US12188483B2
The disclosure provides a centrifugal fan including a housing and a blade module. The housing includes a lower cover, a side wall, and an upper cover. Two ends of the side wall are respectively connected to the lower cover and the upper cover to define an internal space. The lower cover includes a plurality of lower air inlets. The blade module is arranged in the internal space, and includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub is rotatably arranged on the lower cover. The blades are arranged around the hub. The lower air inlets are located on the periphery of the hub, and each lower air inlet includes an outer edge relative to a rotational axis of the hub. At least one of two ends of at least one of the lower air inlets includes a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the outer edge.
US12188482B1
Disclosed is a structure for fast mounting of ceiling fan blades, including a motor fixing base for placing a motor, a plurality of blades, and a blade mounting structure. The blade mounting structure includes a fast self-locking pressuring block, a bolt, and elastic pressuring block reset members, and they are always mounted in the motor fixing base. When mounting a blade, the blade is inserted into the plug-in blade mounting opening and the bolt are tightened, so that the blade locking pin on the fast self-locking pressing block is inserted into the locking pin insertion hole of the blade, to complete the mounting. To dismount the blade, the bolt is loosened until the blade locking pin of the fast self-locking pressing block leaves the locking pin insertion hole of the blade, and the blade is unlocked, so that the blade can be smoothly pulled out and removed.
US12188480B2
A ceiling fan adapter assembly for enhancing the airflow of a ceiling fan within a space. Generally, the ceiling fan adapter assembly includes a shroud; a directing grid attached to the shroud at a lower end thereof, the directing grid comprising a plurality of intersecting members to reduce cross-sectional flow area, creating a venturi effect; and a mounting assembly for supporting the shroud radially outward from the plurality of fan blades.
US12188472B2
A rotor assembly, a compressor and an air conditioner. The rotor assembly includes a first rotor, including a first working portion and a second working portion coaxially arranged, the first working portion and the second working portion are rotatable about a first axis; the first working portion includes a plurality of first helical blades, with a first blade groove being formed between adjacent two of the plurality of first helical blades; at least one first air pressure groove is provided on a first end face of the first working portion away from the second working portion.
US12188470B2
A compressor may include non-orbiting and orbiting scrolls, a hub plate, and primary and secondary discharge valve assemblies. The non-orbiting scroll includes a first end plate having primary and secondary discharge passages. The hub plate may be mounted to the non-orbiting scroll and may include a main body and a central hub extending axially from the main body. The central hub may include a recess and a hub aperture. The primary discharge valve assembly may include a retainer and a primary valve member. In a closed position, the primary valve member may restrict fluid flow between the discharge chamber and the primary discharge passage. The secondary discharge valve assembly may include a secondary valve member that selectively allows and restricts fluid communication between the secondary discharge passage and the hub aperture of the central hub.
US12188452B2
A tower for a wind turbine extending axially along a longitudinal axis of the wind turbine includes a rail attached to an external surface of the tower, the rail providing a guide to which a service trolley is attachable in order to be movable along the rail. The tower includes: a plurality of axially adjacent tower segments, each tower segment extending axially between two axial ends, a respective flange being provided at one or both of the axial ends for connecting the respective tower segment to another tower segment. The rail is provided at the flange.
US12188447B2
A strip for a spar cap is provided, wherein the strip is made from a composite material including a matrix and a reinforcement, and includes a first and second end region connected together in a longitudinal direction by an intermediate region having two mutually opposed longitudinally extending and parallelly disposed intermediate surfaces, wherein a thickness is determinable perpendicular to the two intermediate surfaces and a width is determinable perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the thickness, wherein at least one of the first and the second end regions is a chamfered end region, wherein the at least one chamfered end region is simultaneously chamfered along the width and the thickness, wherein the at least one chamfered end region has a first edge at the intermediate region and a second edge at its free end, wherein the first edge and the second edge are substantially parallel to one another.
US12188433B2
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of inlet and outlet vanes extending from a bypass inner wall towards an outer cowl, a plurality of first removable shims, a plurality of second removable shims, and a third removable shim. Each first removable shim extends between and engages the outer cowl and a corresponding inlet vane. Each second removable shim extends between and engages the outer cowl and a corresponding outlet vane. The third removable shim extends between and engages a heat exchanger and the outer cowl. Each of the plurality of first removable shims, each of the plurality of second removable shims, and the third removable shim is removable for positionally adjusting the outer cowl relative to the bypass inner wall.
US12188422B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine system using gaseous fuel is disclosed. The method includes injecting, by activating a fuel injector to generate a first injection in association with a compression stroke, a first amount of gaseous fuel into a pre-combustion chamber, wherein the first injection and the first amount of gaseous fuel are adapted so that an ignitable fuel-air mix is formed in the pre-combustion chamber but not in a main combustion chamber; igniting, by activating an igniter, the ignitable fuel-air mix in the pre-combustion chamber formed by the first injection; and injecting, by activating the fuel injector to generate a second injection after ignition of the first amount of fuel, a second amount of gaseous fuel into the pre-combustion chamber, wherein the second injection and the second amount of gaseous fuel are adapted so that fuel is forced through the orifices into the main combustion chamber.
US12188421B2
A gaseous fuel engine system includes a quick start fuel system having a pressurized gaseous fuel supply, a fuel feed conduit and a quick start fuel admission valve. The fuel feed conduit is coupled to an intake conduit for the engine at a downstream fuel admission location. A main fuel system is coupled to the intake conduit at an upstream fuel admission location. The quick start fuel admission valve is electrically actuated to admit a pressured gaseous fuel from the pressurized gaseous fuel supply for quick starting the gaseous fuel internal combustion engine. The quick start fuel may have a fuel composition different than a fuel composition of the main fuel.
US12188402B2
Various types of forced induction systems are known for various types of internal combustions engines, including turbochargers and superchargers typically used in cars. The present system includes a first compressor 2 configured to produce a first stream of gas 3, an air multiplier 4 arranged to receive the first stream of gas 3 and eject the first stream of gas 3 over a Coandă surface, the air multiplier 4 configured to entrain ambient air 5 with the ejected first stream of gas to produce a second stream of gas 8, and a second compressor 9 arranged to receive the second stream of gas 8, and configured to compress the second stream of gas 8 for supply to an internal combustion engine. In this way, a mass of air being introduced into an internal combustion engine can be increased, by virtue of the air multiplier 4 upstream of the second compressor 9.
US12188401B2
An internal combustion engine for a vehicle includes: an oil tank defining an oil reservoir; a pump to pump oil from the oil reservoir to lubricate parts of the engine; and a cyclonic separator disposed within the oil tank and configured to separate gas from oil received therein, the cyclonic separator defining an internal separator chamber for circulation of oil therein, the cyclonic separator comprising: a vortex forming portion configured to cause oil flowing therethrough within the internal separator chamber to define a spiral path in order to separate at least part of a gas content therefrom; an oil inlet for receiving oil into the internal separator chamber, the oil inlet being fluidly connected to the pump; an oil outlet for discharging oil from the internal separator chamber and into the oil reservoir of the oil tank; and a gas outlet for discharging gas from the internal separator chamber.
US12188398B2
A thermal management and control method includes: determining a total target amount of to-be-dissipated heat of an engine based on a minimum engine fuel consumption lookup table when a current temperature of the engine is greater than or equal to a temperature threshold and an opening degree of the thermostat is greater than or equal to an opening degree threshold; querying a minimum thermal management system power consumption lookup table based on the total target amount of to-be-dissipated heat, an air inlet speed of an air-cooling radiator, and a current ambient temperature, and determining a target rotation speed of a water pump and a target rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator; and controlling a rotation speed of the water pump to be the target rotation speed of the water pump, and controlling a rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator to be the target rotation speed of the air-cooling radiator.
US12188395B2
A system may include a turbine and a recuperative heat exchanger system. The recuperative heat exchanger system is configured to receive exhaust gases from the turbine. The recuperative heat exchanger system may include a precool section to cool the exhaust gases, a major heating section to receive the cooled the exhaust gases, and a minor heating section to receive the cooled the exhaust gases.
US12188392B2
The invention is directed to the purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine operated predominantly with a stoichiometric fuel mixture. The exhaust system has in particular 4 purification functions in a particular order. A three-way catalyst (TWC1) near the engine is followed by a gasoline particle filter (GPF) and another three-way catalyst (TWC2) downstream thereof. The system additionally includes an ammonia storage function.
US12188391B1
A control system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine with an exhaust system includes one or more oxygen (O2) sensors disposed proximate to a catalytic converter, a first bias circuit configured to provide a first bias voltage to the one or more O2 sensors, and a second bias circuit configured to provide a second bias voltage to the one or more O2 sensors. A controller is programmed to: upon detecting a cold start condition, connect the one or more O2 sensors to the first bias circuit to receive the first bias voltage to rapidly detect a usable signal indicating light off of the one or more O2 sensors, to thereby facilitate initiation of a closed loop feedback control to reduce exhaust emissions; and subsequently connect the one or more O2 sensors to the second bias circuit to receive the second bias voltage to operate in the closed loop feedback control.
US12188388B1
One embodiment of an oil heat exchanger may be configured with two fluid couplers fluidly connected to a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit may be engaged with an exchange area. In one illustrative method of use the oil heat exchanger may be positioned within and secured to an oil pan of an internal combustion engine.
US12188387B2
To monitor oil quality of an automotive vehicle, a sensor generates a signal indicative of a characteristic of the oil. A processor is configured to determine the oil quality from the signal. A communication component transmits an indication of whether the determined oil quality meets an unacceptability criterion to an external device.
US12188384B2
A latch assembly (500) can comprise a main latch pin assembly (531, 532) comprising a first diameter (D1) on a first main pin face (512, 522), and a secondary latch piston (541, 561) comprising a second diameter (D2) on a secondary piston face (543, 563). The secondary latch piston can be configured to selectively act on the main latching pin assembly. The main latch pin assembly can be biased to oppose the secondary latch piston. The first diameter can be greater than the second diameter. A rocker arm assembly (10) can comprise the latch assembly. A primary arm (100) can be configured to receive the main latch pin assembly. A secondary arm (300) can be configured to receive the secondary latch piston.
US12188381B2
A valve-actuating device for a valve of a reciprocating piston engine having a coupling apparatus with a locking element able to be brought into a first and second position by a mechanical switching device, the switching device comprising a guide rod and a parallel actuating rod capable of relative movement; a slotted guide element movably mounted on the guide rod for moving the locking element; a triggering element coupled to the slotted guide element; where the slotted guide element and triggering element are clamped between two stops on the actuating rod, each with an associated spring element, where the slotted guide element and the triggering element are displaceable along and/or parallel to the guide rod with the actuating rod; and a blocking element interacting with the triggering element which in a first state, blocks a displacement of the triggering element and the slotted guide element upon the axial displacing of the actuating rod such that the spring elements are preloaded, where in a second state, a displacement of the triggering element and the slotted guide element effects actuation of the coupling apparatus.
US12188379B2
An apparatus includes a closed gas system having: a working circuit in which a compressor for a working fluid, a first heat exchanger for heating the working fluid, an expander and a second heat exchanger for cooling the working fluid are arranged; a first pressurised gas tank and a first gas pipe which branches off from the working circuit between the compressor and the first heat exchanger and opens into the first pressurised gas tank; and a second gas pipe which branches off from the first pressurised gas tank and opens into the working circuit between the expander and the second heat exchanger. A method controls pressure in a closed gas system using the apparatus.
US12188372B2
Disclosed herein is a turbine blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side and having a cooling passage formed therein. The turbine blade includes a plurality of cooling holes formed on the pressure side or the suction side. Each of the cooling holes includes, a through-hole having a circular cross-section and angled outwardly toward the pressure side or the suction side from the cooling passage, a circular sink formed concavely with respect to the pressure side or the suction side in the vicinity of an upstream side of an exit of the through-hole, and an elliptical sink formed concavely with respect to the pressure side or the suction side in the vicinity of a downstream side of the exit of the through-hole.
US12188371B1
An integrated blade rotor (IBR) is provided and includes a disc, blades integrally formed with the disc and radially outwardly facing surfaces of the disc. Each radially outwardly facing surface is disposed adjacent to a corresponding blade and includes a curved profile.
US12188360B2
A system and process for restarting a turbomachine includes a shutdown cooldown protection process implemented by a plant level control system or direct control system of the turbomachine. The system and process for restarting ensure rotating components are cooled as expected prior to a unit restart. This system and process for restarting will lockout an ability to restart if an improper cooldown of rotating components is detected. If this lockout is enabled, delaying restart for the rotating components to cool naturally is needed, or the operator could decide to force cool the components.
US12188359B2
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine section that has a retainer ring, a first vane that bears against the retainer ring to prevent movement of the first vane in a first axial direction, a second vane axially spaced from the first vane, and a blade axially between the first vane and the second vane. A blade outer air seal is situated radially outwardly of the blade. The blade outer air seal includes a ceramic matrix composite body that defines a core gaspath side that faces the blade, a forward end, an aft end, and circumferential sides. There is a spring seal at the aft end of the blade outer air seal that seals against the second vane. The spring seal provides a preload that biases the blade outer air seal against the first vane and thereby biases the first vane against the retainer ring.
US12188357B2
A seal plate for a rotary machine includes a hub centered on a central axis of the rotary machine, a disk portion extending radially outwards from the hub, and a variable lattice structure in an interior of the seal plate. The variable lattice structure includes a first region of the seal plate having a first lattice structure, and a second region of the seal plate having a second lattice structure. The second lattice structure of the second region is denser than the first lattice structure of the first region. The second region is a deflection region, a stress region, or an energy containment region of the seal plate.
US12188351B2
A magnetic ranging system for use with a drilling assembly in a borehole in a formation, the drilling assembly including a drill string, a drill bit and a bottomhole assembly (BHA) connected to the drill bit, the BHA including a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) system, a bi-directional MWD telemetry interface, and a steerable component, may comprise at least one ranging magnetometer incorporated into the BHA. The ranging magnetometer may be configured to collect ranging measurements from behind the drill bit and the ranging magnetometer may be configured to transmit measurement data. The magnetic ranging system may include at least two ranging magnetometers, with one ranging magnetometer positioned above the MWD system and one ranging magnetometer positioned below the MWD system.
US12188342B2
An intelligent drilling system is disclosed. The intelligent drilling system includes an inner drill pipe adapted to rotate around a longitudinal axis in a transversal plane of a wellbore to advance a drill bit during a drilling operation, an external drill string shield surrounding the inner drill pipe and coupled to the inner drill pipe via at least one bearing system, the at least one bearing system adapted to decouple the external drill string shield from a rotational motion of the inner drill pipe in the transversal plane such that the external drill string shield remains substantially stationary during the drilling operation, and an in-situ sensing system disposed on an interior wall of the external drill string shield to measure at least one downhole parameter of the wellbore.
US12188339B2
Disclosed are a hydraulic fracturing and cutting cooperative device suitable for a hard rock and a use method thereof, belonging to the technical field of high-efficiency and rapid excavation of hard rock roadway (tunnel). The hydraulic fracturing and cutting cooperative device suitable for a hard rock provided by the disclosure includes a drill pipe, a pneumatic drilling system, a hydraulic fracturing system, a collaborative control system and a cutting head.
US12188336B2
Casing installation assemblies for installing a casing within a borehole, as well as systems and methods related thereto are disclosed. In an embodiment, the casing installation assembly includes a tubular string, an isolation sub coupled to a downhole end of the tubular string, and a diverter sub coupled to and positioned downhole of the isolation sub. In addition, the casing installation assembly includes a landing string coupled to the diverter sub and configured to be coupled to the casing. The isolation sub includes a valve assembly that is configured to selectively prevent fluid communication between the tubular string and the diverter sub.
US12188328B2
A wellbore back pressure valve with pressure gauge includes a back pressure valve (BPV) that can be installed at a location in a wellbore production tubing that can be installed in a wellbore. The BPV can fluidically isolate a portion of the wellbore production tubing downhole of the location from a portion of the wellbore production tubing uphole of the location. A threaded connection is attached to a downhole end of the BPV. The threaded connection includes multiple first threads. A pressure gauge is fluidically coupled to the BPV through the threaded connection. The pressure gauge can measure a pressure in the portion of the wellbore downhole of the location.
US12188326B2
A system and a method for clearing debris from the top of plug in a well are provided. In an exemplary system a plug for a well includes a cylindrical body, a sealing ring mounted in the cylindrical body, and a flapper valve disposed against the sealing ring in the cylindrical body. The plug also includes a torsion spring to open the flapper valve when a latch on the flapper valve is disengaged, a receiver to receive control signals, and an actuator controlled by the receiver to disengage the latch.
US12188317B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for collecting downhole debris wherein the apparatus comprises a tubular member extending between first and second ends connectable to a production string connectable in fluidic communication with the production string and having an open flow path therethrough between the first and second ends, at least one coiled member extending between first and second ends, said second end being operably connected to the tubular member and a top cap secured to the first end of the coiled member and adapted to sealably close a top end of the coiled member. The method comprises extending the coiled member in response to an upward flow through the tubular member so as to permit upward flow of fluids and solid particles and compressing the coiled member in response to a downward flow so as to permit fluid flow between coils of the coiled member while retaining solid particles thereover.
US12188310B2
In some examples, an apparatus for coupling and decoupling a connector head to and from an end of a wired drill pipe held by an elevator includes an actuator configured to move the connector head between a coupled position and a decoupled position. The actuator is configured to move the connector head in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the wired drill pipe before moving it away from said wired drill pipe when decoupling the connector head from the wired drill pipe, and to move the connector head into the longitudinal axis of the wired drill pipe before moving it in parallel with said longitudinal axis when coupling the connector head to the wired drill pipe.
US12188289B2
A method for operating a door actuator of a door system, having at least one movable door leaf and having a control device, and having a sensor unit, configured to detect people in a region before the door system, and transmits information about the people to the control device, includes at least the following steps: detecting a first person and, calculating the probable arrival time thereof at the door leaf, calculating first control parameters to actuate the door leaf in relation to the first person, and detecting at least one second person, and calculating the probable arrival time thereof, calculating second control parameters to actuate the door leaf in relation to the second person, linking the first control parameters with the second control parameters to form a first control parameter set, and controlling the drive of the door leaf on the basis of the set.
US12188284B2
A compartment actuator (20) includes a motor (22) and a drive gear (32) driven by the motor (22) about an axis of rotation between a first position and a second position. The drive gear (32) has a groove (36) formed therein and the groove (36) is eccentric about the axis of rotation.
US12188272B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for restricting movement of an openable object including a body, an actuator, a lifting member, at least a portion of the lifting member being configured to be raised or lowered relative to the body using the actuator to selectively restrict movement of the openable object, and a control circuit including a transceiver configured to receive a requested operation, the control circuit configured to process the requested operation and to control the locking apparatus responsive to the requested operation to place the locking apparatus in a locked or an unlocked state.
US12188262B2
A locking assembly for a non-pivotable door is provided. The locking assembly comprises a spacer plate defining a spacer plate bolt void and a strike plate defining a strike plate bolt void. The spacer plate and strike plate are to be coupled to one another and further fixedly coupled to the non-pivotable door, such that the spacer plate bolt void and the strike plate bolt void are aligned. The locking assembly further comprises a locking mechanism and a housing, which is configured to receive and contain the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises a latch bolt that is moveable between a retracted position within the housing and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the latch bolt extends outwardly from the housing and into each of the spacer plate bolt void and the strike plate bolt void, thereby locking the non-pivotable door to the housing.
US12188258B1
A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes a plurality of key followers and a corresponding plurality of racks disposed in the plug assembly. Disengaging the racks from the key followers allows rekeying of the lock cylinder.
US12188250B2
A portable barrier includes a junction assembly having a first junction support, a second junction support, and a third junction support, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first junction support is spaced apart from the second junction support to define a first junction space. The second junction support is spaced apart from the third junction support to define a second junction space. The first fastener defines a first axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. The second fastener defines a second axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. And the first axis is spaced apart from the second axis. The portable barrier further includes a pedestal assembly including a plurality of legs that are movable with respect to each other. The plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg. The portable barrier additionally includes a cover assembly including a plurality of arms that are movable with respect to each other, the plurality of arms includes a first arm and a second arm, and a covering connected to the first arm and the second arm. Also, the portable barrier includes a supplemental component pivotally coupled to the junction assembly. The first strut pivots with respect to the junction assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode. In addition, the second strut pivots with respect to the junction assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode. And the junction assembly pivots with respect to the pedestal assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode.
US12188247B2
A scaffolding arrangement for a building outer wall, comprising a plurality of anchor bolts arranged at a distance from each other at least in the horizontal direction, including tube clamps connected to the anchor bolts, a horizontally extended rail, the rail being fixed to the tube clamps, a scaffolding as well as a connecting device for fixing the scaffolding to the rail. The connecting device provides a first coupling encompassing the rail as well as a second coupling encompassing a tube element of the scaffolding and a coupling connector for connecting the first coupling to the second coupling.
US12188243B2
A support head for attachment to a formwork support for creating the formwork for a floor using a large number of floor formwork elements which each have a form surface. The support head has two support portions suitable for supporting at least one pair of adjacent floor formwork elements of the large number of floor formwork elements. The support head has an adjustment device for moving a first support portion into an arrangement in which the floor formwork element which can be mounted on the first support portion can be mounted thereon on at least one subjacent mounting point which is at a lower mounting height than a formwork mounting height. The mounting point of the second support portion remains at the formwork mounting height.
US12188231B2
Various embodiments for a wall assembly having an acoustic panel defining a plurality of thru-holes that act to break low density mechanically coupled pathways for sound transmission through the acoustic panel for reducing sound transmission are disclosed herein.
US12188228B2
A screen includes a frame and a panel coupled to the frame. The frame includes a first frame member having a first longitudinal axis, a first opening extending therethrough along the first longitudinal axis, and an aperture extending along an axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis, a second frame member having a second longitudinal axis and a second opening extending therethrough along the second longitudinal axis, and a connecting member coupled between the first frame member and the second frame member. The connecting member has a first portion that is received within the first opening and having a plate movable via a fastener to clamp the plate against the first frame member. The first fastener is accessible through the aperture. The connecting member also includes a second portion that is received in the second opening.
US12188210B2
Capsule for protecting an electronic device inside a wear element of an earth moving machine, corresponding wear element and machine. The capsule has a central axis defining an axial direction, a front end, and a rear end. The capsule comprises a container, extending in the axial direction from said front end, provided with an inner chamber for housing said electronic device, and has a front part provided with a flange, and a rear part. The capsule also comprises a cover that can be removably coupled to said container and configured for covering said rear part of said container.
US12188208B2
A controller acquires a target soil amount in one work path with respect to an actual topography. The controller determines a target profile in the one work path based on the target soil amount. The controller performs work in the one work path by operating a work implement according to the target profile. The controller acquires a maximum traction force of the work machine during the one work path. The controller determines whether the maximum traction force is smaller than a reference traction force. The controller increases the target soil amount in a next work path when the maximum traction force is smaller than the reference traction force. The controller determines the target profile in the next work path based on the increased target soil amount.
US12188205B2
A motor grader representing a work vehicle includes a steering mechanism and a control unit. The control unit controls the steering mechanism to maintain constant, a rate of change in a direction of travel per unit travel distance of the motor grader.
US12188196B2
A high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system and method for relieving and conveying pore water is disclosed. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system and method provide an arrangement of high flow capacity flexible earth drains, wherein each flexible earth drain may include one or more flexible ridged panels, one or more single-sided flexible ridged panels, one or more two-sided flexible ridged panels, and/or one or more flexible zigzag panels arranged longitudinal within a geotextile filter fabric sleeve. Further, a method is provided of installing the high flow capacity flexible earth drains to form the presently disclosed high flow capacity flexible earth drainage system for relieving and conveying pore water.
US12188185B2
A jacking tie and method of using a jacking tie to level and/or lift a railroad track. The jacking tie is configured with an elongate body that is configured to span beneath two parallel rails of a railroad track. Preferably the jacking tie is of the configuration to replace a standard railroad tie. The jacking tie has two jacks, preferably hydraulic cylinder jacks that are positioned so as to lift each of the parallel rails of the railroads. The jacking tie body has two sections. A track support shell is supported by the hydraulic cylinder jacks. The track support shell is configured for nesting or mating engagement with the lower body shell in a compressed or resting position. The hydraulic jack cylinders are configured to lift the track support shell away from the lower body shell, thus lifting the rail positioned above the hydraulic jack cylinder. The track support shell and lower body shell are pivotally connected such that the ends of the track support shell can be independently raised. Preferably, the pivotal connection is maintained in a slot allowing the pivotal connection to rise and lower when both hydraulic lift cylinders are raised or lowered. This functionality allows for the lifting and lowering of two parallel rails of a railroad track by allowing for the lifting of the track and replacement of ballast beneath the track. Preferably the jacking tie is constructed such that it can be left under the track or alternatively can be extended and left in place while the railroad is maintained in operation or alternatively while a ballast tamper travels along the track.
US12188182B2
The multi-ply tissue products that are both durable and dispersible may be manufactured using a creping process that employs a non-crosslinked vinyl acetate-ethylene polymer as a creping agent. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3″. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the multi-ply tissue products have a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.
US12188172B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a drum, a fluid circulator, an air circulator including a humidity sensor, a driver, and a controller, wherein a drying operation includes an efficiency increasing process for increasing drying efficiency inside the drum, an efficiency maintaining process for maintaining the drying efficiency, and an efficiency decreasing process for reducing the drying efficiency, wherein the controller performs the drying operation while distinguishing the efficiency increasing process, the efficiency maintaining process, and the efficiency decreasing process from each other using a measured value of the humidity sensor.
US12188169B2
A laundry treating apparatus a first treating apparatus and a second treating apparatus that is disposed vertically below the first treating apparatus and supports the first treating apparatus. The first treating apparatus includes a first front panel disposed at a front side of the first treating apparatus, and a first drum configured to accommodate laundry therein, and the second treating apparatus includes a second front panel disposed at a front side of the second treating apparatus, and a second drum configured to accommodate laundry therein. The laundry treating apparatus includes a control panel that is disposed between the first front panel and the second front panel and operationally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus. The control panel includes an upper portion coupled to a lower portion of the first front panel, and a lower portion coupled to an upper portion of the second front panel.
US12188168B2
A device for use in a household appliance is disclosed. The device includes at least one casing configured to be placed in a treatment chamber of a household appliance. The casing includes at least one output module configured to dispense at least one preparation into the treatment chamber of the household appliance and/or to trigger an output and at least one sensor module configured to determine sensor data characteristic of the condition of the treatment chamber of the household appliance (300) and/or of the device. The sensor module includes at least one acceleration sensor, wherein the sensor data at least partially represents data determined by the at least one acceleration sensor. The dispensing and/or triggering of the output of the preparation by the at least one output module is based at least partially on the sensor data.
US12188166B2
A server, a washing machine, and a washing system including the same are provided. The washing system includes a washing machine and a server configured to receive turbidity information of washing water from the washing machine at pre-set time intervals, identify an amount of change in turbidity information of the washing water for the pre-set time intervals based on the received turbidity information, predict turbidity information of the washing water based on the amount of change in turbidity information of the washing water, and transmit a control signal for controlling a washing cycle of the washing machine based on the predicted turbidity information of the washing water.
US12188164B2
An appliance air/water handling system includes a rotating drum, airflow and fluid paths for directing process air and fluid, respectively, therethrough. First and second heat exchangers are in direct engagement with the airflow and fluid paths, respectively. A reversible refrigerant circuit delivers refrigerant through the first and second heat exchangers to alternatively define washing and drying conditions. In the washing condition the first heat exchanger cools the process air into cooled process air, and the second heat exchanger heats the fluid to define a heated fluid that is directed into the drum. In the drying condition the first heat exchanger heats the process air to define heated process air that is directed through the drum and through a third heat exchanger, and the second heat exchanger cools the fluid to define a cooled fluid that is directed to the third heat exchanger intersect with the heated process air.
US12188158B2
A method of making nonwoven webs comprising providing a spinneret including a pattern of conduits forming an extrusion region; directing only a first stream of molten propylene polymer into a region adjacent the first side of the spinneret, directing only a second stream of molten propylene polymer into a region distal to the first side of the spinneret, extruding only the first stream propylene polymer through the exit openings in a first zone where the exit opening comprises exit ports in the first zone having a first density; extruding only the second stream propylene polymer through the exit openings of a second zone where the exit opening comprises exit ports in the second zone having a second density less than the first density; and the second zone is distal to the first side with the first zone being between the second zone and the first side.
US12188156B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for fabricating a branching structure, the apparatus comprising: a flexible, electrically conductive internal electrical field collector comprising a first collector end, a second collector end, a collector outer surface located between both collector ends, a collector longitudinal axis extending through the first collector end and the second collector end, and at least one articulating feature positioned between the first collector end and the second collector end, a compression and rotation mechanism in contact with the first collector end, and a continuously formed mandrel that can include branches, having a first mandrel circumference with a mandrel inner circumference larger than the collector outer circumference and positionable over the internal electrical field collector and a second mandrel located at sufficient distance outside the first mandrel to facilitate attraction of electruspun fibers. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing the branching structure, and grafts thereof.
US12188152B2
A SiC epitaxial wafer includes a SiC substrate and an epitaxial layer laminated on the SiC substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer contains an impurity element which determines the conductivity type of the epitaxial layer and boron which has a conductivity type different from the conductivity type of the impurity element, and the concentration of boron is less than 1.0×1014 cm−3 at any position in the plane of the epitaxial layer.
US12188148B2
An apparatus as disclosed herein relates to a chamber body design for use within a thermal deposition chamber, such as an epitaxial deposition chamber. The chamber body is a segmented chamber body design and includes an inject ring and a base plate. The base plate includes a substrate transfer passage and one or more exhaust passages disposed therethrough. The inject ring includes a plurality of gas inject passages disposed therethrough. The inject ring is disposed on top of the base plate and attached to the base plate. The one or more exhaust passages and the gas inject passages are disposed opposite one another. One or more seal grooves are formed in both the base plate and the inject ring to enable the inject ring and the base plate to seal to one another as well as other components within the process chamber.
US12188146B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for controlling crystal growth. The method includes: obtaining an actual crystal parameter in a target time slice; obtaining a reference crystal parameter in the target time slice; determining a temperature control parameter based on the actual crystal parameter and the reference crystal parameter; determining a pulling control parameter based on the actual crystal parameter and the reference crystal parameter; and adjusting a temperature and a pulling speed in a next time slice after the target time slice respectively based on the temperature control parameter and the pulling control parameter.
US12188138B1
The invention relates to a process for electrolysing carbon oxides selected from carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide into ethylene by means of an electrolyser comprising a cathode catalyst being a dendritic copper oxide catalyst or a dendritic copper catalyst.
US12188137B2
A method of forming a cathode for hydrogen evolution reaction includes: (1) providing a substrate; (2) forming a precursor layer covering the substrate; and (3) annealing the precursor layer to form an electrocatalyst layer covering the substrate.
US12188120B2
A method of forming a compound structure according to embodiments of the present disclosure comprises loading a metal precursor on a substrate, providing a chalcogen precursor to the substrate, and reacting the chalcogen precursor with the metal precursor. The metal precursor comprises transition metal nanoparticles. The compound structure has a 2-dimensional structure.
US12188119B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices related to a magnet system for a sputtering device. The magnet system includes a bearing frame and a magnet holder having a first mounting area and a second mounting area. The magnet system has a first support device mounted to the magnet holder by the first mounting area and a second support device mounted to the magnet holder by the second mounting area. At least one of the first mounting area and the second mounting area are configured such that a position in which the first support device and the second support device are mounted to the magnet holder relative to each other may be adjusted. The first support device and the second support device are configured to engage with the bearing frame to form a bearing device for supporting the magnet holder.
US12188116B2
Methods and articles of manufacture for free-standing lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON) thin films are disclosed. The methods facilitate synthesizing the LiPON thin films in a free-standing form with controllable film thicknesses and areas. The free-standing LiPON thin films, absent a solid substrate contacting the LiPON thin films, enable studying fundamental properties of LiPON thin films including mechanical properties and glassy transition behavior. In some embodiments, the method includes modifying a surface of a substrate, forming a layer of LiPON on the modified surface of the substrate, and separating the layer of LiPON from the substrate. The free-standing LiPON thin films, no longer requiring solid substrates, may be used in applications requiring an ionically conductive or electronically insulating coating, film, or barrier layer.
US12188109B2
The present invention provides a steel material, and a method of manufacturing the same. The steel material comprises, by weight %, 0.02 to 0.07% of carbon, 0.1 to 0.5% of silicon, 0.2 to 0.7% of manganese, 0.05% or less of phosphorus, 0.02% or less of sulfur, 0.07% or less of aluminum, 0.1 to 0.5% of chromium, 0.3 to 1.0% of molybdenum, 0.05% or less of vanadium, 50 ppm or less of boron, 0.01 to 0.5% of nickel, 0.5% or less of copper, 0.02% or less of titanium, 0.05% or less of niobium, and 2 to 100 ppm of calcium, and the balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities, and satisfies relational expressions 1 and 2 mentioned below, wherein the microstructure thereof contains, by area %, 90% or more of martensite and 10% or less of bainite. 260≤1589×[C]+228≤340 [Relational Expression 1] [C]/[Mo]≤0.250 [Relational Expression 2]
US12188104B2
The present invention related to a structural steel sheet having excellent seawater resistance and having excellent corrosion resistance in environments in which corrosion is accelerated by seawater, and a method for manufacturing same.
US12188103B2
Provided is a high strength steel sheet that has a predetermined chemical composition and is manufactured under optimum conditions, the high strength steel sheet having a steel microstructure including, by area, ferrite: 30% or more and 80% or less, martensite: 5% or more and 35% or less, and retained austenite: 8% or more, wherein the quotient of the area fraction of grains of the retained austenite, the grains having an aspect ratio of 2.0 or more and a minor axis length of 1 μm or less, divided by the total area fraction of the retained austenite is 0.3 or more, wherein the quotient of the average Mn content (mass %) in the retained austenite divided by the average Mn content (mass %) in the ferrite is 1.5 or more.
US12188088B1
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for efficient amplification and sequencing of nucleic acid templates.
US12188082B2
The method of the present invention enables efficient detection of a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences in one detection channel, by obtaining a data set of cycle/signal-change value.
US12188077B2
The invention provides a method for optimizing isHCR for multiplexed labeling, which combines binder-biomolecule interactions with hybridization Chain Reaction (HCR).
US12188068B2
The present disclosure relates to chemo-enzymatic processes for the preparation of lactones (including, e.g., macrolactones, γ-lactones, and δ-lactones) and/or macrocyclic ketones, which are compounds of industrial value, for example, for use as fragrance ingredients. The chemo-enzymatic processes combine the in vivo microbial production of fatty acid derivatives and the subsequent ex vivo synthetic transformation of the fatty acid derivatives to provide the lactones and macrocyclic ketones.
US12188061B2
Compositions and methods comprising novel deaminase polypeptides for targeted editing of nucleic acids are provided. Compositions comprise deaminase polypeptides. Also provided are fusion proteins comprising a DNA-binding polypeptide and a deaminase of the invention. The fusion proteins include RNA-guided nucleases fused to deaminases, optionally in complex with guide RNAs. Compositions also include nucleic acid molecules encoding the deaminases or the fusion proteins. Vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules encoding the deaminases or the fusion proteins are also provided.
US12188059B2
The present invention provides fusion proteins, polynucleotides, kits, as well as TALE- or CRISPR-Cas based systems and methods. The present invention relies on proximity-dependent biotinylation, which allows site-directed protein or DNA purification and identification. The present invention provides tools for delineating the genetics of disease mechanism and for the identification of therapeutic targets and markers.
US12188042B2
Systems and methods are provided for transfecting cells, such as mammalian cells and nonmammalian cells, using an electroporation apparatus having an electroporation chamber including a first electrode, a second electrode and a path defined in the electroporation chamber. The electroporation apparatus includes a first input allowing passage of cells and cargo into the electroporation chamber and a first output allowing passage of electroporated cells from the electroporation chamber.
US12188041B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for expressing Otoferlin, e.g., utilizing adeno-associated viral (AAV) particles. Further provided herein are compositions of AAV particles comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding Otoferlin are codon optimized for expression in human cells. Such methods and compositions may be useful for treatment of diseases and disorders such as Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 9 (DFNB9). Also provided are kits comprising such compositions.
US12188033B2
Methods and materials for modulating aluminum tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding aluminum tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to aluminum and methods of increasing plant yield in soil containing elevated levels of aluminum.
US12188030B2
Provided is a modified rice endosperm-specific promoter, which has a sequence as shown in any one of SEQ ID. NOs. 1 to 5. The EnhGt13a promoter as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2 drives GUS activity in vitro and mediates the expression of foreign proteins in rice endosperm cells, which is significantly higher than that of the unmodified Gt13a promoter. The promoter can be applied to the fields of improving seed quality, molecular pharming, etc.
US12188021B2
The present invention is related to a nucleic acid molecule capable of binding to human C5a, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises a central stretch of nucleotides, wherein the central stretch of nucleotides comprises a nucleotide sequence of 5′ AUGn1GGUGKUn2n3RGGGHUGUKGGGn4Gn5CGACGCA 3′ [SEQ ID NO: 61], wherein n1 is U or dU, n2 is G or dG, n3 is A or dA, n4 is U or dU, n5 is U or dU and G, A, U, C, H, K, and R are ribonucleotides, and dU, dG and dA are 2′-deoxyribonucleotides.
US12188019B2
Provided herein are antisense agents for knocking down, inhibiting, or silencing expression of an HNF4α-P2 isoform mRNA in a cell or a patient. Also provided are methods of knocking down, inhibiting, or silencing expression of an HNF4α-P2 isoform mRNA in a cell or a patient and methods of treating a patient with liver disease, liver damage, liver inflammation, or liver failure, such as acute liver failure, ALD, AH, or ACLF.
US12188018B2
Compositions and methods for binding to a target sequence of interest are provided. Compositions include fusion proteins between DNA binding proteins or protein domains and nucleic acid modifying proteins or protein domains. The compositions find use in cleaving or modifying a target sequence of interest, visualization of a target sequence of interest, and modifying the expression of a sequence of interest. Compositions comprise RNA-guided nuclease polypeptides, CRISPR RNAs, trans-activating CRISPR RNAs, guide RNAs, deaminases, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. Vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules are also provided. Further provided are CRISPR systems for binding a target sequence of interest, wherein the CRISPR system comprises an RNA-guided nuclease polypeptide and one or more guide RNAs. Also provided are deaminases which may be fused to a DNA-binding polypeptide and may be useful for gene editing.
US12188010B2
Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for methods of assigning sequencing data to partitions. There are provided, in some embodiments, methods of associating sequencing data and phenotypic data of single cells. There are provided, in some embodiments, methods of reducing noise in sequencing data. Disclosed herein include partition indexing oligonucleotides comprising a partition indexing sequence. The partition indexing oligonucleotides can be associated with partitions. Partition indexing oligonucleotides situated within the same partition can comprise the same partition indexing sequence. Partition indexing oligonucleotides situated within different partitions comprise different partition indexing sequences.
US12188002B2
A thin, soft sensor array system that can be deployed over the surfaces of bag bioreactors. The sensor array is fabricated using microfabrication processes along with functionalization methods necessary for measuring pH, glucose, and temperature. Miniature integrated circuit (IC) components are incorporated with the thin-film circuits, allowing for the real-time, on-board data analysis and wireless data communication.
US12187996B2
A device for simulating a function of a tissue includes a first structure, a second structure, and a membrane. The first structure defines a first chamber. The first chamber includes a matrix disposed therein and an opened region. The second structure defines a second chamber. The membrane is located at an interface region between the first chamber and the second chamber. The membrane includes a first side facing toward the first chamber and a second side facing toward the second chamber. The membrane separates the first chamber from the second chamber.
US12187992B2
The present disclosure provides a device for assessing adhesion strength of a cancer cell and methods of using the same.
US12187988B2
The present invention generally relates to methods of cleaning residual pesticide from an agricultural vessel, and to kits and compositions useful for the practice of such methods.
US12187987B2
Non-foaming peracetic compositions, methods, and kits for removing biofilms from an enclosed surface
Described herein are peracetic compositions, methods and kits for the disruption and/or the removal of bacterial biofilms. The compositions comprise (i) peracetic acid; (ii) at least one secondary acid; and (iii) a non-foaming surfactant. One of the methods comprises contacting, preferably for at least 5 min, a surface with such a peracetic such a peracetic composition. Another method comprises circulating such a composition into a piping system for a period of time providing for disruption and/or removal from the biofilm. Kits may comprise bottles of concentrated solutions to be mixed and dilute with water before use. These compositions, methods and kits are particularly useful to remove bacterial biofilms from enclosed surfaces such as piping systems that are commonly used in the food and beverages industries.
US12187984B2
The present invention provides a treatment liquid that exhibits excellent washing properties and improves the smoothness of an object to be treated in a case where the treatment liquid is used for treating an object to be treated containing a cobalt-containing substance. The present invention also provides a method for treating an object to be treated. The treatment liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention contains water, hydroxylamine, and three kinds of first anions consisting of Cl−, NO2−, and NO3−, in which a total content of the first anions is 0.0001 to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the hydroxylamine.
US12187975B2
A lubricant grease composition is disclosed, the lubricant grease composition including a base oil and a thickener. The thickener includes an aluminum-based complex soap and a polyurea thickener, wherein the lubricant grease is configured for lubrication of surfaces of components in which an upper use temperature of the lubricant grease composition is at least 90° C.
US12187973B2
A lubricant composition including: from 70 to 99.99% of at least one base oil and from 0.01 to 30% of at least one alcohol ethoxylated phosphate ester compound of formula (I): wherein R is a linear or branched alkyl group having from 10 to 14 carbon atoms, m is an integer from 1 to 3, preferably from 1 to 2, n is an integer superior or equal to 6. Also, the use of the compound of formula (I) to prevent and/or reduce and/or limit and/or delay corrosion and/or tribocorrosion of the metal parts of a combustion engine.
US12187968B2
Provided is a method for preparing synthesis gas and aromatic hydrocarbons, and more particularly, a method for preparing synthesis gas and aromatic hydrocarbons including: supplying a pyrolysis fuel oil (PFO) stream containing PFO and a pyrolysis gas oil (PGO) stream containing PGO to a distillation tower as a feed stream (S10), the PFO stream and the PGO stream being discharged from a naphtha cracking center (NCC) process; and supplying a lower discharge stream from the distillation tower to a combustion chamber for a gasification process and supplying an upper discharge stream from the distillation tower to an SM/BTX preparation process (S20).
US12187967B2
Processes and systems for quenching an effluent. In certain embodiments, the process can include contacting a pyrolysis effluent and a first quench medium to produce a first quenched effluent. A bottoms stream that can include tar and an overhead stream that can include ethylene and propylene can be obtained from the first quenched effluent. The first quench medium can include a first portion of the bottoms stream that can include a first portion of the tar. In certain embodiments, the process can also include hydroprocessing a second portion of the bottoms stream that can include a second portion of the tar to produce a hydroprocessed product. A hydroprocessed bottoms stream can be obtained from the hydroprocessed product. In certain embodiments, the process can also include contacting at least a portion of the hydroprocessed bottoms stream and the first portion of the bottoms stream to produce the first quench medium.
US12187966B2
Disclosed is a process for converting lower linear and branched mono-olefins, derived from C2-C5 bio-based alcohols to higher hydrocarbons, to one or more C8-C24 hydrocarbons. Certain embodiments provide a process for oligomerization of branched and/or linear C3-C8 olefins to renewable diesel fuel and/or jet fuel in overall yields of at least 70% in the presence of tungstated γ-alumina or tungstated silica catalysts admixed with ZSM-5 type zeolites.
US12187963B2
The present application relates to a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, using to the largest extent electrically powered equipment where the power is obtained from renewable sources or low-carbon sources. In particular, it relates to a furnace for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the furnace comprises one or more tubes for transporting the hydrocarbon feedstock and dilution steam; and an electrically heated infrared emitter for transferring heat to the tubes. It also relates to a process for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock using infrared radiation.
US12187958B2
Methods and compositions for servicing a wellbore and, in certain embodiments, to the use of compositions in a wellbore to mitigate lost circulation. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a treatment fluid that includes an aqueous base fluid, a lost circulation material, and a rheology modifier that includes a nanocellulose material; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation including a loss zone; and allowing the treatment fluid to rapidly defluidize in the loss zone.
US12187957B2
The present invention refers to a composition for water-based foamed fluid with high thermal stability for drilling depressed areas in oil and gas wells, comprising: i) a base fluid or drilling water consisting of fresh water; ii) a stabilizing agent; ii) a viscosifying agent; iv) a filtering reducing agent; v) a clay inhibiting agent; vi) an alkalizing agent and acid gas sequestering agent; vii) a thermal stabilizing agent; and viii) a foaming agent. Also, the present invention refers to a system that uses said composition for fluid and water-based foamed fluid with high thermal stability, the method of preparing the composition for fluid, the method of preparing the fluid and application of the composition and fluid in a water-based foamed fluid system with high thermal stability for drilling depressed or low-pressure areas in oil and gas wells.
US12187955B2
Methods and treatments fluids for treating a wellbore. One example method introduces the treatment fluid into the wellbore. The treatment fluid comprises an aqueous fluid, an aminopolycarboxylic acid, a nanoparticle dispersed, and an organic solvent. The treatment fluid has a pH in a range between about 5 to about 9. The method further includes contacting a rock surface in the subterranean formation; wherein at least a portion of the rock surface is coated with a hydrocarbon. The treatment fluid removes a portion of the hydrocarbon from the rock surface and alters the rock surface to be water-wet.
US12187954B1
A thermal interface material is made by dispersing in a polymer, such as epoxy, silicone, or urethane, silicon carbide particles which have been previously oxidized to form a strongly adherent insulating layer. The attractive combination of high thermal conductivity and high electrical resistivity is achieved by controlling the thickness of the oxide layer and the loading of the ceramic particles in the polymer matrix.
US12187949B2
A dust suppression composition having a biodegradable liquid; and at least one elastomeric organic resin. A method of reducing fugitive emissions from bulk and granular materials, the method provides preparing a dust suppression composition, the composition having a biodegradable liquid and at least one elastomeric organic resin; and applying the dust suppression composition to the bulk or granular materials.
US12187947B2
An aromatic liquid crystal polyester, having repeating units represented by formulae (1) and (2), respectively: where R′, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, X, Y1, Y2 and Z are those as defined in the specification. Also, a liquid crystal polyester composition including the aromatic liquid crystal polyester and a solvent. The composition has an improved viscosity stability. Also, a liquid crystal polyester film prepared from the liquid crystal polyester composition and a method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal polyester film has excellent properties such as a low hygroscopicity and a low dissipation factor (Df).
US12187943B2
A chemical solution used for cleaning or etching a ruthenium-containing layer, which can obtain the ruthenium-containing layer having a reduced surface roughness while maintaining a good etching rate against the ruthenium, and a method for fabricating ruthenium wiring. The chemical solution includes orthoperiodic acid, a base component, and any one of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, an organic phosphonic acid, and an organic carboxylic acid.
US12187933B2
A moisture curable, non-bitumen based and non-asphaltic based adhesive includes an extender, a compatibilizer, and a polymer, wherein the polymer includes reactive silyl groups.
US12187924B2
A polydiorganosiloxane having both a silicon bonded aliphatically unsaturated group and a silicon bonded poly(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer, and method for preparation of this polydiorganosiloxane are disclosed. The method preserves the aliphatically unsaturated groups when grafting the poly(meth)acrylate to the polydiorganosiloxane. This polydiorganosiloxane is useful in hydrosilylation reaction curable compositions, such as pressure sensitive adhesive compositions.
US12187921B2
The powder adhesive comprises a thermoplastic resin and particles of an aromatic compound, wherein the particles of an aromatic compound are particles of a compound that has an aromatic ring and an azo bond bonded to the aromatic ring, or are particles of a compound comprising a heteroaromatic ring comprising nitrogen atom; the thermoplastic resin comprises an ester group; and, designating Es (mmol/g) as an ester group concentration in the thermoplastic resin, M (mass %) as a content of the aromatic compound particles in the powder adhesive, and N (mmol/g) as a nitrogen atom concentration in the aromatic compound particles, Es is from 1.0 mmol/g to 4.5 mmol/g, M is from 1.0×10−4 mass % to 1.0×100 mass %, and N is from 5.0 mmol/g to 15.0 mmol/g.
US12187917B1
An article includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate. The coating includes a binder and a plurality of nanosheets. The plurality of nanosheets are arranged in layers and are oriented with their largest surfaces being substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate upon which they are disposed.
US12187914B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a thin film on a substrate in which a first precursor composition (FPC) and a second precursor composition (SPC) are combined, a thin layer of the combined first precursor composition (FPC) and second precursor composition (SPC) is formed on a substrate and the thin layer is cured, an article comprising said thin layer, a composition comprising said first precursor composition (FPC) and said second precursor composition (SPC), a kit-of-parts comprising said first precursor composition (FPC) and said second precursor composition (SPC) in two vessels and the use of said composition or kit-of-parts for preparing a thin film on a substrate and for preparing an optical or electrical coating.
US12187909B2
Disclosed herein are ink compositions for making a conductive copper structure. The ink composition comprise a copper metal precursor compound, a chelating agent, and a reducing agent. In some embodiments, the redox potential of the reducing agent is adjusted for controlled reduction of copper ion in the copper metal precursor to metal copper metal. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the ink compositions and methods for using the same.
US12187906B2
A method of forming a variable refractive index thin film includes forming a coating including a tin (II) halide precursor and a liquid solvent, where the composition and/or concentration of the liquid solvent may vary spatially over one or more lateral dimension(s) of the coating. Annealing at elevated temperature may induce densification of the coating and the formation of a thin film having a variable refractive index. Local variability in the refractive index may be correlated to the location oxidation state of tin within the thin film, which may be related to the conformation of the liquid solvent.
US12187905B2
Some embodiments of the invention relate to an article of manufacturing for printing on a foamed beverage comprising: an ink-jet cartridge; and a sugar-poor and unfermented-wort-based ink formulation disposed within the ink jet cartridge. The unfermented wort is the primary colorant of the ink formulation. In embodiments of the invention, (i) a ratio between the EBC number of the ink formulation and the 25° C. viscosity thereof is at least 400 (centipoise)−1; (ii) the ink formulation is characterized by at least a EBC number of at least 1800 colorant units; (iii) the ink formulation comprises at least 10% wt/wt carbohydrates; (iv) the ink formulation is sugar-poor such that a ratio between a wt/wt % concentration of soluble sugars and a wt/wt concentration of carbohydrates in the ink formulation is at most 0.2 (e.g. ≤0.1 or ≤0.05); and (v) at least 60% of particles of the ink formulation are sub-400 nanometer particles.
US12187901B2
A composition includes magnetic particles having a median particle size ranging from about 10 to about 30 microns; and reflective particles having a median particle size ranging from about 1 to about 9 microns, wherein the reflective particles have a lightness at least 10 points higher than the lightness of the magnetic particles. A method of making the composition is also disclosed.
US12187900B2
An article including at least one first metallic layer, at least one dielectric layer, and at least one second metallic layer is disclosed. The at least one dielectric layer can include at least one of (i) a photo-initiator, (ii) an oxygen inhibition mitigation composition, (iii) a leveling agent, and (iv) a defoamer. The article can be in the form of a foil or pigment flake, and can also include a magnet containing layer.
US12187887B2
An epoxy resin composition, and a prepreg, a laminate, and a metal foil-clad laminate manufactured using same. The epoxy resin composition comprises epoxy resin (A), phenolic curing agent (B), high molecular weight resin (C), and an optional inorganic filler (D), the high molecular weight resin (C) having the structure shown in formula (1), formula (2), formula (3), and formula (4), the weight-average molecular weight being between 100,000 and 200,000, and the content of the epoxy resin (A) containing a naphthalene ring skeleton and the phenolic curing agent (B) containing a naphthalene ring skeleton being 0%. The present epoxy resin composition, and the prepreg, the laminate, and the metal foil-clad laminate manufactured using same have good heat resistance, low modulus, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The formulas are:
US12187886B2
The hydrogel of the present invention is a hydrogel comprising a polymer matrix, water and a plasticizer, wherein the hydrogel is characterized in that the plasticizer loss ratio is less than 2, the swelling rate is 115% or less when the hydrogel is exposed to the environment of 40° C. and 90% RH for 1 hour, and the initial adhesive force to a Bakelite plate is 100 gf/20 mm or more in the environment of 23° C. and 55% RH. The plasticizer is preferably polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether and/or sugar. The initial high adhesive force is retained by suppressing the swelling of the gel due to invasion of water from the outside and reducing the loss of a plasticizer.
US12187883B2
The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that enables a molded article to have both processability and unevenness-preventing properties and also high gloss. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin having an average of a ratio (A/B) of a peak intensity A observed in a range of 660 to 700 cm−1 to a peak intensity B observed in a range of 600 to 650 cm1 of 0.50 to 2.00 in Raman imaging measurement by Raman spectroscopy, and having a standard deviation of the ratio (A/B) of the peak intensity A to the peak intensity B of 0.100 to 0.200 in Raman measurement by Raman spectroscopy.
US12187880B2
Polypropylene polymer compositions are disclosed that have excellent stiffness properties. The polypropylene polymer compositions are made by combining a first polypropylene polymer with a second polypropylene polymer. The combination of polymers has been found to produce a composition having high stiffness properties in addition to excellent toughness properties. In addition, the polymer composition has good flow properties for being molded into various products and articles. Of particular advantage, the different polypropylene polymers can be produced at relatively high catalyst activity, especially in comparison to high crystalline polymers made in the past.
US12187878B2
A polymer composition comprising: (i) at least 40 wt % LDPE; (ii) a polypropylene homopolymer; and (iii) a random heterophasic polypropylene copolymer.
US12187872B2
To provide a high emissivity coating composition capable of exhibiting a higher emissivity at a low elevated temperature and substantially reduced formation micro craze when coated upon a substrate, and enabling a simplified application process, a high emissivity coating composition, comprising a powder mixture for providing emissivity; a binder for providing adhesion; and a co-binder for promoting adhesion and film-forming, characterized in that the powder mixture comprises at least three metal compounds of formula A(y−3)By/2Oy, wherein y is 4; A is selectable from a group of Ni and Co; B is selectable from a group of Fe and Cr; and O is oxygen; and the co-binder is an aqueous solution comprising silica in a compound of Formula (1), wherein R1 is H—Si—(CH3)2; and a compound of Formula (2), wherein R2 is CH3, is disclosed herein.
US12187871B2
A carbon nanotube enhanced polymer includes a polymer and a plurality of carbon nanotube sheetlets mixed with the polymer. The carbon nanotube sheetlets each include a network of intertwined carbon nanotubes.
US12187862B2
A thin, freestanding, microporous polyolefin web with good heat resistance and dimensional stability includes an inorganic surface layer. A first preferred embodiment is a microporous polyolefin base membrane in which colloidal inorganic particles are present in its bulk structure. Each of second and third preferred embodiments is a thin, freestanding microporous polyolefin web that has an inorganic surface layer containing no organic hydrogen bonding component for the inorganic particles. The inorganic surface layer of the second embodiment is achieved by hydrogen bonding with use of an inorganic acid, and the inorganic surface layer of the third embodiment is achieved by one or both of hydrogen bonding and chemical reaction of the surface groups on the inorganic particles.
US12187861B2
A cellulosic particle contains 90 parts by mass or more and 99.5 parts by mass or less of cellulose; and 0.5 parts by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less of a cellulose derivative.
US12187854B2
A hydrosilylation curable mixture whose cured products have high mechanical damping include a cyclosiloxane bearing aliphatic unsaturation and a coupler having both silicon-bonded hydrogen and at least one aromatic group.
US12187850B2
Provided are a polyimide precursor, a polyimide precursor solution, a polyimide film, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a polyimide film having excellent thermal resistance and satisfying transparency and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion may be provided, and thus, may be usefully applied in a flexible display field requiring high dimensional stability and the like.
US12187844B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides well-defined biodegradable poly(lactone-b-propylene fumarate) diblock and triblock polymers formed using a novel one-pot, scalable ring-opening block-order copolymerization (ROBOCOP) technique that utilizes magnesium 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenoxide (Mg(BHT)2(THF)2) to “switch” from the ROP of cyclic esters to the ROCOP of maleic anhydride (MAn) and propylene oxide (PO) to produce PPF based block copolymers for application in additive manufacturing and patient specific regenerative medicine. These block copolymers are fully resorbable and can be photochemically crosslinked in a number of applications, including 3D printing. By adding the lactone block to the PPF polymer, the viscosity of the resulting block copolymer at working temperatures can be precisely controlled and the quantity of the reactive diluent in printable resins can be reduced or eliminated.
US12187841B2
This invention provides polyurethane foams containing a brominated flame retardant. Also provided are formulations and methods for preparing polyurethane foams containing a brominated flame retardant.
US12187834B2
Disclosed herein are hydrogel compositions comprising a triblock copolymer having a formula A-B-A, wherein A is a polycaprolactone (PCL) block or a polyvalerolactone (PVL) block and B is a polyethylene glycol (PEG) block. Also disclosed are methods of making a hydrogel comprising providing a photoinitiator and a triblock copolymer having a formula A-B-A, wherein the triblock copolymer comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated moieties; and photocrosslinking the triblock copolymer, thereby forming a hydrogel. Also disclosed are methods of printing a three-dimensional (3D) article comprising extruding a printing composition from a deposition nozzle moving relative to a substrate, the printing composition comprising a photoinitiator and any herein disclosed triblock copolymer, wherein the triblock copolymer comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated moieties; depositing one or more layers comprising the printing composition on the substrate; and photocrosslinking the triblock copolymer to form the printed 3D article.
US12187814B1
A stapled antimicrobial peptide having the amino acid sequence FFRKSKEK-S5-GKE-S5-KRIV (SEQ ID NO: 1) and its use as an antimicrobial and anticancer agent are provided.
US12187793B2
The present invention relates to a single-domain antibody (sdAb) which binds to the G protein alpha, comprising an amino acid sequence consisting of 3 CDR regions (CDR1 to CDR3) and 4 hinge regions (FR1 to FR4) according to the following formula (I): FR1-CDR1-FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4 (I) and advantageously having a dissociation constant (Kd), measured in FRET, of less than 100 nM.
US12187788B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating atopic dermatitis and related disorders in a subject using an interleukin-13 (IL-13) binding protein, such as an anti-IL-13 antibody or an IL-13-binding fragment thereof.
US12187786B2
The disclosure provides anti-DENV antibodies and methods of making and using the same. Nucleic acids encoding the anti-DENV antibodies and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The anti-DENV antibodies have uses that include treating DENV infection. The disclosure also provided polypeptides containing a variant Fc region and methods of making and using the same. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The polypeptides have uses that include treating a viral infection. Also claimed is a polypeptide comprising a Fc variant comprising at least one amino acid alteration in a parent Fc region, wherein the variant Fc region has a substantially decreased FcYR-binding activity and does not have a substantially decreased C1 q-binding activity when compared to the parent Fc region.
US12187785B2
A class of proteins that inhibit thrombin, particularly direct inhibitor of thrombin modified from sculptin, identified in the transcriptomics analysis of the salivary glands of ticks, as well as fragments and recombinant protein thereof, which can be used as anticoagulant agents and for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of thromboembolic diseases. These proteins fall within the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, being related to biochemical and metabolic processes.
US12187783B2
Methods for treating muscle wasting and bone disease using novel hybrid ActRIIB ligand trap proteins
The present disclosure describes novel hybrid soluble ActRIIB-ECD polypeptides which fully retain binding affinity for myostatin and activin A but demonstrate significantly reduced binding to BMPs, especially BMP-9. The novel compositions described herein can be used to prepare novel hybrid ActRIIB ligand trap proteins, which can be used for modulating the growth of muscle, bone, cartilage, fat, fibroblast, blood and neuronal tissue to counteract muscle wasting, bone loss, anemia, inflammation and fibrosis in a therapeutically meaningful manner. Because these novel next-generation myostatin/activin inhibitors are safer and more effective molecules than the currently available myostatin inhibitors, they are useful in a wide variety of clinical indications.
US12187777B2
Disclosed herein are invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells engineered using hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) and methods of making and using thereof.
US12187761B2
Disclosed are compounds and compositions for the activation or induction of expression of a pattern recognition receptor (e.g., STING, RIG-I, MDA5), and methods of use thereof.
US12187760B2
Photon generating substrates for light-directed oligonucleotide synthesis are disclosed. Light is generated within a solid-state stack that supports growing oligonucleotides. The light may be generated by microLEDs, a pass-through liquid crystal panel, or an LCoS system. Light passes through a transmissive layer on which growing oligonucleotides are attached. Patterning of the light is controlled by selective activation of the microLEDs or by selective control of the transparency of a liquid crystal layer. Photolabile blocking groups are selectively removed by exposure to patterned light emitted from the photon generating substrate.
US12187759B2
The present invention relates to TLR7 agonists according to Formula I and their use in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
US12187755B2
Truncated triterpene saponin analogues containing a trisaccharide or tetrasaccharide ester are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising truncated saponin analogues and synthetic methods of producing the truncated saponin analogues. Another aspect of the present application relates to a method for immunizing a subject, comprising administering to the subject the pharmaceutical composition comprising a minimal saponin analogue and an antigen.
US12187748B2
Provided are phenylthienothiazole containing compounds. The compound of the present invention comprises a first phenylthienothiazole-derived ligand LA according to Formula I as described herein which is coordinated to Ir to form a 5-membered chelate ring. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
US12187745B2
The present disclosure provides antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) structures, which include a camptothecine or a camptothecine derivative linked to a polypeptide (e.g., an antibody) through a linker. The disclosure also encompasses compounds and methods for production of such conjugates, as well as methods of using the conjugates.
US12187742B2
Provided herein are compounds of the Formula (I), (II), and (III): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of oncologic diseases.
US12187741B2
The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I) useful in the treatment of tauopathies and Alzheimer's disease wherein A, R, W, Q, n, and m are described herein.
US12187732B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I). Methods for the preparation of the compounds of Formula (I) and intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of Formula (I) are described herein. The compounds of Formula (I) may be useful as inhibitors of the MYST family of lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) for the treatment of and/or prophylaxis of hyperproliferative diseases, disorders or conditions such as cancer. In particular, the compounds of Formula (I) are useful for the inhibition of KAT6A and KAT6B which are enzymes frequently mutated, overexpressed, amplified and/or translocated in cancer altering their normal expression, activity and function. The use of the compounds of Formula (I) in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions or for treating cancers is further described, including for treating cancer in combination with other anti-cancer agents.
US12187731B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors. The compounds of this invention have formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein. Moreover, The compounds of this invention have formula I-A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US12187728B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US12187726B1
Novel imidazo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-e]pyrazine 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 imidazo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-e]pyrazine 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.
US12187724B2
The present invention provides a compound having the basic structure shown by Formula (I) in which the indole ring and the pyrazolopyridine structure is bound through a substituent, a salt thereof or a solvate of either the compound or a salt of the compound, as well as a preventative agent or a therapeutic agent for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 2 diabetes) or obesity containing such compound, salt or solvate as an active ingredient.
US12187722B2
The present disclosure compounds, as well as their compositions and methods of use. The compounds inhibit the activity of the TEAD transcription factor, and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of TEAD transcription factor including, e.g., cancer and other diseases.
US12187721B2
Compounds of Formula Ia or a stereoisomer, tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are provided, which are useful for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases. Methods of using compounds of Formula Ia or a stereoisomer, tautomer, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions are disclosed
US12187716B2
The invention provides compounds of the formula (1): or a salt or tautomer thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or fluorine, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and medical uses of the compounds (for example, in the treatment of inflammatory or immune disorders).
US12187713B2
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US12187697B2
The present application provides a dioxin derivative, a preparation method thereof, an electron transport layer, an OLED device and a display panel. The dioxin derivative has a formula of where X is O, S or NR; L represents a direct bond, or L is a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C60 arylene, or L is a C2-C60 heteroaryl including a first heteroatom; A has a formula of Ar1 and Ar2 independently are substituted or unsubstituted aryl, phenyl, biphenyl, or heterocyclyl comprising a second heteroatom, B is O, S or Se, X1, X2 and X3 independently are C or N, and at least one of X1, X2 or X3 is N, R4 and R5 independently are C5-C30 aromatic or heteroaromatic group ring.
US12187688B2
A crystal form of tetramethylpyrazine nitrone (TBN), and a preparation method and use thereof is provided. A crystal form A of TBN has characteristic diffraction peaks in the XRPD pattern at 2θ°: 10.60±0.2, 11.03±0.2, 15.31±0.2, 15.55±0.2, 17.14±0.2, 17.93±0.2, and 23.81±0.2. The crystal form A has low risk of polymorphism transformation and good stability, which contribute to the stability of the preparations during the production and storage processes, and effectively guarantee the consistency of the content of the crystal form in the preparations. Therefore, the preparations are safe, effective, and controllable in quality. Also, the crystal form A has high biological activity, good druggability, and high bioavailability, fast onset of action.
US12187680B2
Crystalline forms of 4-acetoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (psilacetin), compositions containing that crystalline form, and their methods of use are disclosed. The crystalline forms of 4-acetoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (psilacetin) according to the disclosure include crystalline 4-acetoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptammonium hydrofumarate, the fumarate salt of psilacetin, and/or crystalline bis(4-acetoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptammonium) fumarate, and pharmaceutical compositions containing a crystalline form of psilacetin.
US12187674B2
Provided herein are olefinic feedstocks derived from conjugated hydrocarbon terpenes (e.g., C10-C30 terpenes), methods for making the same, and methods for their use.
US12187670B2
Oxidizing a first aromatic compound in the presence of a metal salt to yield a second aromatic compound includes combining the first aromatic compound, the metal salt, and water to yield an aqueous mixture, and heating the aqueous mixture at a temperature exceeding 200° C. to yield a reaction product that includes the second aromatic compound.
US12187658B1
A method improves yield and/or combats Fusarium wilt in a member of the family Cucurbitaceae wherein the method comprises applying mesoporous silica nanoparticles to a seed or plant of the member of the family Cucurbitaceae. Chitosan may be used in combination with the mesoporous silica nanoparticles. The mesoporous silica nanoparticles are usable as an agricultural amendment with or without the chitosan. Of particular interest is watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). When seeds of Citrullus lanatus are infused with mesoporous silica nanoparticles with or without the chitosan increased germination was observed.
US12187655B2
A method of consolidation includes placing a fibrous preform in the shaping recess of a shaping tool, and supplying the shaping tool with a gas phase to obtain a deposit in the fibrous preform, the shaping tool for the vapor phase chemical infiltration including first and second portions, having respectively first and second shaping zones surrounded by a first and second edge zones, the first and the second shaping zone defining a shaping recess to receive the fibrous preform. A gas injection port is present at least partially in the first or second edge zone and a gas outlet port is present at least partially in the first or second edge zone, the gas injection port and the gas outlet port placing the shaping recess in fluid communication with the outside of the shaping tool. Outer faces of the first and second portion are impermeable to gas.
US12187654B2
A method for producing a decorated mineral composite body, a decorated mineral composite body and the use of a multilayer film for producing a decorated mineral composite body.
US12187653B2
Disclosed are surface retarder composition and method for etching cementitious materials which achieve a desirable light “acid etch” look without using muriatic (hydrochloric) acid or sand blasting, removing the human health and environmental concerns. Formulations in accordance with embodiments disclosed herein are easier to remove from formwork or molds after demolding than conventional retarder paints. Surface retarders prevent the hydration of cement particles, which allows the uncured layer of paste next to the form to be removed such as by washing with water or other fluids, or by brushing, revealing aggregates. Also disclosed are molded cement and concrete materials or articles exhibiting such light etch.
US12187648B2
A method for preparing modified calcined kaolin particles with surface amphiphilicity. The method includes the steps of drying and sieving the calcined kaolin particles, adding ethanol, and stirring to obtain a suspension A, preparing an ethanol solution of a vinyl silane coupling agent, and stirring for a period of time at a certain temperature to obtain a solution B, dripping the solution B into the solution A, and stirring for a period of time at a certain temperature to obtain a suspension C, reducing the temperature of the suspension C, introducing nitrogen, adding a certain amount of sulfhydryl compound, stirring for a period of time at a certain temperature to obtain a suspension D, filtering, washing and drying to obtain the modified calcined kaolin particles.
US12187646B2
A synchronous single-liquid grouting slurry, its technology and application for large diameter shield engineering under water-rich, high-pressure and weak soil strata conditions, comprising raw materials: 1050-1200 parts of gold tailing, 420-480 parts of silicate cement clinker, 220-240 parts of fly ash, 45-120 parts of waste clay brick, 65-95 parts of slag, 25-45 parts of limestone tailing, 70-80 parts of steel slag, 30-45 parts of silica fume, 15-22 parts of desulfurized gypsum, and 9-15 parts of quick-setting and early-strength composite additive. The invention controls the d50, d85 and d95 of the material particles as 35-40, 42-48 and 50-55 μm, respectively. Gold tailing with the particle size of 120-600 μm being used as the fine aggregate, their volume fractions are 40-60%. The slurry production technique, comprising crushing-sieving-superfine ball milling-homogenization-particle size classification-variable speed mixing being developed. The shield tail eight-point grouting technique is being developed for filling.
US12187643B2
A method for manufacturing a glass panel unit, which reduces the amount of a getter material to enable a gettering ability to be realized at a relatively low temperature less likely to cause damage. The method includes a step of producing a getter material by heating an unprocessed getter material at a temperature higher than a prescribed temperature Te; a step of producing a preassembled component including a first and second glass pane, a heat-fusible sealing material, an internal space, and a gas adsorbent containing the getter material, and an evacuation port; a step of forming a frame body hermetically bonding the first glass pane and the second glass pane together by melting the heat-fusible sealing material with heat; and a step of heating the gas adsorbent at the prescribed temperature Te while the internal space is evacuated by exhausting air in the internal space through the evacuation port.
US12187639B2
A glass-based article may include from about 45 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 0 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Na2O; less than about 5 mol. % K2O; a non-zero amount of Al2O; and. an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase. The article may further in include a stress profile comprising a surface compressive stress (CS) and a maximum central tension (CT). A ratio of Li2O (mol. %) to R2O (mol. %) in the article is from about 0.5 to about 1, where R2O is the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O in the article. CT may be greater than or equal to about 50 MPa and less than about 100 MPa. CS may be greater than 2.0·CT. A depth of compression (DOC) of the stress profile may be greater than or equal to 0.14·t and less than or equal to 0.25·t, where t is the thickness of the article.
US12187630B2
Provided is a treatment method of waste water containing ferricyanide complex and oxalate, comprising under the condition of weak acidity to weak alkalinity, firstly adding an appropriate amount of divalent manganese ions to make the divalent manganese ions combined with ferrocyanide ions and part of oxalate ions in wastewater to form a mixed slag mainly composed of manganese ferrocyanide to achieve the purpose of removing most of the cyanide and a small amount of organic substance; adding excess divalent manganese ions to the first filtrate to make the divalent manganese ions fully combined with the oxalate in the wastewater to achieve the purpose of removing organic substance, and then adding an appropriate amount of alkali to the second filtrate to form precipitation to achieve the purpose of recovering manganese; then adding an appropriate amount of ferrous salt to achieve the purpose of removing the remaining cyanide and organic substance.
US12187629B2
A system of treating reject brine and capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) includes a two-stage electrodialysis (ED) process for producing multiple products with high purity from rejected brine and flue gas mixtures (10% CO2 and 90% N2) emitted from an industrial plant. According to an embodiment, the system includes a first electrodialysis (ED) stage and a second electrodialysis (ED) stage in series.
US12187626B2
An apparatus comprising a microwave oven configured to emit microwave radiation; wherein the microwave oven comprises an interior space; wherein the microwave radiation comprises a first portion and a second portion within the interior space of the microwave oven wherein microwave oven comprises a first side and a second side; a flow tube configured in the interior space of the microwave oven; wherein the flow tube comprises of a first side and a second side; an electrodeless ultraviolet (UV)-emitting bulb configured inside the flow tube; a water flow pump; and wherein the combination of the electrodeless ultraviolet (UV)-emitting bulb and the flow tube housed in the interior space of the microwave oven purifies the contaminated water to a predetermined level of sterilization.
US12187624B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing N-acyl amino acids selected from N-acyl cysteine compounds, N-acyl serine compounds, N-acyl aspartic acid compounds and N-acyl glutamic acid compounds. The present invention also relates to the use of N-acyl cysteine, N-acyl serine, N-acyl aspartic acid and N-acyl glutamic acid surfactants, in removing per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from mixtures containing PFASs, such as soil and groundwater contaminated with PFASs and for use in cleaning compositions, detergent compositions and toothpaste compositions.
US12187623B2
Process for producing a haematite pigment having an a* value greater than 20, especially greater than 25, CIELAB units measured as a full shade in alkyd resin to DIN EN ISO 787-25:2007, by reacting iron sulfate with oxygen in the presence of a pigment seed, characterized in that a) water comprising i) at least one pigment seed selected from the group consisting of FeOOH and Fe2O3 and ii) iron sulfate forms an initial charge and b) at least one alkaline earth metal carbonate, especially CaCO3, MgCO3, CaMg(CO3)2 or mixtures thereof and c) oxygen-containing gas are added to the initial charge, where at least 95% by weight of the total amount of iron sulfate used in the process is present in the initial charge a) prior to addition of components b) and c).
US12187622B2
Methods for the manufacture of stable strontium titanate nanocube sols are disclosed. The sols are useful in the manufacture of switchable layers suitable for RRAM applications and the switching performance is stable and reproducible. The RRAM layers comprise a mixture of strontium titanate nanocubes and surfactant.
US12187608B2
To provide a boron nitride powder having excellent heat conductivity and high particle strength. Provided is a boron nitride powder which comprises bulky boron nitride formed such that scaly primary particles of hexagonal boron nitride are aggregated to form bulky particles, and which has the following characteristics (A) to (C): (A) a particle strength of the bulky particles at a cumulative breakdown rate of 63.2% is 5.0 MPa or more; (B) an average particle size of the boron nitride powder is 2 μm or more and 20 μm or less; and (C) an orientation index of the boron nitride powder as determined from X-ray diffraction is 20 or less.
US12187603B2
A semiconductor package using a polymer substrate is disclosed and may include a polymer cavity structure comprising first metal traces, a micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) device and a semiconductor die bonded to a first surface within a cavity of the cavity structure, and a substrate coupled to the cavity structure and comprising second metal traces coupled to the first metal traces. The substrate may enclose the MEMS device and the semiconductor die. Ground traces may be on external surfaces of the polymer cavity structure. Ball lands may be on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface with the second metal traces. The first metal traces may extend from the first surface of the polymer cavity structure up a sidewall of the cavity and to conductive patterns on a top surface of the polymer cavity structure.
US12187589B2
Systems and methods for providing a rotatable boom attachment that is rotatable about at least two different axes with respect to an attached boom are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a body portion configured to couple to a distal end of a boom, the body portion coupled with a rotational actuator configured to rotate the body portion about a first rotational axis with respect to the boom; a connecting arm rotatably coupled to the body portion; and a motor configured to drive the connecting arm about a second rotational axis having an orientation differing from the first rotational axis, wherein at least one of the body portion or the connecting arm includes a mounting site configured to removably couple to one or more implements.
US12187587B2
A mobile lift crane includes a carbody, moveable ground engaging members, a rotating bed, a boom, a mast, and a backhitch. A linear actuation device is pivotally connected to the rotating bed and a moveable counterweight unit is coupled to the linear actuation device. A tension member is coupled to the mast and to one of the linear actuation device and the moveable counterweight unit. The linear actuation device is operable to move the moveable counterweight unit toward and away from the rotating bed during a pick, move, and set operation by extending the linear actuation device. The mobile lift crane is configured such that the moveable counterweight unit is never supported by the ground other than indirectly by the moveable ground engaging members on the carbody throughout all pick, move, and set operations.
US12187586B2
The invention relates to a mobile crane, that comprises a mobile undercarriage and a superstructure rotatably supported on the undercarriage and having a boom and a ballasting device. The ballasting device picks up or places down one or more counterweight elements by means of a hoisting device. In accordance with the invention, a placement device is provided that is connected to the undercarriage and comprises at least one movable placement part that is movable from a travel position into a placement position and vice versa. In this respect, the travel position is characterized in that the length of the undercarriage is reduced, and the crane is travelable on the construction site, whereas the placement position is characterized in that counterweight elements can be placed on the placement part by means of the ballasting device and the length of the undercarriage is increased in comparison with the travel position.
US12187570B2
A winding device provided with an inlet for drawing a string-shaped winding target member and configured to wind the winding target member includes: a drum having flanges at both end portions of a body in an axial direction thereof and provided rotatably about the an axis of the body, a drive source configured to rotate the drum, a first guide portion configured to draw the winding target member along a first axis arranged substantially perpendicularly to the axis of the body in a skew relationship, a swing member provided swingably about the first axis, and a second guide portion attached to a tip end of the swing member to guide the winding target member from the first guide portion to the drum.
US12187559B2
A purpose of the invention is to provide a powder supply device having a dust collection unit to collect powdery dust released when powder is supplied from a lateral side, and having a space-saving and simplified structure. A powder supply device according to the present invention has a main body, a plurality of stockers and a dust collection unit. The stocker has a charge port and a supplier. The dust collection unit has a casing, an exhauster and a filtering member. The casing has a ceiling portion and a lateral side portion, with a side opposing said ceiling portion being opened to form a lid-shaped configuration. The lateral side portion has a notched portion into which the supplier is to be inserted. The filtering member is provided inside the casing and is positioned above the notched portion and below the ceiling portion in order to collect the powder.
US12187555B2
An improved silo bag extractor that can collect grain or other flowable materials contained therein. As the extractor empties the silo bag's contents into an accompanying grain cart, it simultaneously performs differentiated cuts on the bag, effectively dividing it in two bands of plastic that are directed to the left and right sides of the machine, where they wind tightly around roll-up assemblies equipped with consumable rigid plastic cores. On terminating grain extraction, the used plastic sheet takes the form of two very dense bales that can each weigh 100 kilos or more depending on the original size of the bag. These bales are then released from the machine automatically, proffering several advantages: not having to manually collect large swaths of plastic, not having to rewind the plastic on a second contraption and accomplishing lesser compaction in the process, easier storing and handling, and lower transportation costs to recycling centers.
US12187537B2
An automated storage and retrieval system includes at least one container handling vehicle, a horizontal rail system for the container handling vehicle to run on, and a charging station for recharging a replaceable power source of the container handling vehicle. The container handling vehicle includes a power supply compartment for accommodating a replaceable power supply when the container handling vehicle is in use. The charging station includes one or more charging racks. Each charging rack provides a column of charging positions for recharging replaceable power supplies and each charging position is configured to accommodate a replaceable power supply during a recharging process. The charging station includes an automated loader including a power supply support. The automated loader is arranged to move vertically and horizontally for exchanging and transporting a replaceable power supply between the charging rack and the power supply compartment of the container handling vehicle.
US12187531B2
A wet particle storage tank includes a tank body capable of storing wet particles containing particles and solvent. The tank body has an upper storage section having a supply port through which the wet particles are supplied, a lower storage section located below the upper storage section and having a discharge port through which the wet particles are discharged, and a bridge forming section provided between the upper storage section and the lower storage section. The bridge forming section facilitates formation of a bridge by the wet particles to block falling of the wet particles from the upper storage section to the lower storage section.
US12187530B2
A corrugated storage container is provided that includes a box section with a top wall and corrugated side walls and end walls, a tapered funnel section extending downwardly from the box section and a frame supporting the box section and the funnel section. The frame includes vertical posts that are integrally joined with the box section and a base section formed at the lower end of the vertical posts and supporting the funnel section. The configuration of the corrugated storage container provides approximately 600 cubic feet of enclosed interior volume capable of storing between 50,000 and 51,000 pounds of bulk material.
US12187529B2
A compressed hollow coreless roll of absorbent paper sheet produced by way of providing a roll of absorbent paper sheet by winding the sheet about a forming core member having a diameter in the range of 30 mm to 50 mm; removing the forming core member such that there is provided a hollow coreless roll of absorbent paper sheet with an axial cavity having a diameter in the range of 30 mm to 50 mm and compressing the hollow coreless roll such that the axial cavity is substantially collapsed. The compressed hollow coreless rolls are readily re-formed into cylindrical shape. Space-saving packages of the rolls are overwrapped with tubular polymer film to provide a flexible reconfigurable package of a series of individually encased rolls. Volume reductions of about 10 to about 20%, about 14% to about 20%, 30%, 40% and more as compared with conventional products are realized.
US12187527B2
The invention relates to a device (10) for dispensing oxygen (30) under pressure. The device comprises a canister (12) filled with activated carbon (14) and oxygen (30) at a pressure of between 4 and 20 barg. when measured at room temperature. The canister is sealed with a valve assembly (18) allowing release of oxygen from the canister on actuation of the valve assembly. To ensure the activated carbon does not react with the oxygen generating carbon monoxide the device further comprises a catalyst (16) that prevents or significantly reduces the presence of carbon monoxide. In a further aspect there is a device (10) for dispensing a gas (30) under pressure which device comprises a canister (12) with a volume of 11 or less filled with activated carbon (14) to adsorb the gas under a pressure of between 4 and 20 barg when measured at room temperature. The canister (12) is sealed with a valve assembly (18) crimped to the canister over a seal allowing release of the gas (30) from the canister on actuation of the valve assembly, wherein the gas is carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen or air, and the canister is a steel canister. In a particularly favoured embodiment the device is filled with carbon dioxide and includes a high volume discharge valve making it useful as a pet behaviour correction device.
US12187520B2
A food gravity box with sealed flow channel for freshness preservation and display, includes a container device integrally formed by injection molding, The container includes a display room and a storage room with semi-elliptical sections separated by a partition plate. The storage room is composed of a partition plate, a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel with a fillet and a first bottom panel which is obliquely arranged. Included are a first discharging port formed in the bottom of the storage room, a sealing device used for sealing the feeding port in the upper portion of the container barrel, and a discharging control device connected to the first discharging port, between which a first sealing ring is arranged.
US12187518B1
An inflatable packaging for storing multiple glass bottles made from a sheet that has a longitudinal axis and a traverse axis. The sheet is folded along six or more traverse fold lines spaced from each other to form a row of two or more pouches. The inflatable packaging can have two or more of such rows separated by a line of weakness. Each pouch has a front wall, a rear wall, a base, and an open-top for storing the glass bottle. Two adjacent pouches are separated by a dividing panel, wherein the dividing panel is corrugated in a biconcave shape.
US12187517B2
The present invention describes a pallet container (10) for storing and transporting fluid or flowable filling materials, having a thin-walled, rigid plastics inner container (12) made from thermoplastic plastics material, having a tubular grid frame (14) which tightly surrounds the plastics inner container (12) as a supporting covering and which comprises horizontal and vertical tubular rods (18, 20) which are welded to each other, and having a base pallet (16) on which the plastics inner container (12) is positioned and to which the tubular grid frame (14) is securely connected, wherein at least two rod-shaped transverse cross-members (22) are provided above the plastics inner container (12) and are fixed with the two ends thereof to two mutually opposite side walls in the upper region of the tubular grid frame (14). In order to protect the upper region of the tubular grid frame (14) against a disadvantageous effect of impact loads and transport impacts, there is provision for the transverse cross-members (22) to be constructed as resilient spring elements (24).
US12187516B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B). The carrier comprises a main panel (12) having first (A1) and second (A2) adjacent apertures, arranged side by side, each for receiving a portion of an article. The main panel further comprises an annular series of tabs (16,18,20) formed around each of the first and second apertures. The tabs of each annular series are hingedly connected to the main panel such that at least some of the tabs yield out of the plane of the main panel when an article is received in the respective aperture so as to bear against the article. The main panel comprising a first layer (CL) comprising a paperboard substrate and a second layer (PL) providing a tear resistant layer wherein the tear resistant layer is disposed above the paperboard substrate.
US12187512B2
The disclosure provides a water soluble pouch including at least two sealed compartments, the pouch including outer walls including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, and an inner wall including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, the outer wall films being sealed to the inner wall film, the outer wall films being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the outer wall films having a viscosity in a range of 14.5 cP to 25 cP, and a pouch strength of at least 200 N, and the inner wall film being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the inner film having viscosity in a range of 12 cP to 14.5 cP, and a tackiness value of at least 1500 g/s.
US12187511B2
One or more implementations of a multi-film thermoplastic structure include a first film having a first appearance in contact with a second film having a second appearance at one or more visually distinct contact areas, including a continuous contact area spanning a width of the structure. In one or more implementations the multi-film thermoplastic structure comprises a thermoplastic bag and the continuous contact area forms a hem seal near a top opening of the thermoplastic bag.
US12187508B2
The present invention pertains to a child resistant cap configured to seal a container while keeping the contents secure therein. The child resistant cap disclosed herein is intended to allow access to those instructed on the manner of removal to allow the dispensing of a container's contents while providing suitable resistance to the efforts of children to gain access. The manner of removal requires multiple steps intended to resist the efforts of children in accordance with current poison prevention packaging regulations.
US12187507B2
The container includes a base and a lid pivotally coupled to the base. The base includes a bottom wall and a peripheral wall, where a plurality of receptacles are defined in the peripheral wall. The peripheral wall is configured to be moved from a relaxed position to a flexed position by applying a first force to a first portion of the peripheral wall in a first direction and a second force to a second portion of the peripheral wall in a second direction. The lid includes a top wall and a plurality of projections. In the relaxed position, the lid is configured to engage the receptacles so as to retain the lid in a closed configuration. The container is configured to be moved from the closed configuration to an open configuration by moving the lid in a third direction while the peripheral wall is in the flexed position.
US12187502B2
A bottle assembly has a bottle and a removable cap. The cap includes a nozzle and a vent arrangement. The vent arrangement can include a vent conduit that extends into an air cavity present at the bottom of the bottle assembly when the bottle assembly is inverted. The vent arrangement allows for pressure equalization within the bottom assembly in response to liquid being dispensed from the bottle assembly to permit high flow rates of the dispensed liquid without squeezing of the bottle.
US12187501B2
A closure for a container is provided with a top portion and a skirt depending from an outer periphery of the top portion. A generally circular rim extends downwards from the lower surface of the top portion. A liner is attached to the closure between an outer surface of the rim and an inner surface of the skirt. The liner is configured to provide a fluid tight seal for containers having varied neck dimensions and/or profiles. One or more projections extend into a space formed between the lower surface of the top portion, an inner surface of the skirt, and an outer surface of the rim, with the liner enveloping and being supported in the closure by the one or more projections.
US12187497B2
A plastic closure device for a container for parenteral pharmaceutical products having a bottle provided with a neck is provided. The plastic closure device has an outer cap with tearable weakenings to allow tear-off removal of the outer cap and an inner cage provided with a head having a central opening. A skirt ending in a lower edge extends below the central opening. Retaining elements for permanent snap engagement on the neck of the bottle are provided at the lower edge. The outer cap is snap-engaged under the lower edge of the inner cage by coupling elements. The plastic closure device guarantees authenticity of the container and its tightness even in the event of tampering attempts.
US12187487B2
The invention relates to a heavy load carrier comprising peripherally arranged side walls which in an upright position define an interior of the heavy load carrier with a base, at least one of the side walls having a flap which seals a flap in the side wall in a closed position, the flap comprising first locking elements which can be brought into at least two states together with or separately from the flap, in the closed position, in a locked state the first locking elements cooperating with second locking elements of the side wall, such that the flap cannot be opened by pressure on the flap from the interior of the heavy load carrier perpendicular to a flap plane, and in an unlocked state the flap being able to be opened by pressure on the flap from the interior of the heavy load carrier perpendicular to the flap plane.
US12187481B1
A monitoring system for wrapping a pallet with a pallet wrapping system, at least two encoders, and a control box. The pallet wrapping system has a spool that dispenses stretch film and a pre-stretch machine operably coupled to the pallet wrapping system and configured to elongate the stretch film. The at least two encoders are affixed to the pre-stretch machine. A first of the at least two encoders is configured to measure a length of stretch film entering the pre-stretch machine and a second is configured to measure a length of stretch film exiting the pre-stretch machine. The control box is communicatively coupled to the at least two encoders and configured to collect data regarding the pallet wrapping system and transmit the data over a wireless connection to a central processor configured to gather the data.
US12187478B2
A carton assembly machine for cartons (17) for packing articles (15, 15′), comprising means for feeding an unassembled carton in a feed direction, the said carton having a plurality of side flaps or panels (18, 19) whose folds are essentially parallel to the said feed direction folded onto a central portion (25) of the carton, the said machine further comprising a movable element (26) designed to move between a first position away from the route of the carton and a second position in which the said element is designed to be Inserted underneath, at an edge (27) of at least one of said side flaps or panels (19), so that the latter is raised with respect to the said central portion, in particular, in cooperation with the carton feeding.
US12187475B2
An applicating machine for applying a flexible carrier to a plurality of containers provided from an infeed includes an orienter for placing containers into a correct rotational position and a transfer device for transferring the oriented containers in a fixed rotational position to a jaw drum for applying a flexible carrier to a plurality of containers provided.
US12187468B2
A mattress packaging device includes a first packaging device and a second packaging device, where the first packaging device includes a first folding and vertical sealing mechanism and two corner sealing mechanisms, the first folding and vertical sealing mechanism is configured for folding and vertically sealing a packaging material opening at the end of a mattress, and the corner sealing mechanisms are configured for folding and transversely sealing front corner and rear corner of packaging material on two sides of the mattress; the second packaging device includes two second folding and vertical sealing mechanisms and two first transverse sealing mechanisms, the second folding and vertical sealing mechanisms are configured for folding and vertically sealing the packaging material on two sides of the mattress, and the two first transverse sealing mechanisms are configured for transversely sealing the packaging material on two sides of the mattress.
US12187457B2
Systems and methods are provided for installing ribs and/or spars to a wing panel while a contour is enforced. Methods include suspending a wing panel beneath a shuttle that enforces the contour, advancing the wing panel through work stations via the shuttle, and installing a rib or a spar (or another wing panel) at a work station, while the contour is enforced. Other methods include locating a wing panel beneath a shuttle, coupling adjustable-length pogos to the wing panel at locations distinct from those corresponding with an installation location, e.g. for a rib or a spar, and controlling the length of the pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Some systems include a track, work stations disposed along the track, and a shuttle to advance along the track and convey a wing panel to each of the work stations while enforcing a contour onto the wing panel.
US12187455B2
A method for installing a component fastening structure on an attachment structure where the fastening structure includes a unit including an elongate body, a first strut detachably coupled between the elongate body and a first fastening for fastening the unit to the attachment structure, a second strut detachably coupled at an inclined angle between the elongate body and the first fastening. The first and/or second strut are variably positionable relative to the elongate body and are lockable in an end position. A jig including a support structure is detachably coupled to the fastening structure elongate body, and a height adjustment device on which the support structure is mounted, is adjusted to arrange the first elongate body at a pre-determined height. The jig is moved relative to the attachment structure to engage the first fastening with an attachment structure first fixture and fastening the first fastening to the first fixture.
US12187452B2
A composition including 85.00-99.00 wt. % of a single Nylon polymer; 0.25-5.00 wt. % of conductive nanomaterials; 0.25-5.00 wt. % of a dielectric filler comprising an inorganic, non-conductive, non-platelet nanomaterial selected from alumina nanoparticles, alumina nanotubes, aluminum oxide nanoparticles, silica nanoparticles, boron nitride nanoparticles, boron nanotubes, fumed silica, fumed alumina, and mixtures of one or more of these; and 0.25-5.00 wt. % of a dispersing agent.
US12187448B2
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes providing the hybrid electric engine, the hybrid electric engine having a gas generating core and an electric machine powered by electric energy. The method further includes determining, by a processing device, whether a use of the electric energy will increase time on wing of the hybrid electric engine of the aircraft a threshold amount. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the use of energy will increase time on wing the threshold amount, apportioning the electric energy from a battery system of the aircraft to increase the time on wing.
US12187445B2
Guide systems for installing aircraft structures are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first guide structured to be supported by a first hinge component of a first aircraft structure and a second guide structured to be supported by a second hinge component of a second aircraft structure. The first guide is to receive the second guide when the second structure is at an installation angle relative to the first structure. Engagement between the first guide and the second guide to enable rotational movement of the first hinge component and the second hinge component when the second aircraft structure moves to an installed position.
US12187438B2
An aircraft seating system may include an integrated track locking system. The track locking system may include a track lock. The track lock may include a base fitting, securing the seat to the seat track when the seat track feet are between a metered position. The track lock may also include a shaft, a locking hole, and a confinement hole. The track locking system may include a through hole, where the shaft of the track lock is able to fit within the through hole. The track locking system may include a locking cavity. The track locking system may include one or more recesses on at least one face of the locking cavity. The track locking system may include a locking member secured by the one or more recesses and the locking hole. The track locking system may include a confinement member secured by the confinement hole via the through hole.
US12187434B2
A wall assembly for providing access to an aircraft passenger suite from an aisle area is disclosed. The wall assembly includes a base. The wall assembly includes a wall operationally coupled to the base and slidable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position, the wall configured to be linearly slidable along a forward direction between the open position and the closed position. The wall assembly includes a dual latch system configured to selectively prevent a movement of the wall absent a simultaneous operation of multiple latches, the dual latch system comprising an upper latch; and a lower latch. The dual latch system configured to allow for the movement of the wall when the dual latch system is in an operated state but not necessarily in the unoperated state.
US12187431B2
A container suspension and release system provides at least one ejector assembly having a carry position and a deployed position. The ejector assembly includes an actuator configured to extend ejector assembly from the carry position to the deployed position, and a retention assembly. The retention assembly employs a bracket attached to the actuator and a fixed sway brace extending from the bracket. A left retention arm is pivotally attached to the bracket and a right retention arm is pivotally attached to the bracket, with the left and right retention arms configured to rotate in opposite directions. A rotation activation mechanism is provided to rotate the left and right retention arms in the deployed position. An energy source connected to the actuator to provides energy to actuate the at least one ejector assembly.
US12187430B2
Underwing-mounted trailing edge bifold flaps for wings of aircraft are disclosed. A bifold flap pivotally coupled to the wing is movable between a stowed position located along a lower surface of the wing and a deployed position located rearward of a trailing edge of the wing. The bifold flap includes a forward panel and an aft panel. The aft panel is pivotally coupled to the forward panel and foldable relative thereto. The aft panel is folded toward the forward panel when the bifold flap is in the stowed position. The aft panel is unfolded from the forward panel when the bifold flap is in the deployed position. A bullnose pivotally coupled to the forward panel pivots relative to the bifold flap as the bifold flap moves between the stowed and deployed positions.
US12187418B2
An aircraft control system (100) including an input interface (102), an output interface (114) and a processing engine (108) having a classifier (110) that applies input data (104) generated by the input interface (102) to generate output control data (112). The classifier (110) has a plurality of parameters which represent a control policy for operating the aircraft (800). The output interface (114) generates control outputs to control the aircraft (800) based on the output control data (112). A machine learning system (900) for training the classifier (110) including an environment (902), a pathway evaluation engine (904), storage (906), and a training engine (908). The machine learning system (900) generates training data (912) by selecting a pathway representing an operating procedure using the pathway evaluation engine (904). The training engine (908) trains the classifier (110) using the training data (912).
US12187416B2
A landing gear system for a vehicle includes a landing gear configured for reciprocating motion between a stowed position and a deployed position. The landing gear has a linkage with a first link rotatably coupled to a second link. The linkage reciprocates between folded and extended states when the landing gear reciprocates between the stowed and deployed positions, respectively. A fail-secure downlock includes first and second electromagnets fixedly positioned relative to the first and second links, respectively. The first electromagnet is proximate to the second electromagnet when the landing gear is in the stowed position. The first electromagnet is attracted to the second electromagnet when the downlock is in the locked state. The first electromagnet is repelled by the second electromagnet when the downlock is in the unlocked state.
US12187414B2
A pivot assembly for a control lever. The pivot assembly include a primary pivot bearing arranged about a longitudinal axis (A) and a redundant pivot bearing arranged about the longitudinal axis (A). The redundant pivot bearing is configured to become operative as a bearing in the event that the primary pivot bearing malfunctions, and to produce haptic feedback in the control lever throughout operation of the redundant pivot bearing.
US12187411B2
An aircraft floor including at least one hinge connecting movable and fixed floor parts, which has a pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal direction. The floor also includes at least two beams, each including first and second beam portions secured respectively to the fixed and movable floor parts and connected together by a pivot link, and at least one rail including at least one first rail portion secured to the movable floor part and at least one second rail portion secured to the fixed floor part of the floor, extending the first rail portion.
US12187410B2
A sidewall assembly includes a window and a sidewall portion having an inner-facing side and at least partially surrounding the window. The sidewall assembly further includes a transparent display panel coupled to the sidewall portion covering the inner-facing side of the sidewall portion and the window. The sidewall assembly further includes a display controller operatively coupled with the transparent display panel. The sidewall assembly further includes a window shade movable between an open position to allow light to pass between the window and the transparent display panel and a closed position to obstruct light from passing between the window and the transparent display panel. The sidewall assembly further includes a blackout feature disposed between the window and the transparent display panel and a blackout control device configured to control the blackout feature to selectively obstruct light from passing between the window and the transparent display panel.
US12187407B2
An aircraft including a fuselage including an opening and beams that are aligned and that are interrupted at the edges of the opening, a removable panel where for each pair of aligned beams of the fuselage interrupted at the opening a beam of the removable panel extends between the two beams of the pair and each end of the beam of the removable panel faces an end of a beam of the pair and at the end of at least one beam of the fuselage facing an end of a beam of the removable panel, fixing means providing a removable fixing between the ends.
US12187404B2
A variable density airship lift chamber system for airships provides more efficient lift control. The airship lift chamber system includes at least one lift chamber filled with lift gas and configured to provide lifting force, a heat exchanger configured to heat the lift gas in the at least one lift chamber, a compressor unit configured to withdraw the lift gas from the lift chamber and to compress the withdrawn lift gas, a pressure tank configured to store the withdrawn compressed lift gas from the compressor unit, a refrigeration orifice formed in the lift chamber, and a valve that connects the pressure tank to lift chamber through the refrigeration orifice. The airship lift chamber system controls density of the lift gas in the lift chamber by heating the gas while removing the gas from the lift chamber and by supplying gas into the lift chamber.
US12187392B1
A factory ship for manufacturing products includes a plurality of factory units onboard and supported by the factory ship, each of the factory units including production machinery configured to perform at least a portion of a manufacturing process. The factory ship includes a stabilization mechanism that one of supports a first factory unit of the plurality of factory units and supports the production machinery within the first factory unit, and a computing device configured to receive a plurality of measurement signals indicating movement of at least one of the factory ship and the first factory unit and control one or more operating parameters of the production machinery based on the plurality of measurement signals and constraints of the stabilization mechanism.
US12187388B2
An upweller array configured to be disposed in a body of water and that has one or more upweller systems. The one or more upweller systems include a buoy configured to float on the surface of the body of water, a tether coupled to the buoy and a hydrofoil rotor coupled to the tether. The hydrofoil rotor is configured to be disposed in the body of water based on a length of the tether.
US12187386B2
A convertible bimini top for a marine vessel has a cover frame, a support arm for supporting the cover frame above the marine vessel, the support arm having a lower end configured to be pivotably coupled to the marine vessel and an upper end pivotably coupled to the cover frame, a lower actuator coupled to the lower end of the support arm, the lower actuator being configured to pivot the support arm relative to the marine vessel to move the cover frame up and down relative to the marine vessel, and an upper actuator coupled to the upper end of the support arm and to the cover frame, the upper actuator being configured to pivot the cover frame relative to the support arm.
US12187379B2
A power unit in which a gear case is provided on one side, in a vehicle width direction, of a motor case. An opening of the gear case is covered with a gear case cover from an outside in the vehicle width direction. The power unit includes a motor shaft protruding toward the gear case from a motor case side, a drive shaft protruding outward in the vehicle width direction from the gear case cover, and a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit, to the drive shaft, power from the motor shaft. An output gear is fixed to the motor shaft, inside the gear case cover. A drive sprocket is fixed to the drive shaft, outside the gear case cover. The drive sprocket is positioned inward, in the vehicle width direction, of the output gear.
US12187373B1
Footpad assemblies of the present disclosure include a footpad configured to be coupled to a frame of an electric vehicle and a foot engagement structure coupled to the footpad. The foot engagement structure is configured to contact the rider's foot to prevent undesired movement of the rider's foot during use of the electric vehicle. The footpad includes a recess defined in an upper surface of the footpad and an insert is disposed in the recess and coupled to the footpad. The insert is operatively coupled to the foot engagement structure. The foot engagement structure may comprise a foot stop extending above the footpad and configured to abut a side portion of the rider's foot and/or a traction insert configured to contact a bottom of the user's foot to provide grip or traction. The position and rotational orientation of the foot stop relative to the footpad is configured to be adjustable by a user.
US12187367B2
A battery frame is fixed to a chassis and a battery pack is assembled to the battery frame. The battery frame includes a pair of crossbars and a pair of side bars. The crossbars extend in the vehicle width direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle front-rear direction, and have both ends in the vehicle width direction fixed to the side members. The side bars extend in the vehicle front-rear direction while being spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, and have front ends and rear ends detachably fixed to the crossbars.
US12187362B2
The present embodiments relates to a steering control device and method of a vehicle and may provide a steering control device and method for a vehicle, which may secure stably steered driving by controlling the output of the steering motor by changing the average steering ratio when the driver causes urgent steering in a failure situation and adjusting the rack stroke and rack speed.
US12187361B2
According to a steer-by-wire steering apparatus of the present embodiments, by means of offsetting a gap due to abrasion occurring in a rotation preventing member for preventing the rotation of a sliding bar as the sliding bar connected to wheels slide, noise is reduced, precision of a sensor for sensing the position of the sliding bar is enhanced, and sensor precision degradation due to moving or bending of the sliding bar can be prevented.
US12187357B2
Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The vehicle body lower structure further includes: a shaft member, which extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle, thereby rotatably connecting the front end of the airflow guiding plate to the vehicle body; a belt member, one end of which is connected to the airflow guiding plate and the other end thereof is connected the vehicle body; and an actuator, which is used to wind the belt member. In addition, the belt member is bent when the airflow guiding plate moves from the deploying position to the receiving position.
US12187355B2
A shield may be provided between a rear bumper and a silencer, the shield may be provided so as to extend in the vehicle width direction to overlap with at least a rear vertical wall of the silencer in the up-down direction in vehicle rear view, and the shield may be provided with a guider that guides underfloor traveling air downward, the underfloor traveling air flowing to the rear side through a lower portion of the silencer.
US12187353B2
The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.
US12187352B2
In a construction machine (1) for working a ground pavement, comprising a machine frame (5) supported by travelling devices (3), an operator platform (11) arranged on the machine frame (5), and a protective canopy (13), adjustable in height by means of a telescopic guide unit (2), arranged on the operator platform (11), wherein the telescopic guide unit (2) comprises at least one first telescopic element (4) and one second telescopic element (6), wherein the first telescopic element (4) is at least partially guidable in the second telescopic element (6), at least one driving device (10) for moving the protective canopy (13) up and down by means of moving the first telescopic element (4) relative to the second telescopic element (6), it is provided that at least one recess (14) in the first telescopic element (4) and at least one latching element (12) are provided, wherein the latching element (12) is arranged to pivot about a pivoting axis (16) on the second telescopic element (6) and is shaped in such a fashion that, by means of moving the first telescopic element (4) relative to the second telescopic element (6) in a first direction (B), a first part (18) of the latching element (12) is pivotable into the recess (14) and a second part (20) of the latching element (12) presses against the outer side (22) of the first telescopic element (4) from outside.
US12187346B2
Disclosed is a high-integration-level plastic tail door, comprising a tail door upper outer plate, a tail light, a tail door lower outer plate, an inner plate, and a high brake light, wherein the tail door upper outer plate, as a whole, is integrated with a spoiler, a tail door windshield, a windscreen decorating member, and a high brake light cover; the tail door upper outer plate is of two layers and is formed by means of double-shot molding, with a first layer being a transparent layer and a second layer being a black non-transparent layer; a first open hole is provided at the position of the high brake light in a black non-transparent layer area; a second open hole is provided in the middle of the tail door windshield; and a hardened coating is arranged on the outer layer of the transparent layer.
US12187344B2
A vehicle front pillar has a side outer panel located on a side of a vehicle and a side outer inner panel spaced apart from the side outer panel by a predetermined space. A reinforcing member is located between the side outer panel and the side outer inner panel. A windshield is located to surround at least a portion of an outer portion of the reinforcing member. A fastening unit is located between a distal end of the side outer panel and the windshield.
US12187341B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle body reinforcement structure of an electric vehicle includes a front side member provided on both sides of the vehicle body along the vehicle body length direction, a cooling module mounted on the front side member, a frunk bar provided at the rear of the cooling module and an extension that mounts the frunk bar to the front side member with the center of the frunk bar being spaced apart from the center of the height direction of the cooling module.
US12187336B2
A dolly frame includes a rectangular-shaped body having a first component and a second component coupled to the first component. The body movable between a retracted position and an expanded position. The dolly frame also includes a plurality of casters coupled to a first side of the body and configured to allow the body to roll on a surface. When the body moves from the retracted position to the expanded position, the first component slides with respect to the second component, thereby increasing a perimeter of the body.
US12187329B2
A regenerative energy absorption device for damping forces which occur during operation of a track-guided vehicle, in particular tensile, impact and/or torsional forces, wherein the energy absorption device includes at least one spring device with an elastomer body which is designed so as to at least partially deform elastically when forces are introduced into the energy absorption device, wherein the elastomer body is at least partially formed from an electrically conductive material, the specific electrical resistance of which varies under tensile and/or compressive load, and wherein the energy absorption device is allocated a resistance sensor device for detecting electrical conductivity or electrical resistance of the electrically conductive material.
US12187324B2
Techniques for determining a vehicle trajectory that causes a vehicle to navigate in an environment relative to one or more objects are described herein. For example, the techniques may include a computing device determining a decision tree having nodes to represent different object intents and/or nodes to represent vehicle actions at a future time. A tree search algorithm can search the decision tree to evaluate potential interactions between the vehicle and the one or more objects over a time period, and output a vehicle trajectory for the vehicle. The vehicle trajectory can be sent to a vehicle computing device for consideration during vehicle planning, which may include simulation.
US12187318B2
A processor of a route providing device provided in a server according to an embodiment of the present invention: at the time of entry into a cruise control mode for causing a vehicle to travel at a speed configured by a user, causes the vehicle to travel at the configured speed in a first lane in which the vehicle is current travelling; and, when another vehicle, which is travelling at a speed slower than the configured speed in front of the vehicle, is sensed through a sensor provided in the vehicle, controls the vehicle in a preconfigured manner.
US12187317B2
An advanced driver assistance system is provided. The advanced driver assistance system of the vehicle comprises a communicator configured to communicate with an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle; and a processor configured to determine a riding intention of a user in response to reception of a door unlocking instruction, obtain location information of other vehicles based on obstacle information detected by the obstacle detector in response to determining that the riding intention exists, determine a collision possibility with other vehicles based on the location information of other vehicles, and control output of notification information for a collision in response to determining that the collision possibility exists.
US12187307B2
A vehicle communication method and apparatus, a computer-readable medium, and an electronic device. The vehicle communication method includes: obtaining location information and state information of a plurality of objects participating in Internet of Vehicles communication; determining, according to the location information and the state information of the plurality of objects, Internet of Vehicles information that needs to be transmitted to a specified object; determining an information fusion and compression policy for the specified object based on at least one of the Internet of Vehicles information and state information of the specified object; and transmitting the Internet of Vehicles information to the specified object based on the information fusion and compression policy.
US12187303B2
An erroneous start suppression device equipped with an electronic control unit that controls a drive device that generates a driving force of a vehicle, and the electronic control unit determines whether or not an accelerator operation of a driver is an erroneous operation based on whether or not a predetermined determination condition is satisfied; limits a driving force generated by the drive device when the electronic control unit determines that the accelerator operation of the driver is an erroneous operation; determines whether or not the vehicle is towing a towed vehicle; and changes the predetermined determination condition so that it becomes difficult to determine that the predetermined determination condition is satisfied when it is determined that the vehicle is towing a towed vehicle.
US12187300B2
A system and method for control of a vehicle with a mobile app includes the configuration and providing of controllable vehicle components, a mobile device and a memory thereon containing a software to for determining if a malfunction has occurred in the control module of a vehicle, initiating vehicle control app on a mobile device, connecting to the mobile device, and allowing the mobile device to emulate and control the vehicle and its most vital components. The remote capability provided by interfacing with the vehicle's systems may be communicated wirelessly through protocols like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Cellular, or through wired connections such as USB, the vehicle's OBD system, and AUX control. The system provides a redundant remote capability to a single point of failure for critical vehicle controls.
US12187299B2
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to, when an abnormality is detected in an electronic control apparatus that controls a plurality of functions, continue an operation without affecting the other function and secure safety of a control target device corresponding to the function in which the abnormality is detected. In the vehicle mounted electronic control apparatus according to the present invention, each of a first computing portion and a second computing portion outputs an operation check signal, and a driver control unit sets a driver corresponding to the computing portion in which an abnormality is indicated by the operation check signal among the first computing portion and the second computing portion, to a degenerated state.
US12187295B2
In a vehicle measuring device unit, a data processing device includes a plurality of input parts each connected to a different one of the plurality of detectors, an output part connected to a control device provided in a vehicle, and an integrated data generation part that generates integrated data using detection data input from the plurality of detectors via the plurality of input parts and outputs the generated integrated data via the output part. The number of wires connecting the control device with the integrated data generation part is smaller than the number of wires connecting the integrated data generation part with the plurality of detectors.
US12187285B2
A system vectors torque between two wheels of a rear axle of an electric motor vehicle that are disposed on either side of the vehicle and are each driven by an electric motor in order to distribute a torque between the two wheels. The system includes a first torque setpoint generator, a second slip correction torque generator, a detector for detecting oversteer or understeer of the vehicle during the acceleration phase when turning, a third skid correction torque generator, a corrected-torque set point generator, and a controller for controlling the first electric motor based on the first corrected-torque set point and for controlling the second electric motor based on the second corrected-torque setpoint.
US12187280B2
Provided is a vehicle traveling assist device capable of suppressing deterioration of ride comfort of an own vehicle due to vehicle traveling assist. A target determination unit calculates a target speed and a target distance based on target vehicle speed information. A plan generation unit generates a distance plan and a speed plan based on the target speed and the target distance through use of a three-stage moving average filter. The three-stage moving average filter is a filter including a first moving average filter, a second moving average filter, and a third moving average filter which are sequentially and serially connected to each other. A vehicle control unit generates an acceleration command for an own vehicle based on the distance plan and the speed plan.
US12187279B2
A method may include receiving training data comprising a time series of gaps between an ego vehicle and one or more lead vehicles at a plurality of time steps, embedding the training data into a fixed-length sequence, inputting the fixed-length sequence into a Transformer-RNN model comprising a Transformer component and an RNN component, wherein the transformer component applies attention to each data point of the fixed-length sequence based on a fixed number of previous inputs, and training the Transformer-RNN model, using the training data, to output a predicted gap at a future time step based on an input sequence of gaps.
US12187275B2
Vehicle systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to enhance the situational competency and/or the safe operation of a vehicle by automatically controlling the vehicle in response to executing measurable attribute data analysis that includes a comparison of the relative height of a detected road infrastructure element with a predetermined threshold height value.
US12187274B2
The present invention relates to a method for avoiding collisions of a moving vehicle with other road users in the surroundings of the vehicle, comprising at least the method steps of: a) detecting, by means of one or more sensors, the vehicle surroundings and the other road users located therein; b) dividing the vehicle surroundings into a plurality of occupied areas; c) classifying the other road users detected in method step a), wherein, by means of the classification, at least one road user group is assigned to each of the other road users; d) prioritising the road user classified in method step c), taking into account both the classification carried out in method step c) and the occupied area defined in method step b), wherein road users from one or more predetermined road user groups in the particular occupied area are given a high priority and road users from other, non-predetermined road user groups in the particular occupied area are given a lower priority; and e) determining the probability of collision of the other road users with the vehicle, wherein the collision probability is determined in accordance with the prioritisation carried out in method step d) and the collision probability of the other road users having a high priority is determined first; f) changing or maintaining the current driving behaviour of the vehicle on the basis of the collision probabilities determined in method step e).
US12187270B2
An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; a second camera configured to view a driver of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera, and a second image from the second camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine first information indicating a risk of intersection violation based at least partly on the first image; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine second information indicating a state of the driver based at least partly on the second image; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether to provide a control signal for operating a device or not based on (1) the first information indicating the intersection violation, and (2) the second information indicating the state of the driver.
US12187263B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes a control system. The control system includes a processor and a memory that are communicably coupled to each other, and executes a polarization eliminating mode in which polarization is eliminated by controlling an energization state of an electric power storage device while a vehicle is traveling. The control system sets a first necessary time to eliminate the polarization based on a polarization state of the electric power storage device, acquires a second necessary time to an arrival of the vehicle at a destination, permits the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is shorter than or equal to the second necessary time, and refrains from permitting the polarization eliminating mode to be executed while the vehicle is traveling in a case where the first necessary time is longer than the second necessary time.
US12187260B2
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine system so as to avoid turbo surge and/or shorten power cut off during gearshift is provided. The internal combustion engine system includes: an internal combustion engine and a gearbox operatively connected to the internal combustion engine; a turbocharging arrangement configured to provide a boost pressure of air fed to the internal combustion engine; and a control system configured to control operation of the internal combustion engine system, the method comprising: providing information about a point of time for initiating an upcoming gearshift, a target engine speed after the upcoming gearshift, iii) a target engine torque after the upcoming gearshift, and current operation conditions of the internal combustion engine system; determining, based on said information and before the upcoming gearshift is initiated, whether there is a risk of having turbo surge during the upcoming gearshift; and, if such a risk is determined, lowering the boost pressure before initiating the upcoming gearshift.
US12187249B2
The present invention relates to, for example, a vehicle control device including a driving force control unit that controls a driving force generated by a wheel of a vehicle; and a braking force control unit that controls a braking force generated by the wheel; where the driving force control unit generates the driving force of a first prescribed amount and the braking force control unit generates the braking force of a second prescribed amount to control the speed of the vehicle to be constant; and acceleration or deceleration are both controllable by performing one of control of the driving force by the driving force control unit and control of the braking force by the braking force control unit.
US12187244B2
An air pressure maintenance apparatus and method uses one or more high-pressure gas storage tanks coupled to an inflation hose via a calibrated rigid measurement chamber and automated system of valves to permit rapid inflation of a tire or other inflatable device to an accurate target pressure accounting for temperature effects, and recording accurate pre- and post-inflation pressure for analysis of deflation over time.
US12187226B2
A gesture recognition system for hands-free access to a vehicle includes a set of vehicle ultra-wideband (UWB) transceivers comprising at least three UWB transceivers and a controller configured to detect a presence of a vehicle-authorized mobile device in possession of an authorized user, determine a set of defined zones proximate to the vehicle and associated with hands-free vehicle access, communicate between the set of vehicle UWB transceivers and a device UWB transceiver of the mobile device to monitor a location of the mobile device, monitor a movement routine of the mobile device relative to the set of defined zones over a period, and in response to determining a match with one of a set of predefined movement routines associated with hands-free vehicle access, command one of a set of access actuators of the vehicle to grant hands-free vehicle access corresponding to the matched predefined movement routine.
US12187224B2
A door interface system for a vehicle door includes a sensor and a visual indicator. The sensor may be a proximity sensor and may be positioned proximate to the visual indicator such that it will detect an object proximate to the proximity sensor. The visual indicator may convey the position of the sensor and/or a status of the vehicle door. The door interface system is configured to control the vehicle door based at least in part on detecting an object proximate the visual indicator.
US12187222B2
A system for detecting improper usage of a seatbelt of a vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back. A shoulder belt and a lap belt are intended to restrain an occupant sitting on the vehicle seat. The system includes a sensor module associated with the shoulder belt and the lap belt. The sensor module generates signals indicative of at least one parameter associated with the vehicle seat, the shoulder belt, and the lap belt when the occupant is sitting on the vehicle seat. The system also includes a controller that receives the signals indicative of the at least one parameter associated with the seat back, the shoulder belt, and the lap belt. The controller analyzes the received one or more signals, and determines whether the seatbelt is being used improperly by the occupant, based on the analysis.
US12187221B2
A seat-belt retractor comprising a seat-belt spindle, on which a seat-belt can be wound and which is rotatably mounted in a housing that can be fixedly secured to the vehicle, an electric motor for driving the seat-belt spindle in a rotational motion, and a gear mechanism that transmits the rotational motion from the electric motor to the seat-belt spindle, where a first blocking device is provided, which, when activated, blocks at least one of the parts of the gear mechanism, thereby activating the gear mechanism; and the first blocking device can be activated by a signal-controlled actuator, the actuator, in a second function, activating a second blocking device when a pre-defined feed-out acceleration of the seat-belt, or a pre-defined vehicle deceleration is exceeded.
US12187220B2
A method for manufacturing a webbing (20) for a seat belt system in a vehicle comprises the following steps of: weaving the webbing (20) using a first yarn (30) and a second yarn (32), the first yarn (30) and the second yarn (32) reflecting light in the spectrum invisible to humans with different intensity, wherein the first and second yarns (30, 32) form a pattern (36), and overdying the webbing (20) so that the webbing (20) reflects light in the spectral range visible to humans in such a way that it has a homogenous appearance for humans. Moreover, such a webbing (20) and a vehicle comprising such a webbing (20) are provided.
US12187210B2
A bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a first inflatable device supported by the bumper. The first inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A second inflatable device is supported by the bumper and spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device. The second inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. An uninflatable panel is below the bumper 12 and extends from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed position.
US12187208B2
Provided is a power supply control device for a vehicle. The power supply control device is a device that controls power supply to a plurality of loads from a second power supply source provided for backup of a first power supply source. The power supply control device includes: a switching unit that switches between a first mode in which power of the second power supply source is supplied to a first load and not supplied to a second load, and a second mode in which the power of the second power supply source is supplied to the second load and not supplied to the first load; and a control unit that controls mode switching of the switching unit based on a state of the vehicle.
US12187205B2
There is provided a method for actuating a component of a vehicle. The method may include applying an initial force to the component to actuate the component, and generating a movement indicator based on whether the component moves in response to the initial force. Moreover, the method may include receiving a freezing indicator associated with a likelihood of the component being immobilized due to freezing. If the movement indicator is negative and the freezing indicator is affirmative, the method also includes applying an adjusted force to the component to mobilize the component.
US12187184B2
The invention relates to a method for generating a default lighting instruction for a lighting module for a motor vehicle, the lighting module including a matrix light source having a plurality of elementary light sources, and a control module of a motor vehicle. The invention also relates to a lighting system and a computer program.
US12187183B2
An array-type light-emitting device includes multiple pixel circuits electrically coupled in parallel and spatially arranged in a matrix. A power supply circuit supplies electric power to the array-type light-emitting device. A DC/DC converter has an output coupled to a power supply terminal of the array-type light-emitting device via a power supply line. A power supply control circuit sets a target value that corresponds to a light distribution pattern, and controls the DC/DC converter such that the control target voltage approaches the target value.
US12187177B2
A truck includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The truck bed includes a bed deck and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls. A tailgate replacement extends across a rear opening to the truck bed and between the sidewalls. The tailgate replacement includes vertically-extending support rails and vertically spaced-apart, laterally-extending support rails that extend between the vertically-extending support rails. A slider is connected to the laterally-extending support rails. The slider includes a first connecting portion that slidably engages a first one of the laterally-extending support rails and a second connecting portion that slidably engages a second one of the laterally-extending support rails.
US12187176B1
Described herein is a modular system for converting at least a portion of a trailer to a living quarters. The system may comprise at least one frame, at least one cargo control track comprising at least one receiving member receptacle, at least one attachment mechanism configured to connect the at least one frame to the at least one cargo control track at the at least one receiving member receptacle, and at least one living quarters module. The at least one living quarters module may be selected from a sink module, a storage cabinet module, a bed module, a stove module, a toilet module, and a shower module. Each living quarters module may be connected to one of the at least one frame.
US12187173B2
The object of the invention is to provide a vehicle seat which can improve degree of freedom in the design of the vehicle seat. A vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back includes: right and left side frames 20 constituting right and left frames of the seat back; a pressure-receiving member 40 disposed between the right and left side frames 20 and configured to receive a load from an occupant; and a driving mechanism 50 disposed at each of right and left sides of the pressure-receiving member 40 and configured to cause a right end portion or a left end portion of the pressure-receiving member 40 to move from an initial position to an advanced position that is located frontward of the initial position or to move from the advanced position to the initial position, wherein the driving mechanism 50 includes a linkage (drive link member 100 and contact link member 200) configured to be connected to the pressure-receiving member 40 and a driving source 52 configured to actuate the linkage, and wherein the linkage is configured to operate when a load equal to or greater than a predetermined amount is input from the occupant to the pressure-receiving member 40 to cause the pressure-receiving member 40 to move to a backward position that is located rearward of the initial position.
US12187168B2
Described is a seat track stud for attaching a passenger seat to a seat track having a first stud member, a second stud member, and a pin. The first stud member includes a base portion with at least one flanged edge, a first securing portion extending from the base portion and defining a first securing portion opening; and a second securing portion extending from the base portion at a location opposite the first securing portion and defining a second securing portion opening. The second stud member includes a connecting portion that defines a connecting portion opening and that is sized to fit between the first securing portion and the second securing portion. The pin extends through the first securing portion opening, the connecting portion opening, and the second securing portion opening.
US12187165B2
A seat control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to, based on a selection by an occupant of a vehicle, select a video display area for displaying a video from among a plurality of video display areas provided at the vehicle, determine an adjustment amount corresponding to the determined video display area for a vehicle seat provided in the vehicle, and, via a modulation section, modulate a position and posture of the vehicle seat based on the determined adjustment amount of the vehicle seat.
US12187155B2
Swap stations for switching power batteries of electric vehicles are provided. The swap stations include: an identification and battery handling unit performing vehicle acceptance, vehicle identification, cap opening and battery identification operations, a transport and control unit sending continue process command for a certain station, a full battery conveyor belt carrying a full battery from a full battery storage to a vehicle, an empty battery conveyor belt carrying an empty battery from an empty battery storage to the vehicle, the full battery storage, the empty battery storage, an electrical panel ensuring a controlled and safe operation of an electrical installation, a main PLC ensuring controlling of all operations, a battery replacement automation unit providing disassembly and movement operations, a transmission line unit, a battery replacement belt and automation unit, located within the transport and control unit, and a battery charge controller controlling a charge status of batteries.
US12187153B2
A vehicle includes a traction battery, a human-machine interface (HMI), and a controller. The controller responsive to detecting electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) utilizing multiple price tiers corresponding to multiple maximum charge powers, outputs a message indicating a charge price corresponding to the maximum charge power for each of the price tiers via the HMI. The controller also, responsive to receiving user input indicating an adjusted maximum charge power less that a default maximum charge power of the vehicle, sends the adjusted maximum charge power to the EVSE and permits charging from the EVSE at or below the adjusted maximum charge power.
US12187149B2
The disclosure relates to a balancing system for a network. The system includes a network input for detecting balancing requirements, and a transformer that includes a first winding connected to the output of the network input. The system also includes an inverter connected to a second winding of the transformer, a set of batteries connected to the inverter, and a supervision unit configured to activate the inverter and to charge or discharge the batteries when an imbalance is measured on said network. The system further includes an additional inverter connected to a third winding of the transformer, the output of which is used to supply power to at least one charging socket of an electric vehicle. The supervision unit is configured to activate the additional inverter when a charging requirement is detected at the charging socket and the requirements for injection into the network are less than a threshold value.
US12187126B2
A display control device is configured to include a pedal operation detecting unit to detect a pedal operation of a vehicle, and a display mode switching unit to switch a display mode of a meter, out of meters displayed on an instrument panel of the vehicle, whose presentation information is related to the pedal operation depending on a detection result of the pedal operation by the pedal operation detecting unit.
US12187125B2
A driver assistance system assists a driver of a motor vehicle in driving along a trajectory by displaying the trajectory on a display unit. It is identified that the vehicle is approaching a proximity region of the trajectory starting from an actual position on the basis of the fact that a plurality of different segments of the trajectory intersect, are superimposed and/or approach one another. t least one relevant segment which is relevant for the journey starting from the actual position of the vehicle is determined from the plurality of segments. The relevant segment in the display trajectory is highlighted on the display unit relative to one or more other segments of the plurality of segments.
US12187119B2
The present disclosure discloses an automatic correction device for erroneous acceleration of an automobile, which includes an accelerator pedal, a robotic arm, and an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor is connected to a central control computer of the automobile. An error correction control box is arranged on a front cab baffle in front of the robotic arm. An elastic damper having a signal switch is arranged on a side wall of the error correction control box directly facing the robotic arm. The accelerator pedal enables the robotic arm abuts against the elastic damper. When excessive depression is applied, the elastic damper is compressed and deformed by the robotic arm and triggers the signal switch. After the signal switch is triggered, a clear warning sound or a humming sound is sent to prompt a driver to stop the excessive depression.
US12187118B2
A portal gear box assembly for an off-road vehicle that includes a housing that defines an input gear subassembly indent, an output gear subassembly indent, and one or more idler-gear subassembly indents. The assembly includes an input gear subassembly positioned in the input gear subassembly indent with an input gear connected to an input shaft, an output gear subassembly positioned in the output gear subassembly indent with an output gear connected to an output shaft, and an idler-gear subassembly positioned within the one or more idler-gear subassembly indents to connect the input and output gears with a removable adaptor that is selectively positionable in more than one configuration to alter the transmission ratio between the input and output gears.
US12187115B2
An air flow control device for a front face module of a motor vehicle, the control device including a frame and a plurality of vanes extending within and attached thereto in a rotatable manner, each vane being rotatable about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the main extension direction of each vane. The vanes being able to rotate between an open position and a closed position. The frame includes an integral support bar extending in direction perpendicular to the main extension direction of the vanes, with the vanes having fins configured to rest on the support bar when the vanes are closed and pressured towards the support bar.
US12187107B2
A recreational vehicle with side by side seating has or can receive an overhead tubular framework with an accessory rail removably attached to an overhead cross member of the tubular framework. The accessory rail providing an anchor for a forward edge of a soft top with the soft top wrapping around the overhead cross member and extending rearwardly and being supported by and secured to the tubular framework. The soft top covering the side by side seating region. The accessory rail having the anchor for the soft top, an interface for engaging the cross member, and an accessory mounting portion with variable positioning and attachment of an array of accessories above and forward of the side by side seating region.
US12187105B2
A vehicular slider door handle assembly includes a base portion configured for mounting at a vehicular slider door, a handle pivotally mounted at the base portion and pivotable between a neutral position and a door opening position, and a detent mechanism. The detent mechanism releasably retains the handle relative to the base portion at the neutral position. With the base portion mounted at the vehicular slider door, the handle is pivotable about a pivot axis of the detent mechanism, and as the handle pivots about the pivot axis via actuation by a person at the vehicular slider door, the detent mechanism allows the handle to pivot from the neutral position toward the door opening position without axially moving the handle away from the base portion.
US12187098B2
A vehicle air conditioner includes: a refrigeration cycle in which a refrigerant circulates; a high-temperature cycle in which a first heat medium in liquid form heated by the refrigeration cycle circulates; a low-temperature cycle in which a second heat medium in liquid form cooled by the refrigeration cycle circulates; and a seat that is provided in a vehicle interior and has a warm flow passage and a cold flow passage disposed close to each other. The warm flow passage is provided on the route of the high-temperature cycle, and the cold flow passage is provided on the route of the low-temperature cycle.
US12187097B2
Illustrative examples of a vehicle system and associated methods may be directed to monitoring one or more vehicle components to prevent excess temperatures or heat. A thermal controller may be configured to determine a timer based on a predicted thermal input, and based on the timer, compare a temperature of the vehicle component to a temperature threshold. The thermal controller may be further configured to send an instruction to reduce the temperature of the vehicle component based on the comparison of the temperature to the temperature threshold.
US12187095B2
A cup (28) of a external rotor with symmetry of revolution about the axis comprises: a first cylindrical portion (68) which is radially internal, a second cylindrical portion (32) which is radially external and a third portion (70) between the two cylindrical portions (32, 68). When viewed in cross-section, the third portion (70) extends between two points (P1, P2) which define a straight line which forms, with the axis of the rotor cup (28), an angle (a) of between 65° and 80°. The ratio between the distance (R-P1, R-p2) between the first point (P1, P2) which is radially internal or radially external, respectively, and the axis of symmetry of the rotor cup (28), on the one hand, and the radius (R32) of the second cylindrical portion (32), on the other hand, is between 0.04 and 0.32 or between 0.65 and 1.0, respectively.
US12187091B1
A control arm system is provided. The system includes an upper control arm, a lower control arm longer than the upper control arm, a spindle, and a bracket coupled to a frame. The upper control arm and the lower control arm are coupled between the bracket and the spindle. A pivot point of the upper control arm and the bracket is closer to the spindle than a pivot point of the lower control arm and the bracket. The control arm system is moveable between a compressed position and an extended position with a neutral position between the compressed position and the extended position. A tire coupled to the spindle is rotated into a negative camber orientation when the control arm system is in a compressed position or in an extended position. A track width is maintained in the compressed, neutral, and extended positions.
US12187083B2
A contour CL of a carcass 12 includes a curved portion 44 and an inversely curved portion 46. A boundary between the curved portion 44 and the inversely curved portion 46 is an inflection point PV. A part or an entirety of the curved portion 44 is represented by a first arc. A part or an entirety of the inversely curved portion 46 is represented by a second arc. The first arc and the second arc are tangent to each other at the inflection point PV. A ratio (X/W) of a distance X in an axial direction to a distance W in the axial direction is not less than 70% and not greater than 85%. A ratio (Y/H) of a distance Y in a radial direction to a distance H in the radial direction is not less than 15% and not greater than 22%.
US12187063B2
A sheet of material that is marked with a pulsed laser, the sheet of material having an outer edge and an inner edge separated by a core. The distance from the outer edge to the inner edge is the sheet thickness. The sheet of material has a total concentration of TiO2 of less than about 1.00%. There is an exterior layer beginning at the outer edge and extending into the core, the thickness of the exterior layer is from about 10.00% to about 40.00% of the sheet thickness, and the exterior layer has an average concentration of from about 2.50% to about 10.00% TiO2.
US12187056B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head and a camera unit for acquiring a state of the ejecting head, in which the camera unit includes a camera for imaging an object, a housing in which the camera is housed and which includes an opening on an imaging path that couples the camera and the object, and an opening/closing member, the opening/closing member includes a reference chart serving as a reference for adjustment of the camera and a chart cover, in a first mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into a closed state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart, in a second mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into an open state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart, and in a third mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into the closed state, and the chart cover does not cover the reference chart.
US12187049B2
To perform appropriate printing on a workpiece moving along a three-dimensional movement path. A laser marking apparatus includes: a laser light output section; a laser light scanning section; a print data generation section; a marking control section; and a print pattern correction section that corrects a print pattern received by an input interface based on movement path information related to a movement path of a workpiece moving with a change in a posture in a three-dimensional space. The print data generation section generates print data based on the print pattern corrected by the print pattern correction section.
US12187045B2
There is provided an ink-jet printer including: an ink tank including an ink inlet; a cap; and a cover configured to be movable with respect to the ink inlet between a closed position and an open position. The cover includes an inner surface configured to face the ink inlet under a condition that the cover is in the closed position, and a rib provided at the inner surface. The rib is configured to face a part of the cap, in which the cap is sealed the ink inlet under the condition that the cover is in the closed position and the rib is configured to abut against the part of the cap under a condition that the cap is not appropriately sealed the inlet when the cover moving from the open position to the closed position, thereby the cover being prevented from reaching the closed position.
US12187037B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has an ejection surface including a first nozzle row configured to eject a first ink and a second nozzle row configured to eject a second ink. The liquid ejecting head is configured to be held in a first posture in which the ejection surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. A dynamic surface tension of the second ink is higher than a dynamic surface tension of the first ink. In the first posture, the first nozzle row is positioned above the second nozzle row with respect to a gravity direction.
US12187026B2
The disclosure relates to a coating apparatus for applying a monolayer layer of particles to a receiving surface. The apparatus comprises a pressurized air source, an application chamber partially bounded by the receiving surface into which an air stream is delivered by the air source, an air return path for returning air from the application chamber to an intake of the air source to form an air circulation loop, and a dosing device for introducing particles to be coated onto the receiving surface into the air circulation loop, a particle deflector being positioned in the path of the air stream to break up agglomerated particles carried by the air stream prior to coating the receiving surface with the particles. A method of applying a layer of particles is also provided, as well as printing systems benefiting from the present coating apparatus.
US12187024B2
Thermal protection close-outs are disclosed. A disclosed example thermal protection close-out includes a ring defining an aperture extending therethrough, an outer layer of the ring including a fabric sleeving, and an inner layer of the ring including insulation, the outer layer enclosing the inner layer.
US12187017B2
A biodegradable laminate includes: an aliphatic polyester-based resin layer; a bonding layer; and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer laminated on at least one surface of the aliphatic polyester-based resin layer with the bonding layer therebetween. The aliphatic polyester-based resin layer includes an aliphatic polyester-based resin composition containing an aliphatic polyester-based resin (A) including a repeating unit derived from an aliphatic diol and a repeating unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid as main constituent units, a polyhydroxyalkanoate (B) including a 3-hydroxybutyrate unit as a main constituent unit, and an inorganic filler (C).
US12187016B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multilayer films. Embodiments of the multilayer films may include a first layer comprising a polyethylene composition having a density of 0.924 g/cm3 to 0.936 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) of 0.25 g/10 minutes to 2.0 g/10 minutes, a second layer comprising a first polyolefin, a third layer comprising a second polyolefin. The first layer may be positioned between the second layer and the third layer. The first polyolefin and the second polyolefin may be the same or different.
US12187015B2
A multilayer protective film comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride/acrylate polymer layer and one or more thermoplastic polyurethane layers is provided. The multilayer protective film may possess beneficial and desirable properties useful in protecting surfaces, such as for example, high ultraviolet resistance, optical clarity, durability, and gloss.
US12187013B2
A laminate product is disclosed. The laminate product includes a base layer formed from a thermoplastic polyolefin and a bondable first layer laminated to the base layer. Paint, ink, or attachments may be applied to the bondable first layer. A method of producing the laminate product includes the steps of laminating a base layer and a bondable first layer by application of pressure and heat to the base layer and the first layer. Paint, ink, or attachments may then be applied to the bondable first layer.
US12187012B2
The present application relates to a laminate between an inorganic substance and metal, which is excellent in thermal conductivity and interlayer adhesion. The laminate of the present application has a thermally conductive first inorganic filler bonded with one end of first coupling agent 11; and a metal layer bonded with one end of a third coupling agent, in which the other end of the third coupling agent is bonded with the other end of the first coupling agent. The laminate has such a bond between the inorganic filler and the metal layer through an organic compound, whereby the laminate may be excellent in thermal conductivity and interlayer adhesion.
US12187011B2
A resin molded product is provided and capable of increasing a degree of freedom of a shape compared to prior arts, further provided with increased durability against environmental changes and improved reliability, a manufacturing method thereof, and a wavelength conversion member and an illumination member. The resin molded product is implemented by molding resin in which quantum dots are dispersed. The resin preferably contains a dispersant composed of metal soap. For example, a wavelength conversion bar (fluorescent bar) interposed between a light-emitting device such as an LED and a light-guiding board is molded using quantum-dot-containing resin.
US12187004B2
A tooling assembly, including an elongated ceramic member having a distal end and an oppositely disposed proximal end, a plurality of spaced protuberances extending from the elongated proximal end, at least one groove formed in the proximal end, and an elongated polymer member enveloping the distal end. The overlap of the elongated polymer member and the elongated ceramic member defines a joint. The joint has a tensile strength of at least 11121 Newtons.
US12186995B2
A joining apparatus includes a fusing mechanism part that joins two thermoplastic sheet-like materials by fusing, a sticking mechanism part that sticks an adhesive tape along a joined portion of the sheet-like materials, a workbench having a placement surface on which the fusing mechanism part and the sticking mechanism part are disposed side by side, the placement surface allowing the sheet-like materials in an unfolded state to be placed thereon, and a guide that allows an end portion to be joined of one of the sheet-like materials and an end portion to be joined of the other sheet-like material to overlap each other while aligned along a plane intersecting the placement surface, each of the end portions to be joined of the sheet-like materials being placed on the placement surface, and to feed the overlapping end portions to be joined. The fusing mechanism part fuses and joins the end portions.
US12186991B2
Disclosed is a method for generating an irradiation control data set for creating control data for a device for additive manufacturing of a number of components in a manufacturing process in which at least one layer of a build material is introduced into a process space and the build material of the layer is selectively solidified to form at least one component layer by irradiating at least one section of the layer using a plurality of irradiation resources, wherein layer data are divided into a plurality of work packages, these work packages are put in an order and an irradiation resource is selected taking into account an execution time determined for the irradiation resource to which one of the work packages is assigned taking into account a specified set of evaluation rules, and this is repeated until to a predetermined termination criterion is reached.
US12186985B2
An additive manufacturing system including a two-dimensional energy patterning system for imaging a powder bed is disclosed. Improved structure formation, part creation and manipulation, use of multiple additive manufacturing systems, and high throughput manufacturing methods suitable for automated or semi-automated factories are also disclosed.
US12186978B2
There is provided a method of forming a structure that is in contact with an object, the method comprising: (i) supporting a flowable precursor with a flowable support at a position that allows said flowable precursor to be in contact with the object; and (ii) crosslinking at least part of the flowable precursor that is in contact with the object to form a structure that is in contact with the object, wherein a top surface of the part of the flowable precursor that is to be crosslinked, is in interface with a fluid medium. Also provided is a system for performing the method.
US12186977B2
A 3D printing apparatus of the bottom-up photo-curing type, including a tank containing a liquid photo-curing material and at least one source of a radiation designed to obtain the photo-curing of the liquid photo-curing material, the bottom of the tank including an elastic membrane of non-stick material and transparent to the radiation of the light source, the tank supported on a support plate, the support plate includes, in the portion below the bottom of the tank, a mobile support element, which is able to move by translating and/or rotating in the plane where it is positioned with one or more perforated or lowered portions. The embodiments also relate to a method of using the apparatus for 3D printing.
US12186975B2
A method and an apparatus for extrusion of fiber-reinforced plastic material for the additive manufacture of a component is disclosed. The fiber-reinforced plastic material is supplied to the extrusion apparatus and heated in a heating zone of the extrusion apparatus in order to then supply the fiber-reinforced plastic material to an extrusion nozzle of the extrusion apparatus, at which a material thread comprising fiber-reinforced plastic material is extruded for the component to be manufactured. In order to convey the fiber-reinforced plastic material through the heating zone, a screw conveyor of the extrusion apparatus is utilized, which has a length-diameter ratio of less than a set value. In the heating zone a maximum volume is provided for the fiber-reinforced plastic material and a rotational speed of the screw conveyor is limited to a maximum of speed.
US12186957B2
Provided is a magnetic clamp device that can be easily made into a state where a fall prevention function can be exerted when attaching adsorption objects. A support member (20) is protruded horizontally from an upper part of a magnetic plate (7) of the magnetic clamp device. A protruding member (28) is protruded upward from a mold as an adsorption object that is adsorbed and fixed to an adsorption surface (8) of the magnetic plate (7). The mold (9) is arranged so that the engagement portion (32) faces the locking portion (27) with a predetermined gap above the locking portion (27) in a state where the mold (9) is adsorbed and fixed at a predetermined position on the adsorption surface (8).
US12186955B2
A run-around circuit makes a hydraulic fluid discharged from a rod-side chamber along with a forward movement of a piston in an injection cylinder flow into a head-side chamber. A servo valve is provided in the run-around circuit and is connected to a tank. In a first state, the servo valve permits flow from the rod-side chamber to the head-side chamber, while prohibits flow from the rod-side chamber to the tank. In a second state, the servo valve prohibits flow from the rod-side chamber to the head-side chamber, while permits flow from the rod-side chamber to the tank. The servo valve can control the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the rod-side chamber in each of the first state and second state.
US12186954B2
An injection molding system includes an injection station, a molding device, and a plunger. The injection station includes a platform including an opening and an injector over the platform. The molding device is disposed between the platform and the injector and over the opening, wherein the molding device includes a mold cavity and a clamping unit for clamping the molding device. The plunger under the platform, wherein the plunger includes a base and a rod extendable through the opening toward the molding device and retractable toward the base. An injection molding method includes conveying a molding device to an injection station and disposing the molding device between an injector and a platform; disposing a plunger under the platform; moving the injector towards the molding device; applying a plunging force on the molding device by extending the rod through the opening; and injecting a molding material into a mold cavity.
US12186951B2
An apparatus for molding a rotating member includes a main mold including a column part space configured to mold a column part therein, a plurality of blade spaces configured to mold a plurality of blades therein, and a plurality of split bodies disposed along a circumferential direction of the column part and configured to move along a radial direction of the column part. Each of the plurality of split bodies comprises a column part molding surface defining the column part space, and a plurality of blade molding surfaces defining the blade space. Column part molding surfaces of the plurality of the split bodies define the column part space together, and a first blade molding surface provided at one of the plurality of split bodies defines, together with a second blade molding surface provided at another one of the plurality of split bodies, one of the plurality of blade spaces.
US12186948B2
A ceramic resin composite housing, including a ceramic member and a resin member that is molded on the ceramic member through injection molding. A surface that is of the ceramic member and that is bonded with the resin member includes a plurality of long-strip-shaped holes extending from the surface to the inside of the ceramic member. The long-strip-shaped holes have an open hole structure. The long-strip-shaped holes are filled with a resin material that constitutes the resin member. The composite housing has both a ceramic texture and appearance, and an internal fine structure formed by resin, the ceramic and the resin both are tightly bonded, and a bonding strength is high. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a preparation method of the ceramic resin composite housing, and a terminal including the composite housing.
US12186945B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optoelectronic component substrate (12) comprising a stack of layers, the method comprising a step of: preforming a substrate (12) comprising a face which has a pattern with at least one zone made of a first material and one zone made of a second material, the two materials being thermosetting or thermoplastic materials, the first material being an electrically conductive material and the second material being an electrically insulating material, and molding by compression the face of the substrate (12) with a face of a reference element (22) having a surface roughness less than or equal to 50 nanometers.
US12186941B2
The invention relates to a method for homogenously incorporating filler into a self-adhesive compound, in particular a thermally crosslinkable self-adhesive compound, based on non-thermoplastic elastomer in a continuously working unit with a filling part and a compounding part. The self-adhesive compound contains at least one solid component, at least one liquid component, and at least one filler, and the method has the following steps: (a) feeding at least part of the at least one solid component, such as the non-thermoplastic elastomer in particular, and optionally part of the at least one liquid component to the filling part; (b) transferring the components of step (a) from the filling part to the compounding part; (c) optionally adding additional solid components or additional parts of the solid components to the compounding part; (d) adding the at least one liquid component to the compounding part if the liquid component was not already added to the filling part in step (a); (e) producing a homogenous self-adhesive compound in the compounding part; and (f) discharging the self-adhesive compound. The invention is characterized in that at least part of the at least one filler is pre-dispersed into at least one dispersion liquid in a separate unit and the dispersion obtained in this manner is added to the compounding part. The method prevents high sheering or frictional energies while introducing the filler into the compounding part of the continuously working unit and thus allows the use of temperature-sensitive components, such as temperature-sensitive chemical crosslinking agents in particular.
US12186937B2
A mold (10) intended to form a slab from a mixture of agglomerate, a sheet (15) of PVA-based plastic material deposited over the mold surfaces so as to form with it a surface for subsequent contact with the mixture introduced into the mold for forming the slab, whereby in at least some areas a layer (14) of a fluid agent containing PVA in a solution is interposed between the sheet (15) and the mold surfaces. A system involving a plant and mold are also described.
US12186935B1
Methods and systems for additively manufacturing a unitary ceramic part and repairing damaged ceramic parts including additively manufacturing a first ceramic green body having a joint surface and a second ceramic green body having a joint surface, wherein the joint surfaces are configured to be interfaced. The first ceramic green body and the second ceramic green body are sintered to form the unitary part. Additional ceramic green bodies may be connected and sintered to form the unitary part. The ceramic green bodies may have defects or may be damaged. A ceramic sheet may be manufactured and applied to the ceramic green bodies to repair the defects or damage. The ceramic sheet may be sintered with the ceramic green bodies to form the unitary part.
US12186934B2
A process for the production of slabs made of mineral grits bound with resins comprises at least the phases of supplying one basic mixture including mineral grits and resins; dispensing the basic mixture over a molding support so as to obtain a slab to be compacted provided with an exposed surface facing upwards and a laying surface facing downwards; compacting the slab to be compacted to obtain a compacted slab; and hardening the compacted slab to obtain a slab made of mineral grits; at least one decoration with ink by digital printing of at least the basic mixture carried out prior to the compaction, wherein the decoration phase includes at least one phase of pre-decoration by digital printing which is carried out prior to the dispensing and at least one phase of post-decoration by digital printing which is carried out after the dispensing.
US12186931B2
The invention provides a method of locating a position of an electrical fixture behind a panel by using an aperture cutting guide comprising a support plate and a guide tube having a longitudinal aperture. The support plate is formed with first holes and second holes. The selected second hole and the guide tube protruding through a cut-out of a panel are positioned at an axis of the fixture installation location. A hole cutting tool having a longitudinal rotatable element and a cutting member with cutting teeth is directed towards the cut-out. The rotatable element is movably received and guided by the tube's longitudinal aperture. An opening within the panel is cut by the cutting teeth, so that the guide tube is adapted to retain a proper orientation of the longitudinal rotatable element and to prevent the cutting teeth of the tool from drifting away from a predetermined orientation.
US12186929B2
A chainsaw may include a saw chain; a guide bar, a sprocket, a prime mover, a housing, a sprocket cover, and a guide member. The guide bar, the housing and the sprocket cover may define a chain passage. The guide member may include a first facing surface having an arc shape centered on the rotation axis and a second facing surface having an arc shape centered on a position offset from the rotation axis. When the chainsaw is placed on a horizontal mounting surface and viewed in the direction along the rotation axis, an angle between (i) a straight line connecting the rotation axis and a position where the first facing surface and the second facing surface are connected and (ii) a horizontal plane may be in a range of −10 degrees to 25 degrees.
US12186926B2
A shaving razor. A first and second blade assembly each have a cutting edge oriented to shave in the same direction. The first and second blade assemblies are each displaceable along a respective first and second path substantially parallel to their cutting edge. First and second linkages couple together a first ends and second ends respectively of the first and second blade assembly. Stationary element provide pivot points around which the linkages bend. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US12186925B2
A shaving apparatus (1) having a first shaving unit portion (7) connected to a main housing (2) and accommodating a single driven input member (9) rotatable about an axis of rotation. A second shaving unit portion (8) of the shaving apparatus has a hair-cutting unit (12) and a drive unit (13) which transmits a driving force from the single driven input member to an internal cutting member (19) of the hair-cutting unit. The second shaving unit portion is manually rotatable relative to the first shaving unit portion about the axis of rotation of the single driven input member. An adjustment system (24) has a sensing unit (28, 29) configured to have an output property which varies with the angular position of the second shaving unit portion relative to the first shaving unit portion about the rotational axis. The adjustment system adjusts an operational parameter of the shaving apparatus in dependence on the output property of the sensing unit.
US12186919B2
A perception mast for mobile robot is provided. The mobile robot comprises a mobile base, a turntable operatively coupled to the mobile base, the turntable configured to rotate about a first axis, an arm operatively coupled to a first location on the turntable, and the perception mast operatively coupled to a second location on the turntable, the perception mast configured to rotate about a second axis parallel to the first axis, wherein the perception mast includes disposed thereon, a first perception module and a second perception module arranged between the first imaging module and the turntable.
US12186917B2
A method for calibrating lens grippers prior to use of the grippers in a lens manufacturing line includes providing a remote gripper calibration tool having an assembly plate and a Z-directional position sensor; providing a master gripper having a length dimension terminating in a tip, the length dimension being predetermined to match a desired final extension length of a lens gripper; mounting the master gripper to the assembly plate; measuring the Z-directional position of the tip of the master gripper with the Z-directional position sensor; unmounting the master gripper from the assembly plate; mounting a lens gripper to be calibrated to the assembly plate, the lens gripper having a tip, and calibrating the lens gripper by adjusting the final extension length of the tip of the lens gripper to a predetermined position relative to the measured Z-directional position of the tip of the master gripper.
US12186916B2
The foodstuff assembly system can include: a robot arm, a frame, a set of foodstuff bins, a sensor suite, a set of food utensils, and a computing system. The system can optionally include: a container management system, a human machine interface (HMI). However, the foodstuff assembly system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to enable picking of foodstuff from a set of foodstuff bins and placement into a container (such as a bowl, tray, or other foodstuff receptacle). Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to facilitate transferal of bulk material (e.g., bulk foodstuff) into containers, such as containers moving along a conveyor line.
US12186913B2
An apparatus for automated collision avoidance includes a sensor configured to detect an object of interest, predicting a representation of the object of interest at a future point in time, calculating an indication of a possibility of a collision with the object of interest based on the representation of the object of interest at the future point in time, and executing a collision avoidance action based on the indication.
US12186911B2
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a robot control method, a robot and a storage medium. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the robot determines a position when the robot is released from being hijacked based on relocalization operation; determines a task execution area according to environmental information around the position when the robot is released from being hijacked; and afterwards executes a task within the task execution area. Thus, the robot may flexibly determine the task execution area according to the environment in which the robot is released from being hijacked, without returning to the position when the robot is hijacked, to continue to execute the task, then acting according to local conditions is realized and the user requirements may be met as much as possible.
US12186908B2
A control device of a production machine receives a present path and a movement command from an operator during manual operation of the production machine. An element of the production machine should be moved along the present path by means of position-controlled axes. Based on the movement command, a series of position setpoint values having a setpoint velocity is determined for the axes. The control device determines from the position setpoint values and corresponding position actual values control commands for the drives driving the axes and controls the drives accordingly. The determined control commands limit a contact force (F), which the at least one element exerts on its environment, to a force limit value (F0) specified to the control device. The control device monitors a following error of the drives and suppresses further movement of the element when the following error reaches a maximum value.
US12186903B2
A soft continuum robotic module comprises a plurality of inflatable actuators disposed between plates. Via inflation or deflation of one or more of the actuators, the module may extend, contract, twist, bend, and/or exert a grasping force. One or more modules may be combined to form a robotic arm with multiple degrees of freedom.
US12186897B2
An actuator of a robotic system and a robot are provided. The actuator may include a center shaft, an outer shell connected to the center shaft, an input flange, and an output flange coaxially installed on the center shaft, a torque sensor and a motor assembly. The input flange and the output flange are radially fixed with at least one of the outer shell and the center shaft through a plurality of bearings. The torque sensor is connected between the input flange and the output flange, and configured to measure a torque transmitted by the input flange and the output flange. The motor assembly is coupled to the input flange. Disturbances transmitted from either side of the torque sensor may be isolated from the torque sensor. Therefore, the reliability of the readings of the torque sensor may be improved.
US12186889B2
A safety switch device including a device main body, a movable portion movable in a moving direction with respect to the device main body, and a holding portion configured to hold the movable portion at a position in the moving direction. The device main body includes a main-body-side holding portion, the movable portion includes a movable-portion-side holding portion provided so as to be opposite to the main-body-side holding portion in the moving direction, the holding portion includes a rack gear provided in one of the device main body and the movable portion, an engaging tooth member provided in the other of the device main body and the movable portion so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the moving direction, and an springy member that urges the engaging tooth member in a direction in which the engaging tooth member meshes with the rack gear.
US12186888B2
A robot apparatus is disclosed. The robot apparatus includes a main body; a display; a neck structure rotatably connected to the main body; a first driving device configured to rotate the neck structure such that the display is positioned in a first location, in which a display surface of the display faces toward an upper direction, or a second location, in which the display surface faces toward a front direction; a stopper structure provided on the main body to be adjacent to the neck structure; and a second driving device configured to move the stopper structure toward the front direction or a rear direction such that the stopper structure is positioned in a supporting location in which the stopper structure contacts a rear surface of the neck structure, or a separated location, in which the stopper structure is spaced apart from the neck structure.
US12186869B2
A powered fastener driving tool, and particularly a powder-actuated fastener driving tool including a housing assembly partially defining a plurality of pawl leg pockets, a piston assembly and a barrel assembly removably and partially positionable in a receiver assembly that is partially positioned in the housing assembly, and a plurality of attachment pawls including respective legs positioned in respective ones of the pawl leg pockets and configured to maintain the piston assembly and the barrel assembly removably and partially positionable in the receiver assembly.
US12186864B2
An extension adapter includes a body, a collar, and a gasket. The body includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a flange separating the front portion from the rear portion. The front portion has a larger diameter than the rear portion. The body also includes an inner surface that defines a bore configured to receive a tool bit. The collar is moveable along the rear portion of the body between an unlocked position in which the tool bit is removable from the bore and a locked position in which the tool bit is secured to the body. The gasket is coupled to the rear portion of the body and abutting the flange. The gasket is compressed between the flange and the collar when the collar is in the locked position to block dust and debris from entering the bore.
US12186862B2
An electric work machine has less size increase. An electric work machine includes a motor including a stator and a rotor at least partially located radially inward from the stator and rotatable about a rotation axis, a spindle located frontward from the stator in a front-rear direction parallel to the rotation axis and rotatable under a rotational force generated by the rotor, and a spindle bearing supporting a rear portion of the spindle in a rotatable manner. The spindle bearing is located radially inward from the stator.
US12186861B2
A spark plug wrench is provided, including: a tubular body, including a working portion configured to be connected with a driving tool and a driving portion including a connection hole, the working portion including an assembling hole in communication with the connection hole; a socket base, disposed in the assembling hole, including a large diameter section radially abutted within the assembling hole, a small diameter section, a receiving hole configured for insertion of a spark plug, and receiving portions; and a plurality of positioning units, each of the plurality of positioning units including an elastic member and a positioning member, the elastic member and the positioning member being received in the receiving portion, the elastic member urging the positioning member so that the positioning member at least partially projects within the receiving hole for being engaged within a grooved portion of the spark plug.
US12186860B1
An apparatus comprising an attachment and a grip device. The attachment may be configured to connect the apparatus to a rotational tool. The grip device may comprise a first surface and a second surface. The attachment may be located at a center of the first surface. The attachment may enable the rotational tool to spin the grip device in a spin direction about an axis. The second surface may extend from the first surface to form an arc shape along the axis. The second surface may provide friction. The spin direction may enable the arc shape to rotate a fastener using the friction in a direction opposite to the spin direction.
US12186857B2
A wafer processing method includes a holding step of holding a wafer on a chuck table; a dressing step of cutting a peripheral marginal area of the wafer by a cutting blade mounted to a cutting unit to condition a state of a cutting edge; and a dividing step of cutting streets by the cutting blade mounted to the cutting unit to divide the wafer into individual device chips.
US12186856B1
The present disclosure provides a grinding robot for an inside wall of a small diameter pipe. The grinding robot includes a grinding device, a transmission device, and a driving device. By arranging the grinding robot into the above three portions, the overall bending pipe passability of the robot can be increased, which is convenient for the grinding robot to grind the small diameter pipe. A first gimbal and two second gimbals provided in the transmission device enable the grinding robot to flexibly pass through bends of the pipe, and enable a grinding driving force to be variably transmitted to the grinding device. When the grinding body rotates and contacts a pipe wall, a reaction force of the pipe wall on the grinding body is balanced by an adjusting spring adjustment force in a balance adjusting device and a self-weight of a grinding body.
US12186854B1
A skate blade grinding system used to sharpen and profile the blades of ice skates. The skate blade grinding system can include a housing that includes an elongated slot for receiving the blade of an ice skate for sharpening, and clamp jaws for retaining the skate. The skate blade grinding system can automatically operate a grinding wheel and move the rotating grinding wheel back and forth along the lower face of the skate blade to grind the skate blade.
US12186849B1
A method of repairing an airfoil of a turbine component is provided. The airfoil includes a tip rail that at least partially defines a plurality of tip cooling passages. The turbine component having undergone at least one operational cycle such that a tip portion of the tip rail is outside of a design specification range. The method includes removing the tip portion of the tip rail such that a workpiece interface is defined at a radially outer end of the airfoil. After removing the tip portion, at least one tip cooling passage of the plurality of tip cooling passages extends to an opening on the workpiece interface. The method further includes additively manufacturing an extension segment onto the workpiece interface. The method further includes machining the extension segment to form a replacement tip portion of the tip rail that is within the design specification range.
US12186848B1
A snake-arm robot and a servicing device are mechanically coupled. The mechanical coupling is accomplished by a longitudinal insertion of the snake-arm robot into the servicing device or the servicing device into the snake-arm robot. An actuator moves the snake-arm robot through a passage within an engine until the snake-arm robot reaches a desired location. The movement of the snake-arm robot concurrently moves the servicing device through the passage. Subsequently, the snake-arm robot is de-coupled from the servicing device and the snake-arm robot is removed from the engine while leaving the servicing device in place within the engine.
US12186847B2
Disclosed is a selective field-assisted machining system. The system includes a micron-level high-speed identification module, an in-situ laser assisted module, an ultrasonic vibration module, an energy field loading high-speed control module, and a diamond tool. The micron-level high-speed identification module is used to quickly identify the type of a material substrate of a workpiece to be processed, process the identification information into a corresponding control signal, and send same to the energy field loading high-speed control module to implement selective processing of the workpiece to be processed, i.e. to process brittle particles using in-situ laser assisted machining and to process a soft metal substrate using ultrasonic vibration processing. In the present invention, ultra-precision cutting of brittle particles and a soft metal substrate can be completed at the same time in a single processing process.
US12186842B2
A method of use for supporting a fuel unit. The method includes attaching a support structure having a plurality of legs on a tabletop assembly of a mobile lift table and positioning the support structure under an elevated vehicle having a fuel unit. The method includes removing the fuel unit from the elevated vehicle such that the support structure operatively supports the fuel unit. The method includes moving the fuel unit away from the elevated vehicle and actuating the plurality of legs from a retracted position to an extended downward position. The method further includes lowering the tabletop assembly which carries the support structure with the fuel unit such that the plurality of legs engages a floor. The method further includes detaching and removing the support structure from the tabletop assembly such that the tabletop assembly is no longer supporting the support structure of the fuel unit.
US12186837B2
A universal female welding lead connector collar including a safety cover hingedly connected to a main body of the collar. When engaged on the outer surface of a female welding lead connector, the safety cover can be kept closed to shield a female welding lead receptacle inside the female welding lead connector to prevent electrical arcing or electrocution.
US12186831B2
The present application provides a welding assembly and a battery module. The welding assembly includes: a first weldment; and a second weldment, welded and fixed with the first weldment to form a welding seam; where, at least one side of the welding seam is provided with an exhaust channel; and the exhaust channel is located between the first weldment and the second weldment. In the present application, an exhaust gas generated during welding can be discharged from the exhaust channel to prevent it from entering the welding seam to reduce the strength of the welding seam.
US12186830B1
A rotary laser engraving device for supporting and rotating an object to be engraved during a laser engraving process is provided and includes a support frame. The support frame may include a central bar, a stationary vertical post and a movable post movable along a length of the central bar. A first support assembly is movably mounted on the frame, such as on the stationary vertical post, and includes a first pair of rollers for supporting a first end of the object to be engraved. A second support assembly is movably mounted on the frame, such as on the movable post, and includes a second pair of rollers for supporting a second end of the object to be engraved. At least one longitudinal adjustment mechanism and at least one vertical adjustment mechanism are carried by the frame and allow to adjust the longitudinal and vertical separation, respectively, between the first and second pairs of rollers. A motor assembly is provided to rotate one of the first and second pairs of rollers to rotate the object to be engraved.
US12186829B2
A light guide device includes a first light guide part, a polygon mirror, a second light guide part, and an adjustment part. The first part reflects and guides a laser light emitted from a laser generator. The polygon mirror has a reflective part which reflects the light guided by the first part while the reflective part rotates. The second part reflects the light reflected at the reflective part and directs the light so that the light is illuminated to the workpiece at each reflective part, respectively. The adjustment part adjusts the position of the light incident on the polygon mirror in the rotation axis direction of the optical axis, thereby changing the positions of light incident on the irradiation target in the line width direction. The irradiation target is irradiated with the light while the position of the light in a line width direction.
US12186820B2
Methods of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) ceramic components are provided. In one aspect, a method includes electrical discharge machining a ceramic component, such as a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) component. The ceramic component is electrical discharge machined while a contact matrix is positioned so that electrically conductive compliant and pressurized contacts of the contact matrix engage the ceramic component and so that an electrically conductive member of the contact matrix is in electrical conduction to a grounding structure.
US12186816B2
A cutting insert may include a base including a first surface, a second surface and a lateral surface. The first surface may include a first corner, a second corner and a first side. The first side may include a first portion, a second portion, a third portion and a fourth portion in this order in a direction from the first corner to the second corner. An imaginary straight line being in contact with the first portion may be a reference line in a front view of the first surface. Inclination angles of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion and the fourth portion relative to the reference line may be respectively a first angle, a second angle, a third angle and a fourth angle. The third angle may be smaller than each of the second angle and the fourth angle.
US12186814B2
A milling tool for milling workpieces, having a shank which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and at least one milling portion arranged on the shank along the axis of rotation. The milling portion first and second cutters arranged on the circumference and extending substantially over the milling portion in the direction of the axis of rotation and next to one another and/or one behind another as viewed in the direction of rotation/circumferential direction. The first cutter is arranged at a first angle and the second cutter is arranged at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation. The first angle is not equal to the second angle. A first chip receptacle for receiving a chip of the workpiece that has been cut off is arranged at least between the first and the second cutter.
US12186805B2
Described herein are compositions, methods, and systems for printing metal three-dimensional objects. In an example, described is a method of printing a three-dimensional object comprising: (i) depositing a metal powder build material, wherein the metal powder build material has an average particle size of from about 10 μm to about 250 μm; (ii) selectively applying a binder fluid on at least a portion of the metal powder build material, wherein the binder fluid comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle and latex polymer particles dispersed in the aqueous liquid vehicle; (iii) heating the selectively applied binder fluid on the metal powder build material to a temperature of from about 40° C. to about 180° C.; and (iv) repeating (i), (ii), and (iii) at least one time to form the three-dimensional object.
US12186799B1
The present application discloses an injection system for a die casting machine, which includes an accumulator, an injection cylinder, a pressurization cylinder and a valve module connected via an oil pipeline; in a slow injection phase of the injection cylinder, the valve module is adapted for dynamic switching between a phase of an oil pump of the oil pipeline supplying oil alone and a phase of the oil pump and the accumulator jointly supplying oil; in a fast injection phase, a braking phase, a tracking phase and a pressurization injection phase, the oil pump of the oil pipeline and an oil tank form a first A-type half-bridge structure.
US12186796B2
A Method for manufacturing metal sealing caps comprising a sequence of steps is provided herein.
US12186791B2
Shear-assisted extrusion processes for forming extrusions of a desired composition from a feedstock material are provided. The processes can include applying a rotational shearing force and an axial extrusion to the same location on the feedstock material. Devices for this can include a die tool defined by a die face extending from a rim of the die face inwardly at an angle greater than zero in relation to a sidewall of the die tool in at least one cross section; and/or a die tool defining an opening configured to receive feedstock material for extrusion and further defining a die face defining a recess within the die face and contiguous with the opening. Shear-assisted extrusion processes are also provided that can mix different portions of the feedstock material within a recess about the opening prior to feedstock material entering the opening; and extruding the mixed portions.
US12186784B2
An automated method of cleaning trays used in handling circuit device packages includes the steps of: placing a plurality of trays on a tray loading station of an automated tray cleaning machine; lowering in an automated manner a first tray of the plurality of trays onto a conveyor; conveying in an automated manner the first tray from the tray loading station into a cleaning chamber; automatically applying pressurized air in the cleaning chamber to one or more surfaces of the first tray to remove debris from the first tray; conveying in an automated manner the first tray out of the cleaning chamber and to a tray unloading station; and raising in an automated manner the first tray above the conveyor.
US12186781B1
Chamber bank for use in a sorting operation includes chambers for receiving a receptacle therein. Each chamber is defined by a floor, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall that together define a receiving space for a receptacle. At least one of the left and right wall is taller than the corresponding abutting side wall of the receptacle received therein. A system assigns a first number of articles occupying a first volume to the receptacle such that the first number of articles overfills the receptacle when all of the first number of articles are deposited thereinto.
US12186769B2
An object is to provide a spray coating device and a coating method, with which a uniform coating film can be formed by spray coating with two liquids having reactivity, and in which precipitation of a reaction product on a periphery can also be prevented. The object is achieved by providing a transporting unit for transporting a substrate downward; a first spray nozzle; a second spray nozzle disposed below the first spray nozzle; a holding plate for holding the first spray nozzle and the second spray nozzle such that an angle formed by center lines of the first spray nozzle and the second spray nozzle is 5° to 150°; and a liquid film forming unit for forming a liquid film which flows from above to below on a surface of the holding plate.
US12186767B2
A mobile sprayer apparatus includes a direct current electrical supply, and a supply conduit operative to supply pressurized liquid to a plurality of nozzle assemblies. Each nozzle assembly comprises a channel connecting the supply conduit to a nozzle, a valve operative to selectively open and close the channel, and a solenoid coil operative to selectively move the valve to an open position when a direct current electrical pulse is connected to pass through the solenoid coil in a first direction, and to selectively move the valve to a closed position when a direct current electrical pulse is connected to pass through the solenoid coil in an opposite second direction. A switch selectively delivers a pulse of electrical energy through each solenoid coil in the first direction or through each solenoid coil in the second opposite direction, and no electrical energy is delivered to the solenoid coils between pulses.
US12186766B2
A sprinkler nozzle is configured for a sprinkler positioned at a distal end of a center pivot irrigation system. The sprinkler nozzle includes a connection part securable to the sprinkler, and a nozzle opening downstream of the connection part. A nozzle opening downstream of the connection part is part-toroidal shaped and partially blocked or skewed to control water flow to portions of the deflector plate according to a desired wetted area. The part-toroidal shape spans an arc less than 360 degrees. The nozzle enables a custom designed water application to complement the other sprinklers that are on the pivot and can be shaped to also apply water a distance beyond the end of the pivot pipe to match the application rate of the sprinklers along the pivot pipe.
US12186761B2
A spout nozzle for a scum removal device provided in water where scum floats: a tip-end-side nozzle part of a nozzle body is formed in a flat cylindrical shape; a valve body closing a discharging opening by its own weight when pressure water is not supplied is provided in the tip-end-side nozzle part; a closing part closing an opening above the discharging opening when the discharging opening is closed is provided on the valve body; therefore, resistance is small even if it is arranged in water and moreover an interior is hardly stained by scum and the like contained in water.
US12186757B2
Provided herein are devices for monitoring nucleic acid amplification, nucleic acid amplification monitors, methods of quantifying nucleic acid amplification, methods of identifying an unknown nucleic acid molecule, and systems for monitoring nucleic acid amplification. The disclosed devices, methods, and systems comprise at least one nuclemeter, comprising at least one sample chamber and at least one reaction-diffusion conduit in fluid communication with the chamber.
US12186752B2
Disclosed are a microfluidic device and a sample analysis apparatus using the microfluidic device. According to an exemplary embodiment, there is provided microfluidic device including: a rotating body; and at least one microfluidic structure disposed at a predetermined interval in the rotating body, wherein the microfluidic structure includes a pretreatment unit which shares a solution injected through a solution injected through a solution inlet with another adjacent microfluidic structure through a sharing channel and performs a pretreating process for a sample injected through a sample inlet and the solution; a storage unit which is located outside the pretreatment unit in a radial direction in the rotating body and separately stores the sample and solution pretreated by the pretreatment unit based on a rotational direction of the rotating body; and a detection unit which distributes a target material in the pretreated sample from the storage unit and performs the detection on the distributed target material.
US12186740B2
Subject matter of the present invention are kits comprising containers with at least one solid catalytically active compound, their uses in processes for simulating and predicting the transformation of a compound that is preferably a solid active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), preferably an API in combination with an excipient, in a shortened time span, into the respective degradation product(s).
US12186731B2
The present disclosure is directed to metal organic framework materials and uses for such metal organic framework materials. According to one embodiment, a metal organic framework material may include zinc ions, one or more triazoles, and one or more imidazoles. At least a portion of the zinc ions may be coordinated by the triazoles and the imidazoles such that at least a portion of the metal organic framework material forms a crystalline structure belonging to a monoclinic crystal system.
US12186719B2
A mixing apparatus including a mixing region can have an inlet and an outlet. The mixing region can be operable to couple with a solution housing, thereby defining a mixing chamber. A stem can extend from a surface of the mixing region and the inlet can be disposed at a distal end of the stem. A wing can disposed at a proximal end of the stem and adjacently engaged with the surface of the mixing region and have a leading edge and a trailing edge.
US12186716B1
A method of preparing a liquid product includes: providing a box or carton containing a predetermined quantity of at least one powder-based constituent and a predetermined quantity of at least one liquid additive in an additive container; placing the powder-based constituent in a housing of a dissolution generator, adjacent a screen assembly; using a pressure mechanism to apply a pressure to the powder against the screen assembly; spraying at least a solvent at the powder from a spray nozzle through the powder support screen assembly, thereby dissolving exposed powder and producing a solution; discharging the solution into a mixing chamber; using the solvent, purging the at least one liquid additive from the respective additive container into the mixing chamber; mixing the solution and the at least one liquid additive in the mixing chamber so as to form the liquid product; and dispensing the liquid product from the apparatus.
US12186715B2
There is provided a production method for a resist composition purified product, which includes a step (i) of filtering a resist composition with a filter having a porous structure in which adjacent spherical cells are connected to each other. The filter includes a porous membrane containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyimide and polyamide imide. The resist composition contains a base material component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, an onium salt, and an organic solvent component (S), where the content of the organic solvent component (S) is 97% by mass or more.
US12186714B2
A composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane comprising a polyamide layer; where the polyamide layer has a thickness in the range of 50-250 nm, and large open spaces (i.e., free volumes); where the open spaces are defined by a ratio of water flux, Jw, (gfd) divided by the average surface roughness, Ra, (nm) of the polyamide layer; wherein the composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane has the ratio of Jw/Ra>0.35 gfd/nm when tested at 65 psi, using an aqueous solution containing 250 ppm of NaCl; and a microporous support with a thickness ranging from 100-150 μm. The present invention also relates to processes of fabricating the composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane.
US12186710B2
A nanostructured composite membrane filter for rapid water purification and methods for preparing the nanostructured composite membrane filter are provided. The nanostructured composite membrane includes a silver layer having a plurality of silver functionalized nanofibers for disinfecting microorganisms of water, and a chemical modified layer having a plurality of chemical modified nanofibers for removing impurities from the water. The plurality of silver functionalized nanofibers includes a plurality of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers coated with polydopamine (PDA) and silver, and each of the plurality of chemical modified nanofibers includes a polymer matrix such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and anionic polyelectrolytes such as poly (sodium styrenesulfonate) (PSSNa) for capturing metal ions of the water.
US12186699B1
Disclosed is a segregating gas arrangement that generally comprises a gas segregation chamber, at least one cooling plate in the gas segregation chamber, and a carbon adsorber in an adsorption gas capturing chamber. The gas segregation chamber has a rim that when resting atop regolith defines a first interior environment. The cooling plates are in the gas segregation chamber, wherein the cooling plates are maintained at a first temperature above 5° K, which is a condensation temperature that higher temperature condensing gases will condense. The adsorption gas capturing chamber defines a second interior environment that is in communication with the first interior environment. The carbon adsorber is in the second interior environment and is maintained at a second temperature below 3° K. The carbon adsorber is configured to capture the low temperature condensing gas.
US12186694B2
According to the present disclosure, features, components and techniques useable for providing air cleaner arrangements are provided. Many of the features relate to an axial seal arrangement provided on a filter cartridge. A typical filter cartridge, for use with these features, is a filter cartridge having opposite flow ends. Example media arrangements that fit this characterization are described. Seal arrangements provided with an axial housing sealing engagement surface are shown. A seal arrangement is provided with variations therein, to advantage. These variations can be in either or both of an outer peripheral edge surface and a housing seal engagement surface. Also, air cleaner assemblies having advantageous features therein are provided. Further, air cleaner housings are described, with selected, preferred features for engagement with filter cartridges.
US12186691B2
A leaf filter bag for a leaf (110) of a pressure leaf filter (100) has a first sheet portion (50), adjacent to a second sheet portion (60). The first sheet portion (50) is connected to the second sheet portion (60) at a first edge (10), a second edge (20) and a third edge (30). Forth edges of the sheet portions define an openable and closable edge (40) which has an open position and a closed position, which allows inserting a frame (122) of the leaf (110) into the leaf filter bag (1) through an opening formed by the openable and closable edge (40) in the open position. A zipper (42) closure (41) is provided at the openable and closable edge (40), and a further hook-and-loop fastener closure may be provided.
US12186682B2
Systems and methods for converting BHEEU to DGA are provided. An exemplary system includes an amine unit; a reclaimer configured to receive a lean DGA stream including BHEEU and DGA exiting the amine unit and a reclaimer steam stream to convert at least a portion of the BHEEU to DGA; a sparge line connected a steam source and to the reclaimer configured to introduce sparge steam to restore accumulated DGA at the bottom of the reclaimer, and an output stream comprising DGA.
US12186669B2
A computer system for creating driving tournaments for users including a processor in communication with a memory device is provided. The processor may be programmed to: i) receive user data associated with a plurality of users, ii) generate, based at least in part upon the received user data, a driving profile including driving characteristics of each user, iii) match users based at least in part upon the driving profiles of the users, wherein a match occurs when driving characteristics of the driving profiles are substantially similar, iv) create a driving tournament for the matched one or more users, v) receive current vehicle telematics data and current mobile device data associated with the matched one or more users, and vi) determine, after the predetermined time period has ended, a winner of the driving tournament.
US12186668B2
Systems and methods to provide ledger-specific utilities for unique digital articles and other digital assets that are not fungible in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage user accounts associated with the users, including a first user account associated with a first user, wherein a first account inventory includes a first unique digital article; receive a first action request to use the first unique digital article in a first manner of usage; either permit or deny the requested first manner of usage, based on the type of unique digital article usage that is requested and on the type of decentralized ledger (or the specific decentralized ledger) on which the first unique digital article has been recorded.
US12186658B2
A method for executing a game by a computing system that uses a central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) for generating video frames. A draw call is generated for a video frame by the CPU. At bind time, i.e. writing of the GPU commands by the CPU using a GPU API, asset aware data (AAD) is written to the command buffer, and loading of one or more level of detail (LOD) data from an asset store to system memory is requested. The GPU executes the draw call for the frame using LOD data written to the system memory, the GPU using at least a minimum of LOD data based on the AAD. Additionally, the GPU uses information regarding the LOD load state when executing the draw call, in order to avoid access to LODs not yet loaded.
US12186657B2
Provided are a display device and method of changing a display setting. According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, the method of changing a display setting in a display device includes operations of: storing a plurality of display settings corresponding to a plurality of game categories; determining a display setting to be used for displaying video data of a currently running game among the plurality of display settings; and changing an actual display setting of the display device according to a determined display setting.
US12186655B2
A force feedback module, a gamepad and a game system are provided. The force feedback module of a gamepad comprises: a drive mechanism for generating a feedback force; a gamepad trigger; a unidirectional transmission mechanism that is coupled between the drive mechanism and the gamepad trigger and transmits the feedback force from the drive mechanism to the gamepad trigger in one direction.
US12186651B2
A shuffling system of the present invention includes multiple shuffling devices which are connected in series to one another, and multiple CPUs which are independent from one another, and are connected with the respective multiple shuffling devices, in which each of the multiple CPUs is used to shuffle the cards across the multiple shuffling devices, so that the cards are arranged randomly, and further, even if the information about the shuffle in each shuffling device is stolen due to an unauthorized access to the multiple CPUs, or the like, it becomes difficult to identify shuffled cards to which the stolen information is allocated in all the shuffling devices, and therefore the possibility that the arrangement of the shuffled cards is recognized is reduced.
US12186645B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.
US12186644B2
Disclosed is a virtual control panel providing apparatus, method and program providing user convenience such that a user continuously works out by conveniently operating various functions at a current location without movement, by communicating between a golf simulator and a golf mat capable of providing a virtual control panel, providing the virtual control panel, and performing functions of the virtual control panel corresponding to a user input.
US12186631B1
A rope edge protection system having a rope protection mat, an edge protection mat, and/or a replaceable abrasion pad in combination for the protection of rope. The rope protection mat is a generally rectangular sheet that may be secured in a sleeve-like configuration around a climbing rope and move along the rope with the user. The rope protection mat and/or replaceable abrasion pad are configured to be replaceable after it is sufficiently worn down from use. The replaceable abrasion pad is configured to be laid flush overtop the edge protection mat. The edge protection mat is a generally rectangular sheet that has one or more frictional sections positioned on a bottom side that add resistance to horizontal force vectors to the edge protection mat during use. The edge protection mat is a multi-layer sheet with a high loft layer to decrease the bend radius of the rope across a ledge.
US12186629B2
A walking training system according to the present embodiment includes: a treadmill; a load distribution sensor that is provided on a lower side of a belt of the treadmill so as not to move together with the belt and that detects a distribution of a load received from a sole of a trainee riding on the belt of the treadmill; an extraction unit that extracts a load distribution in a region corresponding to a position of the sole of the trainee during walking training, out of a load distribution detected by the load distribution sensor; and a determination unit that determines a walking state of the trainee based on the load distribution extracted by the extraction unit. A walking training system according to the present application provides improved training to a trainee by improving the accuracy of determining the walking state of the trainee.
US12186624B2
To more effectively improve mobility impairment of a user by supporting rehabilitation, this invention provides a rehabilitation support apparatus for supporting rehabilitation of a user with mobility impairment, including a requester that requests a target action in a three-dimensional virtual space, and a feedback unit that performs feedback that stimulates at least two of five senses to the user who has performed the target action almost at the same time as a timing of performing the target action.
US12186623B2
In some embodiments, a system for rehabilitation includes an electronic device including a memory device for storing instructions, a network interface card, and a sensor. The system includes a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, the network interface card, and the sensor, wherein the processing device executes the instructions to determine angles while a user is engaging one or more pedals of an electromechanical device, and transmit, via the network interface card, the angles to a computing device controlling the electromechanical device, and based on the angles satisfying a range of one or more respective motion threshold conditions, wherein, while the user operates at least one of the one or more pedals, the transmitting the angles to the computing device causes the computing device to increase a diameter of a range of motion of one of the one or more pedals.
US12186621B2
An inclined exercise apparatus may include a support frame, pedals and arm supports for a user. The angle of incline of the inclined exercise apparatus may be adjusted to be increased for a decreased level of difficulty and decreased of an increased level of difficulty. The inclined exercise apparatus may include a chest support for supporting a user's chest. The inclined exercise apparatus may include arm supports and hand grips so that a user can adjust their body position while using the inclined exercise apparatus.
US12186619B1
A fitness bar system for use with exercise equipment, such as standard weights, Olympic weights, flat resistance bands, chains, tubular resistance bands, or the like, includes at least one elongated fitness bar having two opposing ends, each end being open and having an internal thread. At least one elongated cylindrical connector has two opposing ends, a threaded outside surface, and a plurality of threaded diametrical through holes each having threads. At least one adapter is fixable with the ends of each elongated fitness bar or with the ends of each of the elongated cylindrical connectors. The at least one adaptor is configured for connecting the fitness bar system with the exercise equipment. Multiple of the elongated fitness bars may be mutually connected with the elongated cylindrical connectors to form a fitness bar of several desired length.
US12186618B2
An exercise prop for use in the performance of floor-based exercises such as Pilates and isometric exercises is provided. The exercise prop includes a braided body having a looped handgrip at each end. A method for fabricating an exercise prop is also provided.
US12186612B2
The invention discloses a tension force stepless adjustment counterweight power generating mechanism and a fitness equipment with the same, comprising a pulling rope, a winding drum, a mounting seat, a central shaft, a spring, a generator, and a regulator; one end of the pulling rope is connected to the winding drum; a part of the pulling rope is wound on the outer peripheral wall of the winding drum; the winding drum is rotatably connected to the mounting seat; the outer end of the spring is connected to the winding drum, and the inner end thereof is connected to the mounting seat; the central shaft is rotatably arranged on the mounting seat. The mechanism organically combines the pulling force process with the power generation process, and uses a regulator to adjust the rotation damping of the generator motor shaft to adjust the pulling force in a disguised manner.
US12186608B2
Systems and methods described herein are directed to a sprinkler to provide fire protection. The sprinkler system can include a deflector portion, a head portion, a thermal trigger portion, a trigger seat, or a tubular outer structure. The tubular outer structure can define an internal water flow channel. The water flow channel can extend along a longitudinal axis between an inlet and an outlet. The trigger seat can include a tubular exterior. The tubular exterior can be coupled with the tubular outer structure. The trigger seat can include a component. The component can occlude a flow of fluid through the dry pendent sprinkler assembly. The component can maintain the thermal trigger portion in position. At least one portion of the tubular exterior of the trigger seat can protrude into the water flow channel at an angle towards the longitudinal axis.
US12186606B2
A nozzle assembly for a fire suppression system includes a body having an inlet end for receiving a flow of fire extinguishing agent from the fire suppression system at an inlet pressure and a nozzle portion extending from the body. The nozzle portion includes an interior cavity having an outlet end, a center body arranged within the interior cavity adjacent the outlet end, and a plurality of exit orifices formed in an outer wall of the nozzle portion, in communication with the interior cavity, for vectoring the flow of fire extinguishing agent exiting therefrom and to reduce a noise level of the nozzle assembly. At least one perforated filter member is positioned upstream from the plurality of exit orifices formed in the nozzle portion, for reducing the inlet pressure of the flow of fire extinguishing agent.
US12186605B2
A pendent fire protection sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having an inlet and an outlet that define a fluid passage and a sprinkler axis, and a pair of frame arms that form a junction. A deflector, mounted to the junction, includes an annular, planar central portion extending along a plane that is perpendicular to the sprinkler axis, as well as a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion, each portion extending outwardly from the planar central portion. Each of the first and second portions has a rounded outermost peripheral edge. Each of the third and fourth portions has first, second, and third rectilinear outermost peripheral edges, a respective second rectilinear outermost peripheral edge being located between respective first and third rectilinear outermost peripheral edges, and the first and third rectilinear outermost peripheral edges being obtusely angled relative to the respective second rectilinear outermost edge.
US12186585B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment plans. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data representing an optimization problem; iteratively processing, until termination criteria are met, the received data representing the optimization problem to obtain data representing a solution to the optimization problem, comprising, for each iteration: performing a classical search algorithm on an input for the iteration to determine a first solution; providing data representing the first solution to a quantum computing resource, wherein the data representing the first solution comprises a quadratic unconstrained binary optimization formulation of the optimization problem in a local region around the first solution; obtaining data representing a second solution from the quantum computing resource; and providing the data representing the second solution as input to a subsequent iteration; and initiating an action based on the data representing a solution to the optimization problem.
US12186584B1
A therapeutic applicator and method may include a wand portion and a module coupled to the wand portion. The module may have a body section and a recess positioned within the body section. The body section may include a prismatic member made of a transparent material and the body section may further include a convex surface. The convex surface may provide a magnification of a view that includes a region surrounding the recess. A radiation source may be positioned within the recess. The body section may have a thickness greater than a diameter of the radiation source which is sufficient to attenuate radiation being emitted from the radiation source while the transparent material of the body section allows visibility of a treatment site that is adjacent to the radiation source. The magnification of the view may fall in range between about 1.1 times to 50.0 times an unmagnified view.
US12186557B2
Auricular nerve stimulation techniques for addressing patient disorders, and associated systems and methods. A representative system includes a signal generator having instructions to generate an electrical therapy signal, at least a portion of the electrical therapy signal having a frequency at or above the patient's auditory frequency limit, an amplitude in an amplitude range from about 0.1 mA to about 10 mA, and a pulse width in a pulse width range from 5 microseconds to 30 microseconds. The system further includes at least one earpiece having a contoured outer surface shaped to fit against the skin of the patient's external ear, external ear canal, or both, the at least one earpiece carrying at least two transcutaneous electrodes positioned to be in electrical communication with the auricular innervation of the patient, e.g., the auricular vagal nerve.
US12186544B2
An injection assembly includes a syringe barrel (12) having a proximal end and a distal end, a needle hub (20) supporting the needle and coupled to the distal end of the syringe barrel (12). A sleeve (32) is positioned on the syringe barrel and needle hub for sliding between a first position where the needle is covered and a second position exposing the needle. The sleeve (32) is biased to the extended position to cover the needle. The sleeve has a distal end (38) and a proximal end (40). During use, the syringe is positioned against the skin of the patient so that distal end of the sleeve contacts the skin of the patient before the needle so that lateral or angular force applied relative to the surface of the skin is absorbed by the sleeve to inhibit sliding of the sleeve and resist bending of the needle during insertion.
US12186542B2
The invention relates to a detachable needle protection cap for injection devices and to a method for producing same. The detachable needle protection cap comprises a housing and at least two shell parts which can be attached to an outer surface of the housing, the shell parts being fastened to an outer surface of the housing. The shell parts can mutually prevent removal of the shell parts.
US12186538B1
An electronic add-on module configured for releasable attachment to a drug delivery device is described. The electronic add-on module includes at least a body configured to be releasably attached to the device housing, a coupler configured to be releasably attached to the device dial grip, and a dial configured to be axially displaceable with respect to the coupler. The electronic add-on module further includes a tube which is configured to be permanently rotationally constrained to the body and configured to be axially displaceable relative to the body wherein the dial is configured to be rotatable relative to the tube at least in a dialing mode.
US12186536B2
A single-use auto-injector includes a housing and a dosing unit in at least part of the housing. The dosing unit includes a needle, a drug container with drug, a piston movable in the container, a first mechanical power supply for moving the piston to deliver the drug, an activation mechanism, and a mechanical escapement mechanism for controlling the movement of the piston. The auto-injector has a first state in which the needle is protected from needle damage or contamination, a second state in which the needle is ready to penetrate a human body, a third state in which the needle has penetrated the human body and is ready to dose, and a fourth state in which the needle is shielded to avoid unintended needle sticks. A second mechanical power supply is configured to shift state of the auto-injector from the third state to the fourth state.
US12186532B2
A problem with injecting cells such as fat cells into organic tissue to act as a filler material is that the cells must be distributed evenly and reasonably thinly to ensure that all of the injected cells are situated near to a blood supply and do not die. Injecting devices have been produced that use electronic controls and electro-mechanical mechanisms to improve distribution. The present approach however solves the problem of even distribution by coupling a skin surface sensing means to a plunger in a reservoir of the filler cells. In this way, the flow of cells out of a cannula relates directly to the rate at which the tip of the cannula penetrates the organic tissue into which the cells are being injected.
US12186531B2
A removable power supply cover assembly for an infusion pump is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing body configured to removably attach to an infusion pump, a conductor assembly attached to the housing body, a power supply contact assembly, and a spring attached to the power supply contact assembly and the conductor assembly. An electrical coupling between a power supply to the conductor assembly is formed through the spring.
US12186528B2
A tube cassette (22) for receiving infusion tubing is shaped to define a locking surface (26). A pump (20) includes a latch (28) which engages with the locking surface and locks the cassette in a preset position with respect to the pump. A mechanical stop (38) in the pump stops motion of the cassette in a first direction, such that the cassette has moved past the preset position. Until motion of the cassette is stopped by the mechanical stop, the latch allows motion of the cassette past the preset position in the first direction. The latch automatically moves from an open position to a cassette-withdrawal-inhibiting position upon engagement of the latch with the locking surface, and subsequently locks the cassette in the preset position by pushing the cassette in a second direction, from past the preset position to the preset position. Other applications are also described.
US12186523B2
Disinfection cap includes housing comprising closed top, essentially cylindrical sidewall, and open bottom formed by the sidewall with opening to inner cavity within the housing for receiving mating feature of needleless connector. Disinfection sponge can be configured within inner cavity, with removable cover sealing opening to inner cavity to seal sponge within inner cavity prior to cap use. Inner cavity includes threads on inner surface of its sidewall that do not correspond to the mating feature of needleless connector. One thread engages with mating feature of needleless connector. Plurality of disinfection caps can be disposed on strip of IV pole hanging device such that each cap can be peeled off the strip unsealed for immediate use, or separated from the strip sealed for later use.
US12186499B2
A catheter system includes a catheter having an elongate shaft, a balloon and a light guide. The balloon expands from a collapsed configuration to a first expanded configuration. The light guide is disposed along the elongate shaft and is in optical communication with a light source and a balloon fluid. A first portion of the light guide extends into a recess defined by the elongate shaft. A protection structure is disposed within the recess and is in contact with the first portion of the light guide. The light source provides pulses of light to the balloon fluid, thereby initiating plasma formation and rapid bubble formation within the balloon, thereby imparting pressure waves upon a vascular lesion. The protection structure can provide structural protection from the pressure waves to the first portion of the light guide.
US12186496B2
A system can include a needle that includes a distal tip configured to be inserted into a vessel of a patient, the needle defining an outer surface. The system can further include a catheter that includes a distal end and an inner surface that defines a lumen within which a portion of the needle is positioned, the distal tip of the needle being at a position that is distal to the distal end of the catheter, the catheter further comprising a catching region of reduced diameter that extends inwardly at the distal end of the catheter. The system can include a longitudinally extending stiffener positioned between the outer surface of the needle and the inner surface of the catheter, the stiffener including a distal end that engages the catching region of the catheter when the catheter and the stiffener are inserted distally into the vessel of the patient over the needle, the stiffener being configured to disengage from the catheter and translate proximally relative thereto to leave the catheter positioned within the vessel of the patient as the stiffener is withdrawn from the catheter in a proximal direction.
US12186469B2
An extension cannula for use with a conventional ECMO return cannula is provided. The extension cannula includes a flexible conduit transitionable between a collapsed insertion state and an expanded deployed state when in communication with blood flow from an ECMO machine via the ECMO return cannula. The extension cannula may be positioned through a conventional ECMO return cannula such that the proximal end of the flexible conduit is disposed within and proximal to the end of the ECMO return cannula, while the distal end of the flexible conduit is disposed in a patient's thoracic aorta to deliver oxygenated blood directly to the patient's thoracic aorta via one or more pores at the distal region of the flexible conduit to improve cerebral oxygenation, maintain systemic arterial pulsatility, and reduce the potential for end-organ injury.
US12186463B2
The present invention refers to a container comprising a connection portion allowing for an easy, efficient and more hygienic connection of the container to a fluid dosing unit of a blood treatment device. According to the present invention the fluid dosing unit comprises a valve that fluidically closes the fluid dosing unit if no container is connected to the fluid dosing unit and that opens the fluid dosing unit upon connection of a container to the fluid dosing unit. Thus, undesired spillages potentially arising upon disconnection of the container from the fluid dosing unit can be avoided.
US12186462B1
A breathing air compressor having an inlet air ultraviolet C light radiation emitter and viral and bacterial filtration system for air introduced into the air compressor. The viral and bacterial filtration system includes a cylindrical housing that includes a UVC radiation emitter mounted in a flow-through UVC radiation chamber, an inlet air particulate filter, and a flowmeter for measuring the volume and rate of flow of air to destroy viruses and bacteria present in any air flowing through the UVC chamber that is input air to an air compressor. The air compressor is typically used for generating breathing air for persons such as firemen and SCUBA divers. A controller and monitor unit is connected to the UVC radiation emitter and the flowmeter to shut down the air compressor to prevent air starvation.
US12186458B1
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a device and method relating to heating a sample. For example, a device includes a housing to support a sample including a trace of an explosive. A power supply is coupled to the housing to provide power to a heating element coupled to the housing. The heating element is configured to heat the sample to generate a vapor of at least one ingredient of the trace.
US12186451B2
The present invention provides compositions, systems and methods for treating diabetes in a subject. The composition of the present invention includes a decellularized vascular graft, a biocompatible hydrogel encasement with tunable rigidity, and a plurality of cells such as pancreatic islet cells.
US12186445B2
Methods and systems are provided for verifying hygienic hand cleaning including a wash basin, having a contaminant sensor positioned in proximity to a drain of the wash basin, to measure a level of contamination of rinse fluid leaving the wash basin; and a processor and associated memory having instructions that when executed by the processor implement: receiving a signal from the contaminant sensor indicative of the level of contamination; and responsively, determining the level of contamination and comparing the level of contamination with a contamination threshold to determine a hand washing status.
US12186444B2
A shoe treating apparatus including a shelf part including at least one shelf, a motor part configured to control tilting of the at least one shelf, a sensor part including at least one sensor, and a processor electrically connected to the motor part and the sensor part is provided. The processor may identify an approach of a user by using the at least one sensor, and, based on the identified user approach, generate a control signal for adjusting a tilt angle of the at least one shelf to adjust the tilting of the at least one shelf. A method of operating a shoe treating apparatus is also provided.
US12186443B2
An apparatus for sterilizing an interior of a vehicle using a drone, may include a drone body of the drone and including a conformation sensor; one or more propellers coupled to the drone body; a UV unit coupled to the drone body and configured to radiate UV light; a sterilizer spray unit mounted to the drone body and configured to spray a sterilizer through the propeller; and a controller electrically connected to the UV unit or the sterilizer and configured to set a flight route in a vehicle, determine an infected region in the set flight route, and operate the UV unit or the sterilizer unit in correspondence to the infected region.
US12186442B2
A sterilization machine for the sterilization of caps, comprising an isolation chamber having an inner space in which the caps are advanced along a conveying path and separating the inner space from an outer space, a plurality of carts positioned within the inner space and an actuation unit arranged in the outer space and configured to selectively advance the carts along an advancement path by means of the generation of an electromagnetic field. Each cart comprises a pusher element configured to interact with a group of caps having one or more caps, to advance the respective group along the conveying path during the advancement of the respective cart along at least one portion of the advancement path. The actuation unit is configured to selectively lift the carts by means of levitation and to advance the carts along the advancement path by means of control of the electromagnetic field.
US12186439B2
Method, sterilization system and robotic system for improving duty cycle of Ultraviolet (UV) emitter modules disinfecting closed environment. Sterilization system includes robotic system and plurality of UV emitter modules. Robotic system receives signal corresponding to discharge of battery from one of plurality of UV emitter modules. Each of plurality of UV emitter modules includes UV light source for disinfecting closed environment. Robotic system detects location of UV emitter module amongst plurality of UV emitter modules and maneuvers to location of UV emitter module, mounts UV emitter module and maneuvers UV emitter module to charging dock for charging battery of UV emitter module. After charging, robotic system maneuvers UV emitter module to pre-defined area for disinfecting pre-defined area of closed environment. Robotic system includes battery charged through UV emitter module when UV emitter module is getting charged, or when UV emitter module mounted to robotic system includes battery that is fully charged.
US12186438B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus is coupled with an ultraviolet light source. The electronic apparatus acquires information associated with a first object. The acquired information relates to one of a location of the first object, a distance between the first object and the ultraviolet light source, or an angular orientation of the first object from the ultraviolet light source. The electronic apparatus determines, based on the acquired information, one or more control parameters for the ultraviolet light source to disinfect the first object. The one or more control parameters relate to at least one of an amount of time for emission of the ultraviolet light, a wavelength of an ultraviolet light emitted by the ultraviolet light source, or an inclination of the emitted ultraviolet light. The electronic apparatus controls, based on the determined one or more control parameters, the ultraviolet light source to disinfect the first object.
US12186436B2
Hydrophilic molecules such as biologics, which can include peptides, proteins, and other biologically-derived materials, can be used as therapeutic agents in medical applications. They can face administration challenges because of poor membrane permeability and rapid clearance from the blood stream. Methods for the formation of a core-shell-brush nanoparticle from an A-B-C triblock copolymer are set forth. A hydrophilic core can contain the biologic and the C Block of the copolymer. The shell can be comprised of the precipitated B Block, and the A Block can form a stabilizing brush layer. The particles can be assembled by sequential precipitations under defined mixing conditions. Presented herein are methods to tune release based on process parameters during particle assembly and triblock characteristics.
US12186425B2
According to some aspects, this application provides devices and methods for treating cystinosis in a patient. Removable intra-ocular devices and contact lenses containing cystine-sequestering materials effective for uptake of cystine from the eyes of a patient having cystinosis are provided. Methods of making the cystine-sequestering contact lenses are also provided.
US12186421B2
Agents, processes, and kits-of-parts are provided for dyeing keratinous fibers are provided. An agent for dyeing keratinous fibers includes (a1) at least one C2-C30 alkyl methicone; and (a2) at least one pigment.
US12186418B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (a) at least one ether oil; (b) at least one amphoteric surfactant chosen from (C8-C24)alkyl betaines, (C8-C24)alkylamido(C1-C6)alkylbetaines, and mixtures thereof; (c) at least one anionic surfactant; (d) at least one polyglyceryl fatty acid ester; and (e) at least one alklypolyglycoside. The composition according to the present invention is stable and capable of forming good form, and can remove make-up well.
US12186416B2
The invention relates to a monomer mixture for producing a dental material comprising: a. at least one base monomer M1 of the following formula 1: PG-S-A-S—[OOC—K—COO—S-A-S]n-PG (formula 1), where PG=a polymerizable group selected from OOC—CH—CH2 and —OOC—C(CH3)—CH2; S=a spacer group selected from an unbranched and a branched alkylene, which has C1-C10 carbon atoms and which can also contain oxygen or —OOC— in the carbon chain, or S is omitted; A=an aliphatic polycyclic group; K=an aliphatic acyclic or cyclic saturated or unsaturated unit with C1-C10 carbon atoms; and n=1-9; b. at least one base monomer M2 of the following formula 2: PG′—S′-A′—S′—PG′ (formula 2), where PG′=a polymerizable group selected from OOC—CH═CH2 and —OOC—C(CH3)═CH2; S′=a spacer group selected from an unbranched and a branched alkylene, which has C1-C10 carbon atoms and which can also contain oxygen or —OOC— in the carbon chain, or S′ is omitted; and A′=an aliphatic polycyclic group, wherein the mass ratio Y=m(M2)/m(M1) of the base monomers M2 to M1 is 0.9≤Y≤20. The invention also relates to the use of the monomer mixture, to a polymerizable dental material containing such a monomer mixture, to a polymerizable dental material for use in a therapeutic method, and to a cured dental material.
US12186408B2
The present invention provides fusion polypeptides for inhibiting angiogenesis, fusion protein nanocages having peptides for inhibiting angiogenesis, and diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostic) uses thereof.
US12186400B2
The present disclosure discloses a micromolecular compound specifically degrading tau protein, and an application thereof. The chemical structure of the micromolecular compound specifically degrading tau protein is TBM-L-ULM or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, stereoisomer, solvate, polymorph or N-oxide thereof, TBM being a tau protein-binding moiety, L being a linking group, and ULM being a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety, the tau protein-binding moiety and the ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety being connected by means of the linking group. The micromolecular compound specifically degrading tau protein may increase tau protein degradation in a cell, thereby decreasing tau protein content.
US12186397B2
A cell tissue gel, comprising one or more matrix molecules cross-linked with a cross-linking agent, and a quenching agent bound to a reactive group of the cross-linking agent, wherein the quenching agent contains a moiety that is capable of reacting with the reactive group of the cross-linking agent and the one or more matrix molecules contain one or more functional groups that are capable of cross-linking with the reactive group, the amount of the reactive group of the cross-linking agent being equal to or less than a total amount including the amount of the one or more functional groups and the amount of the moiety.
US12186396B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, reagents, systems, and kits to prepare and utilize branched multi-functional macromonomers, which contain a ring-opening metathesis polymerizable norbornene group, one or more reactive sites capable of undergoing click chemistry, and a terminal acyl group capable of undergoing a coupling reaction; branched multi-cargo macromonomers; and the corresponding polymers are disclosed herein. Various embodiments show that the macromonomers and polymers disclosed herein display unprecedented control of cargo loading of agents. These materials have the potential to be utilized for the treatment of diseases and conditions such as cancer and hypertension.
US12186388B2
The present invention relates to universal sarbecovirus vaccines that specifically express an interferon. This live universal sarbecovirus vaccine elicits mucosal immunity and heterotypic immunity against various sarbecoviruses, including SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2, and its variants. Interferon directly encoded from the genome of the live universal sarbecovirus overrides the virus-induced “delayed type-I interferon”, resulting in enhancement of mucosal T cell responses. The present invention further relates to uses of the vaccines for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treating or preventing viral infections, and kits comprising the vaccines.
US12186378B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having skin cancer or at risk of developing skin cancer, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing skin cancer.
US12186372B2
The invention features combination therapies using an IL-15-based superagonist complex and an antibody to effectively treat subjects with cancer and infectious diseases.
US12186367B2
This application is drawn to a method of using an isoform NELL-1 peptide, and compositions thereof for bone formation or for treating, preventing, or ameliorating osteoporosis.
US12186361B2
This invention relates to drug delivery and in particular to the delivery of biologically active agents in the form of dry powders for inhalation. The invention also relates to methods for preparing such dry powder formulations and methods for their use.
US12186354B2
The present invention relates to an extract of Lespedeza capitata Michx., for use in cosmetics and/or dermatology in the field of hair care and, more specifically, in the treatment and/or prevention of alopecia and/or seborrhea of the scalp.
US12186337B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite.
US12186327B2
Disclosed is a method and an oral composition for treating CNS disorders. An embodiment of the invention comprises orally administering an allopregnanolone containing composition to a subject having a CNS disorder. Exemplary CNS disorders include sleep disorders, mood disorders, dysthymic disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, stress disorders, compulsive disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, memory disorders, cognition disorders, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, substance abuse disorders, dementia, pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), vascular disease, withdrawal syndrome, and tinnitus. The composition and methods disclosed herein exhibit effective oral absorption/bioavailability.
US12186325B2
A pharmaceutical composition may include clomipramine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof and yohimbine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof and may be used in the treatment and prevention of premature ejaculation. The composition may contain, for example, 5 to 150 mg clomipramine, and/or, for example, 5 to 150 mg yohimbine.
US12186324B2
The present disclosure relates to heterocyclic compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of transcription activating proteins such as CBP and P300 for the treatment or prevention of diseases such as proliferative diseases, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, and fibrotic diseases.
US12186318B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating a cancer including administering a pharmaceutical composition to an individual suspected to have the cancer excluding humans in a pharmaceutically effective amount, where the pharmaceutical composition comprises an agent capable of inhibiting expression of kinesin spindle protein (KSP) and a mitosis inhibitor.
US12186312B2
Provided is a heat shock protein expression-inducing agent, more specifically, a heat shock protein expression-inducing agent comprising a compound represented by formula (I): wherein R is a lower alkyl, phenyl, or hydroxyphenyl, or a salt thereof.
US12186306B2
This application describes methods of treating cystic fibrosis or a CFTR mediated disease comprising administering Compound I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The application also describes pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and optionally comprising one or more additional CFTR modulating agents.
US12186302B2
A DPP-IV inhibitor and a food with functional claims, which comprises methylated catechin as a novel active ingredient, are provided.
US12186294B2
The present disclosure provides, in part, modulators of prostate-specific G-protein receptor (OR51E2/PSGR) and methods of treating, preventing, and diagnosing prostate cancer using the same.
US12186285B2
Pharmaceutical compositions containing a synergistic combination of at least one antifungal active ingredient and at least one keratolytic agent and methods of treating tinea pedis with the pharmaceutical compositions are described. These pharmaceutical compositions include synergistic combinations of naftifine or terbinafine and urea, or naftifine or terbinafine and ammonium lactate, for effective treatment of moccasin-type and interdigital-type tinea pedis.
US12186283B2
The invention relates to Bis-thiol compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treating, managing or lessening the severity of pulmonary infections in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a bismuth-thiol (BT) composition that comprises at least one BT compound.
US12186279B2
A nanoparticle construct includes a plurality of plant virus or virus-like particles electrostatically coupled to a plurality of nanoparticles having a different surface charge than the plant virus or virus-like particles. The nanoparticle construct upon delivery to a subject can provide a sustained release of the plant virus or virus-like particles and/or nanoparticles to a cell or tissue of the subject.
US12186276B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12186274B2
A reminder apparatus includes: a housing and a rotation block; wherein the rotation block is rotatably arranged in the housing, an identification structure is arranged on a surface of the rotation block, and a viewing window is defined on the housing, such that the identification structure is exposable via the viewing window in the case that the rotation block is rotated.
US12186266B2
A flexible multi-chamber bag for storing and reconstituting parenteral nutrition solutions is disclosed. The flexible multi-chamber bag comprises a first peelably sealing wall and a second peelably sealing wall between the two polymer films extending from the top edge to the bottom edge and separating the first bag into a first chamber between the first peelably sealing wall and the second peelably sealing wall, a first space between the left edge and the first peelably sealing wall, a second space between the second peelably sealing wall and the right edge; a third peelably sealing wall extending from the left edge to the first peelably sealing wall to separate the first space to form a third chamber and a fourth chamber; and a fourth peelably sealing wall extending from the right edge to the second peelably sealing wall to separate the second space to form a second chamber and a fifth chamber.
US12186264B2
The present invention is a resin container in which an inner wall surface of a container body includes a cyclic olefin copolymer, and a diameter upstream of an outlet of the container body ranges from 0.5 mm to 8.0 mm.
US12186262B2
Device and method for relieving muscle tension. The device includes a tip portion with a first three dimensional geometry, an extension portion with a second three dimensional geometry, and a base portion with a third three dimensional geometry. The device is configured such that a user can attain trigger point release on a muscle or muscle group by positioning the device on a fixed surface, positioning the tip portion of the device to be in contact with the muscle or muscle group, and then selectively applying pressure to the muscle or muscle group using the weight of the user and contact forces.
US12186259B2
A device for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation of a patient includes a support base, a swivel support, a mask holder and two lateral support elements. The support base is wedge-shaped in order to support the patient. There are guiding means and swivel elements provided in the support base and in the swivel support. The device makes it possible to adjust the position of the mask holder both vertically and horizontally to adapt to the dimensions of the user via a plurality of toothed elements. The configuration allows the combination with any existing continuous ventilation equipment.
US12186256B1
This application provides a massager including a shell, where the shell includes a first body, a second body, and a silicone sleeve, the first body and the second body are inserted along a length direction of the shell, and the silicone sleeve sleeves the first body and the second body; a jacking assembly configured to extend and retract to drive the second body to move relative to the first body along the length direction of the shell; and an expansion assembly configured to expand so as to enlarge a diameter of the silicone sleeve outside the second body. In this application, the jacking assembly and the expansion assembly are used to increase the length and diameter of the massager.
US12186252B2
An assistance device that assists a care receiver in standing up, includes: a first arm extending upward from a base; a second arm provided on the first arm and swinging around a first_horizontal axis; a support member provided on the second arm; a first and second covers respectively provided on the first and second arms and covering at least a part of the first and second arms respectively; and a third cover configured to be swingable around a second horizontal axis is swingably attached to the first arm or the first cover and is slidably attached to the second arm or the second cover, alternatively the third cover is swingably attached to the second arm or the second cover and is slidably attached to the first arm or the first cover.
US12186250B2
A movable body control system includes: a movable body on which a user is capable of riding; a support device that supports a body of the user in a lying posture; a body detection device that detects a state of the user supported by the support device; a periphery monitor device that monitors a periphery of the support device; and a determination part that determines whether or not the movable body is capable of approaching the support device based on a detection result of the periphery monitor device. In the movable body control system, in a case where the body detection device detects that the user is in a predetermined state and the determination part determines that the movable body is capable of approaching the support device, the movable body approaches the support device.
US12186241B2
A time-based wireless pairing operation between a medical device, such as a patient bed, and a wall module in a patient room is initiated in response to a power plug of the medical device being plugged into a power receptacle carried by the wall module. Times determined by timers of the medical device and the wall module are compared by the wall module or by the medical device so that wireless pairing occurs only with the medical device that was plugged into the wall module. Different types of plug detectors used in the wall module to detect connection of the power plug include optical detectors, mechanical switches, and current sensors.
US12186234B2
Methods of administering a liquid formulation of an ophthalmic agent to a topical ocular location of an eye are provided. Aspects of the methods include delivering to the topical ocular location a dose of the liquid formulation that can be wholly accommodated by the tear film of the eye. Devices and kits for practicing the methods are also provided. The methods, compositions and kits find use in a variety of applications, including therapeutic, diagnostic and cosmetic applications.
US12186229B2
Examples relate to fluid collection devices, systems, and methods of collecting fluid from wearers. The fluid collection devices include a retention means for maintaining the position of the fluid collection device with respect to the wearer.
US12186227B2
Embodiments of the disclosed invention comprise a urostomy bag and an absorbent insert system, as well as methods for use. The urostomy bag comprises a storage bag having a primary aperture for interacting with a stoma on a device wearer, and a secondary aperture having a closure to seal and unseal the secondary aperture. The absorbent insert comprises a water-permeable outer layer that contains an absorbent core. The core includes a gelatinizing agent configured to make urine gelatinous. The absorbent insert is insertable into, and removable from, the inside of the storage bag via the secondary aperture. Methods for use of the disclosed urostomy system comprise attaching the urostomy bag to a wearer, inserting an unused absorbent insert into the secondary aperture, wearing the system, and replacing the used absorbent insert when required.
US12186225B2
A wearable physical rehabilitation device configured to separate the thighs of a subject to promote proper posture of the pelvis while walking is provided. The device comprises a supporting belt fitted around the subject's waist, a 3D wedge-like PU-foam structure arranged between the subject's thighs, a saddle-shaped structure for receiving the subject's buttocks, and a hollow control handle arranged anteriorly relative to the subject's body. The 3D wedge-like structure has a hole and is attached to the belt by a pair of ascending straps each passing through the hole. Each of a pair of lateral straps passes through the hole and attaches the 3D wedge-like structure to and around one of the thighs. The handle has one pair of descending straps extending therefrom and attaching to the saddle-shaped structure and another pair of ascending straps extending therefrom and attached to each other behind the subject's neck.
US12186219B2
A therapeutic article of manufacture suitable for adhesive application to the skin of a user includes an elongate support layer formed of a single layer of woven fabric. The woven fabric has a ratio of elongation in percent to tensile strength (lb/in-width) that is less than 0.9 in only one of two test directions, where elongation, tensile strength, and test directions are determined under test conditions specified in ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) D3759. The article of manufacture additionally includes an adhesive intermittent across the support layer and a removable cover layer releasably retained on the adhesive.
US12186218B2
A compression garment for correcting a lower body shape and a walking gait for an angular deformity of the legs, according to the present embodiment, comprises: a bottom garment main body; and a correction band disposed on the bottom garment main body, wherein the correction band includes a first correction band disposed in a first area of the bottom garment main body and a second correction band disposed in a second area of the bottom garment main body, the first correction band composed of a first part disposed above the first area, a second part disposed below the first area, and a third part connecting the first part of the first correction band and the second part of the first correction band, and the second correction band composed of a first part disposed above the second area, a second part disposed below the second area, and a third part connecting the first part of the second correction band and the second part of the second correction band. The first correction band comprises a connecting member disposed on the first part of the first correction band and including a hole, and the first part of the second correction band may be inserted into the hole of the connecting member of the first correction band and coupled by means of a belt fastening method.
US12186211B2
A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.
US12186210B2
A multi-segment reinforced actuator includes (a) a soft actuator body that defines a chamber and (b) a plurality of distinct reinforcement structures on or in respective segments of the soft actuator body. First and second reinforcement structures are respectively configured to produce a first and second actuation motions, respectively, in first and second segments of the soft actuator body when fluid flows into or out of the chamber. The actuation motions are selected bending, extending, expansion, contraction, twisting, and combinations thereof; and the first actuation motion differs from the second actuation motion. The actuator can be used, e.g., to facilitate bending of the thumb with corresponding bending, extending, expansion, contraction, and twisting actuation motions.
US12186206B2
A bone graft loading system includes a loading funnel, syringe, cannula, plunger, and loading tool. The loading funnel includes an interior passageway to receive the cannula and a syringe docking portion. The syringe may be coupled to the syringe docking portion so that it extends along a longitudinal axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axes of the cannula and the loading funnel. A user may advance bone graft from the syringe to a holding area of the loading funnel. The user may then move the loading tool through the holding area and into the interior space of the cannula to load the cannula with bone graft. This process may be repeated until the cannula is fully loaded with bone graft. The cannula and the plunger inside the cannula may then be removed from the loading funnel and coupled to an injector assembly for use in surgery.
US12186205B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for near-simultaneous and integrated delivery of bone graft material during the placement of surgical cages or other medical implants in a patient's spine, and methods for using same. The integrated fusion cage and graft delivery device according to various embodiments delivers and disperses biologic material through a fusion cage to a disc space and, without withdrawal from the surgical site, may selectively detach the fusion cage for deposit to the same disc space. The integrated fusion cage and graft delivery device is formed such that a hollow tube and plunger selectively and controllably place bone graft material and a fusion cage in or adjacent to the bone graft receiving area. In one embodiment, the integrated fusion cage is an expandable integrated fusion cage. In another embodiment, the bone graft material is loaded into a breech area in the hollow tube.
US12186204B2
Devices and methods for bone fixation including a bone fixation system including a bone plate or intervertebral spacer including a plurality of apertures dimensioned to receive bone fasteners and at least one polymeric element capable of transitioning from a solid state to a flowable state. The polymeric element transitions to a flowable state as a result of exposure to ultrasonic vibration. The polymeric element is placed on the bone plate or intervertebral spacer adjacent a fastener in an aperture and acts to prevent rotational and/or translational movement of the fastener relative to the bone plate or intervertebral spacer.
US12186194B2
Augments for implantation of an orthopedic implant device in a bone. A distal end of an outer portion of the augment can have a shape that is configured to generally conform to the shape of a metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction of an intramedullary canal of the bone. Further, a proximal end of the outer portion of the augment has a shape that is configured to generally conform to a shape of the metaphyseal region of the intramedullary canal. Additionally, the shape of the outer portion at the distal end can be separated from the shape of the outer portion at the proximal end by a distance that is approximately equal to the distance between the metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction and the metaphyseal region of the intramedullary canal.
US12186191B2
An device for treating a native valve includes a sealing element and an anchoring element. The sealing element is made from a braided mesh material. The sealing element is dimensioned to be deployed in an annulus of a native valve of a heart at a position between native valve leaflets to contact the native valve leaflets during ventricular systole to create a seal to prevent regurgitation of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium. The sealing element is configured to both be radially expanded and radially reduced while at the position between the native valve leaflets. The anchoring element is adapted for deployment in the heart, the anchoring element coupled to the sealing element and configured to support the sealing element at the desired position between native valve leaflets.
US12186175B2
Storage devices, loading devices, delivery systems, kits, and associated methods for implantable medical devices are described. An example embodiment of a storage device includes a storage member, a first cap, and a second cap. The storage member has a first end, a second end, and a main body that defines a first opening, a second opening, a passageway, a separating wall, and a plurality of holes. The passageway has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from the first end of the storage member to the separating wall and the second portion extends from the second end of the storage member to the separating wall. Each hole of the plurality of holes extends through the separating wall and provides access between the first portion and the second portion. Each of the first and second caps is releasably attached to the storage member.
US12186170B2
The present disclosure relates to a sanitary article (1), such as a sanitary napkin or a pantiliner, the sanitary article comprising a topsheet (2), a backsheet (3), an acquisition layer (4) and an absorbent core (5), the absorbent core (5) being arranged between the topsheet (2) and the backsheet (3) and the acquisition layer (4) being arranged between the topsheet (2) and the absorbent core (5), the sanitary article (1) having an extension in a longitudinal direction L about a longitudinal centerline U and in a transverse direction T, the sanitary article (1) having first and second longitudinal side edges (6,7) extending in the longitudinal direction L and front and rear transverse side edges (8,9) extending in the transverse direction T, the sanitary article being divided in a frontmost half (10) and a rearmost half (11), as seen in the longitudinal direction L, wherein the absorbent core (4) in the frontmost half (10) of the sanitary article (1) is provided with a low-density front shaping element (12) having a lower density than an adjacent region of the absorbent core (5), the low-density front shaping element (12) comprising a shaping element first leg section (12a) and a shaping element second leg section (12b), the frontmost half (10) of the sanitary article (1) furthermore comprising a V-shaped, or modified V-shaped, front embossed element (13) comprising a first embossed leg section (13a) and a second embossed leg section (13b), wherein the shaping element first leg section (12a) and the shaping element second leg section (12b) tend towards each other and towards the front transverse side edge (8) of the sanitary article (1) to form a non-intersecting V-shape, the shaping element first leg section (12a) and the shaping element second leg section (12b) being arranged on a respective side of the longitudinal centerline L of the sanitary article (1), and in that the V-shaped front embossing element (13) is provided only in the topsheet (2) and in the acquisition layer (4) and in that the low-density front shaping element (12) and the V-shaped front embossing element (13) partly or completely overlap each other.
US12186168B2
An apparatus for producing sanitary absorbent articles comprising at least one perforating device of at least one web intended for making sanitary absorbent articles capable of making perforated patterns spaced apart along the extension of the web, that is, in phase. The present invention also relates to a perforating process implemented in an apparatus for producing sanitary absorbent articles.
US12186166B2
A device and method for treating a wound of a patient with negative pressure is provided. The device comprises a heat-assisted pump system. The pump system can be powered in part by heat derived from the patient. The pump system may be configured to be highly planar, light weight, and portable. The pump system may comprise a Stirling engine or a thermal acoustic engine.
US12186158B2
Negative pressure wound therapy sponges that are custom-fabricated to fit a given wound to be treated, corresponding methods of creating said sponges in situ or external to a wound, and related systems for performing negative pressure wound therapy using said sponges. Exemplary sponge embodiments may have pressure-sensing capabilities.
US12186152B2
Orthodontic systems and related methods are disclosed for designing and providing improved or more effective tooth moving systems for eliciting a desired tooth movement and/or repositioning teeth into a desired arrangement. Methods and orthodontic systems of the invention include tooth attachments having improved or optimized parameters selected or modified for more optimal and/or effective application of forces for a desired/selected orthodontic movement. Attachments of the present invention can be customized to a particular patient (e.g., patient-customized), a particular movement, and/or a sub-group or sub-set of patients, and configured to engage an orthodontic tooth positioning appliance worn by a patient, where engagement between the attachment and orthodontic appliance results in application of a repositioning force or series/system of forces to the tooth having the attachment and will generally elicit a tooth movement.
US12186148B2
An oral insert includes a plurality of bristles and a plurality of fluid nozzles. The plurality of bristles is located on an upper portion and a lower portion of a tray surface of the oral insert. The plurality of fluid nozzles is located at an inner portion and an outer portion of the tray surface. Fluid output by the plurality of fluid nozzles causes the plurality of bristles to contact surfaces of teeth associated with a user of the oral insert.
US12186138B2
Disclosed is an augmented reality (AR) headset that provides a wearer with spatial, system, and temporal contextual information of a surgical robotic system to guide the wearer in configuring, operating, or troubleshooting the surgical robotic system prior to, during, or after surgery. The spatial context information may be rendered to display spatially-fixed 3D-generated virtual models of the robotic arms, instruments, bed, and other components of the surgical robotic system that match the actual position or orientation of the surgical robotic system in the AR headset's coordinate frame. The AR headset may communicate with the surgical robotic system to receive real-time state information of the components of the surgical robotic system. The AR headset may use the real-time state information to display context-sensitive user interface information such as tips, suggestions, visual or audio cues on maneuvering the robotic arms and table to their target positions and orientations or for troubleshooting purpose.
US12186131B2
An intravascular imaging probe including a multiple material support member or chassis, and associated devices, systems, and methods are provided. According to one embodiment, an intraluminal ultrasound imaging catheter includes a flexible elongate member configured to be positioned within a body lumen of a patient, a support member coupled to a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, and an ultrasound scanner assembly positioned around the support member. The support member includes a hollow inner member comprising a first material, and a first annular member positioned around a perimeter of the hollow inner member at a proximal portion of the hollow inner member. The first annular member extends radially outward from the hollow inner member and includes a second material that is different from the first material.
US12186122B2
In a method for regulating a position of an X-ray focus on the anode of an X-ray source of a scan unit of an X-ray imaging system, a combined actual position of the X-ray focus is determined by a combination of a measured position of the X-ray focus and a model-based position of the X-ray focus, which is determined based on a measured value of a deflection current. On the basis of the combined actual position and a target position, a manipulated variable is determined. On the basis of the determined manipulated variable, a regulation is performed to correct a deviation of the position of the X-ray focus from the target position.
US12186119B2
Systems and methods for determining an image type are disclosed. A user interface includes a visual representation of a breast and a visual representation of a medical imaging system. The visual representation of the medical imaging system includes a visual representation of a detector and either a source or a compression paddle. The visual representation of the medical imaging system may be rotatable and positionable relative to the visual representation of the breast. Based on the relative position and orientation of the visual representation of the medical imaging system relative to the visual representation of the breast, an image type is determined. The image type may be displayed at the user interface.
US12186106B2
A wearable therapeutic device to facilitate care of a subject is provided. The wearable therapeutic device can include a garment having a sensing electrode. The garment includes at least one of an inductive element and a capacitive element, and a controller identifies an inductance of the inductive element or a capacitance of the capacitive element, and determines a confidence level of information received from the sensing electrode based on the inductance or the capacitance. The wearable therapeutic device also includes an alarm module coupled with the controller and configured to provide a notification to a subject based on the confidence level.
US12186104B2
The devices, systems, and methods can improve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MR spectroscopy (MRS), MR spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) measurement(s), thereby providing more reliable quantification. The method may include a method for correcting MR image(s)/spectrum. The method may include providing an inhomogeneity field/response map of a region of interest; and providing MR image(s)/spectrum of the region of interest. The method may include determining an intravoxel/voxel inhomogeneity correction coefficient for each voxel of at least one subregion of the region of the interest using the inhomogeneity field/response map. The method may include correcting each voxel of the MR image(s)/spectrum of the region of interest using the intravoxel/voxel inhomogeneity correction coefficient. The MR image(s)/spectrum may include chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST)/magnetization transfer (MT) imaging with Z-spectrum, CEST/MT imaging without Z-spectrum, CEST spectroscopy, CEST MRS, MRS, MRSI, or any combination thereof.
US12186102B2
A bed has a mattress. One or more temperature sensors are used, each sensor configured to: sense a temperature for the sleeper; and transmit, to a controller, temperature readings; one or more pressure sensors, each pressure sensor configured to: sense a pressure applied to the mattress by the sleeper; and transmit, to a controller, pressure readings. A controller may include a processor and memory, the controller configured to: receive, from the temperature sensors, the temperature readings; determine a skin temperature for the sleeper based on the temperature readings; receive, from the pressure sensors, the pressure readings; determine at least one cardiac parameter for the sleeper; and determine, from the skin temperature and the cardiac parameter, a core temperature for the sleeper that is different than the skin temperature and represents thermal state of a core of a body of the sleeper.
US12186095B2
Methods and systems for supporting and/or assisting users' movements include detecting, by one or more sensors integrated with a garment having two or more controllable regions, movement of a particular part of a user's body enclosed within the garment, measuring, by the one or more sensors, data that indicates the detected movement of the particular part of the user's body, determining, based on the measured data, an activity classification that indicates a future movement of the particular part of the user's body, identifying, based on the determined activity classification and by the one or more processors, a support configuration for the garment, and dynamically adjusting, by the one or more processors, at least one of an effective tension and an effective stiffness of at least one of the two or more controllable regions of the garment to provide the identified support configuration of the garment.
US12186091B2
A baby bottle device (100) is provided which comprises at least one 100 movement sensor (140, 150) for detecting a movement of the baby bottle device (100). The movement data from the movement sensor (140, 150) is analyzed in an analyzer (200) to perform a suck-swallow-breathe analysis during a drinking phase of the baby based on the movement data from the movement sensor (140, 150). Thus, a drinking behavior of a baby can be efficiently analyzed.
US12186077B2
One example system includes a biosensor applicator having a housing defining a cavity configured to receive and physically couple to a biosensor device, and to apply the biosensor device to a wearer; an applicator coil antenna oriented around a first axis; and a biosensor device including a biosensor coil antenna; a first wireless transceiver electrically coupled to the biosensor coil antenna; a Bluetooth antenna; and a second wireless transceiver coupled to the Bluetooth antenna; wherein the biosensor device is physically coupled to the biosensor applicator and positioned at least partially within the cavity; and wherein the applicator coil antenna is configured to wirelessly receive electromagnetic (“EM”) energy from a remote coil antenna and wirelessly provide at least a first portion of the received EM energy to the biosensor coil antenna.
US12186076B2
An example medical device includes an optical sensor, processing circuitry, an antenna, and a power source. The optical sensor includes a light source; a reference optical beacon having a first fluorophore that emits a first fluorescence proportional to a first concentration of a substance proximate the beacon; a test optical beacon having a reagent substrate that reacts with an analyte to produce the substance and a second fluorophore that emits a second fluorescence proportional to a second concentration of the substance proximate the test beacon; and a photodetector to detect the first and second fluorescence. The processing circuitry determines a difference between the first and second fluorescence, which is indicative of the concentration of the analyte. The antenna and power source enable the medical device to operate completely within a biological system for continuous analyte monitoring.
US12186070B2
According to one embodiment, a guidance system is described for assisting in an advancement of a medical component within a body of a patient. The guidance system features a probe and a console. The console is communicatively coupled to the probe and features AI-based visualization controls and AI-based guidance assistance logic. The AI-based visualization controls are configured to generate, position, and reposition a visualization area between the medical component and a targeted vasculature of the patient. The visualization area is a sub-region of a total imaging area rendered by the console. The AI-based guidance assistance logic is configured to monitor for a presence of the medical component within the visualization area, provide a feedback for generating a notification that the medical component is within the visualization area, and apply an imaging enhancement to at least a portion of imaged data within the visualization area to assist in the advancement.
US12186063B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for determining blood volume in a subject. Blood volume is an important hemodynamic parameter for monitoring many disorders, such as stoke and cancer. Current MRI techniques for quantification of absolute blood volume for such clinical applications all require injecting exogenous contrast agents. To reduce associated safety risks and cost, the present invention is directed to a non-contrast-enhanced MRI method for blood volume mapping on MRI. The technique of the present invention employs velocity-selective (VS) pulse trains in paired control and label modules for separating vascular signal by subtraction. The Fourier-transform based VS saturation pulse train (FT-VSS) of the present invention has improved performance over conventional VS pulse trains for the blood volume measurement.
US12186060B2
According to the present invention, blood pressure surges are detected from time-series data on blood pressure of a subject that varies with pulsation based on predetermined determination criteria. For each blood pressure surge thus detected, an envelope connecting a plurality of pulse-corresponding peaks forming the blood pressure surge is acquired as an individual waveform. Statistical processing is performed on a plurality of individual waveforms to obtain a representative waveform and waveform variation among the blood pressure surges in the time-series data. On a display screen, a curve indicating the representative waveform is displayed with the curve superimposed on a region indicating the waveform variation among the blood pressure surges.
US12186057B2
Method and apparatus for capturing physiological data, e.g. SpO2, comprises a wearable device such as a ring, carrying multiple light sources (LEDs) adapted to irradiate the wearer's finger with light, and multiple light sensors spaced apart across the device, e.g. circumferentially about the ring. Each light sensor is calibrated by determining an absolute value of light intensity received by the light sensor and using the absolute value to control the intensity of light outputted by the LED. This calibration process compensates for differing skin colors, tissues structures and environmental changes that affect the transmission or reflection characteristics of the tissues and/or performance of the light source or light detector. It also compensates for the differing tissue structures that lie between the light source and each of the light detectors that arise by virtue of each light detector's differing position relative to the light source.
US12186055B2
A method to visualize, display, analyze and quantify angiography, perfusion, and the change in angiography and perfusion in real time, is provided. This method captures image data sequences from indocyanine green near infra-red fluorescence imaging used in a variety of surgical procedure applications, where angiography and perfusion are critical for intraoperative decisions.
US12186048B2
A drape shroud assembly comprises a body and a plurality of tabs. The body comprises a first end, a second end, an outer surface extending between the first end and the second end, and an inner surface extending between the first end and the second end. The inner surface of the body bounds an inner volume sized to permit at least part of a surgical instrument manipulator insertion assembly to be contained within the inner volume. The body is configured for attachment to the insertion assembly. The plurality of tabs extends from the second end of the body.
US12186046B2
A robotic surgical tool includes a handle and an instrument driver releasably coupled to the handle, an elongate shaft extendable through the handle and the instrument driver, and a decoupler interposing the handle and the instrument driver. The decoupler includes an insertion assembly actuatable to move the shaft, an insertion transmission gear driven by the insertion assembly, and a dwell slip clutch including an input clutch gear and an output clutch gear, the dwell slip clutch being movable between collapsed and expanded states. A lockout ring extends about the decoupler housing, and a latch ring extends about the decoupler housing and is axially offset from the lockout ring. Fully retracting the shaft moves the dwell slip clutch to the compressed state to drive the output clutch gear against the lockout ring, thereby enabling latch ring to move to an unlocked position that separates the handle from the instrument driver.
US12186038B2
A surgical instrument includes a reusable instrument portion and a disposable tip assembly. The disposable tip assembly includes an end effector assembly that in turn includes an end effector. The disposable tip assembly also includes a locking tip cover that locks the disposable tip assembly to a lock interface element of a tip interface of the reusable instrument portion. To facilitate mounting the disposable tip assembly on the tip interface of the reusable instrument portion, the disposable tip assembly includes a first quick connect/disconnect element and the tip interface includes a second quick connect/disconnect element. The second quick connect/disconnect element is coupled to a tendon. The tendon is also coupled to an actuator assembly that provides forces that push and pull (push/pull) the tendon.
US12186037B2
An actuation mechanism for actuating an electromechanical end effector includes a housing, and a shaft assembly extending distally from the housing. The shaft assembly includes a shaft, a longitudinal knife bar, a first hub, and a second hub. The shaft is axially movable relative to the housing and configured to be coupled to the electromechanical end effector. Rotation of a first screw of the housing moves the first hub to effect longitudinal movement of the shaft. The longitudinal knife bar is axially movable relative to the shaft and configured to be coupled to a knife blade of the electromechanical end effector. Rotation of a second screw of the housing moves the second hub to effect axial movement of the longitudinal knife bar.
US12186035B2
A system may render, within a graphical user interface associated with a computer-assisted medical system, a graphical tag element associated with a physical location within a region of interest. The system may detect a user interaction with the graphical tag element. The system may further direct, in response to the detecting of the user interaction with the graphical tag element, the computer-assisted medical system to adjust a pose of an instrument based on the physical location within the region of interest.
US12186034B2
Systems and methods for moveable element indication include a system. The system includes a robotic assembly configured to support an instrument and a processor. The instrument includes an end effector and a moveable element. The end effector includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The moveable element is moveable from a first position to a second position. The processor is configured to display, on a user interface display, an image of the instrument clamping a material using the first jaw and the second jaw; and superimpose, on the image, a visual indicator of a position of the moveable element relative to the end effector.
US12186032B2
In certain embodiments, the systems, apparatus, and methods disclosed herein relate to robotic surgical systems with built-in navigation capability for patient position tracking and surgical instrument guidance during a surgical procedure, without the need for a separate navigation system. Robotic based navigation of surgical instruments during surgical procedures allows for easy registration and operative volume identification and tracking. The systems, apparatus, and methods herein allow re-registration, model updates, and operative volumes to be performed intra-operatively with minimal disruption to the surgical workflow. In certain embodiments, navigational assistance can be provided to a surgeon by displaying a surgical instrument's position relative to a patient's anatomy. Additionally, by revising pre-operatively defined data such as operative volumes, patient-robot orientation relationships, and anatomical models of the patient, a higher degree of precision and lower risk of complications and serious medical error can be achieved.
US12186030B2
A method for the fluoroscopic registration in real time for placement of pedicle screws or the like during spinal surgery, comprising creating a lateral image in which a pedicle has appropriate anatomic contour and superior endplate, advancing a pin into the pedicle starting in the posterior cortex and moved far enough into the pedicle to anchor the pin, rotating the fluoroscopy to obtain an AP image of the pedicle which is moved to render the pin to be neutral in a cephalad to caudad direction, and positioning a pedicle screw in the pedicle following 2D contour mapping generated by manual or automated templating.
US12186016B2
A laser system for fractional injury is provided that varies the amount of energy provided per each pulse to provide a series of first pulses each having a first energy and to provide a series of second pulses each having a second energy that is less than the first energy. A scanner distributes the series of first pulses across an area of tissue to be fractionally injured according to a first pitch and distributes the series of second pulses across the area of tissue to be fractionally injured according to a first pitch that is less than the first pitch.
US12186007B2
An end effector for a minimally invasive medical device can include a base configured to attach to a distal end of a shaft, and a disposable distal portion configured to removably attach to the base to be disposed of after use.
US12185996B2
A device for positioning an orthopaedic fixation device includes: a compression attachment mechanism; a fastener guide coupled to the compression attachment mechanism; and a spring member disposed in the fastener guide. The compression attachment mechanism is biased toward a closed position and comprises a gripping portion that is movable by a user for transitioning the compression attachment mechanism from the closed position toward an open position for loading a plate onto the compression attachment mechanism.
US12185994B2
A bone fixation plate comprises a main body formed of a first material and a support member formed of a second, different material and attached to the main body. The main body defines a first set of openings and the support member defines a second set of openings aligned with the first set of openings. For each opening of the first set of openings, a main body circumferential surface is disposed adjacent and continuous with a support member circumferential surface of the second set of openings to define an opening circumferential surface that bounds an opening of the first set of openings and an opening of the second set of openings.
US12185989B2
Various uses of fluoroalkenes, including tetrafluoropropenes, particularly (HFO-1336) in a variety of applications, including as blowing agents for integral skin foams are disclosed.
US12185984B2
A method of assembling a pivotal bone screw assembly includes applying tooling to a receiver assembly comprising a receiver with a channel for receiving a rod and a cavity with an interior support surface adjacent a lower opening, a retaining structure located in the cavity and engageable with the interior support surface, and an insert held in a first position above the retaining structure via a first interference engagement between the insert and the receiver. The method further includes uploading a capture portion of a shank through the lower opening until the capture portion is captured by the retaining structure, and then directly contacting the insert with the tooling to drive the insert downward to a second position to establish a biased overlapping engagement between the outer surface of the insert and the interior surface in the receiver that inhibits the insert from moving back up within the receiver to the first position.
US12185972B2
An example cutting apparatus includes a scalpel and a housing defining a scalpel guide. A handle is coupled to a proximal end of the scalpel. A blade holder at a distal end of the scalpel. The scalpel has a length longer than a length of the housing. The scalpel guide constrains the movement path of the scalpel.
US12185970B2
This document describes rotational atherectomy devices and systems for removing or reducing stenotic lesions in blood vessels by rotating an abrasive element within the vessel to partially or completely remove the stenotic lesion material.
US12185969B2
A rotational atherectomy device advanceable over a guidewire. The rotational atherectomy device includes a drive shaft rotatably extending through an outer tubular member to rotate a cutting member positioned at a distal end thereof. The rotational atherectomy device further includes an insert positioned within the cutting member for frictional contact with the guidewire.
US12185964B2
An end effector assembly includes a clevis having first and second spaced-apart arms, a ceiling, a floor, pivot and cam pins extending between the arms, and first and second jaw members. Each jaw member includes a proximal portion and a distal body extending distally from the clevis. The proximal portion of the first jaw member includes a first flag disposed between the first and second arms of the clevis, operably coupled to both the pivot pin and the cam pin, extending vertically at least partially through openings defined within the ceiling and floor. The proximal portion of the second jaw member includes second and third flags disposed between the first and second arms of the clevis in spaced-apart relative to one another and between the ceiling and the floor. The second and third flags are fixedly engaged to the clevis.
US12185961B2
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply.
US12185958B2
Disclosed are bone screw drill targeting guides and methods for using such targeting guides that are useful in surgical procedures for correcting hallux valgus deformity.
