US12175583B2
A method for operating a digital assistant of a vehicle includes receiving a status of the digital assistant, and determining a display device for displaying the status of the digital assistant. The method further includes determining at least one display parameter of the display device. The method also includes generating an animated visual control object depending on the status of the digital assistant, the display device, and the at least one display parameter. The animated visual control object is deployed on the display device. A corresponding system performs the method.
US12175575B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations comprising: detecting, by a messaging application, purchase or possession of a physical item by a user; identifying an augmented reality experience related to the physical item; in response to detecting purchase or possession of the physical item, granting the messaging application to the augmented reality experience; capturing, by a camera of a client device associated with the user, an image that depicts the physical item; and applying one or more augmented reality elements associated with the augmented reality experience to the image of the physical item.
US12175567B2
An example computing device is configured to (i) generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file, the cross-sectional view including an object corresponding to a given mesh of the three-dimensional drawing file, the object including a void contained within the object, (ii) determine a plurality of two-dimensional line segments that collectively define a boundary of the void, (iii) for each line segment, determine nearby line segments based on a distance between an end point of the line segment and an end point of the one or more nearby line segments being within a threshold distance, (iv) determine one or more fully-connected sub-objects by connecting respective sets of nearby line segments in series, (v) determine, from the fully-connected sub-objects, a final sub-object to be used as a new boundary of the void, and (vi) add the final sub-object to the cross-sectional view as the new boundary of the void.
US12175541B2
System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, a drafting characteristic of a drafting relationship using vehicle operational data, where the drafting characteristic may include one or more of a vehicle spacing between a first vehicle and a second vehicle, vehicle speed, and vehicle type. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate an autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.
US12175539B2
A platform and associated methods manage and recommend a number of plans to a user. Processes to manage the plans access supplied user data to create a person object or representation. Parsed user data can be used. Plans are excluded using various criteria. Parameters are processed as defined in a configuration system along with checks to determine if a particular plan fits, does not fit, or is inconclusive. The determination considers, for example, conditions and medications for the user when excluding plans. Results of potential plans are provided to the user.
US12175538B2
The disclosure provides an early notification system to alert a driver of an approaching unsafe autonomous or semi-autonomous driving zone so that a driver may switch vehicle to a non-autonomous driving mode and navigate safely through the identified location. In response, to a determination of an upcoming unsafe autonomous or semi-autonomous driving zone, the driver or system may take appropriate actions in response to the early notification.
US12175533B2
A computer implemented method for assigning values to objects includes receiving a plurality of values for each of a plurality of base objects including a first and second base object; receiving a plurality of values for a first composite object associated with the first and second base objects; generating and storing in the memory a solution set including combinations of values of the first and second base objects; for each combination in the solution set, generating first transaction results by computing transactions between the values of the first and second base objects; comparing each of the first transaction results to a first range of values including the values of the first composite object; and removing, from the solution set and from the memory, the combinations of the values of the first and second base objects corresponding to the first transaction results that are outside of the first range of values.
US12175531B2
The present disclosure relates to novel methods and systems for dynamically displaying currency trading activities.
US12175524B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to computing platforms that utilize improved mitigation analysis and policy management techniques to improve onboarding security. A computing platform may determine that a predetermined period of time has elapsed since finalizing an onboarding process. The computing platform may receive spot check verification inputs indicative of a user identity and may direct a mitigation analysis and output generation platform to analyze the spot check verification inputs. The computing platform may receive an indication of a correlation between the spot check verification inputs and expected spot check verification inputs. In response to determining that the correlation exceeds a predetermined threshold, the computing platform may determine that an additional verification test should be conducted, and may direct the mobile device to display an interface that prompts for additional onboarding verification inputs.
US12175519B2
A method of providing information on or regarding a product in an electronic device according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure may include identifying detailed information on a first product in response to a request on a first page for the first product, identifying, when the first product is included in a specific category, at least one second product corresponding to the specific category, identifying at least one attribute list corresponding to the specific category, and, providing the first page, wherein the first page includes detailed information on the first product displayed in a first portion, first attribute information of the first product corresponding to the attribute list and displayed in a second portion, and second attribute information of the at least one second product corresponding to the attribute list and displayed in a third portion corresponding to the second portion.
US12175518B2
The present invention relates generally to a process for determining optimized communication rate plans for one or more communications devices across one or more communications networks. The present invention provides for assigning one or more devices operative on a communications network with one or more rate plans to an optimal rate plan. The present invention, in one or more embodiments provides of the one or more communication devices with a cost-effective rate plan solution based on usage profile of the one or more devices and available cost-savings programs available to the one or more devices.
US12175511B2
A method includes the steps of receiving one or more pilot inputs from each of one or more pilots and receiving one or more customer inputs from a customer. The method further includes the step of creating an aerial message job based on the one or more pilot inputs and the one or more customer inputs. And, the method includes the step of providing aerial message job completion data.
US12175509B2
A system, method, computer program product, and mobile receiving station for receiving and processing leaf tobacco at a location of a tobacco farmer, including processing the tobacco leaf at the location, including means for weighing and grading of the received tobacco leaf and, optionally, determining moisture content and transmitting information relating to the optionally determined moisture content, the weight, and the grade of the received tobacco leaf to a tobacco product manufacturing facility over a communications link.
US12175503B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for multi-channel cognitive resource application integration for digital onboard landing across platforms. The system allows the user a wholistic business outlook view for visualization and application of an onboarding journey leveraging artificial intelligence associated with the multi-channel cognitive resource platform to aid in onboarding and the push/pull dynamic timing. The system generates and integrates a direct contact within a contact list on a user device for direct linkage to the provider.
US12175496B1
In one embodiment, an analytics tracking system is disclosed that comprises an interface in electronic communication with one or more consumer devices configured to enable a corresponding consumer to access the interface via a mobile application. The system further comprises a consumer data store comprising data regarding at least one consumer, a movement data store comprising data regarding locations and/or movement of the at least one consumer, and an online behavior data (OBD) data store comprising data associated with browsing and/or application data histories of the at least one consumer. The system further comprises a dynamic analysis system configured to analyze data from the consumer data store, the movement data store, and the OBD data store to generate at least one of custom information for the at least one consumer or identify a location for presentation of information to the at least one consumer.
US12175495B2
A computer-based content delivery method includes receiving from a first user a request for content; based on said request, delivering particular content to said first user, wherein said particular content was selected based on information associated with a second user distinct from said first user. The first second users are members of a similarity group, and the second user is a leader of said group and said first user is a follower in said group.
US12175487B2
An online concierge system allows users to order items within discrete time intervals later than a time when an order was received or for short-term fulfillment when the order was received. To account for a number of shoppers available to fulfill orders during different discrete time intervals and numbers of orders for fulfillment during different discrete time intervals, the online concierge system specifies a target rate for orders fulfilled later than a specified discrete time interval and a threshold from the target rate. A trained machine learning model periodically predicts a percentage of orders being fulfilled late, with an order associated with a predicted percentage when the order was received. The online concierge system increases a price of orders associated with predicted percentages greater than the threshold from the target rate. The increased price of an order is determined from a price elasticity curve and the predicted percentage.
US12175486B2
A method of displaying an OHLC (open, high, low, close) type symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the time period having a first duration T, the method includes receiving an intra-time-period resolution value N, wherein N is an integer greater than two, calculating a second duration by dividing T by N, the second duration representative of an intra-time period within the time period, obtaining N items of the OHLC data, wherein each item of the obtained OHLC data is representative of price changes over a particular intra-time period having the second duration of a plurality of intra-time periods within the time period, and displaying, by the charting engine, in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method, the OHLC type symbol generated based on the received N items of OHLC data.
US12175458B2
A method for providing a multi-service platform to entities includes the storage of profiles for a plurality of entities involved in services with other entities, including point to point and business to business transactions, including entities not registered, that can be claimed by each entity, where each entity can provide for roles and hierarchies of authorized users of the platform for that entity, and where the platform is configured to provide, among other services, registration of procurement status for purchase orders in a digital ledger that provides for auditability and immutability.
US12175449B2
The invention relates to the field of technical infrastructures that provide for performing financial transactions between economic entities, in particular to payment systems that provide for, on the one hand, convenience and simplicity of a payment process, and on the other hand its security. The claimed invention is a method for initiating performing a payment transaction and a system for implementing thereof, implementation of which ensures the achievement of a technical result, which consists in simplifying the process of installation, adjustment, debugging and maintenance of the system, reducing the likelihood of the occurrence of errors, failures and faults in its operation, allowing to accurately determine which of the users' mobile devices is closer to the payment terminal device than the rest in the conditions when the users queue up, as well as optimizing the set of software and hardware used for the task of initiating performing a payment transaction without having to pick up the mobile device.
US12175438B1
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, device, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof for blending multiple images of a financial instrument (e.g., check) into a single blended image to mitigate potential image errors. The method generates a confidence score for each of the plurality of images of the financial instrument, selects, based on the confidence score, a number of images of the financial instrument, ranks the number of images, arranging them from a highest to lowest confidence score, and assigns a weighting value, such as transparency, to each image of the selected number of images of the financial instrument, based on a respective ranking. The method builds a blended image by blending pixel content of common pixels, as modified by a respective weighting value, from the number of images and communicates the blended image to a remote deposit server.
US12175435B2
Disclosed is a method for predicting demand for maintenance materials of a smart gas pipeline network. The method comprises: obtaining a pipeline network feature of a gas pipeline network; predicting fault probabilities of one or more point positions of the gas pipeline network based on the pipeline network feature, the fault probabilities including probabilities of one or more preset fault types of faults occurring at the point positions; determining sub-demand for the maintenance materials of each point position based on the fault probability of each point position of the one or more point positions, the sub-demand being obtained based on historical maintenance data of the gas pipeline network; determining the demand for the maintenance materials based on the sub-demand of each point position of the gas pipeline network; and transmitting the demand for the maintenance materials to the smart gas user platform based on the smart gas service platform.
US12175433B2
Aspects identify users as trusted assistant candidates in response to associations to purchases of vehicle repair items. Embodiments further select a one of the trusted assistant candidates that is linked to a vehicle operator as a social network contact and that is located closest to a vehicle location relative to remaining others of the trusted assistant candidates, in response to determining that the vehicle operator needs remote location assistance at the vehicle location; and dispatch the selected one of the trusted assistant candidates to the vehicle location to provide remote location assistance to the vehicle operator.
US12175432B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to email verification. A computing platform may receive an electronic message and identify one or more portions of content in the message. Then, the computing platform may generate and embed one or more message-specific identifiers into the electronic message and store electronic message information associating the one or more portions of content with the one or more embedded message-specific identifiers. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive an electronic message verification request to verify authenticity of an identified electronic message received by a computing device. The computing platform may prompt a user of the computing device to provide authentication information associated with one or more portions of content of the identified electronic message. Based on comparing the authentication information provided by the user to the stored electronic message information, the computing platform may determine whether the identified electronic message is valid and send a notification accordingly.
US12175427B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, apparatuses, methods, and media) for managing inventory associated with a facility are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided comprising: receiving identifying information of items; causing a mobile device to present a subset of items in a user interface; receiving transmitting device identification information, the device associated with a first location; determining, based on the transmitter identifying information, a location of the mobile device within the facility; receiving an indication items are being stored at the location of the mobile device; associating the items with the location; causing a computing device to present a user interface that includes identifying information associated with the items in connection with a location of the items.
US12175420B2
Shipment receiving systems and methods are disclosed. Invoice and store inventory management data is provided to an invoice processor for assigning expected destinations to lanes of a material transporter having and a plurality of outlet lanes that each have an indicator. A scanner determines a case identifier for each case which is routed accordingly. One or more notifications is provided to the indicator of one or more of the plurality of outlet lanes. Received shipment data enables reconciliation of upstream supply change management systems and downstream store inventory systems.
US12175418B2
Systems, methods, and computer media for blockchain-based communication between applications are provided herein. Using a blockchain-based multi-application communication platform, different applications can create and interact with trusted records. A trusted record represents something quantified and/or tracked through an application. Trusted records are stored in a blockchain. Trusted records can be created by one application and accessed by other applications through the platform. Interactions of the different applications with a trusted record are also stored in the blockchain. The immutability of information stored in the blockchain ensures that the trusted records can in fact be trusted, ensures that interactions with trusted records are memorialized, and removes uncertainty as to which application's records are correct.
US12175416B2
An information processing device includes a control unit configured to send first information including a first date and time, to a user terminal, at a predetermined timing before the first date and time, the first date and time being a date and time at which baggage deposited in a movable locker is planned to be taken out, the movable locker being mounted on a vehicle, the user terminal being used by a user that has deposited the baggage in the locker. The predetermined timing is a timing that is earlier than the first date and time by a first time length. The control unit sets the first time length such that the first time length is longer as the distance between a first place and the position of the user terminal is longer, the first place being a place at which the baggage is planned to be taken out.
US12175415B2
An autonomous delivery vehicle including locking storage containers may be used for item deliveries, rejections, returns, and/or third-party fulfillment. A delivery vehicle or robot may include a number of locking storage containers, an authorization interface, and one or more sensors to receive delivery requests, detect and authorize users, and control locker access at various delivery locations to allow users to receive delivered items, and reject or return items. The vehicle may also include a passenger compartment to transport one or more passengers. The vehicle may be reconfigurable to accommodate different combinations of lockers and/or passenger seats. An item delivery system may receive delivery requests and determine routes for delivery vehicles, including centralized delivery locations and/or direct deliveries to recipients.
US12175413B2
Provided is a system to generate a machine learning model to provide a predicted cost associated with shipping a shipment of freight from an origin of the shipment of freight to a destination of the shipment of freight based on a training dataset and a predicted distance and to determine the predicted cost associated with shipping a specified shipment of freight from the origin of the specified shipment of freight to the destination of the specified shipment of freight using the machine learning model. The training dataset includes data associated with shipments of freight conducted during a first time interval and data associated with shipments of freight conducted during a second time interval. The first time interval is at least a year and the second time interval is shorter than the first time interval. A computer implemented method and computer program product are also provided.
US12175397B2
An approach is provided for using pedestrian probe data for ridesharing. The approach involves, for example, receiving pedestrian probe data from a search zone associated with a designated location. The pedestrian probe data is collected, for instance, from one or more location sensors of at least one device associated with at least one pedestrian. The approach also involves processing the pedestrian probe data to determine one or more pedestrian paths terminating at the designated location. The approach further involves identifying at least one common origin, at least one common destination, or a combination thereof of the one or more pedestrian paths and providing the least one common origin, the at least one common destination, or a combination thereof as an output.
US12175396B2
Systems and methods for facilitating aerial vehicle services are provided. A service entity system can obtain multi-modal transportation services data indicative of a plurality of anticipated aerial transportation service. The service entity system can obtain vehicle attributes associated vehicle(s) of an aerial vehicle provider and determine an expected performance of the vehicle(s) based on the vehicle attributes and the anticipated aerial transportation services. The service entity system can generate an aerial vehicle service request that requests access to the vehicle(s) for providing aerial transportation services for the service entity based on the expected performance of the vehicle(s). A vehicle provider system can obtain a number of different aerial vehicle service requests from a number of different service entities. The vehicle provider system can select portions of the different aerial vehicle service requests to accept and provide access to vehicle(s) of the vehicle provider based on the selected portions.
US12175392B2
A method of determining a wait time at a point of interest includes obtaining a current occupancy signal of a parking establishment associated with one or more points of interest, obtaining a historic occupancy signal of the parking establishment, determining, with one or more processors, a predicted wait time for the one or more points of interest associated with the parking establishment based on the current occupancy signal and the historic occupancy signal, and communicating the predicted wait time to a user with a user interface device.
US12175391B2
Methods and apparatus for dynamic modification of interruptibility settings of network-accessible resources are disclosed. A system includes a resource manager and a plurality of resource instances, each of which has an interruptibility setting. In response to an instance acquisition request, the resource manager allocates an instance with a first interruptibility setting, allowing the resource manager to revoke the client's access to the instance without a notification. In response to an approval of an interruptibility upgrade request, the resource manager modifies the interruptibility setting to a second setting that allows the client to retain access to the instance for at least a specified time. Respective billing amounts for the client's use of the instance are determined for each of the interruptibility settings used.
US12175390B2
The present disclosure relates to determining detecting blast electronic activities. A method can include identifying a plurality of first electronic activities transmitted by a first electronic account of a data source provider. For each first electronic activity of the plurality of first electronic activities, a plurality of features can be extracted. For at least one first electronic activity of the plurality of first electronic activities, a blast probability score can be generated indicating a likelihood that the at least one first electronic activity is a blast electronic activity. The blast probability score can be generated using a machine learning model trained using features extracted from second electronic activities labeled as blast electronic activities and features extracted from third electronic activities labeled as non-blast electronic activities. An association between the at least one first electronic activity and the blast probability score can be stored in a data structure.
US12175373B2
Provided is an injection molding machine system (1) that performs control of molding conditions in an injection molding machine (2) by an agent (6) including a machine learning device which performs reinforcement learning. In the present learning, physical data obtained from the injection molding machine (2) and a defect type indicating the type of a molding defect in a molded article are used as states, molding conditions are used as actions, and a defect state indicating the defect level of the molding defect is used as a reward.
US12175371B1
A method using the Sifr optimizer for training a neural network model having layers and parameters comprises providing an input corresponding to each of samples comprised in a batch from a training dataset to an input layer, obtaining outputs from the neural network model, calculating a loss function for each of the samples based on the outputs and corresponding desired values, and determining values of the parameters for minimizing a mismatch between the outputs and the corresponding desired values across the samples for the parameters based on the loss function. Further, the determining of the values for the parameters comprises executing at least one of forward passes and backward passes through the neural network model, obtaining a curvature data based on the executing, obtaining a Sifr update based on the data. The determining of the values for the parameters is based on the Sifr update.
US12175354B1
An apparatus for training a tunable data structure to predict internal ribosome entry site (IRES) activity includes at least a processor and a memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to assemble a training set including a plurality of nucleotide sequence data examples IRES sequences and a plurality of correlated observed IRES activity, partition the training set into at least a first section and a second section, train, using the first section at least an activity data structure to generate probable IRES activity using nucleotide sequence data, and iteratively retrain the at least an activity data structure using the second section, wherein each iteration of the iterative retraining includes generating a predicted IRES activity value using the at least an activity neural network and a nucleotide sequence data example, evaluating an error function, and tuning the activity data structure.
US12175352B2
A method for evaluating the mechanical state of a high-voltage shunt reactor based on vibration characteristics is disclosed, relating to the technical field of electrical equipment fault diagnosis. The method includes: based on historical state data and real-time vibration and noise signal data of the high-voltage shunt reactor and through an LSTM neural network time series prediction method, comparing deviation between predicted characteristic value and actual characteristic value, and determining whether the high-voltage shunt reactor has mechanical defects or failures. By using the historical state data and the real-time vibration and noise signal data of the high-voltage shunt reactor, an LSTM neural network time series prediction method, as well as comparison of the deviation between the predicted characteristic value and the actual characteristic value, etc., the evaluation of the mechanical state of the high-voltage shunt reactor is realized.
US12175350B2
In at least one embodiment, differentiable neural architecture search and reinforcement learning are combined under one framework to discover network architectures with desired properties such as high accuracy, low latency, or both. In at least one embodiment, an objective function for search based on generalization error prevents the selection of architectures prone to overfitting.
US12175348B2
A method for managing a vehicle's resource includes: executing at least one application requiring a resource in a first mode, the at least one application associated with autonomous driving process of the vehicle, obtaining driving route information, obtaining, from a position data generation device disposed at the vehicle, location information providing a current location of the vehicle, predicting resource utilization expected to be required in the first mode by using the driving route information and the location information, and switching from the first mode executing the at least one application to a second mode, wherein the at least one application is executed in the second mode requiring less resources than being executed in the first mode based on the predicted resource utilization exceeding a first threshold.
US12175347B2
A predictor has a memory which stores at least one example for which an associated outcome is not known. The memory stores at least one decision tree comprising a plurality of nodes connected by edges, the nodes comprising a root node, internal nodes and leaf nodes. Individual ones of the nodes and individual ones of the edges each have an assigned module, comprising parameterized, differentiable operations, such that for each of the internal nodes the module computes a binary outcome for selecting a child node of the internal node. The predictor has a processor configured to compute the prediction by processing the example using a plurality of the differentiable operations selected according to a path through the tree from the root node to a leaf node.
US12175343B2
A system and method for providing machine learning algorithms with multi-source, real-time, and context-aware real-world data use in artificial intelligence applications include providing a server and a plurality of elements connected to the server and to each other via a network, each connected element including one or more sensory mechanisms. The server includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores a persistent virtual world system including virtual replicas of real world entities created and edited via a replica editor and updated via multi-source sensory data captured by the sensory mechanisms. Each virtual replica includes data and instructions including multi-source sensory data. The processor is configured to perform data preparation thereby generating machine learning data sets, and to perform machine learning algorithms on the data sets, generating trained machine learning models for holistically inferring new data and optimizing a system composed of real world entities.
US12175342B2
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products that can facilitate applying a reinforcement learning policy to available actions are described. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a state encoder that maps, based on one or more encoding parameters, a state of an environment on to one or more qubits of a quantum device. The system can further comprise a variational component that combines a reinforcement learning policy with a sampling of the one or more qubits, resulting, based on one or more variational parameters, in a probability distribution of a plurality of available actions at the state of the environment.
US12175332B2
A quantum coding system coupled to a quantum channel that includes an entanglement server that generates a first and second entangled qubit. A first cache coupled to the entanglement server and comprising a quantum store configured to store qubits and a classical store configured to store classical tagging information associated with the stored qubits, the first cache configured to provide the first entangled qubit at an output at a first time that is based on classical tagging information associated with the entangled qubit pairs. A transmitter coupled to the first quantum cache and coupled to the quantum channel, the transmitter configured to modulate the first entangled qubit pairs from the first cache using classical information, thereby producing coded classical information, and to provide the modulated qubit to the quantum channel. A second cache coupled to the quantum channel, and comprising a quantum store configured to store qubits and a classical store configured to store classical tagging information associated with the stored qubits, the second cache configured receive the second entangled qubit and to provide the second entangled qubit at the output at a second time that is based on classical tagging information associated with the second entangled qubit. A receiver coupled to the second quantum cache and to the quantum channel, the receiver configured to receive the modulated qubit and to receive the second entangled qubit from the second cache at the second time and further configured to process the received modulated qubit and the second entangled qubit pairs, thereby providing decoded classical information.
US12175329B2
An optimization apparatus finds the ground state of an Ising model that represents a target problem by running a simulation of state changes of the Ising model that occur upon reduction in a magnetic field applied to the Ising model. In doing so, the optimization apparatus adds a value corresponding to noise to some of coefficients used in the simulation. Then, the optimization apparatus performs a first process of real time propagation of reducing strength of the magnetic field as time in the simulation progresses and a second process of reducing energy of the Ising model based on an imaginary time propagation method.
US12175320B2
A foreign matter detection device which detects a foreign matter in an inside of a card reader. The foreign matter detection device includes a control part which performs control for causing an imaging device provided in the inside of the card reader to image a space in the inside of the card reader, and a detection part which detects the foreign matter in the space by image analysis based on a captured image obtained by the imaging device.
US12175314B2
Provided is a contactless electronic system configured for contactless communications with a reader over an electromagnetic field and comprising a power supply, a current monitor, a processing system comprising a hardware processor configured for performing operations, a dynamic extra current loader and a clock generator, wherein the power supply includes a clamp circuit, and wherein, continuously until the end of an execution phase of said hardware processor. The current monitor is configured for determining the maximal current Imax that can be provided by the power supply to the processing system from the electromagnetic field by comparing a current into the clamp circuit to at least one predetermined threshold. Other embodiments disclosed.
US12175313B2
An image forming apparatus automatically adjusts a printing distance from a sheet edge on the basis of a result obtained by reading, with a reader, a test sheet printed by an image former. The image former prints a solid cover sheet of a predetermined color other than white having a void portion on four sides. The test sheet is placed on OC glass having a first size guide and a second size guide on its periphery, in alignment with the origin of the first size guide and the second size guide. The reader reads the test sheet in a state in which the cover sheet is placed on the test sheet so that the void portion is disposed outside the first size guide and the second size guide.
US12175306B2
A method includes identifying a plurality of queries from an application, the plurality of queries associated with an application programming interface (API) and determining an API schema coverage map associated with the plurality of queries. The method further includes generating transformation metadata in view of the API schema coverage map and generating a serverless architecture configuration associated with the application in view of the transformation metadata.
US12175305B2
A mobile computer application may (1) access a financial institution mobile application to determine if there is an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application; (2) initiate a secure session with the financial institution backend in response to a determination that there is an account eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application; (3) request an identification of an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application from the financial institution backend; (4) receive a pointer to an account that is eligible for provisioning to the mobile computer application from the financial institution backend; (5) display an icon for the eligible account; (6) receive a selection of the icon; (7) return the pointer to the financial institution backend; (8) receive a provisioning payload for the eligible account from the financial institution backend; and (9) initiate in-application provisioning of the eligible account.
US12175300B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to software control of graphics hardware that supports logical slots. In some embodiments, a GPU includes circuitry that implements a plurality of logical slots and a set of graphics processor sub-units that each implement multiple distributed hardware slots. Control circuitry may determine mappings between logical slots and distributed hardware slots for different sets of graphics work. Various mapping aspects may be software-controlled. For example, software may specify one or more of the following: priority information for a set of graphics work, to retain the mapping after completion of the work, a distribution rule, a target group of sub-units, a sub-unit mask, a scheduling policy, to reclaim hardware slots from another logical slot, etc. Software may also query status of the work.
US12175298B1
A method and apparatus are disclosed of monitoring a number of virtual machines operating in an enterprise network. One example method of operation may include identifying a number of virtual machines currently operating in an enterprise network and determining performance metrics for each of the virtual machines. The method may also include identifying at least one candidate virtual machine from the virtual machines to optimize its active application load and modifying the candidate virtual machine to change its active application load.
US12175286B2
A system includes a computing infrastructure and an application prioritization system. The computing infrastructure includes a plurality of computing devices configured to implement computing applications. The application prioritization system receives application data associated with the computing applications. A request is received for a priority of a first computing application of the computing applications compared to a second computing application of the computing applications. The application prioritization system determines, using a feedback-based machine learning model, a first priority of the first computing application and a second priority of the second computing application and an explanation of the first and second priorities. A response is provided with an indication of the larger of the first priority and second priority and the explanation.
US12175285B1
An integrated circuit for distributing processing tasks includes a pre-selector circuit and a scheduler circuit. The pre-selector circuit is configured to receive a processing task, determine a category of the processing task, and select, from a set of task distribution techniques and based at least in part on the category of the processing task, a task distribution technique for distributing the processing task to a group of processing units. The scheduler circuit is configured to implement the selected task distribution technique to select, from the group of processing units, a target processing unit for performing the processing task.
US12175281B2
A data storage device includes a memory device and a controller coupled to the memory device. The controller is configured to issue an unaligned transaction, determine that there is a transfer failure indication for the unaligned transaction, and retry the unaligned transaction with either a different alignment or a different transfer size. The different alignment or the different transfer size is used for another unaligned transaction from a same address range upon successful retry of the unaligned transaction.
US12175279B2
Systems and methods for controlling access to services. Methods may comprise receiving, from a first client of a plurality of clients, a first request to access a first service of a plurality of services. The first service may be associated with a first bulkhead. A first count of concurrent active requests to the first service via the first bulkhead may be determined. If the first count is equal to a first bulkhead maximum value, access to the first service via the first bulkhead may consequently be refused. A second count of concurrent active requests via a shared burst bulkhead may be determined. The second count may correspond to concurrent active requests to any of the plurality of services via the shared burst bulkhead. If the second count is less than a shared burst maximum value, the first request to the first service may be routed via the shared burst bulkhead.
US12175276B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamically exchanging runtime state data between datacenters with a gateway using a controller bridge is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises: receiving one or more first runtime state data from one or more logical sharding central control planes (“CCPs”) controlling one or more logical sharding hosts; receiving one or more second runtime state data from a gateway that is controlled by a CCP that also controls one or more physical sharding hosts; aggregating to aggregated runtime state data, the one or more first runtime state data received from the one or more logical sharding CCPs and the one or more second runtime state data received from the gateway; determining updated runtime state data based on the aggregated runtime state data, the one or more first runtime state data, and the one or more second runtime state data; and transmitting the updated runtime state data to at least one of the one or more logical sharding CCPs and the gateway.
US12175263B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for generating a unified semantic model identifying a user's intentions or goals within operating the system. By determining the intent and desires of the user, tasks and queries associated with or requested by the user can be more effectively optimized, automated, or otherwise improved. In some computing environments, multiple users access a database which includes a collection of software objects. The objects within the database can sometimes form a hierarchy, with a parent-child relationship among them. Traditionally, a developer creating the database and the objects within can only determine a user's intent based on the actions taken by the user within the database. The present solution provides the developer with a higher level model representing different users' intents based on observed data from a number of sources in addition to the user's interaction with the database.
US12175261B1
A layout description file and a parameter description file are received. The layout description file specifies a configuration page for configuring settings of an application installed on an end user device, and includes parameter page elements. Each parameter page element is used for rendering a user interface (UI) element for that page element, and each parameter page element includes include a parameter identifier that references a set of one or more configuration parameters in the parameter description file. A configuration visualization is dynamically built using the layout description file and the parameter description file, and rendered on a web browser. Through the configuration visualization, at least one change to a configuration setting for the application is received. The configuration setting change is transmitted to a centralized management system for deployment of the configuration to the end user devices.
US12175258B2
A method for comparatively evaluating end user experiences (EUX's) for different configurations of an enterprise computer system includes: setting the enterprise computer system to have different first and second configurations; for each of the configurations defining a number of artificial end users and instantiating the artificial end users as each driving a corresponding workstation with a respective copy of a predefined workload for stressing the given configuration of the enterprise computer system with imposition by the instantiated artificial end users of their respective copies of the predefined workload; while the instantiated artificial end users drive their corresponding workstations with the respective copies of the predefined workload, measuring time durations for task performance attributes for each of the driving artificial end users; and comparing normalized time duration measurements of the first configuration with the normalized time duration measurements of the second configuration.
US12175243B2
Aspects disclosed include hardware micro-fused memory (e.g., load and store) operations. In one aspect, a hardware micro-fused memory operation is a single atomic memory operation performed using a plurality of data register operands, for example a load pair or store pair operation. The load pair or store pair operation is treated as two separate operations for purposes of renaming, but is scheduled as a single micro-operation having two data register operands. The load or store pair operation is then performed atomically.
US12175241B1
A software package is received which encapsulates a plurality of files which are then extracted. For those files that cannot be identified, an embedding is generated. Different file types can employ different embedding generating techniques. Using this embedding, a set of potential software packages to the file from which the embedding was generated is calculated. This calculation can use, for example, one or more similarity analysis techniques relative to a set of mapped packages and embeddings (i.e., a set of known software packages and embeddings corresponding to known constituent files, etc.). The calculation can be used to determine an identity of the software package. The determined identity can be provided to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12175223B2
Disclosed is a system for converting a high-level runtime model to a low-level runtime model where the high-level runtime model runs on a client computer system, and the low-level runtime model runs on a server computer system. The server system has installed thereon a pool of hardware accelerators, and the low-level runtime model is targeted to the pool of accelerators. Outputs of the low-level runtime model are returned to the high-level runtime model as if the high-level runtime model computed the outputs.
US12175221B2
A computing environment of the invention comprises a graph structure, or multiple interconnected graph structures, the behavior of which is driven by data flow through interconnected nodes, independent of an external code base. The computer system may include a plurality of interconnected nodes in which data flow between the nodes drives execution of one or more functions and wherein code within the system is restricted to said nodes, each of which performs a dedicated function and an engine to drive communication between said system and operating hardware. Data are injected into a node and the node responds by outputting a value (data) to one or more subsequent nodes. Those nodes, in turn, output a behavior that is dependent upon the value (data) they received from one or more other nodes. Thus, it is the data that drives operation of the graph and not a traditional code stack.
US12175216B2
A system configured to convert human-readable source code into computer-readable source code is disclosed herein. The system can include a processor and a memory configured to store a compiling engine that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive an input program comprising human-readable source code, wherein the human-readable source code comprises a complex function, type inference the complex function, thereby inferring a first set of potentially partial and imprecise data types for the input program; transform the type inferenced complex function and type infer again a number of times, type inference the transformed complex function, thereby inferring a full set of precise data types for the type inferenced input program; and generate an output program comprising machine-readable code, wherein the machine-readable code is fully optimized using the full set of precise data types.
US12175215B2
The possibility of a desired program being automatically generated is increased by a program generation device including: a search unit configured to search for a first program that corresponds to a specification written in natural language similar to natural language that describes a specification of a program to be generated, from a set of pairs each constituted by natural language that describes a specification of a program and the program that satisfies syntax of a programing language; and a change unit configured to change the first program to generate a second program that satisfies at least one pair of an input value and an output value.
US12175212B2
In one embodiment, a method for developing a virtual programmable logic controller (PLC) application using a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method including generating the virtual PLC application comprising at least two objects arranged in at least a horizontal section, wherein the horizontal section is configured to execute the two objects at the same time, and wherein at least one of the two objects uses a template that specifies mappings between a first data format of first data associated with a first data source and a second data format of second data associated with a third-party application. The method also including executing the virtual PLC application by: identifying when a change has been made to the first data, and converting, via the at least one of the two objects using the template, the first data having the first data format to the second data having the second data format.
US12175209B2
A process for a floating point multiplier-accumulator (MAC) is operative on N pairs of floating point values using N MAC processes operating concurrently, each MAC process operating on a pair of values comprising an input value and a coefficient value. Each MAC process simultaneously generates an integer form fraction accompanied by a sign bit and an exponent difference computed by subtracting an exponent sum from a maximum exponent sum of all exponent sums. A range estimating process determines a possible range of values from the exponent differences and determines an adder precision. A summing process adds all of the integer form fractions using the determined adder precision, and converts the sum to a floating point value using the maximum exponent sum, sign bit of the summed integer form fractions, and optionally performs a 2's complement of the summed integer form fraction if the sign bit is negative.
US12175206B2
A method and an apparatus for machine reading comprehension, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. In the method, a paragraph-question pair is obtained, and subword vectors corresponding to subwords in the paragraph-question pair are generated. Then, for each subword, relative positions of the subword with respect to the other subwords are determined based on distances, and self-attention information of the subword in a first part and mutual attention information of the subword in a second part are calculated by using the relative positions and the subword vector. Then, a fusion vector of the subword is generated based on the self-attention information and the mutual attention information. Then, the fusion vectors of the subwords are input to a decoder of a machine reading comprehension model so as to obtain an answer predicted by the decoder.
US12175204B2
Techniques for dynamically developing a contextual set of prompts based on relevant aspects extracted from s set of training data. One technique includes obtaining training data comprising text examples and associated labels, extracting aspects from the training data, generating prompting templates based on the training data and the extracted aspects, concatenating each of the text examples with the respective generated prompting template to create prompting functions, training a machine learning language model on the prompting functions to predict a solution for a task, where the training is formulated as a masked language modeling problem with blanks of the prompting templates being set as text labels and expected output for the task being set as specified solution labels, and the training learns or updates model parameters of the machine learning language model for performing the task. The machine learning language model is provided with the learned or updated model parameters.
US12175201B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of:(a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12175199B2
A system and method for identifying the paths or connections (i.e., term lineage) through which the values of business terms move or flow through a single software application. The term lineage identification system and method identifies the business terms from a data model extracted from source code, and then generates an enriched architecture diagram therefrom. The operator then selects one or more business terms that form part of a term lineage project, and then the system, based on the selection, generates or creates a term lineage diagram so as to discover and view the term lineage of the selected business terms.
US12175194B2
Video classification accuracy can be improved by utilizing multiple features. Classification based on a combination of an image classification model, an audio classification model, and a textual description classification model may improve classification. The image classification result is based on an image feature of the image frame. The audio classification result is based on an audio feature of the audio. The textual description classification result is based on a text feature of the textual description information. A target classification result of the target video is determined based on to the image classification result, the audio classification result, and the textual classification result.
US12175180B2
Systems and methods for context aware circuit design are described herein. A method includes: identifying at least one cell to be designed into a circuit; identifying at least one context parameter having an impact to layout dependent effect of the circuit; generating, for each cell and for each context parameter, a plurality of abutment environments associated with the cell; estimating, for each cell and each context parameter, a sensitivity of at least one electrical property of the cell to the context parameter by generating a plurality of electrical property values of the cell under the plurality of abutment environments; and determining whether each context parameter is a key context parameter for a static analysis of the circuit, based on the sensitivity of the at least one electrical property of each cell and based on at least one predetermined threshold.
US12175177B2
A system verification method includes generating a first verification vector as a result of a first action of an agent, the first verification vector referring to an observation corresponding to at least one state already covered, from among states of elements of a target system, identifying a first coverage corresponding to at least one state covered by the first verification vector, from among the states of the elements, updating the observation by reflecting the first coverage in the observation, and generating a second verification vector through a second action of the agent, the second verification vector referring to the updated observation.
US12175163B1
Embodiments include systems and methods for presenting digital infrastructure planning in a three-dimensional topographical format including presenting a Fiber Specification used to create a Fiber configuration, and in response to a selection in the Fiber Specification for a condition, presenting an Element Editor interface for the Fiber configuration which is specific to the selection for the condition in the Fiber Specification. Further, in response to a selection in the Element Editor for a Fiber configuration which is specific to the selection for the condition in the Fiber Specification, presenting configuration options for a conduit in the Element Editor, in response to a selection for a configuration option for the conduit, presenting configuration options for the innerduct in the Element Editor, and in response to a selection from the configuration options for the innerduct, presenting options for the cable in the Element Editor.
US12175159B1
A method performed by a processor of a computer system including a headset that is to be worn on a head of a user. The method drives a speaker of the headset with an input audio signal to output sound into an environment. The method determines that the speaker is at least partially covered with a cupped hand. In response to determining that the speaker is at least partially covered with the cupped hand, applying a gain to the input audio signal to reduce an output sound level of the speaker.
US12175157B2
Example systems and techniques disclosed herein facilitate interoperability between different media playback systems referred to herein as a virtual line-in (VLI) media playback system and a native playback system. When a VLI session is created by a VLI sender, a first native playback device can join a VLI group as a VLI receiver. As a VLI receiver, the first native playback device receives audio content and playback commands from the VLI sender to facilitate synchronous playback with other VLI receivers. At the same time, this native playback device can concurrently operate as a native domain group coordinator of a native domain synchrony group. As the native domain group coordinator, the native playback device translates VLI domain audio, control, and timing signals into the native domain and distributes such signals to native domain group members. In this way, the native domain group members can synchronize their playback with the VLI group.
US12175146B2
The image forming apparatus is capable of switching settings according to a usage scene, and includes a control unit that, when a job is received from a terminal device, controls switching to the setting corresponding to the usage scene registered in association with information of the terminal device.
US12175145B2
An image-forming device includes: a main casing to which a consumable having a consumable memory is attachable; a main memory; a communication interface; and a controller. The main memory is capable of storing: common identification information representing an image-forming device group including the image-forming device and another image-forming device; and settings information including a setting related to an operation of the image-forming device. The controller is configured to perform: in response to determining that the common identification information is stored in the main memory, an acquisition process; and a storage process. In the acquisition process, the controller acquires, from an external device via the communication interface, settings information stored in a main memory of the other image-forming device included in the image-forming device group corresponding to the common identification information. In the storage process, the controller stores the settings information in the main memory of the image-forming device.
US12175140B1
A front end of a raster image processing (RIP) system decides a starting storage location and a storage hierarchy. The hierarchy dictates where the rendered pages of a job will be stored. At least one page of a first set of pages of a job are stored at a memory for the RIP system. At least one page of a second set of pages of the job are stored in a storage drive when the memory is not available. The type of job also dictates that the rendered pages of the job are stored in the storage drive. Complex pages also are stored in the storage drive while simple pages are discarded. The processing operations are managed so that the print engine is running efficiently.
US12175139B2
An image forming apparatus of a roll-to-roll type includes a hardware processor that functions as a controller. The controller has a real-time adjustment function of printing an adjustment image on a roll sheet, acquiring a reading result of reading the adjustment image from an image reading section, and adjusting an image forming condition in an image forming section in real time based on the reading result during execution of a printing job, and an error-time operation determination function of determining whether to stop or continue the printing job, when an adjustment error in the real-time adjustment function is detected, the determining being based on an occurrence situation of the adjustment error.
US12175128B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonvolatile storage device including a storage medium and a controller. The storage medium is configured to store a key-value pair in which a key and a value form a pair. The controller is configured to generate identification information identifying the key and transmit the identification information to a host.
US12175126B2
Methods, systems, and devices for techniques to season memory cells are described. A memory device may receive a command to season the memory device from a device configured to season the memory device or from a host device. Based on receiving the command, the memory device may identify a quantity of cycles to season the memory device based on receiving the command. In one case, the memory device may identify the quantity of cycles based on the command including an indication of the quantity of cycles used to season the memory device. In another case, the memory device may identify the quantity of cycles based on the command including one or more parameters associated with operating the memory device. In either case, the memory device may execute the quantity of cycles and indicate a completion of seasoning the memory device based on executing the quantity of cycles.
US12175117B2
Disclosed herein is a data storage device. A data port transmits data between a host computer system and the data storage device. A non-volatile storage medium stores encrypted user content data and a cryptography engine connected between the data port and the storage medium uses a cryptographic key to decrypt the encrypted user content data. The access controller generates authorization request data indicative of multiple devices to be authorized, and stores the authorization request data on non-volatile configuration memory of the data storage device. Upon approval of the authorization request data by a manager device that is registered with the access controller as a manager device, the access controller locates the authorization request data of one of the multiple devices to be authorized and registers the one of the multiple devices to be authorized as an authorized device.
US12175116B2
In one implementation a vector processor gather/scatter apparatus comprises a plurality of vector ports, and a random access memory, where the plurality of vector ports are in communication with the random access memory, and where one or more of the plurality of vector ports uses one or more of an address register and one or more of a stride register in communication with the random access memory to allow the gather/scatter of random access memory contents.
US12175105B2
A storage system is operable to transition from operation in accordance with a first storage scheme to operation in accordance with a second storage scheme by, for each storage device of the plurality of storage devices, expanding a storage size of a single storage structure of the corresponding plurality of data storage structures identified to implement the second storage scheme from an initial size to a final size consuming full storage resources of the each storage device based on writing all new data of a plurality of write requests to the single storage structure in accordance with the second storage scheme, performing at least one expansion of the single storage structure within the each storage device in response to an expansion condition being met, and completing transition based on the single storage structure reaching the final size consuming the full storage resources of the each storage device.
US12175097B2
An illustrative method includes a storage-aware serverless function management system determining a status of a serverless system that implements one or more serverless functions configured to access one or more components of a storage system, determining a utilization of the storage system, and requesting that the storage system adjust storage of data in the storage system based on the status of the serverless system and the utilization of the storage system.
US12175082B2
A method and an apparatus for dynamically managing a shared memory pool are provided, to determine, based on different service scenarios, a shared memory pool mechanism applicable to a current service scenario, and then dynamically adjust a memory pool mechanism based on the determined result. The method for dynamically managing a shared memory pool includes: determining a first shared memory pool mechanism for the shared memory pool, where the first shared memory pool mechanism is a fixed memory pool mechanism or a dynamic memory pool mechanism; determining a second shared memory pool mechanism suitable for a second service scenario based on the second service scenario, where the second shared memory pool mechanism is a fixed memory pool mechanism or a dynamic memory pool mechanism; and when the second shared memory pool mechanism is different from the first shared memory pool mechanism, adjusting the first shared memory pool mechanism to the second shared memory pool mechanism.
US12175081B2
Disclosed herein is a device and method for dynamically processing of a command within a storage system. This includes identifying a plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations of the storage system that have at least one operation parameter associated with the plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations. For each identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations, there is a determination whether a value of the at least one operation parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold value. That value is representative of operation effects of the storage system on a corresponding storage location of the identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations. During operation of the storage system, there is a throttling of execution of the command to access a storage location of the identified plurality of non-volatile memory storage locations that has the value determined to exceed the predetermined threshold value by a throttle amount determined to mitigate an effect of the value exceeding the predetermined threshold value.
US12175079B2
Provided herein may be a memory controller and a storage device including the same. The storage device may include a memory device including a plurality of memory cell arrays configured to store user data, a hardware accelerator configured to search for map data related to the user data, and a memory controller configured to control, in response to a first request received from a host, the memory device and the hardware accelerator to perform an operation corresponding to the first request, determine, when a second request is received from the host, whether the second request requires an operation of the hardware accelerator to transfer a dummy command to the hardware accelerator.
US12175073B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for reusing remote registers in processing in memory (PIM) are disclosed. A system includes at least a host processor, a memory controller, and a PIM device. When the memory controller receives, from the host processor, an operation targeting the PIM device, the memory controller determines whether an optimization can be applied to the operation. The memory controller converts the operation into N PIM commands if the optimization is not applicable. Otherwise, the memory controller converts the operation into a N−1 PIM commands if the optimization is applicable. For example, if the operation involves reusing a constant value, a copy command can be omitted, resulting in memory bandwidth reduction and power consumption savings. In one scenario, the memory controller includes a constant-value cache, and the memory controller performs a lookup of the constant-value cache to determine if the optimization is applicable for a given operation.
US12175072B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided. The method includes identifying UI controls in a GUI for display on a screen of a computing device. The method further includes determining a position relationship of the UI controls. The method further includes mapping the UI controls to keyboard areas such that a position relationship of the keyboard areas corresponds with the position relationship of the UI controls. One or more keys within the individual areas are associated with the UI controls that are mapped to the respective keyboard areas.
US12175056B2
A page switching method performed by a page switching apparatus includes: displaying a second page and creating a first display control in response to a first trigger operation on a first page; displaying the first display control at an upper layer of the second page; displaying the first page and creating a second display control in response to a selection operation on the first display control displayed at the upper layer of the second page; and displaying the second display control at an upper layer of the first page. The first display control is configured to provide an entry to the first page; and the second display control is configured to provide an entry to the second page.
US12175046B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes: a touch electrode layer including a plurality of touch electrodes, each of the touch electrodes includes a plurality of first grid units; and a touch electrode lead layer including a plurality of touch electrode leads, each of the touch electrode leads includes a plurality of second grid units, and the second grid units are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the first grid units; wherein ratios of an overlap area between each of the second grid units and a corresponding one of the first grid units to an area of the corresponding first grid unit and to an area of the second grid unit are both less than 1.
US12175040B2
The present disclosure provides a device for ultrasonic sensing, which includes a driver circuit configured to generate an ultrasonic signal, a piezoelectric element having a first electrode and a second electrode, a blocking transistor configured to connect the piezoelectric element with the second electrode to a fixed bias voltage, and a source rectifier including a gate, a drain, and a source electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and the blocking transistor. The piezoelectric element is coupled with the driver circuit with the first electrode. The blocking transistor includes a gate for receiving a blocking control signal, a drain electrically connected to the second electrode of the piezoelectric element, and a source electrically connected to the fixed bias voltage, wherein, in response to the blocking signal, the blocking transistor is configured to be turned on within a transmission period and to be turned off within a receiving period.
US12175037B2
Provided is a display device including a first dam surrounding the display area, a second dam surrounding the first dam, a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode overlapping the display area, a first sensor wiring and a second sensor wiring over the first dam and electrically connected to the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode, respectively, a first wiring under the second dam and electrically connected to the first sensor wiring at a first contact portion, and a second wiring under the second dam and electrically connected to the second sensor wiring at a second contact portion.
US12175005B2
Techniques for restricting plug-in application recipes (“PIARs”) are disclosed. A PIAR management application receives a PIAR restriction via an authenticated user of the PIAR management application. The PIAR restriction is applicable to certain users of the PIAR management application. The PIAR restriction identifies functionality of the PIAR management application that would otherwise be available to a user of the PIAR management application if the user had an active account for a particular plug-in application that, once linked to that user in the PIAR management application and associated with a particular PIAR, would be capable of supplying at least part of the functionality. The PIAR management application stores the PIAR restriction, including information to block the restricted functionality. Based on the PIAR restriction, the PIAR management application blocks the restricted functionality. Many different types of functionality may be restricted, in various ways.
US12174991B2
Systems and methods for controlling data access through the interaction of a short-range transceiver, such as a contactless card, with a client device are presented. An exemplary system and method may include establishing a database storing identifiers and keys for users and service providers, receiving from a client device of the service provider, via a network, a service provider token and a request for a data access key, the request generated in response to a tap action between a contactless card associated with a user and the client device, verifying the service provider is authorized to receive access to personal user data encrypted and stored on the contactless card, generating a data access key based on a user key, and transmitting to the service provider client device, via the network, the data access key, such that the client device may decrypt the personal user data obtained from the contactless card.
US12174989B1
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for transformative data analysis and data modeling in a distributed network. The present invention is configured to receive sample data from a source system into a data ingestion engine, transmit, from the data ingestion engine to a data governance engine a request for metadata of the sample data, construct metadata of the sample data, determine a data transformation of the sample data based on the schema, transform the sample data via the data transformation, and store transformed sample data and corresponding metadata in a shared data store. First and second views may also be generated, where the first view is a raw data view, and the second view is a processed view of the transformed data.
US12174988B2
Disclosed is a system for managing transparent data encryption of a database. The system comprises an encrypted vault application and an application server. The encrypted vault application stores at least one encryption key for the database. The application server is configured to provide an authorization token to the encrypted vault application after unsealing of the encrypted vault application; receive an access token from the encrypted vault application, after authentication of the application server; provide the access token to the encrypted vault application to receive at least one encryption key therefrom; and communicate the at least one encryption key, via a key talker, to the database; and wherein the database comprises a key listener that listens for the at least one encryption key and provides the at least one encryption key to the database.
US12174965B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to identify API use in a binary code. In some aspects, a method comprises: obtaining a base memory-write profile description for a binary code, wherein the description comprises: a base memory-write profile for each of a plurality of API calls in the binary code, wherein the base memory-write profile comprises a count of memory updates for each of a plurality of memory locations during an execution of a corresponding API call; receiving an execution request that invokes the binary code; generating an execution memory-write profile for the request, wherein the execution memory-write profile comprises a count of memory updates for each memory location during an execution of the request; determining, based on a comparison between the execution memory-write profile and the base memory-write profiles in the description, an API call corresponding to the request; and generating a notification indicating the determined API call.
US12174961B2
An information handling system may determine a personality flag value during a boot process and execute, responsive to detecting that the information handling system entered a secure environment and based on the personality flag value, a system update handler configured for discovering and connecting to a control plane. The system may also provision a secure ephemeral operating system, including receiving an image of the secure ephemeral operating system from the control plane responsive to a secure profile and validating the image prior to loading the secure ephemeral operating system to a random access memory.
US12174957B2
A virus scanning router may manages a local network, including routing network traffic between devices on the network and routing network traffic being sent to and from such devices via an external communication system. The virus scanning router remotely scans for viruses the files stored on one or more such devices on the network. The virus scanning router may be a device trusted by the other devices on local network to facilitate the virus scanning router reading and scanning one or more files stored on such devices for viruses. The virus scanning router also takes corrective actions such as isolating the infected device or isolating an affected network zone to which the remote device belongs.
US12174938B2
A computer device, including at least a processor and a memory, can be configured to control process components on a computer device. An agent can intercept a request to instantiate a new process component. The request can originate on the computing device from an instance of a particular process component amongst a set of process components. The agent can determine whether to permit the intercepted request by validating the relationship using a policy with rules as well as and determining a trusted owner is among the set of identified owners. The agent can permit the intercepted if the determination is to permit the intercepted request.
US12174937B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable storage mediums described herein are configured to detect anomalous post-authentication behavior with respect to a user identity. For example, one or more audit logs that specify a plurality of actions performed with respect to the user identity of a platform-based identity service, while the user identity is authenticated with the platform-based identity service, are analyzed. The audit log(s) are analyzed via an anomaly prediction model that generates an anomaly score indicating a probability whether a particular sequence of actions of the plurality of actions is indicative of anomalous behavior. A determination is made that an anomalous behavior has occurred based on the anomaly score. In response to determining that anomalous behavior has occurred, a mitigation action may be performed that mitigates the anomalous behavior.
US12174930B2
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.
US12174929B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to utilizing a steganographically encoded image with an offline and/or online verification or authentication protocol. A method for using the steganographic image can include: receiving or utilizing a steganographic image associated with a user at a third-party device, the steganographically encoded image including an identification of a user steganographically encoded with a fingerprint template of the user, and authenticating the user using the steganographically encoded image.
US12174911B2
An apparatus and method for complex matrix multiplication. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a first complex matrix multiplication instruction; execution circuitry to execute the first complex matrix multiplication instruction, the execution circuitry comprising parallel multiplication circuitry to multiply real values from the first plurality of real and imaginary values with corresponding real values from the second plurality of real and imaginary values to generate a first plurality of real products, to multiply imaginary values from the first plurality of real and imaginary values with corresponding imaginary values from the second plurality of real and imaginary values to generate a second plurality of real products; and addition/subtraction circuitry to subtract each real product in the second plurality of real products from a corresponding real product in the first plurality of real products to produce a corresponding real value in the result matrix. The decoder may also decode and the execution circuitry may execute a second complex matrix multiplication instruction to multiply real and imaginary values from the first plurality with corresponding imaginary and real values, respectively, from the second plurality to generate first and second pluralities of imaginary products, and to add corresponding imaginary products to produce a corresponding imaginary value in the result matrix.
US12174904B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer-executable instructions that cause a processing unit of a user device to receive a multi-link uniform resource locator (URL), wherein the multi-link URL is associated with a plurality of routing link URLs configured to route the user device to a plurality of corresponding application pages. The executable instructions cause the processing unit to receive user selection of the multi-link URL and rank the routing link URLs based on application installation data stored on the user device, wherein the application installation data indicates whether applications for the routing link URLs are installed on the user device. The executable instructions cause the processing unit to select a final routing link URL based on the ranking of the routing link URLs and access an application page associated with the final routing link URL.
US12174902B2
A method is provided that includes: determining a plurality of recall data associated with data to be searched; determining, for each recall data of the plurality of recall data, a recommendation degree of the recall data based on a similarity between the recall data and each recall data of the plurality of recall data; and ranking the recall data in the plurality of recall data based on the recommendation degree of each recall data of the plurality of recall data.
US12174901B2
Systems, controllers and methods for contextual-based searching are provided. A system includes one or more devices configured to collect at least one audio stream and a contextual search system. The contextual search system includes a data analyzer and a search engine. The data analyzer is configured to receive the at least one audio stream from among the one or more devices and to determine contextual information from the received at least one audio stream. The search engine is configured to perform a search of at least one search term using the contextual information, to produce a search result.
US12174872B2
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for classification and tagging of textual data. An example method may include accessing a corpus comprising a plurality of documents, each document having one or more labels indicative of services offered by a merchant, generating a query based on extracted features and the documents, generating a precision score for at least a portion of the generated query and selecting a subset of the generated queries based on an assigned precision score satisfying a precision score threshold, the selected subset of the generated queries configured to provide an indication of one or more labels to be applied to machine readable text. A second example method, utilized for tagging machine readable text with unknown labels, may include assigning a label to textual portions of the machine readable text based on results of the application of the queries.
US12174867B2
A system for processing service requests associated with an enterprise's systems and applications is described. A service request may comprise a text input from an end-user. A machine learning algorithm may be employed to determine a search string corresponding to the text input. The search string may be used to determine one or more documents, which may then be analyzed using a neural network to determine a most relevant document. A natural language processing (NLP) algorithm may then be used to process the document and provide a response to the service request.
US12174857B2
A method that includes receiving a first configuration and a second configuration that define a set of rules for matching and merging a set of source data objects that are associated with a tenant and that are received from a plurality of data sources. The method may further include generating a set of merged data objects from the set of source data objects based on an identification of matching values from fields of the set of source data objects and selecting a value for each field of each merged data object having multiple values. The method may further include generating a mapping between primary keys associated with each merged data object and corresponding primary keys of the source data objects. The method may further include storing the merged data objects and the mappings in a first datastore and a second datastore that is different from the first datastore.
US12174855B2
An example computer implemented method for updating a first version of a content item on a client device. The example method includes recording an indicator that the first version is going to be updated to a second version of the content item. The computer can then begin updating the first version of the content item to the second version of the content item. Next, the computer can determine that the updating of the content item was interrupted. The computer can then determine if the second version of the content item is the same version as a current version of the content item. The computer can then change a description in a cache and the indicator accordingly.
US12174845B1
Queries may be made against a non-relational database without impacting the capacities of the non-relational database by enabling performance of queries to a non-relational database via an external query management, backup management, and a non-relational database backup hosted in an external data storage. The query management and backup management of the non-relational database service may split transactional load to the non-relational database and analytical load, and furthermore allow selection of a desired data freshness for queries including various time ranges, such as seconds, minutes, or days.
US12174844B1
Provided are systems, methods, and computer program products for searching a plurality of documents based on a text string. The system includes at least one processor programmed or configured to identify a plurality of documents including a plurality of document types, each document of the plurality of documents including a document type, receive a text string based on user input, generate, with a machine-learning model, an ordered list of document types based the text string, search the plurality of documents for the text string to identify a subset of documents based on similarity between the text string and each document of the subset of documents, rank the subset of documents based at least partially on the similarity, a document type of each document of the subset of documents, and the ordered list of document types, and generate a graphical user interface based on the ranked list of documents.
US12174841B2
Techniques for suggesting media assets, the technique including: requesting a set of candidate media assets for a set of user media items based on a knowledge graph metadata network describing the set of user media items; receiving metadata for the set of candidate media assets; determining one or more sets of ranked media assets based on the received metadata; and outputting the determined one or more sets of ranked media assets.
US12174837B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for integration of user defined metrics of cloud hosted relational databases with cloud monitoring services are disclosed. A processor receives via a serverless function implemented within the processor a configuration file containing configuration of collection of database connection string and respective metrics query. The serverless function connects to the secrets provider to fetch a password or authorization token to connect with a plurality of different types of cloud hosted relational databases. The processor returns, in response to receiving the respective metrics query, a table with two columns where one column includes a user defined metric name and the other column includes the metric query to fetch a user defined metric value for the given user defined metric name from the databases; and automatically integrates the fetched user defined metric value of the databases with the cloud monitoring service.
US12174831B2
A graph processing system is provided for executing scouting queries for improving query planning. A query planner creates a plurality of scouting queries, each scouting query in the plurality of scouting queries corresponding to a query plan for a graph query and having an associated confidence value. A graph processing system performs limited execution of the plurality of scouting queries and determines a metric value for each scouting query in the plurality of scouting queries based on execution of the scouting query. The system determines a score for each scouting query in the plurality of scouting queries based on its metric value and the confidence value of the corresponding query plan and selects a query plan based on the scores of the plurality of scouting queries. The system executes the graph query based on the selected query plan.
US12174830B2
Computer technology for use in a computer system including a database system including a database management sub-system, a primary database and a secondary database, with the secondary database being maintained at least approximately in synchronization with the primary database over time as changes are made to data of the primary database (for example, a database system that includes disaster recovery (DR) features). A statistics update is performed first on a standby database to determine whether query efficiency and/or query optimization really will be substantially improved by performance of the statistics update. If not, then statistics update on the primary database is postponed until a future time.
US12174823B2
Methods, systems, and devices for storing data are provided. To store data, a data storage system may include multiple storage nodes and a support node. Copies of data may be stored in the storage nodes. When the data stored by the storage nodes appears to be inconsistent, metadata from the support node may be used to resolve the inconsistencies. The storage nodes and support node may be integrated into a single chassis. The chassis may be a form factor compliant chassis such as a rack unit compliant chassis for mounting to rack rails.
US12174817B2
A method includes detecting, by at least one hardware processor, an upload of a user application within a database system. The user application includes user-defined function (UDF) code. A plurality of dependencies of the user application is determined by the at least one hardware processor. A plurality of execution environments corresponding to the plurality of dependencies is generated by the at least one hardware processor. The plurality of execution environments is associated with a corresponding plurality of data types of the UDF. A database query is decoded. The database query specifies database data of a data type of the plurality of data types of the UDF. The database query is processed using at least one of the plurality of execution environments to generate results data. The at least one of the plurality of execution environments corresponds to the data type of the plurality of data types of the UDF.
US12174816B2
A method for utilizing a master table is provided. The method includes: receiving a subscription table that includes at least one subscription record of at least one subscription that, upon satisfaction of at least one condition of the subscription(s), provides, to a subscriber, a notification of the at least one condition; generating the master table; and generating a mapping table that maps fields of the subscription table to fields of the master table. The master table consolidates each subscription record and stores, as a string value, each of the at least one condition.
US12174814B2
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a content management system that can be highly flexible to the needs of its subjects. The present technology permits any object to be shared by providing a robust and flexible access control list mechanism. The present technology utilizes a data structure that is highly efficient that both minimizes the amount of information that needs to be written into any database, but also allows for fast reads and writes of information from authoritative tables that are a source of truth for the content management system, while allowing for maintenance of indexes containing more refined data that allow for efficient retrieval of certain information that would normally need to be calculated when it is needed.
US12174809B1
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for determining application degradation using advanced computational models for data analysis and automated decision-making. The present disclosure is configured to receive one or more applications, wherein the one or more applications comprise one or more access paths; update the one or more access paths, wherein updating the one or more access paths comprises reconfiguring details associated with the access paths; create, in response to updating the one or more access paths, updated access paths; determine that the one or more updated access paths experience one or more application degradations; and implement one or more degradation solutions for the one or more application degradations to an artificial intelligence model.
US12174802B2
Provided is a system and method for generating and updating a data model for use in retrieving data from an information retrieval system such as a database, a server, and the like. In one example, the method may include monitoring data that is written to database tables of a database by a software process, identifying links between the database tables where the monitored data is written, determining whether the software process has a pre-existing data model for retrieving data stored in the database, and in response to a determination that the software process does not include the pre-existing data model, creating a new data model for the software process which includes names of the database tables where the monitored data is written and links between the database tables, and storing the new data model via a database repository.
US12174800B2
A model management system provides a centralized repository for storing and accessing models. The model management system receives an input to store a model object in a first model state generated based on a first set of known variables. The model management system generates a first file including a first set of functions defining the first model state and associates the first file with a model key identifying the model object. The model management system receives an input to store the model object in a second model state having been generated based on the first model state and a second set of known variables. The model management system generates a second file including a second set of functions defining the second model state and associates the second file with the model key. The model management system identifies available versions of the model object based on the model key.
US12174797B1
A method for file system destinations includes obtaining events for storage on one or more of the storage systems. For each event, the method includes extracting at least one field value from the event, comparing the at least one field value to configurations of the storage systems to identify at least one storage system of the plurality of storage systems having a matching configuration, transmitting the event to an ingest module queue for the at least one storage system, selecting a partition for the event based on the at least one field value to obtain a selected partition, mapping the selected partition to a file using a partition mapping, and appending the event to the file on the at least one storage system.
US12174796B2
Techniques described herein relate to systems and methods of data storage, and more particularly to providing layering of file system functionality on an object interface. In certain embodiments, file system functionality may be layered on cloud object interfaces to provide cloud-based storage while allowing for functionality expected from a legacy applications. For instance, POSIX interfaces and semantics may be layered on cloud-based storage, while providing access to data in a manner consistent with file-based access with data organization in name hierarchies. Various embodiments also may provide for memory mapping of data so that memory map changes are reflected in persistent storage while ensuring consistency between memory map changes and writes. For example, by transforming a ZFS file system disk-based storage into ZFS cloud-based storage, the ZFS file system gains the elastic nature of cloud storage.
US12174794B2
A processing apparatus includes a moving image file restoration unit configured to restore a moving image file and an additional information file restoration unit configured to restore an additional information file associated with the moving image file. The additional information file restoration unit starts restoration processing on the additional information file associated with the moving image file after the moving image file restoration unit starts restoration processing on the moving image file and before the restoration processing on the moving image file is completed. The moving image file restoration unit completes the restoration processing on the moving image file after the restoration processing on the additional information file is completed.
US12174793B1
A method can include receiving requests to perform actions in a file system environment. The method can include populating a first bucket with first tokens. The first bucket can be associated with actions in the file system environment. The method can include populating second buckets, which can correspond to different tenants, with corresponding second tokens based on priorities of the tenants. The second tokens may correspond to allowable actions on behalf of the tenants. Each token of the first tokens and the second tokens may be in one-to-one correspondence with a single action. The method can include prioritizing the second buckets. The method can include generating an execution list for executing the requests. The method can include executing the execution list based on the first tokens and the second tokens.
US12174787B2
Techniques involve determining, in response to acquiring a target block size for a shared folder of a first file system in a file system set, a shared folder de-duplication rate. The techniques further involve acquiring a de-duplication block size set supported by a storage system set for the file system set in response to determining that the de-duplication rate is less than a threshold de-duplication rate. The techniques further involve determining whether the de-duplication block size set includes a de-duplication block size that is the same as the target block size. The techniques further involve migrating the shared folder to a second file system in response to the de-duplication block size set including the de-duplication block size that is the same as the target block size. Accordingly, there is improved efficiency in deleting duplicate data, increased amount of deleted duplicate data, saved storage space and improved resource utilization.
US12174781B2
A hybrid electrical and optic system-on-chip (SOC) device configured for both electrical and optic communication includes a substrate, an electrical device configured for electrical communication arranged on the substrate, a photonics device configured for optic communication arranged on the substrate, and a self-test module arranged on the substrate. The self-test module is configured to receive a loop-back signal indicative of an optical signal output from the photonics device and calibrate the photonics device based on the loop-back signal.
US12174780B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining, for each pair of adjacent chips in a plurality of chips connected in a series-ring arrangement of a semiconductor device, a corresponding loop latency for round trip data transmissions between the pair of chips. Identifying, from among the loop latencies, a maximum loop latency. Determining a ring latency for a data transmission originating from a chip of the plurality chips to be transmitted around the series-ring arrangement and back to the chip. Comparing half of the maximum loop latency to one N-th of the ring latency, where N is the number of chips in the plurality of chips, and storing the greater value as an inter-chip latency of the semiconductor device, the inter-chip latency representing an operational characteristic of the semiconductor device.
US12174779B2
An FPGA-based USB3.0/3.1 control system, including: a USB control module including a USB3.0 control module and/or a USB3.1 control module; a PCS logic module connected to the USB control module via a PIPE interface; an FPGA Serdes serial communication module connected to the PCS logic module; and an external daughter card module connected to the FPGA Serdes serial communication module, wherein the PCS logic module, the FPGA Serdes serial communication module and the external daughter card module are connected in sequence to achieve a port physical layer function for testing the USB 3.0 control module and the USB 3.1 control module. The control system solves the cumbersome problems of incomplete emulation verification, test mode limitations, and unchangeable hardware functions in the prior art.
US12174776B2
According to some example embodiments, a system includes: at least one motherboard; at least one baseboard management controller (BMC); a mid-plane; and at least one storage device, wherein the at least one storage device is configured to operate in a first mode or a second mode based on a first input received from the at least one motherboard or the at least one BMC via a plurality of device ports over the mid-plane; and when operating in the second mode, the at least one storage device is configured to operate in a first speed from a plurality of operating speeds based on a second input received from the mid-plane via the plurality of device ports.
US12174765B2
Methods, systems, and devices for message signaled interrupt (MSI-X) tunneling on a host device exposed by a bridge connection are described. A device may receive data and a first interrupt signal from a remote destination over a network protocol. The device may receive the data and/or the first interrupt signal over the bridge connection, via a tunneled communication from the remote destination. The device may generate a second interrupt signal based on the first interrupt signal and a local interrupt configuration provided by a system bus driver of the device. The device may inject the data and the second interrupt signal over the system bus. Injecting the data and injecting the second interrupt signal may include ensuring the data is made available to the system bus driver, prior to the interrupt handler receiving the second interrupt signal.
US12174761B2
An accelerator, an operation method of the accelerator, and an accelerator system including the accelerator are disclosed. The operation method includes receiving one or more workloads assigned on an accelerator, determining reuse data of the workloads based on hardware resource information and/or a memory access cost of the accelerator when a plurality of processing units included in the accelerator performs the workloads, and providing a result of performing the workloads.
US12174735B2
Disclosed is a method of operating a storage controller, the storage controller communicating with a host and a non-volatile memory device. The method includes receiving a first erase request from the host, the first erase request being for a first zone of a plurality of zones of the non-volatile memory device, loading first allocation list information of the first zone from an allocation list table based on the first erase request, deallocating memory blocks allocated to the first zone based on the first allocation list information, wherein sequential physical page numbers of the memory blocks are respectively mapped onto sequential logical page numbers, and providing the non-volatile memory device with a physical erase request for the deallocated memory blocks of the first zone.
US12174734B2
A computer system identifies a code synthesis model and a set of software repositories, each comprising corresponding source code and corresponding tests for testing the corresponding source code. The computer system tests a plurality of generated source code predictions using the set of software repositories. The testing includes, for each software repository in the set of software repositories, identifying a portion of the corresponding source code of the software repository that is covered by the corresponding tests of the software repository, using the code synthesis model to generate a source code prediction for the portion of the corresponding source code, and using the corresponding tests of the software repository to test the source code prediction that was generated using the code synthesis model. Based on testing the plurality of generated source code predictions using the set of software repositories, the computer system generates an evaluation of the code synthesis model.
US12174733B2
Mutation testing can indicate whether mutants of a software application, created by intentionally altering source code of the software application, are successfully “killed” by test cases executed against the mutants. Mutation testing can be performed via parallel threads by, within each parallel thread, modifying individual source code class files and recompiling the modified class files to generate and test mutants. Individual mutation test results produced within each of the parallel threads can be aggregated to generate an aggregated test result report that indicates overall testing metrics associated with the mutation testing across the parallel threads.
US12174728B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for implementing a code debugger platform in a virtual environment. The system is configured to authenticate a plurality of users via an authentication portal and initialize an instance of a virtual environment for each of the plurality of users. The system is configured to extract a plurality of computer instructions, and display, in the virtual environment, a debugging platform of an integrated development environment, the debugging platform configured to receive the plurality of computer instructions and receive input from at least one of the plurality of users, and initiate a debugging protocol. The debugging protocol may include a breakpoint in at least one of the plurality of computer instructions, wherein the breakpoint is received as an input from the at least one of the plurality of users.
US12174721B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product that involve exporting a log. The method includes acquiring a first set of attributes indicating a target asset among assets protected by a data protection product, a second set of attributes indicating target tasks executed on the target asset, and a third set of attributes indicating a computing resource running the data protection product. The method further includes determining an export time consumed to export a log of the target asset based on the first set of attributes, the second set of attributes, and the third set of attributes. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, the time required for exporting a log can be accurately estimated while the log is exported.
US12174706B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for forming and executing a backup strategy. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises forming a respective backup strategy for each respective file of a plurality of files stored in a data source based on a frequency of occurrence, a desired recovery time, and a criticality of data loss for the respective file. The method further comprises executing the respective backup strategy for the respective file.
US12174702B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a data protection system that performs identification of errors from queries on a database. The data protection system can further identify corrupted data from additional errors, are difficult to detect, and occur between layers of data in the database system. The data protection system can perform corrections of the error data by rebuilding database data or removing the corrupted data.
US12174697B2
Apparatus for quantum error correction is disclosed. The apparatus includes an array of processing cores, each processing core comprising: a processor on a first chip; and a processor cache on the first chip; and a bus for interconnecting neighbouring processing cores in the array of processing cores; wherein each processing core includes: control code which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to access a processor cache of at least one neighbouring processing core.
US12174688B2
According to various embodiments, a first electronic device may include: a body including at least one sensor, a temple connected to the body, a hinge connecting the body and the temple and configured to allow the temple connected to the body to be folded in a specified direction within a specified angle, and a processor functionally connected to the at least one sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine whether the first electronic device is in a first state of being mounted in a second electronic device, identify whether the first electronic device is in a second state of being worn, through the at least one sensor, and execute a specified function of the first electronic device, based on at least one of the first state and/or the second state.
US12174681B2
An electronic device comprising: a power supply apparatus including a first converter configured to generate driving power and a second converter configured to generate first standby voltage and second standby voltage; and a main body operated based on the driving power and the second standby power received from the power supply apparatus. The second converter is configured to: during a normal mode operation and a standby mode operation, obtain the first standby voltage and adjust the first standby power based on the obtained standby power; and during the standby mode operation, obtain the second standby voltage; and in response to the obtained second standby voltage being equal to or less than a reference level, perform the normal mode operation to control the first standby voltage to be maintained at a first voltage level and control the second standby voltage to be maintained at a second voltage level.
US12174679B2
An information handling system polls telemetry data from sensors associated with a central processing unit, and determines current offsets for each one of the sensors based on the telemetry data. The system may also determine a domain current offset associated with a calibration domain, determine a voltage regulator offset based on the domain current offset, and adjust power provided by the voltage regulator to the central processing unit based on the voltage regulator offset.
US12174673B2
This is directed to providing a cosmetic finish on a component constructed by connecting several elements. A single manufacturing process, such as machining or grinding, can be applied to the connected elements to remove material from some or all of the elements and to form a smooth and continuous surface across interfaces between the individual elements of the component. In some cases, settings of the material removal process can be adjusted based on the material of the component elements. For example, the settings can be adjusted based on the manufacturing or mechanical properties of each element material.
US12174666B2
A display device includes a housing, a display module, a support film, and a frame. The display module is accommodated in the housing in a first state and unrolled from the housing to a first direction in a second state. The support film is accommodated in the housing in the first state and unrolled from the housing to the first direction in the second state to support the display module. The frame shrinks to a first shape in the first state and expands to a second shape in the second state in a way such that the frame applies a tensile stress to the support film in the second state.
US12174662B2
A wearable sensor device includes a temperature and humidity sensor that measures ambient environmental information around a living body. The temperature and humidity sensor is provided on an outer wall surface of a housing or provided to be separated from the outer wall surface. The outer wall surface of the housing faces a left or right side or diagonally downward when the wearable sensor device is attached to the living body and the living body is in a standing posture.
US12174659B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus. In an example, the apparatus includes a clock switching circuit coupled to oscillators and one or more circuit units. The clock switching circuit is configured to receive, from the oscillators, a set of frequency signals, provide an uplink primary clock signal and an enable signal to the one or more circuit units, the enable signal determined synchronously with the uplink primary clock signal, receive, from the one or more circuit units or a clock management circuit, a clock frequency request, provide the uplink primary clock signal based on a first signal of the set of frequency signals, and according to the clock frequency request, determining whether to continue to provide the uplink primary clock signal based on the first signal or on a second signal of the set of frequency signals.
US12174657B2
The present disclosure relates to a clock distribution method and apparatus in a network. The method performed at a first clock distribution apparatus comprises: determining (S101) whether the first clock distribution apparatus is in a lock state; and transmitting (S102), to a second clock distribution apparatus, a first announce message when the clock distribution apparatus is not in the lock state; wherein the first announce message is generated based on a default configuration about a local clock state of the first clock distribution apparatus. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the clock distribution apparatus may generate first announce messages based on a local clock state of the clock distribution apparatus. Thus, a downstream apparatus which receives the first announce messages may avoid selecting an unstable/unlocked clock distribution apparatus as the best master, based on the local clock state of the clock distribution apparatus.
US12174655B1
An optical numerical computation method obtains operands that have respective values and modulates light sources to output light at amplitudes proportional to the operands. The light output for a given operand depends on whether the operand is positive or negative. The positive operands are output at wavelengths different from the negative operands. For operands that have multiple digits, the digits are separately treated so that the least significant digits are modulated with light sources at one frequency, and the most significant digits in two-digit numbers are modulated at another frequency, with positive and negative operands modulated at different frequencies. The light from the light sources enters a light collection cavity where it is sensed with sensors that generate resultant outputs at values indicative of the sensed light value.
US12174651B1
A capacitor-less linear Low Drop Out (LDO) Voltage Regulating (VR) system and method with enhanced Power Supply Rejection (PSR), line transient response, and load transient response is disclosed. The system includes a current-summing amplifier to refine input voltage and error signals from an error amplifier circuit, improving regulation accuracy. Further, the system includes a Dynamic Current Bleeder (DCB) circuit to manage current flow, optimizing efficiency. Furthermore, a strategically placed compensation capacitor ensures stable voltage delivery despite load or input changes. To further enhance performance, a boost and reduce amplifier circuit continuously monitors and adjusts current of the error amplifier circuit, minimizing output voltage variations. The system effectively manages applications demanding highly regulated and stable voltage supplies.
US12174647B2
The flow rate control device 10 includes a control valve 11, a restriction part 12 provided downstream of the control valve 11, an upstream pressure sensor 13 for measuring a pressure P1 between the control valve 11 and the restriction part 12, a differential pressure sensor 20 for measuring a differential pressure ΔP between the upstream and the downstream of the restriction part 12, and an arithmetic control circuit 16 connected to the control valve 11, the upstream pressure sensor 13, and the differential pressure sensor 20.
US12174643B2
Systems and methods for delivering packages using mobile robots. In some examples, a system includes a central controller configured for fulfilling package delivery orders. The system includes package delivery robots. Each package delivery robot is configured for navigating to a location of a package in the warehouse and loading the package onto the package delivery robot. Each package delivery robot is configured for navigating to a package destination by travelling on a path through one or more enclosed passageways and unloading the package at the package destination.
US12174638B2
A vehicle control system for an agricultural vehicle including a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive (i) image data depicting at least a portion of a hazard area associated with the agricultural vehicle and (ii) ultrasonic sensor data from an ultrasonic sensor monitoring the hazard area, determine, based on a combination of the image data and the ultrasonic sensor data, whether an obstacle is positioned at least partially within the hazard area, and perform an action with respect to the agricultural vehicle in response to a determination that the obstacle is positioned at least partially within the hazard area.
US12174636B2
A system for controlling a compactor machine can include a first GPS receiver on one side of a screed of a paver machine and a second GPS receiver on a second side of the screed, the first and second GPS receivers configured to communicate location information of the first and second sides of the screed, respectively, to a compactor machine; and a controller configured to receive the location information from screed and define a pass pattern for the compactor machine in view of the location information.
US12174627B2
In a vehicle traveling remote control system, vehicles and a remote control apparatus communicate with each other to repeatedly transmit, from the remote control apparatus to each vehicle, a remote control value to be used to control traveling of each vehicle. The vehicle traveling remote control system includes the remote control apparatus and a traveling control unit. The remote control apparatus includes a remote control value generating unit that repeatedly generates the remote control value for traveling control of each vehicle. The traveling control unit is provided in each vehicle and executes the traveling control based on the remote control value repeatedly received from the remote control apparatus. The remote control apparatus generates, using the remote control value generating unit, the remote control value in accordance with a priority or a target response cycle that are changed depending on a traveling environment of each vehicle.
US12174626B2
An artificial intelligence system for vehicle in-seat advertising includes a first portion of the artificial intelligence system that determines an operating state of the vehicle by processing inputs relating to at least one parameter of the vehicle. A second portion of the artificial intelligence system determines a state of a rider of the vehicle by processing inputs relating to at least one parameter of the rider. A third portion of the artificial intelligence system determines at least one of a price, classification, content and location of an advertisement to be delivered within an interface of the vehicle to a rider in a seat in the vehicle based on the vehicle state and the rider state.
US12174623B2
A plant monitoring device (20) is provided with: a state quantity acquiring unit (211) which acquires state quantities for each of a plurality of characteristic items relating to a plant; an abnormality degree calculating unit (212) which calculates a degree of abnormality representing a degree of approach toward an abnormal side relative to a limit value that is predetermined for each characteristic item, for the state quantities acquired at a plant monitoring timing; a distance calculating unit (213) which uses a statistical technique to calculate distances representing the degrees of separation, from the normal operating state of the plant, of the state quantity and the degree of abnormality acquired at the monitoring timing; and a determining unit (214) which determines the operating state of the plant on the basis of the calculated distances.
US12174619B1
The present invention proposes a method for intelligent management of valve production process data, a medium, and an apparatus. Through results of grid classification of sampling points, the method constructs information entropy of grid distribution density levels as well as grid distribution density, which takes into account the circumstance that sampling points may not exist in the classification space, so as to avoid grids where sampling points do not exist from affecting the local density of the sampling points; secondly, based on the core relative distance of the sampling points in a seed grid, the method constructs a coverage density distance, which takes into account the magnitude of the local density of the sampling points in the seed grid as well as differences in the distance from sampling points that have a relatively large local density in the other seed grids.
US12174618B2
An automated system includes transducers, at least one computing device, and at least one automated apparatus. The transducer(s) is/are driven and sensed using drive-sense circuit(s). A drives and senses drive and sense a transducer via a single line, generates a digital signal representative of a sensed analog feature to which the transducer is exposed, and transmits the digital signal to the computing device. The computing device receives digital signals from at least some of drive-sense circuits and process them in accordance with the automation process to produce an automated process command. The automated apparatus executes a portion of an automated process based on the automated process command.
US12174616B2
A control system operable to train a control tuner to generate temperature setpoint tracking improvements for a thermal processing system is provided. In one example implementation, temperature setpoint tracking improvements are achieved by generating system controller parameter adjustments based on a difference between a simulated workpiece temperature estimate and an actual workpiece temperature estimate. For example, a system model can generate a simulated workpiece temperature estimate simulating an actual workpiece temperature estimate, and based on the difference between the simulated and actual workpiece temperature estimates, generate clone controller parameter adjustments. The clone controller parameter adjustments can be used to generate system controller parameter adjustments, which can improve temperature setpoint tracking for the thermal processing system.
US12174615B2
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for data processing control. The method comprises: —providing (102) at least one append-only store (224, 322); —providing (103) a framework (210); —using (104) an application program (226) for performing change operations (206, 208) on application-born external objects (202, 204, 304); —creating (106), by the framework, delta objects (216, 218, 310) being indicative of attribute changes of the application-born external objects caused by the change operations; —sequentially storing (108), by the framework, a sequence of data objects in the at least one append-only store, the sequence of data objects comprising a mixture of delta objects (211, 212, 214, 310, 312, 404, 406) and RS objects (216, 218, 314, 316, 318, 320), each RS object being a data object specifying a requirement in respect to how attribute information of one or more of the application-born external objects comprised in the delta objects must be processed and output by the framework; —executing (110) one or more of the framework-functions for returning an output (230) computed as a function of the attribute information in the delta objects which complies to the requirements specified in the RS objects.
US12174602B2
A thermal load system for testing a datacenter liquid cooling system is disclosed. The system includes a server box having at least one thermal feature associated with at least one cooling feature and at least one flow controller, where the at least one thermal feature and the at least one flow controller are adjustable to cause cooling stress on the datacenter liquid cooling system.
US12174588B2
The present invention relates to a timepiece component (100) made up of a polymer-based matrix (110) and a reinforcement (120) that consists of at least two different kinds of cut fibres (121, 122), one of which is a polyazole.
US12174584B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: toner base particles containing a binder resin and a metal pigment; and an external additive containing lanthanum-containing strontium titanate particles.
US12174580B2
A processing system includes: a first unit and a second unit coupled to the first unit by a positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism includes a positioner including a first insertion portion that is included in one of the first unit and the second unit and a first inserted portion that is included in the other of the first unit and the second unit and to which the first insertion portion is inserted to position the first unit and the second unit; and a positioning guide including a second insertion portion that is included in one of the first unit and the second unit and a second inserted portion that is included in the other of the first unit and the second unit and to which the second insertion portion is inserted to guide the first insertion portion to an insertable position into the first inserted portion.
US12174573B2
A conveyance apparatus whose detection unit of a printing medium is unlikely to be damaged includes a first guide that is fixed to a main body; a second guide capable of moving to a position at which the second guide forms, together with the first guide, a conveyance path through which a printing medium is conveyed and a position at which the second guide opens the conveyance path; a first lever that is provided to the main body and which detects whether or not the printing medium exists in the conveyance path; and a second lever that shields light, wherein the first lever and the second lever can swing integrally or independently in accordance with the position of the second guide.
US12174566B2
The heating apparatus including a plurality of heat generation members including first, second and third generation members, the second heat generation member and the third heat generation member having lengths in a longitudinal direction shorter than a length of the first heat generation member, the heating apparatus including first, second, third, and fourth contacts, and a first switching unit configured to bring an electric path between the second contact and the fourth contact into one of a connecting state and an open state.
US12174565B2
A heating device includes: a pair of rotators to form a nip; a heating source having a heat generation area to heat at least one rotator; temperature sensors to detect a temperature of the heating source, a member in contact with the heating source, or one rotator; and a sheet sensor to detect a sheet passing through the nip. The temperature sensors include: a first temperature sensor closer to one end than a center of the heat generation area in the longitudinal direction; and a second temperature sensor closer to the center than the first temperature sensor is. The second temperature sensor is at a position shifted from the center of the heat generation area toward the first temperature sensor. The sheet sensor is on a side opposite a side on which the first temperature sensor is disposed with reference to the center of the heat generation area.
US12174564B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, an air nozzle, and a pipe. The pipe includes a portion provided in a range overlapping with the first rotatable member and making one reciprocation or more in a case that when a direction crossing a feeding direction of a recording material fed in a nip is a widthwise direction of the first rotatable member, the pipe is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the widthwise direction.
US12174561B2
A printing drum for a liquid electrophotographic printing system which comprises a photosensitive surface and a heating device mounted to the printing drum. The heating device heats the photosensitive surface of the printing drum to a predetermined temperature.
US12174559B2
A toner cartridge includes: a casing having a first toner accommodating portion and a second toner accommodating portion; an agitator; an auger; a first protrusion positioned at one side in a first direction of the second toner accommodating portion; a second protrusion positioned at another side in the first direction of the second accommodating portion; a memory; and a toner-side electrical contact surface electrically connected to the memory. The toner cartridge is attachable to a drum cartridge by the casing pivotally moving from a first position to a second position relative to the drum cartridge about the first protrusion and the second protrusion. When the casing is at the first position, the toner-side electrical contact surface does not contact a first electrical contact surface of the drum cartridge. When the casing is at the second position, the toner-side electrical contact surface contacts the first electrical contact surface.
US12174556B2
An image forming apparatus and method for determining whether a toner refill apparatus is available are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to carry out a print job using a toner from a toner cartridge, a communication apparatus to communicate with a memory chip attached to a toner refill apparatus for refilling a toner in the toner cartridge, and a processor to identify whether the toner refill apparatus is available based on information stored in the memory chip of the toner refill apparatus.
US12174549B2
A substrate processing system includes: a measuring unit provided detachably with respect to a placement portion of a placement stage; a measuring jig for measuring a processing liquid; a liquid processing unit including a supplier which supplies the processing liquid to the measuring jig; a transfer mechanism for transferring the measuring jig between the measuring unit and the liquid processing unit; and a controller. The controller executes: a process of transferring the measuring jig in the measuring unit from the measuring unit to the liquid processing unit; a process of ejecting the processing liquid from the supplier to the measuring jig; a third process of transferring the measuring jig from the liquid processing unit to the measuring unit; and a fourth process of calculating an ejection amount of the processing liquid based on a measurement value in the measuring unit.
US12174541B2
A composition for forming a silicon-containing resist underlayer film includes: a thermosetting silicon-containing material containing any one or more of a partial structure shown by the general formula (Sx-1), (Sx-2), and (Sx-3); and a compound shown by the general formula (P-0), where R1 represents an organic group that has or generates a silanol group, a hydroxy group, or a carboxy group; R2 and R3 are each independently the same as R1 or each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; R100 represents a divalent organic group substituted with a fluorine atom; R101 and R102 each independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R103 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and L104 represents a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US12174531B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that forms an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, comprising: a light irradiator configured to irradiate the substrate with light that changes a viscosity of the imprint material without curing the imprint material; a supplier configured to supply the imprint material onto the substrate; and a controller configured to, after controlling a supply process of supplying the imprint material to a plurality of shot regions in the substrate, control a forming process of forming the imprint material using the mold and curing the imprint material for each shot region, wherein the supply process includes first processing of sequentially supplying the imprint material to the plurality of shot regions by the supplier, and second processing of irradiating, with the light, a shot region to which the imprint material has been supplied.
US12174527B2
A pellicle for an EUV photo mask includes a first capping layer, a matrix layer disposed over the first capping layer, a second capping layer disposed over the matrix layer; and a metallic layer disposed over the second capping layer.
US12174516B2
A filter mounting device for a camera. The device comprises a first filter, a second filter, a third filter and a holder assembly. The periphery of the first filter and the third filter has circular configurations with different dimensions. The periphery of the second filter comprises a pair of first edges that are parallel to each other. The holder assembly comprises a frame configured to accommodate the plurality of filters. The frame comprises a first filter receiving portion and a second filter receiving portion. The first filter receiving portion is configured to receive the first filter. The second filter receiving portion is configured to receive the second filter via a first slot. The first slot is defined on the frame along a direction perpendicular to a vertical axis of the frame.
US12174509B2
An optical device having a wavelength measurement section and an SMRS measurement section is disclosed. The wavelength measurement section includes a MZI, which includes first optical waveguides having a first optical path length difference. The wavelength measurement section also includes a second MZI, which includes second optical waveguides having a second optical path length difference. The second optical path length difference is greater than the first optical path length difference. The SMRS includes a filter adapted to suppress a primary laser mode of the second output optical signal and to pass a remaining portion of the second output signal to determine an SMRS based on an optical power of the main laser mode from the wavelength and power measurement stage, and an optical power of the remaining portion of the second output optical signal.
US12174508B2
A multi-layer device comprising a first substrate and a first electrically conductive layer on a surface thereof, the first electrically conductive layer having a sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current through the first electrically conductive layer that varies as a function of position.
US12174505B2
An electrochromic device includes: a first insulating substrate; a first conducting layer disposed over the first insulating substrate; an electrochromic layer disposed over the first conducting layer, wherein the electrochromic layer comprises an electrochromic polymer having a polymer backbone comprising one or more meta-conjugated linkers (MCLs) and one or more aromatic moieties (Ars), wherein each of the one or more MCLs is partially conjugated with one of the one or more Ars at a meta position of the one or more MCLs; an electrolyte layer disposed over the electrochromic layer; a second conducting layer disposed over the electrolyte layer; and a second insulating substrate disposed over the second conducting layer. A thickness of the electrochromic layer is from 10 nm to 1500 nm resulting in transmittance of 85%-99.9% at a wavelength of 550 nm at a neutral state of the electrochromic layer.
US12174496B2
The disclosure provides a display device including a first display panel and a second display panel. The second display panel is disposed corresponding to the first display panel. The second display panel includes a substrate, a data line disposed on the substrate and two adjacent scan lines disposed on the substrate. Two adjacent scan lines are crossing the data line. The data line comprises a segment that is located between the two adjacent scan lines. The segment comprises a first portion extending along a first direction and a second portion extending a second direction different from the first direction, and there is a sharp corner formed at an intersection of the first portion and the second portion.
US12174494B2
A light control member and a light control device in which a non-electrode region is less visible. A light control film is a light control member having controllable transmissivity and includes: an undivided first common electrode; divided first electrodes; a first liquid-crystal layer disposed between the first common electrode and the first electrodes; an undivided second common electrode; divided second electrodes; and a second liquid-crystal layer disposed between the second common electrode and the second electrodes. First non-electrode lines dividing the first electrodes and second non-electrode lines dividing the second electrodes are arranged at positions not overlapping one another when viewed in the direction normal to the light control film.
US12174488B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a bottom cover; a backlight unit disposed over the bottom cover and including a light source and a reflector sheet; and a liquid crystal panel disposed over the backlight unit, wherein the reflector sheet includes first and second sheet portions adjacent to each other in a first direction and at least one first reflective tape fixing the first and second sheet portions, and wherein the at least one first reflective tape includes a plurality of cutouts extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US12174482B2
Provided is a display device in which warping of a display panel is sufficiently reduced or prevented. The display device includes: a display panel; and a polarizer, the polarizer being provided with at least one notch that extends inward from an outer edge of the polarizer.
US12174479B2
A light modulating device including: a light transmissive plate having a curved surface; a light modulating cell; and an optically transparent adhesive film which is disposed between the curved surface of the light transmissive plate and the light modulating cell and attaches one side of the light modulating cell to the curved surface of the light transmissive plate.
US12174478B2
A display panel relates to the field of display technology, and includes: a first base substrate and a second base substrate arranged oppositely; a liquid crystal layer and a plurality of conductive layers, wherein the liquid crystal layer and the plurality of conductive layers are located between the first base substrate and the second base substrate; and a plurality of heating elements, wherein the plurality of heating elements are distributed in at least one of the conductive layers.
US12174463B2
A lens comprises an internal cavity structure formed by dissolution of a soluble insert material. The internal soluble material may dissolve through a body of a lens such as a contact lens in order to form the cavity within the contact lens. The cavity within the lens can be shaped in many ways, and corresponds to the shape of the dissolved material, such that many internal cavity shapes can be readily fabricated within the contact lens. The insert can be placed in a mold with a pre-polymer material, and the pre-polymer material cured with the insert placed in the mold to form the lens body. The polymerized polymer may comprise a low expansion polymer in order to inhibit expansion of the lens when hydrated. The polymer may comprise a hydrogel when hydrated. The soft contact lens material comprises a sufficient amount of cross-linking to provide structure to the lens and shape the cavity.
US12174457B2
An image capturing lens system includes a first lens having negative refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having refractive power, a sixth lens having refractive power, a seventh lens having positive refractive power, and an eighth lens having refractive power. The first to eighth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. The first lens and the fourth lens are formed of a glass material. The second lens, the third lens, the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, and the eighth lens are formed of a plastic material.
US12174451B2
An imaging lens assembly module includes an imaging lens element set, a lens carrier and a light blocking structure. The imaging lens element set has an optical axis. At least one lens element of the lens elements is disposed in the lens carrier. The light blocking structure includes a light blocking opening. The optical axis passes through the light blocking opening, and the light blocking opening includes at least two arc portions and a shrinking portion. Each of the arc portions has a first curvature radius for defining a maximum diameter of the light blocking opening. The shrinking portion is connected to the arc portions for forming the light blocking opening into a non-circular shape. The shrinking portion includes at least one protruding arc which extends and shrinks gradually from the shrinking portion to the optical axis, and the protruding arc has a second curvature radius.
US12174450B2
A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first magnet; an upper elastic member disposed at a top surface of the bobbin and at a top surface of the housing; a lower elastic member disposed at a bottom surface of the bobbin and at a bottom surface of the housing; and first and second winding protrusions disposed with being opposite to each other, the first coil being wound on the first and second winding protrusions.
US12174430B2
Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a fiber optic connector assembly including a fiber optic connector with a front end and a back end. A ferrule positioned at the front end. The ferrule has a distal end face with a central region and recessed regions on opposite sides of the central region. The assembly includes a dust cap mounted on the ferrule. The dust cap has an open end and an opposite closed end. The fiber optic connector assembly also includes a tape member that covers the central region of the ferrule. The tape member can be secured to the dust cap such that when the dust cap is removed, the tape member simultaneously comes off with the dust cap.
US12174425B2
A fabricating process may include: producing a trench, in an encapsulated-silicon layer, in the location where a silicon-nitride core of the waveguide must be produced; then depositing a silicon-nitride layer on the encapsulated-silicon layer, the thickness of the deposited silicon-nitride layer being sufficient to completely fill the trench; then removing the silicon nitride situated outside of the trench to uncover an upper face with which the trench filled with silicon nitride is flush; then depositing a dielectric layer that covers the uncovered upper face in order to finalize the encapsulation of the silicon-nitride core and thus to obtain a mixed layer containing both the silicon and silicon-nitride cores encapsulated in dielectric.
US12174424B2
A method of manufacturing an optoelectronic device. The manufactured device includes a photonic component coupled to a waveguide. The method comprising: providing a device coupon, the device coupon including the photonic component; providing a silicon platform, the silicon platform comprising a cavity within which is a bonding surface for the device coupon; transfer printing the device coupon onto the cavity, such that a surface of the device coupon directly abuts the bonding surface and at least one channel is present between the device coupon and a sidewall of the cavity; and filling the at least one channel with a filling material via a spin-coating process, to form a bridge coupling the III-V semiconductor based photonic component to the silicon waveguide.
US12174419B2
A hybrid photonics device package is described. The hybrid photonics device package includes an electro-optic integrated circuit and a photonics integrated circuit. The electro-optic integrated circuit includes an optical structure and an electrode on a first substrate. The optical structure has a thin film electro-optic layer including lithium. The photonics integrated circuit includes a second substrate and a photonics component on the second substrate. The photonics component and the optical structure are optically coupled. One of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit is mounted on an other of the electro-optic integrated circuit and the photonics integrated circuit.
US12174406B2
An infrared shielding film is an infrared shielding film including: an organic binder; and a plurality of tin-doped indium oxide particles (ITO particles) dispersed in the organic binder, in which the average center-to-center distance between adjacent particles of the ITO particles is in a range of 9 nm or more and 36 nm or less, the ratio of the average center-to-center distance between the adjacent particles to the average primary particle diameter of the ITO particles is in a range of 1.05 or more and 1.20 or less, and a roughness Ra of a film surface is in a range of 4 nm or more and 50 nm or less.
US12174397B2
A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
US12174380B2
A display module includes a display element, a light-guiding optical system forming an exit pupil, and an optical member including a light incidence surface and a light emission surface. The light-guiding optical system is an eccentric optical system, and includes first and second incidence areas on which the image light emitted from the light emission surface is incident. The optical member is disposed, correcting an inclination of the light emission surface with respect to the light-guiding optical system such that an variation amount in an incidence angle of the image light with respect to the first incidence area, before and after the light emission surface is inclined, is greater than an variation amount in an incidence angle of the image light with respect to the second incidence area.
US12174369B2
An optical scanning device includes a light source, a photodetector, an optical element group, and a polygon mirror. The light source is configured to emit laser light. The photodetector is configured to detect a beam formed with the laser light. The optical element group is configured to guide the beam to the photodetector. The polygon mirror is configured to perform deflection scanning on the beam, which deflects the beam from a first end in one direction of a main scanning direction to a second end on a side opposite to the first end of the main scanning direction. The beam is incident on the same side of the photodetector when the beam is deflected toward the first end and the second end by the polygon mirror.
US12174366B2
A display device, a method, and a computer-readable medium. The display device includes a layer including a first region and a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured to be visible to a user of the display device; and circuitry configured: to control displaying a computer generated image on an optical device overlapping the layer and to control a first transmittance of the first region of the layer to be lower than a second transmittance of the second region of the layer such that: a visibility, through the first region, of the computer generated image is increased and a visibility, through the second region, of an environment opposite the user relative to the display device is higher than a visibility, through the first region, of the environment opposite the user relative to the display device.
US12174364B2
Disclosed is an observation device for measuring an observation object while tracking the observation object by rotating an observation unit (10), wherein the observation device comprises a rotary unit (40) which includes: one end coupled to a support unit (20) through a first shaft rotating part (30) having a rotary shaft perpendicular to the side surface of the support unit (20); and the other end coupled to the observation unit (10) through a second shaft rotating part (50) having a rotary shaft perpendicular to the rotary shaft of the first shaft rotating part (30). Therefore, the observation device neither has a blind zone difficult to be observed nor requires rapid rotation of the rotary shaft, and thus can continuously observe objects ranging from a low-speed observation object, such as a celestial body or a planet, to a high-speed observation object, such as a satellite or a rocket.
US12174363B2
The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system for generating images that are projected into the first focal plane of an optical system.
US12174359B2
Apochromatic microscope objective (1) with a focal length f′(Obj), comprising a front lens (L1) made of a high refractive index material, a second lens (L2) which is arranged adjacent to the front lens and which has a thickness (d2) at least as great as a thickness (d1) of the front lens (L1), d2≥d1, and at least one cemented group (Gi), wherein the last cemented group (G1) in the beam path of the microscope objective (1) has a converging cemented surface (FK) with a cemented radius (rK) ranging from −0.95 f′(Obj) to −0.75 f′(Obj).
US12174356B2
A zoom lens B0 includes a first lens unit B1 having negative refractive, a second lens unit B2 having positive refractive power, and a third lens unit B3 having negative refractive power in order from an object side to an image side. The first lens unit B1 moves during zooming. The first lens unit B1 includes a negative lens G1 disposed closest to the object side and at least one positive lens. Lenses included in the second lens unit B2 all have positive refractive power. The number of lenses included in the third lens unit B3 is two or less. The third lens unit B3 moves toward the image side during focusing from infinity to close range.
US12174348B2
The disclosure provide an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, a ninth lens and a tenth lens having refractive powers respectively; wherein the first lens, the third lens and the ninth lens have positive refractive powers respectively; the second lens and the tenth lens have negative refractive powers respectively; and f is a total effective focal length of the optical imaging lens assembly, and EPD is an entrance pupil diameter of the optical imaging lens assembly, f and EPD satisfy: f/EPD<1.5.
US12174346B2
An optical imaging lens is provided. The optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element sequentially arranged along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. Each of the first lens element to the eighth lens element comprises an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The second lens element has negative refracting power. The fifth lens element has positive refracting power. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex. Lens elements of the optical imaging lens are only the eight lens elements described above.
US12174341B2
An anti-reflective film includes a hard coating layer including a curable resin, and a low-refractive layer disposed on the hard coating layer and including the curable resin, wherein a pencil hardness measured on the low-refractive layer is equal to or greater than 3H, thereby achieving excellent durability and anti-reflective effects. Also, provided is a display device employing the anti-reflective film.
US12174335B2
An absolute gravimeter and a measurement method based on vacuum optical tweezers. The micro-nano particle releasing device is equipped with micro-nano particles, and is located above laser optical tweezers, and the laser optical tweezers have two capturing beams which pass through the respective convergent lenses and then converge at an intersection. An area where the intersection is located serves as an optical trap capturing region, and the micro-nano particles are stably captured by the two capturing beams in the optical trap capturing region. The optical interferometer is electrically connected to the signal processing device, the optical interferometer measures a displacement of the micro-nano particles in real time at the beginning of a free fall process from the optical trap capturing region and sends the displacement signal to the signal processing device. The signal processing device obtains a measured value of an absolute gravitational acceleration.
US12174328B2
A method and system for forming a seismic image of a subterranean region are disclosed. The method includes determining an initial plan for a seismic survey with a value for each member of a set of acquisition parameters and acquiring a first seismic dataset from a first portion of the seismic survey based on the initial plan. The method further includes transmitting the first seismic dataset to a seismic processor, determining a first seismic image from the first seismic dataset by performing expedited seismic processing and determining a first updated plan for the seismic survey based on the first seismic image and acquiring a second seismic dataset from a second portion of the seismic survey based on the first updated plan. The method still further includes transmitting the second seismic dataset to the seismic processor and determining the seismic based on the first seismic dataset and the second seismic dataset.
US12174326B2
A horizontal acoustic vector sensor system described herein includes a housing which has a gimbal assembly therein which is attached to a sensor assembly which has multiple pairs of seismometers that arranged orthogonally to one or more neighboring pairs of seismometers, along an approximately horizontal axis. The gimbal assembly with sensor assembly are enclosed within the housing by an endcap which includes an electronics assembly. The multiple pairs of seismometers are wired to the electronics assembly through a slip-ring which allows for movement of the gimbal assembly without entangling the wires. The horizontal acoustic vector sensor system further includes at least one omni-directional hydrophone integrated into the endcap.
US12174317B2
A distance measuring device includes a measuring unit, a controlling unit, and an accessory part. The measuring unit includes an applying unit that applies a transmission wave and a detector that detects a reflected wave resulting from the transmission wave. The controlling unit is configured to perform a measurement, by using the measuring unit, a distance to an object to which the transmission wave is applied. The accessory part is attached to the measuring unit and configured to operate when energized. The controlling unit is configured to control energization of the accessory part in accordance with a state of the measurement of the distance performed by using the measuring unit.
US12174316B2
A grating for a steering mirror of a LiDAR system is made without a metal coating. The grating comprising a plurality of ridges defined by a period. The period has a width that is equal to or less than a wavelength of a laser of the LiDAR system. The ridges can be made of crystalline silicon to form a high-contrast grating.
US12174312B2
Empirical data fitting with Ordered Statistic Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) detection is described. An empirical approach is used to derive data for indicated expected target responses to provide a CFAR in a variety of different noise distributions. Multiple (e.g., at least two) ordered-statistics are extracted from radar data, which are then used identify a ratio for mapping to an appropriate CFAR multiplier of quantile function for a distribution at hand. Empirical data fitting evaluates an ordered-statistic ration (OSR) against expected OSR values. From evaluating the expected OSR values derived from multiple test frames, a mapping between measured OSR values and their appropriate CFAR multiplier is derived. Through this empirical data fitting, a radar system can perform CFAR detection to account for shape shifts or other variations in a noise distribution beyond just fluctuations in noise strength.
US12174305B2
A position measurement system includes one or more computers each including a memory and a processor configured to measure an absolute position of a mobile object, attach a first time stamp to an absolute position measurement result, and output the absolute position measurement result with the first time stamp; measure a relative displacement of the mobile object, attach a second time stamp to a relative displacement measurement result, and output the relative displacement measurement result with the second time stamp; and execute positioning computation for calculating the absolute position of the mobile object based on the absolute position measurement result with the first time stamp and the relative displacement measurement result with the second time stamp, attach a third time stamp to a positioning computation result, and output the positioning computation result with the third time stamp.
US12174290B2
This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for generating location information associated with a video. For instance, an electronic device may use a radar sensor to generate radar data. The electronic device may then analyze the radar data in order to determine a location associated with an object. In some instances, the location may correspond to at least a first coordinate along a first axis and a second coordinate along a second axis. The electronic device may also generate image data using the imaging device. Additionally, the electronic device may analyze the image data in order to determine that the image data represents an object and/or a type of object. The electronic device may then generate location data representing an identifier for the object and the location. Next, the electronic device may send the image data and the location data to one or more computing devices.
US12174288B2
According to an aspect, a method of determining two dimensional (2D) angle of arrival (AoA) in a radar system comprising determining one dimensional (1D) AoA to generate a first set of (AoA), selecting a set of valid 1D AoA angles from the first set AoA, and determining the 2D AoA from the set of valid 1D AoA. Wherein the 1D AoA is determined on a first set of data received over a first uniform linear antenna array arranged in the first axis and the 2D AoA is determined on a second set data received over the first and the second MIMO antenna array arranged in the second axis and the set of valid 1D AoA in the first axis. Wherein the second antenna array need not be orthogonal to the first linear antenna array.
US12174286B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multistatic radar communications. In one aspect, a wireless communication device may determine a distance and direction of one or more receiving devices. The wireless communication device may transmit, to the one or more receiving devices, timing information indicating a timing relationship between a codeword sequence and one or more pulses. The wireless communication device may transmit a respective codeword of the codeword sequence in the direction of each of the one or more receiving devices. The wireless communication device may further transmit the one or more pulses in a plurality of directions. The wireless communication device may receive feedback from at least one of the one or more receiving devices and determine ranging information about an object based on the feedback and the distance or direction of at least one receiving device.
US12174284B2
A method is disclosed. In various examples, the method may include receiving an instruction for generating a ranging signal, and transmitting the ranging signal at least partially responsive to the instruction. In various examples the ranging signal may be transmitted via a terrestrial transmitter for transmitting radio waves having encoded messaging information and timing information for one or more of positioning, navigation and timing. In various examples, the ranging signal may exhibit a first ranging pulse and a second ranging pulse of a pulse group and an encoded transmitter identifier, the transmitter identifier encoded by modulating an inter-pulse interval defined between a start of the first ranging pulse and a start of the second ranging pulse.
US12174283B2
Systems for position determination using an energy chain for guiding supply lines, which energy chain has a movable run which is fixed at an end to a driver and a stationary run wherein the driver moves back and forth along a track. The system has a sensor device for position determination, which is attached to the driver. In one variant, the system comprises guide components, arranged along the track, for lateral guidance of the energy chain of which components at least one has a reference component acting as a position reference. In another variant of the system, at least each nth chain link of the energy chain has at least one reference component attached thereto. In both variants, the sensor device for position determination interacts with individual reference components, which allows better and more reliable determination of the current position.
US12174282B2
A device is provided for detecting critical stations in a multi-station scan. The device includes an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to receive image data taken from a patient lying on a table before start of a diagnostic scan with a magnetic resonance imaging system. The processing unit is configured to analyze the image data of the patient to identify a spatial location of the lungs of the patient to align the spatial location of the lungs of the patient with a planned multi-station scan to identify the critical stations that are potentially affected by a respiratory motion of the patient, and to assign breath-hold to the identified critical stations. The output unit is configured to provide the identified critical stations. Thus, the selection of critical stations can be automatically and consistently satisfied without operator intervention.
US12174277B1
An MPI device based on parallel scanning of multiple magnetic field free lines (FFLs) is provided. The MPI device includes a first coil, a second coil, an excitation coil, and a receiving coil; the first coil is configured to receive a first-frequency current and generate a plurality of FFLs; the second coil is configured to receive the first-frequency current and drive the FFLs to rotate under a joint action with the first coil; the excitation coil is configured to receive a second-frequency current and drive the FFLs to scan fast; the receiving coil receives a particle signal scanned by the FFLs at each time point; and the first coil, the second coil, the excitation coil and the receiving coil are provided in longitudinal symmetry along the center of the imaging field of view.
US12174270B2
Disclosed herein is a magnetic sensor that includes first and second magnetic layers opposed to each other through a magnetic gap, a magnetosensitive element disposed on a magnetic path formed by the magnetic gap, and a compensating coil wound around the first and second magnetic layers. The first magnetic layer, second magnetic layer, magnetosensitive element, and compensating coil are integrated in a sensor chip.
US12174258B2
An indicator device for a rechargeable battery pack, in particular, a rechargeable battery pack of a power tool, for indicating a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, including at least one charge state indicator unit, which includes at least one indicator element for indicating the charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, and including at least one control line for transmitting at least one electrical and/or electronic signal, in particular, as a function of a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, from a separate control unit of the rechargeable battery pack, in particular, structurally separated with respect to the charge state indicator unit, in particular, from main control electronics of the rechargeable battery pack to the charge state indicator unit. The charge state indicator unit is configured to short-circuit at least one indicator element as a function of the electrical and/or electronic signals transmitted via the control line.
US12174254B2
A fault detection method includes: obtaining a scheduling table of a target task, where the scheduling table is used to indicate at least one test pattern, the at least one test pattern is used to detect a fault in a target logic circuit, and the target logic circuit is a logic circuit configured to execute the target task; and executing the at least one test pattern based on the scheduling table, to detect the fault in the target logic circuit.
US12174247B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a monitoring circuit and a semiconductor device, and particularly, to a monitoring circuit including an oscillation circuit configured to generate an oscillation signal having a rising characteristic or a falling characteristic according to a threshold voltage level and a counter configured to count the number of rises or the number of falls of the oscillation signal, and a semiconductor device including the monitoring circuit.
US12174241B2
An apparatus for tin whisker isolation and detection includes a substrate having a plurality of pads for connecting to an electronic component placed on the substrate, and a shield placed on a surface of the substrate. The shield includes a plurality of cavities aligned over the plurality of pads. A plurality of sensing components each associated with one of the plurality of cavities are configured for sensing an electrically conductive growth from a corresponding pad of the plurality of pads. A plurality of circuit connections are each configured to connect one of the sensing components to detection circuitry. The detection circuitry is configured to receive one or more sensing signals from one or more of the sensing components and detect an electrically conductive growth from the corresponding pad based on the one or more sensing signals.
US12174238B2
A wafer includes a semiconductor substrate, multiple photonics devices and a test coupler. The multiple photonics devices are fabricated on the substrate and have multiple respective ports. The test coupler is disposed on the wafer and is configured to couple an optical test signal between a tester and the multiple ports of the multiple photonics devices during testing of the photonics devices.
US12174228B2
An apparatus and a system measure electrical power with improved accuracy as a result of compensating for sources of thermal energy that are not caused by the electrical power of the electrical circuit under test. The apparatuses and systems provide a separate electrical signal source (e.g. RF electrical circuits under test) and DC sides. The apparatuses and systems include devices adapted to convert thermal energy into voltages having reversed polarities. The apparatuses and systems are adapted to compensate for temperature changes not caused by the electrical power of the electrical circuit under test (e.g., ambient temperature change and thermal energy transmitted through the signal transmission lines from sources in the electrical circuit).
US12174218B2
A nano-positioning system for fine and coarse nano-positioning including at least one actuator, wherein the at least one actuator includes a high Curie temperature material and wherein the nano-positioning system is configured to apply a voltage to the at least one actuator to generate fine and/or coarse motion by the at least one actuator. The nano-positioning system being a stand-alone system, a scanning probe microscope, or an attachment to an existing microscope configured to perform a method of creepless nano-positioning that includes positioning a probe relative to a first area of a substrate using coarse stepping and interacting with the first area of the substrate using fine motion after less than 60 seconds of the positioning the probe. The movement of the scanning probe microscope is actuated by a high Curie temperature piezoelectric material that limits and/or eliminates creep, hysteresis and aging.
US12174214B2
Provided is a physical quantity sensor including: a movable body; a base body; and a lid body, in which the movable body is accommodated in a space between the base body and the lid body, the space is sealed with a melt portion obtained by melting a through hole provided in the lid body, the lid body and the melt portion contain silicon, and the melt portion has a continuous curved surface having unevenness.
US12174213B2
Provided is a new and improved method for examining the penetration of fragments in ballistic gelatin through the use of state-of-the art computed tomography (CT) equipment and analytical software. The inventive method can be used for fragment penetration testing as a key performance parameter (KPP). Ballistic gel containing multiple fragments are obtained, placed in a container, positioned in a CT chamber, and scanned. The scan is imported into a Volume graphics software program. A surface determination is made, which is used by one or more algorithms to isolate potential fragmentation within the gel block. The number of fragments, depth of penetration, and fragment mass are then calculated.
US12174211B2
Systems and methods are described to determine whether a sample transmitted through a transfer line from a remote sampling system contains a suitable sample to analyze by an analysis system. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample receiving line configured to receive a liquid segment a first detector configured to detect the liquid segment at a first location in the sample receiving line; a second detector configured to detect the liquid segment at a second location in the sample receiving line downstream from the first location; and a controller configured to register a continuous liquid segment in the sample receiving line when the first detector and the second detector match detection states prior to the controller registering a change of state of the first detector.
US12174206B2
Systems and methods that enable automated processing of specimens carried on microscope slides are described herein. Aspects of the technology are directed, for example, to an automated staining system including a dispensing instrument that receives a processing module to deliver reagent to a reaction chamber of the slide processing module. The processing module can carry fresh reagents, waste material, and the side.
US12174200B2
A targeted DEFA5 antibody is disclosed herein. The targeted DEFA5 antibody has a high degree of specificity with DEFA5 protein, particularly with peptide sequences of the P, B, and/or M binding sites of the DEFA5 protein. The targeted DEFA5 antibody may be incorporated into an assay for diagnosing and treating ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease in a subject suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. The assay may be provided in a kit. The targeted DEFA5 antibody may be used in a method for measuring the level of DEFA5 or DEFA5 expression in a sample collected from a subject, and determining, based on the level of DEFA5 or DEFA5 expression, whether the subject is suffering from ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease. A treatment may be based on the determination of whether the subject has ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease.
US12174188B2
The invention features methods of identifying a subject having an autoimmune disease, such as type 1 diabetes, as likely to respond to treatment with a tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) receptor II activator. The method involves measuring CD8 protein density on the surface of autoreactive CD8+ T cells and identifying the subject as likely to respond to the treatment if the CD8 protein density is reduced relative to a reference CD8+ T cell. For type 1 diabetes, the method may involve measuring C-peptide levels in an in vitro biological sample from the subject, identifying the subject as likely to respond to the treatment if the C-peptide levels are detectable, and identifying the subject as unlikely to respond to the treatment if the C-peptide are substantially undetectable. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions of one or more TNFR2 activators for use in treating an autoimmune disease in a subject identified as likely to respond to the treatment prior to the treating by according to the methods of the invention.
US12174168B2
A system and method for the real time determination of microbial growth in or on perishable products. The system can predict the extent of microbial growth, e.g., whether food is spoiled, in real time by measuring chemicals released, e.g., CO2, from the perishable product during microbial growth. The output from a sensor can be correlated to the extent of microbial growth, i.e., spoilage, and provide information about the extent of microbial growth to the user, for example, through their smart devices.
US12174150B1
A method for detecting internal coating defects in a pipe sample with an electromagnetic acoustic transducer sensor. The method includes recording a plurality of Lamb mode scans of the pipe sample with the EMAT sensor, where each Lamb mode scan is measured along a length of the pipe sample in axial alignment with the pipe sample; and processing the Lamb mode scans by applying a singular spectrum analysis to the Lamb mode scans to generate data from which the internal coating defects in the pipe sample are identified. The Lamb mode scans are at a frequency from dispersion curve of from 0.3 to 2 MHz, at a frequency of from 0.4 MHz to 2 MHz, a group velocity of from 1 mm/p s to 3 mm/μs, a phase velocity of from 5 mm/μs to 25 mm/μs, and a wave count of from 3 to 10.
US12174148B1
A method for determining the quality of diffusion welding by means of non-destructive testing comprises the steps of determining a testing method, performing batch testing, establishing a relationship, performing a classification of the mechanical performance data of welded joints, performing a classification of quality levels of different welded interfaces, performing a classification of quality levels of the welded joints, and determining quality levels of the welded joints of to-be-tested workpieces.
US12174140B2
Methods and systems for monitoring the activity of electrogenic networks are described. One representative system includes an array of electrode coupled to an analyzer having a stimulator and a receiver. The electrode is placed in contact with an electrogenic cell. The electrodes can be shaped as nanowires, tubes, cavities and/or cones. The analyzer may be configured to operate in a voltage stimulation mode, in which the cells are stimulated via voltages and monitored via current, or in a current stimulation mode, in which the cells are stimulated via currents and monitored via voltages. The analyzers may be arranged as single-stage amplifiers, and may include a feedback loop shared between the stimulation signal path and the sensing signal path. The feedback loop may be arranged to provide overlapping stimulation and sensing of the electrogenic network's cells.
US12174139B2
A gas sensor control device having a DA conversion circuit configured to supply a pump current having a magnitude corresponding to an inputted digital signal to the pump cell, a reference electric potential generating circuit configured to keep an electric potential of the first pump electrode at a reference electric potential, a diagnostic resistance connected to the pump cell parallel to the pump cell, and an output part configured to output a signal relating to voltage applied to the diagnostic resistance when inputting an arbitrary digital signal to the DA conversion circuit in a situation in which oxygen ion conductivity does not occur in the pump cell to an external device.
US12174134B2
A thermographic inspection system is provided for inspecting electrical equipment. The system may be used while the electrical equipment is energized to monitor active performance of the equipment. The system may be used to monitor temperature differences of various components in the equipment.
US12174129B2
X-ray tomography systems and methods for imaging an aircraft part are disclosed herein. The systems include a part fixture, which is configured to support the aircraft part. The systems also include an x-ray source, which is configured to selectively emit x-rays, and an x-ray detector, which is configured to detect the x-rays. The systems further include a support structure that operatively supports the x-ray source and the x-ray detector such that x-rays emitted by the x-ray source travel along a beam path that is incident upon the x-ray detector and that passes through the aircraft part. The systems also include a rotary scanning structure, which is configured to selectively rotate the support structure about a scan axis, and a longitudinal scanning structure, which is configured to selectively translate the support structure along the scan axis. The methods include methods of utilizing the systems.
US12174125B2
A flow cell system for an optical fluid analysis comprises a disposable flow cell having at least one flow chamber comprising a fluid pathway, and at least one pair of opposed light transmitting windows along the fluid pathway, an external flow cell holder for holding the flow cell, at least one light source, and an external detection device couplable with at least one of the flow cell holder and the flow cell for bringing the external detection device in optical communication with the flow cell, the device having at least one optical detection unit. The external detection device is configured to conduct optical measurements of the fluid that flows in the flow cell through at least one pair of windows from externally under illumination by the at least one light source.
US12174124B2
An analyte testing system for quantifying the presence of an analyte in a specimen by immunochromatography. The system comprises a camera test card, depicting a test cassette (10) with an immunochromatography and a handheld processor device (16) comprising a digital camera (16a), a source of light (16b) and a processor (16c), which software and hardware (16c) are configured to make a pose estimation of camera and object and the measures of light in the region of interest of the immunochromatography. The system allows an automatic camera calibration and certification as a scanner for use in point-of-care diagnostics.
US12174117B2
An apparatus and method of inline measurement of low-concentration hydrocarbons overlaps fluorescence, scatter and absorption spectroscopy devices so as to measure scatter and absorption of fluorescing oil and the excited fluorescence itself. The apparatus includes a fitting, an input port, an output port, and a sapphire tube having a hollow interior in fluid connection with the input port and the output port. Flow medium passes through the input port, the sapphire tube, and the output port. The apparatus also includes a light emitter, a first detector, and a second detector. The light emitter can include a lens, an absorption and scatter wavelength emitter, and a fluorescence wavelength emitter. An incident absorption and scatter beam and an incident fluorescence beam from the light emitter and parallel so as to determine free hydrocarbon, dissolved hydrocarbons, and solids in a sample within the sapphire tube.
US12174111B2
An approach to remotely and noninvasively detect and evaluate the response of a plant or plant population to a man-made or natural treatment regime (e.g., herbicide, fungicide or fertilizer treatment) via spectral imaging methods and systems comprising the capture of a plurality of spectral images for a common plant scene, each associated with a selected wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum, the formulation of an index function from the spectral information indicative of the plant response over time, and the assessment of mathematical parameters quantifying the time-varying plant response to the treatment regime. The plant response to a treatment regime may be quantified in illustrative embodiments in a fraction of the time previously required by many conventional approaches. Applying varying herbicide dosages to segments of the same plant population enables easy determination of a dose-response curve.
US12174101B2
A testing device (20, 120, 220, 290, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820, 1020, 1120) is provided for testing for the presence of particulate in a liquid (22). The testing device (20, 120, 220, 290, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820, 1020, 1120) includes a liquid container (30, 730) for containing the liquid (22); a filter (32, 132, 732), disposed in or downstream of the liquid container (30, 730); a liquid-pressure source (34, 734), which is arranged to apply pressure to drive the liquid (22) contained in the liquid container (30, 730) through the filter (32, 132, 732); and a filter chamber (36, 136, 236, 336, 736) that is (a) disposed downstream of the liquid container (30, 730), (b) shaped so as to define an inlet (38, 138, 238, 738, 838), and (c) in fluid communication with the filter (32, 132, 732). Other embodiments are also described.
US12174095B2
This wedge looseness inspector for a rotary electric machine includes: an inspector including a wedge striker having a tap hammer for striking a wedge, and a wedge vibration detector for detecting vibration of the wedge; and attraction portions connected to the inspector via connection members and being attractable to an outer circumferential surface of a stepped-down portion, wherein the attraction portions have, on an inner side in the axial direction, first attachments that allow adjustment of the attached position in the axial direction of the attraction portions or replacement thereof.
US12174091B2
Methods and apparatus for checking emitter bonds in an irrigation drip line and for manufacturing drip line in a manner that allows the bond between the in-line emitter and surrounding conduit to be checked. In one form, a downstream in-line vacuum tester is provided for monitoring the amount of air escaping from outlet openings in the drip line to detect excessive air associated with poorly bonded emitters.
US12174076B2
To provide a temperature measurement system, which is capable of preventing distortion that occurs in a temperature measurement object from being transmitted to an optical fiber, and improving responsiveness of heat transfer from the temperature measurement object to the optical fiber. The temperature measurement system includes: a temperature measurement object; an optical fiber provided on the temperature measurement object; an intermediate material provided on the optical fiber; and a pressing jig which is provided on the temperature measurement object, and is configured to press the optical fiber against the temperature measurement object through intermediation of the intermediate material, wherein the optical fiber is expandable and contractible in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber due to a change in a temperature of the optical fiber with respect to the temperature measurement object and the intermediate material.
US12174073B2
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method, a respective device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The method includes: obtaining color values, texture values and digital images of a target coating, retrieving from a database one or more preliminary matching formulas based on the color and/or texture values obtained for the target coating, determining sparkle points within the respective obtained images and within the respective images associated with the one or more preliminary matching formulas, creating subimages of each sparkle point from the respective images, providing the created subimages to a convolutional neural network, the convolutional neural network being trained to correlate a respective subimage of a respective sparkle point with a pigment and/or pigment class, and determining, based on an output of the neural network, at least one of the one or more preliminary matching formulas as the formula(s) best matching the target coating.
US12174065B2
An adaptor for use with a colour measuring device is provided where the colour measuring device has a cavity, a sensor positioned at a closed end of the cavity for measuring colour of a surface, and a rim surrounding an open end of the cavity. The adaptor includes a plate for contacting the surface and covering the rim of the colour measuring device, the plate having a portion for occluding the cavity that is transparent, referred to as the transparent portion, and a releasable coupling mechanism fixed to the plate for coupling the plate to the colour measuring device such that the transparent portion of the plate covers the sensor of the colour measuring device.
US12174064B2
A circuit for sensing radiation with high sensitivity is disclosed. The circuit comprises a first transistor configurable to reset a voltage-level at a circuit node to a voltage reference. The circuit also comprises measurement circuitry configured to measure the voltage-level at the circuit node, and at least one photodiode configured to vary the voltage-level at the circuit node in response to radiation incident upon the photodiode during an integration period. The circuit also comprises processing circuitry configured to control the first transistor to reset the voltage-level at the circuit node and to subsequently configure the measurement circuitry to measure the voltage-level at a start and at an end of the integration period.
US12174062B2
An apparatus for suspending a sensor element is provided. The apparatus can include a housing including a cavity, an inner surface, and a first end cap integrally formed within a first end of the housing. The housing can include a sensor element therein. The first end cap can include a first plurality of suspension elements integrally formed within the first end cap and arranged to project from a surface of the first end cap toward the cavity. The inner surface of the housing and/or the first plurality of suspension elements can suspend the sensor element within the cavity as the sensor element translates within the cavity. Related systems and methods of manufacture are also described.
US12174061B2
A wireless battery-powered daylight sensor for measuring a total light intensity in a space is operable to transmit wireless signals using a variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The sensor comprises a photosensitive circuit, a wireless transmitter for transmitting the wireless signals, a controller coupled to the photosensitive circuit and the wireless transmitter, and a battery for powering the photosensitive circuit, the wireless transmitter, and the controller. The photosensitive circuit is operable to generate a light intensity control signal in response to the total light intensity in the space. The controller transmits the wireless signals in response to the light intensity control signal using the variable transmission rate that is dependent upon the total light intensity in the space. The variable transmission rate may be dependent upon an amount of change of the total light intensity in the space. In addition, the variable transmission rate may be further dependent upon a rate of change of the total light intensity in the space.
US12174055B2
The invention provides a method of verifying the health of a liquid level detection device, preferably a vibrating fork level switch, while the device remains in situ. The method includes, independently of the device, verifying if the fork tines are fully wet or fully dry. This step can be carried out by a further, independent, level measuring apparatus.
US12174054B1
A fluid level sensing system comprises a sensor float assembly, a sensor control module comprising a sensor processor, and a sensor cable. An accelerometer arranged within the float chamber in a fixed orientation relative to a float axis. The accelerometer is capable of determining movement in at least first and second reference axes. The sensor cable is operatively connected between the float processor and the sensor processor. Movement of the float enclosure relative to the reference point is limited. The accelerometer generates and transfers to the float processor first and second sets of data representative of movement along the first and second reference axes. The float processor generates and transfers to the sensor processor pitch data associated with the float enclosure based on the first and second sets of data. The sensor processor generates a status signal and/or a control signal based on the pitch data.
US12174048B2
There is provided an optical encoder including a photodiode array and a code disk opposite to each other. The photodiode array includes at least three sets of position photodiodes and two index photodiodes arranged transversally. The two index photodiodes are adjacently arranged at the same side of the at least three sets of position photodiodes. A first set of position photodiodes and a last set of position photodiodes of the at least three sets of position photodiodes are partially covered to alleviate the total harmonic distortion. The rest position photodiodes of the at least three sets of position photodiodes other than the first and last sets of position photodiodes are not covered.
US12174040B2
A system includes: a server configured to transmit map data of each of areas; and a vehicle including a storage device. In a case where map data of an area to which a current position of the vehicle belongs is not stored in the storage device, the vehicle transmits, to the server, an acquisition request to acquire map data of an acquisition area including at least the area and stores the map data of the acquisition area that is transmitted in response to the acquisition request in the storage device. In a case where a frequency index value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, when a predetermined condition is established, the vehicle deletes the map data of the acquisition area. In a case where the frequency index value is larger than the threshold, the vehicle maintains the map data of the acquisition area to be stored.
US12174037B2
Some embodiments provide a commute application that provides a first presentation of several stops along a route. The commute application also receives a selection of a stop from the several stops along the route. The commute application further provides a second presentation for displaying several different routes that traverse through the selected stop.
US12174034B2
A computer-implemented method may comprise: receiving sensor data from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle; determining a presence of a lane closure object located on a lane element; determining a change of the lane closure object, selected from the presence of the lane closure object or absence of the lane closure object on the lane element; generating a change candidate based on the change in the lane closure object; obtaining a plurality of the change candidates during a time period or the autonomous vehicle being on a preceding lane element on the route; analyzing the plurality of change candidates for the change being the presence of the lane closure object or the absence of the lane closure object on the lane element; generating a final change candidate based on the change; and providing the final change candidate for updating a high definition map of the route having the lane element.
US12174017B2
A composite measurement system for measuring nanometer displacement is provided. The system includes: a light source, a polarization beam splitting prism, a first phase change module, a second phase change module, a first right-angle prism, a second right-angle prism, a non-polarization beam splitting prism, a scalar interference light collection module, a vector interference light collection module and a displacement calculation module. In the present disclosure, a photodetector is configured to collect an intensity of scalar interference light of the object to be measured being moved, to obtain a periodic light intensity change curve; a CCD camera is configured to collect images of interference vortex light of the object being moved; and the displacement calculation unit is configured to calculate a displacement of the object according to integer periods of the light intensity change curve and angles of image changes of the interference vortex light.
US12174013B2
A measuring probe for a coordinate measuring machine is provided. The measuring probe includes a stylus position detection portion with a sensing coil configuration, signal processing and control circuitry and a temperature dependent compensation portion. The temperature dependent compensation portion includes a temperature dependent component that is coupled to at least part of the sensing coil configuration such that a change in a characteristic of the temperature dependent component due to an increase in temperature of the temperature dependent component causes a ratio of a first current to a second current to increase in the sensing coil configuration, wherein the first and second currents are in at least one first sensing coil and at least one second sensing coil, respectively, of the sensing coil configuration. Such implementations are configured to increase accuracy of the processed signals by at least partially compensating for certain affects that occur due to temperature changes.
US12174011B2
A tape measure including an elongate tape blade is shown. The tape measure includes a protective bumper that extends below the tape opening. The bumper is shaped to allow the tape hook to pivot during drop or impact to reduce the impact force experienced by the tape hook.
US12173998B1
An active hazard mitigation device includes a reservoir containing thermal wax and a slider translatable from a safe position to an armed position. A conduit for flow of the thermal wax in a melted state extends from the thermal wax reservoir to a rear of the safe position of the slider. A BKNO3 pellet is disposed in a forward end of the slider. A lithium intermetallic thermal sensor is disposed adjacent the BKNO3 pellet when the slider is in an armed position. When the thermal wax expands, the slider moves from the safe position to the armed position under the lithium intermetallic thermal sensor. When the lithium intermetallic thermal sensor activates, heat from the lithium intermetallic thermal sensor ignites the BKNO3 pellet in the slider and thereby produces gas and heat that ignites energetic material disposed proximate to the BKNO3 pellet.
US12173995B2
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a system for reducing water-entry shock for a projectile entering the water, the system comprising: a first component, the first component being moveable to a target region for which water-entry shock is to be reduced, and arranged to interact with the water, for reducing water-entry shock for a second component; a second component in the form of the projectile, arranged to enter the water in the region for which water-entry shock has been reduced by the first component, functionality of the second projectile component being triggered by the water.
US12173994B2
A shaped charge system controlled by an electronic safe and arm device located outside a system chamber comprises a billet of explosive fill material in the chamber, a waveshaper disposed in the explosive material, and a detonator and firing module disposed within the waveshaper.
US12173993B2
A dead stop assembly includes a deceleration member which is attachable at one end to a rail such that when a target retriever applies force to the deceleration member, the target retriever is decelerated. The deceleration member may be disposed in a housing which further engages the rail when the housing is impacted by a target retriever.
US12173991B1
The present invention provides a ballistic shield made of an optically opaque bulletproof shield having a back and a front side, wherein the shield does not include a transparent view window. Further, the ballistic shield includes at least one arm or hand hold centrally located on the back side of the bulletproof shield. A plurality of cameras is located on the front side of the bulletproof shield, at least one of the plurality of cameras operating in an electro-optical spectrum, and at least one of the plurality of cameras operating in the infra-red (IR) spectrum, wherein the plurality of cameras capture at least one image and a plurality of light emitting sources located on the front side of the bulletproof shield. Further, the ballistic shield includes a screen for viewing at least one image, wherein the screen is located on the back of the shield.
US12173990B2
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) impedes locomotion of a human target by providing a stimulus signal through the target via one or more electrodes. A propulsion system provides a force that launches the one or more electrodes toward the target to deliver the stimulus signal. The electrodes may be mechanically and electrically coupled to a deployment unit by a filament. An electrode may cooperate with a winding machine to wind the filament into a winding. The winding may be positioned inside the body of the electrode for deployment during launch.
US12173987B2
User-zeroable adjustment knobs for an aiming device include a rotating member that is rotated to change a setting of the aiming device, a dial selectively couplable to the rotating member via a clutch for co-rotation therewith, and a locking mechanism that prevents the dial and rotating member from rotating relative to the aiming device when the locking mechanism is locked. The clutch is disengageable without the use of tools to allow the dial to rotate relative to the rotating member for zeroing the aiming device. The locking mechanism may include a lock release that is accessible from outside of the dial and movable relative to the dial and the rotating member to release the locking mechanism. Methods of zeroing locking adjustment knobs are also disclosed.
US12173979B2
A protective cover for a sighting device installed on a firearm includes a cover body configured to be couplable to the sighting device and having a rear vision opening; the sighting device having a top protrusion; wherein the cover body includes a top securing unit which is configured to be clipped on the top protrusion to tightly secure the cover body on the sighting device.
US12173978B2
A firearm attachment is disclosed including a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall extending between the first side wall and the second side wall. The bottom wall spaces the first side wall from the second side wall to define a space therebetween for receiving a trigger guard of a firearm. The firearm attachment further includes a first attachment protrusion extending from the first side wall toward the second side wall for engaging the trigger guard of the firearm and a second attachment protrusion extending from the second side wall toward the first side wall for engaging the trigger guard of the firearm.
US12173973B2
A tube cleaning system and method including a nozzle holder operable to secure nozzles in a nozzle arrangement, the nozzle arrangement corresponding to an arrangement of tubes of a tube bundle, and a nozzle positioning system operable to move the nozzle holder and nozzles secured therein, to cause the nozzles to engage a set of tubes of the tubes of the tube bundle, the nozzles configured to direct cleaning fluid into the set of tubes.
US12173971B2
A helical fractal heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core defining a plurality of helical, first fluid conduits arranged in a two-dimensional grid configuration, and plurality of helical, second fluid conduits in thermal communication with the first fluid conduits. A first fluid inlet structure splits a first fluid from a first fluid inlet of the heat exchanger and supplies it to each of the plurality of first fluid conduits, and a first fluid outlet structure recombines the first fluid from the plurality of first fluid conduits and conveys it to a first fluid outlet of the heat exchanger. The first fluid inlet and outlet structures are each fractal structures comprising at least two multi-furcation stages in which a parent channel divides into two or more sub-channels that diverge away from each other.
US12173969B2
A separate capillary vapor chamber structure for dual heat sources is provided for transferring heat between low and high heat sources, and includes lower and upper plates covering each other, an evaporation area having the low and high heat sources, a first condensation area extended from a side of the evaporation area and adjacent to the low heat source, a second condensation area extended from another side of the evaporation area and adjacent to the high heat source. The lower plate has a lower capillary layer extended from the first condensation area to an end of the second condensation area through the evaporation area, and the upper plate has an upper capillary layer extended from an end of the first condensation area into the evaporation area to form a cut edge, such that the upper capillary layer is shorter than the lower capillary layer.
US12173968B2
A heat dissipating device includes a first casing includes a recessed portion, and a second casing coupled to the first casing. The recessed portion at least partially defines an evaporator section of the heat dissipating device, a condenser section of the heat dissipating device is disposed surrounding the recessed portion, and the first casing and the second casing enclose an internal space of the heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device further includes a plurality of first support structures arranged in the recessed portion, a plurality of second support structures arranged in the condenser section, and a plurality of heat transfer structures arranged in the recessed portion.
US12173965B2
A hybrid capillary and mechanically pumped loop heat pipe (HLHP) includes a fluid loop having an evaporator thermally coupled to a heat load, a condenser thermally coupled to a heat sink, a reservoir, and one or more magnetically levitating pumps configured to pump fluid through the loop thereby improving heat transport capacity and system stability.
US12173956B2
A refrigerator includes: a door including a door body and a door panel coupled to the door body, and a buffer member disposed at a rear surface of the door panel and provided between the door body and the door panel. The door body defines a first part at a front surface, an adhesive portion is provided at the first part between the door body and the door panel to thereby couple a rear surface of the door panel to the front surface of the door body, and the buffer member contacts a first portion of the adhesive portion and the rear surface of the door panel contacts a second portion of the adhesive portion.
US12173954B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a drain pan. The drain pan is configured to collect condensate into a basin of the drain pan from an evaporator of the HVAC system and to direct the condensate from the basin via a drain port of the drain pan. A draining surface is formed in the basin and includes a compound slope including a first slope extending along a length of the drain pan and a second slope extending along a width of the drain pan. A raised surface extends from the draining surface and includes protrusions extending from a spine that extends along a side of the drain pan. The raised surface is configured to support the evaporator of the HVAC system.
US12173952B2
A method and a device for controlling a low-temperature refrigeration air valve, the method includes: acquiring a current environment temperature; according to the current environment temperature, determining an initial target pressure of the current system and an initial opening degree of an air valve; acquiring an actual pressure of the current system and a target pressure of the current system; and adjusting an opening degree of the air valve according to a difference value between the target pressure of the current system and the actual pressure of the current system, wherein the air valve is disposed at a low-temperature cover. An opening degree of the air valve is adjusted according to the difference value between the target pressure of the current system and the actual pressure of the current system, to meet the refrigeration demand of the user in an ultra-low temperature environment, expanding the operation scope of refrigeration.
US12173950B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration circuit with a variable speed compressor, an evaporator, and a variable speed evaporator fan. A controller is operatively connected to the refrigeration circuit and is programmed to calculate a heat load ratio as a ratio between the difference between the ambient temperature and the set point temperature of the fresh-food compartment and the difference between the ambient temperature and the freezer compartment reference point; calculate a speed of one or both of the variable speed compressor and the variable speed evaporator fan as a function of the calculated heat load ratio; and operate one or both of the variable speed compressor and the variable speed evaporator fan at the calculated speed. A method of controlling temperature in cavities of a refrigerator is also provided.
US12173948B2
A refrigerator includes a storage space defined in a cabinet and a machine room arranged under the storage space. To implement a cooling system, a compressor, a condenser, and a heat dissipation fan are included in the machine room. In addition, a control module is provided in the machine room to face an outlet of the machine room. The control module is installed at a position close to the entrance of the machine room and configured to be separated frontward from the machine room, and thus accessibility to the control module can be enhanced.
US12173947B2
An ice maker of this embodiment comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein the lower tray is relatively rotatable relative to the upper tray; and an upper heater disposed around the upper tray, for providing heat to the upper chamber, wherein the upper tray is made of a non-metal material and a flexible material, the upper heater is a DC heater receiving DC power, at least a portion of the upper tray is thicker than the lower tray, an accommodation part for accommodating the upper heater is formed on the upper tray, and at least a portion of the upper heater is disposed to vertically overlap the ice chamber in a state that the upper heater is accommodated in the accommodation part.
US12173943B2
A control method and system for refrigeration, oil return and noise reduction of a multi-split air-conditioner, wherein the method includes: when the accumulative time that the frequency of a compressor is smaller than the set frequency threshold reaches the oil return cycle and a standby indoor unit exists, conducting an oil return running mode; resetting the accumulative time; starting counting the oil return running time; calculating the indoor unit starting load; determining the opening degree of an expansion valve of the standby indoor unit according to the indoor unit starting load and whether there is anyone in a room where the standby indoor unit is located; controlling the compressor to run according to the set oil return frequency; and when the oil return running time reaches the oil return set time, exiting the oil return running mode, and conducting a normal refrigerating running mode.
US12173941B2
System and methods for oil circulation ratio (OCR) sensing with a suction-line accumulator are provided. The accumulator may include a sensor configured to detect the level of oil. The accumulator may further include a valve which opens when oil is at a high-level and closes when oil is at a low-level. The accumulator may measure a mass flow rate of oil in the vapor compression cycle system based on an amount of time taken to fill a portion of the accumulator. The accumulator may further determine an oil circulation ratio based on the measured time taken to fill the portion of the accumulator. The smart accumulator may output the oil circulation ratio.
US12173938B2
Disclosed are a condenser module and a thermal management system including the same. The condenser module includes a heat exchange device including a first inlet/outlet and a second inlet/outlet having a refrigerant flowing thereinto or discharged therefrom and a flow path formed therein through which the refrigerant flows between the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet, and a flow-path switching valve connected to each of the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet, the flow-path switching valve switchable between a first operation mode, in which the refrigerant flows into the first inlet/outlet and the refrigerant is discharged from the second inlet/outlet, and a second operation mode, in which the refrigerant flows into the second inlet/outlet and the refrigerant is discharged from the first inlet/outlet. The flow path formed in the heat exchange device has different positions in a direction of gravity between the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet.
US12173932B2
The invention relates to a valve (16) for installation on a water heater comprising a tank (19) with one single welded socket (17), and where cold-water by discharge is led into a connection for a supply pipe (1), through a check valve (4) and down through a cold-water pipe (5a) to the bottom of the tank (19). The hot water in the top of the tank (19) is forced out through a cavity (7) and out of the valve through a connection for a hot water delivery pipe (9). The valve (16) has a connection for a suction pipe (10) for connection to a circulation pump (24) sucking cold water from the bottom of the tank (19) to external heating, wherein the circulation pump (24) leads the consumption water of the tank (19) back to the valve (16) through a connection for a return pipe (11) and to the middle of the tank (19). The return pipe (11) is arranged to be used for return from the circulation pipe between the tank (19) and a hot water cabinet (28).
US12173922B2
A reheat system of an air conditioning unit includes a bypass line that fluidly couples an outlet of a reheat coil to an input end of a metering device. The reheat system includes a reheat exit line that fluidly couples the outlet of the reheat coil to an input of a condenser. A bypass valve is disposed in the bypass line and a reheat valve is disposed in the reheat exit line. A controller is configured to control the bypass valve and the reheat valve such that a refrigerant from the outlet of the reheat coil is routed to the metering device via the bypass line when an ambient temperature is greater than or equal to a cut off temperature value that is indicative of a high ambient temperature condition at which the condenser begins operating as an evaporator.
US12173921B2
A duct support device is provided. The device includes a clamp assembly having a channel dimensioned to removably secure to a support structure, wherein a width of the channel is selectively adjustable via actuation of a pair of clamp handles affixed to the clamp assembly. A first arm member is affixed to the clamp assembly at a proximal end of the first arm member. A second arm member is pivotally affixed to a distal end of the first arm member. A third arm member is perpendicularly affixed to a distal end of the second arm member. A brace is affixed to the third arm member parallel to a longitudinal axis of the third arm member, wherein the brace extends along a length of an upper side of the third arm member. In some embodiments, a fourth arm member is perpendicularly affixed to a distal end of the third arm member.
US12173917B2
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes secondary control circuitry configured to communicatively couple to primary control circuitry of the HVAC system that is configured to operate the HVAC system in a variable operating mode. The secondary control circuitry is configured to cause operation of the HVAC system in a calibration mode to determine a calibrated target temperature and transmit the calibrated target temperature to the primary control circuitry to enable operation of the HVAC system in the variable operating mode via the primary control circuitry based on the calibrated target temperature.
US12173915B2
The present disclosure provides an air conditioner defrosting control method and device, and a storage medium and an air conditioner. The control method includes: setting a target discharge temperature of a compressor and an initial opening degree of a throttle device when an air conditioner performs defrosting according to an outdoor ambient temperature when the air conditioner meets a defrosting condition and enters a defrosting mode; controlling a defrosting operation of the air conditioner according to the target discharge temperature of the compressor and the initial opening degree of the throttle device; and controlling the air conditioner to exit the defrosting mode when a temperature of an outdoor heart exchanger of the air conditioner reaches a set temperature value.
US12173914B2
A method of controlling signal transmission in a building control system including measuring a number of signal values associated with an environmental variable using a sensor of a wireless device, dynamically determining, by the wireless device, a noise threshold based on the number of signal values, combining a first signal value and a second signal value of the number of signal values using a mathematical relationship to determine a result associated with the first signal value and the second signal value, and periodically transmitting the first signal value from the wireless measurement device to a controller in response to the result exceeding the noise threshold.
US12173912B2
A ventilation air conditioning structure including a room that has a floor portion to a fourth wall portion, a first wall portion to be a building outer wall in which an air supply opening is formed in a vicinity of a third wall portion, and an air exhaust opening that is formed in a vicinity of the fourth wall portion. The ventilation air conditioning structure also includes an air conditioner that is disposed inside the room and where at least one of air sending openings of a room interior unit is capable of sending air in a direction of a second wall portion, and an external-air conditioner that is disposed outside the room. The external-air conditioner includes heat exchangers that are incorporated in a refrigerant circuit of the air conditioner via a branched pipe that is branched from a refrigerant piping and a casing that houses the heat exchangers.
US12173904B2
The present disclosure relates to an oven including a main body including a cooking chamber, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close the cooking chamber, and a door locking device to lock the door not to be open with respect to the main body, wherein the door locking device includes a cam to be rotatable and including a plurality of first contact parts and a plurality of second contact parts, a lock releasing guide to linearly move to selectively come into contact with the plurality of first contact parts, and a locker to come into contact with the plurality of second contact parts and coupled to a locker holder provided in the door when coming into the plurality of second contact parts. Other various embodiments are possible.
US12173898B1
A turbine engine with a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. A combustion section for the turbine engine, having a primary combustor liner including an inner liner and an outer liner annular about an engine centerline. A dome wall extending between the inner liner and the outer liner. A set of primary dome inlets located in the dome wall and circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline. A set of secondary combustors fluidly coupled to a primary combustion chamber, the set of secondary combustors including a first mini combustor and a second mini combustor.
US12173894B2
The invention relates to a burner with a refractory burner body 1, 2, 3 for burning liquid or aerosol fuels, in particular, gaseous fuels. With the aim of reducing NOx emissions, the burner body comprises a gas nozzle 7, 9, 10, 11 and a plurality of air nozzles 4, 6, which are at least partially formed as integral mouldings in the burner body and flow out on a front side 16 of the burner body. Here, the air nozzles are symmetrically arranged around the gas nozzle and diverge at an angle α to the gas nozzle. Likewise, the invention relates to a method for burning liquid or aerosol fuels, in particular, gaseous fuels with reduced NOx emissions.
US12173893B2
A cylindrical burner apparatus and method which produce low NOx emissions and low noise levels without being dependent upon a blower, or natural draft, for providing air flow or flue gas recirculation. A flow of combustion air is induced into an initial tube pass of the burner by discharging a gas fuel from a plurality of discharge ports located in the initial tube pass. At the same time, a flow of recycled flue gas is induced through a bypass duct between a subsequent tube pass of the burner and the initial tube pass by discharging one or more jets of gas fuel through the bypass duct.
US12173886B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes an apparatus body including a first guide configured to form a conveyance path along which a sheet to be conveyed is guided, an opening/closing member including a second guide disposed opposite the first guide and configured to form the conveyance path, the opening/closing member being openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body around a rotation axis, a light source configured to emit light, and a reflection unit configured to reflect light from the light source. The light source and the reflection unit are disposed such that, in an open state where the opening/closing member is open to expose the conveyance path, the first guide is irradiated, in a direction from a side farther from the rotation axis to a side closer to the rotation axis, with the light reflected by the reflection unit.
US12173872B2
An adjustable light fixture includes a frame configured to connect to a support. A lamp assembly is connected to the frame. The lamp assembly includes a housing, a light emitter connected to the housing, and a lens connected to the housing. The lamp assembly is rotatably connected to the frame about an axis offset from an axis of the frame.
US12173870B1
A system for the maintenance of a light on a tower is described. The coupling and decoupling system of a permanent electromagnet automates the maintenance of lights on light towers. The apparatus may include a designed light base, light housing, and drone plate. The designed light base is affixed to a tower and comprises a permanent electromagnet. The light housing includes a light and a base plate that magnetically affixes the light to the light base. The light housing also includes a light top plate that attaches to a drone plate that allows for a drone to couple to and decouple from the light housing in order to replace the light housing.
US12173863B2
A stand light including a telescoping body defining a central longitudinal axis and including a main center shaft, an extension pole extendable out of the main center shaft, and a sleeve movably supported on the main center shaft. The stand light further includes a head assembly supported by the extension pole. The head assembly includes a light head, a support arm coupled to the light head, and a light source supported on a face of the light head. A plurality of legs are pivotally coupled to the body and movable with the sleeve. The light head is rotatable relative to the support arm about a first axis that is perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The light head is rotatable to a first position where the light source is directed toward the extension pole, and to a second position where the light source is directed away from the extension pole.
US12173861B2
A light emitting system includes a light pipe, a light source disposed at least partially within an interior of the light emitting system, and configured to emit light when receiving electrical power from an electrical power source, wherein the light source is arranged adjacent to and directed towards the light pipe, a lens substantially enclosing the interior of the light emitting system, the light pipe and the light source, the lens having an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, and a mask comprising a coating that is applied on the lens and laser etched to form a desired pattern, wherein light emitted from the light source passes through the light pipe and lens.
US12173858B2
An LED assembly includes a substrate, an LED module mounted on the substrate, and a lens plate disposed on the substrate. The lens plate has a lens portion disposed atop the LED module and defining a space between an inner surface of the lens portion and the LED module. A filler material having a refractive index greater than air fills the space between the LED module and the inner surface of the lens portion. The LED module includes a chip holder mounted on the substrate, a red LED chip mounted on the chip holder, and an optical encapsulant covering the top surface of the LED chip. The LED module is a plastic leaded chip carrier package. The refractive index of the filler material preferably differs from the refractive index of the optical encapsulant by at most ±0.3.
US12173850B2
The pressure vessel contains a fluid, such as a high pressure gas, therein. The metal dome and the metal dome are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the pressure vessel opposite each other with the pressure vessel interposed therebetween. The stay connects the metal dome and the metal dome. The stay is connected to the metal dome and the metal dome such that the distance between the metal dome and the metal dome can be varied.
US12173835B2
An electric resistance welded steel pipe having excellent formability and torsional fatigue resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. The electric resistance welded steel pipe includes a seam region and a base metal region, the seam region having a range of ±10 degrees in a pipe circumferential direction with respect to an electric resistance welded seam formed in a pipe longitudinal direction, the base metal region being a region other than the seam region. The electric resistance welded steel pipe has an r-value in the pipe longitudinal direction of 1.0 or greater, H (mm) and W (mm) satisfy a specified formula, and Ts(MAX) (mm) and Tb(Ave) (mm) satisfy a specified formula.
US12173831B2
In a pipeline inspection system, a hollow spherical ball has an internal ultrasonic vibration module, an internal battery for powering the vibration module, and an internal, wirelessly operated, control for controlling the vibration module while the ball is moving, with liquid, along the pipeline. Liquid, having a reduced oxygen content, is pumped through the pipeline, and filtered before returning to the pipeline. Each of a plurality of holes, connecting the interior to the exterior of the ball, is tapered proceeding in the direction from the interior to the exterior, resulting in the formation of a blade structure where the interior of each hole meets the outer surface of the ball at an inclined angle. When the blade structure is in contact with the wall of the pipe, and caused to vibrate by the vibration module, it is able to cut off scale from the interior of the pipe.
US12173828B2
The invention concerns a pipe joint formed between a pin section (10) and a box section (20); the pin and box sections each having a tubular pipe section, engaging at respective first ends in end-to-end arrangement and having a seal element partially therebetween, the box section including a collar extending from the first end, the collar being generally cylindrical, axially aligned with the tubular box pipe section and having an inner diameter of the same size as the outer diameter of the pin section, enabling the collar to be placed about the pin section, the pin and the box sections being secured together by means of a plurality of securing means housed in the collar and actuable to exert radial pressure to urge the pin and box into scaling arrangement, the collar (22) of the box section (20) including a test port, comprising a housing atrium, defined by an atrium wall, housing a test plug (60); the housing atrium (61) and the seal element (53) being fluidly linked by a box conduit; the plug comprising a plug body and a plug seal housed between the plug body and the housing atrium wall to seal the housing atrium from atmosphere and having therethrough a plug conduit connectable at a first end to a pressure test apparatus and fluidly linkable at a second end to the box conduit; the plug being moveable between a first position forming a fluid link between the plug conduit and the box conduit, and a second position closing the fluid link.
US12173827B2
A compressor assembly for a portable oxygen concentrator includes a first compressor chamber having a first connector, a second compressor chamber having a second connector, and a tube having a first end having a first connection interface configured to connect to the first connector and a second end having a second connection interface configured to connect to the second connector. The first connection interface is shaped to maintain the connection between the first connector and the first connection interface in a fixed orientation and the second connection interface is shaped to maintain the connection between the second connector and the second connection interface in a fixed orientation. One or more of the first connector, the second connector, and the tube are compliant.
US12173826B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a coupling assembly made up of a male fluid coupler and a female fluid coupler for a fluid line. The male and female fluid couplers are closed to flow in the uncoupled state and are open to flow when coupled. The male fluid coupler can include an alignment compensation arrangement that can adjust for any initial misalignment between the male and female fluid couplers. The alignment compensation arrangement can function as a universal connection joint to allow the male fluid coupler to universally pivot and move radially.
US12173825B2
The invention relates to a method for automated coupling a device (2), in particular an irrigation robot (300), to a water supply (3) and decoupling the device (2) from the water supply (3), wherein the device (2) is provided with a first coupling device (100) having a central duct (105, 205) and the water supply (3) is provided with a second coupling device (200) having a central duct (105, 205) and a valve (240) for opening and closing the central duct (205). The invention relates further to the device (2) and a system (1) comprising the device (2) and the water supply (3).
US12173822B2
A fixing device includes: a top body formed in a shape of a pipe having a hollow portion continuously formed from a top to a bottom of the top body, and fastened to a fixing anchor fixedly installed on the structure; an elastic member wrapped on an outer surface of the top body in a ring shape by an elastic force; a wire having a predetermined length, and having an upper portion fastened to the top body and a lower portion fastened to the bottom body so as to prevent the pipe from falling down when the bottom body is separated from the top body due to the falling down of the pipe, wherein the elastic member is formed in a shape of a coil spring and is installed on the top body after being deformed into a ring shape such that both ends thereof are connected to each other.
US12173821B2
Assembly for connecting a branch line to a fire-sprinkler head, and for adjusting longitudinal and horizontal position of the sprinkler head. The assembly may include: a first-pipe section, a second-pipe section, and a third-pipe section. First-pipe section has telescoping lower and upper pipes configured to travel axially relative to each other upwardly and downwardly along a longitudinal axis. Second-pipe section has telescoping right, and left pipes configured to travel axially relative to each other along a horizontal axis. Third-pipe section is between first-pipe section and second-pipe section, and is curved. First-pipe section is configured to engage a sprinkler head and permit the sprinkler head to travel longitudinally upon telescopic adjustment of the lower and upper pipes. Second-pipe section attaches to the sprinkler-branch line, and permits the sprinkler head to travel horizontally upon telescopic adjustment of the right and left pipes with respect to each other.
US12173818B2
A fluid fitting installation system includes a first handle and a second handle movably coupled to the first handle. The second handle is movable between a first position and a second position. The fluid fitting installation system includes a grasping member coupled to the second handle. The grasping member is configured to be coupled to a first fluid fitting. A movement of the second handle from the first position to the second position is configured to couple the first fluid fitting to a second fluid fitting.
US12173814B2
A brake union for providing a secure and leak free connection between first and second fluid carrying lines inserted into a female union body having a first and second open ends. Each of the fluid carrying lines exhibits an expanded, typically flared, end form which, upon inserting through the female body, seat against one another. A mating flare nut coaxially surrounds one of the fluid carrying lines and includes exterior threads which inter-engage interior threads of the female body, with tightening to establish a fluid-tight connection between the opposing end forms.
US12173813B2
A high-pressure hose includes an inner tube layer, a cord reinforcing layer, an outer tube layer, and a woven underlay-layer. The cord reinforcing layer is configured of a reinforcing cord wound in a spiral shape and disposed at a radial direction outer side of the inner tube layer. The outer tube layer is disposed at the radial direction outer side of the cord reinforcing layer. The woven underlay-layer is configured of n sheets of a strip-shaped woven underlay-material overlapped with one another and wound in a spiral shape, is disposed between the inner tube layer and the cord reinforcing layer, and includes an overlap portion where one width direction side portion and another width direction side portion of the same strip-shaped woven underlay-material are overlapped with one another. The woven underlay-layer is configured entirely by at least n layers of the strip-shaped woven underlay-material, and a number of overlaps of the strip-shaped woven underlay-material at the overlap portion is n+1, wherein n≥2.
US12173807B2
A system includes a mounting panel having diffusion-bonded metal plates that form a reservoir to contain a process fluid, multiple channels through which to flow the process fluid, and vias through which to flow the process fluid to and from process fluid control components attached to the mounting panel. At least a pair of the multiple channels are connected with the reservoir. A temperature sensor is attached to a top of the mounting panel, the temperature sensor in fluid communication with the reservoir through one of the vias. A set of inlet ports are attached to the mounting panel, the set of inlet ports to receive the process fluid. At least one outlet port is attached to the mounting panel, the at least one outlet port to output the process fluid from the mounting panel.
US12173805B2
A pressure operated fluid valve (10) having a configurable diaphragm arrangement (100) consisting of a flexible profile (110), a sealing portion (130) having a metallic insert (131) encapsulated in a natural or a synthetic rubber, the sealing portion (130) having a combination profile (140), a pressure management profile (150) on an inside curvilinear surface (114) of the flexible profile (110); a clear peripheral space (14) between an outer surface (113) of the clapo-diaphragm (100) and inner circumferential surface (24) of the main fluid flow chamber (20) is maintained to a non-zero value, during an open and close operation of the pressure operated fluid valve (10) throughout its life cycle; further comprises a secondary pressure management assembly (170) disposed between the first anchor (57) in the diaphragm cover (50) and the second anchor (137) in the configurable diaphragm arrangement (100).
US12173792B2
A park lock unit and method for operation of said unit are provided. In one example, the park lock unit includes a sliding assembly that engages and disengages a parking pawl from a toothed wheel and an electronic actuation assembly configured to engage the parking pawl with the toothed wheel when electric power provided to the electronic actuation assembly drops below a threshold value. The park lock unit further includes a manual release mechanism configured to disengage the parking pawl from the toothed wheel in response to operator input.
US12173787B2
A system and method are described to help ensure that gears contained within the transmission system are shifted to the correct position before the user can apply the throttle. An electronic control unit (ECU) is connected to a shift position sensor that measures a position of a shifting axle within the engine. If the shift position sensor provides measurement data indicating that the shifting assembly is rotationally positioned to engage a specific gear, the ECU allows the user actuated throttle input to control the throttle level of the engine. If the shift position sensor provides measurement data indicating that the shifting assembly is rotationally positioned in between positions that actuate specific gears (also known as a “dead zone”), the ECU prevents the user actuated throttle input from controlling the throttle level of the engine.
US12173778B2
Systems and methods for controlling transmissions having CVTs are disclosed with multiple modes and gearing arrangements for range enhancements, where embodiments include synchronous shifting to allow the transmission to achieve a continuous range of transmission ratios, while minimizing “empty” cycling of the CVT during mode shifts. Embodiments provide for wide ratio range and performance and efficiency flexibility, while maximizing CVT usage through synchronous shifting.
US12173769B1
A vibration reducing system for securing a first member to a second member is disclosed comprising a vibration mat spaces the first member from the second member and reduces vibration therebetween. A fastener secures the first member to the second member. A resilient member is interposed between the first member and the fastener for reducing vibration between the first member and the second member through the fastener.
US12173762B2
A powertrain of a vehicle can be operated. The powertrain can have at least one transmission housing, a clutch assembly which is arranged therein and which comprises a clutch that operates in a positively locking manner, and an actuation unit for actuating the clutch. The clutch comprises at least one first clutch component, which can be moved along an axial direction, and a second clutch component, said clutch components being connected together in a form-fitting manner upon actuating the clutch; wherein the actuation unit comprises an electromagnetic actuator with a piston, and the piston is moved from a starting position into an end position along the axial direction upon actuating the clutch, thereby moving the first clutch component.
US12173751B2
A conical bearing includes a bearing sleeve, a bump foil, and a top foil. The bearing sleeve extends along an axis from a first open end to a second open end. The bearing sleeve has an axially tapered shape such that a first diameter of the bearing sleeve is greater than a second diameter of the bearing sleeve. An interior surface of the bearing sleeve has a non-circular profile. The bump foil is concentrically disposed within the bearing sleeve and includes bump foil pad segments extending circumferentially about the interior surface of the bearing sleeve. Each bump foil pad segment comprises a plurality of foil bumps and the plurality of foil bumps varies in stiffness along a circumference of the bump foil. The top foil is concentrically disposed within the bump foil and includes top foil pad segments extending circumferentially about an interior surface of the bump foil.
US12173736B2
A conduit system for transporting gas from a gas containing chamber for processing a substrate from which semiconductor devices are formed includes a liner with a spiral vent. The conduit system utilizes a curtain of gas to prevent or reduce deposition of material onto an inner surface of the conduit transporting the gas from the gas containing chamber.
US12173728B1
An exemplary pump (10) is operative to reduce the size of solids suspended in liquid that enters the interior area of the pump. The pump includes a motor (28) that is operative to drive an impeller (56) that is located in a pump chamber (42). The motor is also operative to drive a slicer (80) that includes at least one slicer blade edge (96). The slicer blade edges move in immediately adjacent outwardly overlying relation of a slicer plate (66) which includes a plurality of slicer plate fluid openings (78). Solids suspended in liquid that extend in the slicer plate fluid openings are sliced between the slicer blade edges and the facing peripheral shearing edges of the slicer plate fluid openings so that the solids are reduced to a size that can pass through the pump.
US12173723B2
To provide a drainage pump capable of reducing the amount of drain water remaining in a drain pan. A drainage pump includes a housing, an impeller housed in the housing, and a motor with a drive shaft connected to the impeller. The housing includes a suction pipe in a cylindrical shape extending in an up-and-down direction. A suction port facing downward and a concave surface in an annular shape around the suction port are disposed at a lower end of the suction pipe.
US12173715B2
A lubricator reservoir uses adapter components so that the lube box that can be mounted on any high speed compressors. The use of a single lubricator reservoir with adapters for different compressors enables reduced inventory and guarantees the owner/operator can always get their compressors up and running in a timely manner and reduce lost revenue.
US12173711B2
An electric compressor includes a housing including a first housing portion made of metal, the first housing portion having a first joint surface and a first pin hole, a second housing portion made of metal, the second housing portion having a second joint surface and a second pin hole, a connecting pin made of metal, the connecting pin having a press-fitting portion and a first insertion portion having a first contact portion and removably inserted into the second pin hole, and a first gasket having an insulation property, the first gasket having a first pin insertion hole, the first gasket being interposed between the first joint surface and the second joint surface.
US12173703B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a surgical cassette configured to engage a first plurality of rollers of a first roller head. The cassette comprises a face coupled to a first substrate, the face being at a first angle with respect to the first roller head's axis of rotation and a wall of first substrate being at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle. The cassette also comprises a first sheet positioned on the wall's surface, wherein the first sheet and the wall form first one or more pump segments configured to engage the first plurality of rollers in a position where force applied by each one of the first plurality of rollers on the first one or more pump segments has a direction that is not parallel to the first roller head's axis of rotation.
US12173689B2
A pitch energy module comprising one or more ultracapacitors storing electrical energy for a wind turbine emergency pitch energy event. The pitch energy module replaces at least one battery within a battery housing of a wind turbine and interfaces with the existing battery wiring harness to communicate with a control system of the wind turbine. The pitch energy module is installed without further modification to the battery housing or the battery wiring harness.
US12173687B1
Systems and methods for performing external inspections and internal inspections on wind turbine blades and correlating the external and internal inspections with one another are disclosed herein. A method of inspecting a wind turbine blade includes analyzing an exterior of the blade to produce external blade data, analyzing an interior of the blade to produce internal blade data, correlating a first position of the internal blade data with a second position of the external blade, and displaying an image including the first position and the second position.
US12173685B2
A pitch system for rotating a blade of a wind turbine relative to a hub. The pitch system comprises a blade bearing including an inner bearing ring and an outer bearing ring, wherein the outer bearing ring is rotatable relative to the inner bearing ring, and an actuator system configured to control relative rotational movement between the inner bearing ring and outer bearing ring, comprising. The actuator system comprises a first load transfer beam arrangement spanning at least first and second fixing positions associated with the inner bearing ring, a second load transfer beam arrangement spanning at least first and second fixing positions associated with the outer bearing ring, and a first linear actuator coupled between the first load transfer beam arrangement and the second load transfer beam arrangement. A benefit of the pitch system of the invention is that it achieves a reduction in mass yet retains a stiff connection between the hub and an associated blade. Therefore, larger and heavier blades can be coupled to the pitch system whilst mitigating a proportional increase in mass of the pitch system.
US12173678B2
The invention relates to an improved ignition system for spark ignited combustion engines. According to the invention the voltage over a coil winding 6P on the primary side of the ignition coil is regulated to a sufficiently low voltage level during timed periods of the ignition cycle, such that at least one function out of three in total, i.e. prevention of premature spark-on-make, or spark suppression after onset of ignition, or improved frequency response between primary and secondary side of the ignition coil after end of ignition, is obtained. When applied in an inductive ignition system a differential amplifier (8) may be connected over the primary winding 6P regulating a control switch 2CS via a drive unit (9). The invention is preferably implemented in ignition systems with ion sense circuitry 5C,5R on the secondary side of the ignition coil, and implementing all three functions.
US12173674B1
A fuel supply device for a gas fuel includes a fuel passage through which the gas fuel is supplied to a fuel injection valve. A heat exchanger is connected to the fuel passage and configured to exchange heat with the gas fuel. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger in which a temperature of a heat medium is lower than that in the first heat exchanger. When an actual temperature of the gas fuel is lower than a target temperature of the gas fuel and a temperature difference between the actual temperature of the gas fuel and the target temperature of the gas fuel is greater than a threshold value, processing circuitry of the fuel supply device executes a process that increases a ratio of an amount of the gas fuel that undergoes heat exchange in the first heat exchanger.
US12173673B2
A bracket 10 has a U-shaped cross section in which a pair of facing plate portions 15 extend from both side edges of a bottom plate portion 12 so as to face each other, and is fixed to a vehicle body side for mounting a predetermined component. The bottom plate portion 12 and the pair of facing plate portions 15 partition a bracket inner space 16, and the bottom plate portion 12 is provided with a through hole 20 which makes the bracket inner space 16 communicate with an outside. A resonator 23 is fixed to the bracket 10 in a state where the resonator 23 is accommodated in the bracket inner space 16. A ventilation passage 29 makes the resonator 23 communicate with the intake duct 21 through the through hole 20.
US12173668B2
A thrust reverser may comprise translating sleeve panel. A first articulating slider and a second articulating slider may be located at a circumferential end of the translating sleeve panel. Each of the first articulating slider and the second articulating slider may include a slider bar and a slider ball. The slider ball may be attached to the translating sleeve panel and located in a spherical opening defined by the slider bar.
US12173665B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for controlling a motorcycle, a system, a motorcycle and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a first wheel speed signal and a second wheel speed signal; calculating a difference between the first wheel speed signal and the second wheel speed signal; detecting whether the difference satisfies a first condition, the first condition being used for detecting whether to adjust ignition timing of an engine; if the difference satisfies the first condition, detecting whether the exhaust temperature of the engine exceeds a temperature threshold; if the exhaust temperature does not exceed the temperature threshold, determining an ignition plug ignition angle of the engine according to the difference and the rotating speed of the engine; and adjusting the ignition timing of the engine according to the ignition plug ignition angle.
US12173654B2
A system for energy conversion that includes a propulsion system, a fuel circuit, a combustion device, a turbine, and a load device. The fuel circuit is in fluid communication with a fuel tank and a fuel flow control device that separates a flow of fuel into a first portion and a second portion. The combustion device receives a flow of oxidizer and the second portion of fuel to generate combustion gases. The turbine receives the combustion gases from the combustion device via a fluid circuit. The load device is operably coupled to the turbine via a driveshaft and is configured to receive torque from the driveshaft.
US12173649B2
An energy storage plant includes a casing for the storage of a working fluid different from atmospheric air, in gaseous phase and in pressure equilibrium with the atmosphere; and a tank for the storage of said working fluid in liquid or super-critical phase with a temperature close to the critical temperature. The critical temperature is close to the ambient temperature. The plant is configured to perform a closed cyclic thermodynamic transformation, first in one direction in a charge configuration and then in an opposite direction in a discharge configuration, between said casing and said tank. In the charge configuration the plant stores heat and pressure and in the discharge configuration generates mechanical energy to drive a driven machine.
US12173642B1
A free-piston linear generator wherein the piston is a magnet propelled into reciprocating motion inside a non-conducting cylinder around which is wrapped one or more induction coils. The magnet-piston may be propelled into motion using either internal combustion of a diesel aerosol in a two-stroke or 4-stroke configuration, with ignition provided by compression, or by steam pressure provided by an external boiler. Sensor-controlled exhaust, fuel-intake, and air-intake valves are located at either end of the cylinder, although only a single intake valve would be required in a steam version. As the magnet-piston moves in the cylinder, the power stroke on one side of the magnet-piston is the compression stroke on the other side. The movement of the magnet-piston induces an electric current in the induction coil, by which energy is drawn from the engine as useful work.
US12173640B2
System and methods for an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, the internal combustion engine may be a boosted internal combustion engine that includes an igniter that is at least partially positioned in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The igniter includes an orifice that is configured to release exhaust from a pre-chamber of the igniter.
US12173638B2
An outboard motor includes a bracket, an upper case, a lower case, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a cooling water passage, a water pump, and an electric motor. The outboard motor is attached to a watercraft via the bracket. The upper case is below the engine. The lower case is below the upper case. The drive shaft is in the upper case and the lower case. The propeller shaft is connected to the drive shaft. The propeller shaft is in the lower case. The cooling water passage is connected to the engine. The cooling water passage is in the upper case and the lower case. The water pump is below a lower end of the bracket to deliver cooling water to the engine through the cooling water passage. The electric motor is operable to drive the water pump.
US12173637B2
A heat sink can be coupled to an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine to cool the exhaust gas and thereby increase the efficiency of the internal combustion engine. The heat sink can include a plurality of heat transfer projections extending outward from the exhaust pipe. The heat sink is a separate component that is coupled to the exterior of the exhaust pipe.
US12173635B2
A system, method, and apparatus for decreasing harmful emissions is provided. The system includes an aftertreatment system comprising an exhaust conduit that directs exhaust gas from an engine system; a heater coupled to the aftertreatment system and configured to provide heat; and a controller coupled to the heater. The controller is configured to: determine whether the engine system is idling; in response to determining that the engine system is idling, determine whether a conversion efficiency of the engine system is greater than a threshold value; in response to determining that the conversion efficiency is greater than the threshold value, determine whether a temperature regarding the aftertreatment system is greater than a threshold temperature; and in response to determining that the temperature of the aftertreatment system is greater than the threshold temperature, at least one of disable or partially disable the heater.
US12173629B2
A rocker arm assembly can comprise a main rocker, an auxiliary rocker, and a lost motion spring mounted to press on the main rocker and the auxiliary rocker. The main rocker can comprise a main body surrounding a main rocker bore, a valve end, a main cam end, and a main latch bore between the valve end and the main cam end. The auxiliary rocker can comprise an auxiliary body that is forked. A first auxiliary rocker bore and a second auxiliary rocker bore can flank the main rocker bore. A first auxiliary cam end and a second auxiliary cam end can flank the main cam end. A first auxiliary latch bore and a second auxiliary latch bore can flank the main latch bore. The lost motion spring can span over the main latch bore.
US12173603B2
Monitoring and diagnosing completion during hydraulic fracturing operations provides insights into the fracture geometry, inter-well frac hits and connectivity. Conventional monitoring methods (microseismic, borehole gauges, tracers, etc.) can provide a range of information about the stimulated rock volume but may often be limited in detail or clouded by uncertainty. Utilization of DAS as a fracture monitoring tool is growing, however most of the applications have been limited to acoustic frequency bands of the DAS recorded signal. In this paper, we demonstrate some examples of using the low-frequency band of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) signal to constrain hydraulic fracture geometry. DAS data were acquired in both offset horizontal and vertical monitor wells. In horizontal wells, DAS data records formation strain perturbation due to fracture propagation. Events like fracture opening and closing, stress shadow creation and relaxation, ball seat and plug isolation can be clearly identified. In vertical wells, DAS response agrees well with co-located pressure and temperature gauges, and illuminates the vertical extent of hydraulic fractures. DAS data in the low-frequency band is a powerful attribute to monitor small strain and temperature perturbation in or near the monitor wells. With different fibered monitor well design, the far-field fracture length, height, width, and density can be accurately measured using cross-well DAS observations.
US12173601B1
Herein are described methods and systems for characterizing noise and noise level during downhole pressure testing and/or sampling operations. Methods and systems may identify and quantify the noise level of a formation pressure testing and/or sampling operations by measuring pressures with the probe pressure sensor and the tool pressure sensor with and without extension of the dual probe and closing the bubble point valve that connects the probe fluid passageway to the tool fluid passageway.
US12173596B1
A system and method for controlling a pumps configured to pump fluid from a fluid supply to a frac iron configuration. A pressure schedule is defined, the pressure schedule including a pumps assigned to sets of pumps, wherein each set of pumps is associated with a pressure level and wherein each set of pumps except a first set of pumps is a subset of a previous set of pumps. The first set of pumps is enabled to pump fluid continuously until the fluid in the manifold has reached a predetermined pressure level. A processor then automatically disables the electric pumps that are not in the next set of electric pumps, while allowing the next set of pumps to continue to pump fluid until the fluid in the manifold has reached the next pressure level. This continues until the manifold is at the desired pressure.
US12173595B2
A pumping system for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation includes an inlet conduit extending from a manifold, wherein a pair of inlet valves disposed along the inlet conduit, a fluid pump including an outlet configured to be inserted into the inlet conduit, and a connector assembly including an engagement member having a first position configured to lock the outlet within the inlet conduit and a second position configured to unlock the outlet from the inlet conduit. The pumping system additionally includes a pair of branch conduits extending from the inlet conduit, a pair of branch valves, wherein one of the pair of branch valves is disposed along each of the pair of branch conduits, and a dump conduit extending from the pair of branch conduits, wherein a dump valve is disposed along the dump conduit.
US12173585B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus, system and method for tethering a blowout preventer (BOP) of a subsea assembly under tension. The system comprising: a subsea mount arranged on a sea bed in spaced relationship to the BOP; a tethering member configured to tether the BOP to the subsea mount; a tensioning apparatus configured to apply a tension to the tethering member, wherein the tensioning apparatus comprises: a first tensioning mechanism configured to apply a first tension to the tethering member; and a second tensioning mechanism configured to subsequently apply a second tension to the tethering member, wherein the second tension is greater than the first tension.
US12173580B2
A well tool performs an operation in an oil/gas well. The well tool is insertable into a bore including a guide groove in an inner surface of the bore. The well tool includes: a mandrel having a longitudinal direction and a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and an orientation system for longitudinal and rotational orientation of the well tool with respect to the bore. The well tool further includes an outer housing arranged radially outside the mandrel. The orientation system includes: a radial opening provided in the outer housing; a finger sleeve including a longitudinally extending resilient finger with a distal part and a proximal part connected to the finger sleeve. The finger sleeve is arranged radially between the mandrel and the outer housing. The distal part includes a first wedge-shaped portion and a second wedge-shaped portion both extending in the outwards radial direction and tapering away from each other in the longitudinal direction. The orientation system has an initial state in which the first wedge-shaped portion protrudes radially through the radial opening of the outer housing and is configured to engage the guide groove. The first wedge-shaped portion is configured to be longitudinally and rotationally guided in the guide groove when the well tool is moved longitudinally. The well tool is configured to rotate with the first wedge-shaped portion. The orientation system has a subsequent state in which the first wedge-shaped portion is radially retracted in the radial opening of the outer housing.
US12173578B2
A hanger running tool for installing a hanger in a well. The hanger running tool includes a central bore, a hanger engagement arrangement having an engaged position in which the hanger engagement arrangement is coupled to the hanger and a disengaged position in which the hanger engagement arrangement is decoupled from the hanger, and a pressure-controlled anchoring actuator which actuates an anchoring arrangement. The pressure-controlled anchoring actuator has an actuation surface. The hanger engagement arrangement has the engaged position in response to an increase in a pressure at a first pressure source, and the disengaged position in response to an increase in a pressure inside the central bore. The pressure-controlled anchoring actuator is actuated in response to an increase in a pressure on the actuation surface so that the anchoring arrangement anchors the hanger to an anchor point.
US12173573B2
Provided, in one aspect, is an anchoring subassembly, a well system, and a method. The anchoring subassembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and an isolation element positioned about the mandrel, the isolation element configured to move between a radially retracted state, a fully radially expanded state, and a relaxed radially expanded state. The anchoring subassembly, in one aspect, further includes a ratch latch body coupled to the isolation element, the ratch latch body configured to hold the isolation element in the fully radially expanded state, and a relief feature coupled to the ratch latch body, the relief feature configured to shear to release stored energy in the isolation element and thereby allow the isolation element to move from the fully radially expanded state to the relaxed radially expanded state.
US12173572B2
An apparatus includes a ballast that is configured to couple to an untethered downhole tool. The ballast includes a composite material. The composite material includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes metallic particles. The first portion is configured to, while the ballast is coupled to the untethered downhole tool, provide weight to the untethered downhole tool to lower the untethered downhole tool into a well formed in a subterranean formation. The second portion includes a polymer matrix. The metallic particles of the first portion are distributed throughout the polymer matrix of the second portion. The second portion is configured to dissolve in response to being exposed to downhole fluid within the well at specified downhole conditions, thereby releasing the metallic particles of the first portions from the polymer matrix that has dissolved.
US12173569B2
One or two continuous recirculation loops are utilized for the well-site equipment that separates produced fluids into sand, liquid, and gas during drill out and flow back that occurs after fracturing a subterranean formation. When one recirculation loop is utilized, the recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between the recirculation chamber of the disclosed sand removal apparatus and a shaker device. When two recirculation loops are utilized, the first recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between a recirculation chamber of the disclosed sand removal apparatus and a shaker device, and the second recirculation loop continuously recirculates fluid between the recirculation chamber and a gas separator.
US12173542B2
A door hinge has a first leaf assembly, a second leaf assembly pivotally mounted on the first leaf assembly, a first adjustment part on the first leaf assembly, and a second adjustment part adjustable in an adjustment direction relative to the first adjustment part. An eccentric mounted on the first adjustment part for rotation about an eccentric axis engages in the second adjustment part. A screw thread connection secures the eccentric to the first adjustment part.
US12173537B2
A sliding door device for a vehicle includes a door, a lower arm including a first end portion connected to an internal side of the door and a second end portion provided to slide along a vehicle body rail provided on the vehicle body, a linear slider rotatably connected to the second end portion of the lower arm and provided to slide along a linear rail provided on the vehicle body, a slider assembly provided between the lower arm and the internal side of the door, and allowing the door to slide with respect to the first end portion of the lower arm, an arm latch located between the lower arm and the linear slider and fixing and releasing the sliding of the second end portion of the lower arm, and a door latch located between the lower arm and the slider assembly and allowing the slider assembly to be slidably fixed or released.
US12173534B2
A motor vehicle panel, in particular motor vehicle door which comprises a lighting unit and an energy accumulator unit arranged in the door leaf for supplying energy to at least the lighting unit. According to the invention, the energy accumulator unit is coupled to the lighting unit via at least one detachable electric connection.
US12173531B2
Provided is a lock mechanism, wherein the lock mechanism includes a lock base, the lock base is provided with an opening and a cavity extending from the opening, the opening is used for the lock shaft mounted to the battery pack to enter the cavity, the lock mechanism further includes: a lock assembly, the lock assembly is connected to one side of the lock base opposite the lock shaft, the lock assembly is moveable relative to the lock base, and the side of the lock base opposite the lock shaft extends into the cavity or exits the cavity; wherein, the lock assembly is capable of preventing the lock shaft from exiting the cavity from the opening when the lock assembly extends into the cavity; the lock assembly is capable of allowing the lock shaft to exit the cavity from the opening when the lock assembly exits the cavity.
US12173530B2
A lock system has a hub cap with a decentralized hole for key insertion and an appropriately inclined pin pressure level and inclined key pressure level. The hub cap is rotatable and it pushes a roller through the inclined pin pressure level which is located on the upper side of the hub cap, which pushes down a cluster of springs from locking and alignment pins, in order for the latter to align, allowing a circular case and a hub to rotate. At the same time, rotation of the hub cap pushes the key inside the hub in order to engage two gears together, which allows for turning of a knob to turn and disengage a latch bolt.
US12173527B2
Grain bin ducting systems are disclosed that more evenly disperse air through a grain bin while also preventing moisture from building up on the top and sides of a grain bin, which can lead to undesirable moisture levels for parts of the grain bin or even ruin grain. Airflow resistance may be reduced in a grain bin by having the air travel in a horizontal direction through the grain bin instead of a vertical direction. Normally, the radius of the grain bin is substantially less than the height of the grain bin, so the resistance to airflow is substantially lower than in typical grain bin ducting systems.
US12173525B2
A form-fitting cover that when placed over a supporting frame, can be used as an enclosed apiary. A configurable opening at the top directs the flight path of the bees up and away from outdoor living spaces and nearby homes.
US12173522B2
An inflatable structure for painting aircraft, comprised of a front chamber and a rear chamber. An aircraft can be positioned within the structure. Air vents within the structure create a positive pressure environment within the structure for removing paint fumes and preventing dirt or contaminants from entering the structure.
US12173506B2
A roof system is provided. The roof system includes a roof body capable of forming a flat roof or a corrugated roof, where the roof body is provided on a roof pillar; a gutter system is provided at a valley position of the corrugated roof or on the flat roof; a skylight system is further provided at a pitched roof or a ridge of the corrugated roof or on the flat roof; and a pressure relief adjustment component is provided on the skylight system. According to the roof system, a plurality of roof modules are assembled into the roof body. Two adjacent ones of the roof modules are fixed by a connecting plate and a self-locking component when assembled. A plurality of reinforcing points work cooperatively, so the roof system achieves a high utilization rate, and ensures the overall stability and bearing capacity of the roof.
US12173505B2
A gutter guard device is described comprising a bridge member composed of a decking material having a plurality of orifices, and having a roof side and an opposing gutter lip side, at least one girder spanning a bottom surface of the bridge member from a proximal end of the bridge member's roof side to a proximal end of the bridge member's gutter lip side, a roof attachment member configured to attach to the roof side of the bridge member, and a gutter attachment member configured to attach to the gutter lip side of the bridge member, wherein the roof attachment member, the bridge member and the gutter attachment member are a single piece of material and the device is self-supporting.
US12173499B1
An acoustic interlayer that includes a viscoelastic membrane layer, and at least one carrier material. The acoustic interlayer is easily installed at a location between two constraining layers, such as flooring, sheetrock, or the like.
US12173498B2
A flashing system for use with an electrical service panel is described. The flashing system includes a flashing assembly extending about a perimeter of the electrical services panel. The flashing assembly includes a support base including a planar outer surface and a flanged connection assembly extending obliquely from the planar outer surface of the support base and defining an opening configured to receive the electrical service panel therethrough. The flanged connection assembly includes an inner surface that is coupled to an outer surface of the electrical service panel for supporting the flashing assembly from the electrical service panel.
US12173497B2
The invention relates to an arrangement of building units, comprising a plurality of housing units (1) constructed in a coupled design or a plurality of individual building units (1) accommodated in a multi-storey building, each building unit (1) having a pie-slice shaped floor plan with two side walls (2, 3) disposed at an angle (a) to one another, an inner terminating wall (4), and an outer terminating wall (5), the inner terminating walls (4) being disposed on the shady, north side, and the outer terminating walls (5) being arranged on the sunny, south side.
US12173493B2
Implementations of a self-cleaning toilet cleaner are provided. In some implementations, the self-cleaning toilet cleaner may comprise a housing, one or more reservoirs, a toilet opener, one or more exterior brushes, and one or more bowl brushes. In some implementations, the self-cleaning toilet cleaner may also comprise one or more lid brushes, one or more seat brushes, one or more fluid lines, and one or more fluid pumps. In some implementations, the self-cleaning toilet cleaner may also comprise one or more blowers, one or more operation pads, one or more operation motors, one or more sensors, and a computer system. In some implementations, a method of using the self-cleaning toilet cleaner may comprise receiving a toilet into the self-cleaning toilet cleaner, cleaning one or more portions of the toilet with the respective brushes, and applying a fluid to further clean the portions of the toilet. In some implementations, the method may also comprise applying a fluid to rinse the one or more portions of the toilet, drying the one or more portions of the toilet by blowing air on the portions with the blower, and releasing the toilet from the self-cleaning toilet cleaner.
US12173475B2
The object of the invention of the present application resides in provision of a work machine that can be improved in operability at start of an action of a hydraulic actuator in a fine operation in which an operation lever is operated by a small amount. To this end, on the basis of a signal from a first timing sensor and a signal from a second timing sensor, a machine body controller controls, before the first timing is sensed, the pump delivery flow rate to a minimum delivery flow rate, controls, after the first timing is sensed but before the second timing is sensed, the pump delivery flow rate to a predetermined delivery flow rate that is greater than the minimum delivery flow rate, and controls, after the second timing is sensed, the pump delivery flow rate to a delivery flow rate according to an operation amount of the operation lever.
US12173472B2
A support structure includes a shroud having a substantially circular shape from a proximal end covering an outer periphery of a first surface of a heat exchanger to a distal end. A support frame supports the heat exchanger and the shroud to expose the distal end and a second surface of the heat exchanger. The vehicle body frame has an opening. A cooling fan includes a fan rotating shaft and blades to generate cooling air. When the heat exchanger is positioned at the first position facing the cooling fan, the distal end of the shroud covers a circumference of the cooling fan in a radial direction so that cooling air passes through the first and second surfaces. When the support frame is located at a second position where the heat exchanger exposes the opening to an outside of the vehicle frame, the fan rotating shaft and the blades are uncovered.
US12173471B1
An applicator for a cement-based mixture includes an open container hopper having a first end disposed above a second end along a first direction. The open container hopper elongated along a second direction. The second end of the open container hopper is configured as an outlet for the cement-based mixture. A handle is coupled to one side of the open container hopper. A hose connector is coupled to another side of the open container hopper. The hose connector is configured to allow the cement-based mixture to flow into the open container hopper. A frame having a pair of wheels supports the open container hopper such that the second end is positionable above a trench for backfilling. A height adjustor is coupled between the frame and the open container hopper. The height adjustor is configured to selectively adjust a height of the second end along the first direction.
US12173469B2
A work machine including a frame, a ground-engaging element movably coupled to the frame, a movable grading element, an actuator coupled to the movable grading element to controllably drive movement of the movable grading element engaging material to be graded, a sensor, and a controller. The controller comprises a memory that stores computer-executable instruction and a processor that executes the instructions. The instructions include labelling each of at least a plurality of pixels in a first image as a visual marker; selecting the first image as a reference keyframe; tracking at least one region of a subsequent image including the visual marker relative to the reference keyframe to determine an estimate of the current pose as the work machine moves; and adjusting a position of the movable grading element.
US12173460B2
A shallow mount safety bollard assembly includes a bottom plate having a front edge, an aft edge, and a longitudinal axis extending in a front-to-aft direction and a lateral axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, a pair of side bars, having front ends and aft ends, attached to a top plate surface of the bottom plate, and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a bollard connected to the bottom plate between the pair of side bars. The bollard may be permanently or removably connected to the base of the assembly.
US12173456B2
A leg assembly includes a guide tube, a power drive coupled to a flange of the guide tube, a steering ring coupled to the power drive, a tube weldment coupled to the steering ring, and a hydraulic actuator coupled within the guide tube and within the tube weldment. The power drive includes a slew drive or a hydraulic cylinder steering assembly. The tube weldment is translated through the power drive by the actuator. The steering ring includes one or more pistons by which relative rotational movements may be imparted to the tube weldment by a socketing action. The steering ring is rotated by the power drive. Thus, the guide tube may be rotated relative to the tube weldment.
US12173455B2
Lawn edging comprises a segmented elongate member (11) in which segments (11A) are joined in one of its two states by plastic hinges (21) and by thinned regions or cut-outs (23), (24) of base (12) and of arcuate wall member (13). The edging is rigid in that form and can be used to edge a straight boundary between an artificial grass area and another landscape feature. Removal of cut-outs (23, 24) from the connection region between two segments disapplies the flexibility restraint they impose. The segments concerned can then be displaced one relative to the other by articulation at the hinge (21) to accommodate non-linearity such as commonly found in such boundaries. One or more than one connection region can be treated in this way depending on need.
US12173452B2
The present invention relates to an article and a method for its preparation; the article comprises a cured polymeric film superposing paper or paperboard. The polymeric film is derived from a dispersion which comprises: a) a dispersant which is a copolymer with an acid value of 130 or less, comprising structural units of ethylene and a carboxylic acid monomer, wherein the copolymer has a melt flow index in the range of from 50 to 2000 g/10 min at 190° C./2.16 kg; wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of structural units of ethylene to carboxylic acid monomer is in the range of from 95:5 to 70:30; and wherein the dispersant has a concentration in the range of from 9 to 50 weight percent based on the weight of polymer solids in the dispersion; b) a base polymer comprising non-functionalized ethylene-co-alkene copolymers, wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of the structural units of ethylene to alkene is in the range of from 99.8:0.2 to 50:50; and c) a neutralizing agent which is a hard base and excludes an organic base having a boiling point of less than 250° C.; wherein the concentration of the neutralizing agent is sufficient to neutralize at least half of the carboxylic acid groups associated with the dispersion composition. The article of the present invention is useful as a barrier to a wide range of hydrophobic and hydrophilic materials.
US12173443B2
A water reuse system and controller for controlling water levels, temperature, and quality in the rinse water reuse system and methods of using the same, in order to optimize water usage. More particularly, the application pertains to a controller and methods of using the controller to regulate water levels and water quality in a water reuse system. As part of detailing the controller and methods of using the same, an apparatus for a water reuse system is also provided.
US12173438B1
The present invention provides an embroidery frame that has at least three sections. The at least three sections include a base section that defines a perimeter. An alignment section is configured to be positioned on the base section such that it covers a first portion of the perimeter of base section while leaving a second portion of the perimeter of the base section uncovered. A retention section that is configured to cover the second portion of the perimeter of the base section. The retention section is configured be engaged with the alignment section such that alignment of the retention section with the base section is determined by alignment of the alignment section with the base section. At least one of the alignment section and the retention section is configured to be magnetically attached to the base section.
US12173434B2
According to one or more embodiments, a three-dimensional spacer fabric comprises a first knit layer, a second knit layer and monofilament spacer yarns extending between and connecting the first and second knit layers. The first knit layer comprises pillar stitches and lay in stitches working together to form the first knit layer and the second knit layer comprising a mesh fabric formed of a mirrored stitch formation. The spacer fabric has a compression force deflection, as measured by ISO3386-1, in the machine direction (MD) of 10 to 15 kPa. The spacer fabric can be secured to a trim material to form a trim cover.
US12173432B2
The invention relates to an adhesive tape, in particular wrapping tape, for sheathing automotive cables, having a textile support and at least one adhesive coating layer applied to one side or both sides of the textile support, and the textile support being manufactured entirely or partially from bio-based polymer fibers and/or polymer yarns, characterized in that the textile support is constituted of multi-weft yarns and/or multi-warp yarns.
US12173408B2
An aqueous conversion coating solution comprises a trivalent chromium compound, a zirconate compound, and a dye compound. The trivalent chromium compound can comprise trivalent chromium compounds such as trivalent chromium sulfate. The dye compound can comprise an azo dye, a chromium complex dye, an anthraquinoid dye, and/or a methine dye. The zirconate compound can comprise alkali metal hexafluorozirconate compounds. The conversion coating solution can comprise a phosphorous compound such as an organic amino-phosphonic acid compound. The conversion coating solution can be formed by mixing a dye additive containing the dye with a trivalent chromium conversion coating solution that does not contain a dye. The conversion coating solution can be used to treat metal substrates comprising aluminum, magnesium, and/or zinc.
US12173402B2
A method of forming a transition metal containing films on a substrate by a cyclical deposition process is disclosed. The method may include: contacting the substrate with a first vapor phase reactant comprising a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing adduct ligand; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor phase reactant. A method for supplying a transition metal halide compound comprising a bidentate nitrogen containing ligand to a reaction chamber is disclosed, along with related vapor deposition apparatus.
US12173394B2
A metal matrix composite comprising nanotubes; a method of producing the same; and a composition, for example a metal alloy, used in such composites and methods, are disclosed. A method for continuously infiltrating nanotube yarns, tapes or other nanotube preforms with metal alloys using a continuous process or a multistep process, which results in a metal matrix composite wire, cable, tape, sheet, tube, or other continuous shape, and the microstructure of these infiltrated yarns or fibers, are disclosed. The nanotube yarns comprise a multiplicity of spun nanotubes of carbon (CNT), boron nitride (BNNT), boron (BNT), or other types of nanotubes. The element that infiltrates the nanotube yarns or fibers can, for example, be alloyed with a concentration of one or more elements chosen such that the resulting alloy, in its molten state, will exhibit improved wetting of the nanotube material.
US12173389B2
Provided is an alloy powder capable of obtaining a magnetic member therefrom in which the frequency FR is extremely high. The powder for the magnetic member is composed of a plurality of flaky particles. These flaky particles are composed of an Fe-based alloy including: 6.5% by mass or more and 32.0% by mass or less of Ni; 6.0% by mass or more and 14.0% by mass or less of Al; 0% by mass or more and 17.0% by mass or less of Co; and 0% by mass or more and 7.0% by mass or less of Cu; the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The average thickness Tav of this powder is 3.0 μm or less. The saturation magnetization Ms of this powder is 0.9 T or more. The coercive force iHc of this powder is 16 kA/m or more. This Fe-based alloy has a structure resulting from spinodal decomposition.
US12173373B2
The invention provides a selecting method for domestic rabbits with a agouti/Belgian hair color based on homozygous genotype selection. The purification method is applicable to purification of various domestic rabbits with the agouti/Belgian hair color. The method includes the following steps: firstly, selecting the domestic rabbits with a hair color phenotype which is the agouti/Belgian hair color; then detecting an ASIP gene, a MC1R gene and a TYR gene at the same time by utilizing a first primer set, a second primer set and a third primer set; screening the domestic rabbits with genotypes of AA (corresponding to the ASIP gene), EE (corresponding to the MC1R gene) and CC (corresponding to the TYR gene). The domestic rabbits with the genotype of AAEECC, which are obtained by the screening method of the invention, are agouti/Belgian hair color homozygotes and the recessive white gene is eliminated.
US12173369B2
Embodiments of the invention include systems, apparatus, and methods for detecting copy number variation (CNV) in the genomes of one or more patients. Samples of DNA may be taken from several patients, and then sections of the patients' DNA may be sequenced, e.g., through a process that may include, for each patient, one or more of: purifying, concentrating, fragmenting, labeling, filtering, and amplifying that patient's DNA. Fragments from several patients may be pooled, and the fragments in the pool may be sequenced. The sequencing data is then subjected to analysis, which includes several normalization steps. The normalized data are then examined to identify CNV, which is reported.
US12173367B2
A method of forming a plurality of lipid bilayers over an array of cells in a nanopore based sequencing chip is disclosed. Each of the cells comprises a well. A salt buffer solution is flowed over the array of cells in the nanopore based sequencing chip to substantially fill the wells in the cells with the salt buffer solution. A lipid and solvent mixture is flowed over the array of cells to deposit the lipid and solvent mixture over at least some of the wells in the cells. A first portion of the cells, each having a lipid bilayer over its well, is detected. A second portion of the cells, each having a lipid membrane but not a lipid bilayer over its well, is detected. An electrical lipid-thinning stimulus is selectively applied to the second portion of the cells but not to the first portion of the cells.
US12173349B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and compositions useful for in vivo and/or in vitro profiling of proteases present in the lung. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides methods of in vivo enzymatic processing of exogenous molecules followed by detection of detectable markers as representative of the presence of active proteases associated with a lung disease, for example, lung cancer and lung infections. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for production of a lung disease signature and diagnosis of lung disease.
US12173343B2
Embodiments herein relate to methods, systems and kits for engineering antimicrobial peptides such as bacteriocins, for example to have a desired range of activity in a desired range of culture conditions. The antimicrobial peptides may be engineered to have a particular activity for a particular culture, environmental conditions or a range of conditions. Some embodiments include screening an antimicrobial peptides or several candidate antimicrobial peptides for a desired activity. Some embodiments include an iterative process for engineering antimicrobial peptides such as bacteriocins. In some embodiments, the process is performed by automated machine learning.
US12173333B2
The present invention relates to variant of Family A polymerases able to synthesize a nucleic acid fragment without template and to incorporate a reversible modified terminator nucleotide during the nucleic acid fragment synthesis. The present invention further relates to uses thereof for enzymatic synthesis of nucleic acid molecules.
US12173330B2
A method of producing high-purity hydroxy-L-pipecolic acids that includes allowing an L-pipecolic acid hydroxylase, a microorganism or cell having the ability to produce the enzyme, a processed product of the microorganism or cell, and/or a culture liquid comprising the enzyme and obtained by culturing the microorganism or cell, to act on L-pipecolic acid as a substrate in the presence of 2-oxoglutaric acid and ferrous ion, wherein the L-pipecolic acid hydroxylase (1) acts on L-pipecolic acid in the presence of 2-oxoglutaric acid and ferrous ion to add a hydroxy group to the carbon atom at positions 3, 4, and/or 5 of L-pipecolic acid; and (2) has a catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) with L-proline that is equal to or less than 7 times the catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) with L-pipecolic acid.
US12173329B2
The disclosure relates to acyl-ACP reductase (AAR) enzyme variants that result in improved fatty aldehyde and fatty alcohol production when expressed in recombinant host cells. The disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such AAR variants for the production of fatty alcohol compositions having particular characteristics.
US12173326B2
Provided here methods of generating human alveolar macrophage-like cells in-vitro from blood-derived monocytes by culturing them in a cell culture medium containing a mixture of a surfactant and two or more cytokines. This mixture can contain calfactant, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, transforming growth factor beta, and interleukin-10.
US12173291B2
Disclosed herein are methods, cells, engineered microorganisms, and kits for increasing the production of polypeptides comprising one or more unnatural amino acids. Further provided are cells, engineered microorganisms, and kits for increasing the retention of unnatural nucleic acids encoding the unnatural amino acids in an engineered cell, or semi-synthetic organism.
US12173280B2
The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, and optionally accounting for one or more of physical constraints or dynamic tissue properties. The present invention further relates to systems, methods, and devices for delivering bipolar electric pulses for irreversible electroporation exhibiting reduced or no damage to tissue typically associated with an EBT-induced excessive charge delivered to the tissue.
US12173279B2
Systems and methods are provided for transfecting cells, such as mammalian cells and nonmammalian cells, using an electroporation apparatus having an electroporation chamber including an upper micromesh electrode, a lower micromesh electrode and a path defined in the electroporation chamber. The electroporation apparatus includes a first input allowing passage of cells into the electroporation chamber and a first output allowing passage of electroporated cells from the electroporation chamber. The first input and the first output are separated by an offset distance.
US12173278B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising a biologically pure culture of a Paenibacillus sp. strain comprising a mutant DegU lacking a functional receiver domain or a functional DNA binding domain and/or a mutant DegS lacking a functional single binding domain or a functional ATPase domain with decreased viscosity in a liquid culture. Also provided is a method of identifying a Paenibacillus sp. mutant derivative strain with decreased viscosity in a liquid culture compared to a Paenibacillus sp. parental strain with a visual screen for mutant isolates with a non-mucoid morphology.
US12173275B2
The present disclosure provides improved methods for bead beating and a bead beating system useful therefor. The present disclosure further provides methods of using the bead beating system to extract nucleic acids from cells containing the nucleic acids.
US12173272B2
An apparatus for isolating stems cells from extracted mammalian tissue comprising: a portable hollow casing having fixed dimensions and a sized internal spatial volume; a filter housed and contained within said sized internal spatial volume, wherein said filter captures particles in said extracted mammalian tissue having a diameter of about 5 to 10 microns or more and allows particles in said extracted mammalian tissue having a diameter of less than about 5 to 10 microns to pass through; a first channel to which a container holding said extracted mammalian tissue can attach, and through which said extracted mammalian tissue is input into the hollow casing; wherein a stem cell collection chamber can attach to said first channel, and the particles having a diameter of about 5 to 10 microns or more are output from the hollow casing through said first channel and collected in the stem cell collection chamber; and a second channel to which a remnant collection chamber can attach, and through which the particles having a diameter of less than about 5 to 10 microns are output from the hollow casing and collected in the remnant collection chamber.
US12173269B2
An incubator for cell and tissue culture under controlled atmospheric conditions has a primary air flow control device that forms a primary, preferably laminar flow, air veil across an opening that allows access to the cells or tissue cultures disposed within the incubator. Preferably, most if not all of the air in the primary (laminar flow) air veil is recirculated, and a secondary air flow control device is used that forms a secondary, preferably laminar flow, air veil between the primary (laminar flow) air veil and a user of the incubator.
US12173267B2
Methods of protein production in continuous perfusion mammalian cell culture bioreactors are provided. Methods for continuous perfusion culture by allowing cells to self-regulate the rate of addition of perfusion medium to the bioreactor via a pH change are presented. Compositions comprising the perfusion medium as well as the process advantages of using hi-end pH control of perfusion or HIPCOP are also presented.
US12173266B1
There are provided a cell culture device and associated method for preparing an in vitro model of a neuromuscular junction (NMJ). The cell culture device can include a cell culture layer that includes a neuronal cells channel for receiving neuronal cells therein, and a neuromuscular junction chamber in fluid communication with the neuronal cells channel to receive muscle cells therein to enable co-culture of the neuronal cells with the muscle cells and form the NMJ. The neuronal cells channel includes a first portion having a first portion cross-section and a second portion having a second portion cross-section that is smaller than the first portion cross-section and provided downstream of the first portion to retain neuronal cells. The neuromuscular junction chamber can optionally include pillars for culturing muscle cells therebetween. The in vitro model can be used for analysing a biological material from a patient or diagnose a condition, for instance.
US12173259B2
A rubber cleaning composition includes water, a cleaning and oxidation removal agent, a conditioning agent, and a drying agent. The cleaning agent includes citric acid. The conditioning agent includes glycerin. The cleaning and oxidation removal agent is present in a water:cleaning and oxidation removal agent volume ratio of about 100:1 to about 300:1. The conditioning agent is present in a water:conditioning agent volume ratio of about 7:1 to about 8:1. The drying agent is present in a water:drying agent volume ratio of about 1:1 to about 2:1. The composition cleans, protects, and improves performance of rubber, such as climbing shoe rubber.
US12173240B2
The present invention relates to a process for converting vegetable oils, animal fats, residual edible oils and carboxylic acids into renewable liquid fuels, such as bionaphtha, bioJET-A1 and renewable diesel, for use in a mixture with fossil fuels. The process consists of two steps: hydrotreating and hydrocracking. The effluent from the hydrotreatment step presents aromatics, olefins and compounds resulting from the polymerization of esters and acids in its composition. This fact occurs due to the use of partially reduced catalysts and without injection of sulfide agent and allows obtaining a bioJET-A1 with adequate quality for use in a mixture with fossil kerosene. At the same time, the process generates, in addition to products in the distillation range of naphtha, kerosene and diesel, high molecular weight linear paraffins (with up to 40 carbon atoms).
US12173237B2
Processes and systems for making recycle content hydrocarbons, including olefins, from recycled waste material. Recycle waste material may be pyrolyzed to form recycle content pyrolysis oil composition (r-pyoil), at least a portion of which may then be cracked to form a recycle content olefin composition (r-olefin). In some cases, a heavy fraction from the cracker effluent may be used to form a recycle content pyrolysis gasoline composition (r-pyrolysis gasoline).
US12173236B2
An apparatus for the continuous production of biochar by pyrolysis of biomass under exclusion of oxygen is provided. The apparatus includes a vertically mounted reactor having a reactor interior which is defined by a reactor shell and which has an upper feed region, a lower removal region and a process space located therebetween, a feed device for feeding biomass to the upper feed region, a removal device for removing biochar from the lower removal region, and a heating device positioned in the reactor interior. The heating device includes a plurality of outer heating rods vertically arranged in the vicinity of the reactor shell and distributed around the circumference of the reactor, and at least one inner heating rod vertically arranged in or in the vicinity of the center of the reactor interior. A control device is provided for controlling the operation of the apparatus. The control device controls the actuation of the feed device and the removal device and regulates the temperature of the heating rods in dependence on temperatures measured at distributed locations in the reactor interior in order to adjust the holding time and pyrolytic conversion of the biomass in dependence on the respective operating conditions, ambient conditions and the particular biomass used.
US12173232B1
The present disclosure relates to a fracturing fluid comprising a specific surfactant combination, its preparation and to a method for releasing the oil trapped in tight oil reservoirs.
US12173229B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for controlling asphaltenes in a subterranean formation. The compositions may include a halloysite nanotube. The nanotube has a lumen and a polymer, along with a charged surfactant, may be disposed in the lumen. A wax may be disposed on the nanotube. The wax may be disposed at either or both ends of the nanotube, thereby temporarily preventing the polymer and charged surfactant from leaving the lumen.
US12173224B2
An aqueous based drilling fluid that exhibits improved lubricity, containing a phospholipid lubricant component and methods of improving the lubricity of an aqueous based drilling fluids. The methods include improving the lubricity of an aqueous based drilling fluid composed of an aqueous base fluid, and a weighting agent, with the addition of an effective amount of a phospholipid to substantially reduce the coefficient of friction when compared to the fluid absent the phospholipids.
US12173222B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a heat dissipation film. The method includes preparing a first mixture by mixing hexagonal boron nitride and an organic solvent, performing primary surface-modification on the hexagonal boron nitride, adding an amine-based silane compound to the first mixture, and then performing secondary surface-modification on the hexagonal boron nitride, preparing a second mixture by obtaining the secondarily surface-modified hexagonal boron nitride, and mixing the secondarily surface-modified hexagonal boron nitride, an imidazole-based curing agent, and an organic solvent, dispersing the second mixture, adding an epoxy resin to the second mixture, and then performing dispersion, and drying the organic solvent in the second mixture, and manufacturing a film using a product obtained by the drying.
US12173209B2
A quantum dot includes: a nanoparticle; and a ligand represented by Formula 1 on a surface of the nanoparticle: A1 is an anchoring group linked to the surface of the nanoparticle, and A1 may be selected from groups represented by Formulae A-1 to A-4: wherein * in Formulae A-1 to A-4 indicates a binding site to a neighboring atom.
US12173197B2
A curable organopolysiloxane composition is provided which forms a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) layer having a relatively low storage elastic modulus (G′) at low temperatures, excellent curability, and sufficient adhesion for practical use. A PSA layer-forming organopolysiloxane composition comprises: (A) a chain organopolysiloxane having alkenyl groups; (B) an organopolysiloxane resin which has a content of 9 moles or less of hydroxyl groups and the like is a mixture of (b1) an organopolysiloxane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 4500 or more and (b2) an organopolysiloxane resin having a Mw of less than 4500; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The mass ratio of component (B) to component (A) is within a range of 0.9 to 2.0, and the shear storage elastic modulus G′ at −20° C. of a PSA layer obtained by curing the composition is within a range of 0.01 to 0.75 MPa.
US12173191B2
Disclosed is a washable non-toxic body paint including core/shell toner particles having a size of from 4.0 μm to 30 μm, wherein the core comprises a colorant and the shell comprises a polyester resin. The body paint includes an alcohol-free medium of gelatin or glycerin. The body paint can be applied to a skin surface.
US12173189B2
TiO2-free coating compositions and mineral blends for use in TiO2-free coating compositions.
US12173180B2
A polyaspartic coating composition containing (A) an aspartic acid ester compound represented by the following formula (I) wherein X is an n-valent organic group, and R1 and R2 are organic groups which are inert to the isocyanate group under a reaction condition, and n is an integer of 2 or more, and (B) a polyisocyanate component obtained by reacting one or more diisocyanate monomers selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic and alicyclic diisocyanate with a polycaprolactone polyol having a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 1,500, wherein a ratio of the polycaprolactone polyol to a total amount of the polyol is 20% by mass or more, the polyisocyanate component contains 10.0% by mass or less of an isocyanurate trimer, and an average number of isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate component (B) is 2.4 to 8.0.
US12173167B2
The present disclosure provides stable inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microorganisms in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the microorganisms in an inoculant compositions are stabilized by the presence of one or more maltodextrins having a dextrose equivalent value of about 15 to about 20.
US12173166B2
Certain configurations of coated articles that are corrosion resistant are described. In some embodiments, the article comprises a substrate and a corrosion resistant coating disposed on an entire surface or a portion of the surface of the substrate. The corrosion resistant coating can resist degradation after exposure to strong acids with a negative pH with a corrosion rate of less than 20 mils/year. The coating can also, if desired, exhibit a hardness of more than 600 Vickers hardness (HV), as measured based on the ASTM E92-17 standard.
US12173164B2
Provided is a method for producing a composite material in which the dispersibility of an exfoliated layered substance in a resin or the like is improved and with which a synthetic resin having significantly improved properties, such as impact resistance, can be obtained. A method for producing a composite material including an exfoliated layered substance and a coating substance coating a surface of the exfoliated layered substance includes a disintegrating step of disintegrating secondary particles of an exfoliated layered substance in a solution containing a coating substance, or a method for producing a composite material including an exfoliated layered substance and a coating substance coating a surface of the exfoliated layered substance includes a disintegrating step of disintegrating secondary particles of an exfoliated layered substance in a solvent and a dissolving step of dissolving a coating substance in a dispersion containing the exfoliated layered substance that has been disintegrated.
US12173162B2
A modified pigment having excellent color tone selectivity is provided by laking dye by an environmentally friendly method without using metal. A modified pigment according to the present invention is obtained by laking a dye containing at least one of an acidic group and a basic group with at least one of an amino acid and protein.
US12173156B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical silicon rubber having high mechanical property and a preparation method thereof. The medical silicon rubber comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 50˜90 parts of silicon rubber, 10˜50 parts of polyurethane, 10˜50 parts of fillers, 2˜6 parts of hydrogen-containing silicon oil and 2˜5 parts of a vulcanizing agent. The preparation method comprises: evenly mixing a part of fillers with silicon rubber in an internal mixer, and evenly mixing the other part of fillers with polyurethane in the internal mixer; and mixing the mixed polyurethane on an open type rubber refining machine, then successively adding hydrogen-containing silicon oil, the evenly mixed silicon rubber and the vulcanizing agent into the open type rubber refining machine many times by small portions, and finally vulcanizing the mixed rubber on a plate rubber vulcanizing machine for 5˜15 min at 150˜190° C.
US12173151B2
One aspect of the present application relates to a polyphenylene ether resin composition including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) that is terminally modified with a substituent having a carbon-carbon unsaturated double bond, and a crosslinking-type curing agent (B) having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated double bonds in each molecule, the modified polyphenylene ether compound (A) including a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-1) having a specific structure, and a modified polyphenylene ether compound (A-2) having a specific structure.
US12173144B2
The present invention discloses a rubber composition comprising, in parts by weight, 100 parts of a rubber matrix, 1.5 to 9 parts of a crosslinking agent, 0.2 to 9 parts of an assistant crosslinking agent, 40 to 170 parts of a reinforcing filler, 6 to 93 parts of a plasticizer and 3 to 25 parts of a metal oxide. The rubber matrix comprises a branched polyethylene with a content represented as A, in which 0
US12173140B2
The purpose is to provide rubber compositions and pneumatic tires which have reduced changes in complex modulus E* over time. The present invention relates to rubber compositions containing at least one copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, the rubber compositions having a heat aging resistance index defined by equation (1) of 27 or less.
US12173133B2
A method of preparing a conductive composite includes immersing a porous base material in a conductive coating solution, and drying the conductive coating solution on the porous base material to form a conductive coating layer on the porous base material. The conductive coating solution includes conductive particles and a solvent, and the surface tension of the solvent is lower than the surface tension of the porous base material by 8 mN/m or more, and a conductive composite is prepared therefrom.
US12173124B2
Methods of depolymerizing polyolefin-based material into useful petrochemical products using styrene oligomers or polymers, and heat are described. The styrene oligomers or polymers improve the depolymerization reaction by decreasing the halftime for the depolymerization, which results in a higher depolymerization rate and a shorter residence time in the depolymerization unit, allowing for a predictable depolymerization reaction, and decreasing the branching or aromatic formations in the product.
US12173118B2
A phenylene ether oligomer composition is disclosed comprising, a phenylene ether oligomer having an external amine content of less than or equal to 1.5 weight percent; and a residual solvent in an amount of 10 to 10000 parts per million by weight, based on the weight of the phenylene ether oligomer composition; wherein the phenylene ether oligomer composition has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.03 to 0.13 deciliter per gram; a glass transition temperature of 135 to 175° C., or a combination thereof.
US12173111B2
The present invention relates to an additive manufacturing process using a composition comprising the reaction product of a polyester polyol and a compound comprising at least one functional group that can react with a hydroxyl-group of the polyester polyol and at least one further functional group, selected from acrylate-or methacrylate-group, wherein the polyester polyol is based on at least one organic acid comprising at least two carboxyl groups or its anhydride and at least one polyol comprising at least two hydroxy-groups, wherein the reaction product has a glass transition temperature Tg of below 23° C., wherein the composition optionally further comprises a photoinitiator, as a photopolymerizable material in.
US12173107B2
To provide a solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization having a small amount of fine powder. A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization containing a titanium atom, a magnesium atom, a halogen atom, and an internal electron donor. The solid catalyst component has an absolute difference in binding energy of 73.50 to 75.35 eV between a peak (1) with the binding energy of 457.00 to 459.00 eV and a peak (2) with the binding energy of 532.50 to 534.50 eV. The peak (1) and the peak (2) are within peak components measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the peak (1) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the 2p orbitals of the titanium atom, and the peak (2) is obtained by waveform separation of peaks assigned to the is orbital of an oxygen atom.
US12173105B2
The present invention provides an A-B block copolymer that enables preparation of a polymer emulsion useful as a binder component for an aqueous inkjet ink that is excellent in inkjet printability and is capable of forming a printed film excellent in durability, such as adhesiveness and rub resistance, on a substrate to be printed, such as a polyolefin-based plastic film. The block copolymer is an A-B block copolymer satisfying the following requirements (1-1) to (1-3). (1-1) Containing 90% by mass or more of a constituent unit derived from a methacrylate-based monomer or the like. (1-2) The chain A has a constituent unit (A-i) derived from methyl methacrylate or the like and a constituent unit (A-ii) derived from 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate or the like. (1-3) The chain B has a constituent unit (B) derived from methacrylic acid, a constituent unit (B-i) derived from methyl methacrylate or the like, and a constituent unit (B-ii) derived from 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate or the like.
US12173103B2
Provided are Janus particles derived from natural starting materials, including starting materials that are plant-based and are not based on petrochemicals. Also provided are related compositions that include the disclosed particles, including emulsion compositions. Additionally provided are methods of synthesizing the disclosed Janus particles.
US12173097B2
A composition includes one or more copolymers of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups, and the copolymer has on average about 0.01 to about 15.0 percent by weight of nucleophilic groups pendant from the copolymer. The copolymer is chain extended and/or branched by one or more copolymers of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having electrophilic groups, or a portion of the chains of the copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more nucleophilic groups are crosslinked with other chains of the copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more nucleophilic groups by ionic bonding of anions formed from the pendant nucleophilic groups with a metal cation having a valence of 2 or greater or complexation between pendant acid groups and metal oxides.
US12173093B2
A method of making expanded fluoropolymer articles thermally bonds portions of expanded fluoropolymers together, without using an adhesive or crushing force, to produce stronger bonds at the joint between the expanded fluoropolymers than the bonds within the constituent expanded fluoropolymers. The method involves placing the portions of expanded fluoropolymers to be thermally bonded together in intimate contact with each other after wet-stretching the expanded fluoropolymers, and removing the wetting agent used to wet-stretch the expanded fluoropolymers, without subsequent expansion or stretching, to yield an expanded fluoropolymer article exhibiting unexpected and superior properties that can be used in a variety of medical and industrial applications.
US12173075B2
The present disclosure relates to biotechnology and provides antibodies that specifically bind to IL-5Rα. The disclosure also relates to DNA encoding the antibodies, the corresponding expression vectors and methods of production thereof, as well as methods of treatment using the antibodies.
US12173073B2
Antibodies and antibody fragments that inhibit the activity of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM1) and/or macrophage erythroblast attacher (MAEA) are provided, along with formulations and kits comprising these antibodies and antibody fragments and the use of the disclosed compositions, formulations, and kits to treat cancers, sickle cell disease, and Polycythemia Vera.
US12173070B2
The present disclosure provides an anti-PD-L1/anti-LAG3 bispecific antibody capable to effectively block the interactions between PD-L1 and its receptor PD-1 and between LAG3 and its ligand (e.g., a MHC class II molecule and FGL1). The bispecific antibody may have high binding affinity to both of a PD-L1 protein (e.g., a human PD-L1 protein) and a LAG3 protein (e.g., a human LAG3 protein). Also provided are antibodies and fragments that have specificity to the PD-L1 or LAG3 protein alone, or antibodies and fragments having additional specificity to one or more other antigens.
US12173068B2
The present disclosure relates to an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to human Sema3A. The isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment according to the present disclosure i) binds to human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 with a dissociation constant (KD)≤50 nM, ≤20 nM, ≤10 nM, ≤1 nM, or ≤0.1 nM; ii) cross-reacts with mouse, cynomolgus, rat, pig and/or dog Sema3A, particularly wherein said isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof binds to mouse, cynomolgus, rat, pig and/or dog Sema3A with a dissociation constant (KD)≤50 nM, ≤20 nM, ≤10 nM, ≤1 nM, or ≤0.1 nM; iii) binds to human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 with a binding activity as measured by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of ≥60%, ≥70%, ≥80%, or ≥90%; iv) inhibits the activity of human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 in an in vitro mesangial cell migration assay with an EC50 of ≤10 nM, ≤5 nM, ≤2.5 nM, or ≤1 nM; v) inhibits the activity of human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 in an in vitro growth cone collapse assay with an EC50 of ≤50 nM, ≤25 nM, ≤10 nM, or ≤5 nM; vi) inhibits the activity of human Sema3A of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600 in an in vitro HUVEC repulsion assay with an EC50 of ≤1 nM, or ≤0.3 nM, ≤0.1 nM, ≤0.07 nM, ≤0.06 nM and/or vii) exhibits an increased potency against cellular Sema3A, of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 600, induced HUVEC repulsion.
US12173065B2
A method for restoring immune control over autoimmunity in a subject in need thereof is described. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody that disrupts Siglec-binding in cis. A method of screening for an antibody that is disruptive of Siglec binding in cis, a method of making an antibody for restoring immune control over autoimmunity to a subject in need, a method of modulating autoimmunity in an immune cell and a method of releasing sialic acid binding site of human CD22 from cis-binding configuration to trans-ligand formation in treating autoimmunity in a subject in need thereof are also described. Kits containing a pharmaceutical composition and instructions for dosing, and preloaded syringes containing pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed herein.
US12173061B2
Methods for treating, reducing, ameliorating or inhibiting symptoms idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or interstitial pneumonia, comprising administering to a subject in need of an effective amount of a) multiple EGF-like-domains-9 (MEGF9) or a biologically active fragment thereof; b) uncoordinated receptor 5A (UNC5A) or a biologically active fragment thereof; c) dolichyl-phosphate beta-glucosyltransferase (ALG5) or a biologically active fragment thereof; d) a combination of two or three of a)-c); e) an antibody specifically binding to a); f) an antibody specifically binding to b); g) an antibody specifically binding to c); h) a combination of two or three of e)-g); or i) a combination of at least one of a)-c) and at least one of e)-g). Pharmaceutical compositions and processes for making and using the compositions are also disclosed.
US12173058B2
Disclosed are methods for treating a patient suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody. Methods for increasing bone formation and reducing bone resorption in an osteogenesis imperfecta patient by administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody are also disclosed. Further disclosed are compositions for increasing bone formation and reducing bone resorption in an osteogenesis imperfecta patient. The compositions comprise a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-sclerostin antibody. The invention also provides an anti-sclerostin antibody for use in the treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta.
US12173052B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compositions and methods for anti-HIV (anti-CD4 binding site) broadly neutralizing antibodies having improved potency and breadth for neutralizing a range of HIV strains. Combinations of broadly neutralizing antibodies can also improve potency over a single antibody composition.
US12173048B2
This disclosure provides a collagen fiber-based ink for bioprinting comprising a high solid content of collagen fiber particles that are suitable for manufacturing collagen-based scaffolds and tissue equivalent implants for regenerative medicine applications.
US12173042B2
The current disclosure relates to methods for treating ovarian cancer based on specific antigen expression of the cancer. Furthermore, the expressed antigen may be used in immunotherapeutic methods for treatment of the ovarian cancer. Aspects of the disclosure relate to immunotherapies targeting CT45 polypeptides, methods for treating ovarian cancer based on CT45 expression, and kits for detecting CT45 polypeptides and nucleotides.
US12173025B2
Disclosed herein are nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing nucleotide analogs and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as a HCV infection with one or more nucleotide analogs.
US12173019B2
Disclosed herein are caged haptens and caged hapten-antibody conjugates useful for enabling the detection of targets located proximally to each other in a sample.
US12173004B2
The invention relates to particular prodrugs of substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving the 5-HT2A receptor, the serotonin transporter (SERT), pathways involving the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor signaling system, and/or the μ-opioid receptor.
US12173002B2
Compounds that inhibit Protein Arginine N-Methyl Transferase 5(PRMT5) activity, as well as method for their preparation and use are provided. Specifically, compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates, as well as method for their preparation and use are provided.
US12173001B1
Novel pyrido[3,4-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine 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[3,4-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine 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.
US12172993B2
The invention relates to kinase inhibitors, in particular inhibitors of protein kinases including the protein-tyrosine kinases LCK, ABL, SRC, KIT, SIK-family and/or their mutants. Although structurally similar to dasatinib, the kinase inhibitors of the invention can display one or more certain properties distinct to dasatinib. Also, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise one or more of the kinase inhibitors. The kinase inhibitors or pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may be used in the treatment of a disorder or condition, such as a proliferative disorder, for example, a leukaemia or solid tumour. The kinase inhibitors or pharmaceutical compositions may be used in a treatment regimen that corresponds to, is similar to or is distinct from that used with dasatinib for a corresponding disorder, and in particular may be used in a combination treatment regimen together with one or more additional therapeutic agents, such as immune-checkpoint inhibitors.
US12172982B2
Provided herein are methods of synthesizing quinazoline compounds comprising at least one atropisomeric center.
US12172980B2
The present invention relates compounds of Formula (A) as H3R antagonists, as well as their preparation and uses, and further relates pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and their uses as modulators of Histamine 3 Receptor (H3R) functions. The present invention also relates to the uses of the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions in treating or preventing certain disorders and diseases which relate to H3R functions in humans.
US12172979B2
It is provided a process for the preparation of aripiprazole lauroxil that comprises reacting 1-(hydroxymethyl) aripiprazole with lauric acid in the presence of a suitable solvent and a carboxyl activating agent in the presence of a suitable solvent and, optionally, in the presence of an appropriate base. 1-(Hydroxymethyl) aripiprazole can be prepared by reacting aripiprazol or an hydrate thereof with paraformaldehyde in the presence of a suitable organic solvent and a suitable base, wherein the reaction is carried out without the addition of water as a solvent to the reaction mixture. Additionally, (7-(4-(4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)butoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2-oxoquinolin-1(2H)-yl)methyl formate is provided as a reference standard.
US12172971B1
A N′-(2-naphthoyloxy)-2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)acetimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12172970B1
An 2-(5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio)acetic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12172969B2
The present invention is related to deuterated secnidazole, a prodrug thereof, a hydrate thereof, a solvate thereof, a polymorph thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and its use for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis or trichomoniasis in a subject in need thereof. The present invention is also related to pharmaceutical compositions and methods and uses of treating bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, amoebiasis, giardiasis, or a combination thereof.
US12172965B2
Disclosed are compounds having the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a group: —NH2, —NHCORa, —NHCOORb, —(C2-C6)alkenylene-CO—NH—OH, —(C2-C6)alkynylene-CO—NH—OH or —OH; R2 represents a group: —OCH3, —OCH2CH3, —SCH3, —SCH2CH3 or —OCHF2; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: —CH3, —CN, —F, —Cl or —ORc; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a group: —CH3, —CN, —F, —Cl or —ORd; Ra represents a group: —(C1-C5)alkyl or —CF3; Rb represents a group: —(C1-C5)alkyl or —CF3; Rc represents a group: —(C1-C5)alkyl or —CF3; and Rd represents a group: —(C1-C5)alkyl or —CF3; in the state of a base or acid or acid salts or base salts or in the form of hydrate or of solvate. Also disclosed are drug conjugates including such compounds.
US12172964B2
Disclosed herein is a tricyclic octacationic cyclophane and complexes comprising the tricyclic octacationic cyclophane and a perylene diimide dye complexed therein and methods of using and making the cyclophane and complexes.
US12172959B2
The present invention relates to mono- or di-substituted indole compounds, methods to prevent or treat dengue viral infections by using the compounds and also relates to use of the compounds as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent dengue viral infections. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of dengue viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds.
US12172958B2
A process to produce N-vinyl compounds by homogeneous catalysis can be performed. Acetylene is reacted with a compound having at least one nitrogen bearing a substitutable hydrogen residue in a liquid phase in the presence of at least one phosphine as a catalyst to produce the compounds.
US12172954B2
The invention relates to a compound of following formula (I): a preparation process, uses thereof and compositions containing the same, wherein R1 and R2, represent, independently of one another, a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, where the sum of the carbon atoms of the groups R1 and R2 ranges from 2 to 7, and where R1 and R2 may also form, together and with the carbon atom bearing them, a 6-, 7-, or 8-membered ring; n is an integer of between 1 and 100, limits included; A represents a sequence of one or more units chosen from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide units and mixtures thereof; the group formed by R1, R2 and the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are attached has a degree of branching equal to 0, 1 or 2.
US12172953B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of acetals from carbon dioxide. The invention also relates to a mixture of phosphorus containing ligands comprising least one polydentate ligand and at least one monodentate ligand. Further, the invention also relates to the use of mixtures comprising at least one polydentate ligand and at least one monodentate ligand in transition metal complexes for the preparation of acetals.
US12172951B2
The present invention is an anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula. R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C12 linear or branched alkyl group, or a C1-C12 linear or branched alkoxy group, and R2 represents a substituent represented by: formula (a) (in formula (a), R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 linear or branched alkyl group, a C1-C8 linear or branched alkoxy group, or a substituent represented by —CH2OR4, where R4 represents a C1-C8 linear or branched alkyl group); or formula (b) (in formula (b). R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 linear or branched alkyl group, or a substituent represented by —CH2OR6, where R6 represents a C1-C8 linear or branched alkyl group)).
US12172945B2
The present invention relates to a derivative compound in which a biphenyl group is introduced into an aminoalkanoic acid, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention exhibits excellent antifungal and fungicidal effects. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention exhibits a synergistic effect when used in combination with a conventional antifungal agent. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention provides broad-spectrum antifungal activity against a wide range of fungal pathogens. Therefore, the compound of the present invention may be widely used in fields requiring treatment with antifungal or fungicidal agents against human pathogenic fungi and animal pathogenic fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.
US12172942B2
A composition contains an organic compound and an anthracene compound different from the organic compound, the anthracene compound having a hydrogen atom at at least one of positions 9 and 10, in which the concentration of the anthracene compound is 100 ppm or less. Additionally, a long-lived organic light-emitting device includes an organic compound layer containing a reduced concentration of the anthracene compound.
US12172937B2
A closed-loop method for the continuous production of biochar and nutrients. High-moisture content feedstock and black soldier flies are placed within a breeding room to produce young black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). High-moisture content feedstock and a first portion of the young BSFL are placed within a growing room to produce leachate, mature BSFL, and frass. The mature BSFL can be separated from the frass and processed to produce dried BSFL, BSFL oil, BSFL meal, BSFL puree, or a combination thereof. A first portion of the frass undergoes pyrolysis to produce biochar and heat. The biochar can be utilized within the feedstock, to produce a frass end product, as a biochar end product, or a combination thereof. The heat can be utilized in the at least one breeding room, in the at least one growing room, to process the frass, or a combination thereof.
US12172935B2
A roofing membrane is provided that includes at least one substrate at least partially impregnated with a first asphalt coating composition and a liquid parting agent emulsion applied to the upper surface of the asphalt-coated substrate. The liquid parting agent emulsion comprises one or more thermoplastic polymers and about 15 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of at least one mineral filler, based on the weight of the total solids in the emulsion. The first asphalt coating composition is free of oxidized asphalt.
US12172930B2
A preparation method and use of a yellow fluorescent glass ceramic are disclosed. The preparation method includes: mixing a monomer, a cross-linking agent and a filling solvent evenly, then adding fumed silica and stirring evenly, further adding an ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiator and an UV absorber, and stirring thoroughly; adding a yellow phosphor (Y,Gd)AG:Ce, stirring thoroughly and defoaming to obtain a slurry; introducing the slurry into a mold, and curing by UV irradiation or three-dimensional (3D) printing to obtain a body; putting the body into a high-temperature furnace for heating to obtain a phosphor-embedded porous silica glass; putting the porous silica glass into a high-temperature vacuum furnace for densification and sintering to obtain a densified fluorescent glass ceramic; and finally cutting and surface-polishing.
US12172921B2
A device and method for adjustable heat dissipation in a channel cooling section are provided. The device for heat dissipation may include: a plurality of flat tubes arranged adjacent to each other inside the channel cooling section. Each of the flat tubes may be surrounded by a heater on an outer ring. A side insulation structure may be provided on both sides of each of the flat tubes, and a top insulation structure may be provided at a top of each of the flat tubes. The method for heat dissipation may include performing a first disassembly on the each section of flat tube one by one in sequence.
US12172902B2
This disclosure relates generally to aerogel technology. The disclosure relates more particularly, in various embodiments, to improved methods for producing aerogels and improved aerogel composites having a low compression set.
US12172899B2
This patent disclosure includes a process that uniquely and unexpectedly results in the production of extremely high specific surface area and large pore volume carbon nanomaterial with high content of sp2 hybridized carbon-carbon in the form of nanosheets from a renewable carbonaceous raw material. The resulting nanomaterial is in particulate form or porous nanomaterial or dispersed in solvent. This process can also be used to produce carbon nanosheet on substrates or form a nanocomposite with other materials that results in exceptional properties.
US12172881B2
A rotating lid opener for removing screw lids includes non-slip elements (e.g., non-slip pads) on the underside of the device at locations that will engage with the top surface of the lid, thereby providing additional adhesion or friction when the handle is being rotated to reduce the chance of the device rotating without the jaws locking onto the lid. The non-slip elements can be made of any appropriate non-slip material (e.g., rubber, foam, sponge, cork, fabric, plastic, silicone, elastic, adhesive, etc.) and/or be configured to enhance grip (e.g., patterned, coated, etc.). Among other things, these non-slip elements will facilitate one-hand operation of the device.
US12172877B2
Telescopic pick-up (100) for picking-up and moving a container (4, 34) in a high-bay warehouse (1), preferably a transshipment facility of a sea port or inland port, with at least one displaceable telescopic arm (120) at which a pick-up (130) for holding the container (4, 34) by way of a support (140) is mounted, wherein the support (140) supports the pick-up (130) to be movable along at least one direction.
US12172876B2
Described is a rotary telehandler (1) comprising a carriage (10) movable on wheels, which mounts a tower (11), which in turn mounts a drivers cab (12) and an operating arm. The telehandler (1) is equipped with the following free paths of ascent and descent: a first path, defined by a first position of the tower (11), wherein it has an axis parallel to that of the carriage (10) and comprises a door (15) of the cab (12), a handle (17) on which an operator can grasp and a ladder (101, 104) made on a side wall of the carriage (10); a second path, defined by an angled position of the tower (11), wherein it is oblique or transversal to the axis of the carriage (10), with a front of the cab (12) facing towards the inside of the carriage (10), the second path comprising the door (15), a first handle (16) mounted at a first side of the door (15), a treadable surface (105, 106) of the carriage (10) and a further ladder (102, 103) made in a side of the carriage (10); and a third path, defined by a further angled position of the tower (11), wherein it is oblique or transversal to the axis of the carriage (10), with the front of the cab (12) facing towards the outside of the carriage (10), the third path comprising the door (15), a second handle (17) mounted at a second side of the door (15), a treadable surface (103, 102) of the carriage (10) and a ladder (104, 103) made in a further side of the carriage (10). The first, second and third paths are free of obstacles for the free passage of an operator.
US12172867B2
An illustrative example embodiment of a system for detecting drift of a building includes a detector that detects at least one horizontal position of elevator roping within a hoistway in or on the building at a selected vertical location. A processor determines at least one characteristic of drift of the building based on information from the detector regarding the detected at least one horizontal position, information regarding tension on the elevator roping, information regarding a density of the elevator roping, and a relationship between the selected vertical location and a length of the elevator roping.
US12172856B2
A conveyor includes a frame, a carriage supported by the frame for sliding movement in a longitudinal direction, a lower conveyor deck supported by the frame and an upper deck. The lower deck has a plurality of contact elements, which may be wheels, for supporting sheets of material moving through the conveyor. The upper deck includes a rear portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced first belts each supported by a plurality of first pulleys and a front portion including a plurality of longitudinally extending transversely spaced second belts each supported a plurality of second pulleys. The plurality of second pulleys includes a first second pulley and a second second pulley that are supported by the carriage for movement with the carriage relative to the frame.
US12172849B2
A system for processing a logistic object, comprising: a sorting apparatus, a transportation apparatus, and an output apparatus. The sorting apparatus comprises: a logistic object conveyor, at least one chute, and at least one sorting platform. The logistic object conveyor is connected to one end of the at least one sliding chute, and the other end of each chute is connected to one sorting platform. The transportation apparatus comprises a supporting assembly. The output apparatus comprises an output apparatus body and a control device. Also provided are a sorting apparatus and a method for processing a logistic object. The system for processing a logistic object can automatically implement the sorting of logistic objects to complete the packaging processing of the logistic objects, thereby improving the logistic processing efficiency.
US12172841B2
An article transport vehicle configured to travel along a first rail and a second rail parallel to each other and transport an article, includes: a first wheel configured to roll on a first travel surface, which is a travel surface of the first rail; and a second wheel configured to roll on a second travel surface, which is a travel surface of the second rail. The first wheel has a first-wheel body that includes a first outer circumferential face and is made of synthetic resin. The second wheel has a second-wheel body that includes a second outer circumferential face and is made of synthetic resin. The first outer circumferential face has a plurality of first recessed grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the first wheel. The second outer circumferential face has a plurality of second recessed grooves extending in a circumferential direction of the second wheel.
US12172826B2
The present invention relates to beverage preparation capsule containing a beverage preparation ingredient, and methods for the preparation of beverages. In one aspect, these include beverage preparation capsules for use in beverage preparation apparatus comprising a clamp assembly suitable for preparing espresso-type beverages.
US12172819B2
A packaging bag includes a cutting guide band extending along a transverse direction. The cutting guide band includes, a first guide band having first cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the transverse direction; a second guide band having second cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle in a direction opposite a direction of the first cut lines with respect to the transverse direction; and a third guide band having third cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle in the same direction as the direction of the first cut lines with respect to the transverse direction. The cutting guide band has a fourth cut line between the first guide band and the second guide band and/or between the second guide band and the third guide band, the fourth cut line being perforated and extending along the transverse direction.
US12172815B2
A container carrier for unitizing a plurality of containers. The carrier includes a planar sheet of a material and a plurality of container receiving apertures within the planar sheet and arranged in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks. Each of the plurality of container receiving apertures includes a central opening shape and a plurality of clefts radially extending in the planar sheet outward from the central shape to form a plurality of container friction flaps each adapted to extend along a side wall of a corresponding container of the plurality of containers.
US12172810B1
The leash system for use with a beverage container lid includes an anchor and a leash. The leash system for use with a beverage container lid may be used to tether a lid to a beverage container. The anchor may be coupled to the lid. The leash may detachably couple to the beverage container. An aperture located at a top end of the leash may detachably couple to an anchor tab on the anchor to prevent loss of the lid. A bottom end of the leash may detachably couple to a handle of the beverage container by virtue of the leash wrapping around the handle and passing through a slot located at the bottom end of the leash.
US12172809B1
An integrated cover and lid for a disposable cup such that the cover can protect the lid and its mouthpiece from coming into contact with another person's hands and corresponding germs, bacteria, viruses, dirt, debris, and other particles. In particular, the disposable cup cover and lid system can include a round cover having a first diameter, wherein the cover includes a round projection having a second diameter less than the first diameter. The cover and lid system can further include a lid having a third diameter, wherein the lid includes a basin region having a fourth diameter less than the third diameter, wherein the round projection of the cover is received within the basin region of the lid. Here, the basin region of the lid can further include a plurality of protrusions around its perimeter, wherein the plurality of protrusions engage an outer perimeter wall of the round projection.
US12172798B2
The invention comprises a peelable membrane for resealably closing a metal end comprising an outer layer, a tacky layer, and a heat seal layer. The heat seal layer is permanently sealed to the metal end to cover at least one opening in the metal end. The tacky layer causes the peelable membrane to be resealable onto the metal end.
US12172795B2
A unit configured to form a tube for producing sealed packages starting from a sheet of packaging material having opening devices pre-applied thereon, comprises at least one guiding assembly configured to interact with the sheet of packaging material to fold it gradually into a tube shape; the guiding assembly comprises a plurality of folding rollers delimiting a passage for the sheet of packaging material and each having a lateral wall configured to cooperate in contact with the sheet of packaging material to control the folding thereof; the folding rollers comprise at least one folding roller having at least one recess on the lateral wall thereof, the recess defining a slot configured to be engaged by the opening devices.
US12172783B2
A method for transporting pairs of packs (100) comprising arranging a first pair of packs on a horizontal transport device (50), transporting the first pair of packs in a horizontal direction, arranging a second pair of packs on the horizontal transport device (50), therein, for each of the first pair and the second pair of the pair of packs, spacing a first pack of the pair of packs and a second pack of the pair of packs vertically from each other and further spacing the first pair of packs and the second pair of packs horizontally from each other on the horizontal transport device.
US12172778B2
A base station is disclosed for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The base station includes: an enclosure; a cradle that is configured to charge a power source of the UAV during docking with the base station; and a temperature control system that is connected to the cradle and which is configured to vary temperature of the power source of the UAV. The temperature control system includes: a thermoelectric conditioner (TEC); a first air circuit that is thermally connected to the TEC and which is configured to regulate temperature of the TEC; and a second air circuit that is thermally connected to the TEC such that the TEC is located between the first air circuit and the second air circuit. The second air circuit is configured to direct air across the cradle to thereby heat or cool the power source of the UAV when docked with the base station.
US12172775B2
An object is to more accurately assist avoidance of a collision between space objects such as satellites or space debris in outer space. A recorder processing unit (110) acquires flight forecast information (401) indicating a flight forecast of each of a plurality of space objects (60) from a management business device (40) used by a management business operator that manages the plurality of space objects (60). Based on the acquired flight forecast information (401), the recorder processing unit (110) sets a forecast epoch of an orbit of each of the plurality of space objects (60), a forecast orbital element that identifies the orbit, and a forecast error that is forecast for the orbit, as orbit forecast information (51). The recorder processing unit (110) stores a space information recorder (50) including the orbit forecast information (51) in a storage unit (140).
US12172773B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a verification system for an aircraft. The verification system includes a verification function subsystem to automatically verify an operational condition of one or more components of an aircraft based on airflow related signals, hydraulic related signals, and electrical signals and associated impedances and present the operational condition via a display. The airflow related signals may be obtained from a plurality of airflow fittings, the hydraulic related signals may be obtained from a plurality of hydraulic fittings, and the electrical signals and associated impedances may be obtained from a plurality of electrical connectors. At least two of the airflow fittings, at least two of the hydraulic fittings, and at least two of the electrical connectors may be positioned in different aircraft sections before additional aircraft sections are assembled.
US12172763B2
The disclosure relates to an electrical power system for connecting an electrical machine to first and second DC networks operating at different voltages. In an embodiment, an electrical power system comprises: an electrical machine having first, second, third and fourth windings; first, second, third and fourth AC:DC power electronics converters each connected to receive an input AC supply from the respective first, second, third and fourth windings, each AC:DC power electronics converter having first and second DC output terminals connecting the AC:DC power electronics converters to first, second and third DC supply output terminals, wherein the first and second windings are arranged to provide an AC supply to the respective first and second AC:DC power electronics converters in quadrature to each other and the third and fourth windings are arranged to provide an AC supply to the respective third and fourth AC:DC power electronics converters in quadrature to each other.
US12172761B2
An emergency evacuation system is configured to be stored in a compartment below an exit door of a vehicle, such as an aircraft. The emergency evacuation system includes a first floatation device, a second floatation device, and a regulation device configured to sequentially direct gas to the first floatation device and the second floatation device.
US12172760B2
A system includes a turbo pump that converts a compressed gas into power, and a storage tank configured to store the compressed gas. The system also includes a fire suppression control valve configured to be coupled between the storage tank and a cargo compartment of the aircraft and having a closed position in which the compressed gas fails to flow to the cargo compartment and an open position in which the compressed gas flows to the cargo compartment to suppress a fire. The system also includes a pump control valve configured to be coupled between the turbo pump and the storage tank and having a closed position in which the compressed gas fails to flow to the turbo pump and an open position in which the compressed gas flows to the turbo pump to cause the turbo pump to convert the compressed gas into the power.
