US12153867B2
Reduced-power dynamic data circuits with wide-band energy recovery are described herein. In one embodiment, a circuit system comprises at least one sub-circuit in which at least one of the sub-circuits includes a capacitive output node that is driven between low and high states in a random manner for a time period and an inductive circuit path coupled to the capacitive output node. The inductive circuit path includes a transistor switch and an inductor connected in series to discharge and recharge the output node to a bias supply. A pulse generator circuit generates a pulse width that corresponds to a timing for driving the output node.
US12153865B2
A chip package used as a logic drive, includes: multiple semiconductor chips, a polymer layer horizontally between the semiconductor chips; multiple metal layers over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the metal layers are connected to the semiconductor chips and extend across edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the metal layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers and a trace width between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; multiple dielectric layers each between neighboring two of the metal layers and over the semiconductor chips and polymer layer, wherein the dielectric layers extend across the edges of the semiconductor chips, wherein one of the dielectric layers has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 micrometers; and multiple metal bumps on a top one of the metal layers, wherein one of the semiconductor chips is a FPGA IC chip, and another one of the semiconductor chips is a NVMIC chip.
US12153860B2
Conventional approaches of physical experiments for the effects of cure kinetics in composites materials may lack in capturing lower length scale effects at bulk level. The computational state of the art approaches has not focused on the issue of scale bridging between multiple length scales for manufacturing effects in composites. This limits its usability for specific materials or situations. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods that implement a multiscale analysis for determining residual stress and deformation profiles in molded parts comprising composite material. More specifically, present disclosure implements the multiscale analysis wherein a thermal chemical analysis and thermal mechanical analysis are linked to achieve two-way coupling for curing effects at each node/point of molded parts having composite material to provide flexibility and versatility in terms of exploring multiple material combinations without major modification in the approach.
US12153859B2
Injection molds can be fabricated using 3D printing technology. An inverse computer aided design (“CAD”) file may be generated based upon a visualization file that represents a 3D object. The inverse CAD file can then be altered based upon various parameters associated with the 3D object. One or more injection molds can be fabricated using a 3D printer based on the altered inverse CAD file.
US12153857B2
A first playback device can include a wireless network interface, an audio input interface, one or more processors, and data storage. The data storage stores instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the first playback device to determine a first radio frequency (RF) energy level associated with RF signal communications from a second playback device to the first playback device. The first playback device modifies a threshold RF energy level for holding off transmissions by the first playback device based on the first RF energy level. The first playback device receives multi-channel audio content via the audio input interface and detects an ambient RF energy level. Based on the ambient RF energy level and the threshold RF energy level, data that represents a channel of the multi-channel audio content is communicated by the first playback device to the second playback device for playback by the second playback device in synchrony with playback of one or more other channels of the multi-channel audio content by the first playback device.
US12153855B2
An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a connector configured to removably couple with a plug of an external audio device; a data signal line connected to at least one pin of the connector; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to identify a connection of the plug of the external audio device; and receive, through the data signal line, an audio signal from a codec connected to an antenna signal receiver in the external audio device. Additional various embodiments can be provided.
US12153851B2
A meeting control method includes: displaying one or more meeting presentation portals in a shared content selection page of a meeting application; determining, in response to a trigger operation on the one or more meeting presentation portals, a meeting presentation portal triggered by the trigger operation as a target meeting presentation portal, and determining an application corresponding to the target meeting presentation portal as a target application; and sharing and projecting, in the meeting application, only a target interface content in the target application based on protocol parameters of the meeting application and the target application in response to receipt success information transmitted by the target application, the target interface content being content that the meeting application has a permission of sharing and projection.
US12153848B2
The invention relates to a device having reproduction means for reproducing numbers or numerical words, having determination means for calculating the value of the number or numerical word, and having allocation means which are configured to allocate to the number or numerical word, on the basis of the value of the number or numerical word calculated by the determination means, the size of the number or numerical word and/or at least one parameter relating to the color of the number or numerical word and/or of the background thereof, and wherein the reproduction means are configured to represent the number or numerical word on the reproduction means with the allocated size and/or the allocated color parameter.
US12153841B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to store an instruction to execute a first job by using a first setting, in a case in which the first setting is changed to a second setting different from the first setting when the first job is executed, store first setting information regarding the first setting and second setting information regarding the second setting in association with each other in a storage unit, and in a case in which an instruction for execution of a second job different from the first job is given by using the first setting of the first job, perform control to display the first setting and the second setting, which are stored in the storage unit, in association with each other.
US12153835B2
An image forming apparatus is equipped with a plurality of sheet feeders. A change request for changing settings information of a designated one of the plurality of sheet feeders is received. There is stored change permission/inhibition information in which a condition for permitting a change of the settings information is set on an sheet feeder-by-sheet feeder basis. Settings information of a sheet feeder designated by the change request is changed based on the change permission/inhibition information. In a case where a request source of the change request satisfies the condition for permitting a change of settings information, settings information of the designated sheet feeder is changed, whereas in a case where a request source of the change request does not satisfy the condition for permitting a change of settings information, settings information of the designated sheet feeder is not changed.
US12153831B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for accelerating commands from accelerators in data storage devices using accelerator queues. A data storage device includes accelerator interfaces, each accelerator interface couples a controller to a respective accelerator. The device also includes a device memory comprising one or more memories and one or more sets of queues. Each set of queues corresponds to a respective memory, at least one queue is configured to queue one or more tasks associated with an accelerator, and each queue is associated with a respective priority level of a plurality of priority levels. A controller is configured to: receive an accelerator command, identify a first memory corresponding to a task for the accelerator command; and enqueue the task to a first queue corresponding to the first memory, the first queue configured to queue one or more tasks associated with the first accelerator corresponding to the first accelerator interface.
US12153826B2
A memory system includes a non-volatile memory device and a controller. The non-volatile memory device includes a first memory region and a second memory region. The controller stores, into the second memory region, copied data of original data stored in the first memory region and an address of the first memory region while storing, into the first memory region, an address of the second memory region, when detecting occurrence of a critical event.
US12153823B2
A memory device including a three dimensional crosspoint memory array comprising memory cells each comprising two terminals and a storage element programmable to one of a plurality of program states each representing distinct values for at least two bits; and access circuitry to apply a first program pulse with a positive polarity across the two terminals of a first memory cell of the memory cells to program the first memory cell to a first program state of the program states; and apply a second program pulse with a negative polarity across the two terminals of the first memory cell to program the first memory cell to a second program state of the program states.
US12153822B2
A host system includes a host device configured to generate a first log, a storage device configured to generate at least one second log, and a shared memory configured to store the first log and to store composite logs corresponding to the first log and the at least one second log. The storage device reads the first log from the shared memory, adds a timestamp and log-type information to the first log and the at least one second log to generate the composite logs, and writes the composite logs to the shared memory.
US12153821B2
A memory system for storage access monitoring is provided. The memory system includes a media controller of a memory. An analog persistent circuit is coupled to the media controller and configured to monitor access to the memory. The analog persistent circuit stores persistent data related to memory access counts access signals from the command/address bus. A command/address bus is coupled to the analog persistent circuit. A memory array is communicatively coupled to the command address and the media controller.
US12153819B2
Provided are a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for multidimensional data recover. A snapshot restore request is received with at least one parameter defining at least one dimension for data recovery. At least one snapshot is reconstructed from a single continuous snapshot stream taken for a certain period of time based on the at least one parameter. A selected snapshot is received for data recovery selected from the at least one reconstructed snapshot. The selected snapshot is restored.
US12153814B2
A set of two or more variable length data blocks is stored in memory. Each variable length data block has a maximum size of N*B, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to two, and B is a maximum data size that can be written to the memory using a single memory access request. For each variable length data block of the set, the first P non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block are stored in a chunk of the memory allocated to that variable length data block, wherein P is a minimum of (i) a number of non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block and (ii) X which is an integer less than N. Any remaining portions of the variable length data blocks are stored in a remainder section of the memory shared between the variable length data blocks of the set. Information indicating the size of each of the variable length data blocks in the set is stored in a header.
US12153810B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for storage device pool management based on storage device logical to physical (L2P) table information are provided. One such data storage system includes data storage devices each including a non-volatile memory; and a storage management device configured to receive L2P table information from at least two of the data storage devices; receive host data from a host device to be stored in one or more of the data storage devices; select, based on the L2P table information from the at plurality of data storage devices and the size of the host data, a target data storage device from the plurality of data storage devices; and send the host data to the target data storage device.
US12153805B2
Examples of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus comprising interface circuitry to receive memory access commands directed to a memory device, each memory access command specifying a memory address to be accessed. The apparatus comprises scheduler circuitry to store a representation of a plurality of states accessible to the memory device and, based on the representation, determine an order for the received memory access commands. The apparatus comprises dispatch circuitry to receive the received memory access commands from the scheduler circuitry and issue the received memory access commands, in the determined order, to be performed by the memory device.
US12153804B1
Some areas (e.g., boundary wordlines) in a block of memory can be more error prone than others. Typically, errors in these areas are not detected until after the entire block is programmed. Handling such errors then can result in performance penalties and large data relocations. With the embodiments presented herein, a two-stage programming operation is provided. In the first stage, only the error-prone areas of the block are programmed, and a check is made to determine if an error occurred in that programming. In the second stage, the remaining portions of the block are programmed, but that only occurs after it is determined that the error-prone areas have been programmed successfully. Detecting and dealing with errors in the error-prone areas before the entire block is programmed avoid the performance penalties and large data relocations noted above.
US12153797B2
Aspects of this disclosure improve data availability by decreasing access times to obtain data from the storage device while still providing high memory density. A method may include receiving, by a controller of a non-volatile solid-state storage device, data with tags to be stored in a first portion configured as a first type and a second portion configured as a second type; receiving, by the controller, a storage command comprising an indicator, wherein at least some data associated with a tag identified by the indicator is stored in the first portion; and writing, by the controller based on receiving the storage command, the at least some data associated with the tag identified by the indicator from the first portion to the second portion. Other aspects are also disclosed.
US12153793B2
An information handling system enables a first human interface device and a second human interface device for simultaneous use with an application in the information handling system, wherein the application includes a first region and a second region. The system associates the first human interface device with the first region and associates the second human interface device with the second region, and associates the first human interface device with a first pointer and associates the second human interface device with a second pointer. The system also controls a first movement of the first pointer within the first region via the first human interface device while simultaneously controlling a second movement of the second pointer within the second region via the second human interface device.
US12153791B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device transitions from a first mode into a second mode in accordance with a determination that the one or more characteristics of a user input detected via a second input mechanism of the electronic device meet a set of predefined criteria. In the first mode, a first input mechanism of the electronic device is restricted for user input. In the second mode, the first input mechanism of the electronic device is unrestricted for user input.
US12153786B2
An audio device being a mobile terminal includes: a playback unit configured to play back music data; a display configured to display an operation element for accepting a user operation related to playback setting with respect to the music data; a touch panel provided on a surface of the display and configured to accept the user operation; and a playback controller configured to decide a kind of the playback setting related to a playback position in the music data, which is based on a timing at which a contact is started or based on a timing at which the contact is finished with the touch panel corresponding to the operation element displayed on the display, based on a direction of a change in the contact position on the touch panel from the timing at which the contact is started to the timing at which the contact is finished.
US12153779B2
Method for managing access to a plurality of bots, in which the following are performed by a search interface run on a first terminal. During a first access by a user to the search interface: receiving an identifier associated with a target mobile terminal and an indication of the user's consent; storing, on the first terminal, the identifier associated with the target mobile terminal and the indication of consent; and receiving a request to launch a lookup operation with a view to selecting a bot and opening a conversation between the latter and the target mobile terminal. The method includes during a subsequent access: pre-displaying the stored identifier and indication of consent; and receiving a new request to launch the lookup operation with a view to selecting a new bot and opening a conversation between the latter and the target mobile terminal.
US12153775B2
A method and electronic device for self-affirmation and development of purposeful behavior includes displaying a purposeful inquiry interface including a plurality of navigation elements. The method also includes receiving a first navigation selection input corresponding to the first navigation element. The method further includes displaying explore interface including a plurality of explore interface elements. Each explore interface element corresponds to a particular activity. The method also includes receiving explore selection inputs. The method also includes storing data associated with the explore selection inputs.
US12153772B2
The present inventive concept provides a screen device capable of avoiding the moire phenomenon and including an electrically conductive mesh pattern that is formed on a film-shaped transparent substrate so as to enable at least one of touch input and electromagnetic wave shielding, in which the mesh pattern consists of a plurality of irregular polygons arranged along an upper surface of the transparent substrate, a pitch value of each of the plurality of irregular polygons is included within a preset range, and pitch values of respective neighboring irregular polygons are different from each other.
US12153766B2
The present application discloses a display substrate and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes: a base substrate, a first conductive layer, first insulating layer, second conductive layer, second insulating layer, and third conductive layer ; the first conductive layer includes gate lines; the second conductive layer includes touch electrode wires; the orthographic projection of the touch electrode wires intersects with the orthographic projection of the gate lines; the second insulating layer has a first via hole, the third conductive layer is electrically connected to the touch electrode wires by the first via hole; the first via hole includes an upper opening and a lower opening communicating with each other, the lower opening is close to the base substrate, the upper opening is close to the third conductive layer; the orthographic projection of the lower opening does not overlap with the orthographic projection of the edge of the gate lines.
US12153760B1
A force touch judgement method is applied to a force touch pad with two force sensors. Firstly, a force touch operation corresponding to a real force value is performed on a force touch position. Then, a first sensing signal value and a second sensing signal value corresponding to the force touch operation are respectively generated by the two force sensors. Then, the first sensing signal value and the second sensing signal value are added as a total sensing signal value. A calibration force value corresponding to the force touch position is obtained. A first calibration signal value and a second calibration signal value corresponding to the force touch position are added as a total calibration signal value. A ratio of the total sensing signal value to the total calibration signal value is equal to a ratio of the real force value to the calibration force value.
US12153757B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, a sensing unit overlapped with the substrate and including a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit, a first signal input electrically connected to the first sub-unit, a second signal input electrically connected to the second sub-unit, and a driving unit. The first sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the first signal input, and the second sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the second signal input. The first sub-unit has a first edge, the second sub-unit has a second edge, the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit are separated from each other by a spacing, and the spacing is located between the first edge and the second edge.
US12153753B1
An electronic device including a foldable touch display panel and a driver circuit is provided. The foldable touch display panel includes a foldable substrate and a plurality of touch sensors. The foldable substrate includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the second portion face each other in a folded state. The driver circuit is coupled to the foldable touch display panel. The driver circuit is configured to drive the foldable touch display panel to perform a touch sensing operation in a touch sensing state. The driver circuit is configured to determine a folding angle between the first portion and the second portion according to a capacitance variation of the touch sensors in the folded state.
US12153752B2
The present disclosure provide a display device and a display panel, the display panel including: a transistor disposed over a substrate; a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer disposed over the transistor; an anode electrode disposed in a light emitting area on the second planarization layer and electrically connected to the transistor through an anode contact hole; a touch buffer layer disposed to cover the anode electrode; a touch electrode including an overlap area overlapping a portion of the anode electrode in a non-light emitting area on the touch buffer layer; a touch line disposed under the touch electrode and electrically connected to the touch electrode through a touch contact hole; a bank covering the touch electrode and including an opening in which the light emitting area is placed; and an emission layer and a cathode electrode sequentially disposed on the anode electrode.
US12153744B2
An electronic pen includes a cylindrical pen housing having an opening on a pen tip side and having a hollow portion inside, and an electronic pen main body having a cylindrical main body housing to be housed in the hollow portion of the pen housing. An axial member is installed on one end side of the main body housing, while another end side of the main body housing is locked in the pen housing. A projection portion projecting in a direction crossing the axial direction is formed on an outer circumference portion of the main body housing at a predetermined position in the axial direction. A stopper portion to be engaged with the projection portion in a state in which a tip end side of the axial member is exposed outside from the opening is formed on an inner wall surface of the hollow portion of the pen housing.
US12153743B2
A rendering device that renders an object in a virtual reality space includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a first rendering process that renders in the virtual reality space an image of an input surface on which a position is indicated by a stylus, perform a second rendering process that renders in the virtual reality space an image of a display surface that displays the object, the image of the display surface being different from the image of the input surface, perform an acquisition process that acquires the position on the input surface indicated by the stylus, and perform a display process that displays the object in the image of the display surface based on the position on the input surface acquired by performing the acquisition process.
US12153742B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure discloses a touch generator, an optical touch system, and a touch method. A force condition of a forced member is detected by a pressure detecting unit. When the forced member touches a display panel, the pressure detecting unit detects the force condition of the forced member and sends a control signal, a light-emitting unit receives the control signal and generates light, and the light emits to the display panel from the forced member, which can prevent false touch, simplify operation, and decrease a difficulty of using the touch generator.
US12153741B1
A display assembly, a method for operating a display assembly and a display are provided. The display assembly includes a hotkey controller and a display. The hotkey controller includes a switching key and a plurality of control keys. The switching key is used for switching between an on-screen display mode and a computer hotkey mode. When the hotkey controller is in the on-screen display mode and one or more of the control keys are pressed, a screen adjustment command is generated; when the hotkey controller is in the computer hotkey mode and one or more of the control keys are pressed, a computer hotkey command is generated. The display includes a judgment unit, a screen adjustment unit, an instruction processing unit, and a data transmission unit. The instruction processing unit converts the computer hotkey command into a human interface device command for performing a hotkey operation on the computer.
US12153739B2
A gesture-recognition (GR) device is disclosed that includes a capacitive touch sensor panel and a controller. The capacitive touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of sensing pads arranged in a cylindrical pattern inside a handle of the GR device and detects a multi-factor touch assertion at a set of sensing pads of the plurality of sensing pads. The controller transmits a driving signal to each of the plurality of sensing pads for the detection of the multi-factor touch assertion, generates an assertion signal, determines a signal sequence based on the assertion signal, and converts a current inactive state of the GR device to an active state based on a validation of the determined signal sequence corresponding to the multi-factor touch assertion and an inferred user intent.
US12153734B2
An image display device is for displaying an image including a user in, and comprises: a display processing unit displaying an image within a user's visual field display range; and a processor controlling the entire operation including a display operation on the display processing unit. The processor controls the display processing unit such that, in a state where information is displayed at a low content level within a visual field display range by control of the display processing unit, when an observation point which a user observes closely stays within a prescribed display range for a prescribed period of time, the vicinity of the observation point is displayed as information of a high content level, whereas when the observation point has deviated from the location of said information of the high content level, the vicinity of the observation point is returned to the information display at the low content level.
US12153729B2
A display-enabled eyewear device has an integrated head sensor that dynamically and continuously measures or detects various cephalic parameters of a wearer's head. The head sensor includes a loop coupler system integrated in a lens-carrying frame to sense proximate ambient RF absorption influenced by head presence, size, and/or distance. Autonomous device management dynamically adjust or cause adjustment of selected device features based on current detected values for the cephalic parameters, which can include wear status, head size, and frame-head spacing.
US12153721B2
A method of checking the authenticity of at least a first portion of the content of a non-volatile memory of an electronic device including a microcontroller and an embedded secure element is disclosed. The method includes starting the microcontroller with instructions stored in a first secure memory area associated with the microcontroller and starting the secure element. The secure element has a plurality of decipher keys, each associated with a portion of the content of a second reprogrammable non-volatile memory area associated with the microcontroller. The secure element performs a signature check on a first portion of the content of the second area. If the signature is verified, the secure element sends the decipher key associated with the first portion to the microcontroller. If the signature is not verified, the secure element executes a signature check on another portion of the content of the second memory area.
US12153715B2
An electronic device and permission control method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuitry, a memory and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: receiving a first evaluation regarding usage of an access permission by at least one application from a server, via the communication circuitry, generating usage information indicating historical usage of the access permission by the at least one application, generating a second evaluation of the access permission granted to the at least one application, based at least on the usage information, determining an evaluation result based on at least one of the first evaluation or the second evaluation, and determining whether to display a user notification regarding the access permission, based on the evaluation result.
US12153713B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting user data privacy by detecting the extension of tracker coverage of website browsing sessions through indirect data disclosure may include (i) navigating to an origin website during a new web browsing session, (ii) analyzing the origin website to detect clickable elements and tracking domains, (iii) identifying webpage navigation information for destination websites and resources loaded by the tracking domains, (iv) grouping the webpage navigation information for the destination websites by a common destination tracking domain, (v) determining web trackers extending a tracker coverage from the origin website to the destination websites, and (vi) performing a security action that protects against a potential invasion of user data privacy by providing a notification of the extended tracker coverage during a browsing session in the origin website. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US12153704B2
Various aspects of the disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for facilitating the exchange of data among a diverse group of first and third party computing environments. Accordingly, various aspects of the disclosure provide a data exchange computing platform that facilitates data exchange among a diverse group of first and third party computing environments. In some aspects, the data exchange computing platform provides a data exchange service available to various first and third parties who wish to exchange data.
US12153702B2
A request to create a blockchain is received. In response to receiving the request to create a blockchain, an authentication/encryption block is added to the blockchain. For example, the authentication/encryption block may be part of a genesis block of the blockchain. The authentication/encryption block comprises metadata that indicates at least one of: 1) an encryption level for blockchain data that will be part of the blockchain, 2) an encryption type for the blockchain data that will be part the blockchain, 3) an authentication level required to access the blockchain data that will be part of the blockchain, and a security level for the blockchain data that will be part of the blockchain. The metadata is used to define encryption and/or authentication requirements for accessing the blockchain data.
US12153695B2
Disclosed is a method of resource encryption and display. The method includes: performing file splitting and local encryption on a pre-downloaded splash screen resource file; calculating a current true time according to a correct time obtained from a server and a device power-on time difference of a client, and determining whether a current device time is reliable according to the true time; and when the current device time is reliable, directly obtaining the splash screen resource file through decryption and splicing, and displaying the splash screen resource file.
US12153688B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to perform a cryptographic operation using multiple iterations, wherein each iteration includes two or more stages operating in parallel on inputs derived from a common value, one of the stages computing real data and other stages computing dummy data.
US12153680B2
Systems and methods for transcribing collaboration session audio with heterogenous computing platforms are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a heterogeneous computing platform comprising a plurality of devices, and a memory coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the memory comprises a plurality of sets of firmware instructions, where each set of firmware instructions, upon execution by a respective device, enables the respective device to provide a corresponding firmware service, and where at least one of the plurality of devices operates as an orchestrator configured to receive a collaboration policy and change a closed caption setting of a collaboration session based upon the collaboration policy.
US12153679B2
A method and system for detecting ransomware and repairing data following an attack. The method includes, collecting file statistics for files in a file system, identifying an affected file based on collected file statistics, locking down of access to the file system in response to identifying the affected file, undoing of reconcile processing, repairing the affected files, and unlocking access to the file system. The system includes a computer node, a file system, a plurality of disc storage components, a backup client, a backup client, and a hierarchical storage client. The hierarchical storage client is configured to collect file statistics for files in file system, identify affected files based on collected file statistics for the file, lock down of access to the file system in response to an identified affected file, undo reconcile processing, repair the affected file; and unlock access to the file system.
US12153673B2
A computing device can capture a current access token of a user process. The computing device can perform a determination of whether the current access token for the user process differs from a particular access token of a parent process of the user process. The computing device can detect whether the user process has been subject to an escalation of privilege attack based on the determination of whether the current access token for the user process differs from the particular access token. The computing device can performing a mitigation action with respect to the user process in response to detecting that the user process has been subject to the escalation of privilege attack.
US12153662B2
A photonic device is provided. The photonic device may include an input region and a dispersive region optically coupled with the input region. The dispersive region may include a first material and a second material anisotropically distributed to form a plurality of interfaces that each correspond to a change in a refractive index of the dispersive region. The plurality of interfaces may collectively structure the dispersive region to generate an output optical signal from an input optical signal. The photonic device may also include an output region, optically coupled with the dispersive region. The plurality of interfaces may form a material interface pattern in the dispersive region that is characterized by a defect distribution to introduce one or more spectral artifacts into the output optical signal that collectively define a unique spectral signature of the photonic device.
US12153658B2
Disclosed are an electronic cigarette, e-cigarette, for preventing minors from using and a control method thereof. The e-cigarette includes a vaporization assembly and a battery assembly, where the vaporization assembly is provided therein with a vaporization device; the battery assembly includes a casing, a holder, a battery, and a control circuit; the control circuit includes an output power control unit, a storage control unit, a personal biometric information acquisition unit, a prompt unit, and a communication unit; the personal biometric information acquisition unit is configured to acquire and input a user's personal biometric information into the storage control unit; and when the storage control unit stores or changes the user's authorized personal biometric information, the storage control unit utilizes an external device and special software that are authorized to complete the storage or change. The personal biometric information acquisition unit acquires personal biometric information for verification and authorization.
US12153656B2
Biometric-based graded authentication provides a passive, graded authentication system, which uses face authentication to provide users access to their devices without requiring manual interaction with the lock screen. Biometric-based graded authentication permits users to categorize applications into various security bins based on their sensitivity. By doing so biometric-based graded authentication method grants access to different sensitivity applications, based on varying degrees of confidence in user authentication. Thus, allowing the device to be used even in adverse lighting conditions without hampering user experience. While the use of face authentication is used to discuss the system, biometric-based graded authentication as disclosed herein may be used with any confidence-based biometric system.
US12153653B2
An inspection system is provided and includes a camera and controller. The controller can include one or more processors in communication with the camera and receive a plurality of images of a target captured by the camera. The controller can also determine, using a first computer vision algorithm, a first prediction and corresponding confidence level for substantially all of the images. The controller can select a subset of the images having the first prediction confidence level greater than or equal to a first prediction threshold value. The controller can additionally determine, using a second computer vision algorithm, a second prediction and corresponding second prediction confidence level for each of the selected images. The at least one second prediction can require more time to determine than the at least one first prediction. The controller can output the second prediction and the second prediction confidence level for each of the selected images.
US12153649B1
An example method includes detecting, by context analysis circuitry, occurrence of a triggering condition. The example method also includes scheduling, by context analysis circuitry and based on the occurrence of the triggering condition, retraining of a model. The example method also includes generating, by data grafting circuitry and in response to scheduling the retraining of the model, a context-relevant training data set based on a target context vector. The example method also includes retraining, by model training circuitry, the model using the context-relevant training data set to mitigate deterioration of performance of the model.
US12153646B2
An adaptive matrix multiplier. In some embodiments, the matrix multiplier includes a first multiplying unit a second multiplying unit, a memory load circuit, and an outer buffer circuit. The first multiplying unit includes a first inner buffer circuit and a second inner buffer circuit, and the second multiplying unit includes a first inner buffer circuit and a second inner buffer circuit. The memory load circuit is configured to load data from memory, in a single burst of a burst memory access mode, into the first inner buffer circuit of the first multiplying unit; and into the first inner buffer circuit of the second multiplying unit.
US12153642B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) for learning to automatically navigate interactive web documents and/or websites. More particularly, various approaches are presented for training various deep Q network (DQN) agents to perform various tasks associated with reinforcement learning, including hierarchical reinforcement learning, in challenging web navigation environments with sparse rewards and large state and action spaces. These agents include a web navigation agent that can use learned value function(s) to automatically navigate through interactive web documents, as well as a training agent, referred to herein as a “meta-trainer,” that can be trained to generate synthetic training examples. Some approaches described herein may be implemented when expert demonstrations are available. Other approaches described herein may be implemented when expert demonstrations are not available. In either case, dense, potential-based rewards may be used to augment the training.
US12153634B1
An apparatus and method for optimal zone strategy selection. The apparatus includes a processor configured to receive user data, generate a user goal using a target machine-learning model, generate zone strategies based on the user goal, generate a plurality of zone strategy scores a function of the zone strategies, determine follow through data as a function of the plurality of zone strategy scores and the zone strategies, populate a user interface data structure, wherein the user interface data structure includes a visual representation of the zone strategies and the follow-through data, and transmit the user interface data structure to a display device communicatively connected to the processor.
US12153632B2
The present disclosure relates to inferring device rendered object interaction behavior. An apparatus is configured to receive historical device rendered object interaction data associated with a client device. The historical device rendered object interaction data includes a plurality of records. Each record is associated with a device rendered object category. For each record, the device rendered object category is extracted. For each device rendered object category, a penalty value is generated. The penalty value is a programmatically generated predicted network time delay during which device rendered objects associated with the device rendered object category are not to be transmitted to the client device. A penalty decision, used to determine whether to apply the penalty value to future transmissions of device rendered objects to the client device, is generated.
US12153607B2
A method and system for producing a global multilayer cartographic database enabling the production of maps and, more particularly, to the production of maps containing topographic, altimetric, vegetation cover, soil nature and subsidence information. through a collaborative process of using remote sensing systems carried by drones (DBSS), where information collected during individual surveys is incorporated into a global multilayer cartographic database, whose information is made available to amateur and professional parties. The system includes, in addition to the global multilayer cartographic database (BCGMC), an applications databank, a production infrastructure, an intermediation system service and a database of accredited operators.
US12153599B2
A system and method for accessing data to meet disparate security, integrity, and latency requirements includes multiple databases instantiated in the system with different performance attributes. The system receives a data access request from a client application. The system determines one or more data access requirements associated with the data access request and identify a database or set of databases that conform to those requirements. The system then submits the data access request to the identified databases and returns the result to the client application. The system may determine a data integrity threshold for the data access request, and submit the data access request to two or more databases simultaneously.
US12153598B1
A method of extracting information from a technical manual. The method includes extracting selected keywords from the technical manual, appending the selected keywords to a table to provide master data, receiving a portion of the master data and a first table of labels corresponding to a portion of the master data, applying a Machine Learning model or a Natural Language Processing (NLP) model to generate a second table of labels corresponding to an entire master data, processing labels in the second table of labels to correspond to the master data, and outputting an updated second table of labels to match with the master data to extract information from the technical manual to enable a user to review or to use, or both, the information contained in the technical manual without reading or searching in the entire technical manual.
US12153597B1
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for accessing a semantic change data capture (CDC). An embodiment operates by receiving a request for changes made to a source system from a consumer at a target system. The embodiment determines a high watermark stored in a consumer registration table based on the consumer. The embodiment further determines a set of open transactions on an enhanced data table. The embodiment then determines a set of changes made to the source system based on the high watermark and the set of open transactions. The embodiment transmits the set of changes to the consumer at the target system. The embodiment then receives a confirmation from the consumer at the target system that the set of changes were committed to the target system. The embodiment then updates the high watermark in the consumer registration table based on the confirmation.
US12153590B2
This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags. In addition, the invention accesses and/or stores data associated with tags from or into repositories, constructs and maintains data structures from these repositories and responds to queries using the data structures.
US12153579B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for generating platform and database agnostic queries are disclosed. A processor implements an object relational model to build a system as a query generator, and causes the query generator to: receive a configuration file that includes instructions to perform certain operations; interpret the configuration file; invoke, in response to interpreting the configuration file, a predefined API; and automatically generate, in response to invoking the API, a set of platform and database agnostic queries.
US12153573B2
A document-oriented database system generates an optimal query execution plan for database queries on an untyped field included in a collection of documents. Each untyped field is configured to store one or more scalar data values. The system generates histograms for scalar data values stored in untyped fields. Responsive to receiving a query statement for fetching or updating data value stored in one of the untyped fields, the system assigns a cost to each operator associated with the query statement based on the histogram, compares the costs assigned to the operators, and generates a query execution plan based on the comparison, and query the database using the query execution plan.
US12153550B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, and/or the like that are configured to enable effective and efficient predictive document recommendation in collaborative document server systems. In one example, a method comprises generating a recommended collaborative document set for a primary collaborative document using a cross-document correlation model that is characterized by a temporally correlated document viewing sequence set and a cross-user correlation model that is characterized by a qualifying user relationship set.
US12153548B2
Arrangements for controlling data relations and data redundancies are presented. In some aspects, data may be received from a plurality of sources. The data may then be analyzed to determine a score or value associated with the data. Machine learning may be used to analyze the data and/or determine the score associated with the data. In some examples, a type of data may be identified. Based on the type of data, and the data, one or more connections to other data or types of data may be identified. In some examples, the data, as well as any identified connections, any determined score, and the like may be stored in a data container associated with the identified type of data. Stored data may be analyzed to determine whether one or more redundancies exist. If one or more redundancies are identified, one or more data redundancy actions may be identified and executed.
US12153540B2
A system on a chip may include a plurality of data plane processor cores sharing a common instruction set architecture. At least one of the data plane processor cores is specialized to perform a particular function via extensions to the otherwise common instruction set architecture. Such systems on a chip may have reduced physical complexity, cost, and time-to-market, and may provide improvements in core utilization and reductions in system power consumption.
US12153526B2
Technology for performing data duplication on data that was previously consolidated (e.g., deduplicated or merged). An example method may involve receiving a request to modify a memory page; causing the data at a first storage location to be decrypted using location dependent cryptographic input and then encrypted using a location independent cryptographic input; copying the encrypted data of the memory page from the first storage location to a second storage location; causing the encrypted data at the first and second storage locations to be decrypted using location independent cryptographic input and to each be encrypted using a different location dependent cryptographic input; updating, by the supervisor, one of the references of the plurality of memory pages from pointing to the first storage location in the physical memory to pointing to the second storage location; and modifying the memory page by altering data in the physical memory.
US12153525B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for verifying integrity in a memory-disaggregated environment. The method for verifying integrity in a memory-disaggregated environment includes receiving write data and multiple hash values generated based on write data from a remote memory, and verifying integrity of the write data based on the write data and the hash values, wherein verifying the integrity of the write data comprises selecting a hash value for the integrity verification based on an access latency of the remote memory.
US12153520B2
A method and an apparatus for processing Bitmap data are provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method for processing Bitmap data includes: dividing a Bitmap region in a disk into a plurality of partitions in advance and setting an update region in the disk; obtaining a respective amount of dirty data corresponding to each of the plurality of partitions in memory in response to a condition for writing back to the disk being satisfied; finding multiple second partitions with an amount of dirty data satisfying to be merged into the update region from the plurality of partitions according to the respective amount of dirty data corresponding to each of the plurality of partitions; and recording dirty data corresponding to the multiple second partitions in the memory into the update region in the disk through one or more I/O operations after merging.
US12153517B2
Embodiments of a system and method to prevent mass deletion of data in a data storage system. A data deletion operation comprises a delete operation marking blocks to be deleted followed by a garbage collection (GC) operation to remove marked blocks from storage media. Based on historical information regarding deletions per GC cycle, the storage system can detect any significant deviations as potentially dangerous. If a deletion in excess of a deviation threshold is seen, the next GC operation is skipped to provide a delay period during which time the user can investigate the data delete command and restore data if necessary. De-risking conditions such as known abnormal high deletion periods or new system installation can be used to override any garbage collection delay.
US12153516B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system determine both of a first block to which data from a host is to be written and a first location of the first block, when receiving a write request to designate a first logical address from the host. The memory system writes the data from the host to the first location of the first block. The memory system notifies the host of the first logical address, a first block number designating the first block, and a first in-block offset indicating an offset from a leading part of the first block to the first location by a multiple of grain having a size different from a page size.
US12153511B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for providing one or more checks during execution of queries an application. A query is received for execution by a software application. A just-in-time executable code is generated for execution of the received query. A determination is made that the generated just-in-time executable code is configured to include one or more testing codes for testing the software application. The testing codes are associated with one or more conditions. The generated just-in-time executable code and one or more testing codes are executed. The testing codes are executed upon a determination that one or more conditions are activated.
US12153510B2
A computer-implemented method for performing a test for a program code. The method includes the following steps: providing a modified program code, which includes the program code to be tested and at least one code segment, the at least one code segment monitoring an execution sequence of execution segments, and the code segment being developed to induce a program termination when an impermissible execution sequence is detected; performing a fuzz test for the modified program code; signaling a program termination when an impermissible execution sequence is detected.
US12153507B2
According to the present disclosure various network functions are dynamically instantiated on a selected data center to utilize the most efficient and rapid resources available. An analytic module and a data lake receive performance data from the various data centers of a cellular network, such as a Regional Data Center, a National Data Center and an Edge Data Center. The analytic module will analyze the received performance data and apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to determine current resource use and estimate future resources available on various data centers of the cellular network. The appropriate data center is then selected to perform a particular network function.
US12153498B2
A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a universal connector, a backup request for an incremental backup of a set of files, in response to the backup request: sending a file extent request to a network attached storage (NAS) server, obtaining, from the NAS server, a set of file extents associated with data of the set of files, performing a block-based analysis on the set of file extents using a stored data block table to determine a subset of data blocks, sending a data access request based on the subset of data blocks, obtaining a response from the NAS server, wherein the response comprises the subset of data blocks, and initiating a backup of the set of files using the subset of data blocks.
US12153494B2
A system and method is provided for selecting a backup plan based on sampled metadata. An exemplary method includes sampling metadata of files on a computer during a predetermined time interval, wherein the files are backed up to a storage server in accordance with a first backup plan. The method includes predicting file usage dynamics for a time interval subsequent to the predetermined time interval, based on a combination of the derivative features and the attributes of the metadata, and comparing the predicted file usage dynamics for the time interval with file usage dynamics of the predetermined time interval. In response to determining that a difference between the predicted file usage dynamics and the file usage dynamics of the predetermined time interval exceeds a threshold difference, the method includes selecting a second backup plan for the files, and backing up the files to the storage server accordingly.
US12153492B1
Systems, methods, and apparatus including computer-readable mediums for managing error corrections for memory systems are provided. In one aspect, a memory system includes a memory and a memory controller coupled to the memory. The memory controller is configured to: read data from a data page of the memory, perform a first phase Error-Correcting Code (ECC) test on the read data based on first ECC data associated with the data, and in response to determining that the read data fails to pass the first phase ECC test, perform a second phase ECC test on a portion of the read data based on second ECC data. The first ECC data is stored together with the data in the data page. The second ECC data is associated with a portion of the data corresponding to the portion of the read data, and stored in a redundancy page different from the data page.
US12153489B2
An electronic circuit includes a data bus, a first module, and a second module. The first module is coupled to the data bus and corresponds to a first address. The first module performs a first function and includes a first storage location for first configuration data for the first function and first error checking data. The first module also includes a first local configuration checker having a first identification code. The first error checking data is based on the first configuration data and the first identification code. The second module is coupled to the data bus and corresponds to a second address. The second module performs a second function and includes a second storage location for second configuration data and second error checking data. The second module also includes a second local configuration checker having a second identification code that is distinct from the first identification code.
US12153485B2
An apparatus and method for providing efficient power management for data transfer protocols between components. A source generates requests and a destination services the requests. The source and destination support a communication protocol that includes both a transfer channel and one or more transaction channels for each type of request. The source and destination rely on a valid signal and a ready signal of the transfer channels to autonomously manage power consumption. The source and destination remove any dependencies on an external power manager and make it unnecessary to add signal extensions to the communication protocol to support power management.
US12153468B2
A display apparatus includes a first casing including a first screen including a first touch sensor to receive a finger input and a second casing including a second screen including a second touch sensor to receive a pen input. As the first casing and the second casing are overlapped with each other, the first screen and the second screen overlap with each other.
US12153464B2
An architecture in which the cores of a multicore processor are paired together. An internal memory may be connected to the pair of cores via separate leads. The pair of cores can run at reversed clock phases. A clock generator may be responsible for generating a clock signal that can be provided as input to one core, and a signal inverter may be responsible for inverting the clock signal so as to generate an inverted clock signal that can be provided as input to the other core.
US12153454B2
A gas valve assembly includes a gas valve and a control circuit. The gas valve is configured for variably controlling a flow of gas through the gas valve assembly. The control circuit includes a controller programmed to determine a first setting for the gas valve in response to a received commanded flow, adjust the first setting to a second setting based on a measured temperature when the measured temperature is one that may induce changes to the flow of gas through the gas valve assembly, and control the gas valve based on the second setting.
US12153453B2
A pharmaceutical preparation system defining a vertical axis and a horizontal axis is provided, including: at least one platform onto which a vial holder is mounted, the vial holder configured to hold and to pivot at least one vial; a lift mechanism operably connected to the platform for raising or lowering the platform along the vertical axis; and a controller configured for: a. instructing the lift mechanism to raise or lower the platform; b. instructing the vial holder to pivot the vial to assume an upright orientation for injecting fluid into the vial or an inverted orientation for drawing fluid from the vial; c. synchronizing actuation of the lift mechanism and the vial holder such that a level to which the platform is moved is correlated one or both of: the orientation of the vial, presence of one or more components connected to the vial and aligned vertically with respect to the vial.
US12153447B2
Proposed is a photovoltaic panel management system and, more particularly, to a photovoltaic panel management system that determines the failure and contamination level of a photovoltaic panel and efficiently manages multiple photovoltaic panels by using drones.
US12153446B2
A method for controlling movement of a drone is disclosed. A spatial vector between a flight-capable drone and a reference object is computed. The spatial vector defines a direction and a distance by which the drone is spaced from the reference object. Flightpath attributes based on the computed vector are determined. The flightpath attributes include one or more of a flight direction, a flight distance, and a flight speed. The flight direction is variable as a function of the direction of the spatial vector. The flight distance is variable as a function of the distance of the spatial vector. The flight speed is variable as a function of the distance of the spatial vector. In an automated operation, movement of the drone is controlled according to the determined flightpath attributes.
US12153440B2
A map establishing method includes: generating a working region map and an initial shadow section, the working region map being a map of a boundary, and the initial shadow section being a part of the boundary on which a positioning signal does not meet a quality requirement; generating an initial shadow region according to the initial shadow section; exploring the initial shadow region, and collecting positioning signal quality data and positioning coordinates during exploration; and generating a corrected shadow region according to the positioning signal quality data and the positioning coordinates. A self-moving device includes: a controller; a map generator; and an exploration assembly and a shadow region corrector. An automatic working system is provided with the self-moving device. An actual range of a shadow region is first explored, and then a corrected shadow region is obtained, so that a working region map can be updated.
US12153435B2
A robotic work tool system (200) for defining a working area (205) in which a robotic work tool (100) is subsequently intended to operate. The robotic work tool system (200) comprises a robotic work tool (100), at least one controller (210) and at least one memory (220). The robotic work tool (100) comprises at least one sensor unit (170) configured to collect sensed input data while the robotic work tool (100) is driven around the working area (205) to preliminarily define a perimeter around the working area (205). The at least one controller (210) is configured to establish a preliminary working area perimeter (250). The at least one memory (220) is configured to store a perimeter adjustment function and instructions that cause the at least one controller (210) to adjust the perimeter of the working area (205) by applying the stored perimeter adjustment function to the established preliminary working area perimeter (250) and thereby produce an adjusted working area perimeter (260). The perimeter adjustment function is based on the collected sensed input data corresponding to terrain features.
US12153432B2
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for controlling autonomous vehicles utilizing maps that include visibility information. A map is stored at a computing device associated with a vehicle. The vehicle is configured to operate in an autonomous mode that supports a plurality of driving behaviors. The map includes information about a plurality of roads, a plurality of features, and visibility information for at least a first feature in the plurality of features. The computing device queries the map for visibility information for the first feature at a first position. The computing device, in response to querying the map, receives the visibility information for the first feature at the first position. The computing device selects a driving behavior for the vehicle based on the visibility information. The computing device controls the vehicle in accordance with the selected driving behavior.
US12153428B2
A autonomous robotic golf caddy which is capable of following a portable receiver at a pre-determined distance, and which is capable of sensing a potential impending collision with an object in its path and stop prior to said potential impending collision.
US12153425B2
A system for transportation includes a vehicle occupied by a rider, and an artificial intelligence system for processing a voice of the rider to classify an emotional state of the rider and optimizing at least one operating parameter of the vehicle to improve the emotional state of the rider.
US12153422B2
A method of robotic process automation for achieving an optimized margin of vehicle operational safety includes tracking expert vehicle control human interactions with a vehicle control-facilitating interface, and recording the tracked expert vehicle control human interactions in a robotic process automation system training data structure. The method further includes tracking vehicle operational state information of a vehicle, and recording vehicle operational state information in the robotic process automation system training data structure. The method further includes training, via at least one neural network, the vehicle to operate with an optimized margin of vehicle operational safety in a manner consistent with the expert vehicle control human interactions based on the expert vehicle control human interactions and the vehicle operational state information in the robotic process automation system training data structure, and controlling at least one aspect of the vehicle with the trained artificial intelligence system.
US12153417B2
Transportation systems have artificial intelligence including neural networks for recognition and classification of objects and behavior including natural language processing and computer vision systems. The transportation systems involve sets of complex chemical processes, mechanical systems, and interactions with behaviors of operators. System-level interactions and behaviors are classified, predicted and optimized using neural networks and other artificial intelligence systems through selective deployment, as well as hybrids and combinations of the artificial intelligence systems, neural networks, expert systems, cognitive systems, genetic algorithms and deep learning.
US12153408B2
A manufacturing system is disclosed herein. The manufacturing system includes one or more stations, a monitoring platform, and a control module. Each station of the one or more stations is configured to perform at least one step in a multi-step manufacturing process for a component. The monitoring platform is configured to monitor progression of the component throughout the multi-step manufacturing process. The control module is configured to dynamically adjust processing parameters of each step of the multi-step manufacturing process to achieve a desired final quality metric for the component.
US12153406B2
The invention relates to a method and system to generate control logic for performing industrial processes with a controller in a process plant. The method includes receiving a control narrative comprising one or more control requirements of the industrial process, and extracting a plurality of control entities and a plurality of set points, from the control narrative using one or more sets of predetermined regular expressions and one or more models. The method further includes identifying a set of inputs, outputs and control elements from the plurality of control entities using a domain dictionary, detecting a plurality of actions from the control narrative using an intent classifier, identifying a relationship between the set of inputs, outputs and control elements, the plurality of set points, and the plurality of actions, and generating based on the relationship identified the control logic for the controller to perform the process.
US12153399B2
Systems and methods to manufacture a collimator include deposition of a first layer of material in a first pattern, the first pattern comprising a first plurality of substantially parallel lines oriented in a first direction, and deposition of a second layer of material in a second pattern directly upon the first layer of material, the second pattern comprising a second plurality of substantially parallel lines oriented in a second direction different from the first direction. An area bounded by a first pair of the first plurality of substantially parallel lines and a second pair of the second plurality of substantially parallel lines intersecting the first pair defines a septum of the collimator.
US12153393B2
A control system includes plural control devices connected to a network, each of the control devices including a program storage, an operation module, and an arbitration module. The program storage stores a control program including a command to calculate and update a control instruction that is a value related to control of a control target. The operation module operates the control program of the program storage of the control device. The arbitration module disposes plural control programs including a command to calculate and update an identical control instruction in another one of the plural control devices, and arbitrates an operation time between the plural control programs such that updatings of the identical control instruction do not conflict with each other in the plural control programs.
US12153389B2
To allow more daylighting and protect against direct solar radiation, the system may include a window shading system that impacts an area (or area of interest). The system may adjust different window shades in different ways and for different periods of time to protect against a direct solar radiation onto an area of interest. The system may provide targeted shadows onto the area of interest. The system may also analyze or predict angles of solar rays that comprise the direct solar radiation and determine an impact of the solar rays on the area of interest, wherein the adjusting of window shades is based on the determining.
US12153387B2
A deep learning process receives desired process values associated with the one or more process stations. The deep learning processor receives desired target values for one or more key performance indicators of the manufacturing process. The deep learning processor simulates the manufacturing process to generate expected process values and expected target values for the one or more key performance indicators to optimize the one or more key performance indicators. The simulating includes generating a proposed state change of at least one processing parameter of the initial set of processing parameters. The deep learning processor determines that expected process values and the expected target values are within an acceptable limit of the desired process values and the desired target values. Based on the determining, the deep learning processes causes a change to the initial set of processing parameters based on the proposed state change.
US12153383B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface at least partially surrounding the space between the first surface and the second surface, a base ring located adjacent to an edge area of the first surface and rotatably mounted on the housing, a first ornamental ring detachably mounted on the base ring and configured to rotate relative to the housing together with the base ring, and an interference member configured to perform a linearly reciprocating motion between a first position and a second position closer to the second surface than the first position, the interference member being located adjacent to the base ring and the first ornamental ring. At the second position, the interference member may be configured to maintain or fix the base ring in a stationary state relative to the housing by being at least in partial contact with the base ring. Various other embodiments are possible.
US12153379B2
A horological mechanism (110), notably a horological movement or chronograph module, including a counting chain (100) having an epicycloidal train (31, 32, 33, 34) including a first sun wheel (33) fixed to the frame.
US12153376B2
The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, in which a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particle, the surface layer has a particle partially exposed from the surface layer among the particle contained in the surface layer, the particle has a volume average particle diameter of 50.0 nm or more and 350.0 nm or less; in a cross-section of the surface layer, the number of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 80% by number or more based on a total number of the particle contained in the surface layer; and a total volume of an exposed portion of the particle partially exposed from the surface layer is 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less based on an entire volume of the particle contained in the surface layer.
US12153368B2
There is provided a computer implemented method comprising, receiving data associated with an industrial printer, the industrial printer operating on a print line and executing a print job, determining, based on the data associated with the industrial printer, an issue associated with the industrial printer, determining, based on the issue, whether the industrial printer requires remedial action or if the industrial printer can continue to be operated with the issue.
US12153362B2
A device for an image forming apparatus includes a frame, a first spring, and a second spring. The frame includes a boss. The first spring includes a coil, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm includes at an end thereof an electrical contact that contacts an electrode of a main housing. When the device is not attached to the main housing, the first spring is biased by the second spring and located in a retracted position. When the device is being attached to the main housing, the second arm is pushed by the main housing and causes the first arm to rotate about the boss, whereby the electrical contact is located in a protruding position in which the electrical contact protrudes further outward of the frame than when the electrical contact is located in the retracted position and contacts the electrode.
US12153358B2
A toner container includes a container body, a cylindrical portion and a cap. The container body has a toner filling port. The cylindrical portion is provided around the filling port. The cap is detachable and closes an opening of the cylindrical portion. The cap includes: claw parts provided deformably and insertable into the cylindrical portion to be engaged with an edge of the filling port; a link piece connecting tip ends of the claw parts; a disk part having an opening; a closing plate capable of closing the opening of the disk part; and a fixing member which fixes the closing plate to the disk part. The closing plate is fixed to the disk part with the fixing member and the claw parts are engaged with the edge of the filling opening, so that the opening of the cylindrical is closed by the closing plate.
US12153355B2
A cartridge configured to be attachable to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus includes a first unit including a photosensitive drum, a second unit attached to the first unit and including a developing roller, and a second frame member including a toner storage portion and including a toner reception port, the toner storage portion including a first end portion and a second end portion in a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive drum, the toner reception port provided in the first end portion, a toner container configured to be attachable to the second unit, the toner container including a toner discharge port configured to discharge the toner to the toner storage portion through the toner reception port, and a memory, the memory provided in an end portion of the cartridge on the same side as the second end portion of the toner storage portion.
US12153341B2
A method for cleaning a reflective photomask, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure, and a system for forming a semiconductor structure are provided. The method for cleaning a reflective photomask includes placing a photomask in a first chamber, and performing a dry cleaning operation on the photomask in the first chamber, wherein the dry cleaning operation includes providing hydrogen radicals to the first chamber, generating hydrocarbon gases as a result of reactions of the hydrogen radicals, and removing the hydrocarbon gases from the first chamber.
US12153339B2
A pellicle for protecting a photomask from contaminant particles is provided. The pellicle includes a pellicle membrane containing at least one porous film. The at least one porous film includes a network of a plurality of nanotubes. At least one nanotube of the plurality of nanotubes includes a core nanotube and a shell nanotube surrounding the core nanotube. The core nanotube includes a material different from the shell nanotube. The pellicle further includes a pellicle border attached to the pellicle membrane along a peripheral region of the pellicle membrane and a pellicle frame attached to the pellicle border.
US12153332B2
A camera module structure, comprising: an upper housing (1) and a lens (2). The upper housing (1) comprises an accommodating part (11); the lens (2) is mounted in the accommodating part (11). The structure further comprises a circlip (3). The circlip (3) comprises a press part (31) and a clamp part (32). A guide groove (12) is provided on the upper housing (1). A clamp groove (21) is provided on the external peripheral wall of the lens (2). The clamp part (32) is engaged in the clamp groove (21) of the lens (2) along the guide groove (12). The camera module structure is convenient to assemble, and compared with screw connection, adhesive connection and other modes, problems such as vibration, falling-off and fracture would not happen, the imaging quality is good, and the service life is long.
US12153326B2
An aerial movement system and method for calibrating same includes, generally, registration points and wireless position transceivers proximate the registration points and the object that communicate with a computer and allow for the computer to determine the appropriate amount of support lines to draw in or release.
US12153324B2
An optical phased array (OPA) photonic integrated chip includes a plurality of array elements, a plurality of phase shifters, a plurality of combiners, and an edge coupler configured to couple to a single mode waveguide. The plurality of phase shifters includes a layer of phase shifters that has a phase shifter connected to each array element in the plurality of array elements. The plurality of combiners is configured to connect the plurality of phase shifters to the edge coupler. The plurality of combiners includes a first combiner that has a first output that is connected to a second combiner or the edge coupler, and a second output of the first combiner is connected to a photodetector. An in-phase light portion at the first combiner is output through the first output, and an out-of-phase light portion at the first combiner is output through the second output.
US12153316B2
A display panel includes a first data line, a second data line, a third data line, a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a first transistor. The first sub-pixel is located between the first data line and the second data line, and includes a first pixel electrode. The second sub-pixel is located between the second data line and the third data line, and includes a second pixel electrode. The third sub-pixel is located between the first data line and the second data line, and includes a third pixel electrode. The first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor. At least a part of the first semiconductor overlaps with the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode.
US12153308B2
A display panel is provided by the present application. The display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixel opening regions, the display panel includes a light concentrating layer, including a plurality of light concentrating structures and a plurality of light isolating structures; the plurality of the light concentrating structures are disposed in the plurality of the sub-pixel opening regions in a one-to-one correspondence, and any adjacent two of the light concentrating structures are provided with one of the light isolating disposed therebetween.
US12153305B2
A backlight module includes a first substrate, a control circuit, a plurality of light source points, a filling layer, and a reflection structure. The control circuit is arranged on a first side of the first substrate. The plurality of light source points are arranged on a side of the control circuit away from the first substrate, include at least one type of LED, and are controlled by the control circuit to emit light to a side of the LED away from the first substrate. The filling layer covers the plurality of light source points and a gap between neighboring light source points. The reflection structure is arranged on a side of the filling layer away from the plurality of light source points and configured to reflect the light emitted by the plurality of light source points.
US12153300B2
Disclosed is a display device and a method of manufacturing the display device. The display device includes a pixel electrode disposed in an opening area; a common electrode having at least one region that overlaps the pixel electrode in the opening area; a gate line extending along a row direction in a non-opening area that surrounds the opening area; a data line extending along the non-opening area in a column direction that is perpendicular to the row direction; and a touch sensing line extending in the column direction across the opening area, wherein the opening area may have a shape in which a length of the opening area in the row direction is longer than a length of the opening area in the column direction.
US12153299B2
A liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate, a counter substrate disposed to face the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the array substrate and the counter substrate, in which the array substrate is provided with a plurality of pixel electrodes aligned at intervals in a plane of the array substrate, a common electrode disposed to overlap the plurality of pixel electrodes, an insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the common electrode, and an alignment film disposed on an upper layer side of the insulating film, a light blocking portion and a spacer are provided in the counter substrate, the light blocking portion separating the plurality of pixel electrodes, the spacer being disposed to overlap the light blocking portion and protruding to the liquid crystal layer side from the counter substrate, the alignment film is connected to the common electrode directly or via another member through an opening provided in the insulating film, and the opening is disposed at a position that does not overlap the spacer and overlaps the light blocking portion in the insulating film.
US12153297B2
The present application provides a display panel, a manufacturing method of the display panel, and a display device. The display panel comprises a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, a first polarizing layer, and a second polarizing layer. The first polarizing layer comprises first liquid crystal molecules, and the second polarizing layer comprises second liquid crystal molecules. A first angle is formed between each of the first liquid crystal molecules and the first flexible substrate along a first direction, and a second angle is formed between each of the second liquid crystal molecules and the second flexible substrate along the first direction.
US12153296B2
A viewing angle control film and a display device comprising the same are discussed. The viewing angle control film can include a first electrode, a second electrode facing away from the first electrode, a light conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a controller configured to adjust a viewing angle of the light conversion layer by controlling a voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. The light conversion layer can include a plurality of partition walls disposed to be spaced apart between the first electrode and the second electrode, a plurality of containing portions disposed between the partition walls and arranged at regular intervals along the first electrode, and light blocking particles provided in each of the plurality of containing portions. The controller applies a pulse voltage in a share mode that operates in a wide viewing angle.
US12153295B2
An optical waveguide element includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect, an optical waveguide formed in the substrate, and a control electrode arranged on the substrate to modulate a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide. The control electrode includes a signal electrode and a ground electrode. The signal electrode and the ground electrode are arranged along a modulation effect portion of the optical waveguide that performs modulation. In a shape of a bottom surface of the ground electrode facing the substrate, a slit separating the ground electrode into a first ground electrode close to the signal electrode and a second ground electrode far from the signal electrode is formed in a range corresponding to the modulation effect portion.
US12153292B2
An optical ring modulator for use as a PAM-N modulator, the optical ring modulator comprising: a first optical waveguide which forms a bus waveguide; a ring waveguide optically coupled to the bus waveguide; wherein, the ring waveguide comprises: a first electrode region having a first pn junction or first Moscap, the first pn junction or first Moscap configured to generate a first phase shift upon application of a given voltage across the first pn junction or first Moscap; and a second electrode region having a second pn junction or second Moscap, the second pn junction or second Moscap configured to generate a second phase shift when the given voltage is applied across the second pn junction or second Moscap, wherein the second phase shift is less than the first phase shift.
US12153290B2
The present invention facilitates optical modulation skew adjustment. Components of an on chip optical device driver system can cooperatively operate to provide modulated driver signals to drive configuration of optical signals. A serializer is configured to receive parallel data signals and forward corresponding serial data signals. A multiplexing component is configured to selectively output an in-phase component and a quadrature component of the serial data signals, including implementing skew adjustments to aspects of a first output signal and a second output signal. An output stage is configured to output signals that modulate an optical signal, including the first output signal and the second output signal. An on chip skew detector is configured to detect a skew difference between the first output signal and the second output signal. A skew calibration component is configured to direct skew adjustment between the first output signal and the second output signal.
US12153289B2
The present disclosure relates to means of managing eye-length disorders, like myopia. The invention includes an apparatus and methods for the prescription, selection, supply and fitting of sets, stocks, or kits of pairs of myopia management spectacles, or spectacle fronts, attachable impermanent auxiliary optical films or mini optical elements used in conjunction with standard single vision spectacles, wherein the apparatus and methods are configured to provide substantially toric, or astigmatic, or asymmetric, directional optical cues to decelerate, ameliorate, control, inhibit, or reduce the rate of myopia progression over time, wherein the method is a prescribed care regimen providing temporal and spatial variation to the directional optical cues or stop signals.
US12153288B2
A contact lens having an amount of at least one cooling agent and at least one TRPV1 inhibitor releasably adhered is described as well as method of manufacturing the same. The contact lens can be comfortably worn by contact lens wearers and can increase the duration of comfortable lens wearing time and/or reduce lens awareness events and/or reduce contact lens dryness in a symptomatic contact lens wearer and further can reduce or avoid any stinging/burning sensation when the contact lens is first used or a short time thereafter.
US12153286B2
A device for correcting or mitigating refractive errors in the eye presents a solution in which desired improvements in eyesight are achieved as far as possible without limiting everyday activities and where performing the treatment itself involves minimum risk. The device creates an aperture diaphragm in an eye, and has a control unit for a laser unit, the control unit being designed to control the laser unit to create the aperture diaphragm in a lens of the eye, wherein the aperture diaphragm is used to increase the depth of focus of the eye and is formed by laser-induced lesions which reduce light transmission through a lens aperture region surrounding an aperture opening.
US12153280B2
An optical member driving mechanism is provided. The optical member driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving assembly and a circuit assembly. The fixed portion has a main axis and a polygonal structure surrounding the main axis. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical member, and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The circuit assembly is electrically connected to the driving assembly.
US12153279B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a lens alignment system having opposing end effectors configured to control a position of a rigid lens body with respect to a plane. In an illustrative example, each of the opposing end effectors may engage a corresponding receptacle on respective opposite faces of the lens body. Each of the end effectors may, for example, frictionally contacts each of the corresponding receptacles within a respective portion of each of at least two contact regions. During the engagement, each of the contact regions may, for example, lie on opposite sides of an axis of rotation that extends between the end effectors. In response to at least a predetermined minimum net moment applied to the lens body, the lens body may, for example, be rotatable about the axis of rotation. Various embodiments may advantageously enable precise and/or rapid positioning of the lens body in the plane.
US12153275B2
An alignment device includes a base table, a plurality of electric actuators attached to the base table, an alignment table supported by the plurality of electric actuators. Each of the plurality of electric actuators includes a linear motion device that drives the alignment table in a direction approaching or separating from the base table.
US12153273B2
Keying may be used to indicate various features of cables, cable connectors, and/or equipment. The keying mechanisms of the connectors systems disclosed herein identifies whether each plug is a pinned plug or a pinless plug. The keying mechanisms disclosed herein identify the number of optical fibers terminated at each plug. For example, one type of keying mechanism may indicate a cable plug manufactured under a 40 Gb/sec standard and another type of keying mechanism may indicate a cable plug manufactured under a 100 Gb/sec standard. The keying mechanisms may indicate a cabling/wiring pattern to be used (e.g., indicates a polarity of the cable). The cables and/or plugs may be color coded based on the keying mechanism. Accordingly, the keying may alert a user to the features of the cable that are not readily apparent upon a cursory inspection.
US12153266B2
A revolver-type feed-through for TEMPEST-grade electromagnetic shielding where one or more non-electric signal leads pass through a wall of a cabinet or other enclosure comprises a housing having a conical inner surface, the housing being attachable to the wall through a first attachment means; and a plug member having a conical outer surface matching the conical inner surface of the housing, the plug member being attachable to the housing through a second attachment means, wherein the conical inner surface of the housing and/or the conical outer surface of the plug member have recesses forming, when the plug member is attached to the housing, a plurality of waveguides. The first attachment means and the second attachment means being operable by one or more operating members located, with the feed-through in installed position, exclusively on one side of the wall, so that the first attachment means and the second attachment means are exclusively operable from the said one side of the wall.
US12153264B2
The present disclosure relates to a ferrule assembly including a ferrule defining a row of fiber openings. Optical fibers are secured within the fiber openings. The optical fibers are offset within the fiber openings toward one side of the ferrule.
US12153256B2
An optical fiber cable includes: a small-diameter optical fiber including a core and a cladding portion made of glass and having a cladding diameter of 120 μm or less; a normal optical fiber that is optically connected to at least one end of the small-diameter optical fiber, includes a core and a cladding portion made of glass, and has a cladding diameter conforming to a standard of 125 μm; an optical coupling mechanism provided between the small-diameter optical fiber and the normal optical fiber; and a sheath covering an outer periphery of the small-diameter optical fiber only, among the small-diameter optical fiber and the normal optical fiber. Further, the end of the small-diameter optical fiber is positioned outside the sheath.
US12153252B2
A method for manufacturing a photoelectric composite circuit board, includes providing a copper-clad carrier and an intermediate circuit, the copper-clad carrier includes a substrate layer and a bottom copper layer, a first groove is defined on the intermediate circuit. Forming an optical fiber in the first groove. Forming a first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove at each end the optical fiber. Accommodating a first coupling element in the first accommodating groove. Removing the substrate layer. Removing the bottom copper layer corresponding to the optical fiber, the intermediate circuit on one side of the optical fiber and the bottom copper layer forming a first circuit substrate, the intermediate circuit on another side of the optical fiber and the bottom copper layer forming a second circuit substrate. Electrically connecting a chip to the first circuit substrate, and electrically connecting an electronic component to the second circuit substrate.
US12153246B2
A backlight module and an electronic device are provided. The backlight module, having a main region and a peripheral region near the main region, includes a light conversion layer, multiple light conversion patterns located in the peripheral region, and multiple light emitting units emitting a light beam. A first portion and a second portion of the light beam emitted respectively from the main region and the peripheral region both have at least one corresponding position in a CIE 1931 color space. One among the at least one corresponding position of the first portion of the light beam has corresponding coordinates (x1, y1). One among the at least one corresponding position of the second portion of the light beam has corresponding coordinates (x2, y2). The corresponding coordinates (x1, y1) and the corresponding coordinates (x2, y2) satisfy the following relation: 0≤|x1−x2|≤0.2.
US12153237B2
A polarizing layer includes a base film and a deformation part provided in an edge of the base film. The deformation part includes first deformation parts formed as the base film is deformed by heat, and at least one second deformation part provided between the first deformation parts adjacent to each other.
US12153231B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to a covering for architectural features, which may include windows, doorways, archways, and the like, where the covering includes a panel made from a light diffusing material. The light diffusing material is designed and engineered to allow a significant amount of light to pass through the material for providing a desired visual effect while having improved dimensional stability. The covering may contain a light diffusing material that extends along a first direction of the covering (e.g., vertically). The light diffusing material may have an openness factor of about 60% or greater and contain pillars extending in the first direction and bridges extending between the pillars. Each pillar may contain at least two yarns, and each bridge may contain at least one yarn.
US12153228B2
A removable lens stack comprises a base layer including a substrate and an antistatic coating comprising quaternary ammonium cations on a first side of the substrate and one or more removable lens layers stacked on top of the base layer. Each removable lens layer may include a substrate, an antistatic coating comprising quaternary ammonium cations on a first side of the substrate, and an adhesive on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side. The one or more removable lens layers may be stacked on top of the base layer such that the second side of the substrate of each removable lens layer faces the first side of the substrate of an immediately preceding layer. Refractive indices of the substrate of the base layer, the substrate of each removable lens layer, and the adhesive of each removable lens layer may be matched (e.g., to within 0.2).
US12153218B2
A folded optical arrangement for use in a view-through display to transmit an image from an image source to a user's eye, the arrangement providing a folded optical transmission path and comprising: an optical system having a first optical element comprising a first plurality of optically powered surfaces; and a second optical element comprising at least one optically powered surface, the optical system configured to receive light forming the image from an image source, and to present a virtual image of the image source to the user with an apparent focus between a predetermined distance and optical infinity; wherein the first plurality of optically powered surfaces and the at least one optically powered surface of the second optical element are arranged to define a plurality of interfaces along the folded optical path and wherein a refractive index change at each interface is predetermined to control the direction of light passing through the or each interface; and wherein one surface of the first optical element and one surface of the second optical element are adjacent to one another and the adjacent surfaces are dissimilar and each define an angle with a respective other surface of the relevant optical element at opposing ends of the adjacent surfaces and wherein the opposing angles are not equal; and a compensator element located between the first optical element and an external view to receive the external view for combination with the image output from the optical system.
US12153206B2
The formation of compensation elements (7) on an at least partially transparent membrane (2) that provides the actuator elements (5) to compensate or neutralize unwanted deformations of the compartment (3), e.g. induced by gravity effects, and/or to generate positive (convex) deflections of a limiting membrane (14), where the plurality of actuator elements (5) and the at least one compensation element (7) are provided at a common electrode membrane (2).
US12153203B2
An apparatus and method are provided for a night vision system including a transparent overlay display that transmit direct-view light representing an intensified image and emits display light representing a display image. The night vision system includes an intensifier with a flat exit face, an overlay display that is flat/planar, and planar, diffractive lens. The direct-view light and the display light exit the overlay display with the same phase curvature (e.g., a flat phase curvature). The planar, diffractive lens induces a spherical phase curvature on the light exiting the overlay display. The phase curvature induced by the planar, diffractive lens matches the phase curvature of a legacy intensifier in which the final element is fiberoptic inverting element with a curved exit face. Accordingly, the combination of the intensifier, overlay display, and planar, diffractive lens can replace the legacy intensifier while maintaining the design specifications of the night vision system.
US12153195B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera lens assembly. The camera lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens, which all have refractive power and are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens and the sixth lens have negative refractive power; the third lens and the fifth lens have positive refractive power; at least one of the first lens to the sixth lens has a non-rotationally symmetric aspheric surface; wherein tan(FOVx/2)*tan(FOVy/2)<2.0, where FOVx is a full field-of-view of the camera lens assembly in an X-axis direction and FOVy is a full field-of-view of the camera lens assembly in a Y-axis direction, and values of FOVx and FOVy are different.
US12153184B2
In some embodiments, a method includes selecting a flip angle of refocusing pulses of a pulse sequence equal to a tip angle of an excitation pulse of the pulse sequence, wherein the flip angle is selected based on a lateral motion parameter of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor of a logging tool positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The method further includes emitting, from a transmitter of the logging tool into the subsurface formation, the pulse sequence comprising the tip angle and selected flip angle, and acquiring, by the NMR sensor, transversal NMR relaxation data generated in response to the emitted pulse sequence. The method also includes processing the transversal NMR relaxation data to assess a petrophysical parameter.
US12153181B2
A noise reduction measurement method of acoustic while drilling data based on signal synchronization is provided. The method performs pre-sampling before effective excitation of a low-frequency pulser, then extracts center frequency and phase information of noise of the low-frequency pulser by fast Fourier transform, and adjusts the excitation and sampling time of the acoustic signal according to the center frequency and phase information of the noise of the low-frequency pulser. Accordingly, the coincidence of the acoustic signal excited by the acoustic instrument and the acoustic signal generated by operation excitation of the pulser can be actively avoided, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal of the acoustic instrument can be effectively improved.
US12153176B2
A method includes receiving seismic data related to a subterranean formation. The method also includes receiving a selection of a property of the subterranean formation that is permitted to vary during a simulation of a model of the subterranean formation. The method also includes simulating fluid flow in the model of the subterranean formation based at least partially on the seismic data, and the selected property. The method also includes generating an updated model based at least partially upon a result of simulating the fluid flow in the model.
US12153173B2
An object is to improve the reliability of output information by simplifying a wiring route. A radiation image sensor includes a radiation detector in which a plurality of pixels of a charge generator for generating a charge corresponding to energy or the number of particles of incident radiation and a plurality of read circuits for outputting a digital value based on the charge generated by each pixel of the charge generator are mutually stacked and two-dimensionally disposed, and a circuit board on which a plurality of radiation detectors is disposed, in which the plurality of read circuits of one radiation detector is configured to transfer data indicating a digital value in the plurality of read circuits and then output the data to another adjacent radiation detector in response to a control signal from the outside.
US12153165B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an integrated transmitter-receiver module for a LiDAR assembly. The integrated transmitter-receiver module includes a laser emitter configured to emit optical signals to an environment surrounding the LiDAR assembly. The integrated transmitter-receiver module also includes a receiver configured to detect returned optical signals from the environment. The laser emitter and the receiver are pre-aligned to focus the returned optical signal on one or more detectors of the receiver and are disposed on a shared base wherein the shared base is configured to assemble the integrated transmitter-receiver module to the LiDAR assembly.
US12153161B2
A method of operating a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system includes receiving, by at least one processor, digital intermediate frequency (IF) signals from a mixer coupled to a receive antenna. The method also includes computing, by the at least one processor, a motion metric based on the digital IF signals; operating, by the at least one processor, the FMCW radar system in a classification mode, in response to determining that the motion metric is above a threshold; and operating, by the at least one processor, the FMCW radar system in a detection mode, in response to determining that the motion metric is below the threshold for at least a first amount of time. An amount of power consumed by the FMCW radar system in the detection mode is less than an amount of power consumed by the FMCW radar system in the classification mode.
US12153158B2
A computer implemented method for calibrating a radar sensor comprises the following steps carried out by computer hardware components: acquiring a plurality of radar detection data sets; for each of the plurality of radar detection data sets, determining an angle of arrival of the radar detection data under the assumption that the respective radar detection data set is related to a stationary object; for each of the plurality of radar detection data sets, determining a respective set of candidate entries of a calibration matrix of the radar sensor based on the respective angles of arrival determined for the respective plurality of radar detection data sets; and determining a set of entries of the calibration matrix of the radar based on the plurality of sets of candidate entries.
US12153156B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for wireless monitoring with improved accuracy are described. In one example, a described method comprises: transmitting a wireless signal through a wireless multipath channel of a venue, wherein the wireless multipath channel is impacted by a motion of an object in the venue; receiving the wireless signal through the wireless multipath channel, wherein the received wireless signal differs from the transmitted wireless signal due to the wireless multipath channel and the motion; obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the received wireless signal; performing a classification of a sliding time window by analyzing channel information (CI) of the TSCI in the sliding time window; computing a motion information (MI) for the sliding time window based on the TSCI and the classification of the sliding time window; and monitoring the motion of the object based on the MI.
US12153148B2
An aircraft receives pseudorange input from a plurality of satellites of an augmentation system. Each pseudorange input includes a precise position solution and error data. The aircraft receives a high frequency measurement from an inertial navigation system. The aircraft applies the precise position solution, error data, and high frequency measurement to a set of parallel Schmidt extended Kalman filters to produce a corrected position solution and integrity data. The aircraft applies the integrity data to a receiver autonomous integrity monitoring system to produce a protection level for the corrected position solution. The aircraft performs an aircraft operation using the corrected position solution and protection level.
US12153146B2
A method is provided for calibrating a vehicle-mounted GNSS antenna. The method comprises measuring a response of the antenna, while the antenna is mounted on the vehicle. Based on the measured response, data characterizing a group delay variation of the antenna is calculated. The data may be used to correct ranging measurements derived from GNSS signals received via the vehicle-mounted antenna. Alternatively or in addition, the data may be used in estimating the integrity of a position fix.
US12153136B1
In some embodiments, systems are provided to determine distances to one or more objects, and comprise an image capture system; an angular movement system; an illumination source providing illumination having a time varying amplitude; and a range measurement circuit configured to: obtain, based on at least one of measured and induced LOS angular displacement changes relative to the image capture system, a set of candidate point-spread-functions (PSFs) corresponding to different possible ranges; deconvolve, using the candidate PSFs, at least a region of interest (ROI) in an evaluation image to obtain at least a set of deconvolved ROIs of the evaluation image, each corresponding to one of the candidate PSFs; identify a first candidate PSF that produces a deconvolved ROI resulting in a determined artifact power that is lower than a corresponding artifact power determined from the other candidate PSFs; and determine a distance corresponding to the first candidate PSF.
US12153135B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to apparatuses, systems, and methods for range peak pairing and high accuracy target tracking using frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) light detection and ranging (LiDAR). A laser source may illuminate a target with a first laser chirp pair during a first time period and a second laser chirp pair during a second time period. Based on the configuration of the chirps between the pairs and within the pairs, properties of the target may be determined. For example, range estimates may be made based on each chirp pair, and those estimates may be averaged to cancel out a Doppler shift error. In another example, the Doppler shift may be determined, which may increase the accuracy of a range measurement and/or be used to identify which peaks are associated with a given target.
US12153122B2
To provide a foreign-object system which uses a plurality of radars, and which can detect a foreign object that is present on a runway or the like and which can suppress interference between radars. A foreign-object detection system including a first radar 11, a second radar 21 connected to the first radar via a network 33, and a signal source 31 for transmitting a synchronization signal to the first radar and the second radar via the network, said foreign-object detection system wherein interference generated due to a radar signal outputted from the second radar being reflected by a reflective body and inputted to the first radar is prevented by controlling a delay time that corresponds to |τ1i−τ2j|, where τ1i is the time taken for the synchronization signal to be transmitted from the signal source to the first radar, and τ2j is the time taken for the synchronization signal to be transmitted from the signal source to the second radar.
US12153120B2
A method for determining a position of a vehicle is provided. First and second signals having first and second frequencies are transmitted towards a target. First and second reflected signals corresponding to the first and second signals reflected from the target are received at first and second antennae, respectively. A first frequency difference between the first signal and the first reflected signal is determined. The first frequency difference corresponds to a first range between the vehicle and target. A second frequency difference between the second pulsed signal and the second reflected signal is determined. The second frequency difference corresponds to a second range between the vehicle and target. A vehicle velocity is based on the first range and the second range. A position of the vehicle is determined based on the velocity.
US12153111B2
A method for magnetic resonance imaging performs chemical shift encoded imaging to produce complex dual-echo images which are then applied (with imaging parameters) as input to a deep neural network to produce as output water-only and fat-only images. The deep neural network can be trained with ground truth water/fat images derived from chemical shift encoded images using a conventional water-fat separation algorithm such as projected power approach, IDEAL, or VARPRO. The chemical shift encoded imaging comprises performing an image acquisition with the MRI scanner via a spoiled-gradient echo sequence or a spin-echo sequence.
US12153108B2
A magnet array is disclosed comprising a plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a Halbach cylinder configuration, the centers of individual ones of the plurality of polyhedral magnets being arranged substantially in a plane in a magnet rack, the plurality of the polyhedral magnets at least partly enclosing a testing volume, and comprising a first plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a Halbach cylinder configuration and a second plurality of polyhedral magnets arranged in a non-Halbach configuration. In another aspect, a magnet array is disclosed comprising a first subset and a second subset of polyhedral magnets having different coercivities. In yet another aspect, a magnet array is disclosed wherein a subset of the centers of the individual ones of the plurality of polyhedral magnets are laterally displaced from a nominal position in the magnet rack to counteract a magnetic field gradient of the magnet array.
US12153107B2
A superconducting magnet assembly may include a main magnet assembly having at least one annular coil arranged about an axis, and at least one shield coil, of greater diameter than the main magnet assembly, arranged about the axis. At least one support may be provided, attached to the shield coil and to the main magnet assembly.
US12153095B2
Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques, a mechanism, and an apparatus for diagnosing a battery. One or more processors may measure voltages of a plurality of batteries and, based on the measured voltages, determine a voltage deviation of the plurality of batteries. The one or more processors may determine a voltage deviation variation of each battery of the plurality of batteries at predetermined times periods and may compare a pattern of the voltage deviation variations of each battery of the plurality of batteries with a preset diagnosis pattern to diagnose a state of each of the plurality of batteries.
US12153093B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for analyzing health of vehicle batteries and vehicle electrical systems. Vehicle batteries, as well as other components of a vehicle electrical system, tend to degrade over time, and eventually fail. The described systems and methods generate an electrical system metric based on electrical data from a plurality of vehicles. Electrical system performance of individual vehicles is compared to the generated electrical system metric, to determine electrical system performance of vehicles relative to other similar vehicles.
US12153090B2
The disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for improving the operation of a TAP architecture in a device through the use of Command signal inputs to the TAP architecture. In response to a Command signal input, the TAP architecture can perform streamlined and uninterrupted Update, Capture and Shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device or streamlined and uninterrupted capture and shift operation cycles to a target circuit in the device. The Command signals can be input to the TAP architecture via the devices dedicated TMS or TDI inputs or via a separate CMD input to the device.
US12153081B1
A device monitors a turn-off capability of an electrical load connected to a first current path connected to an external power supply. The first current path includes a first electrical actuating element, the operating state of the first actuating element being characterized by a first electrical quantity, which is a first capacitance resulting in a first voltage. The device includes a second current path including a second actuating element, the operating state of the second actuating element being characterized by a second capacitance resulting in a second voltage. The first capacitance and the second capacitance are connected in series. A control device drives the second actuating element and evaluates values of the first electrical quantity for recognition of a malfunction for the turning-off of the first actuating element. The process includes comparing the values of the first electrical quantity with a preset reference value.
US12153074B2
An electricity meter includes a front circuit connected to an external transformer and a conductor connected to the external transformer via the front circuit; a test circuit including a test generation chain and a test measuring chain connected to the conductor and a processing component; the test generation chain being arranged to apply a test voltage on the conductor, which produces a test current circulating in the test measuring chain, the test voltage having a level which depends on the impedance of the external transformer, the processing component being arranged to detect a cutoff of the external transformer when the level of the test voltage is greater than a predefined detection threshold.
US12153070B2
In a current sensor coil assembly (1) comprising at least one sensor air coil (2), which sensor air coil (2) is designed as a Rogowski coil (3), wherein the current sensor coil assembly (1) has a housing (4), which housing (4) comprises the Rogowski coil (3), it is proposed that the Rogowski coil (3) is embedded in a potting compound (5), that the potting compound (5) comprises at least one first material and one second material, that the first material is an electrical insulating material, in that the second material comprises particles having predeterminable electrical conductivity, and that the potting compound (5) has a specific electric resistance between 10 Ω·cm and 6000 Ω·cm, in particular between 500 Ω·cm and 5000 Ω·cm, preferably between 2000 Ω·cm and 3000 Ω·cm.
US12153066B2
A sensor module includes an X-axis angular velocity sensor device that outputs digital X-axis angular velocity data, a Y-axis angular velocity sensor device that outputs digital Y-axis angular velocity data, a Z-axis angular velocity sensor device that outputs digital Z-axis angular velocity data, an acceleration sensor device that outputs digital X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis acceleration data, a microcontroller, a first digital interface bus that electrically connects the X-axis angular velocity sensor device, the Y-axis angular velocity sensor device, and the Z-axis angular velocity sensor device to a first digital interface, and a second digital interface bus that electrically connects the acceleration sensor device to a second digital interface.
US12153064B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate that has a first fixed electrode and a movable body that has a first mass portion facing the first fixed electrode. The first mass portion includes a first region, and a second region farther from the rotation axis than the first region, a first through-hole group is provided in the first region, and a second through-hole group is provided in the second region, and the movable body has a first surface on a substrate side, and a second surface. The first surface of the first mass portion is provided with a step or a slope such that a first gap distance of a first gap between the first mass portion and the first fixed electrode in the first region is smaller than a second gap distance of a second gap between the first mass portion and the first fixed electrode in the second region. A depth of through-holes of the first through-hole group and the second through-hole group is smaller than a maximum thickness of the movable body.
US12153059B2
The present invention relates to a kit comprising: a) a bag having an outlet, the outlet being closable and openable; b) a solid and/or liquid active agent precursor; and c) means for releasing a gaseous active agent or a gaseous active agent mixture from the active agent precursor; a method for producing a gaseous active agent or a gaseous active agent mixture comprising the steps: a) providing the kit; b) providing the solid and/or liquid active ingredient precursor in the bag; and c) releasing the gaseous active ingredient or the gaseous active ingredient mixture from the solid and/or liquid active ingredient precursor with the aid of the means for releasing a gaseous active ingredient or a gaseous active ingredient mixture, and a gaseous composition obtainable by the process.
US12153058B2
The present invention describes a test kit for the detection of fat-soluble vitamins in serum using a method based on high performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). The internal standard (IS) solution included in the kit is based on methanol, acetonitrile and isopropyl alcohol solvents. Ammonium acetate is added to the IS solution to make it more stable and last for longer storage time. The application of this kit can significantly improve the recovery and detection sensitivity of vitamins A, E, K1 and K2 in serum without additional sample enrichment, make sample preparation process simpler and more efficient, keep processed samples stable for longer time, and lower the overall cost for more accurate and repeatable test results.
US12153055B2
The present invention is related to novel methods for identifying and/or diagnosing and/or treating a population of subjects that are at risk for developing and/or have an inflammatory disease of the airways, including type 2 cytokine-driven airway inflammation.
US12153054B2
Provided are a pretreatment method for detecting the number of cells containing Ki-67 protein-positive nuclei using Ki-67 antibody; a method for the detection; a kit to be used in the detection method; and determination of a therapy regimen using the aforesaid method. Attempts were made to activate Ki-67 antigen with the use of an enzyme having been considered as inappropriate for the activation thereof. By pretreating a sample with an enzyme not recognizing the epitope of MIB-1 (a rare cutter enzyme), the antigen activation of Ki-67 antigen was enhanced, while enhancing the antigenicity of other antigens including a cytokeratin too. As a result, a method for more objectively and more universally quantifying Ki-67-positive cells at higher reproducibility, said method comprising isolating cell nuclei from an FFPE section while enhancing the antigenicity and performing a reaction between Ki-67 protein, i.e., the target, existing in the cell nuclei with a fluorescently labeled antibody, has been completed.
US12153052B2
This document relates to materials and methods for identifying and monitoring immunoglobulin J chains in a sample, such as a biological sample, using mass spectrometry techniques.
US12153050B2
Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
US12153048B2
The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody specifically recognizing a spike protein of MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) or a part of the protein, or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the monoclonal antibody, or functional fragment of the monoclonal antibody characterized in that it comprises polypeptide sequence selected from the group consisting of the following polypeptide sequences: a heavy chain comprising a complementarity determining region 1 (CDR 1) amino acid sequence consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and a CDR 3 consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; and a light chain comprising CDR1 amino acid sequence consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and a CDR 3 consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6. and uses thereof.
US12153045B2
A photonic biosensor including a biological probe disposed on a mid-infrared-transparent waveguide can be used to detect biological analytes in biological samples, using specific binding of the analyte to the probe in conjunction with absorption spectroscopy. In various embodiments, the biosensor is used for molecular diagnostics, e.g., to detect oligonucleotides or proteins associated with a coronavirus.
US12153044B2
2-dimensional surfaces modified with elastin-like polymer (ELP) that transitions between states in the presence of one or more analytes are described. This transition can be monitored to identify the presence and concentration of the one or more analytes. 2-dimensional surfaces of the present disclosure may also or alternatively be configured such that when an analyte binds to
ELP on the 2-dimensional surface, such binding changes a degree at which the ELP responds to various non-analyte stimuli (e.g., pH, temperature, etc.). In such examples, the 2-dimensional surface may detect the presence of analyte based on the how the ELP responds to the non-analyte stimuli. For example, ELP on a 2-dimensional surface may transition between states at a first temperature when analyte is not present (e.g., bound to the ELP). The temperature at which the ELP transitions may change based on how much analyte (e.g., what concentration of analyte) is present.
US12153035B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides methods and Internet of Things systems for visual management of smart gas data center processes. The method is executed by a smart gas management platform of the Internet of Things system. The method includes: obtaining a data acquisition feature and first sampling data; obtaining a data summary feature and second sampling data; obtaining a first task list and a second task list, determining a first processing feature of the first task list and a second processing feature and a queuing feature of the second task list; determining an estimation feature, the estimation feature at least including an estimated completion time of the at least one gas task, and an estimated queuing time of the at least one pending gas task; generating first visualization data; and controlling at least one target platform to display the first visualization data.
US12153028B2
The present disclosure relates to a chromatographic analysis system, a chromatogram detection and analysis method and an electronic device, belonging to that technical field of chromatographic analysis, wherein the system comprises a data acquiring unit, which is configured to acquire raw data generated by a chromatographic analysis instrument; an analysis processing unit, which is configured to analyze the raw data based on the analysis operation configured by a user to obtain analysis data; a storing and managing unit, which is configured to store raw data and analysis data, and store method parameters and management data of the analysis system; a client unit, which is configured to provide the interactive interface of the system to a user; wherein the storing and managing unit comprises a first database for storing raw data and analysis data and a second database for storing method parameters and management data of the analysis system. The present disclosure is beneficial to ensuring the integrity and security of the acquired raw data and meeting the new demands in the industry practice.
US12153018B2
A processing system according to an embodiment includes a processing device. The processing device receives a detection result of a reflected wave from a detector that includes multiple detection elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing each other, and performs a probe that includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a welding object and detecting the reflected wave. The processing device performs a first determination of determining a joint and a non-joint at multiple points along the first and second directions of the welding object based on the detection result. The processing device performs a second determination of determining an appropriateness of a result of the first determination based on the detection result or the result of the first determination.
US12153017B2
There is provided a gas analyzer apparatus that analyzes inflowing sample gas. The gas analyzer apparatus includes a filter unit that filters the sample gas, a detector unit that detects the result of filtering, a housing that houses these elements, and a control unit that controls the respective potentials of these elements. The control unit includes a cleaning control unit that sets the respective potentials of the filter unit, the detector unit, and the housing to cleaning potentials that draws in, as plasma for cleaning purposes, process plasma from a source that supplies the sample gas or plasma generated by a plasma generation unit.
US12153014B2
Provided herein is an electrophoresis separation medium comprising: (a) a non-crosslinked or sparsely cross-linked polymer or copolymer; (b) one or more denaturant compounds, in an amount sufficient to inhibit re-naturation of single stranded polynucleotides; (c) an aqueous solvent; (d) optionally, a wall-coating material suited to inhibition of electroosmotic flow; and (e) optionally, an organic water miscible solvent such as DMSO or acetonitrile, wherein the electrophoresis separation medium exhibits functional stability for at least seven days at 23° C.
Also provided herein are sieving compositions, including polymer-based sieving compositions, for molecular sieving as well as related kits, devices and methods of use. Such compositions can be useful for separation of biomolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, glycoproteins and glycans.
US12153009B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a reference electrode for use in electrochemical testing applications. The method may involve positioning a porous frit against one end of a hollow tube, and securing the frit and the hollow tube to one another to form an assembly. The method may further involve forming a silver sulfide coating on a silver wire to produce a silver sulfide coated silver wire. The method may further involve filling the hollow tube with a non-aqueous solution, and inserting at least a portion of the silver sulfide coated silver wire into the non-aqueous solution in the hollow tube.
US12153001B2
A three-dimensional x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one sample motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes a sample mount configured to hold the object and comprises a first portion in the propagation paths of at least some of the diverging x-rays and having an x-ray transmission greater than 30% for x-rays having energies greater than 50% of a maximum x-ray energy of an x-ray spectrum of the diverging x-rays.
US12152996B2
An inspection device inspects a formation state of a pocket portion formed in a container film of a blister pack and includes: an illumination device that irradiates a container film including the pocket portion with a predetermined electromagnetic wave; an imaging device that takes an image of at least the electromagnetic wave transmitted through a bottom portion of the pocket portion and obtains image data; a control device that extracts, based on the image data, shading pattern data corresponding to a shading pattern occurring in the bottom portion of the pocket portion by irradiation with the electromagnetic wave; a storage that stores a neural network and a model, the model being generated by learning of the neural network using, as learning data, only shading pattern data of a pocket portion without any formation defect among the extracted shading pattern data.
US12152991B2
The invention provides systems for characterizing a biological sample by analyzing emission of fluorescent light from the biological sample upon excitation and methods for using the same. The system includes a laser source, collection fibers, a demultiplexer and an optical delay device. All references cited herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety as though fully set forth. Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of-ordinary skill in the art in which this invention belongs.
US12152983B2
An EUV reflectometer includes a radiation source, a beam shaping unit (130) generating a measurement beam (190) from the radiation; a positioning device (500) for holding and positioning a test object (110) relative to the measurement beam in plural degrees of freedom; and a detector that detects the EUV radiation reflected by the test object. The positioning device has a main carrier (520), which is rotatable about a vertical rotation axis and on which a parallel kinematic multi-axis system (530) having a multiplicity of actuators is arranged. A common platform (540) movable in three linear and three rotational degrees of freedom carries a holding device (550) for holding the test object and a rotary drive for rotating the holding device about a rotation axis. An associated measuring system (700) determines the location and position of the test object in space and/or in relation to the measurement beam.
US12152981B2
In a stress corrosion cracking evaluation method for a steam turbine, a sample having a high sensitivity is housed in a sample box of the steam turbine, and a sample breakage time is acquired. Then, based on the sample breakage time, a breakage time of the steam turbine is estimated.
US12152979B2
An image sensor package, a system, and a method for counting fine particles by using a virtual grid line are provided. The image sensor package includes an image sensor array, a grid pattern layer formed on an outer area of the image sensor array and including a plurality of protruding patterns spaced apart from each other while protruding toward the central area of the image sensor array to form a virtual grid line, a dam pattern layer formed on the grid pattern layer, having a specific height, and configured to form a channel or a chamber for receiving the fine particles to be counted, and a cover glass formed on the dam pattern layer.
US12152978B2
In an approach for controlling a multiphase flow configured to create a plurality of particles, a processor obtains images of a plurality of particles in a multiphase flow. A processor provides the images to a neural network adapted to determine a distribution of a spatial property of the plurality of particles from the provided images. A processor determines the distribution of the spatial property of the plurality of particles in the multiphase flow, based on the provided images, using the neural network. A processor controls the multiphase flow based on the determined distribution.
US12152970B2
A tape for collecting tissue samples in a manner compatible with imaging in a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) system, includes a tape substrate having two side walls forming a trough. The trough is defined by a bottom surface of the tape substrate and internal surfaces of the side walls, with an open side therebetween. A support film is attached to a top surface of the tape substrate, and a plurality of apertures is spaced at predetermined locations along the length of the tape substrate, each aperture being covered by the support film. The tape includes a stacked configuration in which the tape substrate is wound in layers, the bottom surfaces of the side walls in one layer being in contact with the support film in an immediately adjacent layer. The apertures in the second layer are aligned within the trough of the first layer, between the side walls.
US12152969B2
Provided is a method for preparing a tissue section, including treating a tissue specimen with a clearing agent and at least one labeling agent to obtain a cleared and labeled tissue specimen; generating a three-dimensional (3D) image of the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; performing an image slicing procedure on the 3D image to generate a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images; identifying a target 2D image among the plurality of 2D images to obtain a distance value of D1, which indicates the distance between the target 2D image and a predetermined surface of the 3D image; preparing a hardened tissue specimen from the cleared and labeled tissue specimen; and cutting the hardened tissue specimen near a predetermined site to obtain a tissue section, wherein the distance between the predetermined site and a surface of the hardened tissue specimen corresponding to the predetermined surface of the 3D image is D1.
US12152968B2
A flow regulation device for volatile and semi-volatile sampling onto adsorbent media is provided. The flow regulation device includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a secondary inlet that is open to the ambient, a real time flow meter, a controller in electronic communication with the flow meter, and a three-way valve. Gas is drawn through the adsorbent media, into the inlet, and then to the outlet by a vacuum source joined to the outlet. The controller is configured to: (1) actuate the three-way valve to put the vacuum source in-line with the inlet; (2) continuously monitor the flow of gas through the inlet and calculate the time necessary to sample a pre-set volume of gas; and (3) after the pre-set volume of gas passes through the inlet, actuate the three-way valve to put the vacuum source in-line with the secondary inlet.
US12152954B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for detecting and determining conditions of and conditions within a fluid conduit.
US12152950B2
A tension measuring device for a holding mechanism such as a ratchet or tie down strap. In one embodiment, a tension measuring device comprises a two-part frame, comprising a movable frame part and a stationary frame part. The movable frame part comprises a first connection portion, one or more biasing element rods, a biasing element lock plate with indicator needle, and one or more rod bolt caps. The stationary frame part comprises a second connection portion, a biasing element chamber, and one or more biasing element rod apertures. Further, the tension measuring device comprises one or more biasing elements and a housing.
US12152949B2
A method of manufacturing a magnetostrictive torque sensor shaft (100) to which a sensor portion (2) of a magnetostrictive torque sensor (1) is mounted. The method includes heat treatment step of subjecting an iron-based shaft member to a carburizing, quenching, and tempering process, and a shot peening step of performing shot peening using a boron-free zirconia shot media having a Vickers hardness at least equal to 1100 and at most equal to 1300, at least in a position on the shaft member, after the heat treatment step, to which the sensor portion is to be attached. The surface of the shaft member, after shot peening, has a total error, including hysteresis error and angle error, of not more than 3%.
US12152946B2
A temperature detection circuit (1) includes a first transistor (Q1) of a bipolar type, and a second transistor (Q2) of a bipolar type, wherein the first transistor (Q1) and the second transistor (Q2) form a current mirror circuit (10), and the temperature of the amplifier circuit (30) is detected based on a temperature change of the first transistor (Q1) and the second transistor (Q2).
US12152940B2
A sensor device according to the present disclosure includes a Peltier element, a sensor element thermally connected to a cooling surface of the Peltier element, and a window member that faces a light receiving surface of the sensor element and is made of borosilicate glass.
US12152937B2
The disclosure relates to an optical spectrometer for spectrally resolved two-dimensional imaging of an object, comprising a dispersing device arranged to disperse radiation from object, a multi-lens array arrangement arranged to receive the dispersed radiation from the dispersing device, a two-dimensional detector arranged to receive 5 the dispersed radiation as directed by the multi-lens array arrangement, wherein the optical spectrometer further comprises a collimating arrangement for collimating the radiation from object before the radiation reaches the dispersing device, the collimating arrangement comprising a diffusing plate for diffusing the radiation and an optical micro-channel arranged to receive the diffused radiation comprising a plurality 10 of parallel and linear optical micro-channels directed towards the dispersing device. The disclosure further relates to a method for spectrally resolved two-dimensional imaging of an object.
US12152936B2
Described herein are techniques that improve the collection and readout of charge carriers in an integrated circuit. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having pixels with a plurality of charge storage regions. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits configured to substantially simultaneously collect and read out charge carriers, at least in part. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having a plurality of pixels configured to transfer charge carriers between charge storage regions within each pixel substantially at the same time. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having three or more sequentially coupled charge storage regions. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits capable of increased charge transfer rates. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for manufacturing and operating integrated circuits according to the other techniques described herein.
US12152931B2
Metering structure includes a rigid strut configured to support an optical element. A rigid shield mounted on the strut has a shield length which is substantially coextensive with the elongated length of the rigid strut such that rigid shield substantially encloses the strut along the entire shield length. The rigid shield has a surface finish which is highly absorptive of electromagnetic radiation in the optical spectrum. One or more thermal insulating material layers comprise a multi-layer insulation (MLI) system disposed between the rigid strut and the rigid shield. Rigid and flexure brackets secure the rigid shield to the strut.
US12152929B2
A gravimetric measuring system (10) includes a balance (12) with a weighing chamber (22) surrounded by a weighing chamber wall (23, 24, 26, 28); an electromechanical weighing system (181) arranged in a weighing system chamber (18); an electronic control apparatus (36) for controlling the system operation; a cooling apparatus (34), controllable by the control apparatus, for cooling the weighing chamber (22); and a plurality of functional modules (14, 16) that generate heat during operation and are insertable into module receptacles (283) arranged on the weighing chamber wall (28). The module receptacles (283) have device-side thermal interface components (32a) that are thermally connected to the cooling apparatus (34), and the functional modules (14, 16) have corresponding module-side thermal interface components (32b) that, in an inserted state of the respective functional module (14, 16), thermally contact the device-side thermal interface component (32a) of the respectively associated module receptacle (283).
US12152927B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to a remote calibration controller. The remote calibration controller may be capable of performing the procedure to remotely test and calibrate differential pressure, static pressure, and temperature on a remotely located fixed orifice plate flow measurement device through the use electromechanical and electro pneumatic hardware located at the site of the flow measurement device that are controlled by on-site controller/logic circuitry remotely accessed via bi-directional communications.
US12152922B2
Disclosed is a method for warning abnormal gas transmission loss, comprising obtaining gas flow data, gas pressure data, and ambient temperature data of a plurality of time points respectively based on the gas metering devices, the pressure detection devices, and the temperature monitoring devices; determining a gas metering error by processing the ambient temperature data, gas metering device information, and gas information using an error model; determining whether gas loss is abnormal loss based on the gas flow data, the gas pressure data, and the gas metering error; in response to the gas loss being the abnormal loss, determining a warning level based on a position and a size of the abnormal loss; and determining, based on the warning level, a warning notice corresponding to the warning level, and sending the warning notice to the gas user platform through the gas service platform to send a warning to a user.
US12152921B2
A computer implemented method implemented on a computer system includes non-transient memory storing instructions for configuring a plurality of district metering areas within a utility supply network. The method includes identifying a plurality of flow measurement devices, wherein each flow measurement device is connected by a directional connection to at least one other flow measurement device, generating a utility supply network representation based on the directional connections between the flow measurement devices, and generating a plurality of district metering areas for the utility supply network representation, each district metering area being a directed acyclic graph based on the directional connections and including a subset of the plurality of flow measuring devices and including at least one flow measurement device designated as a supply meter, at least one flow measurement device designated as a demand meter and at least one calculated flow measurement determined based on the flow measurements of the at least one supply meter and the at least one demand meter.
US12152915B2
A probe (1, 101) for monitoring a moving engine element and a method of forming a probe (1, 101) for monitoring a moving engine element, the probe (1, 101) comprising: a housing (2, 102) formed of electrically insulating ceramic material; a core (14, 114) formed of electrically insulating ceramic material, the core (14, 114) comprising a front face (16, 116; and a sensing electrode (20, 120) formed of electrically conductive material, the sensing electrode (20, 120) being arranged between the housing (2, 102) and the front face (16, 116) of the core (14, 114) and the housing (2, 102) and the front face (16, 116) of the core (14, 114) being bonded together by the sensing electrode (120).
US12152911B2
A modular multi-sensor fire detector including an evaluation unit having a housing, a plurality of sensor heads, and at least one adapter. At least one of the plurality of sensor heads has at least one hazard parameter conductor with a mounting tube having a proximal end, a distal end and a fastener at the proximal end. The at least one adapter is attached to the mounting tube and includes a first fastening point, a second fastening point and a third fastening point. The first fastening point for connection to the fastener on the mounting tube, the second fastening point for connection to a capping device, and the third fastening point for connection to a wall.
US12152909B2
A tool, such as a level, with magnets embedded in a working surface is provided. For example, the magnets assist in coupling the level to magnetic workpieces. The magnets are placed in a chamber with a floor having a periphery and internal walls extending from the floor periphery. Flanges extend from internal wall of the chamber toward a central axis or point and partially further define the chamber volume. Flanges may be created by depressing surface of the level near the chamber, thus deforming the level body surface to create a channel and a flange from the material displaced from the channel.
US12152904B2
Disclosed is a single star-based orientation method using a dual-axis level sensor, which includes a calibration process and an actual calculation process.
US12152900B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain schedule information of a user; determine, based on the schedule information of the user, facility information to present to the user, the facility information including information on one or more facilities the user is not scheduled to visit around a current position of the user; and present the facility information to the user.
US12152897B2
The disclosed system comprises parent data storage containing third party data received from a data receiver. The data receiver is configured to receive all type of data and in particular, locations of known traffic hazards and enforcement points that is gathered from official sources for such information and from community contributions of users of the disclosed system. The data receiver is used in pair with data transmitter to send and receive data to and from client devices. The data received from client devices may be comprised of login information, data purchases and community contributions from users of traffic related information. User data comprising traffic information may be manually or automatically configured as private, semi-private or public. Data transmission may include retransmission of private uploads of traffic information from the various client devices, as well as data feed received from official sources towards client devices.
US12152896B2
According to some aspects, a wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a memory, one or more antennas, one or more processors coupled with the memory and the one or more antennas, a location manager component executable by the one or more processors and configured to determine a location of the wearable device, and a direction manager component executable by the one or more processors. The direction manager component may be configured to receive, via the one or more antennas, information descriptive of a location of the medical device, determine a path between the location of the wearable device and the location of the medical device, and provide information descriptive of the path.
US12152887B2
A method for processing a map includes: obtaining a plurality of reference maps from vehicle-mounted devices; determining map elements included in the plurality of reference maps and a first element position where each map element is located; and obtaining a target map by fusing the map elements in the plurality of reference maps based on the first element position where each map element is located.
US12152885B1
Example computer-implemented methods and systems for estimating geophysical fields for magnetic navigation. One example computer-implemented method includes storing, at a navigation object, an offline baseline estimation model. Online geophysical field model data not stored on the navigation object are received at various times at the navigation object. Control logic is used to select at least one of (1) the offline baseline estimation model and (2) the online geophysical field model data to use to estimate geophysical fields for the navigation object at a variety of specified times.
US12152883B2
A measuring system includes a surveying instrument including a distance-measuring section, an angle-measuring section, an imaging section, a drive section, and a communication section, a measuring marker to be carried by a worker, including a position sensor, a posture sensor, a laser emitting section, a laser light emission port, a distance meter, and a communication section, an eyewear device to be worn on the head of the worker, including a display, an imaging section, a position sensor, a posture sensor, and a communication section, and an arithmetic device configured to synchronize coordinate of the above devices, and calculate an identified three-dimensional position of the measurement point by image analysis from images imaged by the imaging sections of the surveying instrument and the eyewear device, and measures the identified three-dimensional positions of a plurality of the measurement points in the order in which measurement instructions were issued by the worker.
US12152881B2
Two-dimensional targets, such as AprilTags, are used as control points. AprilTags can be used as cost effective alternatives to traditional prism targets without losing accuracy. AprilTags can be placed precisely around a construction site as “permanent” survey control points, like positioning reflector targets. A robotic total station, equipped with a camera sensor, can image the two-dimensional targets to efficiently resection itself.
US12152878B2
A mirror unit 2 includes a mirror device 20 including a base 21 and a movable mirror 22, an optical function member 13, and a fixed mirror 16 that is disposed on a side opposite to the mirror device 20 with respect to the optical function member 13. The mirror device 20 is provided with a light passage portion 24 that constitutes a first portion of an optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. The optical function member 13 is provided with a light transmitting portion 14 that constitutes a second portion of the optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. A second surface 21b of the base 21 and a third surface 13a of the optical function member 13 are joined to each other.
US12152875B2
A tool for identifying a correct belt for a system of pulleys from a plurality of prefabricated belts having different lengths is disclosed. The tool may include a belt track attached to a first end portion of a measurement belt. The measurement belt may be wrapped around the system of pulleys. An opposed second end portion of the measurement belt may be disposed adjacent to the belt track which may include a reference indicator. The reference indicator will be aligned to one of a plurality of measurement markings on the second end portion which indicates the correct belt to order from among the plurality of prefabricated belts.
US12152873B2
A laser irradiation apparatus includes: multiple irradiation units each to emit a laser beam to a surface of a base to form a pattern, the multiple irradiation units, including: a first irradiation unit to emit a first laser beam; and a second irradiation unit to emit a second laser beam; and a circuitry to: control the first irradiation unit to irradiate only a first irradiation region on a surface of a base with the first laser beam; and control the second irradiation unit to irradiate only a second irradiation region on the surface of the base with the second laser beam. The first irradiation region and the second irradiation region are not overlapping each other.
US12152871B2
A method for determining a vertical position of a horizontally extending interface between first and second components is presented. The first and second components are contained in a laboratory sample container in layers vertically separated from each other. The method comprises generating first data, generating second data in the form of picture data of the laboratory sample container containing the first and second components, determining a first probability distribution function in response to the first data, determining a second probability distribution function in response to the second data, and determining the vertical position of the horizontally extending interface depending on the first and second probability distribution functions. The first data depend on the vertical position of the horizontally extending interface. The first and second probability distribution functions assign a probability of the presence of the horizontally extending interface to a vertical position.
US12152870B2
Sensing Method and Sensor System A sensing method comprises using a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) to oscillate and emit a laser beam. A diaphragm is used to reflect a portion of the laser beam back into the VCSEL. This method can be referred as self mixing interferometry. A current or voltage at the VCSEL is monitored, and is used to sense movement of the diaphragm. This allows a property external to the VCSEL to be sensed without using a photo-detector.
US12152864B2
A target for use in firearm training or target practice. In one embodiment the target is constructed out of a unitary sheet of carboard having anterior and posterior sides, and a plurality of interlocking members. The cardboard can be folded along a center line to bring the anterior and posterior side of the carboard into an overlapping alignment. Once in overlapping alignment the interlocking members of the carboard can be mated to produce a three-dimensional emulation.
US12152860B2
A dual release gun scope cover system for use with a gun scope having an eye piece end and a front objective lens end. The gun scope cover system has a cylindrical eye piece engagement mount with a lens cover and a cylindrical front end engagement mount with a lens cover. The lens covers are retained in closed position on the respective scope engagement mounts by magnetic attraction to a control action rod extending there between for simultaneous release and gun scope use.
US12152859B2
A flashlight assembly includes an elongated housing, a light assembly received within the front of the housing, a battery door assembly at the rear of the housing, a latch assembly on the top of the housing and a clamp assembly also on the top of the housing. Paddle switches for operating the flashlight are integrated into the battery door assembly at the rear of the housing. The battery door assembly is both slidable and rotatable relative to the main housing.
US12152858B2
There are disclosed aiming and target identification devices useful with firearms. One device includes a laser diode capable of emitting visible, infrared or ultraviolet light at the operator's selection to form a laser using a single or compound collimator. A single collimator can be repositioned at different distances from the laser source to ensure proper positioning to create a laser beam for the particular wavelength of light emitted from the laser diode. A compound collimator could have different collimating regions and be configured to rotate to cause the different collimating regions to receive light emitted from the laser source such that different light wavelengths are properly collimated without needing to alter the distance from the collimator to the laser diode.
US12152855B2
A device for quickly replacing the magazine of a handheld automatic small arm having a bullpup configuration relates to military equipment and is intended to maximally reduce the time for replacing a spent magazine and to increase the amount of ammunition that can be carried. Once a Magazine is spent, the bolt comes to rest on a bolt stop. In an embodiment involving a bolt stop the shooter removes the active magazine using a control key. Upon return the control key releases a pivoting tray that is held by a latch spring and the pivoting tray moves into a bottom position. The shooter takes hold of the part of a spare magazine which protrudes from the butt and moves the spare magazine into a magazine opening. The bolt stop releases the bolt, which under the effect of a bolt spring advances grips a round from the active magazine and rams it into the chamber. Firing can be continued immediately.
US12152852B2
Methods and systems are provided for a firearms suppressor adapted with blowout panels. In one example, the blowout panels may be configured to have a lower tolerance for pressure than the materials from which outer components of the suppressor are formed. During over pressure events of the suppressor, the blowout panels may rupture, thereby dissipating pressure in the suppressor.
US12152849B1
Disclosed is a linear trigger mechanism for a firearm. In certain examples, the trigger mechanism includes a trigger housing configured to couple with a frame of the firearm. The trigger mechanism also includes a trigger disposed below the trigger housing and slideably coupled with the trigger housing, and a trigger bar having a first end coupled with the trigger and a second end slideably coupled with an ejector housing. The trigger mechanism also includes a sear assembly pivotally coupled with the second end of the trigger bar and configured to engage a firing pin of the firearm.
US12152834B2
A system and method for supplying a backup product in an air separation device, as well as a system and method for supplying a lower-pressure product to a user by means of pressurization of a cryogenic liquid pump during normal operation of an air separation device, i.e., when the cryogenic liquid pump is in the cold standby state. By means of the system and method, a cryogenic liquid product taken from a storage tank is pressurized by the cryogenic liquid pump to produce a lower-pressure product by taking full advantage of the low-speed operation of the cryogenic liquid pump in the cold standby state, and the lower-pressure product is transmitted to product supply lines of a user, to achieve the function of supplying the lower-pressure product to the user. The system and method not only reduce the energy loss of the cryogenic liquid pump in the cold standby state for a long time, but also avoid the bleeding rate of the cryogenic liquid product generated by sending a part of the cryogenic liquid product back to the storage tank, so that the advantage of quickly starting the cryogenic liquid pump from the cold standby state is ensured, and the requirements of the user to the higher-pressure product and the lower-pressure product can be satisfied.
US12152827B2
A refrigerator door body is provided with a door liner and a storage device mounted on the door liner; a hanging lug and a fitting groove which fit each other are provided between the door liner and the storage device, a power supply module is provided, in a fitting manner, between the hanging lug and the fitting groove, the power supply module comprises a first connector provided on the hanging lug and a second connector provided at the fitting groove, and the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other in a fitting manner when the storage device is mounted. The refrigerator door body of the present invention not only can function to support the storage device, but also can function to supply power to the storage device.
US12152826B2
A lid assembly for controlling humidity in a refrigeration appliance can be provided that can include a division plate positioned between a first compartment of the refrigeration appliance and a second compartment of the refrigeration appliance for insulating the first compartment. The division plate can include a first component that defining an inlet in the division plate and a second component protruding from the division plate. Additionally, the lid assembly can include a lid that can have a third component and a fourth component. The third component can be coupled to the first compartment such that third component is at least partially inside the inlet defined by the first component and the fourth component can be coupled to the second component.
US12152816B1
A setup for preparing a liquified gas electrolyte (LGE) is disclosed. The setup includes a solvent container that contains a liquified gas solvent, a condensing container with an inlet, an outlet and an electrolyte container. The condensing container may contain a salt. The condensing container also has a heat sink and a heating element to raise and lower its internal temperature. A first valve fluidly connects the solvent container to the inlet, and a second valve fluidly connects the electrolyte container to the outlet. The setup has at least two configurations: a solvent transfer configuration, and a salt transfer configuration.
US12152815B2
Disclosed herein are evaporator assemblies for heat pump systems. The evaporator units can comprise a housing defining an interior chamber, an air inlet and an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet can form an air flow path through the interior chamber, and an evaporator unit can be positioned within the interior chamber such that the air flow path contacts the evaporator unit. The air inlet having a semi-circular cross section through which air flows into the interior chamber, the semi-circular cross section having a straight edge and a curved edge. A velocity magnitude of the air flowing from the air inlet into contact with the evaporator unit can deviate less than 0.1 m/s from the average air velocity across the surface area of the evaporator.
US12152809B2
A clamp is described that couples a torque tube and at least one solar panel within a solar table. The clamp provides an efficient attachment when in a closed position that allows transportation of the solar table from a centralized assembly location to an installation point within a large-scale solar system. The clamp further provides an efficient process solar table mobile transport is described that moves a solar table to a point of installation. The clamp may be efficiently opened by personnel at the installation point to enable access to a section of the torque tube.
US12152804B2
The present disclosure is directed to a terminal unit of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The terminal unit includes a control box assembly including an electric enclosure with electronics disposed within a cavity of the electric enclosure. The terminal unit also includes a duct assembly including a casing and a control valve configured to coordinate with the electronic controls to manage air flow through the casing. Further, the terminal unit includes a see-through barrier coupled to the electric enclosure such that the electronics are positioned between a base of the electric disclosure and the see-through barrier.
US12152802B2
A fire-rated ventilation duct system and improvements therein. According to an embodiment, the fire-rated ventilation duct section comprises, an inner liner configured as conduit for air movement, the inner liner comprising a metallic material and having a first end and a second end, and the first end including a first connection section, and the second end including a second connection section; an outer casing configured for encasing the inner liner, the outer casing comprising a metallic material having a fire-rating, the outer casing having a first end and a second end, and the first end including a first duct connection section configured for joining one end of a second fire-rated ventilation duct, and the second end including a second duct connection section configured for joining one end of a third fire-rated ventilation duct; an insulation layer configured to provide a thermal insulation layer between the inner liner and the outer casing, and the first connection section of the inner liner further comprising a first liner spacer and the second connection section of the inner liner further comprising a second liner spacer, the first and the second liner spacers being configured to define a cavity for receiving and positioning said insulation layer between an outer surface of the inner liner and an inner surface of the outer casing; the first duct connection section of the outer casing being configured to attach to at least a portion of the first connection section of the inner liner, and the second duct connection section of the outer casing being configured to attach to at least a portion of the second connection section of the inner liner to form a sealed duct section.
US12152800B2
A ventilation unit with heat recovery, comprising a first block having an air interconnection to the interior of the building, a third block having an air interconnection to the exterior of the building and a second block located between them, in which the heat recovery exchanger is located, with at least one first channel and at least one second channel. The second block is insertable between the first block and the third block in such manner that the first channels are airtightly connectable to the first block and to the third block. The second channels are airtightly connectable to the first block, different from the air duct to which the first channels are connectable, and the second channels are also airtightly connectable to one of the air ducts of the third block, different from the air duct to which the first channels are connectable.
US12152797B2
A control method, an air conditioner, and a computer readable storage medium. The control method is used for the air conditioner, and includes obtaining abnormal weather information of a region where the air conditioner is located, determining operating parameters of a draught fan of an outdoor unit in the air conditioner according to the abnormal weather information, and controlling the draught fan of the outdoor unit to operate according to the operating parameters.
US12152794B2
An apparatus and method for providing a selective fresh air source using existing ducting is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: Installing a CVT CB; coupling an optional Wi-Fi wall switch, coupling a CVT App, installing a fresh outside air low-profile roof vent coupled to the flex duct; coupling a flex duct coupled to an optional duct damper; coupling an optional actuator coupled to the optional duct damper; coupling an optional duct damper to a flex duct; coupling a flex duct coupled to a round to rectangle sheet metal duct collar; coupling a round to rectangle sheet metal duct collar coupled to an optional UV light; coupling a round to rectangle sheet metal duct collar coupled to the filter box; coupling a filter box to the “L” shaped or standard transition box set between the existing HVAC furnace/air handler/evaporative coil and the existing HVAC plenum; coupling a “L” shaped or standard transition box coupled to a dual position rolling, flag or other type of damper; coupling a rolling, flag or other type of damper to a rolling or other type of damper actuator; coupling rolling actuator or other type of actuator to the CVT CB (or if connecting to a whole house fan other than the CVT WHF couple to the CVT Wi-Fi PNP); coupling a CO/Refrigerant gas detector within the transition box, leading to the existing HVAC supply plenum with plurality existing HVAC supply ducts and plurality of existing output supply vents having access to air inside of the structure. The filtered fresh air can now be pulled through the CVT WHF or existing whole house fan to cool off the home/structure and flush the attic air.
US12152792B2
The present disclosure sucks air in hospital room using a compressor to maintain an inner portion of the hospital room in a negative pressure state, and creates a high-temperature and humid environment by a water spray, the compressor, and a sterilization chamber to kill bacteria or viruses. In addition, the compressor uses power generated by a turbine, and is configured so that heat of air coming out of the compressor is recovered to a suction side of the compressor, such that efficiency of a system may be secured. Further, some of clean air generated while passing through the sterilization chamber may be directly supplied again to the hospital room through a bypass means.
US12152791B2
A heat extracting system (100) arranged to be connected to a thermal energy circuit (300) comprising a hot conduit (302) configured to allow thermal fluid of a first temperature to flow therethrough, and a cold conduit (304) configured to allow thermal fluid of a second temperature to flow therethrough, the second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and a heat depositing system (200) arranged to be connected to a thermal energy circuit (300) comprising a hot conduit (302) configured to allow thermal fluid of a first temperature to flow therethrough, and a cold conduit (304) configured to allow thermal fluid of a second temperature to flow therethrough, the second temperature is lower than the first temperature. Also a heat depositing system (200) is disclosed.
US12152790B2
A hot water unit fluid supply control system for a hot water unit is disclosed. The hot water unit has a heating system that is operable in a heating cycle to heat up water in at least a first region of the water unit, and a sensor arrangement for sensing a temperature of water of the hot water unit. The control system comprises a control unit configured to: receive operational data relating to an operation of the heating system; receive temperature data from the sensor arrangement; and allow for a volume of water from the first region to be released from the hot water unit as treated water or usable water based on: the operational data, and the temperature data from the sensor arrangement.
US12152784B2
A hob system comprising a cooking goods carrier for carrying cooking goods, at least one heating unit arranged on the cooking goods carrier for heating the cooking goods, and a fume extractor device for extracting cooking vapors downward, wherein a total width of the hob system is a maximum of 600 mm.
US12152783B2
Method for making stand alone cooking appliances with a load-bearing structure including uprights, crosspieces and beams, with at least one oven muffle, with a hob and with at least one front panel arranged to receive the control and command elements of said muffle and/or said hob and with removable covering side panels, each removable covering side panel is mounted on said supporting structure by inserting it from the back so that at least one of its snap engagement elements provided near its front edge engages in a clip provided in the corresponding front upright of said bearing structure and then the rear edge of said panel is constrained to the corresponding rear upright of the structure itself.
US12152776B2
A heater of the disclosure includes: a rod-like ceramic body; a heat-generating resistor including an embedded portion embedded in the ceramic body and an exposed portion drawn out to an outer periphery face of the ceramic body; a metallic member electrically connected to the heat-generating resistor; and a conductive joining member including titanium, the conductive joining member being configured to join the exposed portion and the metallic member together. The conductive joining member includes a first portion in layer form, in which titanium exists in segregation condition, located along an interface with the exposed portion; and at least one second portion in granular form, in which titanium exists in segregation condition, located away from the first portion.
US12152772B2
The invention relates to photoluminescent signs, in particular to signs in which one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) emit light that excites one or more photoluminescent (PL) elements. In one aspect, a sign may include one or more photoluminescent elements: one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged to excite the one or more photoluminescent elements; and circuitry arranged for connection to an AC power supply and supplying power to the LEDs.
US12152768B2
A light emitting device (100) includes a phosphor application printed wiring board (30) in which a phosphor layer (36) is provided on a substrate surface, a first light emitting unit (20A) provided in the phosphor application printed wiring board (30) and outputting light having a peak wavelength in a wavelength region of visible light, a second light emitting unit (20B) provided in the phosphor application printed wiring board (30) and outputting light having a peak wavelength in a range of 315 nm to 470 nm (that is, near-ultraviolet ray), a photocatalyst unit (160) including a substance (photocatalyst) that undergoes a photocatalytic reaction with light of a second light emitting unit (20B), and a cover member (110) (lamp cover) that covers the phosphor application printed wiring board (30). The phosphor layer (36) is provided separately from the first light emitting unit (20A) and the second light emitting unit (20B).
US12152758B2
A method and apparatus for the energy management of a portable solar lighting tower is disclosed. The portable solar lighting tower may have multiple modes and functions to adjust the power of the light and adapt the demanded energy of the lighting tower to overlap with the supply of solar energy during the days. Such modes and functions may easily be set and modified using a control panel on the portable solar lighting tower or on an external computer, such as a computer tablet. Additionally, an energy management graph may be displayed on the control panel accessed via the computer tablet that further allows a user to determine whether there exists enough solar energy for the desired power output of the portable solar lighting tower.
US12152754B2
A mount for coupling a lighting fixture to a hanging structure includes an upper section adapted to attach to a pendant or other hanging structure and a lower section adapted to attach to the lighting fixture. The upper section includes an elongate rack and a pair of knuckles. The lower section including an elongate hanger for engaging with the elongate rack to support the lower section and the lighting fixture, including when the lower section is in an open position relative to the upper section during installation and wiring. The lower section also includes a knuckle. A locking member selectively engages the three knuckle to lock the lower section in a closes position relative to the upper section. The mount can further include removeable end covers for enclose opposite ends of the upper section.
US12152753B2
In an embodiment a lamp includes a light source having a light source circuit board and a light emitting element arranged on the light source circuit board, a driver configured to drive the light source and having a driving circuit board and a driving electronic element arranged on the driving circuit board, a connector connectable to a power source, wherein the driver is connected to the connector such as to be spatially separated from the light source and a heat sink inside which the light source and the connector are fixedly attached in such a manner that the light source and the driver are radially surrounded by the heat sink, wherein the connector includes a supporting column configured to support the driving circuit board and a retainer configured to hold the driving circuit board.
US12152738B2
A gas station for delivery of gas to appliances comprising a casing and a gas regulation device comprising at least a gas regulator and a filter. The gas regulation device is mounted within the casing which comprises a ground plate and a cover element secured onto the ground plate. The ground plate is configured for mounting to a wall or an external mounting post and comprises at least one spacer, so that the ground plate is attached to the wall or the external mounting post in such a way that a predefined gap is maintained between the ground plate and the wall or between the ground plate and the mounting post. The ground plate includes a flap which supports the gas regulation device and the cover element and a hook configured to hook the cover element in the ground plate via a locking element.
US12152732B2
A tank device for temperature pressure relief in a fuel cell tank, the tank device comprising at least two tank containers and a supply line which can be connected to the tank containers, each of the at least two tank containers having at least one shutoff valve at one end, the shutoff valve being arranged between the respective tank container and the supply line. At least one safety valve is arranged at another end of the tank container, wherein at least the at least two tank containers and the respective safety valve are at least almost completely enclosed by a housing element and/or are encapsulated from an environment. A positive pressure prevails in the housing element, wherein the housing element contains a temperature-sensitive material, wherein the meltable medium of the safety valve melts when the pressure prevailing in the inner space falls, and thus opens the safety valve.
US12152731B2
The present disclosure discloses a quick-connecting receptacle for a liquid hydrogen storage tank. The quick-connecting receptacle comprises: a storage tank for storing liquid hydrogen; and a receptacle connecting an external transmission pipe and the storage tank so that liquid hydrogen introduced through the external transmission pipe is stored in the storage tank. The receptacle includes an upper receptacle connected to a lower end portion of the transmission pipe and a lower receptacle connected to an upper portion of the storage tank. The lower receptacle includes a cylinder member accommodated therein, and as the cylinder member moves up and down, liquid hydrogen or gaseous hydrogen is stored in the storage tank or liquid hydrogen or gaseous hydrogen is discharged from the storage tank to outside.
US12152728B2
A carbon-fibre composite high-pressure hydrogen storage tank and a manufacturing process thereof are provided. The hydrogen storage tank includes a tank body, where a gas guide port is formed in one side of the tank body, a reinforcing member for improving the strength of the tank body is arranged in an inner cavity of the tank body, a side end of the reinforcing member is fixedly connected to an inner wall of the tank body, and the tank body and the reinforcing member are all made of the carbon-fibre composite. The whole strength and rigidity of the hydrogen storage tank can be improved and safer and more reliable hydrogen storage tank under a high pressure can be ensured.
US12152723B2
A foldable holder for a portable electronic device, including multiple support members, and a pivot member for pivoting each adjacent two support members. Each support member includes a plate body; each of at least two support members further includes a wireless charging device disposed in a corresponding plate body. The pivot member is arranged with a first pivot structure and a second pivot structure, a pivot axis of the first pivot structure being offset with respect to a pivot axis of the second pivot structure. In a structure in which the pivot member is pivoted to adjacent two plate bodies, the first pivot structure is pivoted to one of the adjacent two plate bodies, and the second pivot structure is pivoted to the other of the adjacent two plate bodies; the foldable holder is capable of being in a bent support state or a laying support state.
US12152719B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a heat exchange pipeline and a sealing plug. The heat exchange pipeline includes at least two pipelines which pass through a first plate and a second plate to allow a refrigerant to move between inner and outer spaces. The sealing plug allows the heat exchange pipeline to pass through a first point of the first plate and a second point of the second plate without contacting a third space.
US12152715B2
The present invention discloses a system installed around a penetration hole of a pipe penetrating wall structure which divides a certain space and sealing the penetration hole in case of fire, which comprises a housing unit, a connecting unit and a fixing unit. A housing unit forming a body and having a predetermined accommodatable space, a connecting unit connected to the housing unit, interconnecting the housing unit in a series and a fixing unit arranged at a side of the housing unit, fixing the housing unit to the wall structure.
US12152713B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a coupling nozzle for cryogenic fluid. A coupling nozzle includes a flow body. The coupling nozzle includes a mount, a flow control assembly, and a pneumatic cylinder. The pneumatic cylinder includes a cylinder body and a shaft. The shaft is coupled to and configured to actuate the flow body. The coupling nozzle includes a first locking mechanism coupled to the mount and configured to secure the coupling nozzle to a receptacle in a locked position. When the first locking mechanism is in the locked position, the shaft is configured to actuate the flow control assembly. The coupling nozzle includes a redundant locking mechanism including one or more feet and a lock. The one or more feet are configured to engage the lock to prevent the first locking mechanism from transitioning from the locked position when the shaft is in the extended position.
US12152709B2
A bolted flange joint sealing and monitoring apparatus with the bolting flange joint having two flanges abutting one another at an interface and the abutting flanges providing an inner surface and an outer surface. A layer of sealant applied to the interface and an area of the abutting flanges. An inner and outer surface of sheet material providing an air space. A sealant forming an air tight space. A vacuum source in communication with the air tight space and a vacuum monitor monitoring the status of a vacuum in the air tight space.
US12152705B2
A fluid transport tube and method for forming including either of a monolayer or multiple layers and having a polymer or copolymer which is formed into a circular cross sectional profile and with a Graphene material included in the layer. The Graphene material further includes any graphene derivative not limited to single layer Graphene, few layered Graphene, Graphene oxide and reduced Graphene oxide. Versions of the tube can further include inner and outer layers, between which at least one barrier layer is provided. Any of a polyamide 12 (PA 12) or polyamide 612 (PA 612) can be incorporated into the layer for increased environmental barrier resistance.
US12152703B2
A pad for a track-type tensioner includes an interface layer made up of a plurality of rigid elements that together define a contact face of the pad for gripping a pipeline or other elongate product supported by the tensioner in use. A substrate layer of pliant material is sandwiched between a rigid base plate and the interface layer. The flexibility of the substrate layer supports the elements of the interface layer for movement relative to each other and relative to the base plate to suit an outer shape profile of the product. For example, by virtue of pivoting or translational movement of the rigid elements relative to the base plate, the same pads can adapt to different products that have different diameters.
US12152693B2
A method for operating a valve including locating an operating key system at the valve, communicating a location of the operating key system wirelessly to a central data system, communicating a rotational direction to open or close the valve wirelessly, engaging operating means of the valve by means of an operating key of the operating key system, rotating the operating key manually towards an open or a closed position of the valve while engaging the operating means, detecting the direction in which the operating key is rotated, detecting if the valve has reached the open or closed position, and communicating the location, the direction of rotation and the open or closed position wirelessly to a central data system.
US12152691B2
A slam-shut mechanism for operatively connecting a slam-shut control element of a fluid regulator with a controller for the control element. The mechanism includes a shaft and a cam carried by the shaft and having a cam surface adapted to be operatively connected to the slam-shut control element. The mechanism also includes a latching pin carried by the shaft, a latch, and a lever operably connected to the latch and adapted to be selectively engaged by the controller. When the controller engages the lever, the latch is movable from a first position, in which the latch securely retains the latching pin, such that the cam surface is arranged to retain the slam-shut control element in a fully open position, to a second position, in which the latching pin is released from the latch, thereby allowing the slam-shut control element to move from the fully open position to a closed position.
US12152689B2
A pneumatic valve for controlling a gaseous medium, the pneumatic valve including a housing including an inlet and an outlet; a primary piston that forms a primary stage in cooperation with a primary valve seat in the housing, wherein the primary piston is axially movable in a housing bore along a longitudinal axis to open and close a direct volume flow connection between the inlet and the outlet; a pilot piston that forms a pilot stage in cooperation with a pilot valve seat at or in the primary piston, wherein the pilot piston is operatively connected with an electromagnetic actuator for opening or closing a throttle bore in the primary piston, wherein the inlet is connectable with the outlet indirectly through the primary piston by the throttle bore.
US12152682B2
A valve and valve operating method are provided herein. The valve includes a rotatable cartridge that includes a pivot and a first wall that intersects and demarcates a first chamber and a second chamber and a housing. The housing includes a body that at least partially encloses the rotatable cartridge and includes at least four ports and a cap removably coupled to the housing and sealing the first chamber and the second chamber, where rotation of the rotatable cartridge about the pivot creates multiple flow paths between the at least four ports.
US12152676B2
An annular sliding component has a sliding surface relatively sliding with eccentric rotation. The sliding surface is provided with a dynamic pressure generation groove having an annular shape along a circumferential direction of the sliding surface and a plurality of conduction grooves configured to provide communications between the dynamic pressure generation groove and one of two external spaces of the sliding surface, the external spaces being on an outer diameter side and an inner diameter side of the sliding surface, respectively. An imaginary line passing through one of the conduction grooves and a center point of the sliding surface does not intersect any one of remains of the conduction grooves.
US12152674B2
A cassette seal is configured to seal a shaft within a housing. A shaft casing is annularly-shaped about a longitudinal axis and is configured to fixedly attach to the shaft, where the shaft casing is electrically conductive and configured to be in electrical conductivity with the shaft when attached to the shaft. A housing casing is annularly-shaped about the longitudinal axis and is configured to fixedly attach to the housing, where the housing casing is electrically conductive and configured to be in electrical conductivity with the housing when attached to the housing. A seal is disposed between the shaft and housing casing. At least one cantilevered flexural finger is attached fixedly attached to either the shaft casing or the housing casing and then in rotating abutment with the other. The at least one cantilevered flexural finger is electrically conductive and electrically connects the shaft casing to the housing casing.
US12152642B1
A construction machine includes a machine frame, left front wheel, left rear wheel, right front wheel, and right rear wheel. Left and right side electric drive motors and reduction gear assemblies are aligned with a drive axis of the left and right front wheels, respectively. Left and right side drive chains connect the left and right side electric drive motors and reduction gear assemblies with the left and right rear wheels, respectively. A left side drive clutch is positioned between the left front wheel and the left side electric drive motor and reduction gear assembly. A right side drive clutch is positioned between the right front wheel and the right side electric drive motor and reduction gear assembly. A controller is configured to selectively engage or disengage the left and right side drive clutches to selectively provide two wheel drive or four wheel drive.
US12152640B1
In the present invention, a cage ring that holds cams and rollers is configured such that an outer race-side portion of one axial end portion of the rollers is held in a state of protruding radially outward with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the cage ring, roller pocket parts are formed such that both end portions of the rollers are held in a state of respectively protruding axially outward with respect to axial end faces of the cams held by cam pocket parts, and a column part formed between adjacent pocket parts are formed such that an opposite axial end portion on the inner peripheral surface side thereof is located axially inward with respect to an opening edge position on an opposite axial end side of the roller pocket parts.
US12152636B2
A sealing device includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The first sealing member has a sleeve mounted on an inner member, and a flange. The second sealing member has a tubular portion mounted on the outer member, a disk portion that faces the flange, a radial lip in slidable contact with the sleeve, and a side lip extending from the disk portion and being in slidable contact with the flange. The first sealing member has an annular first protrusion protruding from the flange toward the disk portion. The first protrusion is disposed radially outside the side lip and overlaps the side lip in radial directions. The second sealing member has an annular second protrusion protruding from the disk portion toward the flange. The second protrusion is disposed radially outside the first protrusion and overlaps the first protrusion in radial directions.
US12152634B2
A radial stator includes a stator core, and the stator core includes a stator outer ring. M magnetic poles are arranged on an inner circumferential wall of the stator outer ring, and are evenly distributed along the inner circumferential wall of the stator outer ring. The M magnetic poles include M1 magnetic poles arranged along the inner circumferential wall of the stator outer ring and M2 magnetic poles arranged along the inner circumferential wall of the stator outer ring; M≥2, M1≥1, and M2≤1; the M1 magnetic poles and the M2 magnetic poles are arranged on two sides of the stator outer ring with respect to a radial direction thereof, respectively; each of the M1 magnetic poles is provided with a first winding; and each of the M2 magnetic poles is provided with a second winding; and a coil turn N1 of the first winding is greater or less than a coil turn N2 of the second winding.
US12152627B2
A fastening device includes a base part and a fastening assembly, which can be fitted to each other along a fitting direction, and at least one latching element which is arranged on the base part or the fastening assembly. The base part and the fastening assembly in a fitted position are positively connected to each other via the at least one latching element. There is additionally provided a blocking part which in the fitted position of the base part and the fastening assembly can be connected to the base part, where at least one of the base part and/or the fastening assembly includes a first magnetic element and the blocking part includes a second magnetic element, which cooperate with each other in a magnetically attracting manner when the base part and the blocking part are connected to each other, where the blocking part includes a fixing element.
US12152625B2
A fixture of the present disclosure includes: a first fitting fixed to a first object; a second fitting fixed to a second object; and a positioning bolt fixing a position of the second fitting relative to the first fitting. The first fitting includes: a cylindrical portion extending in a z direction and including a first elongated hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, the first elongated hole extending in a circumferential direction; a shaft that turns inside the cylindrical portion and includes a screw hole corresponding to the positioning bolt; and a first fixing portion to which the first object is fixed. The second fitting includes: a movable portion including a second elongated hole extending in an x direction and through which the positioning bolt penetrates; and a second fixing portion to which the second object is fixed.
US12152619B2
A clamping device having a pair of jaws that mounts on to an object and utilizes a fulcrum and leveraging mechanism to provide a combination of leveraged force and compression force to improve clamping and withstand vibration. This configuration provides enhanced gripping action at the open end of the jaws, which is especially advantageous when mounted near the edge of an object, such as a shelf. The clamping device can be low profile, compact and lightweight. The interior sides of the parallel jaws of the clamping device can be padded to prevent damage. This clamping device enables fastening to an accessory support for supporting the weight of items that extend beyond a center of gravity of the device. These items can include audio or video cables extending beyond shelves of on an audio equipment rack, or lighting and grip equipment, or can be used in any industry or endeavor.
US12152617B2
A coupling structure for coupling a first member and a second member includes a rod-shaped part configured to be received across a first hole formed in the first member and a second hole formed in the second member. The rod-shaped part has a first insertion portion configured to be inserted into the first hole of the first member, and a second insertion portion configured to be inserted into the second hole of the second member. The coupling structure further includes a fixing configuration, the fixing configuration being configured to fix the first insertion portion and the first member by applying an external force to the first insertion portion, and the fixing configuration being configured to fix the second insertion portion and the second member by applying an external force to the second insertion portion.
US12152609B2
A submerged offshore reverse osmosis desalination apparatus and method uses desalinated product water from the apparatus and an onshore cooler or heat exchanger to provide or improve the cooling of an onshore Rankine Cycle heat engine.
US12152605B2
A vacuum pump and a controller are provided with which state information of the vacuum pump is collected in a timely manner. In a controller, control portions control operating states of internal devices (such as a motor, a heater, and a cooling valve) located in a vacuum pump main body. An information collection portion collects the state information of the vacuum pump main body, and a recording processing portion records, in the non-volatile memory, the state information collected by the information collection portion. Also, the information collection portion collects the state information of the vacuum pump main body at a point in time at which a control portion switches the operating state of an internal device.
US12152598B2
A gas processing system includes a vessel defining a cavity for processing a gas. The vessel includes a process gas inlet for accepting process gas at an input pressure, and a process gas outlet for discharging process gas at an output pressure. The gas processing system further includes a shaft coupled to the vessel and a multistage sealing system comprising multiple seals spaced along the shaft. The shaft is configured to transfer mechanical energy to or from gas in the vessel. Each adjacent pair of seals defines a corresponding pressure space therebetween. One of the pressure spaces is an equalizing pressure space in hydraulic communication with the process gas inlet via a flow line, such that in operation, pressure in the equalizing pressure space is maintained at an equalized pressure with respect to a pressure in the process gas inlet.
US12152597B2
A fan wheel including a fan wheel hub with fan blades supported rotatably on the fan wheel hub so as to extend radially therefrom, and a fan wheel drive accommodated in the fan wheel hub so as to be rotatable relative thereto within a limited angular range and connected to the fan blades for a corresponding rotation of the fan blades about their longitudinal axes, whereby the flow direction of the fan wheel is reversible by an inertia-based rotation of the fan wheel relative to the fan wheel drive.
US12152587B2
A mud motor includes a rotor and a stator. Drilling fluid received by cavities of the mud motor drives the rotor to rotate within the stator. The rotor includes one or more rotor lobes extending helically and defining a rotor pitch. The stator includes two or more stator lobes extending helically and defining a stator pitch. The rotor and the stator together define a tapered profile of the mud motor that varies proceeding from a top end of the mud motor to a bottom end of the mud motor. At least one of the rotor pitch or the stator pitch vary as proceeding from the top end of the mud motor to the bottom end of the mud motor.
US12152583B2
A liquid pump, in particular for providing a supply to a transmission of an electric or hybrid drive module of a motor vehicle, having a pump housing wherein a pump chamber and a pump rotor are arranged, wherein the pump chamber is connected to an outlet channel to which a temperature sensor is assigned, wherein the temperature sensor has a lead frame and an SMD sensor element.
US12152582B2
A fluid end having its fluid flow bores sealed without threading a retaining nut into the walls of each bore. The fluid ends may be assembled using a plurality of different kits that each comprise a fluid end body, a component, a retainer element, and a fastening system. The retainer element holds the component within each of the bores formed in the fluid end body and the fastening system secures the retainer element to the body. The fastening system comprises a plurality of externally threaded studs, washers and nuts in some embodiments. In other embodiments, the fastening system comprises a plurality of screws.
US12152579B2
An automatically controlled hydraulic fracturing pump system includes a hydraulic cylinder controlled via a hydraulic circuit; a sensor in communication with the hydraulic circuit; and a control module in data communication with the sensor. The control module has a memory storing computer-readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute said instructions to: (1) determine, via the sensor, an attribute about the hydraulic cylinder; (2) determine an attribute about the hydraulic fracturing pump system; (3) determine a value for correcting movement of the hydraulic cylinder; and (4) send a signal to the hydraulic circuit to adjust movement of the hydraulic cylinder.
US12152567B2
A method for operating a wind farm having a string (S1-S3) of wind turbines (100-100c) which are electrically connectable with each other and a grid (510, 550) is disclosed. Each wind turbine includes a rotor (106) with rotor blades (108), a power conversion system (118, 210, 238) mechanically connected with the rotor (106), and at least one auxiliary subsystem (105, 109). The method includes operating the wind turbines of the string in an island operating mode in which the wind turbines are not connected with the grid, and the respective at least one auxiliary subsystem is supplied with electric power generated by the power conversion system of the respective wind turbine; detecting that the rotor of one of the wind turbines is exposed to a wind condition at which at least one of the rotor blades is at risk of stalling at the currently generated electric output power; and increasing the electric power generated by the power conversion system of the one of the wind turbines by an electric power amount which is sufficient for suppling the at least one auxiliary subsystem of at least one of the other wind turbines of the string.
US12152562B2
An apparatus for aligning flow entering a turbine rotor, and for straightening flow in the wake of a turbine rotor, is, in some embodiments, part of a structure that supports a nacelle and a turbine rotor. Neutral airfoil fairings on structural elements upwind of a rotor can mitigate the effect of side gusts and help straighten the flow entering a rotor. Neutral airfoil fairings on structural elements placed downwind of a rotor straighten turbulent flow in a turbine wake and increase the rate at which the wake dissipates. This enables increased energy extraction at the rotor as well as closer spacing of turbines in a field.
US12152561B2
A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade, comprising the steps of: arranging (S2, S3) a joining portion (8) comprising a fibre lay-up inside adjacent blade sections, covering (S4) the joining portion (8) and the adjacent blade sections at least partially with a vacuum bag, and applying vacuum to a space (54) covered by the vacuum bag (19, 38), infusing at least the fibre lay-up (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) with a resin (43) and curing (S5) the resin (43) to obtain a cured joining portion (44) joining the blade sections (20, 24) inside. A light-weight and at the same time strong blade section joint is provided. In particular, the strength of this laminate joint formed by vacuum infusion is comparable to the strength of the pristine laminate. Compared to a connection using an adhesive, the laminate joint formed by vacuum infusion provides a lighter and stronger blade section joint, in particular, a better weight-to-strength performance.
US12152556B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for an air filter configured to be mounted onto air inlets of turbochargers and superchargers. The air filter a proximal base including an inlet receiver configured to receive an air inlet, a clamp to secure the air inlet within the inlet receiver, and a first opening aligned with a screw mechanism of the clamp. A filter medium fastened to the proximal base is configured to remove particulate matter and other contaminates from an incoming air stream. A distal end cap fastened to the filter medium comprises a second opening aligned with the first opening. A conduit within an interior cavity of the air filter is disposed between the first opening and the second opening, facilitating tightening and loosening the clamp by extending an appropriate tool through the interior cavity so as to engage the screw mechanism of the clamp.
US12152555B2
An engine system including an engine is disclosed. The engine includes a combustion chamber having an intake port and an exhaust port, a piston movably disposed in the combustion chamber, and a prechamber adjacent to and in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The engine system further includes an exhaust line fluidly connected to the exhaust port, a storage tank fluidly connected to the prechamber via a purge line, and a prechamber valve provided along the purge line.
US12152542B2
The present application provides a method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft. The method includes: passing UV-visual spectrum light through the fuel; measuring a transmittance parameter indicating the transmittance of light through the fuel; determining one or more fuel characteristics of the fuel based on the transmittance parameter; and communicating the one or more fuel characteristic to a control module of the gas turbine engine or the aircraft. Also disclosed is a fuel characteristic determination system, a method of operating an aircraft, and an aircraft.
US12152538B2
A turbomachine including a low-pressure shaft; a stator supporting the low-pressure shaft by bearings including a rear bearing; an electrical machine located at a rear portion of the turbomachine and including a rotor disconnectably driven by the low-pressure shaft and a stator surrounding the rotor and attached to the stator of the turbomachine; the turbomachine includes a journal for supporting the rotor of the electrical machine, the journal including a shaft segment releasably attached to a rear end of the low-pressure shaft by extending the low-pressure shaft, a frame to which the rotor of the electrical machine is attached and which surrounds the shaft segment, and at least one bearing mounted between the frame and the shaft segment; and a sleeve that is axially movable about the low-pressure shaft and/or the shaft segment that is rotationally connected to the low-pressure shaft and the shaft segment.
US12152537B2
A turbomachinery engine includes a fan assembly, a low-pressure turbine, and a gearbox. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades. The low-pressure turbine includes 3-5 rotating stages. The low-pressure turbine includes an area ratio equal to the annular exit area of an aft-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine divided by the annular exit area of a forward-most rotating stage of the low-pressure turbine. In some instances, the area ratio is within a range of 3.1-5.1.
US12152532B2
A turbine engine assembly includes a condenser assembly arranged along the core flow path to extract water from the exhaust gas flow, and an evaporator assembly where thermal energy from the exhaust gas flow is communicated to the water extracted by the condenser assembly to generate a steam flow for injection into the core flow path. The evaporator assembly splits steam generation and cooling functions to increase efficiencies of each function.
US12152519B2
A regeneration control apparatus for controlling, in an exhaust gas treatment apparatus of a diesel engine including a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) disposed downstream of the DOC, execution of forced regeneration to remove an exhaust particulate matter (PM) which accumulates on the DPF through a temperature increase of the DPF, includes: a late-post injection amount determination part which determines a late-post injection amount. The late-post injection amount determination part is configured to determine an upper limit value of the late-post injection amount on the basis of an air excess ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the DOC obtained on the basis of a temperature index of the DOC.
US12152508B2
A facility for generating mechanical energy by means of a combined power cycle is disclosed herein, which includes at least means for carrying out a closed or semi-closed, constituent regenerative Brayton cycle, which uses water as a heat-transfer fluid, means for carrying out at least one Rankine cycle, a constituent fundamental Rankine cycle, interconnected with the regenerative Brayton cycle, and a heat pump (UAX) including a closed circuit that regenerates the constituent regenerative Brayton cycle, as well as to the method for generating energy using the facility.
US12152504B2
A rotor for a turbomachine has at least one blade and has at least one rotor main part, which has at least one recess, in which a blade root of the least one blade is interlockingly received, wherein the blade root comprises at least one depression, in which at least one protrusion of the at least one rotor main part, which protrusion delimits the at least one recess in regions is received, wherein the at least one depression is delimited by a first delimiting face on the blade root side and the at least one protrusion is delimited by a second delimiting face on the rotor main part side. At least the first delimiting face has at least one elevation which narrows a gap at least in regions, which extends between the first delimiting face and the second delimiting face.
US12152494B2
A plain bearing for a mechanical reducer for a turbomachine is integrally formed and includes a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has an external cylindrical guide surface, a first axial mounting extension, a first circumferential edge extending around the first extension, a second axial mounting extension, and a second circumferential edge extending around the second extension. The plain bearing further includes an attachment cover connected to the first axial extension and extending axially opposite said first edge.
US12152493B2
Proposed is a turbine vane having an airfoil part and platform parts integrally formed respectively on opposite radial ends of the airfoil part, the turbine vane including a plurality of segments divided in a circumferential direction, and a sealing assembly inserted into slots formed in opposing sides of platform parts of two segments, wherein the sealing assembly includes a first sealing member mounted at a predetermined angle with respect to the circumferential direction, a second sealing member coupled to the first sealing member and bent to have a curved surface in the circumferential direction, and a third sealing member which is axially replaceably inserted into each of the slots and is elastically supported and secured by the second sealing member.
US12152488B2
A system and a method for a look-ahead drill bit. The system may comprise an ultra-deep transmitter operable to transmit a low frequency signal into a formation, a shallow tool operable to transmit a high frequency signal into the formation, at least one ultra-deep receiver operable to record a reflected low frequency signal, and at least one pair of collocated receivers, wherein the at least one pair of collocated receivers are operable to record a reflected high frequency signal. A method may comprise transmitting a high frequency signal from the shallow tool into the formation, transmitting a low frequency signal from the ultra-deep transmitter into the formation, evaluating the reflected high frequency signal and the reflected low frequency signal on an information handling system with a look-ahead inversion, and steering the bottom hole assembly in the formation based on the subterranean formation property.
US12152487B2
Apparatus and methods for measuring the oil to water ratio of a wellbore fluid. An example method includes flowing the wellbore fluid into a flow path of a fluid identification device disposed on the outside of a wellbore tubing and within a wellbore annulus. The fluid identification device comprises a shroud, the flow path disposed within the shroud that opens to the wellbore annulus and fluidically links the wellbore annulus to the wellbore tubing thereby allowing fluid flow through the flow path from the wellbore annulus to the wellbore tubing, and an alternating current electrical sensor disposed within the flow path. The method further includes measuring a property of the wellbore fluid with the alternating current electrical sensor when the wellbore fluid has flowed into the flow path and determining the oil to water ratio of the wellbore fluid that flowed through the flow path.
US12152485B2
A system and method for monitoring fluid flow in a downhole reservoir, characterized by at least one energy source (1), which simultaneously sends two or more utility pulses. The pulse can be a fast propagating and flow-independent acoustic pulse, a somewhat slower propagating and flow-dependent pressure pulse, a slow propagating heat pulse or a slow-propagating tracer pulse. The energy sources are connected via said pulses, without cable, and at least an upper heat source (1′) is connected to equipment on the surface via a cable (4).
US12152484B2
A convertible sensor module kit including a housing, a sensor port in the housing and having a seal block receptacle fluidly coupled to the sensor port, and a tubing pressure seal block or an annulus pressure seal block disposed in the receptacle. A module for sensing annulus pressure comprising a housing, a sensor port in the housing and having a seal block receptacle fluidly coupled to the sensor port, and an annulus pressure seal block disposed in the receptacle, the block including a communication channel intersecting a monitor channel, the monitor channel in fluid pressure connection with the sensor port.
US12152465B2
A thrust bearing is described comprising first and second bearing assemblies (15, 17) rotatable relative to each and a plurality of axially arranged bearing stages (14a, 14b) formed between the first and second bearing assemblies (15, 17). Each bearing stage comprises a first load shoulder (16) provided on the first bearing assembly (15), a second load shoulder (18) provided on the second bearing assembly (17), a bearing structure (30) defined between the first and second load shoulders; and an extrudable component (32) forming part of the bearing structure. Wherein axial load applied between the first and second bearing assemblies (15, 17) in a first relative axial direction is transmitted between respective pairs of first and second load shoulders via the extrudable components (32) of respective bearing structures (30). The extrudable components (30) provide for load balancing between each bearing stage (14a, 14b).
US12152460B2
Wellbore equipment that are used in a wellhead electrical connection that prevents inadvertent safety consequences of explosion or fire by providing a condulet with safety barriers.
US12152452B2
Disclosed is a multiple segment well tool (10), the multiple segment well tool comprising a first tool segment having a first shaft (32) rotatably supported in a first tool segment housing (30-1); a connector housing (30A) releaseably connected at one end to one end of the first tool segment housing, and a second tool segment housing (30-2) releaseably connected at one end to another end of the connector housing. The connector housing comprises a piston (34) disposed therein, the piston movable along a longitudinal dimension of the connector housing.
US12152451B2
An anchor catcher tool can support tubing in casing. The tool is a slimline tool that can be set and unset with a partial (quarter) turn of a mandrel using a setting mechanism, such as a J-slot and pin arrangement. Uphole and downhole cages of the tool carry opposing slips. When set, the slips engage opposing cone faces to wedge against the casing and prevent movement of the tool. Excluded gas can flow up the annulus to the surface through aligned longitudinal flow paths on the exterior of the tool's components. To do this, a sleeve floating on the mandrel has the cone faces thereon and is longitudinally engaged with cages, which float on the mandrel and carry the slips. The sleeve keeps longitudinal channels on the cages and longitudinal divisions of the cone faces aligned with one another to produce the flow paths for annular flow.
US12152450B2
Embodiments relate to a flow loop system for estimating wellbore circulation density. The flow loop system includes an eccentric annulus structure having an inner eccentric pipe and an outer pipe. The inner eccentric pipe can be representative of a drill string in a wellbore. The outer pipe can be representative of the wellbore. The flow loop system includes a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure loss gradients of annular flows between the inner eccentric pipe and the outer pipe. The flow loop system includes a wellbore circulation density processing module configured to estimate the wellbore's bottomhole pressure based on the measured loss gradients of annular flows of fluid and solid particles, rotation of the inner eccentric pipe, and eccentricity of the inner eccentric pipe.
US12152444B2
A ladder dock can include a planar mounting panel, the mounting panel configured to contact and be secured to a surface of an elevated structure; and a planar connecting panel, the connecting panel extending from the mounting panel and angled with respect to the mounting panel, the connecting panel angled upward with respect to the mounting panel by a bend angle, an angle between the mounting panel and the connecting panel being less than 180 degrees, the connecting panel defining first and second ears, each of the first and second ears extending in a direction away from the mounting panel, each of the first and second ears being coplanar with the connecting panel, the first and second ears defining a ladder notch therebetween, the ladder notch sized to receive and fix a position of a ladder relative to the ladder dock, the ladder dock being formed from a single blank.
US12152442B2
The window shade system may comprise shade fabric with a first portion and a second portion. A rod may be configured to include the second portion of the shade fabric rolled around the rod. A hembar may receive the rod within a compartment of the hembar, wherein the compartment includes a first surface and a second surface, and wherein the rod and the second portion of the shade fabric rolled around the rod are supported between the first surface and the second surface.
US12152425B2
A guide assembly includes a guide configured to be arranged on a stationary furniture part, a guide device configured to be connected to the movable furniture part, the guide device being displaceable relative to the guide, and an adjustment device for adjusting the guide relative to the stationary furniture part. The adjustment device includes a mounting device configured to be fixed to the stationary furniture part and a coupling device configured to be coupled to the guide. The preferably pivotally supported actuating element is for adjusting the coupling device relative to the mounting device. A securing device is provided for fixing the guide device relative to the guide in a securing position, and the securing device includes a securing body integrated into the adjustment device.
US12152422B2
An adjustable slider of a window regulator includes a base body configured to connect with a cable of the window regulator and a clamp-plate assembly having first and second jaws configured to clamp a windowpane therebetween. A hinge plate supports the clamp-plate assembly. A first adjustment mechanism pivotally connects the hinge plate to the base body such that the clamp-plate assembly and the hinge plate are pivotal relative to the base body allowing a vertical angle of the clamp-plate assembly to be changed. The first adjustment mechanism is actuatable to move the hinge plate relative to the base body in a fore-and-aft direction allowing a fore-and-aft position of the clamp-plate assembly to be adjusted.
US12152418B2
An automobile micro actuator, which applies to the cover of an automobile fuel tank or the cover of a charging case, includes a casing with a motor chamber and a locking chamber. The motor chamber has electric locking components that include a motor, transmission components and locking components. The locking chamber has manual locking components that include a rotary push rod, a driving sleeve and a rotary sleeve. The locking components comprise a locking base in the motor chamber, a locking tab for locking the rotary sleeve, and a hook arm for connecting the locking base and locking tab. A passage suitable for the hook arm is provided between the motor chamber and locking chamber. The wall of the locking chamber is provided with a locking hole connected with the passage. The locking tab can pass through the locking hole and form an interference fit with the rotary sleeve.
US12152410B2
A safety switch includes a sensor body. The sensor body includes: a setting unit configured to set an operation mode of the safety switch; a detection unit configured to detect an actuator; a storage unit; and a control unit configured to control storage operation of the storage unit for identification information of the actuator. In response to satisfaction of conditions where: the operation mode is set by the setting unit to a pairing mode for associating the sensor body and the actuator with each other; the identification information of the actuator is not stored in the storage unit; and a first actuator is detected by the detection unit, the control unit allows the detection unit to acquire identification information of the first actuator and the storage unit to store the identification information.
US12152406B2
An adjustable standoff, including an attachment portion comprising an aperture into which a grip is inserted, a clamp portion disposed on a first end of the attachment portion to control movement of the grip through the aperture, and a protruding portion disposed on a second end of the attachment portion to connect to a first surface of a door.
US12152405B2
An elevating-type shelter door enables operators to easily open and close in a short period of time, is highly water-tight, and has an excellent durability. A shelter door opens and closes an opening portion when a door body ascends and descends along a guide rail by means of an elevating device. The opening portion is provided on a ceiling of a shelter body. The shelter body is defines an interior space which serves as an evacuation space in an underground. A main body has a central convex portion which slidably fits to the opening portion along an inclination direction in which both the opening portion and the guide rail inclines. An elevating stand is slidably fixed to move along a rest column. The elevating stand is located above the opening portion when the door body is fully ascended and located in the interior space when the opening portion is closed.
US12152400B2
A foundation system for supporting a structure may include a main post, a racking post, and a barb assembly. The main post may include an upper section and a lower section below the upper section. The racking post may be telescopically connected to the upper section of the main post. The barb assembly may be connected to the lower section of the main post. The barb assembly may be configured to move from an unexpanded state to an expanded state, thereby forming a wedge shape at a lower section of the main post.
US12152398B2
A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall structure including at least first and second spaced apart side walls and a rear wall that together form an assembly space, each of the side walls and rear wall including an internal surface, a seat assembly supported between the first and second side walls, a first coupler mounted to the internal surface of the first side wall, a support arm having an arm length dimension between proximal and distal ends, the proximal end mounted to the first coupler adjacent the internal surface of the first side wall for rotation about a first vertical axis and a tablet member supported at the distal end of the support arm for rotation about a second vertical axis through a second range of motion with respect to the support arm.
US12152396B2
The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with a predetermined amount of foam insulation. The method includes actuating a valve to begin dispensing foam insulation into the cavity, the actuation being performed by a user, the actuation by the user fixing a start time and/or a zero volume of a time and/or volume meter; then, dispensing the foam insulation from the insulation dispenser into the cavity as the time and/or volume meter counts time and/or volume dispensed; then when a predetermined time after the start time elapses or a predetermined volume of the foam insulation beyond the zero volume is dispensed as measured by the time and/or volume meter, actuating the valve to stop dispensing the foam insulation into the cavity.
US12152389B2
A prefabricated insulated building panel features a sheet of rigid thermally insulating material, an inner structural layer connected to one face of the insulating material, and an outer layer of cured composite cementitious material connected to an opposite second face of the rigid insulating material with a thickness allowing the cured composite cementitious layer to be supported at the insulating material by bonding action therewith. The panel also features channels at the interface between the composite cementitious outer layer and the insulating material formed by grooves in the second face of the insulating material extending to a periphery of the panel. These channels afford pressure equalization and moisture drainage capabilities to the panel. Additionally, the inner structural layer comprises a layer of cured composite cementitious material bonded to the insulating material, which has a thickened edge portion along the periphery of the panel compared to strengthen the panel.
US12152388B2
The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling panel brackets, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling surface by supporting a plurality of ceiling panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a bracket configured to couple a ceiling panel to a ceiling grid. The bracket includes a support arm configured to extend over a first flange of a T-beam of the ceiling grid and an attachment wall extending up from the support arm. The attachment wall is configured to be secured to a web of the T-beam. A leg extends down from the support arm so as to hang below the T-beam. A foot is coupled to the leg and configured to be attached to the ceiling panel. The foot is disposed at a first angle with respect to the support arm so as to hold the ceiling panel at an angle to the ceiling grid.
US12152377B1
A screw on accessory for a water faucet, that uses a light timed for the recommended period to properly sanitize/sterilize one's hands. The light may be a conventional led and may change colors at the end of the timed period, or it may use a UV light that just toggles on and off to further sterilize the water and hands. It is intended for use in areas where sterilization of one's hands is critical, such as restaurants, food preparation/packaging facilities, hospitals, day care facilities, schools, and the like. The visual notification for the length of the cleansing period also serves to reinforce to children and adults how long they must properly wash their hands to ensure sanitization. The light is powered by a mini water powered electrical turbine that is incorporated into the housing of the accessory.
US12152371B2
A power machine can include a frame, a lift arm, and one or more electrical devices for control of one or more work elements. The electrical devices can be controlled to improve positional accuracy for work elements during work operations, to improve power management and customer experience (e.g., to provide smoother ride during drive operations), and to provide float functionality for work elements.
US12152366B2
A construction equipment includes a work machine including a boom rotatable with respect to an upper rotating body, a rotatable arm, a rotatable bucket, a tilt rotator including of a tilting actuator, and a rotating actuator; an operation lever for outputting an operation signal corresponding to an operation amount of a driver; a location information providing unit for providing location information and posture information of the work machine; a work setting unit for setting a work area of the work machine, and providing plane information of the work area; and an electronic control unit for controlling the work machine according to a signal inputted from at least one of the operation lever, the work setting unit and the location information providing unit, wherein the electronic control unit controls the posture of the bucket so that the tip of the bucket contacts the work area.
US12152361B2
A temporary earth-retaining structure uses a guide bracket. Tensile force can be directly applied to a pile by using a guide bracket having a simple structure. Mudslide and collapse caused by the earth pressure of backfill soil can be more effectively prevented by means of the tensile force directly applied to the pile. In addition, the guide bracket according to embodiments of the present invention has a simpler structure and is more easily constructed than a conventional bracket, and thus can be constructed at very low cost.
US12152357B2
A snow plow cutting edge, including at least one elongate backing plate removably fastened to a lower edge of a snow plow moldboard or to a cutting edge trip mechanism. The elongate backing plate has a long axis and a plurality of biasing member engaging structures. Slide bars are engaged to the elongate backing plate. The slide bars are arranged proximate one another along the long axis of the elongate backing plate and are slidable generally perpendicular to the long axis. Biasing members are engaged between the biasing member engaging structures and the slide bars such that the slide bars are biased generally perpendicular to the long axis toward a surface to be cleared of snow. Replaceable cutting edge sections are removably attached to one of the plurality of slide bars and located adjacent at least one of the other replaceable cutting edge sections.
US12152351B2
A track rail fastening system includes a direct fixation fastener assembly having a direct fixation fastener, and a laterally elongated support block. Fastener holes for receiving fastener-clamping fasteners, and fastener holes for receiving bracket-clamping fasteners, are formed in the support block. The respective sets of fastener holes are arranged in different anchor patterns. Fastener-clamping fasteners are received in one of the sets of fastener holes and claim direct fixation fastener to the support block. Bracket-clamping fasteners clamp a third-rail support bracket to the support block, and are received in one of the sets of fastener holes. The third-rail support bracket is cantilevered to the support block.
US12152347B2
Sanitary tissue product rolls that exhibit novel combinations of physical properties, such as Moment of Inertia, Roll Density, and optionally Roll Diameter, such that the sanitary tissue product rolls meet consumers' needs, and method for making such novel sanitary tissue product rolls and marketing such novel sanitary tissue product rolls are provided.
US12152346B2
A paperboard structure that includes a paperboard substrate which includes a first major side and a second major side along with at least one barrier coating layer on the first major side. The barrier coating layer(s) may include a binder and a pigment, wherein the binder has a glass transition temperature of at least 20° C., wherein a ratio of the binder to the pigment is at least about 1:2 by weight.
US12152344B2
The invention relates to a metallized multilayer sheet material for packaging having a water vapour transmission rate of below 5 g/m2/day at 38° C. RH:90% comprising: a water vapour permeable sheet substrate, and at least two metallized layers, each covered directly by a solvent based polymeric coating layer, wherein the cumulated metallized layers have an optical density of at least 2.5 and/or a thickness of at least 15 nm.
US12152343B1
Disclosed are a composition and process useful for the trichromatic dyeing of polyamide textile fibers. The composition has a yellow component, a red component and a blue component and wherein the red component includes the mixture of Acid Red 361 and Acid Red 419.
US12152342B2
The present invention provides ink and coating compositions for printing on non-woven substrates or fabrics. Advantageously, the compositions of the invention can be used either as one component (1K) or two component (2K) ink systems. The compositions of the invention exhibit improved properties, such as ink adhesion ratings, as shown by a rub test, compared to commercially available inks designed to be printed on non-woven substrates.
US12152340B2
A high-capacity laundry bag convenient for dragging and taking clothes, and foldable for storage, includes a bag body. The laundry bag further includes a bottom pull window convenient for reaching out for clothes, disposed on a side of a bottom of the bag body, a capacity expansion layer capable of expanding clothes holding capacity, disposed at a top of the bag body, and a rolling wheel capable of supporting and moving the bag body, disposed at the bottom of the bag body.
US12152333B2
A plunger-wash bag apparatus that has two components, a wash bag for receiving the dirty laundry, water and detergent and a plunger having a plunger cup configured to move up and down within the wash bag to agitate and wash laundry therein. The high level of agitation of the laundry up and down and along the interior of the wash bag effectively scrubs and cleans the laundry. Dirty laundry may be inserted into the interior of the wash bag along with water and detergent, and the valve cap may be placed over the valve opening to seal the valve. The plunger cup may then be inserted through the upper opening of the wash bag and moved up and down. The plunger may include jet apertures that cause the liquid within the wash bag to rush or jet therethrough and thereby more effectively wash the clothes therein.
US12152327B2
A sewing system includes a plurality of sewing machines and a management device which manages the plurality of sewing machines. Each of the plurality of sewing machines including a memory which stores parameter data obtained by digitizing an adjustment amount of an adjustment function of a seam, and an adjustment unit which adjusts the adjustment function of the seam by the adjustment amount corresponding to the parameter data in the memory. The management device including a management unit which separately manages the parameter data of the plurality of sewing machines, and a delivery unit which simultaneously delivers the parameter data to each of the plurality of sewing machines.
US12152321B2
A reed monitoring assembly to monitor a weaving reed that have dents juxtaposed along longitudinal direction of the weaving reed. The dents define height direction of the reed and reed gap. The assembly includes an optical device with a first camera array, for taking images of a first portion of the weaving reed, and facing the first longitudinal side of the weaving reed, an illumination device to illuminate the first portion of the weaving reed, and a second camera array, for taking images of a second portion of the weaving reed, and facing the opposite longitudinal side of the weaving reed. The reed monitoring assembly also includes a controller, for controlling the optical device and for receiving image data from the device, and mounting means allowing a relative movement between the weaving reed and the optical device, along an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction of the weaving reed.
US12152319B2
A high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn and preparation method thereof are provided. The high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn is prepared by spinning, winding and coordination treatment of a modified polyester after solid-state polycondensation to increase viscosity. The condition of coordination treatment is 60-72 hours at 80-100° C. The coordination agent is AgNO3, FeCl2, CuCl2, or NiCl2. The polyester segments of the prepared high-strength creep-resistant polyester industrial yarn includes a terephthalic acid segment, an ethylene glycol segment and a 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment, and 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segments of different polyester segments are coordinated by metal ions (Ag+, Fe2+, Cu2+ or Ni2). The molar ratio of the terephthalic acid segment to the 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment is 1:(0.03-0.05). The N atom on the pyridine of the 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid segment is involved in coordination. Metal ions are coordinated with 2-(4-pyridine) terephthalic acid to greatly reduce the creep degree of the polyester fiber.
US12152308B2
A method for producing fluorine gas including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the average particle size of a mist contained in a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, and sending the fluid from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. The flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the average particle size of the mist measured in the measuring the average particle size, such that the fluid is sent to a first flow path when the average particle size of the mist measured in the measuring the average particle size is not more than a predetermined reference value, or the fluid is sent to a second flow path when the average particle size is more than the predetermined reference value.
US12152307B2
An yttrium fluoride sprayed coating having a thickness of 10-500 μm, an oxygen concentration of 1-6 wt %, and a hardness of 350-470 HV is deposited on a substrate surface. The yttrium fluoride sprayed coating exhibits excellent corrosion resistance in a halogen-base gas atmosphere or halogen-base gas plasma atmosphere, functions to protect the substrate from damage by acid penetration during acid cleaning, and minimizes particle generation from a reaction product and due to spall-off from the coating.
US12152302B2
A method and apparatus for producing a gas distribution apparatus are described herein. More specifically, a method and apparatus for producing triple-channel gas distribution apparatus is described herein. The gas distribution apparatus described herein includes an upper plate, a middle plate, and a lower plate. The middle plate and the lower plate are machined before all of the upper plate, the middle plate, and the lower plate are bonded. Additional machining is then performed on the gas distribution apparatus. The gas distribution apparatus is used to distribute three or more process gases into a processing chamber.
US12152297B2
A substrate rotating apparatus comprises a main rotation mechanism, an auxiliary rotation mechanism, and a guide structure. The main rotation mechanism rotates around a first rotation shaft. The main rotation mechanism comprises the auxiliary rotation mechanism. The auxiliary rotation mechanism revolves about the first rotation shaft in accordance of rotation of the main rotation mechanism, and rotates around a second rotation shaft. The second rotation shaft is displaced in a radial direction with respect to the first rotation shaft. The guide structure has a contact surface extending in a circumferential direction with respect to the first rotation shaft. The guide structure controls displacement of the second rotation shaft in the radial direction, and causes the auxiliary rotation mechanism to perform the revolving motion in an orbit along the contact surface when the contact surface and the auxiliary rotation mechanism are in contact with each other.
US12152296B2
A cobalt based superalloy and a method of producing the same. The superalloy includes a nominal composition comprising at least cobalt, aluminum, Z and vanadium, Z being at least one of tantalum and niobium, processed such that the superalloy comprises gamma and gamma-prime phases with stable gamma+gamma-prime microstructures.
US12152295B2
Materials, methods and techniques relate to steel alloys. In some instances, steel alloys can include chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, copper, nickel, manganese, niobium, aluminum, and iron. In some instances, exemplary steel alloys are subjected to solution carburizing, tempering, and/or plasma nitriding. Exemplary steel alloys are typically precipitation strengthened carburizable and nitridable steel alloys.
US12152293B2
A niobium-silicide based alloy and a turbine having at least a turbine component formed from the niobium-silicide based alloy are provided. The niobium-silicide based alloy comprises: between about 14 atomic percent and about 24 atomic percent titanium (Ti); between about 11 atomic percent and about 19 atomic percent silicon (Si); between about 4 atomic percent and about 8 atomic percent chromium (Cr); between about 2 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent hafnium (Hf); up to about 4 atomic percent aluminum (Al); between about 0.5 atomic percent and about 1 atomic percent tin (Sn); between about 5 atomic percent and about 15 atomic percent tantalum (Ta); between about 1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent tungsten (W); up to about 5 atomic percent rhenium (Re); up to about 5 atomic percent zirconium (Zr); up to about 6 atomic percent yttrium (Y); and a balance of niobium (Nb).
US12152286B2
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of the primary coating to the steel sheet is provided. This is provided with a base metal steel sheet containing a predetermined chemical composition and a primary coating formed on a surface of the base metal steel sheet and containing Mg2SiO4 as a main constituent. A peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when performing elemental analysis by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is arranged within a range of 2.0 to 10.0 μm from the surface of the primary coating in the thickness direction. A number density of Al oxides of a size of 0.2 μm or more in terms of a circle equivalent diameter based on the area at the peak position of Al emission intensity is 0.032 to 0.20/μm2, and, in a 100 μm×100 μm distribution chart of Al oxides at the peak position of Al emission intensity obtained by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry, if dividing the distribution chart by 10 μm×10 μm grid section, a ratio of a number of grid sections not containing the Al oxides to the total number of grid sections in the distribution chart is 5% or less.
US12152285B2
A method for thermal processing bullets to yield a refined grain structure, the method includes obtaining one or more bullets, disposing the one or more bullets within a chamber having a temperature gradient between ambient temperature and cryogenic temperature, the chamber having a plurality of temperature zones, moving the one or more bullets between the plurality of temperature zones of the chamber at a predetermined rate, and returning the one or more bullets to the ambient temperature.
US12152284B2
This invention generally relates to a method for the thermomechanical treatment of semi-finished products of high-alloy steel. Typically, the method involves initially heating the steel semi-finished product to at least 1200° C., after which the semi-finished product is cooled and then reheated to a forming temperature, at which the semi-finished product is formed. Afterwards, the formed product is then cooled to ambient temperature.
US12152271B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for forming amplification products. In various embodiments provided herein, transposomes comprising transposases are used in forming tagged polynucleotides for downstream amplification and polynucleotide processing steps.
US12152270B2
The present invention is directed to methods of probiotic selection and use based on the capability of microbial biogenic amine uptake as a method for targeted clinical and veterinary applications, including promoting health and well-being and/or treating therapeutic conditions. The present invention utilizes a microbially-focused approach for the development of drug selection and/or probiotic administration in a variety of diseases and disorders.
US12152260B2
Disclosed herein include methods and compositions for incorporating an effector gene into the genome of a cell. The method can comprise introducing into a cell a donor nucleic acid comprising a recognition site, a splice acceptor site, a self-cleaving peptide sequence, an effector gene, and an optional transcript stabilization element. The donor nucleic acid can be incorporated into the intron of a target gene differentially expressed in a unique cell type and/or in a cell during a unique cell state via non-homologous end joining (NHEJ)-dependent DNA repair. There are also provided, in some embodiments, methods and compositions for treating a disease or disorder in a subject.
US12152259B2
A mutant SaCas9 protein such as a protein having an amino acid sequence resulting from mutations of glutamic acid at the 782-position to lysine (E782K), leucine at the 800-position to arginine (L800R), asparagine at the 968-position to arginine (N968R), asparagine at the 985-position to alanine (N985A), arginine at the 991-position to alanine (R991A), alanine at the 1021-position to serine (A1021S), threonine at the 927-position to lysine (T927K), lysine at the 929-position to asparagine (K929N), and isoleucine at the 1017-position to phenylalanine (I1017F) in SEQ ID NO: 2 has relaxed restriction on target sequence while maintaining binding ability to guide RNA, and is useful as a tool for gene editing.
US12152255B2
The present invention discloses a ω-transaminase mutant obtained through DNA synthetic shuffling combined mutation. The ω-transaminase mutant is obtained through point mutation of a wild type ω-transaminase from Aspergillus terrus. The amino acid sequence of the wild type ω-transaminase is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The mutation site of the ω-transaminase mutant is any one of: (1) F115L-H210N-M150C-M280C; (2) F115L-H210N; (3) F115L-H210N-E253A-I295V; (4) I77L-F115L-E133A-H210N-N245D; (5) I77L-Q97E-F115L-L118T-E253A-G292D; (6) I77L-E133A-N245D-G292D; and (7) H210N-N245D-E253A-G292D. According to the present invention, forward mutations obtained in the previous stage are randomly combined through a DNA synthetic shuffling combined mutation method. It is verified through experiments that this method can effectively improve the probability of forward mutation and increase experimental efficiency and feasibility, and is capable of obtaining mutant enzymes with thermodynamic stability remarkably superior to that of wild enzymes via screening.
US12152251B2
Immune cell engineered to inhibit the endogenous expression of one or more of Blimp-1 and A20 and/or overexpress one or more of exogenous TCF7 and Bach2. Method of treating cancer, comprising administering the cells described herein. Method of increasing one or more of a peak fold proliferation rate, a killing efficiency, or inducing the cellular characteristics associated with naïve phenotype of an immune cell, comprising introducing an exogenous construct encoding a CAR or a TCR, and inhibiting the endogenous expression of one or more of Blimp-1 and A20, and/or introducing an exogenous construct encoding one or more of TCF7 and Bach2. Method of generating a modified immune cell, comprising introducing an exogenous construct encoding a CAR or a TCR, and inhibiting the endogenous expression of one or more of Blimp-1 and A20, and/or introducing an exogenous construct encoding one or more of TCF7 and Bach2.
US12152247B2
The invention relates to dendritic cells, the NFκB signaling pathway of which has been manipulated by RNA transfection, to the manufacture thereof and to use thereof.
US12152243B2
The invention provides non-opioid pain therapeutic compositions that include an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) complementary to an identified target on a NaV channel mRNA. The ASO hybridizes to its target RNA and forms a duplex that recruits RNase H to degrade the RNA, thereby downregulating NaV channel synthesis, which inhibits the neuron's ability to contribute to the perception of pain. The ASO targets one of the specific identified targets, and may be provided as a gapmer that includes a central DNA segment flanked by modified RNA wings. When the composition is delivered to dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro, the DRG neurons exhibit a dose-dependent knockdown of NaV1.7, NaV1.8, or NaV1.9.
US12152239B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for promoting trans-splicing. In some embodiments, the composition comprises an engineered small nuclear RNA that promotes trans-splicing of a target RNA molecule. The composition may further comprise an RNA donor molecule.
US12152226B2
The invention relates to a cell culture bottle for adherent cells (e.g. human mesenchymal stem cells), comprising: a vessel; an internal cylinder, which has an internal Archimedes screw; an internal central tube, through which liquid can flow; and at least one wall arranged around the central tube. This arrangement provides an enlarged inner surface for the growth of the cells and for the reliable mixing of the fluid. The cell culture bottle is formed as a single piece and can be simply and economically produced as a disposable device by means of additive manufacturing.
US12152219B2
Liquid cleaning agent concentrate comprising: a. at least one fatty alcohol alkoxylate, b: at least one amino acid-based surfactant, c. at least one hydrotropic agent, and d. at least one enzyme, preferably proteolytic enzyme, a pH of the liquid cleaning agent concentrate being 9 or >9. The invention also relates to a ready-to-use solution; to uses thereof for cleaning and/or disinfecting objects and to cleaning methods.
US12152217B2
The present patent application relates to a method for reducing wear and tear on mechanical parts that are in contact with each other in an internal combustion engine by using a lubricating composition comprising: at least one base oil; at least one oxothiomolybdate salt; and at least one anti-wear compound; wherein at least one of the said parts includes a surface that comprises an amorphous carbon type coating.
US12152212B2
Disclosed is a method for recycling a coal liquefaction residue. The method includes S1, drying a coal liquefaction residue and pulverizing to obtain a pulverized coal liquefaction residue; S2, subjecting the pulverized coal liquefaction residue to a solvothermal extraction in an autoclave to obtain an extract liquid and a residue; S3, distilling the extract liquid and recovering an organic solvent to obtain a solid extract.
US12152208B2
The present invention provides a solid addition-type diesel environmental protection anti-smoke additive and a method for preparing the same. The additive includes a solvent, vinyl ferrocene, and vinyl acetate. The method includes the following steps: under the condition that nitrogen is introduced to completely replace air, adding to a high-pressure reactor the solvent, vinyl ferrocene, vinyl acetate, and a free radical initiator; starting stirring to introduce a high-pressure vinyl monomer; polymerizing and synthesizing a free radical into a crude product of a diesel anti-smoke oxidant; under the condition of the constant temperature of a system, completing reaction when a pressure is not changed for 60 min; cooling down a reaction product to a room temperature and releasing the pressure to an atmospheric pressure to obtain the crude product; and performing atmospheric distillation for the crude product to remove a petroleum ether and an unreacted raw material from the crude product.
US12152206B2
The present invention relates to debottleneck solution for delayed Coker unit. More particularly, this invention relates to bottoms of vacuum residuum routed to Coker unit through de-asphalting unit to avoid revamp of existing Coker for the processing of heavier feed stock when there is a change in crude slate. Another object of the invention, in particular, relates to improved delayed coking products, a process used in petroleum refineries to crack petroleum residue, thus converting it into gaseous and liquid product streams and leaving behind solid, carbonaceous petroleum coke.
US12152200B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics, the method including: a pretreatment process of pretreating waste plastics; a pyrolysis process of producing pyrolysis gas by introducing the waste plastics pretreated in the pretreatment process into a pyrolysis reactor; a lightening process of producing pyrolysis oil by introducing the pyrolysis gas into a hot filter; and a distillation process of distilling the pyrolysis oil to obtain refined hydrocarbons, wherein a liquid condensed in the hot filter is re-introduced into the pyrolysis reactor, and a system for producing refined hydrocarbons from waste plastics.
US12152193B2
Compositions comprising a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactant), the saccharide polymer comprising a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be present at a concentration effective to lower surface tension of the neutral surfactant. Depending on the fatty acid identity, among other factors, the compositions may promote emulsification or de-emulsification. In addition, the compositions may promote foam formation under appropriate conditions. Treatment fluids comprising the compositions, including foamed treatment fluids, may be introduced into a subterranean formation to perform a treatment operation in which fluid emulsification or de-emulsification may occur. The reaction products may be incorporated in soaps and other personal care products.
US12152185B2
A luminophore having the empirical formula A3M*OxF9-2x:Mn4+ where A may be or include Li, Na, Rb, K, Cs, or combinations thereof. M* may be or include Cr, Mo, W, or combinations thereof. x may be or include 0
US12152183B2
A fluorescent material and a method of synthesizing thereof are provided. The fluorescent material includes a formula (1) as follows: and Y is N or B; X1 and X2 are the same or different; X1 and X2 are selected from C or Si; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are the same or different; R1, R2, R3, and R4 are selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a heteroaryl group; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are the same or different; R5, R6, R7, and R5 are selected from an alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, or a heteroaryl group; or R5 and R6 form a cyclic group; or R7 and R8 form a cyclic group.
US12152180B2
The invention discloses environment-controlling fibers and fabrics using the same, which adopts polyolefin material, optoelectronic material, thermoelectric material, piezoelectric material and catalyst material, to make fibers and fabric by melting, mixing, drawing and weaving. The fabrics are used in all kinds of environmental control products or for organic agriculture. To use green energy such as solar light energy, solar thermal energy, wind energy, hydro energy, geothermal energy and other renewable energy to stimulate the function of the special material within the fibers, so that the fabrics can remove pollutants in the environment and produce self-purification function to achieve the purpose of improving the environmental conditions or promote plant growth.
US12152174B2
Adhesive compositions for medical and non-medical uses are provided. The adhesive compositions can include cyclic disulfide monomers, oligomers of reactions between the cyclic disulfides, polymers of the cyclic disulfides, solid articles formed formed from the polymers, and any combination thereof. Methods of making, using, and recycling the adhesive compositions are provided, including use of the adhesive compositions on a variety of substrates that include biological tissue; biomaterials, including synthetics and natural such as bone, wood, and cellulosics; metals and alloys; polymers, plastics, and rubbers; ceramics; composites; and, any combination of these materials. The adhesives can adhere to substrates in a variety of environmental conditions that include ambient atmospheric conditions, wet conditions that include adhering materials underwater, and in a wide variety of temperatures and pressures, such as those temperatures and pressures found in medical environments, including in living tissue, as well as many residential, commercial, industrial, and manufacturing environments.
US12152171B2
Provided is an adhesive composition including an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer and a post-consumer recycled resin (PCR), wherein the ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer has a melt index (190° C., 2.16 kg, ASTM D1238) of 1 to 30 g/10 min, and the PCR has a melt index (190° C., 2.16 kg, ASTM D1238) of 1 to 10 g/10 min, and a preparation method thereof, which can have excellent processability, low gel content, and excellent adhesive strength by easily distinguishing a certain level of PCR resin by a capillary rheometer and mixing the PCR resin with an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer.
US12152168B2
A polishing slurry according to the present invention is a polishing slurry for polishing a polishing object including a resin, wherein the polishing slurry includes alumina abrasives and silica abrasives, the silica abrasives include aggregate particles composed of a plurality of primary particles of colloidal silica, and an average particle size of the primary particles is smaller than a median size of the alumina abrasives.
US12152164B2
Methods of employing corrosion inhibitors with oxidizing and/or non-oxidizing biocides, such as peroxycarboxylic acids, to provide corrosion protected compositions are disclosed. Various corrosion inhibitors further provide biocidal efficacy in addition to the corrosion protection providing further benefits for application of use. Methods of employing corrosion protected biocide compositions, such as peroxycarboxylic acid compositions, for corrosion protection are particularly well suited for treating fluids intended to flow through pipes, namely in the energy industry, water and paper industries, etc. Methods providing suitable corrosion protection in comparison to untreated systems and corrosion protected systems using conventional corrosion inhibitors, such as quaternary amines and imidazolines commonly used in the industry, are disclosed.
US12152152B2
A flake including a layer of a diamagnetic material; and at least one additional layer is disclosed. The flake, such as a plurality of flakes, can be dispersed in a liquid medium to form a composition. The composition can be applied to a surface of a substrate to form a security device. A method of making the security device is also disclosed.
US12152149B2
An asphalt composition containing asphalt and an asphalt modifier is provided. The asphalt modifier contains a polyesteramide, which contains an alcohol component-derived structural unit, a carboxylic acid component-derived structural unit, and a polyamide component-derived structural unit.
US12152143B2
A curable composition containing a polyoxyalkylene polymer (A) having a reactive silyl group and a (meth)acrylic ester polymer (B) having a reactive silyl group is provided. In the polyoxyalkylene polymer (A), an average ratio per molecule of a number of reactive silyl groups to a number of ends of a polymer backbone is 0.80 or more. In the (meth)acrylic ester polymer (B), an average number per molecule of the reactive silyl groups bonded at ends of a polymer backbone is from 0.30 to 1.00, and the average number per molecule of the reactive silyl groups bonded inside the polymer backbone is from 0 to less than 0.30.
US12152142B2
Provided is a shoe-sole rubber composition including a white filler of 50 mass parts to 100 mass parts, having an inclination of an approximate straight line of plots obtained from input energy (Ein)-hysteresis loss (Ehys) is 0.6 or more, a gel fraction of 80% or less, and a complex modulus of 30 MPa or more.
US12152133B2
A package and method of manufacturing a package is disclosed. In one example, a package for encapsulating an electronic component includes a first cured mold compound, wherein the first cured mold compound includes a resin and filler particles embedded in the resin. The filler particles include a second cured mold compound. The first cured mold compound is based on a first curing act and the second cured mold compound is based on a second curing act different from the first curing act.
US12152128B2
The present invention provides rubber compositions and tires which provide improved overall performance in terms of wet grip performance and dry grip performance. Included is a rubber composition having a hardness that reversibly changes with water, satisfying the relationships (1) and (2) below, and having a stress at break of 8.0 MPa or more, Hardness when dry−Hardness when water-wet≥1 (1) wherein each hardness represents the JIS-A hardness at 25° C. of the rubber composition, 0.90≤Volume when water-wet/Volume when dry≤1.01 (2) wherein each volume represents the volume at 25° C. of the rubber composition.
US12152123B2
Disclosed herein is a foamable composition including a polymer component, a foaming agent, a crosslinking agent, a filler, and a recovered silicon sludge containing silicon carbide and silicon. The polymer component is present in an amount ranging from 15 wt % to 60 wt % based on a total weight of the foamable composition. A foamed material prepared from the foamable composition and a composite product including the same are also disclosed.
US12152113B2
A problem of heat dissipation in motors, converters, high-luminance LEDs, power devices, power supplies, and the like becomes significant. Provided is a means for capable of providing a product, which has favorable workability, segregation stability, storage stability, and the like, penetrates into a gap in a coil portion, an interface in casing, and the like without any gaps, enhances thermal conductivity/heat dissipation properties of a molded product thus obtained, and is excellent in electrical characteristics, toughness/elastic modulus, thermal resistance, thermal cycle properties, and the like, in the case of using the product for a cast molding resin, a potting material (sealing material), an adhesive, grease, and the like.
Provided is a filler-loaded high thermal conductive dispersion liquid composition being formed by uniformly dispersing a powder composition, which contains organic polymer particles containing thermoplastic polymer particles, and high thermal conductive filler particles which contain filler particles having a graphite-like structure and is obtained by pulverizing 5 to 70 parts by weight of the organic polymer particles and 30 to 95 parts by weight of the high thermal conductive filler particles with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of these components by using a pulverizing machine, which performs grinding with frictional force or impact force, to cause delamination or cohesive failure while maintaining an average planar particle size of the filler particles having a graphite-like structure, in the powder composition, the vicinity of the high thermal conductive filler particles being covered with the micronized organic polymer particles and the covered particles being uniformly dispersed, using 25 to 250 parts by weight of a liquid reactive dispersing medium and/or a dispersing medium containing a thermoplastic polymer having a deflection temperature under load or a melting point lower than that of the thermoplastic polymer used in the powder composition with respect to 100 parts by weight of the powder composition, and the dispersion liquid composition having conditions that a thermal conductive infinite cluster exhibiting a thermal conductivity of 1 to 35 W/mK is formed and a concentration of the high thermal conductive filler particles is equal to or more than a percolation threshold.
US12152112B2
A method for degrading crosslinked superabsorbent fibers (SAF) into soluble polymers is disclosed. Degradation is achieved with an oxidative water-soluble salt comprising at least one cation and at least one anion.
US12152111B2
The present invention relates to a process for the recycling of an article comprising a thermoplastic polymer P1 resin, said thermoplastic polymer P1 having been formed from base monomers, said process comprising the following stages: heating said resin in order to convert, at least in part, the thermoplastic polymer P1 into at least two polymers P2, said at least two polymers P2 having a lower molar mass than the molar mass of said polymer P1, cooling said at least two polymers P2 obtained after heating to a temperature substantially equal to or lower than the boiling point of said base monomers, and dissolving said at least two polymers P2 in a solution comprising said base monomers.
US12152102B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a solid, internally and externally blocked polyurethane curing agent based on a (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanate, in which, in the sequence of steps a) to d), a) i) at least one internally blocked (cyclo)aliphatic polyisocyanate and ii) at least one lactam and/or at least one aliphatic alcohol are dissolved in a solvent to produce a reaction mixture, b) the reaction mixture is heated and reacted, c) the reacted reaction mixture is cooled until product precipitates, and d) liquid solvent and any unreacted dissolved reactants and precipitated product are mechanically separated from one another.
US12152089B2
The conjugation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) with activated cisplatin using a malonate linker gives rise to a new Platinum-LHRH conjugate that effectively targets tumor cells that express the LHRH receptor. The Pt-LHRH conjugate may be used in a method for killing or inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell, especially in late state, highly invasive and aggressive stage IV tumors and in reoccurring tumors.
US12152088B2
Provided herein are charge complementary peptides that can be optionally coupled to a cargo polypeptide that are capable of self-assembling under stimulating conditions. The charge complementary peptides can be capable of forming supramolecular structures. Also provided herein are methods of using the charge complementary peptides provided herein.
US12152080B2
Disclosed herein are non-myeloablative antibody-toxin conjugates and compositions that target cell surface markers, such as the CD34, CD45 or CD117 receptors, and related methods of their use to effectively conditioning a subject's tissues (e.g., bone marrow tissue) prior to engraftment or transplant. The compositions and methods disclosed herein may be used to condition a subject's tissues in advance of, for example, hematopoietic stem cell transplant and advantageously such compositions and methods do not cause the toxicities that are commonly associated with traditional conditioning methods.
US12152074B2
The present invention relates to antagonistic antigen binding proteins, a nucleic acid encoding the antagonistic binding protein, a recombinant expression vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a host cell comprising the vector, a method of making the antagonistic antigen binding protein, an antagonistic binding protein produced by the method and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antagonistic binding protein, the nucleic acid or the vector. The present invention further relates to a kit comprising the pharmaceutical composition and use of the antagonistic binding protein in the treatment of cancer and/or chronic infectious diseases.
US12152067B2
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to Ebola virus glycoproteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing Ebola virus activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing Ebola virus infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for use of one or more antibodies that bind to the Ebola virus for preventing viral attachment and/or entry into host cells. The antibodies of the invention may be used prophylactically or therapeutically and may be used alone or in combination with one or more other anti-viral agents or vaccines.
US12152065B2
A T cell receptor (TCR) capable of specifically binding to a short peptide FMNKFIYEI derived from an AFP antigen. The antigen short peptide FMNKFIYEI can form a complex with HLA A0201 and be presented together with same to the cell surface. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the TCR, a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, and a cell that transduces the TCR.
US12152059B2
The invention relates to a method of treatment comprising administering a long-acting mutant human fibroblast growth factor to a subject in need thereof. The said long-acting mutant human fibroblast growth factor is mPEG-CH2—NαH-mFGF21, wherein mFGF21 consists of SEQ ID NO: 1, and the said new use consists of a method of treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
US12152058B2
A device for obtaining protein-enriched fractions from human or animal milk comprises a delipidating unit for reducing a lipid content in the human or animal milk to obtain delipidated milk and a filtering unit for increasing a protein concentration of the delipidated milk to obtain the protein-enriched fraction, comprising a replaceable filter having a nominal molecular weight limit of 2 kDa or more, in particular of 5 kDa or more.
US12152052B2
Provided are oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of MECP2 protein in a cell or animal Such oligomeric agents, oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to ameliorate at least one symptom or hallmark of a neurodevelopmental disease or disorder. Such neurodevelopmental diseases or disorders include MECP2 duplication syndrome. Such symptoms or hallmarks include autism, intellectual disability, motor dysfunction, hypotonia, global developmental delays, gastrointestinal symptoms, anxiety, epilepsy, recurrent respiratory tract infections, epileptic encephalopathy, and early death.
US12152048B2
Provided are a nitroxoline prodrug and a use thereof. Specifically, provided are a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method therefor, a composition containing the compound, and a use thereof in the preparation of anti-infective and antitumor drugs, and definitions of groups in formula (I) are as stated in the specification. The compound represented by formula (I) has better pharmacokinetic parameters such as solubility, blood medicine concentration, or half-life period than nitroxoline. The compound represented by formula (I) can reduce the frequency of drug administration, and has potential for application in other fields other than the field of urinary tracts.
US12152045B2
The present invention relate to a novel silane coupling agent and a medical and/or dental curable composition comprising the same. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel silane coupling agent that imparts high affinity to a radical polymerizable monomer, thereby imparting high mechanical strength, flexibility and durability when used for a medical and/or dental curable composition, and an inorganic filler surface-treated with the novel silane coupling agent and a novel medical and/or dental curable composition. A silane coupling agent including repeating units such as a urethane bond and polyethylene glycol (ether bond) at a specific position is used.
US12152041B2
The present invention relates to macrocyclic indole derivatives of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A and L are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US12152036B2
The disclosure provides compounds of formula (II) having the structure: Compounds of formula (II) are fractalkine receptor agonists and useful in treating, preventing or minimizing metastasis in a subject diagnosed with cancer. The compounds of the disclosure are further useful in treating central nervous system diseases (such as, but not limited to, HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND), and/or Alzheimer's disease), pain, inflammation (such as, but not limited to, arthritis), cardiovascular disease (such as, but not limited to, undesired vascular smooth muscle proliferation, atherosclerosis, coronary vascular endothelial dysfunction, and/or coronary artery disease), and/or multiple sclerosis.
US12152034B2
The disclosure is in part directed to crystalline forms of N-(4-(4-amino-5-(3-fluoro-4-((4-methylpyrimidin-2-yl)oxy)phenyl)-7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-6-yl)phenyl)methacrylamide represented by the following structure: its salts, its cocrystals, and variants thereof.
US12152026B2
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds which inhibit transglutaminase 2 (TG2). Also described herein are methods for using such TG2 inhibitors, alone or in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from TG2 inhibition.
US12152022B2
Anti-viral active agents, particularly the free base hemihydrate form of N-[5-(aminosulfonyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]-N-methyl-2-[4-(2-pyridinyl)-phenyl]-acetamide, as well as methods for the manufacture thereof. Also the use of the above compound in the treatment of human herpes virus infections and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals comprising said compound.
US12152019B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
US12152017B2
A ketoamide compound and a preparation method, a pharmaceutical composition, and a use thereof. Specifically, the ketoamide compound shown in formula (A), a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or any mixture of same, or a pharmaceutically active metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof. The ketoamide compound can effectively inhibit coronavirus or Ebola virus, and thereby implement the prevention or treatment of diseases related to coronavirus or diseases related to Ebola virus.
US12152013B2
Disclosed is a PD-L1 inhibitor, and specifically disclosed is a compound of formula (I) as a PD-L1 immunomodulator, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an isomer thereof.
US12152012B2
The present invention relates to molecules having the following chemical structure (I). The present invention concerns molecules, in particular active as BRAG2 inhibitors and applications thereof. In particular, the invention concerns BRAG2 inhibitors in the treatment of a cancer or angiogenesis.
US12152009B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a novel crystal of 2-{4-[N-{5, 6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl}-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}acetic acid (hereinafter referred to as “Compound B”). A form-I crystal of Compound B, which shows peaks at diffraction angles (2θ) of 6.4°, 8.1°, 9.5°, 10.9°, 13.2°, 15.7°, 17.0°, 19.5°, 20.3°, 21.0°, and 22.8° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained using a Cu-Kα radiation (λ=1.54 Å). A form-II crystal of Compound B, which shows peaks at diffraction angles (2θ) of 9.6°, 11.4°, 11.7°, 16.3°, 17.5°, 18.5°, 18.7°, 19.9°, 20.1°, 21.0°, and 24.6° in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained using a Cu-Kα radiation (λ=1.54 Å).
US12152005B2
Processes are disclosed for preparing carboxylic acids from organic esters, the processes comprising contacting an ester with water in the presence of an acid catalyst and a homogenizing solvent at conditions effective to form a carboxylic acid. The homogenizing solvent is present in an amount sufficient to form a single-phase reaction mixture comprising the ester, water, and homogenizing solvent. The homogenizing solvent may be selected from acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, and 1,4-dioxane.
US12152002B2
The present invention relates to a process for treating a composition comprising natural vanillin by separating a compound of formula (I).
US12151990B2
The present invention relates to an organic nutrient-based dissolution accelerator for potassium sulfate and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The organic nutrient-based dissolution accelerator for potassium sulfate of the present invention consists of an organic acid mixture solution, tyrosine, leucine, threonine, alcohol amine, and the like. The organic nutrient-based dissolution accelerator for potassium sulfate of the present invention can not only substantially improve the dissolution speed of potassium sulfate by 6-120 times, but also provides organic nutrition for crops to achieve a synergy with inorganic nutrition to further improve the nutritional efficiency of potassium and sulfur elements.
US12151983B2
A superhydrophobic asphalt and a method of its preparation. The superhydrophobic asphalt contains an asphalt layer containing a polymer modified asphalt, preferably a radial SBS modified asphalt, and a polypropylene layer. The polypropylene layer comprises granules of polypropylene thermally fused to the asphalt layer. The superhydrophobic asphalt has a water contact angle of 145 to 170°, above the classification threshold for superhydrophobicity. The method of preparing the superhydrophobic asphalt involves distributing polypropylene granules over the surface of a polymer modified asphalt and curing below the melting temperature of the polypropylene. The asphalt may find use in waterproofing applications such as roofing.
US12151973B2
Disclosed herein are a fly ash-based foam geopolymer, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof. The fly ash-based foam geopolymer is prepared from raw materials comprising the following components in parts by weight: 900-1000 parts of a fly ash-based material; 600-700 parts of a composite alkali solution; 0-10 parts of a thickening agent; 2-6 parts of a foam stabilizer A; 5-10 parts of a water reducer; and 20-40 parts of a foaming agent. The preparation method of the present application is simple, and processes such as ball milling, water washing and calcining do not need to be carried out on the raw materials, such that the investment in a grinding equipment, a water washing equipment, a sewage treatment equipment, and a calcining equipment is reduced, and the energy consumption and carbon emissions are reduced. The fly ash-based foam geopolymer prepared by using the fly ash-based material as the main raw material in the present application has a low apparent density and a high early strength, and can be used in the field of fabricated buildings.
US12151966B2
Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1 includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.
US12151960B2
A two-step process for recovering useable solids from food processing wastewater and for significantly reducing the pollutants, chemical, bacterial, and viral load. The first step is the addition of pretreatment chemicals such as metal-based coagulant, pH adjuster, oxidant or a combination thereof. The second step is pumping the chemically pretreated wastewater into a foam fractionation system where a gas is introduced into the chemically treated wastewater to create a rising foam that captures and remove solid materials from the remaining wastewater effluent. The solids are recovered for additional post-processing and the effluent is discharged for post-processing or to existing bodies of water.
US12151958B2
A desalination battery includes a working intercalation electrode in a first compartment, a counter intercalation electrode in a second compartment, both compartments including saline water solution with an elevated concentration of dissolved salts, an ion exchange membrane arranged between the compartments, a voltage source arranged to supply voltage to the electrodes, and a sacrificial compound configured to neutralize charge within the first compartment at a predetermined voltage while being consumed by oxidation or reduction reactions upon an activation of the working electrode.
US12151952B2
The present invention discloses a method for protecting an electrode of a chlorinator. The method computes a conductivity parameter Fx of the chlorinator and determines whether the working status or the working water environment of the chlorinator is abnormal according to the change of a parameter value of the conductivity parameter Fx, and then the chlorinator executes a protection action according to a determination result to effectively ensure the timeliness for the chlorinator to execute the protection action and reduce the probability of damage of the chlorinator, so as to improve the service life of the chlorinator. The invention also discloses different methods for determining whether the working status or the working water environment of the parameter value is abnormal based on the conductivity parameter Fx, and an apparatus for protecting an electrode of a chlorinator.
US12151950B2
A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a structure of a lithium-nickel-based metal oxide. A crystal size in a (104) plane defined by Equation 1 is less than 200 nm. A thickness of a TM slab measured by a Rietveld method in a crystal structure of a space group R-3m by an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis is 2.15 Å or less. A thickness of a Li slab thickness measured by the Rietveld method in the crystal structure of the space group R-3m by the XRD analysis is 2.585 Å or more.
US12151938B2
Copper-filled carbon nanotubes and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition can be used to synthesize vertically aligned carbon nanotubes filled with copper nanowires. The copper filling can occur concurrently with the carbon nanotube growth, and the carbon nanotubes can be completely filled by copper. The filling of Cu inside the CNTs can be controlled by tuning the synthesis temperature.
US12151935B2
A micromechanical apparatus includes a substrate, a movable element disposed in a reference plane in an undeflected state, a transmission structure having a first transmission side coupled to the substrate, and a second transmission side coupled to the movable element, and an actuator configured to provide a force along a force direction parallel to the reference plane and apply the same to the first transmission side. The transmission structure is configured to transfer the force along the force direction to a movement of the movable element out of the reference plane.
US12151920B2
A lift device includes a scissor assembly coupling a base to a platform. The scissor assembly includes a first scissor layer including a first inner arm configured to rotate relative to a first outer arm about a middle axis. The first scissor layer has an end axis center point defined based on the positions of the end axes about which the first inner arm and the first outer arm rotate. The first middle axis is offset from the first end axis center point. The scissor assembly further includes a second scissor layer coupled to the first scissor layer and extending between the first scissor layer and the platform. The second scissor layer includes a second inner arm pivotally coupled to a second outer arm.
US12151917B2
A lifting unit for a vehicle can include a mounting assembly configured to pivotally couple to a lifting boom of the vehicle, a coupler assembly configured to releasably couple with equipment positionable by the lifting unit, and a rotary actuator assembly coupled between the mounting assembly and the coupler assembly. The mounting assembly includes a mount, a travelling frame coupled to the mount, and an extension actuator configured to displace the travelling frame along an extension axis relative to the mount. The rotary actuator assembly is configured to rotate the coupler assembly about a rotational axis.
US12151913B1
A tape roll dispenser has a backplate, a spindle, a sidewall, and a cutting surface. The spindle extends outwardly from a section of the backplate that is above a lateral median line, and the tape roll engages with the topside of the spindle. The sidewall is attached to the spindle's distal end and/or the backplate and extends to an upper end that is further away from the lateral median line than the spindle's topside, and no structure extends over the spindle's topside from either the sidewall or the backplate. The cutting surface extends outwardly from the backplate at a location below the spindle's topside. A writing device holder is connected to and extends outwardly from the backplate, sidewall, or cutting surface. A tab can extend upwardly from a center section of the cutting surface to prevent the bottom section of the tape roll from swinging out away from the backplate.
US12151909B2
A sheet supply device in an embodiment includes a cassette, a housing, a drawing-in device, a roller, and a guide member. The housing supports the cassette to be movable in a first direction. The drawing-in device draws the cassette into the housing. The roller is supported by one of the cassette and the housing. The guide member is supported by another of the cassette and the housing. The guide member includes a groove having the first direction as a longitudinal direction and having a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction as a width direction. The roller is disposed in a first portion in the first direction of the groove in a state in which the cassette is housed in the housing.
US12151898B2
A transfer apparatus includes a transfer part; an equipment part separated from the transfer part. A groove is disposed in one of the transfer part and the equipment part, and a protrusion is disposed in the other of the transfer part and the equipment part, the transfer part and the equipment part are connected by coupling of the groove and the protrusion; and an object on the transfer part is transferred onto the equipment part.
US12151887B2
An automated guided vehicle, a system for sorting cargo, and a method of sorting cargo using the same are provided. The system for sorting cargo according to an embodiment includes an automated guided vehicle, a cargo supply unit, a plurality of cargo sorting units, a supply control unit configured to load the plurality of pieces of cargo supplied from the cargo supply unit into the plurality of cargo loading units of the automated guided vehicle, a transport control unit configured to transport the pieces of cargo to each cargo sorting unit while controlling a movement path of the automated guided vehicle into which the plurality of pieces of cargo are loaded; and a discharge control unit configured to discharge at least one piece of cargo transported through the automated guided vehicle to each cargo sorting unit to sort the at least one piece of cargo.
US12151884B2
Goods storage and retrieval systems and materials handling vehicles are provided. The goods storage and retrieval system includes a multilevel warehouse racking system; a materials handling vehicle comprising a mast assembly, a picking attachment, and vehicle-based cart engagement hardware; a mobile storage cart; and a transporter comprising transporter-based engagement hardware. The transporter-based engagement hardware enables the transporter to engage, transport, and disengage the mobile storage cart. The vehicle-based cart engagement hardware is coupled to the mast assembly to (i) engage and disengage the mobile storage cart and (ii) transport the mobile storage cart to multiple levels of the multilevel warehouse racking system. The mast assembly and the picking attachment are configured to access multiple levels of the multilevel warehouse racking system. The picking attachment is configured to transfer totes between the multilevel warehouse racking system and the mobile storage cart.
US12151874B1
An insulated retail packaging container, method of manufacturing the same, and a method of filling the container. An embodiment of the container includes a plurality of interconnected panels establishing a flexible waterproof insulated bag. A re-closeable seal is configured to temporarily close the bag creating an enclosable receiving compartment that contains a plurality of individually packaged cups. A thermally insulating lining is secured to a majority of an internal surface of the receiving compartment. Disposed within one of the pluralities of interconnected panels is a first viewing window. The first viewing window is comprised of a transparent material, thereby allowing a user to determine a state of the retail products housed within the insulated retail packaging container without having to open the re-closeable seal when the insulated retail packaging container is operating as a cooler.
US12151872B1
A heating and cooling apparatus includes a inner container for containing a food product and having a rim and a side wall and a base dome, and an outer container having an open rim and a side wall and a base dome, where the inner container is snugly fitted into the open rim of the outer container and a common lid on the container rims, and the inner container is shorter than the outer container defining a dry gas chamber between the container base domes containing a dry gas and a thermally reactive structure, and where the diameters of the inner container is less than that of the outer container leaving a radial space between the container cylindrical walls defining a humidification liquid chamber containing a humidification liquid, and a sealing member between the dry gas chamber and the humidification liquid chamber.
US12151869B2
A container has an ophthalmic injector holding an intraocular lens and a first vessel at least partially filled with a fluid. The intraocular lens is surrounded by the fluid and the first vessel is provided with a lid which closes the first vessel in a fluid-tight manner and which is releasably connected to the first vessel. A second vessel is coupled to the first vessel. A fluid-tight closure is provided between the first vessel and the second vessel, wherein the lid is coupled to the closure by a coupler, and, when the lid is released from the first vessel, the closure is configured, via the coupler, to pass from a closed position to an open position, such that the fluid can flow from the first vessel into the second vessel.
US12151860B2
The invention comprises a lid configured to close the open end of a container, wherein the lid comprises a track disposed at least partially circumferentially within a peripheral portion of the lid, at least one insertion point within the track, and at least one retention region within the track. A ring is disposed circumferentially about the container, wherein the ring comprises at least one post which is configured to be inserted into and removed from the at least one insertion point and retained within the retention region. At least one of the ring and the lid are circumferentially rotatable between a locked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one retention region and an unlocked position, wherein the at least one post is within the at least one insertion point.
US12151859B2
A screw-top closure cap having a collapsible spout nesting within a cap and with a portion of the spout seated coaxially within the container neck itself is disclosed. Both the spout and the cap incorporate child-resistant features to prevent unwanted removal of the closure and/or use of the spout.
US12151854B2
A closure cap made of a plastic. The closure cap includes a cylindrical shell which has a lateral outer surface and a vertical axis of rotation, and wings which are arranged to protrude from the lateral outer surface and which are fastened on diametrically opposite sides of the cylindrical shell. Each of the wings transitions from a wing fastening region, which is arranged close to the cylindrical shell, into an actuation region, which adjoins the wing fastening region and which is arranged radially further distant from the cylindrical shell. The actuation region serves for a manual actuation of the closure cap. The wing fastening regions are arranged, with respect to both sides of a central plane which runs through the cap axis of rotation, rotationally symmetrical with respect to the cap axis of rotation.
US12151847B2
A decorative container assembly (10) has a container (12) having a bottom member (18) and an annular sidewall (20) extending from the bottom member (18). An end of the annular sidewall (20) defines a rim (22) and an opening (24) of the container (12). A first decorative member (16) is adhered to the sidewall (20) and covers an outer surface of the sidewall (20). The decorative container assembly (10) further has a lid assembly (14) operably removably connected to the rim (22) of the container (12). The lid assembly (14) has an annular ring member (42) and a top cover member (44). A second decorative member (16) covers a top surface of the cover member (44). A handle (34) has a first end connected to the sidewall (20) at a first position and a second end connected to the sidewall (20) at a second position, the first position being generally opposite to the second position. A first earing member (88) hangs from the handle (34) proximate the first end of the handle (34) and proximate the sidewall (20), and a second earing member (94) hangs from the handle (34) proximate the second end of the handle (34) and proximate the sidewall (20).
US12151843B2
A containment system for placement in an installation space includes a housing which encloses a process chamber, a dosing station for the aseptic filling of vessels with a liquid, positioned in the process chamber, a transfer port leading into the process chamber, and a functional module which can be moved up to the dosing station, The module includes an element carrier, functional elements installed on the element carrier, and media feed lines connected to the functional elements. The functional module with the element carrier, the functional elements, and the media feed lines is movable from an initial position, through a transfer port leading into the process chamber, to an operating position at the dosing station.
US12151841B2
A cup sealing assembly comprising a lower housing member, an upper housing member, a lower housing plate, a heater plate, and a heating element. The lower housing member has a lower wall. A central wall extends across the lower wall. A cooling slot is defined in the lower wall. The upper housing member has an upper wall and an upper transverse wall, and is positioned on the central wall. A pair of cooling slots is defined in the upper wall in a vertical orientation. The lower housing plate is positioned at a lower end of the lower housing member. The heater plate has an outer rim from its lower surface. The heating element is sandwiched between the heater plate and the lower housing plate. The heater plate fastener couples the lower housing member to the heater plate. An assembly having multiple cup sealing assemblies is disclosed.
US12151837B2
The present technology is generally directed to methods and systems for automated food packaging. The method and system includes singulating a plurality of elongate food products into a plurality of individual product pieces, conveying the plurality of individual product pieces along a moving surface, depositing a portion of the individual product pieces into a bucket, where the products are deposited such that a length of greater than about 90% of the individual product pieces are generally aligned parallel with the first side or second side of the bucket. Methods and systems include measuring a height between a top surface of the deposited portion of produce pieces and a top side of the moving surface, vertically lowering the bucket if the measured height is less than a threshold amount, and depositing a second portion of individual product pieces into the vertically lowered bucket.
US12151836B2
A system for grabbing and filling pills into a blister pack is provided and associated corresponding method. The system includes a vacuum pill-manipulator provided with prongs having holes at their tip to retain pills. The vacuum pill-manipulator is configured to transition from a pill-retaining configuration where suction is applied at the tip of each prong to hold the pills during movement, to a pill-releasing configuration where suction is released to drop the pills in corresponding pill-chambers. A robotized arm is provided with the vacuum pill-manipulator, and is controllable to: move the vacuum pill-manipulator from a pill-container rack, for grabbing a pill-container, to a pill-container retaining station, to suction pills at the tips of the prongs; and move, in the pill-retaining configuration, the vacuum pill-manipulator to the blister pack location, and position the vacuum pill-manipulator to align the tip of each prong with the corresponding pill-chamber for the pill-releasing configuration.
US12151828B2
A door for an aircraft is configured to be selectively closed on a frame. The door includes a safety system for an anchoring element. The safety system includes a source of light radiations and a receptor of said radiations, the source being integral with the door and the receptor being integral with the anchoring element. The receptor is optically connected to signalling apparatus that signals the positioning of the anchoring element in the second operating condition when the receptor receives the light radiation from the source.
US12151827B2
Sensor data is received from an inertial measurement unit on a vehicle. An observed attitude and an observed attitude rate of the vehicle are determined based on the sensor data. Using a model associated with a vehicle failure mode, an expected attitude and an expected attitude rate of the vehicle are determined. A malfunctioning rotor is determined based on the observed attitude, the observed attitude rate, the expected attitude, and the expected attitude rate. In response to identifying the malfunctioning rotor, a responsive action is performed, including by updating a geometry matrix so that at least one non-malfunctioning rotor in the plurality of rotors compensates for the malfunctioning rotor.
US12151823B2
A system is disclosed herein, including a cushion including a plurality of tactors and a plurality of air bladders disposed adjacent the plurality of tactors, a pump assembly operably connected to the plurality of bladders, a processor, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The memory includes instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine an inflation sequence for the plurality of air bladders, determine a deflation sequence for the plurality of air bladders, output commands to the pump assembly corresponding to the inflation sequence and the deflation sequence, and output vibrate commands to the plurality of tactors.
US12151822B1
An exemplary inventive parafoil includes a soft wing and a semi-rigid skeleton. Configured to effect ram-air flight, the soft wing forms adjacent elongate cells directed from leading edge to trailing edge, with respective inflow vents arranged along the leading edge. The semi-rigid skeleton includes one or more cell-compatible support structures, each joined with a cell in furtherance of maintaining the cell's inflated shape and preventing its collapse under adverse aerodynamic circumstances. Each cell-compatible support structure includes a ring-like frame and two parallel rod-like projections attached perpendicular to the ring-like frame at laterally opposite locations. According to each coupling of a cell-compatible support structure with a cell, the ring-like frame is affixed at or near the cell's inflow vent, fitting onto or inside the cell lip; the two rod-like projections extend backward from the ring-like frame along part of the cell length, each integrated with or interiorly contiguous to the cell.
US12151821B2
The invention relates to an air conditioning system for a cabin (10) of an aircraft (80) comprising: a bleed air source (12); a ram-air circulation channel (13); a network of pipes and control valves; an air cycle turbine engine comprising at least one compressor (3) and a power turbine (4) which are mechanically connected to one another; and at least one primary cooling exchanger (PHX) which is accommodated in said channel (13), characterized in that said pipe network comprises a thermal power pipe (53) which is suitable for being able to fluidically connect, upon control of at least one control valve (25, 21), said air outlet (4b) of said power turbine (4) and said ram-air circulation channel (13) upstream of said primary exchanger (PHX) so that said bleed air expanded by said power turbine (4) can form a thermal energy source for said ram air being supplied to said primary circuit of said primary exchanger (PHX).
US12151811B2
According to one implementation of the present disclosure, a rotorcraft includes a fuselage, an airframe, a main rotor, first and second wings, and a wing rotation system. The wing rotation system may be coupled to the first and the second wings and includes a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, and a uniform actuator. The first drive shaft may be coupled to the first wing for rotation around a central wing axis, the second drive shaft may be coupled to the second wing for rotation around the central wing axis, and the uniform actuator may be coupled between the first drive shaft and the airframe. Also, the wing rotation system can be configured to actuate rotation of the first and the second wings from a first direction to a second direction.
US12151804B2
A system and method for controlling two or more actuators acting together to move a component or surface includes Two or more actuators engaged with the component or surface to be moved. Each actuator is displaceable to move the component or surface in response to a component or surface position command. Each actuator has an associated actuator controller to receive the position command and to output an actuator displacement command. The system also includes force fight control means configured to determine a force differential from forces, or a pressure differential from pressures measured at each actuator and to derive a speed and/or a current offset signal, and to provide the offset signal to the actuator controllers to modify the actuator displacement commands.
US12151799B2
A system for guiding a first watercraft remotely has a rudder proximate the stern of the first watercraft, having a rudder shaft extending upward from a deck area at the stern, a servo device having an output servo horn coupled to the rudder shaft by a linkage, adapted to turn the rudder shaft in concert with the servo horn, a radio receiver/controller adapted for receiving radio signals for guiding the first watercraft, the radio receiver/controller coupled to the servo device, and a radio transmitter having an input wheel for providing steering commands. The system is characterized in that the input wheel of the radio transmitter is manipulated by a user remote from the watercraft, the radio signals for guiding the first watercraft are transmitted from the radio transmitter to the radio receiver/controller on the first watercraft, and the radio receiver/controller provides operating signals to the servo device to rotate the servo horn either clockwise or counterclockwise, guiding the first watercraft.
US12151791B1
A system for joining charged scuttle modules comprising modular elements and attachable components, including a male end adapted to join a single-piece female end by rotating the male end into the single-piece female end such that data bus terminals align and power bus terminals align. The system can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed systems for each mission. The joints connecting the modules are designed such that power and data connections between modules are reliably made.
US12151783B2
A chain guide comprises a first guide member and a second guide member. The first guide member includes a first guide plate. The second guide member includes a second guide plate and an extending part. The extending part extends from the second guide plate toward the first guide plate. The extending part includes a first extending part and a second extending part. The first extending part has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a first intermediate portion. The second extending part has a third end portion, a fourth end portion, and a second intermediate portion. The first intermediate portion is spaced apart from the second intermediate portion. The first end portion is coupled to the second guide plate. The third end portion is coupled to the second guide plate. The second end portion is coupled to the fourth end portion.
US12151773B2
A method for forming a bicycle frame component made of thermoplastic composite laminates has: a shell forming step: manufacturing multiple shells by compression molding; an overlapping step: overlapping two corresponding connecting margins of each two of the multiple shells to form an overlapping section of the two of the multiple shells and deploying a supporting unit within the multiple shells for supporting; a hot compressing connection step: heating and compressing the multiple shells to diffuse polymers of the multiple shells and to turn the multiple overlapping sections into multiple fusion areas for connection; a supporting unit removal step: removing the supporting unit disposed within the bicycle frame component.
US12151772B2
Example bicycle suspension components are described herein. An example suspension component includes an air spring including an air spring body and a piston in the air spring body. The piston divides the air spring body into a first chamber and a second chamber. The air spring also includes a shaft extending into the air spring body. The shaft extends through the piston. The piston is slidable along the shaft. The air spring further includes a spring to bias the piston in a first direction relative to the shaft.
US12151753B2
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.
US12151752B2
Disclosed are a steering auxiliary motor control device and a method thereof, the device comprising: a receiving unit for receiving steering angle information and driver steering torque information from a sensor included in a vehicle; a maximum steering angle determination unit for determining the maximum steering angle of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle information and preset reference steering angle information; and a limited motor torque determination unit for determining limited motor torque for limiting maximum motor torque outputted from a steering auxiliary motor on the basis of a first condition including the steering angle information, the maximum steering angle information, and steering angle holding time information and/or a second condition including the driver steering torque information, over-torque limit entry torque information, over-torque limit release torque information, and steering torque holding time information.
US12151751B2
A traction module for a robot system and a robot system using the traction module having, an outer frame and a rotating frame rotatably mounted within the outer frame. A drive system is operatively coupled to the rotating frame and configured to drive a traction drive component to propel the robot. An actuator is operatively connected to the rotating frame to controllably rotate the rotating frame. During a first portion of a rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system moves between a flat mode position relative to the outer frame and a clearance mode position in which the drive system extends outwardly from the outer frame to a greater extent than in the first position. During a second portion of the rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system may be positioned in a desired orientation to propel the robot.
US12151748B2
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the range of control for the frictional force on a steering shaft is increased, the frictional force can be sustained at a set level to enhance the steering feel, the number of parts is reduced to improve ease of assembly and reduce cost of production, and deformation of the steering shaft can be minimized.
US12151742B2
Provide is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. In the vehicle equipped with a battery pack, right and left second floor cross members support a rear portion of a front seat, and right and left third floor cross members support a front portion of a rear seat. First to fourth floor longitudinal frames extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body between the right and left second floor cross members and the right and left third floor cross members, and are raised upward from a floor panel. The battery pack is arranged below the floor panel and is fixed to the first to fourth floor longitudinal frames.
US12151739B1
A vehicle drive and control system for a vehicle having a prime mover and an operator control device such as a steering wheel is disclosed. A transaxle includes a power generating device in a transaxle housing and driven by the prime mover, an electric motor in the transaxle housing and powered by the power generating device, and at least one axle extending out of the transaxle housing and engaged to and driving one of a pair of driven wheels. A battery is powered by the power generating device, and connected to a controller. The controller is operatively connected to the operator control device and to the electric motor such that the controller controls electric motor output based on input received via the operator control device.
US12151736B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle including a first component, a second component, wherein the first component and the second component are adjustable relative to one another in two non-parallel adjustment directions. A position detection device having a sensor connected to the first component including at least one sensor unit and a sensor target connected to the second component comprising at least one target unit, wherein the sensor is configured to detect relative position of the sensor target, wherein the target unit includes a measurement portion extending in the two adjustment directions which has a local measuring quantity varying in each of the two adjustment directions that can be detected locally by the sensor unit.
US12151735B2
A vehicle steering wheel device, including a center portion of a steering wheel, a steering wheel cover that covers the center portion on the dashboard side, the side opposite the driver, an electronic control unit stowed in an internal area between the steering wheel cover and the center portion, an opening section where a part of the steering wheel cover is open in a window shape, a lid detachably provided on the steering wheel cover that closes the opening section, and a harness provided in the internal space that connects to the electronic control unit and supplies power from the vehicle body side, where the electronic control unit is provided secured to the lid, and the lid is connected to the vehicle body side by the harness connected to the electronic control unit.
US12151729B1
A fuel cell assembly for easy removal and installation of a fuel cell system is described. The fuel cell assembly includes one or more first rolling members provided in one or more first slots of a first base arrangement, where a plurality of holes are configured on a second surface of the first base arrangement. Each of the one or more first rolling members includes a plurality of rollers configured to be inflated and deflated. The inflating and deflating of each first rolling member facilitate movement of the plurality of rollers of each first rolling member into a plurality of holes and out of the plurality of holes, respectively, which enables the fuel cell system to move between a raised position and a lowered position. The raised position of the fuel cell system indicates a position in which the fuel cell system is in contact with the plurality of rollers.
US12151728B2
Collapsible reusable watertight carrying cases are provided in sizes varying from small containers without wheels to large sealable container bins on wheels, to provide large quantities of water or other supplies and cargo. The cases are assembled or disassembled from a joined flat space-saving configuration to a functioning case and vice-versa. The sides of the cases are erected progressively by hand by interlocking self sealing reciprocating channel and channel engaging members elements at the corners. The panels also disassemble progressively by being manually pulled apart. Optional foldable locking latches provide stability and aesthetics to the carrying case. When folded into a flat storage or shipping configuration, the panels stay together, resisting unfolding by virtue of snaps which are either molded into the panels or bonded to them. The carrying cases are resistant to water, dirt, bacteria, molds, allergens, and inclement weather.
US12151724B2
A display device for displaying a graphical representation of information. The display device includes a first interface for receiving the information via a first transfer path, a second interface for receiving the information via a second transfer path. A first sub-display is designed to display a first sub-region of the graphical representation using the information received by the first interface, and a second sub-display is designed to display a second sub-region of the graphical representation using the information received by the second interface. The first and second sub-display form a complete display which is configured to display the graphical representation. The first sub-display and the second sub-display are arranged one behind the other in a viewing direction.
US12151723B2
A monitoring device for monitoring a temporary rail connection of two rail portions includes a first fixing element which can be fixed to the first rail portion, and a second fixing element which can be fixed to the second rail portion. The monitoring device furthermore includes a first distance sensor for measuring a first distance between the fixing elements, and a second distance sensor for measuring a second distance between the first fixing element and a first clamping device of the temporary rail connection. The monitoring device allows reliable monitoring of the temporary rail connection. A rail connection system for creating and monitoring a temporary rail connection of two rail portions of a rail is also provided.
US12151699B2
A driving assistance apparatus to be applied to a vehicle is configured to present behavior stability of the vehicle to a driver who drives the vehicle by means of an auditory stimulus. The driving assistance apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are communicably coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to determine the behavior stability of the vehicle on the basis of information indicating behavior of the vehicle, and output the auditory stimulus while varying the auditory stimulus every time the vehicle travels a predetermined time period or a predetermined section in a state in which the behavior stability is high.
US12151698B2
A notification control device includes an occupant state identifying unit, a behavior change obtaining unit, and a notification processing unit. The occupant state identifying unit is configured to identify a state of an occupant of the vehicle among a plurality of states. The behavior change obtaining unit is configured to obtain an imminent behavior change of the vehicle during the automated driving. The notification processing unit is configured to cause a notification device to notify the occupant of the imminent behavior change when the imminent behavior change obtained by the behavior change obtaining unit satisfies a notification condition. The notification condition is set for each of the plurality of states. The notification condition for a first distracted state categorized into a distracted group is different from the notification condition for a second distracted state categorized into the distracted group.
US12151695B2
A control device of a mobile object includes a control unit configured to restrict, based on information specifying a suppression area where occurrence of a communication delay is to be suppressed, the mobile object from performing an operation that induces a communication delay in the suppression area.
US12151694B2
Disclosed are an automobile diagnosis device, system and method. The automobile diagnosis device includes: a diagnosis protocol transceiver configured to fault code data of an automobile to be diagnosed; a communication module; a master controller electrically connected to the diagnosis protocol transceiver and the communication module; a multimeter circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to send multimeter data to the master controller; an oscilloscope circuit electrically connected to the communication module and configured to send oscilloscope data to the host computer by means of the communication module; a signal generating circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to generate an analog waveform signal in response to a driving signal of the master controller. The adaptability of the automobile diagnosis device is improved.
US12151684B2
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to detect an abnormal condition of a driver of a vehicle, based on an inside sensor signal, search a predetermined section from the position of the vehicle at detection of the driver's abnormal condition for a first evacuation space by referring to map information, detect an obstacle in the first evacuation space, based on an outside sensor signal, search the predetermined section for a second evacuation space by referring to the map information when the obstacle is detected, control the vehicle to stop the vehicle in the second evacuation space when the second evacuation space is detected, and control the vehicle to stop the vehicle on a roadway being traveled by the vehicle in the predetermined section when the second evacuation space is not detected.
US12151683B2
A vehicle control system includes a traveling environment detector configured to detect a traveling environment in a traveling direction of a vehicle, an acceleration state detector configured to detect an acceleration state due to a driver's operation, a driver state monitor configured to monitor a state of a driver based on a captured driver's image and detect an expression centered on the driver's face, an expression sudden change determinator configured to determine a sudden change in the driver's expression based on a detection result by the driver state monitor, an acceleration suppressor configured to suppress acceleration of the vehicle when the traveling environment detector detects no object for which collision avoidance is required in the traveling direction of the vehicle and the expression sudden change determinator determines that the driver's expression has suddenly changed immediately after the acceleration state detector detects the rapid acceleration due to the driver's operation.
US12151682B2
An adaptive cruise control method for a driving vehicle includes acquiring the speed of the driving vehicle, acquiring the relative distance between the driving vehicle and the preceding vehicle driving in the same lane in front of the driving vehicle, calculating a target time headway, the time headway being the ratio between the relative distance and the driving vehicle speed, on the basis of a relationship linking the target time headway with the driving vehicle speed, and controlling, as a first control mode, the engine and/or the brake of the driving vehicle on the basis of the target time headway.
US12151681B2
A vehicle driving control system includes a road map information updating unit, a control information calculation unit, and a driving control execution unit. Upon determining that a stopped vehicle is present ahead of a target vehicle and that the target vehicle is able to pass by the stopped vehicle, the control information calculation unit calculates control information to be used to restrict a vehicle speed to a first set vehicle speed or less until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle, and calculates, if a door of the stopped vehicle has been opened, the control information to be used to restrict the vehicle speed to a second set vehicle speed or less until a set time period elapses from the opening of the door or until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle. The second set vehicle speed is lower than the first set vehicle speed.
US12151680B2
A method for calculating a lateral position of an ego motor vehicle on a traffic lane includes calculating a first theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating a second theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating a third theoretical lateral position of the ego vehicle, calculating the lateral position of the ego vehicle using a weighted average of the first lateral position, the second lateral position, and the third lateral position.
US12151674B2
A driving method of controlling a vehicle is provided to solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning, to a method that can solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning.
US12151670B2
A system for controlling load sharing between multiple generators mechanically coupleable to the output shaft of a prime mover is provided. The system may comprise a first processor; and at least two inverters operably connectable to at least two generators, respectively. The generators provide AC power to the respective inverter and each inverter provides DC power to a respective DC link. Each inverter may comprise a processor configured to control a respective generator. The processor may be configured to receive a common speed command from the first processor, adjust the common speed command based on a speed of the same output shaft to create a droop, determine a torque command based on the adjusted speed command and supply the determined torque command to the corresponding generator.
US12151651B2
A trailer mountable portable ladder assembly includes a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface. A post is attached to and extends downwardly from the lower surface and is sized to be removably extended into a stake pocket. A fastening member is mechanically mounted in the post. The fastening member is actuated to frictionally engage an inner surface of the stake pocket to releasably retain the post in the stake pocket. A ladder is attached to the base plate.
US12151647B2
The present invention provides a technology capable of performing control such that ranging is performed more reliably in a mobile object and a portable device which is a regular communication partner. Provided is a communication device mounted on a mobile object including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a ranging trigger signal for starting measurement of a distance between the communication device and a portable device carried by a person and a communication control unit configured not to start ranging communication for measurement of the distance based on a fact that first specific information defined in advance and necessary for determination of the mobile object does not match second specific information included in the acquired ranging trigger signal and necessary for determination of the mobile object.
US12151641B2
A belt reel (14) for a belt retractor (10) has a rotational axis (R) and a reel body (16) that is provided as a reel for a webbing (24) and has a first axial circumferential circle (34). The reel body (16) further includes a radial constriction (32) having a second axial circumferential circle (36), wherein the constriction (32) is arranged centrally on the reel body (16) in the axial direction (A) and wherein the circumference of the second axial circumferential circle (36) amounts to a maximum of 95% of the circumference of the first axial circumferential circle (34). Moreover, a belt retractor (10) comprising such belt reel (14) is described.
US12151638B2
The side airbag device is provided with a cushion, an inflator arranged on the occupant side of a side part of a seat frame, and a support plate, where the cushion in a folded state includes: a first portion positioned on the occupant side of the seat frame side part, and a second portion positioned on the side opposite the occupant side of the seat frame side part and wraps around the vehicle front side from the first portion to sandwich the seat frame side part together with the first portion; and the support plate includes: a main body part for supporting the second portion, and a rearward extending part, in which through-holes and are formed extending from the main body part toward the rear of the vehicle beyond the second portion for allowing stud bolts and of the inflator to pass through.
US12151636B1
An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat bottom and a seat back, and an airbag attached to the vehicle seat at a first anchor point and a second anchor point. The first anchor point is located on the seat bottom and fixed relative to the seat bottom, and the second anchor point is located on the seat back and movable along a length of the seat back.
US12151630B2
An airbag apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes an airbag, a collision determiner, an airbag deployment controller, and a pulling device. The airbag is configured to be deployed forward of a vehicle body front of the vehicle. The collision determiner is configured to establish a pre-crash determination in a case where a collision probability is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold. The airbag deployment controller is configured to give to an inflator a command to supply deployment gas to the airbag and deploy the airbag, in response to the pre-crash determination. The pulling device is configured to pull, rearward of the vehicle, a collision portion with which a collision object is to collide or vicinity of the collision portion on a front surface of the airbag so as to form a recessed portion configured to restrain the collision object.
US12151626B2
A method includes receiving a handwheel angle signal, generating a handwheel speed signal and a handwheel acceleration signal, and synchronizing the handwheel speed signal and the handwheel acceleration signal. The method also includes delaying the handwheel angle signal, calculating a sum of the delayed handwheel angle signal and a phase value, converting the sum of the delayed handwheel angle signal and the phase value to radians, determining an offset correction value by calculating a sine function value of the converted sum of the operator torque estimation signal and the phase value, calculating a product of the offset correction value and a calibratable value of an offset mass magnitude, adjusting the operator torque estimation signal by adding the product and the calibratable value of an offset mass magnitude, and determining whether hands of an operator of the vehicle are on the handwheel based on the adjusted operator torque estimation signal.
US12151618B2
A control device includes circuitry configured to: generate a bird's-eye view image and a three-dimensional image that show a moving body and surroundings of the moving body, based on respective pieces of imaging data obtained by a plurality of imaging devices of the moving body; cause a display device to display the generated bird's-eye view image and the generated three-dimensional image; and determine whether a predetermined object is present in a boundary region between the respective pieces of imaging data in the bird's-eye view image and the three-dimensional image. Upon determining that the predetermined object is present in the boundary region, the circuitry is configured to preferentially change the boundary region in the three-dimensional image among the displayed bird's-eye view image and the displayed three-dimensional image.
US12151604B2
A light-distribution control apparatus includes a light-distribution changer configured to change distribution of light that a headlamp of the vehicle emits toward a region in front of the vehicle, a data acquirer, an attitude sensor, and a brake sensor, a light-distribution control processor. The light-distribution control is configured to control the light-distribution changer based on one or more pieces of the data acquired from the data acquirer, the attitude data acquired from the attitude sensor, and the internal pressure data acquired from the brake sensor. The light-distribution control processor is configured to control the light-distribution changer based on the internal pressure data.
US12151589B2
A warming system includes: a first flow path that connects an engine and a first radiator and through which first cooling water circulates; a second flow path that connects a battery and a second radiator and through which second cooling water circulates; a first branch flow path branching downstream of the first radiator and merging upstream of the engine; a first regulating valve routing the first cooling water into the first branch flow path; a second branch flow path branching downstream of the battery and merging upstream of the second radiator; a second regulating valve routing the second cooling water into the second branch flow path; and a first heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first cooling water and the second cooling water.
US12151576B2
In a rotation angle detecting apparatus, a ground unit in a parking space has a linear side facing toward the approaching vehicle, an in-vehicle unit is able to face the ground unit, a processor is configured to, after the vehicle starts parking, acquire a first timing at which one of first and second sensors, arranged in a right and left direction of the vehicle, begins to face the ground unit and a second timing at which the other one begins to face the ground unit based on a change of an output signal of one of the sensors, and to calculate a vehicle moving distance from the first timing to the second timing based on an output signal of a rotation angle sensor and calculate an arc tangent value of a value obtained by dividing the calculated moving distance by a sensor-to-sensor distance as a yaw angle.
US12151557B2
An in-vehicle control system is equipped in a vehicle, and includes an image drawer, a reproduction controller and a voltage detector. The image drawer draws a pictorial measuring instrument as an image representing a measuring instrument related to travelling of the vehicle. The vehicle includes an audiovisual information output device and a reproduction signal generator. The audiovisual information output device outputs audiovisual information for an occupant in the vehicle. The reproduction signal generator generates a reproduction signal for causing the audiovisual information output device to output the audiovisual information. The reproduction controller reproduces the audiovisual information, stops reproduction of the audiovisual information, resumes the reproduction of the audiovisual information from a stop position of the reproduction of the audiovisual information, and transmits an instruction to the reproduction signal generator for generating the reproduction signal. The voltage detector detects a value of a voltage of a battery equipped in the vehicle.
US12151556B2
A vehicle has a display screen designed to be moved between an observation position and a reflection position. The display screen has a display screen surface, wherein, when in the observation position, the display screen surface can be directly observed by a user of the vehicle from a user position of the vehicle. The vehicle has a reflecting surface, wherein, in the reflecting position, the display screen surface faces the reflecting surface such that an image displayed on the display screen surface generates a mirror image on the reflecting surface, which mirror image is visible to a user of the vehicle from the user position of the vehicle.
US12151552B2
A vehicular side structure includes a covering section that covers a refueling port provided in a vehicle and a window opening that communicates an inside and an outside of the vehicle. The window opening has a substantially linearly formed window opening lower end portion, and the window opening lower end portion and the covering section are positioned at the same height in an up-down direction, and the window opening is positioned above the covering section.
US12151539B2
A vehicle comprising a compressor and a manifold physically and fluidly coupled to the compressor.
US12151537B2
A thermal management system control method for a vehicle is disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a thermal management system control method for a vehicle, including: (A) a process in which a controller determines whether a track driving mode is selected based on data detected from a data detector before track driving of the vehicle, and determines an alignment position of a valve; (B) a process in which the controller, through the process (A), determines the alignment position of the valve to control a water pump or an oil pump, and operates an air conditioner; and (C) a process in which, when the air conditioner is operated through the process (B), the controller controls a battery chiller expansion valve and a compressor, and ends the control.
US12151536B2
A method for controlling a comfort component of a vehicle includes setting a comfort component, while a passenger is occupying the vehicle, to an active state to adjust a temperature within the vehicle to a passenger desired temperature based on receiving an input from the passenger. The method further includes maintaining, after the passenger exited the vehicle, the comfort component in an active state based on a likelihood of the passenger returning to the vehicle satisfying an active state condition. The method still further includes capturing, after the passenger exited the vehicle, an image of a person approaching the vehicle via one or more sensors of the vehicle. The method also includes adjusting the comfort component from the active state to a default state based on an identity of the person being different from an identity of the passenger, the identity of the person being determined based on the image.
US12151527B1
A multi-section shock-linked vehicle suspension system is disclosed that transfers force from one point to another point in a system of interrelated shock absorbers. Force can be transmitted from one shock absorber to another using hydraulics or a gas such as air or nitrogen in a space-efficient form factor, without the use of levers and mechanical force transfer rods. The hydraulic or gas force can be tuned using valves to provide different suspension characteristics. The multi-section shock-linked system provides the ability to share wheel loads across the vehicle by using shock absorbers that are shared in addition to the individual shock absorber associated with each wheel.
US12151520B2
A tire pressure monitoring module of a vehicle, a tire localization system and a tire localization method of a vehicle are provided. Each of tires is determined to be a left tire or a right tire based on a phase relationship of components of magnetic field intensity in two different directions in the tire. The components of magnetic field intensity in two different directions are measured by a magnetometer in the tire pressure monitoring module. The tire is determined to be a front tire or a right tire based on magnitude of an AOA of a first Bluetooth module in the tire pressure monitoring module relative to a multi-antenna Bluetooth host. In this way, the tires of the vehicle are positioned automatically with a high precision. In addition, the tire pressure monitoring module may be mounted on any tire without any distinction, which reduces the installation cost.
US12151516B2
A system and method are provided for efficiently estimating vehicle tire wear. Vehicle kinetics (first) data are provided via one or more sensors associated with the vehicle and/or at least one associated tire. The vehicle kinetics data are locally processed to compress or otherwise generate second data as a reduced subset thereof, said second data representative of the first data and comprising any one or more predetermined wear-specific features extracted therefrom. The second data are selectively transmitted via a communications network to a remote computing system, which processes the second data to estimate a wear characteristic for the at least one tire. Alternatively, the second data processed to generate third data as a reconstruction of the first data, and the third data and the any one or more extracted features are processed to estimate a wear characteristic for the at least one tire.
US12151511B2
A wheel hub includes an inner hub part made of a first material and comprising a central portion formed to protrude in an axially inward direction and a flange portion formed to extend in a radially outward direction from the central portion; and an outer hub part made of a second material, which is lower in strength and lighter in weight than the first material, and configured to be integrally coupled with the inner hub part. The flange portion comprises a plurality of main extended portions in which a plurality of fastening holes are formed to penetrate in an axial direction while being arranged to be spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction so that a wheel is mounted to the flange portion. The plurality of main extended portions are formed to extend along a plurality of virtual extension reference lines which extend in the radially outward direction.
US12151506B2
The present invention provides a reciprocal vibration type electric engraving pen driven by a main transmission shaft to operate. The engraving pen contains a rear shell assembled with a front shell. The rear shell positions the main transmission shaft. A top front of the driving shaft is assembled with an off-centered driving bead, and the front shell is assembled with a driven shaft. The engraving pen is characterized in that a rear end of the driven shaft is assembled radially with a driven pillar, and the driving shaft is formed integrally with a connection barrel. Accordingly, when the main transmission shaft drives the driving shaft to rotate, the driving bead revolves on a circular track simultaneously. When the driving bead revolves by one turn, the driven pillar is hit twice and vibrates double times. Furthermore, the driven shaft can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, and the lifetime is extended.
US12151505B2
An envelope processing apparatus inserts an enclosure into an envelope and includes a first conveyor, a first ejector, a second conveyor, a second ejector, and circuitry. The first conveyor conveys the enclosure to an enclosing position. The envelope in which the enclosure is enclosed is ejected to the first ejector. The second conveyor conveys the envelope to the enclosing position via an envelope conveyance passage extended in a substantially vertical and up-and-down direction and conveys the envelope in which the enclosure is inserted to the first ejector. The second ejector is separate from the first ejector. The enclosure is ejected to the second ejector. The circuitry controls a conveyance operation of the first conveyor and the second conveyor.
US12151496B2
A multiple layered print structure and apparatus to apply a design or image to fabric or cloth is disclosed. The structure may include one or more print layers printed on a substrate and an adhesive layer deposited on the print layer(s). The one or more print layer(s) and adhesive or resin layer may be deposited on the substrate in a pre-set pattern to form the shape profile for the design or image. The print layer(s) include inks or dyes for printing the print features and/or background color(s) of the image or design. The ink may be combined with a binder material to form the print layer(s). In some embodiments, the process includes the step of printing the multiple layered print structure using a combination of digital printing processes simplify the process for printing a design or image on fabric or cloth.
US12151489B2
Disclosed is a system and method for cooling paper within a printer assembly that includes at least one misting assembly designed to mist an aqueous solution onto an unprinted surface of paper stock after a first side is printed. At least one convection accelerator assembly is designed to accelerate evaporation of the aqueous solution before the printed paper stock arrives at the at least one printing station for printing on the unprinted surface. At least one or more of a paper temperature, machine temperature, printhead temperature, and humidity sensor are operationally coupled to at least one controller assembly programmed to control at least one or more of misting, humidity, and airflow. The at least one controller assembly is designed to determine the heat to be dissipated into the airflow from the printed paper stock to obtain a targeted paper temperature and, therefore, the amount and placement of aqueous solution misted.
US12151486B2
A table mover includes a table assembly including a table carriage to support a table, and the table assembly is movable in sub-scanning directions along a first slide rail fixed to a left side frame and a second slide rail fixed to a right side frame. The table carriage includes a first left fixer to which a left fixing bracket coupled to a left slider to be engaged with the first slide rail is fixed and a first right fixer to which a right fixing bracket coupled to a right slider to be engaged with a second slide rail is fixed. The first left fixer is elastically deformable in main scanning directions relative to the left side frame.
US12151481B2
A printing apparatus and an ink refill method thereof are provided. The printing apparatus may comprise a printing unit performing printing, and an ink filling unit filling ink in the printing unit in an upward manner, wherein the printing unit includes a printing ink receptor accommodating ink, a spray head spraying the ink, and a pressure controller controlling a pressure of a fluid for operation of the ink, and the ink filling unit includes a supply ink receptor filled with ink for supply to the printing unit, and an ink supply unit mounted on the spray head to supply the ink supplied from the supply ink receptor to the spray head.
US12151473B2
A mobile printing robot includes a windbreak to reduce wind-induced deflection of ink droplets emitted from a printhead of the mobile printing robot. The printhead may have a comparatively large throw height to aid in permitting obstacles, such as particles from safely passing under the printhead without damaging the printhead or cause the printhead to become stuck. The windbreak may be implemented using resiliently compliant sections that block the wind but accommodate the passage of particles or other obstacles.
US12151470B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to control apparatus and methods of a printing system, for example, comprising an intermediate transfer member (ITM) and to user-related features of a printing system. Some embodiments relate to regulation of a velocity and/or tension and/or length of the ITM. Some embodiments relate to regulation of deposition of ink on the moving ITM. Some embodiments regulate to apparatus configured to alert a user of one or more events related to operation of the ITM. Some embodiments relate to a time-line GUI for visualizing and/or manipulating queued print jobs which may be employed. Some embodiments relate to a reversed augmented reality GUI for visualization and/or control of the printing system. In some embodiments, a display screen is mounted to a printer housing and/or able to control access to moving parts of a printing system.
US12151463B2
The invention relates to a method for automated error management in a printing machine, in which a recurring print image is imprinted on a moving material web.
To improve automated error management for existing inspection systems, a method is provided in which an inspection of the moving material web is controlled by a control unit and a function switch, the function switch being switchable at least between a first function mode and a second function mode, and in which the print image is acquired by a first inspection unit in the first function mode and forwarded to the control unit, and in which the print image is acquired by a second inspection unit in the second function mode and forwarded to the control unit.
US12151454B2
A component for the production of a laminated sheet, includes at least two electrical functional elements and cabling, which includes electrical conductors having insulating sheathing and connected in each case to an electrical functional element, wherein the cabling has a bundling section, in which all the electrical conductors are surrounded by a common insulating sheathing.
US12151450B2
A machine for embossing, including at least one pair of embossing nips for plies of paper, at least one laminating nip to bond the plies of paper, a pair of embossing cylinders, each having on its surface a respective plurality of embossing protrusions, each defining a wrap angle for the at least one ply of paper, and defining therebetween a transfer nip, a pair of pressure cylinders, each associated with a respective one of the embossing cylinder, the embossing nip being defined between each pair formed of embossing cylinder and pressure cylinder, a laminating device for bonding the plies delivered from the transfer nip, at least one distribution device of material to facilitate ply-bonding arranged upstream of the laminating device, and at least one heating device for at least one of the embossing cylinders.
US12151446B2
Particular embodiments of the invention comprises a composition for reducing weight imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, the composition comprising a first plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the first plurality of particulate is characterized as having low energy absorption capabilities, and a second plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the second plurality of particulate is characterized as having elevated energy absorption capabilities. Additional embodiments of the invention comprise a method for reducing force imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, which includes the steps of providing a tire-wheel assembly and placing into a pressurization chamber of said tire-wheel assembly a composition as contemplated in any embodiment or combination of embodiments suggested herein.
US12151444B2
Method for producing composite components having an undevelopable surface. To be able to maintain the tolerances when manufacturing especially large components in the case of composite components with undevelopable surfaces, it is proposed according to the invention to drape a cut-to-size blank on a molding tool and to determine the deviation of the cut-to-size blank edge from the setpoint cut-to-size edge. Then, on the basis of the deviation, a new cut-to-size blank edge is calculated, and a new cut-to-size blank is created and re-draped for examination purposes. The method is repeated until the deviations are below a tolerable threshold value. The method is furthermore carried out for each textile ply of the composite component.
US12151440B2
Provided is an apparatus for producing a joined-resin product in which two or more resin members are joined. The apparatus includes: a surface treatment mechanism comprising an electrode unit generating ionized gas, and a member holding mechanism arranged at a position separated from the electrode unit by a space and holding the resin member, the surface treatment mechanism activating a surface to be joined of the resin member held by the member holding mechanism, by the ionized gas generated by the electrode unit; and a joining mechanism bonding the two or more resin members together where at least one of surfaces to be joined facing each other is activated by the surface treatment mechanism, at the respective surfaces to be joined.
US12151436B2
A blast nozzle for a depowdering apparatus includes an abrasive material inlet fluidly connected to an abrasive material outlet and a fluid inlet fluidly connected to a fluid outlet, where the fluid outlet at least partially surrounds the abrasive material outlet. The fluid outlet is angled with respect to the abrasive material outlet and configured to emit a fluid stream directed to a focal point, the focal point being laterally spaced apart from the blast nozzle in a fluid flow direction.