US12180269B2
Isolated or recombinant EphA5 or GRP78 targeting antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer. A method of rapidly identifying antibodies or antibody fragments for the treatment of cancer using a combination of in vitro and in vivo methodologies is also provided.
US12180267B2
Provided herein are anti-neuraminidase agents useful for neutralization of influenza virus infection, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. In particular, compositions comprising anti-neuraminidase agents (e.g., antibodies) that are cross-reactive with multiple influenza strains are provided, as well as methods of treatment and prevention of influenza infection therewith.
US12180263B2
Disclosed herein are cells and populations of cells comprising a genome in which the B2M gene has been edited to eliminate surface expression of MHC Class I protein in the cells or population of cells, and methods for allogeneic administration of such cells to reduce the likelihood that the cells will trigger a host immune response when the cells are administered to a subject in need of such cells.
US12180262B2
The instant invention provides binding proteins (“CD38-binding proteins”) which each comprise (1) a CD38-binding region for cell-targeting and (2) a Shiga toxin A Subunit effector polypeptide (“Shiga toxin effector polypeptide”). The Shiga toxin effector polypeptide components of the CD38-binding proteins may comprise a combination of mutations relative to a wild-type Shiga toxin sequence providing (1) de-immunization and/or (2) a reduction in protease sensitivity; wherein each Shiga toxin effector polypeptide retains one or more Shiga toxin function, such as, e.g., stimulating cellular internalization, directing intracellular routing, catalytic activity, and/or potent cytotoxicity. The CD38-binding proteins may have one or multiple uses, e.g., the selective killing of a specific CD38-expressing cell-type; and more generally, for the diagnosis and treatment of cancers and disorders involving CD38-expressing cells, e.g., in CD38-positive hematopoietic cancers such as multiple myeloma.
US12180260B2
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide GVYDGREHTV (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the MAGE-A4 protein. The TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent specificity profiles for this MAGE epitope. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the TCRs, cells engineered to present the TCRs, cells harbouring expression vectors encoding the TCRs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TCRs, nucleic acids or cells of the invention.
US12180253B2
A TAT-FXN fusion polypeptide useful in treating subjects diagnosed with Friedrich's Ataxia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or both are disclosed, as are related methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions.
US12180233B2
The present invention relates to iridium complexes suitable for use in organic electroluminescent devices, especially as emitters.
US12180230B2
A compound selected from the group consisting of Formula I, Formula II, and Formula III, wherein ring A, ring B, and ring C are independently a five-membered or six-membered, carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, each of which is optionally aromatic; ring W of Formula I is a 6-membered heterocyclic ring, and ring W of Formula II or Formula III is a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; L is a monodentate ligand with a metal coordinating member selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, S, and P; and M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, and Ag.
US12180219B2
The application is directed to efficient and economical processes as described in more detail below for the preparation of the beta 3 agonists of the formula of I-7 and intermediate compounds that can be used for making these agonists. The present disclosure relates to a process for making beta-3 agonists and intermediates using ketoreductase (KRED) biocatalyst enzymes and methods of using the biocatalysts.
US12180215B2
The present disclosure relates to a class of JAK inhibitor compounds and uses thereof. Specifically, the present disclosure discloses a compound represented by formula (G), isotopically labeled compound thereof, or optical isomer thereof, geometric isomer thereof, a tautomer thereof or a mixture of various isomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof, or a metabolite thereof. The present disclosure also relates to the application of the compounds in medicine.
US12180213B2
The present invention relates to a medicament for treating neuropsychiatric diseases, comprising a compound of Formula (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient.
US12180208B1
Novel pyrazolo[1,5-c]pyrido[3,4-e]pyrimidine compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrazolo[1,5-c]pyrido[3,4-e]pyrimidine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases.
US12180201B1
A 2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-N′-(isonicotinoyloxy)acetimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12180191B1
A 2-[(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)imino]-5,5-diphenylimidazolidin-4-one compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12180190B2
Provided is an additive for imparting ultraviolet absorbency, or an additive for imparting a high refractive index, which has satisfactory compatibility with a resin serving as a matrix and can maintain high transparency even if added in high concentrations. Also provided is an additive with which the function of imparting both ultraviolet absorbency and a high refractive index can be realized by means of one kind of additive. This additive is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein at least one of R1a to R9a is a monovalent sulfur-containing group represented by the following Formula (i-1) or Formula (i-2): wherein R10a to R12a each represent a divalent hydrocarbon group or the like; and R13a represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like.
US12180189B2
The present invention is directed to compounds having the Formulae (Ia-Ie), (II), (IIIa-IIId), (IVa-IVc), (Va-Vb), (VIa-VIe), (VII), (VIIIa-VIIIc), and (IX), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, compositions of any of thereof and methods for the treatment of a condition associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis comprising an effective amount of these compounds.
US12180181B1
An 4-[4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-hexyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl]isoquinolin-3-ol compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12180178B2
A heteroaryl azole compound of the following formula (II): an N-oxide compound, stereoisomer, tautomer or hydrate thereof, or a salt of any of these compounds. In the formula (II), R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkylthio group or the like; B1 represents a nitrogen atom or CR2; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; A represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group or the like; n represents a number of chemically acceptable X, and is an integer of 0 to 2; and X is the same or different when n is 2.
US12180177B2
A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same.
US12180157B2
The disclosure relates to crystalline form 1 of 5-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-tryptammonium (5-HTQ) iodide, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound and to methods of treatment using it.
US12180154B2
A first stream containing 1,3-butadiene, C4 acetylenes, and optionally C3 hydrocarbons, is mixed with a portion of the liquid recycle stream from a C4 acetylene hydrogenation reactor containing hydrogenated C4 acetylenes and a molecular hydrogen-containing stream, the resulting mixed stream is then fed to a C4 acetylene hydrogenation reactor to selectively hydrogenate the C4 acetylenes in the crude butadiene stream without appreciable 1,3-butadiene conversion.
US12180152B2
This invention relates to a stilbene derivative and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly to a novel stilbene derivative for inhibiting the function of cyclophilin, which is effective at the prevention of cyclophilin-related diseases or at the treatment of symptoms of such diseases, and to a method of preparing the same.
US12180139B2
The present invention relates to a derivative compound in which a biphenyl group is introduced into an aminoalkanoic acid, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention exhibits excellent antifungal and fungicidal effects. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention exhibits a synergistic effect when used in combination with a conventional antifungal agent. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention provides broad-spectrum antifungal activity against a wide range of fungal pathogens. Therefore, the compound of the present invention may be widely used in fields requiring treatment with antifungal or fungicidal agents against human pathogenic fungi and animal pathogenic fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.
US12180130B2
The present disclosure relates to a method that includes converting a gas stream that contains hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO) to a second mixture that contains a hydrocarbon, for example, a hydrocarbon having between 3 and 15 carbon atoms, where the converting is performed using a first catalyst configured to convert H2 and CO to methanol, a second catalyst configured to convert methanol to dimethyl ether (DME), and a third catalyst configured to convert DME to the hydrocarbon.
US12180126B2
A concentrated aqueous composition of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) comprising salts for plant nutrition. The concentrated aqueous composition comprises microfibrillated linear polymers of D-glucose molecules (cellulose microfibers), calcium ions, sulfate ions and other elements for plant nutrition. The concentration of calcium ions and sulfate ions exceeds the concentration corresponding to the solubility of calcium sulfate in water. The proportion of MFC is within a range of 1% and 99% w/w of the composition, and the precipitation of salts is prevented in a pH range from 1 to 13.
US12180121B2
A method of fabricating a ceramic molded body for sintering, which includes molding a raw material powder containing a ceramic powder and a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature higher than room temperature into a predetermined shape by isostatic pressing and in which a first-stage press-molded body is fabricated by subjecting a uniaxially press-molded body fabricated by uniaxially pressing the raw material powder into a predetermined shape or the raw material powder filled in a rubber die to a first-stage isostatic press molding at a temperature lower than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin and then a ceramic molded body is fabricated by heating this first-stage press-molded body to a temperature equal to or higher than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin and performing warm isostatic press molding as second-stage isostatic press molding.
US12180120B2
A method of manufacturing a CMC structure includes infiltrating a porous substrate with a composite material and performing a first densification on the infiltrated porous substrate, forming a first densified porous substrate, wherein the first densification includes techniques selected from the group of techniques comprising photonic curing, photonic sintering, pulsed thermal heating, or combinations thereof.
US12180106B2
To achieve a high degree of precision and an exact positioning of anti-resonant elements in a sufficiently stable and reproducible manner in an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, formation of anti-resonant element precursors includes formation of elongated pressure chambers, each of which adjoins a wall deformable under pressure and heat in the region of target positions of the anti-resonant elements. A section of the deformable wall is caused to protrude in the direction of a cladding tube inner bore, thereby forming an anti-resonant element or a precursor for same, while carrying out a process of elongating a primary preform to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform to a secondary preform from which the hollow-core fiber is drawn.
US12180101B2
The present disclosure describes a process for producing a reducing liquid comprising providing a liquid: providing a reducing gas and/or a metasilicate; and infusing the reducing gas and/or the metasilicate to the liquid, for the reducing gas and/or metasilicate to react with the liquid to produce a reducing liquid that has an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) value of about −100 mV or more negative. Further described is the process for preparing a reducing gas, which includes the steps of preparing an activator, introducing the activator into an electrolytic reactor, adding water, and applying a direct current to produce the reducing gas. Also described is a system for producing a reducing liquid.
US12180092B2
A sensor control system of a food processing system includes a logic processor operatively coupled to an electrode. The logic processor is configured to receive a sensor signal from the electrode, the electrode configured to collect the sensor signal from water used within the food processing system, process the sensor signal to determine a chemical measurement of the water, and generate an electrochemical cleaning control signal for the electrode to interact with the water to electrochemically clean the electrode based upon a user input signal.
US12180085B2
The production method of the present disclosure includes heat-treating a material mixture containing a compound containing Y, a compound containing Sm, NH4α, Liβ, and Caγ2 in an inert gas atmosphere. The compound containing Y is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y2O3 and Yδ3, and the compound containing Sm is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sm2O3 and Smε3. The material mixture contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Y2O3 and Sm2O3, and α, β, γ, δ, and ε are each independently at least one selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I.
US12180077B2
In an embodiment, a method includes producing a mixed feedstock of at least three halogenated monomer feedstocks. A first of the at least three halogenated monomer feedstocks includes an SP3 carbon, a second of the at least three halogenated monomer feedstocks includes an SP2 carbon, and a third of the at least three halogenated monomer feedstocks includes at least two SP1 carbons. The method further includes producing a polyorbital-hybrid pre-ceramic polymer comprising the SP1 carbons, the SP2 carbon, and the SP3 carbon. The polyorbital-hybrid pre-ceramic polymer is produced by reducing the mixed feedstock such that one or more halogen atoms are removed from the mixed feedstock. The method also includes fabricating the polyorbital-hybrid pre-ceramic polymer into a greenware form and producing a polyorbital-hybrid ceramic carbon comprising the SP1 carbons, the SP2 carbon, and the SP3 carbon. The polyorbital-hybrid ceramic carbon is produced by thermolyzing the polyorbital pre-ceramic polymer.
US12180076B2
A method for preparing expanded foamed graphite film includes the following steps: Step A: impregnating a synthetic graphite film into an intercalator for an interlayer intercalation treatment to prepare an intercalated graphite film; Step B: performing a thickness-limited expansion and foaming to the intercalated graphite film obtained in Step A, with an expansion ratio y of 2-25, to obtain an expanded foamed intercalated graphite film.
US12180074B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing synthesis gas (syngas) using bio-oil. In some embodiments, syngas is produced by steam reforming bio-oil. In some embodiments, the bio-oil is provided in liquid form. In some embodiments at least some of the liquid bio-oil is transitioned into droplet form when entering a reformer for steam-reforming. In some embodiments, the reformer produces a gas stream comprising syngas, which may be fed to a furnace (e.g., direct reducing furnace, shaft furnace) for reducing iron ore to iron. In some embodiments, the amount of oxygen provided to the reformer is regulated based on an equivalence ratio (ER) corresponding to moles of oxygen fed to the reformer divided by moles of oxygen necessary to achieve stoichiometric combustion of the bio-oil, wherein an exemplary ER value is from about 0.1 to about 0.6.
US12180073B2
The invention relates to a process and a plant for producing hydrogen by steam reforming and high-temperature electrolysis. Steam reforming produces a synthesis gas from a carbon-containing starting material and steam. Process heat generated in the context of the steam reforming is utilized for producing steam from water. Thus-produced steam is utilized as reactant for producing an electrolysis product in a high-temperature electrolysis step, wherein the electrolysis product includes at least hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is separated from the synthesis gas produced by steam reforming and from the electrolysis product produced by high-temperature electrolysis.
US12180070B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing hydrazine hydrate from the azine of methyl ethyl ketone obtained from methyl ethyl ketone by oxidizing ammonia with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an activator, characterized in that it comprises a step of recycling the methyl ethyl ketone oxime purge.
US12180066B2
A sensor package and a method for producing a sensor package are disclosed. In an embodiment a method for producing a sensor package includes providing a carrier including electric conductors, fastening a dummy die or interposer to the carrier, providing an ASIC device including an integrated sensor element and fastening the ASIC device to the dummy die or interposer.
US12180065B2
A microelectromechanical system includes a lower membrane including a plurality of troughs and crests arranged alternately, an upper membrane including a plurality of troughs and crests arranged alternately, and a spacer layer disposed between the lower membrane and the upper membrane. The spacer layer includes counter electrode walls and support walls made of nitride, the counter electrode walls being provided with conductive elements. Chambers are formed between the troughs of the lower membrane and the crest of the upper membrane and the counter electrode walls are suspended in the chambers respectively. The support walls are sandwiched between the crests of the lower membrane and the troughs of the upper membrane with a space formed between adjacent support walls. The spaces between adjacent support walls may be empty or filled with oxide. Unwanted capacitance between the upper and lower membranes is reduced significantly.
US12180061B2
Fuel management systems for a fuel dispensing facility including a fuel delivery system are disclosed. The fuel delivery system includes at least one storage tank configured to contain a fuel, at least one dispenser configured to receive the fuel from the at least one storage tank, and a fuel handling system which is configured to one of (1) deliver the fuel to the at least one storage tank, (2) receive the fuel from the at least one storage tank, (3) monitor for a leak within the fuel delivery system, and (4) monitor for a fuel inventory within the fuel delivery system. The fuel management system may include installation records of the fuel handling components. The fuel management system may monitor cameras positioned in sumps of the fuel delivery system. The fuel delivery system may include a camera positioned to monitor an interior of a sump, the interior of the sump being provided by a sump basin and a sump cover. The sump cover may be a sump lid. The sump cover may be a dispenser. The sump cover may be another portion of the fuel delivery system.
US12180056B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method that may include identifying at least one metric for a fluid flowing through a line from a vessel to a dispenser. The method may include identifying a reference value for the at least one metric for the fluid. The method may include performing an analysis of the fluid based on the at least one metric for the fluid. The method may include comparing results of the analysis with the reference value. The method may include performing at least one action based on determining that there has been a change in the at least one metric relative to the reference value.
US12180053B1
A kit consisting of a septum and bodkin is provided for resealing liquid such as wine within a bottle having a neck and body. The septum, a resiliently deformable diaphragm, has an undeformed dimension substantially equal to an inner diameter of the body and is deformable to a dimension less than an inner diameter of the neck. The bodkin, an elongated rod, has a ramming end to deform and push the septum through the neck, and opposite the ramming end has a retrieving end to grasp and extrude the septum from the neck. Using the bodkin, the septum is placed against the surface of liquid and inner wall of the bottle to form an air-tight seal that can be broken using the bodkin or by rotating the bottle to a breakage angle. The septum can be extruded from the bottle using the retrieving end of the bodkin.
US12180052B2
Load-handling vehicle (1) comprising: —a heat engine (2), —an accelerator pedal (3), —a pedal position sensor (4), a system (5) for driving the machine (1), which system is engaged with the heat engine (2), —a handling system (6) comprising at least one handling member (61), a pump (62) rotationally driven by the heat engine (2), at least one actuator (631, 632, 633) of the handling member (61), —a system (7) for controlling the actuators (631, 632, 633), and —a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine: —according to data provided by the control system (7), a pump flow rate setpoint (62), and —according to the pump flow rate setpoint (62) and the position data provided by the pedal position sensor (4), a rotation speed setpoint of the heat engine (2).
US12180041B2
The crane device includes: a camera provided on a hook; a camera control unit which controls an image-capturing operation of the camera on the basis of control information for operating a carrying element; and an image processing unit which processes a captured image that has been captured with the camera. The camera captures an image of the carrying destination of a baggage. The image processing unit takes, as a reference area, an arbitrary area in the image captured with the camera, generates a correction image obtained by projecting the captured image onto a plane that is parallel to the reference area and is perpendicular to an arbitrary direction with the baggage used as a viewpoint, calculates a current position of the baggage in the correction image, and displays the current position in a visually recognizable mode.
US12180038B2
In an elevator installation subject to maintenance by a technician, a drive system is operated to move an elevator car along an elevator shaft in response to a call entered by the technician on a first floor. The drive system is deactivated in response to a control signal generated by an elevator controller when a safety circuit of the elevator is interrupted. Interrupting the safety circuit is caused by a detector mounted on the elevator car detecting a signal transmitted by a service tool. The service tool is introduced into a receptacle of a shaft door at the first floor. After deactivation of the drive system the moving of the elevator car comes to a halt with its roof being at a level to allow the technician to step on top of the roof from the first floor.
US12180036B2
An elevator motor mounting structure includes a bracket attachment part arranged above a car entrance, a bracket for supporting a motor, and a bolt for fixing the bracket to the bracket attachment part. The bracket includes a cutout that allows a shank of the bolt to enter the cutout when the bracket is attached to the bracket attachment part. The cutout has an entrance-direction cutout portion that extends inward of a car from a side end of the bracket in which the side end faces outward in an entrance direction of the car, and a width-direction cutout portion that extends from an inner end of the entrance-direction cutout portion in a width direction of the car entrance.
US12180028B2
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyance unit including a first driving roller and a second driving roller to convey a sheet, an image reading unit to read an image on the conveyed sheet at a reading position between the first driving roller and the second driving roller in a sheet conveyance direction, and a driving source to output a driving force for driving the first driving roller and the second driving roller. A first pulley is fixed to the first driving roller, a second pulley is fixed to the second driving roller, and a transmission belt is wound around the first pulley and the second pulley. An outer diameter of a belt-wound-part of the second pulley is smaller than an outer diameter of a belt-wound-part of the first pulley, the belt-wound-parts of the first pulley and the second pully being parts around which the transmission belt is wound respectively.
US12180027B2
A banknote stack transport arrangement for a cash handling machine may include a first structure presenting a first banknote engagement portion that is displaceable in relation to the first structure, and a second structure presenting a second banknote engagement portion that is displaceable in relation to the second structure. At least one of the first and the second structures may be pivotally arranged at its first end so as to be swingably movable between a closed configuration and an open configuration. A movable banknote engager may be configured to press the banknote stack towards the first and/or the second banknote engagement portion. The banknote stack transport arrangement may be configured to transport the banknote stack out from a temporary banknote receptacle by displacing the first and the second banknote engagement portions and by moving the banknote engager to an active position.
US12180017B2
An automated system for de-stacking a plurality of stacked objects, the automated system comprising a lift assembly and a grabber assembly. The lift assembly comprises a tower, and a number of electric motors. The tower is configured to rotate about a vertically-extending axis. One of the electric motors is configured to rotate the tower. Another one of the electric motors is configured to raise and lower the grabber assembly. The grabber assembly is configured to move with the tower as the tower rotates and comprises a claw and an electric motor. The claw is configured to grasp the objects individually. The electric motor of the grabber assembly is configured to actuate the claw. The first, second, and third electric motors are configured to operate in a refrigerated environment.
US12180009B2
Provided is a transport device that can transport two or more types of articles without necessarily requiring a change of parts. The transport device includes a guide extending in a transport direction of an article, and a holding unit configured to hold the article between the holding unit and the guide and to move in the transport direction. The holding unit includes two or more roller units. In each roller unit, two or more rollers, including a first roller and a second roller with a diameter larger than a diameter of the first roller, are aligned along an axial direction. The holding unit is movable in the axial direction. The holding unit is moved in the axial direction to thereby switch the rollers abutting the article among the two or more rollers.
US12180003B2
The present invention provides a container-handling vehicle (9′) for picking up storage containers (6) from a three-dimensional grid (4) of an underlying storage system (1), comprising a vehicle body (13) and at least one lifting device (18) for lifting a storage container (6) from the grid (4), the lifting device (18′) comprises a lifting band drive assembly (47, 47′,31), a horizontal lifting frame (17) and a plurality of lifting bands (16a, 16b); the lifting band drive assembly (47, 47′,31) is connected to the vehicle body (13) and comprises at least one rotatable lifting shaft (22.22′); the lifting frame (17,17) comprises four corner sections (36), gripper elements (24) for releasable connection to a storage container (6), and a lifting band connector (32,32′) arranged at each of the corner sections; the lifting bands (16a, 16b) are connected to the lifting band drive assembly (47, 47′,31) and the lifting band connectors (32,32′), such that the lifting frame (17, 17) may move in a vertical direction relative to the lifting band drive assembly by rotation of the lifting shaft (22,22); wherein at least three of the lifting band connectors (32,32′) are adjustable, such that the vertical distance between the respective corner sections and the lifting band drive assembly may be adjusted.
US12180001B1
A waste collection and weighing system for measuring the weight of waste and recycling containers and their contents is provided. The waste collection and weighing system can include a platform having an opening formed therein, a frame body configured to sit atop the platform adjacent to the opening, and a load cell attached to the frame body. The waste collection and weighing system is a load-cell-based weight measurement device and the rigid frame body is configured for both hanging and weighing the waste container.
US12179996B2
A modular hopper assembly is provided and includes a plurality of pre-fabricated upper hopper modular units, a plurality of pre-fabricated middle hopper modular units, a plurality of pre-fabricated lower hopper modular units and a plurality of support members configured as a base, where the upper hopper modular units, the middle hopper modular units and the lower hopper modular units are each assembled, and then the assembled upper hopper modular units, the assembled middle hopper modular units and the assembled lower hopper modular units are connected together to form a hopper, where the hopper is mounted on the base.
US12179985B2
A decompression absorption bottle is formed of a synthetic resin material and has a cylindrical shape with a bottom. A bottom wall part of a bottom part includes a ground contact part; an upright peripheral wall part; and an annular movable wall part, the movable wall part is disposed to be freely rotatable in a vertical direction, the movable wall part is provided with an annular recess, and the annular recess is configured that an inner corner part having a V-shape or a U-shape protruding inward in the radial direction of the bottle when viewed from below, and an outer corner part having a V-shape or U-shape protruding outward in the radial direction of the bottle are alternately continued to each other in the circumferential direction of the bottle.
US12179962B2
A closure for a spout of a thin-walled flexible package is provided. The closure has a cap having a cap wall having a cap axis extending between a cap lower end and a cap upper end, a tamper-evident seal, and a grip surface having an undulated grip surface edge having a succession of low sections and high sections, such that bulges and windows are formed on the grip surface. The windows are sufficiently wide circumferentially to contain the cap and the tamper-evident seal in width. The low section of the undulated grip surface edge is tangent inferiorly to an imaginary plane orthogonal to the cap axis, which axially delimits inferiorly at least one of the bulges. The imaginary plane is arranged axially below the cap lower end.
US12179954B2
A system for assembling a container and closure comprising an expanding collet which has a plurality of pivoting collet segments, each configured to simultaneously pivot radially outward about a pivot point and comprising. The collet comprises a lip that is engagable with the rim of the open end of the container and an angled tip positioned radially inward from the lip and shaped to press a countersink portion of the closure against an interior wall of the container as the collet segments pivot radially outward. As the container and the chuck are brought together, the rim engages with the lips of the collet segments and causes the angled tips of the collet segments to pivot outward toward the interior wall of the container, thereby pushing the countersink portion of the closure against the interior wall of the container.
US12179936B2
A landing zone landing assistance system for a rotary wing aircraft, the system includes a computer, an HMI for interacting with the pilot of the aircraft, an optical assembly provided with at least one optical sensor, a radar assembly provided with at least one radar detector and an inertial unit, wherein the computer is configured to implement the following steps: a first step (Step1) consisting in determining an optical image of the possible landing zone; a second step (Step2) consisting in determining the relative position of the landing zone with respect to said system in the terrestrial reference frame; a third step (Step3) consisting in determining a landing zone approach path; and a fourth step (Step4) consisting in supplying to the HMI a deviation between the position of the system and the approach path.
US12179930B2
A system for estimating percentage torque produced by a propulsor configured for use in an electric aircraft, the system including a propulsor, the propulsor configured to generate output torque. The system including a sensor, the sensor configured to detect the output torque and generate an output torque datum. The system including a flight controller including a computing device configured to receive an output torque datum, receive an ideal propulsor model, the ideal propulsor model including at least a performance parameter, generate a model torque datum, including a model torque datum threshold, as a function of the at least a performance parameter, generate a percentage datum as a function of the output torque datum and model torque datum, and determine, at least an obstruction datum correlated to the torque percentage datum, and display torque percentage datum and the at least an obstruction datum.
US12179925B2
A quick release system for an interior apparatus is disclosed. The system may include a release assembly including a release handle and release cables. The release handle may pull the release cables when a force is applied. The system may include a latch assembly including latches coupled to the release cables. The latches may include a latch hook positioned in an open position or a closed position. Upon applying the force to the release handle, the latch hook may release the apparatus to cause the apparatus to rotate about an axis. The system may include a locking assembly including a lever and a lock plate. Upon applying the force to the release handle, the lock plate may translate between the locked position and the unlocked position to disengage the lock plate from the tracks to cause the apparatus to translate along the tracks.
US12179918B2
A method for manufacturing a preform for producing a part made of composite material with an unchangeable final shape includes supplying a triaxial non-woven textile comprising a layer of fibers orientated in a first direction, a layer of fibers orientated in a second direction, a layer of fibers orientated in a third direction, and seams extending parallel to each other and forming sheaths for the circumferential fibers, arranging the textile on an element of unchangeable shape by placing the seams parallel to the circumferential direction of the element, and sliding the circumferential fibers into the sheaths so that the textile is in continuous contact with the element.
US12179910B2
A system architecture for operation of aircraft flaps. The system architecture includes a first pair of motor drive units, the first pair comprising a first motor drive unit (MD1) and a second motor drive unit (MD3), and a second pair of motor drive units, the second pair comprising a third motor drive unit (MD2) and a fourth motor drive unit (MD4). The system further includes a first plurality of switches connected between the first motor drive unit (MD1) and the second motor drive unit (MD3), the first plurality of switches configured to operate a first electric motor and a second electric motor, and a second plurality of switches connected between the third motor drive unit (MD2) and the fourth motor drive unit (MD4), the second plurality of switches configured to operate a third electric motor and a fourth electric motor.
US12179903B2
In one embodiment, a modular door panel assembly for an aircraft comprises a door surround that interfaces with a door aperture of the aircraft to ensure aircraft pressurization, a first hole in an upper portion of the door surround configured to accommodate a modular upper panel assembly such that a portion of the door surround around the first hole is capable of interfacing with the modular upper panel assembly to ensure aircraft pressurization, a second hole in a lower portion of the door surround configured to accommodate a modular lower panel assembly such that a portion of the door surround around the second hole is capable of interfacing with the modular lower panel assembly to ensure aircraft pressurization, and a strut actuator aperture below the second hole that is configured to interface with an articulated strut to ensure pressurization.
US12179899B2
A marine drive has a supporting frame for coupling the marine drive to a marine vessel; a gearcase supporting a propulsor for propelling the marine vessel in water; an extension leg disposed between the supporting frame and the gearcase; and an adapter plate between the supporting frame and the extension leg. A tube is in the extension leg. The tube has a lower end which is coupled to the gearcase and upper end which is coupled to the adapter plate by a compression nut threaded onto the tube, wherein threading the compression nut down on the tube compressively engages the compression nut with the adapter plate, which in turn clamps the extension leg between the supporting frame and the gearcase.
US12179895B2
An underwater explosive container to house explosives and explosive tools for deployment on bottom mines, moored mines, and underwater explosive devices that can be positioned via a remotely operated vehicle or a diver for neutralizing, rendering safe, or detonating the intended target and methods of building and utilizing the underwater explosive container.
US12179893B1
A watercraft pump assembly for pumping fluid, the pump assembly including a pump intake adapter that creates a conduit through which fluid may flow; a pump coupled to the pump intake adapter to convey the fluid through the conduit; processing circuitry configured to control the pump, the processing circuitry comprising at least one computer interface; and a tablet computer coupled to the computer interface, the tablet computer comprising a user interface. Other systems and methods are provided.
US12179892B2
A vessel hull stabilization system includes a housing having a rotatable shaft mounted thereto, the shaft configured to connect to a fin such that the fin is located on an outside of the vessel hull and the housing is located on an inside of the vessel hull. A drive system is mounted to the housing and includes a motor and a drive element. The motor is connected to a central shaft of the drive element. The drive element includes a plurality of teeth positioned between the outer element and the central shaft such that when the motor rotates the central shaft, the plurality of teeth oscillate inwards and outwards to interact with teeth in the outer element and thereby cause rotation of a fin shaft connected to the outer element or to the gear having the oscillating teeth. A controller receives sensor readings to determine control signals to send to the motor(s) to impart rotation of the fin.
US12179889B2
Boat handling and control systems and methods related to one or more of steering and propulsion of a pontoon boat.
US12179881B2
An operating system comprises a first operating device, a second operating device, a first user interface, a second user interface, and a controller. The first user interface is configured to receive a first user input. The second user interface is configured to receive a second user input. At least one of the first user interface and the second user interface is configured to be operated to control at least one electric component. The controller is configured to control the at least one electric component based on at least one of the first user input and the second user input. The at least one electric component includes at least one of a gear changing unit, a gear changing unit, an adjustable seatpost, an internal gear hub, a front suspension, a rear suspension, a cycle computer, a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a light emitting device.
US12179880B2
A wheeled vehicle is disclosed. The wheel of the vehicle may be a powered wheeled vehicle with an engine and a transmission system. The transmission system may be used to select a gear ratio to a powered wheel of the wheeled vehicle, such as a single wheel.
US12179879B2
A scooter, including a main body, a front wheel, a first rear wheel, a second rear wheel, a drive part and a controller. The front wheel is rotatably arranged at a front part of the main body. The first rear wheel and the second rear wheel are spaced apart and rotatably arranged at a rear part of the main body. One drive part is provided, which is connected to the first rear wheel, and is configured to merely drive the first rear wheel to rotate, so as to driving the main body to move. The controller is electrically connected to the drive part to adjust a rotation speed of the drive part, so as to adjust a rotation speed of the first rear wheel.
US12179878B2
The device provides an energy return mechanism associated with flexing and straightening of the scooter rider's support leg. The device includes an energy return mechanism having an end connected to the scooter such that resilient force exerted by the mechanism is longitudinally aligned with the scooter to act in a generally rearward/upward direction. A free end of the mechanism cradles the front of the rider's support leg, just below the knee. When the rider flexes the support leg, the resilient mechanism distorts in a longitudinal direction. When the rider straightens the leg, the forces stored in the resilient mechanism supplement the force of the rider's muscles. Thus, the device reduces the amount of energy used by the rider. The mechanism can be configured as an accessory to a conventional scooter or be integrated into a scooter. Certain embodiments are foldable and compatible with the foldable scooters.
US12179873B2
An accessory mounting device includes a main body portion configured to connect around a bar or similar in use, and a pair of mounting grips configured to movably connect to the main body from a first position against the body and a second position away from the main body portion, the grips in the second position configured to grip and hold a secondary accessory in position on the mounting device.
US12179865B2
A tie rod reinforcement device for reinforcing a vehicle steering tie rod assembly includes a metal brace assembly that reinforces a threaded section of the vehicle steering tie rod assembly. The brace assembly includes an outer surface and an inner cavity having an inner surface. Portions of the inner and outer tie rods are disposed in the inner cavity when the brace assembly is installed on a vehicle. The inner surface of the brace assembly includes a first portion having a first diameter and a second portion having a second diameter different from the first diameter. The first diameter and second diameter are about equal to an outer diameter of the inner tie rod and outer tie rod, respectively, so that the inner surface is in direct contact with the inner tie rod and outer tie rod when the apparatus is installed on the vehicle.
US12179861B1
An electrical portal wheel hub system is coupled with a wheel of a vehicle and utilizes an electric motor/generator configured to drive the wheel or generate power through application of braking torque to the wheel, and may be coupled with two or more wheels of the vehicle, wherein generated power is provided to a portal hub battery. The portal hub battery may provide power to the electric motors, or to other electrical devices or batteries of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a trailer or non-driven wheels having a connecting axle and an electrical portal hub may be coupled to these otherwise, non-driven wheels. The vehicle may be an electric vehicle and the electrical portal wheel hub system may provide power to a vehicle battery that provides power to drive the wheels of the vehicle. A controller may control power from the portal hub battery to the electric motor/generators and or other battery and devices to provide energy efficiency.
US12179854B2
According to the disclosure, the steering control device and method may enhance the driver's steering feeling by correcting the steering torque due to a difference in linear distance despite a difference in the linear distance from the rotation axis according to the position of the pressure applied to the steering wheel shaped so that the linear distance from the rotation axis increases/decreases.
US12179849B2
A rear spoiler system includes a roof portion forming an upper frame of a vehicle body, a rear spoiler positioned at the rear of the vehicle body, connected to the roof portion and including an opening through which air passes, a variable shutter positioned at the rear spoiler to adjust the opening amount and opening position of the opening, and an actuator operating the variable shutter.
US12179841B2
The present disclosure provides a chassis collision structure of a new energy vehicle, comprising a front lower collision beam assembly, a front sub-frame assembly, a front battery pack bottom fender, a rear battery pack bottom fender, and a rear sub-frame assembly which are arranged sequentially along a direction from a head to a tail of a vehicle, wherein the front lower collision beam assembly is connected to a front end of the front sub-frame assembly; the front battery pack bottom fender is connected to a bottom of the front sub-frame assembly; the rear battery pack bottom fender is connected to a bottom of the rear sub-frame assembly; and connecting parts which are connected with a battery pack are arranged at one end of the front battery pack bottom fender and one end of the rear battery pack bottom fender, which are close to each other, respectively.
US12179834B1
A work machine with a differential protection system includes an electronic differential lock, a controller, and a knock sensor to convert sensed vibrations into electric signals. The controller is programmed to receive and process the electrical signals generated by the knock sensor, determine a risk of differential lock wear based on the processed signals. The program instructions include responding to the processed signals indicative of a risk of differential lock wear by inhibiting locking of the differential lock for a defined time period, and command locking the differential lock as a response to expiration of the defined period. The controller may further be programmed to command locking the differential lock as a response to a request to lock the differential lock and engagement conditions being met. The presence of a risk of differential wear is derived from a frequency and an amplitude of the processed signals.
US12179826B2
Disclosed are a child seat frame and a compact collapsible stroller. The child seat frame includes a seat mounting part, a lower frame body, and an upper frame body. The upper frame body is provided with an upper frame body lock which can be actuated to lock and disengage from a second latch part, and the upper frame body is pivotable relative to a lower seat frame hub when the upper frame body lock is disengaged from the lower seat frame hub; and when the lower frame body pivots relative to the seat mounting part, the upper frame body lock locks over the second latch part. The child seat frame can be folded in a main suitable for the folding boundary dimensions of a main stroller frame, thereby maintaining the folding dimensions of a stroller unit to a minimum.
US12179819B2
A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and historical train block volume data, a first list of train block assignments for a plurality of train blocks and a plurality of classification tracks of a classification bowl. The method further includes displaying the first list of train block assignments generated by the first optimization model if the volume of the train blocks is not greater than the total available track length of the classification tracks. The method further includes determining and displaying, using a second optimization model and the historical train block volume data, a second list of train block assignments for the plurality of train blocks and the plurality of classification tracks of the classification bowl if the volume of the plurality of train blocks is greater than the total available track length of the plurality of classification tracks.
US12179817B2
A train control system minimizes in-train forces in a train with a hybrid consist including a diesel-electric locomotive and a battery electric locomotive. The train control system includes a virtual in-train forces modeling engine configured to simulate in-train forces and train operational characteristics using physics-based equations, kinematic or dynamic modeling of behavior of the train or components of the train when the train is accelerating, and inputs derived from stored historical contextual data characteristic of the train, and a virtual in-train forces model database configured to store in-train forces models. Each of the in-train forces models includes a mapping between combinations of the stored historical contextual data and corresponding simulated in-train forces and train operational characteristics that occur when the consist is changing speed. An energy management system determines an easing function of tractive effort vs. time that will minimize the in-train forces created by changes in tractive effort responsive to power notch changes in a diesel-electric locomotive, and commands execution of the easing function by a battery electric locomotive based at least in part on an in-train forces model with simulated in-train forces and train operational characteristics that fall within a predetermined acceptable range of values.
US12179814B2
Subway tunnel intelligent monitoring method and system relate to the field of track detection. The method includes: activating the inspection device to inspect the track section and detect foreign objects; when the inspection device detects the foreign object during foreign object detection, identifying and acquiring a volume of the foreign object, and according to a correspondence between a range interval to which the volume of the foreign object belongs and a processing scheme, determining the processing scheme for the foreign object with the corresponding volume; implementing the processing scheme for the foreign object with the corresponding volume.
US12179811B2
A modular railcar includes a modular top system that is configured to hold one or more coils of material, and a railcar underframe that supports the modular top system. The modular top system includes a pair of side sills and one or more troughs disposed between the pair of side sills. Each side sill of the pair of side sills extends a longitudinal length of the modular top system. Each trough of the one or more troughs is configured to hold a coil of the one or more coils of material. The underframe includes one or more coupling apparatuses that are configured to detachably engage the modular top system when the modular top system is positioned on top of the underframe.
US12179808B2
A system for storing and transporting storage containers includes an automated storage and retrieval grid including vertical members defining multiple storage columns for storing storage containers on top of each other in vertical stacks. The vertical members are interconnected at their upper ends by a container handling vehicle rail system arranged to guide at least one container handling vehicle being configured to raise storage containers from, and lower storage containers into, the storage columns, and to transport the storage containers above the storage columns. The container handling vehicle rail system includes a first set of parallel rails arranged in a first horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and a second set of parallel rails arranged in the first horizontal plane and extending in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, which first and second sets of rails form a grid pattern in the first horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent container handling vehicle grid cells. Each container handling vehicle grid cell includes a container handling vehicle grid opening defined by a pair of neighboring rails of the first set of rails and a pair of neighboring rails of the second set of rails. A transfer column is adapted for transport of a storage container between the container handling vehicle and a delivery space is situated at a lower end of the transfer column. A delivery system includes a first delivery rail system having at least one set of parallel rails arranged in a second horizontal plane guiding at least one delivery vehicle thereon. The delivery vehicle is adapted to receive and/or deliver a storage container at a storage container delivery location arranged below the delivery space of the transfer column and to move between the storage container delivery location and a second location, the first delivery rail system covers at least an area extending from the storage container delivery location to the second location. A vehicle lift device for transfer of the at least one delivery vehicle between a first lift stop position adjacent the second location in the second horizontal plane and a second lift stop position adjacent a third location arranged in a third horizontal plane being at a different vertical level than the second horizontal plane.
US12179807B2
The present invention provides a storage system (1) comprising a storage grid structure (104) and multiple container handling vehicles (200,300), the storage grid structure comprises vertical column profiles (102) defining multiple storage columns (105), in which storage containers (106) can be stored one on top of another in vertical stacks (107), and at least one transfer column (119,120), the column profiles are interconnected at their upper ends by top rails (110,111) forming a horizontal top rail grid (108) upon which the container handling vehicles (200,300) may move in two perpendicular directions, the container handling vehicles are able to retrieve storage containers (106) from, and store storage containers in, the storage columns (105), and transport the storage containers on the storage grid structure, wherein the storage grid structure (104) comprises at least one horizontal transfer section (2); and the storage system comprises multiple container transfer vehicles (6) and a transfer floor (5) on which the container transfer vehicles (6) may move horizontally, and the transfer section (2) is arranged at a level below the top rail grid (108) and extends from an external side (12) of the storage grid structure (104) to a position below the at least one transfer column (119,120) and comprises at least a section of the transfer floor (5); and each of the container transfer vehicles comprises a container carrier (38) for carrying a storage container (106) and a wheel arrangement (32a,32b) for moving the container transfer vehicle (6) in at least two perpendicular directions on the transfer floor (5); and wherein the at least one transfer column (119,120) extends from the top rail grid (108) to the transfer section (2), such that a storage container (106) may be transferred between the top rail grid (108) and the container carrier of one of the container transfer vehicles (6).
US12179806B2
A method of operating an automated storage and retrieval system includes: a rail system including a first set of parallel rails arranged in a horizontal plane and extending in a first direction, and a second set of parallel rails arranged in the horizontal plane and extending in a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, which first and second sets of rails form a grid pattern in the horizontal plane including a plurality of adjacent grid cells, a central control unit configured to receive, transmit and process data signals of a plurality of container handling vehicles for handling storage containers of the automated storage and retrieval system. Each container handling vehicle includes a vehicle body, a wheel assembly provided on the vehicle body, the wheel assembly being configured to move the vehicle along the rail system in both of the first direction and the second direction, a vehicle control unit configured to receive data signals from, transmit data signals to and process data signals of the central control unit, and a proximity sensor system configured to detect another container handling vehicle of said plurality of container handling vehicles and determine whether or not it is within a predetermined distance. The method includes detecting with the central control unit that access of a first container handling vehicle to a target cell, which is one of the plurality of grid cells, is blocked by a second container handling vehicle, transmitting a data signal from the central control unit to the vehicle control unit of the first container handling vehicle commanding the first container handling vehicle to move into the target cell when the second container handling vehicle is beyond said predetermined distance.
US12179801B2
An information processing apparatus of the present invention acquires, from a communication device of a user, at least one of utterance information by the user and position information of the communication device, specifies a predetermined region according to a mark included in the utterance information; acquires a movement direction of the user from at least one of the utterance information and the position information acquired from the communication device of the user, and setting a probability distribution that the user exists to a divided region of the predetermined region based on the acquired movement direction of the user; and presumes the user based on the set probability distribution.
US12179793B2
The present disclosure relates to a driver controlling system for a vehicle comprising a propulsive actuator unit, a propulsive sensor unit, and a control unit. The control unit prompts the propulsive actuator unit to apply a driving parameter in an automated driving mode of the vehicle. The driving parameter is based on a driving preference of a driver. The control unit further modifies the driving parameter of the automated driving mode by a defined rate of deviation for causing a reaction of the driver. The propulsive sensor unit generates driver engagement data based on the reaction of the driver to the modified driving parameter. The rate of deviation may be varied and/or the driving parameter may be incrementally modified from a prior modified driving parameter by the defined rate of deviation, in case of insufficient reaction of the user.
US12179788B2
Driver fatigue can increase a driver's reaction time and result in a collision. A system and method are provided for assessing driver alertness based on a braking request and forward vehicle distance information. Based on the assessed driver alertness, a warning can be issued to the driver to take a break from driving. In one embodiment, the system predicts a time when the driver should take a break based on a curve representing the driver's circadian rhythm.
US12179784B2
A system for detecting a health condition of an occupant of a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle sensors and a controller in electrical communication with the plurality of vehicle sensors. The controller is programmed to perform a plurality of measurements using the plurality of vehicle sensors determine a health risk probability based at least in part on the plurality of measurements. The health risk probability is a probability that the occupant of the vehicle has the health condition. The controller is further programmed to notify the occupant of the vehicle in response to determining that the health risk probability is greater than or equal to a predetermined health risk threshold.
US12179781B2
A driver command interpreter system for a vehicle includes one or more controllers that execute instructions to receive a plurality of dynamic variables, vehicle configuration information, and driving environment conditions, and determine a target vehicle state during transient driving conditions based on the plurality of dynamic variables from the one or more sensors, the vehicle configuration information, and the driving environment conditions. The one or more controllers build a transient vehicle dynamic model based on the target vehicle state during transient driving conditions, the plurality of dynamic variables, the vehicle configuration information, and the driving environment conditions, and solve for desired zeros corresponding to the target vehicle state during transient conditions.
US12179778B2
An on-board unit as a direction change detection device is configured to acquire a steered angle and a mileage of a vehicle at a time point at which a right turn event related to a right turn of the vehicle occurs when the right turn event occurs, and detect the right turn on condition that a maximum value of the steered angle is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and the mileage is equal to or greater than a second threshold value.
US12179777B2
A method for determining driving resistance in an insufficient warm-up state includes measuring driving data including at least first rolling resistance when a vehicle travels to include at least one constant-speed driving section in an insufficient warm-up state and determining a second rolling resistance based on the first rolling resistance measured in the constant-speed driving section, wherein the second rolling resistance is a rolling resistance predicted in the sufficient warm-up state.
US12179774B2
An electronic system, a method, and a computer program product support wireless communication with reduced distraction for a driver experiencing challenging driving conditions. The method includes connecting to a communication session with second electronic device(s) via a communication subsystem of the electronic device and via a communication network. The method includes receiving an indication of a challenging driving condition from a first image stream from image capturing device(s) positionable to have a field of view encompassing a face of a driver of a vehicle and/or a detected condition from sensor(s) that detects external conditions to the vehicle that can require the driver to be more attentive while the vehicle is in motion. In response to receiving the indication of the challenging driving condition, the method includes communicating a notification over the communication session to the second electronic device(s), the notification indicating that the driver is in the challenging driving condition.
US12179773B2
A virtual sound provision apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a driving information detector configured to detect vehicle driving information for outputting a virtual driving sound, a microphone configured to detect an actual driving sound generated from the electric vehicle, a controller configured to determine a characteristic of a target sound based on an acceleration and deceleration driving pattern of a driver from an accelerator pedal input value and a brake pedal input value of the driver, and generating and outputting a sound control signal for outputting the virtual driving sound having the characteristic of the target sound based on the determined characteristic information of the target sound and characteristic information of the actual driving sound, and a sound device configured to output a virtual engine sound that simulates an engine sound from the electric vehicle at the time of acceleration and deceleration according to the sound control signal.
US12179772B1
Method and system for determining which mobile device among multiple mobile devices is used by a vehicle driver. For example, the method includes receiving first telematics data and first device interaction data generated by a first mobile device, receiving second telematics data and second device interaction data generated by a second mobile device, analyzing the first telematics data and the first device interaction data to determine whether a first user is interacting with the first mobile device, analyzing the second telematics data and the second device interaction data to determine whether a second user is interacting with the second mobile device, determining whether the first user or the second user is the vehicle driver by using a classification technique, and calibrating the classification technique based on whether the first user or the second user has been determined to be the vehicle driver.
US12179761B2
A vehicular surrounding image calibration method may include determining whether driving lane and vehicle speed control functions are activated, upon determining that the driving lane and vehicle speed control functions are activated, determining a satisfied or dissatisfied state of each of a road condition and an external environmental condition based on a connected car service (CCS), and upon determining that the external environmental condition and the road condition are satisfied, performing automatic calibration of a surround view monitor (SVM) function.
US12179753B2
In a vehicle collision determination apparatus, a position calculation unit calculates a trajectory of a target that is a movement trajectory of the target, and calculates an entrainment trajectory of the vehicle that is a movement trajectory of the vehicle during a turn, and calculate a position of collision where a collision is likely to occur between the vehicle and the target based on the trajectory of the target and the entrainment trajectory of the vehicle. A time calculation unit calculates a time to collision (TTC) that is a time it takes for the target to reach the position of collision. In response to the time to collision being equal to or less than a predefined determination threshold, a risk determination unit determines that there is a risk of collision between the vehicle and the target.
US12179751B2
A collision detection device on a motor vehicle for tracking a remote target vehicle for the detection of an imminent collision by fusing radar sensor data from a first environment sensor designed as a radar sensor with sensor data from a second environment sensor. First wheel acquisition data based on the radar sensor data from the first environment sensor and second wheel acquisition data based on sensor data from the second environment sensor are merged and a parameter of the target vehicle is established.
US12179750B2
A vehicle comprises a plurality of drive assist devices configured to implement a plurality of drive assist functions, respectively. The plurality of drive assist devices includes a first drive assist device, which includes an update information generation device configured to generate update information to update a middle point in steering control performed by at least one of the drive assist devices, and a second drive assist device which does not include the update information generation device. The update information generation device in the first drive assist device generates the update information when the first drive assist device receives a notification that permits updating the middle point. The second drive assist device receives the update information from the first drive assist device when the second drive assist device receives the notification.
US12179741B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, and a clutch configured to selectively couple the engine to the electric machine. A controller is programmed to command a torque to the electric machine based on a clutch model that includes a learned time constant previously selected using a family of candidate time constants based on a comparison of the family to measured pressure data of a previous engagement of the clutch.
US12179733B2
A travel control device that prevents malfunctioning of an intersection AEB system is provided. The travel control device includes a sensor that detects the front side, and a control unit that controls a brake, based on information from the sensor. When determining that a host vehicle is going to traverse an intersection and make a turn, the control unit carries out control for controlling the brake when the speed of an oncoming vehicle is equal to or higher than a given threshold. When determining that the oncoming vehicle detected by the sensor is going to traverse the intersection and make a turn, the control unit increases the threshold.
US12179727B2
A system for braking a host vehicle. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to actuate friction brakes in the host vehicle when a brake condition occurs. The brake condition includes that the host vehicle is parked on a roadway, a person is located exterior to the host vehicle, and an approaching vehicle will come within a distance threshold of the host vehicle.
US12179725B2
A system and a method for vehicle stop control are operable such that when it is detected that a vehicle is driving in a direction opposite to the direction of a current gear stage of the vehicle, the driver is warned and the vehicle enters an emergency braking state so as to reduce the risk of an accident and improve stability of a braking system. The vehicle stop control method performed by a controller of the vehicle includes steps of: converting vehicle driving environment information into data to be used as system input information; checking whether a controller related to each of driving and braking systems of the vehicle operates normally; determining whether the vehicle is driving in a reverse direction; and performing vehicle emergency stop control when the vehicle is driving in the reverse direction.
US12179722B2
A device for a hydraulic actuating system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake, a clutch or a gear selector, may include the following components arranged in one housing, forming a main module: at least one pressure supply device driven by an electric motor drive, and a valve arrangement comprising at least one solenoid valve. The device may further include an electrical control unit (ECU) and valve output stages and sensors. The main module may be electrically and/or hydraulically connected to at least one further system component, which system component may include and actuating device and a travel simulator.
US12179721B2
In accordance with some embodiments, the present disclosure provides A brake system for braking a vehicle using one or both of a main braking system and a redundancy braking system, the brake system comprising: a brake demand detecting unit configured to detect a driver's brake demand; an electronic control unit comprising: a pressure controller configured to control a pressure inside a master cylinder in response to a value detected by the brake demand detecting unit, wherein the internal pressure of the master cylinder is controlled by generating an electrical signal for a first demand current; a motor position controller configured to control a position of a motor by generating an electrical signal for a second demand current; and a current controller configured to control the current of the motor in response to an electrical signal received from one of the motor position controller and the pressure controller; a position detecting unit configured to detect a position of a rotor of the motor; and a pressure detecting unit configured to sense the internal pressure of the master cylinder.
US12179709B2
A long gun carrier rests on a vehicle seat, and a slated top of the long gun carrier slopes generally downward and forward. One or more gun-holding channels formed in slanted top, each configured to hold a long gun pointed generally forward and downward, toward the vehicle floor. The long guns may be secured in the gun-holding channels by strap assemblies. Long guns are conveniently placed into and extracted from the long gun carrier, held securely during transportation, and pointed in a safe direction during transport.
US12179698B2
Systems and methods are presented herein for improving the response of a vehicle to at least one person or object approaching a vehicle, and more particularly, to a vehicle that uses at least one of sensor data or Bluetooth sensor data to determine a vehicle state and corresponding vehicle responses to at least one person or object approaching a vehicle. A signal strength is of a wireless signal received from a user device is determined. An object is detected based on a sensor configured to collect data corresponding to an environment external to a vehicle. A vehicle state is determined based on the signal strength and the detected object.
US12179697B1
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for immobilizing a vehicle based on the detection of threats, such as tampering or jamming. The method includes configuring a vehicle for tamper and jamming detection, installing a communication device and an engine immobilizer in the vehicle, and providing a user interface for configuring the communication device to activate the engine immobilizer. The method further includes parallel paths for tampering detection, which immobilizes the vehicle and notifies the server upon detection, and for jamming detection, which similarly immobilizes the vehicle and notifies the server, including the vehicle's GPS position. Optionally, image information from the vehicle may be included in the notification or to trigger immobilization upon detecting multiple occupants, indicating a potential carjacking. This solution enables fleet managers to react to thefts and maximize vehicle recovery rates quickly.
US12179685B2
An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. The airbag main body inflates and deploys toward a side of the passenger at a seat rear side of the connecting portion, later than the front-rear chamber. At a time when the passenger is restrained, the airbag main body is compressed in a seat front-rear direction while stretching the front-rear chamber in the seat front-rear direction.
US12179678B2
A bracket assembly for a relay box for a vehicle includes a first bracket member and a second bracket member. The first bracket member is configured to be mounted to a frame of the vehicle. The first bracket member is configured to receive the relay box in an installed position. The second bracket member is connected to the first bracket member. A gap is defined between the first bracket member and the second bracket member. The gap is configured to receive an electrical wiring harness connected to the relay box to support the relay box prior to the relay box being mounted in the installed position.
US12179666B2
A vehicle includes a first camera mounted on the vehicle to have a first field of view facing a front or rear of the vehicle and configured to acquire first image data, a second camera mounted on the vehicle to have a second field of view facing a left or right side of the vehicle and configured to acquire second image data, and a display. The vehicle also has a controller configured to display first around-view data in which the first image data and the second image data are combined so that a boundary between the first image data and the second image data becomes a first reference angle on the display. The controller is also configured to combine the first image data and the second image data so that an angle between the boundary and a driving direction of the vehicle becomes a second reference angle greater than the first reference angle based on an opening of a door or trunk lid or gate of the vehicle.
US12179664B2
A fire alerting apparatus for a vehicle, includes: a temperature sensing device configured to detect a temperature of a bus bar of a high-voltage junction box; and performing a warning by determining at least one of a fire warning state, an overtemperature state, or a vehicle inspection state in accordance with a temperature detection result of the temperature sensing device.
US12179661B2
A decorative radome including a radio-transmissive substrate having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side; and a first surface radio-transmissive decorative coating; methods of manufacturing a PVD coated system include applying a hard coating to the substrate; applying a PVD coating by magnetron sputtering to the substrate; and laser etching one or more of a pattern or a graphic into the PVD coating; and A decorative PVD coated item, comprising: a substrate; a hard coating applied to the substrate; a PVD coating provided on the hard coating and the substrate, wherein the PVD coating is laser etched with one or more of a pattern or a graphic so that the PVD coating is at least partially removed and the pattern or the graphic is revealed as a result of the contrast between the substrate and the PVD coating.
US12179660B1
A vehicle lighting system in the interior of a vehicle adjusts the radiation area, the brightness, and the color temperature of light depending on the behavior, state, and posture of the passenger, so as to improve passenger convenience and upgrade interior lighting.
US12179650B2
The present disclosure provides an in-vehicle cup holder and a combined in-vehicle implement including the in-vehicle cup holder. The in-vehicle cup holder includes: a cup holder housing, the cup holder housing being provided therein successively from bottom to top a cup holder foot support and a knob member; wherein the cup holder foot support is distracted and retracted under an effect of the knob member; and the knob member includes a knob lower case, a knob upper case disposed on the knob lower case, a knob cover plate, and a knob mechanism, wherein the knob mechanism is mounted on the knob upper case, and the knob cover plate is mounted on an inner side wall of the cup holder housing and is in contact with the knob mechanism.
US12179647B2
A vehicle seat having a seat cover including an outer cover, a padding layer, and a backing element that are joined together with stitches or a lamination joint. A seat cover retention apparatus is operatively connected to the backing element wherein a plurality of straps secure the backing element to the vehicle seat structure. Lateral side straps are secured to the backing element and extend through openings defined by the foam bun and are secured to the frame and/or the foam bun. A center strap is secured to the backing element and extends through a center opening to be secured to a back side of the foam bun and/or frame. The backing element may be an elastic strap or a layer of non-woven fleece material with slits for the straps. The straps may be elastic material or non-woven material.
US12179643B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a mounting bracket, a seat, a seatback, a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible member. The seat is coupled to the mounting bracket. The seatback is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket. The first anchor is coupled to the seatback. The second anchor is coupled to the mounting bracket. The flexible member includes a first end coupled to the first anchor and a second end coupled to the second anchor such that the flexible member extends between the first anchor and the second anchor. A position of the first end of the flexible member within the first anchor changes as a function of an angular relationship between the seat and the seatback. A contour of the flexible member changes as a function of the angular relationship between the seat and the seatback.
US12179640B2
Provided is a slide lock structure for a slide rail device which can produce a reliable locked state with a high and reliable mechanical strength by using a simple structure. The slide lock structure includes a casing, a pair of lock members provided on the casing, and each provided with a cam surface formed on an outer side thereof, and engagement projections projecting laterally outward so as to be laterally movable between an engaged position in which the engagement projections are received in the slots, and a disengaged position in which the engagement projections are dislodged from the slots, a compression coil spring urging the lock members toward the engaged position, and an operating member provided on the casing in a movable manner, and provided with a cooperating cam surface slidably engaging the cam surface such that the lock members are moved to the disengaged position against a biasing force of the compression coil spring as the operating member is moved vertically.
US12179638B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat rail. The vehicle seat rail includes a lower rail fixed to a bottom of a vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat at an upper portion thereof and coupled to the lower rail to be slidably movable, a restoring spring fixedly coupled to the lower rail at one end thereof in a longitudinal direction and configured to provide a restoring force to the upper rail, and a connection bracket configured to connect the restoring spring to the upper rail. The lower rail may accommodate the restoring spring and the connection bracket to implement a walk-in function even when the lower rail is buried in the floor.
US12179637B2
A seat rail assembly capable of stably holding a position of one or more vehicle seats relative to the vehicle floor. The seat rail assembly includes an upper rail on which the seat is provided and a lower rail which is mounted to the vehicle floor. The upper rail is slidably provided within the lower rail, and incorporates an engagement assembly with a dual wedge engagement assembly to ensure constant contact between the lower and upper rails. A gearbox configured to remove lash may be provided on the upper rail for moving the upper rail relative to the lower rail.
US12179631B2
Management device manages a plurality of power storage modules connected in parallel to load via switches. With some of switches connected to some of the plurality of power storage modules being in an on state and other switches connected to other power storage modules being in an off state, determination unit of management device does not permit at least one of other switches in the off state to be turned on in a case where at least one switch is turned on and an upper limit value of a current or power allowed to be supplied to load entirely from the plurality of power storage modules with at least one switch being turned on becomes less than or equal to a value before the turning-on of at least one switch.
US12179630B2
A degraded state estimation apparatus configured to estimate a degraded state of a battery mounted on a vehicle includes a detector, a storage, and an estimation processor. The detector detects state quantities including first, second, and third state quantities. The storage holds a maps of data including first and second maps of data. The first map of data indicates a degree of degradation of the battery based on the first and second state quantities. The second map of data indicates the degree of the degradation based on the second and third state quantities. The estimation processor estimates an amount of change in the degradation of the battery on the basis of the state quantities detected repetitively by the detector, the maps of data, and weighting coefficients each of which weights the degree of the degradation indicated by a corresponding one of the maps of data.
US12179628B2
A controller may determine a battery consumption configuration of the machine based on information regarding the machine, and obtain fuel burn data indicating an amount of fuel burned by the machine. The controller may determine a simulated battery consumption of the machine based on the battery consumption configuration and the fuel burn data. The controller may determine a simulated battery charge level based on the simulated battery consumption. The controller may determine whether the simulated battery charge level satisfies a charge level threshold. The controller may derate an engine of the machine based on determining that the simulated battery charge level does not satisfy the charge level threshold.
US12179622B2
Provided is a battery pack charging system including a charging device configured to receive a first signal from a battery pack and determine a charge condition of the battery pack based on the first signal; a battery pack configured to generate the first signal based on a state of charge of the battery pack and transmit the first signal to the charging device; and a controller configured to receive a second signal from the charging device and transmit the second signal to the battery pack.
US12179621B2
A port for electric vehicles includes an off-loading zone for off-loading one or more passengers from an electric vehicle; a loading zone for loading one or more passengers onto the electric vehicle; and a charging zone for charging the electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is moving from the off-loading zone to the loading zone.
US12179619B2
Implementations claimed and described herein provide systems and methods for generating instructions for a mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging station to meet an EV at a particular time and place. In one implementation, EV trip data including a remaining range of the EV and an intended route of the EV is collected to determine a range of locations that the EV can stop at along its route without running out of power. Instructions to one of the locations are generated for a mobile EV charging station that is a best fit for arriving at the particular location and for the EV to reach the same location.
US12179611B2
An electrical energy storage system for an aircraft, comprising at least one electrical energy storage unit with power supply lines and an energy source that is configured to store electrical energy and to supply electrical power at a predetermined voltage range via the power supply lines, wherein the at least one electrical energy storage unit comprises a power switching unit that is adapted to operate in an associated supply mode for supplying electrical power from the energy source via the power supply lines, and to operate in an associated disconnect mode for disconnecting the energy source from the power supply lines.
US12179601B2
A wheel assembly bushing for in-wheel electric motors where the bushing includes a hydraulic chamber positioned within a resilient sleeve of the bushing and a helical fluid channel that extends helically about an inner bushing member between first and second fluid channel ends, which are arranged in fluid communication with the hydraulic chamber. An outer body extends annularly about the resilient sleeve, which permits relative movement between the inner bushing member and the outer body. The fluid channel is configured to produce inertance. This inertance, when combined with other damping and stiffness effects of the wheel assembly bushing, provides phase and magnitude shifts between force and velocity, which ultimately reduce magnetic gap deformation in the in-wheel electric motor.
US12179600B2
A hybrid transmission for a hybrid vehicle includes a first torque drive train having an input shaft connectable to an internal combustion engine and a first electric machine torque-transmittingly connected to the input shaft; a second torque drive train that includes a second electric machine; an output shaft that torque-transmittingly connectable to the first torque drive train and/or the second torque drive train; and a first disconnect clutch that torque-transmittingly connects or disconnects the first torque drive train to or from the output shaft. The hybrid transmission being equipped with a second disconnect clutch that torque-transmittingly connects or disconnects the second toque drive train to or from the output shaft.
US12179595B2
In representation processing, when a capacity retention is higher than a threshold value while a warranty condition is satisfied, an ECU has the capacity retention shown in a first manner. When the capacity retention is equal to or lower than the threshold value while the warranty condition is satisfied, the ECU has the capacity retention shown in a second manner.
US12179592B2
Apparatuses and a methods for controlling a part of a display of a vehicle to be transparent according to a driving situation is disclosed, where the apparatus for controlling a vehicle display includes an input configured to receive driver request information, driving road information, and steering wheel movement information and a processor configured to control a vehicle internal display to be transparent based on any one or any combination of the driver request information, the driving road information, and the steering wheel movement information, and transmit a control signal to change a portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent.
US12179590B2
The present invention relates to an image output device mounted on a vehicle to implement augmented reality. One or more of an autonomous driving vehicle, a user terminal, and a server of the present invention can be linked to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to 5G services, etc.
US12179586B2
An electric work vehicle includes a work implement, a battery, a motor driven by electric power supplied by the battery, a traveler driven by the motor, a hydraulic pump that is driven by the motor to supply oil to an operating mechanism of the work implement, a transmission to transmit motive power from the motor to the hydraulic pump, and a case that houses the transmission. The case is coupled to the motor, and the hydraulic pump his supported by the case.
US12179581B2
A power transmission gearbox assembly includes a motor with a rotor shaft and an input gear fixed to the rotor shaft. The input gear is part of a first gearset including a first gear disposed on a first axial side of a differential assembly having two output shafts. A second gear set having a second gear and third gear is disposed on the opposite axial side of the differential assembly. A first layshaft, radially offset from the output shafts, includes the first and second gears. A second layshaft offset from the first layshaft, includes the third gear and a fourth gear that is in meshed engagement with a differential gear. The first layshaft spans across the width of the differential gear, and does not contact the differential gear. The first and second gearsets being on opposite sides of the differential assembly reduces the axial extend of the gearbox.
US12179578B2
A capless closure is provided for a tank filler pipe. The capless closure permits a fuel pump nozzle to be inserted into the tank filler pipe without first removing a fuel cap from the outer end of the tank filler pipe.
US12179574B2
A filling device for a pressure vessel of a motor vehicle includes a filling neck via which an operating medium can be filled into a pressure vessel, a dust cap which can be plugged onto the filling neck and which, together with the filling neck, delimits a filling volume. A housing apparatus includes a main element and a cover element which can be adjusted relative to the main element between an open position and a closed position which, together with the main element, delimits a housing interior. The dust cap is arranged in the housing interior. At least one ventilation channel, which is delimited in regions by the dust cap, extends from the filling volume into an environment separated from the housing interior by way of the cover in its closed position and has at least one direction-reversing element.
US12179564B2
A sealing member has a seal body configured to be inserted into a groove of a cover member. The seal body has, in a vehicle-exterior-side end portion, a first sealing lip portion formed in such a manner as to protrude toward a door hole. The first sealing lip portion is configured to be brought into press-contact with a peripheral portion of the groove of the cover member on a side nearer to the door hole. The sealing member includes an edge seal portion provided in the vehicle-exterior-side end portion of the seal body. The edge seal portion is configured to press the first sealing lip portion against the cover member while being brought into press-contact with a peripheral portion of the door hole of a door inner panel.
US12179557B2
There is provided a vehicle air-conditioning device capable of smoothly achieving pre-air-conditioning for preliminarily heating a vehicle interior without forming frost on an outdoor heat exchanger or while preventing frost formation thereon as much as possible. When the temperature of a battery 55 or a motor 65 for running is higher than or equal to a predetermined specified value upon executing the pre-air-conditioning for preliminarily heating the vehicle interior before boarding, a controller 32 operates a compressor 2 to let a refrigerant discharged from the compressor radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompress the refrigerant from which the heat is radiated, and then let the refrigerant absorb heat in a waste heat recovering heat exchanger 64 without using an outdoor heat exchanger 7.
US12179555B2
A method for defogging a window of a vehicle includes steps of automatically selecting a climate control system operating mode and determining a risk of window fogging. The climate control system operating mode is selected from an outside air mode, an air-conditioning mode, and a defrost mode. A controller determines the risk of window fogging according to one or more inputs, and the same or a different controller may automatically select the climate control system operating mode. The controller is configured to increase a climate control system blower speed to increase a rate of airflow provided by the currently-actuated climate control system operating mode. The controller may sequentially advance the climate control system operating mode through the outside air mode, air-conditioning mode, and defrost mode.
US12179552B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a work vehicle with an auxiliary air conditioner and/or an auxiliary heater. The systems include power conversion circuitry configured to convert AC power from an AC power source to power conditioned to drive the auxiliary air conditioner and/or auxiliary heater. The AC power source may be configured to drive various loads, and accordingly may include control circuitry to manage the power provided to the various loads, including the auxiliary air conditioner and/or auxiliary heater.
US12179544B2
A convertible link for use with an anti-sway bar is provided. The convertible link includes a hydraulic cylinder having a link tube and a fluid shaft. The fluid shaft includes a piston coupled to a first end of the fluid shaft, wherein the fluid shaft and the piston are slidably coupled within the link tube. Fluid flows in and out of the hydraulic cylinder to move the hydraulic cylinder between a fixed and a moveable condition. In the fixed position the fluid shaft does not move with respect to the link tube and the anti-sway bar is operational to control roll. In the moveable condition the fluid shaft is moveable with respect to the link tube and the anti-sway bar is not operational to control roll.
US12179538B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to determine the load of a vehicle via calibrate a suspension sensor are disclosed herein. An example vehicle described herein includes a force transducer, an actuator coupled to the force transducer, memory including instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to engage the actuator to a bottom surface of a vehicle, apply a first force to the bottom surface via the actuator, determine a first displacement of a first suspension component of the vehicle, and calibrate a first sensor of the vehicle based on the first force and the first displacement.
US12179536B2
An under beam lift assembly for a heavy-duty vehicle that is removably connectable with an axle/suspension system of the heavy-duty vehicle. The under beam lift assembly includes structure that enables the lift assembly to pivot in an axis different than an axis of a pivotal connection between a suspension assembly and a hanger of the axle/suspension system. The under beam lift assembly is free of contact with the pivotal connection between the suspension assembly and the hanger of the axle/suspension system.
US12179532B2
A suspension for a vehicle may include: a main frame; a lower leaf spring installed on either side of the main frame; an upper leaf spring disposed above the lower leaf spring so as to be spaced apart from the lower leaf spring; a connection bracket supported by the upper leaf spring, and rotatably mounted on the main frame; an eye clip mounted on an end portion of the lower leaf spring, and connected to a wheel; and a rubber bush mounted on either side of the upper leaf spring, and connected to a vehicle body.
US12179527B2
A trailer hitch for a motor vehicle comprises a coupling arm, on one end region of which a coupling body, in particular a coupling ball, is arranged for hitching a trailer or coupling a load carrier to the motor vehicle. At least one support element forming at least part of an outer surface of the coupling body and/or of the coupling arm is provided on the coupling body and/or on the coupling arm, said support element having a greater strength and/or hardness than an in particular metal basic material of a main body of the coupling body or coupling arm on which the support element is arranged or which bears the support element.
US12179525B2
A tire assembly that includes a tread portion, a rim, and at least a first band assembly positioned between the tread portion and the rim. The first band assembly includes a first SMA element having an outer surface and a first bead member having an outer surface. The first SMA element extends circumferentially about the tire assembly and the first bead member extends circumferentially about the tire assembly. The first band assembly also includes a plurality of fiber reinforcement members. Each of the plurality of fiber reinforcement members extend around the outer surface of the first SMA element and the outer surface of the first bead member to form the first band assembly.
US12179518B2
A system and apparatus that reduces tire scrub on a truck and or trailer during turns. The system minimizes the redistribution of the load among the tires thereby spreading the load of the trailer or truck among the tires avoiding unnecessary overloading. The system operates without operator intervention and is capable of operating automatically on trailers, without control signals from the truck.
US12179514B2
Disclosed is a power transmission unit including a motor case that is provided on the same side as a second axle with respect to a center between a first axle and the second axle, separated to right and left, in a right-left direction and that houses the electric motor, a first axle case housing a reduction gear mechanism, a differential gear mechanism, and the first axle, and a second axle case that is fixed to the first axle case in a separable manner and houses the second axle.
US12179507B2
A greeting card has a front cover, a back cover, and an internal protection panel positioned there between. A pop-up is positioned between the front cover and the protection panel. The protection panel may be coupled with the front cover to protect and keep the pop-up in a closed position. The back cover is configured so that in a partially open position it keeps the front cover and protection panel coupled and in a fully open position it keeps the front cover and protection panel in a flat position to allow the pop-up to be more properly displayed. The front cover, protection panel and back cover can be formed from a single piece of cardstock, and the card can be further configured to allow for automated personalized printing.
US12179505B2
The present invention further relates a sublimation printing process of a multilayer system comprising a polyester top layer and at least one heat sensitive polymer layer whereby a temperature gradient is applied during sublimation printing such that the heat sensitive polymer layer is maintained at a temperature below its melting temperature and the polyester top layer is maintained at a temperature above its glass transition temperature to allow diffusion of a sublimation dye into the polyester top layer. The temperature gradient is maintained by using a heat sink element beneath the heat sensitive polymer layer. The temperature gradient can also be maintained by cooling the heat sink element. The cooling preferably occurs with a circulating coolant. The heat sink element comprises a polymer, a ceramic or a metal. The invention further relates to a sublimation printed multilayer system comprising a polyester top layer and at least one heat sensitive polymer layer. The present invention also relates to the multilayer system in the manufacturing of textile, tents, outdoor gear, apparel, clothing, bags, jackets, gloves.
US12179499B2
A printer includes a thermal head and a controller. The thermal head performs thermal printing on a thermosensitive medium having a background area with a background color being an unprinted color and a pre-print area, which is an area colored in advance, with a pre-print color different from the background color. The controller performs printing processing of causing the thermal head to execute the thermal printing in which a print area, which includes at least a part of the pre-print area, of the thermosensitive medium is printed with a print color different from both the background color and the pre-print color, and an overlapping area of the pre-print area, which overlaps with the print area, is printed with a specific color different from the pre-print color.
US12179498B2
An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus (also referred to as a dye sublimation machine) may have at least four stations, each station implementing a discrete step of a sublimation cycle. Multiple beds are rotatably mounted such that the beds pass through the stations to perform the corresponding steps. Therefore, the sublimation apparatus may perform multiple sublimation cycles simultaneously with the beds containing printed sheets and substrates at different steps of the multiple sublimation cycles. As the beds are rotatably mounted, the sublimation apparatus may allow for a fixed loading and unloading station proximate to a fixed, dedicated personnel station.
US12179491B2
Examples relate to capping stations having caps with positioning mechanism. The capping station for a printing system may comprise a cap to seal a printhead and a positioning mechanism to move the cap between a first cap position and a second cap position.
US12179484B2
A liquid ejecting head unit includes a first connector configured to be coupled to an external wiring member. The liquid ejecting head unit includes a wiring board having the first connector, a housing for the liquid ejecting head unit, the housing having an opening through which the first connector is exposed outside and having a housing space accommodating the wiring board, and a flexible member in the housing space. The flexible member separates the housing space into a first space that has at least a portion of the first connector and the opening and a second space that is larger than the first space.
US12179474B2
In an image forming apparatus, a sub-scanning carriage moves a recording medium in a conveyance direction. A first carriage and a second carriage move in a main scanning direction and discharge a liquid and another liquid onto the recording medium to print a first image and a second image on the recording medium, respectively. Circuitry executes a first print sequence and a second print sequence. Further, the circuitry calculates a drying time of the liquid to form the first image by the first carriage, determines whether to execute the second print sequence based on the drying time, causes the first carriage and the second carriage to execute the second print sequence when the circuitry determines to execute the second print sequence, and causes the first carriage and the second carriage to execute the first print sequence when the circuitry determines not to execute the second print sequence.
US12179464B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing ultra-thin glass. The method includes: patterning, on a mother glass substrate comprising a plurality of display cells and a dummy area surrounding the display cells, a cutting line having a shape corresponding to the display cells; forming a mother glass protective film on the mother glass substrate; forming a through-hole which corresponds to the cutting line by etching the mother glass substrate; and cutting bridges which are formed by the mother glass substrate and connect the through-holes.
US12179458B2
Cladding in which at least two layers of alloys are joined, the cladding having high wear resistance, high workability, and excellent strength at the joining interface of the alloys. The cladding is composed of two or more layers including a first alloy and a second alloy joined to the first alloy. The hardness of the second alloy of the cladding is greater than that of the first alloy, and the difference in hardness between the first alloy and the second alloy is at least HRC 44. When a shearing test based on JIS G 0601 is performed on the cladding, the breakage is on the first alloy side.
US12179456B2
In order to solve the disadvantages of plastic straws in terms of environmental pollution, and the inconvenience of the above-described paste-adhered paper straws, provided is a paper straw comprising: an inner paper portion in which a single strip of paper without a heat-adhesive coating material on the inside surface thereof is spirally wound so as to form a single layer, and an outer paper portion which comprises at least one paper strip forming at least one layer around the outer peripheral surface of the inner paper portion while being wound in a spiral, and which is provided with the heat-adhesive coating material on the outside surface of the paper strip forming the outermost layer, wherein the paper strip of the outer paper portion has a wider width than the paper strip of the inner paper portion, the heat-adhesive coating material is provided between two paper strips of adjacent different layers, and the heat-adhesive coating material has adhesive strength or water resistance according to heating and curing.
US12179454B2
A dunnage conversion machine includes a forming assembly configured to form a sheet stock material into a strip of dunnage, and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly that is configured to pull the sheet stock material through the forming assembly. The machine also includes a tear assist assembly downstream of the feeding assembly that includes a pinch arm on one side of the path and a stop opposing the pinch arm on an opposite side of the path. The pinch arm is movable between a resting position in which the pinch arm is located on the one side of the path, and a pinching position in which the pinch arm is located in the path to capture the strip of dunnage between the pinch arm and the stop. Reversing the feed assembly while the pinch arm is in the pinching position causes the strip of dunnage to tear.
US12179453B2
A method and apparatus for making bags or pouches is disclosed. It includes a track, at least two sleds that move on the track, and operating stations mounted on the sleds. The film moves along the track, and the sleds move with the film while performing operations on the film. The system can have the sled stationary while operating for an intermittent machine, and move to reconfigure when the film is moving. The operating stations include one or more of a sealer, a heater, a cooler, an inserter, a knife, a punch, a perforator, a static charger, and a printer. The track forms a continuous path or is linear. A controller controls the sleds and operating stations. The controller includes an operating time and/or a reconfiguration module. The operating time module is responsive to a user set material thickness or a sensed material thickness.
US12179448B2
Techniques presented herein relate to vulcanizing equipment that includes a vulcanizing mold in which a vulcanizing cavity is formed, a vulcanizing bladder suitable for being placed in the vulcanizing cavity, and a supporting assembly that includes a center rod and a clamping device arranged on the center rod. The clamping device is suitable for installing the curing bladder in the cavity in a sealed manner. The vulcanizing equipment further includes a heating assembly and a gas circulation assembly that are arranged in the curing bladder in a stacked manner in the axial direction of the center rod. The gas circulation assembly is suitable for circulating a heated heating medium in the curing bladder. A driving assembly of the vulcanizing equipment includes a rotating shaft sleeve that is arranged on the outer side of the center rod in a clearance-fit manner and is connected to the gas circulation assembly.
US12179442B2
A method for forming a fibre article, the method comprising: locating a fibre preform between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the preform comprising a heat-activatable binder; drawing a vacuum between the first and second diaphragms so as to hold the preform captive between the diaphragms; positioning a first heater plate in contact with the first diaphragm; positioning a second heater plate in contact with the second diaphragm; drawing a vacuum between the first diaphragm and the first heater plate so as to increase the contact between the first diaphragm and the first heater plate; releasing the vacuum between the first diaphragm and the first heater plate; and drawing a vacuum between the second diaphragm and the second heater plate so as to increase the contact between the second diaphragm and the second heater plate.
US12179439B2
A pressure foot device and system comprising a pressure foot device for forming and applying an elongate fiber tow, wherein the pressure foot device comprises a foot surface comprising a straight foot segment, a groove comprising a flared end and defining a groove midplane, and a foot shaft housing characterized by a foot shaft's axis of rotation that is orthogonal to the straight foot segment and comprised in the groove midplane.
US12179433B2
The present invention relates to a printing operating system for a 3D object containing CBD, the system providing a printing operating method for a 3D object, whereby CBD-containing food, such as coffee, juice, syrup, sauce, ice cream, yogurt, chocolate, cookies, candy, etc., or CBD-containing products using a fluid, such as candles, soaps, cosmetics, oils, etc., are provided by being printed into various and distinctive shapes catering to consumer preferences, while quantitative control and verification are enabled so that the 3D object contains an amount of CBD which is legally allowed in each country. The system implements a teleportation concept-based drug delivery method enabling contactless remote diagnosis and, at the same time, delivery of drugs such as CBD in an emergency situation such as the prevalence of coronaviruses (such as COVID-19) or various infectious diseases.
US12179427B2
An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure.
US12179418B2
Additive manufacturing compositions are disclosed that include at least one alkenyl-derivatized polysiloxane and at least one mercapto-derivatized polysiloxane crosslinking agent of formula (I): R1(R)2SIO((R3R4)SiO)xSi(R)2R2 (I), wherein R is independently C(1-12)alkyl; R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently C(1-12)alkyl, or mercapto-C(1-12)alkyl; x is 1 or more; with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 is mercapto-C(1-12)alkyl, and wherein the at least one alkenyl-derivatized polysiloxane and the at least one mercapto-derivatized polysiloxane crosslinking agent form a stable emulsion; their use in additive manufacturing as well as 3D printed silicone objects obtained from these compositions.
US12179414B2
The invention provides a process of producing an interconnecting multi-layered LVT tile for a modular flooring system, the process comprising the steps of: a) forming a base substrate of plastics material with at least one locating guide by injection moulding; b) coating the back of an LVT surface layer with adhesive; c) aligning the LVT surface layer to a top surface of the base substrate such that the LVT surface layer abuts the or each locating guide of the base substrate; d) press rolling the base substrate and LVT surface layer together to form an oversized blank; and e) punching out an interlock shape from the oversized blank using a punch and die tool.
US12179410B2
A nozzle for forming a container preform into a plastic container includes a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and including a first seal, a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter less than the first diameter and including a second seal, and a transition portion between the first and second cylindrical portions.
US12179409B2
An apparatus for blow-molding plastic containers includes at least one blow-molding station which defines at least one molding cavity which extends around a main axis of extension and further includes at least two lateral bodies and a respective bottom for each molding cavity that is defined by the blow-molding station. The bottom defines a recessed central portion, which is arranged around the main axis of extension, and a lateral containment portion, which has petal-shaped regions which have a substantially radial extension.
US12179405B2
The present invention relates to an external cooling system for a molten film tube produced by a blown film tubular extrusion process, comprised of one or more enclosures with one or more respective cavities that directly receive a portion of cooling gas emanating from one or more associated cooling elements. Each enclosure includes a port containing a variable exhaust device and optional flow buffer, acting to maintain a pressure differential between the cavity and an adjacent inside volume of the molten film tube, adjustable to optimize molten film tube stability cooling element efficiency and spaced apart dimension between cooling elements. Additionally, at least one cooling element is provided, comprised of a divergent cooling element with a divergent cooling interface containing a cooling gas deflector spaced adjacent to the molten film tube and providing an expelled cooling gas.
US12179403B2
A molding machine management system includes a display section configured to display, along a common time axis, identification indicators for identifying a component B, which is a first molded article, and a component C, which is a second molded article, produced after the component B, a production result for the component B including a molding result period and an arrangement result period for the component B, and a production plan for the component C including a molding planned period and an arrangement planned period for the component C and display the production result for the component B and the production plan for the component C in parallel on the common time axis.
US12179402B2
A production management system includes: an injection molding unit producing a molded product; and a control device. The injection molding unit includes: an injection molding machine molding the molded product by injection molding; a determination unit determining whether a number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to a predetermined unit of production or not; and an operation information transmitting unit transmitting operation information of the injection molding unit when it is determined that the number of the molded products to be produced is equivalent to the predetermined unit of production. The control device includes an operation information receiving unit receiving the operation information transmitted from the operation information transmitting unit.
US12179397B2
A bi-injection moulded self-closing valve assembly is described. The assembly comprises a valve overmoulded on an insert. The overmoulded valve is injected using side gating of the mould.
US12179387B2
An apparatus can include a first material support member and a second material support member each configured to removably attach to a tile tray. The material support members can define a linear saw blade slot through which a saw blade extends while cutting a planar material. The apparatus also can include a first paddle and a second paddle each configured to interpose a respective portion of the planar material between the respective paddle and a respective one of the material support members. Each of the paddles further can be configured to engage the respective material support member using an alignment pin that fixes a position of the paddle relative to the position of the respective material support member.
US12179386B2
A power tool including a shroud for restricting the path of debris generated by a rotatable cutting disc and defining a shroud outlet opening through which the debris can be sucked by a vacuum device. The debris enters a sub-volume along a first axis and exits the sub-volume along a second axis in a different plane. A conduit having a curved wall defines the sub-volume such that debris travelling therethough undergoes a change in direction and exits the sub-volume along a direction substantially parallel with the second axis.
US12179376B2
The safety system for a machine (1), provided with a blade (12), comprises: means (2) for detecting a dangerous condition for the safety of an operator; and a cutting-off apparatus (2) adapted to cut off the blade (12), following the detection of the dangerous condition.
US12179374B2
A knife includes a handle, a neck configured to hold a blade, and a lever configured to selectively release the blade from the neck. The lever is coupled to a blade lock arm configured to extend along a side of the blade. A ramped surface pushes the blade lock arm into the blade to press the blade against a side of the neck to clamp the blade to the side of the neck when the blade lock arm is in a blade locked position.
US12179371B2
A knife includes a blade defining an aperture, a first handle and a second handle coupled to the blade. The knife includes a first catch coupled to the first handle and including a first protrusion, and a first spring coupled to the first handle and configured to apply a first biasing force on the first catch, and a second catch coupled to the second handle and including a second protrusion, and a second spring coupled to the second handle and configured to apply a second biasing force on the second catch. The first protrusion and the second protrusion are received within the aperture. The first handle rotates from a first position to a second position in a first direction about a first pivot axis and the second handle rotates from a third position to a fourth position in a second direction opposite the first direction about a second pivot axis.
US12179369B2
A handling system according to an embodiment handles/processes plural kinds of articles. The handling system includes first and second conveyance devices, and a control device. The first conveyance device transports a processing target article among the articles to a work area for a robot to handle/process the target article. The second conveyance device transports the target article to a work area for as operator to handle/process the target article. The control device determines by which of the robot or the operator the target article is processed according to process information generated based on an article handling/processing result by the robot in past. The control device transports the target article to the first conveyance device when the target article is determined to be processed by the robot and transports the target article to the second conveyance device when the target article is determined to be processed by the operator.
US12179364B2
A motion trajectory planning method for a robotic manipulator having a visual inspection system, includes: in response to a command instruction, obtaining environmental data collected by the visual inspection system; determining an initial DS model motion trajectory of the robotic manipulator according to the command instruction, the environmental data, and a preset teaching motion DS model library, wherein the teaching motion DS model library includes at least one DS model motion trajectory generated based on human teaching activities; and at least based on a result of determining whether there is an obstacle, whose pose is on the initial DS model motion trajectory, in a first object included in the environmental data, correcting the initial DS model motion trajectory to obtain a desired motion trajectory of the robotic manipulator.
US12179363B2
Various embodiments of the technology described herein generally relate to systems and methods for trajectory optimization with machine learning techniques. More specifically, certain embodiments relate to using neural networks to quickly predict optimized robotic arm trajectories in a variety of scenarios. Systems and methods described herein use deep neural networks to quickly predict optimized robotic arm trajectories according to certain constraints. Optimization, in accordance with some embodiments of the present technology, may include optimizing trajectory geometry and dynamics while satisfying a number of constraints, including staying collision-free, and minimizing the time it takes to complete the task.
US12179356B2
In a joint movement device (100) for selective flexion and extension of a joint (20), a tendon (120) is disposed adjacent to the first and second joint members. A tendon securing device (112) is secured to the second joint member (12), the tendon (120) being secured to the tendon securing device (112). At least one phalange ring (110) is secured to a joint member and includes a tending routing mechanism (113) configured to route the tendon through the phalange ring (110). An actuator (140) is coupled to the tendon (120) and pulls the tendon (120) inwardly to cause the joint (20) to flex. An elastic member (130) is coupled to the phalange ring (110) and tendon securing device (112) and applies an extension force thereto, thereby causing the joint (20) to extend when the actuator (140) releases the tendon (120).
US12179352B2
An actuator comprising: a motor comprising a housing and a drive shaft, the motor arranged to rotate the drive shaft relative to the housing about a drive shaft axis; a first torque transfer device comprising a first drive member on the drive shaft and a first driven member on a second shaft, the first drive member being arranged to transfer torque to the first driven member, such that the first torque transfer device is arranged to transfer torque from the drive shaft to the second shaft, the second shaft being rotatable about a second shaft axis spaced from the drive shaft axis; and an output torque transfer device comprising an output drive member on the second shaft and an output driven member, the output drive member being arranged to transfer torque to the output driven member, such that the output driven member rotates about an output axis; wherein a torque ratio of the output torque transfer device is smaller than or equal to a torque ratio of the first torque transfer device.
US12179348B2
A bi-directional robotic crawler includes a first drive system having a first drive member, a second drive member, and a support member. The first drive member includes a first pair of wheels and the second drive member includes a second pair of wheels. A second drive system includes a third drive member and a fourth drive member. The third drive member includes a first drive element and the fourth drive member includes a second drive element. A linking member selectively pivots the third drive member and the fourth drive member relative to the support member. A motor is mounted to the first drive system. The motor selectively operates the first and second pairs of wheels to move the bi-directional robotic crawler along a first axis and the first and second drive elements to move the bi-directional robotic crawler along a second axis.
US12179346B2
An active arm module for the robot arm of a modular industrial robot has a first housing, first and connection sides arranged at an offset, and a drive device. The first connection side is mounted rotatably relative to the first housing, and is connected to the drive device in a torque-locking manner. The second connection side is connected to the first housing in a torque-proof manner, the drive device being arranged in the first housing and configured to rotate the first connection side relative to the first housing. A further module can be connected to the first and/or second connection side, where the first connection side is optically, electrically, power-electrically and/or fluidically connected to the second connection side, and an optical signal, electrical signal, electrical power, and/or a fluid can be exchanged with the further module via the and/or second connection side.
US12179339B2
A tool exchange device includes a first coupling member attached to one of a body side of an apparatus and a tool side and having a first coupling surface, and a second coupling member attached to the other of the body side and the tool side and having a second coupling surface capable of being in contact with the first coupling surface, in which the first coupling member includes, on the first coupling surface, a first pin, a second pin, and an auxiliary projection, the second coupling member includes, on the second coupling surface, a first hole, a second hole, and an auxiliary hole, a first gap is provided each between the first pin and the first hole and between the second pin and the second hole, a second gap is provided between the auxiliary projection and the auxiliary hole, and the second gap is larger than the first gap.
US12179334B2
A tool storage receive includes a container and a tool rack. The container includes a jar defining a first receiving portion therein and including a first opening intercommunicating the first receiving portion with the outside. The tool rack includes a base on an end thereof and a tool hanger rack on another end thereof. The base is disengageably mounted to the first opening. The tool hanger rack is received in the first receiving portion. When the base is disengaged from the first opening, the tool hanger rack is removable out of the first receiving portion. Thus, the tool storage device can properly receive tools by the above structure.
US12179328B2
A staple removing device includes a placing table on which a sheet bundle bound by a staple is placed; a removing part including a tip end portion that can be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple and is configured to be movable along the placing table between a standby position and a removal position and to be inserted between the sheet bundle and the staple when the tip end portion moves to the removal position; a first motor configured to move the removing part; and an accommodation part configured to accommodate the staple removed by the removing part, wherein the first motor is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the standby position, and the accommodation part is located below the removing part when the tip end portion is at the removal position.
US12179324B2
A modular clamp is described. An example modular clamp includes a clamp assembly and a removable base member. The modular clamp includes multiple rotational aspects located an offset distance from one another and is thus usable to secure workpieces in a variety of positions and orientations while providing access for working thereon. The modular clamp further can be used in a variety of configurations and implementations to achieve a range of different working applications, which is not possible using conventional table clamps.
US12179323B1
A push pin installation device includes a handle, a shaft that extends outwardly from the handle and a sliding collar provided on the shaft that includes head with a bore that is sized to receive a push pin. The shaft and sliding collar are configured such that pushing on the handle moves the shaft through the bore farther into the sliding collar to apply a force against a push pin located in the bore.
US12179318B2
A power tool includes a main housing having a pair of clamshells, each of which has a mating face and a blind bore within the mating face. The power tool further includes a motor having a front bearing retainer, a plurality of fasteners configured to secure the front bearing retainer within the main housing, and a pin received within the blind bores of the respective clamshells, such that each of the clamshells is inhibited from moving with respect to the other clamshell. The power tool further includes an output assembly having an anvil with an output member configured to engage a socket and a pawl that is moveable between a first position in which the pawl is operatively coupled to drive the anvil in a first direction and a second position in which the pawl is operatively coupled to drive the anvil in a second direction.
US12179307B2
A masking tool system includes a first masking body and a second masking body. The first masking body includes a bore passing through a portion of the first masking body and a first sealing element disposed on a first end of the first masking body. The second masking body includes a bore passing through the second masking body and a second sealing element disposed on a first end of the second masking body. The system may also include a rod configured to pass through the bores of the first and second masking bodies and to secure the first and second masking bodies to a metallic article placed therebetween. A diagonal length of the masking tool system induces a wobbling rotation during processing.
US12179300B2
A protective shroud includes a shroud body, a protective door movably installed on the shroud body, and a buffer mechanism connected between the shroud body and the protective door. The buffer mechanism slows down a moving speed of the protective door. The protective door is moved between an open position and a closed position in a vertical direction to open or close the shroud body.
US12179297B2
A system for processing elements, including a supply device, a processing device and a hollow transport line. The supply device and the processing device are connected via the hollow transfer line. The processing device processes elements, and the supply device supplies elements to the hollow transfer line so that the elements are transferred to the processing device via the hollow transfer line in order to supply the processing device with the elements. A pneumatically operated system component is provided to operate the system. The system includes a gas compressor unit for providing compressed and/or accelerated pressurised air. The gas compressor unit is in an installation space that accommodates the system. The gas compressor unit takes air in from the environment of the processing device and/or from the environment of the supply device in the installation space and provides compressed and/or accelerated pressurised air for the pneumatically operated system component.
US12179282B2
The invention relates to a work interface accessory, comprising an external body having a wall delimiting a recess for the introduction of a rotating portion of the friction stir welding head, an upper plate comprising fastening portions against the head, a central rotating shaft projecting to carry a work tool, the shaft comprising an internally toothed coupling sleeve to allow the shaft to be driven in rotation, when an externally toothed ring gear of the rotating portion of the head rotates in the sleeve.
US12179280B2
An electrode feed device for a plasma torch installation including an element for fastening an active electrode, movable in translation along a longitudinal axis of the active electrode, wherein it further has a magazine including compartments each adapted to receive an electrode amongst a plurality of additional electrodes, a system or moving the compartments, configured to place an additional electrode amongst the plurality of additional electrodes in alignment with a current active electrode along the longitudinal axis, an assembly device configured to fasten a proximal end of the current active electrode and a distal end of the additional electrode end-to-end, so that they form together a new active electrode.
US12179279B2
A method for producing a joining connection between at least two metal sheets or at least two components made of hot-workable sheet metal with a scaling-resistant coating, is provided. The method includes at least one step in which a connection is produced between the at least two metal sheets or sheet-metal components by hot-press soldering, wherein the surface of the metal sheets or components to be connected is pretreated in order to break up the coating.
US12179272B2
A method for manufacturing a part by alloying a precious metal with boron, wherein: a quantity of precious metal reduced to powder form is provided; a quantity of a nano-structured micrometric boron powder is provided; the precious metal powder is mixed with the nano-structured micrometric boron powder to obtain a mixture; the mixture is compacted by applying a uniaxial pressure; the mixture is subjected to a spark plasma sintering or flash sintering treatment, or to a hot isostatic pressing (HIP) treatment, to obtain an ingot of a precious metal/boron alloy, and the ingot is machined to obtain the part, or the ingot is reduced to powder form by a micronisation treatment and the powder is treated to obtain the part. Additionally, a gold/boron alloy.
US12179271B2
A press tool and a method for forming a cutting insert green body. The press tool includes a first and a second core rod. Both core rods are movably arranged along an axis. When both core rods are in a press position, their respective contact surfaces contact each other and when both the first and second core rods are in a release position, their respective contact surfaces are separated. The first core rod includes a base body having a forwardly facing abutment surface and a piston having a shaft and a head. The piston is movable to a plurality of extended positions and to a retracted position, in which the abutment surface of the head abuts against the abutment surface of the base body. When both the first core rod and the second core rod are in their respective press positions, the piston is in the retracted position.
US12179267B2
A molten metal print deposition device includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a deposition head for controlled deposition of a molten metal print medium defined by molten feedstock, and a capillary structure adapted to maintain the molten feedstock from the melt reservoir in a fluidic state for directing and depositing the feedstock onto a substrate. A print medium is defined by an alloy heated to a fluid state in a temperature range defined by but above a liquidus and solidus. A thermal source and control circuit maintain the molten feedstock at a temperature above the liquidus of the print medium during deposition.
US12179264B2
Provided is an object producing method including a powder layer forming step of forming a layer of a powder containing sinterable particles, an object forming liquid applying step of applying an object forming liquid to the layer of the powder to form an object forming region, and a sintering inhibiting liquid applying step of applying a sintering inhibiting liquid to the layer of the powder to form a sintering inhibited region in which sintering of the particles is inhibited, and includes a layer laminating step of sequentially repeating these steps to form a laminate. The object forming region and the sintering inhibited region adjoin each other. The sintering inhibiting liquid contains a first resin. The sintering inhibited region contains the first resin or a second resin derived from the first resin. A predicted amount of a residue calculated by a predetermined method is 800 ppm or greater.
US12179263B2
A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a wetting agent and a binding agent. The wetting agent can include from 0 wt % to about 49.8 wt % water, from about 0.5 wt % to about 30 wt % film-forming organic solvent that can have a boiling point from greater than about 100° C. to about 350° C., and from about 30 wt % to about 99.5 wt % amphiphilic solvent that can have a boiling point from about 45° C. to less than about 100° C. The amphiphilic solvent can be water-miscible and can be present in the wetting agent at a greater concentration than the water and at a greater concentration than the film-forming solvent. The binding agent can include from about 2 wt % to about 30 wt % of a polymer binder dispersed in an aqueous liquid vehicle.
US12179261B2
A drying device for a powdered building material, in particular for a building station, unpacking station and/or sieve station which can be combined to form an installation for producing three-dimensional components by layer-by-layer solidification by means of a beam acting on the powdered building material, having a container which has a container base and, opposite the container base, a container opening, having a connection flange which has a fastening portion for releasably receiving the container opening of the container, having a connection portion which is located opposite the fastening portion of the connection flange and has a through-opening, having a membrane which closes the through-opening and can be connected to the connection portion, having a retaining element arranged in the container, by means of which retaining element drying agent stored in the container is held separate or remote from the membrane, and a drying space which receives the drying agent and a free space arranged between the retaining element and the membrane is formed.
US12179258B2
An apparatus and method for extending service life of a shot chamber and for seasoning a molten alloy are provided. The apparatus can be placed on a shot chamber of a die casting machine, absorbing the impact of the molten alloy during pouring, delivering the molten alloy smoothly into a shot chamber, and seasoning the molten alloy so that the alloy can be die cast at temperatures below its liquidus. The use of such an apparatus is expected to significantly increase the service life and a shot chamber in addition to improve the mechanical properties of the resultant cast component.
US12179256B2
An assembly system with a sealant application station and an assembly tool is described. The assembly system is used to connect two or more components to each other. The sealant application station applies a sealant to a connector. The sealant application station is arranged in a feed system for the connectors. The sealant-applied connectors are transferred to the assembly tool. The assembly tool contains a drill spindle in which a connector and a drill can be axially aligned with each other so that the drill spindle can both drill a hole in the components to be connected and position the connector in the drilled hole with a linear movement along a processing axis. For these operations, the drill spindle moves only along the processing axis, so that a linear drive can be used for these operations.
US12179243B2
A multi-waste processing system includes a processing chamber. The processing chamber includes one or more heaters and a piston, and the processing chamber is configured to evaporate liquid waste and compact solid waste input. A condenser is operably connected to the processing chamber. The condenser is configured to condense water from the evaporated liquid waste output from the processing chamber. A gas and water separator is operably connected to the condenser. The gas and water separator is configured to separate water from the evaporated liquid waste output from the processing chamber. A recirculation pathway connects the gas and water separator to the processing chamber to recirculate gas from the gas and water separator to the processing chamber. The piston is actuated to keep the one or more heaters in close proximity to the solid waste and the liquid waste in the processing chamber.
US12179236B2
A system includes a conveyor and a computing device in communication with the conveyor. The conveyor has a plurality of carriers that are moved about and between at least one automated prescription picking system and at least one automated prescription packing system. Each carrier of the plurality of carriers is configured to receive at least one prescription from the at least one automated prescription picking system and deliver the at least one prescription to the at least one automated prescription packing system. The computing device includes at least one processor and a memory in communication with the at least one processor. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: associate an identifier with each prescription of the at least one prescription; and track contents of each carrier of the plurality of carriers.
US12179232B2
This invention provides a system and method for impregnating surfaces, which are typically porous and/or textile-based, with antiviral/antibacterial compounds in a manner that is robust, effective and straightforward. Such techniques can be employed during manufacture of the underlying item (e.g. PPE) and/or in the field. In an illustrative embodiment, a system and method for providing antiviral and antibacterial properties to a porous surface is provided. It includes a suspension consisting of a water-based solvent and an active ingredient consisting of at least one of a nanoparticulate metal and a chelated metal. The suspension is applied using an application process that immerses or sprays the suspension relative to the surface. Illustratively, the metal is at least one of silver, copper and titanium. Alternatively, or additionally, the metal can a chelated copper. The suspension can also include a salt component, such as sodium chloride. Additionally, the suspension can include a water repellant.
US12179223B2
According to one embodiment, a rectifying plate is opposed to a plurality of nozzles which are configured to inject a fluid. The rectifying plate is configured to rectify the fluid. The rectifying plate includes: a plurality of high flow path resistance areas, and a low flow path resistance area. Each of the high flow path resistance areas includes a nozzle-facing area which is opposed to one of the plurality of nozzles. The low flow path resistance area surrounds each of the plurality of high flow path resistance areas. The low flow path resistance area includes a plurality of first through-holes to allow the fluid to pass through and having a smaller flow path resistance of the fluid than that of the high flow path resistance area.
US12179222B2
A nozzle arrangement for applying fluids to a substrate has a connection body that is connectable to a distributor mounting region and has a spray nozzle that is connectable to the connection body. The spray nozzle has a nozzle body that longitudinally extends and has a first fluid channel for the fluid to be applied to the substrate. The spray nozzle has a nozzle housing in which the nozzle body is received. Second fluid channels for shaping air are formed between a lateral surface and inner of the nozzle body. The second fluid channels extend in the direction of a nozzle outlet opening of the nozzle body such that, by way of the shaping air dispensed from the second fluid channels at the nozzle outlet region, a spiral-shaped deflection of the fluid dispensed from the nozzle outlet opening of the nozzle body is created.
US12179214B2
Described herein are technologies for concentrating rare-earth elements from a heavy fraction of grit in gangue produced in kaolin mining. In some examples, grit is separated as a non-clay fraction of gangue produced in a kaolin mining operation. The grit is separated into a heavy mineral grit sub-fraction and a light mineral grit sub-fraction. Rare-earth elements, particularly heavy rare-earth elements, are thereafter extracted from the heavy mineral grit sub-fraction using various extraction technologies.
US12179210B2
A discharge arrangement (120) for a comminution reactor assembly (100). The discharge arrangement (120) comprises a main chamber (202) extending along a main axis (124). The main chamber has an inlet (121) arranged to be fluidly connected to a comminution reactor (110) and an outlet (122) arranged opposite from the inlet (121) along the main axis (124) and closeable by a common material take-out valve (204). The main chamber (202) is arranged to support a fluid-material stream (123) along a helical path about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122). The discharge arrangement (120) further comprises an airduct (206) arranged extending into the main chamber (202) at an acute angle (a) with respect to the main axis (124). The airduct (206) comprises an aperture arranged facing the outlet (122). Thereby, a portion (125) of the fluid-material stream (123) changes direction from the helical fluid-material stream (123) about the main axis (124) from the inlet (121) towards the outlet (122) to a helical flow inside the airduct (206).
US12179203B2
An electrowetting system for actuating droplets of a first composition and of a second composition. The system includes: a plurality of electrodes configured to manipulate droplets of fluid in a microfluidic space, each electrode being coupled to circuitry which applies driving voltages to the electrode; and a processing unit operably connected to a look up table correlating drive sequences to chemical species and at least one composition parameter. The processing unit is configured to: receive data of a first chemical species and a first composition parameter of the first composition; receive data of a second chemical species and a second composition parameter of the second composition; correlate a first drive sequence with the first chemical species and the first composition parameter; correlate a second drive sequence with the second chemical species and the second composition parameter; and output the first drive sequence and the second drive sequence to the electrodes.
US12179185B1
A method of producing an organoselenium-based nanocomposite includes acid-treating a mixture containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and palm waste with phosphoric acid to form an acid-treated mixture; carbonizing the acid-treated mixture to form a MWCNT/biochar; mixing the MWCNT-biochar with TiO2 nanoparticles to form a TiO2-MWCNT/biochar; chlorinating acyl groups present on the TiO2-MWCNT/biochar to form a chlorinated TiO2-MWCNT/biochar; reacting the chlorinated TiO2-MWCNT/biochar with an organoselenium compound to form a Se—TiO2-MWCNT/biochar.
US12179184B2
A device for compensating short-term pressure or volume fluctuations of a medium in a continuously managed biopharmaceutical process including a receiving space in fluid communication with a process line through which a medium flows, an equalizing space, which is separated from the receiving space by a deflectable element, and a counter-pressure mechanism in the equalizing space for applying a counter-pressure to the deflectable element towards the receiving space. A method of compensating short-term pressure or volume fluctuations of a medium in a continuously managed biopharmaceutical process including providing a receiving space in fluid communication with a process line through which a medium flows, receiving an excess amount of the medium flowing into the receiving space, charging an energy storage device by the medium flowing into the receiving space, and expelling at least part of the excess amount if the pressure or flow rate falls below a set amount.
US12179183B2
A functional structure which can resist a decrease in the functions of the functional material caused by influences such as force and heat and thus have a long life. The functional structure includes supports each having a porous structure and including a zeolite-type compound, and at least one functional material present in the supports, in which each of the supports has channels communicating with one another, the functional material is present at least in the channel of each of the supports, the functional material present in the supports includes a metal element (M), and the content of the metal element (M) is more than 2.5 mass % with respect to the functional structure.
US12179178B2
A hydrocarbon reforming catalyst for forming a synthetic gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon-based gas, the hydrocarbon reforming catalyst containing a complex oxide having a perovskite structure, the complex oxide having at least a first crystal phase containing BaCeO3 as a primary component and also containing Ru.
US12179167B2
A structured packing module for a gas phase reactor has a structured packing with a central axis extending along a longitudinal direction, and may further include an inner tube extending coaxially with the structured packing and along the longitudinal direction. The structured packing includes a plurality of corrugated sheets, each arranged circumferentially around the central axis and having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction. The corrugated sheets are arranged to radially overlap with each other such that corrugations of adjacently disposed corrugated sheets are arranged in a crisscross relationship. The structured packing module includes a gas flow path comprising at least one inter-sheet gas flow path defined between the adjacently disposed corrugated sheets.
US12179166B2
A media tank includes a housing having a first housing portion coupled to a second housing portion at an interface between the first and second housing portions, the first and second housing portions collectively defining an interior volume of the housing, and a divider positioned within the interior volume of the housing at the interface between the first and second housing portions to separate the interior volume into a first chamber at least partially defined by the first housing portion and the divider and a second chamber at least partially defined by the second housing portion and the divider. The first housing portion is coupled to the second housing portion via a friction weld at the interface. An annular gap is provided between the divider and the first housing portion. Flash from the friction weld is received within the annular gap.
US12179161B2
A gas mixing system for semiconductor fabrication includes a mixing block. The mixing block defines a gas mixing chamber, a first gas channel fluidly coupled to the gas mixing chamber at a first exit location, and a second gas channel fluidly coupled to the gas mixing chamber at a second exit location, wherein the first exit location is diametrically opposite the second exit location relative to the gas mixing chamber and the second gas channel has a bend of 90 degrees or less between an entrance of the second gas channel and the second exit location.
US12179160B2
The invention relates to the food industry. A method of saturating a beverage with CO2 comprises supplying the liquid and the gas under pressure, increasing the mass transfer surface, intensively mixing the components in a chamber, and subsequently feeding them into a storage tank. The mass transfer surface is increased abruptly prior to mixing by converting the liquid to a moist saturated vapor state, and the vapor-gas mixture is condensed before feeding into the storage tank. Also described is a device for saturating a beverage with CO2, which device is in the form of a water-air ejector.
US12179156B2
A zeolite membrane complex includes a porous support and a zeolite membrane formed on the support. Water molecules are adsorbed in the zeolite membrane. A decreasing rate of water content in the zeolite membrane from 250° C. to 500° C. is 0.1% or more.
US12179155B2
Single-use integral chromatography unit having an inlet and an outlet, and comprising one or more plates or pairs of filter plates interposable between a pair of end plates. In certain embodiments, each of the filter plates comprises a polymeric framework with one or more membranes supported therein. The filter plates and end plates may be assembled to form a substantially fixed, substantially water-tight, integral stack. Fluid entering the unit through a common inlet passes the membrane or membranes of each filter plate substantially contemporaneously prior to exiting the unit through a common outlet (cf, “parallel” flow). The assembly is a modular design, as multiple pairs of plates can be stacked in a suitable holder to form a single chromatography unit.
US12179137B2
The tube-shaped pleated filter member may comprise: a filter body having a tube shape such that a filter medium is pleated and is wound; and a support unit. The filter body may comprise outer pleated portions corresponding to the outside of the tube shape, and inner pleated portions corresponding to the inside of the tube shape. An inner virtual line connecting corners of the inner pleated portions may have the shape in which a unit wave shape recessed in the outward direction is repeated. Assuming, that the thickness at a part having the maximum distance between the inner virtual line and the outer virtual line is a first thickness (T1), the first thickness (T1) may have a range defined by [equation 1] with regard to the diameter (D) of the outer virtual line. D/15≤T1≤D/6. [Equation 1]
US12179134B2
A method of removing carbon dioxide from a gas can include providing a gaseous feed stream including a carbon dioxide gas and adsorbing the carbon dioxide gas with a porous carbon sorbent. The method can further include de-adsorbing the carbon dioxide and combining the carbon dioxide with a substantially pure hydrogen gas to produce at least one of methane and methanol. The adsorbing and de-adsorbing of the carbon dioxide gas can be conducted by an electric swing adsorption.
US12179133B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a chemical solution supply system including: a tank configured to store a chemical solution; a first pipe connected to the tank and configured to provide the chemical solution; a first filter unit connected to the first pipe and having a first filter configured to filter the chemical solution; a second pipe connected to the first filter unit and configured to provide the chemical solution filtered by the first filter; and a detector connected to the first pipe and configured to detect foreign matter in the chemical solution in the first pipe.
US12179126B1
An animated prop amusement apparatus with a stationary base, a drive assembly, and a prop mount for attaching an amusement prop. The drive assembly moves between retracted and extended positions to drive linear movements of the prop mount. The drive assembly includes a cylinder, a first extension link, and a second extension link interconnected by a pulley system so that extension of the of the first extension link from the cylinder drives extension of the second extension link from the first extension link. The drive assembly in the extended position is more than twice, and nearly three times, as long as the drive assembly in the retracted position.
US12179125B2
In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a housing, an inner object (which may, in some embodiments, represent a character) inside the housing, a tether, and a motor. The tether is driven by the motor to pull at least one removable housing portion from the housing.
US12179123B2
A park ride for use in theme parks, amusement parks, and other settings. The new ride includes a track defining a ride path for a passenger vehicle (or multiple vehicles that may be linked in a train). The vehicle is configured, such as with a bogie assembly with two to four or more wheels, to roll upon and engage the track. The ride includes a drop swing propulsion system that is adapted to drop a section of track upon which the passenger vehicle is supported from a first elevation to a second elevation that is lower than the first elevation. The dropping motion involves swinging the track with a linkage assembly, which with other components of the system may form a four-bar linkage, so as to impart a propelling force on the vehicle to move it along an exit track section provided at the second, lower elevation.
US12179122B2
A mechanical advantage device includes a base, a beam pivotably connected to the base at a fulcrum between a first end of the beam and a second end of the beam, a seat at the first end of the beam, and a load at the second end of the beam. In some embodiments, the mechanical advantage device includes structure, such as a linkage, for effecting oscillation of the beam by shifting weight along the beam. The mechanical advantage device may be a single-person seesaw. In some embodiments, the mechanical advantage device may be used to move a car or to generate power.
US12179115B2
A method is provided for generating virtual objects in a virtual scene at a computing device. The method includes, obtaining a first selection of one or more first-level virtual object types for a first group in a deck-building interface. The method also includes obtaining a second selection of one or more second-level virtual object types for a second group in the deck-building interface, wherein the first selection and the second selection are based on user input. The method further includes in response to a determination that a deck in the deck-building interface is complete based on the obtained first selection and second selection, displaying a user interface (UI) for the user to generate and control the selected first-level virtual object types and the selected second-level virtual object types in real time in the virtual scene.
US12179110B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a game program causing a processor of a terminal device used by a user to execute: displaying a first object including an indication relating to a shot of a ball; receiving an input operation of the user; displaying a second object that moves in accordance with the input operation; and executing the shot in accordance with the indication determined by a positional relationship between the first object and the second object that has moved in accordance with the input operation.
US12179108B2
This application discloses an action effect display method and apparatus, a device, and a medium, and relates to the field of interface interaction. The action effect display method includes displaying a first virtual object, the first virtual object being configured to execute a target action with an action effect; receiving an action execution operation, the action execution operation controlling the first virtual object to execute the target action in an accelerated manner; and playing effect segments in sequence to obtain an adjusted action effect of the target action corresponding to execution speed information, wherein at least two of the effect segments are played according to different adjustment ratios.
US12179104B2
This application discloses a method for updating a virtual environment picture performed by a computer device. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment picture of a virtual environment using a first observation position as an observation center, wherein a virtual character is located at a first position in the first virtual environment picture; in response to receiving a first directional operation on the virtual character, displaying a skill indicator in accordance with the first directional operation; and when at least a portion of the skill indicator is going to exceed the first virtual environment picture, replacing the first virtual environment picture with displaying a second virtual environment picture, wherein the virtual character is relocated from the first position in the first virtual environment picture to a second position in the second virtual environment picture so as to present the skill indicator in the second virtual environment picture.
US12179099B2
A method for gaming. The method includes receiving an audio command used for controlling game play of a video game for a player, wherein the audio command originates from the player. The method includes providing the audio command to an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained to normalize one or more sounds of the player to one or more expected sounds of the video game. The method includes normalizing the audio command using the AI model to control the game play.
US12179095B2
Interactive video game content for a video game is streamed to a client device using a first streaming protocol configured for low-latency streaming. When an indication of non-interactive content to be inserted into the video game is detected, streaming of the interactive video game content to the client device is paused and the non-interactive content is streamed to the client device using a second streaming protocol configured for adaptive bitrate streaming. Upon receiving an indication that streaming of the non-interactive content to the client device has ended, streaming of the interactive content to the client device is resumed using the first streaming protocol.
US12179093B2
An arcade machine includes a support bracket; a gaming table detachably connected to the support bracket; and a control unit coupled to the gaming table. The control unit includes a control circuit board, a joystick, control buttons and a connection interface electrically connected to the control circuit board. The control circuit board, the joystick, and the control buttons are arranged on the gaming table, and the connection interface includes a video interface configured for connecting a display screen and an interactive interface configured for connecting to a computer or a game machine. The arcade machine can be connected to and is applicable to a computer and a variety of game machines, thereby obtaining more choices and experiences of game modes and improving the applicability of the arcade machine. The detachable design of the gaming table can effectively reduce the difficulty of handling and reduce transportation costs.
US12179086B2
Methods provide mixed reality simulations with real time coordination of both Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) environments, and mixed reality simulations with AR and VR hardware having reduced tracking noise.
US12179085B2
An golf tournament simulation method may include generating predicted hole scores for each hole of each round of a golf tournament. Historical shot data corresponding to a historical occurrence of one or more hole events may be utilized as weight to generate predicted outcomes of hole events for each hole. A score probability distribution may be assigned to the predicted outcomes to generate predicted hole scores. Simulations may be analyzed for predicted outcome probabilities such as win probability, cutline, or Top-10 finish probability. The simulations may be updated during actual play by replacing predicted scores with actual scores. Predicted outcome probabilities may be updated based on the updated simulations updated to include the actual scores.
US12179080B2
A training device for a game of stick and ball, such as filed hockey. The training device can mount to a standard hockey stick to guide the movements and limit certain movements and spatial positions of the hockey stick while practicing. The training device includes a disc having a central section and a peripheral rim; a sleeve in the central section receives a handle and a shaft of a stick; and a fastening member coupled to the sleeve and secures the training device to a head or the shaft of the stick that is within the sleeve.
US12179074B2
A golf club includes a club shaft having a first end, a second end, and an inner peripheral surface defining an inner space of the club shaft, and a weight piece installed on a first end side of the club shaft. The weight piece includes an insertion portion located in the inner space, and an engagement portion located outside the club shaft to engage the first end. The insertion portion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has an outer diameter smaller than the first inner diameter. The second portion includes a large diameter portion having an outer diameter larger than the first inner diameter in a state before being placed in the club shaft, and at least one rigidity-lowered portion that elastically deforms the second portion so that the outer diameter of the large diameter portion becomes smaller when receiving an external force.
US12179060B2
Methods and systems are provided for measuring anatomical dimensions from a single two-dimensional (2D) digital image. The digital image is taken from the front/anterior view using a mobile, handheld communication device. The linear measurements are used to estimate the body volume of the individual. Total body density is calculated from estimated body volume and body weight. Body composition (fat mass and fat-free mass) of the individual is derived from density using known mathematical conversion formulas. A method for estimating body composition analysis is provided. Systems and methods are provided that determine an individual's fitness by determining body composition of the individual using a picture of the individual, determining the individual's VO2 max based on the individual's movement (e.g., walking and/or running a measured distance over a measured amount of time), and determining the individual's fitness based on the body composition and the determined VO2 max.
US12179058B2
An incentive spirometer is disclosed having a helical tube, wherein the helical tube includes a first inlet, second outlet, third outlet, and fourth outlet. The spirometer further includes a chamber, wherein the chamber is in fluid communication with the first inlet, second outlet, third outlet, and fourth outlet of the helical tube; and an object disposed within the spirometer, wherein the object is adapted to move through the first inlet of the helical tube and through either the second outlet, third outlet, or fourth outlet. In addition, the spirometer further includes an inhalation draw tube in fluid communication with the chamber and helical tube.
US12179057B2
An exercise apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a body having a first end disposed opposite a second end. The body also includes a first side disposed opposite a second side and a third side disposed opposite a fourth side. The first side includes a first hand grip and the second side includes a second hand grip. The body includes one or more receiving portions configured to receive one or more weights therein. The body has a hollow interior. In some examples, the hollow interior is divided into two hollow interior portions.
US12179053B2
Fire training props and methods of using fire training props are provided. The props may be suitable for table-top training and include an enclosure; at least one internal panel positioned within the enclosure and defining a plurality of internal volumes within the enclosure; a transparent top panel positioned on the top of the enclosure; at least one side aperture and a side aperture cover in at least one of the sides of the enclosure; and at least one panel aperture having an aperture cover in the at least one internal panel. When a source of visible fluid, for example, smoke, is introduced to the enclosure, a flow of the visible fluid in the enclosure can be monitored by a user through the transparent top panel. Aspects of the invention are uniquely adapted for training firefighters and other first responders on the dynamics of fire, for example, in an engaged structure.
US12179052B2
The present disclosure provides fire-protection detecting method and device, applied to a container-type energy storage system. The method includes: obtaining first sampling data, second sampling data, and third sampling data; determining a first sampling temperature based on the first sampling data, and determining whether a risk event has occurred in the container-type energy storage system based on the first sampling temperature; if it is determined that the risk event has occurred, determining whether the target lithium battery cluster has caught fire based on the second sampling data and/or the third sampling data; if it is determined that the target lithium battery cluster has caught fire, calling the fire-protection system to extinguish fire and sending a first prompt message to the terminal device to prompt that the target lithium battery cluster has caught fire; determining whether to shut down the fire-protection system based on the updated first sampling data.
US12179050B2
A sprinkler includes a frame, a deflector member, a sealing assembly, and a releasing mechanism for a controlled actuation. The releasing mechanism includes a hook member, a strut member, a load member, a link member, and an actuator. The link member surrounds or frames the strut and hook members and holds the members in a static relationship of an unactuated configuration. A preferred link member includes a single central slot through which each of the hook member and the strut member extend. The actuator is arranged with respect to the link member to separate the hook and strut members and break the link member upon operation of the actuator.
US12179046B2
A fall-protection system including a harness and a fall-protection apparatus with a lifeline bearing a connector configured to be connected to the harness; and, a fall-protection monitoring system with a base unit and with at least one sensor module configured to sense a condition of the connector and to communicate a signal indicative of the condition of the connector to the base unit.
US12179041B2
This disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods related to therapeutic ultrasound. An exemplary system includes a transducer configured to emit therapy ultrasound waves towards a therapy site and an ultrasound imaging device configured to emit plane wave ultrasound waves towards the therapy site. The system further includes a controller coupled to the transducer and the ultrasound imaging device. The controller is configured to send an activation signal to the transducer and send an activation signal to the ultrasound imaging device. The controller is further configured to receive image data from the ultrasound imaging device and generate bubble cloud image data based on the received image data.
US12179035B2
Methods and related devices for impinging light on tissue, for example within a body of a patient, to induce various biological effects are disclosed. Biological effects may include at least one of inactivating and/or inhibiting growth of one or more pathogens, upregulating a local immune response, stimulating enzymatic generation of nitric oxide to increase endogenous stores of nitric oxide, releasing nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide, and inducing an anti-inflammatory effect. Wavelengths of light are selected based on intended biological effects for one or more of targeted tissue types and targeted pathogens. Light treatments may provide multiple pathogenic biological effects, either with light of a single wavelength or with light having multiple wavelengths. Devices and methods for light treatments are disclosed that provide light doses for inducing biological effects on various targeted pathogens and targeted tissues with increased efficacy and reduced cytotoxicity.
US12179030B2
A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, including coaxial fixation elements to engage or electrically stimulate tissue, is described. The coaxial fixation elements include an outer fixation element extending along a longitudinal axis and an inner fixation element radially inward from the outer fixation element. One or more of the fixation elements are helical fixation elements that can be screwed into tissue. The outer fixation element has a distal tip that is distal to a distal tip of the inner fixation element, and an axial stiffness of the outer fixation element is lower than an axial stiffness of the inner fixation element. The relative stiffnesses are based on one or more of material or geometric characteristics of the respective fixation elements. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US12179014B2
A lead system and method of use for treating breathing disorders by the transvenous stimulation of the phrenic nerve.
US12179012B2
Devices and methods for the non-invasive stimulation of nerves, such as the vagus nerve, include a housing and an electrode coupled to the housing. The electrode is configured to be positioned adjacent to, or in contact with, an outer skin surface of a patient. A source of energy is coupled to the housing and operably coupled to the electrode. The source of energy emits an electrical impulse to the electrode such that the electrical impulse passes through the outer skin surface of the patient to a nerve at a target region in the patient sufficient to modulate the nerve. The electrical impulse comprises burst periods and constant periods, wherein each burst period includes 2 to 20 pulses and has a duration of less than 20,000 microseconds.
US12179011B2
A system, device, and method for transcutaneous nerve stimulation such as facial nerve stimulation, and in particular, to using transcutaneous nerve stimulation for artificially eliciting eye blink, such as with humans with acute facial paralysis (Bell's palsy or Dry Eye syndrome), is disclosed. A battery-operated wearable device may employ a pulse generator for periodically and automatically In generating bursts train of asymmetrical Bi-Phasic square pulses. The output pulses are fed to two electrodes that are attached to the skin of the treated person to stimulate the facial nerve for eliciting blinking at a rate that mimics normal blinking operation. The device may include a sensor and a wireless connection, and the parameters of, or the activation of, the generated bursts may be controlled by the sensor output, by human user control, or by data received from the wireless network. Further, the device may transmit status to the wireless network.
US12179008B2
Devices and methods for assisting blood flow are provided. The device includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a fluid barrier separating the housing into a first section containing the inlet and outlet, and a second section. The device also includes an impeller shaft coupled to an impeller and a first magnet in the first section of the housing, and a drive shaft coupled to a second magnet in the second section of the housing. The first and second magnets are arranged such that rotation of the drive shaft rotates the second magnet causing rotation of the first magnet, which drives the impeller.
US12179006B2
The present invention is directed to a needle sensor assembly and a method of using same. The needle sensor assembly includes a needle sensor housed within the needle sensor assembly. The needle sensor assembly is configured to be attached to an injection device. When the needle sensor assembly is attached to the injection device, the needle sensor is configured to detect if a needle positioned for use in the injection device is misaligned, absent, or broken.
US12179004B2
Disclosed is a safety syringe that comprises a needle sleeve (1), a needle base (3) and a core rod (2). First claws (34) on the needle base (3) are configured to clamp in a first groove (111) on an inner wall of the needle sleeve (1), one of a proximal end of the needle base (3) and a distal end of the core rod (2) is provided with second claws (33), and the other one thereof is provided with a position-limiting member; the second claws (33) are configured to abut against the position-limiting member along a slanted surface. When the core rod (2) slides towards a distal side to perform injection, the second claws (33) are forced to slide along the slanted surface to pass over the position-limiting member and become hooked onto the position-limiting member, thereby realizing interlocking of the needle base (3) and the core rod (2), and during this process, the core rod (2) slides to drive the first claws (34) to slip out of the first groove (111); or when the core rod (2) retracts, the core rod (2) exerts a pulling force on the needle base (2) towards the proximal side so as to force the first claws (34) to slip out of the first groove (111); the needle base (3) slides towards the proximal side together with the core rod (2), thereby simplifying the structure of the safety syringe.
US12179001B2
A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing configured to accommodate a medicament container filled with medicament, a drive unit comprising a plunger rod operable to act on the medicament container, a mechanical activation mechanism configured to interact with the drive unit, where the mechanical activation mechanism is movable between certain predetermined states when interacting with the drive unit, a recording unit capable of recording status changes of the medicament delivery device including the status of the mechanical activation mechanism, and detection elements operably connected to the recording unit and positioned such as to detect when the activation mechanism has been moved between certain predetermined states.
US12178986B2
A connector adapted for forming a fluid flow pathway therethrough by connection with a reciprocal connector, wherein both the connector and the reciprocal connector each comprise a fluid flow passageway part (11A) defining a fluid flow opening, a socket part (12A) located upon the fluid flow passageway part adjacent to the fluid flow opening, a plug part (13A) located upon the fluid flow passageway part adjacent to the fluid flow opening and spaced from the socket part in a direction crossing the fluid flow opening, wherein the socket part of the connector is configured to receive therein the plug part of said reciprocal connector to connect thereto such that the fluid flow opening of the connector is aligned in register with the fluid flow opening of the reciprocal connector and, a closure part (14A) arranged to openably close the fluid flow opening of the connector and to receive an urging force from said received plug part of the reciprocal connector thereby to be displaced in a direction crossing the fluid flow opening to uncover the fluid flow opening such that the connector is thereby connectable to the reciprocal connector with respective fluid flow openings in fluid communication.
US12178971B2
The disclosure relates to a catheter device (1) comprising a catheter (2), a hypodermic introducer needle (3) and a levering member (23) adapted to be removably attached to the catheter (2) and motion the catheter from a retracted proximal position to an advanced distal position in an axial direction in relation to the introducer needle (3). The catheter device further comprising indicators to indicate the catheter (2) being advanced a distance d corresponding to the length of a beveled tip (18) of the needle (3), and the catheter (2) being advanced a distance D corresponding to a length greater than the length of the beveled tip of the needle (3).
US12178969B2
A multi-catheter infusion system and method for the localized delivery of medications while minimally affecting patient mobility for an extended period of time. The multi-catheter infusion system includes a cannula and a plurality of catheters. The cannula includes a first end for connecting to a drug delivery system and a second end for connecting to the plurality of catheters. The plurality of catheters are in fluid communication with the cannula for delivering a drug to a target area of a patient. Each catheter includes a multi-orifice distal end.
US12178959B2
An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion configured to hold liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a vaporizer including a heating element with an internal passage at least partially defined by a surface of the heating element, and a micro pump configured to deliver liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to the internal passage of the heating element, such that the vaporizer is configured to heat the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate at the internal passage to a temperature sufficient to volatilize at least a part of the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The micro pump may be configured to deliver a particular amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the internal passage based on the micro pump performing an individual pump cycle.
US12178948B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for performing plasmapheresis. The compositions and methods for performing plasmapheresis are innovative at least in their application towards the treatment and prevention of aging and conditions associated with aging. Plasmapheresis compositions and methods described herein are directed towards reducing or eliminating conditions associated with aging.
US12178938B2
Ocular lenses having UV absorbing properties are disclosed. The ocular lens comprises a hydrogel polymer comprising polymerised residues derived from a polymerisable UV absorber of formula (I): U-L-Py (I) wherein: U is a UV absorbing moiety; L is a hydrophilic non-polyalkylene glycol linker comprising an anionic, a zwitterionic or a saccharide moiety; and Py is an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable moiety.
US12178935B2
A sterilization process test device for verifying the efficacy of a sterilization process includes a tubular body defining a chamber for containing at least one sterilization indicator and a cap to sealingly close the tubular body. The tubular body includes at least one hole, which is covered by a gas and steam permeable cover. The only flow path into the chamber is provided through the steam and gas permeable cover and the at least one hole, which when combined are configured to control and restrict a flow of steam or a gaseous sterilization medium from an external environment.
US12178931B2
Method for the operation of a cleaning system of a medical imaging facility, wherein the imaging facility has an outer useful surface exposed to contaminating effects of patients and/or operators. During a utilization phase for an examination procedure of a patient, sensor data of a sensor arrangement detecting at least a portion of the useful surface is acquired and by evaluation of the sensor data, a surface map having potentially contaminated regions of the useful surface is determined. During a cleaning phase following the utilization phase, cleaning information of the potentially contaminated regions are output to a cleaner and/or used for actuation of at least one cleaning apparatus of the imaging facility for targeted cleaning of the potentially contaminated regions.
US12178929B2
Provided are a display module and an electronic device. The display module includes a display panel and a backlight module stacked with the display panel. The backlight module includes a light-emitting member, a light-guide member, and a back plate. The light-emitting member is configured to emit visible light. The light-guide member is disposed adjacent to the light-emitting member and configured to guide the visible light to the display panel. The back plate is configured to accommodate the light-emitting member and the light-guide member and defines a through-hole. The display module further includes a disinfection assembly. The disinfection assembly is at least partially accommodated in the through-hole or disposed at one side of the back plate away from the display panel, the disinfection assembly is configured to emit UV rays, the UV rays irradiate the display panel via the through-hole, and the disinfection assembly is detachably connected to the back plate.
US12178923B2
The invention relates to a system for cleaning modular belts, characterized in that it comprises a support structure configured to be mounted and dismounted from the structure of a modular-belt conveyor, wherein a plurality of cleaning stations are mounted on the support structure, said cleaning stations consisting of: (a) a first surface cleaning station consisting of at least one roller with cleaning flaps disposed crosswise on the modular belt; (b) a cleaning preparation station consisting of at least one transverse duct disposed in an elevated manner with a plurality of ejection nozzles distributed along the length of the at least one duct and along the width of the modular belt in order to sprinkle water in the form of a spray directly on the modular belt; (c) a pre-cleaning station comprising a system of at least one self-adjustable plastic scraper; (d) a second surface cleaning station consisting of at least one pair of rollers with cleaning flaps, one being placed on the upper part of the modular belt and the other on the lower part thereof; (e) a deep-cleaning and sanitization station consisting of a system of rotary steam-spraying heads connected to a dry steam generator; and (f) a station for drying with warm air, formed by at least two air turbines with an elevated transverse diffuser.
US12178922B2
The patch of the present invention comprises a backing layer and an adhesive layer laminated on the backing layer, wherein a water vapor transmission rate of the backing layer is 400 g/m2·24 hours or more, and the adhesive layer comprises a drug, dimethylsulfoxide and an adhesive. Such a patch does not fall off easily even after long wear.
US12178916B2
Pharmaceutical compositions, and dosage forms thereof, comprising an oxidation agent selected from sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium hypochlorite, chlorite or chlorate, an artemisinin composition or a derivative or combination thereof as a primary active oxidizing agent, which primary active oxidizing agent is provided in a form to enable release or generation of a hypochlorite ion or hypochlorous acid, a chlorite ion or chlorous acid, a chlorate ion or chloric acid, neutral or ionic chlorine dioxide or other derivative thereof from the respective hypochlorite, chlorite, or chlorate. The pharmaceutical compositions may be employed or administered to a warm-blooded mammalian subject to be treated for combatting pathogenic infections or invasions.
US12178910B2
A method for using treated biochar to reduce the overall environmental impact of farming and minimize the carbon footprint of farms is provided. The method comprising engaging in one or more of the following practices: (1) combining treated biochar with feed or using biochar as feed for animals to reduce methane from enteric fermentation and increase animal health and nutrition; (2) combining treated biochar with compost, animal bedding or manure piles to reduce odor and increase nutrient retention; (3) applying treated biochar to lagoons to reduce odor and treat water; (4) applying treated biochar to pastures to increase pasture health; (5) applying treated biochar to crops to increase crop productivity, healthier roots and prevent fertilizer leaching; and (6) using the carbon negativity of a produced biochar to reduce the overall farm or ranch carbon footprint.
US12178900B2
A composition including a synergistic combination of a vitamin D3 or a derivative or precursor thereof and hyaluronic acid or derivate thereof encapsulated in a lipid based colloidal carrier system (preferably lipid based vesicles such as liposomes, niosomes, tranferosomes) and topical formulations thereof, as well as their use in the prevention and/or treatment of inflamed skin and mucous membrane, especially in the prevention and/or treatment of skin photodamage, in particular in the prevention and/or treatment of skin erythema (skin inflammation) and actinic keratosis, as well non melanoma skin cancer.
US12178889B2
Gold nanoparticles are conjugated to phosphatidylserine-specific ligands for targeting and binding to surface-exposed phosphatidylserine on tumor cells and tumor vasculature. The ligand may be an annexin (e.g., annexin V). Tumor contrast is significantly increased using the targeted gold nanoparticles. Breast cancer tumors as small as 4 mm, for example, were detectable via computed tomography (CT) within 4 hours after injection of the conjugates, demonstrating usefulness of the conjugates as imaging agents. The targeted gold nanoparticle conjugate may further have a drug conjugated thereto that can be used therapeutically, for example, for cancer treatment. The gold nanoparticle conjugates can also be used for photothermal therapy and can be used in concert with an X-ray radiation treatment for cancer treatment.
US12178884B2
The invention relates to retrieving or modifying target nucleic acids, such as host cell chromosomal DNA, by homologous recombination with vectors that have been cut to provide recombinogenic nucleic acid strands in situ. The methods described herein can be used to modify a target nucleic acid in vitro or in any prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell using homologous recombination.
US12178880B2
An antibody-drug conjugate, and an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. Provided is an antibody-drug conjugate as represented by formula I. The compound has good targetability, has a good inhibitory effect on HER3-positive tumor cells, and has good druggability and high safety. The antibody-drug conjugate has an inhibitory effect on HER3, has an inhibitory effect on SK-BR-3 and SW620 cells, and also has a good inhibitory effect on at least one of 22Rv1, LNCaP, NCI-H820, OVCAR-8, and HCC827 cells.
US12178873B2
Discloses herein are high concentration antibody thrmulations comprising an anti-sclerostin immunoglobulin and an acetate salt and/or an acetate buffer and methods of use.
US12178864B2
The invention relates to a trypanosomalvaccine, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said vaccine and to their uses in vaccination to prevent trypanosomal infection in a mammal.
US12178858B2
[Problem] To provide a pharmaceutical composition containing a fusion protein comprising an antibody and a lysosomal enzyme as an active ingredient, which is stable enough to permit its distribution to the market. [Solution] A lyophilized formulation containing; a fusion protein comprising an antibody and a lysosomal enzyme as an active ingredient, and further containing a neutral salt, a disaccharide, a nonionic surfactant, and a buffer. Such a lyophilized formulation includes, for example, as an active ingredient, a fusion protein comprising an anti-transferrin receptor antibody and human iduronate-2-sulfatase, and further containing sodium chloride as the neutral salt, sucrose as the disaccharide, poloxamer as the nonionic surfactant, and phosphate buffer as the buffer.
US12178854B2
The invention provides methods for activating a repressed allele within an imprinting control region, thereby treating an imprinting associated disorder.
US12178853B2
The disclosure provides for compounds, compositions, and methods of use thereof for treating diabetes (e.g., type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes). In some aspects, methods comprise administering first, second, third, fourth, and fifth daily doses of insulin-like growth factor 2 (“IGF-2”) or a variant thereof to the subject at respective first, second, third, fourth, and fifth different times, wherein each of the daily doses comprises at least 65 μg of IGF-2. In other aspects, compounds, compositions, and methods containing IGF-2 or variants thereof are used for treating a disorder in a patient in need thereof, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
US12178843B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising cyclosporine A (CsA) for use in the prevention of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in a double lung transplanted patient, or for the treatment of BOS or for the prevention or delay of the progression of BOS in a double lung transplanted patient being diagnosed with BOS, wherein the composition is administered to said patient by inhalation of said composition in aerosolized form comprising a therapeutically effective dose of cyclo-sporine A.
US12178837B2
Disclosed is to provide a composition for skin-whitening or preventing or improving skin wrinkles, comprising a green tea extract which has modified amounts of ingredients. More specifically, the extract and composition according to one aspect of the present disclosure are derived from natural plants that cause less irritation to the skin and are eco-friendly, thus they are safe, and thereby the extract and composition can exhibit excellent effects of effectively inhibiting melanin production and tyrosinase activity and preventing or improving skin whitening, and can exhibit excellent effects of effectively inhibiting the expression of MMP-1 and preventing or improving skin wrinkles.
US12178835B2
A cell genetically modified to comprise at least one mechanism for providing a local immunosuppression at a transplant site when transplanted in an allogeneic host is, and methods for making and using the same is provided. The cell comprises a set of transgenes, each transgene encoding a gene product that is cytoplasmic, membrane bound, or local acting, and whose function is one or more of: to mitigate antigen presenting cell activation and function; to mitigate graft attacking leukocyte activity or cytolytic function; to mitigate macrophage cytolytic function and phagocytosis of allograft cells; to induce apoptosis in graft attacking leukocytes; to mitigate local inflammatory proteins; and to protect against leukocyte-mediated apoptosis.
US12178834B2
The disclosure relates to oligodendrocyte-biased glial progenitor cells and methods of making, isolating, and using such cells.
US12178830B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for adoptive cell therapy comprising engineered immune cells that express a tumor antigen-targeted chimeric antigen receptor and a prodrug converting enzyme.
US12178828B1
A nano-sized chitosan/VS2 nanocomposite for use in various pharmaceutical applications. The nano-sized chitosan/VS2 nanocomposite can be formed as a flower nanocomposite.
US12178826B2
A pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising trehalose and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and methods of delivering autophagy stimulating trehalose to a patient in need thereof.
US12178817B2
The present invention relates to a novel type of PPARγ modulator having a pyrimido[5,4-d]pyrimidine main structure. The PPARγ modulator can enhance the expression and nuclear translocation of PPARγ in cells. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the PPARγ modulator of the invention encapsulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable cell-penetrating drug delivery system so that it can be directly delivered into cells. The present invention thus provides a method of preventing or treating PPARγ-related disorders or conditions comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the PPARγ modulator of the invention or the pharmaceutical composition of the invention.
US12178814B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing 6-ethyl-3-{3-methoxy-4-[4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl]anilino}-5-[(oxan-4-yl)amino]pyrazine-2-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a sweetener for reducing the bitterness of gilteritinib, suppressing the decrease in dissolution stability of gilteritinib due to, for example, stress such as heat and/or humidity over time, and having excellent dissolution stability. The pharmaceutical composition contains gilteritinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a sweetener, and sugars and/or sugar alcohols.
US12178802B1
A compound 3-(1-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)pyridin-2-ol compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and/or antimicrobial agent.
US12178800B2
A composition comprising a compound that comprises or consists of a conjugation of 6-hydroxymelatonin and 6-methylsufinylhexyl isothiocyanate is disclosed, as well as this composition for the use as a medicament. Furthermore, this composition for the use in a method of treating and/or preventing an epithelial tissue disease and/or disorder is disclosed.
US12178794B2
A formulation, including: (a) a first medicament, wherein the first medicament includes an isothiocyanate functional compound/surfactant; and (b) a second medicament, wherein the second medicament includes an antineoplastic agent, such as a cytotoxic antineoplastic agent and/or a targeted antineoplastic agent.
US12178788B2
The present invention provides a novel complex comprising a) a cell penetrating peptide, b) at least one antigen or antigenic epitope, and c) at least one TLR peptide agonist, wherein the components a)-c) are covalently linked. Moreover, the present invention also provides a nucleic acid encoding such a complex, wherein the complex is a peptide or a protein. Such a nucleic acid may be comprised by a vector, and such a vector may be comprised by a host cell. In particular, compositions, such as a pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines are provided, which may be useful for example in the prevention and/or treatment of a diseases and/or a disorder including cancer, hematological disorders, infectious diseases, autoimmunity disorders and transplant rejections.
US12178785B2
Nutritional formulas comprising long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are provided, along with methods and devices for preparing and/or administering nutritional formulas. In some embodiments, a percentage of the LC-PUFAs in the nutritional formula are in the form of monogiycerides and/or free fatty acids. In some embodiments, the nutritional formulas do not comprise added lipase. Also provided are methods for providing nutrition to a subject, methods for improving fat absorption, methods for improving cognitive ability, methods for preventing chronic lung disease, and methods for reducing the length of time a patient requires total parenteral nutrition.
US12178782B2
A method of powderizing a dry cake pharmaceutical drug product for injection within a vial may include securing a vial containing a dry cake pharmaceutical drug product for injection to a shaker device and powderizing the dry cake pharmaceutical drug product within the vial by shaking the vial with the shaker device operated at between about 100 to about 5000 cycles per minute for between about 10 minutes and about 1 hour.
US12178779B2
A blood storage container along with an aqueous composition for the storage of packed red blood cells is described. In a preferred embodiment, the container is not made of DEHP plasticizer. In some embodiments, the container is made from a polymeric material and a non-DEHP plasticizer. In some embodiments, the aqueous composition is made of about 1 to about 3 mM adenine, about 20 to about 115 mM dextrose, about 15 to about 60 unmetabolizable membrane-protectant sugar, about 20 to about 30 mM sodium bicarbonate, and about 4 to about 20 mM disodium phosphate. In a most preferred embodiment, the DEHP-lacking container is made from a PVC polymeric material and a DINCH plasticizer and the aqueous composition is made of about 2 mM adenine, about 80 mM dextrose, 55 mM unmetabolizable membrane-protectant sugar, about 26 mM sodium bicarbonate, and about 12 mM disodium phosphate.
US12178778B2
A system for monitoring access to a contained medication is disclosed. The system includes a server configured to store user information for each of a plurality of registered users. The system also includes a smart container configured to hold a medication. The smart container includes a processor configured to (a) detect a user device of a user in possession of the smart container, (b) determine if the user device is associated with one of the registered users, and (c) if the determination is affirmative, manage a user session with the user device and transmit one or more session messages to the server. The server is configured to store a transaction corresponding to each of the session messages to thereby create a transaction history for the smart container.
US12178772B2
Described herein are various embodiments of differential air pressure systems and methods of using and calibration such systems for individuals with impaired mobility. The differential air pressure systems may include an access assist device configured to help a mobility impaired user to stand in a pressure chamber configured to apply a positive pressure on a portion of the user's body in the sealed pressure chamber. The system may also include load sensors configured to measure the user's weight exerted inside and outside the chamber. The system may be calibrated by determining a relationship between the actual weight of the user and the pressure in the chamber, where the actual weight of the user may be measured by more than one load sensor and at least one load sensor is not in the pressure chamber.
US12178770B2
A patient support apparatus comprising: a frame; a patient receiving surface supported on the frame, the patient supporting surface comprising a central panel section and a side panel section adapted to selectively extend towards to and away from the central panel section for adjusting a width of the patient supporting surface; a board supported on the frame, the board comprising a base comprising a sleeve and an extension member slidably received in the sleeve and a coil spring mounted to the extension member. The extension member is extendable laterally towards to and away from the sleeve for adjusting a width of the base and the coil spring is adapted to counteract an external force applied to the outer end of the extension member. The board comprises a vertical panel that is movable to follow movement of the extension member laterally towards and away from the sleeve.
US12178769B2
An adjustable hospital bed for laterally positioning a patient includes a support frame having a top end and a bottom end, a plurality of wheels secured to the bottom end of the support frame, and a body pad having a head end and a foot end and a plurality of back pad mortises around its periphery. The bed also includes a back pad having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of back pad tenons that extend from the bottom edge and are removably inserted into the plurality of back pad mortises of the body pad to support the back pad on its bottom edge at an angle relative to the body pad. In addition, the bed includes a linear actuator configured to lift the head end of the body pad and a tilt adjustment mechanism configured to laterally tilt the body pad.
US12178767B2
A multi-position airflow control assembly includes a valve body fluidly connected to at least three inflation zones of a cushion, a control assembly partially received by the valve body, the control assembly including a seal member, and an actuation assembly operably connected to the seal member and configured to rotate the seal member relative to the valve body between at least a first position and a second position. In the first position, the seal member is configured to fluidly isolate the at least three inflation zones from each other. In the second position, the seal member is configured to group the at least three inflation zones into a first group of inflation zones being fluidly connected, and a second group of inflation zones being fluidly connected, the first group of inflation zones being fluidly isolated from the second group of inflation zones.
US12178762B2
A dental unit includes a support and a display unit with a touch screen. The display unit is connected to the support in such a manner that the display unit is rotatable between a first and a second orientation. The first orientation is suitable for enabling a dental care professional to view content displayed on the touch screen during work on a patient situated in a chair of the dental unit, and thus for displaying content on the touch screen. The second orientation is suitable for enabling a dental care professional to input information by touching the touch screen, and thus for receiving input by means of the touch screen. The support is adapted to support the display unit in the second orientation.
US12178753B2
A system for altering the eye color of a patient with a color alteration procedure includes a laser system having a housing around at least one component of the laser system. The laser system also has a perimeter circuit configured to detect a breach of the housing based on the perimeter circuit being broken resulting in an electrical current flowing through the perimeter circuit being ceased or a change in resistance in the perimeter circuit. The system also includes software that detects, by the perimeter circuit, the breach based on the perimeter circuit being broken. The software also executes, based on the breach, an electronic lockout of the laser system such that the laser system cannot be operated without receipt of a command lifting the electronic lockout.
US12178752B2
A laser system is calibrated with a tomography system capable of measuring locations of structure within an optically transmissive material such as a tissue of an eye. Alternatively or in combination, the tomography system can be used to track the location of the eye and adjust the treatment in response to one or more of the location or an orientation of the eye. In many embodiments, in situ calibration and tracking of an optically transmissive tissue structure such as an eye can be provided. The optically transmissive material may comprise one or more optically transmissive structures of the eye, or a non-ocular optically transmissive material such as a calibration gel in a container or an optically transmissive material of a machined part.
US12178750B2
In one embodiment, a phacoemulsification apparatus includes actuators configured to vibrate responsively to respective driving signals, a needle including an aspiration channel, and configured to be vibrated by the actuators so as to emulsify a lens of an eye, a generator configured to generate at least one of the driving signals responsively to a vibration pattern selected for the needle, the needle being configured to vibrate in accordance with the selected vibration pattern, and a sensor configured to sense a level of vacuum in the aspiration channel, wherein the generator is configured to alter at least one of the driving signals to transition vibration of the needle from a first vibration pattern selected from the group consisting of a longitudinal vibration pattern and a first helical vibration pattern, to a second vibration pattern of a second helical vibration pattern, responsively to a decrease in the sensed level of vacuum.
US12178749B2
The invention relates to an ophthalmic pressure control system, comprising: a pressure regulator having an input port and an output port, and an infusion line having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being connected to the output port of the pressure regulator, and the distal end being detachably connected to an ophthalmic irrigation module. Further, the system includes a control unit driving the pressure regulator for controlling an infusion fluid pressure at a distal end of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The control unit is arranged for performing a fluid calibration process including a step of determining a fluid impedance of the ophthalmic irrigation module. The infusion line is associated with a kit of parts including a first and a second ophthalmic irrigation device, or the ophthalmic irrigation module is an ophthalmic irrigation device for surgical use.
US12178742B2
The described apparatuses, devices, and mechanisms are configured to measure the temperature of one or more Abreu brain thermal tunnel (ABTT) terminuses. In addition, some embodiments are configured to provide treatment for the diagnosed conditions and diseases.
US12178741B2
The present invention is directed to an apparatus used during a bowel movement while the user is wearing a compression bodysuit such that feces do not soil the compression bodysuit. The apparatus may include a seat that rests against the skin, a chute/shield to allow for passage of feces into the toilet, and a support that keeps the apparatus in place to facilitate pulling a compression bodysuit back and away from the anal area. The apparatus is designed to allow feces to fall into the toilet without getting on the compression bodysuit and without contacting the apparatus. In the occurrence of abnormal or watery stools the apparatus functions as a splatter shield to block feces from soiling the compression bodysuit.
US12178737B2
An ostomy base plate includes an adhesive layer, a top layer, and a sensor assembly. The adhesive layer is adapted to adhere the ostomy base plate to skin of a user. The top layer is on a distal side of the ostomy base plate and has a top layer opening. The sensor assembly is disposed between the adhesive layer and the top layer and includes electrodes with electrical connection parts. The electrical connection parts of the electrodes extend through the top layer opening for electrical connection with a removable data monitor. The sensor assembly is adapted to monitor a state of condition of the adhesive layer.
US12178735B2
An example urine suction device suitable for extracting urine from a urine collection device is disclosed. The suction device can include a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, a pump driven by the motor, an inlet, a speaker, and a controller. The pump can extract urine from a urine collection device. The speaker can be disposed within the housing or external to the housing. The speaker can be oriented as to attenuate noise generated by the pump, the motor, or other components of the urine suction device. The controller can cause the speaker to emit one or more first acoustic waves that at least partially attenuates one or more second acoustic waves generated by at least one of the pump or motor.
US12178734B2
A lifting belt for fitment on a torso of a user, including: a primary support portion having a first end with a first end face and a second end, an inner side and outer side; a buckle connected to the primary support portion; and a strap portion including: a main portion having a cinching portion configured to engage with the buckle for adjusting fitment of the lifting belt; and a guiding ramp portion having a first end connected to the cinching portion and a second end connected to the inner side of the primary support portion, thereby forming a guiding ramp between the inner side of the cinching strap portion and the inner side of the primary support portion such that the first end is guided along the guiding ramp portion and over the second end when the lifting belt is fitted to the torso of the user.
US12178733B2
An orthopedic walking boot includes a housing configured to encompass at least a user's foot, a mechanically adjustable ramp insert including a ramp surface and disposed in the housing, an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an elevation angle of the ramp surface, and a mechanically adjustable lift configured to cause the mechanically adjustable ramp insert to descend within the housing as the ramp surface is elevated such that vertical displacement of the user's foot caused by elevation of the ramp surface is substantially attenuated. Related methods are also provided.
US12178728B2
A gastroplasty method involves a staple line that terminates prior to reaching the gastroesophageal junction such that the bypassed portion of the stomach does not require resection. Additionally, bougies are taught that assist a physician in following the improved staple line of the present invention.
US12178717B2
An implant includes a body, a cavity extending into the body and defined by a first interior lateral wall, a second interior lateral wall opposite the first interior lateral wall, a first interior end wall, and a second interior end wall, a blade guide positioned in the cavity, a blade configured to translate along the blade guide between a first position and a second position, wherein the blade is positioned between the first interior lateral wall, the second interior lateral wall, the first interior end wall, and the second interior end wall in the first position, and an opening extending into the cavity, the opening configured to receive a portion of a rod such that movement of the rod into the opening causes the blade to translate from the first position to the second position.
US12178713B2
Expandable fusion devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The expandable fusion implant may include an upper endplate assembly and a lower endplate assembly. The upper and lower endplate assemblies may be configured to expand in width. A rotatable actuator may move one or more driving ramps, which mate with an upper ramp and a lower ramp, respectively. The actuator may cause independent movement of one or more of the driving ramps, thereby causing an expansion in height of the upper and lower endplate assemblies.
US12178708B2
A talar bone plate for use with a multi-component ankle prosthesis is disclosed that has a body having a medial side, a lateral side, an upper surface, a lower surface, a medial-anterior end, a lateral-anterior end, a medial-anterior portion that extends out in anterior direction beyond the lateral-anterior side, and a posterior side, where a length between the medial-anterior end and the posterior side is greater than the length between the lateral-anterior end and the posterior side near the lateral side of the body, where the body having at least one elongated screw hole provided in the medial-anterior portion and a plurality of screw holes provided in the area between the at least one elongated screw hole and the posterior side.
US12178704B2
Fixation device for fixation of leaflets of a heart valve includes a central assembly and at least one arm moveably coupled to the central assembly. The at least one arm includes a body portion having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis defined therebetween, the second end being moveable between a closed position and an open position, the body portion having opposing body lateral sides, each body lateral side extending between the first end and the second end, the body portion having a body portion width defined between the opposing body lateral sides. The at least one arm further includes first and second nondeformable wing extensions, each wing extension extending laterally from a respective lateral side, each wing extension having a lateral outer edge, wherein a maximum arm width is defined between the outer lateral edge of the first wing extension and the outer lateral edge of the second wing extension. The fixation device further includes at least one gripping element moveable relative to the at least one arm to capture a native leaflet therebetween.
US12178701B2
A system including a self-expanding prosthesis configured to foreshorten during deployment thereof and a delivery device configured to percutaneously deliver the self-expanding prosthesis. The delivery device includes a handle having an actuator thereon, an outer sheath including a proximal end coupled to the handle and a pusher shaft slidingly disposed within the outer sheath. The pusher shaft has a proximal end coupled to the handle and a distal end configured to releasably couple to the self-expanding prosthesis such that the self-expanding prosthesis axially moves therewith. The inner shaft has a distal portion of the inner shaft that is configured to receive a self-expanding prosthesis thereon. The outer sheath and the pusher shaft are configured to simultaneously move in opposing axial directions via actuation of the actuator on the handle to compensate for the foreshortening of the self-expanding prosthesis during deployment.
US12178700B2
A contoured biological tissue for a bioprostheses, such as a cardiac/vascular patch or a bioprosthetic heart valve, and methods of contouring the tissue, are described. A predetermined pattern is provided on the tissue, comprising a plurality of ridges or depressions that are configured to facilitate cellular migration in a first direction and discourage cellular migration in a second direction. The biological tissue can be used in connection with a bioprosthetic heart valve comprising a biological tissue leaflet structure coupled to a supporting frame.
US12178697B2
Various exemplary methods and devices for tensioning grafts are provided. In general, a surgical device can include a grip and a frame. The frame can have two opposed segments. The segments can be spaced apart from one another and can each be configured to have at least one suture attached thereto. The sutures attached to the frame can each be configured to attach to a graft. The two segments can be configured to dynamically move toward and away from each other in response to tension that is applied to the sutures attached to the frame. The frame can include an indicator configured to provide an indication of the tension applied to the sutures. The grip can have at least one opening therein. The at least one opening can be configured to have a surgical instrument passed therethrough.
US12178695B2
A medical device may include an implantable device for treating a body tissue structure. The implantable device may include a plurality of bodies spaced from adjacent bodies and arranged so as to be configured to extend around an exterior surface of a body tissue structure. The bodies may be configured to apply a static force to the body tissue in a relaxed state and may adjust or move in response to a radially outward force above a threshold level that is acting on one or more of the bodies. The bodies may be pliable and/or made with a pliable material. The bodies may be interconnected via interconnecting regions. One or more of the bodies may be configured to articulate so as to conform to movement of a body tissue structure. A skeletal component may or may not extend through one or more of the plurality of bodies.
US12178692B2
A package of one or more absorbent articles is disclosed. The package includes a package material enclosing the one or more absorbent articles. The package material has natural fibers and forms a front panel, a back panel opposite the front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, a top panel, and a bottom panel opposite the top panel. The panels define an interior compartment. The package material has a Basis Weight of between about 55 gsm and about 115 gsm, according to the Basis Weight Test Method. The package has a weakened region. The package is sealed such that the one or more absorbent articles are enclosed in the interior compartment.
US12178691B2
Water-absorbing resin particles are disposed, the water-absorbing resin particles including: a polymer particle containing a crosslinked polymer having a monomer unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer including at least one kind of compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and a salt thereof; and a plurality of inorganic particles disposed on a surface of the polymer particle, in which a proportion of a (meth)acrylic acid and a salt thereof is 70 to 100 mol % with respect to a total amount of monomer units in the crosslinked polymer. In a case where a water absorption speed index I=(value of non-pressurization DW after 10 seconds)×6 [mL/g], and a water absorption speed index II=(value of non-pressurization DW after 3 minutes)/3 [mL/g], a static suction index α calculated by the following formula: α=(I+II)/2 is 5.0 mL/g or higher.
US12178686B2
The invention relations to a dressing (1) for treating wounds in damp or wet situations, comprising: a) a suction/rinsing body (2) which is supplied by the manufacturer with a saline aqueous solution, particularly a Ringer's solution, said solution preferably containing a substance exhibiting an antimicrobial effect, b) a planar carrier material (3) which is arranged on the side of the suction/rinsing body (2) that faces away from the wound and which projects over said suction/rinsing body (2) such that an edge extending around all sides of the suction/rinsing body (2) is formed, said edge being provided, with a layer of a skin-compatible silicone adhesive (4) on the side facing the wound, and c) a first protective layer (5) that covers the layer of a skin-compatible silicone adhesive (4) on the side facing the wound, characterized in that the wound dressing (1) comprises a second protective layer (6) arranged on the side of the carrier material (3) facing away from the wound, wherein both the first and the second protective layers (5,6) fully project beyond the carrier material (3), wherein the first protective layer (5) forms an opening that leaves the suction/rinsing body (2) uncovered, and wherein the first and second protective layers (5,6) protect the layer of a skin-compatible silicone adhesive (4) from contact with liquid and steam.
US12178676B2
Dental instruments, assemblies, and components for a dental instrument are described with a two-piece tip that includes a flexible tip end and a stiff shank. Various methods of assembly are described for securing the flexible tip end to the shank including utilizing a slot in the shank and one or more pins inserted through the tip and shank, a securing material, and forming the shank with a distal portion coupled to a portion of the flexible tip end.
US12178669B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and medical device accessories. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a tool or accessory for cleaning a medical device. For example, the tool or accessory may clean a fluid delivery lumen of an endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) knife. The tool or accessory may include a housing with a first portion of an elongate member secured within a first portion of the housing and a second portion of the elongate member extending into a chamber of the housing.
US12178658B2
A controller for reducing noise in an ultrasound environment includes memory that stores instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the controller to execute a process that includes controlling emission, by an ultrasound probe, of multiple beams each at a different combination of time of emission and angle of emission relative to the ultrasound probe. The process also includes identifying repetitive noise from a first source received with the imaging beams at a sensor on an interventional medical device, including a rate at which the repetitive noise from the first source repeats and times at which the repetitive noise from the first source is received. The process also includes interpolating signals based on the imaging beams received at the sensor to offset the repetitive noise from the first source at the times at which the repetitive noise from the first source is received.
US12178651B2
A method includes generating a real-time ultrasound image of anatomy of interest. At least a sub-portion of the anatomy of interest is deformed from an initial location to a different location by pressure applied by an external force. The method further includes obtaining a 2-D slice, which corresponds to a same plane as the real-time ultrasound image, from 3-D reference image data, wherein a corresponding sub-portion is at the initial location. The method further includes determining displacement fields for the sub-portion from the sub-portion, the corresponding sub-portion and other anatomy not-deformed in the real-time ultrasound image and the 3-D reference image data. The method further includes deforming the 3-D reference image data using the displacement fields, which creates deformed 3-D reference image data based on the different location.
US12178650B2
The invention provides a method for guiding the acquisition of an ultrasound image. A 3D ultrasound image is acquired by an ultrasound probe at a first position and an anatomical structure is identified within the 3D ultrasound image. A target imaging plane is estimated based on the identified anatomical structure and it is determined whether the target imaging plane is present within the 3D ultrasound image. If the target imaging plane is present, a displacement between a central plane of the 3D ultrasound image and the target plane is determined. If the displacement is below a predetermined threshold, the target imaging plane is extracted and if the displacement is above the predetermined threshold, an instruction to acquire a 3D ultrasound image with the ultrasound probe at a second position, different from the first position, is generated based on the displacement. The invention further provides a method for estimating a target imaging plane. A central plane of a 3D ultrasound image is obtained, wherein the central plane contains at least part of an anatomical structure and abounding box is generated around the anatomical structure. The bounding box is divided into a grid having a plurality of grid points and, for each grid point; an offset is estimated between the central plane and the target imaging plane. Finally, coordinates of the target imaging plane are estimated based on the offset for each grid point of the bounding box.
US12178637B2
An ultrasound imaging system include a console with transmit circuitry configured to generate an excitation electrical pulse that excites transducer elements of a probe to produce an ultrasound pressure field and configured to receive an echo signal generated in response to the ultrasound pressure field interacting with tissue. The console further includes receive circuitry configured to convert the echo signal into an electrical signal, and an echo processor configured to generate a live ultrasound image based on the electrical signal into. The console further includes a tracking processor configured to extract, in real-time, a feature common to both the live ultrasound image and previously generated volumetric image data from at least the live ultrasound image, and register, in real-time, the live ultrasound image with previously generated volumetric image data based on the common feature extracted in real-time to create the fused image. A display displays the fused image.
US12178631B2
A deep learning (DL) convolution neural network (CNN) reduces noise in positron emission tomography (PET) images, and is trained using a range of noise levels for the low-quality images having high noise in the training dataset to produce uniform high-quality images having low noise, independently of the noise level of the input image. The DL-CNN network can be implemented by slicing a three-dimensional (3D) PET image into 2D slices along transaxial, coronal, and sagittal planes, using three separate 2D CNN networks for each respective plane, and averaging the outputs from these three separate 2D CNN networks. Feature-oriented training can be implemented by segmenting each training image into lesion and background regions, and, in the loss function, applying greater weights to voxels in the lesion region. Other medical images (e.g. MRI and CT) can be used to enhance resolution of the PET images and provide partial volume corrections.
US12178621B2
A convolutional neural network (CNN) is employed in an automated feature and/or anomaly detection system for analyzing images provided by X-ray imaging system. The automated detection system operates in a manner that reduces the number of full-resolution CNN convolution layers required in order to speed up the network inference and learning processes for the detection system. To do so, the detection system utilizes as an input a more compact representation of the tomographic data to alleviate the CNN memory footprint and computation time issues in prior art X-ray systems.
US12178619B2
Devices, systems, and methods directed to evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a display, a screen display including: a visual representation of a pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved longitudinally through the vessel and the first instrument remains stationary within the vessel; and a visual representation of the vessel; receiving a user input to modify one of the visual representations of the pressure ratio and the vessel to simulate a therapeutic procedure; and updating the screen display, in response to the user input, including: modifying the selected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel based on the received user input; and correspondingly modifying the unselected one of the visual representation of the pressure ratio and the vessel.
US12178617B2
A system and method to provide guidance for diabetes therapy includes determining glycemic risks based on an analysis of glucose data. The analysis includes visualization of a glucose median, the variability of glucose in a patient, and the risk of hypoglycemia. An Advanced Daily Patterns report includes a visualization of an ambulatory glucose profile and a glucose control measure. The glucose control measure provides a highly visible and understandable display of the glucose condition of a patient visually expressed in the categories of low glucose, median glucose, and glucose variability.
US12178613B2
Systems and methods of optical coherence tomography. The systems may include a source of optical radiation, an elongate catheter body, an optical fiber, a handle, a detector and a processor. The optical fiber may extend from a proximal end to a distal end of the elongate catheter body, and be fixed to the distal end of the elongate catheter body. The optical fiber may provide a common path for radiation reflected from a reference and a target. The handle may be attached to the proximal end of the elongate catheter body and be configured to allow rotation of the elongate catheter body and the optical fiber relative to the handle about a longitudinal axis. The detector may be configured to receive the radiation reflected from the reference and the target. The processor may be configured to generate an image of the target based upon the radiation received by the detector.
US12178606B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided for neuromonitoring, particularly neuromonitoring to reduce the risks of contacting or damaging nerves or causing patient discomfort during and after surgical procedures, including spinal surgeries. The neuromonitoring procedures include monitoring for the presence of or damage to sensory nerves, and optionally includes additional monitoring for motor nerves. In some systems, including systems that monitor for both sensory and motor nerves, components of the monitoring systems (e.g., stimulating electrodes and response sensors), may be combined with one or more surgical instruments. The systems, devices, and methods provide for pre-surgical assessment of neural anatomy and surgical planning, intraoperative monitoring of nerve condition, and post-operative assessment of nerve position and health.
US12178600B2
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring and/or the sleep stage of an individual using one or more sensors, and methods of treating medical conditions related thereto (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea).
US12178595B2
One aspect of the invention relates to a method for intraoperative detection of parathyroid gland viability in a surgery, comprising obtaining speckle contrast images of a parathyroid gland of a patent; and displaying the speckle contrast images of the parathyroid gland in real-time.
US12178589B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating a sensorial stimulus using electroencephalographic data acquired from a subject, the method comprising the following steps: receiving electroencephalographic data comprising at least two electroencephalographic signals measured simultaneously from at least two electroencephalogram channels; calculating an alpha phase neuromarker on consecutive epochs of the electroencephalographic data, the alpha phase neuromarker being representative of at least the phase coherence between alpha waves recorded from the at least two electroencephalogram channels; and generating a sensorial stimulus representing alpha phase neuromarker using an output generator.
US12178588B2
A novel method for using the widely-used electroencephalography (EEG) systems to detect and localize silences in the brain is disclosed. The method detects the absence of electrophysiological signals, or neural silences, using noninvasive scalp electroencephalography (EEG) signals. This method can also be used for reduced activity localization, activity level mapping throughout the brain, as well as mapping activity levels in different frequency bands. By accounting for the contributions of different sources to the power of the recorded signals and using a hemispheric baseline approach and a convex spectral clustering framework, the method permits rapid detection and localization of regions of silence in the brain using a relatively small amount of EEG data.
US12178577B2
The present disclosure discloses methods and apparatus for fatigue prediction based on analogue brain wave data, wherein one of the methods comprises: collecting an eye video sequence based on a video capture device; inputting the eye video sequence into a default fatigue discriminator to obtain predicted analogue brain wave data; and outputting the analogue brain wave data to a fatigue discriminant to discriminate a fatigue state. By adopting such a method for fatigue prediction based on analogue brain wave data described in the present disclosure, corresponding analogue brain wave data can be generated through acquiring eye image data, and the fatigue state can be predicted according to the analogue brain waves, so as to avoid tedious operation steps and improve the robustness and accuracy of the fatigue state detection, thereby greatly improving the user experience.
US12178576B2
Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide a non-invasive system to measure and integrate behavioral and cognitive features enabling early detection and progression tracking of degenerative disease. For example, a method of detecting neurodegenerative disease may comprise measuring functioning of at least one of the motor system, cognitive function, and brain activity of a subject during everyday life and analyzing the gathered at least one motor system data, cognitive function data, and brain activity data of the subject.
US12178573B2
A bilirubin concentration measurement system including: a sensor device attachable to a subject; and a terminal device capable of wirelessly communicating with the sensor device. The sensor device includes: a light emitting diode that emits blue light; a light emitting diode that emits green light; a light detection diode that detects reflected light that is the blue light having been incident on skin of the subject and reflected, and detects reflected light that is the green light having been incident on the skin of the subject and reflected; and a communication unit that wirelessly transmits information about intensities of the reflected light detected by the photodiode. The terminal device includes: a communication unit that receives the information about the intensities of the reflected light transmitted from the sensor device; and a computing unit that calculates a bilirubin concentration using the information about the intensities of the reflected light.
US12178565B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for localization of a region within a patient's body using markers implanted within the region. In an exemplary embodiment, a probe includes a distal end for placement against a surface of the region; one or more antennas for transmitting electromagnetic signals into and receiving reflected signals from the region; a light source for delivering light pulses into the region whereupon the markers modulate reflected signals. A processor of the probe processes the modulated reflected signals at one or more of the surface locations to determine marker locations within the region to obtain a reference frame, determine distance values corresponding to distances from the respective markers to the distal end at each of the surface locations, and determine coordinates of the surface locations relative to the reference frame to generate a three dimensional model of the body region.
US12178563B2
An object of the invention is to perform MRI imaging which is less likely to be affected by a body motion without prolonging an imaging time. The control unit takes in images captured by the camera at a predetermined frame rate. The imaging pulse sequence is divided into small sequences at a time width corresponding to the frame rate of the camera. The control unit, before causing the imaging unit to execute one small sequence, detects a displacement of the subject with respect to a predetermined reference position or a motion speed of the subject based on an image of the latest frame, and causes the imaging unit to execute the small sequence when a detection result is within a predetermined allowable range and waits until an image of a next frame is taken in according to the frame rate without causing the imaging unit to execute the small sequence when the detection result exceeds the allowable range.
US12178555B2
Medical devices can perform a plurality of functions, such as sensing, monitoring, deriving and/or calculating various physiological statuses of a patient (e.g., blood pressure, temperature, respiration rate, etc.). Medical devices can also be used to image part or all of a patient's body, to deliver a treatment, or to manage information related to a patient's care. The present disclosure is directed at one or more devices that perform these functions using a plurality of processing circuits, wherein each processing circuit has a timing circuit with a local clock. These processing circuits can be connected via a network, and each timing circuit can communicate with at least one other timing circuit in order to detect and correct time-differences between their local clocks. In this way, multiple processing circuits can be synchronized with each other to facilitate diagnosis or treatment of a patient's condition, or other aspects of a patient's care.
US12178547B2
An all-in-one handheld optical coherence tomography (OCT) device having a built-in battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an optical unit provided in a region inside an all-in-one housing, a circuit unit provided in another region inside the all-in-one housing and configured to perform signal processing of the optical unit and management of power, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the optical unit and the circuit unit and mounted inside the all-in-one housing.
US12178543B2
A sterile drape positionable covering medical equipment, such as between a robotic manipulator and a sterile surgical instrument. The drape is formed of a flexible sterile material, with conductive ink printed on the flexible material. The drape provides both a sterile barrier and a shield against electrostatic discharge or electromagnetic interference.
US12178540B2
Robotic surgical systems and methods for controlling movement of a tool relative to a tool path. An input is received from a force/torque sensor in response to user forces/torques manually applied to the tool by a user. A component of force is calculated tangential to the path based on the input. An effective feed rate is calculated to advance the tool along the path based on the tangential component. Virtual constraints are defined on movement of the tool along the path with respect to three degrees of freedom and based on the effective feed rate to promote movement of the tool along the path. Dynamics of the tool are virtually simulated based on the virtual constraints and the input from the force/torque sensor. The manipulator is commanded to advance the tool along the path based on the virtual simulation.
US12178538B2
A micro-engine including a rotation structure, the rotation structure including a head portion, a rear portion, and a deformable portion connecting both portions. The deformable portion is deformable in elongation or compression along a main axis and includes a spring element displaying a free end. The free end of the spring element includes at least an abutment member. The deformable portion further includes a wheel-platform which displays a first and a second face, being configured to cooperate with the free end of the spring element in order to transform a back-and-forth movement of the at least one spring element into a rotational movement of the wheel-platform.
US12178526B2
A robotic medical system includes a post being substantially vertical and coupled to a base; a robotic drive having a socket for receiving the post; and at least one tapered interface shaped and oriented to engage the socket to prevent rotation of the robotic drive about at least one axis.
US12178520B2
A system for registering a coordinate system associated with a model of an object with a reference-coordinate-system, the object includes at least one marker, the system includes a portable-unit, a tracking-system and a processor. The portable unit includes and display and an optical-detection-assembly for acquiring at least one representation of the marker. The tracking-system tracks the position-and-orientation of the portable-unit in the reference-coordinate-system. The processor is configured to determine position-related-information respective of the marker in the reference-coordinate-system, to register the model with the reference-coordinate-system at least based on the position-related-information respective of the marker, and on a location of the marker in a coordinate system associated with the model, and to display registration-related-information on the display, at least one of the registration-related-information and the display location of the registration-related-information is related to the position-and-orientation of the portable-unit in the reference-coordinate-system.
US12178514B2
Aspects of the disclosure include systems and methods for planning and/or performing an ablation procedure. Volumetric image data including a needle, such as a physical ablation needle or a virtual needle, can be analyzed to segment the needle within the volume. A first cross-sectional, two-dimensional view of the volume showing a first plane in which an axis defined by the needle lies can be generated and displayed. The view can be manipulated to display a generated second cross-sectional, two-dimensional view of the volume showing a second plane through the volume in which the longitudinal axis defined by the virtual needle lies, wherein the second plane is different from the first plane. Additional segmented features such as lesions in the image data, treatment regions, isotherms, and the like can be included in views to be analyzed from a plurality of views that include the needle.
US12178511B2
A map of a person's spatial vision abilities, including areas of low acuity and areas of high acuity, may be generated from medical records or from a calibration phase. During presentation of a computer simulation such as a computer game, the map is provided to a foveated renderer to optimize which areas should be rendered most crisply. Content placement may be optimized to ensure that any critical elements to the game, for instance, any text that needs to be seen or treasures or special pickups that need to be seen clearly can be moved into regions of the player's field of view that the person has higher acuity in.
US12178496B2
Described herein are methods and apparatuses for reducing or eliminating skin glands (e.g., sebaceous, eccrine and apocrine) with an electric treatment. These apparatuses and methods may produce electroporation of cells by applying treatment dose having an energy density sufficient to eliminate or reduce the size of a target gland. Also described herein are methods for treating and/or preventing a disorder of a skin gland. For example, described herein are methods of treating sebaceous hyperplasia.
US12178489B2
Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement.
US12178486B2
This invention relates to a transdiscal screw capable of following a non-linear trajectory. The screw assembly includes a first screw and second screw coupled at a poly-axial joint. The first screw and the second screw capable of rotating independently of each other. The screw can also include a third screw coupled to the second screw at a poly-axial joint such that the first screw, second screw and third screw can rotate independently of each other.
US12178482B2
A ratchet fastener includes a base including a fastening portion including threads and a ratchet portion including teeth and a ratchet wheel disposed in mating arrangement with the teeth. The ratchet fastener is configured to receive a tether. The ratchet wheel is configured to be rotated to tighten the tether.
US12178466B2
A medical device for crushing an object in a body lumen, the medical device including: an elongated shaft portion rotatably driven; a crushing unit provided with bendable wire rods and rotatable together with the shaft portion; and a sliding unit fixed to each of end portion of the wire rods on at least one of a distal side of and a proximal side of the wire rods and is interlocked with the shaft portion so as to be slidable in an axial direction of the shaft portion. The shaft portion is provided with contact portions that come into contact with the sliding unit during rotation and limit relative rotation of the shaft portion and the sliding unit. After the sliding unit is attached to the contact portions, the sliding unit rotates in the same direction as the shaft portion along with the rotation of the shaft portion.
US12178465B2
An intravascular cutting device described herein uses high-pressure water, saline, or other fluid to cut tissue and other materials including but not limited to calcified tissue, stents, stent grafts, and other devices. In some embodiments, the cutting device includes a working end that has a nozzle with a hole to allow the release of a high-pressure fluid jet. Opposite of the nozzle is a catch plate or deflector anvil that prevents the fluid jet from cutting healthy tissue. The device user will place the item to be cut between the nozzle and catch plate and then advance the device along the item to be cut as the fluid jet is activated, thus cutting the object as it advances.
US12178450B2
Embodiments of the invention include a system for coupling a graft to a bone. A graft preparation tool may be used to place one or more holes in a graft and an offset measurement tool may be used to determine the distance of the one or more holes from an edge of the graft to be aligned with a portion of the bone. One or more complementary holes may then be created in the bone and fasteners applied through the holes to couple the graft to the bone.
US12178432B2
A tissue thickness compensator may generally comprise a first layer comprising a first biocompatible material sealingly enclosed in a water impermeable material and a second layer comprising a second biocompatible material comprising at least one encapsulation, wherein the first biocompatible material expands when contacted with a fluid. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a haemostatic agent, an anti-inflammatory agent, an antibiotic agent, anti-microbial agent, an anti-adhesion agent, an anti-coagulant agent, a medicament, and/or pharmaceutically active agent. The encapsulation may comprise a biodegradable material to degrade in vivo and/or in situ. The tissue thickness compensator may comprise a hydrogel. The reaction product may comprise a fluid-swellable composition. Articles of manufacture comprising the tissue thickness compensator and methods of making and using the tissue thickness compensator are also described.
US12178424B2
The present invention includes a single molded strip of suture anchors frangibly connected to each other that can be preloaded with a suture and then deployed at the site of use inside the body. This configuration eliminates the need to reload an anchor when multiple anchors are required. Further, this molded strip of anchors can include different variations of a suture anchor or locking device all in the same single strip. The strip would typically be molded from plastic or metal and would offer the additional advantage of being injection molded in a one piece shot which would not only save on cost per anchor but would offer assembly advantages as well.
US12178415B2
The present application discloses a variety of airway sampling devices and associated methods. According to an embodiment, an airway sampling device for taking a sample from a subject's airway is provided with a handle to be gripped by a user when taking the sample and a sampling head carried by the handle, the sampling head comprising a cavity with an opening for entry by the sample and a sample collection membrane located within the cavity for receiving the sample.
US12178412B2
The application relates to a device for collecting a sample of intestinal fluid comprising a polymeric inner material having an at least partially compressed open cell structure, having a volume Vi and being suitable for swelling to a volume greater than or equal to 1.1×Vi by absorbing intestinal fluid, said material being encased with an elastic polymeric casing impervious to digestive fluid, said casing comprising at least one opening allowing the intake of intestinal fluid into the inner material, a gastro-resistant material suitable for dissolving in intestinal fluid at 37° C. being disposed on top of each opening, and at least one mechanism for closing the opening(s).
US12178408B2
An endoscope includes a distal end surface provided at a distal end of an insertion part; an observation window provided on the distal end surface; a fluid jetting nozzle; and a first protective projection, a second protective projection, and a third protective projection disposed at an outer peripheral part of the distal end surface and provided to project forward of the observation window. In all combinations of imaginary planes capable of coming into contact with the first protective projection, the second protective projection, and the third protective projection from a front side, the imaginary planes are disposed forward of the observation window, the imaginary planes are disposed at the same height as or forward of the fluid jetting nozzle, and the observation window and a portion of the fluid jetting nozzle are included within an outer ring region surrounded by the first protective projection, the second protective projection, and the third protective projection.
US12178403B2
Systems and methods for capturing and rendering light fields for head-mounted displays are disclosed. A mediated-reality visualization system includes a head-mounted display assembly comprising a frame configured to be mounted to a user's head and a display device coupled to the frame. An imaging assembly separate and spaced apart from the head-mounted display assembly is configured to capture light-field data. A computing device in communication with the imaging assembly and the display device is configured to receive light-field data from the imaging assembly and render one or more virtual cameras. Images from the one or more virtual cameras are presented to a user via the display device.
US12178402B2
An endoscope system includes circuitry configured to set a plurality of evaluation areas in an endoscope image captured by an image sensor via a scope, adjacent ones of the plurality of evaluation areas being spatially separated from one another, calculate an evaluation value for each of the plurality of evaluation areas, compare an evaluation value of the plurality of evaluation areas, and adjust an image processing on the endoscope image in accordance with a result of the comparison.
US12178389B2
Systems and methods for detecting, characterizing, and addressing the type of endoscope that is connected to the camera/light source based on the image size taken using that endoscope are disclosed. Once the type of endoscope is determined, the systems and methods can adjust at least one parameter of the camera/light source based on the determination of the type of endoscope that is being used.
US12178388B2
The present invention relates to a power providing device for a medical device, the power providing device, including: a power source configured to generate power; a power transmission part configured to transmit power generated by the power source; a slider configured to operate by receiving power from the power transmission part and provide the same to a medical device; and a slider support supporting the slider and having a slider engagement portion operably engaging the slider.
US12178386B2
A robot cleaner includes: a communication interface configured to operate in an AP mode in which the communication interface outputs a wireless signal corresponding to a wireless signal output value of an AP device; and a processor configured to: control to sequentially move the robot cleaner to measurement locations, output the wireless signal output through the AP mode of communication interface and, with respect to the wireless signal, obtain signal strength information related to a connection strength between the robot cleaner and electronic devices disposed in the space, respectively, at the measurement locations; and based on the signal strength information, identify a measurement location at which a signal strength of the electronic devices is a threshold value or more, as a recommended AP location of the AP device, among the measurement locations.
US12178381B2
A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include a dishwasher tub configured to house dishes therein and run a dishwasher cycle, a door assembly configured to selectively seal the dishwasher tub, the door assembly including an inlet nozzle arranged on the inside of the door assembly, the inlet nozzle extending across the width of the door at the top of the door assembly to receive hot and moist air post wash from the dishwasher tub, and a duct fluidly connected to the inlet nozzle and configured to transfer the air through the door assembly and out an outlet nozzle during a drying phase of the dishwasher cycle prior to the door assembly being opened post-cycle.
US12178368B2
A unit may output a content and may communicate with a user's mobile phone, tablet, personal activity tracker, wearable computer, and/or health monitor. For example, the unit may include a housing, a reflective mirror, a processor, an electronic display, a speaker, and a network interface. For example, the unit may be capable of monitoring a health factor (e.g., a heart rate) during various activities.
US12178360B1
A food processor system includes a user interface including a plurality of indicators, the user interface configured to receive a user input. A monitoring device is configured to detect at least one property associated with processing one or more food items and generating at least one detection signal. A controller is configured to control operations of a controllable component based on receiving the at least one detection signal, identifying one or more types of food items based on the received at least one detection signal, activating of a first indicator of the plurality of indicators on the user interface, and determining of one or more food processing actions based at least in part on the identified one or more types of food items.
US12178358B2
A ventilated grilling device includes a plurality of grates each having interior channels defined therein, a housing positioned at a first end of each of the plurality of grates, the housing having a ventilating interior in communication with each of the interior channels, a heat-conductive ceramic plate positioned below the plurality of grates, wherein the space defined between the top surface of the ceramic plate and the grates defines a suction jacket that is in fluid communication with the ventilating interior of the housing and a heat source positioned below the ceramic plate, wherein heat from the heat source is thermally transferred through the ceramic plate and up to a cooking region positioned proximate an upper portion of the plurality of grates.
US12178357B2
A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a housing having a first interchangeable cooking module, a second interchangeable cooking module, and a single power connection for receiving electrical power from a wall outlet. The first interchangeable cooking module contains a first oven, and the second interchangeable cooking module contains a second oven. The second oven is a different oven type from the first oven. The modular cooking apparatus also includes a controller within the housing for controlling the first and second ovens. The controller includes a memory for storing a list of food items to be cooked within the modular cooking apparatus and a corresponding oven type for each of the food items. The modular cooking apparatus further includes a control panel on the housing for displaying only the food items for which the first oven or the second oven is a corresponding oven type.
US12178349B2
A coffee container and coffee filter dispenser combination that includes a base coffee container having a hollow interior volume and configured for placement on a flat surface, said coffee container having a hinged lid, a coffee filter container disposed atop said coffee container, wherein said hinged lid is a bottom side of said coffee filter container, said coffee filter container having a hinged lid, and a dispensing mechanism slidably and rotatably disposed in said lid of said coffee filter container, said dispensing configured to engage and separate individual coffee filters from a stack of filters contained in said coffee filter container.
US12178348B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for estimating a state of an object to be heated based on sound which is generated when the object to be heated is heated, and providing the estimated information to other devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment through a 5G communication network. The heating apparatus may include a housing having a receiving space therein, a heating member disposed within the housing, a power supplier for supplying power to the heating member, a top plate disposed on the top of the housing to support the object to be heated, a sound sensor disposed on the bottom of the top plate, and a controller for predicting the state of the object to be heated by using a deep neural network model that has been trained through machine learning based on a sound signal received from the sound sensor.
US12178347B2
Therapeutic cushions having a plurality of inflatable columnar cells, pumping mechanism, and a manifold or valve system for moving a fluid between the pumping mechanism and the inflatable columnar cells. The inflatable columnar cells are constructed such that inflation and deflation of the cells cause vertical expansion/contraction of the cells with limited lateral expansion/contraction. The manifold or the valve system connect the pumping mechanism with the inflatable columnar cells such that a plurality of zones are created. A valve assembly can include a plurality of valves and is adjustable among at least three valve configurations to vary fluid connections to the inflatable columnar cells to produce rearwardly advancing waves. A venting manifold may vent air from the cells between the cushions.
US12178345B2
The present invention discloses a decorated tree bracket base. A locking seat is installed on an upper sleeve, the locking seat has a sleeve structure, and an inserting through hole which is the same as a center hole of the supporting tube shaft is formed in the locking seat; a plurality of elastic clamping strips are formed on the lower hole edge of the inserting through hole, and the upper end of each elastic clamping strip is connected with the lower hole edge of the inserting through hole by a single point. An elastic clamping structure can not only realize the effect of fixing the trunk of the decorated tree, but also provide a simpler and more efficient installation method and a low installation difficulty, which is more in line with the current market demand.
US12178331B2
An adapter for a bassinet that enables a mother to easily access an infant therein and provides a safety feature to prevent the infant from falling out. The bassinet has a plurality of enclosure walls surrounding a floor, and one of the walls is convertible between the raised configuration and a lowered configuration. The bassinet adapter has a generally planar main platform that fits within the bassinet walls and is supported by a floor of the bassinet. A partial barrier wall extends vertically upward from a front edge of the main platform which is located just inside the convertible wall. The partial barrier wall projects upward from the lowered convertible wall to present a barrier to the infant rolling out of the bassinet. The bassinet adapter may be clipped onto a fixed front lip of the bassinet extending parallel to the convertible wall and lower than the convertible wall in the raised position.
US12178327B2
This disclosure relates to a padded sleeping system that includes an inflatable frame formed by a first sheet of material that is joined to a second sheet of material along a periphery and at a number of bond lines in order to form an inflatable support member. The padded sleeping system may also include at least one valve that is fixed to the inflatable frame, the valve being in fluid connection with the inflatable support member for inflation and deflation of the inflatable frame. The system may also include a cushion portion, which may be fixed to the inflatable frame. The cushion portion may provide support and additional comfort for a user.
US12178323B2
The invention relates to a retaining clip for securing a wall element of an item of furniture to a furniture structure, the retaining clip including a securing section and a stop section which is configured to abut a first structural element of the furniture structure. The retaining clip further includes a clip section which is configured to be resiliently moved between an insertion position permitting the insertion of the wall element into the furniture structure and a retaining position engaging behind a second structural element of the furniture structure.
US12178313B2
A brush head (10) and a method for manufacturing a welded tuft assembly (20) for a brush head (10). The method includes insertin g a bristle tuft (21) into an opening (51) in a retention element (52). A proximal end of the bristle tuft (23) and a proximal side (53) of the retention element are laser welded to at least partially melt the bristle tuft and at least a portion of the proximal side of the retention element together to create a merged proximal end head portion (26) that holds the welded tuft assembly together.
US12178312B2
An applicator for mascara having an oblong general shape extending along a main axis, the applicator including at least three branches distributed around the main axis so as to define a cavity between them inside the applicator. The branches extend between a base to which they are connected and a free end of the applicator, which is remote from the base, and are shaped such that the cavity has a form of a surface of revolution around the main axis, said cavity being open by spaces formed between said branches. The branches extend in helical form around the main axis. The invention so developed makes it possible to obtain an applicator for mascara providing high autonomy by virtue of an internal cavity, the general three-dimensional configuration of which provides a good level of flexibility and enables easy application to the eyelashes.
US12178311B2
A power tool includes a power head receiving power from a power source. A drive coupled to the power head extends along a longitudinal axis, and the drive is engaged with a connector. Various aspects relate to the connector. The connector includes an internal bore configured to couple to the drive to a shank of a working tool. The connector further includes an external lobe protruding radially outward from the longitudinal axis, the lobe having a locking mechanism configured to secure the second working tool in response to relative movement between the lobe and the second working tool in both an axial direction and a rotational direction.
US12178308B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a convertible child seat configured to be operable between a deployed orientation as a child seat to be secured to a vehicle and a folded orientation as a child supply bag. According to various embodiments, the child seat comprises a seat portion configured for receiving the bottom of a child, a backrest portion pivotally attached to an end of the seat portion or otherwise attached to the seat portion in a manner that permits selective rotation of both portions relative to one another, and configured for supporting the back of the child, and a plurality of pockets secured to the seat portion. In certain embodiments, the backrest portion includes one or more pockets.
US12178301B2
A hair styling iron includes a housing, a mandrel extending longitudinally from the housing, the mandrel having a proximal end adjacent to the housing, and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a plurality of light emitting elements within the mandrel. The plurality of light emitting elements are light emitting diodes that emit light having a wavelength between about 620 to about 750 nm. A cross-sectional area of the mandrel at the proximal end is greater than the cross-sectional area of the mandrel at the distal end.
US12178300B2
An electronic device holder for controlling a temperature of an electronic device includes a shell body having a bottom wall, a top portion, and a dividing wall between the bottom wall and top portion. A shell cap is detachably coupled to the shell body and configured to move between an open position and a closed position. A removable temperature controlling insert is disposed in the shell body, and a card aperture is disposed on the top portion of the shell body. The card aperture is configured to receive a card to be processed by a card reader. When the shell cap is in the closed position, the shell cap is coupled to the shell body and forms a cavity at the top portion of the shell body and forms a chamber adjacent the cavity. The chamber is configured to enclose the removable temperature controlling insert.
US12178292B2
An article of footwear includes an upper defining a throat configured to receive a foot. The article of footwear also includes a sole structure coupled to the upper. The article of footwear further includes a panel having a first side coupled to the upper for movement between an open position and a closed position. The panel exposes a portion of the throat in the open position and covers the portion of the throat in the closed position. The article of footwear also includes a strap having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end and the second end are disposed on a first side of the upper with a body portion of the strap disposed between the first end and the second end surrounding the upper.
US12178283B2
Several sole components and a method of manufacturing those sole components are disclosed. In general, each sole component includes a fluid-filled bladder and a reinforcing element extending around a portion of the bladder. The reinforcing element is bonded to the exterior of the bladder, and may be recessed into the bladder. In some configurations, the reinforcing element is die-cut from a sheet of polymer material, and the reinforcing element may exhibit a layered configuration. In manufacturing the sole component, the reinforcing element may be located within a mold, and the polymer material forming the bladder may be bonded to the reinforcing element during the molding process.
US12178281B2
A shoe includes an outsole including a ground contact surface to be in contact with the ground, and an upper attached directly or indirectly to the outsole opposite to the ground contact surface. The outsole includes an outsole body, and a roll-up portion extending from an edge of the outsole body toward the upper. The outsole also includes a flexible region in which at least one cut is formed to extend from the outsole body to the roll-up portion.
US12178279B2
A sole for a shoe, in particular for a running shoe, as well as a shoe comprising such a sole. A sole for a shoe includes reinforcing members extending in a front half of the sole. The reinforcing members are configured to be independently deflected by forces acting on the sole during a gait cycle.
US12178277B2
A helmet is provided which includes a helmet shell defining a cavity. The helmet shell has left and right helmet mounting sections defined on left and right sides thereof, and the helmet includes a visor mounting system comprising a primary visor connector made of a single piece and adapted for connection with the left and right helmet mounting sections. The helmet further has a primary visor removably and pivotally connected to the primary visor connector and adapted to pivot about a primary pivot axis.
US12178273B2
A method and apparatus comprising a headgear that has a channel conduit implemented therein, preferably on a brim of the headgear. The channel conduit is operatively connected to a liquid source via a conduit. The liquid source holds a liquid, such as water. A liquid pumping means in the liquid source pushes the liquid, under pressure, through the conduit, into the channel conduit. Tiny openings in the channel conduit expel the liquid in the form of minute droplets, which readily evaporate because of their tiny size. Their evaporation produces a cooling effect in an area around the channel conduit, such as around the facial area of a user wearing the apparatus.
US12178270B2
A pair of opposing arms include a first arm and a second arm. The first arm and the second arm are joined at proximal ends. Each of the first arm and the second arm include an interior surface, an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, and a section having a first curvature. The section of the first arm includes separating elements that are positioned in a radial arrangement with respect to the first curvature. The section of the second arm includes slots that extend from the interior surface of the section of the second arm into a body of the section. The separating elements are shaped to detach artificial hairs from a lash extension of artificial hairs.
US12178267B2
The present invention relates to a protective glove configured to protect a dorsal side of a hand of a user, comprising: —a flexible layer configured to fit against a back of the hand and comprising extensions that are each configured to extend along and fit against a respective proximal phalanx of a finger; —a rigid shell configured to extend over a metacarpal area and over knuckles of the back of the hand to thereby protect the back of the hand, wherein said shell is supported by said flexible layer and arranged at an offset relative to the back of the hand to thereby define a gap between the shell and the back of the hand; —wherein one or more than one of the extensions that are configured to extend along the proximal phalanx of the finger supports a phalanx protector that is configured to extend over the respective proximal phalanx, —wherein the phalanx protector is further configured to extend over a corresponding knuckle of the hand; and—wherein, at least when the fingers are extended, the rigid shell and the phalanx protector define an overlap and the phalanx protector that extends over the corresponding knuckle extends in the offset that defines the gap between the rigid shell and the back of the hand.
US12178266B2
An impact resistant textile-supported garment, or component thereof, comprises a fabric layer, and (i) at least five non-interconnected impact resistant polyurethane segments upon an outer surface of the fabric layer, wherein at least two of the non-interconnected impact resistant polyurethane segments has a depth of at least 3 mm, preferably at least 4 mm, and wherein at least five of the plurality of non-interconnected segments have dimensions smaller than 1.75 cm×1 cm×1 cm; or (ii) at least one non-interconnected impact resistant polyurethane segment, wherein the at least one segment has a depth of at least 3 mm at its deepest part, and wherein the at least one segment is a hollow segment comprising one or more regions defined by an outer polyurethane perimeter, surrounding a region of fabric that is not covered by polyurethane.
US12178263B2
A dual-function vest for keeping the body cool and providing cool drinking water. The vest has multiple ice pockets dispersed throughout an area of the vest. The ice pockets are fluidly interconnected to each through fluid channels, wherein water can flow between the multiple ice pockets. A port can be provided in the vest to provide access to an inner volume of the vest. Water can be filled into the multiple ice pockets through the port and also water can be drawn through the port. A long tube can be connected to the port while the free end of the long tube can act as a drinking spout.
US12178262B2
An athletic bra includes a support panel shaped to include first and second cups. Grooves are formed into the panel to provide areas of increase flexure and/or stretch. A textile layer can be secured to the support panel.
US12178259B2
An aerosol supply device includes: an accommodating part (cartridge) configured to accommodate a liquid; an atomization unit having a storing part to store the liquid, the atomization unit being configured to generate an aerosol by atomizing the liquid; and a temperature control part configured to control the temperature of the liquid at a given location between the accommodating part (cartridge) and the storing part.
US12178251B2
Disclosed herein is an aerosol generating system comprising (i) an aerosol generating article comprising an aerosol generating material, the aerosol generating material comprising nicotine and an aerosol generating agent, and (ii) an aerosol generating device comprising an induction heater; wherein during operation, the article is inserted into the device and an aerosol is generated by using the induction heater to heat the aerosol generating material to at least 150° C.; wherein (i) the mean particle or droplet size in the generated aerosol is less than about 1000 nm in an aerosol generated under an airflow of at least 1.50 L/m during a two-second period, and/or (ii) wherein the aerosol density generated during a two-second period under an airflow of at least 1.50 L/m during the period, is at least 0.1 μg/cc.
US12178247B2
An aerosol provision device includes a spring, wherein a first end of the spring is connected to the lid at a first pivot point and the first end is rotatable about the first pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. A second end of the spring is connected to the housing at a second pivot point and the second end is rotatable about the second pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. The spring is configured such that the spring biases the lid towards the open position when the lid is between the open position and the intermediate position, and the spring biases the lid towards the closed position when the lid is between the intermediate position and the closed position.
US12178246B2
A clearomizer includes a first main body and a second main body. The first main body includes a first distal end away from the second main body; the first distal end includes a mouthpiece. The second main body includes a second distal end away from the first main body. The clearomizer further includes a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector both disposed on the second distal end.
US12178244B2
The present invention relates to an electronic atomizing device including an atomizing assembly and a puff sensor electrically connected with the atomizing assembly. An air passage fluidly connected to the atomizing assembly and a starting passage fluidly connected between the airflow passage and the puff sensor are defined in the electronic atomizing device. The starting passage defines a receiving groove for receiving a condensed aerosol. The condensed aerosol is received by the receiving groove when flowing into the starting passage, and is prevented from flowing into a main body to cause damage to elements such as the power supply, the puff sensor and a PCB therein, thereby extending the service life of the main body.
US12178238B2
A device for automated loading and forming smoking articles has a conveyer unit holding and moving a plurality of conical paper wrappers. A dispensing unit is coupled to and positioned above the conveyer unit. The dispensing unit stores pre-grounded tobacco leaf/herbs, loads a predetermined amount of the pre-grounded tobacco leaf/herbs into a designated conical paper wrapper of the plurality of conical paper wrappers, and compacts the pre-grounded tobacco leaf/herbs loaded into the designated conical paper wrapper. The conveyer unit moves the designated conical paper wrapper to a desired location under the dispensing unit to load and compact the predetermined amount of the pre-grounded tobacco leaf/herbs into the designated conical paper wrapper. The conveyer unit then moves a next conical paper wrapper to the desired location after the dispensing unit loads and compacts the predetermined amount of the pre-grounded tobacco leaf/herbs into the designated conical paper wrapper.
US12178233B2
The present utility invention provides a food mixture forming apparatus, which comprises a forming assembly and a demolding assembly. The forming assembly comprises a first slider and a second slider. First, the first slider and the second slider move along a first direction to shape a food mixture, then, the demolding assembly moves along a second direction to finish the forming process.
US12178224B1
Provided is an application of a γ-quaternary ammonium butyrate compound having formula (I) or a racemate, a stereoisomer, a geometric isomer, a tautomer, a solvate, or a feed-acceptable salt thereof in preparing an animal feed additive, the compound being added to the daily feed of animals at a certain concentration ratio, and being capable of increasing the average daily weight gain of animals under the same food intake conditions, having no significant effect on the daily feed intake of the animals, and reducing the feed-to-meat ratio. The γ-quaternary ammonium butyrate compound disclosed herein can effectively increase the rate of daily weight gain of the animals and improve the growth performance of the animals, having no side effects on the animals, being stable and safe, and improving the production efficiency of the breeding industry whilst ensuring the health of the animals.
US12178218B2
The present application relates to a method for producing food material for retorting, and to food material for retorting produced by the method, the method comprising: a curing step for mixing one or more base material, selected from the group consisting of meat and seafood, with a curing agent containing phosphate and starch, and curing; and a step for heating and sterilizing the base material by heating at the temperature of 110-130° C. for 10-60 minutes.
US12178216B2
A filling and portioning system for food products and a method for rotational speed control of a feeder and/or mixing arm and/or counterholding device present thereon for conveying the food product in a filling hopper are described. According thereto, the feeder/mixing arm in the filling hopper can be rotated about itself by way of a motor for conveying the food product and is driven independently of a downstream conveyor mechanism. The counterholding device is also arranged in the filling hopper and can optionally be rotated about itself by way of a motor for conveying the food product and is driven independently of a downstream conveyor mechanism. The rotational speed of at least one of the motors is controlled in an automated manner in dependence of at least one machine or product parameter measured during operation of the filling and portioning system.
US12178208B2
The invention discloses a nutrient solution formula for inhibiting green algae, comprising a basic nutrient solution and an algae inhibitory substance, wherein the basic nutrient solution comprises major elements, minor elements and trace elements. The specific ratio is: 1000 mg/L of calcium nitrate, 1000 mg/L of potassium nitrate, 200 mg/L of EDTA-FeNa, 200 mg/L of potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 150 mg/L of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, 700 mg/L of magnesium sulfate, 7 mg/L of boric acid, 5 mg/L of manganese sulfate, 15 mg/L of ferrous sulfate, 0.25 mg/L of copper sulfate, 0.22 mg/L of zinc sulfate, 0.02 mg/L of ammonium molybdate, and 0.01 mg/L of benzalkonium chloride. The benzalkonium chloride can provide Cl ions, and it has a good bactericidal and algae-killing ability in different pH value ranges; the optimal dosage is 0.01 mg/L.
US12178205B2
This disclosure provides systems and methods for storing and preserving an implantable device. The system comprises a first sealable container; a second sealable container housed within the first sealable container; and a storage solution comprising a zinc compound contained in the second sealable container. The storage solution exhibits antimicrobial activity of inhibiting or controlling growth of microbial organisms and is capable of maintaining the implantable device in a hydrated state.
US12178189B1
An animal health product container is described. The animal health product container is provided with a body, a bonding material and a pull tab. The body has a first face and a second face. The body is constructed of a weather resistant material impregnated with an animal health product compound. The bonding material attached to the first face of the body. The bonding material is configured to be weather resistant and allow the body to be removably attached to a tag body of an identification tag for an animal. The pull-tab is attached to the body, the pull tab devoid of the bonding material.
US12178188B2
A modular animal bed 1 comprising a base 3 that is attachable to any of a plurality of different toppers 5 that each have a different configuration, the base and each said topper carrying respective parts of a multi-part fastening mechanism 15 that can be fastened together to couple a selected one of said plurality of toppers to said base.
US12178187B2
Pet carriers, car seat frames, pet strollers, assemblies of pet carriers with car set frames or pet strollers, and systems comprising the foregoing are provided.
US12178183B2
A soybean cultivar designated 13110466 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13110466, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13110466, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13110466, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13110466. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13110466. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13110466, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13110466 with another soybean cultivar.
US12178177B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PJKP45 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PJKP45 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PJKP45 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PJKP45 or a locus conversion of 1PJKP45 with another maize variety.
US12178171B2
A system for controlling a light source illuminating plants in a greenhouse, the system includes: a sensor for detecting a first spectrum of ambient light, the sensor being configured to measure incident intensities in at least two wavelength ranges, and a control unit for adjusting a second spectrum of the light source in dependency of the measured intensities in the at least two wavelength ranges; and a method for operating a system for controlling a light source illuminating plants in a greenhouse, the method includes a measuring step where the sensor detects incident intensities in at least two wavelength ranges, and an adjustment step the second spectrum of the light source is adjusted in dependency of the measured intensities in the at least two wavelength ranges.
US12178170B2
A strawberry treatment platform includes an outer housing with at least one UV-C light array enclosed in the outer housing, and at least one strawberry plant manipulating assembly that extends downwardly from the outer housing. The strawberry treatment platform is structured so that, as the strawberry treatment platform moves across a strawberry plant bed, the plant manipulating assembly combs through the strawberry plants and creates a canopy gap in the strawberry bed plant canopy so that radiation from the UV-C light array treats the strawberry plants in the strawberry plant bed.
US12178169B1
A plant growing system for growing plants in a controlled environment includes at least one cabinet assembly. Each of the at least one cabinet assembly a housing and a drawer which is removably positioned in the housing. At least one plant pot for holding a plant is positionable on a support tray which is positionable in the drawer. A light emitter is mounted in the housing and emits light toward the plant when activated.
US12178168B2
A vertical growing system includes a frame assembly extending above a base surface, the frame assembly includes a support grid defining a longitudinal axis. The system further includes a propagation tray having a chamber for holding a plant therein and a mounting tray. The mounting tray is removably attached to the frame assembly and includes an interior surface sized to receive at least a portion of the propagation tray therein. The system further includes a positioning member sized to extend from the interior surface of the mounting tray to the propagation tray when the propagation tray is received within the mounting tray. The positioning member is shaped to orient the chamber at a first oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the support grid.
US12178149B2
System and methods for generating a work plan for a headland of an agricultural field (e.g., the portion of the agricultural field that is used by an agricultural machine to perform edge turns while working a main work partition of the field). A field boundary polygon indicative of a workable area of the agricultural field is segmented into multiple segments including a headland polygon and a work partition polygon. A seed track is generated based on a shape of a portion of the boundary of the headland polygon that is shared in common with the boundary of the field boundary polygon. The work plan is generated by replicating the seed track at a defined spacing throughout the headland polygon. In some implementations, the agricultural machine is operated autonomously or semi-autonomously to work the headland area based on the defined work plan.
US12185646B2
A phase change memory (PCM) structure configured for performing a gradual reset operation includes first and second electrodes and a phase change material layer disposed between the first and second electrodes. The PCM structure further includes a thermal insulation layer disposed on at least sidewalls of the first and second electrodes and phase change material layer. The thermal insulation layer is configured to provide non-uniform heating of the phase change material layer. Optionally, the thermal insulation layer may be formed as an air gap. The PCM structure may be configured having the first and second electrodes aligned in a vertical or a lateral arrangement.
US12185632B2
A piezo-electric actuator on the side of a mobile device will enable pressure exerted by the user to be sensed at the conventional button locations, while providing a haptic feedback. Unfortunately, mechanical integration of piezo-electric actuators at the side of a mobile device is challenging. A mobile device in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a PCB; an outer frame surrounding the PCB; and a switch. The switch comprises: a first piezo-electric actuator configured to generate a first actuator voltage signal in response to a first force applied by a user, and to generate a first haptic feedback to the user in response to a first haptic voltage signal transmitted from the controller thereto; and a first virtual button in the outer frame configured to transmit the first force to the first piezo-electric actuator, and to transmit the first haptic feedback to the user.
US12185615B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a green quantum dot light-emitting device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display apparatus, including: a first cathode and a first anode opposite to each other, a green quantum dot light-emitting layer between the first cathode and the first anode, a first electron transport layer between the first cathode and the green quantum dot light-emitting layer, and a first hole transport layer between the green quantum dot light-emitting layer and the first anode; wherein a material of the first electron transport layer includes an oxide containing Zn, a thickness of the first electron transport layer is in the range of 10 nm to 40 nm, and a thickness of the first hole transport layer is in the range of 26 nm to 39 nm.
US12185614B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel layer including a plurality of display devices on the substrate, an encapsulating member encapsulating the pixel layer, a light modulating layer on the encapsulating member, a functional layer on the light modulating layer, and a bonding layer located between the light modulating layer and the functional layer and to bond the light modulating layer and the functional layer, where the light modulating layer has openings corresponding to the plurality of display devices, and where the bonding layer fills the openings and has a refractive index that is greater than a refractive index of the light modulating layer.
US12185604B2
A display apparatus for displaying a high-resolution image and having a low occurrence rate of defects caused by a voltage drop. The display apparatus includes a substrate, a first conductive layer arranged on the substrate and including an auxiliary data line extending in a first direction, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the first conductive layer, a first gate layer arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a first connection electrode layer arranged on the first gate layer and including a first connection electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer and the auxiliary data line, and a second connection electrode layer arranged on the first connection electrode layer and including a data line electrically connected to the first connection electrode.
US12185603B2
A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. In the display panel, a first undercut structure and a second undercut structure are formed along a vertical direction of an overlappingly connecting hole of the first electrode layer and the auxiliary electrode layer. Therefore, an overlappingly connecting area between the first electrode layer and the auxiliary electrode layer can be enlarged. As such, the first electrode layer can be ensured to have high transparency and good conductivity, thereby solving an issue of IP drop of the first electrode. In addition, by using this undercut structure as well as using a metal line layer to overlappingly connect the first electrode layer with the auxiliary electrode layer, the overlappingly connecting area between the first electrode layer and the auxiliary electrode layer can be enlarged without reducing an aperture ratio of the display panel.
US12185597B2
The present invention provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, the array substrate forms a dual U-shaped conductor structure encompassing a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor by a first light shielding layer, a second light shielding layer, a first shielding layer, and a second shielding layer to perfectly shield moving charges in the film layer under the thin film transistor and the film layers on two sides of the thin film transistor outside the dual U-shaped conductor structure to keep excellent electrical properties of a device.
US12185595B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a driving transistor placed on the base, a first insulating layer placed on the driving transistor, a cathode electrode placed on the first insulating layer, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer placed on the cathode electrode, an anode electrode that covers the organic layer, a second insulating layer placed on the first insulating layer and having an opening superposed on the cathode electrode, and a barrier wall placed on the second insulating layer. The anode electrode is electrically connected to the driving transistor through a first contact hole formed in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
US12185594B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer having a first opening exposing a center portion of the pixel electrode; a barrier layer on the pixel defining layer; an intermediate layer including a first common layer, a first emissive layer, and a second common layer sequentially arranged on the pixel electrode, the pixel defining layer, and the barrier layer; and a first opposite electrode covering the intermediate layer. The barrier layer has a second opening that is larger than the first opening and has an undercut structure.
US12185583B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate a first pixel circuit arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix on the substrate. The first pixel circuit is configured to commonly drive a first light-emitting element located in a first row and a second light-emitting element located in a second row different from the first row from among the plurality of light-emitting elements.
US12185580B2
A display apparatus including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area includes: a main sub-pixel including a main display element on a substrate to correspond to the main display area, an auxiliary sub-pixel including an auxiliary display element on the substrate to correspond to the component area, wherein the main display area and the component area have a first boundary portion, a second boundary portion, and a third boundary portion as boundary portions where at least three edges of each of the main display area and the component area are in contact with each other, and a main sub-pixel arranged at an innermost portion of the main display area and an auxiliary sub-pixel arranged at an outermost portion of the component area have a mutually identical arrangement to correspond to each of the first boundary portion, the second boundary portion, and the third boundary portion.
US12185579B2
An organic light emitting diode and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The organic light emitting diode includes an anode layer, a hole transport layer, and a hole injection layer located between the anode layer and the hole transport layer. The hole injection layer has a work function of which a value increases in a direction from the anode layer toward the hole transport layer, and thus, an injection barrier between the anode layer and the hole transport layer is reduced and thereby improving the luminescent efficiency of the organic light emitting diode.
US12185574B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting display panel, including: a thin film transistor layer provided in a display area; an organic light-emitting layer provided in the display area and including light-emitting pixels; a microlens array layer provided in the display area and including microlenses corresponding to the light-emitting pixels; a refractive index matching layer provided in the display area; and a filling layer provided in the non-display area. The refractive index matching layer and the microlens array layer have different refractive indexes. Each microlens includes a first surface that is in contact with the refractive index matching layer. The first surface is a curved surface protruding towards one of the microlens array layer and the refractive index matching layer, which has a smaller refractive index. A material of the filling layer is same as at least one of materials of the microlens array layer and the refractive index matching layer.
US12185573B2
An electro-optical device includes: a first light emitting element including an electrode and a first reflective layer disposed apart from the electrode by a first optical distance, a second light emitting element including the electrode and a second reflective layer disposed apart from the electrode by a second optical distance, a first microlens configured such that light emitted from the first light emitting element is incident on the first microlens, and a second microlens configured such that light emitted from the second light emitting element is incident on the second microlens, wherein a full width at half maximum of a spectrum of a first color light corresponding to the first optical distance is different from a full width at half maximum of a spectrum of a second color light corresponding to the second optical distance, and a curvature of the first microlens is smaller than a curvature of the second microlens.
US12185571B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a three-dimensional display apparatus. The display substrate includes a base substrate with a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes at least two first electrodes, and a light-emitting function layer disposed on a side of the first electrodes facing away from the base substrate. Each first electrode includes: a transparent conductive portion and a reflective conductive portion arranged in stack. In at least one of the sub-pixels, two adjacent first electrodes correspond to one reflective structure, the reflective structure includes a first portion and a second portion, an orthographic projection of the first portion on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of one first electrode have an overlap area, and an orthographic projection of the second portion on the base substrate an orthographic projection of another first electrode have an overlap area.
US12185566B2
Provided in the present application a display panel, including a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a display area, an aperture area, located in the display area; and a partition area, surrounding the aperture area and provided with at least one partition ring disposed around the aperture area, wherein a partition groove is disposed on at least one side of the partition ring, wherein the partition groove comprises a third partition groove, a first partition groove, and a second partition groove that are disposed on a side along a first direction away from the substrate in sequence, and communicated with each other, and the first partition groove is used to separate an organic material layer on a side wall of the second partition groove from another organic material layer on a side of the third partition groove.
US12185562B2
An organic electroluminescent device includes, from bottom to top, a substrate, a first electrode and a light-emitting component in sequence, where the light-emitting component is disposed on the first electrode, and a secondary electrode structure is disposed on an upper side surface of the light-emitting component and includes a sub-electrode, a dielectric material layer and an outer layer electrode, where the dielectric material layer is disposed between the sub-electrode and the outer layer electrode, the sub-electrode is in contact with the light-emitting component, the dielectric material layer and the sub-electrode completely cover a light-emitting region of the light-emitting component, the outer layer electrode completely covers the dielectric material layer, and in a non-light-emitting region on the periphery of the light-emitting component, the outer layer electrode is electrically connected to the sub-electrode.
US12185561B2
A display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include, in common, a common hole-transport layer disposed between an anode and a light-emitting layer. Each sub-pixel individually includes an individual hole-transport layer disposed between the common hole-transport layer and the light-emitting layer. The common hole-transport layer is made of a first hole-transport-layer material. A sub-pixel has a first color and includes a first individual hole-transport layer made of a second hole-transport-layer material. A sub-pixel has a second color and includes a second individual hole-transport layer made of a mixed material of the first and second hole-transport-layer materials.
US12185558B2
A light-emitting device with a long lifetime is provided. In a light-emitting device that includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting layer included in the EL layer has a functional stacked-layer structure, whereby the efficiency and reliability of the light-emitting device can be increased.
US12185557B2
An optoelectronic device comprises a first electrode; a first host material layer positioned over the first electrode; a second host material layer positioned over the first host material layer; at least one ultrathin dopant layer positioned between the first and second host material layers, the at least one ultrathin dopant layer having a thickness of less than 2 Å; and a second electrode positioned over the second host material layers. Other organic optoelectronic devices are also disclosed.
US12185555B2
A semiconductor memory device manufacturing method includes: sequentially forming a lower oxide layer, a word line metal layer and an upper oxide layer over at least a portion of a memory cell; forming a through hole passing through the upper oxide layer, the word line metal layer and the lower oxide layer to expose the portion of the memory cell; forming a sacrificial pillar into the through hole; removing the upper oxide layer to expose a top portion of the sacrificial pillar; sequentially forming a first oxide spacer sidewall, a nitride spacer sidewall and a second oxide spacer sidewall on a sidewall of the top portion of the sacrificial pillar; removing the nitride spacer sidewall to form a void gap; etching the word line metal layer through the void gap to form separate word lines.
US12185554B2
The invention provides a resistive memory with better area efficiency without degrading reliability, which includes an array area, word lines, a local source line, bit lines, and a shared source line. In the array area, memory cells are arranged in a matrix, and each memory cells includes a variable resistance element and an accessing transistor. The word lines extend in a row direction of the array area and are connected to the memory cells in the row direction. The local source line extends in a column direction of the array area. The bit lines extend in the column direction and are connected to first electrodes of the memory cells in the column direction. The shared source line is connected to the local source line. The shared source line extends in the row direction and is connected to second electrodes of the memory cells in the row direction.
US12185553B2
Provided is a semiconductor device including: a substrate, a plurality of isolation structures, a plurality of channel layers, and a gate structure. The substrate includes a plurality of fins thereon. The plurality of isolation structures are respectively disposed between the plurality of fins. A top surface of the plurality of isolation structures is higher than a top surface of the plurality of fins to form a plurality of openings. The plurality of channel layers are respectively disposed in the plurality of openings. Each channel layer is in contact with a corresponding fin and extends to cover a lower sidewall of a corresponding isolation structure, thereby forming a U-shaped structure. The gate structure is filled in the plurality of openings and extends to cover the top surface of the plurality of isolation structures.
US12185547B2
A semiconductor wafer according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of semiconductor chip regions and a division region. The plurality of semiconductor chip regions have a semiconductor element. The division region is provided between the semiconductor chip regions adjacent to each other. A first stacked body is provided on the division region. The first stacked body is configured with a plurality of first material films and a plurality of second material films alternately stacked.
US12185545B2
A method used in forming a memory array comprises forming a substrate comprising a conductor tier comprising an upper conductor material and a lower conductor material, and a stack comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers above the conductor tier. Horizontally-elongated trenches are formed through the stack to the upper conductor material and the lower conductor material. At least one of the upper and lower conductor materials have an exposed catalytic surface in the trenches. Metal material is electrolessly deposited onto the catalytic surface to cover the upper conductor material and the lower conductor material within the trenches. Channel-material strings of memory cells are formed and extend through the second tiers and the first tiers. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
US12185542B2
A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Stepped surfaces including vertical sidewalls of the insulating layers are present in a staircase region. Pad stacks are located on the stepped surfaces. Each of the pad stacks includes an insulating pad having a same material composition as the insulating layers, and a dielectric material pad having a different material composition than the insulating layers and having sidewalls that are vertically coincident with sidewalls of the insulating pad. Memory stack structures extend through the alternating stack. Each of the memory stack structures includes a vertical stack of memory elements and a vertical semiconductor channel.
US12185530B2
An anti-fuse sensing device and an operation method thereof are provided. The anti-fuse sensing device includes an anti-fuse sensing circuit, a voltage generating circuit, and a power-on detection circuit. During a power-on transient period of the voltage generating circuit, the power-on detection circuit provides an initialization voltage to a control terminal of the anti-fuse sensing circuit to prevent a voltage level of the control terminal of the anti-fuse sensing circuit from being in an unknown state. After the power-on transient period ends, the voltage generating circuit provides a control voltage to the control terminal of the anti-fuse sensing circuit. The anti-fuse sensing circuit senses a resistance state of an anti-fuse based on the control voltage. During the period when the voltage generating circuit provides the control voltage, the power-on detection circuit stops providing the initialization voltage to the control terminal of the anti-fuse sensing circuit.
US12185525B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate; forming a plurality of first structures extending in a first direction on the substrate; forming a sacrificial layer on sidewalls of the first structures; forming an outer spacer layer on a sidewall of the sacrificial layer; removing part of the outer spacer layer to obtain a patterned outer spacer layer that exposes part of the sacrificial layer; and removing the sacrificial layer to form air gaps between the patterned outer spacer layer and the first structures.
US12185517B2
Disclosed is a display device, comprising: a display panel (10), wherein the display panel (10) comprises a display area (AA), a bending area (BB) and a bonding area (CC), with the bending area (BB) being arranged between the display area (AA) and the bonding area (CC); a support heat dissipation structure (20), with the support heat dissipation structure (20) being disposed on a non-display surface (10b) of the display area (AA); a driving chip (30), with the driving chip (30) being fixed to a bonding surface (10c) of the bonding area (CC); and an electromagnetic shielding structure (40), with the electromagnetic shielding structure (40) being fixed onto a side of the support heat dissipation structure (20) away from the display panel (10).
US12185511B2
A two-phase cold plate that includes a manifold body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet each fluidly coupled to a fluid pathway housed within the manifold body and a vaporization structure housed within the manifold body such that the fluid pathway is disposed over the vaporization structure. The vaporization structure includes a cavity cover, a porous surface, a vapor cavity disposed between the cavity cover and the porous surface, and one or more porous feeding posts extending between the cavity cover and the porous surface. The one or more porous feeding posts fluidly coupled the fluid pathway with the porous surface of the vaporization structure and the porous surface includes a plurality of nucleation sites configured to induce vaporization of a cooling fluid and facilitate vapor flow into the vapor cavity of the vaporization structure.
US12185502B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of heat generating elements mounted on the substrate, a heat dissipation member fixed to the substrate and disposed such that the heat generating elements are interposed between the heat dissipation member and the substrate, at least one first heat conduction member provided on a first surface of the heat dissipation member, the first surface facing the heat generating elements, and a plurality of second heat conduction members each provided on a second surface of a corresponding one of the heat generating elements, the second surface facing the heat dissipation member, wherein the at least one first heat conduction member and the second heat conduction members are in contact with each other at an interface between opposing surfaces thereof.
US12185498B2
Active two-phase cooling systems incorporate a cooling medium that changes phase as it absorbs heat dissipated by a heat source and a pump or a compressor that urges the cooling medium through a cooling loop. Operation of some heat sources, e.g., electronic devices, can improve if maintained at a substantially uniform operating temperature. A cooling medium can enter a node for cooling such a heat source at or near a saturation state and can exhaust from the node as a saturated mixture, providing a substantially uniform temperature across the node while taking advantage of the cooling medium's relatively high latent-heat of phase-change to provide a high rate of cooling to the heat source. Although counterintuitive, a cooling loop can pre-heat a sub-cooled flow of the cooling medium to provide the medium to the node in a saturated state. Such pre-heating can be achieved by the saturated mixture of the cooling medium after exhausting from the node.
US12185489B2
Housings for electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, adjoining surfaces of electronic device housings can be mounted or arranged such that adjoining surfaces are flush to a high degree of precision. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld.
US12185485B2
A display device includes: a display module including a first substantially flat portion, a first curved portion bent from one portion of the first substantially flat portion, and a second substantially flat portion facing the first substantially flat portion in a thickness direction of the first substantially flat portion; and a cover member including a support to support the display module, the support including a first part disposed under the first substantially flat portion, a second part disposed under the second substantially flat portion, and a third part disposed under the first curved portion. The third part of the support has at least one discontinuity.
US12185484B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a first edge extending in a first direction and a second edge extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a frame extending in one of the first direction and the second direction and located behind the display panel; a plurality of supporters located between the display panel and the frame, where each of the plurality of supporters extends in the first direction; and a connector connecting adjacent supporters among the plurality of supporters.
US12185473B2
A catheter for canceling magnetic interference is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter shaft having a distal end with sensors and a handle with electronics and non-magnetic sensors. Inside the catheter shaft is at least one flexible substrate having conductive traces. Another flexible substrate is wrapped around a component in the catheter shaft. The catheter further includes a plurality of connectors. A first connector connects the sensors to one end of the at least one flexible substrate. A third connector connects the non-magnetic sensors to one end of the other flexible substrate. A second connector and a fourth connector both connect the electronics to another end of the at least one flexible substrate.
US12185471B2
An electronic component embedded substrate includes: a core layer having a first through portion; an electronic component module including at least one electronic component and a metal layer surrounding at least a portion of the electronic component and disposed in the first through portion; and a first encapsulant disposed on the core layer, disposed in at least a portion of the first through portion, and covering at least a portion of the electronic component module.
US12185461B2
An electronic device including an electronic unit and a redistribution layer is disclosed. The electronic unit has connection pads. The redistribution layer is electrically connected to the electronic unit and includes a first insulating layer, a first metal layer and a second insulating layer. The first insulating layer is disposed on the electronic unit and has first openings disposed corresponding to the connection pads. The first metal layer is disposed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected to the electronic unit through the connection pads. The second insulating layer is disposed on the first metal layer. The first insulating layer includes first filler particles, and the second insulating layer includes second filler particles. The first filler particles have a first maximum particle size, the second filler particles have a second maximum particle size, and the second maximum particle size is greater than the first maximum particle size.
US12185455B2
An intrusion detection apparatus, including: a printed circuit board (PCB), including: an electrical switch, the electrical switch including: conductive pads positioned on a top layer of the PCB, and a conductive ground ring positioned on the top layer and surrounding the conductive pads; and a mechanical pin coupled to a first portion of a chassis of the information handling system at a first end of the mechanical pin, the mechanical pin including a conductive gasket positioned at a second end of the mechanical pin, the first end opposite to the second end, wherein the ground ring provides an intrusion signal when a foreign conductive object is in contact with the ground ring to indicate a presence of the foreign conductive object.
US12185448B2
A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide stable sequences of pulses having different energy levels or different dose.
US12185447B2
An illustrative induction heating surface capable of heating one or more multiple-sized servers and/or pots at any location on the range top using a plurality of preconfigured heating settings including low (145-155 F), low-med (156-165 F), med-high (166-175 F), and high (176-185 F). The illustrative induction heating surface may be configured for automatically switch off 2 minutes after pans are removed. The induction heating surface is compatible with all induction ready servers and pans and may include a durable, easy to clean simulated stone surface. The illustrative heating surface may be configured as a portable unit for countertop use, as a built-in unit for installation in a countertop or other surface, and/or the unit may be configured for both countertop or drop-in use.
US12185446B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing and managing a lighting system. A lighting device of the system is configured to receive an activation signal from a user interface of the lighting device, an external communication device, or another lighting device. In response to receiving the activation signal, and if certain operational conditions are met, the lighting device may activate a light source and transmit another activation signal. Additional lighting devices receiving the activation signal from the first lighting device may also activate their light sources and retransmit the activation signal. Data carried by the activation signals and signals received from one or more sensors in each lighting device may be used by the lighting device to determine whether to activate its light source, and one or more characteristics of the light to be emitted.
US12185444B2
A light source device includes a first light source, a second light source, and a light source control unit. The first light source emits laser light. The second light source emits light. The light source control unit controls the operations of the first and second light sources. The light source control unit executes each of first switching control and second switching control on laser light which is applied to a subject after emitted from the first light source based on a time reference in accordance with a class specified by a laser standard indicating a safety standard for laser products. In the first switching control, a lighting state is switched from the first light source to the second light source. In the second switching control, the lighting state is switched from the second light source to the first light source.
US12185436B2
A method for manufacturing an electrical heating device includes the steps of providing a coil form with a longitudinal axis, winding an electrical heating element on the coil form along the longitudinal axis and inserting one end section of the electrical heating element and a connecting wire into the opening passing through the coil form, inserting the coil form with an electrical heating element wound on it into an opening passing through the coil form parallel to the longitudinal axis into the interior of a tubular metal jacket, filling the tubular metal jacket with an electrically insulating, heat-conductive powder and compacting the tubular metal jacket with coil form inserted therein and filled with the electrically insulating, heat-conductive powder, wherein, by means of the compaction, the coil form is deformed to change the ratio between the length of the main axis and the length of the secondary axis.
US12185424B2
A method and system for secure routing of data packets includes a data stream on a first communication network formed from a plurality of data packets. A source security certificate engine is implemented on a first computerized device. The source security certificate engine: assigns a certificate signature to a data packet of the data stream on a per-packet level; assigns a network route number to the data packet of the data stream to thereby encrypt the data packet; generates at least one encryption key; and selects a carrier network path from available carrier channels, wherein the encrypted data packet is communicated over the selected carrier network path. A destination security certificate engine implemented on a second computerized device, decrypts the encrypted data packet using the at least one encryption key. The data packet may be carried in a transpositional modulation (TM) signal communicated on a TM channel.
US12185411B2
The present application discloses a method and a device used for DRX. A first node receives K radio signal, K being a positive integer greater than 1; and updates a first timer per candidate slot passed when a value of the first timer is unequal to a first expiration value; or stops a first timer when a value of the first timer is equal to a first expiration value; herein, physical-layer channels occupied by the K radio signals respectively comprise K PSSCHs, and the K radio signals respectively comprise K Destination ID fields, the K Destination ID fields respectively being indicated by K SCIs; active time of the first node comprises time while the first timer is running, the first timer being a DRX-related timer. The present application can avoid misunderstanding of the state of the first timer, thus reducing power consumption and air-interface interferences.
US12185401B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a radio device that has first and second subscriber identity modules; radio resources; a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of establishing a first communications network connection associated with the first subscriber identity module; establishing a second communications network connection associated with the second subscriber identity module; determining a communications activity on the first communications network connection; pausing or suspending activities of the second communications network connection; and blocking use of the radio resources by the second communications network connection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12185400B2
Systems and methods provide packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) user plane (UP) integrity protection (IP) for a user equipments (UE) and radio access network (RAN) nodes operating in Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access-New Radio dual connectivity (EN-DC). In an attach procedure, a UE may indicate a UE security capability for support of relay node (RN) PDCP UP IP used in LTE. Based on the LIE security capability, a master e Node B (MeNB) security capability, and a secondary g Node B (SgNB) security capability, the MeNB may determine whether to use UP IP between the UE and the MeNB, the UE and the SgNB, and/or in a split bearer between the MeNB and the SgNB.
US12185393B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a request to establish a multicast session. The request may identify a multicast service session including a multicast quality of service flow. The UE may receive, from a base station wirelessly communicating with the UE, an indication of communication resources for the UE to use to receive multicast packets of the multicast service session from a content provider via a tunnel between a first network node and the base station. The tunnel may be established for the multicast service session based on identifying that the multicast service session lacks an existing tunnel between the first network node and the base station. The UE may identify a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for the multicast service session, and receive the multicast packets from the base station according to the indicated communication resources and the identified DRX cycle.
US12185390B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for data transmission with stateless routing are provided. Certain embodiments may include a radio resource control (RRC)—less or RRC-based mechanism for short data transmission (SDT) in an RRC inactive state, where the mechanism may be performed without storing or establishing a UE context in a distributed unit (DU), for a UE served by a single CU-user plane (UP). Certain embodiments may include a RRC-less mechanism for SDT in an RRC inactive state, where the authentication of the user equipment (UE) may be performed at the UP using UP integrity protection (IP) in a CU-UP. Certain embodiments may include a RRC-based mechanism for SDT in an RRC inactive state, where the authentication of the UE may be performed at the UP using UP IP in a CU-UP and/or at the CP using CP IP in a CU-CP.
US12185389B2
In one embodiment, an access point of an overhead mesh of access points in an area selects a range of client identifiers. The access point sends, via a beam cone transmitted in a substantially downward direction towards a floor of the area, a trigger signal that includes the range of client identifiers and prompts client devices having identifiers in that range to send best effort transmissions towards the overhead mesh. The access point detects a collision between the best effort transmissions of the client devices. The access point adjusts the range of client identifiers so as to avoid future collisions between the best effort transmissions of the client devices.
US12185385B2
A method and device for random access are provided. The method comprises: a terminal device sends a first message in a random access process to a network device; and the terminal device monitors a second message sent by the network device, wherein the second message is a message sent by the network device on the basis of the first message, and the time the terminal device starts to monitor the second message is later than the time the terminal device finishes sending the first message.
US12185383B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station (BS) may group and selectively multiplex a plurality of random access channel responses (RARs) and radio resource control (RRC) messages in a message B (msgB) communication, together with supplementary scheduling information for other RARs to be mapped to a different msgB communication. The BS may transmit the msgB communication to one or more user equipments. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12185382B2
A method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and a base station are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The WTRU receives at least one radio resource control (RRC) message indicating an uplink resource for the WTRU and receives grants over first channels associated with the indicated uplink resource. The WTRU transmits uplink data using the indicated uplink resource based on the received grants, and, based on a trigger, deactivates the indicated uplink resource and to stop the reception of grants over the first channels associated with the indicated uplink resource and flush hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffers associated with the indicated uplink resource. The base station is configured to communicate with the WTRU.
US12185381B2
The present application relates to a method for determining random access resources and a network device. The method comprises: the terminal device determines resources overlapping with a target time domain symbol in a random access resource group as unavailable resources, wherein, the target time domain symbol comprises at least one symbol, the at least one symbol is a symbol occupied by target remaining minimum system information (RMSI), the target RMSI comprises at least one RMSI associated with a target synchronization signal block (SSB), the target SSB comprises an actually transmitted SSB and an SSB having a quasi-co-located relationship with the actually transmitted SSB, and the unavailable resources are not used for random access.
US12185363B2
Aspects relate to techniques for enhancing sidelink scheduling information to include a priority assigned to a sidelink transmission. For example, a transmitting wireless communication device may receive sidelink scheduling information scheduling a sidelink transmission from a transmitting wireless communication device to a receiving wireless communication device. The sidelink scheduling information may further include a priority indicator associated with the sidelink transmission. The transmitting wireless communication device may then transmit the sidelink transmission to the receiving wireless communication device based on the scheduling information. The priority indicator may further facilitate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) codebook construction on the sidelink and uplink for the transmission of acknowledgement information of the sidelink transmission.
US12185362B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In a wireless communications system, a user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling indicating a first semi-static configuration for transmitting uplink signaling and a second semi-static configuration for receiving downlink signaling. In some cases, the UE may operate using half-duplex communications and may monitor for a transmission direction conflict between the first semi-static configuration and the second semi-static configuration during a transmission time interval. The UE may communicate, according to a priority rule, one of an uplink signal in accordance with the first semi-static configuration or a downlink signal in accordance with the second semi-static configuration during the transmission time interval based on the monitoring. Additionally, or alternatively, the UE may drop one of the uplink signal or downlink signal according to the priority rule.
US12185359B2
A user equipment (UE) is described that includes a higher layer processor configured to determine that a high-priority channel collides with a low-priority channel. The high-priority channel and the low-priority channel are uplink channels. The higher layer processor is also configured to drop at least a portion of the low-priority uplink channel. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the high-priority channel.
US12185351B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a measurement method, a terminal device, and a network device. The measurement method includes: receiving a measurement adjustment related parameter configured by a network device; and adjusting a radio resource management RRM measurement mode based on the measurement adjustment related parameter. According to the embodiments of this disclosure, effective switching or adjustment between different RRM measurement modes can be implemented, and a ping-pong effect of measurement is avoided, while power consumption of the terminal device is reduced. This prevents the terminal device from frequently adjusting the configuration of RRM measurement, and ensures configuration flexibility of the network device.
US12185333B2
Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus, and a data reception method and apparatus. The data transmission method comprises steps of: generating at least one total downlink assignment index for a plurality of component carrier groups; and carrying the at least one total downlink assignment index in downlink control information to transmit the same to a receiving end.
US12185330B2
This disclosure describes the following enhancement to improve the PDCCH reliability: PDCCH aggregation and multi-beam PDCCH reception for a 5G wireless communication system. The disclosed techniques entail obtaining repeated PDCCH by processing a PDCCH-Config, ControlResourceSet, or SearchSpace configuration parameter including an information element (IE) indicating a number of consecutive slots in which the PDCCH is repeated. In another embodiment, a gNB generates the PDCCH-Config, ControlResourceSet, or SearchSpace configuration parameter for configuring a UE to receive the repeated PDCCH and employ the multi-beam PDCCH reception.
US12185329B2
Provided are a wireless communication method and device for an unlicensed spectrum, wherein same can realize physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring on the unlicensed spectrum. The method includes: a terminal device monitoring a target downlink signal; and when the target downlink signal is detected at a first time-point, the terminal device monitoring a PDCCH from a second time-point, wherein the second time-point is later than the first time-point.
US12185326B2
A terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus efficiently communicate with each other. A terminal apparatus receives a first DCI and determines transmission of a first PUSCH. The first PUSCH is scheduled by the first DCI, a value of a first PUSCH procedure preparation time for the first PUSCH is a first value in a case that a first condition is not satisfied, and the value of the first PUSCH procedure preparation time is a value acquired by adding a second value to the first value in a case that the first condition is satisfied. The terminal apparatus determines the transmission of the first PUSCH in a case that a number of symbols between the first DCI and the first PUSCH is equal to or greater than a number of symbols corresponding to the value of the first PUSCH procedure preparation time.
US12185322B2
Methods and architectures for establishing an uplink control channel in a fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) wireless network includes transmitting scheduling requests (SRs) at sub-slot level/symbol-level periodicities and determining whether SR transmit opportunities will collide with downlink (DL) signals being received and halting an SR transmission if the timing of DL symbols overlap at an OFDM symbol with the SR transmission.
US12185317B2
This application provides example resource configuration methods, example apparatuses, and example computer-readable storage medium. One example method includes obtaining, by a distributed unit (DU) side of a first node, a first resource configuration and at least one second resource configuration, where the first resource configuration indicates the DU side of the first node to communicate with at least one of a terminal device or a second node by using the first resource configuration, the second resource configuration indicates the DU side of the first node to communicate with the second node by using the second resource configuration, the first node is a relay node, and the second node is a child node of the first node. The DU side of the first node can then communicate with the at least one of the terminal device or the second node.
US12185315B2
A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a system, a method and a machine-readable medium. The device includes a radio frequency (RF) interface and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface. The processing circuitry is to: cause communication with a NR evolved Node B (gNodeB) on a first bandwidth part (BWP); determine a BWP switching delay for an uplink (UL) communication from the UE to the gNodeB, the BWP switching delay based on a timing advance (TA) for the UL communication; encode the UL communication for transmission to the gNodeB; switch from the first BWP to a second BWP at an expiration of the BWP switching delay; and cause transmission of the UL communication on the second BWP.
US12185311B2
The present application relates to the field of communication technology. Disclosed by the embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and device for sending index information, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes: sending a physical shared channel carrying the index information to a receiving end. The index information is used for instructing the receiving end to count a number of transmissions of the physical shared channel.
US12185310B2
Systems and methods for signaling for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) diversity are provided. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for receiving a plurality of downlink transmissions includes determining an association between one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) ports and one or more associated Redundancy Values (RVs). The method also includes receiving the plurality of downlink transmissions using the association. In some embodiments, this enables a single Downlink Control Information (DCI) to be used to schedule different redundancy versions of the same transport block from the different Transmission/Reception Points (TRPs) which helps improve reliability of decoding a transmission successfully within stringent latency requirements.
US12185303B2
For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, based on a grouping criterion, select from a plurality of STAs a group of two or more STAs for a Trigger-Based (TB) Multi-User (MU) UL OFDMA control frame transmission to be communicated from the group of two or more STAs to the wireless communication device, the grouping criterion based on two or more RSSI values corresponding to the two or more STAs, respectively; to transmit a trigger frame to trigger the TB MU UL OFDMA control frame transmission, the trigger frame including two or more STA Identifiers to identify the two or more STAs, respectively; and to process the TB MU UL OFDMA control frame transmission from the group of two or more STAs, the TB MU UL OFDMA control frame transmission including two or more control frames from the two or more STAs, respectively.
US12185302B2
Provided are a feedback channel mapping method and device, equipment and a storage medium. The method includes: determining the number of feedback channel groups divided in a first configured frequency domain in a first slot; determining the number of data channels mapped to the first configured frequency domain in the first slot, where a time domain interval between the first slot and a second slot where the data channel is located is greater than or equal to a first configured value, the second slot is a forward slot of the first slot, and a frequency domain range where the data channel is located is a second configured frequency domain; and mapping a feedback channel corresponding to each data channel to the feedback channel group according to the number of the data channels and the number of the feedback channel groups.
US12185292B2
A communications method and a terminal device are disclosed. The communications method includes: receiving, by a transmit terminal, configuration information from a network device, wherein the configuration information comprises resource pool information of a sidelink of the transmit terminal, the resource pool information comprises information about one or more resource pools, and information about one resource pool comprises one or more pieces of information about a PSFCH frequency domain resource; sending, by the transmit terminal, multicast data to receive terminals in a multicast group; and receiving, by the transmit terminal, feedback information of the multicast data from the receive terminals in the multicast group on the PSFCH frequency domain resource, wherein the PSFCH frequency domain resource is sufficient for all the receive terminals in the multicast group to perform HARQ feedback.
US12185284B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for maintaining, between a user equipment (UE) and a component of a base station (BS), a mutual understanding of a set of linked physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates if the UE selects to monitor a subset of the linked PDCCH candidates. In one aspect, the UE may monitor the subset of the linked PDCCH candidates, and the UE and the component of the BS may select a reference PDCCH candidate from which to define scheduling information in accordance with the UE monitoring the subset of the linked PDCCH candidates. In some examples, the UE and the component of the BS may select the reference PDCCH candidate in accordance with one or more mutually understood rules or procedures such that the UE and the component of the BS may select a same reference PDCCH candidate.
US12185272B2
A system and method for communicating and sensing for distributed antennas associated with a building. Each of a number of antennas distributed geographically within the building include one or more sensors, each of the one or more sensors being configured to sense an environmental condition associated with the building and generate sensor data. A sensor processor is configured to receive the sensor data and generate a digital map view of a portion of the building based on locations of the plurality of antennas, the map view including a digital representation of the sensor data.
US12185260B2
This application provides a communication method in a dual-connectivity mode. In the communication method, maximum transmit power used by a terminal device to send a message corresponding to a main network protocol in a semi-persistent power sharing mode is maximum transmit power 2, maximum transmit power used by the terminal device to send a message corresponding to a secondary network protocol is maximum transmit power 3, the maximum transmit power 2 is less than theoretical maximum transmit power corresponding to the main network protocol, and the maximum transmit power 3 is greater than the theoretical maximum transmit power corresponding to the main network protocol.
US12185256B2
In at least one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) may receive a control signal from a base station to update a target pathloss reference signal from an existing pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may obtain a plurality of samples of the target pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may determine, based on obtaining the plurality of samples of the target pathloss reference signal, that the UE is unable to update the target pathloss reference signal. In at least one embodiment, the UE may adjust the uplink transmission power of the UE based on the existing pathloss reference signal or to a maximum transmit power based on said determining that the UE is unable to be updated to the target pathloss reference signal.
US12185254B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may receive information relating to a power amplifier backoff adjustment. The mobile station may transmit an uplink communication on a frequency channel using an adjusted power amplifier backoff determined based at least in part on the information. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12185252B2
Methods and apparatus are described for adapting wake-up signal monitoring to optimize power saving performance. In one embodiment, a UE can be configured to selectively skip WUS monitoring based on a current UE context. In another embodiment, WUS/PDCCH monitoring and/or other UE procedure can be adapted based on a statistic related to the wake-up signals transmitted by the base station to the UE.
US12185249B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications in a network. A method includes receiving, from a first user equipment, a first uplink trigger message in a receive direction while in a first energy mode, wherein while in the first energy mode, the network entity is configured to: deactivate any synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) in the receive direction; monitor for uplink trigger messages during one or more configured uplink trigger occasions; and transitioning from the first energy mode to a second energy mode based at least in part on the first uplink trigger message, wherein while in the second energy mode, the network entity is configured to: activate one or more SSBs in the receive direction; and monitor for uplink trigger messages during the one or more configured uplink trigger occasions.
