US12169613B2
A display panel and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes at least one pixel circuit, at least one light-emitting device coupled to the pixel circuit, at least one data line, and a first voltage signal line. One pixel circuit of the at least one pixel circuit includes a data writing transistor and a photodiode. The data writing transistor includes a first electrode coupled to one of the at least one data line, and a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the photodiode. The photodiode includes a second electrode coupled to the first voltage signal line.
US12169602B2
A communication system includes a server apparatus, and a terminal apparatus connected to the server apparatus and capable of communicating with the server apparatus. The terminal apparatus is configured to transmit, to the server apparatus, response information, which is responsive to provided information and which is generated according to a position indication input performed by a user of the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a position detection sensor that detects the position indication input, a determination unit that distinguishingly determines the position indication input in a response information area corresponding to an input field for the response information and the position indication input in an area outside the response information area, in a position detection area of the position detection sensor, and a transmission control unit that transmits, to the server apparatus, the position indication input in the response information area.
US12169599B1
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing an indication of video recording. The program and method provide for displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is selectable to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, replacing a first set of interface elements within the user interface with a second set of interface elements within the user interface, and updating an appearance of the shutter button.
US12169596B2
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute a scene detection process, a parameter extraction process, and an output process. The scene detection process detects a scene from an input content. The parameter extraction process extracts a realistic sensation parameter for wave control that corresponds to a scene that is detected by the scene detection process. The output process outputs a wave signal for the content that is produced by processing sound data of the input content by a realistic sensation parameter that is extracted by the parameter extraction process.
US12169594B2
A handwriting data generation apparatus includes a memory containing processor-executable instructions and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to perform, when loaded with the processor-executable instructions, associating tactile feedback with at least part of stroke data generated according to handwriting input, and generating digital ink including haptics data indicating the stroke data and the tactile feedback.
US12169582B2
One or more embodiments of the present specification provide privacy protection-based multicollinearity detection methods, apparatuses, and systems. Data alignment is performed by a member device on respective local feature data with other member devices to construct a joint feature matrix. Privacy protection-based multi-party matrix multiplication computation is performed to compute a product matrix of a transposed matrix of the joint feature matrix and the joint feature matrix. An inverse matrix of the product matrix is determined based on respective submatrices of the product matrix. A variance inflation factor of each attribute feature is determined by the member device with the other member devices using respective submatrices of the inverse matrix and the respective local feature data. Multicollinearity is determined by the member device with the other member devices based on fragment data of the variance inflation factor of each attribute feature.
US12169578B1
This disclosure enables various computing technologies for selectively controlling access to descriptive contents within productivity documents. As such, these forms of access control may be technologically useful in work environments involving sensitive information (e.g., classified information, confidential information, private information) by providing granular compartmentalization of the sensitive information within the productivity documents. For example, when the work environments employ collaborative productivity computing environments (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace) to access (e.g., read, edit) the sensitive information, then these forms of access control may provide the granular compartmentalization of the sensitive information within the collaborative productivity computing environments, whether for an individual productivity application or across a suite of productivity applications, while still enabling real-time user collaboration.
US12169577B2
Execution of client code in a shared infrastructure comprises instantiating a container manager to manage containers and routers configured to receive calls requesting execution of the client code. The container manager pre-initializes a plurality of containers and registered the containers in a database to indicate that the plurality of containers are available. A router receives a call to execute the client code and selects an available first container identified in the database. The call is routed to the selected container and the status of the container is updated to in-use to prevent another router from selecting the container. Responsive to the selected container processing the call, the router receives a response from the container and returns the response to the caller. The containers then marked for deletion in the database. The container manager then deletes any of the containers marked for deletion to prevent the containers from processing subsequent calls.
US12169576B2
An authentication system for authenticating a user to access gated digital content includes a user computing device, a service provider server, an authentication service, and at least one identity provider. The service provider server is configured to require registration and authentication prior to providing the user with access to the gated digital content, and the at least one identity provider is configured to authenticate a user identity of the user. Upon receiving a request via the user computing device to access the gated digital content hosted by the service provider server, the authentication service displays an authentication platform interface to the user. The authentication platform interface displays at least one identity provider selector linked to the at least one identity provider, and the at least one identity provider is based on a policy of the authentication service set by the service provider.
US12169570B2
According to various embodiments, a data processing device is described comprising a memory configured to store data words in the form of at least two respective shares, a logic circuit configured to receive the at least two shares of at least one of the data words and to process the shares to generate at least two shares of a result data word, a remasking circuit configured to receive at least two shares of at least one of the data words and refresh the shares and an output circuit configured to store the at least two shares of the result data word or to store the refreshed at least two shares depending on a control sequence specifying a sequence of real operations and dummy operations.
US12169565B2
A circuit enabling device includes a processor configured to, when multiple predetermined setting values are written in a register in predetermined order, enable a module corresponding to the multiple predetermined setting values and the predetermined order, the multiple predetermined setting values being determined in advance for each of a multiple modules, the register being used to enable the multiple modules individually, the multiple modules being included in a user-specific circuit, the user-specific circuit including a general-purpose circuit and a user circuit, the user circuit including the multiple modules.
US12169564B2
The present disclosure is directed to analyzing received sets of computer data. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may forecast that a received set of computer data does not include malware after allowing instructions included in that set of computer data to execute for an amount of time that does not exceed an allocated amount of time. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may instrument a set of received program code and allow instructions in that received set of program code to execute as instrumentation code collects information about the set of program code. This collected information may be compared with sets of known good data when determining whether a received set of program code is likely not to include malware. This collected information may be associated with “behaviors” performed by the received set of program code that may be identified using sets of contextual data.
US12169549B2
An object is to lower the ratio of the number of users of an authentication service to the number of users of an application which uses the authentication service. A state of a first application is obtained by executing a second application. Whether to perform authentication processing is determined according to the state of the first application by executing the second application. Moreover, an instruction to perform the authentication processing is issued by executing the first application or the second application in a case where it is determined that the authentication processing is to be performed.
US12169546B2
A system comprising: a wireless kill switch and a computer; said wireless kill switch comprising: a housing, a radio transmitter, a microcontroller, an operable button, and a battery; said housing encasing the radio transmitter, the microcontroller, and the battery and allowing for operation of the operable button; the radio transmitter transmitting a continuous service signal to be received by a receiver on said computer and a heartbeat signal generated as a data packet on a first predetermined time basis; wherein said system maintains an operational state upon receipt of the continuous service signal and receipt of the heartbeat signal at a second predetermined time basis; and wherein the system modifies the computer to a different state than the operational state upon omission of the continuous service signal or the heartbeat signal.
US12169544B2
In biometric ticketing, physical token-less ticketing system using biometrics, a person may be identified using a digital representation of a biometric. Ticketing information may be ascertained based on the identification. The ticketing information may be provided, actions may be performed using the ticketing information, and so on. In some implementations, a checkpoint device receives biometric data from a person. A digital representation of the biometric data is used to obtain an identifier from an identification system. The digital representation of the biometric data may not be included in the identifier. The identifier is used by to obtain ticketing information from a ticketing system. The person may be allowed or denied entry into a ticketed area based on the ticketing information.
US12169536B2
The present invention relates to data rights management and more particularly to a secured system and methodology and production system and methodology related thereto and to apparatus and methodology for production side systems and are consumer side systems for securely utilizing protected electronic data files of content (protected content), and further relates to controlled distribution, and regulating usage of the respective content on a recipient device (computing system) to be limited strictly to defined permitted uses, in accordance with usage rights (associated with the respective content to control usage of that respective content), on specifically restricted to a specific one particular recipient device (for a plurality of specific particular recipient devices), or usage on some or any authorized recipient device without restriction to any one in specific, to control use of the respective content as an application software program, exporting, modifying, executing as an application program, viewing, and/or printing of electronic data files.
US12169532B2
A method including receiving an indication for a digital alert associated with a specific action for a user account of a user; generating and outputting a first message comprising a web page link; receiving an indication of a request to access the web page link by the user device; responsive to receiving the indication of the request to access the web page link, accessing, based on the indication for a digital alert, user-specific information associated with the user account from the at least one third-party device; and generating, based on the indication for a digital alert and the user-specific information, a customized user interaction-specific web page comprising the user-specific information associated with the user account and at least one user input field.
US12169528B2
A web content inspection system is configured to monitor the activity of web content tags and cookies during interaction with web content. Monitoring may include automated simulations of web content interaction that occur in a virtual browser or environment, as well as real-time monitoring of web content interactions that occur with actual users through a browser or other application. Features may include monitoring of the creation of cookies, writing information to cookies, and reading information from cookies, as well as associating cookies with the tags or scripts that affect them, and displaying such associations in a hierarchical form that indicates the sequence of actions that led to the cookie activity. Other features include monitoring for the presence of high-risk information in plain-text or encoded formats, within a URL or other portion of web content. Other features include determination of overall risk associated with a tag based on its activities.
US12169524B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for querying data in a data repository. According to a first aspect, this disclosure describes a method of querying a database, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of keywords; determining, by the computer device, a plurality of datasets relating to the keywords; identifying, by the computer device, metadata for the plurality of datasets indicating a relationship between the datasets by examining an ontology associated with the datasets; providing, by the computer device, one or more suggested database queries in natural language form, the one or more suggested database queries constructed based on the plurality of keywords and the metadata; receiving, by the computing device, a selection of the one or more suggested database queries; and constructing, by the computer device, an object view for the plurality of datasets based on the selected query and the metadata.
US12169523B2
The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for query conversion. A first query for a first graph database may be obtained. A syntax tree may be generated through parsing the first query. A query graph may be created based on the syntax tree. The query graph may be converted into a second query for a second graph database.
US12169520B2
A method including receiving an input and embedding the input into a first data structure that defines first relationships among images and texts. The method also includes comparing the first data structure to an index including a second data structure that defines second relationships among pre-determined texts and pre-determined images. The method also includes returning a subset of images from the pre-determined images. The subset includes those images in the pre-determined images for which matches exist between the first relationships and the second relationships.
US12169514B2
A method of disambiguating user intent in conversational interactions for information retrieval is disclosed. The method includes providing access to a set of content items with metadata describing the content items and providing access to structural knowledge showing semantic relationships and links among the content items. The method further includes providing a user preference signature, receiving a first input from the user that is intended by the user to identify at least one desired content item, and determining an ambiguity index of the first input. If the ambiguity index is high, the method determines a query input based on the first input and at least one of the structural knowledge, the user preference signature, a location of the user, and the time of the first input and selects a content item based on comparing the query input and the metadata associated with the content item.
US12169512B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for retrieving relevant items for user queries by generating, using a search engine machine learning model, a prediction-based action for the query input wherein query input embeddings of the query input are generated. For each query input embedding, a k-Nearest-Neighbor (KNN) search is performed with respect to search engine repository item embeddings to generate initial search results, and for each initial set result, performing N hops within a semantic graph starting from nodes associated with the initial search result to generate related search results. The search engine machine learning model is trained by generating a search engine repository item embeddings according to embedding techniques for respective content categories and generating the semantic graph based at least in part on a measure of similarity for pairs of search engine repository item embeddings.
US12169505B2
The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to detect a delete event for a content item at a first location on a local file system of a client device, wherein the first location on the file system is managed by a content management service. The system determines a second location for the content item and whether the delete event is associated with an add event for the content item based on the second location of the content item. If the delete event is associated with the add event, the system processes the delete event with the add event in a unitary update to a local tree, wherein the local tree represents a file system state.
US12169502B1
Systems and methods for improving computational efficiency of data processing and storage are disclosed. The system can identify computing devices capable of performing a data transformation process on a data feed of a data repository, and determine an amount of computational resources needed to perform the data transformation process on the data feed based on attributes of the data feed and computational resources used to process historic processing jobs associated with the data feed. The system can dynamically provision, while performing the data transformation process, a subset of the computing devices based on the amount of computational resources, and execute the data transformation process at the subset of the plurality of computing devices to process the data feed. The system can dynamically re-provision the subset of the plurality of computing devices based on a change in the attributes of the data feed.
US12169501B2
In various embodiments, a data integration system is disclosed which enables incremental loads into a data warehouse by developing a data partitioning plan and selectively disabling and enabling indexes to facilitate incremental loads into fact tables.
US12169498B1
Metric time series (MTS) data objects stored within in-memory storage are marked as inactive in response to determining that no MTS data has been received for the MTS objects within a first predetermined time period. In response to determining that an MTS object has been inactive for longer than a second predetermined time period, the MTS data object is migrated from in-memory storage to on-disk storage. Queries directed to MTS objects are first run against MTS object data stored within in-memory storage, and then against MTS object data stored within on-disk storage. In this way, an amount of in-memory storage needed to store MTS objects may be minimized, while optimizing search performance.
US12169497B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for providing context aware searching using concept markers. Embodiments provide concept markers configured to facilitate the identification and refinement of relevant content associated with a query with a high degree of precision. In embodiments, in response to a user query, documents and concept markers relevant to the query are determined. The identified documents are associated with the concept markers and are ranked based on the quality of the association. Upon a user selecting at least one of the concept markers, the search results are refined in response. The refining includes re-ranking the documents based on a combination of the original query and the selected concept marker. The suggested concept markers are similarly re-ranked. Accordingly, the techniques disclosed herein provide for a high precision identification of relevant content as well as high precision refining of the search results.
US12169488B2
The present disclosure relates to recording and tracking a local content enrichment submission via a local content enrichment platform that leverages distributed ledger technology. The system can comprise a memory to store computer executable instructions. Also, the system can comprise one or more processors, operatively coupled to the memory, that execute the computer executable instructions to implement a blockchain layer configured to record a local content enrichment submission to a distributed ledger and track a status of the local content enrichment submission via transactions with the distributed ledger. The local content enrichment submission includes data characterizing a proposal of an entity to comply with local content regulations of a region.
US12169471B2
An example method for managing datasets produced by alert-triggering search queries may include producing a dataset by executing a search query on a portion of data associated with a time window defined relative to a current time. The method may further include responsive to determining that a portion of the dataset satisfies a condition defining an alert, generating an instance of the alert. The method may further include associating, by a memory data structure, the instance of the alert with an identifier of the query and a parameter specifying a time of execution of the query that has triggered the instance. The method may further include receiving a request for the dataset portion. The method may further include substituting, in a definition of the time window, the current time with the time parameter. The method may further include reproducing the dataset portion by re-executing the query using the time window.
US12169466B2
Passage of data packets on a data pipeline is arbitrated in a distributed manner along the pipeline. Multiple data arbiters each operate to merge data from a respective data source to the data pipeline at a distinct point in the pipeline. At each stage, a multiplexer selectively passes, to the data pipeline, an upstream data packet or a local data packet from the respective data source. A register stores an indication of data packets passed by the multiplexer based on the respective data source originating the data packet. A controller controls the multiplexer to select the upstream data packet or the local data packet based on the indication of data packets passed by the multiplexer.
US12169464B2
Techniques in electronic systems, such as in systems comprising a CPU die and one or more external mixed-mode (analog) chips, may provide improvements advantages in one or more of system design, performance, cost, efficiency and programmability. In one embodiment, the CPU die comprises at least one microcontroller CPU and circuitry enabling the at least one CPU to have a full and transparent connectivity to an analog chip as if they are designed as a single chip microcontroller, while the interface design between the two is extremely efficient and with limited in number of wires, yet may provide improved performance without impact to functionality or the software model.
US12169462B2
An information processing system includes a host and a storage device that transmits a first pulse signal to the host and receives a second pulse signal from the host through a transmission line. The storage device has a first register to store a value of a first parameter and correction circuit to adjust a first duty ratio of the first pulse signal according to the value of the first parameter. The host includes a first calibration processor that measures a plurality of the first duty ratios as output from the storage device for different values of the first parameter to derive a first optimum value based on the measured first duty ratios and transmit the derived first optimum value to the storage device as the value of the first parameter to be stored in the first register.
US12169435B2
An embodiment of an electronic apparatus comprises one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to detect unreliable messages between check nodes and variable nodes in association with an error correction operation, determine respective degrees of unreliability for the unreliable messages, and reduce an influence of the unreliable messages on the error correction operation, as compared to an influence of reliable messages between the check nodes and the variables nodes, based on the determined respective degrees of unreliability. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12169428B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a power supply apparatus, a power supply system, and a data center designed to reduce the number of power conversion steps, equipment costs, and circuit loss. The power supply apparatus includes: a solid-state transformer configured to convert an alternating current into a first direct current; a first direct current/direct current converter, coupled to the solid-state transformer and configured to convert the first direct current into a second direct current; an energy storage component, coupled to the first direct current/direct current converter and configured to perform energy storage on the second direct current; and a second direct current/direct current converter, coupled to the first direct current/direct current converter and configured to convert the second direct current into a third direct current, where the third direct current is used to supply power to a load.
US12169418B2
This application relates to voltage regulators and, particular, to low-dropout regulators (LDOs). The regulator (300) has an output stage (102) which receives an input voltage (Vin) and outputs an output voltage (Vout) and which includes at least one transistor (103) as an output device configured to pass an output current to the output, based on a drive voltage (V1). A differential amplifier (101) is configured to receive a feedback signal derived from the output voltage and also a reference voltage (REF) to generate an amplifier output to control the drive voltage (V1) to minimise any difference between the feedback signal and the reference voltage. A controller (301) is operable to selectively reconfigure the output stage to provide a change in output current in response to a load activity signal (ACT), which is indicative of a change in load activity that results in a change in load current demand for a load connected, in use, to the output.
US12169415B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium for elevation surrounding flight control. The method includes: obtaining surrounding parameter information of an unmanned aerial vehicle; determining, according to the surrounding parameter information, an elevation surrounding trajectory to be surrounded, where the elevation surrounding trajectory is a plane with the point of interest as a center and the surrounding radius as a radius, and the plane where the elevation surrounding trajectory is located is perpendicular to a horizontal plane; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly along the elevation surrounding trajectory.
US12169414B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for drone navigation within a property. A method includes detecting an obstacle in a navigation path of a drone, determining a classification of the obstacle, determining whether to temporarily land based on the classification of the obstacle, and temporarily landing the drone until the obstacle clears the navigation path of the drone.
US12169405B2
A method for controlling at least one autonomous mobile robot, wherein the at least one robot is designed to navigate within a functional area on the basis of a map of said functional area, and to perform at least one task autonomously in the functional area. The method involves: receiving a job request which contains instructions for carrying out at least one task in the functional area, automatically dividing the job request into at least two sub-tasks, and automatically determining a sequence in which said sub-tasks are to be processed by the at least one robot, the job request being fully completed once all sub-tasks have been processed.
US12169397B2
A set of multi-mode elastic wave generating and detecting devices and field sensors are utilized in a real-time in-situ monitoring system based on the quality assessment of a specially designed article made by an additive manufacturing machine. The original invention disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/731,366 involves the transmission and reception of waves into a periodic test artifact while it is being built. The current invention involves the transmission and reception of multi-mode waves into a test artifact, the processing of data from narrow and wide field-of-view sensors, and correlating and relating the waveforms and sensor data while it is being built using physics-based and machine learning models. The disclosed system may initiate control and real-time corrective actions based on the properties and characteristics of the obtained waveforms and sensor data and their correlations and functional relationships.
US12169396B2
It is disclosed a PLC Program analysis method where a program is translated into a program model in a logical framework, from which properties are determined. Said properties coupled with interlocking properties are verified by an automated solver. If contraposition of a property is satisfiable, counter-examples representative of model's inputs and internal memory values is provided. Counter-examples are translated into error initial configurations of said model. Execution of the model is simulated with said model error initial configurations, and error intermediary configurations of said model simulation are recorded up to said property violation. Error initial and intermediary configurations of said original program are derived from error initial configurations of said model and error intermediary configurations of said model simulation and displayed. An apparatus for executing said method is provided.
US12169394B2
A method of optimizing execution of a control function on a control system including a plurality of hardware components includes: determining a processing capability and a communication capability of each of the plurality of hardware components; generating a plurality of solutions for executing the control function using the plurality of hardware components based on a processing capability and a communication capability of each of the plurality of hardware components; scoring the plurality of generated solutions based on a desirability of each solution; selecting a solution having a highest desirability score; and controlling the control system to execute the control function based on the selected solution.
US12169392B2
A timepiece includes an hour hand and a minute hand, a dial in which a cutout portion is formed, time scales for indicating the time of day disposed at the dial, a plate member disposed at a back side of the dial, and an auxiliary hand member disposed at a position of the plate member corresponding to the cutout portion of the dial in a plan view. The auxiliary hand member functions as another time scale for indicating the time of day and indicates information other than the time of day. The auxiliary hand member as another time scale is located farther away from the plate member than the time scales.
US12169387B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit including a rotary member pair configured to form a first nip portion, a cooling unit configured to form a second nip portion, a drive unit, an obtaining unit configured to obtain information regarding torque of the drive unit, and a control unit. In a state where the recording material is nipped by the first nip portion and the second nip portion, if the information is equal to or less than a threshold value, the control unit is configured to set a conveyance speed of the cooling unit at a first speed larger than a conveyance speed of the fixing unit, and if the information is larger than the threshold value, the control unit is configured to set the conveyance speed of the cooling unit at a second speed smaller than the conveyance speed of the fixing unit.
US12169386B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a drawer; and first and second process cartridges attachable to the drawer. The first process cartridge includes a first drum cartridge including a first photosensitive drum and a first developing cartridge including a first developing roller. When attached to the first drum cartridge, the first developing cartridge is movable between a first position where the first developing cartridge is detachable from the first drum cartridge and a second position where the first developing cartridge is not detachable from the first drum cartridge. In a state where the first and second process cartridges are attached to the drawer at positions adjacent to each other, the first developing cartridge comes into contact with the second process cartridge during movement of the first developing cartridge from the second position to the first position before the first developing cartridge reaches the first position.
US12169382B2
An image forming apparatus, to which a supply container storing a developer is detachably attachable, includes a photosensitive member that rotates, an optical box and a circuit board to supply power, a developer bearing member supplying the developer, and a developer container stores the developer borne by the developer bearing member, including a supply unit for receiving the developer to be supplied from the supply container. The optical box irradiates the photosensitive member with light and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member with the developer. The supply unit includes a lever portion to rotate a shutter portion to close and open the opening, when viewed in a vertical direction, the lever portion is position overlapping the circuit board when the shutter portion closes the opening and the lever does not interfere with the circuit board when the lever portion rotates the shutter portion to open the opening.
US12169380B2
A discharge device includes a placement part on which a medium discharged from an apparatus body is placed and from which the medium is returned to the apparatus body, a loading part which is disposed on a lower side of the placement part to have a space between the loading part and the placement part and on which the medium discharged to the space from the apparatus body in a predetermined discharge direction is loaded, a support portion that is provided on the loading part to protrude toward an upper side of the loading part, includes an inclined surface having an upward gradient toward a downstream side in the discharge direction, and supports the medium which is loaded on the loading part at an upper end of the inclined surface, and an opening/closing part of which one end is rotatably mounted on a downstream portion of the loading part in the discharge direction and is opened and closed to a closed position where the opening/closing part closes a downstream portion of the space in the discharge direction and an open position where the downstream portion is open and a part of the medium loaded on the loading part is loaded on the opening/closing part; and an angle of a loading surface of the opening/closing part at the open position with respect to a horizontal is set to an angle at which a movement of the medium to the downstream side in the discharge direction is limited such that a centroid of a longest medium loaded on the loading part and the loading surface is positioned upstream of a downstream end of the opening/closing part in the discharge direction, and an imaginary line extending to the upper end from an upstream end of the inclined surface of the support portion in the discharge direction is along the loading surface of the opening/closing part at the open position.
US12169377B2
A cartridge includes a shutter that opens and closes when the cartridge is attached and detached to a developing unit or image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a casing having a chamber with a first opening at one end portion allowing toner to flow out of the casing. The cartridge includes a cover that covers the first opening, movable with the casing and having a second opening allowing toner to flow out of the cover. The shutter is located at the one end portion and has a protrusion further from the one end portion than the cover. The developing unit supports the protrusion when the cartridge is mounted thereon, and the casing pivots with the cover relative to the developing unit between a first position where the shutter closes the second opening and a second position where a third opening of the shutter overlaps the second opening.
US12169375B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developing container, a detection portion detecting an amount of toner in the developing container, a display portion, and a control portion controlling the detection portion to execute a first detection and a second detection, wherein the display portion, in a case where the detection result of the first detection is greater than or equal to a first threshold, displays a first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the first threshold, displays a second display different from the first display, and in a case where the detection result of the second detection is greater than or equal to a second threshold smaller than the first threshold, displays the first display and, in a case where the detection result is less than the second threshold, displays the second display.
US12169372B2
An apparatus includes a deflecting unit deflecting a light flux from a light source to scan a scanned surface in a main scanning direction, and an imaging optical system guiding the deflected light flux the scanned surface. A width of the light flux is larger than that of a deflecting surface of the deflecting unit in a main scanning cross section when it is incident on deflecting surface. A refractive power in main scanning cross section of the imaging optical system is different between a first position through which an on-axis light flux passes and a second position through which an outermost off-axis light flux passes. A first region at one side is longer than a second region at the other side with respect to an optical axis of the imaging optical system on the scanned surface.
US12169370B2
The invention is directed to a device for exposure control in photolithographic direct exposure processes for two-dimensional structures in photosensitive coatings and to a method for converting registration data into direct exposure data. The object of the invention, to find an improved exposure control in direct exposure methods for two-dimensional structures in photosensitive layers which permits a registration of target marks independent from defined locations of the target marks, is met according to the invention in that a plurality of entocentric cameras are arranged in a registration unit (1) in linear alignment transverse to the one-dimensional movement of the substrate (2) to form a gapless linear scanning area (23) over a predetermined width of the substrate (2). The angles of view of adjacent entocentric cameras have an overlapping region along the linear scanning area (23) in which redundant image captures of the substrate (2) of the adjacent cameras (11) are detectable, and the computing unit (5) has means for calculating the position of the target marks from the redundant image captures of the adjacent entocentric cameras additionally using a height position of the target marks which is determined by triangulation of a distance of the substrate surface (21).
US12169358B2
A template and a template blank are used for imprint lithography transferring a transfer pattern in a concave and convex structure to a resin on a transfer substrate, in which a first step structure is formed on a main surface of a base, a second step structure is formed on the first step structure, and an outside region of the second step structure on an upper surface of the first step structure is covered with a light shielding film to solve the above problem.
US12169351B2
An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of plastic lens elements, a plastic lens barrel, a retaining element, a glue material and a first void structure. The plastic lens barrel includes a plate portion and a tube portion. The plate portion has a central hole, and an optical axis of the imaging lens assembly passing through the central hole. The tube portion is extended from the plate portion which is parallel with the optical axis and defining an inner space and the plastic lens elements is disposed in the inner space. The glue material is disposed between one of the plastic lens elements and the tube portion of the plastic lens barrel, and surrounds the one of the plastic lens elements. The first void structure is extended from the central hole to the tube portion. The plastic lens elements are including a first lens element.
US12169341B2
Provided are a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a spliced display device. The display panel includes: a color filter substrate (11), an array substrate (12) and a first conductive portion (13), where a display region (AA) and a peripheral region (NA) are formed on the display panel, and the peripheral region (NA) surrounds the display region (AA); the array substrate (12) includes pixel circuits and a second conductive portion (14), where the pixel circuits are located in the display region (AA), and the second conductive portion (14) is located in the peripheral region (NA); the second conductive portion (14) is connected with the pixel circuits; the first conductive portion (13) is located on a side surface of the array substrate (12) and a side surface of the color filter substrate (11), and the first conductive portion (13) is connected with the second conductive portion (14). By such technical solutions, a width of the peripheral region can be reduced, which is beneficial to realizing a narrow bezel and increasing a screen-to-body ratio.
US12169340B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first panel. The first panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, and a first signal line. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first transparent electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The second transparent electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first signal line is electrically connected to the first transparent electrode and extending along a first direction. The impedance of the first signal line is less than the impedance of the first transparent electrode.
US12169336B2
According to an aspect, an optical element includes: a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate stacked on the first substrate and including a second electrode; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a sealing member extending along an outer periphery of the liquid crystal layer; a first spacer provided on an inner side of the sealing member; and a conductive column provided on an outer side of the sealing member and electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. The conductive column and the first spacer include the same material.
US12169329B2
Specialty contact lenses can be designed using approximations of one or both surfaces using mathematical representations. The approximations can be configured to optimize the lens manufacturing process. Constraints can be applied to the approximation to achieve the targeted results. The constraints can be assigned based at least in part on labels applied to measurements of the eye. Lens fit parameters can also be applied to control the degree to which the approximation approaches perfectly matching a targeted shape (e.g., the topography of the patient's eye). For example, the lens fit parameter can be related to the order of the mathematical representation used in the approximation. The contact lenses designed and manufactured using the methods and systems disclosed herein can be of any suitable type including, but not limited to, scleral lenses.
US12169328B2
The method includes the steps of: providing spectacles including a template eyeglass having a mounting portion inserted in a groove of an arc and being to be replaced by a prescription eyeglass having a step-back portion with the same conformation as the mounting portion; providing a set of visible marks on the template eyeglass independently of the arc; having an outline editor providing a visualization of the template eyeglass provided with the visible marks; determining through observation of the spectacles the location—with respect to the visible marks—of points of the arc from which the template eyeglass projects; entering on the provided visualization the so determined locations of the points of the arc; and outputting from the editor the data representative of an edited outline based on the point locations so entered on the provided visualization, whereby the edited outline is the outline of the shoulder.
US12169325B2
Eyewear including an optical element, a controller, a support structure configured to support the optical element and the controller, light sources coupled to the controller and supported by the support structure, and a diffuser positioned adjacent to the light sources and supported by the support structure, the diffuser including microstructures that diffuse light emitted by the light sources in a radial anisotropic diffusion pattern or a prism-like diffusion pattern.
US12169324B2
The disclosure provides an optical imaging lens group, which sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a diaphragm; a first lens with a positive refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being a convex surface; a second lens with a refractive power; a third lens with a negative refractive power; a fourth lens with a refractive power, an object-side surface thereof being a convex surface, while an image-side surface being a concave surface; a fifth lens with a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens with a negative refractive power, an image-side surface thereof being a concave surface; wherein ω is a half of a field of view of the optical imaging lens group, and f5 is an effective focal length of the fifth lens, f5 and ω meet 0.50 mm
US12169316B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a holding member located on the substrate, the holding member including an optical fiber holding part and a module placement part arranged in a first direction; an optical module located in the module placement part and mounted on the substrate; an optical fiber passing through the optical fiber holding part, the optical fiber being connected with the optical module; and a first leaf spring and a second leaf spring located in the optical fiber holding part, the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring holding the optical fiber between the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring in a direction crossing the first direction.
US12169315B2
An apparatus includes an optoelectronic component mounted to a PCB substrate. A transmissive adhesive is disposed directly on the optoelectronic component and is transmissive to light of a wavelength sensed by, or emitted by, the optoelectronic component. The apparatus includes an optical filter disposed directly on the transmissive adhesive. An epoxy laterally surrounds and is in contact with side surfaces of the transmissive adhesive and the optical filter. The epoxy is non-transmissive to light of a wavelength sensed by, or emitted by, the optoelectronic component. In some cases, the epoxy defines a recess directly over the optical filter to accommodate an optical component, such as an optical diffuser. Methods of fabricating the modules are disclosed as well.
US12169309B2
The present disclosure has an object to provide a multicore optical connector that can achieve size reduction and pitch reduction without performing highly accurate machining of V-grooves or the like. The present disclosure is a multicore optical connector including a holding member 11 having a flat bottom surface 14B, and provided with a groove that enables a plurality of optical fibers 91 to be arranged along the bottom surface 14B, the plurality of optical fibers 91 stored in a row on the bottom surface of the groove, and a lid 15 that is in contact with all the plurality of optical fibers 91 and is fixed to the plurality of optical fibers 91 and the holding member 11 in a state in which the plurality of optical fibers 91 are pressed against the bottom surface 14B of the groove to form a long hole 12 at the groove 14.
US12169303B2
A Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) a method of its production and a supercontinuum light source comprising such PCF. The PCF has a longitudinal axis and includes a core extending along the length of said longitudinal axis and a cladding region surrounding the core. At least the cladding region includes a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions extending along the longitudinal axis of the PCF in at least a microstructured length section. In at least a degradation resistant length section of the microstructured length section the PCF includes hydrogen and/or deuterium. In at least the degradation resistant length section the PCF further includes a main coating surrounding the cladding region, which main coating is hermetic for the hydrogen and/or deuterium at a temperature below Th, wherein Th is at least about 50° C., preferably 50° C.
US12169301B2
A patch cord for transmitting between a single mode fiber (SMF) and a multi-mode fiber (MMFs) has a MMF, SMF, and a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a hollow core placed between the SMF and MMF. A mode field diameter (MFD) of the PCF hollow core section is in the range of 16 to 19 microns, the length of the PCF is between 1 cm to 10 cm, the MMF has 50±2 microns core diameter, the SMF has a 6-9 microns core diameter, and the coupling between the PCF mode to the MMF fundamental mode is maximized.
US12169298B2
The present invention relates to a polarizing plate including: a polarizer; a first hard coating layer positioned on the polarizer and containing binder resin including (meth) acrylate-based (co) polymer; a light transmitting substrate positioned on the first hard coating layer, having retardation of 3000 nm or more, and having in-plane birefringence; and a second hard coating layer positioned on the light transmitting substrate and including a binder resin, and solid-type inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the degree of a angle formed by the slow axis of the light transmitting substrate and the absorption axis of the polarizer is 5 to 85°, and an image display device including the same.
US12169292B2
A system and a method for displaying a light show is disclosed herein. The system comprises a plurality of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) having a screening medium reservoir attached thereto. A Ground Control Station (GCS) is communicatively coupled to the plurality of UAVs, wherein the communication between the GCS and the plurality of UAVs is bidirectional communication, and wherein the GCS is configured to control the plurality of UAVs in accordance with at least one flight program. A light controller is communicatively coupled to the GCS and configured to control at least one light source in accordance with the at least one flight program.
US12169288B2
Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array. The image sensor includes a sensor substrate including a first pixel configured to sense first wavelength light, and a second pixel configured to sense second wavelength light; and a color separating lens array including a first wavelength light condensing region in which the first wavelength light is condensed onto the first pixel, wherein an area of the first wavelength light condensing region is greater than an area of the first pixel, and a distance between the sensor substrate and the color separating lens array is less than a focal distance of the first wavelength light condensing region with respect to the first wavelength light.
US12169285B2
In one aspect, a light pipe is disclosed. In some embodiments, the light pipe comprises an input section including a waveguide having a circular cross section; and an output section having a polygonal cross section, wherein the input section has an input surface for receiving light from one or more light sources and an output surface through which light exits the input section, and the output section has an input surface optically coupled to the output surface of the input section to receive at least a portion of the light exiting the input section, and an output surface through which light exits the light pipe.
US12169277B2
Display systems, such as near eye display systems or wearable heads up displays, may include a laser projection system having an optical engine and an optical scanner. Light output by the optical engine may be directed into the optical scanner as two angularly separated laser light beams. The angularly separated laser light beams typically have different angles of incidence on a second scan mirror of the optical scanner. Respectively different levels of magnification are applied to the beam diameter of each of the angularly separated laser light beams in a first dimension, such that the angularly separated laser light beams have respectively different beam diameters upon incidence at the second scan mirror. In some embodiments, the different beam diameters of the angularly separated laser light beams result in regions of incidence of each of the angularly separated laser light beams on the second scan mirror being equal or substantially similar.
US12169268B2
A magnification-variable optical system having a small size, a wide angle of view, and high optical performance, an optical apparatus including the magnification-variable optical system, and a method for manufacturing the magnification-variable optical system are provided, the magnification-variable optical system ZL being used for an optical apparatus and includes a first lens group G1 having a negative refractive power, and a rear group GR including at least one lens group disposed on an image side of the first lens group G1, and is configured so that a distance between lens groups adjacent to each other changes at magnification change and a condition expressed by predetermined condition expressions is satisfied.
US12169266B2
An optical lens assembly includes five lens elements and provides a TTL/EFL<1.0. In an embodiment, the focal length of the first lens element f1
US12169257B2
A process for calibrating a distance and range measurement device coupled to an industrial vehicle comprises taking a first measurement of an emission from the device at a first yaw angle relative to a roll axis of the device. A second measurement of the emission at a second yaw angle relative to the roll axis is taken. The second yaw angle is within an angular tolerance of the first yaw angle but in an opposite direction. The device is calibrated relative to the roll axis when the first and second measurements are within a tolerance of each other.
US12169252B2
Example embodiments relate to pulse energy plans for light detection and ranging (lidar) devices based on areas of interest and thermal budgets. An example lidar device includes a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light pulses into an environment in a plurality of different emission directions. The lidar device also includes circuitry configured to power the plurality of light emitters. Further, the lidar device includes a plurality of detectors configured to detect reflections of light pulses emitted by the plurality of light emitters. In addition, the lidar device includes a controller configured to (i) determine a pulse energy plan based on one or more regions of interest in the environment and a thermal budget and (ii) control the circuitry based on the pulse energy plan. The pulse energy plan specifies a pulse energy level for each light pulse emitted by each light emitter in the plurality of light emitters.
US12169250B2
A processor-implemented radar data recognition method including generating a plurality of pieces of input data, with respectively different dimension configurations, based on radar data of an object; and outputting a recognition result of the object based on the generated plurality of pieces of input data using a recognition model.
US12169249B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for performing radar operations based on characteristics of a target. First operational limits defining a limit of a detection operation, imaging operation, or some combination thereof can be identified. The first operational limits can be associated with first operational values of operational parameters. Radar waveform parameters to optimize can be identified. Further, first optimal values for the radar waveform parameters can be identified based on the first operational values associated with the first operational limits. Additionally, a first optimized radar signal can be generated using the first optimal values of the radar waveform parameters. The first optimized radar signal can be optimized for the first operational limits. As follows, the first optimized radar signal can be transmitted towards a target area.
US12169248B2
A system for radar interference mitigation, preferably including one or more transmitter arrays, receiver arrays, and/or signal processors, and optionally including one or more velocity sensing modules. A method for radar interference mitigation, preferably including transmitting a set of probe signals, receiving a set of reflected probe signals, and/or evaluating interference, and optionally including decoding the set of received probe signals and/or compensating for interference.
US12169247B2
Disclosed herein A UAV and/or UAV operator detector (1) configured to be mounted to an aircraft (2). The detector comprises an array of multiple Directional Radio Frequency (RF) antennae spaced apart from one another over two or three dimensions.
US12169246B2
An information handling system is disclosed and includes a processor, a memory, a power management unit (PMU), at least two antennas, and a wireless interface operatively coupled to the at least two antennas. The processor may execute code instructions for a distance and direction detection module therein configured to enable phase-based ranging with narrow band tone exchange, to add at least one constant tone duration to a wireless data signal frame, to monitor for nearby peripheral devices, and to measure at least two distances between each of the at least two antennas at the information handling system and a nearby peripheral device using switching between the at least two antennas.
US12169239B2
A radar system includes a set of transmitters and a processor coupled to the set of transmitters, which includes first, second, third and fourth transmitters. In operation, the processor generates a first chirp of a set of chirps, in which outputs of the first and second transmitters are modulated by a first phase and outputs of the third and fourth transmitters are modulated by a second phase; and generate a second chirp of the set of chirps, in which outputs of the first and fourth transmitters are modulated by the first phase and outputs of the second and third transmitters are modulated by the second phase.
US12169237B2
In an aspect, a vehicle apparatus monitors, via a set of sensors communicatively coupled to the vehicle apparatus, a field of view (FOV) of the vehicle apparatus. The vehicle apparatus transmits, based on the monitoring, a first message that requests sensor data from one or more neighboring devices and indicates at least one sensor data filtering condition for the requested sensor data. A communication device receives the first message, and determines whether sensor data is available at the communication device which satisfies the at least one sensor data filtering condition for the requested sensor data. If so, the communication device filters its sensor data based on the at least one sensor data filtering condition, and transmits, to the vehicle apparatus, a second message including the filtered sensor data.
US12169234B2
Provided are computer-implemented systems and methods for a device that includes at least one processor programmed or configured to receive one or more messages from a device in an transmit state, the one or more messages comprising a first message received at a first power level, the first message comprising data associated with a power level at which the first message was transmitted by the transmitting device, and a second messages received at a second power level, the second message comprising data associated with a power level at which the second message was transmitted by the transmitting device. The processor is further configured to determine a heading toward the transmitting device based on the first message and the second message; and output data associated with an indication of the heading toward the transmitting device.
US12169231B2
Computer simulation of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) medical imaging examination procedures by visually displaying, for user selection, MRI settings associated with third party MRI vendors. Critical questions are displayed relating to a user selected simulated MRI examination procedure. A user selected MRI examination procedure is simulated by generating resulting MRI images, which are displayed to the user. A deviation value is generated correlating to deviation of the generated resulting MRI images from acceptable MRI images relating to the user selected MRI examination procedure. A score value is determined for the user's simulated MRI examination procedure based upon the determined deviation value and the user's response to the one or more critical questions.
US12169229B2
An illumination insert for an NMR spectrometer, the illumination insert being shaped to receive a sample and comprising a light guide portion for guiding light from a light source, and a diffuser portion for diffusing light received from the light guide portion towards a sample received in the illumination insert.
US12169225B2
Provided is a secondary battery inspection device capable of improving inspection accuracy while simplifying the inspection of a secondary battery. Value of a model parameter of a secondary battery model is identitied based on a sampling period T. In the secondary battery model, impedance of internal resistance of a secondary battery 200 is expressed by an IIR transfer function and an FIR transfer function. When impulse current I(t) is input to a specified model as the secondary battery model the value of the model parameter of which is identified, a model output voltage as a voltage change form output from the specified model is estimated. The performance of the secondary battery 200 according to the sampling period T is evaluated based on the measurement result of the voltage of the secondary battery 200 when the impulse current I(t) flows into the secondary battery 200, and the specified model output voltage.
US12169219B2
An apparatus for testing a semiconductor package, in which a second test circuit board, which is disposed on an upper socket assembly to form a vacuum line in the related art, is removed, and a vacuum guide including two components disposed between an upper socket and an upper package. The vacuum guide including a conductive guide member made of an inelastic insulating material disposed on a conductive region part to prevent an electrical short circuit, and a peripheral guide member made of a metallic material having rigidity and disposed on a peripheral region portion to prevent deformation of a vacuum line, such that a length of a signal path is significantly decreased, high-speed signal transmission is possible. The stable vacuum line is ensured in the upper socket assembly, and vacuum pressure from a vacuum generation device is smoothly applied to a vacuum picker.
US12169217B2
A tester apparatus is described. Various components contribute to the functionality of the tester apparatus, including an insertion and removal apparatus, thermal posts, independent gimbaling, the inclusion of a photo detector, a combination of thermal control methods, a detect circuitry in a socket lid, through posts with stand-offs, and a voltage retargeting.
US12169214B2
An electromagnetic apparatus (EMA) for measuring electromagnetic properties of an electrical conductor such as a power cord is provided. Methods of using the EMA are also provided. The EMA includes a plurality of electromagnetic sensors (EMSs) disposed in an array along a length and a width of the EMA. The EMA further includes circuitry such as a microprocessor, communication circuitry, and power circuitry. The circuitry is in electrical communication with the EMSs.
US12169209B2
A sensing probe may be formed of a diamond material comprising one or more spin defects that are configured to emit fluorescent light and are located no more than 50 nm from a sensing surface of the sensing probe. The sensing probe may include an optical outcoupling structure formed by the diamond material and configured to optically guide the fluorescent light toward an output end of the optical outcoupling structure. An optical detector may detect the fluorescent light that is emitted from the spin defects and that exits through the output end of the optical outcoupling structure after being optically guided therethrough. A mounting system may hold the sensing probe and control a distance between the sensing surface of the sensing probe and a surface of a sample while permitting relative motion between the sensing surface and the sample surface.
US12169206B2
A method of handling laboratory sample containers is presented. The method comprises moving a laboratory sample container to a target position. The target position is a position at which the laboratory sample container is inserted into a corresponding orifice of a laboratory sample container rack provided that the laboratory sample container rack is placed at an intended position. The laboratory sample container is prevented from moving horizontally more than a predetermined horizontal distance if inserted into the corresponding orifice of the laboratory sample container rack. The method also comprises applying a force in a horizontal direction (xy) to the laboratory sample container, determining if the laboratory sample container moves in the horizontal direction (xy) more than the predetermined horizontal distance, and performing an error procedure if it is determined that the laboratory sample container moves in the horizontal direction (xy) more than the predetermined horizontal distance.
US12169202B2
The present invention includes a method of identifying 2-hydroxygluterate (2-hg) metabolites in a sample comprising: obtaining the sample from a patient; extracting the 2-hydroxygluterate (2-hg) metabolites from the sample without modifying a chiral center of the 2-hg metabolites; separating the one or more 2-hg metabolites in the sample using a chiral gas chromatography capillary column; and quantitating an amount of 2-hg metabolites in the sample using mass spectrometry.
US12169193B2
The present specification discloses a sample-collecting device capable of quantitative sampling. The sample-collecting device according to the present specification comprises an upper housing and a lower housing which are coupled to be engaged with each other. A film part and a light diffusion part may be provided between the upper housing and the lower housing. A pillar-shaped sample inlet having a central path may be formed in the upper surface of the upper housing, and a sample stopper may be formed as a step on the lower surface of the upper housing. The step is spaced apart by a predetermined distance from a hole in the central path, which is formed in the lower surface of the upper housing, to form a sample storage space, and the step is in contact with the film part to enable sealing so that a sample that has flowed into the sample storage space does not flow out between the sample stopper and the film part.
US12169190B1
A non-destructive fruit defect detection method and system based on neural networks are used to solve problem of inaccurate selection of high-quality fruits by current consumers. The system includes a standard formulation module configured to formulate monitoring standards for different batches and varieties of the fruits to obtain standard detection parameters for the different batches and varieties of the fruits, a preliminary identification module configured to preliminarily identify external conditions of the different batches and varieties of the fruits, a non-destructive detection module configured to non-destructively detect the different batches and varieties of the fruits, generate a fruit abnormal signal or obtain growth deviation values of the different batches and varieties of the fruits, and a quality judgment module configured to judge quality of the different batches and varieties of the fruits. Accurate non-destructive detection for the different batches and varieties of the fruits are realized.
US12169189B2
According to one embodiment, a structure evaluation system according to an embodiment includes a plurality of sensors, a position locator, a corrector, and an evaluator. The plurality of sensors detect elastic waves generated from a structure. The position locator locates the position of a generation sources of a plurality of elastic waves on the basis of the plurality of elastic waves detected by the plurality of sensors. The corrector corrects information based on the position locating performed by the position locator using a correction value set in correspondence with an impact. The evaluator evaluates a deterioration state of the structure on the basis of the corrected information.
US12169186B2
The invention relates to a method of determining a crack at an edge of a metallic material, the edge having a curvature with a radius. The method including: feeding and controlling a current to a transmitter coil for generating a magnetic field in the metallic material, detecting the magnetic field by means of a receiver coil, which detected magnetic field thereby generates a signal) in the receiver coil, determining first, second and third signal values of the signal at a first time, a second time and a third time, respectively, determining a possible presence of a crack and its crack depth based on the first, second and third signal values by means of determining a characteristic relation between the signal values.
US12169180B2
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electronic system having a printed circuit board with electronic components mounted thereon. At least some of the electronic components are coupled to components of a liquid cooling system. The electronic system has a light source and a photosensitive element. The light source is to illuminate an illuminated region of the printed circuit board and/or at least one of the electronic components. The photosensitive element is to detect a change in reflection from the illuminated region in response to the presence of coolant that has leaked from the liquid cooling system within the illuminated region.
US12169178B2
A wafer metrology system including a dynamic sampling scheme configured to optimize a sampling rate for measurement of process wafers in an IC fabrication flow based on process capability index data as well as measurement history data. For a stable process, the process wafers may be sampled at a lower rate without negatively affecting quality control.
US12169176B2
Multi-parameter water analysis system with a water parameter sensing device configured to wirelessly provide detector data and a smart phone displayable indicator of water analysis test results that are calculated by an analysis application that is updateable via a cloud-based data resource to account for a manufacturing change in indicator chemistry and/or an improvement in test result display. The water parameter sensing device includes an optical sensing apparatus configured to detect light from each of a plurality of indicators for different parameters when the indicator and a chemical parameter are exposed to each other, a processor to process information of the detected light, and wireless communication circuitry for communicating detector data based on the information about the detected light to a remote device. Social networking of water quality data allows sharing to other users.
US12169173B2
The optical interrogation technique can use an optical prism having two opposite sides including a sample side and a refraction side, the sample side having a plurality of interrogation areas; a source assembly generating a collimated field of illumination directed towards the refraction side; a screen disposed in a screen plane intersecting the field of illumination and shielding the refraction side from the field of illumination, the screen having an aperture allowing a portion of the field of illumination to reach and be refracted by the refraction side, be totally internally reflected at one of said interrogation areas of the sample side, thereby generating a signal, the signal refracted back through the aperture, the screen being movable within the screen plane to shift the aperture and expose different portions of the field of illumination to corresponding ones of the interrogation areas.
US12169166B2
This disclosure provides cyanine dye compounds having linked hydrogen bond-forming groups that can be used for detecting nucleic acids, particularly for fluorescent staining of DNA, in a biological sample. We found that the simultaneous incorporation of at least two hydrogen bond-forming groups (HBGs) into such a nucleic acid stain can provide for crosslinking interactions between the stain and the target nucleic acid, and lead to a significant increase in the detection sensitivity without substantially increasing undesirable cytotoxicity or mutagenicity properties of the dye compounds. The cyanine dye compounds can have a cyanine structure that connects two particular fused heterocycle ring systems, where at least two HBGs are connected to the core structure through linkers. Also provided are nucleic acid complexes including the cyanine dye compounds, and methods of using the compounds to detect nucleic acids in a biological sample.
US12169163B2
A distribution unit of a particle detection system initiates a particle collection process to dislodge one or more surface particles from a surface of an article based on a stream including at least one of solid CO2 particles or CO2 droplets. The dislodged surface particles are collected on a surface of a substrate having a pre-determined initial state including initial surface particles of the substrate. A measurement indicating a particle number concentration of detectable surface particles on the substrate after the particle collection process is completed is obtained. An initial particle number concentration of the initial surface particles of the pre-determined initial state is identified. A number of particles transported away from the surface of the article is determined based on the obtained measurement and the identified initial particle concentration.
US12169159B2
Device for testing sealing of at least a part of a double-door sealed transfer system between two closed volumes, the system including a first flange and a and a second flange capable of being rigidly connected to one another, and a first door and a second door normally sealing openings respectively defined by the first and the second flanges, the device including a casing including a cavity provided with an opening, mechanical connection to a flange so that the cavity is closed by the flange and the door and an inflatable joint which, in the inflated state, is in contact with the flange and ensures a sealing allowing to verify the sealing between the flange and the door.
US12169158B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system. In one example, a method includes adjusting a threshold of a diagnostic based on a distance between a fuel tank and a ground surface. The distance is inferred based on a vehicle weight.
US12169157B2
The invention concerns a process for detecting water leaks in smelting furnaces (2; 4) or in metal or alloy treatment plants, comprising the following steps: (i) providing at least one smelting furnace (2; 4), or at least one metal or alloy treatment plant provided with a water cooling system (5) and being connected to a process fume exhaust system; (ii) mixing in the cooling water a tracer chemical which is volatile in the event of water leakage together with the exhaust gases and which is suitable to be detected by an analysis system of the exhaust gases; and (iii) detecting said tracer chemical contained in the exhaust gases by said analysis system comprised in said process fume exhaust plant, wherein said tracer chemical is deuterated water. The invention further refers to a Plant for the production of metals or alloys.
US12169156B2
A test management module includes a test manager writing a test list, a first emulator controlling an operation of the vehicle according to instruction of the test manager, and a controller controlling an operation of a test station according to instruction of the test manager. The test list includes an event condition to be generated in a vehicle and operation information of the operation of the vehicle, which is performed when the event condition is satisfied, and the operation of the test station provided to virtually test the vehicle.
US12169153B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of determining one or more optical parameters of a lens of eyeglasses. For example, a product may include one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media including computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations of determining one or more optical parameters of a lens of eyeglasses. The operations may include processing at least one image of an object captured via the lens; and determining the one or more optical parameters of the lens based on the at least one image.
US12169148B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for differential magnetic field torque sensors that include first and second magnetic targets for coupling to one or more rotatable shafts. The magnetic targets can include multipole ring magnets having a plurality of alternating magnetic domains. First and second differential magnetic field angular position sensors positioned proximate to the magnetic targets produce angular position of the targets and a processing unit is operative to receive an angular position from each of the first and second differential magnetic field angular position sensors and determine a difference between the angular positions. The difference corresponds to an angle between the targets, and the processing unit is operative to calculate, based on the angle, a torque applied to the one or more rotatable shafts.
US12169145B2
Zero-power system for remote monitoring of heat sources is provided. The systems detect failure indicators of remote equipment including power substations, oil rigs, large inaccessible machinery in a factory, and communications equipment. The systems also can be used to detect the presence of people in buildings or in other locations, so as to improve HVAC utilization in large buildings. When the zero-power monitoring systems detect heat sources, such as the presence of people, failure indicators, or a targeted environmental signal, a circuit is closed using the energy of the detected radiation, and activating an RFID tag, a radio transmitter, or an alarm. The monitoring systems can remain deployed and active for many years without the need for battery replacement.
US12169142B2
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.
US12169136B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a magneto-inductive flowmeter, wherein the magneto-inductive flowmeter has a measuring tube for conducting a flowable medium, at least two measurement electrodes for detecting a flow speed-based measurement voltage induced in the medium, and a magnetic field-generating device for generating a magnetic field which passes through the measuring tube, said magnetic field generating device having a coil. The method has the steps of applying a control voltage to the coil in order to generate a change in the coil current over time, and determining the change in the coil current over time in a change-over region, wherein the coil current is changed in the change-over region until a target coil current target is reached.
US12169133B2
Heuristic evaluation systems and methods for spatial information deliverability for electric vehicle (EV) owners who are traveling and looking for charging location suggestions via their navigation systems, mobile applications, and/or the like. Suggestions are captured based on prior knowledge and user desires. In general, the system knows that a user is traveling from point A to point B and has a suggested optimal distance and/or time and/or cost to reach point B. The systems gathers information related to the traveler's desires in relation to lesser known dimensions, to enhance the overall quality of the travel and charging experience.
US12169126B2
A method for measuring elevation of an accumulating resource with a visually distinguishable intersecting object includes providing an electronic device comprising a camera and at least one position sensor, performing at least one survey by obtaining sensor readings while the camera is aimed at an intersection, determining an altitude and pitch angle of the camera using the sensor readings; and computing the elevation of the accumulating resource using the geolocation and pitch angle of the camera.
US12169123B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments related generally to computer vision, graphics, image scanning, shadow casters, shadow caster scanners, and image processing as well as associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to form at least three-dimensional models or images of objects and environments.
US12169116B2
A firearm optics mount is configured to position an optic device on a firearm in a position offset from vertical alignment above the barrel when the firearm is in the vertical position. The canted mount includes a base, a support, and an optic mount at the end of the support. The support is configured to offset the optic between 5 and 30 degrees from vertical alignment with the barrel when the firearm is vertically positioned. The support may be configured to offset the optic between 12 and 22 degrees. The base of the mount may include a rear sight. The optic mounted to the firearm via the canted mount may be a primary or only optic of the firearm. The mount may vertically align a bullet drop feature of an optic with the centerline of the barrel when the firearm is canted to position the optic vertically above the barrel.
US12169105B1
A trigger mechanism having a hammer, a trigger member, disconnector, movable ejector lever, locking member, and safety the trigger member. The trigger member being forced to the set position by the hammer during rearward pivoting. A locking member is adapted to move between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger member allowing the trigger member to be moved to the released position. The locking member is spring biased toward the first position and moved against the spring bias to the second position by contact from the movable ejector lever during forward movement of the bolt carrier as the bolt carrier reaches a substantially in-battery position. The safety selector is adapted to pivot between safe, standard semi-automatic, and forced reset semi-automatic positions.
US12169092B2
A refrigerator includes a door frame and a perimetric surface of an insulation door panel of a panel unit that are spaced apart from each other. A component receiving groove is provided between the door frame and the perimetric surface of the insulation door panel, so that an operation module is received in the component receiving groove. When the operation module is received in the component receiving groove, at least of a part of the operation module is arranged to face a front surface of the panel unit through a bezel portion constituting the front surface of the panel unit. Therefore, a space for installing the operation module such as a detection sensor or a touch sensor is provided to be sufficiently wide along an edge of a door.
US12169091B2
Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.
US12169086B2
A method of preventing evaporator coil freeze in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system is performed by a controller in the HVAC system. The method includes determining a reference saturated suction temperature (SST) via a sensor disposed in relation to an evaporator coil in the HVAC system. The method also includes determining whether the reference SST is below a minimum SST threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the reference SST is below the minimum SST threshold, increasing a discharge air temperature (DAT) setpoint.
US12169084B2
A compressor unit includes a first case, a compressor, a connecting port, and a shutoff valve. The connecting port includes a first connecting port and a second connecting port. The shutoff valve includes a first shutoff valve and a second shutoff valve. A heat source heat exchanger is accommodated in a second case. A utilization heat exchanger is accommodated in a third case. The compressor unit is disposed inside a building. The first connecting port is connected to the heat source heat exchanger via a first connection piping. The second connecting port is connected to the utilization heat exchanger via a second connection piping. The first shutoff valve shuts off flow of a refrigerant between the first connecting port and the heat source heat exchanger. The second shutoff valve shuts off flow of the refrigerant between the second connecting port and the utilization heat exchanger.
US12169077B2
A system for obtaining energy consumptions, savings and cost reduction in structures adapted for human habitation which includes the utilization of a plurality of mats including phase change material encapsulated within first and second layers of plastic material having heat transfer capability disposed within the plenum area above a ceiling of a room within a building with the amount of phase change material contained within each mat being between 0.5 lbs. and 0.67 lbs. per square foot.
US12169069B2
A gas turbine engine including a catalytic reactor and a combustor. The catalytic reactor is configured (i) to receive hydrogen fuel, (ii) to receive air containing oxygen, (iii) to catalytically react at least a portion of the oxygen in the air with at least a portion of the hydrogen in the hydrogen fuel to produce water, and (iv) to output diluent comprising the catalytically produced water. The combustor includes (a) a combustion chamber and (b) at least one nozzle that is fluidly coupled to the catalytic reactor to receive the diluent output by the catalytic reactor and configured to inject the diluent into the combustion chamber.
US12169068B2
A combustor for a turbine engine. The combustor includes a fuel injector and a fluid injection system in fluid communication with the combustor. The fuel injector includes a mixer assembly with a pilot mixer and a main mixer. The pilot mixer and the main mixer operate during high power operation of the turbine engine. The fluid injection system injects a fluid into the combustor during high power operation of the turbine engine. The fluid is shut off during low power operation of the turbine engine and during mid-level power operation of the turbine engine.
US12169061B2
Provided is a lamp unit, a connector, and a lamp system having the lamp unit that includes a lamp panel, a connector having a rotating shaft, and a first connection portion and a second connection portion each being sleeved on the rotating shaft in a hinge form and being rotatable relative to each other around the rotating shaft, and connection ports detachably snap-fitted with one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The relative angle between the first connection portion and the second connection portion can be adjusted after the lamp units are connected in a three-dimensional manner via the connectors. In addition, one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion of each connector is detachably snap-fitted with a connection port of each lamp unit, which can make the connection between the lamp units more secure while ensuring convenient assembly and disassembly.
US12169056B2
The present disclosure provides a new gate lamp system and method. The system and method is configured to facilitate the installation of a gate lamp onto a gate arm, and to facilitate the replacement of one or more of the gate lamps. The present disclosure provides a system and method of installing gate lamps on a gate arm in the field in a robust manner with ease.
US12169055B2
An LED luminaire is described that can be readily installed, removed, or replaced. The LED luminaire may be modular with an easily removable component chassis having components such as sensors, LED driver elements, and so forth that may be modular. The LED luminaire is adapted for rapid access to the component chassis and rapid adjustment, updating, repairs, or replacement thereof. In one aspect, one or more first engaging elements form a connection between the component chassis and the frame that can support the frame in either a closed or open position, or allow for rotation of the frame from one orientation to another while still securing the component chassis to the frame.
US12169053B2
Embodiments are directed to a lighting system including a junction box for accommodating a light source assembly, and which is configured to allows for additional components such as separate drivers or emergency ballasts to also be included in the lighting system together with the light source assembly. In embodiments, the junction box is mounted on a pan style frame. In some embodiments, the lighting system includes a test switch mounted on a trim piece that is accessible from below a ceiling in which the lighting system is installed, and which allows for an emergency power supply to be verified.
US12169045B2
A condensate trap apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an inlet hole for inflowing a condensate; a storage space for storing the condensate introduced from the inlet hole; an outlet unit including a discharge hole for discharging the stored condensate from the storage space; and a buoyant body including a closing portion which is convex vertically downward so as to close the discharge hole by being seated on the outlet unit, and a support of a pillar type extending vertically upward from the closing portion.
US12169043B2
Spoolable composite pipes for oil and gas flowlines may include an inner extruded tubular liner, a reinforcement layer surrounding the inner extruded tubular liner, and an outer extruded tubular cover surrounding the reinforcement layer. In these spoolable composite pipes, the inner extruded tubular liner may include an aliphatic polyketone. Internally lined pipes for oil and gas flowlines for oil and gas flowlines may include inner extruded tubular liner containing an aliphatic polyketone, and a carbon steel pipe surrounding the inner extruded tubular liner. The spoolable composite pipes and the internally lined pipes may be configured to operate at temperatures of up to about 110° C., and to carry hydrocarbons having an aromatic content of up to about 35% by volume of the total hydrocarbons content.
US12169038B2
In the case of a connector for inserting into a receiving depression in a housing, having a stub with a flow channel formed therein, the flow channel extending as far as a frontal end of the stub and being surrounded by a lateral surface. Provision is made for a bracing ring to surround the lateral surface. The bracing ring is designed so that, as a result of an axial force acting on the bracing ring and being directed towards the frontal end, the bracing ring can be pushed all the way onto the lateral surface, an external diameter being increased in the process.
US12169035B2
A clamp equipped nozzle for enabling spooling of a hose includes a body defining a lumen having a central axis and configured to enable fluid to flow therethrough. A fluid outlet is in fluid communication with the body and is disposed at a first end of the body. The fluid outlet is configured to enable fluid to flow out of the clamp equipped nozzle defining a flow pattern. A coupler is configured to couple the body to an end of the hose and is disposed at a second end of the body. A clamp is configured to retain a section of the hose and is disposed along a longitudinal portion of the body. The clamp includes walls in a cylindrical configuration, the walls defining a longitudinal length that is approximately parallel the body.
US12169032B2
The invention relates to an actuator (10) for a process plant, comprising an actuating valve (14) and an actuating drive (12) which has an actuating drive housing (20) and a drive rod (18) mounted in the actuating drive housing (20), wherein the actuating drive housing (20) is connected to a valve housing (22) of the actuating valve (14) via a connecting housing. The invention is characterized in that a second rod coupling (46) and an adjusting rod (42) are provided, the adjusting rod (42) being provided in the region between the drive rod (18) and the valve rod (38), one rod coupling (44, 46) coupling the adjusting rod (42) to the drive rod (18), and one rod coupling (44, 46) coupling the adjusting rod (42) to the valve rod (18).
US12169025B2
Disclosed is a control valve, which may comprise a valve body component, a valve element component and a sealing component. The valve body component comprises a side wall part and the sealing component comprises an elastic pad and a sealing member The sealing member comprises a sealing main body part comprising a flanging part and a matching part, which are connected to each other; the matching part makes contact with the valve element component and is in sliding fit with the valve element component the elastic pad is provided with a first through hole, and the first through hole is in communication with a communication hole; the sealing member is provided with a second through hole, and the second through hole is in communication with the communication hole by means of the first through hole.
US12169023B2
A shaft seal assembly for sealing a moving shaft of a fluid consumer includes a seal case movable relative to a mating surface of the shaft, a biasing force that biases the seal case towards the mating surface, and a seal at least partially disposed in the seal case. In a dynamic condition, when fluid pressure against the seal case is equal to or greater than a threshold pressure, the seal case sealingly separates from the mating surface, and the seal is forced into sealing engagement against the mating surface of the shaft to form a dynamic seal. In a static condition, when fluid pressure exerted against the seal case is less than the threshold pressure, the seal is sealingly engaged against the mating surface to form a static seal, and the seal case is sealingly engaged against the mating surface of the shaft to form an additional static seal.
US12169020B2
Disclosed is a method for operating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission of a vehicle, where the interlocking shifting element has shifting element halves which can be moved relative to one another when opening and closing the interlocking shifting element. An electric actuator is arranged to bring about the relative movement between the shifting element halves when opening and/or closing the interlocking shifting element. An electric current strength through the electric actuator is determined and, depending on the electric current strength through the electric actuator, a conclusion is reached about the shifting position of the interlocking shifting element.
US12169017B2
A vehicle transmission has at least one lubrication point, a power take-off, a lubricant tapping point for a power take-off module, and a lubrication system for supplying the lubrication point(s) and the lubricant tapping point with lubricant. The lubrication system includes a lubricant reservoir, a main line section emerging from the lubricant reservoir, a first supply line section leading to the lubrication point(s), a second supply line section leading to the lubricant tapping point, and a return line section leading to the lubricant reservoir. A valve has a first valve port associated with the main line section, a second valve port associated with the lubricant tapping point, a third valve port associated with the return line section, and a bypass duct that acts between the first valve port and the second valve port. A vehicle with such a vehicle transmission and a working machine arrangement are also disclosed.
US12169014B2
A system for producing a relative centripetal force differential includes a turntable having a plurality of spoke units arranged along radial lines around the center of the turntable. Each of the spoke units is attached to the turntable and has a mass that is moved a drive unit of the respective spoke unit along the radial line, based on its present position of rotation around the center of the turntable. As the turntable is rotated mass of each spoke elements is moved such that it is at a minimum distance through a minimum distance region, at a maximum distance through a maximum distance region that is opposite the minimum distance region, and increased or decreased through transition regions on either side of the minimum and maximum distance regions.
US12169008B2
This disk brake includes an attachment member that has support portions movably supporting a pair of brake pads, and a caliper that pressurizes the brake pads against a disk. The attachment member has outer circumferential frame portions, a coupling beam portion, and support main body portions. The outer circumferential frame portions extend in a disk circumferential direction so as to cover the disk while straddling the disk. The coupling beam portion couples the support portions to each other. The support main body portions form the support portions. The outer frame constituting portions constitute the outer frames of the support main body portions. Positions of disk-axially outward side end surfaces in a disk axial direction are the same as positions of the disk-axially outward side end surfaces of the caliper or on sides outward in the disk axial direction.
US12169005B2
A centering mechanism with a brake piston of a disk brake of a motor vehicle, with a spindle extending into a cavity in the brake piston, has dimensions that prevent a force equilibrium of a nut-spindle assembly moved completely out of the vertical position. A force vector of the gravitational force on the nut-spindle assembly extends within a contact surface between a nut and the brake piston. Thus, the brake piston can be easily assembled with the nut-spindle assembly.
US12169003B2
A wet-type friction engaging device includes a first friction member and a second friction member defining a groove formed on a surface of a base facing the first friction member.
US12168997B2
A shaft can include a first portion comprising a first material having first material properties, a disconnect portion comprising at least some of a second material having second material properties, and a third portion comprising a third material having third material properties. The disconnect portion can be positioned between the first portion and the third portion, the three material properties being configured such that the first portion is physically disconnected from the third portion in response to failure of the disconnect portion under at least one of a mechanical load and/or an electrical load and/or thermal load.
US12168996B2
A bearing assembly for a blender jar assembly includes a blender jar having a bottom wall that defines an opening. A retainer is positioned within the blender jar and defines a receiving space in communication with the opening. A jar collar is positioned exterior of the blender jar and is operably coupled with the retainer. A bearing housing is positioned within the receiving space and is spaced apart from the retainer by a first spacing. A nut is operably coupled with the bearing housing and is at least partially received by the receiving space. The nut is spaced apart from the retainer by a second spacing. A gasket is positioned to maintain at least one of the first and second spacings of the bearing housing and the nut relative to the retainer.
US12168993B1
A foldable hook is disclosed. The hook has a point connected to a shank and a stopper. The hook has a hollow housing with two faces separated by a sidewall, the two faces having an internal side facing the interior of the hollow housing, each of the internal sides having a rounded groove for cooperating with and allowing the stopper to rotate within the hollow housing. The sidewall having an opening, the opening for receiving the shank hook with the point outside the hollow housing and the stopper within the hollow housing. And, a channel within the hollow housing, the channel for receiving the stopper and stopping rotation of the stopper.
US12168992B2
A hardware apparatus includes a washer/nut member comprising a disc-shaped base plate with a nut-shaped projection extending therefrom, wherein the nut-shaped projection includes a through passage to the disc-shaped base plate and the disc-shaped base plate includes a through opening aligned with the through passage. An insert is positionable within the through passage of the nut-shaped projection, the insert including a disc-shaped flange, a projection at one side of the flange, and a passage through the flange and the projection, wherein the projection is engageable in the through opening, wherein a perimeter shape of the projection is configured to cooperate with a perimeter shape of the through opening to prevent rotation of the insert relative to the washer/nut member.
US12168990B2
A method is provided for installing a fastener into an opening of a structure. The fastener includes a sleeve and a pin threadably received into the sleeve. The method includes inserting the fastener into the opening, grabbing a pintail of the pin, and deforming a tail of the sleeve radially outward relative to a centerline axis of the fastener by automatically displacing the pin longitudinally along the centerline axis relative to the sleeve. The method also includes rotationally shearing the pintail of the pin from a shaft of the pin.
US12168986B2
A self-priming assembly for a multi-stage pump is provided. The self-priming assembly includes a first diffuser with a first central portion, a first diffuser axis, a first arcuate channel within the first central portion, and a first arcuate passage extending through the first central portion and a first peripheral portion having a first ledge. The self-priming assembly also includes a second diffuser with a second central portion, a second diffuser axis, a second arcuate channel within the second central portion, a second arcuate passage extending through the second central portion, and a second peripheral portion having a second ledge. The first ledge abuts the second ledge. Further, the self-priming assembly includes an impeller with an impeller axis. The first diffuser and the second diffuser are configured to be combined and to receive the impeller therebetween with the first diffuser axis, the second diffuser axis, and the impeller axis aligned.
US12168984B2
A compressor for a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes an impeller that has a hub defining an impeller tip, a plurality of blades coupled to the hub and defining a plurality of flow paths configured to direct a primary flow of working fluid therethrough, and a shroud coupled to the plurality of blades. The shroud includes a shroud tip disposed upstream of the impeller tip relative to a flow direction of the primary flow of working fluid through the plurality of flow paths.
US12168981B2
Example embodiments relate to an air cooling system for an electronic spinning assembly. An example embodiment includes a plurality of vanes coupled to a static base. A vane cover is rotatably coupled to the static base. The vane cover includes at least one air inlet, at least one air duct extending from the vane cover, and at least one choke point disposed in the cover. The at least one choke point is configured to increase a pressure of the airflow.
US12168978B2
The invention provides a pump unit for a miniature cleaning machine, and belongs to the technical field of cleaning machines. The problem that an existing pump unit is frequently maintained is solved. The pump unit for the miniature cleaning machine comprises a motor, a pump shell, a plunger and a transmission assembly, the plunger and the transmission assembly are arranged in the pump shell, a reset spring enabling the plunger to always have the upward moving trend is arranged in the pump shell, the transmission assembly comprises a pump main shaft, an eccentric shaft and a ball bearing, one end of the pump main shaft is in transmission connection with the motor, and the other end of the pump main shaft is in transmission connection with the eccentric shaft. The other end of the pump main shaft is in transmission connection with one end of the eccentric shaft, the other end of the eccentric shaft is connected to the pump shell, the eccentric shaft is sleeved with the ball bearing, and a peripheral face of the ball bearing is attached to an upper end face of the plunger. The structure solves the problem of frequent maintenance of the pump unit.
US12168977B2
A liquid pump 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 housing has at least one intake opening, wherein a filter plate which covers at least one intake opening is attached to the pump housing.
US12168970B1
The wind turbine comprises a rotor which rotates with respect to a stator about a rotation axis. The rotor comprises at least one blade with a cavity, and a particulate filter fixed into the cavity.
US12168966B2
A connector block that directs fuel from an outer fuel line to an inner fuel line. The connector block includes an inlet that couples to the outer fuel line, an outlet that coupled to the inner fuel line, and a fuel accumulator fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet. The fuel accumulator directs the fuel from the inlet to the outlet.
US12168964B2
A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion unit, including a fixed structure, at least one cowl and a plurality of cascades of deflection vanes, the cowl and the cascades of vanes forming a system capable of translational movement relative to the fixed structure along a longitudinal central axis, the mobile system further including at least one rear cascade-support structure to which a rear end of the cascades of vanes is fixed, the rear structure extending in a circumferential direction of the reverser. The rear structure incorporates an acoustic-absorption device including an array of cells and a skin covering the cells, the skin having a first surface arranged facing the cells, and a second surface bounding part of a secondary flow path.
US12168955B2
A constant volume combustion system for a turbomachine comprises a plurality of combustion chambers distributed annularly about an axis, each combustion chamber comprising an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, a selective shut-off element movable in rotation relative to the combustion chambers, the selective shut-off element comprising a shroud facing the inlet and outlet orifices of the combustion chambers. The shroud including on a first annular portion at least one intake aperture intended to cooperate with the inlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element and on a second annular portion at least one exhaust aperture intended to cooperate with the outlet orifice of each combustion chamber during the rotation of the selective shut-off element. Each combustion chamber comprises a fuel injection device whose opening and closing are synchronized by the shut-off element.
US12168953B2
An e-charger includes a motor case that encases the motor and an outer housing that houses the motor case. The e-charger additionally includes a cooling system with passages cooperatively defined by the outer housing and the motor case. First and second longitudinal passages extend between the first and second ends of the motor, and a second longitudinal passage extends between the second and first ends of the motor. The end passage fluidly connects the first and second longitudinal passage. The cooling system is configured for directing flow of the coolant from the inlet, through the first longitudinal passage in a first longitudinal direction with respect to the axis, through the end passage, and back through the second longitudinal passage in a second longitudinal direction with respect to the axis.
US12168947B2
This relates to a method for diagnosing a sensor for a motor vehicle, and to the vehicle, the method including: a) a step of detecting errors in the measurements taken by the sensor; b) a first phase of commanding the cleaning of the sensor; and c) a step of cancelling the detection of measurement errors by the sensor if the difference between the first variation in the richness level determined on the basis of the parameter relating to the pumping current and the second variation determined on the basis of the variation in the voltage across the terminals of the sensor is: i) less than a predefined maximum tolerance threshold; and ii) greater than a predefined minimum tolerance threshold.
US12168946B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for monitoring a catalyst health parameter are provided. A system includes one or more processing circuits having one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors. The one or more memory devices store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive information indicative of at least one of a temperature of exhaust gas entering the aftertreatment system, a time at idle, or a mass flow of exhaust gas; determine a catalyst health management criteria based on the information; determine a catalyst health indicator based on the catalyst health management criteria being met; compare the determined catalyst health indicator to a predetermined health threshold criteria; and provide a notification based on the determined catalyst health indicator being less than the predetermined health threshold criteria.
US12168937B2
A propulsor is described in which rotation of the frustum of a right circular cylinder generates thrust. Variants of this basic geometrical shape are also described that enable multiple means for propelling fluid past the propulsor.
US12168936B2
An aircraft engine, has: an oil system, a component containing a baseline volume of oil during normal operation greater than a maximum volume of the oil for compliance with fire resistance requirements, the oil system having: an oil circuit, a de-priming port fluidly connected to a fluid source at a pressure sufficient to overcome a pressure drop through the component to drain the component to a volume of oil less than the maximum volume of the oil for compliance with the fire resistance requirements, and a valve connected to the de-priming port, the valve having a closed configuration preventing the fluid from entering the oil circuit and an open configuration permitting the fluid to enter the oil circuit via the de-priming port and through the valve, the valve movable from the closed configuration to the open configuration in response to the component being subjected to a fire event.
US12168935B2
A method for mounting an annular abradable element in an annular groove of a member of a turbomachine. The annular abradable element extends along an axis and includes a cellular structure, the groove opening out at the radially inner periphery of the member. The method includes the steps of stressing the abradable element in such a way as to deform it in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the non-deformed annular abradable element, with the aid of a device; positioning the deformed abradable element axially opposite the annular groove, inside the member; freeing the abradable element in such a way that it inserts itself into the groove and recovers its annular shape there.
US12168932B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mine ventilation, and in particular, to a three-dimensional ventilation method and system for mining by 110 construction method in coal and gas outburst mines. The three-dimensional ventilation method comprises: constructing a first process roadway and/or a second process roadway before stopping the working face; forming a first roof-cutting and roadway retaining section by a part of the working face track gate located in the goaf, and/or forming a second roof-cutting and roadway retaining section by a part of the working face transport gate located in the goaf during the stopping process of the working face, so that the air inlet of the first roof-cutting and roadway retaining section enters the gas drainage air return roadway through the first process roadway to form return air, and/or the inlet air of the second roof-cutting and roadway retaining section enters the gas drainage air inlet roadway through the second process roadway to form return air, the three-dimensional ventilation system is constructed by using the gas drainage air inlet roadway and the gas drainage air return roadway, during the conversion from the 121 construction method to the 110 construction method, a complete ventilation system can be formed in the roadway retaining section, real-time monitoring of the roadway retaining section can be carried while eliminating harmful gas accumulation in the retaining section.
US12168925B2
A method for determining gravity toolface azimuth that can include rotating a logging tool about a center axis; positioning an accelerometer sensor within the logging tool at a first radial distance from the center axis; positioning an angular gyroscope sensor within the logging tool at a second radial distance from the center axis; receiving, at a controller, accelerometer sensor data from the accelerometer sensor and angular gyroscope sensor data from the angular gyroscope sensor as the logging tool rotates; determining, via the controller, a radial acceleration component of the accelerometer sensor from the accelerometer sensor data; determining, via the controller, a gain and an offset of the angular gyroscope sensor based on the radial acceleration component; and determining, via the controller, the gravity toolface azimuth of the logging tool as a function of time based on the gain, the offset, and the angular gyroscope sensor data.
US12168912B1
The present invention provides a downhole hydraulic directional control valve, comprising a valve body assembly having a shell, an outer tube being provided in the shell, a middle joint connecting the outer tube and an upper cylinder, an outer cylinder connected to the upper cylinder, and a double-way joint being provided with an oil inlet hole, and connecting top ends of the outer cylinder and an inner cylinder; a valve core assembly having an upper valve core, and a lower valve core being positioned at bottom end of the upper valve core and further positioned in a lower cylinder at bottom end of the middle joint; and, a plunger assembly having a first plunger part positioned in the inner cylinder and a second plunger part at bottom end of the first plunger part. By using this valve, the operation efficiency is improved, and the reliability of the equipment is ensured.
US12168907B1
A rotary latch release mechanism includes axially-aligned upper and lower rotary latch components carried on and rotationally coupled to upper and lower latch assemblies, respectively. The latch release mechanism is movable from an axially-latched position to an axially-unlatched position in response to relative rotation between the upper and lower rotary latch components. The latch release mechanism has a movable land surface that acts in response to relative axial displacement to induce the relative rotation required to release the latch. The latch release mechanism may be configured such that the axial movement of the movable land surface will cause the relative axial movement required to release the latch in combination with the required rotation. Accordingly, the rotary latch mechanism operates in response to externally-controlled axial movement of a movable land surface carried by the latch release mechanism, without requiring externally-induced rotation.
US12168906B2
A vacuum insulated glass unit frame assembly includes a rectangular vacuum insulated glass unit having two glass sheets separated by a sealed gap with a plurality of support structures, and a frame arrangement including a fixation system fixating the vacuum insulated glass unit at the frame arrangement, where the fixation system is arranged so as to allow edges of said vacuum insulated glass unit to thermally deflect in a deflection direction perpendicular to a frame opening plane due to a temperature difference between the two glass sheets, where the fixation system is configured so as to allow the magnitude of the thermal deflection to vary along the edge between the corners where the respective edge terminates.
US12168899B2
A window balance assembly and a mounting bracket for a window balance assembly are provided. The mounting bracket includes a planar-shaped body having opposed planar surface with an opening extending through the body from one surface to the other. The mounting bracket further includes first and second hooks extending from the same edge of the body that selectively engage a curl spring and a carrier of a window balance assembly. The first hook is oriented in a different direction than the second hook such that the first hook has an upward bend and the second hook has a downward bend.
US12168888B1
A deadbolt covering device includes a first cup that is positionable over a deadbolt of a door to inhibit condensation from collecting within the deadbolt and subsequently rendering the deadbolt inoperable due to freezing. A first cover is movably attached to the first cup to enclose the deadbolt or expose the deadbolt. A second cup is positionable over a doorknob of the door to inhibit condensation from collecting within the doorknob and subsequently rendering the doorknob inoperable due to freezing. A second cover is movably attached to the second cup to enclose the doorknob or expose the doorknob. A member is coupled between the first cup and the second cup such that the first cup and the second cup are spaced apart from each other.
US12168875B2
A wall supporting device, for supporting a wall segment, has a base portion, above which the wall segment is locatable. The base portion is for receiving a lighting device, and has a top surface on which a portion of the lighting device is restable. The device also has an arm portion, extending from the base portion, to which the wall segment is securable. A gap is defined between the portion of the lighting device resting on the top surface and a side surface of the device.
US12168874B2
Provided are roofing membranes comprising pressure-sensitive adhesives particularly adapted for use at cold temperature, and methods for using same. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a roofing membrane comprising: a bituminous sheet having a lower bituminous surface and an upper bituminous surface; and a non-bituminous cold-temperature pressure-sensitive adhesive disposed on the lower bituminous surface, the upper bituminous surface, or both, wherein the cold-temperature pressure-sensitive adhesive has an average adhesion of at least 10 lbs/ft (146 N/m) at 2° C. as measured by a two hour T-peel test.
US12168871B2
The present invention is directed to an acoustic ceiling panel having a first major exposed surface opposite a second major exposed surface, the acoustic ceiling panel comprising: a first layer having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, the first layer comprising: a first body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, the first body being air-permeable; and a first attenuation coating applied to the first body; a second layer having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, the second layer comprising: a second body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, the second body being air-permeable; and a second attenuation coating applied to the second body; and an adhesive present between the first and second layers.
US12168870B2
Structures, particularly wall and/or pillar structure, comprising a supporting portion and a covering portion for covering the supporting portion, the supporting portion being provided by solid material pieces and at least one string for jamming at least some of the solid material pieces, wherein the covering portion comprises at least one covering device and wherein the string and the covering device are attached to each other.
US12168869B2
An office pod enclosing a soundproof workspace inside of the pod, comprising a wall structure formed of a sound absorbing element and a skin layer, wherein the skin layer has a coincidence frequency outside of a predetermined human speech frequency region.
US12168864B2
A toilet having a one piece structure, a flush valve, and a seal. The structure includes a base having a fluid channel in fluid communication with a bowl; a tank having an internal compartment; a wall disposed between the tank and the base, the wall having an opening fluidly connecting the internal compartment and the fluid channel; and a retaining structure in the internal compartment. The flush valve has a valve body including an inner wall, which is disposed in the opening and extends from a first end in fluid communication with the internal compartment to a second end in fluid communication with the fluid channel, and a locking flange extending radially outward from the inner wall, the locking flange being retained between the retaining structure and the wall in a locking position. The seal is disposed between the locking flange and one of the wall or the retaining structure.
US12168861B2
An outlet box assembly includes a base and a connection assembly. The base defines a base through-hole. The connection assembly is configured to attach to the base through the base through-hole and includes a connector and an adapter. The connector includes a connector body. The connector body includes an inner surface that defines a passage with one or more internal threads positioned along the inner surface. The adapter includes one or more external threads configured to engage with the one or internal threads of the connector body. The adapter defines a longitudinally-extending adapter through-hole configured to receive one of a fitting or a tubing. The adapter further defines at least one longitudinal slot configured to allow the adapter to radially compress when the adapter is attached to the connector.
US12168859B2
A working machine includes a controller to perform an automatic deceleration operation to automatically decelerate from a second speed to a first speed when a value calculated based on a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure becomes equal to or more than a deceleration threshold in a state where a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor are being driven at the second speed. The controller determines the deceleration threshold based on any one of a first cross-differential pressure acquired by subtracting the fourth traveling pressure from the first traveling pressure, a second cross-differential pressure acquired by subtracting the third traveling pressure from the second traveling pressure, a third cross-differential pressure acquired by subtracting the second traveling pressure from the third traveling pressure, and a fourth cross-differential pressure acquired by subtracting the first traveling pressure from the fourth traveling pressure.
US12168857B2
An excavator includes: a swing motor driven by oil from a swing pump coupled to a power take-off and driven by an engine; a first main oil passage connecting a first discharge port of the swing pump and a first suction port of the swing motor; a second main oil passage connecting a second discharge port of the swing pump and a second suction port of the swing motor; a neutral retention valve disposed in the first main oil passage and the second main oil passage and controlling passage of oil; a regenerative energy absorbing device coupled to the power take-off and absorbs regenerative energy generated by oil from the swing motor to the swing pump via a meter-out opening of the neutral retention valve; and a valve control section controlling an area of the meter-out opening based on a state of the regenerative energy absorbing device.
US12168855B2
A removable artificial turf panel system with an artificial turf panel that has a plurality of upstanding ribbons extending from a backing layer. An infill layer is interspersed between the upstanding ribbons on the backing layer. The outside of the backing layer may be provided with one of a magnet and a ferromagnetic material. The magnet/ferromagnetic material cooperates with a corresponding magnet/ferromagnetic material disposed in a channel on a layer of elastomeric material that supports the artificial turf panel. Accordingly, an artificial turf panel can be removably attached to a section of elastomeric material on an artificial turf playing surface.
US12168849B2
A dryer or combination washer/dryer machine has a drum (12) and a clothes drying circuit (16) recirculates a drying airflow. An inlet (20, 104) and outlet (22, 106) are connected by a conduit (24). A water vapor path (18) includes a sieve (30) and a compressor (32). The sieve (30) is positioned in the conduit (24). The sieve (30) removes water molecules from the drying airflow to reduce relative humidity in the drying airflow. The compressor (32) is coupled with the sieve to draw the water molecules through the sieve into the compressor (32). The compressor (32) heats the water in the water vapor path (18) and passes it to the drum (12). The water condenses in the drum (12) to heat the drum (12) and air within the drum (12) to dry clothes in the drum (12).
US12168848B2
A washing machine includes: a frame, a drum receiving laundry, a washing chamber including (i) a first housing defining an opening and a space into which the drum is inserted, (ii) a barrier surrounding the opening and coupled to the first housing, and (iii) a second housing surrounding a first surface of the barrier and coupled to the first housing, a storage tank receiving carbon dioxide to be supplied to the drum, a distillation chamber separating contaminants dissolved in liquid carbon dioxide, an electronic unit, and a configuration unit. The configuration unit includes a pipe moving the carbon dioxide, a first compressor and a second compressor compressing the carbon dioxide discharged after washing is completed in the drum and moving the compressed carbon dioxide into the storage tank, and an oil separator separating oil from the carbon dioxide compressed in the first compressor and the second compressor.
US12168847B2
A clothes treatment apparatus directly heats a drum accommodating clothes. The clothes treatment apparatus includes: a tub; a drum, made of a metal, which accommodates clothes and is rotatably provided inside the tub; and an induction module, provided in the tub so as to have a spacing from a circumferential surface of the drum, for generating an electromagnetic field to heat the circumferential surface of the drum. The induction module includes: a coil which is formed by winding a wire such that electric current is applied thereto to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the tub, wherein the base housing is provided with a coil slot for defining the shape of the coil in such a manner that the wire is mounted therein so as to have a predetermined distance between wire and wire.
US12168846B2
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum, and a detergent feeder. The detergent feeder includes a storage unit, a supply casing, and a water supply unit, where the storage unit is inserted into the cabinet through the detergent opening and includes therein a storage space for storing detergent therein. The supply casing accommodates the storage unit therein. The water supply unit is configured to supply water to the storage unit and includes a water supply portion for supplying water to the storage unit, a shower portion for supplying water into the supply casing by avoiding the storage unit, and a shower flow channel extending from the water supply portion and connected to the shower portion to deliver water from the water supply portion to the shower portion.
US12168833B1
Disclosed are a method for mining rare earth ore by electrification and a leaching agent for mining rare earth ore by electrification. The method includes: arranging liquid injection holes in a mining area, arranging electrically conductive liquid injection pipes in the liquid injection holes, and connecting N electrically conductive liquid injection pipes in a same row in parallel to an electrification control system; and adding a leaching agent into the liquid injection holes, and applying a direct current between electrodes by the electrification control system, the leaching agent including small molecular betaine. According to the present disclosure, the betaine can reduce the wetting resistance between solid and liquid phases, and promote the wetting and infiltration effects of a leaching agent solution on soil.
US12168826B2
An apparatus for controlling coating weight of a steel sheet by using an air knife includes: an air knife condition derivation unit configured to derive a first air knife gap and a final air knife pressure for target coating weight, and derive a second air knife gap for achieving the target coating weight at a current air knife pressure; and an air knife gap compensation unit configured to determine a final air knife gap according to a gap compensation amount that is a difference between the second air knife gap and the first air knife gap and a gap compensation ratio based on an air knife pressure variation amount for a control period, in which the control period is a period for updating an air knife condition for the target coating weight.
US12168823B2
A mask assembly includes a mask frame through which a plurality of openings is defined and a plurality of cell masks disposed to respectively correspond to the cell openings. Each of the cell masks includes a mask main body substantially parallel to a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, where a plurality of holes is defined through the mask main body, a bonding portion disposed along an edge of the mask main body, and a tensile portion extending from the bonding portion and disposed spaced apart from the mask main body. The tensile portion includes first tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the first direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body and second tensile portions spaced apart from each other in the second direction and disposed at opposite sides of the mask main body.
US12168818B2
A diffusion-bonded powder having an iron powder having 1-5%, preferably 1.5-4% and most preferably 1.5-3.5% by weight of copper particles diffusion bonded to the surfaces of the iron powder particles. The diffusion bonded powder is suitable for producing components having high sintered density and minimum variation in copper content. The iron powder may be produced by providing an atomized iron powder with an oxygen content of 0.3-1.2% by weight and with a carbon content of 0.1-0.5% by weight, and subjecting the atomized iron powder and a copper containing powder to a reduction annealing process in a reducing atmosphere to obtain the iron based powder.
US12168816B2
A metal matrix composite to high tolerate wear as a property has been produced by infiltration casting of a Fe Alloy and a spinel ceramic by using a material design for i) metal transport phenomena conditions, ii) predefined wetting and capillarity and iii) processing child insert/mother casting methodology to produce a final casting in shape and form to meet the needs of a mining end user.
US12168811B2
There are provided processes comprising submitting an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulphate and/or bisulfate to an electrolysis or an electrodialysis for converting at least a portion of said sulphate into lithium hydroxide. During electrolysis or electrodialysis, the aqueous composition is at least substantially maintained at a pH having a value of about 1 to about 4; and converting said lithium hydroxide into lithium carbonate. Alternatively, lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can be submitted to a first electromembrane process that comprises a two-compartment membrane process for conversion of lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate to lithium hydroxide, and obtaining a first lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a first lithium hydroxide-enriched aqueous stream; and submitting said first lithium-reduced aqueous stream to a second electromembrane process comprising a three-compartment membrane process to prepare at least a further portion of lithium hydroxide and obtaining a second lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a second lithium-hydroxide enriched aqueous stream.
US12168805B2
A method for genotyping a Plasmodium comprising: (a) providing a sample containing a Plasmodium; and (b) detecting the presence of an increased copy number of the genomic plasmepsin2-3 cluster. A method for the detection of a Plasmodium infection in a patient comprising: (a) providing a blood sample from a patient and (b) detecting the presence or absence of an increased copy number of the genomic plasmepsin2-3 cluster in the blood sample. Kits for genotyping a Plasmodium and/or detection of a Plasmodium infection. Methods of treating a Plasmodium infection.
US12168795B2
To provide a method for simply and precisely measuring cholesterol (LDL-C) in low-density lipoprotein in a sample without use of any surfactant having an alkylphenol structure, in terms of environmental friendliness. A method for measuring LDL-C in a sample, the method comprising: reacting the sample with (i) a combination of cholesterol ester hydrolase and cholesterol oxidase or (ii) a combination of cholesterol ester hydrolase, an oxidized coenzyme and cholesterol dehydrogenase, in an aqueous solvent which comprises: [a] one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene alkyl ether; and [b] a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene copolymer; and which does not comprise any surfactant having an alkylphenol structure; and measuring a substance formed or consumed in the reaction.
US12168792B2
Processes are described herein for realizing an enhanced yield of ethanol and co-products from processes for producing ethanol from biomass containing lignocellulosic material. Also described herein are product outputs of these processes having new and useful properties and systems implementing the processes.
US12168786B2
Provided are methods and compositions for activating oligonucleotide aptamer-deactivated DNA polymerases, comprising modifying the aptamer by uracil-DNA glycosylase enzymatic activity to reduce or eliminate binding of the oligonucleotide aptamer to the DNA polymerase, thereby activating DNA synthesis activity of the DNA polymerase in a reaction mixture. Mixtures for use in methods of the invention are also provided. In some aspects, the oligonucleotide aptamers are circular and comprise one or more deoxyuridine nucleotides providing for aptamer-specific recognition and modification of the circular aptamer by the uracil-DNA glycosylase enzymatic activity. Exemplary oligonucleotide aptamers, mixtures and methods employing uracil-DNA glycosylase enzymatic activity are provided. The methods can be practiced using kits comprising a DNA polymerase-binding oligonucleotide aptamer and at least one uracil-DNA glycosylase enzymatic activity having oligonucleotide aptamer-specific recognition to provide for specific modification of the aptamer by the uracil-DNA glycosylase enzymatic activity.
US12168784B2
The subject invention concerns materials and methods for treating or preventing disease and conditions associated with various sulfatase enzymes that are defective or that are not properly expressed in a person or animal. In one embodiment, the disease is Sanfilippo A (MPS-IIIA) disease. The subject invention also concerns materials and methods for treating or preventing multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) in a person or animal. Compounds of the invention include a fusion protein comprising i) a mammalian sulfatase, or an enzymatically active fragment or variant thereof, and ii) a plant lectin or a binding subunit thereof. In a specific embodiment, the mammalian sulfatase is a human sulfatase, or an enzymatically active fragment or variant thereof. Polynucleotides encoding the fusion proteins are also contemplated for the subject invention. The subject invention also concerns materials and methods for producing proteins of the invention. The subject invention further provides a method of co-expressing sulfatase and sulfatase modifying factor in a plant or plant cell.
US12168783B2
A system and method for preparing a cancer vaccine (and optionally purifying the blood) has a blood filtration system, controlled by a processing unit, for filtering exogenous blood plasma to isolate tumor cells, tumor stem cells and tumor breakdown products. The blood filtration system filter may include multiple layers having differently sized apertures to retain differently sized materials (from among tumor cells of different sizes, tumor stem cells and tumor breakdown products. A device directs electromagnetic radiation at the separated tumor cells, tumor stem cells and/or tumor breakdown products. The electromagnetic radiation may cause the separated tumor cells, separated tumor stem cells and/or separated tumor breakdown products (for example tumor protein such as DNA and/or tumor exosomes) to have a coagulated outer layer such as by degrading the outer surface. The electromagnetic radiation may have a UV wavelength. A conical coil improves flow rate uniformity. Tumor exosomes may be centrifuged.
US12168777B2
Methods for preparing and purifying viral particles, and compositions and uses comprising the same, are provided.
US12168775B2
Compositions and methods for modulating male fertility in a plant are provided. Compositions comprise nucleotide sequences, and active fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Further provided are expression cassettes comprising the male fertility polynucleotides, or active fragments or variants thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotides modulates the male fertility of a plant. Various methods are provided wherein the level and/or activity of the sequences that influence male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part.
US12168770B2
The invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants and plant cells. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided, as are methods of their use.
US12168769B2
The present invention provides high efficiency targeted and marker-less single, double, triple, quadruple, and quintuple integrations by using CRISPR in host cells, including Pichia.
US12168766B2
The present embodiments provide methods, compounds, and compositions useful for inhibiting APOL1 expression, which may be useful for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease associated with APOL1.
US12168764B2
A discontinuous wall magnet having an opening or channel is provided. A bead separation magnet having a discontinuous or segmented wall is also provided. The segmented wall causes bead formation to form in a segmented or gapped ring to allow for easier manual pipetting. Also provided are systems and kits having the inventive magnets. Methods of purifying a macromolecule using the inventive magnets are also provided.
US12168763B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for reducing bacterial contamination during cell culture. Such compositions and methods utilize engineered peptides or recombinant cells capable of secreting such peptides into culture medium. Also provided are methods of using the engineered peptides for inhibiting bacterial growth during culturing of cells.
US12168760B2
A composition including a plurality of particles, each of the particles including: about 40% to about 90% by weight of the particles water soluble polymer; about 1% to about 40% by weight of the particles of a salt hydrate; and about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the particles perfume; wherein the perfume is dispersed in a matrix of the water soluble polymer and the salt hydrate. A process for forming particles that includes using an anhydrous salt to manage water.
US12168757B2
The present invention provides, among other things, a process to produce a low molecular weight dispersant polymethacrylate polymer (“LMWDPMA”), and the LMWDPMA itself, along with the use of the LMWDPMA in a lubricating composition, as well as a method for lubricating an internal combustion engine as disclosed herein.
US12168756B2
The present invention aims to provide a viscosity index improver composition capable of providing a lubricant composition that has an excellent viscosity index improving effect, excellent antifoaming properties, and excellent persistence of the antifoaming properties. The present invention relates to a viscosity index improver composition, containing: a (co)polymer (A) containing a monomer (a) represented by the following formula (1) as an essential monomer; a C18-C40 chain aliphatic alcohol (B); and a base oil, [Chem. 1] wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; —X1— is a group represented by —O— or —NH—; R2 is a C2-C4 alkylene group; R3 and R4 are each independently a C8-C24 linear or branched alkyl group; and p is an integer of 0 to 20, with each R2 being optionally the same as or different from each other when p is 2 or greater.
US12168755B2
In a method and system for treating a catalytic cracking gasoline, a catalytic cracking process, or a plant employs a fluidized reactor to carry out hydrodealkylation treatment on a catalytic cracking oil gas or catalytic cracking gasoline, so that heavy aromatics present therein can be efficiently converted into light olefins and light aromatics. The method and system can improve the yield of light olefins, allow a long-period stable operation, relieve the contradiction between supply and demand of light aromatics, and solve the problem of high content of heavy aromatics that have low value and are difficult to be utilized in aromatics present in oil gas from catalytic cracking units.
US12168735B2
Polymerizable liquids for 3D printing applications are described herein which, in some embodiments, impart flame resistant and/or flame retardant properties to articles printed from the liquids. The polymerizable liquids may also impart desirable mechanical properties to the articles. In some embodiments, a polymerizable liquid comprises a curable isocyanurate component in an amount of at least 5 wt. %, based on total weight of the polymerizable liquid, and a brominated acrylate ester component. Additionally, methods of printing three-dimensional articles using said polymerizable liquids are described herein.
US12168731B2
To provide a marking ink composition for a writing board having excellent erasability of drawn lines, the marking ink composition essentially containing a pigment, a pigment dispersant resin, a masking agent, and a modified polyvinylalcohol or a polyvinylalcohol having a degree of saponification from 40 to 84% by molar ratio.
US12168726B2
The invention provides a stabilising composition for polymeric materials, comprising: a. a first derivatised phenolic antioxidant; b. at least one secondary arylamine having the formula (I): NHRyRx wherein: the or each R, which may be the same or different, independently denotes an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; x and y are each independently from 0 to 5 provided that at least one of x and y is at least 1; and provided that at least one R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group having at least 9 carbon atoms; and c. one or more antioxidant boosters independently selected from: i. a second derivatised phenolic antioxidant having lower steric hindrance than the first derivatised phenolic antioxidant; ii. a hindered amine; iii. an optionally substituted phenothiazine; and also the use of the stabilising composition for stabilising polyol and/or polyurethane; and a stabilised composition comprising a polyol and/or polyurethane and the aforementioned low emission and anti-scorch stabilising composition.
US12168718B2
Block copolymers have a general chemical structure of one of the formulas [A]n-[B]m and [B]n-[A]m, wherein block [A] is a poly(2-oxazine) and wherein block [B] is a poly(2-oxazoline). The block copolymers have desired thermogelling and rheological properties and are useful as carrier materials for active ingredients such as drugs, cells, proteins, and other active ingredients.
US12168708B2
A diene elastomer and a rubber composition comprising the diene elastomer is provided. The diene elastomer bears pendent imidazole functions in a molar content of at most 4% of the constituent repeating units of the diene elastomer, which diene elastomer is a copolymer of ethylene and of a 1,3-diene comprising ethylene units, the ethylene units representing at least 50 mol % of the constituent repeating units of the diene elastomer, the 1,3-diene being 1,3-butadiene or isoprene. Such an elastomer confers improved uncured properties on the rubber composition.
US12168706B2
A novel modified polypropylene resin is provided which makes it possible to provide, by an extrusion expansion method, expanded polypropylene-based resin particles having an expansion ratio which falls within a wide range and having a low open cell ratio. The novel modified polypropylene resin is obtained by a method of producing the modified polypropylene resin where the method includes a melting and kneading step of melting and kneading a particular random polypropylene resin, a conjugated diene compound, and a particular radical polymerization initiator to obtain the modified polypropylene resin.
US12168682B2
The specification describes an antibody capture process comprising (i) obtaining a biological sample comprising antibodies, (ii) contacting the biological sample with recombinant pIgR or a dIgA-binding variant, wherein the pIgR or variant binds dIgA and forms a pIgR-dIgA complex. The process may further comprise (iii) directly or indirectly assessing the level of the pIgR-dIgA complex or the level of a complex between pIgR-dIgA and an antigen of interest. There is also an antibody capture process for determining gut wall integrity in a test subject, wherein the level or ratio of SIgA to dIgA is compared to a corresponding level or ratio from a control subject. The specification provides kits embodying the process and recombinant pIgR when used for, or for use, in capturing or detecting dIgA and/or IgM.
US12168680B2
The instant invention provides soluble fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants that have therapeutic and diagnostic use, and methods for making the proteins. The instant invention additionally provides methods of stimulating or suppressing immune responses in a mammal using the fusion protein complexes and IL-15 variants of the invention.
US12168670B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, comprising obtaining a lecithin-containing material, in some aspects derived from a crude refining stream, comprising 20-80 wt % acetone insoluble matter, 1-30 wt % free fatty acid, and less than 10 wt % water, adding a fatty acid or carboxylic source to the lecithin-containing material to obtain a lecithin fatty acid blend or lecithin carboxylic acid blend and incorporating the blend into asphalt or oil field applications.
US12168668B2
Provided herein are compounds that inhibit the phosphorylation of MAPK and thus are useful in compositions and methods for treating cancer and inflammatory disease.
US12168667B2
The present application relates to an anti-tumor compound and a preparation method and use thereof, and in particular to a compound or a tautomer, a mesomer, a racemate, an enantiomer or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a mixture thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a preparation method and use thereof.
US12168666B2
An advantageous isolated morphic form of trilaciclib which is 2′-((5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)-7′,8′-dihydro-6′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,9′-pyrazino[1′,2′:1,5]pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin]-6′-one, for example in the form of a di-hydrochloride salt or a dihydrochloride, dihydrate.
US12168662B1
Novel pyrido[4′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-c][2,7]naphthyridine compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrido[4′,3′:4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-c][2,7]naphthyridine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US12168659B2
A thioamide derivative of formula (I) and a preparation method thereof: An application of the thioamide derivative, or an isomer, a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt, or a prodrug molecule thereof in the preparation of a drug for the treatment of cancer is also provided. The thioamide derivative is a new compound with high antitumor activity, and can be used for antitumor therapy alone or in combination with other drugs.
US12168649B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of chromanol and 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives, more specifically to a process for preparing a compound of the general formula (I) or (II) wherein the variables are as defined in the claims and the description.
US12168648B2
Provided herein are opioid receptor modulators and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds.
US12168640B2
The invention relates to compounds that inhibit DUBs, particularly USP9X. The invention also includes methods of inhibiting DUBs, including USP9X, and methods of treating cancers.
US12168636B2
The present invention pertains generally toward an easier and more efficient way to burn Palo Santo wood for aromatherapy, and more particularly toward a self-lighting match stick made of Palo Santo wood. In the present invention, the wood of Palo Santo is turned into match stick by covering the small sticks of Palo Santo with paraffin wax and match head solution. The present invention enables easy ignition of the Palo Santo wood by the user for aromatherapy and makes the process hassle free.
US12168635B2
A porous ceramic laminate, which can reduce pressure loss of a fluid, includes a first porous layer and a second porous layer. The second porous layer is laminated on, in contact with or via air, the first porous layer. A part of the second porous layer is laminated on, in contact with, the first porous layer. Each of the first porous layer and the second porous layer contains a metal oxide. A ratio Da/Db of an average pore diameter Da of the first porous layer relative to an average pore diameter Db of the second porous layer is 10 or more. A proportion of a portion in which a distance between the first porous layer and the second porous layer is smaller than 1 μm is 70% or less.
US12168634B2
A copper/ceramic bonded body includes: a copper member made of copper or a copper alloy; and a ceramic member made of an aluminum nitride, wherein, the copper member and the ceramic member are bonded to each other, and a Mg solid solution layer is provided between the copper member and the ceramic member and contains Mg in a state of a solid solution in a Cu primary phase.
US12168628B2
A fire-proof insulation material, in particular a fire-proof insulation material, which is composed of a harden-able compound which contains 19 to 40 wt % of porous glass balls, 60 to 81 wt % of an aqueous solution of sodium silicate having a density in the range of 1370 to 1400 kg/m3 and a molar ratio of SiO2 to Na2O in the range of 3.2 to 3.4, and 0.1 to 1 wt % water glass binder stabiliser, while further containing 2 to 10 wt % of chopped basalt fibre, and the surface of the porous glass balls having a diameter of 0.3 to 1 mm is provided with carbon black, the carbon black constituting 0.1 to 0.9 wt % of total weight. A method for producing a fire-proof insulating material, in particular a method for producing a fire-proof insulation material, according to which firstly the porous glass balls are mixed with an aqueous carbon black solution so that their entire surface is coated with carbon black, then the porous balls with carbon black are mixed with chopped basalt fibre and mixed to form an insulation compound, and a water glass stabiliser is added to the aqueous sodium silicate solution and then a hardener is added to this solution, then the solution is stirred for 1 to 10 minutes to form a binder solution, and then the thermal insulation compound is poured into the binder solution while constantly stirring, and the whole is mixed, and then the resulting mixture is poured into the application site.
US12168627B2
A manufacturing method of a window includes: radiating a laser to a glass; immersing a laser-irradiated glass in a KOH solution to form a groove in the glass and to perform a primary reinforcement on the glass; masking the groove of a primarily reinforced glass; and performing a secondary reinforcement on a masked glass.
US12168623B2
A method for treating wastewater comprising subjecting a sulfate containing wastewater to Fe(III) iron dosing in an anaerobic bioreactor containing one or more of an iron reducing bacteria and one or more of a sulfate reducing bacteria, and one or more of a fermentative bacteria, and adjusting a dosage of the Fe(III) iron in the anaerobic bioreactor to achieve a Fe/Sulfate molar ratio that is equal to or greater than 0.50, and removing an effluent from the anaerobic bioreactor that is a treated wastewater. A wastewater treatment system is provided having a wastewater reservoir, a ferric iron solution reservoir, an anaerobic bioreactor, and an effluent reservoir.
US12168622B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for removing trichloroethane (TCA), trichloroethene (TCE), and 1,4-dioxane (1,4-D) from contaminated liquids. The system and methods rely on catalyst reduction of TCA and TCE, where the reduced products are then degraded by microorganisms The system comprises a first reactor comprising a catalyst film of precious metal nanoparticles deposited on a first nonporous membrane and a second reactor comprising a biofilm of microorganisms that are capable of degrading ethane and 1,4-D deposited on a second nonporous membrane. The first reactor further comprises a hydrogen gas source, wherein the hydrogen gas source delivers hydrogen to the gas-phase side of the first nonporous membrane, and the catalyst film is deposited on the liquid-phase side. The second reactor further comprises an oxygen gas source, wherein the oxygen gas source delivers oxygen to the gas-phase side of the second non-porous membrane, and the biofilm is deposited on the liquid-phase side.
US12168621B2
A method of treating an aqueous composition includes immersing a galvanic cell in the aqueous composition to form a treated aqueous composition. The galvanic cell includes an anode including Mg, Al, Fe, Zn, or a combination thereof. The galvanic cell includes a cathode having a different composition than the anode, the cathode including Cu, Ni, Fe, or a combination thereof.
US12168620B2
The present disclosure relates to a biocide-generating device for outputting a biocide to a water system. The biocide-generating device includes a power circuit positioned within a housing that defines an electrolytic cell of the biocide-generating device.
US12168619B2
Compositions, systems and methods of removing ammonia from fish storage systems are presented. A chemical water conditioner comprised of sodium formaldehyde bisulfite, cornstarch, dye and alcohol was found to have a high ammonia removal efficiency in seawater. A combination of this chemical water conditioner with modified chabazite and phosphate buffer exhibited high ammonia removal efficiency in both seawater and freshwater.
US12168616B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising a plurality of nanoparticles and methods of preparing the same.
US12168611B2
A method for crystallizing calcium nitrate from an aqueous calcium nitrate composition including from 6 to 12 weight % nitric acid, from 11 to 17 weight % phosphoric acid, and from 36 to 49 weight % dissolved calcium nitrate, which aqueous composition is optionally directly obtainable from digesting phosphate rock in nitric acid. The method includes filling at least one vertical crystallizing tank through an inlet with the aqueous calcium nitrate composition. The crystallizing tank includes a vertical cylindrical section, a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, three concentric banks of cooling coils, an agitator, and a temperature measurement device. The method includes circulating through the banks of cooling coils a cooling fluid, having an initial temperature ranging from −40° C. to −5° C., and rotating the agitator such that a minimum average heat transfer of 400 W/m2·K is achieved on the cooling coil the most distant from the agitator.
US12168601B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) die comprises a first diaphragm having a first side and a second side, and a second diaphragm having a first side facing the first side of the first diaphragm. A first plurality of interconnect strips is disposed along at least the first side of the first diaphragm, a second plurality of interconnect strips is disposed along the first side of the first diaphragm, and a third plurality of interconnect strips is disposed along the first side of the second diaphragm. First, second, and third runner strips are disposed along the second side of the first diaphragm transverse to the first, second, and third plurality of interconnect strips, respectively. Each of the first, second, and third runner strips is electrically connected to at least a subset of the first, second, and third plurality of interconnect strips, respectively, via electrical connections disposed through the first diaphragm.
US12168598B2
Systems and methods provide assistance to an operator of a material handling vehicle. Provided systems and methods include receiving vehicle condition data at a first material handling vehicle from a second material handling vehicle when the second material handling vehicle is within a predetermined communication range, determining a first predicted vehicle position for the first material handling vehicle based on current vehicle conditions, determining a second predicted vehicle position for the second material handling vehicle based on the received vehicle condition data, and determining if the first predicted vehicle position for the first material handling vehicle overlaps with the second predicted vehicle position for the second material handling vehicle. Upon the determination that the first predicted vehicle position overlaps with the second predicted vehicle position, the operator of the first material handling vehicle is provided an indication.
US12168597B2
The present invention is a personal watercraft lift and transporting cart. In particular, the present invention is directed to a lift that can lift and rotate a personal watercraft (“PWC”) so that repairs can be conducted more ergonomically. The lift preferably has two lifting arms attached to upright frame members. In turn, the upright frame members extend vertically from a mounting base. The lift also preferably has two actuators pivotally attached to the lifting arms at one end and attached to the mounting base at the other end. When the actuators extend, the lifting arms lift and rotate. The transporting cart preferably has a cart chassis, a hull bunk and two receivers, where the first and second receiver are spaced to allow insertion of the first and second lifting arms so that the cart can be lifted and rotated by the lift with PWC mounted on the cart.
US12168593B2
An L-shaped track has a vertical part configured to stand on the ground, a horizontal part configured to span over a roof, and a curved part in between. A motor-driven winch moves a carriage up and down the track. The carriage engages a skylight, which can be quickly and easily hoisted from the ground to the roof up the track to the roof to install the skylight.
US12168588B2
The present invention relates to a thread guide element for a yarn monitoring and/or yarn processing unit as well as to a yarn clearer for a workstation of a textile machine with at least one thread guide element.
US12168583B2
Methods and apparatus to form tear-off paperband composites that adhesively attach a paper web to an empty web spool. In some embodiments, the paperband composite is applied in several layers to an empty web spool, each layer suitable for fixedly attaching a paper web to the empty spool. Multiple layers of paperband composite allow for use during multiple turn-up procedures with one layer of paperband composite used per turn-up procedure. In some examples, the paperband composite may be applied to a paper spool tangentially along the spool face and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the spool. In other examples, the paperband composite may be spirally wrapped around the paper spool.
US12168578B2
A collector includes a diverter apparatus in which a transfer device is adapted to divert a flow of articles from a belt conveyor to a collecting table to create a plurality of parallel rows, or vice versa, said belt conveyor being arranged orthogonal to the collecting table so that said articles, passing from the belt conveyor to the collecting table and/or vice versa, are diverted, thus defining an angle preferably of 90°, the belt conveyor and collecting table are arranged adjacent to one another.
US12168577B2
A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects.
US12168576B2
Automated system for handling, in particular for overturning, containers such as cage trays for housing laboratory animals. The automated system being suitable to be positioned at the outlet module of a station for treating or washing, the containers and possibly other component parts of the cages such as the lid, the trough and similar component parts. The system then receives the containers and/or other component parts at the outlet from the treatment station, in particular washing station. The system can comprise a first conveyor belt capable of interfacing the outlet module so as to receive the containers and/or the component parts at the outlet of the treatment station. A second conveyor belt can be arranged in succession so as to define a transport direction of the containers and/or component parts substantially parallel to the feed direction of the containers and/or component parts at the exit from the treatment station.
US12168567B2
A tank configured to store a liquid and that includes at least one capture device which includes at least a first portion of a line situated at the bottom of the tank, close to its first end, and at least a second portion of the line situated at the bottom of the tank, close to its second end, each of the first and second portions including at least one orifice situated on the upper face thereof, a floating shut-off device for each orifice, the floating shut-off device being movable between an open position in which the floating shut-off device is spaced apart from the orifice and a closed position in which the floating shut-off device shuts off the orifice, the floating shut-off device having a density lower than that of the liquid stored in the tank.
US12168562B2
A container assembly and method for constructing a container assembly is provided. The container assembly includes a base assembly, a tray assembly, and a cooling passage cover wall. The base assembly includes a base wall and a base sidewall, the base wall and the base sidewall together forming a base interior volume at which the tray assembly is positionable. The tray assembly includes a tray base wall and a tray sidewall, the tray base wall and the tray sidewall together forming a tray interior volume. A cooling passage is formed between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall. The cooling passage cover wall is removably positionable to extend between the tray sidewall and the base sidewall over the cooling passage. An opening extends through the tray sidewall, the opening providing fluid communication between the cooling passage and the tray interior volume.
US12168559B2
Product packaging includes a blister configured to capture a cap and a portion of a neck of a product container such that a container body of the product container is exterior to the blister and a card coupled to the blister.
US12168558B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a cable tie with two tooth shaped sides having enhanced tension, including a locking head and a tie body; one end of the tie body is fixedly connected to an outer wall of one end of the locking head close to an insertion opening, tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, locking teeth are mounted on inner walls of two sides of the locking head, the locking teeth are adapted to the tie teeth, and a protruding head is integrally formed at one end of the tie body away from the locking head. The tie teeth are provided on and fixed to outer walls of two sides of the tie body, and in combination with the locking teeth provided on the inner walls of the two sides of the locking head.
US12168554B2
A pressure actuated pressure relief valve is disposed in the body of a beverage vessel and is configured to be in fluidic communication with an exterior of the beverage vessel and an interior of the beverage vessel. The pressure actuated pressure relief valve being configured to actuate from a closed position to an open position based on pressure reaching a threshold within the interior of the beverage vessel. The pressure actuated pressure relief valve being configured to actuate from the open position to the closed position based on pressure falling below the threshold within the interior of the beverage vessel.
US12168549B2
An envelope has front panel and a back panel, the front panel and the back panel joined along three edges and open along a fourth edge to provide an opening to an interior of the envelope. A foldable flap extends from the front panel to close the opening. The front panel, back panel and flap are formed of a compostable plastic film, and the envelope is configured to be entirely compostable as-is by a recipient.
US12168547B2
The invention relates to a charge carrier (10) with a main body (12) made of a particle foam, in particular of expanded polypropylene (EPP) or of expanded polyurethane (EPU), and with at least one functional element (20), which consists of a material that is harder than the particle foam. According to the invention, it is provided that the main body (12) has a depression (26) for each functional element (20), the depression being assigned to the respective element and having extending from it, in two mutually facing boundary surfaces (36), a respective receiving channel (38) which is bounded on three sides by the main body (12) and is open towards the depression (26), and that each functional element (20) has an anchoring portion (28), which protrudes into the depression (26) assigned to it and has retaining ribs (32) which project away from one another and each engage in one of the receiving channels.
US12168542B2
A labelling machine for labelling a stack of elements is intended for the automated placement of a label located between elements forming part of the stack, and includes a support structure; printing means configured for printing a label to be placed on a stack of elements; a head supported on the support structure, the head being provided with printing means, the head being movable and adjustable at least in height through guiding means and motorized means; and separation means intended for separating two elements superimposed on one another forming part of the stack, such that they vertically separate an element to be handled, generating a free space between the two elements intended for the arrangement of the label.
US12168540B2
A container and method of making the same is provided herein. The container may be configured to hold a dispensable material. The container can include a first sheet of a material and a second sheet of the material. The first sheet of material includes a folded portion across a first end of the first sheet. The second sheet of material includes a folded portion across a first end of the second sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet are bonded together across the folded portion of the first sheet and the folded portion of the second sheet to form a tip portion. The tip portion includes a passage between the folded portion of the first sheet of material and the folded portion of the second sheet of material.
US12168539B1
A high-precision vertical turnover machine for packaging a photovoltaic assembly includes a first drum conveyor line, a horizontal transfer mechanism driving the first drum conveyor line to move left and right between a receiving station and a first turnover station, a first turnover mechanism located on the left side of the first drum conveyor line, a second turnover mechanism located on the left side of the first turnover mechanism, a distance detecting sensor detecting the distance of the front surface of the photovoltaic assembly on the first turnover mechanism or the distance of the rear surface of the photovoltaic assembly on the first turnover mechanism, and a lifting correction transfer mechanism moving, according to a detection result of the distance detecting sensor, the photovoltaic assembly on the first turnover mechanism to a second turnover station and placing the photovoltaic assembly on the second turnover mechanism precisely.
US12168534B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a packaging machine for packaging articles, apparatus for a packaging machine and to a method of packaging articles. The packaging machine comprises an article manipulation apparatus. The article manipulation apparatus comprises a first conveyor for conveying packages. The packages each comprises a carton having at least one displaceable article disposed therein. An article orientation device comprises a tool head movable synchronously in a downstream direction with the first conveyor. The tool head has at least one article gripper for engaging with a displaceable article in the carton. The at least one article gripper is rotatably mounted to the tool head. An article displacement device comprises at least one article displacement tool. The article displacement tool is receivable in an opening in a carton to engage and displace the displaceable article such that it protrudes through a second opening in said carton.
US12168529B2
A self-deployable array of panels includes a plurality of panels, each panel having a first compressed panel thickness state and a second expanded panel thickness state, and including a spring bias element biased to the second expanded panel thickness state. A plurality of locking hinges hingedly couple each of the panels to an adjoining panel. Each locking hinge is biased to an open position. A release of stored potential energy of both of the spring bias element biased to the second expanded panel thickness state, and the locking hinges biased to the open position causes the self-deployable array of panels to self-deploy from a folded stowed state. A single part offset locking hinge is also described.
US12168521B2
A system and method for a blended wing body aircraft with permanent tanks is presented. The aircraft comprises a blended wing body and at least a tank permanently attached the blended wing body. The at least a tank is configured to store liquified gas fuel and further comprises at least a vent configured to vent gaseous fuel from the at least a tank and an insulation to reduce thermal transfer to the liquified gas fuel inside of the at least a tank.
US12168509B2
A wing structure for a vehicle includes a plurality of multi-connecting-rod structures, the multi-connecting-rod structures are arranged along the main body of the vehicle, each of the multi-connecting-rod structure being arranged in a direction extending from a main body of the vehicle to a wingtip, each of the multi-connecting-rod structures comprising a plurality of connecting rods, and the connecting rods that are adjacent to each other being connected by a motor, a plurality of groups of ribs are sleeved onto each of the multi-connecting-rod structures, and each group of the ribs comprises a plurality of rib units, wherein in the same group of the ribs, adjacent rib units are connected by a ball hinge. The present technical solution can perform adjustment on a complex flow field or environment, the motion speed and the motion efficiency are significantly improved, and high maneuvering actions can be achieved.
US12168508B2
One embodiment is an aircraft including a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; first and second booms connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage; first and second forward propulsion systems attached to forward ends of the first and second booms; first and second aft propulsion systems fixedly attached proximate aft ends of the first and second booms; first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems connected to outboard ends of wings; and first and second wing tips fixedly connected to outboard sides of the first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems; wherein the first and second wing-mounted propulsion systems and the first and second wing tips are collectively tiltable between a first position when the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position when the aircraft is in a cruise mode.
US12168505B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods provides for technology that moves a locking vent door from an opening position to a locking position, where in the opening position, the locking vent door opens a locking vent, and in the locking position, the locking vent door closes the locking vent. When the locking vent door is in the locking position, the technology prohibits movement of a handle from an engaged position to a disengaged position. When the locking vent door is in the opening position the technology moves the handle from the engaged position to the disengaged position, moves a lock from a locking position to an unlocking position, and moves a pressurization vent door from the pressurization position to the depressurization position based on the lock being moved from the locking position to the unlocking position.
US12168504B2
An unmanned sailing vehicle comprising: a primary hull; a rigid wing rotationally coupled with said primary hull that freely rotates about a rotational axis of said rigid wing; a boom comprising a first end extending from a leading edge of said rigid wing and a second end extending from a trailing edge of said rigid wing, said first end of said boom comprising a counterweight configured to dynamically balance a wing system comprising said rigid wing, said boom, and said tail with respect to said rotational axis of said rigid wing; a tail coupled to said second end of said boom; a control surface element disposed on said tail and configured to aerodynamically control a wing angle of said rigid wing based on a position of said control surface element; and a controller configured to determine a control surface angle and generate a signal to position said control surface element.
US12168501B2
A buoyancy modification module for a modular underwater vehicle may include a first frame configured to connect the buoyancy modification module to other modules, and a first pressure hull with a first flooding region and a first dry region. A first pump arranged in the first dry region can pump water out of the surroundings or a neutral-buoyancy reservoir into the first flooding region and out of the first flooding region into the surroundings or the neutral-buoyancy reservoir. A first gas region that is connected to the first flooding region may include a first gas pressure when the first flooding region is completely empty, and a second gas pressure when the first flooding region is completely flooded. A difference between the first gas pressure and the second gas pressure results from a reduction in space available for gas in the first gas region.
US12168496B2
An electric power assist device for bicycles includes: a dynamic brake controller configured to stop supply of a current from a battery to an electric motor and bring a dynamic brake circuit to an ON state when a crank rotational angle is within one or more predetermined crank rotational angle ranges; a pedaling force estimator configured to estimate a pedaling force put on pedals of a bicycle on a value of reverse current caused by a counter electromotive force and detected by a current sensor when the dynamic brake circuit is in the ON state; and a motor drive controller configured to control the electric motor based on the pedaling force estimated by the pedaling force estimator.
US12168491B2
A cylindrical part of a rack retainer accommodation part and an adjust screw are caulked such that a plastic deformation region by caulking straddles both a female screw part of the cylindrical part and a male screw part of the adjust screw, and the adjust screw is loosened to a point where a set load that is a force by which the rack retainer urges a rack bar falls within a predetermined range. After the set load adjusting step, the caulking step is not performed again, and fluctuations in the set load associated with the impact of caulking work after the set load adjusting step can be suppressed. Thus, it is possible to suppress fluctuations in the urging force of the rack retainer applied to the rack bar caused by caulking work which stops the rotation between the rack retainer accommodation part and the adjust screw.
US12168490B2
Provided is a wheel assembly including a housing having a top side, an attachment arrangement on the top side of the housing and configured to be removably attached to an external support, a wheel supported by the housing and arranged below the top side of the housing, a motor supported by the housing and configured to move the wheel, a network interface supported by the housing, and a controller in communication with the motor and the network interface, the controller configured to control the motor based on at least one command received via the network interface. A modular vehicle system is also described.
US12168488B2
A steering holding determination device configured to determine whether a driver holds a steering member, the steering holding determination device including: a predicted value calculation unit configured to sequentially calculate a predicted value of a state quantity with reference to a steering torque and an actual measured value of the state quantity, the state quantity being related to a turning angle of a wheel; and a steering holding determination unit configured to determine whether the driver holds the steering member with reference to the predicted value calculated by the predicted value calculation unit and an actual measured value corresponding to the predicted value.
US12168474B2
A working vehicle includes an inertia detector to measure inertia information of a vehicle body, a rear axle supporting a rear wheel, and a transmission case rotatably supporting the rear wheel. The inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the transmission case in a plan view and is capable of accurately measuring inertia information when a vehicle body changes attitude.
US12168471B2
The steering device includes a steering shaft, a steering column, a bracket, and a fastening mechanism. The steering column includes a lower column and an upper column. The upper column includes a clamp, a cylindrical part, a pair of protrusions, and a reinforcement rib that extends across an outer peripheral surface of the clamp and an outer surface of one of the protrusions. The clamp includes a continuous clamp positioned near the cylindrical part and a spaced clamp spaced apart from the cylindrical part. The protrusions include a continuous protrusion that protrudes from the continuous clamp, and a spaced protrusion that protrudes from the spaced clamp. The reinforcement rib linearly extends from the spaced protrusion toward the continuous clamp.
US12168468B2
A microphone assembly including an outer housing, an inner housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a cord. The outer housing includes an outer surface, an inner surface opposite the outer surface and defining an opening there through, and a plurality of attachment structures protruding from the inner surface thereof. The inner housing includes an outer surface, an opening, and a plurality of attachment structures protruding from the outer surface thereof. The PCB includes at least one micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone including an acoustic port. The PCB is coupled to the inner housing such that the acoustic port of the at least one MEMS microphone is positioned within the opening. The cord interconnects the attachment structures of the outer and inner housings, respectively, together.
US12168466B2
Open top gondola railcars and closure assemblies for cleanout openings of those railcars are disclosed. In some embodiments, the closure assembly includes a closure member sized to be received in a cleanout opening and to span a substantial portion of the cleanout opening to define at least one gap between a closure perimeter and a floor perimeter. The closure assembly additionally includes a sealing member fixedly attached to, or formed with, the closure member. The sealing member spans between the floor perimeter and the closure perimeter to cover the at least one gap. The closure assembly further includes a tethering member having opposed first and second end portions. The first end portion is fixedly attached to the closure member and the second end portion is attached to one of the floor or a cross bearer of the open top gondola railcar.
US12168461B2
Systems and methods for predicting a trajectory of a moving object are disclosed herein. One embodiment downloads, to a robot, a probabilistic hybrid discrete-continuous automaton (PHA) model learned as a deep neural network; uses the deep neural network to infer a sequence of high-level discrete modes and a set of associated low-level samples, wherein the high-level discrete modes correspond to candidate maneuvers for the moving object and the low-level samples are candidate trajectories; uses the sequence of high-level discrete modes and the set of associated low-level samples, via a learned proposal distribution in the deep neural network, to adaptively sample the sequence of high-level discrete modes to produce a reduced set of low-level samples; applies a sample selection technique to the reduced set of low-level samples to select a predicted trajectory for the moving object; and controls operation of the robot based, at least in part, on the predicted trajectory.
US12168452B2
Systems and methods are provided for autonomous vehicle navigation. The systems and methods may map a lane mark, may map a directional arrow, selectively harvest road information based on data quality, map road segment free spaces, map traffic lights and determine traffic light relevancy, and map traffic lights and associated traffic light cycle times.
US12168445B1
A vehicle device may execute one or more neural networks (and/or other artificial intelligence), such as based on input from one or more of the cameras and/or other sensors associated with the dash cam, to intelligently detect safety events in real-time. The vehicle device may further pass the input to a backend server for further analysis and the backend server can detect safety events based on the input. The vehicle device may analyze the output of the vehicle device and the output of the backend server to determine whether the output of the vehicle device is correct. If the output of the vehicle device is incorrect, the vehicle device can adjust how the vehicle device identifies safety events.
US12168438B2
Systems and methods for generating a trajectory of a vehicle are disclosed. The methods include generating a spatial domain speed profile for a path represented as a sequence of poses of a vehicle between a first point and a second point. Generation of the spatial domain speed profile uses a longitudinal problem while excluding a derate interval on the path when speed of the vehicle cannot exceed a threshold. The methods further include generating a derate profile using the spatial domain speed profile and the derate interval, and transforming the derate interval to a temporal derate interval. The temporal derate interval may include time steps at which the speed of the vehicle cannot exceed the threshold while traversing the path, and may be used as an input to the longitudinal problem for generating a trajectory of the vehicle for navigating between the first point and the second point.
US12168423B2
Disclosed is an aircraft windshield wiper system, having: a wiper arm; a reversible motor that drives the wiper arm, the motor including: a stator; a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator; a forward shaft segment that is driven by the rotor and being rotationally connected to the wiper arm; an aft shaft segment that is driven by the rotor, the aft shaft segment including a forward end and an aft end; a ball nut that translates along the aft shaft segment from rotation of the aft shaft segment; a forward stop at a forward end of the aft shaft segment, configured to stop forward translational motion of the ball nut along the aft shaft segment; and an aft stop at an aft end of the aft shaft segment, configured to stop aft translational motion of the ball nut along the aft shaft segment.
US12168416B2
A belt retractor having a belt reel, a safety belt which can be wound thereon to form a wound belt, a pyrotechnic belt tensioner having a drive device which is guided in a tube and can be driven to perform a drive movement, and at least one first further assembly arranged coaxially to the rotational axis of the belt reel and in series with the belt reel, a safety belt which can be wound thereon to form a wound belt, and at least one first assembly, wherein the tube has a straight linear section which extends parallel to the rotational axis of the belt reel and the longitudinal axis of the assembly and is arranged on the side of the belt reel.
US12168415B1
A deployable restraint system includes an inflatable structure and a tether. The inflatable structure comprises a main chamber and a pair of auxiliary chambers coupled to the main chamber and sealed with respect to the main chamber. The tether is coupled to the inflatable structure via an anchor and configured to guide the anchor.
US12168409B2
Apparatus and method for giving warning about vehicle in violation of traffic signal at intersection
A method of providing a warning about a vehicle in violation of a traffic signal, including: transmitting, by a rear vehicle driving behind a front vehicle entering an intersection in a first direction, signal violation information to a nearby vehicle entering the intersection in a second direction different from the first direction through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication when the rear vehicle determines whether the front vehicle is in violation of a traffic signal at the intersection using sensing information obtained by sensing the front vehicle and determines that the front vehicle is in violation of the traffic signal; and generating, by the nearby vehicle, a warning about a risk of collision with the front vehicle using the signal violation information transmitted from the rear vehicle.
US12168408B2
A mold assembly, for an overhead console button carrier having a unitary body, includes a cavity side and a core side. The core side includes at least one zero draft core insert, a first buried retractor mechanism and a first slide mechanism.
US12168402B2
Provided is an electrically powered slide rail that can operate in a smooth manner. The electrically powered slide rail includes a rail having a channel-shaped cross section and extending in a fore and aft direction, a slider received by the rail and slidably engaged by the rail, a screw assembly including a screw member supported by the slider so as to be rotatable around an axial line extending in the fore and aft direction, an electric motor supported by the slider and configured to rotate the screw member, and a screw engaging portion formed in the rail so as to extend in the fore and aft direction and engage the screw member. In the vehicle seat fitted with the electrically powered slide rail, the rail is connected to a floor of a vehicle, and the slider is connected to a seat cushion.
US12168386B2
An embodiment vehicle thermal management system includes a first refrigeration cycle including a first refrigerant loop in which a first refrigerant is circulated, a battery cooling subsystem including a battery coolant loop in which a battery-side coolant is circulated, wherein the battery coolant loop is fluidly connected to a battery, a second refrigeration cycle including a second refrigerant loop in which a second refrigerant is circulated, the second refrigeration cycle comprising a condenser thermally connected to the battery cooling subsystem, a refrigerant chiller thermally connecting the first refrigeration cycle and the second refrigeration cycle, and a battery chiller thermally connecting the second refrigeration cycle and the battery cooling subsystem, wherein the condenser is located on a downstream side of the battery chiller in the second refrigerant loop.
US12168376B2
In a truck crane, in a state where an air suspension is in an exhaust state and a locking member is not in a locked position, a control unit restricts a movement of a front outrigger and a rear outrigger to a ground contact position, and in a state where the air suspension is in the exhaust state and the locking member is in the locked position, the control unit allows the movement of the front outrigger and the rear outrigger to the ground contact position.
US12168374B2
A method of preparing a tire including the steps of providing a cured tire, the tire including a first bead, a second bead, a carcass layer extending from the first bead to the second bead, and an optional innerliner layer disposed interior to the carcass layer; directly or indirectly applying an air barrier composition to at least a portion of the carcass layer or to at least a portion of the optional innerliner layer to thereby form an air barrier layer; and directly or indirectly applying a dampening member to the air barrier layer.
US12168371B2
To provide pneumatic tires with excellent ride quality during high-speed driving, a pneumatic tire having a tread portion with a circumferential groove and a belt layer, wherein a monofilament cord is used as a reinforcing cord for the belt layer; and the number of arrangements e (lines/5 cm) of the monofilament cords per 5 cm in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer, the distance G (mm) from the surface of the land portion closest to the equatorial plane among land portions separated by the circumferential groove to the monofilament cord, and the loss tangent (30° C. tan δ) when the rubber composition constituting the surface of the tread portion is measured satisfy (30° C. tan δ×G)/e>0.015 is provided.
US12168365B2
A process for the production of slabs made of mineral grits bound with resins comprises at least the phases of supplying a basic mixture that includes mineral grits and resins; loading the basic mixture inside at least one forming mold so as to obtain a laying surface facing downwards and an exposed surface facing upwards; compacting the basic mixture inside the forming mold to obtain a compacted slab; and hardening the compacted slab to obtain a slab made of mineral grits, wherein, after the compacting, a decoration phase with ink by digital printing of said exposed surface of said compacted slab is provided.
US12168364B2
The invention provides a method for enhancing printed products (3), wherein the method comprises partially coating a substrate (2) with a varnish (4) on one side (20) such that there are at least one coated area (22) and at least one uncoated area (21) on the side (20). Subsequently, a foil (6) is applied to the side (20) that is coated with the varnish (4) and is adhesively bonded to the substrate (2), wherein the foil (6) is designed so as to adhere to the material of the substrate, but not to the varnish (4), so that the adhesive bonding of the foil (6) occurs selectively in the at least one uncoated area (21). Following the adhesive bonding, the foil (6) is severed along the dividing line (23) between the coated and uncoated areas (21, 22), so that a substrate (2) is obtained which has at least one area (22) of a side (20) coated with varnish (4), and an adjoining area (21) not coated with the varnish (4), wherein a foil (6) is adhesively bonded to the substrate in the area not coated with the varnish (4), with the edge (60) of the foil adjoining the area (22) coated with varnish (4).
US12168357B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head having nozzles; a conveyer; and a controller. The controller is configured to carry out a conveyance process of conveying a recording medium in a conveyance direction, and a discharge process of discharging a liquid from the nozzles to the recording medium. The discharge process includes a plurality of discharge steps carried out to a unit area of the recording medium based on data obtained by decomposing an image data into complementary patterns. In at least one of the discharge steps corresponding to the unit area, a function of a discharge duty of the nozzles has an ascending portion or a descending portion. The controller is configured to carry out before the discharge process: a detection process of detecting a defect nozzle in the nozzles; and in a case that the defect nozzle is detected, a change process of changing the function.
US12168352B2
A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged; a cover portion configured to be attachable to the discharge port member and to be capable of opening and closing the discharge port; and a sealing portion formed of a contact portion between the cover portion and the discharge port member. The cover portion includes a groove structure between an outer periphery of the cover portion and the sealing portion.
US12168342B2
A printing plate pressure adjustment system for a can decorator including a printing plate cylinder assembly having a printing plate cylinder drive shaft, and a blanket wheel. The system, includes an actuator, a control system structured to control operation of the actuator to adjust a pressure, between the printing plate cylinder assembly and the blanket wheel, an eccentric bushing disposed around the printing plate cylinder drive shaft, wherein rotation of the eccentric bushing causes the printing plate cylinder to move toward or away from the blanket wheel, and a drive mechanism coupled between the actuator and the eccentric bushing, wherein operation of the actuator causes the drive mechanism to rotate the eccentric bushing.
US12168340B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a blister package having a laminate structure that is heat-sealable to a lacquer layer on strain-hardened aluminum foil. The blister package includes a lid layer comprising a strain-hardened aluminum foil, a lacquer layer on a sealing surface of the strain-hardened aluminum foil and a laminate structure sealed directly to the lacquer layer. The laminate structure includes a multilayer film and a plurality of wells formed therethrough. The multilayer film includes a first formable layer of a thermoplastic material and a sealing layer of a copolyester material. The sealing layer overlies the first formable layer and has an outer surface opposite the first formable layer. The sealing layer has crystallinity from 5% to 20% as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The outer surface of the sealing layer is sealed directly against the lacquer layer.
US12168331B2
A method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade is provided, including the steps of: a) arranging a fiber lay-up on a mandrel tool, the mandrel tool including a frame and, as seen in cross-section, at least two mandrel portions connected to the frame, and wherein at least a portion of the fiber lay-up is supported by an outer surface of the at least two mandrel portions, b) reducing a cross-section size of the mandrel tool by retracting at least one of the mandrel portions towards the frame, c) arranging the mandrel tool inside adjacent blade sections, d) increasing the cross-section size of the mandrel tool by extending at least one of the mandrel portions away from the frame, and e) infusing at least a portion of the fiber lay-up with a resin and curing the resin to obtain a cured joining portion joining the blade sections inside.
US12168329B2
A lens positioning mechanism includes: a member holding unit that has a function of holding a second surface of a lens member having a first surface, which is a convex optical surface, and the second surface, which is an optical surface facing the first surface, and biasing the held lens member toward a side of the first surface; and an attitude control unit that regulates edge positions of a plurality of portions on the first surface of the lens member biased by the member holding unit to position the lens member in a predetermined attitude.
US12168323B2
A 3D printer includes a nozzle and a cleaning system. The cleaning system includes a gas source configured to introduce a gas at least partially into the nozzle. The cleaning system also includes a cleaning tool configured to remove solidified metallic dross from within the nozzle.
US12168322B2
A consumable assembly for a 3D printer includes a spool carrying wound filament. The spool is configured to be installed into a spool cabinet to maintain the filament in a controlled environment. A filament key fob that carries a spool chip programmed with identification data for the consumable assembly is tethered to the spool. The filament key fob is configured to be received in a dock of the 3D printer outside of a controlled environment of a chamber of the spool cabinet while remaining tethered to the spool installed in the chamber of the spool cabinet.
US12168314B2
Methods and systems for consolidating an additively manufactured piece. In one embodiment, methods include the step of combining the additively manufactured piece with another piece, for example with another additively manufactured piece or with a piece that is not additively manufactured (e.g. an insert, foam, etc.), so that during a consolidation step, those pieces are assembled or connected together.
US12168312B2
Disclosed is an arrangement for granulating polymer material, having a housing with a gas supply line, connected opposite the latter to the housing, having a rectangular cross-section, a granulating unit located at least partially in the housing and having a perforated plate of a feed or plasticising unit feeding into the housing, and a scraper which crushes or separates the material emerging through the recesses of the perforated plate, wherein in a plane running parallel to the plane of the perforated plate, the two lateral wall surfaces of the gas discharge line perpendicular to this plane include an angle α2 with one another, and the two lateral wall surfaces of the gas supply line perpendicular to this plane include an angle α1, wherein the two angles α1, α2 open towards the housing and wherein the angle α1 is greater than the angle α2.
US12168307B2
A wood preservative composition and method for preserving wood by contacting wood with said composition comprising a polyurethane polymer, non-aqueous solvents, and a wood preservative active.
US12168306B2
A method for forming grooves in a board element. An exemplary method includes arranging the board element in contact with a support member, and forming at least one groove in a rear side of the board element by removing material, such as chips, from the board element by rotating one or more cutting devices including a plurality of tooth elements configured to rotate around a rotational axis. A method further includes counteracting, such as preventing, a displacement of the board element away from the support member during forming of the at least one groove, wherein the counteracting, such as preventing, includes arranging at least a portion of the board element between an obstruction element and the support member.
US12168300B2
Systems and methods for determining movement of a robot are provided. A computing system of the robot receives information including an initial state of the robot and a goal state of the robot. The computing system determines, using nonlinear optimization, a candidate trajectory for the robot to move from the initial state to the goal state. The computing system determines whether the candidate trajectory is feasible. If the candidate trajectory is feasible, the computing system provides the candidate trajectory to a motion control module of the robot. If the candidate trajectory is not feasible, the computing system determines, using nonlinear optimization, a different candidate trajectory for the robot to move from the initial state to the goal state, the nonlinear optimization using one or more changed parameters.
US12168299B2
The information processing device 1B includes an acquisition unit 51A, a potential function synthesizing unit 53A, and an objective function outputting unit 54A. The acquisition unit 51A acquires a task logical expression in which an objective task to be performed by a robot is expressed by a combination of a plurality of atomic tasks. The potential function synthesizing unit 53A synthesizes atomic potential functions, each of which is a potential function corresponding to each of the atomic tasks, based on the task logical expression. The objective function output unit 54A outputs an atomic potential function synthesized based on the task logical expression as an objective function for controlling the robot.
US12168296B1
Implementations are provided for generating a plurality of simulated training instances based on a recorded user-directed robot control episode, and training one or more robot control policies based on such training instances. In various implementations, a three-dimensional environment may be simulated and may include a robot controlled by an external robot controller. A user may operate the robot controller to control the robot in the simulated 3D environment to perform one or more robotic tasks. The user-directed robot control episode, including responses of the external robot controller and the simulated robot to user commands and/or the virtual environment, can be captured. Features of the captured user-directed robot control episode can be altered in order to generate a plurality of training instances. One or more robot control policies can then be trained based on the plurality of training instances.
US12168295B2
Embodiments of positioning systems and methods are disclosed herein. Embodiments of such positioning systems may include a hierarchy of positioning systems. Each of the positioning systems in the hierarchy may be adapted to move each positioning system lower in the hierarchy along with one or more end-effectors. A control system may control the positioning systems of the hierarchy using a control method comprising a coarse step, a refinement step, or an adaptive step.
US12168285B2
A torque transfer assembly for a bit holder includes an axial movement limiting subassembly and a rotation limiting subassembly. The axial movement limiting subassembly is configured to retain a drive body of the bit holder in proximity to a driven body of the bit holder. The rotation limiting subassembly is configured to cause torque applied to the drive body to be transferred to the driven body. The rotation limiting subassembly includes a first cam body at a distal end of the drive body and a second cam body at a distal end of the driven body. The first and second cam bodies are configured to transfer a majority of the torque between the drive body and the driven body indirectly via the torque transfer assembly by limiting rotation of the first cam body relative to the second cam body.
US12168282B1
A hand tool where one end of the tool has a force applied along a linear handle and a socket engaging tool head on the opposite end of the linear handle to direct the force to rotate a stuck fastener engaged bolt by the tool head.
US12168276B2
A sealing device for sealing a leakage flow on a machine element, which is circular in cross section, of a working machine includes a housing, which has an upstream end and a downstream end and through which the machine element extends, an upstream pressure chamber which is arranged at the upstream end of the housing, a downstream pressure chamber which is arranged at the downstream end of the housing, and a sealing element which is arranged between the upstream pressure chamber and the downstream pressure chamber. The sealing element is mounted within the housing and rests sealingly against the machine element. A bypass line runs around the sealing element and fluidly connects the upstream pressure chamber to the downstream pressure chamber. A throttle element designed to reduce the pressure of a flowing leakage fluid by a predetermined pressure difference is arranged in the bypass line.
US12168272B2
A system and method provide gasless, mechanized, field welding of an exterior of a tubular structure such as a pipeline, without the need for an enclosure. An embodiment consolidates some of the welding equipment on a skid for ease of transport to and from a remote worksite. The gasless weld may be achieved despite the presence of wind, by precisely controlling an arc voltage as disclosed. The footprint and weight of the system may be minimized, along with the associated labor, expense, and environmental impact otherwise incurred by conventional welding techniques using enclosures.
US12168262B2
A joint structure includes a first and a second metal member overlapping with each other as viewed in a first direction. The first metal member and the second metal member are joined together. The joint structure includes a welded portion at which the first metal member and the second metal member, overlapping with each other, are partly fused to each other. The welded portion has an outer circumferential edge and a plurality of linear marks. The outer circumferential edge is annular as viewed in the first direction. The plurality of linear marks each extend from an inside of the welded portion toward the outer circumferential edge as viewed in the first direction. Each of the plurality of linear marks is curved to bulge to one sense of an annular direction along the outer circumferential edge.
US12168257B2
Articles are manufactured using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) reactions. Particulates including reactants can be blended to form a particulate blend. The particulate blend can be preformed. The preform article can be heated to a pre-heat temperature being below an auto-activation temperature and above a minimum compression activated synthesis temperature. Compressive stress can be exerted on the preform article at the pre-heat temperature to initiate the SHS reaction between the reactants and thereby form a product metallic compound. At approximately peak temperature, a flow stress of the product metallic compound can be exceeded to substantially reduce porosity and thereby form a shaped substantially dense article.
US12168250B2
A wash ring for cleaning a tank. The wash ring comprises a curved surface having an inner edge and an outer edge. The wash ring further comprises an inner wall having a first height and an outer wall located between the inner end and outer end and having a second height that is less than the first height. A plurality of notches is located at the outer edge of the curved surface. The wash ring has a feed pipe with an outlet located between the inner wall and outer wall.
US12168247B1
The invention relates to a garment sorting system and method for sorting garments arranged on garment carriers. The system comprises a first transporting conveyor arrangement arranged to receive a garment carrier from a pairing station which transports the garment carriers to an identification and sorting arrangement on a second conveyor arrangement comprising an identification device arranged to identify a garment carrier from an identification code for further sorting. For each garment carrier, a sorting rail address is requested by the identification and sorting arrangement from a garment identification database. The identified garment carrier is transported to a plurality of sorting rails, where the second transporting conveyor arrangement comprises a sorting interface for each sorting rail such that the identified garment carrier is moved from the second transporting conveyor arrangement to the correct sorting rail by operation of the corresponding sorting interface.
US12168241B2
A spray head assembly for use with a beverage brewer includes a spray head and an adapter. The spray head includes a back plate having a turn mechanism. The adapter includes a body having an outer portion and a threaded inner portion. The body has an opening through the threaded inner portion that is attachable to a valve of the beverage maker. The outer portion of the body includes ears attachable to the backer plate of the spray head through the turn mechanism.
US12168237B2
The present disclosure relates to a collector composition containing (i) as a primary collector the compound of the formula (I) wherein R is an alkyl group containing between about 5 and about 16 carbon atoms that may be branched or linear, k is a value of about 1 to 3, m is an integer from about 0 to about 25, each A independently is —CH2-CH2- or —CH2CH(CH3)- or —CH2-CH(CH2-CH3)-, n is an integer of at least about 3 and at most about 8, and wherein X is an anion derivable from deprotonating a Brønsted-Lowry acid, and (ii) a second compound selected from the group of other primary collectors, secondary collectors, depressants, frothers, and solvents. The disclosure also relates to a process to treat siliceous ore that contains a step of froth flotating in the presence of a collector composition that contains the primary collector compound.
US12168236B2
Device for capturing and removing magnetic material from a flow of material, wherein the device includes a plurality of magnet rod assemblies for capturing magnetic material in a flow of material passing the magnet rod assemblies and where the magnet rod assemblies are removably arranged to an installation plate assembly of the device, where each magnet rod assembly includes a magnet rod comprising at least two magnet segments encapsulated in a non-magnetic material, wherein the magnet rod assemblies comprise a combined attachment and wiper assembly adapted for being received and accommodated in a slot in the installation plate assembly and detachable attachment to a locking groove in the extensions of the slot.
US12168232B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a fluidic device comprising a substrate, an applicator, and a spacer. The substrate can comprise a plurality of wells. The applicator can be used for manipulating a biological substance in at least a portion of the plurality of wells. The spacer can be positioned between the substrate and the applicator. The spacer can be configured to allow the applicator to apply the biological substance to at least a portion of the plurality of wells while maintaining a space between the substrate and the applicator.
US12168217B2
The invention relates to new compositions of polyorganic functional groups modified silica. The compositions contain a wide range of different functional groups such as mercapto, sulfide, thiourea, amines and amides in the same composition and each of these functional groups are present in an array of numerous different oligomers, configurations and stereochemistry. These functional groups have a strong affinity for metals and particular targets. Combining a high number of these functional groups together in the same composition enhances the overall binding affinity of the functionalised material. Combination with different structural configurations further enhances the capacity to bind to diverse structural variations in the targets found in actual process, product and waste streams. This multitude of binding mechanisms enables very high levels of purification and target removal as well as selectivity to be achieved in product, process and waste streams. The compounds are useful for the purification of products and for the removal of unwanted organic and inorganic compounds from product, process and waste streams, as chromatography medium for the purification and separation of metals, metal complexes and organic and biological compounds, for solid phase extraction, for solid phase synthesis, for metal mediated heterogeneous catalysis, for metal ion abstraction and for the immobilisation of bio-molecules.
US12168209B2
A processing system and method of producing a particulate material from a liquid mixture are provided. The processing system generally includes a system inlet connected to one or more gas lines to deliver one or more gases into the processing system, one or more power jet modules adapted to jet a liquid mixture into one or more streams of droplets and to force the one or more streams of droplets into the processing system, and a reaction chamber adapted to deliver the one or more streams of droplets in the presence of the one or more gases and process the one or more streams of droplets into the particulate material. The method includes delivering one or more gases into a processing system, jetting the liquid mixture into one or more first droplets streams using one or more power jet modules of the processing system and into the processing system, and reacting the one or more first droplets streams delivered from the processing chamber inside a reaction chamber of the processing system in the presence of the one or more gases into the particulate material at a first temperature.
US12168207B2
A water bottle system for adding an additive, which may be flavoring, to the line of flow without contaminating the main reservoir. The system may include a water bottle with a lid feature that may maintain a flavor that may be infused into the water within the water bottle. The infusion of the additive may be adjusted by a user to have the desired concentration of additive to a user's liking. The additive cartridge may be reusable or disposable depending on a user's preference.
US12168203B2
A device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, such as an annular catalytic converter, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting chamber and having a second, annular flow path, wherein the tubular flow path is delimited outwardly in the radial direction by an inner pipe and the second, annular flow path is delimited inwardly in the radial direction by the inner pipe and outwardly in the radial direction by an outer pipe, and the diverting chamber is designed to divert the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path (8) into the annular flow path, wherein the annular catalytic converter has at least one annular substrate body which has a catalytically active coating applied to it and which is arranged in the annular flow path.
US12168199B2
A method for preparing a palladium-gold alloy layer on a substrate by electrodepositing said coating surface with an aqueous electroplating solution comprising of an aqueous solution of a soluble palladium compound and a soluble gold complex, wherein the ratio of gold to palladium to in the solution is from 5 to 40 w/w %. Also taught is a substrate such as a vanadium or vanadium alloy gas separation membrane coated with a palladium-gold alloy layer.
US12168194B2
Air cleaner assemblies, components, features and methods of assembly and use are described. Example air cleaner assemblies are depicted and described in which a main filter cartridge sealing surface is recessed from an open end of a housing body. An access cover of the housing is configured with a portion extending inwardly to engage a main filter cartridge portion and bias it against the main filter cartridge sealing surface. In selected assemblies, the portion of the access cover extending inwardly toward the main filter cartridge, is a precleaner having flow separator tubes therein.
US12168192B2
The present disclosure provides an exemplary process for a system that may remove particulate from industrial water fluids using a Particulate Removal System (PRS). In some aspects, this system may treat water pulled from different Industrial Fluid Systems (IFS) while doing continuous monitoring and quality tests of the water. In some embodiments, the system may use sensors and other technology to allow for the system to periodically self-clean itself allowing for maximum efficiency and accuracy while also cleaning the water from the IFS. In some implementations, the water from the IFS may be filtered through a Particulate Trap Mechanism (PTM) to ensure that particulate including dissolved material has been removed from the water and separated from possible contamination throughout the system. In some aspects the system may be used for continuous and direct measurement of water quality and automatic chemical level adjustment by systems to maintain a desired range or setpoints.
US12168179B2
Systems and methods for generating and storing metrics are described herein. In particular, a game server may receive game activity data from one or more client devices connected to the game server via a network. The game server sends the activity data to an anticheat server that uses one or more nodes to each calculate a portion of the activity data to generate one or more metrics. The metrics may indicate whether the data is indicative of cheating behavior within a parallel reality game. The nodes add their respective generated metrics to a relational database using prepared insert statements. The anticheat server may instruct the game server to take action with respect to one or more client devices if the metrics indicate that cheating behavior was exhibited within the data.
US12168178B2
One aspect of the disclosure relates to altering a probability of fulfilling a game objective in a game space. The game objective may be associated with a set of potential reward items, the set of potential reward items including a first item. Probabilities of the first item from the set of potential reward items being provided to individual users as a reward for completing the game objective may be determined based on the rates of usage of the game space by the user. The probability of the first user being provided with the first item as a reward for completing the game objective may be determined based on the rate of usage of the game space by the first user.
US12168167B2
A tubular golf club head cover device, with at least one open end for insertion and extraction of a golf club head. A notch and semi-rigid flap exist on one end of the tubular shape that allow for insertion of the golf club head and the self-latching of the club into the golf club head cover device.
US12168163B2
A mechanical braking system for a high-incline treadmill utilizing a mechanical brake which may be used on its own or in combination with a traditional motor brake. The mechanical brake is generally mountable on a treadmill between or around the belt motor and the flywheel. Upon engagement of the brake, typically the brake engages the flywheel, the motor, or the axle in a way that effectively locks the axle, and thus the belt, in a fixed position.
US12168162B2
An improved positioning device (“the DEVICE”) comprises a new and unique concave angulated device for at least one of, but not limited to, stretching, supporting, bracing, rehabilitating, positioning, massaging, kneading, scratching, or exercising a body of a user. The DEVICE's new concave angulated and more user friendly surface addresses the need for a more anatomically responsive body positioning DEVICE for achieving improved results relative to, among other things, the above uses. This DEVICE includes multiple embodiments, which also may comprise various possible configurations, that enable the DEVICE to also function as a fulcrum or lever and/or be capable of uniquely dispersing a load during the interaction between the user and the DEVICE.
US12168160B2
A free-standing retractable exercise system. The exercise system includes one or more exercise benches that extend away from an upright position while the exercise system is in use and retract into the upright position while being stored.
US12168159B2
An apparatus includes a first cable, a first motor configured to provide first tension to the first cable, a second cable coupled to the first cable at an end effector, and a second motor configured to provide second tension to the second cable. The first cable and the second cable are routed such that the first tension and the second tension combine to provide a force on the end effector. At least one of the first tension or the second tension is directed at least partially in a downward direction.
US12168155B2
A device for shaping a pressurized liquid stream, the device including: (a) a conduit, adapted for intake and transmission of a liquid stream; (b) a shaping piece configured to shape the liquid stream into a liquid shield, the liquid shield resulting from the liquid stream impacting on the shaping piece. In some embodiments, the device further includes: (c) a lateral displacement mechanism adapted to adjust a distance between the conduit and the shaping piece.
US12168154B2
A system for extinguishing a fire and/or preventing a fire from starting or restarting in an electric vehicle having a module or a battery pack with a plurality of electrochemical batteries, in particular metal-ion batteries, includes a self-supporting inflatable structure, the shape and dimensions of which when deployed are configured to lift the electric vehicle off the ground, create a liner between the ground and the electric vehicle, and create a peripheral barrier in continuity with the liner, which is closed upon itself, around the electric vehicle. The system also includes a liquid supply device for filling, at least partially, the sealed volume delimited inside the peripheral barrier and by the liner, so as to immerse at least the module or battery pack in the liquid.
US12168150B2
In some examples, a system includes an article of personal protective equipment (PPE) that includes a communication component; an industrial controller device that is configured to control an industrial device and includes a communication component; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the article of PPE and the industrial controller device, wherein the computing device is configured to: receive PPE data from the article of PPE and industrial controller data from the industrial controller device; determine, based at least in part on a set of the PPE data that temporally corresponds to a set of the industrial controller data, an occurrence of a safety event; and perform, based at least in part on the determination of the safety event, at least one operation.
US12168148B2
A neutron capture therapy system is provided, including a neutron generating device and a beam shaping assembly. The neutron capture therapy system further includes a concrete wall forming a space for accommodating the neutron generating device and the beam shaping assembly and shielding radiations generated by the neutron generating device and the beam shaping assembly. A support module is disposed in the concrete wall, the support module is capable of supporting the beam shaping assembly and is used to adjust the position of the beam shaping assembly, and the support module includes concrete and a reinforcing portion at least partially disposed in the concrete. The neutron capture therapy system designs a locally adjustable support for the beam shaping assembly, so that the beam shaping assembly can meet the precision requirement, improve the beam quality, and meet an assembly tolerance of the target.
US12168137B1
A completely de-energizable defibrillator is provided, allowing the electrical components of the defibrillator to be electrically unbiased while the defibrillator is not in use. The de-energizing of the defibrillator can be accomplished by separating the battery from the rest of the defibrillator circuitry with an electromechanical component, such as a power switch like a magnetically-triggered reed switch or a mechanically-triggered switch. The de-energizing of the defibrillator can also be accomplished by including in the defibrillator a removable piece of insulating material between the battery and the circuitry. The de-energizing of the defibrillator can also be accomplished by a change in configuration or position of the moveable components of the AED. The preparation of the defibrillator for use triggers the circuitry to become energized. Additionally, the microcontroller unit of the AED includes features to prevent computational errors due to cosmic radiation, including lockstep processors and error detection code.
US12168124B2
Stimulation lead includes an elongated lead body having distal and proximal ends and wire conductors extending therebetween. The stimulation lead also includes a lead paddle having a multi-dimensional array of electrodes positioned along a contact side of the lead paddle. The electrodes are electrically coupled to the wire conductors. The lead paddle includes a paddle body and a conductor organizer disposed within the paddle body. The conductor organizer has multiple channels extending along the lead paddle. The channels receive the wire conductors and retain the wire conductors in a designated arrangement with respect to the lead paddle. The conductor organizer has openings to the channels. The wire conductors extend through the openings and are terminated to the respective electrodes.
US12168120B2
A catheter pump system is disclosed. The catheter pump system can include a shaft assembly and an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly. The catheter pump system can include a motor assembly, the motor assembly comprising a chamber and a shaft-driving portion disposed in the chamber. The shaft-driving portion can be configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly. The chamber can be filled with a gas that at least partially surrounds the shaft-driving portion. A fluid pathway can convey fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system. A bypass pathway can be in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the bypass pathway configured to direct at least a portion of the fluid to bypass the chamber.
US12168119B1
A peritonsillar abscess aspiration kit. The kit includes at least one aspiration needle and one anesthetic application needle. Each needle has a corresponding needle guard and guard cap configured to house the needle. In addition, each needle has a length greater than the needle guard. The kit further includes at least one syringe configured to attach to the needles and a syringe actuator. The syringe actuator is configured to securely house the syringe and includes a pistol grip and a trigger configured to translate a plunger in the syringe when the trigger is pulled.
US12168118B2
The disclosed technology relates to a method for using a medicinal fluid injection device comprising a housing having an opening in a side surface thereof, a storage container arranged inside the housing and configured to store a medicinal fluid, an injection needle connected to the storage container and configured to inject the medicinal fluid when stored in the storage container through the opening, and a cover body covering the opening, wherein the cover body includes a cover part configured such that the a shape of the cover part changes according to air pressure caused by the injection needle.
US12168116B2
An apparatus can aid usage of a plunger, for example helping a medical practitioner use a hypodermic syringe to inject dermal filler. The apparatus can fasten a thumb rest of a plunger of the syringe to a thumb of the practitioner and can support one-handed operation of the syringe. With the plunger so fastened, reverse thumb motion can retract the plunger for aspiration, and forward thumb motion can advance the plunger for injection. The apparatus can comprise a member extending at least partially around the practitioner's thumb. The member can comprise an aperture configured to retain the thumb rest between the thumb and the member, with a shaft of the plunger passing through the aperture.
US12168115B2
A liquid medicament administration device includes a body configured to contain and support a medicament container. The body includes an aperture. The aperture includes a viewing window that is coincident with the medicament container when the medicament container is present. The device is configured such that the viewing window is size-adjustable. Also disclosed are associated methods of manufacture.
US12168111B2
The present invention comprises methods, compositions, devices and systems for determining the status of, or treating, a body structure or conduit. An embodiment of the invention comprises a fluid pressure control device for pressure control of fluid introduced into a body structure or conduit.
US12168096B2
A ventilator-weaning timing prediction system, a program product therefor, and methods for building and using the same are disclosed to help a physician to determine a timing for a ventilator-using patient to try to weaning or completely wean from mechanical ventilation using AI-based prediction.
US12168081B2
Provided herein are compositions, systems and surgical methods for treating expandable soft tissue utilizing a reactive liquid hydrogel sealant mixture including a cross-linkable electrophilic compound, a nucleophilic compound, and an amphiphilic poly(alkyl)ene glycol block polymer in an amount of 20% (w/v) or less of the sealant composition. The composition can optionally include a viscosifier, in an amount of 0.1% to 1.0% (w/v) of the sealant composition.
US12168080B2
The arrangement for contamination-free introduction of a sterile object from a vessel, closed by means of a semipermeable cover, into a working chamber, surrounded by a wall, of a containment comprising a portal unit having an access flange arranged in the wall and forming a passage into the working chamber, and a door which sealingly closes the passage and which, in order to be opened, can be moved into the working chamber. The arrangement comprises a vessel receptacle having a repository for holding a vessel, an opening for introducing the vessel into the repository, and a flange for interacting with the access flange. A decontamination unit designed to, when the door is closed, the vessel receptacle is docked to the access flange and the vessel is stored in the vessel receptacle, decontaminate an outer surface of the cover. Based on this arrangement, a method for introduction is also disclosed.
US12168076B2
To prevent or suppress roughness of the skin of a wearer by configuring an absorbent article so as to quickly absorb a body fluid into an absorber, for example, configuring a diaper so as to quickly absorb loose stool into an absorber. An absorbent article includes a liquid-holding absorber and a liquid pervious top sheet on a skin-facing surface side of the absorber. An absorbent Q mainly containing glycerin is provided on an intermediate sheet that transfers at least a body fluid that has passed through the top sheet to the absorber.
US12168075B2
Devices, systems, compositions and methods for long term or prolonged transdermal administration of an active agent are provided.
US12168073B2
A percutaneous absorption preparation including donepezil for the treatment of dementia is disclosed. The percutaneous absorption preparation for the treatment of dementia includes a support layer, a drug-containing layer, and a release layer, wherein the drug-containing layer contains donepezil or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; monothioglycerol, thiocyanate metal salt (preferably potassium salt) or dimethylthiourea as a stabilizer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive. Also disclosed is a percutaneous absorption preparation for the treatment of dementia with reduced the formation of donepezil impurities.
US12168069B2
The present invention provides liquid oral dosage form of lipid lowering agent suitable for oral administration to human or animals.
US12168046B2
The present disclosure relates, at least in part, to mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, to fragments or variants thereof, to cells comprising the mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, to cells comprising the mycobacterial polynucleotides and polypeptides, that are engineered to expand T-cells ex vivo, and to methods of use thereof.
US12168044B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12168042B2
Disclosed herein are circular zymogens of RNase 1 that have a proteolytic cleavage site and are activated by a specific protease. These circular zymogens are useful for treatment of disorders that are characterized by a specific protease (e.g., HTV-1 protease).
US12168038B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for the diagnosis, amelioration, and treatment of ischemic tissues in patients caused by and/or resulting from diminished microvascular blood flow. Patients suffering from ischemic tissue conditions can be categorized into specific subsets that are deemed to have a potential to respond to therapy. In particular, the invention includes various therapies involving stimulation of angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, arteriogenesis and/or neovascularization so as to increase perfusion of various tissues.
US12168036B2
The present invention provides ophthalmic formulations having high concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor fusion protein and high stability during storage. Methods for treating angiogenic eye disorders using the high concentration formulations are also provided.
US12168034B2
Peptides are provided consisting of L- and/or D-amino acids and combinations thereof, which affect myeloid cells by action on the triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREMs), including TREM-1 and TREM-2. The peptides act on the TREM/DAP-12 signaling complex. Also provided are lipid and sugar conjugated peptides comprising L- or D-amino acids. A method is provided of designing the peptides and lipid- and/or sugar-conjugated peptides comprising L- or D-amino acids. The disclosure relates to the therapy of various myeloid cell-related disease states involving the use of these peptides and compounds. The peptides and compounds are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or condition where myeloid cells are involved or recruited. The peptides of the present invention also are useful in the production of medical devices comprising peptide matrices (for example, medical implants and implantable devices).
US12168033B2
A method for treating a disease condition such as inflammation, arthritis, joint pain, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic non-rheumatoid arthritis, and collagen degradation in a patient in need thereof involves administering to the patient an effective amount of a composition: a) a Tamarindus indica seed extract comprising an alcohol or hydroalcohol extract of a Tamarindus indica seed, wherein the alcohol or hydroalcohol extract comprises proanthocyanidins; and b) a Curcuma longa rhizome extract comprising curcuminoids, wherein the Tamarindus indica seed extract and the Curcuma longa rhizome extract are used in a ratio ranging from 1:4 to 4:1.
US12168028B2
The disclosure provides a method of obtaining a population of cardiomyogenic precursor cells. The method comprises (a) differentiating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to iPSC-derived cardiac precursor cells; and (b) isolating cardiac precursor cells expressing mammalian growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) to obtain a population of iPSC-derived cardiomyogenic precursor cells.
US12168021B2
Provided herein are methods for treating a pulmonary infection in a patient in need thereof, for example, a nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infection for at least one treatment cycle. The method comprises administering to the lungs of the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a liposomal complexed aminoglycoside comprising a lipid component comprising electrically neutral lipids and an aminoglycoside. Administration comprises aerosolizing the pharmaceutical composition to provide an aerosolized pharmaceutical composition comprising a mixture of free aminoglycoside and liposomal complexed aminoglycoside, and administering the aerosolized pharmaceutical composition via a nebulizer to the lungs of the patient. The methods provided herein result in a change from baseline on the semi-quantitative scale for mycobacterial culture for a treated patient, and/or NTM culture conversion to negative during or after the administration period.
US12168012B2
The present invention relates to novel thienopyrrolotriazinacetamide compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, which inhibit NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activity. The invention further relates to the processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing them, and their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by NLRP3.
US12168008B2
The present invention provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with cancer comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a PP2A inhibitor.
US12168007B1
The present disclosure provides for compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 has any of the values defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful as agents in the treatment of diseases and conditions including schizophrenia. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).
US12168000B2
The present application relates to a method of providing a therapeutic regimen for the treatment of pain, wherein said method comprises administering an oral liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising celecoxib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof.
US12167996B2
Phlorotannins with anti-viral properties, in particular those with a molecular mass of from about 1000 g/mol to about 3000 g/mol, are described. The phlorotannins may be obtained or obtainable as an extract from seaweed, and may be used in compositions or extracts as anti-viral agents. Methods for producing the extracts and their use for treating or preventing viral infections and for reducing or controlling a virus on a surface using the phlorotannins are also described.
US12167994B2
The present invention relates to a compound according to Formula (I) or a salt, solvate and/or a hydrate thereof, wherein said compound inhibits dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH), for use in the treatment and prevention of viral infection. A preferred example is viral infection caused by coronavirus, in particular betacoronavirus, more particular SARS-CoV-2 and mutated versions thereof.
US12167993B2
An energy-promoting composition includes an exogenous ketone body component that provides a source of caloric energy, a vasodilator component, a stimulant component, such as caffeine, and optionally a nootropic component. In most if not all cases, the vasodilator, stimulant, and nootropic components do not themselves provide a source of caloric energy but may increase metabolism of available caloric energy. The separate components beneficially and synergistically interact with one another to enhance the overall energy-promoting effect of the composition more rapidly and to a greater degree than if one or more of the components are omitted. The energy-promoting composition is also formulated to minimize the crash effect common to stimulants such as energy drinks.
US12167990B2
A composition comprising: (i) a mixture containing a lipid-soluble vitamin dissolved in a lipid, and (ii) bran; wherein the mixture is absorbed into and/or adsorbed onto the bran and wherein the lipid does not originate from the bran. Also provided are processes for providing a stabilised vitamin composition.
US12167988B2
A system and method for generating a drive signal for an electronic device provides a drive signal that causes the electronic device to be actuated in synchronization with action in a video feed. A drive signal generator predicts actions that are likely to occur next in the video feed based on an action model for the video feed and based on information about action that recently occurred in the video feed. The predicted future actions are then used to generate the drive signal that is used to actuate the electronic device.
US12167987B2
A dynamic support apparatus. The dynamic support apparatus includes a cushion, at least one actuator wherein the at least one actuator defines an interior volume and wherein the interior volume may be configured to be at least partially filled with a fluid, and a support disposed in the interior volume wherein the support configured to support an occupant when the interior volume is not filled with the fluid such that the support is sufficient to support the occupant.
US12167985B2
The invention relates to a treatment chair (1) comprising a headrest (2), connected to the chair (1) with a headrest arm (4), and a position adjustment member (3) for the headrest (2). The position adjustment member (3) comprises at least one ratchet mechanism (5) to lock the headrest (2) in a wanted position.
US12167983B2
The invention relates to a support arm system (10) for movably holding at least one medical device, including at least one movably supported support arm (18, 20, 22, 24) which is configured to hold the at least one medical device, having at least one load detection device (26) which is configured to detect the respective load data of the support arm system (10) during usage thereof; in particular configured by moving the support arm (18, 20, 22, 24), and which is formed with at least one storage device (46) which is configured to store the detected load data. Further, the invention relates to a method for operating a support arm system (10) and method for designing a support arm system (10).
US12167971B2
A bone graft delivery kit includes a hollow tube having a proximal end and a distal end, an implant and a plunger. The hollow tube is configured to be connected to the implant, and to convey bone graft material to a graft receiving area in a patient. The plunger is configured to facilitate moving the bone graft material through the hollow tube. The implant includes openings configured for passage of the bone graft material therethrough, and internal ramps configured to direct the bone graft material to the openings.
US12167969B2
An interbody implant to be introduced into a variety of target sites for accelerating bone ossification, for example into a space between two adjacent vertebrae. The interbody implant includes a first bone contacting surface, a second bone contacting surface, a body defined between the first and second bone contacting surfaces, and a plurality of resonators. Mechanical waves, e.g., low intensity pulsed ultrasound waves, may be transmitted to the location of the implant, causing the resonators to resonate and accelerate bone ossification.
US12167968B2
The invention relates to an intersomatic cage comprising a body and a part that is designed to dilate the intersomatic space between two vertebrae by rotating the cage so that the cage can be inserted into the space. The body has a prism shape with a substantially planar upper surface which can bear against the superior vertebral endplate and a substantially planar lower surface which can bear against the inferior vertebral endplate.
US12167966B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to stemmed and stemless humeral anchors for use in shoulder arthroplasty procedures. For example, the humeral anchor can include a first end, a second end, and an interior surface extending between the first end and the second end. The interior surface can be disposed about a recess disposed between the first end and the second end. The recess can be configured to secure a coupling of a shoulder articular body directly to the interior surface.
US12167962B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. The stent includes a plurality of cells, each cell being formed by a plurality of struts, and a plurality of commissure features. The heart valve further includes a valve assembly secured to the stent and including a cuff and a plurality of leaflets, each leaflet being attached to adjacent commissure features and to the stent struts and/or the cuff.
US12167961B2
Methods and systems for rotationally aligning a commissure of a prosthetic heart valve with a commissure of a native valve are disclosed. In some examples, a method can comprise advancing a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus toward a native valve; visualizing under fluoroscopy and for a selected imaging view, a position of a radiopaque marker on the distal end portion relative to a guidewire extending through the delivery apparatus, the marker circumferentially offset from a selected commissure of the radially compressed prosthetic valve by a predetermined amount that is determined based on the selected imaging view; rotating the delivery apparatus until the marker is centered along the guidewire; and advancing the distal end portion into the native valve and inflating the balloon to radially expand and implant the prosthetic valve in the native valve such that the selected commissure is aligned with a commissure of the native valve.
US12167959B2
Disclosed are adjustable accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of adjusting accommodating intraocular lenses post-operatively. In one embodiment, an adjustable accommodating intraocular lens comprises an optic portion and a peripheral portion. At least one of the optic portion and the peripheral portion can be made in part of a composite material comprising an energy absorbing constituent and a plurality of expandable components. At least one of a base power and a cylindricity of the optic portion can be configured to change in response to an external energy directed at the composite material.
US12167944B2
A cleaning assembly for cleaning a surgical instrument includes a first cleaning segment and a second cleaning segment. The first and second cleaning segments present a respective first and second cleaning interface configured to be contacted by a first surgical instrument. The first and second cleaning segments collectively define an instrument receiving channel sized and shaped to receive therein a second surgical instrument to thereby secure the first and second cleaning segments to the second surgical instrument. At least one buffer layer is disposed on an inside surface of one or both the first and second cleaning segments, the buffer layer positioned so as to contact the second surgical instrument when the second surgical instrument is positioned within the instrument receiving channel. At least one tab extends from the cleaning assembly, the tab providing an interface for a user to grasp the cleaning assembly.
US12167939B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for improved surgical devices and methods of using the same in connection with bariatric and gastroesophageal surgery. The present disclosure includes a lighted bougie device that can include an elongate member and a light source. The light source can be configured to emit near-infrared light. The light source can also be positioned about the bougie such that light emitted from the light source illuminates along a portion of the bougie.
US12167929B2
The present invention relates to positioning a medical imaging system in relation to an object. In order to provide improved positioning possibilities which facilitate the workflow during an intervention, a medical imaging apparatus (10) is provided with an image acquisition arrangement (12), which is positionable in relation to an object (16) to acquire image data (18) of the object from different directions. An output unit (14) is arranged to provide the image data. According to the invention, first movement direction indicators (22) are provided to indicate possible movement directions of the image acquisition arrangement in relation to the object. Further, a display apparatus (24), comprising a display area (26) to display image data (30) of an object provided by an image acquisition arrangement and a movement direction indication (28), may be provided, wherein the movement direction indication is configured to provide second movement direction indicators (32) in relation to the displayed image data of the object to indicate possible movement directions of the image acquisition arrangement in relation to the object. The first movement direction indicators and the second movement direction indicators are equivalent.
US12167919B2
A system and a method is provided for assessing motion of a biological tissue of a subject including one or more superficial biological layers and a targeted biological layer. A perturbation unit provide an optical perturbation to the one or more superficial biological layers. An optical signal generator transmits optical signals at one or more near-infrared wavelengths. An optical signal receiver acquires a set of optical signal data preceding, during, or following the optical perturbation at a first acquisition time relative to the optical perturbation. A signal processor determines, using the set of optical signal data, a set of optical characteristics and separates, using the set of optical characteristics, a target optical signal. The signal processor generates a report indicative of a movement of the targeted biological tissue within the subject. The movement of the targeted biological layer is calculated using the target optical signal.
US12167906B2
An emotion-aware smart refrigerator is provided which may include various sensors and presentation mechanisms to identify a user's interest in item(s) contained within the emotion-aware smart refrigerator via an evoked physiological response, such as a visual evoked potential (VEP). The user's level of interest may also be gauged by the emotion-aware smart refrigerator. With consideration given to the user's VEP as well as the user's level of interest, and other considerations such as the user's diet, desired health goals, dietary restrictions, etc., the emotion-aware smart refrigerator may present suggested items and item amounts to the user.
US12167901B2
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating telementored surgical procedures. The systems include a portable input handle further including a housing, a position sensor disposed adjacent to the housing, and a position transmitter in communication with the position sensor. The position sensor may be configured to sense a pose of the housing relative to the position transmitter. The position transmitter may be configured to receive and transmit the sensed pose of the housing to the robotic surgical system.
US12167895B2
The present invention is directed to a system to improve the safety of robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery. The system includes an endoscope holder, an accelerometer, and a controller. The accelerometer is configured to track motion of the patient's head and transmit that information to the controller. The controller is configured to operate the endoscope holder. When the accelerometer detects patient head movement, the controller then retracts the endoscope, via the endoscope holder. The system of the present invention can be used for endoscopic surgery for otolaryngology and neurosurgery. It can also be used for other surgical situations with similar requirements and constraints.
US12167891B2
In some embodiments, an ophthalmic laser system may be provided that does not include a traditional laser console. Instead, the treatment device may be configured to house the treatment light source within the device handle. Additionally, in some embodiments, the handheld treatment device may include a user interface, such as dials and buttons, for adjusting various parameters of the therapeutic light. With certain embodiments, the self-contained handheld treatment device may be operated independent of an AC power source. For example, in some embodiments, the handheld treatment device may be battery powered. Additionally, the handheld treatment device may be disposable or may utilize replaceable distal tips in certain embodiments. Certain embodiments may be particularly designed for transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. Also, treatment guides are provided that may be configured to couple with a treatment device to align the device with a target tissue of the eye.
US12167890B2
A method of dermocosmetic treatment for skin tissue includes a plurality of treatment laser light sources which are in communication with a rectangular-shaped optical fiber; the optical fiber includes a proximal end to receive laser light from the plurality of treatment laser light sources and a distal end to transmit overlapping laser light to the area of skin tissue to be treated; the plurality of treatment of laser light sources are activated to impinge one or more rectangular-shaped laser light images within one or more rectangular-shaped areas.
US12167885B2
An electrosurgical system including an electrosurgical generator and an adapter connected to the electrosurgical generator. The adapter is configured to selectively transmit one or more energy outputs from the electrosurgical generator to an end effect device. At least one of the electrosurgical generator and the adapter are configured to be controlled by one or more control device. An electrosurgical system can include a control device connected to an electrosurgical generator. The control device can be configured to selectively transmit control instructions to the electrosurgical generator. The control device can be configured to receive a control signal from a user. An electrosurgical apparatus can include a pair of blades configured to deliver at least mechanical and electrical energy to tissue. Each blade can include a portion configured to protrude to the other side of a central plane. An electrosurgical apparatus can include a first tip comprising a first tip central plane and a second tip comprising a second tip central plane, wherein the electrosurgical apparatus has a first configuration wherein the first and second tips operate as forceps, and wherein the electrosurgical apparatus has a second configuration wherein the first and second tips operate as scissors. The electrosurgical apparatus can have restricted movement in the forceps configuration and limited shearing movement in the scissors configuration.
US12167874B2
A spinal treatment system includes a constraint device having an upper tether portion, a lower tether portion and a compliance member coupled therebetween. The upper tether portion is coupled with a superior spinous process of a spinal segment in a patient and the lower tether portion is coupled with an inferior spinous process or sacrum of the spinal segment. The length or tension in the constraint device is adjustable so that the construct of the tether portions and the compliance member provides a force resistant to flexion of the spinal segment. The system also includes a first prosthesis coupled with the spinal segment, wherein the constraint device modulates loads borne by the prosthesis or by tissue adjacent thereto.
US12167861B2
A system for improving graft harvesting including a tendon harvesting instrument for producing a graft from a tendon. The instrument includes a handle, a shaft and a blade portion operatively coupled to the shaft. The blade portion defines a cutting edge that at least partially corresponds to the shape of a graft cross section of the graft. The blade portion is inserted into the tendon by axially rotating the instrument shaft. The blade portion may include a free end for piercing the tendon as the blade portion is rotated into the tendon. The harvesting instrument may also include amputating means for removing the end connection of the graft to the tendon, the amputating means including a means of changing an orientation of an end portion of the cutting edge.
US12167858B2
An inflatable belt 100 for use in a BFR system with an outer belt material 102 hermetically sealed to an inner belt material 101 along a perimeter, thereby forming a plurality of inflatable chambers 103, with at least one cutout relief between at least two of the plurality of inflatable chambers.
US12167857B2
A clamp device for hemostasis or closure of tissue, including clamp housing and at least two clamp arms, wherein clamp arms can be coupled to distal end of control wire of medical instrument to stop bleeding of blood vessel, clamp device can be actuated to open and close clamp arms, which are coupled to each other or can be coupled at proximal ends, clamp arms is provided with guide groove, and guide grooves of clamp arms partially overlap each other, and guide pin attached to clamp housing, and extending in overlapping part of guide grooves and passing therethrough, so that by means of fitting of guide pin and guide grooves, movement of pivot axis is converted into closing movement of clamp arms or opening movement of clamp arms about pivot axis, holding hole being provided on each of clamp arm, holding hole extending from side thereof into guide groove.
US12167847B2
Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue at a soft tissue site are provided. The system includes a base member with multiple passer devices that carry a first suture therewith. The passer devices and first suture are passed through soft tissue to form loops adjacent at least a portion of the passer devices along one side of the soft tissue. A second suture is threaded through each of the loops and the passer devices are removed from the soft tissue. In this manner, first and second sutures may be coupled to the soft tissue.
US12167842B2
An apparatus for transferring mechanical energy in a handle to a cartridge to manipulate tissue or anatomical structures within the body of a human or animal subject for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders.
US12167840B2
An attachment assembly for a camera arm of a video laryngoscope including a spatula and a protective cap, wherein the spatula has a base body with a handle end and a patient end opposite the handle end as well as a channel formed in the base body for receiving the camera arm, wherein the channel is open both towards the handle end and towards the patient end, wherein the protective cap is a component part separate from the spatula, is insertable into the channel and includes an at least partially transparent protective section, wherein the protective cap is designed such that a tip of the camera arm of the video laryngoscope can be engaged in the protective section and to be covered by the protective section. Moreover, a video laryngoscope system is shown.
US12167825B2
An autonomous vacuum cleaner operable to navigate about a surrounding environment to perform a surface cleaning operation without continuous human input. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle and a suction motor and a fan assembly operable to generate an airflow through the vacuum cleaner from the suction nozzle through a debris separator to a clean air exhaust. The suction motor and the fan assembly having an axis of rotation and a fan of the fan assembly rotatable about the axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is orientated horizontally. The debris separator includes a cyclonic separator operable to separate debris from the airflow and the cyclonic separator includes a cylindrical wall along a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of the cyclonic separator being orientated horizontally.
US12167824B2
A particle receiving device for attachment to a particle outlet of a vacuum cleaner and/or of a cyclone separator and for receiving separated particles, including: a particle receiving volume for receiving the particles, an access element with an access element opening through which the particles can be transported into the particle receiving volume, and a closure element. The access element is selectively displaceable relative to the closure element into a closure position in which the closure element closes access opening, or into an open position in which the closure element releases the access element opening.
US12167822B2
A dishwasher including a tub provided in the cabinet to form a washing chamber, and a drying apparatus arranged on a side wall of the tub and including a flow path provided to allow air sucked from the washing chamber to flow, a heater arranged in the flow path to heat air in the flow path, and a switch arranged upstream of the heater to turn off the heater in response to air, which is adjacent to the heater, reaching a predetermined temperature.
US12167821B2
A dishwasher includes an additional function module that is disposed at and fixed to a front upper frame reinforcing the upper side of an open front surface of a tub, without a fixing frame exclusive for the function module, thereby ensuring a simple structure and a reduction in manufacturing costs. A mutual coupling structure is formed between the front upper frame and a front side frame reinforcing the sides of the open front surface of the tub, to readily determine the positions of the front upper frame and the front side frame, thereby ensuring a simple manufacturing process.
US12167810B2
A food heating device and a food heating method are provided. The food heating device includes a placement device and a heating device. The placement device includes a casing and a placement board. The placement board is disposed in the casing and is configured to place a food item. The heating device includes a steam portion, a hot water portion and an injection member. The steam portion and the hot water portion are in communication with the injection member, the injection member passes through the casing and is movably provided corresponding to the placement board, and the steam portion and the hot water portion are configured to inject steam and hot water into the food item on the placement board through the injection member so as to heat the food item.
US12167806B2
A frame apparatus, a kit of parts which includes multiple frames and a connector bracket for connecting the frames together, and a method of interconnecting a plurality of frames and hanging the same from a support surface. The frame apparatus may be a front-loading frame whereby display items are inserted into a display cavity of the frame through an opening in the front surface of the frame through which the display cavity is viewed. The frame may include an outer annular wall that defines the display cavity, an inner annular wall that is spaced apart from the outer annular wall, and a floor that extends between the inner and outer annular walls. The floor may comprise a plurality of apertures to allow for attachment of the frame to various accessories including hanging brackets, connector brackets, trays, and the like.
US12167802B1
An interactive product display including a LED film and a touchscreen secured to a transparent panel of a display case with a product within the display case viewable through a line of sight viewing through the transparent panel and information viewing on the product through the LED film in response to a customer touching the touchscreen proximate the transparent panel.
US12167796B2
A human support structure has: at least one support against which at least one part of a human body is borne; a base; a first motion transmitting assembly having first and second link members joined to each other and two components for pivoting movement around separate axes and defining a first unit; and a second motion transmitting assembly having third and fourth link members and two components joined together for pivoting movement around separate axes and defining a second unit. The first and second motion transmitting assemblies guide relative movement between the at least one support and the base. The first and second units can be selectively repositioned to change how relative movement between the at least one support and base is guided.
US12167786B2
Assemblies of a cap and a tube fixed to the cap are provided in which at least a portion of each assembly has a visual coding of color and/or indicia for use with one of different sizes of bottles at least in accordance with a height of the bottles from a closed bottom end to an open top end for engaging the cap of the assembly. In each assembly, the cap has a tube mounted to, or through, an aperture extending through the cap to extend a selected length enabling one end of the tube to reach or extend along at least a portion of an interior surface of the bottom end of any of the bottles of the height to which the assembly is coded for use therewith. Each of the caps has another tube or port to another aperture of the cap to provide an air vent.
US12167781B2
A patterned diamond and methods of making such patterned diamond are disclosed. The patterned diamond may include: a single crystal diamond or a polycrystal diamond; and a metallic pattern embedded in the single crystal diamond or the polycrystal diamond such that, the single crystal diamond or the polycrystal diamond encapsulates the metallic pattern from at least 4 sides. The disclosed method may include providing a first portion of a single crystal diamond or a polycrystal diamond; introducing a metallic pattern to at least one surface of the first portion of the single crystal or a first portion of the polycrystal diamond; and growing, using a CVD process or HTHP process, a second portion of the single crystal diamond or the second portion of the polycrystal diamond on the first portion, such that the single crystal diamond or the polycrystal diamond at least partially encapsulates the metallic pattern.
US12167778B2
A fastening device is applied for being installed at an article and includes a base, a coupling member and a reel member. The base is located at the article and includes a bottom cover and a rotating plate, the bottom cover includes a bore, and the rotating plate is movably coupled to the bottom cover. The coupling member inserts an installing hole of the article and the bore, the coupling member is coupled to the rotating plate, and the reel member is coupled to a lace and disposed at the base. The rotating plate is rotated to move the coupling member in the bore, thereby narrowing a gap between the base and the article.
US12167773B2
A footwear includes an upper attached to a sole. The upper includes an outer layer and an inner membrane. The outer layer has a lower end. The lower end of the outer layer has an outer layer lower edge. The membrane includes a lower end of the membrane. The lower end of the membrane has a lower edge of the membrane. The membrane (MEM) is suspended within the footwear between an upper circumference of the upper and a lower anchoring circumference by means of an anchoring adhesive. The lower end of the membrane is stitched to the insole along a lower circumference. The upper circumference is lower than the top edge of the footwear.
US12167770B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole coupled to the upper. The article of footwear includes a vacuum pump assembly. The vacuum pump assembly includes a flexible bladder and a pump disposed in the sole and in fluid communication with the bladder. The pump removes air from the bladder to draw a vacuum within the bladder. The pump includes a plunger that activates the pump in response to the application of force against the sole. The bladder constricts and conforms the upper against the wearer's foot as the pump removes air from the bladder to generate the vacuum.
US12167761B2
Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.
US12167749B2
Provided is a child-resistant smoking article package (100) including a case (110) with an opening (112), a child-resistant closure (120) for closing the opening (112) of the case (110), and a smoking article holder (130) provided inside the case (110). The smoking article holder (130) is coupled to the closure (120), wherein the smoking article holder (130) comprises at least one storage compartment (132) configured to receive a smoking article (136) therein.
US12167740B2
A method of treating meat includes the steps of applying hemoglobin to the meat and pressure treating the meat by application of pressure to the meat at sufficiently high pressure and for a duration of time sufficient to rupture the cell walls of at least some microorganisms present in the meat. The method preserves the natural color of the meat, while eliminating pathogens and bacteria in the meat.
US12167736B2
The present disclosure is directed to chewing gum compositions having an improved sweetener release profile. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to chewing gum compositions comprising a combination of high potency sweeteners that includes at least one steviol glycoside and at least one high potency sweetener other than the steviol glycoside that does not demonstrate cross-adaptation with the steviol glycoside. When incorporated into chewing gum compositions, this combination of high potency sweeteners may be used to provide a consistent sweetness profile to the gum for extended periods of chewing.
US12167730B2
The present invention is directed to agricultural compositions comprising at least one agriculturally active ingredient and gellan gum. The present invention is further directed to tank mixes comprising a high electrolyte composition comprising at least one agriculturally active ingredient and a second composition comprising at least one agriculturally active ingredient, wherein gellan gum is present in the high electrolyte composition or the second composition or is added to the tank mix.
US12167727B1
The application provides a rodent or possum trap (101) comprising: a tunnel (102) for receiving a rodent or possum, a mechanical kill mechanism (103), the kill mechanism comprising, a spring-loaded strike edge (105) and optionally additionally comprises a mechanical trigger, and at least one trap door (104) having a closed position and an open position; wherein when the kill mechanism (103) is arranged so that when it is activated by a rodent in the tunnel (102) it kills the rodent and opens the trap door (104) to release the deceased rodent from the rodent trap.
US12167725B2
A mosquito monitoring and counting system, including a sensor, the sensor including a high-speed computer vision camera, a detector, an antenna, a central processing unit, a counting sensor, and a GSM or WIFI module. The high-speed computer vision camera is installed in a trap diffuser, the counting sensor detects all insects that enter an air stream, and the central processing unit, based on artificial intelligence through neural networks, is adapted to process a data array, count and classify insects into species and subspecies, transmit the processed data array via the GSM or WIFI module over the Internet to a server, and further processing the data array and submitting a result to be graphically integrated with a mapping service.
US12167723B2
A water dispenser including a body and a water outlet mechanism, the body includes a base and a supply pipe inside of the body, multiple mounting grooves set on the side of the base; the water outlet mechanism arranged on the base, including a diversion component including a diversion pipe and a diversion valve installed in a pipeline of the diversion pipe; an end of the diversion pipe is connected to the supply pipes, the other end of the diversion pipe extending into the mounting groove; a linkage component, an inner end of that connected to the valve, an outer end of that extending into the mounting groove; when the outer end of the linkage component suffers an inward force, making the valve move to conduct the water inlet chamber and the diversion chamber; and a resetting component that connects the base and the linkage component.
US12167719B2
A feed spreader apparatus adapted to mount readily to a receiver hitch includes a feed hopper portion, a hinge assembly that permits the hopper to be pivoted from a first upright position to a second down position providing a platform adapted to transport cargo and unimpeded access to contents of the truck bed.
US12167716B2
An animal collar assembly for monitoring the animal's behaviour and/or animal's health and/or animal's location, the collar comprising: an electronic module comprising a housing for enclosing electronic componentry therein, the electronic module comprising a first coupling arrangement for coupling to a collar strap adapted to be passed around a neck region of the animal; and a counterweight module having a weight that equal to or greater than weight of the electronic module, the counterweight module comprising a second coupling arrangement for coupling the counterweight module to the collar strap adapted to be passed around a neck region of the animal.
