US12141619B2
Mapping information identifies ranges of files, a set of front-end microservices, and assignments of the ranges to the front-end microservices. Each front-end microservice is thereby responsible for a range of files. The files are represented by segment trees and the front-end microservices handle operations involving an upper-level of the segment trees. A file system request on a file is directed to a particular front-end microservice that is responsible for handling a particular range of files within which the file falls according to the mapping information. An indication is received from a container orchestration service that a number of front-end microservices has changed. The mapping information is updated based on the change in the number of front-end microservices.
US12141617B2
A system is provided for determining equivalence to execute a task. The system includes an identity module that obtains a unique identity for each of a plurality of resources, and a metadata collection module that collects metadata information relating to the plurality of resources based on the obtained unique identifier for each resource, and that stores the collected metadata information in a metadata database, with the metadata information relating to capabilities of the respective resource for executing the task. Moreover, the system includes an equivalence processor that determines a set of resources of the plurality of resources that are configured to execute the task defined by a requesting client device in an equivalent manner based on the collected metadata information of the at least one set of resources.
US12141602B2
An asynchronous approach to implementing a quantum algorithm can reduce dead time of a quantum information processing unit (QIPU). Multiple parameter sets are determined for a quantum program by a controller and the QIPU is instructed to execute the quantum program for the parameter sets. Results from each program execution are returned to the controller. After one or more results are received, the controller determines an updated parameter set while the QIPU continues executing the quantum program for the remaining parameter sets. The QIPU is instructed to execute the quantum program for the updated parameter set (e.g., immediately, after a current program execution, or after the remaining parameter sets are processed). This asynchronous approach can result in the QIPU having little or no dead time, and thus can make more efficient use of the QIPU.
US12141600B2
Systems and methods for executing accelerated electronic transactions are disclosed. One method includes determining, by a transaction accelerator system, an accelerated transaction account status of a user. The transaction accelerator system may receive transaction settlement data from the user based on the account status of the user. The transaction accelerator system may determine an accelerated transaction preference of the user. The transaction accelerator system may determine a settlement value in accordance with the transaction settlement data based on the accelerated transaction preference. The transaction accelerator system may store the settlement value in an accelerated transaction database associated with an accelerated transaction account of the user in real-time.
US12141599B2
Some embodiments provide a system for implementing a logical network that includes a set of end machines, a first logical middlebox, and a second logical middlebox connected by a set of logical forwarding elements. The system includes a set of nodes. Each of several nodes includes (i) a virtual machine for implementing an end machine of the logical network, (ii) a managed switching element for implementing the set of logical forwarding elements of the logical network, and (iii) a middlebox element for implementing the first logical middlebox of the logical network. The system includes a physical middlebox appliance for implementing the second logical middlebox.
US12141592B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include systems and methods for embedding specific data into a call stack associated with an application session. For example, the systems and methods described herein can initialize a program thread that sequentially executes specialized application functions based on characters of a unique identifier to embed the unique identifier within a call stack of the application session. The systems and methods further provide the unique identifier in connection with other data sources associated with the application session such that further analysis of all data associated with the application session may be cross-referenced according to the unique identifier. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12141588B2
An information handling system includes a memory device, a memory, a chipset, and a basic input/output system (BIOS). The chipset includes a main processor and a hybrid processor. During a first pre-boot phase, the BIOS memory maps the hybrid processor to a first portion of the memory device, and stores an embedded operating system in the memory. During a second pre-boot phase, the BIOS memory maps the main processor to a second portion of the memory device, stores a host operating system in the memory, and loads the embedded operating system on the hybrid processor. The second portion is a larger portion of the memory device than the first portion.
US12141577B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for matching symbols between code sets. Techniques include accessing a first symbol associated with a first version of software; accessing a second symbol associated with a second version of the software; comparing the first symbol to the second symbol; determining, based on the comparing, whether the second symbol is a functional equivalent of the first symbol; and performing a designation action based on whether the second symbol is a functional equivalent of the first symbol.
US12141570B2
An apparatus of performing a vehicle over-the-air (OTA) update is provided. The apparatus includes a reception device that receives instruction information for determining a reference state of charge (SOC) value of a battery for a vehicle for performing an OTA update of the vehicle, a reference SOC value determination device that determines the reference SOC value, in response to the instruction information being received, and a generation device that generates information related to whether to perform the OTA update based on the determined reference SOC value.
US12141563B2
A vehicle control system includes a terminal including a storage unit to store additional function information generated by software configured to add a new function to functionality of at least one electronic device mounted on a vehicle and a first communication unit to output the additional function information, and a vehicle control device including a second communication unit to communicate with the terminal through the first communication unit and configured to add a new function to the at least one electronic device based on the additional function information obtained from the terminal through the second communication unit.
US12141557B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enhancing operable functionality of input source code files from a software program by preprocessing input source code files with codeword processing operations to generate a plurality of preprocessed input source code files, identifying candidate code snippets by pruning one or more preprocessed input source code files that do not meet a similarity threshold measure for library functions stored in the system library, and identifying at least a first validated code snippet from the one or more candidate code snippets that matches a first library function stored in the system memory on the basis of at least first and second matching metrics.
US12141553B2
Evaluation data sets may be programmatically generated for code generation models. An evaluation data set is obtained that includes items that correspond to different evaluation tests for a code generation system. The individual items of the evaluation data set maybe converted, including the conversion of a function signature for the items, the test statements for the items and using a code generation system to generate the body of the function.
US12141550B2
Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and tangible non-transitory computer-readable media that facilitate intelligent and dynamic updates to membership of group object(s) based on a change to an attribute value with respect to an entity associated with the group object(s). In an embodiment, a computing system can: create a first group object using an attribute value that can at least partly define membership of group member(s) of the first group object; generate a dependency mapping file that maps the attribute value to second group object(s) created using the attribute value; employ the dependency mapping file to identify the second group object(s) upon detection of a change to the attribute value with respect to an entity associated with the first group object and the second group object(s); and/or update membership of the first group object and the second group object(s) to reflect the change to the attribute value with respect to the entity.
US12141548B2
Methods and leading zero anticipators for estimating the number of leading zeros in a result of a fixed point arithmetic operation which is accurate to within one bit for any signed fixed point numbers. The leading zero anticipator includes an input encoding circuit which generates an encoded input string from the fixed point numbers; a window-based surrogate string generation circuit which generates a surrogate string whose leading one is an estimate of the leading one in the result of the arithmetic operation by examining consecutive windows of the encoded input string and setting corresponding bits of the surrogate string based on the examinations; and a counter circuit configured to estimate the number of leading zeros in the result of the arithmetic operation based on the leading one in the surrogate string.
US12141545B2
A calculation circuit may include a plurality of calculator groups constituting a systolic array composed of a plurality of rows and columns, wherein calculator groups included in each of the rows propagate a data value set through a single data path corresponding to the row in a data propagation direction, and propagate a plurality of drain value sets through a plurality of drain paths corresponding to the row in a drain propagation direction, and wherein a calculator group of the calculator groups included in each of the rows comprises a plurality of MAC (Multiplier-Accumulator) circuits, and the MAC circuits generate drain values respectively included in the drain value sets at the same time. The calculator groups included in each column may further propagate a weight value set corresponding to the column through a plurality of weight data paths corresponding to the column.
US12141533B2
At least one knowledge source for use in updating a first problem-solution data set can be selected. From data provided by the at least one knowledge source, a plurality of dialogs can be automatically generated. Existing dialogs in the first problem-solution data can be updated set using the plurality of dialogs that are generated.
US12141529B1
Natural language-based question answering systems and techniques are generally described. In some examples, a natural language processing system, first natural language data. The natural language processing system may determine first slot data included in the first natural language data. A set of content items associated with the first slot data may be determined. A first machine learning model may use the first natural language data to generate prediction data associated with a first attribute among a list of attributes of the set of content items. In some examples, a first value associated with the first attribute for a first content item of the set of content items may be determined. Second natural language data may be generated based at least in part on the first value. The second natural language data may include a response to the first natural language data.
US12141526B1
The deep semantic feature based few-shot intent recognition method for air traffic control instructions, belonging to the technical field of air traffic control; the method of the present invention solves technical problems in the prior art relating to incomplete and unreliable security situation awareness and semantic representation due to poor intent recognition ability for instructions with a small sample size, as well as difficulty in improving the applicability of models while keeping a small amount of labeled language information; the present invention uses the one obtained air traffic control instruction set to construct a domain language model and adopts an unsupervised learning method to enhance the mining and representation of deep-level features of air traffic control air-ground communication, thereby further improving the reliability of safety situation awareness and semantic representation.
US12141523B1
Media, methods, and systems for automatically selecting and prefilling template structures within a group-based communication system. A template structure is automatically selected based on a received user input. A prompt including one or more keywords from the user input is submitted to a content fill model. The content fill model returns a response with content output used to automatically populate one or more content fields within the template structure.
US12141499B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include managing playback devices with limited capabilities and playback devices with advanced capabilities by way of a control device. In some embodiments, the control device may control a first playback device by way of a legacy control application including a first control interface comprising first playback controls operable to control the first playback device in performing a set of legacy playback functions. The mobile device may control a second playback device by way of a production control application including a second control interface comprising second playback controls operable to control the second playback device in performing a set of production playback functions.
US12141492B2
A process management device includes a first display control section to display a plan image of a mounting-related process including multiple partial processes; a second display control section to display a progress image showing progress of the mounting-related process together with the plan image on the display for each partial process; and a third display control section to, when the progress of the mounting-related process is delayed from the plan of the mounting-related process in a case where the mounting-related process is performed based on the plan of the mounting-related process, display a delay image showing the delay of the progress of the mounting-related process from the plan of the mounting-related process in association with the partial process in which the delay occurs in the mounting-related process, together with the plan image on the display.
US12141481B2
Techniques are provided for implementing write ordering for persistent memory. A set of actions are identified for commitment to persistent memory of a node for executing an operation upon the persistent memory. An episode is created to comprise a first subset of actions of the set of actions that can be committed to the persistent memory in any order with respect to one another such that a consistent state of the persistent memory can be reconstructed in the event of a crash of the node during execution of the operation. The first subset of actions within the episode are committed to the persistent memory and further execution of the operation is blocked until the episode completes.
US12141466B2
A memory device may include a plurality of non-volatile memory devices and a controller. The controller may be configured to generate first parity data for a portion of a data block stored in a plurality of memory blocks of the plurality of non-volatile memory devices, store the first parity data in a swap block that includes one or more non-volatile memory devices of the plurality of non-volatile memory devices, generate second parity data for the data block, store the second parity data in the swap block, perform a partial read back of the data block, store, after performing the partial read back, the second parity data in a subset of the plurality of memory blocks, and release the first parity data from the swap block after storing the second parity data in the subset of the plurality of memory blocks.
US12141449B2
A method for managing processing power in a storage system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of blades, each of a first subset having a storage node and storage memory, and each of a second, differing subset having a compute-only node. The method includes distributing authorities across the plurality of blades, to a plurality of nodes including at least one compute-only node, wherein each authority has ownership of a range of user data.
US12141445B2
Control logic in a memory device causes a first set of pulses corresponding to a first voltage ramp slope level to be applied to a memory cell during a first time interval of an execution of a memory access operation. In response to determining a transition time has been reached, the control logic causes a second set of pulses corresponding to a second voltage ramp slope level to be applied to the memory cell during a second time interval of the execution of the memory access operation, wherein the first voltage ramp slope level and the second voltage ramp slope level are different.
US12141440B2
The disclosure herein describes performing resynchronization (“resync”) jobs in a distributed storage system based on a parallelism policy. A resync job is obtained from a queue and input/output (I/O) resources that will be used during execution of the resync job are identified. Available bandwidth slots of each I/O resource of the identified I/O resources are determined. The parallelism policy is applied to the identified I/O resources and the available bandwidth slots. Based on the application of the parallelism policy, a bottleneck resource of the I/O resources is determined and a parallel I/O value is calculated based on the available bandwidth slots of the bottleneck resource, wherein the parallel I/O value indicates a quantity of I/O tasks that can be performed in parallel. The resync job is executed using the I/O resources, the execution of the resync job including performance of I/O tasks in parallel based on the parallel I/O value.
US12141439B2
Implementations described herein relate to memory command assignment based on command processor workload. In some implementations, a memory device may determine a first command type of a first memory command. The memory device may identify a first command processor, associated with the first command type, that is one of multiple command processors configured to execute memory commands. The first command processor may be configured to execute only commands having the first command type unless a computational credit condition, associated with another command processor, is satisfied. The memory device may determine that a cumulative computational credit value associated with the first command processor does not satisfy a condition. The memory device may assign the first memory command to the first command processor for execution based on determining that the cumulative computational credit value associated with the first command processor does not satisfy the condition.
US12141437B2
A memory device comprising an array of memory cells organized into a set of sub-blocks and a set of wordlines. Control logic is operatively coupled with the array of memory cells, the control logic to perform operations including: receiving a program command from a processing device, the program command including information indicative of a physical address associated with a retired wordline of the set of wordlines; in response to detecting the information within the program command, generating dummy data that is one of pseudo-random data, all one values, or all zero values; and causing the dummy data to be programmed to memory cells of multiple sub-blocks of the set of sub-blocks that are selectively connected to the retired wordline.
US12141429B2
A method includes, in a user device (24) that runs an Operating System (OS-48), deciding to preload at least a User-Interface (UI) display of a user application (26). At least the UI display is preloaded in a simulated-foreground mode in which the UI display is (i) processed in a foreground mode by the user application, but (ii) kept in a background mode by the OS and hidden from a user of the user device.
US12141428B2
A system for saving history information of input data to parameters included in a view is provided. The system includes a processor configured to: output an instance of the view; obtain pre-stored view details for the view, including identifiers of the parameters and tables to which input data of the parameters included are to be stored; make a generic API call to save current input data of a parameter to a table, wherein an input to the API call includes the current input data and old data of the parameter; based on the current input data and the old data being different, store the current input data in the table, create history information of the current input data and store the history information in a history table.
US12141427B2
Provided is an information processing device that, while displaying an image, displays a moving image of interest different from the image in a predetermined region inside a display region in which the image is being displayed, and, according to an instruction by a user, arrays and displays, inside the display region, an image string including a plurality of frame images extracted from the moving image of interest, and that displays the image string at a position determined according to the predetermined region inside the display region.
US12141425B2
According to one aspect, systems and processes for updating an alert rule are provided. In an exemplary process, one or more alert rules are displayed. A first user selection of a displayed alert rule is received, and in response, an alert modification interface corresponding to the selected alert rule is displayed. The alert modification interface may include one or more conditions for triggering a communication of an alert to an entity. At least one additional user selection indicative of a change to the one or more displayed conditions is received, where the conditions are for triggering the communication of an alert to an entity. In response to receiving the at least one additional user selection, the selected alert rule is updated.
US12141423B2
A computer-generated virtual object manipulator having one or more affordances for manipulating a computer-generated virtual object is disclosed. Selection of a virtual object can cause an object manipulator to be displayed over the virtual object. The object manipulator can include a cone-shaped single-axis translation affordance for each of one or more object axes, a disc-shaped single-axis scale affordance for each of the one or more object axes, an arc-shaped rotation affordance for rotation about each of the one or more object axes, and a center of object affordance for free space movement of the virtual object. The object manipulator can also include a slice-shaped two-axis translation affordance that can be displayed after hovering over an area in a particular plane.
US12141422B2
The disclosure relates to a video editing and playing method, apparatus, device and medium. The video editing method comprises the steps of displaying a target video; displaying a target video text in a first video picture area of the target video; and when a moving operation on the target video text is detected, moving the target video text from the first video picture area to a second video picture area of the target video for displaying in the case where the moving operation is determined to be used for moving the target video text to the second video picture area.
US12141420B2
Click based contour editing includes detecting a selection input with respect to an image presented on a graphical user interface; designating an area of the image corresponding to the selection input as a region of interest; detecting at least one other selection input on the graphical user interface with respect to the image; determining if the at least one other selection input is within the region of interest or outside of the region of interest; and if the at least one other selection input is within the region of interest, excluding the portion of the image corresponding to the other input; or if the other selection input is outside of the region of interest, including the portion of the image corresponding to an area of the image associated with the other selection input.
US12141419B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information display method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, the method including: controlling, in response to a first triggering operation for displaying a first user interface, a first navigation key to transform to a first function key; where the first navigation key is used to provide a function of switching another interface to the first user interface, and the first function key is used to provide a first function matching with the first user interface. The embodiments of the present disclosure can save screen space, and simplify user's operation steps, thereby improving user experience.
US12141416B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for facilitating presentation of content in a three dimensional (3D) environment. Facilitating presentation of content in a 3D environment includes: receiving an indication of device settings of an extended reality appliance; receiving an indication of content requested for presentation via the extended reality appliance; based on the device settings, selecting 3D placement requirements for the requested content, the 3D placement requirements including at least one of: a 3D physical background, a visual span, virtual object positioning protocols, 3D anchoring requirements, 3D content size requirements, or ambient illumination requirements; transmitting the selected 3D placement requirements and the requested content, the transmitted content including at least one tag for associating portions of the content with at least some of the 3D placement requirements to thereby enable the extended reality appliance to display the content in a 3D environment.
US12141414B2
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a CGR environment in which virtual objects from one or more apps are included. User interactions with the virtual objects are detected and interpreted by a system that is separate from the apps that provide the virtual objects. The system detects user interactions received via one or more input modalities and interprets those user interactions as events. These events provide a higher-level, input modality-independent, abstractions of the lower-level input-modality dependent user interactions that are detected. The system uses UI capability data provided by the apps to interpret user interactions with respect to the virtual object provided by the apps. For example, the UI capability data can identify whether a virtual object is moveable, actionable, hover-able, etc. and the system interprets user interactions at or near the virtual object accordingly.
US12141413B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating interactions with a user interface are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of mutation events specifying changes to the structure of a user interface that occurred during the user session, and generating user interface states specifying different structures of the user interface throughout the given user session. Based at least in part on the user interface states, playback data that present visual changes of the user interface corresponding to the set of mutation events that occurred during the user session are generated. Session activity data describing user interactions that occurred during the user session are also generated. At least a portion of the playback data and the session activity data are output to a requesting device.
US12141408B2
A touch substrate and a touch display device are provided. The touch substrate includes a touch region and a notch region, a first notch touch electrode extending to the notch region, the touch substrate further includes a touch-driving connection line connected to the first notch touch electrode, the plurality of second touch electrodes includes at least one second disconnection touch electrode, each of the at least one second disconnection touch electrode includes a first sub portion and a second sub portion, the touch substrate further includes a bridge line and a shielding line, the bridge line connects the first sub portion and the second sub portion, an orthographic projection of at least a part of the shielding line on the base substrate is between an orthographic projection of the bridge line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the touch-driving connection line on the base substrate.
US12141407B2
Provided is a conductive film in which wire visibility of a metal wire is suppressed and visibility is improved. The conductive film includes a substrate and a conductive layer that is disposed on the substrate and consists of a metal wire, with a width of 2 μm or less, a height of 1 μm or less, and the metal wire has a metal layer, a first blackening layer, and a second blackening layer in this order from a side of the substrate. The first and second blackening layers contain a metal atom and at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom. In the first blackening layer, a content of the metal atom at an intermediate position in a thickness direction is larger than a content of the metal atom at an intermediate position in the second blackening layer in a thickness direction.
US12141405B2
A touch panel and a mobile terminal are disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure. The touch panel includes a touch layer, a signal line layer, and a plurality of redundant touch lines extending in a first direction. The touch layer includes a plurality of touch blocks, and one of the touch blocks includes a plurality of touch units. The signal line layer includes a plurality of signal units, and one of the signal units is electrically connected to one of the touch blocks. The redundant touch lines are insulated from the touch units, and one of the redundant touch lines or one of the signal units is disposed between two adjacent ones of the touch units.
US12141384B2
A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor. The input sensor may include a first sensing electrode, a signal line electrically connected to a first terminal of the first sensing electrode, a first line at least partially overlapping the first sensing electrode and extending in the same direction as the first sensing electrode in the active area, and a first switching element defining a first current path in the first sensing electrode and the first line or blocking the first current path.
US12141382B2
A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller.
US12141379B1
A stylus pen including a pen unit, a switch, and a control unit is provided. The pen unit includes a tip, and a shaft connected to the tip. The control unit is switchable between a default mode and an alternative mode in response to operation on the switch. In the default mode, the control unit emits a default-mode wave of a default-mode frequency to the shaft. In the alternative mode, the control unit emits an alternative-mode wave to the shaft in a pulsating pattern. The pulsating pattern has a wave period that includes a working period where the control unit emits the alternative-mode wave of the default-mode frequency, and a non-working period where the control unit stops emitting the alternative-mode wave.
US12141375B2
A pen and touch input system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch input device including a sensor unit and a control unit for controlling the sensor unit and a stylus pen interacting with the touch input device.
US12141369B1
Disclosed is an ergonomic keyboard assembly which comprises a first keyboard and a second keyboard each connected to one another via a cable. The keyboard assembly further includes first and second keyboards which are positioned on the respective top surfaces of first and second flat members. The keyboard assembly also includes elongated members positioned on first and second flat members, respectively. The keyboard assembly includes cylindrical knobs rotatably mounted on top surfaces of elongated members respectively. The keyboard assembly further includes first and second L-shaped members connected to the bottom surfaces of flat members respectively and also pivotally connected to each other. The keyboard assembly further includes third and fourth L-shaped members connected to the bottom surface of the flat members and movably connected to the first and second L-shaped member respectively by one or more connecting elements.
US12141367B2
Example systems, devices, media, and methods are described for controlling one or more virtual elements on a display in response to hand gestures detected by an eyewear device that is capturing frames of video data with its camera system. An image processing system detects a hand and presents a menu icon on the display in accordance with a detected current hand location. The image processing system detects a series of hand shapes in the captured frames of video data and determines whether the detected hand shapes match any of a plurality of predefined hand gestures stored in a hand gesture library. In response to a match, the method includes executing an action in accordance with the matching hand gesture. In response to an opening gesture, an element animation system presents one or more graphical elements incrementally moving along a path extending away from the menu icon. A closing hand gesture causes the elements to retreat along the path toward the menu icon.
US12141363B2
Augmented reality (AR) systems, devices, media, and methods are described for sending and receiving AR objects (e.g., customized AR objects) based on/responsive to interactions with the physical world. AR virtual delivery route overlays are generated responsive to selected virtual delivery routes and include the AR object and a delivery mode (air, tunnel, etc.) corresponding to the virtual delivery route. Physical world actions associated with the delivery mode (blowing adjacent an AR device or scratching a surface) result in sending a communication corresponding to the AR object for delivery to a receiver and generating AR sending overlays including the AR object moving in accordance with the delivery mode.
US12141358B2
In a vibration device, an operation unit has an operation surface operated by a user. A plurality of piezoelectric elements are disposed so as to overlap the operation surface when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the operation surface. The plurality of piezoelectric elements are disposed at mutually different positions in the direction along the operation surface. A control unit is arranged to control the plurality of piezoelectric elements. The control unit is arranged to vibrate the piezoelectric element corresponding to a first position on the operation surface where an operation is performed at a first frequency and vibrates the piezoelectric element corresponding to a second position on the operation surface different from the first position among the plurality of piezoelectric elements at a second frequency, in response to the operation of the operation surface. The second frequency is a frequency in the audible range.
US12141351B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for eye gesture recognition. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an electrical signal that represents a measurement, by a photodetector, of an optical signal reflected from an eye and determining a depth map of the eye based on phase differences between the electrical signal generated by the photodetector and a reference signal. Further, the method includes determining gaze information that represents a gaze of the eye based on the depth map and providing output data representing the gaze information.
US12141348B2
A picture generation unit emits a light field. A mirror reflects the light field toward a windshield of a motor vehicle such that the light field is reflected off of the windshield and is visible to the driver as a virtual image. An infrared emitter transmits infrared energy through the mirror such that the infrared energy is substantially co-axial with the light field, and such that the infrared energy is reflected off of the windshield toward the human driver. An infrared camera captures infrared images based on the transmitted infrared energy reflected off of the human driver and received by the infrared camera. Eye tracking is performed based on the captured infrared images. The infrared energy is transmitted at a higher power level at a beginning of the eye tracking than after the beginning of the eye tracking.
US12141347B1
An audio processing device may generate a plurality of microphone signals from a plurality of microphones of the audio processing device. The audio processing device may determine a gaze of a user who is wearing a playback device that is separate from the audio processing device, the gaze of the user being determined relative to the audio processing device. The audio processing device may extract speech that correlates to the gaze of the user, from the plurality of microphone signals of the audio processing device by applying the plurality of microphone signals of the audio processing device and the gaze of the user to a machine learning model. The extracted speech may be played to the user through the playback device.
US12141330B2
A system and method for encrypting and decrypting data exchanged between a multi-tile processing unit and a storage, where a plurality of keys are used for the encryption. Each of the plurality of keys is associated with a different one or more sets of the processors. Encryption hardware is configured to select a key to use for encryption/decryption operations in dependence upon the set of tiles associated with the data being exchanged. Each write request from a tile contains identifier bits associated with that tile's set of tiles, enabling the encryption hardware to select the key to use for encrypting the data in the write request. Each read completion for a tile contains identifier bits associated with that tile's set of tiles, enabling the encryption hardware to select the key to use for decrypting the data in the read completion.
US12141327B1
An internet profile dilution device and method are provided. To prevent the sale of individual user's internet searches to advertisers, an internet profile dilution software is configured to significantly dilute the individual search and browsing by opening a site the individual has selected, or in the default state, will automatically select from a variety of news outlet websites for dilution of the individual's internet profile. The internet profile dilution software will scan the site, for links to another article, and will navigate to that article and spend a random amount of time appearing to read the article. The software will search for particular words from the title of the article to continue to further dilute the internet profile of the individual. The individual's internet search is sufficiently diluted by the internet profile dilution software so that an accurate profile of the individual's internet search and browsing cannot be established.
US12141325B2
Provided is a computer-implemented method and system for checking anonymisation of data. Anonymized data are analysed by means of a smart contract process based on data privacy rules automatically raising a flag in case of an anomaly. The smart contract is governed in a decentralized manner where anodes of distributed database can verify the rules specified in the smart contract and/or assess an anomalous situation. To this end, test data are generated at the data source by applying the data privacy rules to the original data. The test data are checked against the anonymized data and depending on the check result metadata are generated. The metadata are provided to nodes of a distributed database for further verification.
US12141324B2
Described herein is a data security system for enabling tokenized access to sensitive data, including a token provider configured to initiate a secure connection with a remote client computing device of a first data subject, and receive, from the remote client computing device, a request for an access token to provide a service provider with access to sensitive data associated with the first data subject. The request includes a data definition and authorization parameters including a data source identifier. The token provider is also configured to generate the access token that enables access to the sensitive data from the data source, store the access token in a token database, and transmit, to the remote client computing device, a response including the access token and instructions that enable the remote computing device to display the access token to the first data subject or transmit the access token to the service provider.
US12141321B1
Methods and systems for rules-based data access are described. In some embodiments, a request for access to customer data by a requesting entity is received; the data is categorized; the person's preferences with respect to allowing access to data are compiled; a requesting entity is determined; and the providing entity that collected each requested data item is determined. Data shareability rules are evaluated based on the policies that regulate the access of the customer data and the requesting entity, and the customer data is provided to the requesting entity according to the evaluation.
US12141318B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for collection and processing of data over a network, and in particular to in providing generalized analysis for preserving privacy of data sources. In some embodiments, a system receives a request for analytical data made by a requester, wherein the request includes: information for identifying one or more data source devices to be queried for input data, a type of data processing to be performed on the input data for generating the analytical data, and a data type for the analytical data. In response to receiving the request, the system causes the one or more data source devices to be queried for the input data. The system causes a response that includes the analytical data to be sent to the requester. Other embodiments are described throughout the present disclosure.
US12141315B2
A method for sharing read access to a document stored on memory hardware. The method includes receiving a shared read access command from a sharor sharing read access to a sharee for a document stored on memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, and receiving a shared read access request from the sharee. The shared read access command includes an encrypted value and a first cryptographic share value based on a write key, a read key, a document identifier, and a sharee identifier. The method also includes multiplying the first and second cryptographic share values to determine a cryptographic read access value. The cryptographic read access value authorizes read access to the sharee for the document. The method also includes storing a read access token for the sharee including the cryptographic read access value and the encrypted value in a user read set of the memory hardware.
US12141299B2
A secure data parser is provided that may be integrated into any suitable system for securely storing and communicating data. The secure data parser parses data and then splits the data into multiple portions that are stored or communicated distinctly. Encryption of the original data, the portions of data, or both may be employed for additional security. The secure data parser may be used to protect data in motion by splitting original data into portions of data, that may be communicated using multiple communications paths.
US12141292B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to tracking and mitigating security threats and vulnerabilities in browser extension engines. A computing platform may receive, via the communication interface, an indication of a user request to use a first browser extension at a first user computing device. The computing platform may then analyze the first browser extension to identify one or more potential vulnerabilities in the first browser extension, including performing an examination process on code associated with the first browser extension. Based on identifying one or more potential vulnerabilities, the computing platform may thereafter determine whether the user has an exception associated with each potential vulnerability. Upon detecting no exception for the user, the computing platform may then identify at least one corrective action associated with each potential vulnerability and transmit, to the first user computing device, instructions to perform the at least one corrective action.
US12141289B1
Techniques are described for improving real-time application protection (RTAP) systems (e.g., web application firewalls (WAFs), runtime application self-protection (RASP) systems). In particular, a device within a trusted network may configured to predict vulnerabilities of proposed configurations for the RTAP systems. For example, the device may train one or more machine learning models with a first plurality of configuration settings of application protection systems corresponding to a plurality of applications and a first plurality of known vulnerabilities corresponding the first plurality of configuration settings; apply the one or more machine learning models to a proposed configuration setting to predict one or more potential vulnerabilities of the proposed configuration setting; and identify one or more configuration changes to the proposed configuration setting to overcome the predicted one or more potential vulnerabilities.
US12141283B2
A rootkit detection system and method analyzes memory dumps to determine connections between intercepted system driver operations requested by unknown files and changes in system memory before and after those operations. Memory dump differences and I/O buffers are analyzed with machine learning models to identify clustered features associated with rootkits.
US12141282B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that augment classification for low prevalence samples. An example non-transitory computer readable medium comprises instructions that, when executed, causes a machine to at least classify a data sample using a first classifier, classify the data sample using a second classifier different from the first classifier, the second classifier using a plurality of sensitive hashing (LSH) forests to analyze a sorted plurality of neighbor samples, determine whether a first classification result of the first classifier meets or exceeds a confidence threshold, in response to the first classification result of the first classifier meeting or exceeding the confidence threshold, output the first classification result, and in response to the first classification result of the first classifier not meeting or exceeding the confidence threshold, output a second classification result of the second classifier.
US12141277B2
A behavioral monitor executing in user space generates a plurality of filters corresponding to a plurality of processes executing in the user space. A first process transmits a system call to a corresponding filter of the plurality of filters in kernel space. The first process receives a signal from the corresponding filter. The first process analyzes the arguments submitted in the system call. The first process determines that the arguments may be associated with malicious activity. The first process generates an event and transmitting the event to the behavioral monitor. The behavioral monitor analyzes the event to determine whether the event is associated with malicious activity. The behavioral monitor causes a process group associated with the first process to cease executing and restores a previous version of the at least one file modified by the process group.
US12141272B2
Systems and methods for conducting a cloud-based forensic investigation of electronically-stored information are provided. The system includes an investigation requestor device configured to request a forensic investigation including selecting search criteria for the investigation, at least one remote system of the target, wherein the at least one remote system comprises electronically-stored information; a cloud server for storing forensic artifacts collected from the at least one remote system, wherein the forensic artifacts are collected based on the search criteria; and a cloud-based evidence-processing service configured to analyze the forensic artifacts and generate an initial report.
US12141268B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to generate a trusted execution environment including multiple accelerators. In at least one embodiment, a parallel processing unit (PPU), such as a graphics processing unit (GPU), operates in a secure execution mode including a protect memory region. Furthermore, in an embodiment, a cryptographic key is utilized to protect data during transmission between the accelerators.
US12141259B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires biometric information on a user in a procedure area where the user is able to select a first scheme involving use of biometric authentication in a procedure or a second scheme not involving use of the biometric authentication in the procedure; a matching unit that matches the biometric information with registered biometric information on a registrant allowed to use the first scheme and determines whether or not the user is the registrant; and a guidance unit that, when it is determined by the matching unit that the user is the registrant, guides the user for a procedure place corresponding to the first scheme and, when it is determined that the user is not the registrant, generates guidance information about a way to a procedure place corresponding to the second scheme.
US12141256B2
A system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines; an administrator terminal; a face management server for storing registered users' face image data; and face matching servers each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from the camera of a face authentication machine, and perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines and face matching servers entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal to the face management server.
US12141254B2
Systems and methods for authenticating a user in an authentication system using a computing device configured to capture authentication biometric identity information. The authentication biometric identify information captured during an authentication session. The authentication biometric identify information may comprise or be derived from one or more images of the user being authenticated. The authentication biometric identify information is compared to root identify biometric information. The root identify biometric information is captured from a trusted source, such as trusted devices located at trusted locations, such as a government entity, financial institution, or business. Identity verification may occur by comparing the trusted root identify biometric information to the biometric identify information captured during an authentication session. Liveness determination may also occur to verify the user is a live person. Liveness determination may include comparing two images of the user such that the two images are captured at different distances from the user.
US12141252B1
An electronic book distribution system includes electronic devices that reset their passcodes after specified authentication failures. The passcodes of an individual electronic device is reset to a value that is generated using a predefined function of a randomly generated support code. The support code is displayed to the user, and the user is instructed to contact a support service in order to obtain the new passcode. The support service independently authenticates the user, calculates the new device passcode using the same predefined function used by the electronic device, and provides the new passcode to the user.
US12141251B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for continuous identity authentication based on gesture data. In one aspect, a method includes receiving gesture data corresponding to one or more gestures received on a touch screen of the mobile device from an individual, generating specific features extracted from the one more gestures, comparing the specific features with gesture data collected on the mobile device from a user previously interacting with the mobile device, and verifying that an identity of the individual matches an identity of the previous user.
US12141249B2
Software for securely storing digital content using a distributed ledger. The software performs the following operations: (i) receiving identification information of an owner of a digital asset, metadata of the digital asset, a digital hash of the digital asset, and the digital asset; (ii) verifying authenticity of the owner based, at least in part, the received identification information; (iii) in response to verifying the authenticity of the owner, creating a watermarked version of the digital asset based on the identification information of the owner, the metadata of the digital asset, and the digital hash; and (iv) storing the digital asset and the watermarked version of the digital asset in a first distributed ledger.
US12141247B1
A machine has a network interface circuit to provide connectivity to networked machines. A processor is connected to the network interface circuit. A memory is connected to the processor and the network interface circuit. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to record the purchase of a digital asset by a user at a client machine from a data source machine in network communication with the client machine. The location of the digital asset on one or more machines of the networked machines is archived. The location is separate from the data source machine. The digital asset is associated with a data access policy. A request for the digital asset is received. The data access policy is enforced through programmatic control utilized by one or more of the networked machines to form a consent state. Distribution of the digital asset to a networked machine is authorized in response to the consent state.
US12141244B2
Methods and systems related to authoring and acquiring digital rights management (DRM) licenses are disclosed. For example, a computing device may generate or author a digital rights management license for a content asset that includes one or more usage restriction rules. A usage restriction may limit the maximum display resolution for a content asset. Another device may then receive the license and process the one or more usage restrictions prior to presentation of the content asset to a user.
US12141233B1
Disclosed are methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for characterizing an electronic design with an MOR-based envelope Fourier technique. Multiple training models may be determined at multiple time points for an electronic circuit by using at least the MOR-based envelope Fourier technique that comprises a harmonic balance technique. A training model of the multiple training models may be reduced into a reduced order training model in a reduced order space at least by applying at least model order reduction of the MOR-based envelope Fourier technique to the training model. A time varying system may be determined for the electronic circuit based by using at least the reduced order training model.
US12141230B2
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method, system, and/or device to receive current metrology data for an operation on a current sample in a fabrication process. The metrology data includes a current value for a parameter at each of one or more locations on the current sample. The method further includes determining a current rate of change of the parameter value for each of the one or more locations. The current rate of change is associated with the current sample. The method further includes identifying one or more violating locations each having an associated current rate of change of the parameter value that is greater than an associated reference rate of change of the parameter value, and identifying an instance of abnormality of the fabrication process based on the one or more violating locations.
US12141226B2
Artificial intelligence is an increasingly important sector of the computer industry. However, artificial intelligence is extremely computationally intensive field such that it can be expensive, time consuming, and energy consuming. Fortunately, many of the calculations required for artificial intelligence can be performed in parallel such that specialized processors can greatly increase computational performance. Specifically, artificial intelligence generally requires large numbers of matrix operations to implement neural networks such that specialized Matrix Processor circuits can improve performance. But a neural network is more than a collection of matrix operations; it is a set of specifically coordinated matrix operations with complex data dependencies. Without proper coordination, Matrix Processor circuits may end up idle or spending large amounts of time loading in different weight matrix data. Thus this document discloses apparatus and methods for organizing and controlling multiple Matrix Processor circuits efficiently.
US12141221B2
Content transfers over the network may be monitored by various systems in order to prevent malicious activity, viruses, other possible risks to computing devices, to confirm the integrity of the transfer, and/or to enforce policies implemented by an organization or user or other entity. To provide accurate and granular information about the content being transferred, an application extension, such as a browser extension, may be implemented to detect content transfers and to determine and store associated data. This data may include redirects, hashes, content file characteristics (name, size, creation date, extension, etc.), user identifier, source and destination information, and the like and/or combinations thereof. Using this information, an analysis system may evaluate the content transfer and the content and determine whether any actions are to be taken with respect to the user, the content, and/or the device.
US12141216B2
A content management system server can obtain a protocol based data transmission via a computer network from a script that executes at the publisher device server, and can obtain search result content items from an index of electronic documents that include snippets of text extracted from the search result content items and that include hypertext links to the search result content items. The system can extract feature vectors and document identifiers of the search result content items, and can determine information retrieval scores of search result content items. Based on the network identifier, location probabilities of device locations can be ranked and compared to thresholds. The system can determine a confidence threshold representing a minimum degree of certainty of the geographical location of the devices and can select content for protocol based transmission accordingly.
US12141207B2
The present invention allows appropriate acquisition of focus points in a dialogue. The focus point extraction device 1 comprises: a dialogue scene predict unit (13) for predicting the dialogue scene of an utterance included in dialogue; an utterance type prediction sort unit (16) for predicting whether utterances are to be subjected to utterance type prediction; an utterance type predict unit (20) for predicting the utterance type of the utterance having been predicted as one to be subjected to the utterance type prediction; an utterance content extraction necessity predict unit (21) for predicting, in a case in which it has been predicted that the utterance belongs to any utterance type, whether a portion of the utterance is to be subjected, as utterance focus point information, to extraction or classification; and an utterance content extract unit (23) for: extracting or classifying the portion of the utterance from the utterance as the utterance focus point information, in a case in which it is predicted that a portion of the utterance is to be subjected to extraction or classification; and extracting or classifying the entirety of the utterance as the utterance focus point information, in a case in which it is predicted that a portion of the utterance is not to be subjected to extraction or classification.
US12141206B2
The information search apparatus 100 includes: a logical inference unit 10 that executes a logical inference by applying a rule indicating a relationship between occurrences to a set of data indicating observed occurrences, and generates data of a series of occurrences through the logical inference; a query generation unit 20 that determines a condition for extracting data related to the series of occurrences from the set of data indicating observed occurrences based on the data of the series of occurrences and the rule indicating a relationship between occurrences, and generates a query using the condition determined; and a data search unit 30 that executes search processing on the set of data indicating observed occurrences using the query generated.
US12141198B2
A system for presenting and controlling content on a display device includes a network, a server system coupled to the network and comprising one or more servers, a display device coupled to the network and having a display, and a personal computing device operable to transmit a first message according to a specified format over the network to the server system. The server system stores an association between the personal computing device and the display device. The first message identifies user-selected content and a media player to play the content. The server system is operable, in response to receiving the first message from the personal computing device, to provide to the display device a second message identifying the user-selected content and the media player to play the content. In response to receiving the second message, the display device is operable to obtain a first media player needed to play the content, to load the media player and to present the content on the display.
US12141197B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify media based on historical data. An example method includes: comparing (a) a pitch shifted fingerprint, (b) a time shifted fingerprint, or (c) a resampled fingerprint to a reference fingerprint; in response to a match between any of (a) the pitch shifted fingerprint, (b) the time shifted fingerprint, or (c) the resampled fingerprint and the reference fingerprint, generating indications of (a) a pitch shift value, (b) a time shift value, or (c) a resample ratio that caused the match; in response to collecting broadcast media for a threshold period of time, processing the one or more indications; and in response to a request for a recommendation for information associated with a query, transmitting the recommendation including one or more frequencies of occurrence of (a) the pitch shift value, (b) the time shift value, or (c) the resample ratio.
US12141187B2
A file managing method for a digital apparatus includes (a) establishing a folder corresponding to a file type generated in an operational mode of the digital apparatus, and (b) storing a file according to its file type to the folder corresponding to the file type established in step (a).
US12141182B2
Systems and methods involving data structures for efficient management of paragraph vectors for textual searching are described. A database may contain records, each associated with an identifier and including a text string and timestamp. A look-up table may contain entries for text strings from the records, each entry associating: a paragraph vector for a respective unique text string, a hash of the respective unique text string, and a set of identifiers of records containing the respective unique text string. A server may receive from a client device an input string, compute a hash of the input string, and determine matching table entries, each containing a hash identical to that of the input string, or a paragraph vector similar to one calculated for the input string. A prioritized list of identifiers from the matching entries may be determined based on timestamps, and the prioritized list may be returned to the client.
US12141181B2
Some embodiments may obtain a natural language question, determine a context of the natural language question, and generate a first vector based on the natural language question using encoder neural network layers. Some embodiments may access a data table comprising column names, generate vectors based on the column names, and determine attention scores based on the vectors. Some embodiments may update the vectors based on the attention scores, generating a second vector based on the natural language question, determine a set of strings comprising a name of the column names and a database language operator based on the vectors. Some embodiments may determine a values based on the determined database language operator, the name, using a transformer neural network model. Some embodiments may generate a query based on the set of strings and the values.
US12141176B2
Even when data that can belong to a new class that is not in an existing class is input, this data can be easily classified appropriately. Classification system includes input reception part, classification part, calculation part, determination part, and presentation part. Input reception part receives an input of target data. Classification part classifies the target data into any one of a plurality of classes. Calculation part calculates a feature amount of the target data. Determination part determines a possibility that the target data is classified into the new class based on a classification result in classification part and the feature amount of the target data calculated by calculation part. When determination part determines that there is a possibility that the target data is classified into the new class, presentation part presents a determination result of determination part.
US12141173B2
An error cause estimation device comprising: a data pre-processing unit that uses data to be processed and generates training data that has an appropriate format for input to a machine learning model; and a model tree generation unit that generates error detection models that are training models for detecting errors and uses the training data as inputs therefor, and generates a model tree that expresses the relationship between error detection models by using a tree structure that has the error detection models as node therefor. Thus, it is possible to generate a training model that detects errors for each of a plurality of types of errors that occur, even when there has been no prior annotation of error causes.
US12141172B2
A computing system receives a claim trigger from a computing device of a claimant, the claim trigger indicating that the claimant has experienced a personal injury. The system provides an injury interface for display on the computing device of the claimant, the injury interface enabling the claimant to provide injury information corresponding to the personal injury. The system receives input data indicating claimant inputs on the injury interface. Based at least in part on the claimant inputs, the system generates a loss estimate for a policy provider of the claimant.
US12141171B2
With digitally stored geographical maps, programmed algorithms can calculate a plurality of territories within a map, the territories being balanced with respect to metric data that is associated with units of the map, using channel flow-based principles of the Constructal Law. One field of application is balanced territories for sales representatives in which units of a map are associated with different customers or entities having different sales volume, unit volume, or other workload associated with the units. As the magnitude of workload metrics changes, territories can be rapidly and efficiently rebalanced.
US12141169B1
A method for converting a spreadsheet into a data model includes: obtaining the spreadsheet including a plurality of cells containing data; identifying local structures within the spreadsheet using attributes of the data in the spreadsheet; combining the local structures of the spreadsheet into a generic multi-dimensional model comprising dimensions and data cubes; generating the data model using the generic multi-dimensional model by mapping elements of the generic multi-dimensional model to elements of the data model; and displaying, on a display and to a user, the data model. The dimensions and the data cubes are the elements of the generic multi-dimensional model.
US12141167B2
Methods and apparatus for executing a data operation are described herein. The methods and systems may include determining at least one subdivision of at least one logical hierarchical data space. The at least one logical hierarchical data space may have a plurality of subdivisions. The method may further include determining at least one file corresponding to the at least one subdivision of the at least one logical hierarchical data space. The method may further include reading at least one tuple from the at least one file.
US12141152B2
An information handling system includes first and second memories, and a processor. The first memory stores user settings for performing a search in a system management console. The second memory stores data associated with components of the system management console. The processor receives multiple user defined weights, and each of the user defined weights is associated with a different search criterion of multiple search criteria. Based on the received user defined weights, the processor determines updated weights for each of the search criteria. The processor stores the updated weights for each of the search criteria in the user setting of the first memory. The processor receives a search query, and provides search results based on the search query and the updated weights for each of the search criteria. The search results include data from the second memory.
US12141149B2
A system of managing data, comprising a streaming data storage system operating on a processor that causes the processor to receive streaming data and to process the streaming data in response to an append command, a long-term storage system operating on a processor that causes the processor to receive the processed streaming data from the streaming data storage system and to generate a chunk of data, an object storage system operating on a processor that causes the processor to receive the processed streaming data from the streaming data storage system and to generate an object of data and a tables system operating on a processor that causes the processor to receive the processed streaming data from the streaming data storage system and to generate a table of data.
US12141146B2
An apparatus, method and computer program product for query optimization in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), wherein an optimizer accesses a query expression repository (QER) storing planning and execution information for QEs from previous queries, wherein the QEs comprise table relations, intermediate results and/or final results of operations in the previous queries. Additionally, dynamic join indexes representing QE results are created for high-value QEs selected from the QER and maintained within a DJI repository. During query plan creation for a current or subsequent query, the optimizer searches the QER and DJI repository for DJIs created for high-value QEs corresponding to QEs contained in the current or subsequent query. DJIs corresponding to the matching QEs are used in the query planning phase to rewrite the current or subsequent user query so that stored QE results are used to answer QEs contained in the current or subsequent query.
US12141145B2
A database system includes a plurality of computing devices. Each computing device includes a plurality of processing modules, a computing device operating system, and an application specific operating system. The computing device operating system includes a computing device operating system file system management instruction set. The application specific operating system includes at least one custom file system management instruction set operable to configure operation of a configurable set of processing modules of the plurality of processing modules based on generating a corresponding file system management configuration signal for each processing module of the configurable set of processing modules indicating a selected file system management instruction set of the computing device operating system or the application specific operating system.
US12141140B2
A database node selects one of a number of database mirror hosts to perform a database read query. In theory, mirror hosts store redundant database entries. In practice, some mirror hosts fail to receive or retain some entries, e.g. if a mirror host was down for maintenance, a mirror host was overburdened, etc. The health of a mirror host, quantified as a health score, represents a likelihood that an insert statement was received and retained. Health scores are generated based on health metrics—data periodically retrieved from mirror hosts used to infer how well the database was operating, e.g. a count of entries that were inserted, a count of errors encountered while the entries were inserted, etc. If the database read query specifies entries inserted during a specific time period, the mirror host may be selected based on the health scores representing that time period.
US12141136B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for low-latency provision of content. The method includes receiving one or more signals indicating a current location of a client device; before receiving an input query from a map application of the client device, retrieving characteristics of the client device; and generating a set of identifications, the set of identifications including the current location of the client device, and the characteristics of the client device. The method further includes determining that a query prediction exceeds a threshold; responsive to the determination that the query prediction exceeds the threshold, selecting a link to a geographic location of an entity that is associated with the query prediction; and, responsive to a selection of a map application on the client device by a user, transmitting the selected link to the client device before receiving a query from the user of the client device.
US12141133B2
The disclosed technology relates to analyzing report infrastructure health to determine based on lineage the downstream tables and reports that may be impacted by an infrastructure failure to thereby improve reporting accuracy. An exemplary report management device may extract database table names identified in SQL queries. The SQL queries and report metadata are analyzed to identify driver and required tables, respectively. The database table names are stored in a table inventory and the database table names associated with one of the driver or required tables is marked. For each of the SQL queries comprising a target table, elements and source table names are extracted for source tables of the target table and an association is stored. Lineage data is generated based on the association when the report was not executed successfully. A graphical representation of the report lineage including a failed table and associated source table(s) is then output.
US12141130B2
Fenestration units and method of operation thereof are provided that allow for use of the fenestration units as nodes of a distributed ledger network. The fenestration units include a communication device configured for communication with at least one remote electronic device, a non-transitory, non-volatile memory configured to store computer readable instructions, and a processor in operable communication with the communication device and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the computer readable instructions to function, through the communication device, as a node in a distributed ledger network by storing a local copy of a distributed ledger on the memory, updating the local copy of the distributed ledger, and distributing the local copy to the at least one remote electronic device in response to updating the local copy of the distributed ledger.
US12141128B2
This disclosure describes aspects of an efficient blockchain API communication mechanism that reduces the energy usage and data usage. In some examples, a publish-subscribe mechanism is used for completed transaction receipts for blockchain transactions of a blockchain. The publish-subscribe mechanism uses an open source remote procedure call protocol or hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). Components of a distributed blockchain application use a single transport or communications protocol for both synchronous and asynchronous communications.
US12141125B2
A processor may endorse the group of transactions received from one or more clients. The processor may provide a read-set and a write-set for each transaction of the group of transactions. The processor may order the group of transactions at an ordering service. The ordering service may have a group of orderers and may order the group of transactions. The order of the transactions may be based on the read-set and the write-set of each transaction. The processor may commit the group of transactions to the blockchain.
US12141122B2
An information processing apparatus comprises a data base configured to store, for a predetermined vehicle, a history of coating operation which is operation related to coating using a coating film containing an easily removable layer; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data representing details on the coating operation that is performed on the vehicle, and update the data base based on the operation data.
US12141120B1
The example embodiments are directed to systems and methods of a locking mechanism for a database which permits a partial quantity assignment of a data item to a database request. In one example, the method may include receiving a database request comprising a requested quantity value of a data item, setting an exclusive lock on the data item within a database, protecting the requested quantity value by posting a TQA to a table, wherein the TQA comprises an identifier of the requested quantity value, an identifier of the database request, and a timestamp, releasing the exclusive lock for the database request on the data item within the database in response to recording the TQA, and with the exclusive lock released, determining a quantity value of the data item which is available for the database request and confirming the determined quantity via the temporary quantity assignment table.
US12141116B2
In some embodiments, techniques for identifying one or more species in an undifferentiated environmental sample comprising a plurality of nucleic acid sequences are provided. One or more indices that represent a plurality of reference nucleic acid sequences may be provided, and data may be received comprising digital representations of respective nucleic acid sequences. The respective nucleic acid sequences may be aligned, if possible, using the indices. A respective alignment ration may be calculated for each one of the reference nucleic acid sequences, based on the number of nucleic acid sequences aligned to the respective reference nucleic acid sequence and the total number of nucleic acid sequences in the received data.
US12141108B2
Provided is an information processing system that shares data between organizations A and B and performs processing. The information processing system includes a data processing apparatus 1 and data input/output apparatuses 3A and 3B that manage data in the respective organizations. The data processing apparatus 1 includes a schema information sharing unit 12 that allows sharing of schemas between the organizations A and B, the schemas specifying the data structures of data held by the respective organizations A and B, an agreement forming unit 14 that receives a data processing proposal that indicates the range of sharing data to be shared between the organizations A and B, and the processing using the sharing data as an input, and forms agreement to the data processing proposal by obtaining approval to the data processing proposal from each organization, and a processing executing unit 15 that acquires the sharing data indicated by the data processing proposal regarding which agreement has been formed from the organizations A and B, and executes the processing indicated by the data processing proposal. The data input/output apparatuses 3A and 3B each include a proposing unit 33 that transmits the data processing proposal to the data processing apparatus 1, an approving unit 34 that transmits approval to the data processing proposal to the data processing apparatus 1, and a data transmitting unit 35 that transmits the sharing data indicated by the data processing proposal to the data processing apparatus 1.
US12141107B2
Techniques for discovering semantic meaning of data in fields included in one or more data sets, the method including: a first field having a previously-assigned label that indicates a semantic meaning of the first field; identifying a set of one or more candidate labels, for potential assignment to the first field instead of the previously-assigned label; evaluating, using a previously-determined label score and a first candidate label score, whether to assign a first candidate label to the first field, the evaluating comprising: when the first candidate label score is at least a first threshold amount greater than a previously-determined label score, presenting the first candidate label to a user by generating an interface through which the user can provide input indicating whether to assign the first candidate label to the first field instead of the previously-determined label.
US12141106B2
A file system cloning method and apparatus is provided. In the method, a destination storage system first receives first information from a source storage system in which a file system runs. The first information is used to indicate a data layout of the file system. Then, the destination storage system creates a cloned file system of the file system based on the first information.
US12141104B2
A method for reducing write latency in a distributed file system. A write request that includes a volume identifier is received at a data management subsystem deployed on a node within a distributed storage system. The data management subsystem maps the volume identifier to a file system volume and maps the file system volume to a set of logical block addresses in a logical block device in a storage management subsystem deployed on the node. The storage management subsystem maps the logical block device to a metadata object for the logical block device on the node that is used to process the write request. The mapping of the file system volume to the set of logical block addresses in the logical block device enables co-locating the metadata object with the file system volume on the node, which reduces the write latency associated with processing the write request.
US12141098B2
An exemplary system and method facilitate the identify and/or extract content hiding software, e.g., in a software curation environment (e.g., Apple's App Store). In some embodiments, the exemplary system and method may be applied to U.S.-based platforms as well as international platforms in Russia, India, China, among others.
US12141097B2
The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
US12141095B2
A systolic array includes a plurality of basic computation units arranged in a matrix. A basic computation includes a feature input register configured to store first feature data, a result buffer configured to store first temporary data, a comparator connected to the feature input register and the result buffer, and a control register connected to the feature input register, the result buffer, and the comparator. The comparator is configured to compare the first feature data input with the first temporary data successively. The control register is configured to control the first feature data of the feature input register and the first temporary data to be input to the comparator, output a comparison result to the result buffer and a feature input register of a next basic computation unit, and after sorting, output the first temporary data last stored in the result buffer as a first data result.
US12141091B2
A semiconductor device capable of communicating with a host apparatus includes a symbol generation unit, a coding unit, and a transmission unit. The symbol generation unit includes a random number generation circuit and generates a symbol according to a random number generated by the random number generation circuit. The coding unit performs 8b/10b coding for the symbol. The transmission unit transmits the symbol coded by the 8b/10b coding unit to the host apparatus.
US12141084B2
Separate inter-die connectors for data and error correction information and related apparatuses, methods, and computing systems are disclosed. An apparatus including a master die, a target die, inter-die data connectors, and inter-die error correction connectors. The target die includes data storage elements. The inter-die data connectors electrically couple the master die to the target die. The inter-die data connectors are configured to conduct write data bits from the master die to the target die. The write data bits are written to the data storage elements. The inter-die error correction connectors electrically couple the master die to the target die. The inter-die error correction connectors are configured to conduct error correction information corresponding to the write data bits from the master die to the target die. The target die includes error correction circuitry configured to generate new error correction information responsive to the write data bits received from the master die.
US12141080B2
A communication method, a related computing system and a storage medium are described. A communication method for a computing system runs at least one process, wherein the at least one process comprises a plurality of modules, and the method comprises: acquiring attribute information of each of the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules at least comprise a first module and a second module; in response to determining that data is to be transmitted from the first module to the second module, comparing attribute information of the first module with attribute information of the second module; and selecting a communication channel for each of the first module and the second module according to the comparison, to transmit the data from the first module to the second module through the selected communication channel.
US12141079B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to facilitate an atomic operation and/or a histogram operation in cache pipeline are disclosed An example system includes a cache storage coupled to an arithmetic component; and a cache controller coupled to the cache storage, wherein the cache controller is operable to: receive a memory operation that specifies a set of data; retrieve the set of data from the cache storage; utilize the arithmetic component to determine a set of counts of respective values in the set of data; generate a vector representing the set of counts; and provide the vector.
US12141070B2
Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for an in-memory cache in a memory of a client device. The system may send a first request for a first data from the client device to the in-memory cache and may receive a null response. The system may send a second request from the client device for the first data to a server and may receive a response from the server with the first data. The system may then send the first data to the in-memory cache and store the first data in the in-memory cache, thereby eliminating an additional request for the first data from the server.
US12141068B2
Methods, systems, and devices for loading data in a tiered memory system are described. A respective allocation of computing resources may be determined for each node in a cluster, where at least one of the nodes may include multiple memory tiers, and a data set to be processed by the nodes may be analyzed. Based on the allocation of computing resources and the analysis of the data set, respective data processing instructions indicating respective portions of the data set to be processed by respective nodes may be generated and sent to the respective nodes. The respective data processing instructions may also indicate a respective distribution of subsets of the respective portions of the data set across the multiple memory tiers at the respective nodes.
US12141066B2
A data processing system includes a plurality of coherent masters, a plurality of coherent slaves, and a coherent data fabric. The coherent data fabric has upstream ports coupled to the plurality of coherent masters and downstream ports coupled to the plurality of coherent slaves for selectively routing accesses therebetween. The coherent data fabric includes a probe filter and a directory cleaner. The probe filter is associated with at least one of the downstream ports and has a plurality of entries that store information about each entry. The directory cleaner periodically scans the probe filter and selectively removes a first entry from the probe filter after the first entry is scanned.
US12141063B2
A method for efficient write-back for journal truncation is provided. A method includes maintaining a journal in a memory of a computing system including a plurality of records. Each record indicates a transaction associated with one or more pages in an ordered data structure and maintaining a dirty list including an entry for each page indicated by a record in the journal. Each entry in the dirty list includes a respective first log sequence number (LSN) associated with a least recent record of the plurality of records that indicates the page and a respective second LSN associated with a most recent record of the plurality of records that indicates the page. The method includes determining to truncate the journal. The method includes identifying one or more records, of the plurality of records, from the journal to write back to a disk, where the identifying is based on the dirty list.
US12141056B2
A mnemonic phrase management method. The method comprises: generating a random number having a first preset length and performing calculation on the random number; splicing the random number and data having a second preset length acquired from the random number calculation result to obtain a first spliced value; grouping the first spliced value according to a third preset length; sequentially searching an offset storage area for corresponding indexes according to values of the groups; obtaining mnemonic phrase starting offset addresses and mnemonic phrase lengths according to the indexes; and acquiring corresponding mnemonic phrases from a mnemonic phrase storage area according to the mnemonic phrase starting offset addresses and the mnemonic phrase lengths and sequentially storing the mnemonic phrases into a mnemonic phrase buffer. The present invention relates to the field of information security. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can greatly reduce storage space, solve the problem of space limitation of a security chip, and save more space for applications, is applicable to existing security chips, and meets production requirements of hardware devices.
US12141050B2
Systems and methods include, responsive to a request to test or troubleshoot a software system including a plurality of sub-components that communicate with one another via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), creating one or more gadgets that one or more of inject data in any sub-component and probes responses from any sub-component; performing one or more tests of one of more of the plurality of sub-components utilizing the one or more gadgets to invoke specific behavior of the software system and to collect internal data to examine correctness of the behavior; and subsequent to the one or more tests, removing the one or more gadgets. The one or more gadgets are non-intrusive and do not alter behavior of the plurality of sub-components.
US12141048B2
A system includes a processor configured to perform operations, including determining, for each respective software defect of software defects identified in a software product, corresponding attribute values that represent a software development history of the respective software defect, and determining, for each respective defect, using a machine learning model, and based on the corresponding attribute values, a corresponding escalation value representing a likelihood of the respective defect being escalated for resolution after release of the software product. The machine learning model may have been trained using corresponding software development histories of training defects that were escalated for resolution after release of a prior version of the software product. The operations also include, based on the corresponding escalation value of each respective defect, selecting, for resolution prior to the release of the software product, a defect subset of the software defects, and storing a representation of the defect subset.
US12141047B1
A method of computing real-time metrics for automated workflows includes aggregating a set of ingested spans into a set of traces. The method further includes executing a set of rules to determine a set of workflows associated with the set of traces, wherein each workflow of the set of workflows is associated with a respective trace of the set of traces, and wherein each workflow is operable to group together activity associated with a client process within a respective trace. The method also includes assigning a name to each workflow based on the rules and computing real-time metrics for each of the workflows.
US12141037B2
A method for performing data recovering operation is provided. The method includes: identifying a plurality of first values and a plurality of first indexes of a plurality of first entries of an incomplete matrix in a received object data, and one or more second values and one or more second indexes of one or more second entries of the incomplete matrix; inputting the first values, the first indexes, a preset first parameter, a preset second parameter and a preset third parameter into an analysis model using Adaptive Rank-One Matrix Completion (AROMC) algorithm; and obtaining a recovered complete matrix corresponding to the incomplete matrix from the analysis model, so as to obtain optimized one or more second values of the second entries, wherein the optimized one or more second values are determined as original values of the second entries, such that the incomplete matrix is recovered to the recovered complete matrix.
US12141036B2
A computer-implemented data backup method comprises storing metadata associated with an object in a secondary storage layer of a backup system, the metadata representing a data structure for the object, dividing a set of data representing the object into multiple variable length chunks, determining whether an existing chunk of data that is the same as at least a part of the variable length chunk exists in a primary storage layer of the backup system, storing the variable length chunk in the primary storage layer of the backup system, and on the basis of the determination, providing the primary storage layer of the backup system with an indication of the location of the existing chunk of data.
US12141032B2
This disclosure provides methods and techniques of data replication involving cross replication group (RG) references. The present disclosure avoids automatic replication failing when an entity in an RG refers to another entity external to the RG. The entity to be replicated within the RG is referred to as the “referring entity,” and the entity as the dangling reference is referred to as the “referred entity.” Although the referring and referred entities are not replicated together in a replication operation, the referred entity may have already been replicated to the target account in another replication operation on a different replication group. In such cases, the data replication procedure may, according to aspects of the present disclosure, check if the referred entity has already been replicated, and if so, proceed to replicate the referring entity without fail, and link the referring and referred entities to enable normal functioning of the referring entity.
US12141017B2
A multi-phase modular power delivery system, comprising a master module integrated with a main circuit board. A controller installed on the master module, the controller configured to receive an input voltage from the main circuit board and provide a variety of voltage levels to the master module for internal power and internal operation based on the received input voltage, provide power to a first load connected to the main circuit board using a first smart power stage installed on the master module, and provide power to a second load connected to the main circuit board using a second smart power stage, wherein the second smart power stage is installed on a satellite module.
US12141011B1
Described are systems, methods, and apparatus that utilize multiple sensors to conserve battery life of a device, limit potential disruption to a user, and reliably detect whether the device is worn by the user. In one example, a first sensor, such as an infrared sensor, may be activated to determine a proximity of the device to an object. If the device is within a proximity of the object, a second sensor, such as a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, may be activated to verify that the device is being worn by the user and then to continue collecting data that may be used to determine biometrics for the user.
US12141007B2
An exemplary method includes accessing information associated with a power supply connection between a plurality of power distribution units and a plurality of power converters of a data center appliance, determining, based on the information, a current power connection topology of the plurality of power converters of the data center appliance with respect to the plurality of power distribution units, analyzing the current power connection topology to determine whether the current power connection topology satisfies predefined operating parameters for the data center appliance and the plurality of power distribution units, and performing, based on the analyzing of the current power connection topology, an action associated with the power supply connection between the plurality of power converters and the plurality of power distribution units.
US12141005B2
A cooling system for a datacenter device is disclosed. Fins are provided between a first plate and a second plate to dissipate a first amount of heat to an environment in a first configuration of the fins. The first plate is movable relative to the second plate to expose a surface area of the fins to the environment in a second configuration of the fins.
US12141002B2
A hashboard, a power supply system of a digital processing device and the digital processing device. The digital processing device comprises: a housing; N (≥2) hashboards and a control board both located inside the housing. Each hashboard comprises: a substrate; power positive and power negative terminals respectively mounted on the substrate and adapted to be connected to another hashboard in series; a communication interface mounted on the substrate; and computing chips mounted on the substrate. A signal transfer path of the computing chips has a chain configuration. The N hashboards are connected in series to form a series power supply configuration, a power positive terminal of a first hashboard in the series power supply configuration is connected to a positive terminal of a power supply, and a power negative terminal of a last hashboard in the series power supply configuration is connected to a negative terminal of the power supply.
US12140997B2
A support structure member and a display device. The support structure member includes a first support assembly, including a plurality of support members arranged in a first direction, in which the plurality of support members can be slidably arranged relative to one another in the first direction, and a gap is formed between two adjacent support members, and the first support assembly is bent by each position of the gap; a second support assembly, movably arranged relative to the first support assembly at least one side of the support members in a thickness direction, in which the second support assembly includes a connecting unit and a hinge unit connected to the connecting unit, the second support assembly moves to the gap of the first support assembly, and in the gap, the hinge unit and the support members together support a to-be-supported member.
US12140996B2
A belt wearable by a human subject includes a variety of sensors that collect information about the wearer, the wearer's environment, and the wearer's movements. A communication interface on the belt allows sensor data collected by the belt to be transferred to a storage server. In some examples, the communication interface is a Wi-Fi interface, a cellular interface, or a removable memory interface. The data is processed to identify activities performed by the wearer such as walking, driving, and working at heights. In some examples, events such as aggressive driving events, slips and falls, and unsafe lifting are detected. In some examples, this information is used to generate reports that allow an employer to manage the productivity and safety of a workforce.
US12140992B2
A computer architecture provides both a parallel memory bus and serial memory bus between a processor system and memory. Latency-tolerant memory access requests are steered to the serial memory bus which operates to increase the available memory bus bandwidth on the parallel memory. The invention also provides integrated circuit computer memory suitable for this application.
US12140984B2
Provided are a power supply circuit and a transmitting device that can achieve lowering of power supply voltage. Provided is a power supply circuit including a current feedback unit, in which the current feedback unit has two p-type MOS transistors, a control element, and a first resistor, the two p-type MOS transistors and the control element configure a current turnback circuit that turns back the current, current substantially the same as the reference current in the circuit flows through the control element and the first resistor, and the output voltage is determined at least depending on the first resistor and the reference current.
US12140980B2
There is provided an apparatus for supplying liquid, comprising a flow controller configured to measure a flow rate of a liquid and control the flow rate based on a measurement value; a first valve connected with the flow controller to control supply of a first liquid to the flow controller; a second valve connected with the flow controller to control supply of a second liquid to the flow controller; and a control device configured to control the first valve and the second valve, wherein the control device switches over the first valve and the second valve with providing a delay time between an open/closed switchover time of the first valve and an open/closed switchover time of the second valve.
US12140979B2
A method may include calculating a solar position of the Sun and a projected solar zenith (PSZ) relative to a position of a photovoltaic (PV) module. The method may include determining whether an orientation of the PV module is configurable to prevent shading of an upper substring of the PV module while shading a lower substring of the PV module. Responsive to determining that such an orientation is not configurable, the method may include determining whether the orientation of the PV module is configurable to prevent shading of both the upper substring and the lower substring. Responsive to determining that such an orientation is not configurable, the method may include determining whether the PSZ is within a maximum tracker angle range. A target tracker angle may be identified based on the PSZ and the maximum tracker angle range and used as a tracker angle control setpoint.
US12140970B2
Systems and methods for controlling a coaxial rotary-wing aircraft including a co-axial main rotor assembly and a pusher-propeller. One system includes an electronic controller configured to receive a reference velocity of the aircraft and receive a reference flight path angle of the aircraft. The electronic controller is also configured to simultaneously control the co-axial main rotor assembly and the pusher-propeller based on the reference velocity of the aircraft and the reference flight path angle of the aircraft, by simultaneously generating a commanded thrust of the pusher-propeller and a commanded thrust of the co-axial main rotor assembly using a multiple input, multiple output algorithm applying dynamic inversion.
US12140960B2
A method for processing a map of a closed space is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of self-locations of a mobile device. The method also includes obtaining a plurality of obstacle locations. The method also includes obtaining a boundary profile based on the obstacle locations, the boundary profile being a closed line formed by sequentially connecting multiple adjacent obstacle locations. The method also includes obtaining a self-circle based on the self-locations of the mobile device, the self-circle being a closed line formed by sequentially connecting multiple adjacent self-location of the mobile device. The method also includes determining the boundary profile as an outer profile when the boundary profile encircles the self-circle at an outer side of the self-circle. The method further includes processing the map of the closed space based on the outer profile.
US12140949B2
When a subject vehicle reaches a first position of an interflow zone within an interflow lane, it is judged whether a condition for automatic interflow is satisfied. When it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is not satisfied at the first position, a notification for urging manual interflow by a driver is stated to execute. When it is judged that the condition for automatic interflow is satisfied at the first position, the automatic interflow is stared to execute.
US12140947B2
A system for autonomous or semi-autonomous operation of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a machine automation portal (MAP) application configured to enable a computing device to (a) display a map of a work site and (b) provide a graphical user interface that enables a user to (i) define a boundary of an autonomous operating zone on the map and (ii) define a boundary of one or more exclusion zones. The system also includes a robotics processing unit configured to (a) receive the boundary of the autonomous operating zone and the boundary of each exclusion zone from the computing device, (b) generate a planned command path that the vehicle will travel to perform a task within the autonomous operating zone while avoiding each exclusion zone, and (c) control operation of the vehicle so that the vehicle travels the planned command path to perform the task.
US12140946B2
A moving body is a target of a remote operation performed by a remote operator and has a plurality of cameras. A control device acquires a plurality of video data respectively captured by the plurality of cameras, as transmission target data to be transmitted to a remote operator terminal. The control device acquires information on a communication speed of a communication from the moving body to the remote operator terminal. The control device determines whether data reduction is necessary for limiting a total amount of data of the plurality of video data per second to the communication speed or less. When it is determined that the data reduction is necessary, the control device reduces an amount of transmission data of at least one of the plurality of video data such that the total amount of data is limited to the communication speed or less.
US12140937B2
A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.
US12140930B2
A system and method for data collection and frequency analysis with self-organization functionality includes analyzing with a processor a plurality of sensor inputs, sampling with the processor data received from at least one of the plurality of sensor inputs at a first frequency, and self-organizing with the processor a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs.
US12140920B2
Disclosed herein are AI-based platforms for enabling intelligent orchestration and management of power and energy. In various embodiments, a set of edge devices includes a set of artificial intelligence systems that are configured to process data handled by the edge devices and determine, based on the data, a mix of energy generation, storage, delivery and/or consumption characteristics for a set of systems that are in local communication with the edge devices and to output a data set that represents the constituent proportions of the mix. In some embodiments, the output data set indicates a fraction of energy generated by an energy grid and a fraction of energy generated by a set of distributed energy resources that operate independently of the energy grid. In some embodiments, the output data set indicates a fraction of energy generated by renewable energy resources and a fraction of energy generated by nonrenewable resources.
US12140918B2
An automation device for local control of a technical hardware of a system module, wherein the technical hardware of the system module is provided for carrying out a technical sub-process. An electronic control unit provides for local control of the technical hardware of the system module, and an electronic interface unit is connectable to the electronic control unit. The electronic interface unit comprises a server that has a predetermined information structure with static and dynamic information, wherein the static information of the information structure describes the technical hardware of the system module, and the electronic control unit writes the dynamic information into the information structure as time-variable values dependent on the technical hardware. The automation device is designed to detect a structural change of the technical hardware of the system module based on a signal of a component of the technical hardware.
US12140916B2
An upper-arm computer pointing apparatus, comprising: at least one orientation measurer, deployable on at least one area of an upper arm of a user, configured to measure orientation of the upper arm, at least one pressure meter, deployable on at least one area of the upper arm, configured to measure pressure applied by muscle of the upper arm, a computer processor, associated with the orientation measurer and pressure meter, configured to derive control data from the measured orientation and pressure, and a data transmitter, associated with the computer processor, configured to transmit the control data to a computing device.
US12140914B2
A method for closed-loop control of a chemical process may involve acquiring process data with sensors, transferring the process data to a control system via a fieldbus, transferring a subset of the process data to a computer system that includes a simulation program for stationary and dynamic process simulation of the chemical process, a closed-loop control program for implementing a closed-loop controller, and a memory for storing simulated state variables, cyclically repeatedly calculating and storing the simulated state variables of the chemical process by the simulation program from the subset of the process data, transferring a setpoint value of a control variable of the chemical process to the closed-loop control program, reading a subset of the simulated state variables for input into the closed-loop control program, ascertaining a manipulated variable to achieve the setpoint value by the closed-loop control program, and transferring the calculated manipulated variable to the control system.
US12140912B2
A display method and apparatus, a wearable device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method is applied to the wearable device. The wearable device comprises an inertial sensor and at least two screen display areas; when a user wears the wearable device, the screen display areas are not located on the same plane at the same time. The method comprises: obtaining a target action of a user by means of measurement data collected by the inertial sensor; determining the screen display area corresponding to a sight range of the user according to the target action of the user; and lighting the screen display area to display the current content.
US12140908B2
A timepiece display plate includes a flat plate base that transmits light, a plurality of metallic foil pieces that are disposed on one face of the base, each of the plurality of metallic foil pieces having a thickness that transmits the light, and a protection layer that is laminated on the one face to cover the metallic foil pieces and transmit the light.
US12140907B2
A spiral spring for a timepiece resonator mechanism, the spiral spring extending substantially in a plane and including a flexible blade wound on itself in several turns and a setting device for modifying the effective length of the wound blade, the setting device including a clamp movable along at least one ending portion of the spiral spring, the clamp extending substantially in the plane of the spiral spring, the clamp including two bearing faces arranged on either side of the wound blade in a multiplicity of positions so as to define a variable effective length of the spiral spring, the clamp and the wound blade being linked to each other by a flexible element allowing the clamp and the bearing faces to be displaced along the wound blade.
US12140906B2
An external additive for toner comprising a particle of a silicon polymer having a siloxane bond and a Si—R1 bond, wherein the R1 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in a chart obtained by 29Si—NMR measurement of the external additive, where a total peak area attributed to the external additive is denoted by A, and a peak area attributed to the Si—R1 bond is denoted by B, a following formula (1) is satisfied, and in the chart obtained by 29Si—NMR measurement of the external additive, where a total peak area attributed to the silicon polymer is denoted by SA, and a peak area attributed to a T unit structure is denoted by S3, a following formula (2) is satisfied; 0.26 0 ≤ B / A ≤ 0 .450 ( 1 ) 0. ≤ S 3 / SA ≤ 0 .50 . ( 2 )
US12140904B2
A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and a frame configured to support the developing roller. A lever is connected to the frame, with the lever being elastically deformable such that a first part of the lever is movable relative to a second part of the lever and relative to the frame, and the lever protruding from the frame. A coupling member is configured to transmit a rotational force to the developing roller, the coupling member being rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, and the coupling member being movable relative to the frame in a direction of its rotational axis. When the cartridge is oriented with the lever and the electrode portion at a bottom portion of the cartridge, the lever protrudes downward from the frame.
US12140903B2
A cartridge that is mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes a developing roller; a frame supporting the developing roller; a movable part movably supported by the frame and movable to a first position and to a second position relative to the frame; and an elastic part provided between the frame and the movable part to urge the movable part. The movable part includes a first force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the first position to the second position, and a second force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the second position to the first position. When the movable part receives force from the apparatus main assembly at the first force receiving part and is at the second position, the movable part receives urging force from the elastic part in a direction of moving the movable part from the second position to the first position.
US12140896B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a nip former, a transfer bias supply, and processing circuitry. The nip former to form a transfer nip between the image bearer and the nip former. The transfer bias supply applies a transfer bias in which an alternating current component is superimposed on a direct current component to the transfer nip, to transfer a toner image onto a transfer target object at the transfer nip. The processing circuitry is to execute a processing mode of determining the DC component and the AC component to be used in a print job, based on a plurality of test toner images transferred to the transfer target object under transfer conditions different from each other in combination of the DC component and the AC component while changing the DC component and the AC component.
US12140892B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a tubular film, a pressure roller, and a heater including a heating element. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to calculate an accumulated electrical energy supplied to a portion of the heating element. The portion of the heating element is located in an area corresponding to a second area of the nip portion. The second area is an area of the nip portion through which the recording material conveyed to the nip portion is not passed. The control unit is configured to determine an operation of heat leveling, which is performed for leveling a heat distribution in the nip portion after the recording material had passed the nip portion, based on the calculated accumulated electrical energy.
US12140888B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in contact with one surface of the recording medium along a conveyance path; a plural intermediate transfer bodies that are arranged in a conveyance direction on the other surface side of the recording medium of the conveyance path and to which toner images formed by a plural image forming sections are primarily transferred; a plural secondary transfer units that are arranged in a conveyance direction and secondarily transfers the toner images of the plural intermediate transfer bodies to the other surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit; and one or more rotating bodies of which peripheral surfaces are in contact with the other surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit between one secondary transfer unit and another secondary transfer unit, among the secondary transfer units arranged in the conveyance direction.
US12140881B2
A developing device includes a developing device case, a developer carrier, a regulating blade, a magnet member, and a blade magnet. The regulating blade forms a regulating part. Toner contains toner mother particles containing binder resin and magnetic powder, and silica particles and alumina particles adhered to surfaces of the toner mother particles. The alumina particles has a primary particle size of 150 nm or more and 400 nm or less, and resistivity of 0.1 Ωm or more and 2 Ωm or less. The developing device can execute a developer removal mode in which the developer carrier is rotated in a reverse direction opposite to a forward direction that is a rotation direction at image forming time, in a range of 1/18 or more and ⅕ or less of an outer circumference length of the developer carrier, so as to remove the developer staying at the regulating part.
US12140880B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a generating unit that generates correction data for correcting an unevenness in light amount of an exposure head using a read image of a correction chart, and a correction unit that corrects image data for image formation based on the correction data. The exposure head includes light-emitting chips, each of which includes light-emitting elements. The correction chart includes a plurality of regions arranged in a direction, a first reference mark located on one side of the regions, and a second reference mark located on the other side of the regions. The generating unit determines partial regions respectively formed by the light-emitting chips within the regions based on positions of the first and second reference marks in the read image of the correction chart, and generates the correction data based on a result of measurement on the partial regions.
US12140879B2
According to one embodiment, a measurement method includes generating mark position information, determining at least one of a first arrangement pattern or a second arrangement pattern, and calculating displacement between a first member and a second member. The mark position information is generated after the second member is formed on the first member, and indicates a relative positional relationship between a first alignment mark formed on the first member and including bright portions and dark portions, and a second alignment mark formed on the second member and including the bright portions and the dark portions. The first arrangement pattern indicates an arrangement pattern of bright portions and dark portions of the first alignment mark. The second arrangement pattern indicates an arrangement pattern of the bright portions and the dark portions of the second alignment mark. The first arrangement pattern is determined on the basis of captured data of a reference mark formed in a region different from the region where the first alignment mark is formed and the region where the second alignment mark is formed. The displacement is calculated on the basis of the mark position information and at least one of the first arrangement pattern or the second arrangement pattern.
US12140876B2
A processing apparatus includes a first structure supported by a vibration reduction mechanism, a drive mechanism supported by the first structure and configured to drive an object to be processed, a second structure supported by the first structure and facing the object, an actuator configured to apply a force to the first structure, a sensor configured to detect a vibration of the second structure, and a controller configured to feedforward-control the actuator based on feedforward control information so as to reduce vibrations of the first structure and the second structure. The feedforward control information includes first control information determined in advance based on an output from the sensor.
US12140874B2
A driving apparatus includes a holding member configured to hold an object to be driven, a support member configured to support the holding member via an elastic member, a plurality of actuators configured to drive the holding member holding the object, and a constrainer configured to constrain, in a non-contact manner, a position of the holding member with respect to the support member in anon-driving direction different from a drivable direction which is a direction in which the holding member can be driven by the plurality of actuators.
US12140865B2
The present invention provides a method that utilizes an existing infrastructure such as atomic layer deposition or similar vapor-based deposition tool or metal salt solutions based infiltration to infiltrate certain metals or metal-based precursors into resist materials to enhance the performance of the resists for the advancement of lithography techniques.
US12140862B2
A method for manufacturing a nano pattern, includes: forming a pattern transfer layer on a base substrate having N imprint regions, and performing patterning processes on the pattern transfer layer to form an imprint pattern layer. A portion of the imprint pattern layer located in each imprint region is an imprint pattern, N imprint patterns are formed sequentially. Forming an i-th imprint pattern in an i-th imprint region includes: performing a patterning process on a portion of the pattern transfer layer located in the i-th imprint region to form the i-th imprint pattern; forming an i-th protective film on a side of the pattern transfer layer away from the base substrate; and removing at least a portion of the i-th protective film located in an (i+1)-th imprint region to obtain an i-th protective layer and expose a portion of the pattern transfer layer located in the (i+1)-th imprint region.
US12140861B2
According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method includes forming a first film on an object to be processed, forming a first opening pattern and a second opening pattern in the first film, forming a second film, forming a third opening pattern and a fourth opening pattern in the second film, and processing the object to be processed. The second opening pattern is provided in a position where the second opening pattern does not overlap the first opening pattern in plan view. The third opening pattern is provided in a position where the third opening pattern partly overlaps the first opening pattern and does not overlap the second opening pattern in plan view. The fourth opening pattern is provided in a position where the fourth opening pattern does not overlap the first opening pattern, the second opening pattern, and the third opening pattern.
US12140859B2
A method for semiconductor metrology includes depositing a first film layer on a semiconductor substrate and a second film layer overlying the first film layer. The first and second film layers are patterned to create an overlay target having a specified geometrical form by using a projection system having a predefined resolution limit to project optical radiation onto the semiconductor substrate through at least one mask. The mask contains target features having target feature dimensions no less than the predefined resolution limit in an arrangement corresponding to the specified geometrical form of the overlay target and assist features interleaved with the target features and having at least one assist feature dimension that is less than the predefined resolution limit.
US12140851B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a main body having an imaging element; a rectangular display disposed along one surface of the main body; and a hinge unit that movably connects the display to the main body, the hinge unit includes a support portion connected to the main body so as to be rotationally movable about a first axis by a pair of first hinges on the first axis extending along one of two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, the display is supported by the support portion so as to be rotationally movable about a second axis by a pair of second hinges on the second axis extending along other of the two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, and one of the pair of first hinges is disposed between the pair of second hinges.
US12140850B2
An example laser system includes one or more optical transmission media that are part of an optical path originating at a laser generator configured to generate an input laser beam. The example laser system includes an analyzer for receiving the input laser beam and for characterizing at least a profile and energy of the input laser beam. The example laser system includes a circulator for receiving the input laser beam from the analyzer and for minimizing or eliminating reflections. The example laser system includes a beam transformer for receiving the input laser beam from the circulator and for altering at least one property of the input laser beam thereby generating an output laser beam. The example laser system includes a writing head for altering at least one optical property of the beam transformer.
US12140845B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a thin film transistor; and further includes a substrate; a first metal layer disposed on the substrate and including a gate of the thin film transistor; an active layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the substrate and including an active portion of the thin film transistor; a spacer layer disposed on a side of the active layer away from the first metal layer and including a plurality of contact holes; a second metal layer disposed on a side of the spacer layer away from the active layer and including a source and a drain of the thin film transistor; an orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of at least part of the contact holes on the substrate.
US12140838B2
The present disclosure provides a partition wall for an image display device, the partition wall which satisfies 0.8≤A/B<1.0 and 0.85≤C/B<1.0 when the line width at a thickness of 95% from the lowermost end portion of the partition wall is A, the maximum line width at a thickness of 50 to 90% from the lowermost end portion of the partition wall is B, and the line width at a thickness of 10% from the lowermost end portion of the partition wall is C, with respect to the total thickness of the partition wall, a manufacturing method thereof, and an image display device including the partition wall. The partition wall for an image display device according to the present disclosure can be effectively applied to the manufacture of the color conversion pixels through the inkjet process, and the image display device including the partition wall has excellent luminance and maintains high luminance even when observed from the side surface, thereby exhibiting an effect of excellent viewing angle properties.
US12140832B2
The present disclosure provides a display device and a splicing screen, relating to the field of display equipment. The display device includes a liquid crystal display screen, a lamp board, and a printed circuit board. The lamp board includes a flexible circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The flexible circuit board includes a first part and a second part connected to each other. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the first part, and the first part is disposed on an edge of a front surface of the liquid crystal display screen. The second part extends outside of the liquid crystal display screen to a rear surface of the liquid crystal display screen and is detachably plugged into the printed circuit board disposed on the rear surface. Since the first part is disposed on the edge of the front surface of the liquid crystal display, a picture displayed on the light-emitting diodes can block an edge region of the liquid crystal display screen. Therefore, when a plurality of display devices is spliced into a splicing screen, split seams can be reduced or even eliminated, thereby improving visual effect.
US12140827B2
A display panel and a display device are provided by the present application. The display panel includes a photosensitive functional region, and an optical waveguide module is disposed on a light-emitting side of the panel main body. The optical waveguide module comprises an optical coupling-in part, an optical waveguide layer, and an optical coupling-out part. The optical coupling-in part is connected with the optical waveguide layer, the optical coupling-out part is connected with the optical waveguide layer. The optical coupling-out part is positioned at a side of the light coupling-in portion and opposites to the photosensitive functional region. The optical coupling-out part is configured to introduce part of the light from the outside world. The optical waveguide layer is configured to guide the light introduced by the optical coupling-in part.
US12140825B2
An optical communication device is configured to include: a laser diode that outputs light; an EA modulator including a cathode and an anode, to modulate the light output from the laser diode on the basis of a high-frequency signal applied between the cathode and the anode; a resistor connected between the cathode and the anode; and a pattern line connected in series with the resistor and having an inductance component, in which each of the laser diode and the EA modulator is formed on a front surface of the high-frequency line substrate or a back surface of the high-frequency line substrate, and the pattern line is formed on a side face of the high-frequency line substrate.
US12140823B2
An arbitrary waveform generation device is an arbitrary waveform generation device that generates, from an arbitrary waveform of a first electrical signal, an arbitrary waveform of a second electrical signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the first electrical signal, and includes: a modulator that modulates, with the first electrical signal, an optical carrier wave which is dispersed to have a central wavelength that varies with time; a dispersion compensator that performs dispersion compensation on the optical carrier wave modulated with the first electrical signal; and a photoelectric converter that converts the optical carrier wave which has been dispersion-compensated into an electrical signal to generate the second electrical signal.
US12140822B2
A method for controlling an internal light source of a vehicle, wherein the internal light source is for darkening of glasses. The method includes acquiring an image recognition result, wherein the image recognition is for determining whether an occupant of the vehicle wears glasses, and controlling the light source responsive to the acquired image recognition result. In some embodiments, controlling the light source includes activating the light source when the image recognition result indicates that the occupant wears glasses. In some embodiments, the image recognition result is indicative of whether glasses darken responsive to activation of the light source and controlling the light source comprises deactivating the light source when the image recognition result indicates that the glasses do not darken responsive to activation of the light source.
US12140819B1
Techniques for providing wearable electronic devices with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear to facilitate audio support including enhanced audio output. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. The wearable electronic devices with electronic components can, for example, provide audio output, audio enhancements, or event-related audio content.
US12140818B2
An optical mounting assembly is adapted for use with wrap-around type eyeglass frames of the type that utilize a single sheet of curved lens material to form right and left lenses which may carry through-the-lens or TTL oculars or loupes. The optical mounting assembly may attach to an existing pair of wrap-around type eyeglass frames, or the invention may include the frames. The bridge portion of the frames and the lens material are sandwiched between front and rear components, with a nose pad component coupled to the rear component. The nose pad component may comprise a pair of bendable wire arms covered with, or terminating in, cushioning material. An illuminator or video camera may couple to the front component. The rear component may be adapted to receive an optical accessory such as a light-blocking or light-admitting filter material.
US12140801B2
A waveguide heater is configured to heat an optical waveguide. The heater includes multiple heating elements and has one or two conditions selected from a group consisting of a first condition and the second condition. The first condition is the heater including multiple interior connectors that are each included in an interior electrical pathway between a pair of the heating elements where the interior connectors are connected in parallel and provide electrical communication between the heating elements included in the pair. The second condition is multiple exterior connectors that are each included in an exterior electrical pathway between electronics and a first one of the heating elements where the exterior connectors are connected in parallel and provide electrical communication between the electronics and the first heating element. The electronics are configured to apply an electrical bias to the heater. In some instances, the heater in included in a wavelength tuner.
US12140792B2
A roof glazing includes at least one first pane having a first primary surface and a second primary surface, at least one light source adapted to emit light, at least one light coupling system, wherein the at least one light source is optically connected to the first primary surface of the first pane via the at least one light coupling system such that light from the at least one light source is to be coupled into the first pane, and at least one light outcoupling system for outcoupling light from the first pane via at least one of the first and second primary surfaces, wherein the roof glazing is a vehicle roof glazing.
US12140786B2
A resin composition includes a near infrared absorbing colorant, an antioxidant, and a resin, in which a content of the near infrared absorbing colorant is 5 mass % or higher with respect to a total solid content of the resin composition, and the antioxidant includes a hindered amine compound.
US12140773B2
An optical device for forming an output light beam having at least one target mode, by combining a plurality of phase-locked input light beams collectively forming incident light radiation, comprises a conversion device, arranged between the input plane and the output plane, configured to carry out a modal conversion aimed at conveying the energy portion of incident radiation present in a main supermode to the target mode, and aimed at conveying the energy portion of the incident radiation present in interference supermodes to deformation modes. A system for producing an output light beam comprises such an optical device.
US12140772B2
A multi-degree of freedom (DOF) moving stage includes a plurality of joint portions. At least one of the plurality of joint portions has a joint structure including a first flexible member and first and second rigid members, the first and second rigid members being arranged apart from each other with a first gap therebetween such that the first gap exposes a first surface of the first flexible member. Castellated patterns having shapes complementary to each other are respectively provided at a first end portion of the first rigid member adjacent to the first gap and a second end portion of the second rigid member adjacent to the first gap.
US12140771B2
An eye tracking module and head-wearable device is disclosed. In one example, the eye tracking module includes a module housing which is at least substantially mirror symmetric with respect to a central plane and shaped to partly surround a nose of the user. A scene camera is arranged in and/or on the module housing. The eye tracking module further includes at least one of a first eye camera arranged in and/or on the lower portion of the module housing, wherein a first distance between the first eye camera and the central plane is at most about 20 mm, and a second eye camera arranged in and/or on the lower portion of the module housing, wherein a second distance between the second eye camera and the central plane at least substantially corresponds to the first distance.
US12140765B2
A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system that are supported by a housing. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. In one example, the optical system includes a single lens element and a retarder that is coated on a curved surface of the lens element. The retarder may be coated on an aspheric concave surface of the lens element. In another example the retarder may be coated on an aspheric convex surface of the lens element. One or more components of the optical system may be formed using a direct printing technique. This may allow for one or more adhesive layers and one or more hard coatings to be omitted from the optical system. A lens element may be directly printed on the display system to improve alignment between the optical system and the display system.
US12140756B2
A method and system for reducing the effects of glare in a system comprising a picture generating unit, such as a holographic projector. The system may be a head-up display (HUD), which is configured to display a picture to a viewer, without requiring the user to look away from their usual viewpoint. The HUD system may be comprised within a vehicle. The glare in the system may be caused by light being incident on a surface comprising a screen or a window, through which the user looks at their usual viewpoint. The surface may comprise a windshield in a vehicle. The light that causes the glare may be ambient light. The method and system are provided for reducing the effects of glare in a system that comprises a waveguide in conjunction with the picture generating unit. The waveguide may be operable to act as an exit pupil expander.
US12140745B2
A method and system for measuring the alignment between a substrate and a platform upon which it is disposed by using image processing algorithms are described herein. These algorithms automate the detection of edges of a microscope slide and the platform in a digital image. A reference line pattern in an image of the platform can be used to detect platform edges based on a computed location of the reference line pattern in the image.
US12140739B2
A variable power optical system (ZL (1)) includes a plurality of lens groups (G1-G7). During variable magnification, an interval between adjacent lens groups changes. The plurality of lens groups include: a first focusing lens group (G5) that moves during focusing; and a second focusing lens group (G6) that is disposed more toward an imaging surface side than the first focusing lens group and that moves along a different trajectory than the first focusing lens group during focusing. The first focusing lens group and the second focusing lens group both have a negative refractive power. The plurality of lens groups satisfy the following condition: 0.40
US12140737B2
Present embodiments provide for optical imaging lenses. An optical imaging lens may include at least seven lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of the convex or concave surfaces of the lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing better optical characteristics and imaging quality.
US12140728B2
A system for using mobile data to improve weather information is provided. The system includes a weather prediction station configured to receive stationary observation data provided by a plurality of stationary weather stations along with data from a plurality of input weather models and generate unified weather model estimates based on the stationary observation data, the input weather model data, and a processor. The processor is configured to aggregate mobile observation data provided by a plurality of non-stationary sensors and use the aggregated mobile observation data to adjust the weather model estimates.
US12140725B2
Techniques for determining reservoir formation properties include generating digital models of core samples taken from one or more reservoir formations based on corresponding images of the core samples; determining a pore throat size distribution of the core samples based on the generated digital models; determining corresponding capillary pressure curves and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples with one or more numerical simulations; generating one or more machine-learning (ML) models based on the pore throat size distribution, corresponding capillary pressure curves, and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples; adjusting the one or more ML models with one or more reservoir data of the one or more reservoir formations; generating adjusted capillary pressure curves and NMR value distributions from the one or more adjusted ML models; and determining a reservoir formation specific pore throat size distribution from at least one of the adjusted capillary pressure curves or the adjusted NMR value distributions.
US12140723B2
A metal detector 20 includes a cover 25, a detection signal acquisition unit 31, a determination unit 32, a display unit 24, and a display control unit 34. The cover 25 is removably attached to a tip portion 18 of a handheld power tool 10. The detection signal acquisition unit 31 acquires a detection signal that changes according to the detection strength of rebar W1 in concrete W. The determination unit 32 determines the presence or absence of the rebar W1 on the basis of the acquisition result acquired by the detection signal acquisition unit 31. The display unit 24 displays the presence or absence of the rebar W1 by lighting lamps in different colors. The display control unit 34 controls so as to switch the color of the light displayed on the display unit 24 on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit 32.
US12140720B2
Embodiments provide for a method that utilizes the azimuthally spaced receivers of a sonic logging tool. Signals from monopole and dipole sources are reflected from the geologic interfaces and recorded by arrays of receivers of the same tool. For the incident P-waves from the monopole source, phase arrival times for the azimuthal receivers are compensated for stacking using properties of wave propagation in the borehole, and for the incident SH-waves from the dipole source, signs of waveforms for the receivers are changed for specified azimuths.
US12140708B2
A method for optical sensing includes directing a series of optical pulses toward a target scene and imaging optical radiation that is reflected from the target scene onto an array of single-photon detectors, which output electrical pulses in response to photons that are incident thereon. The electrical pulses output by the single photon detectors are counted in multiple different gating intervals that are synchronized with each of the optical pulses, including at least first and second gating intervals at different, respective delays relative to the optical pulses, while the delays are swept over a sequence of different delay times during the series of the optical pulses. A time of flight of the optical pulses is computed by comparing respective first and second counts of the electrical pulses that were accumulated in the first and second gating intervals over the series of the optical pulses.
US12140700B2
A meteorological lidar capable of measuring vertical distributions of temperature, water vapor concentration, aerosol, wind direction/wind speed, ozone concentration, CO2 concentration, etc., stably and continuously day and night is provided. A meteorological lidar that emits a laser beam of a specific wavelength into the air and measures scattered light generated by the laser beam includes an optical system that emits a laser beam into the air, and a dust-proof part that makes an enclosing space of the optical system clean.
US12140698B2
A light deflector includes a mirror unit having a reflecting surface; a pair of supports supporting the mirror unit; a pair of drive beams; a frame supporting the pair of drive beams in a cantilevered state; and connecting parts connecting the pair of drive beams to the pair of supports, respectively. Each of the connecting parts has a first area between the first axis and a corresponding drive beam of the pair of drive beams, and a second area at an opposite side of the first area relative to the first axis. The second area includes a projection projecting in a first direction opposite to a second direction toward a portion at which the corresponding drive beam is supported by the frame. The projection includes a first fillet of a fillet shape at an end proximate to a corresponding support of the pair of supports.
US12140694B2
A method of identifying target-type vehicle through radar based blind spot warning (BSW) system of a host vehicle, comprising: detecting a first radar reflection point reflected by an object, said first radar reflection point being outside the BSW zone of the BSW system; setting an object area based on the distribution of groups of the first radar reflection point; assuming the object to be other vehicle based on the positional relationship between the object area and the BSW zone; detecting a second radar reflection point inside the BSW zone; and determining the other vehicle to be the target-type vehicle based on the detected second radar reflection point. The target-type vehicle is trailer or coach.
US12140693B2
A device may include a receive antenna input to couple a receive antenna to a receive chain of the device. The device may include a test signal generator to generate a test signal. The device may include a signal coupler between the receive antenna input and the receive chain. The signal coupler may include a first port to inject the first test signal into the receive antenna via the receive antenna input. The device may include a control circuit to monitor an impedance matching of the receive antenna based on one or more characteristics of a reflected signal resulting from the first test signal being injected into the receive antenna. The one or more characteristics of the reflected signal may be dependent on the impedance matching of the receive antenna.
US12140690B2
Various embodiments relate to the generation and/or use of a positioning map comprising instances of neighbor-cell information that each comprising, are associated with, and/or indexed by a respective globally unique identifier. In an example embodiment, a processor determines a locally unique identifier and an estimated location of an observed neighbor cell. The processor defines a globally unique identifier for the neighbor cell comprising the locally unique identifier and an indication of the estimated location of the neighbor cell. The processor generates a positioning map to include an instance of neighbor-cell information corresponding to the neighbor cell. The instance of neighbor-cell information comprises, is associated with, and/or is indexed by the defined globally unique identifier. The instance of neighbor-cell information may be accessed via an observed locally unique identifier when determining a position estimate for a computing entity that observed a neighbor cell corresponding to the observed locally unique identifier.
US12140687B2
Acoustic signals from an acoustic event are captured via sensing nodes of sensor group(s) that comprise a group of sensing nodes at a location comprising spatial boundaries. Each of the sensing nodes comprise a sensor area. Each of the sensor group(s) is based on: range limits of each of the sensing nodes; shared sensing areas of the sensing nodes; and intersections between the sensor area for each of the sensing nodes and the spatial boundaries. Solutions(s) are generated by processing the acoustic signals. The solution(s) indicate the location of the acoustic event. A strength of solution compliance value for at least one of the solution(s) is determined. A refined solution is generated employing: sensor contributions of sensing nodes; and the strength of solution compliance value with the spatial boundaries and at least one of the solution(s). A report is created comprising the location of the acoustic event.
US12140684B1
In one example method, a signal transmitted from an endpoint device is received at a first satellite and at one or more second satellites. The first satellite determines a first estimated position of the endpoint, an estimated position of the first satellite, and estimated frequencies and phases of one or more symbols transmitted in the signal. The first satellite then transmits this information to the one or more second satellites. The one or more second satellites use the information received from the first satellite to determine one or more estimated time differences of arrival between the signal arriving at the first satellite and the signal arriving at the one or more second satellites. The one or more second satellites then determine a second estimated position of the endpoint using the one or more estimated time differences of arrival.
US12140683B2
A system and method for positioning based on navigation systems. The method includes receiving a list of Street Level Stations (SLSs), conducting ranging measurements with each SLS identified within the received list, receiving a global position of the each SLS identified within the received list, and computing a position of a user device based on the ranging measurements and a position of the each SLS identified within the received list.
US12140680B1
An apparatus comprising a housing, a mount configured to be coupled to a motor to horizontally move the apparatus, a wide-angle lens coupled to the housing, the wide-angle lens being positioned above the mount thereby being along an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being the axis along which the apparatus rotates, an image capture device within the housing, the image capture device configured to receive two-dimensional images through the wide-angle lens of environment, and a LiDAR device within the housing, the LiDAR device configured to generate depth data based on the environment.
US12140675B2
Methods, systems, devices, and tangible non-transitory computer readable media for generating a route through a geographic area are provided. The disclosed technology can generate an unoccupied cell map. The unoccupied cell map can include cells that are associated with unoccupied portions of a geographic area that are not associated with light detection and ranging (LiDAR) returns. Further, route request data that is associated with a request for a route from a starting location to one or more destination locations within the geographic area can be received. Based on the route request data, the unoccupied cell map can be accessed. A route, based on the unoccupied cell map, can then be generated. Furthermore, the route can include the unoccupied cells between a starting location and one or more destination locations within the geographic area. Indications associated with the route can then be generated.
US12140668B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for removing noise for a weather radar and, more particularly, to an apparatus and method for removing noise for a weather radar, the apparatus and method being able to detecting a radio interference echo, which is noise due to radio interference that is generated by reception of other external radio waves to a weather radar except for a radio wave transmitted from the weather radar, separately from weather eco according to normal weather measurement, and being able to remove the radio interference echo.
US12140666B2
The techniques and systems herein enable ghost object detection. Specifically, a reflection line indicative of a potential reflection surface between first and second moving objects is determined. If enough stationary objects are within an area of the reflection line, it is determined whether one or more of the stationary objects within the area are within a distance of a reflection point. An expected velocity of the second object is then determined and checked against a velocity of the second object. If the expected velocity is near the velocity, it is determined that the second object is a ghost object. By doing so, the system can effectively identify ghost objects in a wide variety of environments, thereby allowing for downstream operations to function as designed.
US12140645B1
A magnetic electrical latch assembly for sensing an electrical contact has a housing for supporting a magnetic electrical contact. The housing has an annular cavity and a cylinder disposed within the cavity. A magnetic electrical contact is attached at one end to the cylinder. The cylinder is movable axially within the cavity. The magnetic electrical contact has an electrical connection to a first conductive wire. The magnetic electrical contact is arranged to couple with an opposing contact pad to create an electrical connection between an external conductor path and the first conductive wire. Also, a magnetic electrical contact sensor system has a hollow enclosure with a detachable access panel. A meandering conductor path cover a portion of the access panel. The conductor path terminates on a contact pad. A magnetic electrical latch assembly has a housing for supporting the magnetic electrical contact within the enclosure.
US12140642B2
A method for evaluating an electric power storage device includes causing a short circuit by inserting an electrically conductive probe into a stacked portion in a thickness direction of electrode layers; measuring a penetration depth of the probe after the short circuit occurs; and evaluating the number of electrode layers involved in the short circuit based on the penetration depth. The penetration depth is identified by measuring a length of an adhesion portion in an axial direction of the probe. The adhesion portion is a portion of a surface of the probe to which a constituent material of the stacked portion adheres.
US12140640B2
A sensor arrangement for a network of busbar links of a battery module is provided, the sensor arrangement comprising: an array of sensors, each sensor having an output arranged to provide an indication of current in a respective busbar link of the network; a processor coupled to the outputs of the sensors and configured to: receive data from the sensor outputs; process the data to determine a current in each of a set of busbar links that are connected at a node of the network; and compare the currents in the busbar links of the set to determine an overall current at the node.
US12140635B1
A method and system for status monitoring of transient surge protection devices may display operational status and instantaneously a fault condition of a surge protection device (SPD) induced by transient electromagnetic energy disturbance from high altitude nuclear weapon detonation generating an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), Geo-magnetic disturbance (GMD), solar corona mass ejection (CME), intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI), natural lightning strikes, or other transient surges due to radiated and conducted EMI. The system monitors operational status and readiness of SPDs installed on electric power networks to protect devices powered by the networks. The status monitoring of SPD has local display and cybersecure, over-the-power-lines communication (OPLC), implemented with analog circuits and instantaneous response. The system comprises embedded self-testing and diagnosis of surge protection assemblies with test data collection and ML/AI algorithms for preventive maintenance of distributed SPDs, protecting AC and DC installations on primary power distribution networks, mini grids, and backup power systems.
US12140631B2
A measurement instrument for testing a device under test is described. The device under test has at least two test points. The measurement instrument includes a first measurement channel, a second measurement channel, and a machine-learning circuit. The first measurement channel is configured to process a first input signal associated with one of the at least two test points, thereby generating a first measurement signal. The second measurement channel is configured to process a second input signal associated with another one of the at least two test points, thereby generating a second measurement signal. The machine-learning circuit is configured to determine at least one correlation quantity based on the first measurement signal and based on the second measurement signal, wherein the at least one correlation quantity is indicative of a correlation between the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal. Further, a measurement system and a signal processing method are described.
US12140630B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of finding optimized analog measurement hardware settings of a measurement system for a target measurement. The method can include one or more of the following steps: applying initial settings to the measurement system; varying the settings over a power sweep while processing a test signal used for the target measurement or a representative signal; performing the target measurement during the power sweep, thereby determining a hardware contribution of the measurement system over the power sweep; and identifying the respective settings that lead to a minimum hardware contribution of the measurement system at various powers.
US12140628B2
A method or system for estimating delays in design under tests (DUTs) using machine learning. The system accesses multiple DUTs, each comprising various logic blocks. For each DUT, a combinatorial path is identified, connecting one or more logic blocks. A feature vector is generated, including values of orthogonal features representing the combinatorial path's characteristics. Each DUT is compiled for emulation, and the delay of its combinatorial path is measured. These measured delays, along with the corresponding feature vectors, are used to train a machine learning delay model. The trained model is designed to receive a combinatorial path of a DUT as input and generate an estimated wire delay as output. This approach leverages machine learning to predict delays in electronic designs, improving the efficiency and accuracy of delay estimations in complex circuits.
US12140607B2
A method or system configured for assessing the integrity of a sensor module mounted in a tire of a wheel or on an inner surface of the tire of the wheel.
US12140595B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of methods for detecting cancer in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) patients.
US12140592B2
The present invention includes methods, systems, and kits, for identifying and modifying the treatment of a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patient prior to the presence of autoantibodies, comprising: (a) obtaining a dataset representing protein expression level values for cytokines and molecules; (b) assessing the dataset for protein expression levels of at least one innate serum mediator; (c) assessing the dataset for protein expression levels of at least one adaptive serum mediator; and (d) determining the likelihood that the patient will develop SLE prior to the onset of autoantibodies when compared to a control.
US12140575B2
A sample management device which comprises a source flow path in which a fluidic sample can flow, a volume flow adjustment unit configured for adjusting a volume flow of the fluidic sample to be branched off from the source flow path at a fluidic coupling point, and a fluidic valve fluidically coupled with the source flow path and with the volume flow adjustment unit, wherein the fluidic valve is switchable into a branch off state in which the fluidic coupling point is established within the source flow path to branch off an adjustable volume of the fluidic sample from the source flow path via the fluidic coupling point while a flow of the fluidic sample in the source flow path continues.
US12140563B2
To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.
US12140558B2
A bio sensor using a FET element and an extended gate, and an operating method thereof are disclosed. A biosensor using a field effect transistor (FET) device and an extended gate electrode according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: an extended gate electrode connected to the FET element; a sensing electrode made of the same material as the extended gate electrode and on which a receptor antibody selectively recognizing a target molecule is fixed; and a reference electrode that maintains a constant potential and is selectively connected to the sensing electrode.
US12140557B2
A method for manufacturing a sensor includes etching an insulator layer disposed over a substrate to define an opening exposing a sensor surface of a sensor disposed on the substrate, a native oxide forming on the sensor surface; sputtering the sensor surface with a noble gas to at least partially remove the native oxide from the sensor surface; and annealing the sensor surface in a hydrogen atmosphere.
US12140553B2
Provided are an image processing apparatus, a radiography system, an image processing method, and an image processing program by which a radiographic image can be accurately corrected. An image processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit that acquires, from a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels each of which outputs an electrical signal according to a dose of radiation R emitted from a radiation source are arranged, a radiographic image captured in a state in which end parts of the radiation detector overlap with each other; and a correction unit that corrects an influence of the end portion on a far side from the radiation source, which is included in the radiographic image.
US12140551B2
A method for determining soil moisture of a scene includes (i) generating a first antenna output in response to an upwelling thermal emission from the scene, (ii) generating a second antenna output in response to a downwelling thermal emission from sky above the scene, (iii) coupling the first antenna output and the second antenna output to yield a combined output having a quadrature phase difference between the first antenna output and the second antenna output, (iv) calculating a brightness-temperature difference based at least partially on the combined output, and (v) calculating a soil moisture based on soil-vegetation radiative transfer model using the brightness-temperature difference.
US12140549B2
A polymer dye includes at least one repeating unit represented by the following structural formula 1 and at least one selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by the following structural formulas 2 and 3: Hydrogen peroxide present in or generated through enzymatic reaction in a biological sample can be detected by using the polymer dye.
US12140543B2
Biosensor including a device base having a sensor array of light sensors and a guide array of light guides. The light guides have input regions that are configured to receive excitation light and light emissions generated by biological or chemical substances. The light guides extend into the device base toward corresponding light sensors and have a filter material. The device base includes device circuitry electrically coupled to the light sensors and configured to transmit data signals. A passivation layer extends over the device base and forms an array of reaction recesses above the light guides. The biosensor also includes peripheral crosstalk shields that at least partially surround corresponding light guides of the guide array to reduce optical crosstalk between adjacent light sensors.
US12140532B2
An apparatus includes a spectrometer. A housing is attached to a substrate and defines an illumination channel and a receiving channel. The illumination channel includes an illumination source mounted on the substrate and operable to produce light in a particular part of the spectrum. A light pipe is disposed over the illumination source so as to direct light from the illumination source out of the illumination channel toward a target. The receiving channel includes a sensor chip mounted on the substrate. The sensor chip includes light sensitive elements, each of which is selectively sensitive to a respective region of the particular part of the spectrum. The sensor chip further includes an electronic control unit operable to analyze signals from the light sensitive elements.
US12140528B2
A corrosion sensor is described. The corrosion sensor comprises a substrate 10 and a patterned conductive layer provided on the substrate 10, wherein the conductive layer defines: a common terminal; a set of terminals, including a first terminal and a second terminal; and a set of sensing elements, including a first sensing element and a second sensing element; wherein respective sensing elements of the set thereof are electrically coupled to the common terminal and to respective terminals of the set thereof, such that the respective terminals of the set thereof are specific to the respective sensing elements of the set thereof.
US12140527B2
A corrosion amount estimation apparatus includes a soil analysis unit adapted to acquire a particle diameter distribution in soil in each of plural soil samples; a corrosion measurement unit adapted to take electrochemical measurements at plural soil moisture percentage values on an electrode containing the metallic material buried in each of the soil samples; a soil classification unit adapted to classify the soil in each of the soil samples; a corrosion rate calculation unit adapted to calculate a corrosion rate regarding each of the soil samples at each of the soil moisture percentage values and identify a local maximum corrosion rate; a corrosion estimation curve generation unit adapted to generate a corrosion estimation curve; and a corrosion amount estimation unit adapted to acquire the class proportions of actual soil in which the metallic material is buried, acquire the local maximum corrosion rate corresponding to the class proportions from the corrosion estimation curve, and estimate the corrosion amount of the metallic material.
US12140522B2
An exemplary embodiment of an apparatus for detecting microbiological activity in an industrial process may include a plurality of satellite units, a processing unit, and a main analysis unit. Each satellite unit may be configured to sample a liquid from the industrial process at a plurality of respective locations, periodically analyse a sample, carry out an impedance analysis to count and measure the size of particles passing through an orifice, and generate sample results data corresponding to the number and size of particles in each sample. The processing unit may be configured to compare the sample results data to a predetermined criterion and to generate an alert signal if the particle data is outside of the predetermined criterion. The main analysis unit may be configured to carry out a combined impedance and electromagnetic emission analysis of a sample of liquid from the industrial process following generation of the alert signal.
US12140517B2
A viscosity estimation device includes: a current detector detecting a drive current supplied to an induction motor which stirs a substance due to rotation of a rotating shaft which is rotationally driven; a rotation detector detecting rotation of the rotating shaft; and a calculator obtaining a viscosity correlation value, which is a value having a correlation with a viscosity of the substance, using a detection result of the current detector and a detection result of the rotation detector.
US12140513B2
A concentrator includes a casing, a separation membrane that sections an inner space of the casing to form a flow path in the casing, a first supplier that supplies a first liquid from a first position of the casing to the flow path such that the first liquid flows along the separation membrane in a first direction, a second supplier that supplies a second liquid from a second position of the casing to the flow path such that the second liquid flows along the separation membrane in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a third supplier that supplies a third liquid including a target component having a size that does not allow permeation of the target component through the separation membrane from a third position of the casing to the flow path.
US12140508B2
A method for monitoring the status of an apparatus comprises processing in a processor a cyclic signal emitted and/or received by said apparatus, by sampling at least part of a plurality of cycles of the cyclic signal at n points to provide n measured values; comparing the n measured values to a predetermined distribution of values at said n points representing a first state of the apparatus; and if the n measured values fall outside predetermined criteria relating to the predetermined distribution, providing an indication that the apparatus is not in the first state.
US12140503B2
The invention relates to a leak detection system on board of a vehicle comprising a fuel tank (301, 401), a filler pipe (302, 402), a venting line (303, 403) for recirculating fuel vapors from the tank to the filler pipe, said system having a combination pressure and temperature sensor mounted in the vapor dome of the fuel tank, and a pressure sensor located in the recirculation line above the highest possible liquid level that could be present in the recirculation line and to methods to detect said leak.
US12140497B2
Conformance testing of a rebuilt motor includes disposing a motor under test in a motor test stand, coupling a plurality of sensors to the motor under test including a first vibrational sensor to the motor under test; a first temperature sensor to the motor under test; a first rotational speed sensor to the motor under test. A set of test parameters are received comprising parameters for a conformance test, the test parameters including a vibrational sensor parameter, a temperature sensor parameter, and a rotational speed parameter. A motor under test is placed in an on-state and a processing device receives sensor data simultaneously from the sensors, determines that the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed parameter, and stores time sampled sensor data received from the plurality of sensors relative to a time zero corresponding to a time when the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed.
US12140490B2
Embodiments of a process for estimating a rotational speed of a rotating component and a process for estimating an acceptable rotor imbalance of a rotating component are provided herein. The process for estimating the rotational speed of a rotating component for a charging system comprises measuring a vibration signal of the rotating component by means of a sensor; and identifying harmonic train members from a plurality of peaked components of the vibration signal. Further, the process comprises determining a candidate fundamental frequency from the harmonic train members; and determining a derived vibration amplitude value from the vibration signal. This determination involves a filtering of the vibration signal, removing periodic contributions having a high amplitude. A scalar value is then derived from the filtered signal as a derived vibration amplitude value, representing the integrated total vibration amplitude of the filtered signal at the current speed. The process comprises verifying a consistency condition between the derived vibration amplitude value and the candidate fundamental frequency using a predetermined speed-amplitude map, associating speed values with their respective derived vibration amplitude values. For determining an acceptable rotor imbalance, a speed-amplitude map obtained at a time when the imbalance is acceptable is compared to a speed-amplitude map at a later point in time. An offset between the maps may indicate an inacceptable imbalance.
US12140486B1
An Inductive angle sensor comprising: a number of inductively coupled transmitter coils together forming an inductively coupled transmitter coil system; a number of receiver coil sets; a number of integrated devices each having a first and a second oscillator pin, each integrated device having an excitation circuit for providing an alternating signal over its oscillator pins, and having an evaluation circuit for evaluating signals obtained from a set of receiver coils; at least one movable target arranged in the vicinity of the receiver coils; wherein each transmitter coil has a first end connected to a first oscillator pin of a first integrated device and has a second end (TX1b) connected to a second oscillator pin of a subsequent integrated device.
US12140484B2
Apparatus for producing an electrical signal that is indicative of a temperature is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a first thin-film transistor TFT comprising a first source, a first gate and a first drain, the first drain being configured to receive a reference current; and a second TFT comprising a second source, a second gate and a second drain, the first and second gates both being configured to receive the same gate voltage, wherein the first and second TFTs are configured such that a temperature dependence of the first TFT differs from a temperature dependence of the second TFT, such that an output current at the second TFT and the second drain is dependent on temperature. The temperature dependence of the output current can be controlled by selecting suitable design parameters for the first and second TFTs. A method of designing the apparatus to produce an output current with a target temperature dependence is also disclosed.
US12140481B2
The present invention relates to a temperature sensor (1) for an engine of a vehicle, comprising: a casing (1) containing a circuit board (14) and traversed by at least one pair (2) of wires (3) provided with terminals (8), the terminal (8) being made up of a portion (804) crimped onto a conductor (5) arranged in the casing (1), a connector (101) comprising at least one metal insert (10) ensuring the electrical connection with the circuit board (14), where the casing comprises at least one flange (9) for holding the terminals (8), the terminals (8) being folded.
US12140477B2
A system for detecting high-frequency radiation that offers near-quantum-limited sensitivity, broad spectral bandwidth, and high spectral resolution while operating at room temperature. The system can include an antenna assembly configured to receive at least a high-frequency radiation and a substrate comprising a semiconductor material with a contact-semiconductor interface connected to the antenna assembly. The system also includes an optical pump configured to produce an optical beam that has a high-frequency beat frequency, the optical beam contacting the contact-semiconductor interface to create an intermediate frequency signal by combining the optical beam with the high-frequency radiation. The system further includes a detector configured to detect the intermediate frequency and generate at least one report indicating the received, high-frequency radiation.
US12140475B2
Apparatuses and methods for microscopic analysis of a sample using spatial light manipulation to increase signal to noise ratio are described herein.
US12140472B2
There is provided a system for estimating a total acoustic attenuation of a hearing protection device including an interface at a distal end and a sound canal extending from the interface to a sound opening at a medial end of the hearing protection device. The system comprises: a measurement unit including a loudspeaker and a microphone and being attachable to the interface in such a manner that, when the hearing protection device is worn in an ear canal of a user, the loudspeaker and the microphone are in acoustic communication, via the sound canal of the hearing protection device; a control unit configured to provide the loudspeaker with test audio signals to generate test sounds in the occluded ear canal volume and to receive test response audio signals captured by the microphone from the test sounds; and an evaluation unit configured to estimate a leakage acoustic impedance.
US12140470B2
A biometric information measuring device comprising a control part that determines a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use that is set in measured data related to multiple body compositions, based on a purpose-of-use matching degree relationship in which a degree of matching with respect to a purpose of use is associated according to a combination relationship about change directions of data related to the multiple body compositions associated by a display order with respect to the purpose of use.
US12140468B2
The invention relates to a method for dosing a target component (20), wherein a dosing system (10) doses the target component (20) to a target value (Z20), which corresponds to a desired nominal value (S20soll), wherein an additional dosing system (12) doses at least one additional component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed, to a target value (Z21) of the component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed which is lower than a desired nominal value (S21soll) of the component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed, wherein an actual value (G20ist) of the target component (20) and at least one actual value (G21ist) of the component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed are then determined, a content (A) of the target component (20) then being calculated according to the actual value (G20ist) of the target component (20) and/or the actual value (G21ist) of the component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed and the content (A) being compared to a limit value (T) or tolerance band (T), at least the component (21, 22, 23) to be follow-on dosed being additionally dosed in the event of the limit value (T) or tolerance band (T) being exceeded.
US12140463B1
Apparatus and associated methods disclosed herein relate to configuring a light emitter to direct emitted light having a preselected wavelength through a liquid retained by a collapsible reservoir to a light sensor disposed in the collapsible reservoir, determining a distance separating the light emitter from the light sensor across the collapsible reservoir interior based on the amount of emitted light absorbed by the liquid, and determining the volume of the liquid retained by the collapsible reservoir based on the distance. The liquid may comprise an active compound formulation. An excipient may be added to the liquid in an excipient concentration governing a linear relationship between distance and light absorption at the preselected wavelength. The distance may be determined as a function of the linear relationship. The risks of abrupt therapy cessation or premature refill may be advantageously reduced by providing real-time remaining liquid volume measurements as the collapsible reservoir collapses.
US12140460B2
The disclosure relates to a magnetically inductive flow meter for insertion into a pipeline and for determining a flow-rate-dependent measurement variable induced in the medium, comprising: a housing, a front body being arranged on an end face of the housing, which front body seals the end face of the housing; a measurement electrode arrangement for forming galvanic contact with the medium and for tapping an induced voltage in the flowing medium; a field system for generating a magnetic field that passes through the end face of the housing, the field system being arranged in the housing, the field system comprising a coil arrangement, the coil arrangement comprising a coil arrangement carrier for winding a coil wire, and the coil arrangement carrier and the front body being monolithic.
US12140453B2
An environmental condition sensor device includes a microprocessor; a condition sensor, operatively connected to the microprocessor, to measure a condition of a system being monitored; and an optical output interface, operatively connected to the microprocessor, to produce light to optically communicate a measured condition of the system being monitored. The optical output interface can also produce light to optically communicate a status of the environmental condition sensor device being non-operational. The optical output interface can also produce light to optically communicate that the condition sensor is non-operational.
US12140452B2
There is provided a displacement measuring apparatus capable of being used in a vacuum environment. The displacement measuring apparatus includes a scale and a detection head part disposed in such a manner as to be relatively displaceable to the scale and as to face the scale with a predetermined gap. The detection head part detects a displacement or position relative to the scale. The scale is disposed in a vacuum. The detection head part is housed in a housing holder separating an atmospheric environment side from a vacuum environment side. In a gap between the detection head part and the scale, the housing holder includes a relay means for passing a detection signal between the detection head part and the scale.
US12140439B2
A method for providing a route in response to a request includes receiving a request for a route, comprising a start location and an end location. The method further includes determining a source based at least in part on the request and obtaining route segments from the source. Additionally, the method includes generating a suggested route, comprising a plurality of the route segments, and transmitting the suggested route in response to the request. The suggested route is generated based at least in part on the start location, the end location, and the route segments. Systems for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
US12140438B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for real-time planning and fulfillment of multi-modal transportation services in a multi-modal ride sharing network. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a computing system that creates an end-to-end multi-modal itinerary responsive to a user request for transportation service between an origin and a destination. The multi-modal itinerary can include two or more transportation legs that include travel via two or more different transportation modalities such as, as examples, via a car and via an aircraft.
US12140436B2
In some implementations, a system may identify, using a machine learning model, a pattern of events based on account information associated with a user. The system may generate a prediction of a time period during which a predicted event, associated with the pattern of events, is predicted to occur. The system may receive an indication that a vehicle, associated with the user, is to travel a route from a starting location to an ending location during the time period. The system may identify a physical location associated with the predicted event based on a location associated with the vehicle or based on the route. The system may generate a new route that includes the starting location, the physical location as a waypoint along the new route, and the ending location. The system may transmit information that identifies the new route to a device associated with the vehicle.
US12140434B2
A processor may receive first sensor data associated with detected movement of a user in an environment. The processor may determine, using an AI model, based on the first sensor data, that the movement of the user is associated with a first object. The processor may retrieve sensory data associated with the first object from a repository. In some embodiments, the sensory data may include at least one of auditory, olfactory, and haptic data associated with historical user interactions with the first object. The processor may provide a first sensory signal to the user to indicate a location of the first object relative to a first location of the user.
US12140430B2
A sensor device includes a sensor element, a supporting member, a substrate, and a bonding wire. The supporting member is electrically connected to the sensor element. The substrate is electrically connected to the supporting member. The bonding wire forms at least part of a connection path that electrically connects the sensor element and the supporting member together. The substrate and an installation member on which the sensor element is installed intersect with each other. The sensor element and the supporting member are separated from each other.
US12140427B2
Embodiments of the present invention discloses a metering adjustment method, apparatus and device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring brightness information of a current image frame and a previous image frame captured by a shooting apparatus of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); determining whether the brightness information of the current image frame changes relative to the brightness information of the previous image frame; if so, acquiring motion state information of the shooting apparatus; and adjusting a metering mode of the shooting apparatus according to the motion state information of the shooting apparatus.
US12140424B2
Excitation windings 2X, 2Y and a detection winding configured in a multipolar mode are disposed coaxially with a fixed body, a plurality of sets (M1, M2) of intermediate rotating windings M1 . . . configured by a pair of winding portions Mx1, My1 . . . configured by the multipolar mode and with predetermined electrical phases D made different are disposed coaxially with a rotating body, and the winding portions in the same phase (Mx1 and Mx2, My1 and My2) of the plural sets of the intermediate rotating windings M1, M2 are connected so as to form closed circuits H . . . , respectively.
US12140414B1
A method and system for measuring strain in a 3D printed part is disclosed herein. The printed part can be formed with internal features that can be analyzed with a digital image correlation system to determine strain levels in internal regions of the part. The features are visually identifiable due to a different color, shape, design or other visually distinguishable characteristics relative to that of the base structural material. The features can be the formed from the same material or a different material from that of the base structure material.
US12140409B2
An arrowhead assembly comprises a connector element configured to connect to a forward end of a shaft; an arrowhead body movably connected to the connector element; the arrowhead body including a center portion and a plurality of blades each extending from the center portion; the center portion movable axially with respect to the connector element between a forward position and a rearward position; when in the forward position the center position being constrained against lateral movement with respect to the connector element; and when in the rearward position the center position being enabled to move laterally with respect to the connector element.
US12140404B2
Rifle scope turrets with spiral cam mechanisms include a scope body, a movable optical element defining an optical axis enclosed by the scope body, and a turret having a screw operably connected to the optical element for adjusting the optical axis in response to rotation of the screw. The turret has a spiral cam mechanism engaged thereto. The turret defines first and second stop surfaces positioned for engagement by the spiral cam to limit rotation of the turn The first stop surface defines a zero position of the screw and the movable optical element. The second stop surface defines a maximum point of displacement of the screw and the moveable optical element. The stop surfaces may be defined by a spiral cam groove in the indexing portion of the turret. The groove may overlap itself at least partially. The turret may be an elevation turret or a windage turret.
US12140401B2
A firearm sling includes a shooting rest. The shooting rest may include a bifurcated cavity filled with deformable media. The bifurcated cavity defines a trough along at least a portion of a length of the shooting rest. The firearm sling may be coupled to a firearm to facilitate carrying the firearm over a shoulder or across a torso, the shooting rest providing padding for comfort in carrying the firearm as well as a support for the firearm to improve marksmanship.
US12140386B2
The heat-dissipating substrate structure includes a base layer and a cold spray coating layer. The cold spray coating layer is formed on a surface of the base layer. The cold spray coating layer is a film formed on the surface of the base layer by spraying a solid-phase metal powder and a high-pressure compressed gas onto the base layer. The solid-phase metal powder at least includes a film-forming powder with an apparent density of 3 to 4 g/cm3 and a median particle diameter (D50) of 30 μm or less. A maximum depth of a bottom of the cold spray coating layer embedded in the base layer is less than 60 μm. A cooler contains an internal cooling fin joined to the base layer. An internal coolant passage is defined between the base layer, the internal cooling fin, and an interior of the cooler.
US12140373B2
An overcooled meat fresh-preservation control method, a controller and a refrigerator are provided. The control method comprises: S1 (101), acquiring a current temperature of meat food in a compartment of a refrigerator in real time; S2 (102), judging whether the current temperature of the meat food is greater than or equal to a first temperature threshold t0, and if yes, performing step S3 (103); S3 (103), controlling the compartment to perform a cooling operation; S4 (104), judging whether the meat food has been cooled down to a phase transformation point temperature t1 during the cooling operation, and if yes, performing step S5 (105), the phase transformation point temperature t1 being the temperature of a critical point at which the phase transformation of the meat food occurs; S5 (105), starting timing once the temperature has been cooled down to the phase transformation point temperature t1, and performing step S6 (106) after the timing reaches a first preset time period; and S6 (106), controlling the compartment to perform a low-temperature stable operation according to a third target temperature T3, the third target temperature T3 being a freezing point temperature of the meat food. The overcooled meat fresh-preservation control method provided by the present disclosure may prolong the fresh-preservation period as much as possible while ensuring that the meat food is not frozen.
US12140362B2
A refrigerator includes a first tray assembly defining one portion of an ice making cell, a second tray assembly defining another portion of the ice making cell, a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first and second tray assemblies, and a controller to control the heater. The refrigerator further includes a pusher including a first edge having a surface pressing at least one of the ice or the first and second tray assemblies to separate the ice from the tray assemblies, a bar extending from the first edge, a second edge disposed at the end of the bar, and a guide connection part. The controller moves at least one of the pusher and the second tray assembly to change a relative position between the pusher and the second tray assembly. The refrigerator further includes a guide slot providing a movement path of the guide connection part.
US12140355B2
A system for processing a feed includes a membrane system configured to receive the feed and produce a concentrate and a permeate, wherein the membrane system includes an active cooling system, a passive cooling system, or a combination thereof. Further, the system includes a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the membrane system and disposed upstream of the membrane system, such that the feed enters the heat exchanger prior to entering the membrane system, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to cool the feed and heat the concentrate by transferring heat from the feed to the concentrate.
US12140345B2
An HVAC system including a multi-capacity compressor, and a control system for the multi-capacity compressor are described herein. The control system includes an AC line voltage source, a variable-voltage variable-frequency drive, and a processor. The AC line voltage source is configured to operate the multi-capacity compressor. The variable-voltage variable-frequency drive is coupled to the AC line voltage source and is configured to operate the multi-capacity compressor at a variable speed. The processor is coupled to the AC line voltage source and the variable-voltage variable-frequency drive, and is configured to selectively couple the AC line voltage source and the variable-voltage variable-frequency drive to the multi-capacity compressor to operate the multi-capacity compressor. The processor is further configured to transmit a capacity control signal to the multi-capacity compressor. The capacity control signal is instructive to operate the multi-capacity compressor in one of a plurality of capacity settings.
US12140344B1
Methods and systems for geothermal energy production wherein multiple horizontal or vertical wells may be used to pass fluids through the Earth from an injector well to a producer well through induced cracks, splits, fractures, conduits, or channels in the rock. Such methods and systems may include controlling tensile-split conduits in a subterranean geothermal formation by providing an injection well, providing a production well, configuring the injection well for injection of a tensile-splitting fluid into a production zone, configuring the production well to produce a heated fluid from the production zone, applying pressure to the production well, creating a plurality of tensile-split conduits, raising or lowering the pressure in the production well, establishing fluid communication between the injection well and the production well, and producing the heated fluid to the surface.
US12140339B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for reducing startup time of an equipment front end module (EFEM). The EFEM may include an EFEM chamber formed between a plurality of walls, an upper plenum above the EFEM chamber, the upper plenum in fluid communication with the EFEM chamber, a plurality of ducts that provide a return gas flow path enabling recirculation of gas from the EFEM chamber to the upper plenum, one or more filters that separate the upper plenum from the EFEM chamber, an isolation gate configured to block the return gas flow path responsive to the isolation gate being actuated to a closed position to isolate the one or more filters from an ambient environment responsive to a gas being flowed through the upper plenum when the EFEM chamber is opened to the ambient environment.
US12140337B1
An adaptor device configured to provide a fluid connection into an interior of a conduit section through an access point opening through a sidewall thickness of the conduit section may include an adaptor conduit structure defining a base conduit extending from an adaptor inlet to a base conduit outlet, a conduit connector configured to couple with the conduit section, and an elbow nozzle defining an elbow conduit extending to an adaptor outlet at a distal end and further configured to expose the elbow conduit at a proximate end to the base conduit to collectively define an adaptor conduit extending between the adaptor inlet and outlet. The elbow nozzle is configured to extend through the access point opening in a first direction into the interior and to further extend to the distal end within the interior in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
US12140336B2
A blower is disclosed. The blower includes a fan configured to generate flow of air, a lower body providing an internal space in which the fan is installed, and having a suction hole through which air passes, an upper body positioned over the lower body and providing an internal space in which air discharged from the fan flows, a damper positioned behind the upper body, and a discharge port formed between an end of the upper body and an end of the damper, in which the upper body includes an opening formed at a rear end of the upper body and communicating with the internal space of the upper body, and the damper opens and closes the discharge port while moving in a front-rear direction behind the opening.
US12140326B2
A heat exchanger includes a main pipe through which refrigerant flows, a plurality of tubes connected to the main pipe to allow refrigerant passing through the plurality of tubes to exchange heat with air, and a refrigerant distributor disposed between the main pipe and the plurality of tubes, to distribute refrigerant passing through the main pipe to the plurality of tubes. The refrigerant distributor includes an upstream structure connected to the main pipe and including a plurality of first distribution flow paths to which the refrigerant passing through the main pipe are distributed, and a downstream structure including a plurality of second distribution flow paths communicating with the plurality of first distribution flow paths, and a plurality of refrigerant outlets communicating with the plurality of second distribution flow paths so as to allow the refrigerant to be discharged to the plurality of tubes.
US12140324B2
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) blower assembly includes a motor and a fan wheel, wherein the motor drives rotation of the fan wheel about an axis of rotation. A blower housing accommodates the fan wheel within a hollow portion and is defined by a base, a curved boundary, a front boundary, and a rear boundary. An inlet port extending through the front boundary facilitates intake of airflow into the fan wheel. An outlet port extending through the base facilitates expulsion of the airflow from the fan wheel. A first portion of the curved boundary includes an involute profile and a second portion of the curved boundary includes a footing extending from the first portion to the base such that airflow exiting through the outlet port is guided away from the fan wheel by an interior-facing surface of the footing.
US12140315B2
A cooking appliance includes a housing having a heating cavity defined therein, wherein a heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity. A cooling channel is disposed proximate a sidewall of the housing. A blower selectively operates to move at least cooling air through the cooling channel and to an air outlet. A vent aperture extends through the sidewall between the heating cavity and a ventilation channel. The ventilation channel includes a narrowed portion proximate the vent aperture, wherein during operation of the blower, the narrowed portion defines a low static pressure region of the ventilation channel that draws cavity air from the heating cavity and directs the cavity air into the ventilation channel to be combined with the cooling air.
US12140307B2
A burner (1) for the production of synthesis gas, configured to feed a reactant stream and an oxidant stream into a reaction chamber, the burner comprising at least one cooled component (11, 12), wherein said cooled component comprises channels (20) to convey a cooling medium, a cooling medium header (24) and a cooling medium collector (25), wherein said channels, said cooling medium header and said cooling medium collector are integrally formed within said cooled component of the burner.
US12140303B1
The present application provides an adjustable lamp with a strip-shaped light spot, including: a lamp body, where a lamp panel is disposed in the lamp body; an optical lens, where the optical lens is fitted on the lamp panel and is fixedly connected to the lamp body; and an adjustment assembly, where the adjustment assembly is disposed on the lamp body; where when the lamp panel emits light, the light is projected by using the optical lens by changing the light into a strip-shaped light spot, and an angle of the lamp body is adjusted by using the adjustment assembly, so as to change a projection direction of the strip-shaped light spot.
US12140298B2
Cable clamp applied to junction box of lighting fixture and junction box of lighting fixture thereof
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cable fixing, in particular, to a cable clamp applied to a junction box of lighting fixture, and a junction box of lighting fixture thereof. The cable clamp includes a cable threading framework for fixing and a fastening plate mounted on the cable threading framework, wherein the fastening plate is provided with a rotating shaft part and a flip part integrally formed with the rotating shaft part; and the fastening plate is rotatably connected to the cable threading framework through the rotating shaft part. A cable can be perpendicularly threaded into the junction box through the cable clamp.
US12140291B2
Configurations for a photonics assembly design and methods for mitigating coherent noise thereof are disclosed. The photonics assembly may include a set of light sources, an optical subsystem that may include a set of optical elements, and a diffusing element. The light emitted by the set of light sources may be different wavelengths and the light may be de-cohered by a phase shifter before being received by the set of optical elements. The diffusing element may be moveable and may be capable of repeating the same positions or set of positions for each beam of light emitted by the set of light sources. By combining the coherent noise mitigation techniques of the moveable diffusing element and the de-cohered light, the photonics system may provide an illumination profile with a specific spatial profile and angular profile on the sample that allows reliable measurement of the sample and coherent noise mitigation.
US12140286B2
The lighting device disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate and emitting light in at least a first direction; a resin layer sealing the plurality of light emitting devices; and an optical member disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer may include a first light blocking portion integrally formed with the resin layer and having a transmittance lower than that of the resin layer on an emission-side region of each of the plurality of light emitting devices.
US12140280B2
A method of making illumination systems for illuminating building interiors comprises positioning first and second opaque, rigid reflective side walls at a distance from one another with reflective surfaces facing each other. The method further comprises positioning a reflective grid panel with parallel longitudinal walls and parallel transverse walls joining the longitudinal walls between the side walls, defining rectangular light-transmitting openings. The method also includes positioning an LED light source above the grid panel to illuminate it at incidence angles ranging from 0° to at least 45°. Additionally, the method comprises positioning a light diffusing sheet of optically transmissive dielectric material approximately coextensive with the grid panel parallel to the grid panel between the side walls above the grid panel. The transverse walls of the grid panel and the reflective side walls are configured to diffusely reflect portions of light transmitted through the rectangular openings.
US12140274B2
A propane tank of less than 4 pounds includes a tank body with a collar welded in an opening and a cylindrical valve receptacle threaded into a female screw thread in the collar with a valve body in a central passage. A protection cap has an upper wall and a peripheral wall which engages onto the outside of the collar and is spaced outwardly of the valve receptacle so as to define a crush area to receive impact loads. The upper wall includes a ring which extends into and engages a wider section of the passage and a projecting pin which extends into and engages into the passage adjacent the valve body to provide an additional seal. The peripheral wall defines a female thread on a plurality of displaceable sections so that the cap can be pushed axially on to a male screw thread on the collar and unscrewed.
US12140273B2
The invention relates to a pressure vessel comprising: a vessel body, wherein, at an upper end of the vessel body, an end section is integrally formed with the vessel body, which has an opening, and a valve arranged in the end section. At least two outflow openings are formed in the wall surrounding the opening of the end region below the opening, which are in particular arranged opposite one another. In an outflow position of the valve, the outflow openings are fluidically connected via the valve to a body interior of the vessel body and the opening of the end region is closed in a media-tight manner, and, in a filling position of the valve, the opening of the end region is fluidically connected to the body interior of the vessel body via the valve. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for filling the pressure vessel.
US12140268B1
Disclosed is a display screen device. The display screen device includes a lifting structure, a display screen, a main control unit, a driving unit, a power supply unit, and an anti-collision unit. The display screen is fixed to the lifting structure. The main control unit is electrically connected to the display screen. The driving unit is electrically connected to the main control unit and configured to drive the lifting structure. The power supply unit is configured to supply power to the display screen, the main control unit, and the driving unit. The anti-collision unit is provided in the lifting structure and electrically connected to the main control unit, and the anti-collision unit is configured to detect an impact happening to the lifting structure when the lifting structure is lifting or lowering.
US12140266B2
A support structure for a rotary regenerative machine or rotary absorption machine (RAM), the support structure including an upper stator and a lower stator axially spaced apart from one another by a first segment of at least two pedestals, the first segment of each pedestal extending between the upper stator and the lower stator, and an upper rotor bearing housing mount disposed above a lower surface of the upper stator, the rotor bearing housing mount is attached to the upper stator by at least one radially extending bearing support structure, wherein a radially inner end of at least one of the radially extending bearing support structure is attached to the bearing housing mount and a radially outer end of the at least one radially extending bearing support structure is proximate a top portion of the first segment of each of the pedestals.
US12140252B2
A coupling configured to connect a first pipe to a plurality of pipes comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the second end is tapered and comprises a plurality of lateral ribs and a plurality of longitudinal ribs, wherein each of the plurality of longitudinal ribs comprises a pliable and wedge-like shape, and each of the plurality of longitudinal ribs tapers toward the second end.
US12140250B2
A pipe puller system and methods of pipe extraction are shown. In one example a pipe to be replaced is pulled by attaching a pulling force to multiple locations along a length of the pipe. In one example pulling forces can be varied between different attachment locations to better control or eliminate tearing of the pipe. In one example, a pipe loosening device may be used prior to pulling the pipe from the ground.
US12140249B2
A method for early detection of control valve diaphragm failure is disclosed. The method includes disposing an elastic sensing element on a diaphragm of a pneumatic control valve, generating, using the elastic sensing element, a baseline sensor record comprising initial elasticity measurements of the diaphragm, generating, using the elastic sensing element and during a useful life of the control valve, a sequence of periodic sensor records comprising periodic elasticity measurements of the diaphragm, generating, in response to any periodic sensor record differs from the baseline sensor record by a pre-determined threshold, an alarm, and performing, in response to the alarm, a maintenance operation of the control valve.
US12140247B2
A system includes an electric actuator having an actuation stem, a screw assembly, an electric drive, and a lock. The screw assembly is coupled to the actuation stem, wherein the screw assembly includes a male screw portion coupled to a female screw portion. The electric drive is coupled to the screw assembly, wherein the electric drive is configured to move the screw assembly to move the actuation stem. The lock is configured to hold a position of the actuation stem when not driving movement of the actuation stem.
US12140246B2
A valve core assembly includes a transmission component and a valve core component. The valve core component includes a valve core body and a lower stop component, and the valve core body is substantially tubular. The lower stop component is provided in an inner chamber of the valve core body and is fixedly connected to the valve core body. The lower stop component includes a lower stop portion. An upper chamber is located above the lower stop portion, and a lower chamber is located below the lower stop portion. The lower stop component includes a first axial through hole communicating with the upper chamber and the lower chamber.
US12140242B2
A valve base 15 has: a valve base main body 20 on which a connector accommodating portion 37 and a board installing hole 38 are formed; a board assembly 42 provided with a plurality of output terminals and a plurality of input terminals connected to the output terminals by output wirings, and attached to the board installing hole 38; a relay connector 41 provided with a solenoid-side connection portion connected to a solenoid terminal and a board-side connection portion connected to the output terminals, and attached to the connector accommodating portion 37; and a through hole 55 provided on the valve base main body 20 so as to communicate with the connector accommodating portion 37, and exteriorly exposing a part of the relay connector 41. A manifold electromagnetic valve is formed by striking the valve bases 15 against each other. A type of solenoid valve is indicated by the relay connector 41 attached to the valve base 15.
US12140233B2
A new and innovative high-pressure priming valve is provided for use in high-pressure fluid systems that require a high level of fluid purity. The priming valve includes at least three ports, some of which are angled. The priming valve also includes a needle that variably blocks and unblocks a pathway to one of the ports between normal operation and a priming operation, respectively. The priming valve includes a sealing insert positioned below a stack of washers that maintain the needle's alignment in response to high fluid pressures exerted on the needle. The sealing insert helps prevent fluid from contacting the stack of washers, which helps prevent biological growth within the valve. The angled ports help facilitate priming valve drainage to further help prevent biological growth. By helping prevent biological growth, the sealing insert helps prevent fluid contamination and enables the priming valve to be utilized for high-purity fluid applications.
US12140232B2
A rocker valve for opening or closing a fluid connection includes a valve chamber into which at least one opening feeds, a pivotally mounted rocker switch, and a membrane surface located between the rocker switch and the opening. By pivoting the rocker switch, the opening can be fluidically opened or closed relative to the valve chamber. The rocker valve further includes a sealing element that is located between the membrane surface and the opening when the rocker switch closes the opening relative to the valve chamber.
US12140231B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provides an electronic expansion valve, including: a valve body, the valve body having a valve port; a valve head, movably provided in the valve body, the valve head being configured for blocking the valve port; a rod member, the rod member having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end is provided in a cavity of the valve head in a penetrating manner, the second end has a positioning structure, the positioning structure is configured for positioning a circumference of the rod member, the positioning structure is a positioning flat surface, and the positioning flat surface is parallel to an axis of the rod member; a valve sleeve, provided in the cavity of the valve head.
US12140220B2
The invention relates to a lubricating oil deflector for a speed reduction gear of a turbomachine, the deflector comprising a body having a first end intended to be disposed facing a sun gear of the reduction gear, the first end being configured to receive oil from the sun gear and an opposite second end configured to discharge the oil from the body, the body including two side faces each intended to be disposed facing a planet gear of the reduction gear and each connecting the first and second ends together, the body including at least one inner oil guide channel that opens out at the first end and at the second end and is configured to discharge the oil by gravity through the second end.
US12140214B2
Composite gearwheel for an electropneumatic hammer drill, wherein the composite gearwheel has a basic body, consisting of a first material, and an encircling toothing, and wherein the encircling toothing is formed, along a first circular arc, by a toothed body of the composite gearwheel, and is formed, along the remaining second circular arc, by the basic body itself, wherein the toothed body consists of a second material that is different than the first material.
US12140209B2
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least nine forward speed ratios and at least nine reverse speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, a fourth planetary gearset, and a fifth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have five planetary gearsets and eight selective couplers. The eighth selective couplers may include three clutches and five brakes.
US12140199B2
A dust cover is configured to cover an outer side of a damper extending in a predetermined direction. The dust cover includes bellows portions and a flange portion. The bellows portions are inclined alternately toward a radially outer side and a radially inner side in an axial direction. The flange portion extends radially outward from a cylindrical portion of the dust cover. The flange portion protrudes radially outward from the cylindrical portion of the dust cover by a dimension larger than a height dimension in a radial direction between a radially inner end and a radially outer end of each of the bellows portions. A thickness of the flange portion is larger than a thickness of the radially outer end of each of the bellows portions.
US12140173B2
The rivet nut (22) includes: the threaded attachment to replace the weld nut, the collar to spread the load interface to plastic panel (14) and to the attached component, room for a sleeve type compression limiter (24), or a collar that would be an integrated compression limiter.
US12140168B2
A mask frame support unit includes a case, a protruding body extending below the case, and a station having a flat head disposed above the case. The protruding body includes a tapered region and a cylindrical region. The tapered region includes a first end having a first diameter coupled to the case and comprising a second end having a second diameter opposite the first end. The second diameter is less than the first diameter, and the tapered region is coupled to the cylindrical region at the second end. The case houses a number of components including an upper receiving plate in contact with the station, a lower receiving plate disposed underneath the upper receiving plate, a flat head unit movement support mechanism disposed between the lower receiving plate and the body, and a centering component.
US12140167B2
An angle piece for fluidically connecting fluid lines of a vehicle. The angle piece has a channel portion for altering a flow direction of a fluid about an alteration angle. An input flow direction of the fluid into the angle piece and an outlet flow direction of the fluid from the angle piece form limbs of the alteration angle. At least one guide element is arranged in the channel portion, which guide element protrudes into the channel portion. The at least one guide element altering the flow direction of a part of the fluid by the alteration angle. The angle piece thus has a low pressure drop.
US12140164B2
An electrohydraulic control device for an adjustable hydraulic pump system includes a valve device, an electronic control unit and a first fluid sensor. The valve device includes a pressure inlet, a tank outlet and a first electromagnetically actuated valve. An outlet pressure of the first adjustable hydraulic pump system is applied to the pressure inlet. The first fluid sensor detects an actual value of a fluid parameter of the first adjustable hydraulic pump system and transmits it to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes computer-based modeling of the dynamics of the first adjustable hydraulic pump system, and actuates the first electromagnetically actuated valve based on the actual value of the fluid parameter and the computer-based modeling.
US12140161B2
An apparatus and a method are shown for removing or moving a viscous fluid such as grease from a first unit such as a bearing e.g. a ball bearing to a second unit via a hose or pipe. According to the method, the apparatus is shown pumping a viscous fluid from an outlet (11) of a first unit (1) to an inlet (10) of a second unit (2) through a hose or pipe (7), a vacuum pump (3) is connected to the hose or pipe (7) and the viscous fluid is moved through the hose or pipe (7) by suction; wherein the hose or pipe (7) comprises an inlet (8) for gas such as air, and the flow of gas through the inlet (8) is controlled by a valve (9).
US12140158B2
A cooling fan module (10) for a vehicle is provided, including a frame (12) and a fan (18). The frame (12) includes an edge (16) which defines an opening (14) of a substantially circular shape through the frame (12) which allows the passage of a flow of air along the direction of an axis central (z) of the opening (14). The fan (18) includes a plurality of blades (20), the fan (18) being arranged to rotate around the central axis (z) to convey the flow of air through the opening (14). The edge (16) includes at least a first cylindrical wall (22) and a second cylindrical wall (24) coaxial with the central axis (z) of the opening (14). The second cylindrical wall (24) protrudes beyond the first cylindrical wall (22) in the direction of the central axis (z). The first cylindrical wall (22) is arranged at a first radial distance from the central axis (z), and the second cylindrical wall (24) is arranged at a second radial distance from the central axis (z), greater than the first radial distance.
US12140151B2
A turbo fan, formed by ultrasonic welding, a first component including: a flat portion; and plate-shaped blade portions standing from the flat portion, and a second component having recessed groove portions in each of which an end portion of the respective blade portion fits. The groove portions have a groove width greater than a thickness of the end portions of the blade portions. The turbo fan includes a group of positioning ribs partially burying two clearances created on two sides of the end portion in a thickness direction thereof, respectively, in a pre-welding state. The group of positioning ribs protrude in the thickness direction from the end portion of at least one of the blade portions, or from side surfaces of at least one of the groove portions, and are in contact with side surfaces of the groove portion, or in contact with the end portion of the blade portion.
US12140147B2
An asymmetric scroll compressor includes a compressor housing. An orbiting scroll member and a non-orbiting scroll member disposed within the compressor housing. The orbiting scroll member and the non-orbiting scroll member each includes a baseplate and a wrap extending from the baseplate. The orbiting scroll member and the non-orbiting scroll member intermeshed to form a plurality of compression pockets. A driveshaft affixed to the orbiting scroll member and configured to orbit the orbiting scroll member from a first orbital position to a second orbital position. A communication port disposed on the baseplate of one of the orbiting scroll member and the non-orbiting scroll such that: in the first orbital position, the communication port communicates with a first enclosed pocket of the plurality of compression pockets, and in the second orbital position, the communication port communicates with a second enclosed pocket of the plurality of compression pockets.
US12140142B2
A rotary positive displacement pump comprises a housing rotationally supporting first and second parallel and axially extending drive shafts having constantly meshing gears such that the drive shafts rotate in opposite directions. A rotor casing is connected to a front side of the housing and has axial rear and front walls and a circumferential side wall jointly defining a pumping cavity. The casing houses first and second rotors drivingly connected to the first and second drive shafts respectively. The rotors rotate in opposite directions and mutually interact to provide a positive pumping effect on fluid product entering the cavity. First and second sealing arrangements prevent leakage of fluid product from the cavity towards the rear side of the casing along the first/second drive shafts. A heating device is detachably fastened to the rear casing wall to heat the casing, the first/second sealing arrangements and/or any fluid product within the casing.
US12140139B2
A polishing filter employed within a sump pump system for removing mineral oils, natural ester, and synthetic ester-based fluids from an emulsion is provided. The polishing filter is disposed within a sump pump barrier and is gravity-fed a synthetic ester and water based emulsion via a polishing filter conduit. The polishing filter removes excess synthetic ester-based fluids from a water/oil emulsion fluid flowing through a barrier canister disposed within the sump pump barrier above the polishing filter and releases a resultant filtered fluid. The polishing filter cartridge contains a filtration media with a hydrophilic composition for the capture of synthetic ester-based fluid having a surface tension dissimilar to water, and the hydrophilic composition of the media has a surface energy greater than or equal to 35 dynes per centimeter.
US12140137B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to reciprocating compressors. In one example embodiment, a reciprocating compressor is disclosed including a cylinder, a piston, at least one suction valve, at least one pressure valve, at least one connection chamber, a sequence valve, a sequence valve control unit, and an unloader. The piston moves back and forth in the cylinder in order to form a compression chamber in the cylinder. The at least one suction valve and the at least one pressure valve are provided on the compression chamber. The at least one connection chamber having a connection chamber volume, which is connected to the compression chamber via at least one overflow opening. The sequence valve opens and closes the at least one overflow opening, and the sequence valve control unit controls the sequence valve. The unloader is actuated by an electrically controllable actuator.
US12140135B2
A fluid control device includes a piezoelectric pump having a piezoelectric element, a driving circuit that receives a driving power supply voltage applied thereto and drives the piezoelectric element, and a startup circuit disposed between the driving circuit and an input terminal for a power supply voltage. The startup circuit increases the driving power supply voltage to a voltage (V1) lower than a constant voltage (Vc) in a first stage (P1) after startup, maintains or decreases the driving power supply voltage in a second stage (P2) following the first stage (P1), and increases the driving power supply voltage to the constant voltage (Vc) in a third stage (P3) following the second stage (P2).
US12140134B2
A fluid control apparatus includes a first major plate, a piezoelectric device, a second major plate, a peripheral plate, a first film, and a second film. The first film is provided on a side of the first major plate that faces a pump chamber. The first film is provided on a first major surface in such a manner as to have a movable portion one end of which serves as a movable end. The second film is provided on a side of the second major plate that faces the pump chamber. The second film is provided on a third major surface in such a manner as to have a movable portion one end of which serves as a movable end. The first film and the second film are positioned between a first opening provided in the first major plate and a second opening provided in the second major plate.
US12140133B2
A dispenser, which has a pump chamber formed by a body including a depression, and a lid body covering an opening of the body, where a liquid in the pump chamber is discharged front a nozzle portion by performing a discharge operation that presses the lid body toward an inside of the pump chamber to deform the lid body, and a liquid is caused to flow into the pump chamber when the discharge operation is released. A coil spring that urges the lid body to an outside of the pump chamber is included in the pump chamber, a diameter of the coil spring is larger than a radius of the lid body, and a deformation amount of the lid body is equal to or more than ⅓ of a diameter of the lid body.
US12140129B2
A cryopump includes: a cryopump housing having a cryopump intake port; a radiation shield that is disposed inside the cryopump housing in a non-contact manner with the cryopump housing and is cooled to a shield cooling temperature; and a heat shielding dummy panel that is disposed at the cryopump intake port and mounted to the radiation shield through a thermal resistance member such that a dummy panel temperature becomes higher than the shield cooling temperature.
US12140127B2
A fluid flow meter comprising a fluid pump to displace fluid with pumping strokes of one or more pumping stroke types wherein each of the one or more stroke types displaces a known volume of fluid, a sensor functionally associated with a fluid reservoir and adapted to generate a signal indicative of a fluid pumping condition within the fluid reservoir, which fluid reservoir is integral or functionally associated with the pump, and circuitry to trigger one or a sequence of strokes of the pump in response to a signal from the sensor.
US12140114B1
An embodiment system for lubricating a hydrogen injector in a vehicle includes an extraction and separation device configured to collect at least a fraction of an exhaust gas of a hydrogen combustion engine and separate a water component from the collected fraction of the exhaust gas to provide liquid water and dried exhaust gas and a reactor connected to the extraction and separation device and configured to generate nitric acid from the liquid water and a nitrogen oxide content of the dried exhaust gas, wherein the hydrogen injector is connected to the reactor and configured to receive the generated nitric acid for lubrication.
US12140110B2
An internal combustion engine capable of reducing an amount of dust taken from an outside air intake opening, with a simple configuration. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft, a cooling air intake device that houses a cooling fan coupled to the crankshaft and that includes a cooling air intake port, and an air cleaner device that feeds outside air to an air suction port to a cylinder, and the air cleaner device includes an outside air intake opening that opens toward the cooling air intake port.
US12140107B2
A thrust reverser for an aircraft bypass turbojet engine nacelle, this thrust reverser having a generally annular shape around an axis and including in particular flaps for deflecting the secondary flow through gratings, each of these flaps having a rigid wall and sealing elements located on the outer face of this wall, these sealing elements extending along side edges of the flap so as to provide a seal along these edges in the first position.
US12140106B2
Provided is a belt cover of an internal combustion engine having ease of attachment and detachment and sealability. A belt cover structure for an internal combustion engine includes an oil pump case OP and a lower cover 9 that cover a timing belt TB, and a side mount bracket 8 that is adjacent to an upper side of the lower cover 9 and is held by a cylinder block CB. Mating surfaces 96c and 86c that are aligned with each other are respectively formed on the lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8. A lower seal member 41 is disposed on the mating surface 96c, and the mating surface 86c is configured to cover the mating surface 96c from the outside. The lower cover 9 and the side mount bracket 8 are fixed in a state where the mating surface 86c of the side mount bracket 8 is pressed against the mating surface 96c of the lower cover 9 via the seal member 41.
US12140100B2
The invention relates to an engine control unit for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, with a control unit which is designed to set one or more operating parameters of the internal combustion engine based on a predefined multidimensional operating parameter map which is stored in the control unit and specifies respective operating parameter values for various operating states of the internal combustion engine, wherein the control unit is designed to transmit an operating parameter history, which comprises operating parameter values set for the internal combustion engine in its operating history, to a learning unit, and to receive operating parameter map update data from the learning unit and to update the stored operating parameter map by means of the operating parameter map update data in order to provide improved control for the internal combustion engine.
US12140099B2
An engine is configured to ignite an air-fuel mixture with an electric spark to ignite an air-fuel mixture. The engine includes: a cylinder head including a chamber partition wall having through holes and defining a main combustion chamber and a sub-combustion chamber; a fuel injector that injects fuel into the main combustion chamber; an air injector that injects air into the sub-combustion chamber; an ignition device causes an electric discharge between an ignition electrode and the chamber partition wall; and a control system that controls the fuel and air injectors, and the ignition device. At a compression stroke during a warm-up operation, the fuel is injected throughout a first period, and the air is injected throughout a second period at least partially overlapping the first period. At a power stroke during the warm-up operation, the electric discharge is caused after the fuel is injected.
US12140092B1
Systems and methods for controlling a fuel system associated with a propulsion system of a vehicle are provided. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a concentration of Ethanol in a fuel in the fuel system. The fuel system includes at least two fuel injection systems. The method includes determining, by the processor, a change in the concentration of Ethanol in the fuel exceeds a fuel concentration threshold, and determining, by the processor, the fuel with the change in the concentration of Ethanol has reached a divergence defined between the at least two fuel injection systems. The method includes determining, by the processor, a volume ratio between the at least two fuel injection systems, and outputting one or more control signals, by the processor, to command the at least two fuel injection systems based on the volume ratio.
US12140088B1
A gas turbine engine includes a propulsor, a compressor and a turbine section having a first turbine rotor connected to the compressor through a first shaft. A second turbine rotor is connected to at least the propulsor through a second shaft. The first turbine rotor drives the compressor at a first speed, and the second turbine rotor drives the propulsor at a second speed. There is a control for the gas turbine engine. The control is programmed to compare one of the first speed and the second speed to a commanded speed to determine a difference. The control also is programmed to identify a flame out condition, and identify a locked in stall condition when the difference between the two speeds exceeds a threshold for at least a threshold period of time at least in part concurrently with the flame out condition. The control is programmed to take a corrective action should the locked in stall condition be identified. A method is also disclosed.
US12140085B2
Methods and system for operating a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises determining an actual engine output power based on a torque of the gas turbine engine, comparing the actual engine output power to an estimated engine output power to obtain an error, obtaining an actual engine speed and biasing the actual engine speed using the error to produce a biased engine speed, determining the estimated engine output power using a model-based estimator having the biased engine speed as input, detecting a torque-related fault based on the error and a first threshold, and accommodating the torque-related fault in response to detecting the torque-related fault.
US12140080B2
A gas turbine engine includes an engine case along an engine axis, a conformal accessory drive gearbox housing mounted to the engine case, and at least one accessory mounted to the conformal housing.
US12140076B2
A turbomachinery plant comprises a mechanical hybrid gas turbine and a cooling system for the mechanical hybrid gas turbine conceived to increase/decrease a flow rate of a refrigerant fluid cooled by a chiller so as to an amount of air in an air filter chamber of a gas turbine module reaches a temperature corresponding to a predetermined temperature value associated to a predetermined power value of a gas turbine in a first degradation curve or an amount of air in an electrical reversible machine of a variable frequency drive electric unit reaches a temperature value corresponding to a predetermined temperature value associated to a predetermined power value of the electrical reversible machine in a second degradation curve, depending on a power demand. Also disclosed is a method for cooling an amount of air in a gas turbine module and in a variable frequency drive electric unit.
US12140073B2
Accessory transmission for an engine of a motor vehicle has a first pulley adapted to be connected to a crankshaft of the engine, a second pulley adapted to be connected to a shaft of an electric machine through a one-way clutch, and a belt connecting the first and the second pulley to one another in order to rotate in one and the same rotation direction (R). The one-way clutch is configured so as to couple the second pulley to the shaft of the electric machine when the electric machine drives the second pulley in the rotation direction, and to decouple the second pulley from the shaft of the electric machine when the second pulley tends to overrun the electric machine in the rotation direction.
US12140067B2
The application relates to cylinder head water jacket design. A water jacket for a cylinder head of an engine system includes a water jacket lower portion including a plurality of water jacket lower portion coolant inlets and a plurality of water jacket lower portion coolant paths. The water jacket lower portion is in coolant receiving communication with the water jacket lower portion coolant inlets. The water jacket further includes a water jacket upper portion connected to and in coolant receiving communication with the water jacket lower portion. The water jacket upper portion includes a first coolant rail, a second coolant rail, and a water jacket upper portion coolant outlet. A first one of the plurality of water jacket lower portion coolant paths surrounds at least a portion of an exhaust port of the cylinder head. A second one of the plurality of water jacket lower portion coolant paths is positioned between two intake ports of the cylinder head.
US12140062B2
The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system with a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas line and with a main catalytic converter arranged downstream from the turbine, wherein the exhaust gas line has a bypass line and a bypass connector, wherein the bypass line opens downstream from the turbine, wherein a main particle filter and, in the bypass line, a catalytic converter are provided, wherein the bypass valve a1) is formed as a three-way valve is and forms the bypass connector a2) the bypass valve is formed as a three-way valve and is provided at the opening b1) is positioned in the bypass line, wherein an exhaust gas flap is provided upstream from the opening in the exhaust gas line b2) the exhaust gas line is formed without exhaust gas flaps downstream from the bypass connector and upstream from the opening, and the catalytic converter has a three-way coating or the respective main catalytic converter has a DOC coating.
US12140060B2
Provided is an exhaust gas purification system that allows suppressing the emission of carbon monoxide (CO). An exhaust gas purification system includes a three-way catalyst and a particulate filter and a control device. The three-way catalyst and the particulate filter are arranged respectively on an upstream side and a downstream side of an exhaust channel connected to an internal combustion engine. The control device controls the internal combustion engine so as to execute fuel cut during a deceleration operation of the internal combustion engine. The particulate filter includes a honeycomb substrate and an outflow cell side catalyst layer. The honeycomb substrate includes a porous partition wall defining a plurality of cells extending from an inflow side end surface to an outflow side end surface. The plurality of cells include an inflow cell and an outflow cell adjacent across the partition wall. The inflow cell has an open inflow side end and a sealed outflow side end. The outflow cell has a sealed inflow side end and an open outflow side end. The outflow cell side catalyst layer is disposed on an outflow cell side catalyst region extending from an outflow side end to a position apart toward an inflow side of the partition wall along an extending direction.
US12140059B2
A device and method for correcting emissions can include a first sensor that measures a sample of air not containing an exhaust gas, and a second sensor, wherein the exhaust gas enters a settling chamber and a relative humidity of the exhaust gas is measured by the second sensor. A microcomputer can calculate a mass of water vapor in the sample of air measured by the first sensor and in the exhaust gas measured by the second sensor and can determine a dilution factor of the measured exhaust gas. The dilution factor can be used for correcting emissions based on the measurements of the exhaust gas made by the first sensor and the second sensor. The first and second sensors can comprise one or more of, for example, a relative humidity sensor, a dew point sensor, a trace water vapor sensor and/or other types of sensors.
US12140055B2
The present invention relates to a sliding-cam camshaft assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising at least a first sliding-cam camshaft with a longitudinal axis and a second sliding-cam camshaft with a longitudinal axis. The first sliding-cam camshaft comprises a support shaft and at least one sliding cam. The sliding-cam comprises a first cam and at least one second cam, and a shift gate. The second sliding-cam camshaft comprises a support shaft and at least one sliding cam. The sliding cam comprises a first cam and at least one second cam, and a shift gate. The first sliding-cam camshaft and the second sliding-cam camshaft are arranged parallel to one another. A transmission means for transmitting the switching state of the sliding-cam of the first sliding-cam camshaft to the sliding-cam of the second sliding-cam camshaft is arranged between the first sliding-cam camshaft and the second sliding-cam camshaft.
US12140053B2
An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, the energy storage system provides higher-temperature heat to a steam cracking furnace system for converting a hydrocarbon feedstock into cracked gas, thereby increasing the efficiency of the temperature control.
US12140052B2
A plant for energy storage, comprises: a basin (2) for a work fluid having a critical temperature (Tc) lower than 0°; a tank (3) configured to store the work fluid in at least partly liquid or super-critical phase with a storage temperature (Ts) close to the critical temperature (Tc); an expander (4); a compressor (5); an operating/drive machine (6) operatively connected to the expander (4) and to the compressor (5); a thermal store (8) operatively interposed between the compressor (5) and the tank (3) and between the tank (3) and the expander (4). The plant (1) is configured for actuating a Cyclic Thermodynamic Transformation (TTC) with the work fluid, first in a storage configuration and then in a discharge configuration. The thermal store (8), in the storage configuration, is configured for absorbing sensible heat and subsequently latent heat from the work fluid and, in the discharge configuration, it is configured for transferring latent heat and subsequently sensible heat to the work fluid.
US12140050B2
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine that includes a core flow path that connects a compressor section, combustor section and a turbine section. The gas turbine engine further includes a bottoming cycle system that includes a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) working fluid flow. A first recuperator is disposed in the core flow path downstream of the turbine section, the first recuperator is configured to transfer thermal energy from a core flow aft of the turbine section to the sCO2 working fluid flow. A second recuperator is disposed in the compressor section, the second recuperator is configured to transfer thermal energy from the sCO2 working fluid flow to a location forward of the combustor section.
US12140046B2
The invention relates to an assembly for a turbine engine blade, the assembly comprising a fastener defining a well for receiving a blade root, and a clamping device for clamping the blade root against the fastener when the blade root is received in the well, wherein the clamping device comprises: at least one clamping member suitable for bearing simultaneously on the blade root and on the fastener in the well so as to exert a clamping force on the blade root, the clamping member defining a threaded hole, and a resilient layer arranged to bear in the well on the blade root, a rod comprising a thread engaging with the threaded hole so that a rotation of the rod with respect to the clamping member causes a variation in the clamping force exerted by the clamping member on the root.
US12140042B2
An optimized blade with an anchor element to be used in a streaming engine and method of manufacturing such blade. The blade contains a lower part, an upper part and an anchor element, wherein the anchor element is located inside of the blade, and wherein the anchor element connects the lower part and the upper part.
US12140040B2
An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: an inner support structure configured to circumscribe a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine; an outer support structure configured to circumscribe the longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine, the outer support structure circumscribing the inner support structure; and a stage including a plurality of airfoils extending from the inner support structure towards the outer support structure, the plurality of airfoils including: a first airfoil defining a first sweep angle, a first axial position, and a first lean angle; and a second airfoil defining a second sweep angle, a second axial position, and a second lean angle, wherein the second sweep angle is different than the first sweep angle, the second axial position is different than the first axial position, the second lean angle is different than the first lean angle, or a combination thereof.
US12140033B2
A system for controlling a turbine valve is provided. The system includes a hydraulic pilot valve section being moveable in a first direction and a second direction; a main hydraulic valve section being moveable in a first direction to close the turbine valve and a second direction to open the turbine valve; a position demand indicating a desired position of the turbine valve; a first feedback indicating an actual position of the hydraulic pilot valve section; and aa second feedback indicating an actual position of the main hydraulic valve section. The system also includes a pilot valve error; a main valve error; a turbine valve error; and a pilot valve adjustment moving the hydraulic pilot valve section in response to the turbine valve error. The turbine valve error is repeatedly determined and the pilot valve adjustment repeatedly moves the hydraulic pilot valve section to minimize the turbine valve error.
US12140012B2
A desander assembly retrievably positionable in a tubing string including a fishing neck, a bypass tool, a stop assembly configured to retrievably mate with a portion of the tubing string, an outer tubular member, and an inner tubular member. The outer tubular member has at least one aperture extending. The inner tubular member is positioned in the outer tubular member to form an annulus and so a bore of the inner tubular member is in fluid communication with the bypass tool. The inner tubular member has at least one spiral protrusion extending outwardly from the sidewall to cooperate with an interior side of the outer tubular member to form a spiral channel. The bore of the inner tubular member receives reservoir fluid that passes into the annulus formed between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member via the apertures of the outer tubular member.
US12140006B2
Disclosed is an apparatus that when installed with an Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) for fluid production protects an electric motor of the ESP from the effect of solids on a mechanical shaft seal of a motor protector of the ESP. Disclosed are features of the apparatus that dynamically filters the solids and prevents them from contacting or accumulating at the vicinity of the mechanical shaft seal.
US12139999B2
A fluid flow control system serving as an inflow port from a fluid reservoir (R) to the interior of a production pipe (S) is in the form of a housing (3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l). The housing has a primary flow path (18) and a secondary flow path (19). The secondary flow path is in fluid communication with a chamber (B) in which is arranged an actuator (5) for a valve device (4), the valve device arranged to open and close the primary flow path. At least one flow restrictor (1,2) is arranged in the secondary flow path, the flow restrictor arranged to provide a pressure to chamber (B) sufficient to actuate the valve to an open position when the fluid flowing through the secondary flow path is oil, and a pressure sufficient to actuate the valve to a closed position when the fluid has a viscosity and/or density less than oil.
US12139997B2
The invention relates to a method of conducting a perf wash cement (“P/W/C”) abandonment job in an offshore oil or gas well annulus, in particular the washing or cementing operation using a rotating head with nozzles dispensing wash fluid or cement at pressure. A new design of bottom hole assembly is proposed in which the cementing tool has a relatively large diameter in order to optimize pressure whilst the wash tool has a relatively small diameter. The wash process, for a number of reasons, appears to be less sensitive to tool diameter and making the wash tool smaller reduces the overall risk of stuck pipe.
US12139996B2
Methods for locating fluid interfaces in a cased wellbore include generating vibrations in the casing, thereby forming oscillations in the wellbore fluids and the casing. The oscillations are detected by a vibration detector. The oscillations are recorded by a data acquisition system. Mathematical processing of the oscillations by cepstrum analysis is performed to determine the depths of interfaces between fluids in the annulus. The methods may also be employed to determine the time at which a cement slurry begins to set and harden. The methods may be performed in real time.
US12139994B2
A ramp type frac plug device of the present invention is a simplified, short and compact frac plug device to both maintain seal to the borehole wall and prevent premature release from the borehole. The frac plug device includes a cone, an anchor assembly, a cap member, a slip device, and a sealing member. In a set configuration, the frac plug device has both the friction fit engagement of the cone and the slip device and a single direction rachet locked engagement of an anchor ring with a threaded ring portion and an anchor mandrel with an exterior threaded mandrel portion of the anchor assembly. The ratchet lock engagement between the anchor ring and the anchor mandrel prevents backward movement of the cone away from the anchor mandrel so that the cap member engaged with the anchor mandrel locks the slip device in position on the cone.
US12139988B2
A release mechanism for a jarring tool is formed by a plurality of segmented release lugs. Each lug includes a plurality of axial spaced projections on an inner surface and a plurality of grooves on an outer surface. The projections have either different widths or are separated by varying distances and releasably engage corresponding grooves in a mandrel located within a housing of the tool. The release lugs are positioned between a trigger sleeve and the mandrel. The release lugs may be supported by an annular ring member.
US12139985B2
A drill bit can be configured to form core segments during drilling. The drill bit can have having a central axis and a shank defining an inner bore. A crown can be coupled to the shank. The crown can define a cutting face and a core receiving slot that extends inwardly into the crown from the cutting face. The crown can define an inner operative circumference. A core break structure can be disposed within the shank. The core break structure can define a core break surface that extends inwardly toward the central axis and intersects an imaginary 3D projection of the inner circumference projected along the central axis.
US12139983B2
A well completion includes a production tubing and a well tool. The production tubing includes an elongate cylindrical body including an inner diameter and having a length. The production tubing includes a completion profile formed at a location along the length of the body. An inner diameter of the completion profile is equal to an inner diameter of the body. The well tool is attached to the completion profile. The production tubing and the well tool are configured to perform a hydrocarbon production operation upon installation within a wellbore formed through a subterranean zone.
US12139979B2
A homogenizer for homogenizing flow, a rock drilling rig, and a method for taking samples is provided. The homogenizer is mountable to a dust collecting system of the rock drilling rig and is arranged for effecting on the flow, which contains air and drilling cuttings. The homogenizer includes a channel part through which the flow is directed and at least one air jet for directing air blows to the flow for generating disturbance in the flow and to thereby homogenize particle distribution of the drilling cuttings in the flow.
US12139963B2
A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit includes an assembling step, a gas exhausting step, and a sealing step. At least one of a first glass pane or a second glass pane includes a low-emissivity film. In a situation where the low-emissivity film is heated at a temperature increase rate of 4° C./min before a peripheral wall is melted, a ratio of an emission quantity of a rare gas emitted from the low-emissivity film at a deformation temperature of the partition to an emission quantity of the rare gas emitted from the low-emissivity film at 100° C. is equal to or less than 2.0.
US12139961B2
A bracket set may include an inner frame member comprising: a first barrier-facing surface configured to contact an inner-facing side of the movable barrier; a first panel-facing surface configured to contact a first side of the first panel having the first thickness; a second panel-facing surface configured to contact a first side of the second panel having the second thickness; and an outer frame member comprising: a second barrier-facing surface configured to contact an outer-facing side of the movable barrier; and a third panel-facing surface configured to contact an opposing second side of the first panel having the first thickness when the bracket set is used with the first panel and configured to contact an opposing second side of the second panel having the second thickness when the bracket set is used with the second panel.
US12139958B2
A movement control device comprising a housing with an elongate push rod mounted therein for reciprocal movement along a longitudinal axis between first and second positions, wherein the push rod extends out of said housing in both the first and second positions. A spring comprising a primary axis operable to provide a biasing force on the push rod is further provided in the housing. A damping device comprising a primary axis is located in the housing, wherein the damping device is in continuous engagement with the push rod through its reciprocating movement. The primary axis of the spring and the primary axis of the damping device are not coaxial.
US12139949B2
Hinge (10) includes first case (11) having an insertion hole through which a first hinge shaft (17) is inserted and a guide groove guiding first link shaft (23), second case (12) having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole through which second hinge shaft (19) and third hinge shaft (21) are respectively inserted and a guide groove guiding second link shaft (25), and a link mechanism that maintains intervals between first hinge shaft (17), second link shaft (25) and center shaft (27), intervals between second hinge shaft (19), first link shaft (23), and center shaft (27), and intervals between third hinge shaft (21), first link shaft (23), and center shaft (27), and a first member and a second member are supported with first case (11) and second case (12) respectively such that the first member and the second member are rotatable about a virtual rotation axis.
US12139943B2
A latch mechanism for a bathroom stall door includes: a sliding latch having an engagement portion and a user contact portion, the user contact portion having a latch movement section and a door movement section; a door bracket configured to attach to a door and that restrains movement of the sliding latch relative to the door, the movement being restrained to a sliding movement; and a latch catcher configured to attach to a frame adjacent to the door, the latch catcher receiving the engagement portion of the sliding latch when the sliding latch is in a latched position. The latch movement section is configured to translate movement of the user to movement of the sliding latch between an unlatched position and the latched position, and the door movement section is configured to translate movement of the user to movement of the door between an open position and a closed position.
US12139941B2
A decentralized control unit of a motor vehicle, the decentralized control unit having a communication controller, which when installed, communicates via an antenna arrangement with a wireless communication network external to the vehicle by means of a mobile communication standard in order to provide a peripheral function. According to the invention, the communication controller, when installed, generates digital data signals in a preprocessing routine from antenna signals received via the antenna arrangement, and communicates the data signals to a central control unit of the motor vehicle via a communication network internal to the motor vehicle for completion of the peripheral function there.
US12139933B2
A cabinetry handle is provided with a handle body with a mounting surface oriented on the handle body to mount to cabinetry. A first fastener is provided on the mounting surface to cooperate with a second fastener within the cabinetry. At least one projection is spaced apart from the first fastener and extends a length from the mounting surface to engage the cabinetry to minimize rotation of the handle body relative to the cabinetry. The at least one projection has a thickness and a width that is greater than the thickness. A direction of the width of the at least one projection is aligned with the first fastener.
US12139930B2
A pool cover assembly includes a first encapsulation member defining a first side of a pool cover encapsulation, the first encapsulation member comprising a first mating feature. The pool cover assembly further includes a second encapsulation member defining a second side of the pool cover encapsulation, the second encapsulation member comprising a second mating feature. And the pool cover assembly further includes a corner endcap member comprising a third mating feature and a fourth mating feature. The first encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the first mating feature and the third mating feature, and the second encapsulation member is coupleable to the corner endcap by the second mating feature and the fourth mating feature. The corner endcap member couples with the first encapsulation member and the second encapsulation member to form a corner of the pool cover encapsulation.
US12139925B2
A portable shade device having an elongated member and transverse members at each end. Wheels are mounted to each end of the transverse members. A pair of vertical support masts are connected to the frame and a horizontal brace extends between the pair of vertical support masts. Operatively attached to each of the pair of vertical support masts is a deployment system. The deployment system includes a nut attached to the vertical support mast adjacent the frame and a threaded rod extends through the nut and has a socket adapted to receive an impact driver at one end and a head at the opposite end.
US12139922B2
Antenna tower construction/deconstruction biasing assemblies are provided. The biasing assemblies can be configured to extend between a standard and an antenna tower. The assemblies can include: an adjustable linear extension extending between a first end configured to couple with the standard and a second end configured to couple with the antenna tower; and a biasing mechanism configured to adjust the length of the linear extension and maintain the rigid engagement during transitioning of the tower from a down/erect position to an erect/down position. Methods for constructing/deconstructing an antenna tower are provided. The methods can include providing a biasing assembly.
US12139913B2
A rain gutter system comprises a covered rain gutter and a mounting bracket in the interior of the covered rain gutter for mounting the covered rain gutter to a structure. The covered rain gutter includes a trough portion and a cover portion with the trough portion including a lip and the cover portion including a nose configured to direct rainwater to flow toward the interior of the covered rain gutter. The mounting bracket includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a central portion interconnecting the top and bottom portions. The top portion of the bracket can contact and support the cover portion. The bottom portion of the bracket can contact the lip of the trough portion, support the trough portion, and maintain separation between the nose and the lip of the covered rain gutter.
US12139912B2
The invention concerns a truss structure including a plurality of longitudinal members extending parallel to one another in a main extension direction and crossmembers (9) distributed in the main extension direction to connect the longitudinal members mechanically two-by-two, forming a plurality of polygons (11) each contained in a plane perpendicular to the main extension direction. According to the invention, each crossmember (9) connecting two longitudinal members includes a first half-crossmember (9a) with a first end connected to one of the two longitudinal members so as to be able to pivot about a first axis (X1-X′1) and a second half-crossmember (9b) a first end of which is connected to the other of the two longitudinal members so as to be able to pivot about a second axis (X2-X′2). The two half-crossmembers are connected to one another by an articulation hinge (13) allowing relative rotation of the two half-crossmembers (9a, 9b) about a third axis (X3-X′3). The first, second and third axes are parallel to one another and orthogonal to the main extension direction, allowing the truss structure and each crossmember (9) to pass from a deployed position to a folded position in which the first and the second half-crossmembers (9a, 9b) of each crossmember (9) extend substantially parallel one alongside the other in said main extension direction.
US12139908B2
A hold down clip for retaining one or more ceiling panels on lower flanges of a suspended ceiling tee and allowing removal of the ceiling panels from below after installation. The hold down clip includes at least one outward curved section with a crest between an upper end and a lower end. The clip elastically deforms to produce reactive spring forces when a ceiling panel engages a contact point below the crest of the outward curved section. The clip also includes at least one continuously formed latching section, which may extend from the upper end, lower end, or a transition point below the crest of the outward curved section. The latching section engages the grid tee to generate the spring force. Alternatively, the clip includes a fastener secured to the at least one outward curved section. The fastener is configured for threaded attachment to a receptacle of the grid tee.
US12139905B2
A splice having a main body and one or more protrusions extending from the main body. The one or more protrusions can be operable to interfere with a rail when the main body is installed into an opening of the rail. The one or more protrusions may be operable to cut into a coating of the rail and form an electrical connection between the rail and the main body.
US12139904B2
A lower connector includes a lower connector hollow body, a pair of lower connector bosses coupled to the lower connector hollow body, and a pair of lower connector arms coupled to the lower connector bosses. A connector assembly includes an upper connector coupled to a lower connector and a gusset plate sandwiched between the upper and lower connectors.
US12139897B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for diverting water from a shower diverter valve and distributing within an interior of a bathtub. One non-limiting embodiment of the system disclosed herein includes a flexible hose having a first end connected to the shower diverter valve, the flexible hose extending into the interior of the bathtub and having a second end opposite the first, the second end of the hose connecting to an inlet of a basin disposed within the interior of the bathtub and supported by a bottom surface of the bathtub; the basin being generally rectangular in shape, the basin having an internal cavity for receiving water from the flexible hose, the basin having a top surface for placing a child during a bath, the top surface having a plurality of holes about an outer perimeter of the top surface of the basin; wherein water flowing from the shower diverter valve through the flexible hose and into the internal cavity of the basin emits from the plurality of holes in the top surface of the basin, creating a gentle shower for bathing the child.
US12139892B1
In once aspect, the present disclosure relates to a liquid diversion apparatus comprising: an attachment module comprising: an attachment module housing, a first connecting portion configured to connect to a portion of an apparatus configured to direct liquid, and a second connecting portion configured to connect a downstream portion of the attachment module housing to a receptacle module; a first sealing portion configured to seal a porous plate module and the attachment module; the porous plate module comprising: a first filtering portion, a second filtering portion configured to connect to the first filtering portion, and a third filtering portion configured to connect to the second filtering portion; a second sealing portion configured to seal the porous plate module and the receptacle module; and the receptacle module configured to perform the following: secure to the attachment module, and collect liquid diverted through the porous plate module.
US12139890B1
Liquid flow detection is described herein. One method for liquid flow detection includes heating a zone of liquid in a closed system, measuring changes in liquid temperature of the zone, and detecting a liquid flow pattern based on the measured changes in liquid temperature of the zone.
US12139889B2
A method for assisting an operator in operating a machine. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a selection of a task of a plurality of tasks, each task associated with a corresponding movement pattern of the machine; sensing, by a sensor unit, at least one condition of at least one component of the machine associated with the selected task; and determining, by the controller, whether the condition is within a predetermined set of parameters associated with the selected task. In response to determining that the condition is not within the predetermined set of parameters, the method further includes generating, by the controller, an audible or a haptic signal associated with at least one of the condition or the at least one component.
US12139885B2
A vehicle system includes a first machine with a first actuator and a first controller, a second machine with a second actuator and a second controller, and a user input system with a transceiver, a user interface, and a third controller. The user input system is configured to receive a user input via the user interface and provide a signal to both the first controller and the second controller. The first and second controllers are configured to send a first lag signal and a second lag signal, respectively, to the third controller. The first lag signal defines a first response time of the first machine and the second lag signal defines a second response time of the second machine. The third controller compares the first response time to the second response time to determine a lag time of the first machine and the second machine.
US12139868B2
A nuclear island base slab of a nuclear power plant and a manufacturing method therefor, and a nuclear island of a nuclear power plant. The nuclear island base slab of a nuclear power plant includes a concrete base slab body and a plurality of air ducts embedded in the concrete base slab body. The air duct has an internal-penetrating bent pipe structure. A first end of the air duct is exposed on an upper surface of the concrete base slab body. A second end of the air duct is exposed on a side surface or the upper surface of the concrete base slab body.
US12139858B2
A work machine may include a frame supported by a traction device and a power activated steering guide secured to the frame. The power activated steering guide may include a trunk portion arranged and configured to articulate laterally relative to a travel direction of the work machine. The trunk portion may include an actuation mechanism configured to perform articulation and a controller configured for controlling the actuation mechanism to articular the trunk portion to an offset dimension.
US12139852B2
In vertical concentrating washing machines, processed raw material is transported upward but ends up containing shower water. That is, the moisture content ends up increasing during the transport process even though the material has been dewatered. A transport blade (8) has a plate-like shape in plan view and includes a fan-shaped portion (10) that extends rearward in the rotational direction, developing into a fan shape, and the transport blade is attached such that a plate surface thereof has a slanted orientation with respect to the axis direction of a rotary shaft (6), with a forward side, in the rotational direction, of the plate surface being disposed lower than a rearward side thereof. A plurality of the transport blades (8) is attached so as to delineate a helix along the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft (6) while leaving a communicating portion that is straight in the vertical direction. Shower water falls from gaps (S) between the transport blade (8). The transport blades (8) have a fan shape that widens toward the inner wall side of the rotary drum (5). A surface area on which the material rests stably and a sufficient gap (S) are secured in a well-balanced fashion.
US12139847B2
Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.
US12139845B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.
US12139844B2
Disclosed herein is a clothing dryer. The clothing dryer includes a main body, a drum rotatably installed in the main body, a first motor configured to transmit a rotational force to the drum, a heat pump configured to heat air supplied to the drum and including an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve, a flow path connected to the drum to circulate air; and a second motor disposed in the flow path and configured to drive a fan to flow air.
US12139841B2
A washing machine includes: a casing, a tub, a drum, a cylindrical gasket connecting an input port of the casing to an opening of the tub, a pump configured to circulate water discharged from the tub; a guide pipe fixed to the gasket configured to guide water supplied from the pump, and nozzles configured to spray water from the guide pipe into the drum. The nozzles include an upper nozzle configured to spray water downward, intermediate nozzles disposed below the upper nozzle in both left and right sides and configured to spray water downward while spraying water deeper into the drum than the upper nozzle, and lower nozzles disposed above the inflow port, disposed below the intermediate nozzles in both left and right sides based on the inflow port and configured to spray water upward.
US12139839B2
A washing machine comprising a housing (2), an outer tub (15) for receiving washing liquid, a drum (16) mounted rotatably in the outer tub (15) for receiving laundry, a metering device configured to receive at least one cartridge (9a, 9b) and to meter detergent (12a, 12b) contained in the cartridge (9a, 9b) into one or the outer tub (15) and the drum (16). The housing (2) accommodates the outer tub (15), the drum (16) and the metering device and has a housing flap (5) in front of the at least one cartridge (9a, 9b). The housing flap (5) is at least partly transparent or has at least one opening such that when the at least one cartridge (9a, 9b) is arranged in the metering device, a fill level of the at least one translucent cartridge (9a, 9b) is at least partly visible from outside the housing (2).
US12139838B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a drum body, a front cover, a rear cover, a fixed panel spaced apart from the rear cover, a housing fixed to the fixed panel, a stator, a rotor, a ring gear fixed in the housing, a first shaft fixed to the rotor and located in the housing, a driver gear located within the housing and fixed to the first shaft, a second shaft that is concentric with the first shaft, fixed to the rear cover, and located within the housing, a base located within the housing and coupled to the second shaft, and a driven gear having a first body rotatably fixed to the base, a first gear defined at the first body and engaged with the driver gear, a second body fixed to the first body, and a second gear defined at the second body and engaged with the ring gear.
US12139834B2
An embroidery system includes a coloring device to color a thread. The embroidery system includes an embroidery device to perform embroidery of an embroidery design and underlay stitching. The embroidery device uses the thread colored by the coloring device for at least one of the embroidery of the embroidery design or the underlay stitching. The embroidery system includes circuitry to: create data of the embroidery design and the underlay stitching according to embroidery image data; create color data for coloring the thread to be used for coloring the at least one of the embroidery of the embroidery design or the underlay stitching; acquire roughness data representing roughness impression of the embroidery image data; and change an embroidery density of the embroidery design according to the roughness data.
US12139833B2
A tufted article (e.g., an artificial turf panel) having a backing and a plurality of tufts extending through the backing. The plurality of tufts are distributed among a plurality of patterned regions. Each patterned region has at least one tuft of the plurality of tufts. The tufts of each patterned region differ from the tufts of at least one other patterned region of the tufted article in at least one of color, pile height, yarn type, or yarn density. At least one patterned region creates a longitudinal discontinuity in the color pattern of the tufted article. The tufted article does not have a seam. Complementary side edges of the tufted articles can be secured together to form at least a portion of the surface covering without the need for cutting or the use of inlay components.
US12139829B2
Example knitting needle connector assemblies, e.g., for a knitting needle or crochet tool, may include first and second members. The first member may be generally cylindrical and have a radially facing slot extending circumferentially about a longitudinal axis of the first member. The second member may have one or more radially projecting pins received in the slot, wherein the one or more pins are movable about the circumferentially extending slot such that the first member is rotatable with respect to the second member about the longitudinal axis.
US12139824B2
An open-end spinning device having a thread draw-off nozzle and a thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end spinning device, the thread draw-off nozzle having a thread-guiding surface which extends between an entry opening and a draw-off opening and which tapers in the shape of a funnel toward the draw-off opening. In order to provide a thread draw-off nozzle and an open-end spinning device having a thread draw-off nozzle which allows controlled production of the thread, the thread draw-off nozzle has a blocking element, which protrudes from the thread-guiding surface and which has a thread stop surface designed such that the thread stop surface blocks a thread from circulating over the thread-guiding surface.
US12139821B2
Systems and methods for focused direction deposition of a micron or nanometer dimension polymeric fiber and materials of such fibers are described herein. Systems and methods employ one or more gas flows to entrain and deflect fibers produced by a rotary jet spinning system forming a focused fiber stream. Some embodiments enable control of alignment and distribution of the fibers with a relatively high fiber throughput.
US12139819B2
The method for producing wet spun fibers/a wet formed film using a double-walled pipe type micronozzle apparatus according to the present invention is a production method, wherein, in a step of extruding an internal phase comprising a fiber/film material and a good solvent for the fiber/film material in a linear form from the circular/rectangular end of the internal pipe of the apparatus into an external phase comprising a poor solvent for the fiber/film material, the external phase flowing in the external pipe of the apparatus, the ratio of the external phase flow rate to the internal phase flow rate is set to 1 or more, and further for the wet spun fibers, the external phase line speed at the orifice portion at which the internal phase and the external phase merge is set to 0.1 ms−1 or more.
US12139816B2
The present invention generally relates to bacterial polypeptide display systems, libraries using these bacterial display systems, and methods of making and using these systems, including methods for improved display of polypeptides on the extracellular surface of bacteria using circularly permuted transmembrane bacterial polypeptides that have been modified to increase resistance to protease degradation and to enhance polypeptide display characteristics.
US12139814B2
Boron nitride layer, apparatus including the same, and method of fabricating the boron nitride layer
A boron nitride layer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The boron nitride layer includes a boron nitride compound and has a dielectric constant of about 2.5 or less at an operating frequency of 100 kHz.
US12139813B2
An object is to provide a SiC wafer in which a detection rate of an optical sensor can improved and a SiC wafer manufacturing method. The method includes: a satin finishing process S141 of satin-finishing at least a back surface 22 of a SiC wafer 20; an etching process 21 of etching at least the back surface 22 of the SiC wafer 20 by heating under Si vapor pressure after the satin finishing process S141; and a mirror surface processing process S31 of mirror-processing a main surface 21 of the SiC wafer 20 after the etching process S21. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a SiC wafer having the mirror-finished main surface 21 and the satin-finished back surface 22.
US12139811B2
The present invention relates to a carrier foil-attached metal foil including a release layer having a specific composition and structure, a method of manufacturing the carrier foil-attached metal foil, and a laminate for forming a printed circuit board including the carrier foil-attached metal foil. The laminate for forming a printed circuit board according to the present invention comprises the carrier foil-attached metal foil, so that a defect rate can be minimized.
US12139809B2
An electrochemical treatment system includes a treatment fluid supply manifold, a fluid return manifold, and an electrode section connected to the treatment fluid supply manifold. A plurality of treatment fluid supply ports feed fluid through or across the electrode and a plurality of fluid return ports proximate the treatment fluid supply ports are connected to the fluid return manifold. A porous pad is coupled to the electrode section for contacting a substrate to be treated and receives the treatment fluid via the plurality of treatment fluid supply ports. The plurality of fluid return ports remove spent and excess treatment fluid and gases from the substrate, the surrounding air, and the porous pad.
US12139806B2
Disclosed is an end assembly for use in a unipolar filter press electrolyser, where the unipolar filter press electrolyser has a filter press stack. The end assembly of the unipolar filter press electrolyser includes an end plate component having two apertures, the two apertures being alignable with channels formed in the filter press stack. The two apertures include a first aperture configured to receive a stream of liquid electrolyte and gases from the filter press stack, and a second aperture configured to receive a stream of recirculated liquid electrolyte. In addition, the end assembly includes an end clamp configured to apply a clamping force on the end plate component to securely retain the filter press stack. The end clamp includes one gas offtake port to extract gases from the stream of liquid electrolyte and gases from the first aperture and discharge the gases out of the unipolar filter press electrolyser.
US12139800B2
In one aspect, the disclosure relates to catalysts for electrochemical water splitting, in particular catalysts useful for oxygen evolution at an anode in electrochemical water splitting. The disclosed catalysts compositions comprise a catalyst core component, a shell component, and optionally a catalyst outer component; wherein the catalyst core component comprises a composition having the chemical formula MxPy; where M is a transition metal; wherein x is a number from about 1 to about 20; wherein y is a number from about 1 to about 20; wherein the shell component comprises a conducting polymer; and wherein the catalyst outer component is a transition metal that is not the same as the transition metal M. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US12139798B2
A rapid method of synthesizing nanoflowers made of nanoflakes of nickel molybdate (NiMoO4) directly on nickel foam (NF) through an aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) process is disclosed. The nickel molybdate nanoflowers were grown on NF by varying the deposition time for 60 and 120 min at a fixed temperature of 480° C. and their efficiency was investigated as oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts in 1 M KOH electrolyte. The NiMoO4 nanoflowers of NF obtained after 60 minutes of AACVD process showed OER performance with lowest overpotential of 320 mV to reach standard current density of 10 mA cm−2. The catalyst continuously performed the OER for 15 h, signifying its prominent stability under electrochemical conditions.
US12139791B2
Showerhead faceplates for semiconductor processing chambers are provided that include one or more sets of gas distribution passages therethrough that extend at least partially along axes that are at an oblique angle to the showerhead faceplate center axis. Such angled gas distribution passages may be used to tailor the gas flow characteristics of such showerhead faceplates to produce various desired gas flow behaviors in the gas that is delivered to the wafer via such showerhead faceplates.
US12139784B2
A vacuum deposition facility for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from metal or metal alloy, and including: a central casing including a vapor jet coater, the inner walls of the central casing being suited to be heated at a temperature above the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors, a vapor trap located at the substrate exit of the central casing, the inner walls of the vapor trap being suited to be maintained at a temperature below the condensation temperature of the metal or metal alloy vapors, the passage linking the central casing to the vapor trap including at least one thermal connector extending at least from the inner walls of the central casing to the inner walls of the vapor trap.
US12139779B2
Provided is a steel sheet by weight percentage (wt %), carbon (C): 0.005 to 0.08%, manganese (Mn): 1.25% or less (excluding 0%), phosphorus (P): 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), sulfur (S): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), nitrogen (N): 0.01% or less (excluding 0%), soluble aluminum (sol.Al): 0.01 to 0.06%, chromium (Cr): 1.15 to 2.5%, antimony (Sb): 0.1% or less (excluding 0%), at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni): 0.3% or less (excluding 0%), silicon (Si): 0.3% or less (excluding 0%), molybdenum (Mo): 0.2% or less (excluding 0%), and boron (B): 0.003% or less (excluding 0%), and a remainder of iron (Fe) and other unavoidable impurities, satisfying Expression 1: 1.3≤Mn(wt %)+Cr(wt %)/1.5+Sb(wt %)≤2.7, where Mn, Cr, and Sb refer to contents (wt %) of corresponding elements, respectively; and 1 to 5% of martensite and a remainder of ferrite by an area percentage (area %).
US12139777B2
An aluminum alloy foil includes: aluminum; silicon; manganese; iron; zinc; copper; and magnesium. In the aluminum alloy foil, a total of a content of the silicon and a content of the iron is less than or equal to 0.1 mass %. In the aluminum alloy foil, a ratio of a mass of the manganese to a total mass of the silicon and the iron is more than or equal to 7.0. In the first surface, an area ratio of second phase particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than or equal to 1.5 μm is less than or equal to 0.1%.
US12139772B2
A high strength steel sheet according to the present invention contains a predetermined chemical composition, in a metallographic structure, the total area ratio of tempered martensite and bainite is 80% or more, at a sheet thickness ¼ position of a cross section parallel to a rolling direction and perpendicular to a rolled surface, the standard deviation of number densities of precipitates having a diameter of 10 nm or less and including one or both of Ti and Nb is less than 5×1010 numbers/mm3, and the tensile strength is 780 MPa or more.
US12139770B2
The present disclosure provides watermelon plants with a male sterile phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed genomic region associated with a male sterile phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male sterile phenotype are provided.
US12139755B2
The invention relates to methods of RNA amplification, including methods for the reverse transcription of cDNA from RNA using a thermostable reverse transcriptase. In a particular aspect, the methods are capable of linear amplification of an RNA template through multiple cycles of cDNA synthesis.
US12139749B2
Methods and apparatus for direct detection of chemical reactions are provided. Electric charge perturbations of the local environment during enzyme-catalyzed reactions are sensed by an electrode system with an immobilized target molecule. The charge perturbation caused by the polymerase reaction can uniquely identify a DNA sequence. The polymerization process generates local perturbations of charge in the solution near the electrode surface and induces a charge in a polarazible gold electrode. This event is detected as a transient current by a voltage clamp amplifier. Detection of single nucleotides in a sequence can be determined by dispensing individual dNTPs to the electrode solution and detecting the charge perturbations. Alternatively, multiple bases can be determined at the same time using a mix of all dNTPs with subsequent analysis of the resulting signal. This technique may be adapted to other reaction determinations, such as enzymatic reactions, other electrode configurations, and other amplifying circuits.
US12139748B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the multiplexed analysis of one or more intracellular targets of a single cell. Exemplary compositions of the disclosure comprise a surface comprising a plurality of capture agents operatively-linked thereto, wherein each capture agent specifically binds to a distinct intracellular target and wherein the plurality of capture agents form a repeating pattern; a substrate comprising a plurality of chambers, wherein the substrate releasably couples with the surface and wherein each chamber of the plurality of chambers comprises at least one repeat of the repeating pattern of the plurality of capture agents of the surface; a coating composition comprising a cell lysis composition; and a linker composition comprising a functionalization component and an extension component.
US12139729B2
A cyclic polypeptide, derivative or analogue thereof, comprising an amino acid sequence derived from the C-terminus of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), or a truncation thereof.
US12139726B2
This invention relates to methods and materials for nucleic acid delivery, vaccination, and/or treating cancer. More specifically, methods and materials for nucleic acid delivery, vaccination, and/or treating cancer using one or more recombinant adenoviruses (Ads) as an oncolytic agent are provided.
US12139724B2
Disclosed herein are methods of producing platelets and red blood cells using synthetic biology and uses thereof. The methods disclosed herein can also be used to produce platelets and red blood cells comprising a therapeutic agent. The cells produced by the methods disclosed herein can be used to treat, manage, prevent and diagnosis various diseases and disorders and be used as a research tool.
US12139723B2
Disclosed herein are neural extracellular vesicles (EVs) and methods of using these EVs in the treatment of spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease.
US12139717B2
The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding and in particular to the regeneration of plants from cells and other tissues. More particularly, the invention provides methods and means for improving callus and shoot formation and regeneration of plants using hyperphyllin or derivatives thereof.
US12139715B2
Provided is a gene expression cassette which, for the production of a high-quality recombinant protein in bacteria, initiates translation after completion of transcription, and more specifically, to a gene expression cassette consisting of a switch capable of stopping translation initiation and a trigger system capable of activating the translation initiation from the switch by re-configuring the transcription-translation coupled system inherent in bacteria such that the translation is initiated only by a full-length mRNA chain template. The transcription and translation in the bacteria can be uncoupled by inserting a trigger sequence activating the translation initiation from the switch into the downstream (3′ terminal) of a target recombinant gene by replacing a natural transcription translation-coupled 5′ UTR with the switch. The productivity of a high-quality full-length recombinant protein can be increased while reducing the costs associated with a purification process.
US12139713B2
Therapeutic compounds for red blood cell-mediated delivery of an active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target cell are described. The therapeutic compounds are configured to bind CD47 on the surface of a red blood cell and to be subsequently transferred to CD47 on the surface of the target cell, the therapeutic compound ultimately being internalized by the target cell via endocytosis. The target cell may be a cancer cell.
US12139710B2
Provided are methods of modulating gene expression of a target RNA in a cell comprising (a) recruiting a modulation unit, wherein the modulation unit comprises an RNA binding protein (RBP), an exogenous RNA binding moiety, and a gene-editing agent; (b) delivering the modulation unit into the cell; and (c) detecting change in the target RNA translation, wherein the modulation unit modulates gene expression of the target RNA in the cell.
US12139702B2
A well for electrically stimulating at least one cell. The well includes a bottom portion and comprises an adaptive electrode arrangement for introducing an electric field into the well. The adaptive electrode arrangement includes a pair of electrodes disposed within the well. Each electrode of the pair of electrodes has a distal end and is independently and axially displaceable relative to the other electrode and the bottom portion of the well. The distal end of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is in contact with the bottom portion of the well, ensuring a uniform and constant electric field is applied within the well.
US12139698B2
An Axial Dispersion Bioreactor (ADBR) is designed for the photoautotrophic, mixotrophic or heterotrophic growth and production of microalgae and other microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, etc.) as well as cell cultures of plants, animals, insects and others. The ADBR is equipped with a plate having a plurality of holes that moves longitudinally or axially within the bioreactor to effect superior hydrodynamic and mixing patterns. The ADBR has the advantages of providing a low-shear culture environment, superior liquid mixing, and efficient gas mass transfer.
US12139697B2
A device for treatment of cells with particles is disclosed. The device includes a semi-permeable membrane positioned between two plates, the first plate defining a first flow chamber and comprising a port, a flow channel, a transverse port, and a transverse flow channel, the first flow chamber constructed and arranged to deliver fluid in a transverse direction along the first side of the semi-permeable membrane, the second plate defining a second flow chamber and comprising a port. A method for transducing cells is disclosed. The method includes introducing a fluid with cells and viral particles into a flow chamber adjacent a semi-permeable membrane such that the cells and the viral particles are substantially evenly distributed on the semi-permeable membrane. The method also includes introducing a recovery fluid to suspend the cells and the viral particles, and separating the cells from the viral particles. A method of activating cells is disclosed.
US12139687B2
The disclosure relates to a lubricating composition consisting essentially of a decarboxylated rosin acid (DCR), a base oil, and optional additives, and methods for using same. The decarboxylated rosin acid has a density of 0.9 to 1.0 g/cm3 at 20° C., a viscosity of 15 to 60 cSt at 40° C., and an acid value of <50 mg KOH/g. The lubricating compositions containing the DCR is characterized as having improved anti-wear and friction reducing properties, as well as improved electrical properties, and cooling performance for use in electric and hybrid vehicles. In embodiments, the lubricating composition exhibits a wear scar diameter of <350 μm, according to ASTM D6079.
US12139686B2
The disclosed technology provides a lubricating composition and a method of lubricating an internal combustion engine where the lubricating composition contains an oil of lubricating viscosity, one or more metal-containing, sulfur-free, alkyl-phenol based detergents, an alkaline earth metal sulfonate detergent, a polyisobutenyl succinimide dispersant, and a dispersant viscosity modifier having a number average molecular weight of at least 20,000. The lubricating composition of the present invention can be formulated to have lower HTHS viscosity, and reduced phosphorous content, while providing protection against adhesive wear.
US12139683B2
A hydrocarbon-forming gas compression method comprising: a hydrate formation step in which water and hydrate-forming gas are mixed at a first pressure and a first temperature, resulting in the formation of hydrate; a decomposition step in which the hydrate is warmed, and the hydrate is decomposed to re-generate hydrate-forming gas at a second pressure higher than the first pressure.
US12139670B1
A waste plastic oilification reduction system includes: a main condensation process unit including a main condensing section that has a main condensation tank to which decomposition gas in a main pyrolysis process unit is supplied and a cooling section that cools the main condensation tank, and is configured to condense the decomposition gas to produce recycled oil; a sub-pyrolysis process unit having a sub-pyrolysis tank to which a residual gas component remaining in the main condensation tank is supplied and a heating section that heats the sub-pyrolysis tank, and being configured to heat the residual gas component to produce re-decomposition gas; and a sub-condensation process unit including a sub-condensing section that has a sub-condensation tank to which the re-decomposition gas produced by the sub-pyrolysis process unit is supplied and a cooling section that cools the sub-condensation tank, and is configured to condense the re-decomposition gas to produce the recycled oil.
US12139646B2
Provided is a compound represented by Formula (1) given below. (In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a phenyl group, a C1 to 8 alkyl group, or a C1 to 4 perfluoroalkyl group, X1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, Y1 represents a C1 to 9 alkylene group containing a fluorine atom or a C1 to 9 alkylene group containing no fluorine atom, and n1 is an integer from 0 to 3.).
US12139637B2
The present disclosure relates generally to flame retarding building materials and methods for making them. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to flame retarding building materials that have both flame retardant character and desirable water vapor permeability values. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a flame retardant vapor retarding membranes comprising: a building material substrate sheet having a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s; and a polymeric coating layer disposed on the building material substrate layer, wherein the coating layer has a melt viscosity of about 1 Pa·s to about 100,000 Pa·s at about 300° C. at 1 rad/s.
US12139632B2
A composition for applying onto a road surface and methods for making thereof is disclosed. The composition comprises a binder material of at least a styrenic block copolymer and a resin, which can be pelletized. The SBC is selected from a styrene-isoprene-styrene rubber (SIS) and styrene-isoprene/butadiene-styrene (SIBS); or styrene-ethylene/propylene/styrene-styrene (SEPSS), styrene-ethylene/butylene/styrene-styrene (SEBSS) and mixtures thereof. The binder can be used in road marking compositions or surface treatment compositions when combined with other components such as pigments, glass beads, anti-skid media, fillers, waxes, elastomer/plastomer, and plasticizers.
US12139631B2
The present disclosure provides an aqueous composition. The aqueous composition includes multi-stage latex polymer particles. The multi-stage latex polymer particles include (A) a first-stage polymer containing (i) an n-methylol functional monomer and (ii) a first vinyl monomer; and (B) a second-stage polymer containing (i) a formaldehyde-scavenging monomer and (ii) a second vinyl monomer. The first-stage polymer is bound to the second-stage polymer.
US12139630B2
A polyhydroxyalkylamide material having the formula (I), wherein Z represents a polymer or an alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene or arylene group; Z′ represents a bivalent organic linking group; m is 0 or 1; X represents a bivalent organic bridging group; R represents a hydroxyalkylamide group; and n is at least 2. The present invention extends to coatings compositions containing the polyhydroxyalkylamide material and articles coated with coatings derived from said coated compositions.
US12139609B2
Provided is a resin composition configured to show a small change in the void ratio of hollow resin particles during mold processing and configured to stably mold a lightweight molded product. The resin composition is a resin composition comprising 50 parts by mass to 95 parts by mass of a thermoplastic plastomer and 5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of hollow resin particles, wherein the hollow resin particles have a void ratio of from 50% to 85%; wherein the hollow resin particles have a shell containing a resin; and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of repeating units constituting the resin, 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass of a crosslinkable monomer unit and 0 part by mass to 70 parts by mass of a non-crosslinkable monomer unit are contained as a polymerizable monomer unit.
US12139607B2
The present invention relates to a novel thermoplastically processible polyurethane polymer having a hardness of ≤60 Shore A, to compositions containing this polyurethane polymer, to the uses thereof and to articles containing this polyurethane polymer.
US12139601B2
A method for improving the comparative tracking index of a thermoplastic resin, as measured in compliance with IEC60112, 3rd edition, is disclosed by blending a carbodiimide compound in the thermoplastic resin; use of a carbodiimide compound for improving the comparative tracking index of a thermoplastic resin, as measured in compliance with IEC60112, 3rd edition; and a tracking resistance improving agent for a thermoplastic resin, for improving the comparative tracking index of the thermoplastic resin, as measured in compliance with IEC60112, 3rd edition. The carbodiimide compound is preferably used at a ratio of 0.01 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin.
US12139597B2
Provided is a technique of obtaining films with higher dielectric breakdown strength at high temperatures and folding resistance. A resin composition comprises (1) a syndiotactic polystyrene resin, (2) a polyphenylene ether resin, and (3) at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene-based thermoplastic elastomers and atactic polystyrene resins, wherein the content of the polyphenylene ether resin in the resin composition is 6 mass % or more.
US12139589B2
A composition can be used for producing a PMMA-based cast polymer with a low styrene content using urea (derivatives) as a formulation constituent, and a hydrophilic inorganic compound as a filler. It is possible to produce PMMA-based cast polymers and mouldings having surprisingly high mechanical stability from the composition.
US12139582B2
The present disclosure provides a modified allyl compound, and a modified bismaleimide prepolymer. The modified allyl compound is represented by formula (1), has a cyclopentadiene structure represented by formula (2), and contains a benzene ring or a benzene ring substituted with a linear alkane of lower polarity.
US12139579B2
Provided is a block copolymer comprising a polymer block (A) formed from repeating units of formula (I): wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl, and a polymer block (B) formed from repeating units of formula (II): as well as a hydrogel comprising the block copolymer.
US12139577B2
A biodegradable triblock copolymer comprising: an A-B-A′ structure wherein the A and A′ blocks each include polylactide, the B block includes from about 55 to about 100 mole percent of polytrimethylene carbonate and 0 to about 45 mole percent polylactide, and the biodegradable triblock copolymer overall includes from about 15 to about 25 mole percent of the polytrimethylene carbonate and from about 75 to about 85 mole percent of the polylactide. Also provided are compositions and implantable medical devices made therefrom.
US12139560B2
A cellulose resin in which hydrogen atoms of hydroxy groups of cellulose are substituted with a long-chain component which is a linear aliphatic acyl group having 14 or more carbon atoms and a short-chain component which is at least one of an acyl group having 2 carbon atoms and an acyl group having 3 carbon atoms, wherein a nitrogen content in the cellulose resin is 300 ppm or more and 2000 ppm or less. To provide a cellulose resin excellent in mechanical properties and heat decomposition resistance.
US12139546B2
Provided herein are methods of treating a subject with hyperammonemia or a urea cycle disorder. The methods comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic amount of a glucagon signaling pathway inhibitor, such that ammonia levels are lowered or that amino acid metabolism enzymes are down-regulated, or a condition or disease characterized by hyperammonemia is mediated, or at least one symptom or complication associated with the condition or disease is alleviated or reduced in severity. The glucagon signaling pathway inhibitor can be a small molecule inhibitor of the signaling pathway, an antisense inhibitor of the signaling pathway, shRNA, siRNA, a GCG neutralizing monoclonal antibody, a GCGR antagonist, a peptide inhibitor of the signaling pathway, a DARPin, a Spiegelmer, an aptamer, engineered Fn type-III domains, etc. The therapeutic methods are useful for treating a human suffering from hyperammonemia or a urea cycle disorder.
US12139545B2
Provided herein are IL10R binding molecules that bind to IL10Ra and IL10Rb and comprise an IL10Rb sdAb and an IL10Rb VHH antibody.
US12139544B2
This invention provides chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) targeting human EphA3 and dual targeting CARs that bind to human EphA3 and to human mutant epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII). This invention also relates to CAR-T cells comprising the provided CARs or the dual targeting CARs. Methods for treating a solid tumor cancer by administering the CARs are provided.
US12139543B2
The invention relates generally to variant activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and to methods of making and using these variant anti-EGFR activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
US12139528B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating or reducing incidence of migraine and/or at least one secondary symptom associated with refractory migraine in a subject having refractory migraine comprising administering to the subject a monoclonal antibody that modulates the CGRP pathway. Compositions for use in the disclosed methods are also provided. Antagonist antibody G1 and antibodies derived from G1 directed to CGRP are also described.
US12139521B2
Methods and kits for the diagnosis of illnesses related to protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) protein deficiency or altered PCDH19 protein function are provided, as well as methods and kits for the identification of a predisposition to such illnesses and methods of screening subjects to identify carriers of such illnesses and methods and kits for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of PCDH19 deficiency or altered PCDH19 protein function. Further, nucleotide and amino acid sequences corresponding to a complete PCDH19 open reading frame (ORF), mutant sequences encoding non-functional PCDH19 mRNA or altered PCDH19 mRNA are described along with transformed cells and non-human transgenic animals comprising wild-type or mutant PCDH19 ORF nucleotide sequences.
US12139517B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for modulating transcription of mutant C9orf72 gene alleles in patients in need thereof, including patients having a C9orf72-related disease such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
US12139505B2
Lanthionine ketimine phosphonate (LK-P), lanthionine ketimine ester phosphonate (LKE-P), other lanthionine ketimine, lanthionine ketimine phosphonate, and lanthionine ketimine ester derivatives, methods of making and using the same, and methods of treatments are described.
US12139503B2
Borylated Amino Acid (“BAA”) compositions and methods of making BAAs are disclosed herein. Consequently, the BAAs can be administered to patients as a Neutron Capture Agent and provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders and other disease by utilizing a Neutron Capture Therapy modality.
US12139500B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula (1), to the use of the compound in an electronic device, and to an electronic device comprising a compound of the formula (1). The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of the formula (1) and to a formulation comprising one or more compounds of the formula (1).
US12139498B1
6,7-Dihydrothiazolo[5,4-c]pyridines substituted in the 5-position with heterocyclic rings are positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4) and may have use in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction.
US12139491B2
The present invention relates to a novel compound and a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing anticancer activity, which includes the same, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition, which includes a compound represented by Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, thereby enhancing anticancer activity of an anticancer agent or radiation, and inducing proliferation inhibition and death of cancer cells, resulting in effectively treating cancer:
US12139488B2
Compounds, compositions and their use in the treatment of a proliferative disease or condition such as a said proliferative disease or disorder is associated with a RAF gene mutation and/or a RAS gene mutation. The compounds disclosed are of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are as defined herein:
US12139485B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, or solvates thereof, Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) and methods of using compounds of Formula (I).
US12139482B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula I: wherein R1, X, Z1 to Z5, L, n, the A ring, and the B ring, are as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US12139472B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of the formula pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating or inhibiting development of AGE- and/or ALE-associated complications in subjects in need thereof.
US12139467B2
Disclosed are methods for synthesizing cannabielsoin (CBE) and or analogs thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods for synthesizing CBE or analogs thereof comprising steps of providing a cannabinoid composition that comprises cannabidiol (CBD) or analogs thereof; combining the cannabinoid composition with an agent comprising a ketone functional group; and contacting the cannabinoid composition with an oxidizing agent or exposing the cannabinoid composition to electromagnetic radiation.
US12139459B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for enhancing fertilization function of a mammal sperm, which comprises a low molecular compound which can be produced relatively easily and inexpensively as an active ingredient, and a method for enhancing fertilization function of a mammal sperm and a method for preparing a mammal fertilized egg, which use a low molecular compound which can be produced relatively easily and inexpensively. An agent comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds of the following formula (I0), formula (II), and formula (III), and physiologically acceptable salts thereof when R3 is OH is used as an agent for enhancing fertilization function of a mammal sperm.
US12139458B2
The first object of the invention is the compound of general formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. A second object of the invention is the use of compounds described by general formula (I) as active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of epileptic seizures or neuropathic pain or migraine.
US12139457B2
Modifying agents for polyolefin resin films include a partial ester of a tri- to hexahydric polyol with a straight chain aliphatic carboxylic acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The partial ester contains 70% by mass or more in total of monoesters and diesters. The mass ratio of the monoester content to the diester content is monoester/diester mass=30/70 to 86/14. This modifying agent for polyolefin resin films is applied to a polyolefin resin film in which the content of a diethanolamine compound having an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms or a diethanolamide compound having an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms is 0.02% by mass or less, and the content of an alkylsulfonic acid alkali metal salt is 0.004% by mass or less.
US12139449B2
An alcohol production method in which an alcohol is produced from a carbonyl compound, the method including producing an alcohol by using a catalyst, the catalyst including a metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less and a carrier supporting the metal component, the carrier including zirconium oxide. A catalyst for producing an alcohol by hydrogenation of a carbonyl compound, the catalyst including a carrier including zirconium oxide and a metal component supported on the carrier, the metal component including rhenium having an average valence of 4 or less.
US12139431B2
Systems for producing articles from glass tube include a converter having a base with a plurality of processing stations and a turret moveable relative to the base. The turret indexes a plurality of holders for holding the glass tubes successively through the processing stations. The systems further include a gas flow system or a suction system for producing a flow of gas through the glass tube during one or more heating, forming, separating or piercing operations. The flow of gas through the glass tube produced by the gas flow system or suction system may be sufficient to evacuate or purge volatile constituents of the glass from the glass tube and/or pierce a meniscus formed on the glass tube during separation, thereby reducing the Surface Hydrolytic Response (SHR) of the interior surface of the glass tube and articles made therefrom.
US12139429B2
A liquid dosing system is disclosed and can include an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit. The inlet and outlet conduits can each be configured to fluidly communicate a heat exchanger of a water heater. The liquid dosing system can include one or more connector conduits configured to fluidly connect the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit to define a fluid circuit by at least the inlet conduit, the heat exchanger, the outlet conduit, and the one or more connector conduits. The liquid dosing system can include a pump configured to pump water through the fluid circuit, a reservoir configured to store an additive, and a dosing device configured to dispense the additive into the fluid circuit.
US12139426B2
The present disclosure provides a strip-shaped sponge biological-packing mechanism, which comprises planar bracket groups distributed longitudinally, and the planar bracket groups include at least three parallel brackets. Packing units are arranged between upper and lower adjacent brackets, and the packing unit includes a sponge with a strip-shaped structure, two sides of the sponge are respectively provided with a tension belt, and a plurality of fasteners are arranged between two tension belts, two ends of the tension belt are respectively fixedly provided with a fastening, and the fastenings at both ends of the tension belt are detachably connected with two brackets respectively. The present disclosure also provides an installation method and a dynamic adjustment method of the strip-shaped sponge biological-packing mechanism.
US12139420B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed for separating an amount of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) from water which is contaminated with the substance. The method comprises the steps of: admitting an amount of the water, which includes an initial concentration of the substance, into a chamber via an inlet thereinto, and introducing a flow of gas into the chamber. The introduced gas induces the water in the chamber to flow, and produces a froth layer which is formed at, and which rises above, an interface with the said flow of water and of introduced gas in the chamber. The froth layer includes an amount of water, and also a concentrated amount of the substance in comparison compared with its initial concentration. The step of removal of at least some of the froth layer from an upper portion of the chamber occurs.
US12139418B1
An electron transport includes a metal co-doped zinc oxide compound having a formula MnxCo0.015Zn1-xO, wherein x has a value in a range of 0.001 to 0.014. The electron transport material of the present disclosure may be used in a perovskite solar cell.
US12139409B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a high-density artificial graphite electrode without substantially changing a particle size or a proportion of needle coke used, increasing an amount of binder pitch, or performing extrusion molding at a high molding pressure. The method for manufacturing a high-density artificial graphite electrode is kneading binder pitch into needle coke, performing extrusion molding thereof, and then calcining and graphitizing thereof, wherein needle coke obtained by performing coke shape changing treatment for at least some of pulverized needle coke to be used, thereby increasing a ratio of an enveloping perimeter/a perimeter by 1% or more as compared with a value before the changing is used. Here, the enveloping perimeter is a length of a perimeter when apexes of convex portions of the pulverized needle coke are connected to each other via the shortest distance, and the perimeter is a length of a perimeter of a particle.
US12139407B2
A plurality of CNTs are drawn out of VACNTs so as to be continuous in lines and are bundled into a thread shape, and a temporary thread bundled into a thread shape is temporarily wound on the first winder. The first winder is then rotated about an axis along a feeding direction of the temporary thread to twist the temporary thread while the temporary thread is fed from the first winder.
US12139404B2
A process for performing the water gas shift reaction wherein raw synthesis gas is reacted in the presence of steam and at least one water gas shift catalyst to convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and to form hydrogen. The raw synthesis gas is initially passed through at least one unit for high-temperature CO conversion and subsequently, downstream thereof, passed through at least one unit for low-temperature CO conversion. After passing through the at least one unit for high-temperature CO conversion the synthesis gas stream is divided into at least two substreams. The first substream is passed through a first unit for low-temperature CO conversion and the second substream is passed through a second unit for low-temperature CO conversion, wherein both units for low-temperature CO conversion are arranged in parallel relative to one another.
US12139399B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming an integrated chip, where the method includes forming an interconnect structure over a first substrate. A dielectric structure is formed over the interconnect structure. The dielectric structure comprises opposing sidewalls defining an opening. A conductive bonding structure is formed on a second substrate. A bonding process is performed to bond the conductive bonding structure to the interconnect structure. The conductive bonding structure is disposed in the opening. The bonding process defines a first cavity between inner opposing sidewalls of the conductive bonding structure and a second cavity between the conducive bonding structure and the opposing sidewalls of the dielectric structure.
US12139395B2
A micromechanical device further comprises a motion limiter configured to prevent a rotor from coming into direct physical contact with a stator. The motion limiter comprises a spring which extends across the rotor-stator gap. The motion limiter further comprises a stopper which is attached to the spring. When the rotor moves toward the stator, the motion limiter is configured to bring the stopper into contact with a counter-structure.
US12139389B2
The present system generally relates to a fluid flow system where a controller and motor pump assemblies are used to optimize the control of fluid flow through the system. The controller samples the back electromotive force of the motor and pump assemblies and is able to utilize the sampled back electromotive force in conjunction with predefined target back electromotive force values, preferably empirically determined and tuned to an induvial motor and for a select fluid, to tune the voltage applied to the system, control the back electromotive force of the system and, by extension, control the flow of fluid.
US12139381B2
A mobile crane includes: a lower traveling body including a pair of crawlers; an upper slewing body supported on the lower traveling body slewably about a slewing axis; a tiltable attachment including a boom tiltably supported on the upper slewing body; and a physical quantity detector. The lower traveling body has a reaction force receiving part for receiving a reaction force from the ground at a position away from the slewing axis in a boom direction in a state where the pair of crawlers are in contact with the ground, the boom direction coinciding with a horizontal component of a direction in which the boom extends from the upper slewing body, and the physical quantity detector detects a physical quantity which changes in accordance with a change in the reaction force received from the ground by the reaction force receiving part.
US12139370B2
A method of monitoring a location of a conveyance apparatus within a conveyance system including: detecting a first location of the conveyance apparatus at a first time using a position reference system; detecting a second location of the conveyance apparatus at a second time using at least one of a pressure sensor located on the conveyance apparatus and an acceleration sensor located on the conveyance apparatus; and determining that the second location is equivalent to the first location if the second time is within a selected range of the first time.
US12139355B2
A brake roller assembly may comprise: a shaft; a first roller bearing coupled to the shaft and disposed at a first axial end of the shaft a second roller bearing coupled to the shaft and disposed at a second axial end of the shaft; a roller cylinder disposed radially outward of the first roller bearing and the second roller bearing; and a braking arrangement, including a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of rotor disks coupled to the roller cylinder, each rotor disk in the plurality of rotor disks disposed between an anode in the plurality of electrodes and a cathode in the plurality of electrodes.
US12139340B2
A robot system includes a robot having a movable robot head with at least two suction grippers spaced apart from one another and a sensor system for detecting a gripping surface pose and a gripping surface size of a gripping surface of a good. Using a controller, a gripping pose for the movable robot head, in which a maximum number of suction grippers is in contact with the gripping surface of the good, is calculated based on the determined gripping surface pose and gripping surface size. Then, the robot head is moved into the calculated gripping pose where the suction grippers are activated so as to grip the good. Moreover, a method operates the robot system.
US12139337B2
A warehousing line, a warehousing management method and device may include: a storage device, provided with a plurality of storage locations, wherein each storage location is provided with a location sensor configured to determine storage information of the storage location; a first conveyor device, configured to convey items to or from the storage device, wherein the first conveyor device is provided with a first information collection element configured to collect information of each item on the first conveyor device; a first stacking device, configured to move the item from the first conveyor device to a corresponding storage location of the plurality of storage locations, or to move the item in one of the plurality of storage locations to the first conveyor device; and a warehousing management system in communication connection with the location sensors, the first information collection element and the first stacking device respectively.
US12139336B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes a first track system and a second track system. The first track system includes a first set of parallel tracks arranged in a first horizontal plane and extending in a first direction of the first track system and a second set of parallel tracks arranged in the first horizontal plane and extending in a second direction of the first track system which is orthogonal to the first direction of the first track system. The first and second sets of tracks of the first track system forming a grid pattern in the first horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells. Each grid cell of the first track system comprising a grid opening defined by a pair of neighboring tracks of the first set of tracks and a pair of neighboring tracks of the second set of tracks. Storage columns are located beneath the first track system for storing storage containers in a plurality of stacks. Each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening. The second track system includes a third set of parallel tracks arranged in a second horizontal plane and extending in a first direction of the second track system, and a fourth set of parallel tracks arranged in the second horizontal plane and extending in a second direction of the second track system which is orthogonal to the first direction of the second track system. The third and fourth sets of tracks forming a grid pattern in the second horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells. Each grid cell of the second track system including a grid opening defined by a pair of neighboring tracks of the third set of tracks and a pair of neighboring tracks of the fourth set of tracks. Storage columns are located beneath the second track system for storing storage containers in a plurality of stacks. Each storage column is located vertically below a grid opening. The first horizontal plane of the first track system and second horizontal plane of the second track system are arranged vertically displaced relative each other. The automated storage and retrieval system further includes a vehicle lift device for transfer of at least one vehicle arranged on the first track system to the second transfer system and vice versa. The vehicle lift device includes a platform arranged to carry the vehicle and a lift mechanism arranged to move the platform between: a first lift stop position establishing access between the platform and the first track system for enabling relocation of the vehicle between a support position on the platform and an operative position on the first track system, and a second lift stop position establishing access between the platform and the second track system for enabling relocation of the vehicle between the support position on the platform and an operative position on the second track system.
US12139331B2
The present invention provides an article storage container and an article feeder by which an article stored in the article storage container cannot be taken out easily and by which the article in the article storage container cannot be taken out easily when the article storage container is attached to and detached from the article feeder. The article storage container includes a lock mechanism in a shutter, and includes an opening/closing restriction mechanism configured to control the opening and closing of the shutter according to whether the article storage container is attached to or detached from the article feeder. The article storage container can be mounted on the article feeder only when the shutter is closed, and the shutter can be opened only after the article storage container is mounted on the article feeder.
US12139324B2
A resource collection apparatus is an apparatus for collecting waste reusable as a resource. The resource collection apparatus includes an opening associated with a predetermined sorting type, an opening/closing unit configured to open and close the opening, a first detector configured to perform an operation to detect a target waste belonging to a user, and a controller configured to specify a sorting type into which the target waste is to be sorted, by using a result of the detection by the first detector. The controller switches the opening/closing unit from a closed state to an open state when the specified sorting type matches the sorting type associated with the opening.
US12139317B2
A can end has a public side and an opposing product side. A circumferential curl is located about a center axis and defines an outer perimeter of the can end. A circumferential wall extends downwardly from the curl. A circumferential, generally U-shaped countersink extends radially inwardly from the circumferential wall relative to the center axis and upwardly. A center panel extends radially inwardly from the countersink relative to the center axis and has a displaceable tear panel defined by frangible score and a hinge segment on the public side and a tab fixed to the public side which has a nose portion overlying a portion of the displaceable tear panel. A circumferential panel joins the countersink with the center panel and has a first panel radius joined to a second panel radius by a short wall extending upwardly and inwardly. The circumferential panel has a bead formed therein.
US12139308B2
The invention relates to a folding box for packaging, storing or protecting goods, having an outer shell, wherein the outer shell has at least three side walls, an upper side and a bottom side, wherein uprights are at least partially arranged at the corner edges of the side walls and wherein the side walls have connecting elements at the bottom side and/or at the upper side for connecting to the uprights, wherein the connecting elements are adapted to compensate positional tolerances and/or shape tolerances of the uprights.
US12139304B2
A composite article includes a lattice and an elastomeric section. The lattice includes a plurality of members that form an open-mesh frame defining a plurality of voids between the adjacent members of the frame. The elastomeric section is formed of an elastomer that is disposed about the lattice and within the voids of the lattice. The composite article may be a circular gasket, a gasket with a grip, a rectangular gasket, a vessel cap, a flask stand, and a handle for a hand tool.
US12139297B2
A coating composition is provided that includes a polymer, which is preferably a polyester polymer. The polyester polymer preferably includes one or more heterocyclic groups that preferably include at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbonyl group. In one embodiment, the binder polymer is made using ingredients including tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate. The coating composition is useful in a variety of packaging coating applications, including as a coating for aluminum monobloc containers.
US12139294B2
The present disclosure a packaging apparatus for packaging bags equipped with a label printer, the packaging apparatus having a remarkably high packaging speed in comparison to packaging apparatuses of the related art. The packaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes a frame equipped with components for operating and controlling the apparatus therein, a bag feeding unit automatically conveying and feeding half-cut and wound bags, a label attaching unit installed on the frame and printing and attaching a label to the bags that are conveyed, and an opening and sealing unit opening tops of the bags, putting a product into the bags, and then packing the bags through sealing.
US12139291B2
A process for packaging a product in which a hood is fitted to a tray. The hood is erected by a process that includes a step of providing a flat blank. The flat blank includes a leading panel and a trailing panel. A flat insert is provided and adhered to a panel selected from the group of the leading panel, the trailing panel of the hood, and combinations thereof. The die used to erect the hood includes a die recess. When the die is positioned within the mold, the central portion of the flat insert becomes spaced apart from the hood top. The die recess provides for space to accommodate the central portion of the flat insert becoming spaced apart from the hood top.
US12139288B2
A packaging machine is for packaging articles with a film. The packaging machine has: a housing; an infeed belt configured to feed an article to be packaged in a transport direction to a film packaging device in the packaging machine; and a weighing device configured to determine a weight of the article. The weighing device has a weighing belt configured to convey the article from the weighing device to the infeed belt in the transport direction. The weighing device is rigidly connected to the infeed belt. The weighing device and the infeed belt together form an infeed module that is removeable from the housing. The removable infeed module has a shared fastener for being releasably fastened to the housing.
US12139287B2
The system comprising containment equipment is intended for the aseptic transfer of a powder, namely for emptying a container filled with powder into a collection container and/or for filling a container with powder from a storage container. The containment equipment has a working chamber surrounded by a housing. A robot is installed in the containment equipment, having an arm arrangement that moves over a pivot range. If there is a collection container it has an inlet leading from the working chamber, and if there is a storage container it has an outlet leading off into the working chamber. The container can be closed at least with a first closure element. A transfer head is mounted at the inlet into the collection container and/or at the outlet of the storage container, each protruding into the working chamber. The passive part forms the double flap together with an active part contained in the transfer head.
US12139281B2
Provided are methods for manufacturing a multi-ingredient beverage filter cartridge comprising the steps of: adding an amount of a first soluble beverage medium to the container having an internal bottom end, sidewall, and an access opening opposite the internal bottom end; leveling at least a portion of a top surface of the added first soluble beverage medium so that such top surface is substantially in the range of 1 mm to 11 mm from the internal bottom end; adhering a filter medium to the sidewall such that the filter medium does not contact the first soluble beverage medium, top surface; adding an amount of a second soluble beverage medium to the container such that the second soluble beverage medium forms a layer on top of the filter medium; and enclosing the container with a sealed lid.
US12139280B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for mission-adaptable aerial vehicle. In some aspects, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle includes a configuration having swappable, manipulatable, and interchangeable sections and components connectable by a connection and fastening system able to be modified by an end-user in the field. In some embodiments, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle can be configured to include a main center body extending along a longitudinal direction, a wing with a lateral cross-sectional airfoil shape, and/or stabilizer and control surface structures with corresponding cross-sectional airfoil shapes.
US12139277B2
A system for generating magnetic fields in one or more axis, the system comprising a primary electromagnet comprising a first coil having a first axis wherein the first coil is formed of a superconductor, a cooling element configured to cool the first coil below the critical temperature of the superconductor, a power source configured to energise the primary and secondary and electromagnets, wherein the primary electromagnet comprises a frame member, and wherein the frame member is suspended from at least one bracket by a thermally insulating structural member and/or a thermally insulating spring.
US12139276B2
A system and method for transferring energy and mass (supplies) in low-gravity environments. The system comprises a launcher and a receiver. The launcher hurls a capsule at a high velocity such that, when caught by the receiver, a portion of the kinetic energy of the launched capsule is converted to potential energy and stored. The stored energy is used at the receiver end for applications such as living habitats, mining operations, life-support systems, etc. In some instances, a portion of the initial energy is used to lob the capsule back, if desired. Launchers and receivers can be set up in different spatial configurations in a low-gravity environment such as in a circle with a centrally located launcher, a launcher downstream of a chain of receivers, or other configurations.
US12139270B2
A system and method for using a fuel with an engine, an airframe having an aircraft heat load, a fuel tank, and a fuel oxygen reduction unit are provided. The method includes receiving an inlet fuel flow in the fuel oxygen reduction unit for reducing an amount of oxygen in the inlet fuel flow; separating a fuel/gas mixture within the fuel oxygen reduction unit into an outlet gas flow and an outlet fuel flow exiting the fuel oxygen reduction unit; controlling a first portion of the outlet fuel flow to the engine; and controlling a second portion of the outlet fuel flow to the airframe to transfer heat between the second portion of the outlet fuel flow and the aircraft heat load.
US12139268B2
A method is provided for operating a system of an aircraft. During this method, rotation of a propulsor rotor is driven using mechanical power output by a powerplant. The powerplant includes a first drive device and a second drive device. The first drive device generates a first portion of the mechanical power. The second drive device generates a second portion of the mechanical power. A ratio between the first portion of the mechanical power and the second portion of the mechanical power is adjusted to control vibrations of the powerplant.
US12139265B2
An aircraft propulsion system for an aircraft having a nacelle that includes a pylon structure is provided. The system includes compressor and turbine sections, an IC engine, a fan, and an IC engine cooling system. The compressor section is powered by a first electric motor. The turbine section is configured to power a first electric generator configured to produce electrical power. The first fan is rotationally driven by a second electric motor. The fan has a hub and a plurality of fan blades extending radially outward from the hub. The hub is disposed in the pylon interior region and the fan blades are configured to extend outside of the pylon structure. The fan is positioned downstream of the compressor section. The IC engine cooling system has a heat exchanger and a pump configured to provide coolant communication between the IC engine and the heat exchanger.
US12139264B2
A hybrid engine including features to meet aircraft thrust, passenger airflow, and fuel cell requirements. The engine includes a combustor burning the same fuel as the fuel cell. The engine has electric motors to utilize the power output of the fuel cell. The engine shafts have sprags to allow motors to drive the compressors and over run the turbines. The engine has variable flowpath geometry to bypass the combustor.
US12139263B2
An inflatable girt for an evacuation slide may comprise a sleeve section, an upper section coupled to the sleeve section, and a lower section coupled to at least one of the sleeve second and the upper section. The sleeve section defines a plurality of first inflatable chambers. The upper section defines a plurality of second inflatable chambers. The lower defines a plurality of third inflatable chambers.
US12139255B2
A control system acquires predicted tsunami information, and generates a flight plan for unmanned aerial vehicles. The flight plan includes flight paths along safety boundaries between an expected damage area and a safe area. The expected damage is an area expected to be damaged by the tsunami indicated by the predicted tsunami information. The safe area is an area to be safe from damage caused by the tsunami. The control system transmits the flight plan to the unmanned aerial vehicles.
US12139250B2
An avionics system can provide data to a first receiving component associated with a proprietary first protocol and a second receiving component associated with a non-proprietary second protocol. A configuration tool generates a first configuration file comprising instructions for a data access component to provide a first data output to the first receiving component, and a second data output to the second receiving component. The configuration tool can generate a second configuration file including instructions to convert the second data output. The data access component can receive a definition database defining the first protocol to convert the data according to the non-proprietary second protocol. The data access component can provide the requested data to the first and second receiving components in accordance with the non-proprietary second protocol. The second receiving component is configured convert the data received based on the second configuration file.
US12139229B2
An accessory mounting fixture for a vehicle is provided. The accessory mounting fixture includes a fixture body connectable to a vehicle surface and having a substantially U-shape defining a frontal opening and adapted to receive an accessory portion. The accessory mounting fixture also includes a locking assembly adapted to selectively secure the accessory portion within the frontal opening. The locking assembly has a first lock member pivotally connected to the fixture body on a first side of the frontal opening and a second lock member pivotally connected to the fixture body on the second side of the frontal opening. The first and second locking members are operable between a closed position for confining the accessory portion within the frontal opening, and an open configuration. Positioning the first and second lock members in the closed position secures the accessory portion within the frontal opening.
US12139226B2
A saddle assembly (10) for bicycles comprising a saddle (12) and means for stabilizing and supporting said saddle at one end (13′) of a seatpost tube (13) of the bicycle, the saddle (12) comprising a hull or shield (12″) defining a seat for a rider, a support frame (12′) arranged supporting said saddle and comprising a sheet or leaf (12A) and means for coupling said sheet or leaf (12A) with respect to the seatpost tube (13), the coupling means comprising means for adjusting the distance of the saddle (12) with respect to a handlebar of the bicycle defined in the connection between said sheet or leaf (12A) and the coupling means and means for adjusting the inclination of the same saddle (12) with respect to a horizontal plane defined in the connection between said coupling means and the seatpost tube (13).
US12139223B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, coordinate dynamic adjustments of a trailer based in part on a user profile associated with a user physically present at the trailer and an activity profile associated with an activity selected to be performed at the trailer. A dynamic adjustment may modify a tilt of a lower surface of the trailer. A dynamic adjustment may modify a dimension(s) of the trailer based in part on a detected object(s). Various dynamic adjustments may occur concurrently, individually and/or sequentially. The trailer may be a moveable trailer for temporary attachment with a vehicle.
US12139209B2
A steering transmission for an electro-mechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an electric motor, a servo transmission, and an angle transmission for connecting a steering column of the steering system to a control stalk of the steering system. The angle transmission is a mechanically driven recirculating-ball transmission with a ball nut, which is engaged with a segment shaft of the steering transmission that is/can be connected to the steering stalk. A spindle of the recirculating-ball transmission is continuous. The spindle is connected to an output shaft of the servo transmission on one side. The servo transmission is/can be driven by the electric motor.
US12139207B2
A steering reaction force generation device for a vehicle may include a housing; a transfer shaft part rotatably installed in the housing, and disposed coaxially with a steering shaft; a stator part fixed to the inside of the housing; a rotor part connected to the transfer shaft part, and configured to rotate the transfer shaft part through an electromagnetic interaction with the stator part; and a power transfer part installed in the rotor part, and configured to transfer a rotational force of the transfer shaft part to the steering shaft.
US12139205B2
In a work vehicle, a safety frame includes a base, a pair of left and right lower frames extending from the base and fastened to a pair of left and right rear wheel fenders, and an upper frame having an inverted U shape connecting upper portions of the pair of left and right lower frames. The base is removably fastened to a rear axle case. A length in a width direction between a pair of left and right rear wheels is changed by changing a length in a width direction of the upper frame and changing a fastening position of the base to the rear axle case.
US12139199B2
A structural member is elongated in a longitudinal direction, and includes a first member made of a steel plate and a second member made of a steel plate, the first member and the second member being joined. In the structural member, a closed cross-sectional shape is formed by the first member and the second member in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The first member has a tensile strength of equal to or greater than 980 MPa, and includes a first hemming process part subjected to hemming bending at both end parts in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The second member has a tensile strength of equal to or greater than 980 MPa, and includes a second bonded part held in the first hemming process part at both end parts in the width direction and bonded to the first hemming process part by an adhesive.
US12139191B2
An autonomous omnidirectional drive unit including a drive chassis supported on two independent, parallel, and coaxial drive wheels, actuated by two drive motors; a transport chassis the central area of which is superimposed on and connected to the drive chassis through a rotary joint, the transport chassis being supported on multiple omnidirectional wheels. The drive unit further includes a rotating device, actuated by a rotary motor, integrated in the rotary joint between the transport chassis and the drive chassis, which determines the angular position of the drive chassis with respect to the transport chassis, and a control device configured for adjusting at least the two drive motors and the rotary motor in a coordinated manner to obtain omnidirectional movement of the transport chassis.
US12139180B2
Improved telescoping railcar uncoupling levers have improved bearings that resist damage. Moreover, the uncoupling levers include removable lock lifter linkage hooks. In addition, the uncoupling levers comprise an improved handle loop shape allowing the levers to be more easily installed and/or removed when damaged. Methods of using the same are further provided.
US12139179B2
A railway wagon for semitrailers and the like may include a first bogie, a second bogie, and a carrying section therebetween. An elongated channel configured to receive conduits for air, hydraulics and/or electronics may extend between the two bogies. The media channel may be lowered in a mechanical way when the carrying section is turned out to a loading/unloading position.
US12139178B2
A gondola car has a door and an associated door frame the end. The door hangs hingedly from the header of the frame. The header runs across the top of the door opening and is connected to the top chords at either side. The door posts are positioned inside the side sheets and tie into the header at each upper corner. The side sheets lap onto the door posts to allow longitudinal adjustment of the side assemblies and the door frame relative to each other, at assembly. The side posts are connected to the header with a tie plate that is bolted to both members. The car may also have a tarp dome at each end. The tarp dome has non-welded connections that have play to permit the tarp dome to accommodate movement of the top chords.
US12139166B2
A method that may include receiving driving information and environmental metadata indicative of information sensed by the vehicle; detecting multiple driving events encountered during the driving over the path; determining driving events; for each driving event, determining a comfort based autonomous driving pattern information; for each driving event, determining an driving event identifier; and storing in at least one data structure a driving event identifier for each one of the multiple types of driving events, and a comfort based autonomous driving pattern information.
US12139160B2
Disclosed are a vehicle control method and an intelligent device for controlling a vehicle. A vehicle control method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: acquiring a user request; updating the user request so as to be recognized by an application providing a service related to the user request, and providing the updated user request to the application; and providing the service through the application. Accordingly, the present invention can accurately and promptly recognize words in various forms, included in a user request, thereby providing a comparatively accurate service in accordance with the user request. One or more of an autonomous driving vehicle and an intelligent computing device of the present disclosure may be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services, and the like.
US12139157B2
A system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions such that the processor is programmed to: execute an autonomous vehicle algorithm simulating vehicle operations determine whether a notification that provides information on how a driver intervention for actuation by system feature functions has been at least one of previously presently or confirmed and cause the notification to be generated. The notification includes information for responding to a finite number of driving options determined by the driver intervention for actuation by system.
US12139156B2
A multipurpose electric vehicle control system provides an electric vehicle made up of multiple detachably attached modules that can be interchanged to create different operational modes, and a control unit and a software that direct reconfigurations to vehicle subsystems, so as to selectively form different operational modes. The software also manages vehicle-related data. Exemplary reconfigurations to the structural configuration of vehicle subsystems include: performance settings, suspension adjustments, panel management, brake settings, transmission settings, security settings, battery management, power management, and entertainment settings. By making these reconfigurations to vehicle subsystems the electric vehicle selectively operates between a personal transport vehicle mode, a fleet service vehicle mode, and a commercial vehicle mode. The software also manages vehicle-related data, including: vehicle insurance, vehicle maintenance schedule, and vehicle service logs. A personal communication device, such as a smart phone, can control the software through a software application.
US12139154B2
A control method for a boost mode of a vehicle includes entering, by a controller a boost mode so that boost-driving may be performed when there is input of boost mode-on from a user, obtaining, by the controller, real-time driving state variable information while a vehicle is driven with the boost mode entered, increasing or decreasing, by the controller, a boost standby time in accordance with the obtained real-time driving state information, displaying, by the controller, the boost standby time thus changed on a display device of the vehicle when the boost mode is turned off, and displaying, by the controller, the boost standby time while decreasing the boost standby time displayed on the display device over time.
