecting unit and to process one or more characteristics of the at least one light signal to determine if the at least one light signal is indicative of a fire in the flammable region. The optical interconnections, when the fire detection is in the system calibrating mode, enable the processing unit to receive at least one calibrating light signal from the calibrating unit and to process the at least one calibrating light signal to verify functionality of the collecting unit and thereby to verify functionality of the optical-based fire detection system.
US12130181B2

A terminal device includes a communication section configured to communicate with a colorimeter including a colorimeter display section, and a processing section configured to perform display processing on a terminal display section, wherein the processing section performs determination processing as to whether to display a color of a color measurement result produced by the colorimeter both on the colorimeter display section and the terminal display section or display the color only on the terminal display section based on a distance from the colorimeter.
US12130180B2

An image sensor capable of recording both spectral and polarization properties of light using a single chip device includes an at least 2048 by 2048 array of superpixels. Each superpixel includes an array of spectral pixels, and an adjacent array of polarization pixels. Each spectral pixel includes a spectral filter and a stack of photodiodes, where each photodiode has a different quantum efficiency and is, therefore, sensitive to a different wavelength of light passed by the spectral filter. Each polarization pixel includes a polarization filter and a stack of photodiodes, similar to the spectral pixel photodiode stacks.
US12130179B2

The present art applies a unique conceptual model that uses image statistics of top-of-atmosphere reflectance to assess and then reverse atmospheric effects. The workflow first calibrates the method for an Earth observation satellite pre-operationally. Then, for operational conversion of each image of the satellite, the degree of atmospheric effect is mapped across an image to be converted and then reversed to deliver surface reflectance data for each pixel of the image. The resulting surface reflectance images have haze and thin clouds removed, are clarified for viewing and appropriate for automated analyses.
US12130166B2

A vertical tubular defines a measurement chamber. A first valve is nearer an upper end of the vertical tubular than a lower end of the vertical tubular. The first valve defines a first actuable passage fluidically connected to the measuring chamber. A second is valve nearer the lower end of the vertical tubular than the upper end of the vertical tubular. The second valve defines a second actuable passage fluidically connected to the measuring chamber. A third valve is vertically aligned with the first valve. The third valve is on an opposite side of the vertical tubular from the first valve. The third valve defines a third actuable passage fluidically connected to the measuring chamber. The fourth valve defines a fourth actuable passage fluidically connected to the measuring chamber. A flange is each end of the vertical tubular.
US12130162B2

An optical sensor includes: a sensor portion, having a transmitter and at least one receiver, configured to couple to a wettable component having a fluid flow channel, wherein the transmitter is disposed to emit a light that travels from the sensor portion to the wettable component where a majority of the light is directed towards the fluid flow channel at an angle between a first critical angle and a second critical angle; wherein with liquid filling the fluid flow channel, the majority of the light refracts at a liquid interface and travels through the entirety of the fluid flow channel; wherein with gas in the fluid flow channel, the majority of the light reflects at a gas interface and does not travel through the entirety of the fluid flow channel; wherein the amount of the light refracted and/or reflected and received by the at least one receiver, is used to determine if there is liquid or gas in the fluid flow channel.
US12130152B2

A method including generating, by a navigation service, a route for navigating from a route origin to a route destination using a private roads repository. The method includes identifying a ghost origin and a ghost destination of a ghost road along the route. The method includes sending, using an application programming interface of a base roads engine, a first request for a route from the ghost origin to the ghost destination. The method includes receiving, from the base roads engine in response to the first request, a replacement section from the ghost origin to the ghost destination. The method includes replacing, in the route, the ghost road with the replacement section to create an updated route including segments. The method includes generating an estimated travel time from the route origin to the route destination over the segments of the updated route. The method includes presenting the estimated travel time.
US12130140B2

The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining positioning information of a vehicle, an electronic device, a storage medium and a computer program product, relating to the field of artificial intelligence, in particular to the field of intelligent driving. The method includes: receiving positioning results and error ranges of the positioning results from at least two positioning subsystems in a vehicle; determining reliability detection results of the positioning results of the positioning subsystems according to the error ranges of the positioning results; and determining positioning information of the vehicle according to a first positioning result of a positioning subsystem whose reliability detection result is “reliable”, and determining an error range of the positioning information, where the error range of the positioning information represents a confidence level of the positioning information.
US12130137B2

Disclosed is a Brillouin-optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)-speckle multi-mode elastography system device, including a Brillouin-OCTA sample scanning unit, a Brillouin scattering elastography system, an OCTA system, a speckle detection system, and a time sequence controller. According to the present invention, advantages that the Brillouin scattering elastography system can perform high-resolution measurement on a bulk elasticity modulus, the OCTA system can perform high-resolution structure imaging, and the speckle detection system can perform wide-field blood flow velocity measurement are utilized to perform in-situ synchronous imaging on a blood vessel structure and elasticity distribution, and to quantify a blood flow velocity, so that scientific basis and technical support are provided for early diagnoses of clinical blood vessel diseases.
US12130136B2

A device that uses two intensity modulated frequency combs to measure distances with high precision and high data acquisition rate without any moving parts and without length ambiguity that is inherent conventional ranging based on two frequency combs. A modulation signal having a repetition rate identical to the repetition rate difference between the two combs is used to do a direct time-of-flight length measurement, hence avoiding the given length ambiguity while harvesting the increased precision of the dual-comb approach.
US12130132B2

A method of avoiding collision between mechanical equipment (10) and obstacles, and a device and controller for this, by detecting whether an external conductor is approaching the device (10); when detecting that the external conductor is approaching the mechanical equipment (10), generating an electrical signal representing a distance between the external conductor and the housing of the mechanical equipment (10) or a change of the distance between the external conductor and the housing of the mechanical equipment (10); controlling the mechanical equipment (10) based on electrical signal so as to avoid the mechanical equipment (10) from collision with the external conductor or to reduce a strength of the collision.
US12130124B2

A firearm magazine carrying device includes a base and clip, where the clip portion can fold into the base. When the device is attached to or integrated into a firearm magazine baseplate, it allows the attachment of a firearm magazine to an article of clothing, pocket, bag, or other places where it is desired to secure a firearm magazine, without the aid of a carrier, pouch, or other devices. The base can include a removable central portion that can be repositioned to permit the clip to be disposed on either side of the firearm magazine.
US12130116B2

A gun cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tool and a storage case. The cleaning tool has a cleaning section and a pull cord having a distal end for pulling the cleaning section through a gun barrel. The storage case is configured for enclosing the cleaning tool. The storage case includes a substantially hollow container defining a rim at opening thereof, and a removable lid positionable between a closed configuration and an open position. The removable lid includes a handle section for gripping by a user to assist with pulling the cleaning tool through the gun barrel in the open configuration and configured to engage the rim in the closed configuration, and a connection section extending from the handle section, the connection section defining an elongate slot and a cavity for securing the distal end of the pull cord therein.
US12130115B2

An adapter assembly comprising an adapter plate and a retainer. The adapter plate comprises a substantially planar adapter body, a spaced pair of generally parallel upper for removably securing said adapter assembly to equipment, and a spaced pair of lower legs having a spaced pair of lower tines configured to have a gap there between, wherein the lower tines each comprise a ratchet tooth structure on an exterior surface thereof. The retainer is configured for slideable attachment to the lower tines and for spanning the gap between the lower tines, the retainer comprising a corresponding ratchet tooth on an interior surface thereof configured to engage with the ratchet tooth structure for a one-way slideable locking engagement of the retainer on the lower tines.
US12130110B2

This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a magazine assembly for a firearm, the magazine assembly comprising: an elongated housing, a spring positioned in an interior of the housing, a first and second plate at a proximal end of the housing, at least one follower configured to support one or more cartridges and move or slide within the housing based on a compression and decompression of the spring, one or more feed lips positioned at a distal end of the housing, the one or more feed lips adapted to prevent upward movement of a topmost of the one or more cartridges until a bolt or slide chambers the topmost of the one or more cartridges, and wherein the topmost cartridge is arranged off-center from the bolt of the firearm so as to increase an engagement or overlap between the bolt and the topmost cartridge.
US12130094B2

A water jacket includes a housing configured to be disposed on or adjacent to an outer periphery of a heat generating portion, and a coolant channel provided inside the housing. The coolant channel includes a plurality of main tubular channel portions that extend linearly and are configured to be arranged along and in proximity to the outer periphery of the heat generating portion, an inflow-side manifold portion that collectively connects upstream end portions of the main tubular channel portions and is configured to allow inflow of coolant, and an outflow-side manifold portion that collectively connects downstream end portions of the main tubular channel portions and is configured to allow outflow of the coolant. Each of the main tubular channel portions includes therein a vortex generation part that is disposed in proximity to the upstream end portion and configured to generate a vortex flow.
US12130093B2

The invention provides a two phase heat transfer device comprising an inlet for receiving a heat transfer fluid, and; an array of heat transfer fins in spaced relation; primary spaces between said heat transfer fins defining primary channels parallel to a path from the inlet to outlet, and; oblique spaces between said heat transfer fins defining oblique channels arranged at an angle to said primary channels. It is preferable that walls defining the primary and oblique spaces provide nucleate boiling regions and the interruption of fully developed convective boiling regions when a heat transfer fluid is passed through the inlet to the outlet.
US12130092B2

A heat transfer pipe includes an outer pipe having a space therein and extending a first direction, a core disposed in the space inside the outer pipe, defining a refrigerant flow space through which a refrigerant flows between an inner surface of the outer pipe and the core, and extending in the first direction, and a resistor disposed in the refrigerant flow space and having a spiral shape with a central axis disposed to be parallel to the first direction.
US12130079B2

A method for controlling a refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a step for determining whether a deep-freezing chamber mode is ON; and a step for determining whether a deep-freezing chamber load response operation input condition is satisfied, wherein when a cold chamber is determined to be operating at the time the deep-freezing chamber load response operation input condition is satisfied, the cold chamber operation is terminated and a deep-freezing chamber load response operation is performed.
US12130075B2

Provided is a refrigerator that includes the following: a storage chamber having a space to store a preserved product; an oscillator that forms high frequency power; and oscillation electrode (24) and counter electrode (25) disposed facing each other and connected to the oscillator, oscillation electrode (24) and counter electrode (25) receiving the high frequency power from the oscillator to generate an electric field in the storage chamber. Oscillation electrode (24) and counter electrode (25) are provided at interval H that is shorter than a long side dimension of oscillation electrode (24).
US12130074B2

The present invention discloses a refrigerator and a dedicated region module for a refrigeration apparatus, the refrigerator including a cabinet and a door for opening or closing the cabinet, a dedicated region module being provided on an inner side of the door facing the cabinet, and the dedicated region module having a receiving space for storing articles, the dedicated region module includes the electric component and a power module for supplying power to the electric component, such that a whole structure is simpler, and a manufacturing process is simpler.
US12130068B2

A refrigerator includes a top cover which separates a storage liner on a bottommost portion into a storage space located on an upper portion and a cooling space located on a lower portion. At least one return air hood is arranged at a front end of the top cover, the cooling space is jointly defined by the return air hood, the top cover and a bottom wall of the storage liner, and an evaporator is arranged in the cooling space. The return air hood includes a return air frame located on a front side and a return air rear cover inserted into the return air frame from an open rear end of the return air frame. The return air rear cover is arranged to separate a first opening formed in a front wall face of the return air frame into a first front return air inlet located on an upper portion and a second front return air inlet located on a lower portion, so that the visual attractiveness is achieved, and the fingers of children or foreign matter can be effectively prevented from entering the cooling space. In addition, due to two return air areas distributed vertically, return air can flow through the evaporator more evenly after entering the cooling space, the problem that a front end face of the evaporator is prone to frosting can be avoided to a certain degree, the heat exchange efficiency can be improved, the defrosting period can be prolonged, and energy conservation and high efficiency are achieved.
US12130067B2

An illustrative example embodiment of a transport refrigeration system includes an evaporator air management system having an evaporator heat exchanger and an air passage downstream of the evaporator heat exchanger. A two-stage fan assembly within the air passage includes a first fan stage having a first fan rotor, a first motor associated with the first fan rotor for selectively causing the first fan rotor to rotate in a first direction about a fan axis, a second fan stage having a second fan rotor in series with the first fan rotor, and a second motor associated with the second fan rotor for selectively causing the second fan to rotate in a second, opposite direction about the fan axis. The first and second fan stages draw air across the evaporator heat exchanger and through the air passage.
US12130060B1

A vapor compression system control implementations that maintain surface temperature uniformity of at least one cold plate throughout pulsed thermal loads from a minimal or zero load state suddenly to a high or 100% of design capacity state where the heat pulse occurrence, frequency, and durations are not known a priori. Vapor compression system control implementations that maintain surface temperature uniformity of at least one cold plate throughout pulsed thermal loads from a minimal or zero load state suddenly to a high or 100% of design capacity state where the heat pulse occurrence, frequency, and durations are not known a priori. Rapid thermal pulse applications require a robust control strategy of the cold plate assembly to maintain cold plate surface temperature uniformity. In one implementation, a control system for the cold plate assembly that maintains a uniform cold plate temperature given controlled supply and suction conditions is contemplated.
US12130056B2

A thermoelectric assembly includes a thermoelectric module having a hot side and a cold side, where a heat sink is coupled with the hot side of the thermoelectric module and a cold sink is coupled with the cold side of the thermoelectric module. A gasket is disposed between the heat sink and the cold sink and extends around a portion of the thermoelectric module. A vapor barrier is attached to and covers an outer surface of the gasket to prevent water vapor from penetrating the outer surface of the gasket.
US12130049B2

An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a compressor, a sterilization light assembly, and a controller. The controller may be configured to initiate a sterilizing operation. The sterilizing operation may include receiving a first command signal and directing activation of the sterilization light assembly at a first active intensity level for transmission of ultraviolet light emissions within the indoor portion in response to receiving the first command signal. The sterilizing operation may further include receiving a second command signal following the first command signal and directing activation of the sterilization light assembly at a second active intensity level for transmission of ultraviolet light emissions within the indoor portion in response to receiving the second command signal. The second active intensity level may be different from the first active intensity level.
US12130048B2

A soffit vent for dispersing moist air. The soffit vent can receive moisture through an interface unit which is connected to an elbow unit. The elbow unit is constructed to guide the moisture into an extension unit. The extension unit then leads the moisture to an outdoor area through an end unit. A flap unit is disposed between the extension unit and the end unit to prevent a backdraft of moisture. The end unit has a plurality of fixed baffles that are oriented upwardly to direct moisture upward and away from a building.
US12130047B2

A laminar flow at a high air speed can be maintained, and contamination caused by operation of a device or operation of the device by a person can be suppressed as much as possible. There is provided a safety cabinet that supplies clean air into a work room from above, the cabinet including: an opening portion in a front surface of the work room; a front shutter; partition plates provided on right and left side surfaces and a back surface on an upper side of the work room; and a partition on a front upper side of the work room.
US12130044B2

An object is to provide an air conditioning apparatus in which, even when a refrigerant leaks outside a casing, the leaked refrigerant is easily guided to the inside of the casing. In an indoor unit (3) of an air conditioning apparatus (1) that includes a casing (30) having an opening (64a), an indoor heat exchanger (51) disposed in the casing (30), a liquid-side connection pipe (53) or a gas-side connection pipe (54) extending from the indoor heat exchanger (51) to the outside of the casing (30) through the opening (64a), and an indoor-side dew condensation prevention member (71) that covers the periphery of the liquid-side connection pipe (53) or the gas-side connection pipe (54), an end portion of the liquid-side connection pipe (53) or the gas-side connection pipe (54) is used in a state of being covered from the periphery thereof by a connection-side dew condensation prevention member (72) or is covered from the periphery thereof by the indoor-side dew condensation prevention member (71), and there is formed a communication passage (91) that causes a space of a part covered by the dew condensation prevention member at the end portion of the liquid-side connection pipe (53) or the gas-side connection pipe (54) to be in communication with the internal space of the casing (30).
US12130041B2

A tie rod for spanning a duct interior to join duct walls bounding the duct interior, that can be simply and inexpensively fabricated from sheet metal or other suitable material, including automatically, securely fastenable quickly and easily to the duct walls, often by one person, and which can be configured to be nestable for efficient storage and shipping, of elongate construction for spanning a duct interior, with a transverse attachment flange or flanges that can be pre-bent or bent onsite at the installation location via special bending features to snug to a duct wall, and include holes for threadedly receiving fasteners, having a shape and size to reduce fastening torque, with a two attachment flange configuration that resiliently self retains the fastener against loosening from vibration and other forces.
US12130038B2

A system includes two stage HVAC equipment and processing circuitry configured to receive a call for conditioning and, in response to the call for conditioning, execute a recovery mode algorithm. The recovery mode algorithm is configured to determine an elapsed time between the call for conditioning and an ending of a recent cycle and compare the elapsed time to a threshold time period. The recovery mode algorithm is also configured to, in response to the elapsed time being below the threshold time period, determine a first stage up time based on a first function corresponding to the elapsed time being below the threshold time period. The recovery mode algorithm is also configured to, in response to the elapsed time meeting or exceeding the threshold time period, determine a second stage up time based on a second function corresponding to the elapsed time meeting or exceeding the threshold time period.
US12130032B2

A duct detector may include a detection chamber and a control circuitry stacked vertically on top of the detection chamber. A sealing gasket may seal a contact between a substrate of the control circuitry (e.g., the seal may be at the bottom surface of a printed circuit board containing the control circuitry) and the detection chamber such that particles analyzed the detection chamber may not damage the control circuitry. Therefore, by providing a sealed barrier between the control circuitry and the detection chamber, the sealing gasket allows for stacking the control circuitry and the detection chamber. As the seal does not create a barrier (the barrier is for the detection chamber) for a repair personnel to access the control circuitry, repairs to the duct detectors may be easier because the seal may not have to be broken and resealed during the repair process.
US12130025B2

A modular hydronic system core system and method includes a hydronic fluid flow conduit with closely spaced tees and distribution supply and return portions on a substrate. A supply manifold is coupled to branch feeders that support a circulator pump or zone valve. An ECM circulator along the conduit includes a Bluetooth transmitter to capture and transmit fluid flow rate and pressure. A return manifold includes branch returns with purge/shutoff valves. The branch feeders and returns are connectable to a distribution system having heating elements. Air and dirt separators, and an iron remover remove air, dirt and iron from the fluid. An expansion tank bracket supports a pressure gauge and expansion tank. A zone relay is coupled to the ECM circulator and zone valves on the branch feeders, and includes thermostat terminals. The zone relay captures inputs from the thermostats to control operation of the ECM circulator and zone valves.
US12130024B1

A building heating system, including for heating water, such as tap water and/or utility water, of a building water system. The embodiments also relate to a kit of part to realize such a building heating system. The embodiments further relate to a method for controlling the building heating system.
US12130021B2

An electric range is provided that may include an air guide provided with a first member that prevents air, output from an air blowing fan, from flowing into a space between a lower surface of a case and a drive circuit.
US12130019B2

An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a restrictor plate. The cabinet may include a top panel and a bottom panel. The cabinet may define a cooking chamber between the top panel and the bottom panel. The door may be mounted on the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the cooking chamber in a closed position. The door may extend along the vertical direction in the closed position between a top lip and a bottom lip. The restrictor plate may be mounted to the door at the bottom lip. The restrictor plate may extend downward and be spaced apart from the cabinet along the transverse direction.
US12130013B2

A swirler-ferrule assembly includes a radial swirler, a ferrule, a fuel nozzle, and a surface feature. The radial swirler includes a primary swirler vane having a primary air passage and a secondary swirler vane having a secondary air passage. The ferrule may be connected to the radial swirler. The surface feature may be located on the primary swirler vane and/or the ferrule. The surface feature may be configured to direct an air flow through the primary air passage away from a recirculation zone located upstream of the primary swirler vane. The surface feature has a trailing end and a distal end, and the fuel nozzle is axially aligned with the trailing end of the surface feature or is located axially downstream of the trailing end of the surface feature. The surface feature may have a plurality of grooves.
US12130005B2

An integrated optically functional multilayer structure includes a flexible, substrate film arranged with a circuit design including at least a number of electrical conductors preferably additively printed on the substrate film; a light source provided upon a first side of the substrate film to internally illuminate at least portion of the structure for external perception; an optically transmissive plastic layer produced upon the first side of the substrate film, said plastic layer at least laterally surrounding, the light source, the substrate film at least having a similar or lower refractive index therewith; and a reflector design comprising at least one material layer, said reflector design being configured to reflect, the light emitted by the light source and incident upon the reflector design.
US12129998B1

A connectable lamp may be configured to be mounted to a surface. The lamp may include a light source, an enclosure configured to support the light source, and electrical connectors and stability connectors that extend from the enclosure. The stability connectors may be disposed radially outward from the electrical connectors. The electrical and stability connectors may be aligned in a row or may be positioned transversely to one another. The electrical and stability connectors may be configured such that, after insertion of the electrical connectors and the stability connectors into receptacles in a mounting support that may be fixed to the surface, rotation of the connectors about a central axis defined by the enclosure may engage the electrical connectors with power terminals. The receptacles may include arcuate slots in the mounting support.
US12129997B2

A socket-driven lighting connector is configured to connect with a socket and includes a connector main body, a light bulb, a switch, and a positioning ball. The connector main body includes an enclosing wall and a radial through hole. The enclosing wall surrounds and forms a through space. The radial through hole penetrates the enclosing wall and is in communication with the through space. The light bulb is disposed in the through space. The switch is provided in the through space and is electrically connected to the light bulb. The positioning ball is movably provided in the radial through hole. The switch and the positioning ball are so structured that by mounting the socket on the connector main body, the light bulb can be turned on to enhance the efficiency with which the socket can be operated in the dark.
US12129994B1

The present invention discloses a Christmas LED light comprising a lens having an LED light inside the lens, and the LED light having a positive lead and a negative lead fixed on a bottom surface of the LED light; a sealing block is bonded to a bottom of the lens, and lower ends of the positive lead and negative lead each penetrating through the sealing block to reach beyond a bottom of the sealing block; the positive lead and negative lead each are bent to form a bending angle A near the LED light, and light emitted from a light-emitting surface of the LED light illuminates toward a top of the lens to avoid light shadows, and two LED chips in a cavity are reverse-parallel connected to the positive lead and negative lead, so that regardless of the polarity of the external power supply, one of the two LED chips emits light.
US12129989B2

A light supplying device includes a box and a light emitting device. The box is provided with a cavity and configured to be fully closed or semi-closed, and the light emitting device is arranged in the box and configured to provide ultraviolet light and/or visible light. The device supplies light to a light receiving device such as luminous sporting goods to excite the fluorescent agent on the surface to produce fluorescence effect and shows luminous effect at night or in the dark. In such a way, the light receiving device such as the luminous sporting goods may receive the light anytime and anywhere, without sunlight irradiation, thereby improving the user's experience. Moreover, the device is convenient and portable, and has simple structure and high efficiency.
US12129984B2

Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle including a plurality of lamp modules, and optical connection units provided between adjacent lamp modules, and each including a connection light source part, the lamp modules include a first optical unit that forms a first light distribution part with light irradiated from a first light source part and that is movable, a second optical unit that forms a second light distribution part with light irradiated from a second light source part, provided around the first optical unit, and that is rotatable, and a third optical unit that forms a third light distribution part with light irradiated from a third light source part, the light irradiated from the third light source part outputs to an outside in a state, in which the first optical unit is moved and the second optical unit is rotated.
US12129983B2

Automatically optimizing a predictive dynamic bending light function of a vehicle lighting system comprises configuring a bending light control unit for controlling the lighting system with initial bending light control parameter values as control parameter values to be used, configuring a classification unit for automatically classifying a performance of the bending light control unit into a desired and at least one further performance class, depending on output values of the control unit, configuring a control parameter optimization unit for ascertaining updated control parameter values depending on input values of the control unit and classifications of the performance assigned to them, as well as acquiring driving trajectory parameter values as the input values during a journey, ascertaining output values of the control unit, automatically classifying the performance depending on the ascertained output values, ascertaining updated control parameter values and adapting the control parameter values to be used to the updated control parameter values, wherein the ascertainment of updated control parameter values comprises the application of a genetic algorithm with which a frequency of a classification of the performance into the desired performance class is increased.
US12129977B2

The lighting apparatus disclosed to an embodiment includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate, a first reflective layer disposed on the substrate, a resin layer on the first reflective layer, and a second reflective layer on the resin layer and the resin layer includes a first side surface facing the light emitting surfaces of the plurality of light emitting devices and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and the first side surface includes a plurality of first reflective surfaces convex with respect to the light emitting surfaces of the light emitting devices and at least one second reflective surface having a concave shape with respect to the light emitting surfaces of the light emitting devices, wherein the plurality of first reflective surfaces are disposed on a region corresponding to each of the plurality of light emitting devices in an optical axis direction, and the second reflective surface is disposed between the plurality of first reflective surfaces, and light emitted through the light emitting surfaces of the light emitting devices may be reflected from the first side surfaces and emitted through the second side surface.
US12129974B2

Systems for containing a fluid leaked from a pipeline include a flexible, impermeable liner such as like those comprising a coated substrate (or other impermeable liner or material) and disposed to extend along a trench for enveloping the pipeline deployed therein; and separating means disposed between the pipeline and the containment liner for containing the fluid therein; wherein the liner prevents migration of the fluid into the trench of the pipeline or surrounding environment by flowing the fluid laterally within the containment liner, system also protects the steel pipe from corrosion caused by the environment, such as groundwater. Methods for deploying the above systems are provided.
US12129968B2

Provided is a pressure vessel capable of adapting a release direction of gas in the pressure vessel (i.e., release-permitted direction) and a direction in which the gas in the pressure vessel should not be released (i.e., release-restricted direction) to an attitude of a vehicle or a surrounding environment. A release direction control unit is configured to variably change, with respect to the pressure vessel, a release direction of gas as a pressure relief valve opens, and without depending on an attitude of the pressure vessel, release the gas stored in the pressure vessel as the pressure relief valve opens (only) in the release-permitted direction set in advance with respect to a gravity direction, not in the release-restricted direction set in advance with respect to the gravity direction.
US12129967B2

An apparatus for controlling a fuel tank according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a fuel tank having a plurality of volumes, and a controller that controls a charging state of a fuel charged in the fuel tank and selectively controls use of the fuel charged in the plurality of volumes based on an amount of the fuel used and a state of the fuel tank.
US12129966B2

A method of producing a barrier layer of a pressure vessel includes applying the barrier layer to a liner and/or to a fiber-reinforced layer of the pressure vessel while a pressure difference between the internal volume and the surroundings of the pressure vessel is being maintained.
US12129957B1

The present invention relates to a display mounting system with a lifting mechanism for vertically adjusting the position of the display and maintaining a visually unobtrusive appearance by concealing the lifting mechanism behind the display itself. The display mounting system comprises a mounting frame, a pair of moving rails, a plurality of supporting members, at least one hoist, at least one line system, at least one driving unit, and a control unit. The display mounting system accommodates larger and heavier displays beyond the capabilities of existing solutions. The display mounting system offers greater flexibility in adjusting the display height for optimal viewing comfort. The display mounting system integrates seamlessly with the surrounding environment without detracting from the overall design.
US12129948B2

A push-in tube connector port for connecting a tube to a pressurized fluid system is provided. The push-in port includes a central recess for receiving the tube, a sealing arrangement inside of the recess, a locking ring engaged within the recess, and a tube gripping ring having an inwardly directed gripping edge. The locking ring has a U-shaped cross-section. A number of circumferentially distributed slots subdivides an outer ring wall of the locking ring into a number of outer ring wall portions configured to be elastically deflected towards the center by the flange of an insertion end opening, when the annular double ring component is pressed into the recess, and to elastically flex back outwardly once the outer ring wall portions have passed the flange such that an upper edge of each of the outer ring wall portions engages an inner surface of the flange to secure the locking ring in the recess.
US12129939B2

A rubber hose includes a distinctly colored inner wear indicator integrated into its liner, wherein a distance b of the inner wear indicator from the inner surface of the liner is less than 40% of the liner's thickness v, and height h of the wear indicator, measured perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the hose, falls between 1% to 90% of liner thickness v, or even from 10% to 40% of the liner thickness v. The inner wear indicator may have concentric sectional surface area of the inner wear indicator may even gradually decrease in the radial direction as a function of distance from the longitudinal axis. The rubber hose may be connected at one end to a plunger pump and connected at a second to a common manifold, in an oilfield pump system, or used in any hose application in an oilfield fluid pump system.
US12129937B2

A hose includes an outer cover layer and at least one ply disposed inward from the outer cover layer, characterized in that the outer cover layer is a shrink sleeve, and where the at least one ply is formed from a reinforced silicone rubber sheet which includes a reinforcement. The hose may further include an inner layer disposed within the at least one ply, and which defines a lumen. The shrink sleeve may be a polyolefin shrink sleeve. The layers are tensioned together with the shrink sleeve. The hose may be prepared by a shrink tension method without the use of a tape wrap. A method of preparing the above hose may include wrapping the inner layer around a mandrel, wrapping the at least one at least one ply around the inner layer, pulling the shrink sleeve over the at least one at least one ply, and vulcanizing the hose.
US12129935B2

A valve block includes a fluid-transfer plate with multiple inlet bores connecting to a common inlet channel, and multiple outlet bores connecting to a common outlet channel. The inlet bores and the outlet bores are arranged in a curved shape. The valve block also includes a pressure plate and diaphragm aligned and connected to the fluid-transfer plate in a way that allows pressurized material in the pressure plate to control the state of the channels formed by the inlet and outlet bores.
US12129919B2

Methods and systems are provided for a lubricant distribution assembly comprising a rotating component with a recessed circumferentially surrounded by a radially outer section, the radially inners side of which forms a surface of an undercut groove. The lubricant distribution assembly further includes a lubricant sump separated from the rotating component by a wall, a hollow tube that delivers lubricant from the lubricant sump to the lubricant distribution assembly and a lubricant deflector positioned within an upper portion of the lubricant distribution assembly and which lies in a plane that is parallel to a first axial side of the rotating component.
US12129910B2

A drive chain system having a chain with an alternating succession of inner chain links and outer chain links, each inner chain link having a pair of inner link plates contacting the lateral faces of two rollers and each outer chain link having a pair of two outer link plates contacting the inner link plates of adjacent inner chain links. A pin connects two outer link plates and two inner link plates and a roller, wherein the inner surfaces of a pair of opposite outer link plates has protrusions in the area between the adjacent inner link plates. The system has a chainring with a plurality of teeth, which teeth taper laterally towards their respective tip.
US12129909B2

An air bleed system for a suspension fork or shock absorber includes: a fluid passage between an interior of the suspension and an exterior of the suspension; and a manually operable valve having a first position substantially closing the fluid passage and a second position allowing fluid flow between the interior and the exterior.
US12129907B2

The structure (10) comprises an elastically deformable body (12) defining at least one network of internal cavities (14), each internal cavity (14) having a closed contour in at least one section of the internal cavity (14). Each internal cavity (14) is able to be pressurized so as to make the elastically deformable body (12) pass from a rest configuration to at least one pressurized configuration. In each pressurized configuration, the elastically deformable body (12) has a macroscopic metric that is distinct from its macroscopic metric in the rest position. In each pressurized configuration, the radius of curvature of an outer surface of the elastically deformable body (12), considered regarding each internal cavity (14) adjacent to the outer surface, is greater than twice the size of the internal cavity (14) adjacent to the outer surface.
US12129897B2

A clutch mechanism includes a first clutch plate retaining circular columnar engagement members and a second clutch plate retaining spherical engagement members. In the second clutch plate, inner retaining holes and outer retaining holes positioned more radially outward than the inner retaining holes are formed. The outer retaining holes are larger in diameter than the inner retaining holes. On assembly of the clutch mechanism, engagement members are selected from small-diameter spherical engagement members corresponding to the small-diameter inner retaining holes and large-diameter spherical engagement members corresponding to the large-diameter inner retaining holes. The selected engagement members are disposed in the corresponding retaining holes, respectively. The maximum rotational torque is greater when the large-diameter spherical engagement members are selectively disposed than when the small-diameter spherical engagement members are selectively disposed.
US12129896B2

A power transmission mechanism (2) includes left and right drive shafts (3L, 3R) that transmit rotational torque from a drive source to drive wheels provided on left and right sides of a vehicle. In the right drive shaft (3R) and the left drive shaft (3L), the numbers of rolling elements (23, 33) included in plunging type constant velocity universal joints (6L, 6R) are different from each other.
US12129888B2

A rolling bearing holder unit disclosed herein includes: a rolling bearing with a predetermined rotation axis, the rolling bearing including: an outer ring; an inner ring placed inward relative to an inner circumferential surface of the outer ring to be coaxial with the outer ring; and a plurality of rolling bodies placed between the outer ring and the inner ring; a bearing holder placed in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the outer ring or an inner circumferential surface of the inner ring in the rolling bearing; and a strain gauge with a resistor that is configured to detect a strain of the outer ring or the inner ring. In this rolling bearing holder unit: the bearing holder has a thick part and a thin part that is thinner than the thick part; the strain gauge is placed on the thin part; the rolling bearing is preloaded to form a predetermined contact angle; and the thick part is placed in contact at least with a region extending from an intersection of a straight line indicating the predetermined contact angle and the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring or the inner circumferential surface of the inner ring, to a preloaded end surface, the preloaded end surface being an end surface of the outer ring or the inner ring located nearer to the intersection.
US12129885B2

The surface fastener includes a base portion, a fastener member that includes a plurality of engagement elements, and a masking member that is detachably held by the fastener member. The masking member covers an engaging area of the fastener member, at least a part of the engaging element is embedded in the masking member. A space portion is provided between the base portion and the masking member in the engaging area. Thus, a foam resin can be prevented from intruding the engaging area of the fastener member in foam-molding of the cushion body. The masking member is also easily peeled off from the fastener member after foam-molding.
US12129881B2

A fastener including a pin member having a shank portion, a threaded portion having a thread, a lock portion having at least one lock groove, and a pull portion located having at least one pull groove. The threaded portion is adapted to be engaged threadedly with a threaded hole of a workpiece to install the pin member therein. The fastener includes a swage collar adapted to be installed into the at least one lock groove of the lock portion to secure a plurality of workpieces. The pull portion is adapted to break off when the fastener is installed.
US12129872B2

Methods and apparatuses are provided for deaeration of a liquid. Liquid may be impinged onto an inclined baffle and forced through a first plurality of apertures that direct the liquid in one or more directions away from one or more outlets of a reservoir. The liquid may be passed through a second plurality of apertures. Flowing the liquid as described promotes a circuitous route of travel and provides a residence time inside of the reservoir that promotes release of entrained air.
US12129866B2

A compressor wheel is provided for an exhaust-gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine. The compressor wheel has a hub, which extends around a central axis of the compressor wheel, and compressor wheel blades, which are connected to the hub and the blade leading edges of which extend in a radial direction and have a hub-side end region and an end region that is radially remote from the hub. The blade leading edges are blunt in their end region that is radially remote from the hub.
US12129863B2

A ceiling fan includes an adapting assembly having at least one rotary shaft and a lower sealing ring. Each rotary shaft has a seat being semi-circular and a guiding portion being semi-spherical and having a guiding surface. The lower sealing ring has at least one protrusion. The guiding portion is mounted through the lower sealing ring and the guiding surface abuts against the at least one protrusion. With the seat of the rotary shaft being semi-circular and the guiding portion being semi-spherical, when the rotary shaft is rotated, the guiding surface and the at least one protrusion coordinate with each other to rotate. The adapting assembly has reduced volume. Accordingly, the ceiling fan is lightweight, has reduced power consumption and manufacturing cost, and is easy for installation.
US12129848B2

An apparatus includes a base, including two motors and a mechanical coupling mechanism, and a cartridge shaped to define two stators and respective pairs of ports in fluidic communication with the stators. The cartridge is removably insertable into the base and includes two rotors disposed, respectively, within the stators. The mechanical coupling mechanism is configured to mechanically couple the rotors to the motors, respectively, such that, following insertion of the cartridge into the base, the motors rotate the rotors, thereby pumping fluid through the pairs of ports. Other embodiments are also described.
US12129845B2

In some implementations, a controller may obtain a setting for a maximum discharge pressure associated with a fluid pump that is to be allowed during a hydraulic fracturing operation. The fluid pump may be driven by a motor that is controlled by a variable frequency drive (VFD). The controller may determine a maximum torque for the motor that achieves the maximum discharge pressure. The controller may cause, via the VFD, adjustment to a speed of the motor to maintain a torque of the motor at or below the maximum torque for the motor.
US12129835B1

A passive vehicle drag reduction system including an airflow capture inlet, a flow consolidating conduit, an air driven rotor assembly, and one or more flow exhaust conduits. The airflow capture inlet defines an airflow capture inlet direction. The flow consolidating conduit is close sided. The air driven rotor assembly has a rotor assembly inlet and an air driven rotor. The rotor assembly inlet defines a rotor airflow inlet direction. The air driven rotor has a laterally extending rotation axis transverse to the rotor airflow inlet direction and one or more air redirecting blades defining one or more rotor airflow outlet directions substantially parallel to the rotation axis. Each of the one or more flow exhaust conduits has a redirecting exhaust outlet located laterally of the air driven rotor assembly. The redirecting exhaust outlet defines an exhaust outlet airflow direction that is substantially parallel to the airflow capture inlet direction.
US12129832B2

The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade comprising a lightning protection system with at least one tip end lightning receptor arranged at an outer surface of the blade and a down conductor extending within the blade. The blade comprises carbon fibre reinforced spar caps, wherein electrically conductive meshes are connected between the respective tip end of each spar cap to the tip end lightning conductor.
US12129827B2

The vertical wind turbine and system generally comprises a rotor assembly having a plurality of blades, a fixed central spindle having a central axis for supporting rotation of the rotor assembly, a blade adjustment mechanism assembly for adjusting the blade angle of attack throughout rotation of the rotor assembly, and a support framework for supporting the rotor assembly at an elevated position to gain access to a sustained source of wind. The wind turbine may be operably coupled with a power electric generator or other device that transfers mechanical energy into electrical energy as a combined system.
US12129822B1

The present disclosure provides a small, inexpensive, long-lived underwater beacon locator. The beacon locator can illustratively include a housing, a communications link, a processor, a plurality of hydrophones and a motion generator.
US12129821B1

A system and method for a for a wave energy converter device that is an axisymmetric point absorber which operates in a tension only condition over a large stroke that can operate in the given wave environment so as to eliminate the need for end stops in normal operation whereby the wave energy converter device has a floating hull with an interior Power Take Off (PTO) that uses an impedance control scheme for impedance matching with the wave environment in which it is deployed so as to maximize electrical power output as compared with a passively operating device of similar size.
US12129817B2

An internal combustion engine includes an injector for injecting gaseous fuel and an inflow passage. The injector includes a nozzle hole configured to inject gaseous fuel, a nozzle valve configured to open and close the nozzle hole, and a seat surface on which the nozzle valve is seated. An inflow passage for conducting blow-by gas in a crankcase into the nozzle hole.
US12129804B1

An aircraft engine includes a compressor section including an engine compressor and a bleed off valve (BOV) fluidically coupled to the compressor section. A controller is configured to determine at least one real-time compressor delivery pressure in the compressor section and to determine whether at least one fault is present in the aircraft engine based on a comparison between the at least one real-time compressor delivery pressure and at least one predetermined nominal compressor delivery pressure resulting from a non-faulty BOV valve and a non-faulty compressor.
US12129793B2

The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an air intake lip comprising: the arrangement of a blank facing a three-dimensional forming surface of a die of a hydroforming tool, the forming of an air intake lip preform by hydroforming the blank on the three-dimensional surface of the die, the air intake lip preform having in section a U-shape, the outer wall of the air intake lip comprising at least one hollow housing with an inturned edge and a bottom, the housing having a shape corresponding to the shape of the at least one opening cavity, the cutting of an opening in each hollow housing keeping at least the inturned edge so as to obtain an air intake lip comprising at least one opening having an edge integrally formed with the outer wall of the lip.
US12129788B2

An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This assembly includes a housing, a combustor and a steam injector. The housing includes an air plenum. The combustor is disposed within the air plenum. The combustor includes a combustor wall and a combustion chamber. The combustor wall is disposed between the combustion chamber and the air plenum. The combustor wall includes a quench aperture that extends through the combustor wall from the air plenum to the combustion chamber. The steam injector projects partially into or through the quench aperture.
US12129787B2

A turbine engine assembly an inter-turbine burner that is disposed between at least two of a plurality of turbine stages where an additional amount of fuel is mixed with an exhaust gas flow to generate a reheated gas flow. A condenser extracts water from the reheated gas flow and an evaporator system generates a steam flow from at least a portion of water that is extracted by the condenser for injection into the core airflow.
US12129784B2

A cooling fan for a vehicle is configured to suction air from a cooling module for the vehicle and to allow the suctioned air to pass through a heat exchanger of the cooling module. The cooling fan includes an electric motor, a blade rotated with the rotational force of the electric motor to suction air, and a power transmission mechanism disposed between an output shaft of the electric motor and a central axis of the blade to transmit the rotational force of the electric motor to the blade, wherein the electric motor includes a first motor and a second motor such that a rotor shaft of the first motor and a rotor shaft of the second motor are connected to transmit rotational force, so that rotational force components of the first motor and the second motor are combined through the two rotor shafts and output through the output shaft.
US12129767B1

Gas turbine mounting configurations for backbone bending mitigations are described herein. An example gas turbine engine disclosed herein includes a pylon, an inlet to be subjected to an inlet load along an inlet load axis, a case assembly including a first case portion and a second case portion, a forward mount coupling the first case portion to the pylon, the coupling of the forward mount to the pylon defining a first line of action, an aft mount, and a thrust link coupling the second case portion to the pylon, the thrust link defining a second line of action, an intersection of the first line of action and the second line of action disposed at least one of: (1) on the inlet load axis and the centerline, (2) downstream of the inlet load axis and beneath the centerline, and (3) upstream of the inlet load axis and above the centerline.
US12129764B2

A turbocharger gas casing includes a scroll part forming a plurality of scroll passages at a same position in an axial direction of the turbine. The plurality of scroll passages include a first scroll passage. The first scroll passage is configured so that an extension line of a line segment connecting a farthest position from a rotational axis of the turbine at an inlet for an exhaust gas of the first scroll passage and a position of a tip of a tongue part formed on an inner peripheral side of the first scroll passage does not intersect a rotor blade of the turbine in a cross section of the turbine orthogonal to the axial direction.
US12129762B2

Example variable geometry systems with split actuation are disclosed herein. In one example, a compressor is provided that includes a compressor stage and an actuation system. The compressor stage includes a plurality of variable stator vanes arranged along a circumference of the compressor stage. The actuation system is to actuate a first variable stator vane of the compressor stage according to a first schedule and to actuate a second variable stator vane of the compressor stage according to a second schedule.
US12129754B2

A tracer-embedded degradable article includes: a degradable metallic carrier; and a tracer disposed in the degradable metallic carrier, wherein the tracer includes an upconverting particle that has a host material, and a dopant. The article is manufactured by forming a mixture containing the metallic carrier and the tracer; and molding or casting the mixture. The degradation of the article is monitored by disposing the article downhole; degrading the article; releasing the tracer from the article to a wellbore fluid; and analyzing the wellbore fluid to determine an amount of the tracer in the wellbore fluid.
US12129751B2

Examples described herein provide a method for drilling a wellbore by a wellbore operation system into a subsurface of the earth. The wellbore operation system includes a bottom hole assembly. The method includes conveying the bottom hole assembly into the wellbore. The method further includes selecting a well plan for the wellbore. The method further includes measuring well data by at least one sensor in the wellbore operation system while the bottom hole assembly is in the wellbore. The method further includes generating, by a processing device, a steering proposal based at least in part on the well plan and the well data. The method further includes drilling, with the wellbore operation system, at least a portion of the wellbore based at least in part on the steering proposal.
US12129734B2

A back-up ring system incudes an outer C-ring, an inner C-ring that mates with the outer C-ring, the inner C-ring including a first rupture port, and a ring sheath that fits onto the inner C-ring, the ring sheath including a cut-out region, and a second rupture point. The inner C-ring further includes a blocking segment that angularly offsets the first and second rupture points. The cut-out region of the ring sheath mates with the blocking segment of the inner C-ring. The ring sheath further incudes a ‘7’ shaped cross-sectional profile.
US12129727B2

A connecting assembly for connecting a first body and a second body. The first body includes multiple grooves formed on an outside of the first body near a connecting end. The connecting assembly includes a connector. The connector includes multiple connecting segments arranged circumferentially around a central longitudinal axis; and a first jaw formed on an inside of the segments. The first jaw includes multiple teeth. Each tooth includes: a leading side facing an axial center of the connector; a top side; and a trailing side opposite the leading side. A tooth height is measured between a base of the tooth and an intersection between the leading side and the top side of the tooth. At least two of the tooth/groove pairs have a difference between tooth height and groove depth that are different from each other.
US12129719B2

In order to achieve the above-described objectives, the present invention provides an adapter tool for coupling a bend stiffener with diverless bell mouth (DLBM) interface in a bell mouth with BSN900E-type interface. The adapter tool is capable of maintaining interchangeability and flexibility between designs or design phases, even if different bell mouth models are used. A tool characterized in that it comprises an adapter split ring (10) that, in the upper part, has a geometry compatible with the dovetail profile of the BSN900E model helmet and, in the lower part, has a geometry compatible with the seating profile of the DLBM helmet (40). The present invention leads to two assembly methods, which guarantee the operational safety of the adapter assembly, namely: a method where it is only done by screws located in the split ring; and another, where the assembly includes, in addition to the split ring, an assembly with the support ring and rods.
US12129717B2

An apparatus for reducing torque in a drill string includes a clamp assembly having a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first and second clamp segments each being generally arcuate and configured to connect together so as to secure the clamp assembly around an oilfield tubular and prevent the clamp assembly from axial and rotational movement relative to the oilfield tubular. The first and second clamp segments each include a first extension and a second extension, each of the first and second extensions having a tapered end that decreases in outer diameter as proceeding in an axial direction, so as to provide a conical guide surface. An outer sleeve is positioned around the clamp assembly, is configured to rotate with respect to the oilfield tubular and the clamp assembly, and is prevented from axial movement relative thereto.
US12129714B2

Systems and methods for monitoring and control in downhole well applications are provided. The system and methodology may be combined with a variety of completions or other types of well equipment deployed downhole to enable both electrical and fiber optic communication with downhole components. For example, the system enables both electrical and fiber optic communication for operating and monitoring of downhole completion systems or other systems.
US12129702B2

A refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator includes a housing, a door configured to be rotatably coupled to the housing by including a hinge shaft and a hinge gear fixed to the hinge shaft, and a door opening and closing device provided at one end of the door to control opening and closing of the door. The door opening and closing device includes a drive motor, a final gear configured to receive power from the drive motor and transmit the power to the hinge shaft, the final gear arranged at one end of the door opening and closing device to interlock with the hinge gear, and a door position sensor arranged on one side of the final gear to detect a rotation angle of the final gear.
US12129695B2

A door stop mechanism having a) a bracket housing configured to be mounted to a frame; and b) a swivel stop rotationally affixed to the bracket housing and able to rotate between a retracted position and an extended position; wherein in the extended position, the swivel stop is configured to be partially wedged between the frame and a door stile to maintain a door in an open position; and wherein in the retracted position, the swivel stop is configured to retract into the bracket housing and allow the door to be in a closed position.
US12129693B2

A locking device for a motor vehicle bonnet, wherein the locking device comprises a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a pawl for locking the rotary latch in a main latching position. Said locking device also comprises a catch hook which can define an opening movement of a lock retainer in a secure position which is between an intended closed position and an intended open position after opening the locking mechanism, wherein the catch hook comprises a load dependent barrier, and the locking device is designed such that a locking movement of the lock retainer is defined by the barrier in the intended closed position such that the lock retainer only goes in further than the intended closed position when there is an overload. A further developed locking device with pedestrian protection can also be provided.
US12129692B2

An actuating member (14), in particular a handle element, an interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, wherein the actuating member (14) includes a carrier substrate (20) preferably made of plastic and a decorative layer (21) covering the surface of the carrier substrate (20). The decorative layer (21) includes a visible area (22) that in particular in the intended installed state, and in particular in the non-actuated state of the actuating member (14) forms a visible side of the actuating member (14), at least one gate region (2) in particular formed in a gate lip or gate tab (4), and at least one edge region or arcuate region (25, 26) by which the gate region (2) is preferably continuously connected to the visible area (22) of the decorative layer (21).
US12129688B2

A motor vehicle closing device having a locking mechanism with a catch; at least one pawl, said catch being latchable in at least one latching position by means of the pawl; a lock holder, wherein the lock holder can be brought into engagement with the catch by means of a relative movement between the closing device and the lock holder, and the locking mechanism can be converted into a latching position; and means for locking the lock holder in a main latching position of the locking mechanism. According to the invention, a holding device is provided. The holding device is used to convert a vehicle part which interacts with the motor vehicle closing device from a closed position into an open position, and the holding device forms at least one part of the means for locking the lock holder.
US12129684B2

An indication box used with an electronic smart lock indicates if a public service room is in use. A color plate partially shown in a window moves vertically up and down with door handle motion. Unlike other indicators, the door handle and not lock actives use indication to avoid mishaps from forgetting to lock the door. The color plate is spring loaded with a V-shaped bottom. The color plate vertically moves by a cam having two L-shaped portions forming a V-shaped recess to initially secure the color plate's V-shaped bottom. Cam activation is through a dial head that moves with the door handle. When the color plate indicates use, the V-Shaped bottom rests on one of the cam's L-shaped portions. The color plate may also include braille markings. The indication box is used on a door's front portion with any electronic smart lock design and operates without electrical power.
US12129679B1

A canopy for a playyard. The canopy is elongate and includes sheeting with a resilient element defining the perimeter. A first form of the canopy is generally flat. A second form of the canopy is generally U-shaped. A third form of the canopy is compact with three generally circular shapes. The canopy includes a first flap with a first edge and a second flap with a second edge, wherein the first and second edges run cross-wise to each other when the canopy is in the generally flat form and generally parallel and adjacent to each other when the canopy is in the generally U-shaped form.
US12129675B1

A combination umbrella anchoring, stabilizing, and accessory holding assembly facilitates anchoring of an umbrella in shallow water along a shoreline. A tubular, main support rod has a tapered, open-ended, insertion end to facilitate insertion into a seabed while encouraging entry of seabed material therein for stability, and an opposite distal attachment end configured as an umbrella holder. A multi-armed support structure releasably attachable to the attachment end of the main support rod is adapted to securely hold beverage containers, and functions to support a planar tabletop thereon. Accessory supporting components depend downwardly from a lower surface of the tabletop to support hanging accessories. A stabilizing plate mounted about, and releasably secured to, the main support rod functions to stabilize the assembly in a generally upright orientation, while acting against any undesirable upward force, e.g., caused by wind acting against an umbrella canopy.
US12129667B2

A wallboard-fastening device for securing first and second wallboards to a framing member in an outside-corner configuration includes: first and second framing panels that connect to each other to form an inner corner seam that fits against the framing member; first and second corner panels that connect to each other to form an outer corner seam; a first bridge panel that connects to (i) the first corner panel to form a first outer seam and (ii) the inner corner seam; a second bridge panel that connects to (i) the second corner panel to form a second outer seam and (ii) the inner corner seam; a first flat-spring flange that connects to the first outer seam to form a first channel sized to accept the first wallboard; and a second flat-spring flange that connects to the second outer seam to form a second channel sized to accept the second wallboard.
US12129665B2

Waterproof engineered floor and wall planks have a veneer layer bonded with a plastic composite core, and an underlayer, preferably an underlayer of cork.
US12129659B2

A set of floor panels is intended for installing a floor in a room. The set comprises a plurality of first floor panels having a common shape and dimension, and one or more second floor panels showing an adaptation of the common shape and/or the common dimension. The adaptation is performed corresponding to the aforementioned room. A method for composing such set of floor panels.
US12129655B2

The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, configured to bridge and support the seam between two building surface panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support configured to support a joint between building surface panels. The joint support includes a longitudinal support strip including a first end, a second end, a first side edge, a second side edge, an inner surface, and an outer surface. An inner layer of adhesive is distributed over the inner surface of the longitudinal support strip and is configured to bond with a joint compound. The adhesive of the inner layer includes a polysaccharide.
US12129649B2

A roof system including a frame, a plurality of roof panels, wherein each roof panel is connected to the frame and is rotatable with respect to the frame, and a holding mechanism for holding a first roof panel among the plurality of roof panels in a closed position, wherein each roof panel among the plurality of roof panels overlaps at least one adjacent roof panel among the plurality of roof panels, and wherein release of the holding mechanism causes each of the roof panels to rotate toward an open position in a sequential manner.
US12129643B1

A monolithic concrete modular connecting panel system for walls and roofs includes a foundation for a building, wall panels vertically aligned on the foundation and secured to the foundation to form a perimeter of the building. The system includes a plurality of roof panels secured to a top edge of the wall panels and spanning across the perimeter of the building. A plurality of crisscrossing rebar rods and wire mesh within the wall panels and roof panels are connected together with rebar rods of the foundation to form a steel cage for the building. Each wall and roof panel includes a metal frame, and a concrete board that divides the metal frames into an inner section and an outer section. In addition, the system includes concrete sprayed on the outer sections of the wall panels and sprayed or poured on the roof panels to form a monolithic concrete structure.
US12129642B1

A railing system coupled to a base comprising: a plurality of first railing supports and a railing. The railing support includes a bracket and at least one rebar configured to couple the bracket with the base. At least a majority of the rebar is disposed substantially horizontally in the concrete base. The railing includes a panel, a plurality of bracket couplers, and a panel coupler configured to couple the panel and the bracket coupler. The bracket coupler is configured to be at least partly inserted in the inner space of the bracket. The panel is oriented vertically next to the concrete base.
US12129639B2

Provided is a chemical solution supply device for which an installation location can be easily ensured and which can stably supply a chemical solution. The chemical solution supply device includes a container having an inner space in which a chemical solution to be supplied to a toilet bowl is accommodated, and a guide member that is attached to an upper portion of a side wall portion defining a water flow space in which washing water for washing the toilet bowl flows, and has a guide surface in which one or a plurality of grooves for guiding the chemical solution sent out from the inner space to the water flow space are formed.
US12129635B2

A system is provided. The system may include one or more of a tub, a platform, and a lift, coupled to a bottom surface of the platform. The tub includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a concave well between the top and bottom surfaces. The platform includes water openings extending through a thickness of the platform. The lift is disposed within the tub and is configured to raise and lower the platform within the well.
US12129634B2

A sink system that has a sink assembly comprising a plurality of side wall plates and a bottom wall connected to the plurality of side wall plates. One or more of the sink side wall plates can comprise a first material. The first material can be an engineered stone composition. The sink system can comprise a countertop body. The countertop body can be formed of the first material. The sink system can comprise a plurality of sink columns cooperating with the plurality of sink side wall plates and bottom wall to form a sink basin.
US12129617B2

A fiber sheet system suitable for controlling erosion and stabilizing soil is described that comprises a fiber sheet comprising a natural fiber felt. A coating composition comprising a natural rubber is adhered to the fiber sheet. The fiber sheet has a top side width less than the height and the length of the fiber sheet. A netting contacts the front and rear sides of the fiber sheet.
US12129616B2

An artificial downwelling system, for example, can include one or more free-floating, self-propelled, or anchored wave-inertia pumps. In one embodiment, the wave-inertia pumps may be deployed on the oceanic side of an upwelling front. For example, the wave-inertia pump may pump warm surface water to deeper cold layers (e.g., below a sheared pycnocline of upwelling water) to disrupt the coastal upwelling. In some embodiments, a productivity of the artificial downwelling system can be controlled through remote telemetry, telecommand, and/or electromechanical tools. The artificial downwelling system may, for example, be powered by wave energy, and can be controlled using a telemechanical system powered by wind energy, and/or solar panel energy backed by electrical batteries.
US12129611B2

A composite structural panel for use in bridge structures, and method of manufacturing same, comprises a top panel and a bottom panel separated by and attached to at least one, but preferably a plurality, of structural composite preforms which may be fabricated by a continuous manufacturing process and may be saturated by resin using a continuous wetting process. The composite preforms may take any cross-sectional shape but are preferably trapezoidal. The top and bottom panels may be fabricated from a plurality of layers of woven fabric layers and non-woven fabric layers which are saturated with a resin that is subsequently cured using cure processes known in the art. The composite structural panel of the invention is usable as a flat structural member for use as bridge decking, ramps, trestles, and any application requiring a structural panel.
US12129607B2

A control system for a compactor is disclosed. The control system can include any one or combination of one or more position sensors, a steering system, a control interface and a controller. The controller can be in communication with at least the control interface and the one or more position sensors. The controller can be configured to receive data recording a position of the compactor when physically operating the compactor along at least a portion of the desired boundary of a compaction area, determine from the data a virtual boundary of the compaction area corresponding to the position of the compactor when physically operating the compactor along the desired boundary of the compaction area, and generate at least a first work plan for operating the compactor to compact in the compaction area up to the virtual boundary.
US12129605B2

A method of repairing a mat including: cutting an irregular section of the mat to an approximately perpendicular edge; applying a sealant to the perpendicular edge; conjoining a secondary piece to the perpendicular edge; clamping the secondary piece to the perpendicular edge temporarily; and fixing the secondary piece to the perpendicular edge; where the mat being configured to support the weight of people, vehicles and equipment thereupon and undergo movement relative to one or more other mats without disengaging from another, and the mats include at least four sides and an edge extending along each side, the first and second sides of each mat having a lower lip extending horizontally outwardly below the edge thereof and the third and fourth sides of each mat having an upper lip forming the edge thereof, the respective upper and lower lips of different mats being interconnectable with pins.
US12129604B2

An inner guide rail switch and a rail transit system having same. The inner guide rail switch includes a fixed beam assembly and a movable beam assembly. Four passageways are defined by the fixed beam assembly. The movable beam assembly includes six movable beams. The four passageways are switched through combined movement of the six movable beams.
US12129603B2

A ground rail transfer device includes: a support rail provided on the ground and used for unloading a vertical load of a bogie in a rail vehicle; a guide rail provided on the ground and used for driving the bogie to perform a rail transfer operation; and a transition plate provided on the ground and located between a first rail and a second rail which are different in a gauge; wherein a difference between the top surface height of the transition plate and the top surface height of the first rail is equal to a distance between a wheel rim vertex circle and a wheel tread of the rail vehicle.
US12129593B1

A holder for cap washing, comprising an upper frame and a lower frame detachably connected to each other, wherein the upper frame comprises an upper fixed frame and an upper deformable frame detachably connected to each other, the lower frame comprises a lower fixed frame and a lower deformable frame detachably connected to each other, the upper fixed frame is detachably mounted to the lower fixed frame, and a space for accommodating a brim of the cap is formed between the upper fixed frame and the lower fixed frame, the upper deformable frame is detachably mounted to the lower deformable frame, and a space for accommodating a crown of the cap is formed between the upper deformable frame and the lower deformable frame.
US12129587B2

A laundry appliance includes a tub contained within an outer cabinet. A motor assembly is attached to the tub having a first rotor and a second rotor that operate about a common rotational axis. A drum is disposed within the tub and coupled with the first rotor to rotationally operable about the common rotational axis. A blower is coupled to the second rotor and disposed within the tub to rotationally operate about the common rotational axis to deliver process air through an airflow path that includes a processing space defined within the drum. The blower is positioned within a blower housing that is positioned between the tub and the drum.
US12129577B2

The present invention relates to a composite yarn (100) comprising at least two bundles of elastic filaments (101, 102) and a plurality of inelastic elements (103), wherein said bundles of elastic filaments (101, 102) comprise a plurality of elastic filaments (150) connected one to the other in a substantially continuous manner, each of said inelastic element (103) is chosen among an inelastic filament or a bundle of coupled inelastic filaments, said bundles of elastic filaments (101, 102) and said inelastic elements (103) are connected to each other by intermingling.
US12129574B2

The present disclosure relates to methods for producing functional regenerated cellulose composite fibers and products thereof. The methods can be conducted with the use of recycled and/or virgin cellulose powder.
US12129569B2

A method for making a component for use in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. A component body is formed from a conductive material having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10.0×10−6/K. A metal oxide layer is then disposed over a surface of the component body.
US12129555B2

The disclosure discloses a preparation method of a composite coating for a resin matrix composite, comprising the following steps: preparing ceramic-resin composite powders which comprise Al2O3 ceramic, a thermosetting resin and a curing agent and are semi-thermosetting resin powders; and respectively spraying pure Al2O3 ceramic powders and the composite powders on the surface of the resin matrix composite by supersonic atmospheric plasma spraying to form a ceramic-resin composite coating, wherein the pure Al2O3 ceramic powders are fed into jet flow in a manner of feeding powder inside a spray gun, and the composite powders are fed into jet flow in a manner of feeding powder outside the spray gun. Correspondingly, the disclosure also provides a preparation device of a composite coating for a resin matrix composite.
US12129551B2

Methods for electropolishing and coating aluminum on a surface of an air and/or moisture sensitive substrate, including: in a vessel, submerging the substrate in a first molten salt bath and applying an anodizing current to the substrate at a first temperature to electropolish the surface of the substrate; wherein the first molten salt bath includes one of a first organic salt bath and first inorganic salt bath; wherein, when used, the first organic salt bath includes one of (a) aluminum halide and ionic liquid, (b) a combination of an aluminum halide and halogenatedmethylphenylsulfone (C6(H5-y, Xy)SO2CX3, where y is a number from 0-5), (c) a combination of an aluminum halide, an ionic liquid, and halogenatedmethylphenylsulfone (C6(H5-y, Xy)SO2CX3), and (d) AlF3-organofluoride-hydrofluoric acid adduct; wherein, when used, the first inorganic salt bath includes aluminum halide and alkali metal halide; and wherein the anodizing current is 10-30 mA/cm2.
US12129541B2

The present disclosure provides a deposition equipment, which includes a reaction chamber, a carrier, a target material, a magnetic device are at least one shield unit. The carrier and the target material are disposed within the containing space, wherein the carrier is for carrying a substrate, also a surface of the target material faces the carrier and the substrate. The magnetic device is disposed on another surface of the target material, to generate a magnetic field within the containing space through the target material. The shield unit is made electrical conductor and is disposed between a portion of the magnetic device and a portion of the target material, wherein the shield unit is for partially blocking and micro-adjusting the magnetic field generated by the magnetic device within the containing space, such that to improve an evenness of thickness for a thin film formed on the substrate.
US12129540B2

An apparatus and a method for introducing an optical lens into a turning device are disclosed. The apparatus includes a carrier body and a carrier element for receiving the lens. The carrier element is arranged in the carrier body. The carrier element has a supporting surface for receiving the lens and is displaceably mounted in relation to the carrier body.
US12129534B2

This hot-stamping formed body has a predetermined chemical composition and has a metallographic structure consisting of, by area ratio, a total of 10% to 30% of ferrite and granular bainite and a remainder in microstructure consisting of one or more of martensite, bainite, and tempered martensite, and, in textures of a surface layer region and an inside region, ratios between a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {001}<1-10> to {001}<−1-10> and a pole density of an orientation group consisting of {111}<1-10> to {111}<−1-12> are controlled.
US12129530B2

An adhesion promoter layer is produced by a novel composition with a lower cobalt content in an MCrAlY alloy. The adhesion promoter layer leads to a very slow growth of the TGO. The nickel-based alloy contains at least (in wt. %): cobalt (Co) 0.2%-5.0%, chromium (Cr) 14.0%-20.0%; aluminum (Al) 6.0%-8.0%; tantalum (Ta) 1.0%-3.0%; yttrium (Y) 0.3%-0.6%; nickel (Ni) 70.0%-75.0%.
US12129526B2

Provided are a gradient steel material having a surface layer with ferrite and an inner layer with ferrite+pearlite, and a manufacturing method, the weight percentages of the components are: C≤0.15%, Si≤1%, Mn≤1.5%, the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the surface layer of the steel material is ferrite, the inner layer is ferrite+pearlite. The manufacturing method thereof includes: smelting, casting, rolling, heat treatment; wherein, in the heat treatment step, the steel material is heated above the austenitizing temperature Ac3, and hold at the temperature more than 3 min to ensure that the material is completely austenitized; subsequently, it is cooled to a temperature below Ar1 at a cooling rate lower than 0.5° C./s. The present steel material does not need to be obtained by means of the compound preparation of different materials, and is only processed and prepared by a single material, the process is short, the procedure is simple, and the cost is low.
US12129520B2

Disclosed is a DNA sequencing method. The DNA sequencing method of this invention comprises: (1) adding a tag sequence at the 3′ terminus of the DNA to be sequenced so as to form a DNA to be sequenced including the tag sequence, the nucleotide sequence of said tag sequence being the reverse complement of the nucleotide sequence of the sequencing primer; (2) mixing the DNA to be sequenced including the tag sequence and the sequencing primer so as to form a product having a 5′ terminus double strand and a single main strand; (3) after step (2) is completed, the product is mixed separately with dATP, dCTP, dTTP, and dGTP to obtain four systems, each system is separately added to a single-molecule device modified by a DNA polymerase, and electric signals are read. Experiments verify that the method of this invention performs DNA sequencing and has important application value.
US12129512B2

Provided herein is a composition comprising a mixture of barcoded nucleic acid molecules made from a plurality of cells or cell organelles, wherein the mixture comprises: (a) a population of first nucleic acid molecules each comprising: a sequence of a nucleic acid from a cell or cell organelle, a complement of the sequence, or a barcode identifying the sequence, and a cell-origination barcode; and (b) a population of second nucleic acid molecules each comprising: an epitope specific barcode and a cell-origination barcode. In this composition, the first and second nucleic acid molecules from the same cell or cell organelle have the same cell-origination barcode and first and second nucleic acid molecules from different cells or cell organelles have different cell-origination barcodes.
US12129505B2

Disclosed is oleaginous yeast and its application, belonging to the technical field of microorganisms. The oleaginous yeast provided by the disclosure has been deposited in China Center for Type Culture Collection on May 21, 2020, with an accession number of CCTCC NO: M 2020139. The oleaginous yeast provided by the disclosure can use a hydrolysate of cheap lignocellulose biomass as the substrate. Xylose and glucose in the hydrolysate are simultaneously utilized to produce oil, so the sugar utilization efficiency and production intensity are enhanced. After 8 days of fed-batch fermentation, the oil yield can reach 31.33 g/L, and the oil content can reach 60.83%. The waste resources can be reutilized, and the production cost is reduced, so the oleaginous yeast has wide application prospects.
US12129491B2

Described herein are methods and compositions relating to the provision and/or differentiation of certain fully differentiated lung cell types, including surfactant producing cells (e.g. club secretory cells), mucus producing (Goblet) cells, mucus-producing goblet like cells, and beating ciliated cells. In some embodiments, one or more of the differentiated lung cell types is present in an organoid. Differentiation of these lung cell types can be induced by contacting lung stem and/or progenitor cells with one or more inhibitors of H3K9me1/2 methyltransferase, e.g., an inhibitor of G9a and/or G1p (EMHT2 and/or EHMT1).
US12129489B2

A yarn including a plurality of twists formed by twisting single fiber strand or multiple fiber strands; and fiber grooves, which are spaces formed between the twists, to provide three-dimensional growth spaces and migration paths for cells. Accordingly, a cell proliferation rate and cell viability may be enhanced by creating microenvironments suitable for migration, proliferation and differentiation of cultured cells. In addition, cell clusters having more uniform shapes may be easily implemented by forming the proliferation spaces and migration paths for the cultured cells as similar as possible to each other in each scaffold. Further, the cells cultured thereby can be cultured in a suitable shape and structure to be applied to an in vitro experimental model or transplanted into the body of an animal, and can be widely applied in various products used in a cell culture or tissue engineering field.
US12129483B2

The three main peripheral sensory neuron (SN) subtypes, nociceptors, mechanoreceptors, and proprioceptors localize to dorsal root ganglia (DRG) and convey sensations such as pain, temperature, pressure and limb movement/position. Disclosed herein is a chemically defined differentiation protocol that generates all three SN subtypes from the same starting population, as well as methods to enrich for each individual subtypes. The protocol yields high efficiency and purity cultures that are electrically active and respond to specific stimuli. Their molecular character and maturity stage are described and evidence for their use as an axotomy model is exemplified. Cell populations and compositions formed from the resulting cells, as well as methods of their use for disease treatment, drug screening, and modeling of human disorders affecting SNs are also provided.
US12129478B1

Disclosed are adenosine deaminases, base editors comprising the adenosine deaminases and complexes comprising the base editors. The adenosine deaminases and the base editors exhibited superior adenine editing effects and achieved A·T base pair to G·C base pair transformation at DNA level.
US12129466B2

Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of UBE3A-ATS, the endogenous antisense transcript of ubiquitin protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) in a cell or subject, and in certain instances increasing the expression of paternal UBE3A and the amount of UBE3A protein in a cell or subject. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurogenetic disorder. Such symptoms and hallmarks include developmental delays, ataxia, speech impairment, sleep problems, seizures, and EEG abnormalities. Such neurogenetic disorders include Angelman Syndrome.
US12129461B2

Methods and materials are disclosed for use in recovering a biopolymer from a solution. In particular, the invention provides methods for extraction and isolation of nucleic acids from biological materials. The nucleic acids can be separated by forming a stable complex with soluble polysaccharide polymers and magnetic particles, in the presence of detergents and solvent. When the particles are magnetically separated out of the solution, the nucleic acids are separated with them. The nucleic acids can subsequently be released and separated from the particles. The nucleic acid preparation is useful for achieving efficient and accurate results in downstream molecular techniques such as quantification, identification of the source of the nucleic acids, and genotyping.
US12129459B2

The present invention relates to methods of using aqueous two-phase system (ATPS) for the isolation, concentration and/or purification of short nucleic acid fragment having about or less than 250 base pairs (bp). In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition and kit for the purification of short nucleic acid fragments having about or less than 250 base pairs from nucleic acid-containing biological materials. In another embodiment, the present invention provides uses of certain salts and/or polymers in a two-phase system for the purification of short nucleic acid fragments having about or less than 250 base pairs from nucleic acid containing biological materials.
US12129456B2

A concrete container for a food liquid, particularly for making and aging wine and spirits, includes a container body which exhibits symmetry of revolution. The body includes an interior wall delimiting the storage volume of the container, an external peripheral wall, a first body part and a second body part, which parts are superposed and assembled to close the body, each body part includes an assembly surface for assembly with the other body part. The assembly surfaces include at least: first assembly surfaces placed on the side of the interior wall, the first surfaces exhibiting profiles that mate with one another to ensure continuous contact between the first surfaces, and the first assembly surfaces being extended in the direction toward the outside of the container by second assembly surfaces configured to define between them an interior space that may or may not open onto the external peripheral wall.
US12129450B2

A liquid laundry detergent formulation is provided, comprising: a liquid carrier; a cleaning surfactant; and a cleaning booster polymer, wherein the cleaning booster polymer has structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) and, optionally, structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II)
US12129447B2

A cleaning wipe having a nonwoven substrate impregnated with a dispersal composition including at least one of a polar solvent and a water-in-oil emulsion is disclosed. The dispersal composition provides an enhancement to the dispersion of the nonwoven substrate including a binder when placed within a waste water stream after use, thereby more effectively disposing of the wipe after use.
US12129441B2

The present invention provides a blended fuel and methods for producing the blended fuel, wherein a low carbon fuel derived from a renewable resource such as biomass, is blended with a traditional, petroleum derived fuel. A blended fuel which includes greater than 10% by volume of low carbon fuel has an overall improved lifecycle greenhouse gas content of about 5% or more compared to the petroleum derived fuel. Also, blending of the low carbon fuel to the traditional, petroleum fuel improves various engine performance characteristics of the traditional fuel.
US12129430B1

The disclosure relates to compositions that include a substrate having attached thereto functional molecules capable of interacting with ions, and related methods. Examples of the substrate include graphene, boron nitride and a graphene-boron nitride hybrid. The compositions can reduce (e.g., prevent) scale formation and/or dissolve scale formations in oil and gas production, transportation, storage, and processing systems, such as scales caused by calcium, barium and/or strontium ions.
US12129427B2

The present disclosure relates to a gas hydrate inhibitor composition comprising from an amphiphile having a hydrophobic tail linked to a hydrophilic head group by a linking moiety, the amphiphile having the general formula (1) [R5-L-N(R1)(R2)(R3)]+X−  (1) wherein each of R1 and R2 is independently an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms; or wherein the nitrogen atom and the R1 and R2 groups together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R3 is present or not as hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms which optionally bears a hydroxy group or a carboxy group in the 2-position; L is a linking moiety comprising an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having at least 2 adjacent carbon atoms, at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen and oxygen, and optionally one or more further heteroatoms; R5 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms; and X− is present as an anion when R3 is present; and from a cationic surfactant which is selected from di(C8-C18 alkyl)dimethyl ammonium salts.
US12129424B2

Emulsions, treatment fluids and methods for treating subterranean formations are provided, wherein the emulsions comprise water, a water-immiscible liquid, one or more polymers, and an inverting surfactant composition comprising one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated alcohol compounds, ethoxylated fatty acid compounds, and alkyl polyethyleneglycol ether carboxylic acid compounds, and salts or esters thereof. The emulsions are particularly suitable for use in brine.
US12129419B2

The present invention relates to polymeric soil conditioner Absorbency stability as a new water absorbing polymeric material and a process for the production of water absorbing materials consisting of a combination of synthetic polymers and biopolymers, with an improved high water absorbency at repeated watering, capable to reduce the effect of accumulation of salts in polymeric matrix as of multiple cycles of swelling-deswelling that occurs during all period of living of vegetable culture, by decreasing of crosslinking density of three dimensional network of the material caused by biochemical processes that developed in polymeric gels.
US12129417B2

A technology disclosed in the present disclosure provides a Group III-V-based quantum dot including a seed which includes a Group III element, a Group V element, and an active metal having various oxidation numbers and in which a molar ratio of the Group III element and the active metal is 1:3 to 1:30, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US12129414B2

Scintillating plastics resistant to crazing and fogging, methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The scintillating plastics include: one or more primary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 40 wt % to about 95 wt %; one or more secondary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 60 wt %; and one or more fluors present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt %. Methods of making such plastics include: creating a homogenous mixture of precursor materials including primary polymer, secondary polymer, and fluor in the amounts set forth above; and polymerizing the homogenous mixture. Methods of using such plastics include: exposing the scintillating plastic to one or more extreme environmental conditions for a predetermined amount of time without generating crazing or fogging within the scintillating plastic. Various additional features and specific embodiments of these inventive concepts are also disclosed.
US12129410B2

A manufacturing method of an adhesive layer includes: providing a preliminary adhesive layer, attaching a mask to a first area portion of the preliminary adhesive layer, and thereby, provide a second area portion of the preliminary adhesive layer that is adjacent to the first area portion and to which the mask is not attached, to provide an adhesive layer that exhibits good folding reliability. In addition, a display device may exhibit good folding reliability characteristics by including the adhesive layer from which an adhesion force of a folding area is reduced between a supporting member and a display panel of the display device.
US12129409B2

A reactive silicone composition including component (S) and component (T) below, the component (S): a reactive silicone compound including a condensation product of a diaryl silicate compound represented by Formula [1] and a silicon compound represented by Formula [2], (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a phenyl group optionally substituted by a C1-6 alkyl group and X represents a hydrolyzable reactive group), the component (T): modified titanium oxide-containing oxide colloidal particles produced by bonding an organosilicon compound to surfaces of titanium oxide-containing oxide colloidal particles (C) having an average particle diameter of from 2 to 100 nm and including, as a core, titanium oxide-containing metal oxide colloidal particles (A), surfaces of which are coated with a coating including silicon dioxide- and tin oxide-containing composite oxide colloidal particles (B).
US12129408B2

An adhesive tape comprises an adhesive layer and a multi-layer film. The adhesive tape is configured to tear cleanly by hand so that the formed cleaved edges do not extend past a cleavage line.
US12129399B2

A freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition including (a) at least one anti-freezing agent; and (b) at least one emulsifier; and (c) any other desired optional compound; a process for making the above freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition, a paint formulation made containing the above freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition; and a process for making the above paint formulation.
US12129392B2

Provided is a resin composition for imprinting excellent in imprint properties and optical properties such as high refractive index and low haze. The invention relates to a resin composition for imprinting containing: (A) a polysiloxane resin represented by the following formula (1): (R1SiO3/2)a(R22SiO2/2)b(R33SiO1/2)c(SiO4/2)d wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group, or a C1-C12 substituent having one or more crosslinkable functional groups, with at least one of R1, R2, or R3 being a C1-C12 substituent having one or more crosslinkable functional groups, and when a plurality of R1s, R2s, or R3s are present, they may be different from one another; and a, b, c, and d are numbers satisfying the following conditions: 0.001≤a≤1.00, 0≤b≤0.999, 0≤c≤0.30, 0≤d≤0.30, and a+b+c+d=1.0; and (B) a fine particulate inorganic oxide, wherein the ratio by weight of the sum of the polysiloxane resin (A) and optionally an alkoxysilane compound and a curable resin to the fine particulate inorganic oxide (B) is 0.2 to 2.5.
US12129381B1

A composite nanomaterial of ZnO impregnated by, e.g., a green copper phthalocyanine compound (CuPc) can be an efficient solar light photocatalyst for water remediation. The composite may include hollow shell microspheres and hollow nanospheres of CuPc-ZnO. CuPc may function as a templating and/or structure modifying agent, e.g., for forming hollow microspheres and/or nanospheres of ZnO particles. The composite can photocatalyze the degradation of organic pollutants such as crystal violet (CV) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid as well as microbes in water under solar light irradiation. The ZnO—CuPc composite can be stable and recyclable under solar irradiation.
US12129379B2

Provided is a curable silicone composition for a release agent which can form a release film having a silicone adhesive with a low release force even when thin and which does not reduce the adhesive strength of the silicone adhesive to other substrates upon releasing the release film. A release film and laminate are also provided. The curable silicone composition comprises: (A) a fluorine-containing organopolysiloxane mixture obtained by mixing the following components (A1) and (A2) at a mass ratio of 1/99 to 45/55: (A1) a fluoro(poly)ether modified organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoro(poly)ether-containing organic group; (A2) a fluoroalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule along with a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least three silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and (D) an organic solvent.
US12129367B2

A composition for three-dimension (3D) printing, a method for 3D printing, and a resulting article having porous structure are provided. Such a composition includes from 50% to 100% by weight of a base polymer comprising polyolefin (such as ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene), from 0% to 50% by weight of a glue polymer (such as HDPE or PP), and optionally additive. A composition can be applied in a layer, and the base polymer and the glue polymer each has a predetermined size or size distribution. The composition is sintered in a selected area to form a layer of a solid article, which has a predetermined pore size or pore size distribution. The predetermined particle size or size distribution for each of the base polymer and the glue polymer is determined through computer simulation based on the predetermined pore size or pore size distribution in the layer of the solid article.
US12129364B2

Large volumes of recycled polyethylenes are available for reuse. It would be desirable to prepare films from recycled polyethylene, however, the technical demands for many types of films can make this very difficult. Provided herein are films, for example, stretch films; shrink films; films for vacuum packages and films for dunnage packaging, that may be prepared from a blend of recycled polyethylene with “virgin” polyethylene.
US12129359B2

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a cationic tape accelerator for use in a process for producing an insulation system by impregnation and/or encapsulation with an anhydride-free impregnating agent. The tape accelerator comprises an ionogenic compound of a sulfonium-containing cation and a hexafluoroantimonate anion.
US12129344B2

A polyester film and a method for producing the same are provided. The polyester film includes a physically recycled polyester resin and a chemically recycled polyester resin. The physically recycled polyester resin is formed of physically recycled polyester chips, and the physically recycled polyester chips have a first intrinsic viscosity. The chemically recycled polyester resin is formed of chemically recycled polyester chips, and the chemically recycled polyester chips have a second intrinsic viscosity. The second intrinsic viscosity is less than the first intrinsic viscosity. The physically recycled polyester chips and the chemically recycled polyester chips are mixed with each other and melt extruded according to a predetermined intrinsic viscosity, so that the polyester film has the predetermined intrinsic viscosity.
US12129330B2

A reaction mixture and production method for making a polyurethane comprising material having reduced aldehyde emissions.
US12129328B2

Disclosed are a low-carbon polyurethane foam composition and a method for preparing the same. The low-carbon polyurethane foam composition may have improved foam cell uniformity while contributing to carbon reduction goals as a result of applying a polyether carbonate polyol containing a carbonate bond. The method for preparing the low-carbon polyurethane foam composition may include reacting a polyol mixture including a carbonate bond-containing polyether carbonate polyol and a petroleum-based polyether polyol, an isocyanate, and a silicone surfactant.
US12129322B2

An anaerobically curable composition comprising (i) a curing system for curing an anaerobically curable component, comprising a combination of a metallocene such as n-butyl ferrocene and acetyl phenyl hydrazine, (ii) the anaerobically curable component comprising: a) a solid resin component and b) a solid anaerobically curable monomer; and wherein the composition is in solid form and has a melting point in the range from 30° C. to 100° C. The metallocene may be present in the amount from about 0.05% to about 2.5% by weight based on the total weight of the composition and the acetyl phenyl hydrazine is present in the amount from about 0.05% to about 1.75% by weight based on the total weight of the composition. Compositions show greater bond strengths.
US12129320B2

Imidazole-containing polymer membranes and resins are described herein. Methods of their preparation and use are also described herein. The methods of using the membranes and resins include reducing acids from liquid phases.
US12129315B2

A monomeric polysaccharide isolated from Auricularia auricula-judae (A. auricula), and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The monomeric polysaccharide includes xylose, glucuronic acid, galactose, glucose, and mannose. The present disclosure further provides a structure and a preparation method of the monomeric polysaccharide isolated from A. auricula, and the preparation method adopts a plurality of chromatographic techniques. The monomeric polysaccharide isolated from A. auricula in the present disclosure is high-acetyl glucuronoxylogalactoglucomannan. The monomeric polysaccharide can reduce percentages of eosinophils, neutrophils, and lymphocytes in a lung lavage solution of a SiO2 dust-induced silicosis model mouse, significantly reduce levels of oxidative and inflammatory factors such as SOD, HYP, IL-6, and TNF-α in a SiO2 dust-induced silicosis model group in a dose-dependent manner, exhibit a protective effect for an experimental SiO2 dust-induced silicosis model mouse.
US12129310B2

Molecules, including antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to a linker peptide, and methods of producing and using the described antibodies and antigen-binding fragments are presented herein. Also presented herein methods of generating antibodies that specifically bind to an immunorecessive epitope.
US12129308B2

The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that specifically bind MMP13 and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the immunoglobulins of the present invention inhibit an activity of MMP13 and preferably are also stable.
US12129306B2

The present invention generally relates to antibodies that bind to STEAP-1, including bispecific antigen binding molecules e.g. for activating T cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies, and to methods of using them in the treatment of disease.
US12129301B2

From gene expression analysis with a long-term recurrence-free group and a recurrence metastasis group of stomach cancer, CHRNB2 and NPTXR were identified as drug discovery targets. Tumor growth was successfully inhibited by an antibody medicine or a nucleic acid medicine targeting CHRNB2 or NPTXR. Furthermore, a polyclonal antibody and a monoclonal antibody linking to CHRNB2 or NPTXR are provided. Since these receptor molecules are novel molecular targets, treatment of cases which the existing therapeutic drugs have no effect on is made possible.
US12129296B2

Provided are an anti-human claudin 18.2 monoclonal antibody and application thereof. The antibody has three heavy chain CDRs and three light chain CDRs, one of the three heavy chain CDRs and three light chain CDRs is as follows: a heavy chain CDR1 is SEQ ID NO: 1, a heavy chain CDR2 is SEQ ID NO: 2, a heavy chain CDR3 is SEQ ID NO: 3, a light chain CDR1 is SEQ ID NO: 4, a light chain CDR2 is SEQ ID NO: 5, and a light chain CDR3 is SEQ ID NO: 6.
US12129287B2

Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for treating hereditary hearing loss and/or vision loss, for example, due to Usher syndrome, Type 3A. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a recombinant adeno-associated virus comprising: (i) an AAV-S capsid protein, and (ii) an isolated nucleic acid comprising a transgene (e.g., a transgene for expressing a clarin-1 protein). The present disclosure also provides methods of treating hereditary hearing loss and/or vision loss (e.g., Usher Syndrome, Type 3A) using the same.
US12129283B2

Technologies for the prevention and/or treatment of pneumococcal infections.
US12129279B2

The present invention relates to novel antimicrobial peptides and compositions comprising the same. The present invention also provides a method for for treating microbial infections, including bacterial infections and fungal infections.
US12129277B2

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of polypeptide synthesis, and more particularly, to a linear solution phase synthesis of the Wnt hexapeptide Foxy-5 and protected derivatives and peptide fragments thereof.
US12129274B2

The present disclosure relates to novel methods for preparing antibacterial aminoglycoside compounds and the compounds used in such preparations.
US12129271B2

Organotin clusters are described with the formula R3Sn3(O2CR′)5−x(OH)2+x(μ3-O) with 0≤x<2; R=branched or cycloalkyl with 1 to 31 carbon atoms; R′═H or alkyl with 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Three carboxylato ligands are bridging, and two OH ligands are bridging. The remaining two carboxylato ligands are in non-bridging configurations, and the non-bridging carboxylato ligands are exchangeable in solution. Solutions of these clusters are suitable for forming radiation sensitive coatings that can be used to pattern nanometer scale structures. The radiation sensitive coatings are particularly suitable for EUV patterning.
US12129267B2

The present application provides heteroaryl amide compounds that activate the STING pathway to produce interferons, which are useful in the treatment of various diseases including infectious diseases and cancer.
US12129260B2

The benzofuro[3,2-c]-chromen-6-one compounds are antibacterial agents. The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria calls for constant development of new antibacterial agents with the aim of generating medicaments that are potent against drug sensitive and resistant bacteria and are well tolerated. The present compounds are not only new, but have very valuable antimicrobial properties. These compounds showed a broad spectrum of activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well tuberculosis mycobacteria. They also showed potent activity against drug-resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and VRSA. The molecular target of these compounds was identified as DNA Gyrase B. Based on their pharmacological profiles, the present compounds may find important clinical applications for severe infectious diseases and tuberculosis.
US12129259B1

Novel pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrazolo[4,3-b][1,6]naphthyridine, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrazolo[4,3-b][1,6]naphthyridine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US12129251B2

The present disclosure relates to compounds that act as inhibitors of NLRP3 inflammasomes; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders associated with inflammation and inflammaging, including hearing loss and other diseases associated with aging.
US12129249B2

The aim of the present invention is to provide a method capable of producing an optically active pyrimidinamide derivative on an industrial scale. Compound (I) or a salt thereof is subjected to an asymmetric reduction reaction, the obtained compound (II) or a salt thereof is subjected to a deprotection reaction, and the obtained compound (III) or a salt thereof is reacted with compound (VI) or a salt thereof to obtain compound (V) or a salt thereof. wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification.
US12129246B1

The disclosure relates to a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein A, Ra to Rd, and R4 to R7, are as described herein, as well as compositions and methods of using such compounds.
US12129241B1

An 9-(2-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-10-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12129238B2

The invention relates to a crystalline form of the Compound (I), wherein the crystalline form displays its strongest reflection, stated as a 2Θ value, at 25±0.2°, in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern. The invention also relates to a method of making this crystalline form, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising thereof. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of using this crystalline form as a medicament and in the treatment of pain.
US12129233B2

The novel water-soluble salts of cannabinoids with increased bioavailability, their preparation and uses.
US12129220B2

The present invention relates to a derivative compound in which a biphenyl group is introduced into an aminoalkanoic acid, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention exhibits excellent antifungal and fungicidal effects. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention exhibits a synergistic effect when used in combination with a conventional antifungal agent. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention provides broad-spectrum antifungal activity against a wide range of fungal pathogens. Therefore, the compound of the present invention may be widely used in fields requiring treatment with antifungal or fungicidal agents against human pathogenic fungi and animal pathogenic fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.
US12129216B2

The invention relates to a process of converting methanol in a fluidized bed reactor comprising feeding a methanol-containing feedstock into a fluidized bed reactor, contacting the feedstock with a catalyst, to produce a product comprising ethylene and propylene under effective conditions; the fluidized bed reactor comprises a diluent-phase zone and a dense-phase zone, wherein the diluent-phase temperature difference between any regions of the diluent-phase zone having a methanol concentration of more than 0.1 wt % (preferably more than 0.01 wt %) in the fluidized bed reactor is controlled to be less than 20° C., and the dense-phase temperature difference between any regions in the dense-phase zone having a methanol concentration of more than 0.1 wt % (preferably more than 0.01 wt %) in the fluidized bed reactor is controlled to be less than 10° C.
US12129211B2

The present invention relates to gels and processes for making bundles of aligned ceramic nanofibers, ceramic nanostructures made by such processes, and methods of using such ceramic nanostructures. Such process is templated via block copolymer self-assembly but does not require any post processing thermal and/or solvent annealing steps. As a result, such process is significantly more efficient and scalable than other processes that are templated via block copolymer self-assembly. The resulting fibers are aligned according to the direction of deposition, making steps where individual fibers are bundled unnecessary.
US12129209B2

A nanocomposite optical ceramic (NCOC) material. The material having a first solid phase, a second solid phase, and a third solid phase. The first solid phase has first solid phase grains no larger than 5 μm, and each first solid phase grain has a first solid phase grain boundary. The second solid phase has second solid phase grains no larger than 5 μm, and each second solid phase grain has a second solid phase grain boundary. The third solid phase has a doping agent. The doping agent is less than 5 atomic % soluble in the first solid phase and the second solid phase. At least part of the third solid phase is situated at the second solid phase grain boundary.
US12129207B2

There is provided a method of manufacturing a concrete product. A composition including a slag-based binder, an aggregate, water and an additive selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride, ground eggshells, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, fine calcium carbonate, calcium oxide, borax, ammonium chloride and combinations thereof, is mixed to obtain a concrete mixture. The concrete mixture is formed into a desired shape to obtain a formed concrete, the formed concrete having a first water-to-binder ratio. The formed concrete is dried to obtain a dried concrete having a second water-to-binder ratio less than the first water-to-binder ratio. The concrete mixture is carbon cured to obtain the concrete product.
US12129203B1

A concrete with oil shale waste residue as aggregates and a preparation method thereof are provided by the present disclosure, belonging to the technical field of concrete. Oil shale waste residue is used to partially or completely replace the fine aggregates and coarse aggregates in the concrete, where the oil shale waste residue is deoiled oil shale waste residue. The oil shale waste residue is subjected to oil removal treatment and applied to the preparation of concrete.
US12129191B1

A system for monitoring and improving water quality by mitigating harmful algal blooms. The system comprises an automatic detection unit that is configured to affix to an unmanned vehicle (UV). The automatic detection unit is adapted to detect harmful algal blooms in a water body when the UV flies over it. The automatic detection unit communicates to a server via a network. This automated process ensures swift identification without human intervention, enhancing efficiency. The system performs real-time data transmission that allows for analysis and response, facilitating timely decisions and interventions to mitigate algal blooms. The system is integrated with an artificial intelligence module, trained on reference data using convolution neural networks (CNNs). By automating detection, analysis, and response processes, the system optimizes operational efficiency, reducing manual effort and response times in managing algal bloom incidents.
US12129190B1

A system for cleaning water can include an intake configured to receive input water, a pump configured to move the input water through at least a portion of the system, a discharge for discharging output water, an electromagnet configured to expose the input water to a magnetic field fluidically between the intake and the discharge, a course filter unit configured to filter the input water fluidically between the intake and the discharge, a nano-bubble injector configured to inject nanobubbles into the input water fluidically between the intake and the discharge, and an ultrafiltration filter configured to filter the input water fluidically between the intake and the discharge. A system for cleaning water can include a system for producing potable fresh water from seawater.
US12129177B2

The present disclosure relates to a process for producing chlorosilanes in a fluidized bed reactor by reaction of a hydrogen and silicon tetrachloride-containing reaction gas with a particulate contact mass containing silicon and a catalyst. The chlorosilanes have the general formula HnSiCl4-n and/or HmCl6-mSi2. The reactor design is described by an index K1, the constitution of the contact mass is described by an index K2 and the reaction conditions are described by an index K3.
US12129170B2

A dual-pressure plant for the synthesis of nitric acid comprising: a reactor (4) providing a gaseous effluent (15) containing nitrogen oxides; an absorption tower (6) nitrogen oxides react with water providing raw nitric acid and, said absorption tower operating at a pressure greater than the pressure of the reactor; a compressor (5) elevating the pressure of the reactor effluent (15) to the absorption pressure; said plant also comprising a first bleacher (37) and a second bleacher (7), said first bleacher (37) stripping with air (39) nitrogen oxides from the output stream (27) of the absorption tower (6) providing a partially stripped nitric acid stream (40) and a nitrogen oxides-loaded air stream (41), the former being fed to the second bleacher (7) and the latter being recycled to the delivery-side of said compressor (5).
US12129159B2

The present disclosure describes a modular carriage system that includes one or more modular pieces to expand one or more dimensions of a base carriage plate. The modular pieces and/or the base carriage plate may include, and/or be configured to receive, mounting hardware to secure the modular pieces to the base carriage plate. In some examples, multiple modular pieces can be stacked together to incrementally increase the one or more dimensions.
US12129155B2

A main grinder of a bridge crane, intended to be supported by its ends to end girders of the bridge crane and which comprises an elongated box-type central web, whereby there is, formed in the central web on at least one end of the main girder, a cutting slot running substantially in the longitudinal direction of the main girder, and connected to this cutting there is a knife plate, extending from a bottom of the cutting slot substantially to the end of the main girder, for supporting to the end girder.
US12129150B2

A collaborative scheduling method for high-rise elevators based on Internet of Things is provided. The method includes: obtaining the number of people carried at the current moment of each elevator in the elevator group, the target distance corresponding to the current moment of each elevator, and the number of people waiting at the current moment of each floor; predicting the number of people waiting for the going up and the number of people waiting for the going down at the current moment of each floor based on the monitoring video data of the elevator door every day in the preset historical days, and constructing the corresponding feature vectors of each elevator at the current moment and the corresponding feature vectors of the skyscraper at the current moment, and then obtaining the corresponding state vectors at the current moment, controlling each elevator based on state vector and a reinforcement learning network.
US12129148B2

A method of grooving a durable transfer roll core may comprising loading the durable transfer roll core onto a grooving apparatus and grooving a main surface of the durable transfer roll core via engagement with one or a plurality of cutting tools of the tooling section of the grooving apparatus.
US12129144B2

A solar panel cutting unit may include a frame, a transport roller unit provided at the frame to transport, in a first direction, a solar panel having a glass plate, an adhesive layer, a solar cell layer, and a backsheet layer stacked sequentially, a heating unit to heat the solar panel, a pair of pressurization roller units to pressurize and transport the solar panel, a trimmer unit that moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and removes the backsheet layer, the solar cell layer, and the adhesive layer, a peeling unit that inserts a blade into the adhesive layer of the solar panel passing by the trimmer unit and removes a flexible film to which the solar cell layer and the backsheet layer is adhered, and a collection roller that collects the flexible film peeled by the peeling unit.
US12129143B2

A media processing apparatus includes a media transporter, a stacking portion on which media are stacked, a binding processing portion that binds an upstream end portion of a media bundle, a pair of ejection rollers that eject the media bundle, and a displacement mechanism that displaces a first roller of the pair of ejection rollers to a nipping position at which the media bundle is nipped and a separated position at which the first roller is separated from the media bundle, in which, when the media bundle, the upstream end portion of which is closed, is to be ejected from the stacking portion, the first roller is disposed in the nipping position and ejection of the media bundle is started, the first roller is displaced to the separated position during ejection of the media bundle, and, thereafter, the first roller is disposed again at the nipping position.
US12129126B2

If a failure of components of a transport-system sliding contact can be predicted, preventive maintenance that is sometimes unnecessary is eliminated and an alternative run-to-failure approach associated with downtime can be avoided. A system and a method detect wear of a transport system, which system has a sliding contact with a current collector mounted on a vehicle and a current-carrying conductor. The vehicle travels along the current-carrying conductor, the current collector being pressed against the current-carrying conductor. Vibrations produced during the driving motion are registered by a vibration sensor attached to the current collector and wirelessly transmitted to a background system. The background system is configured to subject the transmitted data, in particular the registered vibrations, to an analysis and to signal wear of the transport system, in particular wear of the current collector and/or of the current-carrying conductor, on the basis of the analysis.
US12129120B2

There are disclosed method and system (10) for picking of articles (12), in particular flat-pack articles (12), in accordance with picking orders, wherein the system (10) comprises: a rack (24) extending substantially along longitudinal and height directions (X, Y) of the system (10) and comprising a plurality of storage locations (30) configured to store source pallets (30); a gantry robot (36) including a manipulation unit (37) configured to transfer the articles (16); a packing position (62) configured to buffer a target pallet (34); a plurality of conveyors (38); and a control (74), which is preferably configured to determine, for each of the orders, an order-specific packing pattern for automatically packing, by the gantry robot (36), several of the articles (12) in accordance with the respective order from one or more of the source pallets (30) on a target pallet (34) in the packing position (62); wherein each of the conveyors (38) comprises a receiving position (66), which is positioned within the rack (24) and configured to receive the source pallets (30), as well as a delivering position (58), which is positioned within an action space of the gantry robot (36) and configured to provide, preferably dynamically, the source pallets (30); wherein the gantry robot (36) defines the action space, within which the manipulation unit (37) is movable and which contains the packing position (62) and the delivering positions (58) the conveyor (38); and wherein the control (74) is further configured to cause that such of the source pallets (30) are transported from the storage locations (32) via the receiving positions (66) to the delivering positions (58), which include the articles (12) required for the packing in accordance with the respective packing pattern.
US12129114B2

The invention relates to a storage and order-picking system as well as a method for operating the same. In this regard, provided articles are loaded into hanging bags in an article-specific manner, and subsequently, groups of hanging bags are formed in a hanging bag sorting device based on an article-grouping rule. In a further step, articles of a group are transferred from the hanging bags into an article storage loading aid. The article storage loading aid configured differently from a hanging bag is then stored in an article storage of the storage and order-picking system. Upon receiving a picking order, the article storage loading aid is transported to a picking station, at which the ordered article(s) is/are loaded into a target loading aid.
US12129109B2

A storage container for storing quantities of acids and other volatile liquids is described having a recirculation system that can include a recirculation pump and a recirculation line that goes from a bottom end of the container toward a top end of the container, where the recirculation line has a plurality of pressure relief valves spaced along its length. The storage container may also include a leak detection system and a high level warning system.
US12129104B2

A dispenser for dispensing a facemask is provided. The dispenser includes a housing having an interior volume so as to retain one or more facemasks having a metal strip disposed thereon or therein and a cover assembly forming at least a portion of the housing, the cover assembly including an outer surface forming a portion of an exterior of the dispenser and an inner surface facing the interior volume. An arm is disposed on the inner surface of the cover assembly, the arm including a first end having a magnetic device disposed thereon, wherein the magnetic device is configured to lift one or more facemasks to a dispensing position when the cover assembly is moved to an opened position.
US12129099B1

Various systems, devices, and methods for insulated containers with a drawer are provided. In general, an insulated container, such as a portable cooler, includes a drawer. The insulated container includes a main chamber and includes a drawer chamber that is separate from the main chamber and is configured to movably receive the drawer therein. The main chamber is configured to hold a cooling agent that is configured to cool any items in the main chamber and also any items in the drawer. The insulated container can be manufactured using injection molding.
US12129086B2

A container for perfumery or cosmetic products comprises a first box-shaped body delimiting a first compartment; a first tray, placed in the first compartment and comprising at least a first multi-laying cavity, of at least partial housing alternatively of at least a first or a second product of different shapes; a first tray cover which comprises a sheet applied to the first tray, the first tray cover surmounting a first part of said the cavity and defining an opening surmounting a second part of the first cavity; and an empty space being placed between the first tray cover and the first part of the first cavity and the opening crossing the thickness of the first tray cover completely.
US12129077B2

A container and a method of holding an object in a container. A container includes an outer wall defining a cavity and having an opening to an outside of the container; and a holding device in the cavity and including a wall spaced apart from the outer wall and defining a gap therebetween for holding an object between the wall and the outer wall.
US12129076B2

A transportable flask. The transportable flask includes a bottle, where the bottle is configured to hold a liquid beverage. The transportable flask also includes a cap, where the cap is configured to attach to the bottle and prevent removal of the liquid beverage when in position. The transportable flask further includes a first cup, where the first cup is releasably attached to the bottle and a second cup, where the second cup is releasably attached to the cap.
US12129068B2

An apparatus and method for configuring product packaging and removal of the packaging from a product is disclosed. The labeled product packaging includes a shrink wrap packaging adapted for sealing around a product. A predefined point of failure is configured in the packaging and includes a failure mode for when pulled in at least one direction. A label is sealed to the packaging and adhered to the predefined point of failure in covering relation over the predefined point of failure. Lifting the label from the packaging tears open the packaging starting at the predefined point of failure so the product can be removed from the packaging.
US12129065B2

A method and system for reprocessing a reusable medical instrument. The method includes providing a container including a tray and a lid, the tray having an opening for inserting therethrough the medical instrument into an inner space of the tray, and the lid being arranged for closing the opening. The method includes inserting the container into a decontamination device, inside the decontamination device decontaminating the tray, the lid and the medical instrument while the lid is positioned away from the opening. The method includes, inside the decontamination device, a container handler of the decontamination device closing the container by closing the lid onto the tray for closing the opening, and removing the closed container containing the decontaminated medical instrument from the decontamination device.
US12129062B2

A packaging machine may include a grouping device comprising a spreading area with a spreading table having a base body and a plurality of support bars adjustable in their transverse spacing, each having at least one row of seats extending in a longitudinal direction, each for one product. The grouping device may also include at least one transverse drive for adjusting the transverse spacing, for producing a single-layer group having an even or uneven number of rows of products, and for inserting the group into an outer package. The plurality of support bars include a plurality of double-row support bars which cannot be moved relative to one another in the transverse direction, and at least two single-row support bars that are movable relative to one another in the transverse direction positioned between two of the double-row support bars.
US12129054B2

Systems and methods using VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircrafts including drones and helicopters for soft capture, preserving, and landing of a returning spacecraft from space are disclosed. The spacecraft is decelerated by parachutes. One or multiple VTOL drones transport a water impermeable pocket meeting and capturing the descending spacecraft in the air. The spacecraft is thus preserved inside the pocket and keeps descending and then softly lands in a body of water. In another embodiment, a recovery helicopter, one type of VTOL aircraft with heavy payload lifting capacity, is used to directly catch the returning spacecraft. One or multiple VTOL drones are coupled to the bottom end of a recovery cable hung from the helicopter. These drones bring a clutch quickly and precisely catching the descending spacecraft directly without interrupting the parachutes. The spacecraft is thus caught and preserved by the helicopter with lifting function of the parachutes maintained.
US12129052B1

Systems and methods for achieving pristine microgravity in low earth orbit (LEO) using electric propulsion. Long-duration, low thrust, electric thrusters provide a constant thrust force for a pristine microgravity environment within a given volume of a space vehicle experiencing drag forces in LEO. Large space vehicles in LEO configured to be pressurized for human habitation, for instance having a mass of at least 40,000 kg and an internal volume of at least 400 m3, can use the electric propulsion systems and methods to achieve a quasi-steady acceleration less than or equal to 1.0 μg for durations of 180 consecutive days or longer.
US12129027B1

A system and method for exciting a target area with an excitation source which is affixed or deployed via an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). According to a preferred embodiment, the excitation source may include a heat, magnetic or light source. According to a preferred embodiment, the system of the present invention magnetically excites ferrous material by the use of an array of electromagnets. According to preferred embodiments, the present invention also includes utilizing a UAV mounted IR thermometer to record the ambient temperature of the area to be inspected. Additionally, the present invention teaches using the detected ambient temperature and type of material being inspected to determine an inspection method for the target area. According to a preferred embodiment, the target area may be excited by heat, magnetics or visually enhanced to an appropriate level based on analysis by the system.
US12129026B2

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of aircrafts and provide an aircraft control method and a flight control system. The method is applicable to an aircraft and includes: connecting a remote control to a master terminal; connecting the master terminal to at least one slave terminal, so that each of the at least one slave terminal is connected to the master terminal; determining that the remote control has been connected to the aircraft; and controlling, by the remote control, the aircraft according to control instructions transmitted by the master terminal and/or the at least one slave terminal. By means of the method, providing each terminal with a remote control can be avoided, thereby reducing the burden of holding remote controls and reducing costs.
US12129024B2

The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and methods relating to a fan apparatus including a lift fan mounted in a duct and a cover for the lift fan. In some examples, a fan apparatus has a louvered cover including louvers having different chord lengths and/or different projection distances relative to one another when the louvers are in an intermediate (transitional) position. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a louver actuation assembly configured to move louvers of the fan apparatus rotationally and translationally between open and closed positions. In some examples, a fan apparatus includes a fluid-actuated sealing assembly configured to form a seal between a sealing member and a cover, such as a louvered cover.
US12129022B2

By providing propellers for vertical ascent and descent and for horizontal flight, and a blade for horizontal flight, it is possible to obtain an aerial vehicle capable of high-speed horizontal flight and capable of flying a long distance.
US12129015B2

A rotary mechanical transmission, includes: a containment structure, a first rotary element, connected to a drive unit to define a mechanical power input unit and rotatable about an axis. The transmission also includes a fixed guide and a second rotary element, rotatable about said axis and defining a power output unit. A connecting element extends along the axis and couples to the first rotary element by a first threaded connection. The connecting element is also coupled with one of either the fixed guide and the second rotary element by a second threaded connection, and with the other of the fixed guide and the second rotary element by a linear guide parallel to the axis. The first threaded connection and second threaded connection have different pitches in such a way as to vary the angular speed between the connecting element and the first rotary element.
US12129014B2

A cabin lining element for an aircraft cabin which is arranged in the interior of an aircraft fuselage structure, having a fuselage structure side and a cabin side. The cabin lining element comprises an electrically contactable heating lacquer layer at least in regions on its fuselage structure side. A rib is provided for an aircraft fuselage structure, having at least one foot portion on the outer skin facing side and a cabin facing side head portion. The rib comprises an electrically contactable heating lacquer layer at least in regions on a side of the head portion facing the cabin. As a result of the heating lacquer layer, it is possible to omit insulation which otherwise surrounds the rib heads and, as a consequence, to enlarge the width of the cabin.
US12129006B2

A system for orienting a marine vessel is provided. The system includes marine propulsion devices, a gyroscopic stabilizer system, and a manually operable control device configured to provide an output signal which is representative of a desired movement of the marine vessel. The system further includes a controller operably coupled to the marine propulsion devices, the gyroscopic stabilization system and the manually operable control device. The controller is configured to receive the output signal from the manually operable control device, resolve said desired movement of the marine vessel into a target movement command, operate the marine propulsion devices to exert a thrust on the marine vessel to achieve the target movement command, and operate the gyroscopic stabilizer system consistent with the thrust exerted by the plurality of marine propulsion devices to achieve the target movement command.
US12129005B2

Provided are a marine testbed and a marine test method for providing marine verification and securing a track record of an eco-friendly propulsion system for a ship, wherein the marine testbed and the marine test method test and evaluate applicability of a hybrid propulsion system to the ship and facilitate securing of a track record, the hybrid propulsion system utilizing a battery, a fuel cell, a zero-carbon fuel engine, a zero-carbon fuel mixed-combustion engine, and a heterogeneous eco-friendly alternative fuel for the ship which are essential for developing an eco-friendly ship.
US12129001B1

A system for joining propulsion modules comprising modular elements and attachable components, including a male end adapted to join a single-piece female end by rotating the male end into the single-piece female end such that data bus terminals align and power bus terminals align. The system can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed systems for each mission. The joints connecting the modules are designed such that power and data connections between modules are reliably made.
US12128998B1

A system for mounting mechanisms comprising modular elements and attachable components, including a male end adapted to join a single-piece female end by rotating the male end into the single-piece female end such that data bus terminals align and power bus terminals align. The system can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed systems for each mission. The joints connecting the modules are designed such that power and data connections between modules are reliably made.
US12128992B1

A convertible seating system for a marine vessel is provided. The system includes a stationary bracket coupled to a deck portion of the marine vessel, a forward-facing seat component and an aft-facing seat component. The forward-facing seat component includes a forward-facing base, a cushion component, and a pair of inner pivot brackets. The aft-facing seat component includes an aft-facing base, a cushion component, and a pair of outer pivot brackets. The inner and outer pivot brackets are pivotably coupled to the stationary bracket. A pair of inner spring pins extend through the pair of inner pivot brackets and into a first plurality of locating holes to lock the forward-facing seat component relative to the stationary bracket. A pair of outer spring pins extend through the pair of outer pivot brackets and into a second plurality of locating holes to lock the aft-facing seat component relative to the stationary bracket.
US12128990B1

Windshield systems for boats and methods of using the same are described herein. The windshield systems described herein include a pass-thru section that rotates between open and closed positions about an axis located proximate the top end of the pass-thru section.
US12128972B2

A hitch is provided. The hitch has a ball adapter including a rod. The hitch also has a receiver adapter including a guide having a pair of rails that define a pathway sized to receive the rod of the ball adapter. The receiver adapter also includes a lock having a pair of fingers spaced apart from one another to receive the rod between the fingers such that, when the rod is in the pathway, the lock is positionable to wrap partly around the rod.
US12128964B2

A control device for a vehicle includes a plurality of control circuits configured to control a control object in cooperation or in combination by starting with powering-on of a vehicle as a trigger. Each of the plurality of control circuits is configured to perform a synchronization process and power latch control. Each of the plurality of control circuits is configured to maintain the operation mode immediately before the vehicle has been powered off in a period in which the power latch control is being performed. Each of the plurality of control circuits is configured not to perform the synchronization process in a predetermined period when the vehicle has been powered on.
US12128963B2

The invention relates to a rotary control device (1) for steering a vehicle comprising a user interface surface (3), in particular a knob, that is embodied to rotate with respect to a housing (5) of the device (1) around a rotational axis (7) of the device (1), further comprising a sensor unit (9) for monitoring the orientation and/or rotational movement of the user interface surface (3) with respect to the housing (5), a processing unit (11), and a communications interface (13) for transmitting control signals (Ts) according to an output (Op) from the processing unit (11), said output (Op) being generated by the processing unit (11) on the basis of sensor data (Ds) from the sensor unit (9).
US12128951B2

Provided is a driver assistance apparatus, including: a camera mounted on a vehicle and configured to have a field of view facing a front of the vehicle and acquire image data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the image data, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a target heading angle and a target lateral position of the vehicle based on a predetermined yaw rate pattern, and when a driver operates a steering device that steers the vehicle to avoid a collision of the vehicle, control the steering device to assist in steering for avoiding the collision of the vehicle, based on at least one of the image data, the target heading angle or the target lateral position.
US12128950B2

A method for controlling an assist motor of a power steering system, power steering system including the assist motor configured to apply a motor torque on a rack, and at least one steering computer, method being designed to servo-control a position of the rack to a position setpoint, method including: a maneuvering step in which the assist motor exerts a motor torque on the rack according to a motor torque setpoint; wherein the method also includes: servo-control step in which the steering computer determines a speed setpoint of the rack according to the position setpoint and to the position of the rack; limitation step in which the steering computer issues a limited speed setpoint which is lower than or equal to a maximum speed threshold; control step in which the steering computer determines the motor torque setpoint according to the limited speed setpoint and to a speed of the rack.
US12128949B2

A vehicle control method and apparatus to reverse a trailer are provided. The method includes storing a moving path of a trailer connected to the vehicle by a hitch, measuring a location of the trailer or a heading of the trailer when the trailer is reversed upon activation of a reversing mode, comparing the location of the trailer or the heading of the trailer in the stored moving path of the trailer with the measured location of the trailer or the measured heading of the trailer, and minimizing a difference between the location of the trailer in the stored moving path of the trailer and the measured location of the trailer, or a difference between the heading of the trailer in the stored moving path of the trailer and the measured heading of the trailer, and t performing an operation of reversing the trailer.
US12128945B2

In a steering device according to an aspect of the present disclosure, a lock mechanism includes a rod, a drive cam, and a driven cam. The lock mechanism causes paired side plate portions to approach each other in a right-left direction with a drive base and a driven base being separated from each other in the right-left direction as a cam portion slides on a cam follower portion toward a first side in a circumferential direction and causes the paired side plate portions to be separated from each other in the right-left direction with the drive base and the driven base approaching from each other in the right-left direction as the cam portion slides on the cam follower portion toward a second side in the circumferential direction. A first portion from among the cam portion and the cam follower portion includes a first top portion that comes into contact with a second portion from among the cam portion and the cam follower portion, and a first clearance portion that extends to become farther from the second portion in the right-left direction from the first top portion toward an outer side in a radial direction intersecting a second axis.
US12128938B2

A system may include a controller with one or more processors. The controller may determine the wheel size of a wheel of a vehicle during a trip. The one or more processors may communicate a message associated with the wheel size to an off-board device when the wheel size is below a threshold size.
US12128936B1

A fault detection device for a superconducting electrodynamic maglev track includes a frame system and a detection system. The frame system is provided between two sidewall discrete figure-8-shaped coil tracks, and is provided with a signal processing device. The detection system is provided on each side of the frame system, and includes a lifting device and a clamping device. The lifting device is configured to adjust a vertical height of the clamping device. The clamping device is provided at an outer side of the lifting device, and is provided with a first connection portion and a second connection portion, which are respectively connected to a permanent magnet array and a receiving coil. The second connection portion is provided at periphery of the first connection portion. The receiving coil is electrically connected to the signal processing device. A fault detection method is further provided.
US12128913B2

Embodiments provide a hardware-based mechanism to continuously calibrate a set of sensors on a vehicle while the vehicle is in motion or in use. Specifically, each sensor is mounted on a respective rigid mounting device placed on the vehicle. A secondary sensing device for calibration is also rigidly mounted on the mounting device such that the relative position between the secondary device and the camera sensor can remain unchanged. The secondary sensing devices can then be used to detect a relative distance and/or position of the same calibration target. The sensed data is then used to determine, via stereo triangulation, the relative positions of the two secondary sensing devices, which in turn indicates the relative positions of the sensors.
US12128903B2

A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle, where the drive train includes a drive aggregate, a group transmission connected between the drive aggregate and a drive output, and a separating cutch connected between the drive aggregate and the group transmission. If a speed is lower than a limit value, the separating clutch is opened and for transmission preselection one or all the other sub-transmission(s) is/are changed to a friction-force-locking condition. The separating clutch is then at least partially closed and the drive aggregate is brought to a defined rotation speed. When a friction-force-locking group transmission is required, it is checked whether a starting gearshift or a driver-desired shift for the group transmission is called for and the target rotation speed of the drive aggregate is checked. Depending on the results, the sub-transmission can be synchronized by a transmission brake or by the drive aggregate.
US12128902B2

A driving control device includes a processor that controls driving of a subject vehicle using any one of a first driving mode and a second driving mode having a lower driving assistance level than that of the first driving mode. The processor is configured to: after the driving mode switches from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, determine whether or not a travel environment of the subject vehicle satisfies an automatic return-possible condition; and when the travel environment of the subject vehicle satisfies the automatic return-possible condition after the driving mode switches from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, output, to a user interface, first information indicating that the driving mode of the subject vehicle can be switched automatically from the second driving mode to the first driving mode.
US12128900B2

A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect the type of lane line demarcating a travel lane being traveled by a vehicle from a sensor signal generated by a sensor mounted on the vehicle, the sensor signal representing surroundings of the vehicle, and determine whether the detected type of lane line matches the type of lane line represented in map information between the travel lane and an adjacent lane adjacent thereto at the current position of the vehicle when a lane change to the adjacent lane is required. The processor is further configured to control the vehicle to start a lane change to the adjacent lane in the case that the detected type of lane line matches the type of lane line represented in the map information.
US12128899B2

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for assisting one-pedal driving. An apparatus includes a processor in a regenerative braking vehicle that has a one-pedal control and a memory coupled to the processor that stores code executable by the processor to detect a change in a driving context, monitor a regenerative battery system of the vehicle, and notify a driver of the vehicle to begin modifying pressure upon the one-pedal control based at least in part upon the change in the driving context and the regenerative battery system.
US12128893B2

An intervention-based shared control method and apparatus in forward collision avoidance scenario of autonomous vehicle includes: acquiring vehicle state data of the autonomous vehicle and inputting the vehicle state data into a constructed forward collision avoidance control model to obtain an optimal nominal collision avoidance trajectory of the autonomous vehicle; and acquiring steering input data of a driver in controlling the autonomous vehicle, and obtaining the shared control method in the forward collision avoidance scenario of the autonomous vehicle. The present disclosure proposes a vehicle model decoupling method for control solution and risk prediction in a high-velocity forward collision avoidance scenario.
US12128890B2

A method for operating an autonomous driving function of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a computer unit and sensors for detecting surroundings data. The computer unit is configured to determine a setpoint trajectory for the vehicle, based on the detected surroundings data. In step a), an actual trajectory, and distances from objects in the surroundings, are detected. In step b), an ascertainment of the quality of the autonomous driving function takes place by comparing the actual trajectory to the setpoint trajectory and monitoring the detected distances from objects in the surroundings. In step c), a control of the quality to a predefined target value takes place by selecting sensors to be used for the autonomous driving function from the plurality of sensors and/or by changing a measuring rate, at which measurements are carried out, of at least one sensor from the plurality of sensors.
US12128885B2

A method for determining a usable distance between a host vehicle and a moving object is provided. According to the method, a current obstacle free distance is detected in front of the host vehicle, wherein the current obstacle free distance is limited by a current position of the moving object, and a current velocity of the moving object is determined. An extension distance is estimated based on the current velocity of the moving object, and the usable distance is determined based on the current obstacle free distance and the extension distance.
US12128883B2

A driving assistance device includes a storage medium that stores computer-readable instructions, and a processor connected to the storage medium. The processor executes the computer-readable instructions to recognize an object around a moving body, perform first control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by steering, perform second control for avoiding contact between the moving body and the recognized object by braking, derive an estimated value of a yaw rate generated in the moving body on the basis of reference information including at least a plurality of types of information different from a measured value of a yaw rate output by a yaw rate sensor mounted on the moving body, and suppress the first control if a deviation between the measured value and the estimated value is greater than a reference.
US12128880B2

A parking assistance control device detects a parkable area, where a host vehicle can be parked, based on target information, causes the vehicle to move from the initial position, which is the vehicle's position when the parkable area is detected, to the parkable area by controlling a driving device, braking device, and steering device and, when the target information indicates that a stopper is installed in the parkable area, causes the vehicle to stop with its position and direction with respect to the stopper matching a predetermined position and direction. The parking assistance control device causes the vehicle to stop with the distance between the vehicle's predetermined first reference point and the stopper matching a first predetermined value so that the vehicle is forward-parked in the state where the front end of a part, provided on the vehicle's front side and lower than the stopper, is separated from the stopper.
US12128863B2

A method for detecting a fault within a brake mechanism on an aircraft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes activating, by a brake control unit, the brake mechanism; receiving, by the brake control unit, a wheel speed data for a wheel associated with the brake mechanism; determining, by the brake control unit, a wheel speed characteristic for the wheel associated with the brake mechanism; and detecting, by the brake control unit, whether the brake mechanism is faulty based on a comparison of the wheel speed characteristic and a wheel speed deceleration database.
US12128862B2

An electronic parking brake system includes an electronic parking brake, including an electric motor, and a controller configured to control the electric motor to engage the electronic parking brake, and when a vehicle motion detection signal is received from a black box through a controller area network (CAN) bus in a state where an ignition is turned off and the electronic parking brake is engaged, the controller is configured to re-engage the electronic parking brake.
US12128858B2

A cart with powered folding and unfolding capability is provided. The cart has a cradle for holding a load, a frame supporting said cradle, said frame including a U-shaped leg member defining a pair of free ends connected to said cradle and a cross-bar end connected to a pair of wheels for ground engagement to enable said cart to roll along the ground, at least one leg pivot motor coupled to said leg member to enable powered folding of said leg member with respect to said cradle. The cart has a battery disposed on said cradle to power said leg pivot motor to enable powered folding and unfolding of said leg member. The cart also has an actuator disposed on said frame to initiate powered folding or unfolding of said leg member. Such a cart may also include a pair of auxiliary legs which are capable of powered folding.
US12128852B2

A machine may comprise a security monitoring system and an engine start/stop system (ESS) where the security monitoring system is configured to detect an object proximate to the machine and classify characteristics of the object and the ESS is configured to turn on an engine of the machine based at least in part on the characteristics of the object. The machine may further comprise a battery to supply power for operation of the security monitoring system and a charging system to charge the battery while the engine is turned on. The ESS may monitor a charge level of the battery, determine whether the charge level is below a preselected threshold start level, and in response to determining that the charge level is below the preselected threshold start level, turn on the engine based at least in part on the characteristics of the object.
US12128850B2

A vehicle occupant restraint device including: a vehicle seat; a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seat back of the vehicle seat, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated at the vehicle sea; and a cord-shaped member, a bifurcated one end portion of the cord-shaped member being respectively attached to an upper portion and a lower portion of a side surface at an occupant side of the center airbag and being movably supported at the side portion of the seat back, and another end portion of the cord-shaped member being attached to a retraction device and being retracted by the retraction device at a timing at which the occupant is restrained by the inflated and deployed center airbag.
US12128848B2

A roof airbag for a vehicle is proposed. The roof airbag for a vehicle has an airbag cushion configured to be unfolded downward from an inner roof to protect a passenger seated on a seat, and the airbag cushion has a shape bent toward the passenger by a main tether and a sub-tether, thus securing a restraining force for the passenger and safely protecting the passenger from an impact, and the airbag cushion is unfolded downward while avoiding insertion between a roof-side portion of the roof and a headlining by the sub-tether. Specifically, the airbag cushion is prevented from being transversally contracted and an unfolding shape of the airbag cushion is maintained. Furthermore, the fluidity of a gas flow in the airbag cushion is secured, so that the airbag cushion is rapidly unfolded.
US12128838B2

Methods and systems for operating an auxiliary power unit (APU) of an aircraft are described. The method comprises obtaining external environment parameters of the aircraft, determining an available output power for the APU as a function of the external environment parameters, and setting an overcurrent protection threshold of the APU to a level associated with the available output power.
US12128834B2

A wiring member includes: at least one wiring body including a sheet and a wire-like transmission member fixed to the sheet; and a regulation member including a housing part and a retaining piece and attached to the wiring body. The housing part includes a bottom part and two sidewall parts protruding from the bottom part. The wiring body is housed in the housing part while both end portions along a width direction are bended with respect to an intermediate portion and extend toward a tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts. The retaining piece protrudes above the housing part from the tip end portion of each of the two sidewall parts to press the end portions of the wiring body.
US12128831B2

A motor vehicle, in particular for a passenger car, having a support structure, a roof skin, which is disposed on the support structure, and at least one sensor module having at least one environment sensor for detecting a vehicle environment and having at least one housing for accommodating the environment sensor. The housing of the sensor module is disposed on the support structure and has a construction which collapses or is deformed when defined external forces are applied such that deformation forces, which are exerted by the sensor module on the support structure or on another roof module component, are reduced.
US12128830B1

A personal electronic mounting device for mounting a personal electronic device in a vehicle includes a cylinder that is comprised of a weighted material to facilitate the cylinder to be stood upright in a vehicle without tipping over. A tube is attached to and extends upwardly from the cylinder and a pole is slidably inserted into the tube thereby facilitating the pole to be adjusted to a desired height. The pole has a mounting element that is spaced from the tube. A panel is attached to the mounting element to facilitate an electronic device to be mounted to the panel thereby facilitating the electronic device to be visible to a driver of the vehicle.
US12128814B2

The present invention provides a lamp system. According to an embodiment, the lamp system may include: a light output unit provided in a vehicle to irradiate light; a sensor unit detecting surrounding environment information of the vehicle; a memory storing an image program output by the light output unit; and a processor executing the image program based on the surrounding environment information, in which the image program may include an adaptive driving beam (ADB) algorithm and a road surface projection algorithm of the vehicle, and the processor may include a first buffer allocated to the adaptive driving beam algorithm of the vehicle, and a second buffer allocated to the road surface projection algorithm.
US12128811B2

A load securing device for securing a load such as a pallet within a container such as a cargo trailer so as to prevent the load from side-to-side shifting or jostling. The load securing device includes an inner support telescopically connected to an outer support. The inner support includes a first brace and the outer support includes a second brace. The inner and outer supports each include a ratchet for drawing the supports towards or away from each other so as to lengthen or shorten the effective length of the load securing device. A handle is connected between the first and second ratchets so that the handle may adjust the ratchets. A locking device is included for selectively locking the handle in place to prevent further adjustment of the supports. The braces may be secured between a load and a container to secure the load within the container.
US12128810B2

An anchor device for a cargo securement strap includes a frame configured to engage a mounting track. The anchor device further includes a hook receiver coupled to the frame. The hook receiver is configured to receive a hook of the cargo securement strap. The anchor device further includes a keeper coupled to the frame. The keeper includes a keeper body and at least one keeper finger extending from a side of the keeper body. The keeper is configured to move between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the at least one keeper finger contacts a bolt and the keeper body is positioned to retain the hook. In the second position, the keeper body is positioned to allow for removal of the hook from the hook receiver.
US12128799B2

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat wherein matchability with a luggage box is maintained when the seat is folded, and a relax mode and a backward relax mode can be implemented. The vehicle seat according to the present disclosure includes: a tilting link configured to tilt a front portion of a seat cushion upwards/downwards; and a sliding bracket having one end to which a seat is connected by a hinge structure such that the seat is tilted around the hinge structure, the other end of the sliding bracket being connected so as to slide forwards/backwards.
US12128796B2

A car seat carrier includes a carrier body sized and shaped to receive a complementary sized and shaped car seat. The carrier body is a car seat base for a rear facing infant car seat. The car seat carrier further includes at least one rear wheel assembly attached to the carrier body and at least one front wheel assembly attached to the carrier body. Further, the car seat carrier includes at least one handle affixed to the carrier body.
US12128788B2

Modular battery packs are disclosed and can be used in different devices and systems, such as electric vehicles, electric aircrafts, and electric scooters. Each modular battery pack includes a trace unit to record information about the battery pack, which is transmitted to a distributed data management system. The distributed data management system maintains a unique record entry for each modular battery back, based on which the residual fair market value can be assessed. This evaluation system facilitates the reselling, renting, and/or exchanging of modular battery packs at an online platform and/or at a physical battery sale, rental, and/or swapping station. Modular battery packs may also be recycled from one application to another application. For example, when a modular battery pack from an electric vehicle is degraded to certain level, it may be recycled and used in an energy storage system or other systems having lower requirements for battery performances.
US12128778B2

An electric vehicle recharging station for recharging a battery of an electric vehicle includes a thermal management system including a coolant source of liquid coolant; a power source; an electric vehicle recharger configured for providing the liquid coolant from the coolant source to the battery of the electric vehicle while charging the electric vehicle via the power source; and a data center including a plurality of servers. The thermal management system is configured for providing liquid coolant from the coolant source to the servers.
US12128775B1

The present disclosure relates to a multi-constraint optimal distribution method for a torque vectoring of a distributed drive electric vehicle, which includes: obtaining a vehicle real-time motion state, taking a pre-constructed tire rotation dynamics model as a control object of an optimal distribution problem, establishing an objective function for tracking a desired additional yaw moment, tracking a desired tire slip ratio, and suppressing a motor output energy consumption to a minimum value, establishing a corresponding system constraint, solving the optimal distribution problem, and obtaining an optimal distribution solution for a torque vectoring of each tire. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure can effectively track a desired control target, can also effectively constrain an important state and a control input of the vehicle, and can avoid wrong solutions or no solution caused by an optimization problem.
US12128773B2

A service providing system associated with an autonomous driving platform is provided. A service providing system associated with a simulation platform is provided. The service providing system includes a platform managing server configured to manage the simulation platform that provides simulation related to a driving environment of a vehicle, a vehicle data managing server configured to acquire vehicle data including driving data related to driving of the vehicle and battery data related to a state of a battery of the vehicle and provide a simulation request based on the vehicle data and the vehicle data to the simulation platform, and a service server configured to manage energy management software that provides energy management data to the simulation platform in association with the simulation platform.
US12128758B2

A tank assembly for a motor vehicle includes an axially extending compressed gas tank having a middle portion and axially terminal end portions, and a tank support configured to fasten the compressed gas tank to a vehicle body. The tank assembly has a guard device that catches the compressed gas tank in the event the tank and/or support become partially or fully detached from the vehicle. A guard support is configured to secure the guard device to the vehicle body. A retaining element forms an axial stop for a first end portion, and at least one pliable tension element, which extends axially and connects the retaining element to the guard support in a tension-transmitting manner.
US12128753B2

A lower structure for a hybrid automobile in which a high-voltage battery is disposed in a lower surface of a floor panel includes an engine exhaust system component which is disposed in front of the high-voltage battery in the lower surface of the floor panel and on one vehicle-width-direction side of a center in a vehicle width direction and high-voltage devices which are disposed in front of the high-voltage battery and on another vehicle-width-direction side of the center in the vehicle width direction. In-vehicle equipment is disposed between the high-voltage battery and the high-voltage devices, and the in-vehicle equipment is in an inclined state where an upper surface of the in-vehicle equipment is inclined in a front-rear direction such that the in-vehicle equipment has a shorter dimension in the front-rear direction than a dimension in a horizontal state where the upper surface becomes horizontal.
US12128750B2

An energy store-floor assembly for a motor vehicle includes an electrical energy storage device that has a plurality of battery modules and that is accommodated in a multipart storage housing and arranged on the underside of a vehicle floor of the motor vehicle. In order to provide an energy store-floor assembly for a motor vehicle in which the energy storage device is connected to the motor vehicle bodyshell in an improved manner, the battery modules of the energy storage device are connected to the vehicle floor in a central region of the storage housing by way of a plurality of mechanical connecting elements.
US12128748B1

Disclosed is a mounting platform for a sunshade of an automobile panoramic sunroof, which comprises a positioning part, a mounting part, a clamping groove and a magnetic component; the positioning part comprises a base plate and a limit plate, wherein the base plate comprises an upper end face and a lower end face, and the limit plate is arranged above the upper end face; the mounting part comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is lower than the lower end face; the lower end face is provided with a blocking part, which comprises a starting end and a terminating end, wherein the terminating end is lower than the starting end, and the terminating end extends towards the lower end face to form a terminating face; a clamping groove is formed between the terminating face, the lower end face and the mounting part.
US12128736B2

A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.
US12128735B2

A system for detecting external leaks in a cabin of a vehicle includes sensors and onboard vehicle controls disposed on the vehicle. Control modules of the system have processors, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports. The I/O ports communicate with the sensors and onboard vehicle controls. The control modules execute program code portions stored memory. The program code portions include first and second algorithm portions. The first algorithm portion receives data from the sensors and controls and determines that the data from the sensors and controls meets initialization threshold values. When the data from the sensors and controls meets the threshold values, the second algorithm portion generates a cabin leak detection output including: a first output, a second output, or a third output. The first output indicates a large leak, the second output indicates no leak, and the third output indicates that a small leak has been detected.
US12128733B2

An integrated thermal management circuit for a vehicle includes an electrical component line having a first radiator, a battery line having a second radiator, an integration line branching from the electrical component line and the battery line and joined to the electrical component line and the battery line, a refrigerant line having a cooling core and in which a refrigerant flows, a chiller connected to the integration line and the refrigerant line, and a control valve provided to control a flow of coolant from the integration line through the chiller.
US12128728B1

A dual rate torsion bar suspension system is connected to a control arm and includes a first rate torsion bar and a second rate torsion bar connected to one another in order to provide the suspension system with a dual rate torque resistance. A cam mechanism is employed for isolating the second rate torsion bar from the first rate torsion bar.
US12128724B2

A system for generating air pressure in a hybrid vehicle, comprising an engine-driven air compressor (C1) configured to be selectively operated by an ICE engine, an electrically-driven air compressor (C2) configured to be operated by an electric motor, wherein said electric motor is supplied from the electric network, at least one air reservoir configured to store pressurized air and being configured to be connected directly or indirectly to both an outlet of the engine-driven air compressor (C1) and an outlet of the electrically-driven air compressor (C2), at least one electronic control unit (3, 3′) configured to control at least the electrically-driven air compressor (C2) according at least to a selected drive mode of the vehicle, wherein the electrically-driven air compressor (C2) is downsized compared to the engine-driven compressor (C1), and corresponding control methods.
US12128720B2

This disclosure relates to systems and methods of towing, hitching, and connecting devices. In particular, this disclosure relates to tow devices, hitches, and connections for towing item containers behind vehicles, both autonomous and manually guided.
US12128718B2

A molded body is useful in non-pneumatic tires. The non-pneumatic tires containing the molded body are useful for vehicle wheels such as wheels for cars, bikes, motorcycles, trucks, e-scooters, toys, sports equipment, golf caddy, strollers, or wheelchairs. A process for manufacturing the molded body for non-pneumatic tires is also provided.
US12128717B1

An exterior installable air valve for a tire rim using an exterior operated nut compressing a gasket against a wedge to expand the gasket for sealing to a wheel rim.
US12128713B2

A pneumatic tire of the present disclosure includes: a pair of main grooves, lateral grooves and longitudinal grooves, wherein a center land, repeats, in the tire circumferential direction, four center blocks, each of the four center blocks includes a recessed portion that is open to the main groove, the lateral groove or the longitudinal groove and has one end closed, when the recessed portions provided in the four center blocks are defined as first to fourth recessed portions, the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion extend in a direction inclined to one direction with respect to the tire equator line, and the third recessed portion and the fourth recessed portion extend in a direction inclined to another direction with respect to the tire equator line, and a groove width of each of the first to fourth recessed portions is 5.0 mm or more.
US12128710B2

A pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with at least one profile block row which is divided into a multiplicity of profile blocks by transverse channels having channel flanks which extend at an angle of up to 50° with respect to the axial direction, wherein transverse channels are provided, in each of which there is formed a base elevation which locally reduces the depth of the transverse channel and which connects successive profile blocks in a circumferential direction to one another, wherein the base elevation has at least two base elevation parts of different height. Centrally on each of the base elevation parts there is formed at least one groove which runs in the direction of extent of the transverse channel and which emerges from the base elevation part at least on one side.
US12128696B2

A device for arranging a marking circumferentially closed around a prolate object, or for providing a marking arrangeable circumferentially closed around a prolate object, includes: a material interface for receiving a print medium printed by a printer as a printed product; a data interface for communicating with the printer for arranging or providing the marking; at least one sensor for acquiring control signals that imply or indicate at least one measurand of the object to be marked, the at least one sensor being in data communication with the data interface; and at least one actuator for arranging the marking on the object in a circumferentially closed manner or providing the marking for circumferentially closed arrangement in accordance with the communication via the data interface and by the printed product output by the printer.
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