US12174105B2
A system is described wherein a plurality of lasers are used to irradiate particles in a flow cytometer's flow stream. In certain embodiments, a light source having a plurality of lasers configured for irradiation of a flow stream are disclosed where discrete intervals of irradiation by one or more discretely activated lasers are triggered by irradiation of one or more particles in the flow stream with one or more continuously on lasers.
US12174097B2
A built-in multi-zone fast evenly mixed sampling device of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) outlet flue is provided. The device includes: a sampling component, comprising a sampling branch pipe disposed on an outer wall of the SCR outlet flue, a sampling pool connected with the sampling branch pipe and a slanting branch pipe connected between the sampling pool and the sampling branch pipe, wherein a sampling probe is disposed on the sampling pool; a dust cleaning component, comprising a flange disposed on an upper end of the sampling branch pipe, a connecting line disposed on the flange and a suspension iron disposed on a lower end of the connecting line, wherein a lower end of the suspension iron extends out of the sampling branch pipe; and a replacement component, disposed at the sampling pool.
US12174093B1
Cracks in foundations may be detected by sensing motion within the foundation. Depth sensors may be applied to a foundation, and the depths of the sensors may be read. At subsequent points in time the depths of the sensors may be read again. If the depths of the sensors are changing in a way that suggests that portions of the foundation are moving apart from each other, then it may be inferred that a crack is forming in the foundation. The formation of cracks may be used to take various actions. For example, the owner of the building that rests on the foundation may be information of the crack so that he or she may take remedial action.
US12174087B2
An anthropomorphic test device includes a spine assembly defining a spinal axis; a neck assembly coupled to a head assembly; and a neck bracket assembly coupling the neck assembly to the spine assembly. The neck bracket assembly has a base secured to the spine assembly with a base plane transverse to the spinal axis and a mount secured to the neck assembly and coupled to the base with the spinal axis passing through said mount. A pivot mechanism is secured to the base and mount with the neck and head assemblies pivoting relative to the base and spine assembly in a plurality of head positions. The mount has upper and lower surfaces angled to each other with one of the upper and lower surfaces being positioned at an angle relative to the base plane in all of the plurality of head positions.
US12174085B2
The rolling bearing provides a first ring, a second ring and at least one row of rolling elements arranged therebetween. Each of the first and second rings include an inner bore having an outer surface and at least one raceway for the row of rolling elements formed on one of the inner bore and outer surface. The first ring provides at least one part ring delimiting the raceway, and at least one sleeve secured to the part ring and delimiting at least partly the other of the inner bore and outer surface of the first ring. The rolling bearing further provides at least one optical fiber sensor mounted inside at least one circumferential groove formed on the first ring and passing through at least one optical fiber sensor passage opening into the circumferential groove.
US12174083B2
An equipment for sealing-performance test includes a housing, a fixed mechanism and a detection part; the housing is configured to accommodate the fixed mechanism, and an abutting part is formed in the housing and is configured to abut against an outer side of a sealing ring; the fixed mechanism includes a central rod, a plurality of fixed blocks and a driving assembly, the central rod extends along a direction parallel to the axial direction of the central rod, the plurality of fixed blocks are evenly disposed along a circumferential direction of the central rod, and the driving assembly is configured to drive the plurality of fixed blocks to move along a radial direction of the central rod; a test cavity and a detection cavity are formed in the housing, the test cavity is filled with a test fluid, and is separated from the detection cavity by the sealing ring.
US12174074B2
An embodiment provides a system for measuring temperature and deformation fields of at least a portion of a sample, comprising a visible light camera, an infrared camera, and a beam splitter. The visible light camera is at a first location with respect to the sample and can take a visible light image of at least a portion of the sample at a first time. The infrared camera is at a second location with respect to the sample and can take an infrared image of the at least a portion of the sample at the first time. The beam splitter can receive a beam of light, comprising infrared and visible light, traveling in a direction normal to the at least a portion of the sample and direct the infrared light to the infrared camera and the visible light to the visible light camera.
US12174071B2
The disclosure provides features for improved processing of optical data by identifying and characterizing stationary and transient signals in the electrical data representing the data collected from an optical sensor of an optical measurement system. In one example, an optical measurement system is disclosed that includes: (1) a pixel area of an optical sensor having multiple pixels that store an electrical charge corresponding to a received optical signal, (2) one or more reduced illumination regions that provide signal levels intrinsic to the optical sensor, and (3) one or more processors configured to adjust, during active operation of the system, digital representations of the electrical charges from the pixels of the pixel area using characterizations of the signal levels from the one or more reduced illumination regions.
US12174070B2
A spatial Fourier transform spectrometer is disclosed. The Fourier transform spectrometer includes a Fabry-Perot interferometer with first and second optical surfaces. The gap between the first and second optical surfaces spatially varies in a direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis of the Fourier transform spectrometer. The Fabry-Perot interferometer creates an interference pattern from input light. An image of the interference pattern is captured by a detector, which is communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to process the interference pattern image to determine information about the spectral content of the input light.
US12174069B2
A multichannel color measurement instrument for measuring spectral properties of a target comprises pick-up optics to collect measurement light, first and second anamorphic optical paths optically coupled to the pick up optics, a pick-up polarizing element located to polarize measurement light in the second anamorphic optical path, a reference anamorphic optical path including a reference illumination source, and a two-dimensional variable filter sensor having an optically transmissive filter function that varies in a first direction parallel to a surface of the variable filter sensor and is substantially constant in a second direction parallel to a surface of the variable filter sensor and orthogonal to the first direction. The anamorphic optical paths spread the measurement light in the first direction direct it on to different portions of the variable filter sensor.
US12174068B2
Wearable spectroscopy systems and methods for identifying one or more characteristics of a target object are described. Spectroscopy systems may include a light source configured to emit light in an irradiated field of view and an electromagnetic radiation detector configured to receive reflected light from a target object irradiated by the light source. One or more processors of the systems may identify a characteristic of the target object based on a determined level of light absorption by the target object. Some systems and methods may include one or more corrections for scattered and/or ambient light such as applying an ambient light correction, passing the reflected light through an anti-scatter grid, or using a time-dependent variation in the emitted light.
US12174067B2
In one embodiment, an infrared (IR) imaging system for determining a concentration of a target species in an object is disclosed. The imaging system can include an optical system including an optical focal plane array (FPA) unit. The optical system can have components defining at least two optical channels thereof, said at least two optical channels being spatially and spectrally different from one another. Each of the at least two optical channels can be positioned to transfer IR radiation incident on the optical system towards the optical FPA. The system can include a processing unit containing a processor that can be configured to acquire multispectral optical data representing said target species from the IR radiation received at the optical FPA. Said optical system and said processing unit can be contained together in a data acquisition and processing module configured to be worn or carried by a person.
US12174066B2
A system for a high resolution optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) using various optical configurations to reduce polarization dependent loss (PDL) is disclosed. The system may include a birefringent element to receive an input optical beam. The birefringent element may then split the optical beam into at least two exit beams. The system may also include an optical configuration comprising at least one optical element. The optical configuration may receive the at least two exit beams from the birefringent element and transform at least one of the two exit beams using the at least one optical element to provide two parallel beams with parallel polarizations. The optical configuration may then output the two parallel beams with parallel polarizations to a downstream optical element, such as a diffraction grating, or other optical element.
US12174063B2
A sampling circuit, including a voltage divider circuit, a switch circuit and a comparator circuit; wherein first terminals of resistance voltage divider sub-circuits in the voltage divider circuit are electrically connected to voltage division output terminals, respectively, and the resistance voltage divider sub-circuits are configured to perform resistance voltage division processing according to the voltages at first and second input terminals and write divided voltages to the voltage division output terminals, respectively; the voltage division output terminals are electrically connected to the third input terminal through corresponding switch sub-circuits in the switch circuit, respectively, and each switch sub-circuit is configured to control connection/disconnection between a corresponding voltage division output terminal and the third input terminal; the comparator circuit is electrically connected to the sampling output terminal, and is configured to compare voltages at the third and fourth input terminals and provide comparison results to the sampling output terminal.
US12174060B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for sensing an impact on a vehicle based on an acoustic sensor and an acceleration sensor. The method of sensing an impact on a vehicle may include obtaining information related to an impact sound generated in the vehicle of a user and around the vehicle of the user through an acoustic sensor, obtaining information related to an impact applied to the vehicle of the user through an impact detection sensor, and determining an impact sound directly generated in the vehicle of the user based on the information related to the impact sound and the information related to the impact.
US12174052B2
A radar measuring device with a housing at least partially filled with a potting compound, a general-diffuse planar antenna arranged in the housing, at least one transmitter and at least one receiver that are connected to the planar antenna, and a lens arranged in a main emission direction of the planar antenna for radiation emitted from the planar antenna, wherein a separating apparatus is arranged in the housing and is designed and arranged in such a way that a penetration of the potting compound into an area within the separating apparatus and between the antenna and the lens is prevented.
US12174051B2
An electrode embedded ceramic structure includes: a first ceramic layer; an electrode layer formed on the first ceramic layer; and a second ceramic layer covering the first ceramic layer and the electrode layer, the second ceramic layer being thinner than the first ceramic layer. In a cross section of the first ceramic layer, the electrode layer, and the second ceramic layer along a laminating direction in this electrode embedded ceramic structure, T1 and T2 satisfy Equation (T2−T1)/T2≤0.15, where T1 denotes a least thickness in the second ceramic layer, and T2 denotes an average thickness of the second ceramic layer.
US12174046B2
A capacitive sensor may include a stretchable substrate, a first conductor assembly disposed on the substrate, a second conductor assembly disposed on the substrate and above the first conductor, and a redundancy member coupled to the one of the conductor assemblies. A capacitive sensor may include a first serpentine conductor assembly disposed on the substrate and having first and second terminal ends coupled to the substrate, a second serpentine conductor assembly disposed above and overlapping the first conductor assembly and having first and second terminal ends coupled to the substrate, wherein each of the terminal ends of the first conductor assembly is offset from the corresponding terminal ends of the second conductor assemblies. A sensor system may include a stretchable sensor, an electronics module coupled to the stretchable sensor, and a strain relief member extending from the stretchable sensor and coupling to the electronics module.
US12174045B2
A position detection unit includes a magnetic sensor, a first magnetic field generator, and a second magnetic field generator. The first magnetic field generator includes a first magnet and generates a first magnetic field. The first magnet includes a first magnetic material and has a first shape. The second magnetic field generator includes a second magnet, generates a second magnetic field, and is movable along a first direction with respect to the first magnetic field generator and the magnetic sensor. The second magnet includes a second magnetic material and has a second shape. The magnetic sensor generates a detection signal corresponding to the direction of a magnetic field of interest, and detects a positional change of the second magnetic field generator. The magnetic field of interest is a composite of the first magnetic field along a first plane and the second magnetic field along the first plane.
US12174044B2
Magnets are arranged at intervals along a stroke direction with an interposed space. Magnetic pole surfaces of adjacent ones of the magnets have opposite poles. A detector is arranged with a gap in a gap direction against a magnetic pole surface of each of the magnets and acquires a sine signal and a cosine signal as detection signals of phases corresponding to the positions of the magnets, based on a change in a magnetic field received from the magnets according to movement of the detector relative to the detection object in the stroke direction. A signal processor acquires the sine signal and the cosine signal from the detector, generates, based on the sine signal and the cosine signal, an arctangent signal corresponding to a stroke amount of the detection object relative to the detector, and acquires the arctangent signal as a position signal.
US12174038B2
A method is disclosed for checking detected changes to an environmental model of a digital area map. According to the method, a first vehicle with one or more sensors detects an environmental change from an environmental model of a digital area map. Data are transferred from the first vehicle to a central server, wherein the data include information on the detected environmental change, position data of the detected environmental change, as well as information using which the sensor quality of the one or more sensors can be detected. Depending on the sensor quality of the one or more sensors, the central server performs a plausibility check of the detected environmental change using data that are detected by one or more sensors of an additional vehicle.
US12174036B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for engaging autonomous driving algorithms based on driver frustration levels and vehicle conditions. A frustration level of a driver of a vehicle may be determined using one or more sensors. Based on a determination that the frustration level satisfies a threshold, one or more automated driving algorithms which may be engaged by the vehicle to improve the safety of the driver may be determined. The threshold may be based on a road segment traveled by the vehicle, the user, or similar considerations. Based on a determination that the frustration level satisfies a threshold, engagement of the one or more automated driving algorithms may be caused.
US12174032B2
System and methods for real-time lane level traffic processing. A lane level map matcher is used to map match probe data from probes to the lane level. A lane level travel time aggregator determines an optimal method to allocate travel-time per-link for a probe trajectory that traverses at least one lane. A lane aggregator aggregates the probe trajectories and probe-path speeds per-lane and obtain the representative speed for the lane.
US12174031B2
A parking assistance device includes a processor. The processor generates a map recording the position of an obstacle around a vehicle and the positions of parking areas available for the vehicle to park. The processor determines a parking area to park the vehicle, out of the parking areas recorded on the map, based on the generated map and the obtained position information. The processor performs a simulation on the map where the vehicle is turned until the vehicle has approximately the same orientation as the parking area and detects a contact position at which the vehicle comes into contact with the obstacle recorded on the map. The processor determines a movement direction in which the vehicle is to be moved from a position indicated by the position information, based on the contact position.
US12174028B2
A parking assistance device includes an obstacle detection unit configured to detect an obstacle around a vehicle, a boundary detection unit configured to detect a boundary of a parking section, and a target position determination unit configured to determine a target position of a movement route of the vehicle based on the detected boundary. The target position determination unit recognizes, as a wheel stopper, the obstacle detected in a detection area that is set at a position in the parking section on a back side of an entrance and exit of the parking section based on the detected boundary, regardless of a height of the obstacle.
US12174026B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for identifying a wheel slip condition. In one implementation, a processor may receive a plurality of image frames acquired by an image capture device of a vehicle. The processor may also determine based on analysis of the images one or more indicators of a motion of the vehicle; and determine a predicted wheel rotation corresponding to the motion of the vehicle. The processor may further receive sensor outputs indicative of measured wheel rotation associated with a wheel; and compare the predicted wheel rotation to the measured wheel rotation for the wheel. The processor may additionally detect a wheel slip condition wheel based on a discrepancy between the predicted wheel rotation and the measured wheel rotation; and initiate at least one navigational action in response to the detected wheel slip condition associated with the wheel.
US12174021B2
The own vehicle position estimation unit 17 of the in-vehicle device 1 acquires the point cloud data which is the measurement result of the landmark by the rider 2, and acquires the feature information associated with the landmark in the map DB10. Then, the own vehicle position estimation unit 17 calculates, on the basis of the difference between the size of the landmark specified based on the acquired point cloud data and the size of the landmark indicated by the feature information, calculates the reliability information indicative of the measurement accuracy of the landmark by the lidar 2.
US12174019B2
The present invention relates to a laser device for supporting work on a construction site and a laser beam detector for detecting light of a laser beam rotating around a rotation axis of a laser device. There is a need that the detector is able to identify the laser device which emitted the light that the detector detects. This can be achieved by a laser device comprising a laser unit configured to emit a laser beam; an optical element arranged to rotate the laser beam around a rotation axis; and a transmitter configured to transmit a communication signal over an interface to a receiver of a laser beam detector, wherein the communication signal provides information about a rotation pattern of the rotating laser beam.
US12174015B2
The application discloses an atom interferometer comprising an optical cavity and method of operation thereof. The atom interferometer includes a vacuum chamber, an optical cavity, a source for providing a cloud of atoms in the optical cavity in use, and one or more light sources. The one or more light sources are for generating, in the cavity, in use a first light beam having a first polarisation and at a first frequency for a two-photon interaction in the atoms; and a counterpropagating second light beam having a second polarisation orthogonal to the first polarisation and at a second frequency for the two-photon interaction in the atoms. The atom interferometer also includes an electro-optic element arranged in the cavity to be operable to simultaneously change; the resonant frequency of the cavity for light in the first polarisation to track changes in the frequency of the first light beam to compensate for the doppler shift of the falling atoms in use; and the resonant frequency of the cavity for light in the second polarisation to track changes in frequency of the counterpropagating second light beam to compensate for the doppler shift of the falling atoms in use.
US12174014B2
A hearing device sizer tool in accordance with at least one of the present inventions includes a shaft defining a medial end and a lateral end, and an in-the-canal (ITC) hearing device seal associated with the medial end of the shaft. A hearing device sizer tool system in accordance with at least one of the present inventions includes a plurality of hearing device sizer tools with differently sized ITC hearing device seals.
US12174005B2
A metrology system is provided for use with a movement system that moves an end tool (e.g., a probe). The metrology system includes a sensor configuration, a light beam source configuration and a processing portion. The sensor configuration comprises a plurality of light beam sensors. The light beam source configuration directs light beams to the light beam sensors of the sensor configuration. One of the light beam source configuration or the sensor configuration is coupled to the end tool and/or an end tool mounting configuration of the movement system which moves the end tool. The light beams that are directed to the light beam sensors cause the light beam sensors to produce corresponding measurement signals. A processing portion processes the measurement signals from the light beam sensors which indicate the position and orientation of the end tool.
US12174002B2
The present invention concerns an explosive material charging device (1) and a method of positioning the explosive material charging device (1) in a borehole (3). The explosive material charging device (1) comprises a top anchor unit (5) and a bottom anchor unit (7) each configured to engage the borehole wall (8), an expandable tube member (11) arranged between the top anchor unit (5) and the bottom anchor unit (7) and configured to be charged with explosive material (40), the bottom anchor unit (7) comprises a backflow prevention valve device (13) configured to prevent the explosive material (40) to flow out from the expandable tube member (11), wherein the backflow prevention valve device (13) is openable for permitting a charging hose (15) to enter the expandable tube member (11) for reaching the interior of the top anchor unit (5).
US12173999B2
An adjustable outsert system with a point, a sleeve, and a post when assembled. The system is configured to be inserted into an end of an arrow shaft that comprises a hollow receiving portion. The point can be any type of arrowhead, is axially aligned with the post and the sleeve, and can be of any screw-in type. The post has receiving portion for attachment to the axially aligned end of the point, and comprises provision of cut points to facilitate the adjustment of the weight of the target point to a more precise weight based on the choice of the archer. The sleeve is cylindrical and of a dimension to allow it to be slipped over the end of the post following insertion into the receiving portion of the arrow shaft.
US12173997B1
A variable diameter conical nose is provided. The conical nose includes a cone formed from a circular sheet of ductile material having a sector removed. The formed cone has a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion overlying the first overlapping portion. The first overlapping portion is fixed and the second overlapping portion is free to move. The conical nose includes an actuator capable of varying the diameter of the cone by moving the second overlapping portion relative to the first overlapping portion.
US12173996B2
A warhead includes a tubular warhead body including a plurality of serially arranged preferentially fragmenting projectile rings, and warhead high explosive in the warhead body.
US12173982B2
A cam assembly for a compound archery bow includes a cam adjustable component. The cam adjustable component is operable to move with respect to the base by rotating a drive mechanism. The cam adjustable component may be a draw module, cable stop, and/or limb stop. When the cam adjustable component is the draw module, the cable stop and/or limb stop may be operatively connected to the draw module such that movement of the draw module simultaneously moves the cable stop and/or limb stop.
US12173976B1
Disclosed herein are improved firearms suppressor designs that use interior baffles and bypass channels to direct gas discharged from a firearm so as to reduce the cone shock produced by the expanding discharged gas and therefore also reduce the sound produced by that firearm.
US12173975B2
A firearm suppressor also known as a moderator includes a number of coaxially joined steel baffles for dissipating discharge gasses. Each baffle can have an internal funnel structure having a central aperture through which the firearm projectile passes. Adjacent funnel structures form interconnected primary and secondary chambers connected by a port through a flange separating the chambers. A notch in the central aperture of one funnel structure directs flow toward the port on the diametrically opposite side of the next funnel structure. A radial hole through the funnel structure connects successive primary and secondary chambers. The flange is axially located to be radially inward from an overlapping joint between two adjacent baffles in order to provide structural support to the joint.
US12173974B2
The projectile-launcher operation monitoring device includes at least one displacement-sensor and a processor coupled with the displacement-sensor. The displacement-sensor acquires measurements relating to the displacement of the projectile-launcher and to produce a sampled time signal of values relating to the displacement. The processor receives from the displacement-sensor the sampled time signal to determine projectile-launcher operation parameters therefrom, by employing a deep-learning system. The deep-learning system includes an encoder receiving sample-frames from the sampled time signal producing codes relating to the sample-frames. Each of the codes is a vector of values relating to the probabilities of features in the received sample-frames.
US12173970B2
A heat exchanger core includes a core formed such that a pair of adjacent passages are folded on top of one another while being adjacent. At least one passage of the pair of adjacent passages has a pair of adjacent passage portions between which the other passage is not interposed in a direction in which the passages lie on top of one another. The core has a heat insulation layer between the pair of passage portions.
US12173964B2
An air conditioner includes a plurality of flat tubes, a first header, a second header, a third header and a connecting pipe. The plurality of flat tubes are configured to circulate a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant. The first header is disposed at an end of the plurality of flat tubes. The second header is disposed at another opposite end of the plurality of flat tubes, and includes a header body and at least one flow disturbing portion. The at least one flow disturbing portion is disposed in the header body and configured to disturb a flow of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant in the header body. The third header is disposed at the another opposite end of the plurality of flat tubes. The connecting pipe communicates with the header body of the second header and the third header.
US12173963B2
The present invention provides a conveyor belt tracking system for a dryer having a web of a mesh material having a protrusion extending along the length proximal one lateral edge and above a flat surface and a first generally cylindrical roller having a three-tiered slot for receiving the protrusion and two flanking shallow tracks for receiving base flanges.
US12173962B2
Methods and apparatuses for drying electronic devices are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: placing a portable electronic device into a drying chamber; providing a first air channel, wherein the first air channel connects the drying chamber, a pressure-generating device, and a moisture-reducing device; generating a first air flow through the first air channel using the pressure-generating device; removing a first moisture from an interior of the portable electronic device to an exterior of the portable electronic device; detecting moisture removed from the portable electronic device; pausing the generating the first air flow through the first air channel based on the amount of moisture; providing a second air channel, wherein the second air channel connects the moisture-reducing device, the pressure-generating device, a valve, and an evacuation channel; generating a second air flow through the second air channel using the pressure-generating device; and removing a second moisture from the moisture-reducing device.
US12173958B2
A refrigerating unit including a compartment, a glass door, and a heating arrangement installed in a base profile of the compartment. The refrigerating unit including an elongated gasket profile having a proximal part and a distal part, wherein the proximal part includes a flexible element configured to allow the distal part to be displaced towards the base profile upon closing the glass door. The distal part includes a hollow part with a first side of the hollow part connected to the proximal part and a second side of the hollow part directed towards the glass door. The heating arrangement further includes a heat-conducting material enclosed by the hollow part and arranged with an outer side surface of the heat-conducting material abutting the second side of the hollow part, and a heating element enclosed by the hollow part and arranged for conductive heating of the heat-conducting conductive material.
US12173949B2
A delivery robot loading box state management system includes a loading box provided in a delivery robot such that a delivery product is loaded therein; a sensing unit capable of detecting the state of the inside of the loading box; a temperature control unit capable of adjusting the temperature inside the loading box; a deodorizing unit for removing odors inside the loading box; and a control unit for controlling the operation of at least one of the temperature control unit or the deodorizing unit according to the detection result of the sensing unit.
US12173942B2
A method of operating a heat pump system comprising: operating the heat pump system in a demand operation heating mode, wherein the demand operation heating mode comprises controlling an opening amount of an expansion valve based on a superheat difference between a compressor inlet superheat value and a target compressor inlet superheat value, and controlling a flowrate of the refrigerant through a compressor based on a thermal demand difference between a thermal output of the indoor heat exchanger and a customer thermal demand; monitoring with the one or more controllers a parameter of the refrigerant cycle indicative of a charge imbalance condition; and transitioning operation with the one or more controllers to a charge compensation mode when the parameter satisfies a first threshold condition, wherein the charge compensation mode comprises performing with the one or more controllers a charge imbalance mitigation strategy.
US12173940B2
An HVAC system is disclosed, comprising: (a) a compressor, (b) a source heat exchanger for exchanging heat with a source fluid, (c) a first load heat exchanger operable for heating/cooling air in a space, (d) a second load heat exchanger for heating water, (e) first and second reversing valves, (f) first and second 3-way valves, (f) a bi-directional electronic expansion valve, (g) a first bi-directional valve, and (h) a second bi-directional valve to modulate exchange of heat in the first load heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator and to control flashing of the refrigerant entering the source heat exchanger when operating as an evaporator, (h) a source pump for circulating the source fluid through the first load heat exchanger, (i) a water pump for circulating water through the second load heat exchanger, and (j) a controller to control operation of the foregoing.
US12173937B2
A stepped self-convection condenser comprising a stepped heat absorbing pipe, a stepped steam pipe, a curved water collecting pipe, a condensed water collecting chamber and a heat insulation shell; the steam pipe is coaxially sleeved outside the heat absorbing pipe, and a pipe diameter satisfies a specific formula; cold water and steam flow in the heat absorbing pipe and the steam pipe, respectively, forming bifacial all-natural convection heat transfer inside and outside; layers of the sleeved pipeline are connected in series in a stepped staggered manner and placed on an inclined flat plate with a given slope; every two layers of stepped sleeved pipeline are connected by a detachable sleeved U-shaped pipe and a curved water collecting pipe; the outlet of the condensed water collecting chamber is provided with an air valve; the stepped sleeved pipeline and the condensed water collecting chamber are arranged in the heat insulation shell.
US12173936B2
The disclosed technology includes an air system including a first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and a second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The air system can include a plurality of fluidly separated refrigerant circuits, and each of the refrigerant circuits can be configured to flow through the first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger. The first interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located indoors, and the second interlaced microchannel heat exchanger can be located outdoors. Each of the refrigerant circuits can include its own compressor and expansion valve.
US12173934B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for directing radiant energy to permanently shadowed or occasionally shadowed regions such as on the floors of craters or in valleys in lunar polar regions to provide illumination, thermal power, electricity, communications, and other services. Embodiments of the systems include reflector elements to provide diffuse illumination, focused illumination, and thermal power, structures to support the reflectors and other elements, communications devices for varied signal types, and methods for installing the system. The structure can be compactly folded and delivered to be automatically installed.
US12173930B2
There is herein defined phase change material (PCM) battery designs which are heated. More particularly, there is described integrally and/or internally located heating devices (e.g. electrical heating devices) in a range of heat batteries containing PCM. In particular, there is described a PCM heat battery comprising: a PCM enclosure capable of holding PCM; PCM located in the enclosure; an electronic control system for the PCM heat battery; a heating device located in the PCM heat battery; wherein the heating device is capable of heating and/or charging the PCM.
US12173913B2
A system including a processor and sensor for installation inside an underground vault. The sensor monitors a parameter inside the vault and sends a monitoring signal to the processor. Based on the monitoring signal, the processor may provide data to a memory for storage and/or control signals to an interface for transmission to an external device located within the vault. The control signals instruct the external device to modify the environment inside the vault. The sensor may be positioned inside an enclosure, which is inside a housing. An air moving device moves air into or out of the enclosure thereby drawing air from the vault into the enclosure before the sensor monitors the parameter. A heat generating component may be positioned inside the housing and when generating heat prevents moisture from condensing therein. The system may include a power unit that draws power from a power source inside the vault.
US12173906B2
Disclosed is a cooking appliance. The present disclosure includes an exhaust passage that is formed inside an exhaust duct and has one side connected to the inside of a cooking chamber through an exhaust port and the other side that is open to an upper portion of a top plate, and a blocking part that is provided inside the exhaust duct having the exhaust passage and blocks at least a portion of a movement path of water flowing downward toward the exhaust port from the exhaust passage.
US12173897B2
Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
US12173885B1
A lighting system attached to a vacuum cleaner nozzle, comprises a light source including one or more Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) adapted to illuminate a surface to be cleaned, and an electric circuit electrically coupled to the light source and configured to provide power to the light source from a rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery is configured to be wirelessly charged by a wireless charging station.
US12173884B2
An underwater directional light is provided. The directional light includes a lamp assembly, a tube assembly, and a printed circuit board assembly. The lamp assembly includes a housing and a lamp having a plurality of lighting elements. The tube assembly is coupled to the lamp and has a hollow interior. The printed circuit board assembly is mechanically coupled to the tube assembly and electrically coupled to the lamp.
US12173881B2
A lamp unit including a light emitting element, a lighting circuit, a substrate, and a heat dissipation member. The substrate includes a substrate main body, an external connector insertion portion, and a light emitting element installation portion, the heat dissipation member being provided in the substrate main body. The lighting circuit is mounted on the substrate main body, the lighting circuit being electrically connected with the light emitting element. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate main body via the light emitting element installation portion, in a state of being in contact with the heat dissipation member.
US12173877B2
The invention provides a light generating device (100) comprising (i) n filaments (200), (ii) an power distribution unit (400), and (iii) electronics (500); wherein: (a) each of the n filaments (200) comprises one or more solid state light sources (10), wherein n≥1, wherein each of the n filaments (200) comprises at least m electrical contacts (221), wherein m≥2; and wherein the n filaments (200) are configured to generate filament light (201); (b) the power distribution unit (400) comprises k electrically conductive tracks (410) separated by electrically insulating material (420), wherein k≥2; (c) at least two of the electrical contacts (221) of the n filaments (200) are functionally coupled to at least two different electrically conductive tracks (410); (d) the at least two different electrically conductive tracks (410) are functionally coupled to the electronics (500); and (e) the electronics (500) comprise one or more of a control system, a driver, and a transformer.
US12173876B1
A lighting device includes a lighting assembly and a power control assembly. The lighting assembly includes a first wire, a second wire, and a light source electrically connected to the first wire and the second wire. The power control assembly includes a housing, a first power supply disposed in the housing, a conductive structure, and an insulating piece. The insulating piece is disposed between the first power supply and the conductive structure. The insulating piece partially extends out of the housing. The insulating piece is capable of switching between an isolation position and a released position under driving of an external force. When the insulating piece is located at the released position, the conductive structure contact the first power supply to form a closed circuit. When the insulating piece is located at the isolation position, the conductive structure does not contact the first power supply.
US12173873B2
Some embodiments of the present fixtures include a mechanical actuator configured to direct movement of a light mount along an arcuate path defined by arcuate bearing surface(s). Some embodiments of the present fixtures include a rotatable portion coupled to a stationary portion at an interface that is at least partially defined by smooth surface(s). Some embodiments of the present mounts include a base having a sidewall that defines an outer perimeter and mounting tab(s), each movable between a deployed state and a retracted state in which at least a portion of the mounting tab is disposed within the outer perimeter. Some embodiments of the present removable shroud assemblies include a lens coupled to a second end of a shroud and movable from a first position to a second position in which a portion of the lens is not in contact with the second end of the shroud.
US12173864B2
An assembly for an opening through a member has a body and a first spring retention assembly coupled to the body. The first spring retention assembly has a first coil spring at least partially disposed within a first spring housing. The first coil spring has a first end extending through the first spring housing and is coupled to the body. The first coil spring is extendable from and retractable into the first spring housing.
US12173860B2
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a lamp housing part mounted on a vehicle body, a projection optical system disposed within the lamp housing part and configured to radiate light, and a reflection part rotatably disposed in a light path of the light that is radiated by the projection optical system and configured to reflect, toward a lighting-up surface of the vehicle, the light that is radiated by the projection optical system.
US12173854B2
A cryogen storage vessel at an installation is filled with liquid cryogen from a liquid cryogen storage tank that has a pressure lower than that of the vessel. After headspaces of the vessel and tank are placed in fluid communication with another via a gas transfer vessel and are pressure-balanced, a pump in a liquid transfer line connected between the tank and the vessel is operated to transfer amounts of liquid cryogen from the tank to the vessel via the liquid transfer line and pump as amounts of gaseous cryogen are transferred, through displacement by the pumped cryogenic liquid, from the vessel to the tank.
US12173852B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing to refuel a tank in a vehicle with hydrogen, for which purpose the tank pressure is lowered in preparation for driving to a filling station, wherein the filling station is informed of the pending refueling. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the refueling takes place with liquid hydrogen, wherein the maximum achievable pressure level of the tank during refueling, the expected pressure level of the tank when the filling station is reached, and the expected refueling quantity are transmitted to the filling station.
US12173851B2
An insulation structure of a membrane type storage tank is disclosed. The membrane type storage tank includes a secondary insulation wall comprising a plurality of secondary insulation panels; a primary insulation wall which comprises a plurality of primary insulation panels, and which is disposed at the upper part of the secondary insulation wall; and a plurality of fixing devices provided at the upper parts of the secondary insulation panels to be coupled with the primary insulation panels, wherein the plurality of fixing devices are arranged on the center line of the secondary insulation panels in a width direction so that the movement of the fixing devices in the width direction is prevented, and the plurality of fixing devices are arranged to be spaced at equal intervals with respect to the longitudinal direction of the secondary insulation panels.
US12173840B2
Provided is a leg retention clip for a leg of a tripod and a tripod assembly that includes the leg retention clip. The leg retention clip can be inserted inside a hollow-out inside of a first leg section with slots/holes which output protruding edges of the leg retention clip. When a second leg section is fitted over the first leg section, the protruding edges of the leg retention clip can stop movement of the second leg section and help lock the second leg section in place with respect to the first leg section. If the leg of the tripod includes more than two leg sections, the leg can be provided with multiple leg retention clips.
US12173837B2
A supporting apparatus and a display device are disclosed. The supporting apparatus is configured for supporting an external apparatus, and includes: a bracket supported on a supporting surface and having a waist-shaped hole; and a rotating member with one end passing through the waist-shaped hole and the other end connected to the external apparatus. Under action of an external force, the rotating member is slidable and rotatable relative to the bracket in the waist-shaped hole. When the external force disappears, the rotating member remains stationary relative to the bracket.
US12173834B2
A bioinert pipe includes a flow path inside, an inner wall of the flow path is composed of a resin tube and an outer peripheral surface of the resin tube is covered with a metal tube. The bioinert pipe includes an end portion extension member attached to an end portion of the metal tube, and the end portion extension member is made from a material harder than the resin tube and has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is facing and in contact with an end surface of the metal tube and the second surface is directed opposite to the first surface. a through hole having an inner diameter substantially the same as an inner diameter of the metal tube is provided so as to pass from the first surface to the second surface in the end portion extension member. An edge of the through hole on the second surface of the end portion extension member has a chamfered shape, and the resin tube is inserted into the through hole. An end portion of the resin tube forms a flange portion by being by being bent outward in a radial direction of the flow path along the chamfered shape of the edge of the through hole.
US12173833B2
An improved flow conduit with gradually expanding caliber is described, where the conduit radius r grows with conduit length 1 so that the conductance remains constant or r4/l is constant, or alternatively, where the flow is near constant conductance flow, where or rn/l is constant, where n>4. The radius can expand over a portion of the conduit.
US12173829B2
A process and system for applying a liner to an inner surface of a pipeline uses an “inversion” technique to apply the liner. This involves arranging the liner into everted and non-everted portions and driving the non-everted portion through the pipeline such that it everts and is applied to the inner surface of the pipeline. At least first and second pipeline vehicles are used to drive the non-everted portion of the liner through the pipeline.
US12173819B2
A conduit coupling assembly having an arcuate clamp ring having first and second longitudinal edges, a spanner configured to extend across a longitudinal ring gap between the first and second longitudinal edges, a connecting assembly configured to tighten the spanner and clamp ring to the fluid conduit from a non-actuated position to a tightened position, an arcuate gasket configured to be positioned between the clamp ring and spanner on an outer side of the gasket and the fluid conduit on an inner side of the gasket, and the gasket comprising a spanner recess in the outer side of the gasket configured to receive at least a portion of the spanner.
US12173817B2
A threaded coupling assembly include a union (12), a tube end (14), and a coupling nut (16). A pair of telescoping indicator rings (30, 32), a radially outer ring and a radially inner ring, are respectively connected to the union and the nut. The inner ring has a first visual characteristic contrasting with a second visual characteristic of the inner ring. The outer ring has a third visual characteristic contrasting with the second visual characteristic of the inner ring. The first visual characteristic is aligned with and viewable through the window (60) of the outer ring when the threaded coupling assembly is in the fully assembled state, and the first visual characteristic is out of alignment with the window when the threaded coupling assembly is not in the fully assembled state. The assembly may utilize tapered threads and have one or more features for self-alignment and/or sealability.
US12173815B2
A coupling unit for a fluid element includes a monolithic body having a head and a threaded portion extending from the head, the threaded portion including a core and a thread formed on the core. The monolithic body defines a first bore and a second bore that extend through the monolithic body substantially parallel to each other, the first and second bores each having a circular cross-section.
US12173812B2
A guide protrusion arranged on a bonnet body of a diaphragm valve bonnet can guide movement of a diaphragm during opening or resetting. A straight through diaphragm valve includes the diaphragm valve bonnet. A fluid control system includes the straight through diaphragm valve. Connecting a control cavity of the fluid control system to a second external pipeline forms a fluid channel at a bonnet end; connecting a fluid cavity thereof to a first external pipeline forms a fluid channel at a valve body end. By regulating pressures of the fluids in the fluid channel at the bonnet end and the fluid channel in the valve body end, the diaphragm can move in the direction close to the bonnet along the guide protrusion to open the fluid cavity, or the diaphragm can reset in the direction far away from the bonnet along the guide protrusion to seal the fluid cavity.
US12173804B2
A self-sealing back draft damper for fully stopping backflow air through exhaust fans and extractor hoods. Contains a housing (1), with exit openings (2) and can have at least one mounting hole (10). Inside the housing (1) at least one inclined relative to the horizontal plane conical tapered tube (3) is airtightly fixed at its lower positioned narrow end to the hole (10), forming the conical tapered inlet (6) of the damper. Apertures are available on the tube part inside the housing. The tube (3) contains a spherical closing member (5) freely movable inside it, which closes the conical tapered inlet (6) and opens it when pushed away by airflow in direction to the vent. The axis of the tapered tube (3) can be also vertically oriented. The damper is airtightly attached preferrably to the entrance of a fan, to the exhaust of an extractor hood or a vent.
US12173803B2
A storage container having a base storage compartment configured to receive a divider by which the storage compartment is divided into two or more sub-compartments, wherein divider includes a tool configured to provide a secondary utility or function unrelated to dividing the storage compartment.
US12173798B2
A sealing arrangement for detecting thickness (t) of a sealing element (2) of a seal (1) wherein the sealing surface (3) at frontside of the sealing element (2) is arranged to be in sliding contact with sealed surface (4), wherein at least one sensor (5) measures the thickness of the sealing element (2) and is mounted to the surrounding component (10) of the sealed surface (4). The sensor (5) is positioned opposite the sealing element (2). The sensor (5) receives a response from a transverse border of the sealing element (2) or from an electrically conductive insert (6) or from an insert (6) of magnetic material, which insert (6) is embedded within the sealing element (2) or is connected to the backside of the sealing element (2). The thickness (t) is detected and/or measured along the length of the sealing element (2).
US12173797B2
Systems and methods include providing a seal for an assembly. The seal includes a jacket having a base, an inner sealing leg, and an outer sealing leg, and further includes a spring disposed within the jacket between and in contact with the inner sealing leg and the outer sealing leg. The spring includes an annular support ring disposed within the spring. The support ring biases an outer diameter (OD) of the spring towards the outer sealing leg of the jacket to maintain contact pressure between the inner sealing leg of the jacket and the shaft of the assembly. The support ring controls thermal shrinkage of the spring and the outer sealing leg to maintain a seal between a housing and a shaft of the assembly when the assembly is operated at cryogenic temperatures.
US12173793B2
An arrangement for balancing axial forces in driver and driven clutches of a continuously variable transmission system that may include but is not limited to a pulley, a sheave mechanism, a driver clutch mechanism, or driver clutch, a driven pulley mechanism, a driven clutch mechanism, or driven clutch, and a shifting mechanism, servo, actuator mechanism, or actuator. The torque transmitted by the continuously variable transmission system is converted to axial forces acting upon belt. The forces in driver and driven clutches are balanced to minimize the force required for speed changes by shifting mechanism.
US12173783B2
A continuously variable transmission has an oil pan, an oil strainer located above the oil pan and a control valve unit located above the oil pan. The control valve unit has a shape having a cutting portion formed by a part of the control valve unit being cut out when viewed from an oil pan side. The oil strainer is arranged so as to overlap the cutting portion. With this structure, it is possible to ease a restriction on layout in terms of a height direction in the continuously variable transmission.
US12173781B2
Filtering pullies with a hub adapted to be fixed to a rotating shaft, a crown mounted coaxially and rotationally free on the hub, at least one elastic group arranged circumferentially with respect to the hub and the crown and interposed, each, between a pair of first elements integral with the hub and between a pair of second elements integral with the crown are disclosed. The at least one elastic group is placed with a circumferential interference (β) with respect to the first elements integral with said hub.
US12173779B2
An assembly for a differential unit of a vehicle, including a differential housing having a longitudinal axis, the differential housing being provided with a plurality of through-holes formed therein; a differential side gear configured to be connected to a drive shaft capable of being connected to a wheel of a vehicle, the differential side gear being located inside the differential housing and being rotatably mounted relative to the differential housing around the longitudinal axis; and a blocking system for blocking the differential unit operation, including a blocking member movable between a released position and a blocking position, and an actuation system for moving the blocking member between the released and blocking positions.
US12173771B2
An additively manufactured cushion includes an array of interconnected surface lattice unit cells. The surface lattice unit cells are comprised of a unit cell surface portion configured as a Schoen F-RD minimal surface unit cell, and the unit cell surface portion is comprised of a rigid, flexible, or elastic polymer. In some embodiments, the surface lattice unit cells have an average width of from 1 to 100 millimeters and an average volume fraction of from 5 or 10 percent to 50 or 60 percent.
US12173758B2
A hydraulically actuatable shift element (100) includes a clutch piston (101), a fast fill piston (102), a fast fill valve (103), a fast fill pressure chamber (126), and a clutch pressure chamber (117). The fast fill valve (103) includes a sealing body (132) and a control body (131). Before the actuation of the shift element (100), the sealing body (132) is in a first switching position, in which the fast fill pressure chamber (126) is connected to a pressurized oil source (108) and, after the actuation of the shift element (100) in a second switching position, seals off the fast fill pressure chamber (126) with respect to the rest of the hydraulic system. The control body (131) has a first pressure surface (A18) and a second pressure surface (A19), wherein, in the first switching position, only the first pressure surface (A18) is pressurizable from the pressurized oil source (108). The fast fill valve (103) is configured such that, in the second switching position or between the first switching position and the second switching position of the control body (131), the second pressure surface (A19), in addition to the first pressure surface (A18), is pressurizable.
US12173755B2
A torque transfer assembly includes a drive shaft and a driven shaft. The drive shaft includes a motor shaft configured to be connected to and rotated by a motor, and a cam shaft connected to and rotatable with the motor shaft. The driven shaft is connected to and rotatable with the cam shaft, and the cam shaft is formed of a dielectric material defining an insulating barrier between the drive and the driven shaft.
US12173754B2
Bearing device with integrated electrical insulation, in particular for an electric motor or machine
A bearing device includes a bearing having a first ring and a second ring mounted for relative rotation, and an insulating sleeve mounted on the second ring. The insulating sleeve includes a socket and an electrically insulating liner that contacts the second ring. The second ring has a radial outer surface and a radial inner surface delimiting a radial thickness of the second ring, and the insulating liner is overmolded on the socket and at least on one of the inner and outer surfaces of the second ring of the bearing. Also, the surface of the second ring is configured to retain, in the circumferential direction, the insulating liner relative to the surface by complementarity of shapes with the insulating liner.
US12173749B2
Methods, systems, devices, and products for use in a pole support system. Apparatus include a hinge joint comprising: a base having an insertion end with a longitudinal slot and with a fulcrum protrusion on an inner surface; a cup having a receiving end selectively receiving the insertion end of the base; a securing assembly configured to selectively release the cup from the base, the securing assembly comprising a rotatable shaft that translates along the longitudinal slot between at least i) a lower relative position corresponding to an engaged state in which the insertion end is received by the receiving end, and ii) an upper relative position corresponding to a released state in which the insertion end is free of the receiving end; the shaft having a cam projection positioned to contact against the fulcrum protrusion and displace the shaft toward the upper relative position when the shaft is rotated.
US12173748B2
A structural joint is provided that includes a first component, a second component, an isolator and a fastener. The isolator is engaged with and between the first component and the second component. The isolator includes a plurality of internal cavities between the first component and the second component. The fastener projects out of the first component, through the isolator and into the second component.
US12173745B2
An adjusting element formed in one piece and made of metal for compensating a tolerance in the distance between a first and a second component is described. The adjusting element comprises: a hollow-cylindrical body having a radially outwardly extending flange adjacent to a first axial end and an outer thread of a first thread direction at a radial outer side, a drive feature so that the adjusting element is rotatable by a tool, a receiving portion at the radial inner side of the hollow-cylindrical body, in which a dragging element is to be received, wherein the receiving portion comprises at least one radially inwardly extending protrusion, in particular a plurality of radially inwardly extending protrusions, at a radial inner side of the hollow-cylindrical body adapted to a form-fit connection with the dragging element and at least one shoulder extending circumferentially at the radial inner side and providing an axial limitation.
US12173727B2
A regenerative pump includes a housing defining a cavity having a fluid inlet arrangement and fluid outlet arrangement, and a channel having an open volume extending between the fluid inlet arrangement and the fluid outlet arrangement. A rotatable shaft extends into the housing. An impeller is mounted to the shaft within the cavity and has a plurality of vanes spaced circumferentially around the axis and opening into the channel. An arm arrangement at least partially defines walls of the channel. The arm arrangement is radially movable to vary the volume of the channel. Enlarging the volume of the channel inhibits regenerative circulatory flow during pumping and limits the pressure generated.
US12173712B2
A vacuum pumping system includes a plurality of positive displacement vacuum pumps, and more particularly a plurality of positive displacement vacuum pumps working in parallel. The vacuum pumping system includes a management unit that carries out a synchronized control of all the positive displacement vacuum pumps of the vacuum pumping system and thus allows to check possible risk of contamination of the vacuum pumping system and carry out, if needed, the necessary corrective actions without requiring any modification to the construction of the vacuum pumping system.
US12173710B2
A vacuum pumping system includes a vacuum pump and a motor for driving the vacuum pump. A motor stator and a motor rotor are received in a pumping chamber of the vacuum pump. Thanks to such arrangement, the vacuum pumping can be made as a single, sealed unit and the need for dynamic seals can be avoided. Moreover, the vacuum pumping system can be more compact and lighter than prior vacuum pumping systems. A pump rotor of the vacuum pump may be at least partially made as a hollow body, and the motor may be received inside the pump rotor.
US12173709B2
According to a scroll compressor of the present invention, a vertical groove is formed in the journal such that the vertical groove has a predetermined length measured from an upper end of the journal, a first oil supply hole and a second oil supply hole which are in communication with the main shaft oil supply hole and which open from the vertical groove are formed, a first opening of the first oil supply hole is located on a side of a lower end of the vertical groove, and a second opening of the second oil supply hole is located on a side of an upper end of the vertical groove. According to this configuration, an amount of oil supplied to the bearing can be increased, damage of the bearing can be reduced, and cooling ability and COP can be enhanced.
US12173708B1
A compressor may include first and second scrolls and a capacity modulation assembly. The capacity modulation assembly may include a valve ring and a modulation control valve. The valve ring is movable relative to the first scroll between a first position corresponding to a first capacity mode and a second position corresponding to a second capacity mode. The modulation control valve includes a valve body and a valve member that is movable relative to the valve body to cause corresponding movement of the valve ring. The valve body includes a cavity in which the valve member is movably disposed. The valve body includes passages in fluid communication with the cavity. A first pressure differential between fluid in one of the passages and fluid in another of the passages causes movement of the valve member to cause corresponding movement of the valve ring between the first and second positions.
US12173705B2
Apparatuses are provided for altering fluid flow in downhole pumps. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a body comprising: an inner core positioned at a longitudinal axis of the body, the inner core comprising an elongate element having an upper domed end and a lower domed end; and at least two fluid channels extending through the body, the at least two fluid channels spaced circumferentially around the elongate element. The apparatus may be used in combination with a ball check valve to improve the velocity profile of the fluid flowing around the valve ball. Related assemblies and methods are also provided.
US12173702B2
The disclosed techniques relate to an apparatus including: a pump body, an occlusion bed; and a rotor. The rotor includes: a shaft body; a roller body slidably mounted to the shaft body; and a lock mechanism selectively positioned between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the lock mechanism engages with the roller body to lock the roller body at a first roller body position relative to the shaft body where the one or more rollers can compress tubing disposed in the apparatus against the occlusion bed with a first level of compression. In the second position, the lock mechanism disengages the roller body so the roller body can slide along the track relative to the shaft body to a second roller body position configured to cause decreased or no compression of the tubing against the occlusion bed by the one or more rollers.
US12173701B2
A positive-displacement pump device has at least one shape-memory unit including at least one magnetic shape-memory element, which is configured to convey at least one medium along at least one transport direction, wherein the positive-displacement pump device includes at least one deformation unit, which is configured, for the purpose of providing a transport volume, to deform the magnetic shape-memory element, at least in an idle state in which the positive-displacement pump device is free of a current and/or voltage supply, by a pressure force and/or traction force acting in the transport direction such that the magnetic shape-memory element includes at least one first partial region and at least one second partial region which differ from one another at least by their magnetic orientations.
US12173700B2
A long-endurance self-powered ocean buoy includes a buoy body, a power generation device and a gas bag base; the power generation device is mounted at a lower end of the gas bag base and includes a housing, a first power generation assembly, a second power generation assembly and a storage battery; the first power generation assembly includes a plurality of mutually-communicated gas chambers, hydraulic bags and control integration units. The lowest gas chamber is filled with a volatile working medium which can generate gas pressure by volatilization to drive power generation fans in turbines on a vent pipe communicating adjacent gas chambers for power generation. The second power generation assembly includes a plurality of temperature difference energy modules with one end surrounded by a phase change material and the other end in contact with the housing, so as to increase the power generation efficiency.
US12173697B2
Disclosed are oligomeric machines for energy harvesting having a first oligomeric module having a first end and a second end, a second oligomeric module having a first end and a second end, and at least one electric generating element. Exemplary oligomeric machines are configured to exhibits stochastic resonance and/or spontaneous vibrations and are configured such that in response to a prescribed amount of energy applied thereto, relative movement occurs between the first oligomeric module and the second oligomeric module in a manner causing the mechanical action of the second oligomeric module on the electric generating element to produce an electrical voltage and/or current.
US12173696B2
It is provided a wind turbine having a modified eigenfrequency, the wind turbine having a tower including a first tower flange arranged at an upper end portion of a top part of the tower; and, an eigenfrequency modifier including a plurality of weights suspended from the first tower flange by a plurality of rigid supports. It is further provided a method of modifying an eigenfrequency of a wind turbine, the method including modifying the eigenfrequency of the wind turbine by suspending a plurality of weights from a first tower flange arranged at an upper end portion of a top part of a tower of the wind turbine using a plurality of rigid supports.
US12173695B2
A sealing arrangement of a wind turbine is provided including an axial seal, a stationary member and a generator rotor for sealing a gap between the stationary member and the generator rotor. Accordingly, the stationary member is arranged between a lubricant chamber and an air chamber and the generator rotor is configured to rotate about a rotational axis, wherein the seal is arranged at an end of the stationary member. The seal includes a first lip configured to contact the generator rotor and the first lip is configured to allow a leakage of lubricant at the contact between the first lip and the generator rotor. The seal further includes a second lip arranged radially outwards with respect of the first lip and the rotational axis.
US12173692B2
A method of operating a wind turbine wherein the wind turbine includes a doubly-fed induction generator that converts rotational mechanical power to electrical power. The method includes operating the wind turbine in a first operational mode in which a speed of a rotor of the wind turbine is controlled to maximize the power generation by the wind turbine. Upon a monitored parameter reaching or dropping below a respective threshold, the wind turbine is operated in a second operational mode. The monitored parameter may include at least one of the rotational speed of the rotor, the rotational speed of the doubly-fed induction generator, a wind speed, an active electrical power, or generator torque. Operating the wind turbine in the second operational mode may include increasing the rotational speed of the doubly-fed induction generator at the expense of the generation of active electrical power by the power generating system.
US12173690B2
Provided is a wind turbine including an active yaw system realized to maintain an upwind orientation of the wind turbine aerodynamic rotor during safe operating conditions, which active yaw system includes a number of yaw drive units, and wherein a yaw drive unit includes a negative brake; a principal power supply configured to supply power to the active yaw system during normal operation of the wind turbine; and a dedicated negative brake reserve power supply configured to supply power to the negative brakes in the event of a grid disconnect. A method of operating such a wind turbine is also provided.
US12173686B2
The invention relates to a wind turbine having an integrated electrical substation, and to a floating offshore wind farm which are optimized in terms of capital costs, economic efficiency, and installation space requirements.
US12173661B2
Gearboxes for aircraft gas turbine engines, in particular arrangements for journal bearings such gearboxes, and related methods of operating such gearboxes and gas turbine engines. A gearbox for an aircraft gas turbine engine includes: a sun gear; a plurality of planet gears surrounding and engaged with the sun gear; and a ring gear surrounding and engaged with the plurality of planet gears, each of the plurality of planet gears being rotatably mounted around a pin of a planet gear carrier with a journal bearing having an internal sliding surface on the planet gear and an external sliding surface on the pin.
US12173659B2
The coupling can have a female member having a plurality of female member connections circumferentially arranged along a radially inner face; a male member having a plurality of male member connections circumferentially arranged along a radially outer face; and a coupling member extending annularly around the axis, the coupling member having a strip, the strip having, circumferentially relative the axis, an alternating sequence of outer folds and inner folds, the outer folds connected to the female member via respective ones of the female member connections, the inner folds connected to the male member via respective ones of the male member connections, the inner folds being circumferentially offset from the outer folds in a given angular direction.
US12173658B2
A turbine engine that includes an engine core, an inner cowl, an outer cowl and an accessory gearbox. The engine core includes at least a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. The accessory gearbox is operably coupled to the engine core and includes a first portion and a second portion.
US12173657B2
An aircraft turbomachine includes a lubricating circuit notably including a reservoir of lubricating fluid, a pump drawing lubricating fluid from the reservoir to inject it toward several components of the turbomachine, and an intake pipe connecting the reservoir to an intake orifice of the pump, the turbomachine further including a pneumatic starting circuit including a starting tube through which there circulates a flow of compressed air intended to supply a pneumatic starter of the turbomachine, wherein it includes a pneumatic line extending from the starting tube as far as the reservoir so as to supply the reservoir with compressed air so as to cause the lubricating fluid to circulate through the intake pipe towards the pump.
US12173652B2
The invention relates to acoustic management, on an aircraft turbomachine or on a nacelle, via a panel (30,32). On a support (38) is reserved a recess (34), recessed with respect to a surrounding general surface (36) for contact with moving air. The recess (34) is adapted to receive the panel, as another so-called surface for contact with moving air. The support (38) and/or the panel comprise removable connecting elements for, in the recess, mounting the panel removably with respect to the support, the panel being an acoustic panel (30) or a non-acoustic panel (32).
US12173641B2
A forced induction device for an internal combustion engine includes a compressor operable to provide compressed air, an intake line configured to supply an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine with the compressed air provided by the compressor, a turbine configured to generate mechanical power through expansion of at least a portion of exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine, an exhaust line configured to supply the turbine with the exhaust gas portion coming from an exhaust manifold of the internal combustion engine, characterized by further comprising a hydrostatic transmission configured to drive the compressor by means of the mechanical power generated by the turbine.
US12173634B2
The technology disclosed herein provides a particulate filter that can appropriately avoid PM from passing toward the outlet cell and can exhibit an excellent PM capturing performance. The particulate filter 1 disclosed herein includes: an outercoat layer 20 provided on an inlet surface 16a of a partition 16 of a base material 10. The outercoat layer 20 at least includes: a lower layer 22 provided on the inlet surface 16a of the partition 16; and an upper layer 24 provided to cover the lower layer 22. The mean particle diameter of granules contained in the upper layer 24 is higher than the mean particle diameter of granules contained in the lower layer. The mean particle diameter of the granules in the lower layer 22 is from 0.4 μm to 2.0 μm inclusive, and the mean particle diameter of the granules in the upper layer 24 is from 2.0 μm to 7.0 μm inclusive. With such a configuration, PM can be captured in an inlet cell 12, thereby suitably avoiding PM from passing toward an outlet cell 14 and exhibiting an excellent PM capturing performance.
US12173633B2
An exhaust assembly includes a first tailpipe having an exit end and a curved portion along at least a portion of a length of the first tailpipe. The exhaust assembly further includes a baffle surrounding the first tailpipe at the exit end and defining a plurality of perforations therethrough. The exhaust assembly further includes a pair of shields. Each shield is attached to and at least partially surrounds each of the baffle and the first tailpipe. Each shield extends from a first end proximal to the exit end of the first tailpipe to a second end distal to the exit end of the first tailpipe. Each shield engages the baffle at the first end and engages the first tailpipe at least at or proximal to the second end. The pair of shields is adapted to allow fluid flow to or from the plurality of perforations of the baffle.
US12173630B2
A valvetrain assembly comprising a first body and a second body, wherein the second body comprises a first wall and a second wall. The valvetrain assembly further comprises a first latch pin, wherein the first latch pin is configured to latch the second body to the first body and unlatch the second body from the first body. A portion of the first latch pin is located between the first wall and the second wall. The valvetrain assembly also comprises a movable shaft, wherein the movable shaft is configured to move the first latch pin. The valvetrain assembly comprises an electromagnet, wherein the electromagnet is configured to move the movable shaft.
US12173627B2
A system for readying sub-critical and super-critical steam generator, a servicing method of the sub-critical and the super-critical steam generator and a method of operation of sub-critical and super-critical steam generator is provided. The steam generator includes a first auxiliary heating device disposed on at least one water-steam separator for heating the at least one water-steam separator, and/or a second auxiliary heating device disposed at least on a part of furnace top-end piping for heating the furnace top-end piping. The auxiliary heating devices are heating steam producing components of the steam generator and thus allowing to keep them above the temperature in which materials creating the steam producing components are brittle. The method includes recirculation of the water through the steam generator.
US12173623B2
A pneumatically variable nozzle vane is disclosed that is capable of performing the same or similar function as a mechanically variable nozzle vane. Within its core, each pneumatically variable nozzle vane may comprise one or more cavities in fluid communication with one or more outlets to eject a gas from the nozzle vane into a flow path of working fluid through the nozzle. Each cavity may be shaped to match an internal pressure gradient to the external pressure gradient of the nozzle vane. The gas may be ejected as a curtain, substantially perpendicular to the flow path through the nozzle, to thereby manipulate the flow of a working fluid through the nozzle in a similar manner as a mechanically variable nozzle vane. In an embodiment, each nozzle vane may have two cavities supplying outlets on both the pressure-side and suction-side of the nozzle vane.
US12173615B2
In a method for manufacturing a turbine engine element such as a blade or vane, the element has an airfoil. The method includes: applying a load across an assembly of a first cast portion of the airfoil and a second cast portion of the airfoil; and applying current across a junction of the first cast portion and the second cast portion to fuse the second cast portion to the first cast portion.
US12173613B2
A method comprises: flowing a potted component in a liquid state over a tip of an airfoil, the tip of the airfoil having a coating disposed thereon, the coating comprising a metal plating and a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion in the plurality of protrusions extending from the metal plating; allowing the potted component to harden to form a hardened potted component; and removing the hardened potted component from the tip of the airfoil.
US12173610B2
A system for coupling a first duct to a second duct configured for a gas flow with a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system includes a first closed member and a second closed member. The first closed member is fixedly coupled to the first duct and defines an engagement surface. The second closed member is fixedly coupled to the second duct and defines a mating surface complementary to the engagement surface. The coupling of the first duct to the second duct includes one of the engagement surface and the mating surface complementarily receiving the other of the engagement surface and the mating surface such that a labyrinth interface is defined therebetween. Also, the first duct is sealed with respect to the second duct at the labyrinth interface such that a seepage of some of the gas flow through the labyrinth interface is restricted.
US12173609B2
A gas turbine engine having a pre-swirler adjustability is presented. The pre-swirler includes a pre-swirler insert installed in a component enclosed by a cover. The component includes an inner compressor exit diffusor enclosed by an outer casing or a shaft cover enclosed by the inner compressor exit diffusor. The pre-swirler is adjustable by replacing the pre-swirler insert. An access port including an access window is arranged on the cover. The access port gives access to the pre-swirler insert for replacement through the access window. The access window includes a manhole or combustor assembly installation hole on the outer casing, or a cutout on the inner compressor exit diffusor. The access port allows adjusting the pre-swirler by replacing the pre-swirler insert installed in the component without lifting the cover enclosing the component.
US12173602B2
A downhole logging device, a method of logging a wellbore, and a wellbore logging system are disclosed herein. In one example, the wellbore logging system includes surface equipment operable for monitoring logging operations in a wellbore based on downhole data measurements and a downhole logging device, coupled to the surface equipment through a downhole communications link. The downhole logging device includes one or more downhole tools having at least one data sensor each that captures the downhole data measurements from the wellbore, and a data compression unit that provides a data compression portion and a residual data portion of the downhole data measurements, wherein the data compression portion is provided, via the downhole communications link, to the surface equipment for the monitoring, and the residual data portion is stored downhole.
US12173599B1
An internal peeping detection-while-drilling system includes an intelligent probing rod, cable drill pipes, a signal relay sub, a ground control terminal, a data interpretation and goaf reconstruction imaging software system, and a remote data transmission system, where the intelligent probing rod includes an up-down separated protective transmission mechanism and an instrument cabin; the intelligent probing rod includes a lower end connected to a drilling bit, and an upper end connected to each of the cable drill pipes; the instrument cabin is provided in the up-down separated protective transmission mechanism, and provided with a sonar-lidar-audio/video sensor assembly; the cable drill pipes are connected to each other to form a cable and data transmission channel; the signal relay sub is provided between the cable drill pipes at intervals; and an uppermost end of the cable drill pipe is connected to the ground control terminal.
US12173592B2
A thermal recovery construction method includes the steps of determining design parameters of a current thermal recovery construction according to geological data and reservoir characteristics of a current oil deposit area to be stimulated; preparing, according to the design parameters, coal water slurry required for the current thermal recovery construction; injecting the coal water slurry into a target reservoir through an injection well with an injection mode of the design parameters, along with combustion adjuvant with an amount selected based on a total injection amount of the coal water slurry; and inducing spontaneous combustion of the coal water slurry by thermal energy generated by a downhole heating device, and performing control and displacement on the reservoir with the thermal energy and gas generated after the combustion.
US12173590B2
A downhole gas separator fluid mover assembly comprising a fluid mover having an inlet and an outlet, a separation device, a separation chamber, and a flow path separator located downstream of the fluid mover. The fluid mover comprising a centrifugal pump stage with an impeller and a diffuser moves production fluid comprising a high viscosity fluid portion and a gas portion to the separation device. The separation device produces a fluid motion that separates the gas phase from the liquid phase in response to the flow rate of production fluid from the fluid mover. A portion of the high viscosity fluid passes through the gas phase discharge port in response to the over-supply of high viscosity fluid to the liquid discharge port in response to the flow rate of the production fluid through the fluid mover.
US12173586B2
A method for supplying, via an electrical interface, an output electrical power to an electrical load that is downhole in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, includes generating mechanical energy from a flow of a fluid being delivered into the borehole; converting the mechanical energy into an input electrical power; storing the input electrical power into a primary capacitor, wherein the input electrical power has a variance that is greater than a variance threshold. The method includes performing the following operations while continuing to generate the mechanical energy generated from the flow of the fluid, in response to determining that at least one load criteria is satisfied, discharging the input electrical power from the primary capacitor to the electrical load to power a downhole operation by the electrical load.
US12173581B2
A method for performing an integrated cementing operation at a wellsite is disclosed. The method involves simulating a cementing operation including pumping sequences for selectively pumping drilling fluid and cement into the wellbore according to pre-operation simulated pumping parameters, measuring real-time pumping parameters of the drilling fluid and the cement according to the pumping sequences, during the measuring, simulating real-time pumping parameters for each of the defined pumping sequences based on the measured real-time pumping parameters, and comparing the real-time simulated pumping parameters with the pre-operation simulated pumping parameters. The method may also involve measuring a return flow rate of fluid flowing out of the wellbore, defining a loss zone within the wellbore, simulating the return flow rate based on the input flow rate, and generating a rate of the fluid loss such that the simulated return flow rate equals the actual return flow rate.
US12173570B2
An inlet tube of a sampling device, a rock drilling rig, and a method for taking samples is provided. The inlet tube is mountable to a dust collecting system of a rock drilling rig and is provided with at least one actively controllable homogenizing element forming a physical element for generating disturbance in flow and to thereby homogenize particle distribution of the drilling cuttings in the flow.
US12173565B2
A shearable swivel tool for a rod lift system includes an upper coupling section, a lower coupling section operatively coupled to the upper coupling section with one or more shearable members, and a swivel housing operatively coupled to the lower coupling section and housing a swivel mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to a downhole pump of the rod lift system. The one or more shearable members are configured to fail upon assuming a predetermined shear limit resulting from an axial load assumed on the upper coupling section. The swivel mechanism is rotatable independent of the swivel housing, thereby allowing the downhole pump to rotate independent of the shearable swivel tool.
US12173564B2
A telemetry tool joint may comprise a tool joint body adapted for connection to a downhole tubular as part of a tool string. The tubular may be a drill pipe or a downhole tool such as a drill bit or component of a bottom hole assembly. The tool joint body may comprise an axial bore comprising a bore wall having an interior wall surface and a tapered outer wall surface. The tapered outer bore wall surface may comprise a first continuous thread form having multiple turns comprising a first thread start and a first thread end and a second continuous thread form having multiple turns comprising a second thread start and a second thread end. The respective thread forms may be separated by a gap along the tapered outer bore wall surface. The gap may comprise one or more annular recesses adapted for housing a radially oriented inductive coupler.
US12173558B2
The present application belongs to the field of spring roller shutters, and particularly relates to a spring roller shutter with adjustable function, which comprises a spring assembly in a drum, an adjusting assembly and a limiting assembly, wherein one end of the drum includes a concentric adjusting cylinder, the adjusting cylinder is connected with an output end of the spring assembly, one end of the adjusting cylinder away from the drum includes a fixed shell, the fixed shell includes a cavity with an opening facing the adjusting cylinder, the one end of the adjusting cylinder slides in the fixed shell, and the adjusting assembly and the limiting assembly are in the fixed shell, thereby achieving the benefit of adjusting the maximum withdrawal height of the curtain.
US12173547B2
A power supply device for a vehicle window includes a carrier plate including a first electrical connection portion to transmit power, a bracket including a second electrical connection portion to which external power is connected, and a flexible connection means including a side electrically connected to the first electrical connection portion of the carrier plate and another side electrically connected to the second electrical connection portion of the bracket, in which the side of the flexible connection means is pivotally connected to the first electrical connection portion and the other side thereof is pivotally connected to the second electrical connection portion.
US12173543B2
A counterbalanced system has first and second components e.g. vehicle panel pivotably connected to a vehicle. The counterbalanced system has a counterbalance assembly coupled to the first and second components. The counterbalance assembly includes at least one counterbalance subassembly having a cam secured to the first component, a cam bracket secured to the first second component, a bracket secured to the second component, and at least one torsion element extending between the cam bracket and the bracket. If two or more subassemblies are used, the torsion elements of each of the counterbalance subassemblies can extend along a common torsion axis or along parallel torsion axes spaced from a pivot axis. The counterbalance subassemblies are spaced from one another in a direction parallel to or along a common torsion axis. Each subassembly can be adjusted within a range of torque values. The counterbalanced system may comprise a hinge.
US12173539B2
A door hinge apparatus of a vehicle may include a slide unit including a slide body and a main slider where the slide body is provided on one side of a vehicle body corresponding to an end portion of a door in the vehicle and the main slider is movable in a width direction of the vehicle with respect to the slide body, and a door hinge bracket engaged with the end portion of the door and operably coupled to the main slider.
US12173532B2
A lock and a method and a system for controlling the lock are provided. The lock includes an operation part, an action part, and a bolt. The action part is configured to drive the bolt to move. The operation part and the action part are connected to each other via a transmission connection. The transmission connection is blockable.
US12173520B2
A prop-brace coupler has a first section configured to be selectively connected to a vertical prop member of a construction platform that includes a vertical spacing member and a diagonal bracing member. The prop-brace coupler also has a second section configured to be selectively connected to the vertical spacing member and to the diagonal bracing member.
US12173518B2
A conjoining apparatus for connecting first and second rotary machines to treat a surface, such as rotary cement trowels, or machines used to polish, wax or clean flooring. The conjoining apparatus includes a first bracket assembly comprising a first bracket member and a first connecting mechanism, a second bracket assembly comprising a second bracket member and a second connecting mechanism, and a conjoining frame configured for removable attachment to the first and second bracket assemblies via the respective connecting mechanism. A rotary machine assembly includes a first rotary machine and the conjoining apparatus with the first bracket assembly pivotably connected to the conjoining frame. An adaptor kit including the conjoining apparatus is also provided.
US12173513B2
A solid surface material apparatus and process is disclosed which comprises a first solid material comprising acrylic modified polyester resin, at least one natural mineral filler, and at least one colorant and/or at least one granule configured in a sheet with at least one channel cut into the top surface of it and a second solid surface material comprising an acrylic modified polyester resin, at least one natural mineral filler, and at least one colorant and/or at least one granule which at least partially fills the at least one channel of the first solid surface material.
US12173510B2
A shade structure is provided that includes a frame assembly, a retractable shade assembly, and a drive system. The frame assembly includes a plurality of upright poles and a plurality of beams coupled therewith. The retractable shade assembly is coupled with the plurality of beams. The retractable shade assembly includes a shade section assembly that has a plurality of elongate bars and a shade section extending therebetween. The elongate bars are spread apart from each other to spread the shade section in an extended shade configuration. The elongate bars are moved toward each other in a retracted configuration wherein the shade section looped vertically between adjacent elongate bars.
US12173509B2
A method of reroofing, the method comprising of applying to an existing roof surface a membrane composite including a pre-applied adhesive layer by mating the adhesive layer to the existing membrane.
US12173507B2
Roofing panels with water shedding features may be installed on the roof of a house or other structure in lieu of or as an underlayment for traditional roofing materials. The water shedding features can be built into a base of the roofing panels, as part of a frame for the roofing panels, or formed as part of a waterproofing layer applied to the base of the roofing panels, or which can be configured as a roofing panel. The roofing panels also can be installed in overlapping courses along a roof with water shedding features applied thereto or incorporated along one or more peripheral edges. The water shedding features of adjacent roofing panels will collect and divert water away from the upper surfaces and/or away from headlap and/or sidelap joints defined between the roofing panels.
US12173502B2
The present disclosure relates generally to ceiling attachments, for example, suitable for securing ceiling baffles to a ceiling grid. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a ceiling baffle attachment structure including a ceiling grid clip configured to attach to lateral flanges of a ceiling grid beam and a post extending down from the ceiling grid clip. The structure also includes a ceiling baffle having an upper side and a lower side and extending along a length from a first end to a second end. The ceiling baffle includes a bracket disposed at the upper side that comprises a T-slot extending along the length of the ceiling baffle. A retainer is secured to the post and includes a first shoulder engaging the T slot so as to secure the ceiling baffle to the ceiling grid clip.
US12173496B2
A mobile office structure and comprises a base frame set including multiple first base frames and multiple second base frames. Multiple wheel sets are connected to the underside of each of the second base frames. A top frame set includes multiple first top frames and multiple second top frames. Multiple upright frames are located at four corners of a combination of the base frame sets and the top frame sets. Multiple separators are respectively connected between any two of the upright frames. Multiple linings are assembled between any of the two upright frames, and each lining is located corresponding to the inside of each of the separators. Multiple outer plates are assembled between any of the two upright frames, and each outer plate is located relative to the outside of each of the separators. A door plate assembly is installed between the base frame set and the top frame set.
US12173495B2
The present application is directed to a curvature adjustable magnetic strut for securing pipe, conduit and tubing to a curved structure for storing liquids and gasses, such as a fuel tank. More particularly, several variants of the curvature adjustable magnetic strut is disclosed which enables varying curved or flat surfaces to be accommodated in securing pipe, conduit and tubing to a cylindrical tank, whether that tank be in the vertical or the horizontal position. The curvature adjustable magnetic strut comprises a strut affixed to a base plate having three or more magnets attached. In operation, the base plate can be curvature adjusted using one or more adjustment screws. In related embodiments, varying length struts with varying length single and double hinged bracket assemblies thereon are secured to both securing strut plates and magnet base plates having two or more magnets are used to adjust for varying tank curvature.
US12173494B2
An adjustable drain having catch basin defining: a pan with a pan seating portion along a pan perimeter surface; and a pan base that slopes downwardly and inwardly from the pan seating portion to a pan aperture for water flowthrough, an inner tube that is integral with the pan aperture having an inner tube peripheral wall that extends into an underside of the catch basin; and a pan lip extending upwardly from the pan perimeter surface to position the cover against the pan, the pan lip and inner tube are unitary with the pan to form a leakproof transition; an outer tube disposed below the pan base, the outer tube having an outer tube top end and an outer tube peripheral wall extending downwardly from the outer tube top end to an outer tube bottom end, wherein the inner and outer tubes are telescoping tubes.
US12173482B2
Systems and devices for storing a fluid in a reinforced bladder is disclosed. A flexible bladder is configured to store the fluid. An exoskeleton is configured to conform to and protect the flexible bladder on all sides. The combination of the flexible bladder and the exoskeleton results in the reinforced bladder.
US12173480B2
A retainer for attaching a work member or a wear member to an implement of a machine includes a wavy annular body defining a central axis, and at least one detent. A tab extends axially away from the wavy annular body.
US12173468B2
A compact utility loader comprising a frame, an engine, a pair of loader arms, and an attachment secured to ends of the loader arms. The compact utility loader additionally includes a first track or wheel and a second track or wheel positioned on either side of the frame. The compact utility loader additionally comprises a control interface including a graphic display configured to present operational information to an operator. The graphic display is configured to present a login screen prompting the operator for a passcode. The engine is prevented from being started until a valid passcode is entered via the control interface.
US12173467B2
A quick-hitch for coupling a tool to an excavator arm or to a similar tool manipulator, including two hitch halves that can be latched together and that comprise at least one pair of latching parts with which a displaceable latch is associated, an actuating cylinder being provided for actuating the latch. The actuating cylinder has a mechanical blocking unit for locking the latching position of the bolt, having a lead screw which is in a threaded engagement with the piston and/or the piston rod of the actuating cylinder, so that the piston is only displaceable by turning the lead screw, as well as a releasable anti-rotation device for the lead screw.
US12173466B2
The invention is directed to a foundation pile (1) comprising a tubular housing (2) having an upper end (3) and an open lower end (4) and wherein at the upper end or near or at the open lower end (4) vibration means are present and wherein at the open lower end means (6) to discharge a fluid into the interior space (20) of the tubular housing and means (7) to discharge a fluid from the lower end (4) of the tubular housing (2) in a direction which has a downward directional component. The means (6) to discharge a fluid into the interior space (20) of the tubular housing have can fluidise the soil present in this interior space.
US12173465B2
The invention relates to a method for forming a connection between two pipe segments of different widths, preferably of a tower-like structure, in particular of a wind turbine. In order to be able to connect pipe segments of different widths more easily, reliably and cost-effectively to one another, it is provided that the wider pipe segment is pushed with one end partially over an end of the narrower pipe segment, that the pipe segments are positioned apart from one another by forming an annular gap between the pipe segments, that in the annular gap between the two pipe segments a separating layer extending in the longitudinal direction of the pipe segments and/or in the radial direction is provided, that the annular gap adjacent to the separating layer and at least one side of the separating layer is at least partially cast with a casting compound, that during the hardening of the casting compound the casting compound forms a firm connection on one side of the separating layer with only one of the pipe segments and/or the casting compound forms a firm connection on the other side of the casting compound, only with the other pipe segment and that the pipe segments after the hardening of the casting compound are separated again along the separating layer with the assigned separate connecting elements in particular formed by the hardened casting compound.
US12173454B2
An energy harvesting roadway that includes a plurality of road segments and a power storage device electrically coupled to the plurality of road segments. Each of the plurality of road segments can include a surface asphalt layer, a first conductive asphalt layer located under the surface asphalt layer, a piezoelectric-based asphalt layer located between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer located above a base asphalt layer. The piezoelectric-based asphalt layer can include a plurality of rigid piezoelectric elements and an insulating filler.
US12173451B2
An arrangement and a method for controlling a gas flow separated from a suspension of medium consistency pulp. The pulp is treated in a pulp treatment apparatus including a first pump and a second pump, wherein the second pump is a degassing centrifugal pump provided with a degassing system including a degassing conduit in which a degassing valve is arranged for regulating a pressure difference between an inlet of the second pump and the degassing conduit. The degassing system further includes a pressurized degassing vessel working under overpressure and having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet of the vessel is connected to a pressure control valve for maintaining a desired overpressure in the vessel.
US12173448B2
Methods and features described herein are applicable to an improved hand-hand steaming iron that reduces dripping while operating in various orientations and that improves consistent steam generation. The iron includes a steam generating chamber that includes an integrated resistive heating element, and the chamber utilizes multiple dividing and fluid guiding elements with back and forth turn features to prevent liquid water from escaping the steam generating chamber in both vertical and horizontal positions. The combination of the geometric walls and the interaction with the heating element allow for a consistent soleplate temperature and efficient steaming of water that enters the chamber.
US12173447B2
A drying air duct, a clothing treatment device and a method for cleaning a drying air duct are provided. The drying air duct includes a condensing section air duct, a heating section air duct and a fan; the fan is provided at a connection position of the condensing section air duct and the heating section air duct, a cleaning device is provided in the condensing section air duct, the cleaning device is provided at an end of the condensing section air duct adjacent to the fan and is capable of cleaning a side of the condensing section air duct away from the fan. The drying air duct can effectively clean the pipe sudden expansion area of the condensing section air duct, preventing the accumulation of soft flocks in the condensing section air duct.
US12173445B2
A washing machine which includes a tub, a drum rotatably inside the tub, a pulsator rotatable inside the drum at a bottom of the drum, and an agitator to be connected to an upper portion of the pulsator, where the agitator includes an agitator body, a rinse case to be installed in the agitator body, and to accommodate a rinse, the rinse case being detachable from the agitator body, and a plate spaced from the rinse case along a downward direction of the rinse case, and located lower than a maximum water level of water to be supplied to the tub.
US12173444B2
Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.
US12173436B2
Embroidery machines can produce patches without needing overlock machines. An outline definition for the outline of the patch is obtained and used to determine the exterior points of an exterior path. The interior points of an interior path that is inside the exterior path can also be determined. The exterior path and the interior path can be used to produce sewing data that includes an edge stitch pattern definition for an edge stitch pattern that includes a plurality of edge stitches that are arranged as a plurality of stitch bundles. The stitch bundles are fan shaped and extend from the exterior path to the interior path, the exterior points and the interior points indicate a plurality of needle penetrations for sewing the edge stitch pattern, and the sewing data is configured for use by an embroidery machine to sew the edge stitch pattern and thereby produce simulated overlock stitching.
US12173433B2
An agricultural mesh for baling is provided that contains columns of chains or pillars, wherein each column of chain or pillar has a plurality of meshes interconnected with each other and associated with the columns of chains or pillars by means of the weft, wherein the configuration and dimensions of the weft provides the reinforcement of the agricultural mesh for baling. The present invention provides a solution that aims to reduce the dimensions of the longitudinal openings—weft during the baling process, yielding strong and well-preserved bales.
US12173429B2
A method for providing a multifilament bundle of melt spun polymer filaments that includes providing a spinning device including at least M extruders for melting M polymers, M groups of spinning stations, each group comprising N spinning stations, each spinning station comprising a spin pack coupled to a spin pump which receives molten polymer from one of the M extruders and spins a strand of filaments by pushing said polymer through the coupled spin pack, and N transformation stations for bundling M strands of filaments. The method further includes spinning N*M strands of filaments from the spinning stations at a given spin pump output and bundling the strands into N multifilament bundles via the N transformation stations whereby the spin pump outputs are varied over time.
US12173427B2
A method of growing single crystal diamond assisted by polycrystalline diamond growth to enhance dimensions and quality of the single crystal diamond includes thermally mating a diamond seed on a top surface of a substrate holder providing a growth surface for a combination of single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond. A predetermined temperature difference between the diamond seed and the substrate holder during processing along with the plasma process conditions causes a single crystal diamond growth rate to be different from a polycrystalline growth rate by a predetermined amount. Process gasses are introduced, and a plasma is formed to grow both single crystal diamond and polycrystalline diamond on the growth surface so that the polycrystalline diamond grown adjacent to the single crystal diamond shields side surfaces of the growing single crystal diamond, thereby improving growth quality across the growing single crystal diamond.
US12173425B2
A silver-plated product which has more excellent minute sliding abrasion resistance property than that of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same. The silver-plated product is produced by electroplating a base material 10 of copper or a copper alloy to form an underlying plating layer 12 of nickel or a nickel alloy, a first silver-plating layer of silver (lower silver-plating layer) 14, a zinc-plating layer 16 of zinc serving as an intermediate plating layer, and a second silver-plating layer of silver (upper silver-plating layer) 18 serving as a surface layer, in this order from the base material 10.
US12173423B2
A gold electroplating solution includes a gold (III) cyanide compound, a chloride compound, and hydrochloric acid. The gold (III) cyanide compound is potassium gold (III) cyanide, ammonium gold (III) cyanide, or sodium gold (III) cyanide. The chloride compound is potassium chloride, ammonium chloride, or sodium chloride. Various structures may be made with the gold electroplating solution having a gold layer deposited directly on the stainless steel (SST) layer using a photolithography process. Such structures include a gold pattern having a discontinuous pattern, a bond pad region having one or more traces on the opposite side of the dielectric layer, a gimbal having gold bond pads, and a bonding joint having an electrical interface including a gold layer.
US12173422B2
The present invention refers to an electroplating composition for plating a chromium coating on a substrate, the composition comprising: (i) a source of hexavalent chromium; (ii) one or more than one betaine comprising a quaternary nitrogen and/or salts thereof; and (iii) one or more than one poly-organosiloxane.
US12173421B2
Provided is an aluminum member including a base material containing aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an anodic oxide film having a barrier layer on the surface of the base material and a porous layer on the barrier layer, in which the anodic oxide film has a thickness of 100 μm or less, the porous layer contains S and P, the concentration of S, CS, and the concentration of P, CP, in the porous layer, measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, satisfy CS>CP over the depth direction from the surface of the anodic oxide film toward the base material.
US12173419B2
An apparatus, also named transfer box or TB, for conveying an anode assembly outside of an electrolyte cell is described. An apparatus, also named cell preheater lifting beam or CPLB, for conveying an anode assembly or a cell pre-heater outside of an electrolyte cell is also disclosed. TB and CPLB are conjointly used for starting up the electrolytic cell or for replacing a spent anode assembly while maintaining the production of non-ferrous metal, such as aluminum or aluminium. The thermal insulation of the TB allows maintaining the anode temperature homogeneity and preventing thermal shocks when introducing the inert anodes into the hot electrolytic bath. TN and CPLB allow accurate positioning of anode assemblies or cell-preheaters over the electrolysis cell before achieving mechanical and electrical connections of the anode assembly or the cell pre-heater to the electrolysis cell. Several related methods for the operation of an electrolytic cell are also disclosed.
US12173409B2
A process for the deposition of a coating on at least a part of a metallic substrate, a) mixing a liquid and a powder having particles of a metallic material to be deposited and particles of a pickling agent, so as to prepare a suspension, b) application of the suspension prepared in step a) to at least a part of the surfaces of the metallic substrate, so as to obtain a substrate-suspension assembly, c) carrying out a heat treatment of the assembly which includes heating at a first temperature of at least 500° C. and heating at a second temperature greater than the first temperature, and d) recovery of a substrate coated, at least in part, with a coating, the pickling agent being a halogenated compound and the suspension having from 10% to 60% of the pickling agent, with respect to the total weight of the powder.
US12173403B2
Disclosed are Group 6 transition metal-containing thin film forming precursors to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes.
US12173401B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a TiN film. The method comprises: supplying TiCl4 gas to a substrate; purging the TiCl4 gas; supplying NH3 gas to the substrate; purging the NH3 gas; and supplying an inhibitor that inhibits adsorption of TiCl4 or NH3 to the substrate. A plurality of cycles each including the supplying the TiCl4 gas, the purging the TiCl4 gas, the supplying the NH3 gas, and the purging the NH3 gas are performed, at least a part of the plurality of cycles includes the supplying the inhibitor, and after the supplying the inhibitor is performed, the supplying the TiCl4 gas or the supplying the NH3 gas is performed without purging the inhibitor, or, after purging the inhibitor for a shorter time than the purging the TiCl4 gas or the purging the NH3 gas, the supplying the TiCl4 gas or the supplying the NH3 gas is performed.
US12173399B2
Methods of mitigating line bending during feature fill include deposition of an amorphous layer and/or an inhibition treatment during fill.
US12173387B2
The present invention relates to conductive multicomponent multiphase metal alloy. The metal alloy has the following (in atom-%):Ni, in a total amount of 35-70; wherein the remaining 30-65 comprises at least three elements selected from the list consisting of Sn, Nb, Ta, B, Cr, Ce, Fe, La, Nd, Sm, Gd, Ti, Zr, Mn, Hf, Si, P, Al, Y and V in a total amount of at least 30. The metal alloy comprises at least three distinct crystalline phases, at least one phase being an intermetallic phase. The present invention also relates to an electrode material comprising said alloy, to a method for forming a coating on said alloy, and to a method for manufacturing said alloy.
US12173381B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of preparation of light metal alloy materials, in particular to a method for producing a magnesium-lithium alloy by a gaseous co-condensation method. The method comprises the steps of: 1) mixing and briquetting a lithium salt, a refractory agent and a catalyst under pressure, and then thermally decomposing to form an unsaturated composite oxide; 2) respectively crushing and ball-milling, and then briquetting the unsaturated composite oxide, magnesium oxide, a reducing agent and a fluxing agent; 3) reducing briquettes in vacuum; 4) making a gas pass through a first condensing chamber of a temperature control device, and then purifying; 5) The purified metal gas is condensed into the condensing phase of the alloy through the second condensing chamber of a quenching device; 6) obtaining the magnesium-lithium alloy with a purity being 99.5% or above by virtue of smelting and flux-refining, and then purifying by distillation. The magnesium-lithium alloy obtained in the present application is not segregated, so that a stable β-phase solid solution or a compound having an increasing purity being 99.95% is formed.
US12173379B2
Disclosed are a non-oriented electrical steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefore, the sheet ensuring excellent magnetic characteristics by having increased texture intensity of surface (100) through strict control of the content ratio of Si, Al and the like and through final annealing heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere.
US12173371B2
This disclosure is directed to the discovery of an improved method to diagnose malignant melanoma of the oral cavity in the dog.
US12173365B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for nucleic acid sequencing. Such systems and methods may achieve context-independent incorporation, have reduced context-dependence or have context-dependence that is amenable to calibration and modeling. Such systems and methods may also reduce misincorporation.
US12173361B2
Provided herein are methods and systems and related composition, to provide a rodent model having a target microbiome profile formed by a target presence, a target proportion and/or a target total load of a target prokaryote of a target taxon, based on absolute quantification of the target prokaryote. Further provided are rodents obtained by the methods herein described and related use in testing methods performed in connection with physiological or pathological conditions in an individual preferably a human individual. Also provided herein is a tailcup device and related use to prevent coprophagia in rodents.
US12173360B2
In some embodiments, provided herein is an integrated assay of a biological sample comprising an in situ assay module and a spatial assay module. The in situ assay comprises analyzing binding between nucleic acid probes and a first analyte at a spatial location of the biological sample. In some embodiments, the method further comprises providing conditions to allow spatially barcoded capture agents to capture a second analyte for analysis in the spatial assay module.
US12173348B2
Provided is a technique that can be used to detect a pathogenic microorganism such as influenza virus with high sensitivity, and specifically, a method for detecting a reaction product, including reacting an enzyme with a substance serving as a substrate for a reaction involving the enzyme in a hydrophilic solvent that is in interfacial contact with a hydrophobic solvent, wherein the reaction product is produced directly and released from the substrate, and wherein the hydrophilic solvent contains at least one of a buffering substance or trimethylamine oxide (TMAO).
US12173345B2
Provided is a ketoreductase mutant and a method for producing chiral alcohol using the same. The ketoreductase mutant has a sequence with amino acid mutations in the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1. The mutation sites include at least one of the following positions: 6th position, 21st position, 42nd position, 58th position, 61st position, 76th position, 87th position, 94th position, 96th position, 108th position, 113th position, 117th position, 144th position, 146th position, 147th position, 149th position, 151st position, 152nd, 156th position, 165th position, 177th position, and 198th position.
US12173344B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterologous polypeptide of interest in a host cell, wherein the method comprises expressing a fusion protein comprising the heterologous polypeptide of interest and a fluorescent fusion partner in a host cell modified to include a nucleic acid encoding a lytic protein operably linked to a promoter, wherein translation of the lytic protein is under control of an RNA thermometer. Also provided are E. coli cells which express the fusion protein and include a nucleic acid encoding a lytic protein operably linked to a promoter, wherein translation of the lytic protein regulated by an RNA thermometer.
US12173339B2
Engineered CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (Cpf1) nucleases with improved targeting range and enhanced on-target activity, and their use in genomic engineering, epigenomic engineering, base editing, genome targeting, genome editing, and in vitro diagnostics.
US12173323B2
Disclosed herein are cell cultures and enriched cell populations of endocrine precursor cells, immature pancreatic hormone-expressing cells and mature pancreatic hormone-expressing cells. Also disclosed herein are methods of producing such cell cultures and cell populations.
US12173319B2
The present invention relates to novel methods for the isolation and the selective ex vivo expansion of V32′ TCRy6+ T cells and to their clinical application.
US12173318B2
The present invention describes methods and uses of antibodies targeting the Cβ1 or the Cβ2 chain of a TCR, in particular an anti-Cβ1 antibody, for enrichment of T cells expressing a desired antigen-specific recombinant T cell receptor (TCR).
US12173313B2
Human pluripotent stem cells are differentiated in vitro into forebrain subdomain structures, which are then fused to generate an integrated system for use in analysis, screening programs, and the like.
US12173311B2
A cell culture article includes a substrate having a polymer coating that is conducive to colony passaging of cells cultured on the coating. Example polymer coatings are formed from polygalacturonic acid (PGA), alginate, or combinations thereof. Cells cultured on the polymer coating can be separated from the substrate as a colony or layer of cells by exposing the polymer coating to (i) a chelating agent, (ii) a proteinase-free enzyme, or (iii) a chelating agent and a proteinase-free enzyme.
US12173310B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for producing hydrogel matrix constructs. Methods of using hydrogel matrix constructs for tissue repair and regeneration and for the oxygenation of red blood cells are also disclosed.
US12173307B2
Viral vector production processes and methods of purifying a viral vector from a host cell are provided herein.
US12173306B2
Disclosed herein are codon-optimized nucleic acids encoding a reduced-size ATP7A protein. Also disclosed are vectors and recombinant viruses (such as recombinant adeno-associated viruses) including the codon-optimized nucleic acids encoding the reduced-size ATP7A protein and compositions including the disclosed vectors and viruses. Further disclosed herein are methods of treating copper transport disorders, for example by administering a disclosed nucleic acid, vector, or recombinant virus to a subject with a copper transport disorder, such as Menkes disease, occipital horn syndrome, or ATP7A-related distal motor neuropathy.
US12173296B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for using plant heterosis. The method comprises the following steps: S1, transforming the meiosis of germ cells of hybrids into mitosis-like so as to obtain gametes whose genotype and chromosome ploidy are consistent with hybrids by using gene mutation or gene engineering technology; and S2, influencing and involving in the development of gametes or embryos in plants by using gene mutation and gene engineering technology, wherein a protein involved is MTL protein.
US12173293B2
Methods and compositions are provided which allow for genetic modification of host cells, including plants and plant cells. The various methods and composition employ a recombinant DNA construct comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or 2 or active variants and fragments thereof. Such polynucleotides find use in facilitating integration of polynucleotides of interest into the DNA of a host cell, including a plant or plant cell. Vectors, host cells, bacteria and plants comprising the recombinant DNA construct or fragments thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of introducing into a host cell or a plant cell a polynucleotide of interest. The method comprises contacting the host cell with a bacterium competent for the transformation of the host cell and comprises a transformation vector comprising a recombinant DNA construct.
US12173290B2
The present application provides a CRISPR/Cas system comprising a nuclease segment that encodes a Cas9 nuclease or variant thereof, a guide RNA segment comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a gRNA or sgRNA, and a promoter segment comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a first promoter comprising one or more tetracycline operator sequence, wherein the gRNA segment is operably linked to the promoter segment. The present application also provides materials and methods for controlling transcriptional expression of guide RNAs and/or post-transcriptional expression of Cas nuclease.
US12173288B2
The present invention relates to ligand conjugates of oligonucleotides (e.g., iRNA agents) and methods for their preparation. The ligands are derived primarily from monosaccharides These conjugates are useful for the in vivo delivery of oligonucleotides.
US12173284B2
This disclosure relates to modified single and dual guide RNAs having improved in vitro and in vivo activity in gene editing methods.
US12173282B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to variant nucleic acid libraries encoding for antibodies including single domain antibodies. Libraries generated using methods described herein have improved characteristics including improved binding affinity. Libraries described herein include variegated libraries comprising nucleic acids each encoding for a predetermined variant of at least one predetermined reference nucleic acid sequence. Further described herein are protein libraries generated when the nucleic acid libraries are translated. Further described herein are cell libraries expressing variegated nucleic acid libraries described herein.
US12173281B2
Bistable devices are constructed using a polynucleotide platform for sensing molecular events such as binding or conformational changes of target molecules. Uses include measuring target concentration, measuring effects of environmental conditions on the target, or screening a library for molecules that bind the target or modulate its biological function. Devices include three regions: a top lid, bottom lid, and flexible linker or hinge between them. A device has an open configuration in which the top and bottom lid are separated, and a closed configuration in which they are bound close together. Binding domains or variations of the target molecule are fixed to a device so that when the molecular event occurs, the device switches from open to closed, or vice versa, which generates a signal. Devices may carry DNA tags to enable separation of open and closed devices and barcoding for multiplexed detection.
US12173273B2
The present invention relates to a large-scale magnetic purification system, including: a liquid storage apparatus, capable of being connected to a liquid source and a waste liquid barrel through a liquid path system; a stirring system mounted above the liquid storage apparatus, where a stirring paddle of the stirring system is inserted into the liquid storage apparatus for stirring; magnets mounted around the liquid storage apparatus; a magnet actuating mechanism for manipulating the magnets to move away from or close to the liquid storage apparatus; and a control system, connected to the liquid path system, the magnet actuating mechanism, and the stirring system and controlling the liquid path system, the magnet actuating mechanism, and the stirring system.
US12173268B2
Disclosed mechanical stimulator systems can maintain the sterility of biological samples within a multi-well plate while mechanically stimulating the samples. The systems disclosed herein allow for the individual activation by mechanical compression of a high number of samples at the same time, while maintaining sterility of the samples. The well plates, guides, actuators, pistons, and other components of the disclosed systems can be configured to be contained in or adjacent to an incubator that can control properties such as gas levels and temperature while at the same time allowing for the mechanical actuation of the biological samples.
US12173262B2
Provided are multi-layer bioreactors for growing, maintaining, stimulating, monitoring and testing organoids and tissues derived from or representing hollow organs in organoid chambers. Also provided are uses of those bioreactors in modeling a disease process for monitoring disease progress and/or for assessing a biological effect, such as therapeutic efficacy and/or toxicity, e.g., organotoxicity. Also disclosed are bioreactors comprising organoid chambers that are useful as systems for measuring the volume, pressure, contractility, pump function, or electrophysiology of an organoid chamber as well as systems for controlling the pressure experienced by an organoid or tissue in an organoid chamber.
US12173261B2
The present invention is related to variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, which have serine protease activity of Malbranchea protease. Also disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules, comprising polynucleotide sequences which encode variants of fungal serine protease enzyme, nucleic acid sequences encoding said protease variants, a host cell and a process of producing polypeptides having serine protease activity. Said protease variants are useful as enzyme preparations applicable in detergent compositions and for treating fibers, wool, hair, leather, or silk, for treating food or feed, or for any applications involving modification, degradation or removal of proteinaceous material.
US12173258B2
The present invention relates to formulations for a concentrated fabric softener, in the form of water-soluble sheets, which can conveniently be used alongside detergent in home laundry washing machines. The formulations comprise combinations of anionic surfactants with cationic and/or anionic polymers which together cooperate to provide a softening effect on textiles. This product format allows for a concentrated product that is comprised in a high proportion of active ingredients, and therefore occupies a much smaller volume and mass for the amount of active ingredient and softening power provided. The performance of the invention is equivalent or superior to comparable dosages of standard liquid 2-in-1 detergent/fabric softener combinations.
US12173256B2
Method of manufacturing water-soluble unit dose articles comprising water-soluble fibrous structures
Described herein is a method for making fibrous water-soluble unit doses utilizing a repeating nested pattern.
US12173255B2
Methods of making a candle wick assembly are disclosed whereby a multiple candle wick construction is provided which includes (i) at least first and second spaced-apart candle wicks, and (ii) a ladder filament connected to and extending back and forth between the first and second candle wicks. The multiple candle wick construction is formed into a generally U-shaped configuration and a wax sheath thereafter applied around the multiple candle wick construction so as to maintain the generally U-shaped configuration thereof.
US12173254B2
Embodiments of a method of purifying a lysophosphatidylcholine (e.g., LPC-DHA and/or LPC-EPA) from a composition containing the lysophosphatidylcholine and at least one impurity, e.g., from phospholipids, free fatty acids, triacylglycerols (TAGs), diacylglycerols (DAGs), monoacylglycerols (MAGs), glycerol, sterols, tocopherols, vitamin A, flavonoids, and minerals can use a continuous simulated moving bed process, a batch column chromatography method, or a single column to provide a purified composition of the lysophosphatidylcholine. The purified lysophosphatidylcholine (e.g., LPC-DHA and/or LPC-EPA) products can be used in various pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications, e.g., for treating and/or preventing a neurological disease or disorder.
US12173248B2
Liquid alkylated N-phenyl-α-naphthylamine (PANA) compositions are disclosed containing a high concentration of mono-alkylated PANA and low levels of di-alkylated and less than 1% by weight of unsubstituted PANA. The novel compositions may be prepared by controlled alkylation of PANA with propylene oligomers followed by subsequent alkylation with at least one second olefin.
US12173242B2
A process for maximizing production of heavy naphtha from a hydrocarbon stream is disclosed. The process comprises providing a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising diesel to a separation column to provide a light diesel stream and a heavy diesel stream. The heavy diesel stream is hydrocracked in the presence of a hydrogen stream and a first hydrocracking catalyst in a first hydrocracking reactor at a first hydrocracking pressure of 13790 kPa to 17237 kPa to provide a first hydrocracked effluent stream. The light diesel stream is hydrocracked in the presence of a hydrogen stream and a second hydrocracking catalyst in a second hydrocracking reactor at a second hydrocracking pressure of 3450 kPa to 6205 kPa to provide a second hydrocracked effluent stream. At least a portion of the first hydrocracked effluent stream and at least a portion of the second hydrocracked effluent stream are fractioned to produce heavy naphtha.
US12173238B2
A process for hydrotreating a renewable feedstock with improved carbon monoxide management is disclosed. A mixture of renewable feedstock and hydrocarbon feedstock is treated in a hydrotreating reactor to produce a hydrotreated effluent stream and contacting the hydrotreated effluent stream with a water gas shift catalyst bed to produce a shift reactor effluent stream. The shift reactor effluent stream is passed to a cold separator to recover a cold vapor stream and recycling the cold vapor stream having reduced concentration of carbon monoxide to the hydrotreating zone. The subject matter disclosed provides an improved process and apparatus to reduce the accumulation of CO by converting CO present in the hydrotreated effluent stream to CO2 using the water shift gas reaction.
US12173231B1
A surface treatment composition for increasing permeability in a hydrocarbon shale formation during stimulation containing a solvent and an effective amount of at least one of a quaternary monosaccharide having from about 1 to 3 moles of quaternary functional groups and a quaternary saccharide having a number of the monosaccharide molecules ranging from about 2 to 20 bonded together by glycosidic linkage with from 1 to 3 moles of quaternary functional groups per molecule of the monosaccharide in the saccharide. A method of using the surface treatment for increasing permeability in a hydrocarbon shale formation during stimulation.
US12173221B1
A magnetic nanofluid that includes magnetic transition metal ferrite nanoparticles, ferroelectric nanoparticles, and a carrier fluid, and a method of changing the temperature of an object (e.g., heating or cooling) using the magnetic nanofluid. The magnetic transition metal ferrite nanoparticles and ferroelectric nanoparticles can be present as a composite comprising both types of nanoparticles. The use of the magnetic nanofluid is associated with an increase in the Nusselt number in the presence of a magnetic field.
US12173211B2
A double fluorescent particle comprises: a core with a first fluorescence; and a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) shell with a second fluorescence; wherein the MIP is an organic polymer comprising elements selected from the group consisting of: C, H, O, N, P, and S; wherein the MIP is adapted to selectively bind to a cell surface structure; wherein the first fluorescence is generated by an entity selected from the group consisting of: a carbon nanodot, an alkaline earth metal fluoride, a dye-doped polymer, a dye-doped stabilized micelle, a P-dot—i.e. a π-conjugated polymer, a quantum dot doped polymer, a rare earth metal ion doped polymer, a dye-doped silica, a rare-earth ion doped silica, and a rare earth ion doped alkaline earth metal fluoride nanoparticle; wherein the second fluorescence is generated by an entity selected from the group consisting of: a dye, a molecular probe, an indicator, a probe monomer, an indicator monomer, and a cross-linker, and wherein the first and second fluorescence differ at least by an emission wavelength and/or by an excitation wavelength.
US12173202B2
Provided is a curable silicone composition and applications thereof. The composition has hot-melt properties as a whole, superior workability and curing characteristics such as overmolding, as well as superior flexibility and stress relief properties of a cured product thereof, even when a relatively large amount of filler is blended. Also provided is a cured product with a relatively small coefficient of thermal expansion. A curable silicone composition, comprising: an organopolysiloxane resin where 20 mol % or more of the total siloxane units of the organopolysiloxane resin is siloxane units represented by SiO4/2; and one or more functional fillers. A vinyl (CH2═CH—) group content of curing reactive functional groups containing carbon-carbon double bonds is 0.05 to 1.50 mol % per 100 g of silicone component(s) in the composition.
US12173190B2
The present disclosure keeps a topcoat film 3 from having a dent 6 in a portion of its surface corresponding to a pinhole 4 of a resin molded product 1. A method of the present disclosure includes: applying an undercoat material to a resin molded product 1 to form an undercoat film 2; applying a topcoat material to a surface of the undercoat film 2 to form a topcoat film 3; and thermally curing the topcoat film 3. A coating material that contains a base resin having a larger volume expansion coefficient than the resin molded product 1 and a granular filler having a smaller volume expansion coefficient than the base resin and a number-average particle size of 2 μm or more to 12 μm or less is used as the undercoat material.
US12173178B2
A crosslinker composition is prepared from a reaction mixture including: (a) a prepolymer including a reaction product of a prepolymer mixture including: (i) a polyfunctional isocyanate; and (ii) a first compound comprising two or more active hydrogen groups, where the polyfunctional isocyanate and/or the first compound comprising two or more active hydrogen groups includes a greater than two functional isocyanate and/or active hydrogen groups, respectively; and (b) a polyfunctional hydrazide. The crosslinker composition is not self-crosslinkable. The crosslinker composition has an acid value of at least 15 based on total resin solids of the crosslinker composition.
US12173177B2
Provided is a coating composition that can be suitably used even in a coating method different from conventional spray coating. A two-pack coating composition comprising a main resin comprising a hydroxyl group-containing component and a curing catalyst (C), and a hardener comprising an isocyanate compound (B), wherein the hydroxyl group-containing component comprises a polyol (A), the polyol (A) has a hydroxyl value of 200 mg KOH/g or more and 1900 mg KOH/g or less, a content of the curing catalyst (C) is in a range of from 0.05 parts by mass to 3 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the hydroxyl group-containing component, and an amount of an organic solvent contained in the two-pack coating composition is 5 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the two-pack coating composition.
US12173174B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers M having a polymer content of at least 55 wt. % and a polymodal particle size distribution of the polymer particles of the polymer dispersion. The invention also relates to aqueous polymer dispersions obtained from this process as well as aqueous liquid compositions comprising at least one aqueous polymer dispersion and the use of such aqueous liquid compositions as binder.
US12173169B2
A water-based ink includes water, a colorant, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The water-soluble organic solvent includes a penetrating agent and a wetting agent. The penetrating agent includes a compound of formula (1), and the wetting agent comprises a compound of formula (2). In formula (1), x is 4 or more, and y is 2 or more, in formula (2), x is 2 or more. An amount of the compound of formula (1) relative to a total mass of the water-based ink is preferably 0.1 to 2.0 mass %. An amount of the compound of formula (2) relative to a total mass of the water-based ink is preferably 1.0 to 10.0 mass %.
US12173168B2
Herein is described a method of providing a printed label. The method comprises applying a radiation curable overcoat composition to a liquid electrostatically printed ink disposed on a label substrate; wherein the radiation curable overcoat composition comprises radiation curable monomers and/or oligomers; a photoinitiator; a polyalkylsiloxane containing at least two reactive functional groups, wherein the reactive functional groups are selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, amino and a double bond; and a cross-linker containing at least two epoxide groups. Printed labels and a radiation curable overcoat composition are also described herein.
US12173165B2
The present application is directed to methods for solvent-free preparation of polymers and their subsequent processing into activated carbon materials. These methods unexpectedly demonstrate ability to tune pore structure in the polymer gel and carbon produced there from, while also providing distinct advantages over the current art.
US12173149B2
The present invention improves the long-term storage stability of an organoborane-Lewis base complex. First composite particles of the present invention include particles of an organic polymer (B), and an organoborane-Lewis base complex (A) contained in the particles. Second composite particles of the present invention include particles of an inorganic compound (B′), and an organoborane-Lewis base complex (A) adsorbed on the particles.
US12173146B2
A polymer composition has been developed that provides low viscosity oil-in-water polymer emulsions that release the polymer in the emulsion at a faster rate and without an additional surfactant when the emulsion is added to a hydrocarbon stream. Use of a temperature-sensitive emulsifying surfactant facilitates inversion of the oil-in-water polymer emulsion when applied to a hydrocarbon composition at a temperature sufficiently high to destabilize the emulsion. These compositions are particularly useful as drag reducers for delivery to a subsea flowline via an umbilical line.
US12173141B2
A dielectrically-enhanced polyethylene formulation made from (A) a polyethylene-nucleation agent, a dielectrically-enhanced (B) a multimodal ultra-high density polyethylene (multimodal uHDPE) composition, and, optionally, (C) a low density polyethylene (LDPE) polymer. A method of making same, an insulated electrical device comprising same, and a method of using same.
US12173134B2
A curing composition for rubber includes: a metallic co-agent selected from the group consisting of zinc diacrylate and zinc methacrylate; organic peroxide; sulfur; and a hydrotalcite compound. The curing composition and a rubber matrix can be used to make an uncured rubber composition. A cured rubber is obtainable by curing the uncured rubber composition.
US12173120B2
A random copolymer compound of (A) a polyphenylene ether resin having phenolic hydroxy groups at both ends, (B) an aliphatic polymer having alcoholic hydroxy groups at both ends, and (C) an acid dichloride compound that is a binder is disclosed, wherein the number of mol a of the (A) polyphenylene ether resin, the number of mol b of the (B) aliphatic polymer, and the number of mol c of the (C) acid dichloride compound that is a binder satisfies the relationship (a+b)>c.
US12173101B2
A lens having high quality even after long-term storage can be manufactured using a curable composition containing a compound represented by General Formula A, a compound represented by General Formula B, and a polymerization initiator, in which a ratio of a substance amount of the compound represented by General Formula B to a substance amount of the compound represented by General Formula A is 1 to 25 mol %. In the Formulas, each portion surrounded by a broken line of Ar11, Ar12, and Ar13 represents that each of the portions may form a fused ring; L1 and L2 each represent a single bond, —O—, or the like; Sp1 and Sp2 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; Pol1 and Pol2 each represent a polymerizable group; R3 to R6 each represent a substituent; and q, r, v, and w are each an integer of 0 to 4.
US12173096B2
A unimodal ethylene-co-1-butene copolymer that, when in melted form at 190 degrees Celsius, is characterized by a unique melt property space defined by combination of shear thinning and melt elasticity properties. A blown film consisting essentially of the unimodal ethylene-co-1-butene copolymer. A method of synthesizing the unimodal ethylene-co-1-butene copolymer. A method of making the blown film. A manufactured article comprising the unimodal ethylene-co-1-butene copolymer.
US12173092B2
The present technology provides a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex including a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer including a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived unit, an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived unit, and an ethylenic unsaturated acid monomer-derived unit, wherein a pKa is 9.5 to 10.2, and the carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex satisfies General Formulas 1 and 2.
US12173083B2
The present invention relates to novel DLL3/CD3 binding proteins. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such proteins; to methods for preparing such proteins; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such proteins; to compositions comprising such proteins; and to uses of such proteins or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.
US12173082B2
The invention provides bispecific polypeptides comprising a first binding domain, designated B1, which is capable of binding specifically to CD137, and a second binding domain, designated B2, which is capable of specifically binding to a tumour cell-associated antigen. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions of such bispecific polypeptides and uses of the same in medicine.
US12173079B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to complexes comprising a muscle-targeting agent covalently linked to a molecular payload. In some embodiments, the muscle-targeting agent specifically binds to an internalizing cell surface receptor on muscle cells. In some embodiments, the molecular payload inhibits expression or activity of DUX4. In some embodiments, the molecular payload is an oligonucleotide, such as an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi oligonucleotide.
US12173077B2
The present invention is directed to a humanized BCMA antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, comprising VH having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and VL having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5. The present invention is also directed to a BCMA chimeric antigen receptor fusion protein comprising from N-terminus to C-terminus: (i) a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) of the present invention, (ii) a transmembrane domain, (iii) at least one co-stimulatory domains, and (iv) an activating domain. This humanized BCMA-CAR-T cells have specific killing activity against BCMA-positive tumor cells.
US12173071B2
Embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically bind to B7H3. Some embodiments relate to cell-based immunotherapy targeting tumors, such as tumors comprising B7H3+ cells.
US12173069B2
The present application relates to antibodies specifically binding to the V-domain immunoglobulin-containing suppressor of T-cell activation (VISTA) at acidic pH and their use in cancer treatment. In some embodiments, the antibodies bind specifically to human VISTA at acidic pH, but do not significantly bind to human VISTA at neutral or physiological pH.
US12173064B2
The present invention relates to antibodies specifically binding PD-1, TIM-3 or PD-1 and TIM-3, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or fragments, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US12173063B2
The present invention relates to a targeting module comprising a chemically synthesized peptide binding moiety specific for a human cell surface protein or protein complex, a kit comprising the targeting module and a vector or a cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding a universal chimeric antigen receptor and the use for the treatment of cancer, infections and autoimmune disorders.
US12173055B2
The disclosure pertains to N-terminal epitopes identified in A-beta, including conformational epitopes, antibodies thereto and methods of making and using immunogens and antibodies specific thereto.
US12173050B2
This application provides antibodies and functional equivalents thereof which are capable of specifically binding RSV, as well as means and methods for producing them.
US12173046B2
The present invention relates to polypeptide consisting of three TNF homology domains of TNF-ligand family members proteins (THD) that specifically bind to the extracellular part of TNFR2, wherein C-terminal and N-terminal reference points are defined by consensus sequences. The THIDs are linked by short stretches of further C-terminal and/or N-terminal amino acids of the THD or variants thereof as well as by peptide linkers. These peptides have an improved stability. Furthermore the invention relates to polypeptide multimers comprising several of the polypeptides of the present invention.
US12173045B2
T cell receptors that specifically recognize hAFP158 and methods of their use are provided.
US12173044B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising an interleukin-12 (IL-12) protein having a first and second subunit, an extra domain B (ED-B)-binding domain, and a linker between the IL-12 protein and the ED-B-binding domain.
US12173038B2
The present invention relates to a cluster of differentiation 98 heavy chain (CD98hc)-specific binding protein, wherein the CD98hc-specific binding protein is a lipocalin 2 (Lcn2)-derived binding protein and binds to CD98hc with a KD of 200 nM or lower.
US12173033B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic fusion protein comprising a first amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a first group B Streptococcus surface protein, which is fused to a second amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a second group B Streptococcus surface protein. Each of the first and the second group B Streptococcus surface protein is selected from the group consisting of Rib protein, Alp1 protein, Alp2 protein, Alp3 protein, Alp4 protein and AlpC protein. The immunogenic fusion protein further comprises at least one amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of the group B Streptococcus surface protein Alp1, Alp2, Alp3 or Alp4. The invention further pertains to an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding the immunogenic fusion protein; a vector; a host cell; an immunogenic product, a vaccine; and a method for preventing or treating a group B Streptococcus infection.
US12173032B2
Embodiments herein report compositions, methods, uses and manufacturing procedures for rotavirus constructs and immunogenic compositions thereof. Some embodiments concern compositions that include, but are not limited to, chimeric rotaviruses of use in immunogenic compositions against rotavirus infection as well as against other pathogenic virus infection in a subject. In certain embodiments, constructs of use herein can be generated and used where a rotavirus expression system further includes one or more nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more polypeptides of another pathogen (e.g. another enteric or mucosal pathogen).
US12173026B2
The present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are PRMT5 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat cancer, sickle cell, and hereditary persistence of foetal hemoglobin (HPFH) mutations.
US12173020B2
Oxazolidinones having structures represented by structural formula I, preparation methods therefor, and pharmaceutical uses thereof, in particular an application of said compounds and salts or compositions thereof in the treatment of a bacterial infection. In the formula: R1 is a methyl group, an ethyl group, a propyl group, a cyclopropyl group, or a vinyl group; R2 is F; and R3 is F, CH3, C2H5, CF3, CHF2, CH2F, or a cyclopropyl group.
US12173018B2
Described herein are certain boron-containing compounds, compositions, preparations and their use as modulators of the transpeptidase function of bacterial penicillin-binding proteins and as antibacterial agents. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit penicillin-binding proteins. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US12173012B2
Equipotent indolocarbazole-derived analogs of staurosporine identified herein are prepared through C—H borylation chemistry. Functionality resides at C2 and C10 of the indolocarbazole aromatic region. Introducing functionality in this previously inaccessible region does not abrogate kinase activity and is shown to change the selectivity profile.
US12173009B2
This invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): where r, q, R, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R5c, R6a, R6b, R6c, R7, R8, and R9 are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of preparing the compounds of the invention are also disclosed.
US12173008B2
The present invention relates to heteroaryl heterocyclic compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, methods for preparing same, and uses thereof, wherein the variables are as defined in the description.
US12172983B2
The present disclosure provides a compound represented by structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful for treating a cancer.
US12172978B2
The present invention provides a compound having an excellent control effect against harmful arthropods, which is represented by formula (I) [wherein A1 represents CR1b etc., A2 represents CR1c etc., T represents a C1-C10 chain hydrocarbon group which is substituted with one or more halogen atoms etc., Q represents an oxygen atom etc., R1a, R1b and R1c are identical to or different from each other, and each represents a C1-C6 alkyl group etc., R2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group etc., R3 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., n is 0, 1 or 2, and q is 0, 1, 2 or 3.], as well as a composition for controlling harmful arthropod comprising the same compound, and a method for controlling harmful arthropod comprising applying the same compound.
US12172974B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.
US12172973B1
Novel arylhydrazones derivatives, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The arylhydrazones derivative compounds are useful as anti-tubercular agents.
US12172972B1
A 3-(3-bromophenyl)-5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-1.2.4-oxadiazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12172968B1
A 4-[4,4-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-1-yl]butanoic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12172955B2
The present application pertains to processes producing oxides using a weak acid intermediate. In one embodiment a material comprising calcium carbonate is reacted with a solution comprising aqueous carboxylic acid to form a gas comprising carbon dioxide and a solution comprising aqueous calcium carboxylate. The solution comprising aqueous calcium carboxylate is reacted with sodium sulfate to form a solution comprising aqueous sodium carboxylate and a solid comprising calcium sulfate. The solution comprising aqueous sodium carboxylate is reacted with sulfur dioxide to form sodium sulfite and an aqueous carboxylic acid. The sodium sulfite is separated from said aqueous carboxylic acid and reacted to form a solid comprising calcium sulfite which is decomposed to form calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide.
US12172941B2
An organic compound represented by the following formula [1] or [2]: wherein R1 to R22 independently denote a substituent selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, and a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and R5 and R6, and/or R7 and R8 may be bonded together to form a ring structure.
US12172933B2
A method is provided in which a first tape is applied to an outer surface of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC). A second tape is applied to the first tape. The second tape is heated to at least a melting temperature of the second tape. During heating, the first tape is infiltrated with a molten material from the second tape, which forms a surface layer on the CMC.
US12172932B1
A preparation method for a microwave dielectric resonator with a laminated structure is provided. The laminated structure of the microwave dielectric resonator is a three-layer structure of the top, middle, and bottom layers. A composition expression of the microwave dielectric resonator is y·ZnTi0.95Sc0.05Nb2O8-x·TiO2-y·ZnTi0.95Sc0.05Nb2O8, and a range of x is 0.03-0.05 grams, and y is (1−x)/2 grams. The microwave dielectric resonator has good temperature stability while maintaining a moderate dielectric constant and a higher quality factor Qf.
US12172931B2
A method of producing polycrystalline Y3Ba5Cu8Oy (Y-358) whereby powders of yttrium (III) oxide, a barium (II) salt, and copper (II) oxide are pelletized, calcined at 850 to 950° C. for 8 to 16 hours, ball milled under controlled conditions, pelletized again and sintered in an oxygen atmosphere at 900 to 1000° C. for up to 72 hours. The polycrystalline Y3Ba5Cu8Oy thus produced is in the form of elongated crystals having an average length of 2 to 10 μm and an average width of 1 to 2 μm, and embedded with spherical nanoparticles of yttrium deficient Y3Ba5Cu8Oy having an average diameter of 5 to 20 nm. The spherical nanoparticles are present as agglomerates having flower-like morphology with an average particles size of 30 to 60 nm. The ball milled polycrystalline Y3Ba5Cu8Oy prepared under controlled conditions shows significant enhancement of superconducting and flux pinning properties.
US12172925B2
A method of manufacturing a bonded body includes a preparation step of interposing a sealing material containing glass between a highly thermal conductive substrate and a glass substrate, and a bonding step of forming a sealing layer by irradiating the sealing material with laser light. The bonding step includes a first heating step of preheating the sealing material at a temperature lower than a softening point of the sealing material or a temperature at which the sealing material is prevented from softening and flowing by irradiation with the laser light, and a second heating step of heating, after the first heating step, the sealing material at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the sealing material or a temperature at which the sealing material softens and flows by irradiation with the laser light.
US12172924B2
A fibre structure formed from dissolvable glass fibres is provided, the dissolvable glass fibres being formed from one or more boron compounds and one or more alkali compounds. The dissolvable glass can be formed into filaments, rovings and staple fibres of varying composition, length and diameter dependent on functionality and purpose. A mixture of chemicals components are heated, melted and then drawn or extruded into dissolvable filaments, rovings and staple fibres for use in a fibre-reinforced composite part or as a preservative in the internal and surface treatment of solid wood and engineered composite panels. A water-soluble surface coating may be applied to adjust dissolution rate and facilitate binding into an air-laid nonwoven mat or incorporation into other matrices.
US12172914B2
A reflux unit and a sewage treatment system are disclosed. The reflux unit includes an input section, a treatment section and an output section which are sequentially communicated. The treatment section is configured for deoxidizing a reflux substance input by the input section. The treatment section is at least partially located above an aeration port of an aeration device or the treatment section is attached to a surface of the aeration device.
US12172909B2
A method of moderating concentration of at least highly fluorinated alkyl materials from a contaminated aqueous feed liquid containing an original composition of between 60 parts per trillion and 300 parts per billion of the at least highly fluorinated materials per liter of water into an aqueous electronic separator having at least three chambers including a feed chamber having a liquid exit port from which a mediated aqueous contaminated feed liquid exits and a liquid input port into which the contaminated aqueous feed liquid enters the feed chamber; an anodic electrode chamber filled with an aqueous anodic liquid; and a cathodic electrode chamber filled with an aqueous cathodic liquid; wherein the feed chamber is between and adjacent to the anodic electrode chamber and the cathodic electrode chamber and the feed chamber is separated from each of the anodic electrode chamber and the cathodic electrode chamber by at least one semipermeable membrane.
US12172906B2
A precursor for lithium secondary battery positive electrode active materials containing at least nickel, in which the following formula (1) is satisfied. 0.20≤Dmin/Dmax (1) (in the formula (1), Dmin is a minimum particle diameter (μm) in a cumulative particle size distribution curve obtained by measuring the precursor for lithium secondary battery positive electrode active materials with a laser diffraction-type particle size distribution measuring instrument, and Dmax is a maximum particle diameter (μm) in the cumulative particle size distribution curve obtained by the measurement with the laser diffraction-type particle size distribution measuring instrument.).
US12172905B2
The invention relates to processes for the extraction of products from titanium-bearing materials or a composition produced in a process for the production of titanium dioxide, and more particularly, although not exclusively, extracting titanium dioxide and/or one or more other products from iron making slag.
US12172904B2
Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving lime in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
US12172897B2
A pyrolysis gas reforming system is provided. The pyrolysis gas reforming system includes a pyrolysis unit configured to perform pyrolysis of waste, an oil-gas separation unit configured to separate a product generated by the pyrolysis unit into oil and gas, a pyrolysis gas purification unit configured to refine pyrolysis gas generated through the separation by the oil-gas separation unit, a pyrolysis gas reforming unit configured to generate synthesis gas by reforming the pyrolysis gas purified by the pyrolysis gas purification unit, a hydrogen gas shift reaction unit configured to convert carbon monoxide contained in the synthesis gas generated by the pyrolysis gas reforming unit into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and a hydrogen separation unit configured to separate hydrogen from the synthesis gas discharged from the hydrogen gas shift reaction unit, wherein combustion gas generated by a burner of the pyrolysis gas reforming unit and used to supply heat to the pyrolysis gas reforming unit is used to supply heat to the pyrolysis unit.
US12172892B2
The present invention relates to siloxane hydrogen carrier compounds and to a method for producing hydrogen from said siloxane hydrogen carrier compounds.
US12172890B1
Dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) is synthesized in an apparatus by the reaction of concentrated nitric acid with copper. Oxygen is applied as a carrier gas to convert NO to NO2, and water vapor is removed with a tube dryer. A molecular sieve is applied to reduce and remove impurities.
US12172883B2
A dispenser may dispense a predetermined amount of fluid from a fluid container. The dispenser may include an actuator that applies a force to a nozzle of the fluid container to open the nozzle for a period of time based. The period of time may be based on the predetermined amount of fluid. The dispenser may include a weight sensor, wherein the weight sensor detects a weight of the fluid in a fluid container. The period of time may be based on the weight of the fluid in the fluid container.
US12172880B2
Transfer star-wheel (1) of containers (100) made of thermoplastic material provided with concave closures (200), comprising: a rotary carousel (2) having a plurality of supporting stations (3) for supporting the containers (100), each supporting station (3) comprising a pocket (4) at the external circumference of the rotary carousel (2) for receiving and supporting the neck (100b) of one of the containers (100), characterized in that each supporting station (3) comprises a striking element (5) located above the corresponding pocket (4), said striking element (5) being configurable in an operative position in which it is in contact with the concave closure (200) of the container (100) supported in the corresponding pocket (4), and a neutral position in which it is spaced from the concave closure (200).
US12172873B2
A self-maintaining crane system including a bridge, a trolley, a hoist, and sensors for use within a hostile environment, such as a wastewater treatment facility, is presented. The bridge is movable along a pair of runway rails. The trolley is movable between the runway rails. The hoist with extendable-retractable cable is movable with the trolley. Bridge sensors determine whether the bridge has engaged home and end positions. Trolley sensors determine whether the trolley has engaged home and end positions. The bridge and the trolley are movable between home and end positions. Hoist sensors determine whether the cable has engaged a hoist home position and a hoist end position. The cable is extendable away from the home position and retractable toward the end position. Sensors facilitate automated movement of bridge, trolley, and cable so as to minimize functional impairment of the crane system by the hostile environment.
US12172865B2
Disclosed is an elevator system having a plurality of elevators including a first elevator and a second elevator, and a controller that controls the plurality of elevators and communicates over a network with a first device seeking elevator service at a lobby, wherein the controller: receives a first request from the first device to receive elevator service, provides the first device a first priority number, based on the first priority number and remaining elevator capacity in the plurality of elevators, effects a first assignment wherein the first elevator is assigned to service the first request.
US12172864B2
In a centering mechanism and a paper sheet handling apparatus including the centering mechanism, a centering unit conveys a paper sheet in a pinched state, and centers a position of the paper sheet in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the paper sheet by inclining with respect to the conveyance direction. In addition, the paper sheet is delivered to a downstream side conveyance unit from the centering unit in a state in which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet, and the downstream side conveyance unit conveys the paper sheet while pinching the paper sheet at pinch pressure stronger than pinch pressure at which the centering unit pinches the paper sheet.
US12172862B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking unit including a plate, a feeding unit including a roller, a holder including a detected member, a drive unit and a controller. The detected member is positioned in a first position where the detected member is not detected by a detector in a case that the feeding unit is new, and is moved from the first position to a second position where the detected member is projected so as to be detected by the detector when the new feeding unit is mounted on the holder and the roller is driven. The controller controls the drive unit to perform up-and-down operation of the plate so that the plate is set to a feedable state of the sheet in a case that the feeding unit is mounted, and determines whether or not the feeding unit is new based on a detection result of the detector.
US12172854B2
The present invention provides a dispenser of stretch wrap, comprising a main body with a first end, a second end, a first connector portion proximate to the first end, a second connector portion proximate to the second end, a first braking mechanism at the first connector portion, a second braking mechanism at the second connector portion, a tension controller terminating an end of the second connector portion, the first connector portion and second connector portion are adapted to engage two ends of an elongated core with stretch wrap film, the tension controller comprising an adjustable portion that is rotatable and in mechanical communication with a movable part located intermediate the tension controller and the second connector portion and the adjustable portion is a rotatable knob, and the movable part is a clutching mechanism connected to a shaft; characterized in that the tension controller further comprises a tension limiting mechanism.
US12172852B2
The invention relates to a handling device for presenting a flat piece to at least a first and a second treatment device in particular for presenting a plastic card substrate to a printer device and a flipping device. The handling device comprises an elongated backbone element, wherein the backbone element is rotatable along a longitudinal axis and has at least a first and a second angular position; a holding element configured to hold the flat piece relative to the backbone element; and a control unit, configured to control the angular position of the backbone element; wherein, when the backbone element is at the first angular position, the flat piece is at a first treatment position for the first treatment device, and when the backbone element is at the second angular position, the flat piece is at a second treatment position for the second treatment device.
US12172850B2
A method and system (100) for controlling transport of products (1). The products (1) are guided by at least one conveyor surface (10) through a control zone (15). A flow profile (Fm) of the products (1) in the control zone (15) is measured. The measured flow profile (Fm) is compared to one or more predetermined flow patterns (P1,P2,P3) for controlling the transport based on the comparison. Preferably, the flow profile (Fm) is measured by a sensor device (20) disposed adjacent the transported products, e.g. using LIDAR.
US12172846B2
Described herein are systems and methods for storing items in storage facilities. The method can include receiving, by a computing system, a request to identify a destination location for a storage item, identifying a set of available storage locations from among a plurality of storage locations, and determining a score for each respective storage location of the set of available storage locations based on multiple sub-scores specific to the respective storage location, to generate a set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations. The method also includes selecting a selected storage location from among the available storage locations based on the selected storage location having a most favorable score from among the set of scores corresponding to the set of available storage locations, and providing instructions to cause a mechanical moving system to route the storage item to the selected storage location.
US12172842B2
A carrier basket support and stabilizing system having cars configured to travel along a pathway, at least some support groups including three of the cars, and each support group of three of the cars includes a lead, center, and trailing car, and a carrier basket support is connected to the center car. The carrier basket support includes a center plate and a support post connected to the center car and first and second wing plates located on opposite sides of and pivotally connected to the center plate. The lead and trailing cars slidably support the respective wing plates there-against as the cars pivot while moving along the pathway. A carrier basket is pivotally connected to the support post and has rollers configured for rolling contact with the center, first, and/or the second wing plates, depending on an orientation of the carrier basket support.
US12172840B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose an axle lock assembly comprising a first plate with a first aperture, a second plate with a second aperture, a shaft, wherein the shaft is inserted through the first aperture and the second aperture and a bush. When the bushing is in contact with the first plate and the second plate, the bush creates a lateral force to move the first plate and the second plate in opposite directions to secure the shaft.
US12172833B2
A system may include a vehicle for delivering items and a moveable track that cooperates with the vehicle. The moveable track may cooperate with a storage system having storage locations for storing items. The vehicle may drive into the moveable track and lift the track using a vertical drive mechanism. The vehicle may include a horizontal drive system operable to drive the vehicle horizontally along the ground to carry the moveable track to a position adjacent the storage location. The vehicle may operate the vertical drive system to drop the moveable track adjacent the storage system. Additionally, the vehicle may operate the vertical drive to drive up the moveable track to an elevated position adjacent one of the storage locations in the storage system. The vehicle may include a transfer mechanism for transferring items between the vehicle and the storage location while the vehicle is in the elevated position.
US12172832B2
A storage system and a load handling device for lifting and moving containers stacked in the storage system are described. The storage system includes a plurality of rails or tracks arranged in a grid pattern above the stacks of containers. The grid pattern can include a plurality of grid spaces and each stack is located within a footprint of only a single grid space. The load handling device is configured to move laterally on the rails or tracks above the stacks. The load-handling device includes a container-receiving space located above the rails or tracks in use and a lifting device arranged to lift a container from a stack into the container-receiving space. The load handling device has a footprint that, in use, occupies only a single grid space in the storage system.
US12172823B2
A liquid filling container includes: a resin container main body having an opening in an upper portion; a moisture-permeable waterproof sheet covering the opening; and a liquefying agent or a liquid filled in the resin container main body, and is configured such that a maximum thickness of the resin container main body is 400 μm or less, and when a direction along a longitudinal direction of the opening of the moisture-permeable waterproof sheet is defined as a sheet longitudinal direction LD, and a direction along a lateral direction of the opening of the moisture-permeable waterproof sheet is defined as a sheet lateral direction SD, a tensile breaking strength in the sheet longitudinal direction LD and the sheet lateral direction SD is 40 (N/25 mm) or more, and a tensile elongation at break in the sheet lateral direction SD is 60% or more.
US12172821B1
A vacuum airtight container, including a container, a cover, an elastic outlet unit, a control unit, and an exhaust unit. The container has a storage space. The cover is covered and sleeved on the top of the container; wherein the cover has a control groove and an exhaust groove, the control groove has a through hole and the exhaust groove has an exhaust hole, the through hole and the exhaust hole are communicated with the storage space correspondingly. The control unit has a control member movably arranged at the control groove of the cover. The exhaust unit has an exhaust member disposed on the exhaust groove of the cover. When the exhaust member is pulled upwards, the air in the storage space is discharged out of the container through the exhaust hole, so that the storage space of the container forms an approximate vacuum state.
US12172820B2
An insulating shipping container includes an exterior box formed of paper defining a cavity and an interior box formed of paper and positioned within said cavity. The interior box defines a product cavity. A compressed mass of compostable insulating plant material is received in the cavity and around the interior box and covered by a collar.
US12172818B2
The present invention describes a pallet container (10) for storing and transporting fluid or flowable filling materials, having a thin-walled, rigid plastics inner container (12) made from thermoplastic plastics material, having a tubular grid frame (14) which tightly surrounds the plastics inner container (12) as a supporting covering and which comprises horizontal and vertical tubular rods (18, 20) which are welded to each other, and having a base pallet (16) on which the plastics inner container (12) is positioned and to which the tubular grid frame (14) is securely connected, wherein at least two rod-shaped transverse cross-members (22) are provided above the plastics inner container (12) and are fixed with the two ends thereof via a screw connection to two mutually opposite side walls in the upper region of the tubular grid frame (14). In order to configure the handling of such pallet containers (10) with manual gripping in the upper region of the tubular grid frame (14) in a safer manner and to prevent possible risks of injuries, there is provision according to the invention for the screw connections of the transverse cross-members (22) to be constructed in a completely covered manner.
US12172814B2
A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels at least partially extending around an interior space of the carrier, at least one curved corner, and at least one curved divider flap. The plurality of panels includes a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, and at least one bottom panel. The at least one curved divider flap extends from the at least one central panel to one of the front panel and the back panel in the interior space of the carrier.
US12172812B2
A food packaging barrier film and a method for producing the same are provided. The method includes providing a base film, depositing an inorganic laminated film on a surface of the base film, and coating a barrier coating solution on the inorganic laminated film and then curing the barrier coating solution to form a barrier coating layer. The inorganic laminated film includes at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and a second inorganic material deposition layer stacked upon each other, and the at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and the second inorganic material deposition layer are formed in a same vacuum deposition process and in a vacuum condition. The at least one first inorganic material deposition layer and the second inorganic material deposition layer are respectively formed by different inorganic metal oxides in the same vacuum depositing process.
US12172806B2
A box can include a box top including a first panel and a locking tab separably joined to the first panel, the locking tab comprising first and second tab subpanels; and a box bottom including a second panel defining a locking opening, a lateral width of the locking tab at an ear thereof being greater than—and at a neck thereof being less than—a lateral width of the locking opening, the locking opening sized to receive and capture the locking tab, the locking tab configured to engage an edge of the locking opening and thereby configured to prevent movement of the locking tab with respect to the locking opening in an opening direction of the locking tab; wherein engaged portions of the locking tab and the locking opening are hidden to an observer outside of the box when the box is in an assembled position.
US12172793B2
An order fulfillment system is described that includes a carton and a mover configured to carry the carton throughout the system. The carton is a preformed, five-sided container with flanges extending outwardly from edges thereof. The mover includes a depression in a top surface thereof that nestably receives the carton therein. The mover may include a vacuum system to aid retention of the carton therein. The mover and carton may include indicia to enable identification and tracking thereof throughout the fulfillment process. A lidding process applies a lid that is adhered to the flanges of the carton and includes identifying indicia thereon. The system provides identification and verification of items placed in the carton and can be easily integrated into existing manual and automated fulfillment systems. A manual system allows a user to manually pick and load cartons and attach a carton lid via an adhesive.
US12172792B2
In one general aspect, a method for filling multiple containers with a pharmaceutical product is disclosed, which comprises decontaminating sealed nested materials in a transfer chamber, removing from the sealed nested materials one or both of a container nest holding the multiple containers and a closure nest holding multiple closures, transferring from the transfer chamber to a controlled environment enclosure the removed nest, aseptically filling the containers with the pharmaceutical product, and closing the containers with the multiple closures. The nests are configured to allow multiple closures and containers to be simultaneously aligned concentrically, and closed simultaneously. Spring-loaded retaining structures on the closure nest allow it to releasably retain multiple closures above the corresponding multiple containers. In some embodiments the spring-loaded features are monolithically integrated with the closure nest. The product may be lyophilized in partially sealed containers while the sealing closures are releasably retained by the closure nest.
US12172788B2
A packer machine for producing pouches containing portions of a loose product having: a frame; a conveyor device configured to move two bands of wrapping material along two parallel packing paths; a wrapping station arranged along each packing path at which the corresponding band is wrapped to form a tubular wrap; a longitudinal sealing unit with at least two sealing elements; a feeding device with two feeding ducts around each of which a band is bent to form the corresponding tubular wrap, each being configured to feed, one after the other, the loose product into the corresponding tubular wrap; two movable assemblies, each being mounted on the frame to move along a pressing direction independently of the other movable assembly and supports one single corresponding sealing element; and two actuator devices, each of which applies an elastic force to a corresponding movable assembly independently of the other actuator device.
US12172787B2
A method of fulfilling an order comprising at least one product is provided. The method includes receiving an order comprising at least one product, determining a suitable case from a plurality of available cases for holding the at least one product, said determining being a function of one or more characteristics of each product of the at least one product and one or more characteristics of the plurality of available cases; forwarding information identifying the suitable case to a case former; providing a case blank corresponding to said suitable case to said case former; erecting a suitable case from said case blank corresponding to said suitable case with said case former; and prior to the loading said suitable case with said at least one product, labelling said suitable case with at least one label.
US12172785B2
A shielding bag gripping apparatus includes a first suction part extending in a first direction, a second suction part extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first suction part in a second direction crossing the first direction, a first compression part below the first suction part, and a second compression part below the second suction part. The first suction part may include a first suction surface having a normal line parallel to the second direction, a first suction hole exposed by the first suction surface and a first placement hole vertically penetrating the first suction part, and the second suction part may include a second suction surface facing the first suction surface and a second suction hole exposed by the second suction surface.
US12172779B2
A method, apparatus and program product perform automatic load profiling to optimize a wrapping operation performed with a stretch wrapping machine. Automatic load profiling may be performed, for example, to determine a density parameter for a load that is indicative of load stability such that one or more control parameters may be configured for a wrapping operation based upon the density parameter. Automatic load profiling may also be performed, for example, to detect a load with a nonstandard top layer, e.g., a load with a top or slip sheet, a load with an easily deformable top layer, a load with a ragged top surface topography and/or a load with an inboard portion, such that a top layer containment operation may be activated during wrapping to optimize containment for the load.
US12172777B2
Resilient unmanned aerial vehicle landing platforms are disclosed herein. An example device includes a base plate having protuberances that are arranged into rows of concentric rings, each of the protuberances being a conical member that extends orthogonally from the base plate, wherein each of the protuberances is resilient and are adapted to arrest and protect the drone during landing.
US12172776B2
A drone system that includes a drone and a movable body which is movable with loading the drone and where the drone can take off and land, cooperate to operate and that is able to maintain a high level of safety even during autonomous flight, is provided. The drone has a flight controller controlling a flight of the drone, and a drone transmitter transmitting an information possible to distinguish whether the drone is in flight. The movable body has a take-off and landing area where the drone is loaded, takes off and lands, a movement controller loading the drone on the take-off and landing area and moving the movable body with the drone, a movable body receiver receiving an information from the drone, and a display unit.
US12172771B2
An onboard oxygen generation system for an aircraft is operatively connected to an oxygen tank of an oxygen supply system for the aircraft. The oxygen generation system includes an oxygen generator, a water source connected to the oxygen generator, and a power source connected to the oxygen generator. Oxygen produced by the oxygen generator from the water is supplied to the oxygen tank. Hydrogen gas produced by the oxygen generator can be combined with air to form water vapor and either discharged overboard the aircraft through a discharge vent or used to supply water to the water source.
US12172766B2
An aircraft engine cowling comprises a first cowling portion and a second cowling portion moveable relative to each other. A cowling latch secures the first cowling portion and the second cowling portion in a closed position. The aircraft engine cowling further comprises a deflection limiter band and a deflection limiter latch moveable between an engaged state and a disengaged state for the deflection limiter band. An interlock mechanism prevents disengagement of the cowling latch while the deflection limiter latch is in the engaged state. The interlock mechanism includes a lock element moveable between a first position that prevents disengagement of the cowling latch and a second position that enables disengagement of the cowling latch. The interlock mechanism also includes an indicator paddle movable to contact the deflection limiter latch. A linkage assembly coordinates movement of the lock element with movement of the indicator paddle.
US12172764B2
A structure for an aircraft is disclosed including comprising at least one node which having first and second plates which are pressed against two opposite faces of a first reinforcement, and to which upstream and downstream reinforcements positioned on either side of the first reinforcement are connected. A connection system connecting the first and second plates is disclosed including at least one boss projecting from a surface of one of the plates pressed against the first reinforcement, for each boss, a housing recessed relative to a surface of the other plate pressed against the first reinforcement, configured to house the boss, and at least one fastening element, passing through the first reinforcement, connecting the first and second plates and spaced apart from the boss.
US12172754B2
A locking assembly of a lavatory door in an aircraft, comprising: a locking mechanism; and an occupancy indicator. The occupancy indicator is configured with a display that enables viewing of a status of the lavatory of availability or is occupancy. The position of the locking mechanism and occupancy indicator has been changed from a higher location on the lavatory door that approximates a line-of-sight from a standing position at the lavatory door to a lower location that approximates the line-of-sight from a seated position at the lavatory door. The display of the occupancy indicator is configured with a plurality of display angles to display the status comprising at least a first display angle to allow viewing from the line-of-sight in the standing position and at a second display angle to allow viewing from the line-of-sight in a seated lower position at the lavatory door.
US12172748B2
An aircraft system for an aircraft is disclosed having a controller that is configured, during a take-off procedure, to initiate, prior to receiving a command to retract a landing gear, automatic opening of a landing gear bay door associated with the landing gear from a closed position towards an open position, on the basis of a determination, made when a speed of the aircraft is determined by the controller to be equal to or greater than a first threshold speed, that a one engine inoperative condition is met.
US12172743B2
An intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system is disclosed including a ground station and one or more aerial vehicles. The aerial vehicles are autonomous systems capable of communicating intelligence data to the ground station and be used as part of a missile delivery package. A plurality of aerial vehicles can be configured to cast a wide net of reconnaissance over a large area on the ground including smaller overlapping reconnaissance areas provided by each of the plurality of the aerial vehicles.
US12172738B2
A garment to repel underwater aquatic creatures. A first component for generating a control signal and a second component for receiving the control signal and transmitting an electromagnetic signal responsive thereto, an electromagnetic field created by the electromagnetic signal radiating from the second component into an aquatic area surrounding the garment. A water sensor disposed on the garment for activating the first and second components to transmit the electromagnet signal when the water sensor senses presence of water.
US12172725B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for controlling a lock of a subject. The system may obtain an instruction for locking the subject. The system may obtain a status of the subject. The system may control the lock of the subject based on the instruction and the status of the subject. In response to a determination that the subject is in a motion status, the system may repeatedly update the status of the subject until an updated status of the subject is a static status. The system may lock the subject by controlling the lock of the subject based on the instruction and the static status of the subject.
US12172723B2
A four-wheel independent steering system and a method of controlling the four-wheel independent steering system. The four-wheel independent steering system includes a front/rear-wheel-angle-ratio calculation unit to calculate a ratio Kss between front and rear wheel angles that allows a body slip angle to converge to ‘0’ and allows a yaw angle and a yaw rate to maintain target values, and a control unit to perform four-wheel steering control based on the ratio Kss between the front and rear wheel angles.
US12172722B2
A high density horsepower (HP) mobile pump system may include an elongated unibody frame having a frame cavity, a front end, a rear end, an elongated roof panel, a front panel, a rear panel, an elongated floor assembly having an upper side and a lower side, an elongated first side panel, and an elongated second side panel. An under carriage structural lattice arrangement may be coupled to the lower side of the floor assembly from the midpoint and extending towards the front end. The under carriage structural lattice arrangement may include a first elongated lattice and a second elongated lattice. At least one wheel and tire assembly may be coupled to the elongated unibody frame. A reciprocating engine may be coupled to the upper side of the elongated floor assembly. A transmission assembly may be coupled to the reciprocating engine, and a pump may be coupled to the transmission assembly.
US12172717B1
An apparatus for releasing a magnetic crawler from a ferromagnetic operating surface has a ramp fabricated from lightweight non-magnetic materials. The ramp includes a base portion, inclined upper portion for receiving a magnetic crawler, a front end and a rear end. Ferromagnetic members are positioned on the top surface of the upper portion and configured to be magnetically attached to the tracks or wheels of a magnetic crawler. Magnets are positioned on the bottom portion and configured to be magnetically attached to a ferromagnetic operating surface upon which the magnetic crawler operates. In some embodiments, the lightweight non-magnetic materials are highly buoyant.
US12172715B2
The present invention relates to a link seal of a crawler track, and a method of manufacturing the same. During the manufacturing of the link seal, a shape restoration part is formed integrally on the link seal body in order to enhance the restorative force partially or entirely and without needing additional ring-shaped shape restoration member, so the link seal of a crawler track does not need assembly work of the link seal, has a simple structure, can maintain the restorative force of the link seal for a long time without elongation of the ring-shaped shape restoration member, and remarkably reduce manufacturing costs of the link seal.
US12172714B2
The invention relates to a driverless transport vehicle for moving a semi-trailer. The driverless transport vehicle comprises a base body and a telescopic arm protruding from the base body, said telescopic arm comprising a surroundings detection device on one end facing away from the base body. The invention also relates to a method for moving a semi-trailer using a driverless transport vehicle.
US12172711B2
A secondary steering pump system may include a secondary steering pump, a bypass valve having a first bypass position configured for placing the secondary steering pump in fluid communication with a hydraulic tank and a second use/testing position configured for placing the secondary steering pump in fluid communication with a steering control circuit. The system may also include a solenoid valve configured for actuation by a solenoid and for selectively actuating the bypass valve from the first position to the second position. The system may also include a pressure sensor configured for sensing pressure in the system.
US12172705B2
Provided is a storage system for a split-configuration tailgate. The storage system includes a deployable storage box for placement on one of the first and second doors. In some aspects, the deployable storage box includes a mounting system that permits the storage box to be removed from the split-configuration tailgate.
US12172704B2
A serving robot apparatus is disclosed. The serving robot apparatus includes a main body; a shelf horizontally supported by the main body; a first driving device configured to move the main body; a display comprising a front surface to display an image and a rear surface disposed to face a side surface of the main body; a link member comprising one end connected to the main body and other end connected to a rear surface of the display; and a second driving device configured to move the link member so that the display moves along the side surface of the main body.
US12172703B2
A body frame joint and a vehicle having the same are provided. The body frame joint includes: a first sub-joint; and a second sub-joint. The first sub-joint and the second sub-joint are adapted to be mounted to a body frame. A transverse beam connection groove and a longitudinal beam connection groove are defined by engaging the first sub-joint and the second sub-joint. The transverse beam connection groove is adapted to accommodate a transverse beam of the body frame, and the longitudinal beam connection groove is adapted to accommodate a longitudinal beam of the body frame.
US12172695B2
A catalytic converter guard for protecting a catalytic converter on a motor vehicle. The catalytic converter guard can include a set of mounting flanges, an input guard plate, an output guard plate, and a bottom plate coupled to the set of mounting flanges and the input and output guard plates. The set of mounting flanges can be configured to be coupled to a set of frame rails of a motor vehicle. The input guard plate can be configured to be positioned adjacent an input of at least one catalytic converter and can include at least one cutout shaped to permit at least one input exhaust pipe to pass therethrough. The output guard plate can be configured to be positioned adjacent an output of the at least one catalytic converter and can include at least one cutout shaped to permit at least one output exhaust pipe to pass therethrough.
US12172689B2
A cart may include: a carriage; a wheel supported by the carriage and touching ground; a holding member rotatably supported by the carriage about a steering axis and rotatably supporting the wheel about a rotation axis; a steering handle to be gripped by a user; an input sensor configured to detect an operation on the steering handle by the user; a steering motor configured to be actuated in response to the operation by the user detected by the input sensor; and a transmission mechanism connecting the steering motor and the holding member and configured to rotate the holding member about the steering axis in response to actuation of the steering motor. The steering handle and the transmission mechanism may be mechanically separated, and the transmission mechanism may include a torque limiter interposed between the steering motor and the holding member.
US12172688B2
A system and a related method are for managing the movement of a vehicle travelling along a transport network and powered by a power line which is segmented into a plurality of power feeding segments. At least one power feeding controller is configured at least to control switching ON/OFF a predetermined number of power feeding segments. An on-board control system is installed on board of said vehicle. At least one trackside control system is operatively connected to the on-board control system and the at least one power feeding controller.
US12172683B2
The disclosure discloses a system for controlling a multi-point synchronous braking of a monorail hoist and a utilization method thereof. The system comprises a contact detection unit, a common end roller unit, a hydraulic unit, a synchronous control unit and connection cables. The contact detection unit is installed on a brake shoe of a monorail hoist. The common end roller unit is installed on a travelling track and connected with a frame of the monorail hoist. The contact detection unit includes a tube in connection with the brake shoe. A metal probe corresponding to the travelling track is arranged inside the tube. A circular boss is formed on the metal probe. A limiting bolt corresponding to the circular boss is formed on an inner side wall of the tube. The metal probe is contactable with the travelling track or the limiting bolt when the brake shoe brakes.
US12172682B2
A railway wagon for semitrailers and the like may include a first bogie, a second bogie, and a carrying section therebetween. An elongated channel configured to receive conduits for air, hydraulics and/or electronics may extend between the two bogies. The media channel may be lowered in a mechanical way when the carrying section is turned out to a loading/unloading position.
US12172675B2
A method for mitigating an adversarial attack includes receiving input data. The input data includes sensor data from a plurality of sensors and map data. The method further includes monitoring, in real time, an environment around an autonomous vehicle to identify a region that is possibly subject to an adversarial attack and determining a probability of the adversarial attack in the region. The method further includes determining whether the probability of the adversarial attack in the region that is possibly subject to the adversarial attack is greater than a predetermined threshold and, in response, planning a motion of the autonomous vehicle by taking into account the adversarial attack to generate a planned motion. The method further includes controlling a host vehicle to move in accordance with the planned motion.
US12172673B2
System and methods are provided for implementing friction circle safety controls in a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle. A system can apply a friction circle analysis during the vehicle's operation, in order to perform a safety-based evaluation of maneuvers that impact the dynamic relationship between a vehicle's tires and a road surface. The system also establishes a link between the vehicle's lateral controls (e.g., steering wheel) and the vehicle's longitudinal controls (e.g., brake and throttle pedals), such that a frictional force of the tires against the road's surface, does not does not exceed a traction limit (e.g., limit of a tire's grip on the road surface) for the particular vehicle. For example, friction circle safety controls can automatically provide feedback and/or automatic driving actions to adjust a relationship between the steering wheel and brake/throttle pedals of the vehicle to maintain operation of the vehicle within the friction circle.
US12172671B2
A vehicle navigation apparatus includes a vehicle navigation unit and a route guidance control unit. The vehicle navigation unit includes a route setting unit and a navigation control unit. The route setting unit sets a route to a destination point on the basis of information on a position of a vehicle, information on a destination point, and first map information stored in a storage. The navigation control unit performs guidance on the route and controls the form of displaying the route on a display. The route guidance control unit includes at least one processor determining the driving entity of a vehicle. In a case where the at least one processor determines that the driving entity of the vehicle is the vehicle itself and the vehicle deviates from the route, the at least one processor stops the guidance until the vehicle reaches a next waypoint of the route.
US12172662B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle. The apparatus includes a camera that obtains a surrounding image of the vehicle, a sensor that detects a surrounding object of the vehicle, and a controller that determines a conversion image from among the surrounding images based on one of a parking area when the vehicle is parked, a location of the surrounding object of the vehicle or a moving trajectory of the vehicle, and switches an output screen to the conversion image. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the convenience of a driver by actively switching a camera view to obtain information required for parking and providing it to the driver.
US12172653B1
A system receives vehicle metric data from a gateway device connected to a vehicle. The vehicle gateway device gathers data related to operation of the vehicle and/or location data. The system receives data from multiple vehicles and multiple fleets. The system uses machine learning to identify cohorts for fleets. The system calculates metrics for fleets and benchmarks for the cohorts. The system presents the metrics and benchmarks in a graphical user interface.
US12172650B2
Implementations described herein relate to generating candidate suggestion(s) that are personalized to a given user locally at an in-vehicle computing device of a vehicle of the given user. For example, implementations can identify an occurrence of a given suggestion state, generate the candidate suggestion(s) that are personalized to the user for the given suggestion state, store the candidate suggestion(s) in on-device storage of the in-vehicle computing device in association with the given suggestion state, and cause a given one of the candidate suggestion(s) to be provided for presentation to the given user. Accordingly, upon a subsequent occurrence of the given suggestion state, implementations can obtain the candidate suggestion(s) stored in association with the given suggestion state, and cause the given one of the candidate suggestion(s), or an additional one of the candidate suggestion(s), to be provided for presentation to the given user.
US12172643B2
A method of controlling regenerative braking of a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes controlling, by a controller, a hybrid vehicle to start a braking operation in response to a brake pedal operation signal, and, after the braking operation of the hybrid vehicle is started, controlling, by the controller, a second motor that is connected to an output shaft of a transmission of the hybrid vehicle to perform regenerative braking.
US12172639B2
A system and method of inducing and controlling coasting of a vehicle are able to prevent unnecessary acceleration and deceleration, improve fuel efficiency, and prevent a safety accident of a driver and pedestrians by dividing a preset distance from a vehicle to a signal lamp into four or more sections on the basis of road signal information, etc., and by performing deceleration induction, deceleration control, acceleration induction, coasting induction, creep torque control in coasting, etc. for sections, respectively, based on information of a vehicle speed, a signal lamp, etc.
US12172638B2
Provided are systems and methods for controlling a vehicle based on a map that designed using a factor graph. Because the map is designed using a factor graph, positions of the road can be modified in real-time while operating the vehicle. In one example, the method may include storing a map which is associated with a factor graph of variable nodes representing a plurality of constraints that define positions of lane lines in a road and factor nodes between the variable nodes on the factor graph which define positioning constraints amongst the variable nodes, receiving an indication from the road using a sensor of a vehicle, updating positions of the variable nodes based on the indication and an estimated location of the vehicle within the map, and issue commands capable of controlling a steering operation of the vehicle based on the updated positions of the factor nodes.
US12172635B2
An apparatus for forward collision avoidance assist-junction turning of a vehicle includes a sensor for acquiring at least one of a steering angle, a steering angle speed, or a yaw rate of a vehicle, or a size, a position, or a speed of an opposite target. A traveling path area for a left-turn or a right-turn is calculated by a controller based on the steering angle or the yaw rate of the vehicle. The traveling path area is then corrected by the controller based on at least a portion of the steering angle, the steering angle speed, or the yaw rate of the vehicle, or the size, the position, and the speed of the opposite target. A warning against the collision between the vehicle and the opposite target and a control operation to prevent the collision are performed based on the corrected traveling path area.
US12172633B2
A parking system including a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs), a bay, and a controller. The controller is configured to send instruction to an AGV to move into the bay to receive a target vehicle in response to receiving a parking reservation from a user device, send instruction to the AGV to navigate the target vehicle to a target parking space, and send instruction to at least a subset of the AGVs to rearrange the target vehicle based on a pick up time indicated in the parking reservation.
US12172630B2
A method includes calculating, at a data processing hardware, a relative angle between a tow vehicle and a trailer attached to the tow vehicle. An absolute angle of the tow vehicle is determined at the data processing hardware. An absolute angle of the trailer based on the relative angle and the absolute angle of the tow vehicle is calculated at the data processing hardware. A dimension of the trailer is determined at the data processing hardware. A trailer leveling adjustment based on the absolute angle of the trailer and the dimension of the trailer is calculated at the data processing hardware.
US12172626B2
A control device executes: controlling a voltage in a d-axis direction and a voltage in a q-axis direction applied to a rotating electric machine driven by an electric power supplied from an inverter, to which a magnetic pole position detector for detecting a magnetic pole position of the rotor is attached, and which includes a stator for generating a magnetic field using a winding; acquiring q-axis current data indicating a component in the q-axis direction of a current flowing through the rotating electric machine when a component in the d-axis direction of the voltage applied to the rotating electric machine is equal to or less than a predetermined voltage; and determining, based on the q-axis current data, a correction amount of the magnetic pole position satisfying a condition that a current indicated by the q-axis current data is equal to or less than a predetermined current and correcting the magnetic pole position based on the correction amount.
US12172624B2
A method of controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine connected to main drive wheels via a transmission and a motor connected to auxiliary drive wheels includes setting a drive mode, controlling an input torque of the transmission in response to an extent of depression of an accelerator pedal (APS) according to the drive mode, performing distribution of drive power to the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels and variable shift-pattern control based on a result of a comparison between an amount of slip of the main drive wheels and the amount of slip of the auxiliary drive wheels, and determining whether to perform variable shift-time control in consideration of a type of the variable shift-pattern control or a number of revolutions per minute (RPM) of the engine at beginning of a shift.
US12172620B2
A brake device to be applied to a vehicle includes a housing, a piston, and a seal member. The housing has a first end that is closed. The housing includes a supply port configured to communicate with a reservoir tank. The piston has an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface and a through-hole extending from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface. The piston is configured to generate a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic chamber in the housing by moving toward a side of the first end inside the housing. The seal member is provided around the piston in a circumferential direction on the side of the first end with respect to the through-hole. The seal member is configured to seal between an inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the piston.
US12172617B2
Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including an electronic parking brake provided to provide a clamping force necessary for parking a vehicle by a motor, a warning unit provided to warn a failure of the electronic parking brake, a current sensor provided to detect a current of the motor, and a controller electrically connected to the current sensor, wherein the controller determines whether a clamping force is generated depending on the motor current in a parking operation, counts a clamping force non-generation time when the clamping force is not generated, and warns a suspected failure of the electronic parking brake through the warning unit when the clamping force non-generation time elapses a preliminary failure detection time set shorter than a failure detection time of the electronic parking brake.
US12172612B2
An axle assembly having a differential assembly, a drive pinion, and a differential brake. The differential assembly may be rotatable about a differential axis. The drive pinion may mesh with a ring gear of the differential assembly. The differential brake may be operable to apply a brake torque to inhibit rotation of the differential assembly.
US12172606B2
A first pivot shaft 2a and a second pivot shaft 2b linked with wiper arms; a driving part, rotationally driving the first pivot shaft; a linking part, linked with the second pivot shaft and the driving part, and rotationally driving the two pivot shafts synchronously; and a first holding member 12a and a second holding member 12b for fixing the respective pivot shafts to a vehicle body are provided. The second holding member 12b includes: a body part 20, rotatably supporting the second pivot shaft 2b; and three support parts 21, 22, 23, protruding from the body part 20. The first support part 22 and the third support part 23 in the three support parts 21, 22, 23 include fixed parts 30 fixed via bolts 105 and engagement pins 38 provided in the fixed parts 30 and engaged with the vehicle body.
US12172596B2
An airbag that includes a center chamber extending in a width direction of the vehicle in the vicinity of a lower edge of a windshield, and side chambers extending upward from both left and right end sections of the center chamber at least along an A-pillar, and is configured such that gas supplied from the inflator flows from the center chamber to the side chamber, a folded section is formed at which the side chamber is folded back toward the center chamber to be overlapped in a stowed state of the airbag, a pair of left and right partition panels for partitioning the center chamber and the side chambers are provided in the vicinity of the folded sections, and each of the pair of partition panels is provided with a check valve that prevents backflow of gas from the side chamber to the center chamber.
US12172587B2
A heat shield sheet stacked at an upper surface of an upper plate of a vehicle includes a low emissivity coating layer having a white color, a base sheet on which the low emissivity coating layer is stacked, and a colored infrared transparent layer that is stacked on a solar radiation side of the low emissivity coating layer and transmits infrared rays. Since the low emissivity coating layer is a white color, the reflectance of sunlight is high. Therefore, the solar heat can be reflected efficiently by the low emissivity coating layer.
US12172578B2
A system for warning that a slope is too steep for securely parking a machine includes: at least one inclinometer configured to be disposed on the machine, the machine being disposed on the slope and to measure a pitch of the machine; a controller that includes a processor and is configured to be operatively connected to the at least one inclinometer and to determine, using the pitch, if the machine cannot park securely; and a warning generator configured to be operatively connected to the controller and to alert at least an operator of the machine that the machine cannot park securely when the controller so determines.
US12172576B2
An identification apparatus for an equipped vehicle includes a camera configured to capture image data in a field of view directed to an exterior region proximate to the equipped vehicle and a controller in communication with the camera. The controller identifies an object in the image data and identifies a proportion of the object in response to pixels representing the object in the image data. The controller then communicates a notification indicating a trailing vehicle in response to the object approaching the camera in excess of a threshold.
US12172569B2
The invention relates to a suspension assembly (10, 10a, 10b) for supporting a vibration sensitive device (1) in relation to a base (100). The suspension assembly (10, 10a, 10b) comprises: a support arrangement (20) comprising a support plate (21) and a damping support member (22). The support member (22) is configured to receive the vibration sensitive device (1) and the support plate (21) comprises a centre portion (23) and at least two side portions (24) extending with an inclination angle (α) outwardly from the centre portion (23), a base arrangement (30) comprising at least two inclined portions (34) extending essentially in parallel with the at least two side portions (24) of the support plate (21); and at least two wire rope isolators (40), each arranged between a side portion (24) of the support plate (21) and an inclined portion (34) of the base arrangement (30). The invention also relates to a suspension system (80), a vehicle (101), a use of such a suspension assembly (10, 10a, 10b) for supporting a weapon and damping vibrations during transportation.
US12172562B2
An armrest assembly for a seat in a modified OEM vehicle. The armrest assembly includes an armrest support having a grommet and a detent pin, wherein the grommet includes a grommet aperture. An armrest includes an armrest aperture and a pin aperture; wherein the armrest aperture is configured to receive the grommet and the pin aperture is configured to receive the detent pin. A quick release connector extends through the grommet aperture and the armrest aperture, wherein the quick release connector includes an actuator to release the armrest from the armrest support. Engagement of the detent pin with the pin aperture prevents rotation of the armrest with respect to the armrest support.
US12172550B2
Provided are a haptic feedback control method, a haptic feedback control device, and a storage medium. The haptic feedback control method includes: controlling a display screen to display an adjustment information page having a touch adjustment button and a three-dimensional (3D) model of a vehicle seat upon receiving an instruction to display the page on the display screen, where the display screen has a vibration sensor; and receiving a touch instruction, on the touch adjustment button, from a user, adjusting a posture of the vehicle seat through the touch adjustment button, controlling the vibration sensor to perform haptics at a position of the touch adjustment button, and controlling the display screen to synchronously display a posture of the 3D model of the vehicle seat that is the same as that of the vehicle seat.
US12172548B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles, and provides a vehicle and an energy conversion device and a control method therefor. The energy conversion device includes a motor controller, a bus capacitor, a first switch module, a motor, and a second switch module. By controlling the first switch module and the second switch module to be turned on/off, a motor driving circuit can be formed by a battery pack, the first switch module, the bus capacitor, the motor controller, and the motor, and a charging and discharging circuit can be formed by the battery pack, the second switch module, the motor, the motor controller, and the bus capacitor.
US12172541B2
Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems for community users are provided. A server receives a charging request via a network from a charging station or a mobile device, wherein the charging request includes at least a user identification code and a charging station identification code. A specific household in a community is retrieved from a database according to the user identification code. The server instructs the charging station to perform a charging operation through the network, and continuously obtains charging status information from the charging station, wherein the charging status information includes at least a charging time or a charging power. When the server receives a charging end signal from the charging station, a charging fee is calculated based on the charging status information, and generates bill information for the specific household information in the community based on the charging fee.
US12172529B2
A system comprises an acceleration information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating an acceleration of a vehicle; a shaft output information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a shaft output of a rotating electrical machine; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a position of the vehicle; and a determination unit configured to determine a state of a road on which the vehicle has run, based on the acceleration of the vehicle, the shaft output, and the position of the vehicle. A method comprises acquiring information indicating an acceleration of a vehicle; acquiring information indicating a shaft output of a rotating electrical machine; acquiring information indicating a position of the vehicle; and determining a state of a road on which the vehicle has run, based on the acceleration of the vehicle, the shaft output, and the position of the vehicle.
US12172528B2
A method for controlling braking and/or traction of a vehicle is provided. The methods includes determining by the vehicle control unit a desired slip value based on vehicle state parameters, the desired slip value being communicated to the braking control unit and to the traction control unit, measuring or estimating a slip measure or estimation from wheel parameters collected on the at least wheel tire by the sensor, the slip measure or estimation being communicated to the braking control unit and/or to the traction control unit controlling a wheel slip by the braking control unit and by the traction control unit, based on the desired slip value and the slip measure or estimation.
US12172525B1
An electrified powertrain that generates and transfers drive torque to a driveline of a hybrid vehicle includes first and second electric motors, an internal combustion engine (ICE), a first, second and third planetary gear set, and multiple clutches. The first planetary gear set is selectively coupled for rotation with the second electric motor, the first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first carrier and a first ring gear, wherein the first carrier is coupled to the driveline. The second planetary gear set is selectively coupled for rotation with the second electric motor output, the second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second carrier and a second ring gear. An input split device comprises the third planetary gear set that is selectively coupled for rotation with one of the first electric motor and the ICE.
US12172519B2
A vehicle includes a primary axle powered by an actuator and a secondary axle powered by a motor and including a wheel and a clutch selectively coupling the wheel to the motor via mating components. A controller is electrically connected to the clutch and the motor. The controller is programmed to, in response to an engagement of the clutch being unsuccessful within a first duration of time, command a series of speeds to the motor based on wheel speed and an alternating offset that changes between positive and negative signs at predefined periods so that relative speeds between the mating components oscillate due to the alternating offset to jiggle the clutch into engagement.
US12172517B2
A method for detecting the closure status of a fuel tank closure of a motor vehicle and to a device for carrying out this method.
US12172515B2
A valve device includes: a housing; a float valve; and a float valve support portion. The float valve support portion includes a support wall, a side wall, a first slit formed in the support wall, a second slit formed in the side wall, and an elastic piece defined by the first slit and the second slit. The elastic piece includes a first extending portion extending along the side wall, and a second extending portion extending from the first extending portion and capable of coming into contact with a bottom surface of the float valve.
US12172507B2
A motor vehicle electric drive system includes first and second electric machines, arranged coaxial to each other and respectively having first and second rotors, a differential gear having a differential input shaft and a first and second differential output shafts arranged coaxially to the first rotor. A transmission stage has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The transmission output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A first switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the first differential output shaft. A second switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the second differential output shaft. A third switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A fourth switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the transmission input shaft.
US12172504B2
A winding shaft bearing of a winding shaft for a vehicle roller blind having a roller blind web, wherein the winding shaft bearing has a guide unit which guides a roller blind edge strip of the unwound roller blind web to a guide rail adjoining the winding shaft bearing. According to the invention: the guide unit has a guide front portion facing the winding shaft and a guide main portion facing the guide rail; a guide contact surface of the guide main portion guiding the roller blind edge strip to the guide rail is elevated with respect to a guide contact surface of the guide front portion guiding the roller blind edge strip from or to the winding shaft; and the winding shaft bearing is formed integrally with the guide front portion and the guide main portion of the guide unit as a plastic injection-moulded part in an injection-moulding tool.
US12172500B2
A vehicle window glass (10) includes a first glass sheet (1), a second glass sheet (2) and an interlayer film (3) sandwiched between a second surface (S2) of the first glass sheet and a third surface (S3) of the second glass sheet. For weight reduction, at least one of the glass sheets (1, 2) has a thickness of 2.0 mm or smaller. The interlayer film (3) has a main part (4) provided with a rigid layer and a peripheral part (5) formed of a non-rigid layer. The peripheral part (5) is disposed along an upper side of the vehicle window glass (10) which is exposed to air. Contact of water with the rigid layer of the main part (4) is prevented by the non-rigid layer of the peripheral part (5). The rigid layer has a water content controlled to 0.5% or lower as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy.
US12172483B2
A retrofittable rear aft suspension assembly comprises an air spring retained between an air spring upper mount and an air spring lower mount. The air spring lower mount is attached to the leaf spring or axle, while the air spring upper mount is attached to the vehicle chassis through U-bolts, quarter turn nuts, C-straps or an adjustable chassis hook. This allows an installer to quickly install and remove an air spring to a wide variety of chassis types without having to access the difficult-to-reach regions behind the chassis, or damage the chassis through welding, cutting or drilling additional holes. A cradle extends from the air spring upper mount under the chassis to carry the majority of the vertical load from the air spring to the bottom of the chassis.
US12172481B2
A vehicle includes a hull defining one or more holes in a keel of the hull. The one or more holes are provided for ice fishing from the one or more holes. The holes include a hatch or a tube extending upwards, for preventing water from entering the hull. The vehicle also includes continuous track assemblies for providing traction on an ice surface. The continuous track assemblies may also provide a motive force when the vehicle is suspended in water. By the hull design, the vehicle may float on the water, allowing the vehicle to access ice surfaces which may otherwise be inaccessible to ice-fishers. The vehicle also increases safety while fishing during thin or unstable ice conditions.
US12172475B2
A bicycle wheel comprises a rim and a valve assembly. The rim includes a radially inner wall having an inner opening and a radially outer wall having an outer opening. A first portion of the rim includes a first securing feature (e.g., inner threads). The valve assembly is positioned in the inner opening and outer opening and includes a second securing feature (e.g., outer threads) engaging the first securing feature. The rim can include a plate that defines the first engaging feature. The valve assembly preferably includes a valve stem and a resilient bumper coupled to the valve stem and aligned with a second portion of the rim. The valve assembly can further include a seal member compressed between the valve stem and the rim. Preferably, the seal member is positioned in an annular groove in an underside of an enlarged head of the valve stem.
US12172474B2
A tire changer apparatus includes: a base, a wheel-holder configured to rotate a wheel around a rotation axis, a first and second column emerging from the base, a first device having an extensible arm carrying a tool, a second device having a respective extensible arm carrying a tool opposite the tool of the first device with respect to an ideal middle plane of the apparatus. The tire changer apparatus further includes: a first and a second bar respectively connecting the arms of the first and second devices, a transmission which connects the first and the second bar to synchronize the movement of the arms of the first and second devices.
US12172472B2
The invention relates to a pneumatic tire for a vehicle, having formed on its outer surface at least one surface element (2) with a contrast structure (6) which imparts a roughness to the surface element (3). In the case of a tire of said type, it is the intention to make available a contrast structure with a considerably improved contrast effect. This is achieved in that the contrast structure (6) is a large-area, nonuniform hill-and-dale contrast structure (6) having an areal roughness value Sa according to EN ISO 25178 of 50 μm to 150 μm.
US12172471B2
A tire includes a circumferential narrow groove disposed in a tread portion center region and having a groove width of 0.5 mm or more and 3.0 mm or less, and a first land portion defined by the circumferential narrow groove and a second land portion located further on a tire equatorial plane side than the first land portion and adjacent to the first land portion. Additionally, the first and second land portions include chamfered portions, respectively in edge portions on the circumferential narrow groove side. Additionally, a circumferential length L33 of the chamfered portion of the second land portion has the relationship L33
US12172468B2
A tool storage unit includes a housing configured to store a tool. The tool storage unit additionally includes an adjustable wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The adjustable wheel assembly includes a bolt movable between a first position and a second position, a support arm extending outwardly from the housing, a swing arm, and a caster wheel. The swing arm defining a first end and a second end, where the first end receives the bolt and is pivotally coupled to the support arm and the second end is rotatably coupled to the caster wheel. The swing arm is vertically movable between a raised position and a lowered position, where the caster wheel and swing arm are in the raised position when the bolt is in the first position and the caster wheel and swing arm are in the lowered position when the bolt is in the second position.
US12172462B2
A smart brush holder device is disclosed. The smart brush holder device comprises a brush, an internal spring along one side, a sliding switch, a hook, and a spring for the hook.
US12172451B2
Proposed is a head assembly for an ink-jet printer. The head assembly includes a head module including a head discharging ink and a reservoir storing the ink, a fixing portion including a pressure controller configured to control a gas pressure, the fixing portion including a control driver configured to control the head, and includes a stage frame on which the head module and the fixing portion are mounted, the stage frame being connected to a moving device. The head module is capable of being attached to and detached from the stage frame, and connecting portions are formed on portions where the head module and the stage frame contact, so that a pipe and a wiring formed on the head module are connected to a pipe and a wiring which are connected to the fixing portion and which are inserted into or passing through the stage frame.
US12172449B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting portion configured to be able to eject a liquid onto a medium; a supply flow path configured to be able to supply the liquid to the ejecting portion; a liquid storage unit coupled to the supply flow path and configured to be able to store the liquid, the liquid storage unit being a unit in which an air-liquid interface where the liquid and air are in contact is formed; a first filter provided lower than the air-liquid interface and configured to separate the supply flow path and the liquid storage unit; an adjustment mechanism configured to lift a position of the air-liquid interface in the liquid storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the adjustment mechanism.
US12172442B2
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction.
US12172438B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a plurality of nozzle tips, the method comprising: a first nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a first nozzle tip for discharging ink within a working area through an image of a first camera observing the working area above a substrate and a second camera observing the working area in an inclined direction; a second nozzle aligning step of setting a reference position of a second nozzle tip for discharging ink within the working area through the image of the first camera and the second camera; a step of detecting a position of a substrate based on the image of the second camera; and a printing preparation step of positioning the first nozzle tip and the second nozzle tip to a printing position on the substrate.
US12172431B2
Storage holders including item retainers for positioning in different positions a vertical direction for holding and storing different sized items, gauges for measuring an amount of an item remaining, and related methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a storage holder includes a base member and a vertical member supported by the base member and that defines multiple apertures. The apertures are spaced apart in a vertical direction. The storage holder includes item retainers that are each configured to hold an upper portion of an item. Each item retainer can fit within an aperture of the vertical member and to hold onto the vertical member. While fitted in a respective aperture, each item retainer is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the retainer holds the upper portion in a stored position. A media gauge can be used to determine how much of an item is left.
US12172430B2
A deposition device is described. The deposition device has a substrate support and a laser imaging system disposed to image a portion of a substrate positioned on the substrate support. The laser imaging system comprises a laser source and an imaging unit, and is coupled to a deposition assembly disposed across the substrate support.
US12172425B2
A drum support assembly (30, 32) for a printing machine is presented. It comprises a drum support body (30a, 32a) having a bearing interface (30b, 32b) for a drum, a lower guide (34) supporting the drum support body (30a, 32a) at a lower end thereof, and an upper guide (36) supporting the drum support body (30a, 32a) at an upper end thereof. Additionally, a pre-tensioning unit (50) is provided pre-tensioning the drum support body (30a, 32a) against the lower guide (34) and/or the upper guide (36). Furthermore, a printing machine is described, comprising a drum and a drum support assembly (30, 32) as described above.
US12172410B2
Black enamel frit obscurations are commonly printed on laminated and tempered automotive safety glazing where they serve to hide the adhesive used to bind the glazing to the automotive body and to protect the adhesive from ultraviolet radiation. However, frit has a number of drawbacks. Frit weakens the surface of the glass. It can create distortion in the glass due to thermal gradients. Printed frit obscurations are incompatible and cannot be used with many types of coatings. Standard frit blocks ion exchange and cannot be used with the chemical tempering process. In addition, while many types of frits are available for printing on soda-lime glass, there are very few, if any, for non-soda lime glass. As the market moves towards thinner and lighter glazing, non-soda lime glass types are finding increasing application in automotive glazing. These limitations are overcome by replacing the printed black obscuration with an obscuration formed from a thin sheet of plastic, which is integrated into the laminate. This results in a laminate having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a laminate with a black enamel frit obscuration.
US12172403B2
The die cushion device includes a first hydraulic cylinder for supporting a cushion pad, and a first hydraulic circuit for driving the first hydraulic cylinder. The first hydraulic circuit is a hydraulic closed circuit including a logic valve connected between a die cushion pressure generation line and a system pressure line, and a hydraulic pump driven by a first servomotor for applying a pilot pressure to the logic valve. The first controller controls the first servomotor (pilot pressure) based on a first pressure command corresponding to the die cushion force and the pressure detected by the first pressure detector to control the pressure in a lower chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder so that the pressure is equal to a pressure corresponding to the first pressure command.
US12172393B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for compression molding a composite article comprising at least one prepreg and at least one transformer film.
US12172387B2
A fusion welding device, comprising a fusion welding work motor, a fusion welding work moving assembly, and a fusion welding work fixed assembly, the fusion welding work motor being connected to the fusion welding work moving assembly by means of a transmission mechanism. The fusion welding device is provided with a central connection component that is able to rotate, and the central connection component is provided with a first input position, a second input position, and a locking structure connection position. The present fusion welding device is able to implement automatic band pressing and fusion welding work by means of relatively simple structural cooperation, and by means of differently transmitted front and back connections and changes in engagement, and is able to automatically lift the fusion welding work moving assembly without requiring a handle or related operations.
US12172382B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is described. The method may use a polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from said first component.
US12172380B2
The invention relates to an FFF printing system (100), the FFF printing system comprising a print head (105), a feeder (91; 126) arranged to feed a filament (4) into the print head (105), and a container (801) for storing the filament on one or more filament spools (88). The system also comprises a prefeeder (81) arranged to feed the filament from the spools to the feeder (91; 126), and a first flexible tube (D01; 102; 121) for guiding the filament (4). A filament path length measuring device (1) is arranged to detect a misalignment between the feeder and the prefeeder. Measurement signals are sent to a processing system to correct any misalignment.
US12172375B2
Apparatus, system and method having two hobs suitable to receive and extrude therebetween a print material filament for the additive manufacturing; a material guide suitable to receive the extruded print material filament; a heater element coupled to a transition point along the material guide distally from the at least two hobs, wherein the transition point comprises a partial liquefication of the print material within the material guide by the heater element to allow for printing of the partially liquefied print material; at least one peltier device at least partially about an upper aspect of the transition point and suitable to at least sink heat from the upper aspect of the transition point to thereby preclude partial liquefication of the print material above the upper aspect; and a print nozzle in fluid communication with the liquefied print material and suitable to print the liquefied print material.
US12172373B2
The invention provides devices, systems, and methods for 3D printing. The invention employs slurries of particles or a solute in a carrier fluid, which may be a liquid or gas, in printing. The use of a slurry is advantageous in allowing for printing in any orientation.
US12172372B2
The invention describes a laser printing system (100) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system (100) in a working plane (180), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules (201, 202) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c1, c2) perpendicular to a direction of movement (250) of the object in the working plane (180), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module (201) of a first column of laser modules (c1) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y1) of the object and a second laser module (202) of a second column (c2) of laser modules is adapted to illuminate a second area (y2) of the object, wherein the first area (y1) is adjacent to the second area (y2) such that continuous illumination of the object is enabled.
US12172370B2
A method for forming an object includes moving a recoat assembly (200) in a coating direction over a build material, wherein the recoat assembly (200) comprises a first roller (202) and a second roller (204) that is spaced apart from the first roller; rotating the first roller (202) of the recoat assembly in a counter-rotation direction, such that a bottom of the first roller moves in the coating direction; contacting the build material with the first roller of the recoat assembly, thereby fluidizing at least a portion of the build material; irradiating, with a front energy source (260) coupled to a front end of the recoat assembly, an initial layer of build material positioned in a build area; subsequent to irradiating the initial layer of build material, spreading the build material on the build area with the first roller, thereby depositing a second layer of the build material over the initial layer of build material; and subsequent to spreading the second layer of the build material, irradiating, with a rear energy source (262) positioned rearward of the front energy source, the second layer of build material within the build area.
US12172368B2
A machine for manufacturing tube elements comprised of tape strips. The machine includes a shaft, a disk mounted to one end of the shaft, a motor coupled to an opposite end of the shaft, and a plate mounted to the shaft. The plate includes a plurality of spools mounted to the plate, where a separate one of the strips is wound on each spool. In one embodiment, the machine further includes a rail positioned adjacent to the disk, a slide slidably secured to the rail and including an end support configured to hold ends of the tape strips, and an indexer configured to pull the slide on the rail away from the disk. The tape strips are unwound from the spools when the indexer pulls the slide in a manner so that the tape strips ride in a spaced apart manner around the disk to form the tube element.
US12172367B2
A method and system for in situ cross-linking of polymers, Bitumen, and other materials to produce arbitrary functional or ornamental three-dimensional features using electron beams provided by mobile accelerators comprises defining a desired pattern for imparting on a target area, mapping the target area, defining at least one discrete voxel in the target area according to the desired pattern to be imparted on the target area, assigning an irradiation value to each of the at least one discrete voxels, and delivering a dose of irradiation to each of the at least one discrete voxels according to the assigned irradiation value.
US12172359B2
A method for producing a polypropylene sheet having a thickness of 0.5 to 5 mm, the method comprising; a step 1 of preparing a precursor in which a first biaxially oriented polypropylene film having a thickness of less than 0.15 mm and a melting point Tmh and a second biaxially oriented polypropylene film having a thickness of less than 0.15 mm and a melting point of Tml are alternately laminated; a step 2 of bringing a heating element into contact with an outermost layer of the precursor to thermally seal layer of the films, where Tmh−Tml≥8(° C.) where the melting point is measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) under the condition at 30° C. to 230° C. and a heating rate of 10° C./min.
US12172355B2
A database 3 is previously set which is related to oxidation induction times Tg indicating the deteriorations of individual resins R based on the combinations of a plurality of oxidation induction conditions X including at least different types of resins R and different heating temperatures TH, when the molding condition is set, oxidation induction time derivation processing is performed such that an oxidation induction time Tg based on oxidation induction conditions X including at least the resin R which is used and the heating temperature TH which is set is determined from the database 3 and assistance processing is performed in which the determined oxidation induction time Tg is compared with a residence time Ts until the molten resin R is charged into a mold 2 that is calculated from the set molding condition and in which when the oxidation induction time Tg is shorter than the residence time Ts, the molding condition is corrected so as to shorten the residence time Ts or to prolong the oxidation induction time Tg.
US12172352B2
A stepped flight is formed on a screw of an injection molding machine. The stepped flight is a flight in which a step-shaped step portion is formed on a top portion thereof. The top portion of the flight includes a large diameter portion on an upstream side and a land portion on a downstream side. When a gap ratio m of a gap H1 between the land portion and a bore of the heating cylinder to a gap H2 between the large diameter portion and the bore is defined as H1/H2, the gap ratio m is selected to be 2.3≤m≤6.4.
US12172349B2
A flexible film fluid-dispensing device including (A) at least one flexible film liner member having a flexibility property of from 3.6e-10 Nm to 2 Nm; (B) a rigid frame member for receiving the flexible film liner member and for removably holding the flexible film liner member in place during the flow of fluid through the flexible fluid-dispensing device; and (C) a connection means for connecting the flexible film fluid-dispensing device to the outlet feed stream of a fluid production process line; a process of manufacturing the above flexible film fluid-dispensing device; and a process for dispensing a fluid using the above flexible film fluid-dispensing device.
US12172347B2
A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting at least one C-channel into said foam running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.
US12172346B2
A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting at least one C-channel into said foam running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.
US12172344B2
A stamp replication device for producing stamps for the production of at least one of microstructured and nanostructured components has a platform, a cover that is positionable on the platform and a holding device for a stamp carrier, wherein the holding device is provided on the cover or on the platform and includes a carrier as well as a microstructured vacuum surface on the carrier for holding the stamp carrier. In addition, a method for producing a holding device for a stamp replication device as well as a method for producing a stamp are specified.
US12172339B2
A tool for manufacturing a ceramic matrix composite part by injecting a slurry, the tool includes an injection chamber intended to receive at least one fibrous preform to be densified, wherein the injection chamber includes first injection ports which are formed in a first side of the injection chamber for injecting the slurry into the injection chamber, the first injection ports being distributed along the first side of the injection chamber; the injection chamber includes first drainage ports which are formed on the first side of the injection chamber for draining a liquid phase of the slurry from the injection chamber, the first drainage ports being distributed along the first side of the injection chamber; and the tool includes a first filtration element which is located on the first side of the injection chamber and which is located opposite the first drainage ports.
US12172331B2
A razor cartridge comprising a housing extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis, wherein the housing comprises a leading longitudinal side, a trailing longitudinal side, and a cutting member mounting portion in-between the leading and trailing longitudinal sides for accommodating a plurality of cutting members; and a plurality of cutting members disposed at least partially in the cutting member mounting portion, wherein each cutting member is arranged between a leading longitudinal side and a trailing longitudinal side of the razor cartridge in a shaving direction of the razor cartridge, wherein one or more of the cutting members comprises a blade support having a blade mounting portion, and a blade attached to the blade mounting portion.
US12172330B2
A securing structure of a folding knife includes a blade and a handle. The blade is pivotally connected to the handle and has a pivotal connection end provided with a first engaging groove and a second engaging groove. The handle has two opposite sides each provided with a first guide hole. A stop block is provided in the handle and has a stop surface for abutting against an abutting surface of the blade. The stop block also has an inclined guide surface. The inclined guide surface is adjacent to the first guide holes and is inclined in a direction from the upper handle edges toward the front handle ends. A pin extends through the two first guide holes and can be engaged in either one of the first and the second engaging grooves and thereby clamped between a wall portion of the engaging groove and the inclined guide surface.
US12172319B2
Systems and methods for process tending with a robot arm are presented. The system comprises a robot arm and robot arm control system mounted on a self-driving vehicle, and a server in communication with the vehicle and/or robot arm control system. The vehicle has a vehicle control system for storing a map and receiving a waypoint based on a process location provided by the server. The robot arm control system stores at programs that is executable by the robot arm. The vehicle control system autonomously navigates the vehicle to the waypoint based on the map, and the robot arm control system selects a target program from the stored programs based on the process location and/or a process identifier.
US12172318B2
An embodiment includes a robotic welding system for generating a motion program, having a programmable robot controller of a robot having a computer processor and a computer memory. The programmable robot controller is configured to digitally record, in the computer memory, a plurality of spatial points along an operator path in a 3D space taken by a calibrated tool center point (TCP) of the robot as an operator manually moves a robot arm of the robot along the operator path from a start point to a destination point within the 3D space. The programmable robot controller is also configured to identify and eliminate extraneous spatial points from the plurality of spatial points as digitally recorded, leaving a subset of the plurality of spatial points as digitally recorded, where the extraneous spatial points are a result of extraneous movements of the robot arm by the operator.
US12172317B2
A robot is provided having a kinematic chain comprising a plurality of joints and links, including a root joint connected to a robot pedestal, and at least one end effector. A plurality of actuators are fixedly mounted on the robot pedestal. A plurality of tendons is connected to a corresponding plurality of actuation points on the kinematic chain and to actuators in the plurality of actuators, arranged to translate actuator position and force to actuation points for tendon-driven joints on the kinematic chain with losses in precision due to variability of tendons in the plurality of tendons. A controller operates the kinematic chain to perform a task. The controller is configured to generate actuator command data in dependence on the actuator states and image data in a manner that compensates for the losses in precision in the tendon-driven mechanisms.
US12172313B2
A method includes performing a substrate processing process by carrying a substrate into a chamber, and disposing the substrate in a loading region of the chamber, capturing an image of a lower surface of the substrate to acquire a first image, identifying particle patterns formed on the lower surface of the substrate in the substrate processing process, and an edge of the substrate, from the first image, calculating a first alignment error value of a deviation between an approximate position value for the center of the loading region calculated from the particle patterns and an approximate position value for a center of the substrate calculated from the edge of the substrate, and determining a point in time for teaching a transfer robot that deposits the substrate into the chamber, based on the first alignment error value.
US12172312B2
A method of generating a control program for a robot includes generating a trajectory in which a robot arm moves between a plurality of teaching points based on a first constraint condition with respect to a movement time of the robot arm and a second constraint condition with respect to a drive condition for driving the robot arm by a processor, displaying the trajectory generated by the processor and accumulated power consumption when the robot arm moves along the trajectory by a display unit, and, when receiving an instruction to employ the trajectory, generating a control program for the robot based on the trajectory by the processor.
US12172300B2
The invention provides a system for preventing fluid exchange between the interior and exterior of containment enclosures such as process-, hazard-, and research-enclosure systems generally, gloveboxes, containment systems, isolation systems, confinement systems, cleanrooms, negative air systems, and positive air system areas while simultaneously providing material transfer into and out of the enclosures. The invention also provides a method for transporting material into or out of a containment structure.
US12172293B2
A storage rack for storing tools, such as pliers with open-biased handles, is provided. The pliers storage rack includes a support base and a plurality of pliers support structures coupled to the support base. Each of the plurality of pliers support structures define an open support region. A pair of pliers is supported by each of the plurality of pliers support structures. Each pair of pliers includes a pair of handles that are biased toward an open position and a pair of jaws opposite the pair of handles. The pair of handles engaged within the open support region in a position in which the pair of jaws of the pair of pliers extend out of a first end of the open support region and the pair of handles of the pair of pliers extend out of a second end of the open support region.
US12172290B2
A work tool includes: a motor; a housing including a gripping part; an electronic switch; a controller controlling the motor based on a signal from the switch; an operating part provided at the gripping part; and an intervening part movably intervened between the operating part and the switch. The switch is provided at the housing at a first position in an axial direction of the gripping part, and is switchable between an ON position for driving the motor and an OFF position for stopping the motor. A direction connecting the ON position and the OFF position to each other is a crossing direction crossing the axial direction. The operating part is movable in the crossing direction to drive and stop the motor. The intervening part transmits movement to the switch by a moving amount smaller than movement in the crossing direction of the operating part passing through the first position.
US12172288B2
An electric tool includes a motor, a holder, a transmission mechanism, a torque detector, an electronic clutch, and an inhibiting mechanism. The holder is configured to hold a tip tool thereon. The transmission mechanism transmits motive power of the motor to the holder. The torque detector detects a torque value about output torque provided by the tip tool. The electronic clutch is activated when a predetermined condition about the torque value detected by the torque detector is satisfied and thereby controls the motor to make the motor stop running. The inhibiting mechanism is interposed between the motor and the holder. The inhibiting mechanism inhibits transmission of inertial force from the motor to the holder in response to activation of the electronic clutch.
US12172282B2
A rotary hammer selectively operates in multiple modes including a first mode and a second mode. The rotary hammer includes a switch, a motor, a switch manipulation member, a locking member, and a mode detecting device. The switch manipulation member includes a body, and a protrusion that is movable between a protruding position and a retracted position. The body houses a solenoid configured to operate based on a detection result of the mode detecting device. The locking member is movable between an unlock position and a lock position where the locking member holds the switch manipulation member in an ON position by abutting the protrusion in the protruding position. The protrusion is integrated with a plunger of the solenoid. The protrusion is configured to be in the protruding position when the present mode is the first mode, and in the retracted position when the present mode is the second mode.
US12172265B2
A mandrel assembly may be used with a rotary power tool to provide a reliable and stable connection between the rotary tool and a tool accessory. The mandrel assembly provides a quick-connect/quick-release connection between the tool output shaft and the accessory via a clamping action. In particular, the mandrel assembly is movable between a first configuration in which the accessory may clamped tween a clamping element formed on one end of the mandrel and a collar which surrounds the mandrel and a second configuration in which the accessory may be loaded onto or detached from the mandrel assembly. Movement from the first configuration to the second configuration, and from the second configuration to the first configuration each include axial motion in combination with a rotation of the mandrel in the same direction relative to the collar.
US12172256B2
Provided is an apparatus for detecting a failure in holding a tool of a machine tool that includes, in each of a plurality of tool holding mechanisms in a tool magazine, a locking member provided to have different self-displacement positions for a case where a tool is held at a proper held position between tool gripping portions of a pair of holding arms and a case where the tool is held with deviation from the proper held position, and that detects a holding failure state of the tool in the tool holding mechanism by detecting the position of a detection target portion that moves integrally with the locking member with a predetermined detector provided in the machine tool. The apparatus makes it possible to effectively prevent a risk of a breakdown of and damage to the machine tool.
US12172249B2
The present disclosure provides a carbide blade cutter head filling device and method, and relates to the field of alloy blade processing. The carbide blade cutter head filling device includes a feeding unit, a storage unit, a loading unit and a discharging unit which are arranged successively. The output end of the feeding unit is matched with the input end of the storage unit through the guide mechanism. The output end of the storage unit faces a conveying tray of the loading unit. The conveying tray is provided with a plurality of group of transition holes for accommodating blades. A receiving mechanism for accommodating a cutter head is arranged below the falling pull plate of the discharging unit. The falling pull plate adjusts the communication and isolation between the transition hole and the cutter head in the receiving mechanism by changing the relative position of the falling pull plate and the transition hole. A function of automatically feeding and loading the cutter head is fulfilled, the scattered blades are loaded into the cutter heads in batches instead of manually completing repeated work in a process of loading the blade into the cutter head. Therefore, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, the production efficiency is improved, and the blade production cost is reduced.
US12172247B2
A method and apparatus for providing welding type power includes a phase shifted double forward converter having a first and second converter with a controller and an output rectifier. The output rectifier has at least one cathode current path that creates a cathode magnetic field when current flows in the cathode current path. The output rectifier also has at least one anode current path that creates an anode magnetic field when current flows in the anode current path. The cathode current path is disposed and oriented and the anode current path is disposed and oriented such that the cathode magnetic field acts to at least partially cancel the anode magnetic field.
US12172245B2
A welding backing insert (20) includes a body (22), a retention member (24) and an insertion member (26). The retention member (24) includes at least one leg (28) being deflectable to enable insertion into a hollow profile structural extrusions (14). At least one leg (28) tries to return to its original position exerting a force on the hollow profile structural extrusion (14) to retain the backing insert (20) in the hollow profile structural extrusion (14). The insertion member (26) projects from the body for inserting into a second hollow profile structural extrusion (14). A gap-control joint spacer (50) projects from the body to provide a gap between adjacent hollow profile structural extrusions.
US12172240B2
The present invention relates to solder particles, each of which partially has a flat portion in the surface. By using these solder particles, electrodes facing each other are able to be appropriately connected, thereby achieving an anisotropic conductive material that exhibits excellent conduction reliability and excellent insulation reliability.
US12172237B2
A work table for laser processing includes an upper plate including a plurality of cell regions and at least one groove region that divides the plurality of cell regions. The upper plate includes a plurality of absorption holes that fix a substrate in the plurality of cell regions. A plurality of suction holes collect particles generated during a cutting process performed on the substrate. A lower plate is disposed under the upper plate. The lower plate forms an absorption path that is coupled to the plurality of absorption holes. A suction path is coupled to the plurality of suction holes by combining the lower plate with the upper plate.
US12172227B1
A method of manufacturing an article is described. At S102, the method comprises obtaining a first layer having a first face and a reverse second face, wherein the first layer comprises and/or is a first metal and wherein the first metal is a heat treatable first aluminium alloy. At S104, the method comprises providing a second layer on the first face of the first layer by cold spraying particles comprising a second metal thereupon, wherein the second metal is a second aluminium alloy. At S106, the method comprises depositing a third layer on the second layer by additive friction stir deposition using a third metal, wherein the third metal is a third aluminium alloy.
US12172225B2
A resistance spot welding electrode for forming dissimilar welded lap joints in crash-relevant structural components of the automotive industry made of high-strength materials. The resistance spot welding electrode includes a cap having, at an end portion of the electrode in contact with materials to be welded together during welding, a non-axially symmetrical contact area in order to form, between the materials being welded, a weld nugget with an essentially similar non-axially symmetrical shape.
US12172224B2
The present invention relates to a thread former for manufacturing an internal thread in a metal workpiece. The thread former includes a forming section having a common central axis of rotation, wherein the forming section has a plurality of lubrication grooves extending parallel to the axis of rotation. The forming section includes a plurality of ridge sections extending along a circumference of the forming section, the plurality of ridge sections being arranged for forming the internal thread in the metal workpiece, and wherein, in a circumferential direction, each two of the plurality of ridge sections are separated by one of the plurality of lubrication grooves. At least the one of the lubrication grooves, when projected into a projection plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, is asymmetrical with respect to any radius intersecting a surface of the lubrication groove.
US12172212B2
The present disclosure relates to a binding agent for printing a 3D green body object. The binding agent includes from about 0.3 wt % to about 3 wt % multi-functional carboxylic acid having a weight average molecular weight range from about 100 MW to about 1,000 MW, from about 2 wt % to about 20 wt % a (meth)acrylic latex binder, from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % solvent package including from about 3 wt % to about 40 wt % of a coalescing solvent, and from about 40 wt % to about 88 wt % water. The weight percentage ranges are based on total content of the binding agent.
US12172211B2
Provided is a magnetic refrigeration material whose magnetic transition temperature has been adjusted with high accuracy and which includes at least a first predetermined magnetic refrigeration material and a second predetermined magnetic refrigeration material which differs from the first magnetic refrigeration material. The absolute value of the difference between the magnetic transition temperature of the present magnetic refrigeration material and a target magnetic transition temperature is 0.7 K or less. The content of the first magnetic refrigeration material and the content of the second magnetic refrigeration material are determined by the magnetic transition temperatures of the first magnetic refrigeration material and the second magnetic refrigeration material and by a target magnetic transition temperature of the magnetic refrigeration material.
US12172208B2
An operation method of ladle refining treatment by which ladle refining treatment of a molten steel is performed while continuously measuring a molten steel temperature during operation of the ladle refining treatment of the molten steel is provided. The operation method includes setting a time earlier than a scheduled ending time of the ladle refining treatment in a continuous measurement period of the molten steel temperature as a determination timing, and estimating the molten steel temperature at the scheduled ending time on the basis of a change with time of the molten steel temperature in continuous measured data of the molten steel temperature from a start of continuous measurement of the molten steel temperature to the determination timing.
US12172197B2
Provided are a laser cavitation composite ultrasonic cleaning device and cleaning method for a connecting rod, which belong to the technical field of bushing gap cleaning of engine connecting rods. Provided are a laser cavitation composite ultrasonic cleaning device and cleaning method for a connecting rod, the cleaning device comprises a cleaning tank, a bracket, a low-frequency ultrasonic vibrator, a first laser head, and a second laser head; the low-frequency ultrasonic vibrator is located on an outer side of a bottom portion of the cleaning tank; the first laser head is located above the bracket, and the second laser head is located at a lower portion in the cleaning tank. According to the cleaning device, laser light is combined with an ultrasonic wave, cooperated with light path assemblies, and the laser light is focused in a bolt hole and a bushing gap of the connecting rod.
US12172193B2
A system and method for scanning, sorting, repairing and packaging hardwood flooring pieces is provided. The system provides a scanning section, a sorting section, an assessment section and a packaging section. The scanning section identifies problematic pieces. The sorting section automatically sorts and completes rows of hardwood flooring pieces. The assessment section filters and repairs identified pieces and the packaging section packages rows of hardwood flooring pieces. The use of manpower may be limited to certain tasks only, such as the analysis of the identified boards, the repairing or the packaging. An algorithm is tracking each of the pieces of the system and may thus manage the optimal functioning of the system. A method for scanning, sorting, assessing and packaging hardwood flooring pieces is further provided.
US12172191B2
A screen assembly is formed by attaching side edges of a plurality of screen elements to each other. Reinforcing fibers may be embedded in the material of selected screen elements. The reinforcing fibers extend in a direction in which the screen assembly will be tensioned to secure the screen assembly to a screening machine. Hook strips may be attached to ends or sides of the screen assembly to facilitate mounting the screen assembly to a screening machine.
US12172181B2
Various embodiments concern a handheld paint sprayer for spraying a paint. The sprayer can comprise a shell body comprising a door that, when opened, exposes an opening into an interior of the shell body, the door configured to close over the opening. The sprayer can further comprise a trigger connected to a handle, a motor in the interior, and a paint reservoir connected to the shell body. The sprayer can further comprise a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir and a pump located in the interior of the shell body. The pump is operated by the motor, the pump configured to pump the paint from the reservoir out of the nozzle as a spray. The pump is removable from the interior of the shell body through the opening when the door is opened but is not removable through the opening when the door is closed.
US12172180B2
A fluid sprayer includes a spray gun that is configured to output a spray of fluid for application on a substrate. A trigger of the spray gun is operatively connected to a controller to control actuation of a pump that drives the spray fluid to the spray gun. A solenoid is connected to a spray valve of the spray gun to actuate the spray valve open to cause spraying by the fluid sprayer.
US12172178B2
A fountain system is provided. The fountain system includes a fountain nozzle that includes a body configured to telescope during extension and retraction and a nozzle outlet coupled to an end of the body. The fountain system also includes an extension system configured to actuate the extension and retraction of the body. The fountain system also includes an actuation system configured to activate discharge of a liquid, such as water, from the nozzle outlet. The extension system and the actuation system are discrete systems.
US12172176B2
A fluid sprayer includes a battery supported by a stand of the sprayer and that is configured to provide electric power to a motor of the sprayer to cause pumping by a pump of the sprayer. The battery is mounted vertically below the sprayer body. The battery is bracketed by vertical portions of the stand.
US12172162B2
A method of handling a fluidic sample includes taking fluidic sample from a sample source by a sample shaping tool so that a pre-shaped planar fluidic sample is held by the sample shaping tool with at least one main surface, or both opposing main surfaces, of the pre-shaped planar fluidic sample being exposed, and processing the pre-shaped planar fluidic sample such as by separating the pre-shaped planar fluidic sample in a sample separation device.
US12172161B2
A fluidic system includes a fluid distribution network, and a fluid collection and sampling network; a plurality of fluidic modules fluidically coupled between the fluid distribution network and the fluid collection and sampling network in parallel; a systemic circulation and mixing reservoir; and a first pump, and a second pump, wherein the first pump is fluidically coupled between the systemic circulation and mixing reservoir and the fluid distribution network for withdrawing media from the systemic circulation and mixing reservoir and delivering the media to the fluid distribution network; and wherein the second pump is fluidically coupled between the fluid collection and sampling network and a sample vial for withdrawing effluent of the plurality of fluidic modules from the fluid collection and sampling network and delivering the effluent to one or more sample vials.
US12172158B2
A method of manufacturing a laminate microfluidic device is described herein. Also described is the microfluidic device manufactured via the method of the disclosure, as well as use of the device to perform an assay. The laminate device includes a substrate layer, an adhesive layer having a cured adhesive with one or more channels or recesses formed therein, and a top layer.
US12172156B2
An example of a flow cell includes a substrate, a plurality of chambers defined on or in the substrate, and a plurality of depressions defined in the substrate and within a perimeter of each of the plurality of chambers. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. Primers are attached within each of the plurality of depressions, and a capture site is located within each of the plurality of chambers.
US12172154B2
A fluid delivery device includes at least one area onto which at least one support element having at least one well may be placed in a defined position. The fluid delivery device further includes at least one pipetting device having a connector configured to releasably connect the at least one pipetting device with a disposable tip and with a fluid displacement element which enables aspiration and ejection of a defined volume of liquid to or from the disposable tip. The at least one pipetting element is movable in a vertical and preferably in at least one horizontal direction. The fluid delivery device also includes a blowing element that has at least one aperture coupled to a source of pressurized gas and is movable in a vertical and preferably at least one horizontal direction. A system includes such a fluid delivery device and the at least one support element.
US12172153B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods and uses that relate to or result from providing separation media having at least one flocculant ligand covalently attached to a base surface or support, and the separation and/or purification of biological molecules using the separation media of the present disclosure. Certain embodiments provide separation media which under certain modes of operation, enhance the separation of the molecule of interest from impurities.
US12172145B2
A method for producing a formed body containing magnesium oxide and calcium carbonate is shown and described, comprising the steps: a) Providing the following components: 1) A magnesium oxide component which has the following properties, in each case based on the total weight of the magnesium oxide component: i) Content of magnesium oxide in the dry substance of more than 70% by weight, ii) Ignition loss of less than 25% by weight, iii) Free calcium oxide content of less than 5% by weight, 2) a calcium carbonate component, the components as a whole having a free calcium oxide content of less than 2% by weight, based on the total weight of the components; b) Mixing components 1) and 2) to obtain a mixture; c) Forming at least one formed body from the mixture obtained in b) with the addition of water.
US12172144B2
A process may be utilized to coat urea-containing granules with organic polymers. The process may involve compressing gaseous carbon dioxide and condensing the carbon dioxide to obtain liquid carbon dioxide, increasing the pressure and/or the temperature above the critical point of carbon dioxide and obtaining supercritical carbon dioxide, dissolving an organic polymer in the supercritical carbon dioxide to obtain a polymer-containing solution, and mixing the polymer-containing solution with urea-containing granules and lowering the temperature and/or the pressure below the critical point of carbon dioxide and obtaining coated urea-containing granules and gaseous carbon dioxide. In some cases the organic polymer may include biodegradable polymers, and the polymer-containing solution may contain between 20 to 70% by weight biodegradable polymers.
US12172138B2
Porous membranes are provided according to the invention having desirable coefficient of thermal expansion and large surface area, for example at least about 4,000 mm2. These porous membranes may be made according to an exemplary process employing lithographic patterning of a photoresist followed by development of the photoresist and etching. In one aspect, the etch barrier layer is chosen from a material that does not react with or incorporate metal or other contaminants into the membrane layer.
US12172137B2
Halogen-free, microporous polyolefin membranes are disclosed herein. The halogen-free, microporous polyolefin membranes can be manufactured using an environmentally friendly manufacturing process that includes extrusion of polymer-plasticizer mixtures followed by sheet formation and extraction of the plasticizer with a halogen-free solvent. The halogen-free solvent has a flashpoint greater than about 23° C. and an initial boiling point at least about 50° C. lower than the flashpoint of the plasticizer. The process can further be a closed loop process in which the halogen-free solvent can be reused.
US12172132B2
A system may detect defects in a membrane cell or portion thereof by detecting gas transfer across the defect. Gas may be released in a release region of a chamber. The release region may be separated from a detection region of the chamber by the membrane cell or portion thereof. When gas traverses the product from the release region to the detection region, the system may determine that the membrane cell or portion thereof has a defect.
US12172126B1
A method for removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a H2S-containing gas composition, including dispersing particles of a mud composition in a reactor, introducing the H2S-containing gas composition through a bottom of the reactor containing the mud composition and passing the H2S-containing gas composition through the mud composition, and adsorbing and removing H2S from the gas composition by the mud composition to form a purified gas composition. The mud composition contains a CuMnAl layered triple oxide (LTO) and a base mud.
US12172122B2
Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. This swing adsorption process may involve performing dampening for fluctuations in the streams conducted away from the adsorbent bed unit. The process may be utilized for swing adsorption processes, such as rapid cycle TSA and/or rapid cycle PSA, which are utilized to remove one or more contaminants from a gaseous feed stream.
US12172106B2
The present invention provides methods to quickly and efficiently assess the effect of antibody variants, including PTMs, e.g., glycosylation, oxidation, and deamidation variants, on the binding between the antibody and FcRn. In particular, the present invention is based, at least in part, on the development of an online, two dimension liquid chromatography (2D-LC) method for assessing binding between antibody variants and FcRn. In one aspect, the online 2D-LC is coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). The present invention allows for differentiation of antibody variants by peak pattern and retention time profile by affinity chromatography, and identification of these variants by mass spectrometry analysis.
US12172105B2
A chromatography method in which a gaseous, liquid or supercritical mobile phase containing species to be separated is circulated through a packing. The packing includes a plurality of capillary ducts extending in the packing between an upstream face through which the mobile phase enters the packing and a downstream face through which the mobile phase leaves the packing. A continuous medium permeable to molecular diffusion extends between the ducts, including a porous organic gel or an organic liquid with at least one network of connected pores, the size of which is greater than two times the molecular diameter of at least one species to be separated. The at least one species has a diffusive path between the ducts.
US12172098B2
A bubble generating device that includes a housing having an outer surface and a motor and fan device positioned in the housing. The fan device may be operably coupled to the motor so that the motor, when activated, causes the fan device to rotate to generate an upward air stream within the housing. The bubble generating device may also include a trough for containing bubble solution and a spout protruding beyond the outer surface of the housing and configured such that bubble solution fed into the spout flows into the trough. A bubble generating assembly may be operably coupled to the motor, so that when the motor is activated the motor causes bubble generating members of the bubble generating assembly to move into contact with the bubble solution in the trough and then into alignment with the upward air stream to generate bubbles from the bubble solution.
US12172094B2
A steering mechanism of a model vehicle which improves steering control accuracy is provided. The steering mechanism of the model vehicle includes the servo motor for steering configured to rotationally drive a steerable wheel of a model vehicle in a steering angle direction, the servo motor for steering being positioned between arm parts and the steerable wheel, the arm parts extending from a vehicle body side of the model vehicle to the steerable wheel. The servo motor for steering includes an output shaft parallel to a steering rotation axis of the steerable wheel and is configured to rotationally drive the steerable wheel by the output shaft.
US12172093B1
A modular fastening system including a board assembly, a first accessory mount assembly, a second accessory mount assembly and an interlocking assembly is disclosed herein. The board assembly includes at least one board having a plurality of openings, a peg portion and a receiving portion. The first accessory mount assembly includes a first accessory member and a first anchoring member having pegs. The first anchoring member attaches the first accessory member to the plurality of openings of the at least one board. the second accessory mount includes a second accessory member including a bottom side having at least one peg to attach said second accessory member to the plurality of openings. The peg portion of the at least one board allows to connect the at least one board with second board. The interlocking assembly includes an interlocking member to interlock at the at least one board with a second board.
US12172089B2
A machine learning model is used to receive a recorded video game for presentation on a spectator computer and to derive from the video identifications of controller operations during play of the game that resulted in the recorded video game. Indications of identified controller operations may be presented with the recorded video game to assist a viewer in learning how to play the game.
US12172087B2
A computer-implemented method, gaming device and computer-readable medium for an Augmented Reality (AR) application. The method includes maintaining an AR gaming environment during a gaming session. The method also includes receiving image data representing a real-world scene including one or more real-world objects. The method also includes detecting in the image data at least one real-world object from a set of detectable real-world objects. The method further includes upon detection of the at least one real-world object in the image data, generating at least one virtual character in the AR gaming environment, the at least one virtual character having an association with the at least one real-world object.
US12172085B2
An ethical AI development platform operates by: facilitating the development of a training dataset; providing access to auto machine learning tools to facilitate the development of an AI model; providing access to machine learning analysis tools to facilitate the evaluation of the AI model, wherein the machine learning analysis tools include an AI moral insight model that generates predicted moral score data associated with the AI model, wherein the AI moral insight model is trained based on at least one-hundred thousand sets of training data, wherein the training data includes reviewed media content and moral score data associated with moral indices, wherein the moral indices include: a degree of immorality/morality, a degree of betrayal/loyalty, a degree of degradation/sanctity, a degree of harm/care a degree of cheating/fairness and a degree of subversion/authority; and providing access to a version control repository for storing versions of the training dataset and the AI model.
US12172075B2
Systems and methods are described for imparting dynamic, non-linear and realistic movement and look and feel to a player's/virtual character's first-person limbs and hand-held object model, and procedurally animating a first-person virtual camera such that it simulates the movement of a camera handheld by the player/virtual character. To impart chaotic or random motion to the first-person limbs and hand-held object model a first module defines and implements first and second two dimensional mass-spring-damper systems, each of which is linked to the player's/virtual vector's view vector. Procedural animation or rotational shake is implemented by a second module by applying a coherent noise function to each of the six axes of the first-person virtual camera.
US12172074B1
Methods and systems described in this disclosure are directed at gamification. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for tracking actions taken by a user at predetermined gaming levels in a gaming application, the gaming application also facilitating users to interact with the gaming application in the form of questions and answers. If the user is unable to provide a minimum number of correct responses to the questions presented, the gaming application displays actions that are to be performed by the user to continue playing the game. In some embodiments, a game is paused temporarily by a pause signal sent to the gaming application. The game resumes when a resume signal is sent to activate the gaming application.
US12172064B2
Systems for tracking off the dribble shooting statistics are disclosed. Controller(s) receive data from a user interface indicating selection of pass receipt locations and certain of those locations where a user intends to perform a basketball move, program a launching device to pass basketballs to the selected pass locations, record and present shooting performance information for each of the passes, including separately recording and presenting such shooting performance information for those locations where the user intends to perform a basketball move.
US12172060B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion, a rear portion, a top portion, and a sole portion. A retention cavity is located at the sole portion and includes an opening and a plurality of interior side walls connected to the opening. The plurality of interior side walls define two or more ball retention areas configured to frictionally engage at least a portion of a golf ball within the retention cavity. The two or more ball retention areas are located at or proximate the opening and frictionally engage the golf ball along a ball circumference located above an equator of the golf ball. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12172058B2
An iron-type golf club head having a strike plate attached to a body and creating an internal cavity. The body includes an internal recess in a back portion and at least partially containing an internal tungsten weight that does not contact a back surface of the strike plate. The strike plate forms a part of a sole portion of the golf club head. An elastomer material is contained in the internal cavity and contacts the back portion and the back surface of the strike plate, and has a maximum elastomer material depth that is greater than a maximum thickness of the strike plate. The elastomer material extends to an elastomer elevation that is greater than a maximum elevation of the internal weight.
US12172057B2
A golf club head, when oriented in a reference position, includes: a striking face; a top portion; and a sole portion opposite the top portion. The sole portion includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, at least one sole rail generally elongate in a front-to-rear direction, and a sole contact point located on the at least one sole rail. In a virtual vertical plane extending in the front-to-rear direction and passing through the sole contact point, (i) the sole portion includes a sole length Ls measured in the front-to-rear direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge and (ii) the sole contact point is spaced rearwardly from the leading edge by a distance D1 no greater than 0.8*Ls.
US12172056B2
Disclosed embodiments may include a trampoline scooter device for practicing scooter tricks on a trampoline. The device may include a foam deck with an upper surface and lower surface, where the upper and lower surfaces both contain a first recess. The first recesses are designed to receive, respectively, an upper attachment member and a lower attachment member. The upper and lower attachment members and the recesses contain aligned holes to receive connectors. The upper attachment member is connected to the headtube of the scooter via the neck. The headtube contains connections to the column, which is attached to handlebars containing grips and grip ends. The foam deck may include one or more deck weights at the end of the foam deck opposite the attachment members, either embedded within the deck, or within a second recess of the upper and lower surfaces. The foam deck may include a spine support.
US12172049B2
An exercise machine which is capable of having its lift, roll, or pitch adjusted with respect to a base so as to provide a plurality of positions of the exercise machine with respect to the base. The exercise machine generally includes a base and an exercise machine movably connected to the base. The exercise machine may include a track, a carriage slidably connected to the track, and a biasing member attached to the carriage to apply a resistive force to the carriage. A plurality of actuators may be connected between the base and the exercise machine. The plurality of actuators may be utilized to adjust a pitch angle or a roll angle of the exercise machine with respect to the base. The plurality of actuators may also be utilized to lift or lower the exercise machine at a constant angle of pitch and/or roll inclination.
US12172047B2
A composite exercising machine includes a base frame, a swinging unit, a pulling unit, a transmission unit, and a resistance unit. By applying a first operation force to the swinging unit, the pulling unit is linked through a connector to drive the transmission unit. Or, by applying a second operation force to the pulling unit to drive the transmission unit, a one-way wheel and a spindle are driven to rotate toward a first rotation direction, allowing retractors to accumulate a first restoring force. Accordingly, the composite exercising machine can be used selectively in various training modes.
US12172043B2
A system for use in personal fitness can include: an article of clothing configured to be worn by a user during a personal fitness session, the article of clothing having a fabric layer and at least one weighted portion formed by either or both polyurethane (PU) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) printed on the fabric layer; an electronic device having a processor; and a communication unit integrated with the article of clothing and configured to interact with the electronic device, wherein the communication unit includes a near field communication (NFC) device or a QR code, and further wherein the processor is configured to launch a personal fitness application responsive to the user interacting with the NFC device or QR code.
US12172027B2
According to some embodiments, a system for fractionally treating tissue includes: an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source configured to generate an EMR beam having a transverse ring energy profile; an optic configured to converge the EMR beam to a focal region located within a tissue; and, a window assembly located down-beam from the optic configured to cool the tissue when placed in contact with an outer surface of the tissue.
US12172024B1
In biological tissues, exposure to electromagnetic fields usually induces actuation and vibration of the underlying molecules which, from the perspective of the electromagnetic device, manifests as power absorption. It has been shown that increased power absorption of a low-power RF source can have positive enhancement in therapeutic, medical, and scientific procedures. However, often the enhanced power absorption is limited due to the electromagnetic properties of the tissue being treated. This invention introduces a method to modify the native electromagnetic properties of a targeted biological tissue to increase and enhance the electromagnetic power absorption within and increase treatment efficacy.
US12172023B2
Disclosed are a timeline-based navigation feature and a channel selection feature. The timeline-based navigation feature allows the user to visually identify significant events during an episode and quickly navigate the display of data to those significant events. Embodiments of such feature allow a user to quickly see that there is a shock delivered, for example, and click on that part of a timeline navigator to advance the detailed display of data to that point in the episode. The data channel selection feature enables selection of display channel(s) from among a set of available data channels. Embodiments of such feature enable a selection and/or deselection of various channels for display to minimize display of extraneous data and/or to select preferred channels of data for review.
US12172019B2
An example of a system may include a processor and a memory device comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: access a patient metric of a subject; use the patient metric as an input to a machine learning algorithm, the machine learning algorithm to search a plurality of neuromodulation parameter sets and to identify a candidate neuromodulation parameter set of the plurality of neuromodulation parameter sets, the candidate neuromodulation parameter set designed to produce a non-regular waveform that varies over a time domain and a space domain; and program a neuromodulator using the candidate neuromodulation parameter set to stimulate the subject.
US12172006B2
An electrical stimulation system includes a sheath that includes conductive points that are operative to facilitate electrical stimulation to a bodily portion of a user. Drive-sense circuits (DSCs) generate electrical stimulation signals based on reference signals and provide those electrical stimulation signals via electrodes to the conductive points of the sheath. The electrical stimulation signal is coupled into respective locations of the bodily portion of the user that are in proximity to or in contact with the conductive points of the sheath. In addition, the DSCs sense, via the conductive points of the sheath and via the electrodes, changes of the electrical stimulation signals based on coupling of them into the respective locations of the bodily portion of the user. The DSCs provide digital signals that are representative of the changes of the electrical stimulation signals to one or more processing modules that includes and/or is coupled to memory.
US12171999B2
A vestibular stimulation array is disclosed having one or more separate electrode arrays each operatively adapted for implantation in a semicircular canal of the vestibular system, wherein each separate electrode array is dimensioned and constructed so that residual vestibular function is preserved. In particular, the electrode arrays are dimensioned such that the membranous labyrinth is not substantially compressed. Furthermore, the electrode array has a stop portion to limit insertion of the electrode array into the semi-circular canal and is still enough to avoid damage to the anatomical structures.
US12171998B2
A quality assurance apparatus for a cancer treatment system with an electric field, comprising: an electric field generator configured to transmit an electric field to an inside of an electromagnetic phantom through an electrode array attached to the electromagnetic phantom; a measurement unit configured to measure any one of a voltage, a current, and an electric field inside the electromagnetic phantom; a data collection unit configured to collect a value measured by the measurement unit and convert the measured value into a digital value; an analysis unit configured to calculate and monitor a distribution and intensity of the electric field inside the electromagnetic phantom through the value transmitted from the data collection unit; and a verification unit configured to verify the electric field monitored by the analysis unit.
US12171995B1
Described herein are methods for generating a coated device, electrode, or portion of an electrode for implanting into a subject. Such devices and electrodes are generated using methods like atomic layer deposition. In some cases, methods like etching are used to expose portions of a coated surface. The methods described herein improve overall hermeticity, biocompatibility, and biostability of implantable devices.
US12171986B2
An exemplary embodiment of injector includes a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.
US12171983B2
A flow controller having an internal tubing is provided. The flow controller may include an upper housing having a plurality of graduations, a lower housing engaged with and slidably coupled to the lower housing, and a cavity defined between the upper and lower housings for accommodating at least a portion of internal tubing. The flow controller may further include a flexible clamp having an upper section mounted in the upper housing and a lower section slidably disposed in the lower housing. The upper and lower housings may be slidably coupled relative to each other to transition the internal tubing from (i) an open position where a lumen of the internal tubing is uncompressed by the flexible clamp to (ii) a closed position where the lumen of the tubing is at least partially constricted by the flexible clamp.
US12171982B2
A needle stick prevention device (10, 110) includes a needle shield (20, 120) for selectively covering a distal end of a needle (41, 141). A needle hub (40, 140) is movably received within the needle shield (20, 120). The needle hub (40, 140) includes a proximal end (42, 142), a distal end (46, 146), a needle (41, 141) fixedly connected to the distal end of the needle hub (40, 140), and a plurality of ribs (54) or a cylinder (150) disposed between the proximal and distal ends. An actuation button movably received in a transverse opening of the needle shield (20, 120) to engage the needle shield (20, 120), the needle hub (40, 140) and a medical device. A spring (58, 158) is disposed between the needle hub (40, 140) and actuation member to automatically retract the needle (41, 141) into the needle shield (20, 120).
US12171980B2
A medical fluid-line arrangement and a medical elastomeric pump having such a fluid-line arrangement. The fluid-line arrangement transfers a medical fluid between a medical elastomeric pump and a patient port. The fluid-line arrangement has a fluid-line channel with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet connects to an outlet of the elastomeric pump, and the outlet connects to the patient port. A throttle element is connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the inlet and outlet of the fluid-line channel. A portion of the fluid-line channel extends through the throttle element. The throttle element causes a narrowing of an active-flow cross section of the fluid-line channel. The throttle element is encapsulated at least partially in a thermally conductive body having a heat-absorption surface that is larger than an outer surface of the throttle element and that is intended to be applied flat to a skin surface of a patient.
US12171976B2
A pumping system comprising a pump comprising a door for access within a housing of the pump, a pump segment configured for conveying a fluid based on compression of the pump segment, a pump segment frame for preventing said pump segment from stretching, a visual placement indicator configured for facilitating in a proper placement of the pump segment frame in the housing, and a non-pinching valve configured to be disposed in the housing and to control a flow of the fluid without requiring pinching of a tube.
US12171975B1
A sterile connector including: first and second connectors of the same shape including: a first (second) body portion including a first (second) joining surface; a first engaging member; and a first (second) fitting portion that fits with the first (second) tube, which is provided on a back surface of the first (second) joining surface of the first (second) body portion and which has a tip end portion for tightening the first (second) tube, an end face of the first (second) tube is configured to be positioned to project beyond the first (second) joining surface, and the sterile connector is configured such that when the first connector and the second connector are engaged such that the first joining surface faces the second joining surface, the end face of the first tube and the end face of the second tube are compressed with each other.
US12171966B2
A cerebral spinal fluid shunt plug includes a shunt plug housing having a recess formed therein and a shunt valve shaped and dimensioned for positioning within the recess of the shunt plug housing.
US12171960B2
A system and method of unloading a heart chamber is described. The chamber can be a ventricle and the system can unload the ventricle during or after a heart attack. The ventricular unloading system includes a transthoracic needle insertable into the ventricle, a vascular access cannula insertable into a blood vessel, and a pump to move blood from the ventricle to the blood vessel through the transthoracic needle and the vascular access cannula. The ventricular unloading system can be used by an emergency medical technician in a non-hospital setting. Accordingly, the ventricular unloading system can provide early protection against infarct to improve clinical outcomes for a patient. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US12171946B2
A respiratory system includes a first patient interface for delivery of a flow of gases to a patient, a second patient interface for delivery of a second flow of gases to the patient, and a device that switches the system between a first respiratory mode and a second respiratory mode. In the first respiratory mode, the flow of gases are delivered to an outlet of the first patient interface when the second patient interface is absent from the patient. In the second respiratory mode the device reduces or stops delivery of the first flow of gases to the outlet of the first patient interface when the second patient interface is located together with the first patient interface upon the patient.
US12171944B1
A patient interface assembly with optimized connection methods and improved air-tightness. The patient interface assembly forms a complete channel to deliver positive pressure air when connected with an air supply tube and a ventilator. The patient interface assembly includes a patient interface pad, a frame, an elbow assembly, and a quick-release connector. The patient interface pad is fixedly connected to one end of the elbow assembly. The frame is positioned between the elbow assembly and the patient interface pad. The other end of the elbow assembly is connected to the quick-release connector. By reducing the connection steps between parts, the air-tightness of the patient interface assembly is enhanced, and the patient interface assembly is adaptable to various types of frames.
US12171939B2
A portable ventilator device suitable for emergency use, such as cardiac pulmonary resuscitation and well as ventilation in non-cardiac induced medical events. The device is connected to a display screen that receives simple inputs from an operator, including height, weight, or sex of the distressed patient, but does not require input of more complicated variables, such as tidal volume, respiratory rate, inspiratory airflow, or positive end-expiratory pressure. Based on the input height, weight, and/or sex, the device automatically correlates the input values with probably values for tidal volume, respiratory rate, inspiratory airflow, or positive end-expiratory pressure, based previous data point correlations. The device then begins delivering air from a ventilator to the patient based on the estimated, correlated values. While the device utilizes simple inputs, it still capable of operating in multiple modes with both pressure control and volume control.
US12171935B2
Delivering variable positive airway pressure depending on awake state and sleep disordered breathing
Positive airway pressure (“PAP”) systems and methods are provided which supply a patient with a range of pressures for treatment when the patient is determined to be asleep, and an awake pressure for use when the patient is determined to be awake, the awake pressure configured for the comfort of the patient. The awake pressure is configured to be lower than the lower bound of the pressure range and can be a therapeutic or sub-therapeutic pressure. The PAP systems and methods disclosed herein advantageously allow for the pressure range to be tailored for effective treatment of sleep disordered breathing while allowing the awake pressure to be set for the comfort of the patient. This can advantageously increase both the efficacy of the treatment of SDB and patient compliance with the treatment.
US12171926B2
A method for measuring pressure includes securing a flow channel to a chassis of a measurement device, the flow channel having a flexible wall with a first mechanical engagement feature presented from an external surface thereof. The method also includes engaging the mechanical engagement feature with a complementary engagement member connected to a force transducer, the securing being effective to immobilize the flow channel relative to the force transducer, and detecting at least one of the position and orientation of the of the flow channel relative to transducer and comparing to at least one of a predefined position and orientation. Further, the method includes generating a signal responsive to the detecting, flowing a fluid through the flow channel, and transmitting forces caused by displacement of the flexible wall through the complementary engagement member to the force transducer. Further, electrical signals are generated responsively to a state of the force transducer.
US12171906B2
Disclosed herein is a method of making a composite fabric for use in or as a medical implant component, the method comprising steps of providing a textile comprising at least one strand having titer of 2-250 dtex and comprising fibers made from a biocompatible and biostable synthetic polymer; determining locations on the textile where a cut is to be made for an intended use of the textile; optionally pretreating the textile at least at the determined locations on at least one side of the textile with a high-energy source to activate the surface; solution coating the textile at least at a determined location with a coating composition comprising a biocompatible and biostable polyurethane elastomer and a solvent for the polyurethane; removing the solvent from the coated textile; and laser cutting the coated textile as obtained at least a one coated location with an ultra-short pulse laser; to result in a composite biotextile wherein polyurethane is present in an amount of 2.5-90 mass % based on composite biotextile and polyurethane is present at least at a laser-cut edge. Such composite biotextile as made shows an advantageous combination of good biocompatibility, especially hemocompatibility, high strength and pliability, and has well-defined regular edges that have high suture retention strength. Further embodiments concern the use of such composite biotextile in or as medical implant component for an implantable medical device; such as in orthopedic applications and cardiovascular implants. Other embodiments include such medical devices or implants comprising said composite biotextile or medical implant component.
US12171904B2
Provided is a composition for a scaffold having a mineral coating similar to bone. Also provided is a method for mineral coating a scaffold so as to promote mineral coating of the scaffold with a plate-like nanostructure and a carbonate-substituted, calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite phase.
US12171902B1
A phospholipid composition obtained from the process of forming a homogeneous mixture by mixing (A) a first lecithin extract ingredient with (B) a second lecithin extract ingredient from plants in a predetermined ratio of (1-3):(1-3); and then adjusting moisture of the homogeneous mixture below 10%. In addition, the invention also discloses the phospholipid composition applied to make the nano liquid product containing curcumin have the ability to treat burns and increase the effect of scar healing; wherein the product is used at a dose of 0.05-0.1 mL/cm2 of skin, with a frequency of twice daily to reduce the area of the burns, and increase the concentration of hydroxyproline in the skin.
US12171899B2
Provided is a radiation sterilization resistant adhesive agent layer capable of reducing or preventing a decrease in wettability of an adhesive after radiation sterilization treatment. The adhesive can be used with a medical implement, for example medical implements that are sterilized. The adhesive agent layer includes a (meth)acrylic polymer and a wettability stabilizer, and the wettability stabilizer is at least one selected from a rosin ester resin, a terpene phenol resin, and hydrides thereof.
US12171898B2
Bioactive, ceramic medical cements and methods for its use in treatment of bones and teeth in mammals are disclosed. This cement is non-exothermic and non-toxic, based upon setting of hydraulic ceramic compounds containing calcia, alumina, and silica phases. The self-hardening cement sets in vivo and in high humidity environments, and can be used in vivo without being easily washed out of the site. It also has dimensional stability, is resistant to acids present in an infection site or supragingivally, and has biocompatibility advantages of low inflammation and the formation of calcification layers in direct apposition to body tissue. Options include the addition of various radiopaque materials, and a variety of delivery systems including powder and liquid, capsule or pouch delivery, multiple pastes, or a unitary paste.
US12171891B2
A sterilization tunnel has an inlet opening for pharmaceutical containers to be sterilised, an outlet opening, a high-temperature sterilisation chamber and a cooling chamber in line therewith and communicating with the outlet opening. A conveyor means transports the containers through the sterilisation chamber and the cooling chamber up to the outlet opening. A transfer plane is positionable in a first configuration aligned with the conveyor to transfer the containers out of the tunnel through the outlet opening. A shutter opens and closes the outlet opening. The transfer plane is movable and positionable in a second configuration inside the cooling chamber and misaligned with respect to the conveyor. When the transfer plane is inside the cooling chamber, the shutter is lowerable in abutment with a seal element.
US12171879B2
Articles and methods for delivering a therapeutic agent to a subject are described. These articles and methods may be useful, in some cases, for the delivery of therapeutic agents to the colon of a subject. In some embodiments, an article is configured to release a secretion inducing agent e.g., to stimulate the release of intestinal fluids. The article, in some embodiments, comprises a therapeutic agent such that the stimulated release of intestinal fluid increases the amount of therapeutic agent available for absorption by the colon. For example, in some embodiments, the articles and methods described herein advantageously promote increased absorption of therapeutic agents in subjects as compared to traditionally administered therapeutic agents without additional components such as a secretion inducing agent. In some embodiments, articles and methods described herein may increase the motility of the colon of a subject. The increase in contractions and movement of fluidic in the colon caused by increase motility may advantageously facilitate the dissolution or absorption of the therapeutic agent.
US12171878B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel formulation containing sucroferric oxyhydroxide, particularly a novel formulation that can be ingested without being chewed. The present invention relates to a novel formulation discovered based on the finding that a granule containing sucroferric oxyhydroxide that has a specific size and shape and also has specific physicochemical properties can be easily ingested without being chewed, and has formulation properties suitable for industrial manufacturing as a result of intensive studies to provide a novel formulation containing sucroferric oxyhydroxide.
US12171856B2
The use of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of an external preparation for skin whitening is provided, and the compound is shown in formula (I-1): The present disclosure can enhance the whitening activity of salidroside while taking full advantage of the protective effect of salidroside sugar ring, where the phenol residues of salidroside are restructured to obtain salidroside-plus (SP-037), which is 1-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl-β-D-glucoside and/or a salt thereof. The whitening effect of the compound is tested through a series of experiments.
US12171851B2
The antimicrobial composition of the present invention comprises a cationic active ingredient, a foam boosting surfactant, a foam boosting copolymer, a foam stabilizer, and a chelating agent. The present antimicrobial compositions are free of the antimicrobial agent triclosan (i.e., 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′hydroxy-diphenylether), have rapid cidal activity, provide stable copious foam and exhibit enhanced tissue (e.g. skin) compatibility as defined by an in vitro whole toxicology assessment method.
US12171850B2
Described herein are personal care compositions comprising a complex comprising a plurality of short chain fatty acids; along with methods of making and using same.
US12171844B2
A method of preparing a radioactive yttrium salt particle suspension comprising multiple steps comprising: using a hydrothermal process wherein a solution of soluble yttrium salt, from the group of yttrium chloride, yttrium nitrate, yttrium sulfate, and yttrium bromide is combined with a solution of sodium phosphate having a stoichiometric excess of phosphate and a preferred pH when combined.
US12171841B1
A method of cytotoxically treating cancer with aluminum silicate nanorods (SNRs) including aluminum, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and oxygen comprises contacting the SNRs at a concentration of 0.5 to 2 μg/mL with a cancerous sample. The aluminum silicate nanorods have a longest dimension of 100 nanometers (nm) to 5500 nm and a diameter of 20 nm to 250 nm. The SNRs are porous with a pore size of 1 nm to 12 nm and include cisplatin in an amount of 20 to 300 mg/g. The cancerous sample has a reduced cell viability after the contacting.
US12171834B2
A method of inhibiting and/or reducing the activity, signaling, and/or function of leukocyte-common antigen related (LAR) family of phosphatases in a cell of a subject induced by proteoglycans includes administering to the cell a therapeutic agent that inhibits one or more of catalytic activity, signaling, and function of the LAR family phosphatases without inhibiting binding to or activation the LAR family phosphatases by the proteoglycans.
US12171833B2
This invention provides compositions for controlled localized depositing of one or more drugs within a subject. More particularly, described herein are compositions comprising a) a polyethylene glycol (PEG) composition having a first low molecular weight PEG (Mw between 200-500 Da) and a second low molecular weight PEG (Mw between 500-2000 Da) and b) a mucoadhesive in polymer. Alternatively, composition may comprise a) a polyethylene glycol (PEG) composition having a first low molecular weight PEG (Mw between 200-500 Da) and a second low molecular weight PEG (Mw between 500-2000 Da), b) a water insoluble polymer and c) a mucoadhesive polymer. Furthermore, the composition may further comprise one or more drugs. Also provided are methods of manufacturing and administering the compositions described herein, which are used as biodegradable, injectable mucoadhesive low-viscosity pastes.
US12171829B2
Methods of treatment of colorectal cancer can include the administration of the anti-alpha-v integrin (receptor) antibody Abituzumab. Preferably, the methods of treating colorectal cancer can include treating Stage II-IV colorectal cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, left-sided colorectal cancer and/or left-sided metastatic colorectal cancer, involving the administration of said Abituzumab to patients in need thereof. Abituzumab is also useful for the manufacture of a medicament for treating colorectal cancer, preferably colorectal cancer as defined herein. Abituzumab is further useful for the manufacture of a medicament for treating colorectal cancer in combination with suitable targeted therapy concepts, such as growth factor or growth factor receptor targeting monoclonal antibodies, and/or chemotherapy.
US12171825B2
Poultry vaccines against infectious bronchitis and Turkey Rhinotracheitis are provided. The vaccines are adjuvanted with oil emulsion containing an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide. The methods of using the vaccines are also provided.
US12171823B2
The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Fusobacterium spp. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides.
US12171819B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12171805B2
The invention relates to compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions) that include, for example, IL-22 Fc fusion proteins, methods of making the same, and methods of using the same, e.g., for the treatment of diseases (e.g., IBD).
US12171801B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions useful for human health, e.g., for targeting one or more microorganisms resident in a host insect (e.g., arthropod, e.g., insect, e.g., pathogen vector), the modulation resulting in a decrease in the fitness of the host. The invention features a composition that includes a modulating agent (e.g., phage, peptide, small molecule, antibiotic, or combinations thereof) that can alter the host's microbiota in a manner that is detrimental to the host. By disrupting microbial levels, microbial activity, microbial metabolism, or microbial diversity, the modulating agent described herein may be used to decrease the fitness of a variety of insects that carry vector-home pathogens that cause disease in humans.
US12171800B2
Provided herein are improved formulations of tagraxofusp for lyophilization used to manufacture stable formulations of tagraxofusp for intravenous injection.
US12171787B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for stimulating angiogenesis, using cells descended from marrow adherent stromal cells that have been transfected with sequences encoding a Notch intracellular domain. Applications of these methods and compositions include treatment of ischemic disorders such as stroke.
US12171780B1
A polysilane methacrylic polymer and processes of preparing the polysilane methacrylic polymer are provided.
US12171773B2
A method of inhibiting inflammation with milk oligosaccharides or glycoconjugates containing the oligosaccharides.
US12171770B1
Disclosed are bioavailable solid state (17-β)-Hydroxy-4-Androsten-3-one esters suitable for pharmaceutical uses and administration to mammals in need of (17-β)-Hydroxy-4-Androsten-3-one. Pharmaceutical compositions and the dosage forms of the bioavailable solid state (17-β)-Hydroxy-4-Androsten-3-one esters can be used to treat any condition associated with testosterone deficiency, including complete absence of endogenous testosterone in male or female subjects.
US12171769B2
Described herein are methods, compositions, and kits for treating and/or preventing in a subject one or more side effects associated with radiation and/or chemotherapy exposure, including methods, compositions and kits that include an active agent at a low dose. In some embodiments, methods, compositions, and kits for treating and/or preventing tissue damage in a subject are provided, including methods, compositions and kits that include an active agent at a low dose.
