US12195905B2
A laundry treatment appliance having: a drawer comprising first and second compartments each being adapted to contain multiple doses of a treatment agent for laundry treatment, first and second pumps adapted to draw up treatment agent doses from the first and second compartments, respectively, and a control unit for controlling the first and second pumps, wherein the control unit is configured to cause the first and second pumps to coordinately draw up the treatment agent doses over at least one washing cycle by determining a gradual concurrent emptying of the first and second compartments over said at least one washing cycle.
US12195900B2
A method for calibrating one or more optical sensors on a sewing machine, including collecting data of one or more features of one or more predefined regions associated with the sewing machine, processing the data through one or more neural networks, wherein the one or more neural networks detect and recognize the one or more features of the one or more predetermined regions from the data, calculating one or more accuracy indicators of the one or more features from the data as compared to one or more trained features from the one or more neural networks, comparing the value of the one or more accuracy indicators to one or more indicator thresholds and adjusting one or more parameters of one or more optical sensors based on the comparison between the one or more accuracy indicators and the one or more indicator thresholds.
US12195896B2
Provided are a non-woven cloth and a layered non-woven cloth that are preferred as a skin material for a composite sound-absorbing material, which has excellent moldability and exceptional shape stability, and with which it is possible to achieve an adequate sound-absorption effect even in thin low-weight regions.
US12195885B2
A multifunctional nozzle for a spinning machine used to produce real-twist yarn. The multifunctional nozzle comprises a nozzle channel open on one side in a nozzle housing and in which a vortex flow can be generated. A nozzle body which is shorter than the nozzle channel is provided with a through-channel for the passage of a thread or fibre band. An annular gap with a narrow point is formed within the nozzle channel. The annular gap tapering on both sides at the narrow point. The narrow point is arranged downstream of a fluid inlet which leads to the nozzle channel. A hollow body-type flow conducting body is provided between the annular gap and the open end of the nozzle channel for guiding the thread or fibre band together with a fluid, the annular gap being formed between the nozzle body and the nozzle housing and/or the flow conducting body.
US12195881B2
An in-situ hydrophobically modified aramid nano aerogel fiber as well as a preparation method and uses thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: providing an aramid nano spinning solution; preparing a hydrophobically modified aramid nano aerogel fiber by using a spinning technology, wherein the coagulating bath adopted by the spinning technology includes a first organic solvent and a halogenated reagent including a monochloroalkane, a monochloroalkane, a dibromoalkane, a dichloroalkane and a trichloroalkane; and then drying to obtain the in-situ hydrophobically modified aramid nano aerogel fiber. The in-situ hydrophobically modified aramid nano aerogel fiber has a unique three-dimensional porous network structure, low heat conductivity, high porosity, high tensile strength and elongation at break, a certain spinnability and structure stability, and can be applied to the field of textiles. A fabric knitted with the hydrophobic fibers has a self-cleaning ability.
US12195871B2
A method of growing a single crystal ingot includes growing a single crystal silicon ingot from a silicon melt in a crucible within an inner chamber, adding a volatile dopant into a feed tube, positioning the feed tube within an inner chamber at a first height relative to a surface of the melt, adjusting the feed tube within the inner chamber to a second height at a speed rate, and heating the volatile dopant to form a gaseous dopant as the feed tube is moved from the first height to the second height at the speed rate. Each of the second height and the speed rate are selected to control a vaporization rate of the volatile dopant. The method also includes introducing dopant species into the melt while growing the ingot by contacting the surface of the melt with the gaseous dopant.
US12195859B2
The invention relates to a method of producing a corrosion resistant coating system on a cast iron substrate preferably in the shape of a brake disc, the coating system being completed by a thermally sprayed top layer, characterised in that the cast iron substrate is first subjected to activation by means of a pulsed water jet after completion of machining which increases the surface roughness of the surface thus treated, whereupon the surface is nitrocarburized so that a corresponding diffusion layer is formed on it, whereupon the surface is subjected to an oxidation process in a next step and only then the top layer is applied by thermal spraying.
US12195856B2
An aqueous passivation composition, having a pH of less than 3, comprising: i) a source of trivalent chromium ions; ii) at least one α-hydroxycarboxylic acid having general formula (I): R1CH(OH)COOH (I); wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C2-C6 alkenyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C3-C6 cycloalkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group; iii) phosphoric acid; iv) at least one water-soluble polyphosphonic acid or a water-soluble salt thereof, said polyphosphonic acid having general formula (II): Z—[—P═O(OH)2]n (II); in which: n is at least 2; and Z is a connecting organic moiety having an effective valency of n, said polyphosphonic acid including at least two phosphonic groups separated by an alkylene bridge having 1 or 2 carbon atoms (C1-C2 alkylene); and v) at least one divalent metal cation; wherein said composition is substantially free of: nitrate and fluoride anions, and hexavalent chromium.
US12195855B2
Methods of and systems for performing leak checks of gas-phase reactor systems are disclosed. Exemplary systems include a first exhaust system coupled to a reaction chamber via a first exhaust line, a bypass line coupled to a gas supply unit and to the first exhaust system, a gas detector coupled to the bypass line via a connecting line, a connecting line valve coupled to the connecting line, and a second exhaust system coupled to the connecting line. Methods include using the second exhaust system to exhaust the connecting line to thereby remove residual gas in the connecting line that may otherwise affect the accuracy of the gas detector.
US12195852B2
A substrate processing apparatus having a tube, a closed liner lining the interior surface of the tube, a plurality of gas injectors to provide a gas to an inner space of the liner, and, a gas exhaust duct to remove gas from the inner space is disclosed. The liner may have a substantially cylindrical wall delimited by a liner opening at a lower end and being substantially closed for gases above the liner opening. The apparatus may have a boat constructed and arranged moveable into the inner space via the liner opening and provided with a plurality of substrate holders for holding a plurality of substrates over a substrate support length in the inner space. Each of the gas injectors may have a single exit opening at the top and the exit openings of the plurality of injectors are substantially equally divided over the substrate support length.
US12195835B2
The present application relates to the technical field of material processing, and especially relates to a method for preparing a magnesium alloy bone screw bar via room-temperature rotary forging under alternating magnetic field in conjunction with cryogenic processing and a magnesium alloy bone screw product. The method specifically comprises the following steps: preparing an ingot, extruding the ingot into a magnesium-zinc-manganese alloy bar, performing room-temperature rotary forging under alternating magnetic field for plastic deformation, wherein the strength and hardness of the magnesium-zinc-manganese alloy are improved by the work hardening effect of magnesium alloy at room temperature, and meanwhile the microstructure is regulated; additionally, via the former and later cryogenic processing, the grain size and grain orientation uniformity can be effectively regulated in the magnesium alloy microstructure, and the magnesium alloy is effectively improved in plastic deformation ability, strength and corrosion resistance, and finally a magnesium alloy bone screw bar is obtained with excellent comprehensive properties in mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, which can be mechanically processed into a magnesium alloy bone screw product.
US12195833B2
A Pb-free Cu—Zn alloy for producing alloy products used under lubricated conditions, having the following composition (data in % by weight): Cu: 57-59%, Mn: 1.7-2.7%, Al: 1.3-2.2%, Si: 0.4-1.0%, Ni: 0.4-0.85%, Fe: 0.3-0.7%, Sn: 0.15-0.4%, and the remainder being Zn together with unavoidable impurities.
US12195831B2
What is provided is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition in which, by mass %, C: 0.010% or less, Si: 1.50% to 4.00%, sol. Al: 0.0001% to 1.0%, S: 0.010% or less, N: 0.010% or less, one or a plurality of elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ni, Co, Pt, Pb, Cu and Au: 2.50% to 5.00% in total are contained and a remainder includes Fe and impurities, in which a sheet thickness is 0.50 mm or less, and, in an arbitrary cross section, when an area ratio of {100} crystal grains is indicated by Sac, an area ratio of {110} crystal grains is indicated by Sag, and an area ratio of the {100} crystal grains in a region of up to 20% from a side where a KAM value is high is indicated by Sbc, Sac>Sbc>Sag and 0.05>Sag are satisfied.
US12195826B2
A mixed rare earth concentrate mineral and suspended mineral phase transformation-clean leaching system and a method thereof achieve low-temperature phasing transformation of a rare earth mineral. The system includes a Venturi dryer, a multi-stage separator, a suspension preheating decomposition furnace, a multi-state fluidization sealing valve, a mineral phase transformation machine, a ball mill, a multi-stage acid leaching tank, an alkali leaching tank and a neutralization tank. The method includes: after preheating mixed rare earth concentrate mineral powder, placing the preheated mixed rare earth concentrate mineral powder in a suspension preheating decomposition furnace for preheating decomposition to enable the powder to be in the suspension state, after cyclone separation, introducing the powder to a mineral phase transformation machine for mineral phase transformation, after ball milling, performing acid washing, performing alkali decomposition on acid leached residues, performing acid leaching twice on acid liquor, and neutralizing leached products to obtain neutralization residues.
US12195816B2
The linear groove formation method includes a resist forming process of forming a coated resist on a surface of a steel sheet, a laser irradiating process of irradiating laser beams onto the steel sheet while repeating a laser scanning in a direction intersecting a rolling direction of the steel sheet cyclically in the rolling direction of the steel sheet to remove the coated resist in portions irradiated with the laser beams, and an etching process of forming linear grooves by etching portions of the steel sheet from which the coated resist is removed. In the laser irradiating process, the coated resist is removed by using two or more laser irradiating devices, with a certain irradiation energy, a certain beam diameter in a direction perpendicular to a laser scanning direction, and a certain incidence angle with respect to the surface of the steel sheet.
US12195815B2
A process and a plant for preheating a metal charge fed in continuous to an electric melting furnace through a preheating tunnel provided with a horizontal conveyor, wherein the metal charge is hit, in countercurrent, by the exhaust fumes or gas leaving the electric melting furnace and by jets of gas ejected through a plurality of nozzles positioned on the hood of the tunnel. The nozzles are arranged in groups interspaced from each other in a longitudinal direction with respect to the tunnel, and generate a small-scale turbulence or inject small fast gas jets that can penetrate the main gas stream passing through the preheating tunnel, and simultaneously generate a “horseshoe vortex” structure composed of a descending central gas flow (“downwash”), and ascending flows (“upwash”) close to the side walls of the preheating tunnel, which enable a desired circulation of the gases.
US12195810B2
Methods for sensitive and reliable qualitative detection and identification of the common pathogens associated with ocular infections, including uveitis, endophthalmitis and keratitis.
US12195809B2
A method—implemented in vitro—for the diagnosis and/or prognosis, preferably in the early stage, of benign or malignant neoplasms of the biliary tract is provided. The method is based on the selection and measurement of the hypermethylation levels of a genetic locus in samples of nucleic acids extracted from tumor tissues and from minimally and/or non-invasive matrices from patients with BTC and a relative comparison of the hypermethylation levels with levels of the same marker in non-tumor samples. A kit for carrying out the above method is also provided.
US12195807B2
Provided herein, among other things, is a method of treating a cancer patient without the need for a tissue biopsy. In some embodiments, the method may comprise (a) performing or having performed a sequencing assay on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from a sample of blood from the patient to determine if the cell-free DNA comprises actionable and/or non-actionable sequence variations in one or more target genes, and (b) treating the patient using the following method: i. administering a therapy that is targeted to an actionable sequence variation if the patient is identified as having the actionable sequence variation, and ii. administering a non-targeted therapy in the absence of any follow-up genetic testing on DNA extracted from a tissue biopsy if one or more non-actionable sequence variations and no actionable sequence variations are identified.
US12195800B2
Method and kits for diagnosing propensity to non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) in a dog are described. The method includes isolating genomic DNA from a dog and then analyzing the genomic DNA from step for a single nucleotide polymorphism occurring in selected loci that have been determined to be associated with the CCLR phenotype via a genome-wide association study.
US12195796B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to cyclooctatetraene containing dyes and their uses as fluorescent labels. Also provided are composition containing cyclooctatetraene. The dyes and compositions may be used in various biological applications, such as nucleic acid sequencing.
US12195792B2
The disclosure provides dried compositions providing reagents for nucleic acid amplification, which are essentially free of inorganic salts. Lack of inorganic salts increases stability of such compositions and decreases formation of byproducts. Salts required for use of enzymes in the composition are supplied on reconstitution.
US12195788B2
Disclosed herein are methods and associated compositions and kits for identifying nucleoside modifications. Particularly exemplified herein are methods that involve inducing base misincorporation at locations in an RNA that harbor a nucleoside modification. The resulting cDNA can then be subjected to next generation sequencing to identify mutations with respect to a reference sequence. Moreover, the type of nucleoside modification can be determined based on the substitution pattern of a given nucleoside modification.
US12195787B2
A biomarker signal amplifier amplifies chemical analyte binding and includes: a surface strand disposed on an analysis substrate and including an exchange region; a particle strand hybridized to the surface strand in an absence of a chemical analyte that preferentially hybridizes to the exchange region as compared with the particle strand, and the particle strand is dissociated from the surface strand when the surface strand is in a presence of the chemical analyte; and a reporter particle attached to the particle strand and disposed proximate to the analysis substrate when the particle strand is hybridized to the surface strand in absence of the chemical analyte and that changes the electrical potential of the analysis substrate depending on whether the particle strand is hybridized to the surface strand.
US12195776B2
The present invention relates to recombinant filamentous fungal host cells producing cellulolytic enzyme compositions and methods of producing and using the compositions.
US12195775B2
The present disclosure relates to synthetic biology and, in particular, the bioproduction of bakuchiol, and engineered enzymes for producing the same.
US12195773B2
Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof.
US12195766B2
Modified E1a regulatory sequences are provided, wherein at least one Pea3 binding site, or a functional portion thereof, is deleted. Also provided are modified E1a sequences that selectively express particular isoforms. Also provided is an E1b-19K clone insertion site. These modified sequences can be used individually, or in combination with one another, to provide tumor-selective expression of proteins.
US12195762B2
The slow kinetics and low efficiency of reprogramming methods to generate human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) impose major limitations on their utility in biomedical applications. Here we describe a chemical approach that dramatically improves (>200 fold) the efficiency of iPSC generation from human fibroblasts, within seven days of treatment. This will provide a basis for developing safer, more efficient, non-viral methods for reprogramming human somatic cells.
US12195753B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for transferring phospholipids and other molecules between the leaflets of a cell membrane. The compositions comprise at least one nucleic acid or compound having a hydrophilic region, where the composition is able to form a nanostructure that forms a toroidal pore in a lipid membrane. The nucleic acid or hydrophilic region-containing compound further contains an attached molecule capable of inserting the nanostructure into the lipid membrane. The invention also provides methods for scrambling lipids and other molecules in a cell membrane, which can be used to alter the function of a selected cell or to facilitate the death of the cell. The scrambling activity of synthetic scramblases described herein outperforms previously known enzymatically active DNA nanostructures and naturally occurring scramblases, in some cases by several orders of magnitude.
US12195747B1
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to decreasing the bioavailability of one or more target biomolecules by providing a composition that comprises a recombinant plasmid with one or more sequences of micro interfering ribonucleic acid (miRNA). When the recombinant plasmid interacts with a target cell, it causes the target cell to upregulate production of the miRNA, which then decreases the bioavailability of the target biomolecule. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the target biomolecule is a cytokine or other mediator molecule of an inflammatory response.
US12195746B2
A composition for expressing a polypeptide within a target organ including a delivery particle, and at least a first mRNA sequence complexed with, encapsulated by, or otherwise associated with the delivery particle. The mRNA sequence includes a coding sequence which codes for the polypeptide, at least a first untranslated region (UTR) sequence, and at least one micro-RNA (miRNA) binding site sequence, wherein the miRNA binding site sequence is located within, immediately 5′ to, or immediately 3′ to, the first UTR sequence. The miRNA binding site sequence is selected so as to provide for differential expression of the coding sequence between first and second cell types comprised within the target organ. Methods for making and using the composition are provided, particularly in treatment of disease, such as cancer.
US12195745B2
Methods and compositions for modulating the transduction efficiency of an adeno-associated vims (AAV) into a cell or tissue are provided.
US12195743B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US12195741B2
The present invention belongs to the field of plant genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention relates to a method for creating novel herbicide resistant plants by base editing techniques and a method for screening endogenous gene mutation sites capable of conferring herbicide resistance in plants. The invention also relates to the use of the identified endogenous gene mutantation sites in crop breeding.
US12195732B2
A method for performing homologous recombination between at least a first nucleic acid molecule and a second nucleic acid molecule which share at least one region of sequence homology. A method for improving the efficiency of homologous recombination.
US12195730B2
Provided herein are methods for identifying pairs of protein binding partners, mutations of which may inform the discovery of pharmaceutically useful small molecules. The methods disclosed herein may allow for the adaptation of the native protein degradation system to modulate specific disease targets at the protein level, in particular, for targets that have long been considered undruggable.
US12195727B2
The present invention relates to an endophyte strain isolated from a plant of the Poaceae family, wherein said endophyte is a strain of Pseudomonas poae which provides bioprotection and/or biofertilizer phenotypes to plants into which it is inoculated. The present invention also relates to plants infected with the endophyte and related methods.
US12195718B2
A high-throughput, three-dimensional microelectrode array for in vitro electrophysiological applications includes a 3D printed well plate having a top face and bottom face, and a plurality of culture wells formed on the top face of the well plate. Each culture well includes a plurality of vertical microchannels on the top face and microtroughs formed on the bottom face and communicating with the microchannels. A conductive paste fills the microtroughs and the microchannels and forms self-isolated microelectrodes in each culture well and conductive traces that communicate with the self-isolated microelectrodes.
US12195710B2
A device for culturing specimens may include a housing and a conveyor disposed within the housing, where the conveyor is translatable in vertical directions. The device may further include a plurality of plate holders disposed along a length of the conveyor, such that each plate holder of the plurality of plate holders can be moved to different positions along the length of the conveyor by a translation of the conveyor in the vertical directions. The device may further include an isolation chamber movable between a first position and a second position. The isolation chamber may include an opening and a door. The isolation chamber may be configured such that when the isolation chamber is in the second position, a first plate holder of the plurality of plate holders is isolated from a rest of the housing by the isolation chamber.
US12195693B2
Miscible antifoams are provided that do not separate out of a target liquid and that are easy to incorporate in the target liquid. A method or system involves mixing a liquid (‘a miscible antifoam’) into a target foaming liquid. This miscible antifoam is engineered/chosen such that it has both a higher surface tension and is more volatile than the target liquid, or engineered such that it has both a lower surface tension and is less volatility than the target liquid. The miscible antifoam leads to surface tension gradients that cause bubble rupture up to 10 times faster than the target liquid without the antifoam. Further, the miscible antifoams are easy to incorporate and do not separate out from the target liquid during operation—both of which are key limitations faced by existing antifoams.
US12195692B2
A blend for lubricating a surface includes a lubricant and a polyepoxide terpolymer additive mixed with the lubricant. The polyepoxide terpolymer additive includes a first block having a group R1, a second block having a group R2, and a third block having a group R3. Group R1 includes C4H9 or C6H13, group R2 includes CH3, and group R3 includes C6H5.
US12195690B2
The disclosed technology relates to an automotive or industrial gear oil for automotive or industrial gears, as well as axles and bearings, the automotive or industrial gear oil containing an oil of lubricating viscosity, an optional phosphate and/or thiophosphate compound, a particular sulfurized olefin, and a metal thiophosphate compound, such as zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, as well as a method of improving automotive or industrial gear operating efficiency and temperature by lubricating such automotive or industrial gears with the automotive or industrial gear oil.
US12195684B2
Described herein are systems and methods of fouling mitigation in a hydrocarbon fractionation column. The methods correlate operating parameters of the fractionation column, specifically flow rate and temperature, with fouling. The methods can include measuring a temperature and a flow rate at a bottom stream of the hydrocarbon fractionation column; providing the measured temperature and flow rate to a processing device; determining, by the processing device, based on the measured temperature and flow rate of the bottom stream, an antifoulant treatment protocol for the hydrocarbon fractionation column; and treating the hydrocarbon fractionation column by controlling, by the processing device, a feed control unit in accordance with the determined antifoulant treatment protocol.
US12195661B2
Provided is a liquid crystal polymer composition having a low coefficient of static friction and a low coefficient of kinetic friction both during sliding between a liquid crystal polymer molded body and a metallic material and during sliding between liquid crystal polymer molded bodies. The liquid crystal polymer composition contains a liquid crystal polymer (A), a polytetrafluoroethylene resin (B), and barium sulfate (C).
US12195660B2
The present disclosure provides a method of biocementation comprising contacting a granular, cohesionless soil with a solution, wherein the solution comprises urea, urease, a source of calcium ions, and a source of non-urease proteins, wherein the urea, urease, source of calcium ions, and source of non-urease proteins are provided in effective amounts suitable to cause crystallization of calcium carbonate.
US12195658B2
Provided is a treatment liquid for etching a transition metal on a semiconductor wafer, the treatment liquid comprising: (A) a hypohalite ion or periodate ion; and (B) an alkylammonium salt represented by the following Formula (1). (wherein a is an integer from 6 to 20, R1, R2, and R3 are independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having carbon number from 1 to 20, and X− is a bromine-containing ion), and a method of etching a transition metal by bringing the treatment liquid for semiconductor wafers into contact with the transition metal used in a semiconductor formation process.
US12195651B2
Presently described are bio-based hot-melt adhesive compositions including rosin acids or derivatives thereof and an amphiphilic agent that provide adhesives with a high softening point, improved heat resistance, low melt viscosity, and compatibility with hydrocarbon compositions including polyolefins and waxes used in hot-melt adhesives.
US12195648B2
Provided is a pre-applied waterproofing membrane having a waterproofing adhesive layer and an outer particle layer comprising synthetic polymer granules to protect the adhesive layer and to facilitate detailing at membrane-to-membrane overlaps. In preferred embodiments, the synthetic polymer granules are made from polymers selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl acetate, acrylic, and styrene butadiene copolymers or polymers. Most preferably, the synthetic polymer granules have round or spherical shapes that help to facilitate detailing at the building or installation site, such as sealing at membrane overlaps, and sealing around pipes or other details. Alternatively, the membranes may be made having side edges which are free of synthetic polymer granules, whereby a removable release liner strip can be used to prevent adhesive from sticking to the back of the membrane when the membrane is rolled up on itself for shipment.
US12195639B2
A composition suitable for coating a metallic substrate that is susceptible to corrosion is disclosed. The composition comprises a carrier medium, 2D material/graphitic platelets, and one or both of conductive carbon black particles and carbon nanotubes, in which the 2D material/graphitic platelets comprise nanoplates of one or more 2D materials and or nanoplates of one or more layered 2D materials and or graphite flakes in which the graphite flakes have one nanoscale dimension and 25 or less layers, the conductive carbon black particles have a mean particle size in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm, and the carbon nanotubes are single or multiwalled.
US12195633B2
An inkjet ink contains an aqueous solvent, a pigment, and thixotropy-imparting agent, having a viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of 1000 (1/s) of 15 mPa·s or less, and a viscosity at 25° C. at a shear rate of 1 (1/s) of 150 mPa·s or more in a state where the aqueous solvent is removed from the inkjet ink so that a mass is 80% of an initial mass of the inkjet ink.
US12195632B2
An oil-based inkjet ink is disclosed, that contains a pigment, a fatty acid ester-based solvent (A) having a viscosity of 5.0 mPa·s or lower and a boiling point of 300° C. or higher but lower than 400° C., and a fatty acid ester-based solvent (B) having a viscosity of 10.0 mPa·s or higher and a boiling point of 400° C. or higher.
US12195631B2
An aqueous dispersion of resin particles comprising a dispersing group covalently bonded to the resin and at least one repeating unit of formula I, II and/or III and which is obtainable by contacting a compound A comprising 2 functional groups selected from the group of functional groups —X—C(═O)—CHR1-C(═O)—R2, —X—C(═O)—C≡C—R2; or —X—C(═O)—CR1═CR2-NR11 R12, wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R11 and R12 have the same meaning as that defined in the claims, with a compound B comprising at least two —NH2, —NH3+ or —N═C═O, with a crosslinking agent C. The invention also includes a method of producing the aqueous dispersion and further relates to an aqueous ink jet ink comprising the resin particles.
US12195627B2
A polyimide resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A) and a phosphinic acid metal salt-based flame retardant (B), the polyimide resin (A) containing repeating structural units of formulae (1) and (2): wherein R1 represents a divalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one alicyclic hydrocarbon structure; R2 represents a divalent chain aliphatic group having from 5 to 16 carbon atoms; and X1 and X2 each independently represent a tetravalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one aromatic ring, and a content ratio of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) with respect to the total of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) and the repeating structural unit of formula (2) is 20 to 70 mol %.
US12195623B2
The present invention relates to a composition for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound containing: A) an aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate containing carboxy groups, wherein the polycarbonate has an acid value ranging from 0.5 to 10 mg of potassium hydroxide/g, determined in dichloromethane/ethanol as the solvent by means of potentiometric titration in accordance with DIN EN ISO 2114, method A in version 2002-06 with ethanolic potassium hydroxide solution at ambient temperature, and a weight-average molecular mass (Mw), determined by gel permeation chromatography at ambient temperature in dichloromethane as the solvent using a BPA polycarbonate standard, ranging from 15,000 to 40,000 g/mol, and B) a polymethyl methacrylate copolymer containing structural units derived from glycidyl methacrylate, wherein the copolymer has an epoxide equivalent weight, determined in dichloromethane as the solvent at ambient temperature in accordance with DIN EN 1877-1 in version 2000-12, of 0.05 to 3 wt % and a weight-average molecular mass (Mw), determined by gel permeation chromatography at ambient temperature in tetrahydrofuran as the solvent using a polystyrene standard, of 20,000 to 200,000 g/mol, wherein the weight ratio of component A and component B ranges from 95:5 to 35:65, and a method for producing a moulding compound from the composition, a moulding compound obtained according to the method, the use of the moulding compound to produce moulds, the moulds per se and a method for producing the moulds.
US12195619B2
A fluorine-containing polymer including a repeat unit derived from a fluorine-containing monomer (A1) and a repeat unit derived from a hydrocarbon group-bearing fluorine-free monomer (A2). The fluorine-free monomer (A2) is preferably at least one monomer selected from (A2-1) R22—C(═O)—NH—R23—O—R21, (A2-2) CH2═C(—R32)—C(═O)—Y31—Z31(—Y32—R31)n, and (A2-3) X41N(H)r—R41. Also disclosed is a surface treatment agent containing (A) the fluorine-containing polymer and (B) a liquid medium, as well as a method for producing the surface treatment agent and a method for producing a treated substrate.
US12195616B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising a first polymer obtained by graft polymerization of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a diene-based rubber polymer, a second polymer comprising maleimide-based monomer units, maleic acid-based monomer units, and aromatic vinyl-based monomer units, and a third polymer comprising aromatic vinyl-based monomer units and vinyl cyanide-based monomer units; and 1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight of a fourth polymer comprising polyvinyl alcohol.
US12195607B2
Provided is a silica composite to be dispersed uniformly in a resin composition. The silica composite includes a silica and a polyhydric alcohol bonded to or adsorbed on the silica, and is a silica composite for an additive for a paint, an additive for an ink, or an anti-blocking agent for a resin film or resin sheet.
US12195605B2
Carbon composites, including carbon fibers, are disclosed and exhibit unique, advantageous mechanical properties, including inter laminar shear strength, compression strength, and resistance to forces applied at angles deviating from parallel to the longitudinal axis of the overall fiber. These improvements allow use of less material while conveying improved strength in myriad practical applications, reducing overall financial cost of fabrication, distribution, and practical utilization of resulting products. These advantages are optimized via utilizing inventive fabrication techniques that incorporate carbon filaments into carbon fibers, preferably incorporating carbon filaments including three-dimensional (3D) graphene platelets into said fibers. The filaments mechanically reinforce both individual fibers, as well as compositions including multiple fibers strung together in a single cord, by “crosslinking” the individual fibers with 3D graphene ligands. The combined result of these inventive efforts includes materials exhibiting superior mechanical strength and reduced mass relative to conventional carbon fibers.
US12195590B2
The embodiments provide a polyamide-based film, which comprises a polyamide-based polymer and has a light resistance index of 0.660 GPa-1 or less as represented by the following Equation 1, whereby it has excellent mechanical properties, optical properties, and light resistance. [Equation 1] Light resistance index=ΔYI/Y. In Equation 1, Y is the modulus of the film, and ΔYI is the rate of change in yellow index (YI) of the film before and after a light resistance test in which UV rays are irradiated to the film at 60° C., the UV irradiation is stopped, and water is sprayed at 50° C.
US12195588B2
The invention contemplates certain polyethers, polyether derivatives, and methods of making and using those same polymers. For example, the starting materials can, e.g., citronellol, prenol, isocitronellol and isoprenol.
US12195576B2
In one aspect, the present invention encompasses blends of structurally different polycarbonate polyols, resulting polyurethanes derived from such blends of polyols, methods of making such polyurethane compositions, and coatings and adhesives derived from such polyurethane compositions.
US12195568B2
A positive photosensitive resin composition including: an alkali-soluble resin containing at least one structure selected from a polyimide structure, a polyamide structure, a polybenzoxazole structure, a polyamide-imide structure, and a precursor structure thereof, a polymer compound having a structural unit formed by cyclopolymerization, and a compound having a quinonediazide structure for serving as a photosensitizer to generate an acid by light and increase a dissolution speed to an alkaline aqueous solution.
US12195564B2
A polyethylene composition having a high flow index and a bimodal composition provides an outstanding combination of environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) and ductility in rotomolded articles. The composition is easy to process/mold.
US12195562B2
Polymerization processes and reactor systems for producing multimodal ethylene polymers are disclosed in which at least one loop reactor and at least one fluidized bed reactor are utilized. Configurations include a loop reactor in series with a fluidized bed reactor and two loop reactors in series with a fluidized bed reactor.
US12195561B2
The invention relates to bissilylamino-functionalized conjugated dienes, their preparation and their use in the production of rubbers. Further, the invention relates to rubbers and rubber compositions, and tires produced therefrom. The functionalized conjugated dienes are selected from the group of compounds of formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic).
US12195554B2
The present disclosure relates generally to immunoglobulin-related compositions (e.g., antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof) that can bind to and neutralize the activity of polysialic acid. The antibodies of the present technology are useful in methods for detecting and treating a polysialic acid-associated cancer in a subject in need thereof.
US12195552B2
The present invention provides a linker for preparing antibody-drug conjugates and antibody-drug conjugates prepared by the linker, as well as use of the antibody-drug conjugates in a medicament for treating tumor. The linker is capable of coupling simultaneously with the thiol group or amino group on the antibody or functional fragment of the antibody, especially it is capable of coupling with 2, 3 or 4 thiol groups on the antibody or functional fragment of the antibody. A coupled product is uniform and structurally stable.
US12195551B2
The invention relates to methods of treating of subject that has breast cancer or is at risk of having said cancer, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof a combination of a therapeutically effective amount of an ErbB-2/ErbB-3 bispecific antibody and a therapeutically effective amount of an endocrine therapy drug, wherein the bispecific antibody has an antigen binding site that can bind an extra-cellular part of ErbB-2 and an antigen binding site that can bind an extra-cellular part of ErbB-3; and to means for said method.
US12195544B2
Provided herein are EGFR binding proteins and EGFR targeting trispecific proteins comprising a domain binding to CD3, a half-life extension domain, and a domain binding to EGFR. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such EGFR binding proteins, EGFR targeting trispecific proteins. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed EGFR binding proteins, EGFR targeting trispecific proteins in the prevention, and/or treatment diseases, conditions and disorders.
US12195532B2
High affinity SIRP-α reagent are provided, which (i) comprise at least one amino acid change relative to the wild-type protein; and (ii) have an increased affinity for CD47 relative to the wild-type protein. Compositions and methods are provided for modulating phagocytosis in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a high affinity SIRPα reagent, which blocks the physiological binding interaction between SIRPα and its ligand CD47.
US12195529B2
The invention provides bispecific heterodimeric antibodies with modified heavy chain IgG constant regions that promote efficient assembly of antibody heavy chain heterodimer pairs, as well as arm specific pairing of heavy and light chains.
US12195528B2
The present invention relates to a ligand-binding molecule the ligand-binding activity of which is attenuated by the cleavage of a cleavage site, a method for producing the ligand-binding molecule, a complex formed by the ligand-binding molecule and a ligand, a fusion protein comprising the ligand-binding molecule and a ligand, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the ligand-binding molecule or a fusion protein of the ligand-binding molecule and a ligand.
US12195525B2
The invention provides antibodies to tau. The antibodies inhibit or delay tau-associated pathologies and associated symptomatic deterioration.
US12195523B2
Generation of monoclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof, that recognize the human parainfluenza virus (human PIV) chimeric protein L, where the monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof have a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region. In addition, a method of diagnosing human PIV infection in a biological sample of nasopharyngeal secretion is provided, using the monoclonal antibodies in diagnostic kit format.
US12195519B2
In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to TβRII fusion polypeptides comprising a heterologous portion and a truncated, ligand-binding portion of the extracellular domain of TβRII polypeptide useful to selectively antagonize a TβRII ligand. The disclosure further provides compositions and methods for use in treating or preventing TGFβ associated disorders.
US12195518B2
Methods of using soluble tandem selectin glycoprotein ligand (TSGL) and TSGL fusion proteins, such as TSGL-Ig, in combination with T cell activation therapies or an adoptive cell transfer (ACT) therapy.
US12195510B2
The present invention relates to a conjugate comprising a sulfonamide of formula (I) and an active pharmaceutical ingredient such as an insulin analog comprising at least one mutation relative to the parent insulin, wherein the insulin analog comprises a mutation at position B16 which is substituted with a hydrophobic amino acid and/or a mutation at position B25 which is substituted with a hydrophobic amino acid. The present invention further relates to a sulfonamide of formula (A). Moreover, the present invention relates to an insulin analog comprising at least one mutation relative to the parent insulin.
US12195504B2
Methods of treating or inhibiting inflammation in a subject include administering an anti-inflammatory protein to the subject. In some embodiments, the protein has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 11, or fragments thereof. Isolated polypeptides, nucleic acids, and recombinant vectors including a nucleic acid encoding the anti-inflammatory protein (such as a nucleic acid encoding a protein with at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 11, or fragments thereof) operably linked to a heterologous promoter are also disclosed.
US12195503B2
The present disclosure provides human lipocalin muteins that bind CD137 and can be used in pharmaceutical applications, for example, as anti-cancer agents and/or immune modulators for the treatment or prevention of human diseases such as cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune diseases. The present disclosure also concerns methods of making CD137 binding lipocalin muteins described herein as well as compositions comprising such lipocalin muteins. The present disclosure further relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such lipocalin muteins and to methods for generation of such lipocalin muteins and nucleic acid molecules. In addition, the application discloses therapeutic and/or diagnostic uses of these lipocalin muteins as well as compositions comprising one or more of such lipocalin muteins.
US12195491B2
The present invention relates to a process to manufacture lignin-based polyols (LBP) by ring opening polymerization (ROP) of oxiranes in the presence of lignin and in an organic solvent or mixture thereof using acidic catalysts. The LBP are suitable to manufacture polyurethanes, polycarbonates and polyesters.
US12195489B2
Disclosed are a spiro-bisphosphorous compound, and a preparation and application thereof. The spiro-bisphosphorous compound is expressed in formula (I), (II) or (III).
US12195483B2
Platinum complexes having ferrocene ligands for the catalysis of the alkoxycarbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
US12195474B2
A preparation method of zaleplon is provided and belongs to the technical field of pharmaceutical chemistry. The preparation method adopts simple and cheap m-nitrobenzaldehyde and triethylamine as raw materials, and constructs a core structure of zaleplon with high efficiency and high selectivity through a one-pot series reaction without transition metal catalysis, thereby avoiding the formation of isomers, reducing the generation of by-products, increasing the yield of target products and reducing the synthesis cost; and after simple nitro reduction modification, zaleplon is prepared. The method has the advantages of short preparation route, mild reaction conditions and simple operation, so the method is suitable for industrial production.
US12195466B2
The present invention relates to chemical compounds which can be used in particular as structural mimetics of proline-rich peptides. The compounds of the present invention are capable of selectively inhibiting Ena/VASP-EVH1-mediated protein-protein interactions. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical agents and the use of the pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of tumor diseases.
US12195463B2
The invention relates to a particular enantiomer of a substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving the 5-HT2A receptor, and pathways involving the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor signaling system.
US12195461B2
In one aspect, the invention provides compounds of Formula I Formula Ia, Formula Ib, Formula Ic, and Formula Id and salts, hydrates and isomers thereof. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of promoting bone formation in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I, Formula Ia, Formula Ib, Formula Ic, or Formula Id. The present invention also provides orthopedic and periodontal devices, as well as methods for the treatment of renal disease, diabetes bone loss, and cancer, using a compound of Formula I, Formula Ia, Formula Ib, Formula Ic, or Formula Id.
US12195449B2
Disclosed herein is 3-[(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)oxy]pyrazin-2-amine compounds of Formula (I), or a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising thereof. Also disclosed is a method of modulating, e.g., inhibiting or treating HPK1 related disorders or diseases including cancer by using the compound disclosed herein
US12195445B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are inhibitors of Nav1.8 channel activity and may be useful in the treatment, prevention, management, amelioration, control and suppression of diseases mediated by Nav1.8 channel activity. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment, prevention or management of pain disorders, cough disorders, acute itch disorders, and chronic itch disorders.
US12195432B2
A genus of compounds encompassed by formula (III) and their use is disclosed: The compounds activate Ppargc1a and, as a consequence, are useful for treating a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, frontotemporal degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, motor neuron diseases, and a demyelinating disease.
US12195429B2
The current application relates to cannabinoid derivatives of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The cannabinoid derivative can be used for the treatment of diseases associated with cannabinoid receptor such as pain, ADHD/ADD, alcohol use disorder, anxiety disorder, and dementias.
US12195427B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, compounds with MASP-2 inhibitory activity, compositions of such compounds and methods of making and using such compounds.
US12195418B2
Novel Halogenated Benzylidine derivatives are provided which exhibit activity for the treatment of immunological diseases and inflammation.
US12195414B2
A method is provided for manufacturing vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), the method comprises subjecting ethylene dichloride (EDC) to thermal cracking to yield a VCM-containing gaseous product, in which method an amount of thermal energy required to heat a stream of EDC-containing process fluid to temperature(s), at which cracking reactions occur, is produced and transferred to said EDC-containing process fluid using a rotary apparatus (100). A VCM production unit and use of the rotary apparatus in production of vinyl chloride monomer from EDC through thermal cracking, are further provided.
US12195405B2
Methods are provided for repairing a defect on a silicon-containing substrate. The method may include applying a powder mixture into the defect of an existing coating on a surface of the silicon-containing substrate, wherein the powder mixture comprises silicon and germanium at a Ge mole fraction of 0.01 to 0.3; and heat treating the powder mixture within the defect at a sintering temperature that is 1150° C. to 1400° C. to form a repaired bondcoat within the defect. Repaired components are also provided that include a repaired bondcoat formed within the defect on the silicon-containing substrate, wherein the repaired bondcoat comprises a silicon-germanium phase comprising a Ge mole fraction of germanium of 0.01 to 0.3 and a Si mole fraction of silicon of 0.7 to 0.99.
US12195403B2
A method of forming a bladder cast ceramic matrix composite (CMC) article including infiltrating a CMC substrate positioned in a cavity of a mold body with a slurry. The CMC substrate includes reinforcement material defining inner spaces. The slurry includes solid particles and a carrier material. During infiltration, the slurry at least partially fills at least a portion of the inner spaces of the CMC substrate. The method also includes inflating at least one bladder that is coupled to the mold body and disposed within the cavity such that a surface of the at least one bladder in an inflated configuration contacts at least one surface of the CMC substrate. The method also includes drying the slurry to remove at least a portion of the carrier material form an infiltrated CMC and deflating the at least one bladder.
US12195400B2
A composition for a heat treatment jig includes: alumina at a weight ratio within the range of 5% or more and 25% or less; mullite at a weight ratio within the range of 0% or more and 35% or less; cordierite at a weight ratio within the range of 15% or more and 35% or less; spinel at a weight ratio within the range of 0% or more and 35% or less; and fused silica at a weight ratio within the range of 15% or more and 50% or less. The composition for a heat treatment jig is used for the method of manufacturing a heat treatment jig, such as a heat treatment container.
US12195393B2
A fiber for concrete reinforcement is provided including 85 wt. % to 98 wt. % of a polypropylene, 2 wt. % to 10 wt. % of a polycarbonate, and up to 5 wt. % of a compatibilizer, wherein the fiber has a tensile strength of at least 600 MPa and a modulus of at least 6 GPa.
US12195384B2
One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including an optical film structure disposed on an inorganic oxide substrate, which may include a strengthened or non-strengthened substrate that may be amorphous or crystalline, such that the article exhibits scratch resistance and retains the same or improved optical properties as the inorganic oxide substrate, without the optical film structure disposed thereon. In one or more embodiments, the article exhibits an average transmittance of 85% or more, over the visible spectrum (e.g., 380 nm-780 nm). Embodiments of the optical film structure include aluminum-containing oxides, aluminum-containing oxy-nitrides, aluminum-containing nitrides (e.g., AlN) and combinations thereof. The optical film structures disclosed herein also include a transparent dielectric including oxides such as silicon oxide, germanium oxide, aluminum oxide and a combination thereof. Methods of forming such articles are also provided.
US12195381B2
A cooling panel for a melter is disclosed that includes first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the first and second outer walls. The first and second outer walls and the plurality of side walls define an interior space. Each of the first and second outer walls, moreover, has a plurality of openings. The cooling panel further includes a plurality of baffles disposed in the interior space. The baffles include a plurality of projections. The respective openings of the outer walls and projections of the baffles fit together and are connected from outside of the cooling panel so that the outer walls and the baffles are fixed together, and the side walls are fixed to the outer walls so that the cooling panel is fluid-tight.
US12195372B2
The present disclosure concerns processes for regenerating organocations from perchlorate-rich waste products, more specifically transformation of water-insoluble organocation-perchlorate salt, originating from perchlorate-removal water treatment processes, into a water-soluble perchlorate salt for reusing same.
US12195369B2
This water treatment device includes: electrode units for performing adsorption/desorption of the impurity; a treatment tank having the electrode units disposed in an inside of the treatment tank; an upstream part for guiding the water into the inside; a downstream part for guiding the water so as to be discharged, the water having been subjected to the adsorption/desorption performed by the electrode units; a circulation pipeline, the circulation pipeline being for guiding water having been guided by the downstream part, to the upstream part; and a switching unit for switching between, on the basis of at least one of a water quality of the water having been guided to the downstream part or an electric state of the treatment tank, guiding the water having been guided by the downstream part, so as to be discharged, and guiding the water to the circulation pipeline.
US12195357B1
A buoyant apparatus that is capable of floating on liquid surfaces, such as bodies of water filled with waste byproducts. The buoyant apparatus supports a plurality of atomizers via rotatable and flexible arms that can achieve 180° adjustments with the respect to a longitudinal axis of the buoyant apparatus, such that the arms can be parallel to a surface of the body of water in both an extended orientation (with the atomizers deployed over the water surface) and a retracted orientation (with the atomizers stored within the surface area of the platform). In addition, the arms can achieve 360° rotational adjustments about the attachment point of the arms to the platform. The atomizers and arms are powered by low voltage direct current (DC) motors that can utilize solar power via photovoltaic cells such that the apparatus can be employed in remote locations without the need for a centralized power grid.
US12195353B2
The invention relates to a water filter cartridge comprising a housing and a filter-side tank connection element for insertion into a water tank, more particularly into a water tank of a household appliance (11), and a filter section for treating the water to be taken from the water tank. It is distinguished by the fact that the water filter cartridge comprises a reservoir chamber with a means to counter precipitations in the water tank, where the reservoir chamber is designed separate from the filter section and its flow guideway for the water running through the filter section to be treated, in such a way that there is no contact between the water flowing through the filter section and the means to counter precipitations, and that the reservoir chamber has at least one passage for the means, whereby the means to counter precipitations is in contact with the unfiltered water in the water tank.
US12195349B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of functional materials, and in particular to an amorphous metal oxide hollow multi-shell material and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The method includes the following steps: 1) performing a heating reaction on a carbon source aqueous solution, filtering, washing, and drying to obtain a carbon sphere template; 2) dispersing the carbon sphere template obtained in step 1) in a first metal salt solution, heating, adsorbing, and drying to obtain a first solid precursor; 3) dispersing the solid precursor obtained in step 2) in a second metal salt solution again, adsorbing, and drying to obtain a second solid precursor; and 4) calcinating the second solid precursor obtained in step 3) to obtain the amorphous metal oxide hollow multi-shell material. According to the present invention, a defect-controllable doping energy level is introduced into a metal oxide hollow sphere by means of a two-step enhanced adsorption method, so that efficient absorption of wave bands in a solar spectrum is achieved.
US12195334B2
Systems of producing hydrogen and biochar from biomass assisted by iron and steel slag extract include: a pretreatment system that the reactants, including the biomass, iron-based catalyst and alkaline reagent, are pretreated and fully mixed at specific ratios in the pretreatment system; thermal reactor that the mixed reactants from the pretreatment device are transferred into and fully reacted in the thermal reactor; a solid residue collector that the solid residue is collected by the solid residue collector at the discharge outlet of the thermal reactor after the reacted mixture is separated; a gas collection system that he generated hydrogen-based gas is collected by the gas collection system from the exhaust port of the thermal reactor.
US12195322B2
An apparatus for transferring a liquid includes a conduit, a strainer housing, and a flow control reversing valve. The conduit has an inlet, an outlet, and a centerline extending from a first end to a second end. The strainer housing houses a strainer basket and has an inlet, an outlet, and a centerline extending from a first end to a second end. The flow control reversing valve has a valve body and a valve member. The valve body has a centerline extending from a front side to a rear side. The valve member is movable between a first position wherein liquid flows from a first port to a second port, and a second position wherein liquid flows from the second port to the first port. Each of the longitudinal centerlines of the conduit, the strainer housing, and the flow control reversing valve is substantially vertically aligned with one another.
US12195319B2
The present invention concerns a dispensing device (20; 120; 220; 320; 420; 520) for a container (12). The device (20; 120; 220; 320; 420; 520) comprises an outlet mouth (22) for the product to be dispensed and comprises a first hollow body (24) suited to define a first passage channel (26) for the product and a second body (32; 232; 532) that is movable with respect to the first body (24) and can be positioned in a first position suitable for closing the device (20; 120; 220; 320; 420; 520) and in at least one second position suitable for dispensing the product from the outlet mouth (22). The outlet mouth (22) is defined in the second body (32; 232; 532) and the outlet mouth (22) communicates with a second passage channel (34) for the product defined in the second body (32; 232; 532). The second body (32; 232; 532) comprises a plugging portion (36; 536) suited to close the first passage channel (26) of the first body (24) when the second body (32; 232; 532) is in the first closing position and suited to open the first passage channel (26) when the second body (32; 232; 532) is in the second position.
US12195318B1
A fluid material dispensing apparatus includes: a material outlet chamber; an upper chamber, arranged to operably connect to the material outlet chamber; a target air extraction device, positioned on a side wall of the material outlet chamber and arranged to operably extract a part of cold air in the material outlet chamber into the upper chamber; multiple pumps arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers, and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward; and a fluid output device positioned on a bottom of the material outlet chamber and comprising multiple fluid outlets, wherein the multiple fluid outlets are respectively coupled with the multiple pumps through multiple material transmission paths, and are respectively arranged to dispense corresponding fluid materials to a target container.
US12195315B2
According to one embodiment, an unmanned transport vehicle includes: a moving body capable of autonomously traveling on a floor surface and having a docking portion connecting to the object; a detection sensor capable of detecting an approach side support leg, wherein, of the plurality of support legs in the object, a pair of support legs located on a docking side of the moving body are designated as approach side support legs, and a pair of support legs located on a side opposite to a docking side in a traveling direction of the moving body is used as depth side support legs; and a control device connected to the moving body and a first detection sensor. The moving body has a height capable of entering a bottom space surrounded by a lower surface of the load plate of the object, the plurality of support legs, and the floor surface.
US12195311B2
A fluid-operated hoist and method for operating a fluid-operated hoist. The hoist is particularly convenient to produce and install and can be permanently and reliably operated without frequent maintenance. The hoist includes a fluid supply line supplying an operating fluid to the hoist for operating the hoist, a generator connected to the fluid supply line for generating electricity by the operating fluid, and an electrical consumer on the hoist that is operated by the electricity generated by the generator.
US12195304B2
A break detection device includes a sensor, an abnormal variation detection unit (22), a storage unit (20), an arithmetic unit (23), and a break determination unit (24). The arithmetic unit (23) increases a determination score when the abnormal variation detection unit (22) detects occurrence of an abnormal variation when a car (1) passes a position stored in the storage unit (20). The arithmetic unit (23) decreases the determination score when the abnormal variation detection unit (22) does not detect the occurrence of the abnormal variation when the car (1) passes the position. The break determination unit (24) determines whether or not a broken portion is present in a rope on the basis of the determination score.
US12195303B2
The self-climbing elevator machine room comprises two decks positioned upon each other. Each deck comprises guide means supporting the deck movably on guide rails and locking means locking and unlocking the deck to the guide rails and/or to guide rail fixing means. Lifting means move the two decks along the guide rails in relation to each other. At least one power source provides power to the lifting means. The elevator machine room climbs stepwise along the guide rails by alternatingly locking and unlocking the lower deck and the upper deck to the guide rails and/or to the guide rail fixing means and thereafter raising the unlocked deck.
US12195294B2
An information processing apparatus includes a sheet holder, a conveyor, a wireless writer, a wireless reader, and a controller. The sheet holder accommodates a sheet. The conveyor conveys the sheet from the sheet holder. The wireless writer writes data to a wireless tag on a first sheet. The wireless reader reads data from the wireless tag on the first sheet. The controller ejects a second sheet from the sheet holder when the data written in the first sheet by the writer and the data read from the first sheet by the reader are different from each other.
US12195286B2
The present invention more suitably adjusts a pressure at a tip of a shaft in an actuator configured to generate a negative pressure at the tip of the shaft, to pick up a workpiece with the shaft. A negative pressure-generating structure to be applied to the actuator includes an insertion hole into which the shaft is inserted in a state where a space is formed between the shaft and a wall surface of the insertion hole, an inner space formed inside the negative pressure-generating structure, which communicates with a hollow part of the shaft through a communication hole formed in the shaft, and an air passage connected to the inner space, the air passage being a passage of air when air in the inner space is sucked to generate the negative pressure at the tip of the shaft.
US12195279B2
Provided is a transport system to facilitate interlayer movement of a transported object. The transport system comprises: a rail device; and a transport vehicle moving in the rail device, wherein the rail device comprises: a first rail with a first inclination angle; a second rail with a second inclination angle larger than the first inclination angle; a first connection rail configured to connect the first rail to the second rail; and a rack rail installed along the first connection rail and the second rail, wherein the transport vehicle comprises: a frame; a driving wheel connected to the frame and moving the first rail, the first connection rail and the second rail; and a pinion gear connected to the frame and moving along the rack rail.
US12195278B2
A conveyor device includes a first axis equipped with at least two first pulleys rotating coaxially around a first rotation axis and spaced apart, a second axis provided with at least two second pulleys coaxially rotating around a second rotation axis and spaced apart, wherein each first pulley is aligned with a corresponding second pulley along a movement direction of the conveyor device. A conveyor belt extends between the first and the second axis and is wrapped around the first and second pulleys. The conveyor belt includes a substantially flat base body made of rubberized cloth and having a first face, a second face and a traction body made in one piece with its lateral zone, projecting from the first face and couplable to a first pulley and to the respective second pulley for moving the conveyor belt, and a plurality of cross bars extending transversely to the movement direction between the lateral zones.
US12195274B2
An automated carrier system is disclosed for moving objects to be processed. The automated carrier system includes a base structure of a carrier on which an object may be supported, and at least two wheels mounted to at least two motors to provide at least two wheel assemblies, the at least two wheel assemblies being pivotally supported on the base structure for pivoting movement from a first position to a second position to effect a change in direction of movement of the carrier.
US12195268B1
A can, bottle or other food product is placed inside a laminated cooler and/or warmer constructed of an inner liner surrounded by a thermal retentive slab surrounded by an optional insulation layer surrounded by a protective shell. Optionally an opening with integrated closure is provided to allow easier insertion of the food product into the interior. The gap space between the liner and food product is preferably minimized to allow thermal flow to or from slab to the food.
US12195265B1
An insulated shipping container and method of forming and loading an insulated container utilizing sustainable materials including recycled post-industrial, pre-consumer natural fiber, plant-based fiber and synthetic fiber to include recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
US12195257B2
Embodiments herein are generally directed to a flexible pouch for holding a liquid. The pouch includes a front portion and a back portion defining a compartment, a fitment and a frangible seal. The fitment has a body with a pair of wings extending outwardly from a center portion. The center portion has a spout. The front portion, the fitment and the back portion are joined together by a top seal. The frangible seal join the front portion and back portion beneath the fitment. The frangible seal has one end positioned in a portion of the top seal under one of the pair of wings and another end positioned in a portion of the top seal under another of the pair of wings to separate the spout from the contents in the compartment.
US12195231B2
A modular container is disclosed. The modular container includes a housing defining an internal cavity configured to contain a contents, a port configured to selectively allow the contents to enter and exit the internal cavity, and a vent configured to allow particles of a predetermined size to enter and exit the internal cavity when the modular container is oriented in a first position. The valve is further configured to prevent the contents from exiting the internal cavity when the modular container is oriented in a second position. The modular container also includes a mechanical interlock system which includes a first interlock element and a second interlock element, wherein the first interlock element is configured to mechanically engage with a corresponding second interlock element of a separate modular component, and wherein the second interlock element is configured to mechanically engage with a corresponding first interlock element of a separate system component.
US12195226B2
A double-layer detachable slushy maker cup with sealing connection assembly has an inner core and an outer cup body. An upper portion of the inner core is limited and sleeved with a sealing connection assembly; a cup rim of the inner core is in sealed connection to an upper end opening of the sealing connection assembly; the outer cup body is provided with an inner retaining ring edge which is connected to an outer side of the sealing connection assembly in a sealed manner; the outer cup body and the inner core are sealed stably; a lower portion of the inner core is provided with a convex rib structure.
US12195214B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle parking device includes a parking platform and a blocking assembly. The parking platform is configured to bear an unmanned aerial vehicle. The blocking assembly includes a driving rod and a stop bar, the stop bar is connected to a driving rod, and the driving rod is configured to move between the first position and the second position. When the driving rod moves from the first position to the second position, the driving rod drives the stop bar to rotate such that the stop bar lies flat relative to the parking platform, and the stop bar may not block the blade of the unmanned aerial vehicle from rotating. When the driving rod moves from the second position to the first position, the stop bar rotates relative to the driving rod and abuts against the parking platform.
US12195207B2
A system (100) and method (300) for launching multiple satellites from a launch vehicle is provided. The system includes a mechanical structure (102) which has one or more mounting means (104A-F), a control unit (106) for controlling the one or more mounting means for positioning and separating the multiple satellites in the mechanical structure, an image capturing system for monitoring the positioning of each satellite in the mechanical structure. The mounting means are adapted to position the satellites in axial, inclined and radial separations at a distance to ensure that each satellite will not come in contact with each other in short duration as well as long duration of orbit evolution.
US12195204B2
Material transfer interfaces for space vehicles, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative system includes a first coupler configured to be carried by a first space vehicle, and a first valve device carried by the first coupler. The system further includes a second coupler configured to be carried by a second space vehicle and a second valve device carried by the second coupler. The first coupler includes rotatable and translatable latch arms positioned to engage with and connect to the second coupler. The first valve device incudes a moveable probe that is insertable into the second valve device when the latch arms of the first coupler are connected to the second coupler to transfer fluid between the first and second valve devices.
US12195201B2
A method for fabricating a preform for a portion of an aircraft includes acquiring a sheet of broad good fiber reinforced material, trimming the sheet to form layup pieces having boundaries, placing the boundaries into alignment, arranging the layup pieces in a layup pattern to form a ply, performing a placement operation that transports the layup pattern onto a layup mandrel, and shaping the layup pattern into conformance with a contour of the layup mandrel.
US12195199B2
Provided is a self-leveling support apparatus for use with a UAV or stationary device such as a table or ladder, the apparatus having multiple leg members, each associated with a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder; a connection among the hydraulic or pheumatic cylinders such that they share a common reservoir of fluid; a locking mechanism that obstructs free flow of fluid among the cylinders and stabilizes the UAV or stationary device without the need for electronic sensors or control systems.
US12195183B2
A method of manufacturing an aircraft metallic faucet with an anti-microbial coating may comprise: disposing the aircraft metallic faucet in a piranha solution; washing the aircraft metallic faucet; and coating a surface of the aircraft metallic faucet with a Si-Quat based coating. A method of manufacturing an aircraft metallic faucet with a hybrid anti-microbial coating with cross-linkers may comprise: disposing the aircraft metallic faucet in a piranha solution; washing the aircraft metallic faucet; coating a surface of the aircraft metallic faucet with a hybrid Si-Quat coating with crosslinkers; and curing the hybrid Si-Quat coating at a temperature between 60° C. (140° F.) and 100° C. (212° F.).
US12195177B2
A differential thrust vectoring system includes a first thruster, a second thruster, a main actuator, and a trim actuator. The system is configured such that actuation of the main actuator causes rotation of the thrusters together about an axis, whereas actuation of the trim actuator causes relative rotation of the first and second thrusters about the axis.
US12195165B2
A helicopter tail folding mechanism for a tail located on the helicopter has a front region located on the tail, a rear region connected to the front region to make a folding movement around the axis on which it is supported, a first shaft located on the front region and a second shaft located on the rear region enables power to be transmitted to the tail rotor during the flight movement of the helicopter, a first coupling and a second coupling located on the first shaft both with a threaded form, a first hub located on the first shaft surrounding the first coupling all around that is form-fitting to the first coupling to enable the first coupling to make at least a partial spherical rotational movement, and a second hub located on the second shaft to be arranged opposite to the second coupling and being form-fitting to the second coupling.
US12195161B2
A tethered aerostat with a ground based deployment, extended duration and recovery system to accommodate a weather vaning deployed aerostat while maintaining a supply of a lift gas by having a rotatable tether pipe and a hollow tether. Included is a rotatable tether pipe device assembly with rotor and stator components disposed in an air tight housing assembly to provide a ground based gas maintenance system. An aerostat deployment buoyancy control maintenance and combined recovery platform is provided. The tethered aerostat systems and method increase deployment duration and allow more systems to be controlled and maintained on the ground without interrupting aerostat operational capabilities.
US12195157B1
A stowable propulsion device for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsor is configured to propel the marine vessel in water. An arm pivotably couples the propulsor to the base such that the propulsor is movable into and between a stowed position and a deployed position, where the propulsor is closer to the base in the stowed position than in the deployed position. A first actuator pivots the arm so as to move the propulsor into and between the stowed position and the deployed position. A second actuator is manually actuatable to pivot the arm so as to move the propulsor towards the stowed position.
US12195153B2
One example includes an underwater docking system. The system includes an underwater dock that includes a docking rod. The docking rod includes electrical contacts around a periphery of the docking rod. The system also includes a docking assembly mounted on an underwater vehicle. The docking assembly includes an actuator and a hook assembly that includes a docking arm and a jaw assembly. The docking arm physically guides the docking rod into the jaw assembly and the actuator closes the jaw assembly around the docking rod to provide electrical connection of brush contacts of the jaw assembly with the electrical contacts of the docking rod to provide electrical power from a power source via the electrical contacts to the underwater vehicle. Each of the electrical contacts and the brush contacts can be formed from a self-passivating material.
US12195134B1
A bicycle having an increased mounting area is shown and described. In one embodiment, a bicycle includes a top tube. In another embodiment, a bicycle includes a drop tube frame. Other examples include a bicycle including a frame having a top tube hinged at one end and releasably connected to another end for easier mount and dismount of the bike. Methods for easier bicycle mount and dismount are also included.
US12195131B1
Various embodiments of the inventive cycle-mountable cargo retention apparatus may feature: a cargo cradle having a cradle longitudinal axis, a spine that defines a spine plane, and cargo support fastener holes established at respective non-zero cargo support fastener hole distances from the spine plane; and a cargo support that is removably fastenable to the cargo cradle with fasteners, where such fasteners, when the cargo support is fastened to the cargo cradle, define fastener centerlines that lie in an installed cargo support fastener plane that is perpendicular to the cradle longitudinal axis.
US12195127B2
A seat rail structure installed on a vehicle body of a motorcycle. In such a seat rail structure, each of two lateral members and a first coupling member configured to allow a seat to be placed thereon has a laminated structure made of a fiber reinforced resin, each lateral member includes a vertical wall and an upper flange, the first coupling member includes two upper surface contact portions in contact with the upper flanges of the two lateral members, respectively, and two side surface contact portion extending downward from outer edges of the two upper surface contact portions, respectively, each upper surface contact portion is fastened to the upper flange being in contact with the upper surface contact portion, and each side surface contact portion is fastened to the vertical wall being in contact with the side surface contact portion.
US12195120B2
An example vehicle frame subassembly for a vehicle is disclosed herein. The example vehicle frame subassembly includes a first frame portion defining a wheel axle, and a second frame portion extending from the first frame portion at an angle from the wheel axle, the wheel axle at a first height, an end of the second frame portion at a second height different from the first height, the vehicle frame subassembly to configure a vehicle for a selected ride height when the vehicle frame subassembly is implemented in the vehicle, the second height corresponding to the selected ride height.
US12195116B2
A device for moving across a surface, comprising at least one section. Each section comprises a core and a drive sleeve, with the drive sleeve at least partially overlapping the core and reversibly movable relative to the core. In each section, the drive sleeve has at least one row of whiskers and the core has at least one row of whiskers, the whiskers pointing outward from the section, the whiskers capable of supporting at least the weight of the section. For each section, the reciprocal motion of the core and drive sleeve is driven by a motor.
US12195115B2
A track link is fixable to a track shoe with nuts and bolts. The track link comprises connecting holes that are spaced in a link pitch direction and receive connection members, first and second through holes that extend orthogonally to the connecting holes and receive bolts, a first surface in which the first through hole opens and on which a first nut is positionable, a second surface in which the second through hole opens and on which a second nut is positionable, first projecting portions that project from the first surface and face each other across the first through hole, and second projecting portions that project from the second surface and face each other across the second through hole. Only one of the first projecting portions engages the first nut. At least one of the second projecting portions engages the second nut that is positionable between the second projecting portions.
US12195110B2
A method for operating a steering mechanism (12) of a motor vehicle, wherein a steering rod (27) can be held or displaced along its longitudinal axis (a) by an electric motor (22) so that the wheel steering angle (8, 9) of at least one wheel (5, 6) on at least one vehicle axle (1) can be maintained or changed. When a force (Fext) acts essentially axially on the steering rod (27), displacement of the steering rod (27) is at least inhibited by a detent torque (RM) of the electric motor (22) and/or by a self-induced torque (Msip) of the electric motor. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method and to a steering mechanism, which is preferably in the form of a steer-by-wire steering system. A control unit is provided for carrying out the method.
US12195109B2
An active fault tolerance and fault mitigation system based on steer-by-wire dual motors and a mode switching control method thereof are provided. The system includes an acquisition unit, a steering wheel assembly, an ECU control module, a front wheel steering assembly, and a fault tolerance controller (18) which are sequentially connected. The acquisition unit transmits an acquired vehicle signal to the ECU control module, and then a corresponding compensation strategy is selected by means of a fault tolerance control strategy unit, a yaw rate calculation unit, a stability control unit, and a dual-motor compensation unit to act on a rack and pinion mechanism (15). The system and method can perform switching in an active fault tolerance and fault mitigation mode to achieve optimal control of the real-time performance of a vehicle, thereby ensuring the driving performance and higher performance of the vehicle in a field fault condition.
US12195108B2
The present embodiments may provide a steering control method and a steering control device capable of compensating for shimmy even when the torque sensor fails and removing only shimmy components without affecting the steering feel by compensating for shimmy using the road wheel actuator-side rack force signal, rather than the steering feedback actuator-side torque signal.
US12195105B2
The present invention provides steer-by-wire steering apparatuses that are capable of generating a counter force for improving steering feel with a simple structure and are particularly suitable for an autonomous vehicle by virtue of a reduced size.
US12195104B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a steering apparatus including a steering wheel which is manipulated by a driver of a vehicle and a steering column which is turned by the steering wheel. The steering apparatus may include a rotation restraint mechanism which is able to restrict the rotation of the steering column by providing mechanical feedback to the steering column.
US12195099B2
A laterally extending aerodynamic deflector panel disposed upstream in front of an otherwise exposed uppermost portion of a vehicle wheel assembly, and arranged to divert headwinds from otherwise impinging upon drag-magnified uppermost wheel surfaces to thereby minimize overall vehicle drag.
US12195088B2
A chassis subframe of a two-track vehicle, includes: at least two tubular longitudinal members, which are oriented at least approximately in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the at least two longitudinal members each comprise an upper shell and a lower shell, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell are produced in a sheet-metal deformation process and are joined by way of a joining process to form a respective one of the tubular longitudinal members, at least one transverse member, which is oriented at least approximately in a vehicle transverse direction and which connects the two longitudinal members to one another, at least one attachment lug, wherein at least one wheel-controlling link for connecting a respective wheel of the vehicle to the chassis subframe is attachable to in each case at least one attachment lug on a respective longitudinal member. The lower shell and/or the upper shell of a respective longitudinal member comprises at least one support plate produced in a sheet-metal deformation process, which support plate is arranged at least approximately in a horizontal plane and so as to project from the longitudinal member at least approximately in a vehicle transverse direction, wherein at least a part of the attachment lug is attached to the support plate.
US12195077B2
A steering column device includes a column shaft to which a steering wheel is fixed, and a steering column that rotatably supports the column shaft. The steering column includes a housing that is configured to be supported by a vehicle body, a column tube that is accommodated in the housing so as to be movable in an axial direction, and a contact pad that is disposed between the housing and the column tube. The contact pad is fixed to the column tube, and is also configured to press against the housing from an inner side.
US12195073B2
A pressure sensing device, comprising: a frame work; a capacitive pressure sensor layer, surrounding the frame work; a capacitive touch sensor layer; and a flexible material layer, located between the pressure sensor layer and the touch sensor layer and surrounding the capacitive pressure sensor layer. The capacitive touch sensor layer is above the flexible material layer when the capacitive pressure sensor layer is below the flexible material layer. The capacitive touch sensor layer has a first driving electrode and a first sensing electrode. The capacitive pressure sensor layer has a second driving electrode and a second sensing electrode. A 3D gesture control system and a vehicle control system applying the pressure sensing device are also disclosed. Via the pressure sensing device, the 3D gesture control system and the vehicle control system can generate control commands according to a touch or a pressure provided by a user.
US12195072B2
A system for converting an infant child seat to a stroller may include an infant child seat, a wheeled frame, and a handle. The handle is coupled to the infant child seat and configured to manipulate the wheeled frame when the infant child seat is mounted. A wheeled frame, being removably securable to an infant child seat, may include a frame movable between a folded storage configuration and an expanded stroller configuration. The frame is configured to removably receive an infant child seat and includes a plurality of wheels. The wheeled frame does not define a handle. A method of converting an infant child seat including a handle to a stroller may include coupling the seat to a wheeled frame. The method further includes manually actuating, by a first hand of a user, the handle into a stroller position. The seat coupled to the frame are operable as a stroller.
US12195069B2
A multi-piece snow sled designed to be transported in a compact form then assembled into a full-sized sled, and more specifically a multi-piece snow sled designed to be transported in a compact form then assembled into a full-sized sled having a rigid floor. The multi-piece sled comprises a front sled body piece, a rear sled body piece, a front interface edge, a rear interface edge, and a plurality of removable fasteners securing the front interface edge to the rear interface edge.
US12195065B2
A method and device for dynamically adjusting train interval based on wide-area interlocking control, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: (1) dynamically managing trains; (2) identifying a following relationship; if there is a following relationship, performing step (3), otherwise, controlling the train using existing control technology; (3) identifying weather; if the thunderstorm weather occurs, performing step (4); otherwise, adjusting the train interval by existing control technology; (4) acquiring operation states of a wireless communication system, traction power grid, traction drive system and train control system in real time; if the operation conditions are normal, performing step (5), otherwise, performing step (6); (5) independently analyzing the safety of actual following distance by the preceding and following trains in real time; performing interlocking control according to analysis results; and (6) activating a fail-safe interlocking control module to ensure dynamic and safe control of the train interval.
US12195064B2
The system 100 can include: a fleet management system, a motion planner, a vehicle controller, and a track data system. The system can optionally include a user interface. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate waypoint-based command, navigation, and/or control of rail vehicles within a rail network. Additionally or alternatively, the system can function to facilitate execution of the method S100 and/or sub-elements thereof.
US12195052B2
A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. The gap blocking system also includes a panel assembly coupled to the loading platform and comprising a plurality of panels, wherein each panel of the plurality of panels is coupled to a respective biasing mechanism coupled to the first portion of the loading platform and configured to bias each panel towards a closed configuration in which each panel extends radially away from the first portion of the loading platform.
US12195039B2
An information processing method is to be executed by a computer. The information processing method includes: receiving, from an autonomous moving body, a first processing result that is a result of first preprocessing of travel control processing in autonomous movement processing of the autonomous moving body, and sensing data received by the autonomous moving body; executing second preprocessing based on the sensing data to receive a second processing result, the second preprocessing being more advanced than the first preprocessing; determining a difference between the first processing result and the second processing result; and outputting, to the autonomous moving body based on the difference determined, a change request to change the first processing result to the third processing result, the third processing result being received based on at least one of the first processing result or the second processing result.
US12195036B2
According to some embodiments, systems, methods and media for dynamically generating scenario parameters for an autonomous driving vehicles (ADV) are described. In one embodiment, when an ADV enters a driving scenario, the ADV can invoke a map-based scenario checker to determine the type of scenario, and invokes a corresponding neural network model to generate a set of parameters for the scenario based on real-time environmental conditions (e.g., traffics) and vehicle status information (e.g., speed). The set of scenario parameters can be a set of extra constraints for configuring the ADV to drive in a driving mode corresponding to the scenario.
US12195032B2
A method determines the region where a vehicle can travel without changing clarity of the position information of the object detected by a sensor. An in-vehicle control device includes an object detection unit detecting the position of an object from image information captured by an image pickup device, an object information storage unit stores a pre-processing grid map including a position of a detected object set as an object occupied region and a position where no object has been detected is as an object unoccupied region, an information processing unit generates a determination grid map in which part of the object unoccupied region of the map is replaced with the object occupied region, and a road surface region determination unit that generates an automatic driving grid map in which a closed space surrounded by the object occupied region of the determination grid map is set as a road surface region.
US12195028B2
A human machine interface control unit as an information presentation control device is used in a vehicle having an autonomous driving function to perform a driving action on behalf of a driver, and controls an information presentation device configured to present information to the driver. The human machine interface control unit includes a permissible action determination unit configured to determine a permissible action that a driver is permitted to take among actions, other than a driving action, to be possibly taken by the driver when the autonomous driving function is implemented, and an information presentation content control unit configured to cause an information presentation device to present information related to a determination result of the permissible action.
US12195024B2
A method and system for providing a connected car service may include a connected car terminal configured to generate a first list of services/functions applied to a vehicle and to generate usage status information of services/functions included in the first list, and may include a connected car server configured to identify an unused service/function among the services/functions included in the first list based on the usage status information, and to transfer usage guidance information for guiding a using method with respect to the unused service/function to a user terminal of the user of the connected car terminal.
US12195019B2
In one embodiment, a microcontroller unit (MCU) receives an expected state of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) from a controller of the ADV, where the controller controls motions of the ADV using a control algorithm. The MCU receives sensor data from one or more sensors of the ADV. The MCU determine an actual state of the ADV based on the sensor data. The MCU determines a performance metric of the control algorithm based on the expected state and the actual state. In response to determining the performance metric has satisfied a predetermined condition, the MCU determines a plurality of weight values for the control algorithm. The MCU sends the plurality of weight values to the control system to tune one or more weight parameters of the control algorithm using the plurality of weight values, where the controller controls the ADV using the tuned control algorithm.
US12195018B2
A wire based control system for controlling a motor vehicle has an input having a transmitting unit for emitting signals for executing input commands, a first transmission channel for transmitting a first signal, a second transmission channel for transmitting a second signal, a receiving unit for receiving the signals, and an execution for executing the input commands.
US12195014B2
A processor unit is configured for determining target torque values (21), which lie within a prediction horizon (20), and target speed values (19), which lie within the prediction horizon (20), by executing an MPC algorithm, which includes a longitudinal dynamics model of a drive train of the motor vehicle. An autonomous driving function of the motor vehicle is carried out in a torque specification operating mode or in a speed specification operating mode as a function of the level of the target torque values (21). In the torque specification operating mode, a prime mover of the drive train is controlled by an open-loop system based on the target torque values (21). In the speed specification operating mode, a speed governor of the drive train is controlled by an open-loop system based on the target speed values (19).
US12195013B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for evaluating a behavior prediction system.
US12194994B2
To provide a traveling route generation apparatus and a traveling route generation method which can suppress generation of the traveling route with bad interpolation accuracy, and can generates the traveling route with good interpolation accuracy, when generating the traveling route of the vehicle. To provide a vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method which can control the traveling of vehicle based on the traveling route generated above. A traveling route generation apparatus and a traveling route generation method compares the two traveling positions and the two traveling directions which are temporally before and after relation, and determines whether to interpolate between the two traveling positions, and generates the traveling route which interpolates between the two traveling positions determined to interpolate, when it is determined to interpolate.
US12194983B2
In start control for controlling an engine, a motor, and a clutch, a target throttle valve opening degree is set based on a rotational speed of the motor and a coolant temperature of the engine to control the engine such that the clutch is half-engaged to crank the engine by the motor, and fuel injection and ignition of the engine are started after a rotational speed difference between the rotational speed of the motor and a rotational speed of the engine becomes smaller than a threshold value and the clutch is engaged.
US12194981B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting driver demand wheel torque of a vehicle. The driver demand wheel torque may be adjusted as a function of a minimum wheel torque. The minimum wheel torque may be determined according to a plurality of torques that may be evaluated in three different phases.
US12194976B1
With the safety parking braking system, the security of a parking brake is required to be engaged before detaching the trailer. When the safety parking brake lever is lifted, the brakes are applied, the Index plunger pin locks the lever in place and the lock out bar rises thus allowing the trailer to safely be detached from the vehicle without having to remember the tire chock blocks. With little modifications, the safety parking braking system can be retrofitted to any trailer, new or old.
US12194973B2
A method of removing foreign objects from a brake device includes determining whether starting power is turned off in a state in which leakage of a hydraulic circuit is confirmed; and operating, while the starting power is turned off, a main master cylinder using standby power, and performing a foreign object removal mode in which hydraulic pressure is applied to a plurality of hydraulic regulating valves in the hydraulic circuit and released.
US12194968B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic brake system and an operation method thereof. The electronic brake system includes a reservoir in which a fluid is stored, a hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by operating a hydraulic piston in response to a signal from a pedal displacement sensor detecting a displacement of a brake pedal, a hydraulic control unit including a first hydraulic unit configured to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred from the hydraulic pressure supply device to a first hydraulic circuit including two wheel cylinders, and a second hydraulic unit configured to control the hydraulic pressure to be transferred from the hydraulic pressure supply device to a second hydraulic circuit including other two wheel cylinders.
US12194967B2
Disclosed is a master cylinder. The master cylinder includes a hydraulic block provided with a main bore formed therein in an axial direction, a first piston having one side inserted into the main bore to be displaceable and the other side exposed to an outside of the hydraulic block and connected to a brake pedal, a second piston inserted into the main bore more inside than the first piston to be displaceable, an elastic member provided between the first piston and the second piston and configured to provide a pedal feel, and a mounting block provided with a sub bore formed therein in the axial direction and the sub bore where the first piston is inserted thereinto and passes therethrough to be displaceable and having one side coupled to the other side of the hydraulic block, wherein the hydraulic block includes at least one hydraulic flow path formed through the other side, and the mounting block includes a connection flow path allowing the sub bore to communicate with the hydraulic flow path.
US12194965B2
A wrap around station of a car wash including a cross piece comprising one or more cross beams and a pair of roller assemblies disposed on the cross piece. Each roller assembly includes one or more first rollers with a substantially vertical axis of rotation, and one or more second rollers with a substantially horizontal axis of rotation. Each of the one or more first and second rollers are arranged to rotate in contact with at least one of the one or more cross beams. A pair of linear actuators are configured to move the roller assemblies along the cross piece. A first side brush and a second side brush are each pivotally and rotatably attached to a corresponding one of the roller assemblies so that the first and second side brushes are moveable along the cross piece and pivotable relative to the cross piece and relative to one another.
US12194962B2
A vehicle-mounted transportation lift for transporting wheelless or trackless, powered, construction equipment and a method of using same; wherein the transportation lift comprises a cradle comprising a horizontally oriented plate, the plate removably secures to and supports a base of the powered walk-behind equipment; a lifting device that supports a motorized screw jack, the lifting device further being attached to an automotive vehicle; wherein the motorized linear screw actuator moves the cradle between a loading position proximate to the ground and a carrying position distal from the ground.
US12194954B2
A seat belt energy management loop to reduce off-axis loading is disclosed. The seat belt energy management loop includes a substantially flat bracket welded to the chassis of a vehicle and including a plurality of openings for mounting a roll hoop and a seat belt retractor to the bracket. An integral loop is formed as an integral part of the bracket and extends from the bracket in substantially perpendicular relation to the bracket. The integral loop includes a seat belt guide segment extending from the bracket, a pair of curved end segments extending from the seat belt guide segment, and a straight segment extending between the pair of curved end segments, together forming a seat belt opening through which a retractable seat belt of the retractor extends.
US12194952B2
A seatbelt system for an occupant of a vehicle comprises: an anchor point attached to a body of the vehicle; seatbelt webbing extending from the anchor point toward the occupant; and a dynamic guide for the seatbelt webbing positioned between the anchor point and a shoulder of the occupant, the dynamic guide comprising a lid attached to a base, the seatbelt webbing extending through the dynamic guide and exiting through an opening between the lid and the base, the dynamic guide configured so that the lid at least partially separates from the base at a first predetermined tension in the seatbelt webbing laterally in the vehicle.
US12194945B2
The present disclosure describes a roof airbag apparatus for a vehicle which protects the occupant seated in the cabin in such a manner that the roof airbag is deployed downward from the cabin roof, and safely protects the occupant from impact in such a manner that the occupant is securely restrained by the airbag as the deployment shape of the airbag is maintained.
US12194944B2
An airbag device has a first side cushion that expands forward to cover one side of an occupant seated in the seat of the vehicle, a second side cushion that expands forward to cover the other side of the occupant, at least one inflator that injects gas to inflate the first side cushion and the second side cushion, and a connection that connects the first side cushion and the second side cushion. The connecting part is deployed so as to pass through the rear surface region between the seat 1 and the occupant above the seat surface of the seat in the fully expanded state when the expansion and deployment of each side cushion and is complete, and is held in place by the occupant, pulling each side cushion and inward.
US12194943B2
A vehicle center airbag device includes: an inflator that is provided at a vehicle seat, and that is configured to eject gas due to being actuated; and a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seatback of the vehicle seat, and that is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat due to the gas being supplied to an interior thereof; and an introduction path that is provided at an upper portion thereof the center airbag, into which gas that has been ejected from the inflator is introduced, wherein the introduction path includes opening portions that eject the gas toward a vehicle lower side, at an intermediate portion thereof.
US12194942B2
An occupant protection device includes a seatbelt having a lap belt portion; a pretensioner mechanism that takes up the seatbelt; an inflator that discharges an inflating gas; and an airbag that is joined to the lap belt portion. The airbag including a bag main body portion, which is housed folded, inflates owing to the inflating gas being supplied, and receives an occupant, and a conduit portion, which guides the inflating gas discharged from the inflator to the bag main body portion, and causes the inflating gas to flow into the bag main body portion. A length dimension along the lap belt portion of a joining region in which the airbag and the lap belt portion are joined is shorter than a length dimension along the lap belt portion of the bag main body portion in a folded state.
US12194939B2
The present invention, includes: a damper unit provided between an airbag module that acts as a damper mass for a steering wheel and the steering wheel to dampen vibrations of the steering wheel, an engagement mechanism provided in the airbag module that maintains the airbag module on the steering wheel in a relatively displaceable manner, and protecting means provided on the airbag module for stopping external forces to the engagement mechanism in a non-engaged state with the steering wheel, that may cause deformation, and thereby protecting the engagement mechanism.
US12194937B2
A method for controlling actuation of an actuatable restraint in response to a vehicle rollover event includes detecting whether the vehicle (12) is being driven off-road. The method also includes determining whether the vehicle (12) is undergoing a roll event (99) that would warrant actuation of the actuatable restraint (20) if the vehicle was being driven on-road. The method further includes actuating the actuatable restraint (20) in response to determining that a roll acceleration (D RATE) of the vehicle (20) indicates that the roll event is continuing. A vehicle safety system (10) includes an actuatable restraint and a controller (50) configured to control actuation of the actuatable restraint according to this method.
US12194931B2
A wire harness to be attached to a vehicle body, the wire harness including: a wire harness main body having an electrical wire and an exterior tube covering the electrical wire; a first path restrictor attached to an outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a straight part which is a portion of a path of the wire harness main body that is straight; a second path restrictor attached to the outer periphery of the exterior tube and restricting a path of a bent part which is a portion of the path of the wire harness main body that bends; and a connector having an annular shape surrounding the outer periphery of the exterior tube and an outer periphery of the second path restrictor, and connecting the exterior tube and the second path restrictor to each other.
US12194920B2
The invention relates to an indirect rear view system for a motor vehicle, having a bearing element for fastening at least one reflection element, wherein the bearing element forms a coupling region for variable-position attachment to a vehicle-attachable adjustment element, wherein the coupling region for contacting a spherical connection region of the adjustment element has a first contact area and a second contact area axially offset with respect thereto wherein an imaginary separation surface extends through the region of transition of a main body of the bearing element into the coupling region of the bearing element, wherein the first contact area is arranged on one side of the imaginary separation surface and the second contact area is arranged on the opposite other side of the imaginary separation surface. The invention also relates to an assembly method for coupling a bearing element of the indirect rear view system according to the invention to the adjustment element, wherein the bearing element is moved from the direction of the reflection element towards the adjustment element.
US12194913B2
Systems and methods for a global headlamp. An example method includes obtaining configuration information indicative of a jurisdiction associated with a vehicle. Headlamp state information is accessed which includes multiple headlamp states. A current headlamp state of the multiple headlamp states is determined based on the configuration information. A propagation is output via a pixelated light source in a headlamp of the vehicle, the propagation representing a particular beam pattern which is compliant with the jurisdiction.
US12194901B2
The present disclosure discloses an apparatus comprising: a backrest; a side impact protection block movably fitted to the backrest between a folding position and an unfolding position; and a self-locking structure fitted to the side impact protection block or the backrest, the self-locking structure being configured to block the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position. The self-locking structure comprises a self-locking member and a self-locking reset member, the self-locking member being fitted to the backrest or the side impact protection block, the self-locking reset member being configured to apply a force to the self-locking member to drive it into an extended position that blocks the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position.
US12194887B1
A battery pack for a vehicle electrical system includes a casing for receiving one or more battery modules. The battery modules are insertable into a casing of the battery pack. Additionally, the battery modules may include cooling plate to cool the battery module and provide coolant to another battery module in response to a triggering event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a top cover with a frangible insulating material to further thermally insulate one battery module from another battery module and allow gasses and active material to escape the battery module in response to a triggering event. The battery pack may additionally be configured with vents for venting the gases and active material, such as those generated by a battery module in a thermal runaway event. Additionally, the battery modules may include a heat shield to direct vented gases and active material away from a cabin of a vehicle.
US12194885B2
A battery management system for batteries, such as, but not limited to, electric vehicle battery packs and cells, lithium iron phosphate batteries, lead acid batteries, gel batteries, and absorbed gel mat batteries, in engine start applications is disclosed. The battery management system is configured to control the charge and charging of each cell individually. The battery management system may be configured to control the charge of a battery which may consist of a plurality of cells, such as, but not limited to, lithium iron phosphate cells, and in at least one embodiment, the battery may consist of, but is not limited to being formed from, four lithium iron phosphate cells connected in series and a battery management system to ensure proper charge and safe operation.
US12194870B2
A system includes: an inverter including: a first galvanic interface to separate a first high voltage area from a low voltage area; a first low voltage controller in the low voltage area, the first low voltage controller configured to send a first control signal using the first galvanic interface to a first high voltage controller in the first high voltage area; a second galvanic interface to separate a second high voltage area from the low voltage area; and a second low voltage controller in the low voltage area, the first low voltage controller configured to send a second control signal using the second galvanic interface to a second high voltage controller in the second high voltage area, wherein the second low voltage controller is configured to provide an output latch signal to the first low voltage controller and receive an input latch signal from the first low voltage controller.
US12194867B2
In a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle including a motor configured to apply a regenerative braking force to a wheel, a braking force controlling portion controls torque of the motor such that the motor generates a regenerative braking force corresponding to a requested braking force requested to the vehicle. When the wheel locks during braking, the braking force controlling portion executes an antilock control in which the torque of the motor is controlled such that the lock of the wheel is restrained. An acquisition portion acquires the deceleration speed of the vehicle. A derivation portion derives an expected deceleration speed for the vehicle based on the requested braking force. In a case where the braking force controlling portion executes the antilock control, the braking force controlling portion controls vibration of the motor based on the difference between the expected deceleration speed and the deceleration speed.
US12194864B2
A battery pack includes a battery module having a battery cell, a relay configured to connect the at least one battery module to a motor of the vehicle, and a controller connected to the relay and the motor to control the relay and the motor. When a temperature of the battery cell of the battery module rises over a predetermined temperature, the controller operates the relay so that the motor idles. The battery pack is provided to a vehicle.
US12194856B2
A hybrid power train structure for off-road vehicles (ATVs, UTVs and SSVs) uses an internal combustion engine (“ICE”) rotating a crankshaft through a continuously variable transmission (“CVT”) as a primary source of locomotion torque, but also includes a driving/generator motor which, in certain established conditions, can either provide an additional or alternative source of locomotion torque or can harvest electricity from the torque created by the internal combustion engine. The driving/generator motor is an axial flux motor of small size for its relative torque output, which can either be directly coupled to the CVT output shaft or, when additionally used as a starter motor for the ICE in an automatic ICE starting and stopping routine.
US12194855B2
The present invention relates to saddle-ride type vehicle, motorcycle or motorbike, comprising a frame (2), at least a steering wheel (3) rotatably connected to the frame and a single driving wheel (4). The vehicle further comprises a motor assembly (10) and a transmission unit (T) that mechanically connects the motor assembly (10) to the driving wheel. The motor assembly comprises a thermal engine (MT) including a crankshaft (11), an electric machine (E) including a stator (S) and a rotor (R), and a clutch (C) including a driving shaft (C1) and a driven shaft (C2). The motor assembly (10) further comprises a gearbox (G) provided with an input shaft (111) and an output shaft (112). According to the present invention the crankshaft (11) of the thermal engine (MT), the rotor (R) of the electric machine (E) and the two shafts (C1, C2) of the clutch are coaxial so as to rotate around a common rotation axis (101) which is parallel to a longitudinal direction (Y) of the vehicle and parallel to the rotation axis of the output shaft (112) of said gearbox (G).
US12194851B2
A display system which controls a display of display content, includes: a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions executable by the processor. The instructions include: performing image correction processing involving a change in a display position of the display content based on image correction data stored in advance; detecting an attitude change amount of a moving body; calculating a vibration correction amount of the display position of the display content based on the attitude change amount of the moving body; switching an order of processing between image correction processing involving a change in the display position of the display content and vibration correction processing of correcting the display position of the display content based on the vibration correction amount; and controlling the display position of the display content by performing the image correction processing and the vibration correction processing based on the order of the processing.
US12194849B2
The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle, and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a motor vehicle that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route, as well as to reliably signal about energy consumption by the motor vehicle and the ways of reducing its energy consumption.
US12194845B2
A vehicle may include a CVT unit or a power source which requires ambient air. An air inlet for an air intake system coupled to the CVT unit or the power source which requires ambient air may be provided in a side of a cargo carrying portion of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a rear radius arm suspension.
US12194809B2
A sensor is attached to a cooling and warming box accommodating a cooling agent. A server device manages a transportation company that requests transportation of the cooling and warming box. The server device wirelessly receives box information indicating a detection result from the sensor. The server device receives replacement information of the cooling and warming agent accommodated in the cooling and warming box from a freezing center. The server device sends the box information and the replacement information received wirelessly to the managed transportation company.
US12194808B2
A cooling assembly for a hybrid vehicle includes a first cooling system configured to cool an engine and a second cooling system separate from the first cooling system and configured to cool a plurality of electrical components. The second cooling system is configured with a first method of cooling at least a first electrical component and is configured with a second method of cooling at least a second electrical component. The first method of cooling is different from the second method of cooling.
US12194806B2
A suspension arm includes a main body. The main body includes a curved portion curved along a longitudinal direction and has a closed section. The main body includes an inner side wall, an outer side wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The inner side wall corresponds to an inner side of a curve of the curved portion. The outer side wall corresponds to an outer side of the curve of the curved portion. A thickness of the inner side wall is larger than a thickness of the outer side wall. In sectional view of the main body perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, each of a length of the first side wall and a length of the second side wall is longer than each of a length of the inner side wall and a length of the outer side wall.
US12194798B1
A suspension for a motor vehicle is described comprising a first lever directly or indirectly connected to a sprung mass and to an unsprung mass of said motor vehicle; and a shock absorber comprising a first element connected to the sprung mass and a second element connected to the unsprung mass movable relative to one another; the shock absorber comprises, in turn, a driving member, which can operatively be operated so as to determine the motion of the first element relative to the second element; and a transmission assembly designed to transmit the motion from said driving member to the first element; the suspension comprises a second lever defining a housing at least partly accommodating the transmission assembly; the second lever is articulated on said first lever and is directly or indirectly connected to the sprung mass and unsprung mass.
US12194783B2
Provided is a tire that allows reduction of uneven wear such as heel-and-toe wear around a plurality of closed sipes. The tire includes a tread portion 2. A plurality of closed sipes 8 are aligned in a tire axial direction in a land portion 4 of the tread portion 2. Each of the closed sipes 8 includes a sipe bottom 8d, a first end 8a and a second end 8b, a first sipe piece 11, a second sipe piece 12, a third sipe piece 13, and at least one tie bar 20. The closed sipes 8 aligned in the tire axial direction overlap each other in the tire axial direction and a tire circumferential direction. The tie bar 20 includes a first tie bar 21. A center, in a sipe length direction, of the first tie bar 21 is disposed closer to a first intersecting portion 18 than a center, in a length direction, of the first sipe piece 11 is. A distance from the first tie bar 21 to the first intersecting portion 18 is not greater than 25% of a length of the first sipe piece 11.
US12194780B2
A device (1) for rail vehicles. The rail vehicles device incudes a predominantly hollow axle tube (2) extending along a longitudinal direction (LR) and ending in a first wheel flange (3), and a wheel support (4) extending opposite to the longitudinal direction (LR), having a wheel bearing (5), a second wheel flange (6) and a conical mandrel (7). The second wheel flange (6), the first wheel flange (3) and a wheel (8) are arranged therebetween with a wheel hub (9) connected to each other via a flange connection. The conical mandrel (7) is inserted from the wheel holder (4) in a positive-locking manner opposite to the longitudinal direction (LR) through the wheel hub (9) of the wheel (8) into the interior of the axle tube (2) and ends at the fastening element (11), which is arranged and cast into the axle tube (2) and is connected thereto.
US12194769B2
Provided is a security assembly including at least one substrate element, at least one first pattern, and at least one second pattern. The at least one first pattern is associated with the at least one substrate element. The at least one first pattern is at least in part translucent or transparent. The at least one second pattern is associated with the at least one substrate element. Each of the at least one first pattern overlaps at least in part the at least one second pattern. Upon viewing the assembly, the at least one first pattern and the at least one second pattern are configured to generate, at at least one side of the assembly, at least one third pattern, each of the at least one third pattern including an optically variable image. Other embodiments disclosed.
US12194767B2
A method for producing a transfer sheet is provided that yields excellent fastness properties in the transferred product for the image transferred from the transfer sheet. The method for producing a transfer sheet includes: forming an image by jetting an aqueous ink by an inkjet method onto a releasable support, and jetting an aqueous adhesive liquid by an inkjet method so as to at least partially overlap the image, wherein the aqueous adhesive liquid contains a resin A, and a resin B having a glass transition temperature that is at least 80° C. higher than that of the resin A.
US12194766B2
A pretreatment liquid containing a multivalent metal salt, a cationized guar gum, and water, and an image forming method using the pretreatment liquid. The pretreatment liquid is applied to recording media before an aqueous color ink containing colorant is applied to the recording media.
US12194764B2
A mobile printer includes a roll body accommodating portion accommodating a roll body on which recording paper is wound, a print head performing printing on the recording paper, a transport unit pulling out the recording paper from the roll body and transporting the recording paper, a power supply unit supplying a drive voltage signal to the print head and the transport unit, a housing covering the roll body accommodating portion, the print head, the transport unit, and the power supply unit, and a static electricity removal film, in which the power supply unit has a power receiving module receiving a signal based on a power supply voltage signal from an outside by a non-contact power supply, and at least a part of the static electricity removal film is located between the roll body accommodating portion and the power receiving module and adjacent to the power receiving module.
US12194763B2
According to one embodiment, a thermal printer includes a thermal head that is provided inside a main body and prints acquired print data on a medium, a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the thermal head, a notification unit that notifies a user of information, and a processor. If the temperature sensor detects the temperature of a preset set value or higher during the printing of the print data by the thermal head, the processor controls the thermal head to stop the driving and controls the notification unit to notify that the thermal printer is not in an abnormal state.
US12194762B2
An embodiment of the present invention includes a media processing device comprising: a housing; a media bay within the housing, the media bay configured to receive media; a media centering assembly within the media bay, the media centering assembly comprising: a first support; and a first strut attached to the first support, wherein the first strut is configured to stabilize the first support via contact between a ground strip and the first strut.
US12194754B2
A liquid discharge apparatus including: a first storage section that stores a liquid; a second storage section that communicates with the first storage section; a supply channel that supplies the liquid from the second storage section to a liquid ejecting head; a collection channel that collects the liquid from the liquid ejecting head to the first storage section; the pressurization section that pressurizes the inside of the second storage section; and a control section, in which the first storage section, the supply channel, the liquid ejecting head, the collection channel, the second storage section, and the communication path form a circulation route, and the control section is configured to execute discharge circulation in which circulation of the liquid is performed while discharging the liquid from the nozzle, and non-discharge circulation in which circulation of the liquid is performed without discharging the liquid from the nozzle.
US12194746B2
An inkjet printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a stage where a target substrate is disposed, and an inkjet head that discharges ink on the target substrate. The inkjet head includes a tank that stores the ink, nozzles that are provided on the tank and discharge the ink, and a damper that is disposed in the tank, and the damper comprises a protruding portion that protrudes toward the nozzles from the damper.
US12194743B2
A printing platform includes a printing engine with one or more printheads arranged such that the ink drops are jetted vertically upwards against the action of gravity; and a substrate transportation system where the normal to the surface in contact with the substrate is parallel and with opposite direction to the travelling direction of the jetted ink drops. It is necessary to counteract the weight of the substrate during the printing process to avoid it from falling under the action of gravity. This is achieved through any of a mechanical element that interferes with the falling of the substrate and that keeps it in place; or a system that generates adhesion forces between the element that transmits the motion to the substrate, typically a conveyor belt, and the substrate through the action of electrostatic forces, an air pressure differential between both faces of the substrate, or any other suitable mechanism.
US12194739B2
A recording device includes a recording head including a first nozzle group that ejects a first ink and a second nozzle group that ejects a second ink having a color different from that of the first ink, a moving unit that relatively moves the recording head and a medium in a moving direction intersecting with a nozzle alignment direction, and a control unit. The recording head includes a first nozzle range in which a distance between the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group in the moving direction is a first distance and a second nozzle range in which the distance is a second distance greater than the first distance. In a case in which recording is performed on a medium using nozzles belonging to the second nozzle range, when recording is performed with a secondary color through ejection of the first ink and the second ink.
US12194738B2
A thermal printer configured to perform printing on a linerless label including an adhesive surface formed on a back surface of the linerless label, the thermal printer comprising a cutter unit that includes: a fixed blade provided on the back surface side of the linerless label; and a movable blade configured to reciprocate between a first position at which the movable blade is opposed to the fixed blade through intermediation of the linerless label, and a second position at which at least a part of the movable blade overlaps the fixed blade and the movable blade forms a cut in the linerless label, wherein the movable blade includes: a first blade edge configured to form the cut in the linerless label; and a groove, which has an edge, and is formed in a sliding surface configured to slide on the fixed blade when the movable blade is at the second position, and wherein the edge includes: an adhesive blocking edge portion formed on the sliding surface along an advancing direction; and an adhesive scraping edge portion formed on the sliding surface so as to cross the advancing direction.
US12194725B2
A transfer medium producing apparatus is equipped with an ink ejection unit 20 that ejects ink onto a peelable sheet, an adhesive solution application unit 30 that applies an adhesive solution onto the peelable sheet onto which the ink has been ejected, and a control unit 2 that controls the ejection of ink and the application of the adhesive solution to be performed by a wet on wet method.
US12194724B2
A heat dissipation sheet includes a carbon material layer configured to include a plurality of linear carbon materials arranged in parallel with each other, an adhesive resin layer configured to include a first surface to be in contact with an end of each of the plurality of linear carbon materials, a thickness of the adhesive resin layer being less than 1 μm, and a release sheet configured to be in contact with a second surface among a plurality of surfaces of the adhesive resin layer, the second surface being over a side opposite to the first surface.
US12194723B2
A radiative cooling device that is in a state in which a radiative surface is colored is provided. A radiative cooling device CP includes an infrared radiative layer A that radiates infrared light IR from a radiative surface H, a light reflective layer B that is disposed on the side opposite to the radiative surface H with respect to the infrared radiative layer A, and a color portion X. The infrared radiative layer A is a resin material layer J that has a thickness adjusted so as to emit a heat radiation energy greater than an absorbed solar energy in a wavelength range from 8 μm to 14 μm, and the color portion X contains a colorant that absorbs light in the visible range.
US12194721B2
A protective film removal device has a first removal station for releasing a protective film from an optical lens first surface, a lens holder which has an imaginary central axis, at least one fluid nozzle having a nozzle exit duct, and a rotary mounting between the lens holder and the fluid nozzle(s). The rotary mounting is configured such that a relative movement about the central axis is able to be carried out by the fluid nozzle(s), wherein the nozzle exit duct of the fluid nozzle(s) is in each case oriented inwards. A lifting device between the lens holder and the fluid nozzle(s) is configured in such that a relative movement in relation to the lens holder, said relative movement being oriented along the central axis, is able to be carried out by the fluid nozzle(s). A method for releasing a protective film from a lens surface is also disclosed.
US12194718B2
There is provided a resin impregnated decorative paper sheet (2) in which a decorative paper sheet (4) is impregnated with an impregnation resin (5). The decorative paper sheet (4) includes: a base paper sheet (6); a pattern layer (7) provided on a surface (6a) side of the base paper sheet (6); a foamed resin layer (8) formed by a foaming agent arranged on a surface (7a) of the pattern layer (7) or in the pattern layer (7); and a thermosetting resin layer (9) provided on a surface (8a) of the foamed resin layer (8). The thermosetting resin layer (9) contains at least one of an epoxy resin, a casein resin, an acrylic resin, and a urethane resin.
US12194700B2
A method is provided for manufacturing during which a first duct section is formed with a tubular first sidewall. A first opening extends through the tubular first sidewall. The forming of the first duct section includes disposing a first woven fiber sleeve over a first mandrel and disposing a polymer material with the first woven fiber sleeve. A second duct section is disposed with a tubular second sidewall. The forming of the second duct section includes disposing a second woven fiber sleeve over a second mandrel and disposing the polymer material with the second woven fiber sleeve. The second duct section is arranged with the first duct section. The second duct section engages the tubular first sidewall. The tubular second sidewall is located at and extends circumferentially around the first opening. A duct structure is formed by attaching the second duct section to the first duct section.
US12194694B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ex-situ preparation method for a composite molded body. The preparation method comprises: providing a porous support, a first component, and a second liquid component; contacting the first component with the porous support; contacting the second liquid component with the first component and/or the porous support, in which process the first component and the second liquid component do not undergo a chemical reaction, and the second liquid component remains in a liquid state; and treating the first component and the second liquid component such that the first component and the second liquid component undergo a chemical reaction to become a solid, or undergo phase transformation toughening and solidification molding. The present disclosure discloses an advanced composite material manufacturing technology, and relates to a low-cost and easy-to-operate ex-situ liquid molding preparation method. In the method, core reaction components are separated spatially, and two sub-processes of physical flow and chemical reaction are separated chronologically, thereby greatly simplifying the liquid molding technique. The “ex-situ” preparation method is applicable to liquid molding manufacture of thermosetting resins, liquid molding and toughening of thermosetting composite materials, and liquid molding manufacture of thermoplastic composite materials. By means of the “ex-situ” liquid molding, some resin materials originally unsuitable for liquid molding can be modified into liquid-moldable materials, thereby expanding the options and types of resin materials for liquid molding.
US12194684B2
A manufacturing method for a prosthetic apparatus for dental purpose according to one aspect of the present invention includes: acquiring scan data of a model that is a reproduction of at least a part of an inside of an oral cavity of a patient; creating shape data of a shaped body for dental purpose on a basis of the scan data; producing a shaped body on a basis of the shape data; covering at least a part of the shaped body and at least a part of a model with film, the shaped body attached to the model; releasing air in a part covered with the film to deform the film and bring the shaped body into close contact with the model; and curing the shaped body in a state where the shaped body is in close contact with the model.
US12194682B2
An apparatus and method for removing support material from and/or smoothing surfaces of an additively manufactured part (the “AM part”) is disclosed. The apparatus may include a chamber, a support surface within the chamber, one or more nozzles within the chamber, a tank positioned below the nozzles, and a diverter positioned between the nozzles and the tank. The support surface may be configured to support the AM part and may have one or more openings configured to allow the fluid to pass through the opening(s). The nozzles may be configured to spray a fluid at the AM part, and the spray may be an atomized or semiatomized spray of the fluid. The diverter comprises an umbrella or a diverter shield and diverts sprayed fluid from directly impacting the fluid being collected in the tank, whereby foaming of the fluid in the tank is reduced.
US12194678B2
A method and apparatus are for surface finishing of pieces obtained by 3D printing. The piece to be treated and a liquid process plasticizer are heated together in a hermetically sealed treatment chamber up to a working temperature lower than the boiling temperature of the process plasticizer. The air/vapor mixture is maintained in continuous circulation in the chamber to keep the temperature and concentration uniform and to contact the piece with the air/vapor mixture to avoid condensate formation on the piece surface and allow process plasticizer vapors to be absorbed by the piece surface without condensate formation. Vapor exposure time is fixed depending on the desired penetration depth. A chamber has heaters, a ventilator for circulating the air/vapor mixture in the chamber to maintain uniform temperature and concentration conditions. A unit separates the process plasticizer vapors from the air/vapor mixture by condensation. A unit filters the residual air/vapor mixture.
US12194675B2
Systems and methods are provided for incremental 3D printing, wherein wireframes are generated and printed (scheduled for print) during the design process. In another aspect, systems and methods are provided for printing arbitrary meshes. A 3D printer system is described having, for example, five degree-of-freedom (5DOF). The 5DOF printer may be used to perform any of the methods described herein and combinations of the methods.
US12194673B2
Formulation systems usable for fabricating a three-dimensional object made of a polyamide-containing material, by three-dimensional 3D inkjet printing, and methods and systems utilizing same, are provided. The formulation systems are formed of at least a first and second model formulations containing a lactam and a catalyst for inducing anionic ring opening polymerization of the lactam in the first formulation, and an activator for promoting anionic ring opening polymerization of the lactam in the second formulation, and are further characterized as: including in the first and/or second formulation a compound capable of increasing a rate of said polymerization upon exposure to said curing energy; including as an activator a lactam-blocked polyisocyanate; and/or as including in the first model formulation at least one material capable of reducing a melting point of said first model formulation. Formulation systems usable at a selected ratio are also provided.
US12194669B2
A method for regulation of the angular position of hollow bodies in an installation for production of containers. The hollow bodies are moved by individual support members each of which is equipped with means for causing the hollow body to turn about its axis. The method includes a first step of measuring an angular offset of at least one particular hollow body relative to a reference angular position in a measurement zone. The method also includes a second step of compensating of the angular position of the subsequent hollow bodies in a compensation zone upstream of said measurement zone as a function of the angular offset measured for the at least one particular hollow body.
US12194668B2
A rapid shaping and aseptically filling device has an extrusion mold head, two mold mechanisms, and at least one filling needle. The extrusion mold head has an annular outlet, a needle passing through hole, and a shaping area defined below the annular outlet. The annular outlet forms a plastic blank. The two mold mechanisms are respectively located in two sides of the shaping area. Each of the two mold mechanisms is annular and has multiple molds. The molds are capable of moving circularly and sequentially passing the shaping area to engage with each other and tightly clamp the plastic blank. The at least one filling needle is mounted in the needle passing through hole and is located in a center of the plastic blank. A bottom end of the at least one filling needle is located above top two of the molds which engage with each other.
US12194659B2
A method for recycling of laminated glass is disclosed. The laminated glass comprises at least one glass layer and at least one polyvinyl butyral (PVB). The method comprises mechanical removal of at least part of the glass, placing residual waste with glass particles in a vat comprising a separation fluid to produce a mixture of glass particles and one polyvinyl butyral (PVB) pieces from the residual waste, from which the one polyvinyl butyral (PVB) pieces can be screened off, washed, and dried for reuse. The separation fluid comprises water and butyl diglycol.
US12194657B2
A variable-step-distance micro-milling repair cutter path generating method for damage points on a surface of an optical crystal related to a field of optical material and optical element surface repair and includes steps of establishing a mathematical model of a repair profile; determining discrete contact points between a cutter and the repair profile to obtain a cutter contact control point set by a GPR path generating method to control a movement trend of a pseudo-random path; interpolating the cutter position control point set into a spatial curve by a NURBS modeling method; creating a UG curve in a UG software according to the mathematical model, and using the UG curve as the repair path to perform a machining process simulation. The method has good elimination effects on cutter marks with constant period and improves the ability of the KDP crystal to resist strong laser damage.
US12194656B2
A method for manufacturing a cap for plugging a bottle so as to be able to be forcibly inserted into the neck of the bottle, comprising the following steps: cutting cork sheets to be glued on the lids and on the roll of the cap, gluing one of said cork sheets on the roll of the semi-finished cap with a reduced diameter by depositing a binder suitable for food contact, followed by baking, and gluing each of the other cork sheets on each lid of the semi-finished cap with a reduced diameter by depositing a binder suitable for food contact, followed by baking, the semi-finished cap with a reduced diameter being a cap made of crushed cork glued under pressure with a polyurethane binder, having a diameter uniformly reduced by a thickness equal to twice the thickness of a cork sheet glued on the roll.
US12194650B2
The handpiece-type high-frequency vibration apparatus includes a roughly cylindrical housing 10 configuring a handpiece, a holding member 11, a tool 12, a controller 20 and an excitation device 21. In a non-contact state before the tool 12 is brought into contact with an object, the controller 20 drives the excitation device 21 so as to vibrate the tool 12 at an added frequency fp for which a predetermined frequency fs is added to a first resonance frequency fr1 of the tool 12. In a cutting state where the tool 12 is in contact with the object by a load that enables cutting of the object by the tool 12, the controller 20 controls drive of the excitation device 21 such that a third resonance frequency fr3 of the tool 12 increases and coincides with the added frequency fp, and increases a vibration frequency of the tool 12.
US12194647B2
A reciprocating razor blade cartridge having fixed blade and fixed blade support, fixed blade is flexible metal sheet, fixed blade support is basin-shaped and supported by basin opening edge, all sides of fixed blade bent downwards and wrapped on outside of basin wall around fixed blade support and make top surface of fixed blade and side surface close to top surface smoothly transition, inner cutting cavity formed between fixed blade and fixed blade support, fixed blade includes hair inlet holes allow body hair enter inner cutting cavity, inner cutting cavity below fixed blade includes movable blade can reciprocate back and forth relative to fixed blade and cut off body hair, movable blade has cutting teeth for cutting body hair corresponding to hair inlet holes, reciprocating razor blade cartridge includes transmission component passes through bottom of fixed blade support to connect movable blade with power device of electric razor.
US12194645B1
An integrated portrait drawing system located at an event, the system comprising: a photo terminal stand system having a camera and a computer, the camera configured to capture a first photo of at least one user and the computer configured to pre-process the first photo to yield an initial image; an advanced image processor, configured to receive the initial image from the photo terminal stand system and to sequentially perform second pre-processing, AI processing, and face processing on the initial image and to yield at least one converted file; and at least one drawing bot configured to receive the at least one converted file from the advanced image processor and to draw a portrait drawing of the at least one user.
US12194641B2
A robot system includes robot bodies, operation devices each configured to accept operation and generate operational information for causing the robot body to operate, motion controllers configured to control operation of the corresponding robot body in response to the operational information, operation target selectors configured to receive an operation for selecting any of the robot bodies and request a permission to operate the selected robot body based on the operational information from the corresponding operation device, and an operation permitting device having a determinator configured to receive the permission request from the operation target selector and determine whether a permission is to be granted for the permission request. When the permission request is received, and the operation of the robot body selected by the operation target selector based on the operational information from a different operation device is permitted, the determinator prohibits the permission to the permission request.
US12194637B2
Presented herein are embodiments of a two-stage methodology that integrates data-driven imitation learning and model-based trajectory optimization to generate optimal trajectories for autonomous excavators. In one or more embodiments, a deep neural network using demonstration data to mimic the operation patterns of human experts under various terrain states, including their geometry shape and material type. A stochastic trajectory optimization methodology is used to improve the trajectory generated by the neural network to ensure kinematics feasibility, improve smoothness, satisfy hard constraints, and achieve desired excavation volumes. Embodiments were tested on a Franka robot arm equipped with a bucket end-effector. Embodiments were also evaluated on different material types, such as sand and rigid blocks. Experimental results showed that embodiments of the two-stage methodology that comprises combining expert knowledge and model optimization increased the excavation weights by up to 24.77% with low variance.
US12194635B2
A system includes a robotic manipulator including a serial chain comprising a first joint, a second joint, and a first link. The system further includes a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to receive first link data from a first sensor system located at the first link, generate a first joint state estimate of the first joint based on the first link data, and generate a second joint state estimate of the second joint. The processing unit is further configured to apply a first weight to the first joint state estimate to generate a first weighted joint state estimate, apply a second weight to the second joint state estimate to generate a second weighted joint state estimate, and control the first and second joints based on the first weighted joint state estimate and second weighted joint state estimate.
US12194630B2
A method for controlling an industrial robot provides that position data of the industrial robot are detected and environment data of an object in an environment of the industrial robot are captured with an environment detection unit. The position data and the environment data are transformed into a common figure space, in which a control figure is defined for the industrial robot and an object figure of the object is represented. A parameter set is created which takes a dimensioning of the control figure in the figure space into account. The parameter set comprises a temporal and spatial correlation of the position data and the environment data and takes into account the movement history of the industrial robot and/or of the object. An action instruction is generated for the industrial robot if the control figure and the object figure satisfy a predefined criterion in relation to each other.
US12194623B2
According to various embodiments, a robot device comprises: a mast extending in one direction; a pivoting structure including a pivot mounted on one end portion of the mast and configured to pivot with respect to the mast; a casing accommodating at least a portion of the pivoting structure, and configured to linearly reciprocate with respect to the pivoting structure in a direction parallel or oblique to the direction in which the mast extends; and an elastic outer cover accommodating at least a portion of the mast, wherein the elastic outer cover may include a first portion fixed to the casing.
US12194620B2
A selectively flexible extension tool includes a line assembly; and a plurality of sequentially arranged links, the line assembly operable with the plurality of sequentially arranged links to move the plurality of sequentially arranged links between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links spaced from one another when in the slacked position to allow the plurality of sequentially arranged links to pivotably move relative to one another, the plurality of sequentially arranged links pressed against one another when in the tensioned position to rigidly fix the plurality of sequentially arranged links to one another.
US12194616B2
The present invention relates to a robot and a control method therefor and, more particularly, to a robot and a control method therefor, the robot detecting peripheral obstacles and structures by using an image in front of same, thereby providing an efficient and safe moving path. A robot control method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: capturing an image; acquiring a first image of which the bottom surface is separated in the image; recognizing obstacles included in the image by using a learned first artificial intelligence model; allowing a robot to acquire and store a second image in order to perform a task on the basis of the information about the first image and the region including the recognized obstacles; and allowing the robot to move on the basis of the second image.
US12194615B1
A hydraulically operated tool adapted to remove coatings and surfaces from a substrate. The tool may comprise a robotic machine that includes a surface removal tool, a manipulator arm, and a rotation assembly. The manipulator arm may position the surface removal tool to a location along the substrate. The rotation assembly may adjust an angular position of the surface removal tool. A first end of the manipulator arm may be coupled to the surface removal tool, and a second end of the manipulator arm may be coupled to the rotation assembly. The manipulator arm may be hydraulically extended and retracted. The rotation assembly may comprise a spindle, and may be attached to a hinge pin and an air bladder.
US12194614B2
An edge device interface system and method for monitoring, recording, and calculating control and response signals generated by and between an injection molding system including an injection-molding machine and a robotic handling device. The edge device interface system of the invention includes an edge device interposed between the connector of the injection-molding machine and the connector of a robotic handling device using standardized connectors. The edge device interface system may be interposed between the connector of the injection-molding machine and the connector of a robotic handling device to emulate the function of either device as desired. The edge device interface system and method utilizes data observed both from standardized connectors and auxiliary inputs to provide insight into molding process steps and equipment, including what components of the injection molding system that may be contributing to any molding process instability or inefficiency, and for generating signals for real-time adjustment of the molding process.
US12194609B2
A power tool, in particular a chisel hammer, including a drive, a striking mechanism device, a control device, an energy supply device for supplying the power tool with electrical energy and a power tool housing with a first and second power tool housing area. The energy supply device can be positioned in one direction between the first and second power tool housing areas, a first interface for connecting the energy supply device to the first power tool housing area and a second interface for connecting the energy supply device to the second power tool housing area being provided.
US12194594B2
A substrate processing method includes measuring a first thickness distribution of a first substrate in a first one of multiple combined substrates before being subjected to a finishing grinding; measuring a second thickness distribution of the first substrate in a second one of the multiple combined substrates before being subjected to the finishing grinding; deciding a relative inclination between a substrate holder configured to hold the second one of the multiple combined substrates and a grinder configured to perform the finishing grinding on the corresponding combined substrate, based on first difference data between the first thickness distribution and the second thickness distribution; and performing finishing grinding on the first substrate in the second one of the multiple combined substrates while holding the second one of the multiple combined substrates at the inclination which is decided.
US12194589B2
A grinder/polisher comprises a specimen holder, a platen, an actuator configured to move at least one of the specimen holder and the platen, an input device, a machine readable storage device, and a controller. The input device includes a plurality of quick-recall inputs and is configured to receive grinding/polishing parameter inputs representative of grinding/polishing parameters, The grinding/polishing parameters comprise at least two of a cycle time, a platen speed, a specimen speed, a platen direction, a specimen direction, and an applied load. The quick-recall inputs are selectable on a same interface as the user parameter inputs. The controller is configured to save to the machine readable storage device a plurality of user-selected grinding/polishing parameters based on inputs received by the input device, associate the parameters with one of the quick-recall inputs, configure the parameters in response to selection of the quick-recall inputs, and perform an operation according to the parameters.
US12194586B2
An adaptable belt sander may comprise: a tool holder; a housing; a drive system comprising a first gear and a second gear configured to engage the first gear, the second gear coupled to a shaft; and a belt system comprising a belt extending from the shaft to a distal end of the adaptable belt sander, the adaptable belt sander configured to travel along a belt path in response to rotation of the shaft, the distal end having a rotating apparatus configured to engage the belt.
US12194584B2
A handheld power tool 10 includes a detection signal acquisition unit 31, a determination unit 32, a display unit 24, a display control unit 34, a motor 14, and a drive control unit 13. The detection signal acquisition unit 31 acquires a detection signal that changes according to the detection strength of rebar W1 in concrete W. The determination unit 32 determines the presence or absence of the rebar W1 based on the acquisition result acquired by the detection signal acquisition unit 31. The display unit 24 displays the presence or absence of the rebar W1 by turning on different lights. The display control unit 34 controls so as to switch the color of the light displayed on the display unit 24 on the basis of the determination result by the determination unit 32. The motor 14 rotationally drives a tip tool 18a that works the concrete W. The drive control unit 13 controls the drive of the motor 14.
US12194580B2
An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
US12194579B2
An example welding-type system includes: a welding-type power source configured to provide welding-type current to a welding-type circuit, the welding-type circuit comprising a welding-type electrode and a first contact tip of a welding torch; an electrode preheating circuit configured to provide preheating current through a first portion of the welding-type electrode via a second contact tip of the welding torch; a switching circuit configured to control a current flow between the welding-type power source and the first contact tip; and a preheat control circuit configured to control the switching circuit to: selectively direct current from the welding-type power source to the second contact tip; and selectively divert current from the electrode preheating circuit to the first contact tip.
US12194575B2
A portable welder that includes a portable housing, a ground clamp, an electrode holder, a user interface, and a battery pack interface. The ground clamp is connected to the portable housing through a ground cable and is configured to be connected to a metal workpiece. The electrode holder is connected to the portable housing through an electrode cable. The electrode holder includes a mount connected to the electrode cable and a user input. The mount is configured to hold a consumable electrode. The user input is configured to activate the portable welder. The user interface located on the housing. The battery pack interface is configured to receive a removable and rechargeable battery pack.
US12194568B2
A method for producing a weakening line in a surface of a component. The method comprises a guiding step and a skipping step. In the guiding step, a removal apparatus for removing a material of the surface is guided over a plurality of segments of a predefined line-shaped contour by means of an activated laser beam in order to produce a desired wall thickness for at least one of the segments so as to produce the weakening line. In the skipping step, the segment is skipped if the segment has the desired wall thickness.
US12194557B2
A fixture holds a specimen during electrical discharge machining of the specimen and prevents tensile test samples cut from the specimen from bending or curving during the electrical discharge machining. The fixture has first engagement surfaces that clamp to one end of the specimen and has second engagement surfaces that clamp to the opposite end of the specimen during electrical discharge machining of the specimen. The fixture clamping to opposite ends of the specimen prevents the tensile test samples cut from the specimen from bending during electrical discharge machining of the specimen.
US12194555B2
A method for making a screw hole in a workpiece including a plate-shaped portion includes: preparing an auxiliary member having a flat plate shape; forming, in the plate-shaped portion, a first pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than a major diameter of the screw hole; forming, in the auxiliary member, a second pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than the major diameter of the screw hole; fixing the auxiliary member to the plate-shaped portion so that the first pilot hole is concentric with the second pilot hole; and making the screw hole in the plate-shaped portion and the auxiliary member by inserting a tap in the first pilot hole and the second pilot hole.
US12194550B2
A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a circular double-sided cutting insert including a top surface, a bottom surface, a lateral surface, and a cutting edge, and mounted to a cutting tool, in which a plurality of clearance surfaces and a plurality of fastening surfaces are located on the lateral surface, and among the plurality of fastening surfaces, a fastening surface, which is brought into contact with the cutting tool upon mounting of the cutting insert to the cutting tool, forms an acute angle with respect to the top surface or the bottom surface acting as a rake surface.
US12194547B2
A description is given of an extraction device (1) for a core drill, including a housing (4) which has at least one cavity (7), a cover (2) and a wall (3) connected to the cover (2) around the periphery. An extraction nozzle (5) connected to the housing (4) is provided, designed for attaching the extraction device (1) to a suction device. The wall (3) has at least one inlet opening (44, 45), by way of which the cavity (7) is connected to the surroundings (U). The wall (3) has a first substantially planar wall region (10) and a second substantially planar wall region (11), wherein a surface (14) of the first wall region (10) that is facing away from the cavity (7) forms an obtuse angle (16) with a surface (15) of the second wall region (11) that is facing away from the cavity (7).
US12194546B2
The disclosure relates to cubic boron nitride inserts for machining iron-based workpieces, as well as related methods and apparatuses. The insert includes a cutting element containing cubic boron nitride (cBN) in an amount in a range of 50 wt. % to 95 wt. % based on the cutting element, and a binder containing at least one of (i) alumina (Al2O3) and a manganese material (e.g., an oxide such as MnOx) and (ii) zirconia (ZrO2). The insert can be used for various machining processes, for example turning or boring. Suitable workpieces include iron-based materials or ferrous alloys, for example a cast iron such as compacted graphite iron (CGI).
US12194519B2
Provided are an unequal-channel angular self-bending extrusion die and a method for designing and manufacturing the same and extrusion method thereof and includes following steps: designing a symmetrical streamlined extrusion die based on sine function; making the medial axis of the die cavity of the symmetrical streamlined extrusion die twisted and deformed on a certain plane; establishing the die cavity wall surface equation of the unequal-channel angular self-bending extrusion die; setting a working belt structure downstream the die cavity of the unequal-channel angular self-bending extrusion die.
US12194518B1
A vibration suppression method and system of a rolling mill roller assembly based on a vibration damping device are provided. The vibration suppression method includes: obtaining a first amplitude-frequency relationship during a vibration process of a rolling mill roller assembly vibration suppression system; based on the first amplitude-frequency relationship, determining two time domain relationships and two second amplitude-frequency relationships by a simulation analysis; based on the two time domain relationships and two second amplitude-frequency relationships, adjusting parameters of the vibration damping device until a vibration displacement of the rolling mill roller assembly vibration suppression system is less than or equal to a vibration displacement threshold. And provides a new solution for the stability control of the rolling mill, and ensures the reliability and stability of the vibration suppression of the rolling mill.
US12194517B2
A method and device of embossing individually light-reflecting areas on a foil material, the method and device comprising feeding a foil material into a roller nip between a pair of rollers, wherein the pair of rollers comprises a first roller and a second roller, providing each of the first roller and second roller at their respective surfaces at least in a determined perimeter, respectively with a plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections and a plurality of negative projections complementary to the positive projections, whereby the plurality of positive projections are arranged according to a 2-dimensional grid. The plurality of polyhedron-shaped positive projections seamlessly and gaplessly join with those corresponding negative projections at the intended embossing of the foil material, hence enabling a homogeneously jointed embossed polyhedron-like shape in the foil. The method and device further comprise, for the purpose of providing a plurality of light-reflecting areas on the foil material, that are intended to reflect light in line with a table of reflectivity values for the 2-dimensional grid, according to an orientation and shape of each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas, and enabling a perception by the human eye of a user, of the intended reflected light on a determined wide viewing angle covered by reflected light from any of the light-reflecting areas, a step of adjusting for each of the plurality of light-reflecting areas to be provided, an orientation and shape of the corresponding positive projection in the 2-dimensional grid, that is intended to emboss the light-reflecting area.
US12194516B2
An assembly for receiving fluid pharmaceutical waste into a fluid waste receiver includes a fluid receiver body coupled to a fluid receiver cap, and receiving solid pharmaceutical waste into a solid waste receiver includes a solid receiver body coupled to a solid receiver cap. The assembly comprises a receiver housing and a receiver lid coupled to the receiver housing. The receiver housing comprises a retainer base, sidewalls extending from the retainer base, and dividers extending from the sidewalls to divide an interior of the receiver housing into a receiver compartment configured to receive the fluid receiver body and the solid receiver body, and a cap compartment. A first of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a first of the cap compartments configured to receive the fluid receiver cap, and a second one of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a second of the cap compartments configured to receive the solid receiver cap.
US12194509B2
A system for cleaning a surface of a substrate includes a cleaning element including a resilient compressible material. A liquid source provides liquid directly to the cleaning element, and a squeezing roller engages the cleaning element and applies pressure thereto, to squeeze out excess liquid from said resilient compressible material. A counter element opposes said cleaning element such that the substrate is disposed between the counter element and the cleaning element. The substrate moves between the counter element and the cleaning element such that a surface of the cleaning element, having a suitable amount of liquid absorbed therein, engages and cleans the surface of the substrate without damaging the substrate.
US12194508B2
A cleaning station for a mobile robot includes a fluid vessel and a roller arranged in the fluid vessel. The fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller. The cleaning station includes a control system configured to, when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station, cause rotation of the roller to direct cleaning fluid from the fluid vessel to a cleaning pad of the mobile robot in order to release debris from the cleaning pad.
US12194507B2
The present application discloses a system, a method, and a computer system for detecting objects that require special handling. The method includes (i) receiving image data from one or more cameras associated with a source conveyor configured to convey items to a pick location, (ii) determining, based at least in part on the image data, that an item requiring special handling has entered the source conveyor, and (iii) providing an output indicating that the item requiring special handling has been detected.
US12194498B2
The ultrasonic transducer includes a case, a piezoelectric vibrator disposed in the case, a wiring member overlapped with the piezoelectric vibrator in the case and inputting signals for vibrating the piezoelectric vibrator received from the outside to the piezoelectric vibrator, and a damper portion provided in the wiring member and adjacent to the piezoelectric vibrator when viewed from the thickness direction of the piezoelectric vibrator.
US12194492B2
A method for producing a decorative surface on a workpiece is disclosed, the method comprising: feeding of the workpiece coated with a liquid layer to a digital printing station and application of an agent capable of at least partially absorbing electromagnetic radiation, at least on a partial area of the surface of the liquid layer (2), or which, in contact with the surface, produces a reaction product which is capable of at least partially absorbing electromagnetic radiation.
US12194481B2
A kit includes a refillable dispenser that is propellant-free and a filling device that is pressurized and propellant-free. An outlet of the filling device is configured to disengageably connect to an inlet of the refillable dispenser, and wherein connection between the inlet and the outlet establishes fluid communication between the filling device and the refillable dispenser and generates a unidirectional flow of material from the filling device to the refillable dispenser.
US12194475B2
ESP particle collector (1) for collecting particles in a particle containing gas stream, comprising an inlet section (4), a collector section (6), and an electrode arrangement (8), the inlet section comprising a flow tube (10) defining a gas flow channel (12) therein bounded by a guide wall (24) extending between an entry end (14) and a collector end (16) that serves as an inlet to the collector section (6), the entry end comprising an inlet (28) for the particle gas stream and a sheath flow inlet portion (26) for generating a sheath flow around the particle gas stream, the collector section comprising a housing (18) coupled to the flow tube, and a collector plate (20) mounted therein having a particle collection surface (23). The ESP particle collector is configured to allow optical analysis of the collector plate particle collection surface to measure particles collected thereon. The electrode arrangement comprises at least a base electrode (8a) positioned below the collection surface and a counter-base electrode (8b) positioned at a separation distance L2 above the collection surface such that an electrical field is generated between the electrodes configured to precipitate said particles on the collection surface, wherein the electric field is in a range of 0.1 kV per mm to 1.5 kV per mm, with an absolute voltage on any said electrode that is less than 10 kV, and wherein a ratio ratio I of a radius LI of said inlet at the collector end divided by said separation distance L2 is in a range of 0.8 to 1.2.
US12194470B2
An agitator mill having a circular-cylindrical outer stator and an agitator having a circular-cylindrical rotor. The rotor is arranged within the outer stator, and a milling chamber between the rotor and the outer stator. In the milling chamber, a through-flow direction which extends from a feed channel to a discharge channel. Several rotor milling tools are attached to the rotor, wherein several outer-stator milling tools are attached to the outer stator. The outer-stator milling tools are arranged adjacent to and in the circumferential direction and form rows. These rows are arranged parallel to one another on the outer stator. On the side, facing away from the feed channel the outer-stator milling tools of at least one row have a greater radial length than the other outer-stator milling tools. The outer-stator milling tools of each row in the circumferential direction each have the same length.
US12194464B1
An integrated microfluidic systems and the method of fabrication is disclosed wherein various microfluidic devices fabricated onto substrates are bonded together either using an intermediary layer or not to facilitate the bonding process. The microfluidic ports on the microfluidic devices are aligned prior to bonding and the bonding results in leak-proof seals between the devices. Moreover, the fluidic capacitance using the present invention is eliminated thereby enabling microfluidic systems with far faster time responses. The example embodiments have a wide range of applications including medical, industrial control, aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics and products, as well as any application(s) requiring the use of multiple microfluidic devices.
US12194456B2
A blood collection tube holder that prevents a blood collection tube from falling even when pressed by an elastic sheath body being compressed is provided. A blood collection tube holder 1 includes a blood collection tube holder body 11 and a holding member 12. The blood collection tube holder body 11 includes a needle tube 17 supported by a needle base 15, and an elastic sheath body 18 covering the needle tube 17, and the holding member 12 includes a press-contact member 22. The blood collection tube holder body 11 includes a tongue-shaped protrusion piece 20.
US12194453B2
A gas processing vessel of cylindrical shape having a cylindrical shell of the vertical axis, a gas distribution device and a first particulate material, the distribution device being fixed in the vessel next to a gas inlet or outlet orifice recessed into a lower end wall, a cover being designed to be in contact without a weld with the lower end wall and having a diameter greater than or equal to one third of the diameter of the vessel, a second particulate material with an equivalent diameter De greater than or equal to 10 mm and greater than the dimensions of the openings in the cover, and a means for centering the cover above the inlet or outlet orifice, the means being fixed to the pipe that is connected to the orifice.
US12194445B2
A modified β zeolite has 0.5-15 wt % of an IVB group metal element in terms of oxide on the dry basis weight of the modified β zeolite. The number of medium strong acid centers of the modified β zeolite accounts for 30-60% of the total acid amount, the number of strong acid centers accounts for 5-25% of the total acid amount, and the ratio of B acid to L acid is 0.8 or more. The ratio of the weight content of the IVB group metal element in the modified β zeolite body phase to the weight content of the IVB group metal element on the surface is 0.1-0.8. The catalytic cracking catalyst containing the modified β zeolite has good selectivity and yield of C4 olefin.
US12194444B2
The invention provides methods, catalysts and systems for producing styrene from DME and toluene. Zeolite catalysts comprising potassium, rubidium or cesium and containing at least 0.1 wt % B are described. Methods of making the catalysts are also described.
US12194432B2
Chromatography resins having mixed mode ligands and methods of using such resins are provided.
US12194419B2
The invention provides a semipermeable composite membrane that reduces an environmental load, and a method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane. A semipermeable composite membrane 100 includes, on a porous support 102, a semipermeable membrane 104 containing a crosslinked polyamide 120 and a cellulose nanofiber 110. A method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane includes obtaining a mixed solution containing the cellulose nanofiber 110, water, and an amine component, and obtaining the semipermeable composite membrane 100 by making the mixed solution be in contact with the porous support 102, thereafter, causing a cross-linking reaction of the amine component in the mixed solution, with the amine component adhering to the porous support 102.
US12194413B2
A method of attaching/detaching a catalytic unit according to an embodiment is a method of attaching/detaching a catalytic unit accommodated in a reactor housing of a catalytic reactor, including a step of passing the catalytic unit through a gas inlet formed at a top portion of the reactor housing to attach or detach the catalytic unit to or from the reactor housing having a cylindrical shape extending in a vertical direction and configured such that a gas having a gauge pressure of 0.2 Mpa or more is introduced thereto.
US12194410B2
According to one embodiment, an amine-containing water concentration system includes an osmotic pressure generator and a carbon dioxide introducing unit. The osmotic pressure generator includes a treatment vessel, a first chamber to which the water to be treated is supplied, a second chamber capable of storing a working medium, and a semipermeable membrane that partitions the first chamber and the second chamber, which are located in the treatment vessel. The carbon dioxide introducing unit is capable of introducing carbon dioxide into the water to be treated.
US12194409B1
Some embodiments are directed to a system for extracting carbon dioxide from a fluid. The system can include a fluid source and a reactor. The reactor can include one or more chambers, and each chamber can include one or more monoliths for adsorbing carbon dioxide from the fluid. The chambers can be alternatively unsealed for a contacting mode and sealed for a regeneration mode. A power source can provide an electric current to the monoliths to release carbon dioxide adsorbed by the monoliths. Each chamber can include an array of monoliths. Each monolith can include a sorbent that adsorbs carbon dioxide from fluid. The system can include modular components such that the number of reactors can be increased or decreased.
US12194408B1
Systems and methods for an atmospheric carbon dioxide removal system are disclosed herein. The system may include a carbon capture vessel including a container, one or more sorbent subcontainer, a sorbent material, and a heating element. The container may include a first outer sidewall and a first hollow interior. Each sorbent subcontainer may be disposed within the first hollow interior and may include a second outer sidewall defining a second hollow interior. The sorbent material may be disposed within the second hollow interior of each sorbent subcontainer. The heating element may be disposed within the container and around one or more sidewalls of a sorbent subcontainer. The heating element may be arranged to heat the sorbent material within the second hollow interior.
US12194402B2
The technology disclosed herein relates to a vent assembly having a vent housing that defines a first airflow pathway, a second airflow pathway, and a third airflow pathway. The first airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with an interior of an enclosure. The second airflow pathway is configured for fluid communication with the external environment, and the third airflow pathway extends between the first airflow pathway and the second airflow pathway. A membrane is coupled to the vent housing such that the second airflow pathway and the third airflow pathway are in communication through the membrane. Coalescing filter media is disposed within the vent housing such that the third airflow pathway and the first airflow pathway are in communication through the coalescing filter media. The vent assembly defines a spacing region between the coalescing media and the membrane.
US12194394B2
A method and apparatus for supplying insulating liquid to form an insulating coating layer on an electrode is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a storage tank for storing an insulating liquid; a coating die for coating the insulating liquid on an electrode; a supply line which supplies the insulating liquid from the storage tank to the coating die; a pump connected to the supply line; a defoaming tank connected to the storage tank and supplies defoamed insulating liquid to the storage tank; a vacuum pump which defoams bubbles of the insulating liquid by applying vacuum to the defoaming tank; a bubble sensor connected to the supply line, wherein the bubble sensor senses generation of bubbles in the supply line in real time; and a controller for adjusting an operating condition of the apparatus based on an amount of bubbles sensed by the bubble sensor.
US12194393B2
In the specification, a method for purifying a compound by column chromatography, and a method for optimizing the symmetry factor and theoretical plate number by allowing the slurry to settle and reducing the sedimentation volume of the slurry. A compound purified by such method is also provided.
US12194390B2
The finding and object of the invention relates to board games and parlour games characterized by the support of electronic components, such as a PC, tablet, smartphone or game console. More precisely, the invention consists of an economical and easy to construct system, able to identify and track the movements of objects, preferably but not necessarily pawns, on an interactive game board configurable by the user. Said playable and movable objects are tracked by means of a coordinated system of low-cost sensors and a method for the progressive storage of the positions assumed by the same objects as a result of voluntary user interactions. This result is achieved by means of: •A sensorized board (flexible or foldable) equipped with a series of magnetic sensors positioned according to a regular grid arrangement; •An electronic control board, connected to said sensorized board, adapted to the acquisition of data and the communication of the acquired information to a third system (PC, tablet, is smartphone, console) via interface (wired or radio); •An identification system, preferably but not exclusively of the RFID type consisting of reader chip and single antenna, integrated in the control board; •A series of modular tiles, of different shapes, which reproduce different environments, usable to create different game scenarios; •A series of profiled elements to keep the tiles integral with the interactive game board, once positioned above it; •A series of gaming elements, equipped with magnets and identification code (for example RFID TAG).
US12194384B1
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for rendering audio via a game engine for a game. Various aspects may include determining sound source reverb metrics and listener reverb metrics. Aspects may include determining reverbs within a reverb possibility space for all rooms or spaces of the game rendered by the game engine. Aspects may also include determining sound tuning parameters describing reverb attenuation over distance. Aspects may include calculating acoustic parameters based on the reverb metrics, relative positions, and sound tuning parameters. Aspects may include rendering audio according to a fit of determined reverbs to the acoustic parameters.
US12194376B2
Provided is a game control method carried out by a game control device connected to communication terminals used by users who play a game. The device has a storage unit for storing group information indicative of a group consisting of users and game piece information indicative of game pieces constituting one item. The method includes giving a game piece to each user in accordance with a user operation to his/her communication terminal; storing obtained game piece information indicative of the game piece given to each user in the storage unit; determining whether all of the game pieces necessary to constitute the one item indicated by the game piece information are given to users constituting a group indicated by the group information based on the obtained game piece information; and giving a reward to users constituting the group if it is determined that all of the game pieces are given.
US12194375B2
A game controller for controlling the play of computerized games and other related control systems includes a plurality of pressure sensitive touch controls, capacitive controls, and touch pad controls which are configured to initiate commands and perform other desired operations and functions. The sensitivity of the controls can be adjusted and their function can be programmed and customized.
US12194373B2
Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. For example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security checks, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus such as a card or other physical token that can be used to access the wireless gaming device. Such an apparatus may communicate information that identifies the user to the device or may simply be used to produce a signal without which the device is locked to users.
US12194360B2
An enhanced projectile expelling apparatus provides stability and versatility expelling projectiles at various speeds and trajectories. The projectile expelling apparatus has a rotational expelling housing supported by a supporting stand that is adjustable into innumerable configurations by rotating a launch tube and/or tilting a feeder elbow disposed to abut the launch tube in rotational engagement. A rotational connector assembly facilitated the rotation of the launch tube and a rearwardly-disposed pivot adjustment assembly facilitates the tilting of the feeder elbow. A speed-controlled motor rotates a drive wheel that imparts speed and spin to the projectiles. Depending upon the rotation of the launch tube, tilt of the feeder tube, and rotational speed of the drive wheel, the projectile expelling apparatus expels projectiles in various straight, curving, rising, dropping, and sliding trajectories.
US12194353B2
A bat includes a handle having a proximate end and a distal end, a barrel having a hollow portion that accommodates the distal end, and a first damping section at least partially sandwiched between the handle and the barrel in the interior of the hollow portion. The first damping section includes a first portion in contact with each of the handle and the barrel in the interior of the hollow portion, and a second portion disposed closer to the proximate end than the first portion, the second portion being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the barrel and not being in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the handle. In a cross section along a center axis of the barrel, the barrel has a depression depressed relative to the inner peripheral surface in the cross section, the second portion has a protrusion fitted in the depression.
US12194351B1
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having a back portion with a back wall portion. The back wall portion includes at least one rib portion extending from a center portion of the back wall portion toward a perimeter portion of the back wall portion. The at least one rib portion includes a rib portion height, a rib portion width, and a rib portion length. The golf club head also includes a filler material in the hollow body portion coupled to the rib portion. The rib portion width may vary along the rib portion length. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12194349B2
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion and a face portion. The body portion includes an interior cavity having a lower cavity portion extending from a location proximate to a sole portion edge of the body portion toward a top portion edge of the body portion and an upper cavity portion extending from a location proximate to the top portion edge toward the sole portion edge. The face portion includes a front surface and a back surface. A filler material in the interior cavity includes a lower filler portion in the lower cavity portion and an upper filler portion in the upper cavity portion. The upper filler portion includes a first filler arm portion extending form the lower filler portion toward the top portion edge and coupled to a back wall portion of the body portion, and a second filler arm portion extending from the lower filler portion toward the top portion edge and coupled to the back surface of the face portion. A portion of the interior cavity between the first filler arm portion and the second filler arm portion defines a slot extending from the lower filler portion toward the top portion edge. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12194345B2
Balance training aids are disclosed. A user places all or part of their body weight on a top surface of a platform that is sitting atop an unstable base member and attempts to balance or complete a balance challenge. The user places at least a portion of one foot atop the platform during the balance challenge. Adjustability features can be provided so as to provide a varying degree of adjustability to the unstable base member, and thus, provide a varying degree of balance challenges or levels of difficulty.
US12194330B1
A mobile water/fluid collection, recirculation management apparatus and system for the promotion of best and safest practices by firefighting engineers, candidates fire departments, agencies, colleges and academies as well as for the NFPA (National Fire Protection Agency) recommended annual testing of other apparatuses, pumps, and appliances, which allows for engineers and candidates to train and practice their requisite evolutions and drills using full-flow water/fluids at full and various pressures including, but not limited to, drafting, flowing hand lines, deck guns, ground monitors, aerials and ladder pipes, nozzles and appliances while returning the water/fluid to the apparatus via direct and indirect connections. All returning water/fluids encounter the diffuser screen that is internal and integral to the unit and/or via the roof receiver/diffuser. Included is a removable, portable training fire hydrant which allows for the engineers and candidates to get real world driver training including spotting the hydrant and the race for water training elements, requiring the engineer/candidate to stop in the right spot, hook up the correct hoses from their engine to the hydrant directly to the invention apparatus, to pump and flow water safely, accurately and efficiently, and, once filled with the requisite water/fluid, it is ready for continuous recirculation, training or testing evolutions without overheating the water/fluid, because it is continuously cooled passively with the diffusers in an open loop design.
US12194315B2
Systems and methods for using electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) as absolute radiation beam measuring devices and as radiation beam alignment devices without implementation of elaborate and complex calibration procedures.
US12194309B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (30) for irradiating the human body or parts of the human body with optical radiation. The apparatus (30) comprises a first interface (20) for transmitting data, an analysis module (22) for creating a parameterized operating environment (23) on the basis of the transmitted data, a control unit (24) for adapting device settings on the basis of the parameterized operating environment created, and an irradiation unit (26) which receives a signal (25) from the control unit (24) according to the parameterized operating environment (23) created. The invention further relates to a system, a method and a computer program product for carrying out the method.
US12194303B2
A pacemaker is configured to operate in an atrial synchronous ventricular pacing mode and, after expiration of a conduction check time interval, switch to an asynchronous ventricular pacing mode that includes setting a ventricular pacing interval to a base pacing rate interval. The pacemaker is further configured to determine when atrioventricular block detection criteria are satisfied during the asynchronous ventricular pacing mode and, responsive to the atrioventricular block detection criteria being satisfied, switch back to the atrial synchronous ventricular pacing mode.
US12194302B2
A neuromodulation system and method with feedback optimized electrical field generation for stimulating target tissue of a patient to treat neurological and non-neurological conditions. The system generally includes implantable electrodes, implantable sensors, an implantable or external electrical signal generator, and an implantable or external controller. The controller controls the electrical signal generator to generate electrical noise stimulation signals that are delivered to the target tissue via the electrodes and that produce an optimized electric field having maximized voltage with low current density. The sensors produce temperature and impedance data for the target tissue and the controller automatically responds to values of the sensor data that indicate potential damage to the target tissue to reduce the strength of the electric field.
US12194300B1
At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for managing sleep disordered breathing (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea) for a patient. A first implantable electrode delivers a first stimulation signal proximate to a first nerve of the patient to stimulate the first nerve and activate at least one first muscle for an upper airway dilation of the person. A second implantable electrode delivers a second stimulation signal proximate to a second nerve to stimulate the second nerve and activate at least one second muscle for a caudal tracheal traction for an upper airway of the person. A stimulation signal generator generates the first and second stimulation signals and coordinates the delivery of the first stimulation signal with the delivery of the second stimulation signal.
US12194294B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for oral drug delivery. The method generally involves orally administering a drug delivery device to the subject in need of treatment and triggering iontophoresis. The drug delivery device includes one or more active agents for delivery to the subject. The method can include the step of delivering the active agent to the intestinal mucosa after iontophoresis is triggered at the site, or simultaneously as iontophoresis is applied at the site. After the active agent(s) are delivered, the drug delivery device can be released from the intestinal mucosa. The iontophoresis can be performed for a period of time and at an electrical current that is effective to improve permeability of the one or more active agents across the intestine compared to orally administering the same drug delivery device in the absence of iontophoresis.
US12194286B2
A channel for a medicinal liquid is formed in a filter-integrated medicine transfer device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The filter-integrated medicine transfer device includes: a housing having an air passage that diverges from a medicinal liquid channel and is connected to outside; at least one hydrophobic air-passing filter disposed in the housing and disposed at a boundary between the air passage and the medicinal liquid channel; and at least one medicine transfer pipe disposed in the housing and having a capillary channel constituting a portion of the medicinal liquid channel.
US12194282B2
Medical devices for delivering a plug to a void within a patient. The medical device can include a fluid delivery device and a plug holder (e.g., a plug delivery device) coupled to a distal end of the fluid delivery device. The medical device may be configured such that the delivery of fluid from the fluid delivery device wets the plug, ejects the plug from the plug holder, and pushes the plug through a lumen of an elongate tube to a void within a patient.
US12194279B2
A medicament delivery device for a mixing process to create a therapeutic substance for delivery within a multi-chambered cartridge, the delivery device includes a distal part with a dose setting mechanism having a housing, a dose setting knob, an injection button, a piston rod capable of moving axially along the longitudinal axis of the housing during dose delivery, and a return ring configured to reset the piston rod to a starting position. The delivery device also includes a proximal part including a cartridge holder configured to accept a multi-chambered cartridge, the cartridge holder including a screw driven sleeve configured for attachment to the distal part and rotation of the screw driven sleeve performing a medicament mixing process within the multi-chambered cartridge.
US12194271B2
A syringe manifold for a fluid injector assembly includes a middle body member defining an upper cavity and a lower cavity, the middle body member defining at least one fluid path in an upper surface of the middle body member and at least one fluid path in a lower surface of the middle body member, the middle body member defining at least two ports extending through the middle body member, the middle body member comprising an outlet for connection of the syringe manifold to at least one fluid delivery device; a lower body member received within the lower cavity of the middle body member, the lower body member comprising at least one connector for connection of the lower body member to a syringe assembly; and an upper body member received within the upper cavity of the middle body member.
US12194270B2
A roller clamp assembly for adjusting the fluid flow rate in a flexible infusion tube is provided. The roller clamp assembly includes a housing to receive the flexible tube, a plate slideably engaged with the housing and configured to rapidly compress the flexible tube to provide a coarse fluid flow adjustment, and a roller wheel moveable engaged with the housing and configured to provide a gradual fluid flow adjustment. The plate may be a slide plate received by grooves in an exterior wall of the housing, where the plate moves orthogonally to the flexible tube, or the plate may be a shim plate that moves along an interior wall of the housing in parallel to the flexible tube. Infusion sets and methods of adjusting fluid flow rates are also provided.
US12194267B2
This invention provides a system and method for sterilizing an ISO 594 female Luer fitting and an attached catheter using UV light. An optical plug can be inserted into a female Luer fitting, and UV-C light or a combination of UV-C and UV-A light can be radiated through the optical plug and into the female Luer fitting and attached catheter, thereby sterilizing the fitting and catheter. A sterilizer device can be used to hold the female Luer fitting and catheter, with an optical plug inserted into the female Luer fitting. The sterilizer device can include a UV light source that radiates UV light through the optical plug and into the female Luer fitting and attached catheter. A protective cover can be placed over the optical plug before inserting the optical plug into the female Luer fitting. The protective cover can be disposable.
US12194257B2
The present disclosure is directed to a shuttle apparatus for detachably joining a catheter to a guidewire so that the joined catheter, extending alongside the guidewire, is in sliding engagement with the guidewire without extending around the guidewire. The apparatus comprises a collar member sized for mounting in sliding engagement around a length of the guidewire, the collar member having a longitudinal axis that approximately aligns along the length, when mounted thereabout, the length being defined between a proximal-most point of the guidewire and a distal point of the guidewire, the distal point being offset proximally from a distal-most point of the guidewire. The apparatus further comprises a plug member coupled to the collar member, the plug member having a longitudinal axis, and the plug member being sized to fit within an opening of the catheter for detachable engagement therewith.
US12194253B2
An anchor assembly for securing a catheter to a human body. An anchor assembly includes an anchor comprising an anchor body and a flange coupled with the anchor body. The flange has a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, the bottom side configured to engage a human body. The anchor body defines at least one bore configured to receive a catheter therein. An adhesive dressing is disposed on the top side of the flange. The adhesive dressing includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion at least partially covers the first side of the flange, and the second portion extends radially outward of the flange relative to the anchor body.
US12194232B2
An electronic cigarette includes an atomizer having a coil-less heating element. The coil-less heating element may include a heating section and two leads electrically connected to the heating section. The heating section is made of one or more fiber materials. The two leads may be made of conductive materials that can conduct liquid to the heating section. Alternatively, the heating element may include one or more fiber materials with two conductive sections, and a heating section between the conductive sections. The heating section has a significantly higher electrical resistance than the conductive sections. The different electrical resistances may be achieved by modifying the fiber materials with a material (e.g. metals) having higher electronic conductivity. Different electrical resistances may also be achieved by modifying the shape of the fiber materials to provide the conductive sections with a larger cross-section, and the heating section with a smaller cross-section.
US12194228B2
A surgical humidification system includes a source of gas flow and a humidifier that receives the gas flow and outputs a humidified gas to a delivery conduit. The delivery conduit has an outlet and a suitable interface, such as a diffuser, is connected to the outlet. The interface can be positioned near or within an open surgical cavity of a patient to supply the humidified gas to the cavity. The system also includes a pressure relief arrangement that operates to relieve pressure from the system above a normal operating pressure. The pressure relief arrangement can be located in a non-sterile portion of the system, such as upstream from the humidifier, for example.
US12194224B2
Some embodiments are directed to a system 10 for the application of topical negative pressure therapy to a site 18 on the body of a mammal. Some embodiments of the system 10 comprise a piston 22 and cylinder 24 device 12 having a self-contained power source for the generation of a reduced pressure and for aspirating the site 18. Some embodiments of the system 10 comprise a dressing 14 sealably surrounding the site 18 that can be operably connected to the device 12 by a conduit means 16 to apply the reduced pressure to the site 18.
US12194222B2
Temperature control device for use in fluid-based hyper/hypothermia systems, comprising a connection unit for connecting the device to a local power network, and a fluid temperature control unit for heating or cooling a fluid. The device includes a power supply unit, by which electrical consuming components of the fluid temperature control unit are supplied with power, and which effects supply of the electrical consuming components with direct current.
US12194221B2
Biological filters for removing target components from biological fluids such as removal of pathogenic cells from whole blood, are described. The filters may include a medium comprising an inert surface, with capture material disposed on the inert surface. The filter may be configured to selectively recognize, capture, and remove target cells such as pathogenic cells associated with a disease, such as an autoimmune disease or cancer. Devices, systems, apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods associated with biological filtering are also provided.
US12194216B2
Devices and methods establish and facilitate retrograde or reverse flow blood circulation in the region of the carotid artery bifurcation in order to limit or prevent the release of emboli into the cerebral vasculature such as into the internal carotid artery. The methods are particularly useful for interventional procedures performed through a transcarotid approach or transfemoral into the common carotid artery.
US12194213B2
A medical treatment system, such as a peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, the peritoneal dialysis system may include a control system that can adjust a volume of fluid infused into a peritoneal cavity to prevent intraperitoneal fluid volume from exceeding a pre-determined amount. The control system can adjust by adding one or more therapy cycles, allowing for fill volumes during each cycle of the one or more therapy cycles to be reduced. The control system may continue to allow the fluid to drain from the peritoneal cavity as completely as possible before starting a next therapy cycle of the one or more therapy cycles. The control system may also adjust a dwell time of the fluid within the peritoneal cavity during the one or more therapy cycles in order to complete a therapy within a scheduled time period. A cycler may also be configured to have a heater control system that monitors both a temperature of a heating tray and a temperature of a bag of dialysis fluid in order to bring a temperature of the dialysis fluid rapidly to a specified temperature, with minimal temperature overshoot.
US12194211B2
A reverse osmosis (RO) system is described that is connected to a dialysis machine and is capable of using heated purified water to clean and disinfect an external connection section or portion disposed between the RO systems and the dialysis unit (or any other external heat tolerant device) without forming a closed loop system between both systems before and during a heat forward process. This can be accomplished without the need for direct/indirect or wired/wireless communication with the dialysis unit or the need to introduce a chemical cleaner or process that would require further rinsing after chemical disinfection.
US12194205B2
An air filtration media with integrated disinfection capability. The media has a collection filter for capture of pathogens, and an ultraviolet (UV) radiation source integrated into the collection filter such that the pathogens collected by the collection filter are exposed to UV radiation from the UV radiation source.
US12194201B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a conductive polymer doped with silica nanoparticles. In several embodiments, a coated electrode comprising a coating of the conductive polymer on a conductive surface of the electrode is provided. In some embodiments, the silica nanoparticles of the conductive polymer are mesoporous and are loaded with a pharmaceutical agent. Methods of using the conductive polymer doped with silica nanoparticles are also provided, including methods of recording or stimulating a bioelectric signal and methods of administering a pharmaceutical agent to a subject.
US12194199B2
An implantable medical device includes an elongate member having a cross-sectional dimension that is less than 0.00085 inch, wherein the elongate member is made from a material comprising a platinum-tungsten alloy having a percentage of tungsten that is at least 10% by weight or alternatively the implantable medical device includes an elongate member made from a material comprising an alloy containing rhenium.
US12194181B2
An apparatus includes a containment vessel having an interior space configured to be sealed. The interior space is configured to receive at least one reservoir of liquid to be vaporized during a decontamination process. The apparatus also includes a base configured to be inserted into the interior space. The base is configured to receive one or more pieces of personal protection equipment to be heated and decontaminated within the interior space during the decontamination process. The base is configured to hold the one or more pieces of personal protection equipment above the at least one reservoir of liquid. The apparatus further includes a pressure-relief valve configured to be opened to release a pressure within the interior space. In some cases, the apparatus may include a filter configured to filter material passing through the pressure-relief valve.
US12194176B2
A system and apparatus for sanitizing person use items. The system is comprised essentially of a mechanism for emitting sanitizing electromagnetic radiation within an enclosed compartment. The apparatus may be light-tight such that the radiation is contained within the apparatus. It may be configured to emit a plurality of sanitizing wavelengths. The apparatus may include a series of reflective and/or refractive apparatuses to alter the reflection path of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, allowing the electromagnetic radiation to reflect in a plurality of directions. The enclosure may include a support member or personal item support that may be transparent to, or reflective of, the electromagnetic radiation.
US12194175B2
A disinfectant transmissive material incorporated into a case for a mobile device or a supporting surface of a disinfecting charger to enable disinfection of hard to reach areas. The case can be self-disinfecting. The disinfecting charger can have monitoring and safety systems that detect proximity and provide user feedback on safety, disinfection, and charge status along with automatic interlocks to protect the user from overexposure to disinfectant.
US12194173B2
An aircraft sanitization system is disclosed. The aircraft sanitization system includes an armrest comprising a pocket, a top lid, and a retractable mechanism. The pocket is configured to store a tray and the top lid is covers the pocket. The retractable mechanism enclosed in the pocket includes a first end removably attached to the tray and a second end fixed within the pocket. The retractable mechanism is configured to extract the tray from the pocket in an open state and retract the tray into the pocket in a closed state. The aircraft sanitization system further includes a first set of Ultraviolet (UV) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) affixed on each inner wall of the pocket. The first set of UV LEDs is configured to sanitize each surface of tray, when the tray is in the closed state.
US12194172B2
A control device that controls an ultraviolet emission device such that the inside of a vehicle is sterilized is provided. The control device includes a vehicle state acquiring unit configured to acquire a state of the vehicle, a determination unit configured to determine whether a person is present inside of the vehicle based on the state of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to control the ultraviolet emission device with reference to a result of determination of whether a person is present inside of the vehicle.
US12194168B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses involving lighting device dissipation are provided. An example light emitting device for inactivating microorganisms may comprise a vent configured to allow air to flow therethrough. The light emitting device may comprise a light emitter disposed on a substrate and configured to at least produce a light. The light may comprise a radiant flux sufficient to initiate inactivation of microorganisms, wherein at least 20% of a spectral energy of the light is in a wavelength in a range of 380-420 nanometers (nm). The light emitting device may comprise a fan configured to create an airflow through the vent and towards the substrate.
US12194164B1
The present invention relates to a method of disinfecting a fluid transmission line. The method includes the steps of initiating the flow of water into an aqueous ozone generator, generating an ozonated concentrate liquid by way of an electrochemical generator which comprises an ion exchange material. The electrochemical generator is integrated into the aqueous ozone generator. The electrochemical generator receives the water and generates from the water the ozonated concentrate liquid. The method continues by generating the flow of a microfoaming ozonated liquid by ratiometrically mixing a microfoaming agent with the ozonated concentrate liquid and disinfecting a fluid transmission line by dispensing the microfoaming ozonated liquid through the fluid transmission line. Replaceable cartridges can include the microfoaming agent. The system can data communicate with remote data processing resources, including communicating when it is time to replace the cartridge.
US12194162B2
An absorbent article having a topsheet with natural fibers and a semi-hydrophilic composition is provided. The semi-hydrophilic composition may have a wax ester and a polyglyceryl emulsifier in a ratio of between about 0.5:1 and 1.5:1. The topsheet may have a Contact Angle of between about 35° and about 100°. The topsheet may have a Fluid Strike-Through time of between about 0.5 seconds to about 18 seconds and a wicking height of between about 0 mm and about 10 mm.
US12194159B2
The invention relates to a therapeutic composition comprising an inner portion and a biocompatible membrane fully or partially surrounding the inner portion. The biocompatible membrane comprises at least two layers: a first layer of a porous, nonwoven network of thermoplastic polyurethane polymer fibers formed by electrospinning and having a porosity of greater than or equal to 50%; an average pore diameter of less than 5 μm; and has a thickness in the range 10 to 250 μm; and a second layer of a porous, nonwoven network of thermoplastic polymer fibers formed by electrospinning. The second layer has a mean average fiber diameter of the second layer is greater than the mean average fiber diameter in the first layer, and/or wherein the average pore diameter of the second layer is greater than the average pore diameter of the first layer. The inner portion comprises a therapeutic agent. The invention also relates to uses of the membrane and therapeutic composition, for instance, to encapsulate therapeutic cells.
US12194151B2
Solid oral dosage forms containing 325 mg of acetaminophen and 97.5 mg of ibuprofen or 500 mg of acetaminophen and 150 mg of ibuprofen, wherein the ibuprofen has a [D50] between 1 and 9 μm, are described.
US12194145B2
The invention relates to the technical field of gene treatment and nano targeted delivery, in particular to a siRNA delivery system compound as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps of reacting Boc-protected histidine with cholesterol to generate Boc-protected histidine cholesteryl ester, and removing BOC-released protected amino in trifluoroacetic acid to generate histidine cholesteryl ester; then, enabling amino to react with carboxyl of carboxymethyl chitosan to modify long-chain carboxymethyl chitosan to generate carboxymethyl chitosan modified by histidine cholesteryl ester, and performing targeted labeling on carboxymethyl chitosan modified by histidine cholesteryl ester to generate a carboxymethyl chitosan high-molecular compound modified by histidine cholesteryl ester and a targeted marker together, then forming a stable spherical delivery vector through self-assembly above critical micelle concentration, and mixing the stable spherical delivery vector with siRNA (small interfering ribonucleic acid) to obtain the siRNA delivery system compound.
US12194139B2
The invention provides a method for the preparation of effervescent granules wherein the reactive, effervescent components (one acidic and one alkaline CO2-generating component) are brought to reaction with one another under stirring in a vacuum (100-900 mbar) in an evacuable mixing chamber, with said mixing chamber being evacuated to a first vacuum value p1, and then ‘re-evacuated’ to said first vacuum value p1 again, optionally repeatedly, once the pressure has increased to a second vacuum value p2 due to the progressing CO2 formation of the effervescent reaction. The method is carried out in such a way that during at least the effervescent reaction step(s) the stirring speed in the mixing chamber exhibits a Froude number (Fr) of 0.5 or higher, preferably 0.8 or higher, more preferably 0.9 or higher; such as, in the range of 0.50 to 8.00, or 0.80 to 8.00, or 0.90 to 8.00.
US12194133B2
A method and composition for promoting hair growth comprises an oil solution created with predetermined quantities of certain oils such as sesame oil, avocado oil, sweet almond oil, coconut oil, and ricinus oil. A blended final product is created by adding predetermined quantities of certain plants to the oil solution, such as parsley and aloe vera. The final product is heated and applied to a surface for hair growth. After a certain amount of time it is washed off the surface for hair growth. These steps are repeated daily for a full course of treatment, which comprises a few weeks. The course may be repeated about every other month.
US12194129B2
Leave-on oral care compositions having good spreadability and improved retention property are provided for promoting Gum Health of a user. Leave-on oral care compositions can comprise a hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof, a polyacrylic acid as a mucoadhesive polymer, and an additional polymer.
US12194113B2
The invention relates to a microcapsule comprising a hollow or porous core, the hollow or porous core being composed of a polymeric material and containing a component of a redox-initiator system, a shell, the shell being composed of a pH-sensitive material. The microcapsule can be used for formulating dental materials.
US12194101B2
The present invention relates to the use of proline for reducing the viscosity of a protein preparation.
US12194095B2
The present disclosure describes a pharmaceutical combination of an anti-CD19 antibody and a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and/or acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
US12194093B2
Methods are provided herein for determining and administering optimized dosing of therapeutic anti-CD47 agents, in a schedule that provides safe escalation of dose while achieving a therapeutic level in a clinically effective period of time. The methods can comprise the steps of clearance, escalation, and maintenance. In one embodiment the dosing regimen administers an initial (i) sub-therapeutic dose of an anti-CD47 agent or (ii) a cytoreductive therapy to achieve a safe level of circulating tumor cells for subsequent treatment (clearance); escalating the dose of an anti-CD47 agent until a therapeutic dose is reached (escalation); and maintaining the therapeutic dose for a period of time sufficient to reduce tumor cells in the bone marrow of the patient (maintenance). In an alternative dosing regimen, a patient determined to have a safe level of circulating tumor cells at presentation is treated by the steps of escalation and maintenance without initial clearance.
US12194089B2
The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid suitable for use in treatment or prophylaxis of an infection with a coronavirus, preferably with a Coronavirus SARS-COV-2, or a disorder related to such an infection, preferably COVID-19. The present invention is also directed to compositions, polypeptides, and vaccines. The compositions and vaccines preferably comprise at least one of said nucleic acid sequences, preferably nucleic acid sequences in association a lipid nanoparticle (LNP). The invention is also directed to first and second medical uses of the nucleic acid, the composition, the polypeptide, the combination, the vaccine, and the kit, and to methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus infection, preferably a Coronavirus infection.
US12194075B2
Described herein are polypeptides capable of self-assembling to form homo-oligomers, and methods for designing such polypeptides.
US12194074B2
A method of reducing muscle damage in a human being includes providing an extract of Kenyan purple tea (scientific name: Camellia sinensis; variety name: TRFK306) containing 1,2-di-O-galloyl-4,6-O—(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-D-glucose (GHG). Then, an effective amount of the purple tea extract is administered to a body of a human being engaged in intensive exercise to reduce muscle damage associated with the intensive exercise.
US12194072B2
A traditional Chinese medicine compound for preventing and treating African swine fever, its efficiency enhancement process, and application are provided, which relate to the field of fermentation technologies of traditional Chinese medicine by probiotics. A formula with the most apparent preventive and therapeutic effect on ASFV is obtained by comparing various traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and self-drafted formulas, and the formula is made from Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Wolfiporia cocos, Auckiandialappa Lappa Decne., Terminalia chebula, Aconitum carmichaeli, Myristica fragrans, Cynanchum otophyllum, Dioscorea polystachya and Ziziphus jujuba. Based on the formula, fermentation treatment of multi probiotics is performed, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus acidophilus are inoculated for fermenting, and a liquid fermented mixture is mixed to obtain fermentation preparation. The traditional Chinese medicine compound has a definite therapeutic effect, reasonable compatibility, a wide range of materials, and a low price, which makes it easy to promote and apply.
US12194065B2
A detoxification system can include an effective amount of a probiotic component and a fiber component in combination with a circulation enhancing component, a high-protein meal replacement component, or both. The detoxification system increases urinary heavy metal excretion, decreases a fecal zonulin level, decreases a fecal calprotectin level, decreases a serum lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) level, increases at least one of a salivary nitrite level and a serum arginine level, or a combination thereof in a subject as compared to a baseline level prior to administration of the detoxification system in an effective dosing regimen.
US12194059B2
In one aspect, methods of promoting bone growth are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of promoting bone growth described herein comprises promoting cell differentiation or phenotype progression in a population of bone cells by providing a citrate-presenting composition to the population of bone cells. In some embodiments, the citrate-presenting composition is provided to the bone cells at a first stage of cell development selected to obtain a first cell differentiation or phenotype progression. Additionally, in some cases, a second citrate-presenting composition is further provided to the bone cells at a second stage of cell development selected to obtain a second cell differentiation or phenotype progression.
US12194049B2
The application of a sulbactam and ceftazidime composition in the preparation of a drug for treating a carbapenem-resistant antibiotic Acinetobacter baumannii infection, characterized in the following: by mass, the amount of ceftazidime used in the sulbactam and ceftazidime composition comprising 10% to 90% of the amount of sulbactam used.
US12194044B2
The invention relates to particular substituted deuterated heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) and/or pathways involving dopamine D1/D2 receptor signaling systems, and/or the treatment of residual symptoms.
US12194038B2
The present invention discloses the use of flibanserin in the preparation of a drug for treating androgenic alopecia. The results of cell models show that flibanserin at a low concentration can inhibit the proliferation of Lncap cells, showing a pharmacodynamic activity at the cellular level. The results of animal experiments show that flibanserin can reverse androgen-mediated androgenic alopecia damage, treat androgenic alopecia and restore hair growth. Therefore, flibanserin can be used in the preparation of a drug for treating androgenic alopecia.
US12194035B2
The present invention relates to the discovery of a novel opioid modulator effective in reducing pharmacologically induced weight gain associated with atypical antipsychotic use. The present invention provides methods of reducing antipsychotic induced weight gain, methods for suppressing food intake and reducing ghrelin levels induced by atypical antipsychotic medications in a patient.
US12194025B2
A method of treating an oxidative stress disease includes orally or intragastrically administering, to a subject in need thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including edaravone with a time interval from a consumption of a meal by the subject in need thereof to an administration of the pharmaceutical composition to the subject in need thereof. The time interval is 8 hours or longer after the consumption of a high-fat meal, the time interval is 4 hours or longer after the consumption of a standard meal, or the time interval is 2 hours or longer after the consumption of a light meal.
US12194020B2
This invention reverses male pattern baldness by shocking dormant hair follicles out of their androgen induced hibernation phase back to the active hair-growing anagenic phase. The invention integrates two functions: 1) It blocks synthesis of compounds holding the follicles in the telogenic/hibernating phase and 2) It stimulates synthesis of compounds animating the hair-growing/anagenic phase in the follicular activity cycle. One preferred embodiment comprises an enzyme inhibitor blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a flavonoid simultaneously increasing synthesis of prostaglandins alternative to prostaglandin D2, and a selected cannabinoid compound stimulating restore the hair follicle to its normal growth cycle. This novel trimodal therapy restores the hair follicles to their normal cycling processes and maintains these restorative properties so long as this rebalance in maintained.
US12194019B2
The invention described herein relates to compositions and methods for treating pain with wogonin. In particular, described herein are compositions and methods for treating musculoskeletal pain and arthritis with wogonin.
US12194011B2
An anxiolytic composition formulated for oral administration to a mammal includes a synergistic combination of L-theanine, at least one of magnolia and an extract of magnolia, and at least one of phellodendron and an extract of phellodendron. The composition may include a combination of an extract of Magnolia officinalis and a extract of Phellodendron amurense. The synergistic combination may provide an anxiolytic change in a release pattern of one or more brain neurotransmitters, such as glutamate and/or γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
US12194010B2
The invention provides methods for treating or preventing developmental disorders associated with mutations in the OCD1 gene.
US12194009B2
Nasal formulations of metoclopramide, which remain stable and/or colorless upon storage over a period of time, are provided. Also provided are methods of treating disorders treatable with metoclopramide, comprising administering the nasal solutions to patients in need thereof.
US12194005B2
This disclosure relates to administration of a combination of: 1) about 100-110 mg, about 104-106 mg, or about 105 mg of bupropion hydrochloride, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of bupropion; and 2) about 40-50 mg, about 44-46 mg, or about 45 mg of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of dextromethorphan in certain patient populations, such as patients having moderate renal impairment, patients receiving a concomitant strong CYP2D6 inhibitor, patients who are known CYP2D6 poor metabolizers, those in need of an NMDA antagonist that does not cause dissociation, and those at risk of QT prolongation.
US12193990B2
A chest compression device with a chest compression belt assembly including guards and sensors operable with a control system to control operation of the system depending on detection of proper installation of the guards.
US12193986B2
A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device which includes a cylindrically shaped body having a predetermined density and predetermined diameter, the body including a plurality of projections of a predetermined shape. One or more of the predetermined density and the predetermined diameter in combination with the predetermined shape of the projections optimize mobilization of soft tissue structures of the human body.
US12193982B2
A patient immersion sensor includes a radio detection and ranging (RADAR) apparatus to determine a time of flight (TOF) of a RADAR pulse and a reflected signal that is reflected by a patient or by a portion of a patient support surface supporting the patient. The TOF is indicative of an immersion depth or a distance toward bottoming out of a patient supported on the patient support surface, such as a mattress or a pad. The RADAR apparatus emits pulses of very short duration so as to be able to detect objects, such as a patient or a portion of a mattress or pad, at very close distances. The RADAR apparatus may use time-of-flight (TOF) between transmission of the pulse and receipt of a reflected signal to determine a distance toward bottoming out by the patient, thereby to determine if the patient is properly immersed into the patient support surface. Adjustments to inflation or deflation of one or more bladders are made to achieve a desired immersion amount within a tolerance range between upper and lower TOF thresholds.
US12193980B2
Provided is a fixing member used in a support structure (100) for a bed. The support structure includes a lower frame (10), an upper frame (20), a raising/lowering mechanism (30) configured to raise and lower the upper frame with respect to the lower frame and including a support shaft (312) extending in a width direction of the bed, and a supported member (221, 222) fixed to the upper frame and supported by the support shaft. The support shaft moves in a longitudinal direction of the bed while supporting the supported member when the upper frame is raised and lowered. The fixing member includes a plurality of fixing tools (S11 to S14) configured to fix the supported member to the upper frame. Each of the plurality of fixing tools includes a flexure element (SB) fixed to the upper frame at one end and fixed to the supported member at the other end, and a strain gauge (SG) attached to the flexure element.
US12193975B2
The present application relates to a method of identifying data for producing user-customised goggles, which contacts the face of the user defined by a contacting surface on said face, when the user uses said goggles, the method comprising the steps of, receiving an input of 3D-data defining the contour of the face of the user and defining the dimension of the face of the user at least in an area around the eyes of the user, identifying contact areas on the contacting surface, and providing structure-data based on said input of 3D-data and said contact areas, where the structure-data is used for designing at least the part of said goggles, which is adapted to contact the face of the user. The application further relates to a system for producing a pair of user-customised goggles, a pair of user-customised goggles, and a user contacting structure of a pair of user-customised goggles.
US12193971B2
The present invention relates generally to therapeutic articles comprised of carbonaceous blend textile materials comprising yarns having about 25 to 100 weight % carbonaceous fiber and about 0 to 75 weight % fiber made of polyester, nylon, rayon, lyocell, cellulose, wool, silk, linen, bamboo, m-aramid, p-aramid, modacrylic, novoloid, melamine, regenerated cellulose, polyvinyl chloride, antistatic fiber, poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polysulphonamide (PSA), and combinations thereof, or other fibers not listed that are capable of being made into yarn and textile fabrics that are knit, woven, or nonwoven, and wherein the fabric has a weight from about 3 oz/yd2 to about 20 oz/yd2. Also encompassed within this invention is a method for using therapeutic textile articles having carbonaceous blend textile materials of the present disclosure for treatment of humans and animals with developmental neurological disorders, central nervous system disorders, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, sleep disorders, anxiety disorders, pain management, and diabetes.
US12193965B2
An ostomy appliance comprising: first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening; a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user; an aperture located in either of the first and/or second walls for permitting waste gases to exit the appliance; and a multi-layer filter positioned adjacent and covering the aperture on an exterior surface of the respective first and/or second wall. A layer of the filter is hydrophobic and the hydrophobic layer is positioned directly adjacent the respective first and/or second wall. The hydrophobic layer has a first side and a second side where the first side is connected directly to the respective first and/or second wall, and the connection holds the multi-layer filter relative to the wall.
US12193957B2
The present disclosure describes medical devices comprising implantable expandable implants, such as stent-grafts. Such devices can comprise a constraining line. The constraining line can surround the proximal end of the expandable implant, and assist in positioning and deployment of the expandable implant within the body of the patient.
US12193950B2
Planning tools for surgery, particularly for THA, are provided. Images of musculoskeletal structure of a patient (e.g. associated with respective planes and in a same or different functional position) may be displayed together and via co-registration and spatial transformations, 3D implants or other objects may be rendered and overlaid in a same position correctly with respect to each image. The 3D implant may be fit (e.g. via handles or automatically using image processing) to an existing implant in the patient and moved to other positions, for example, to measure the existing position or plan for an initial or new position. Measures may be represented with respect to various planes associated with the respective image and/or with respect to an existing implant.
US12193947B2
A method of implanting an intervertebral spacer may include positioning the intervertebral spacer within an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebral bodies. The intervertebral spacer may include a plurality of bores, and each of the plurality of bores may be configured to receive either a linear fastening element or a curvilinear fastening element. The method also may include selecting a first fastening element from a group including linear fastening elements and curvilinear fastening elements, and inserting the first fastening element into a first bore of the plurality of bores such that the first fastening element is inserted into one of the adjacent vertebral bodies to secure the intervertebral spacer within the intervertebral space.
US12193946B2
Systems and methods for spinal fusion procedures are described. The system in particular includes an intervertebral fixation system a positioning handle comprising a shaft. The distal end of the shaft includes a first locking mechanism that engages with a second locking mechanism of an implant. The system includes a holder including a handle channel. At least a portion of the shaft is insertable through the handle channel.
US12193944B2
A fusion plate (1, 20) to assist fusion of a first bone (2) and second bone (3) comprising a rigid elongated plate configured to span the joint between the first and second bones having a C-shaped profile along its length, a thickness of 0.5 to 1.5 mm, and a plurality of holes (11) to receive bone-fixing screws (12) to fix the plate to the first and second bones, wherein the plurality of holes include at least one proximal hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a proximal end (7) of the plate configured to receive proximal bone fixing screws (12) in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration and at least one hole disposed on each side (9, 10) of a distal end (8) of the plate configured to receive distal bone fixing screws in an orthogonal fixing screw configuration. The plate may be configured for dorso-medial attachment and fusion of a meta-tarsal joint selected from a MetaTarsoPhalangeal joint (MTPJ) and a TarsoMetaTarsal Joint (TMTJ) of the big toe.
US12193943B2
A patient specific shoulder guide is provided that includes a hub and a plurality of peripheral members. Each of the peripheral members has a peripheral member height dimension between the patient specific contact surface and a side of the peripheral member opposite the patient specific contact surface. At least one of the peripheral members is a low profile peripheral member in which the peripheral height dimension is less than the peripheral height dimension of at least one other of the peripheral members or is less than the hub height.
US12193941B2
A tibial-tray system may include a tibial tray and a spline configured to extend proximally from the tibial tray and guide a femoral component of a knee system. The tibial-tray system may also include an adapter configured for attachment to the tibial tray and the spline. A distal end of the adapter may have a position relative to a position of a proximal end of the adapter such that the spline extends upward from the tibial tray at a predetermined position.
US12193935B2
An embodiment includes an artificial chordae tendineae system comprising: a first needle; a flexible first chord coupled to a proximal end portion of the first needle; a first proximal pledget coupled to a proximal end portion of the first chord; a first distal conduit coupled to the first chord between the first proximal pledget and the first needle; wherein: the first distal conduit includes first and second faces; one of the first and second faces includes a first aperture; a sidewall of the first conduit, located between the first and second faces, includes a sidewall aperture that does not directly connect to the first aperture; the sidewall aperture is configured to include a portion of the first chord when the first distal conduit is permanently implanted adjacent tissue but not when the first distal conduit is traversing the tissue before being permanently implanted adjacent the tissue.
US12193928B2
An electronic intraocular device is implantable into the capsular bag of a wearer's eye. In some cases, the intraocular device may include a femtoprojector. The femtoprojector projects images onto the wearer's retina when the electronic intraocular device is implanted in the wearer's eye. Different haptic designs may be used to keep the femtoprojector in position. In some embodiments, an imager is contained in a contact lens worn by the wearer. Images captured by the contact lens imager may be relayed to the intraocular femtoprojector. In some cases, the intraocular device may include an electronic capsular tension ring with a femtoimager. The femtoimager may capture images of the wearer's retina, for example for purposes of monitoring eye health.
US12193925B2
An implantable device for treating a patient suffering from female urinary stress incontinence includes an elongate sling for supporting the urethra, the sling having first and second ends. First and second tabs extend from the first and second ends of the sling, respectively for engaging supportive tissue superior to the portion of the urethra being supported. Each tab has a ratcheted section of alternating relatively projecting and relatively recessed portions for engaging the supportive tissue.
US12193923B2
An absorbent structure is disclosed, which may be or form part of an absorbent core of an absorbent article. The structure has a caliper, a fluid-receiving side and a non-receiving side. The non-receiving side occupies a first x-y plane; the receiving side occupies a second x-y plane. The structure has a first zone constituting a first portion of the caliper proximate the non-receiving side, and a second zone constituting a second portion of the caliper proximate the receiving side. Each of the zones includes a co-formed blend of constituents. The blend may include AGM particles, spun filaments and/or cellulose fibers. In examples including AGM particles, particles in the first zone may have an average particle size smaller than that of particles in the second zone. In examples including filaments, filaments in the first zone may have an average filament size smaller than that of the filaments in the second zone.
US12193922B2
Introduced here are apparatuses and systems for mitigating contact pressures applied to a human body by the surface of an object, such as a chair, bed, or table. A pressure-mitigation apparatus can include a series of chambers whose pressure can be individually varied. When placed between a patient and a contact surface, the pressure-mitigation apparatus can vary the contact pressure on a specific anatomical region of the patient by controllably inflating and/or deflating one or more cell. Moreover, a pressure-mitigation system can be readily integrated into a conventional treatment regimen for a variety of different conditions.
US12193920B2
A hygienic article structured to inhibit soiling of clothing from intermittent or sporadic leakage of urine from a penis over time is provided. The hygienic article provides secure and dynamically variable fit, unobtrusive appearance, and airflow to the skin. The hygienic article according to this disclosure may be as little as one eighth of the surface area of conventional male incontinence guard or shield products, and as little as one quarter of the size of other male incontinence guard products used only over a penis.
US12193917B2
A cured liquid silicone rubber (“LSR”) body having an outer surface, an inner surface opposing the outer surface, a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a non-biased body length separating the first and second ends of the cured silicone body, a pre-formed pleated portion disposed circumferentially along the body length and operably configured to enable selective and elastically biased adjustment of the non-biased body length, non-pleated portions of the LSR body forming a smooth surface of the outer surface of the LSR body and flanking the pleated portion, forming a sleeve shape with at least one enclosed opening and a sleeve channel for receiving a user's limb and defined by the inner surface of the LSR body, and defining a plurality of perforations thereon, disposed on the non-pleated portions of the LSR body that span through the LSR body.
US12193916B2
An amputation dressing includes a wound contact layer that includes a central panel and three or more petals extending radially from the central panel. The wound contact layer also includes a tube of elastic material twisted to form a point. The point is located substantially centrally along a length of the tube. The tube of elastic material is coupled to the central panel proximate the point. The tube is rolled from a first end of the tube to the point to form a first roll and from a second end of the tube to the point to form a second roll.
US12193915B2
Apparatus, system, and method for at least one of icing, heating, and compressing a user's body part
A wearable device for at least one of icing, heating and compressing a user's body part is disclosed. The wearable device comprises an inner part and an outer part. The outer part is arranged with the inner part such that the outer part surrounds the inner part. A compartment is defined by the space between the outer part and the inner part and above the first attaching means. A compression force is provided by the second set of elastic properties compressing at least one of the hot element and the cold element against the user's body part thereby eliminating a second attaching means above the first attaching means within the compartment. At least one handle is in attachment with the outer part. The wearable device further comprises at least one band disposed on the outer part between the outer part upper end and outer part lower end.
US12193904B2
A circumferential matrix system having a matrix band and a body, such that the body comprises a handle, a housing and a base, and a spindle within the body is attached to the handle. The matrix band on one end is permanently affixed to the spindle and the matrix band on another end is permanently affixed to an inside wall of the housing. The circumferential matrix system can be tightened around a tooth without the need or use of a retaining ring.
US12193902B2
A method of automatically producing or reproducing a customized AGP (Anterior Guidance Package) equipped splint for a patient with or without a severe malocclusion is provided. The method of automatically producing or reproducing an AGP equipped splint according to current invention comprises of combining Virtual Articulation, CAD (Computer Aided Design)-CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) method with AGP and special retentive piece technology. The method of the current invention enables a patient with or without a severe malocclusion to receive his/her customized AGP equipped splint or a replacement thereof automatically without visiting the dentist again and again.
US12193900B2
Fibers, for example fiberglass fibers, are added to dental stone powders to provide for reinforced dental stones. Dental stones are made by combining dry components, including binder and fiber glass, adding water to the resulting mixture and setting the mixture in a dental mold. The dental stones are reinforced by the fibers, and allow for reduced breaking or chipping during handling.
US12193894B2
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for providing a set of layer-specific molding matrices for reconstructing layer-by-layer one or more teeth of a set of teeth in a patient's oral cavity. The set of layer-specific molding matrices comprises two or more layer-specific molding matrices. Each of the layer-specific molding matrices is configured for being arranged on the set of teeth and for casting a different layer of the one or more teeth to be reconstructed with a layer-specific reconstruction material inserted into the respective layer-specific molding matrix. The respective layer-specific molding matrix defines a 3D geometric form of the respective layer being casted.
US12193891B2
A laser-assisted ridge preservation method is performed using a free-running (FR) pulsed neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser device. The method includes one or more of photothermally denaturing and vaporizing encapsulated granulomatous tissues with the laser device on all sides of a socket of an extracted tooth, and irradiating the socket with the laser device to form a thrombus. A bone graft material may be placed into the thrombus.
US12193888B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intelligent assistance (“IA”) ecosystem, and, in some cases, for implementing extended reality (“XR”) for cardiac arrhythmia procedures. In various embodiments, a computing system might receive device data associated with a device(s) configured to perform a cardiac arrhythmia procedure to provide effective heart rhythm, might receive imaging data associated with an imaging device(s) configured to generate images of a portion(s) of a patient. The computing system might analyze the received device data and imaging data (collectively “received data”), might map the received data to a 3D or 4D representation of the portion(s) of the patient based on the analysis, and might generate and present (using a user experience (“UX”) device) one or more XR images or experiences based on the mapping.
US12193887B2
An apparatus for surgical lighting is disclosed. The apparatus includes a light emitting element formed with a light source encapsulated within an outer layer. The outer layer includes a biocompatible material. A power supply is coupled to the light source. The apparatus includes an actuating mechanism that controls power from the power supply to the light source to emit light along a surgical area. The light emitting element provides enhanced illumination and other surgical advantages.
US12193886B2
A tilted needle biopsy assembly is provided for mounting on an x-ray system. Because the biopsy needle is angled relative to at least one of the detector and the x-ray source, x-ray imaging may be performed during the biopsy procedure without interference by the biopsy device. The angled biopsy needle additionally allows improved access to the axilla and chest wall of the patient. The stereotactic biopsy device of the present invention may be coupled to any x-ray system, whether upright or prone, including but not limited to mammography systems, tomosynthesis systems, and combination mammography/tomosynthesis systems. The system flexibly supports the use of any mode of image capture (i.e., scout, two dimensional mammogram, three-dimensional reconstructed volume) for either or both target visualization and target localization. With such an arrangement, a needle biopsy assembly having improved patient coverage is provided for use with a variety of different x-ray imaging platforms.
US12193885B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for partly isolating a target biological structure. The device may include a main body comprising a front face and a rear face, the main body having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end may be arcuate in a first state and may be substantially planar in a second state. The device may further include one or more balloons disposed on the distal end of the main body. Each of the one or more balloons is deflated in the first state and each of the one or more balloons is inflated in the second state. The distal end of the main body is configured to deform to be substantially planar when each of the one or more balloons are inflated in the second state.
US12193884B2
A surgical device includes a power source and a motor coupled to the power source. The device also includes a drive shaft having a proximal drive shaft having a proximal end portion coupled to the motor and a distal end portion, a proximal index gear coupled to the distal end portion of the proximal drive shaft, a distal drive shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a distal index gear coupled to the proximal end portion of the distal drive shaft, a spring member biasedly coupling the proximal index gear and the distal index gear. The device also includes a force measurement sensor configured to measure rotation of the proximal index gear and the distal index gear. The device further includes a controller coupled to the force measurement sensor and configured to determine a force applied to the drive shaft based on a difference between rotation of the proximal index gear and the distal index gear.
US12193883B2
Devices and methods for treating rhinitis are described where the devices are configured to ablate a single nerve branch or multiple nerve branches of the posterior nasal nerves located within the nasal cavity. A surgical probe may be inserted into the sub-mucosal space of a lateral nasal wall and advanced towards a posterior nasal nerve associated with a middle nasal turbinate or an inferior nasal turbinate into a position proximate to the posterior nasal nerve where neuroablation of the posterior nasal nerve may be performed with the surgical probe. The probe device may utilize a visible light beacon that provides trans-illumination of the sub-mucosal tissue or an expandable structure disposed in the vicinity of the distal end of the probe shaft to enable the surgeon to visualize the sub-mucosal position of the distal end of the surgical probe from inside the nasal cavity using, e.g., an endoscope.
US12193878B1
A system and method for remote ultrasonic scanning and informational imaging for neoplasia are provided having a portable ultrasonic transducer integrated with summation software capable of producing a three-dimensional data set. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US12193873B2
A system and method is provided for obtaining ultrasound images of an interior of an object that includes an image processing unit that receives and processes acquired ultrasound scan data to create ultrasound images derived from ultrasound image data, a motion detection system configured to detect a pattern of inactivity time frames within movement cycles of the object and an ultrasound imaging probe operably connected to the image processing unit to acquire the ultrasound scan data for use by the image processing unit to form the ultrasound images. The motion detection system detects a pattern of one or more inactivity time frames within a first cycle of movement of the object, obtains ultrasound volumetric scan data of the object during the inactivity time frame within a second cycle of movement of the object, and calibrates a location of a scan plane of the ultrasound image within the volumetric ultrasound image.
US12193869B2
Introduced here are electronic stethoscope systems designed to simultaneously monitor sounds originating from within a body under examination and the ambient environment. An electronic stethoscope system can include one or more input units that are connected to a hub unit. Each input unit may have at least one auscultation microphone and at least one ambient microphone. To improve the quality of sound recorded by an input unit, a processor can apply a noise cancellation algorithm that considers as input the audio data produced by the auscultation microphone(s) and the audio data produced by the ambient microphone(s). The audio data may be digitized directly in the input unit, and then transmitted to the hub unit for synchronization. For example, by examining the audio data produced by the ambient microphone(s), the processor may discover which digital artifacts, if any, should be filtered from the audio data produced by the auscultation microphone(s). The processor may reside within the input unit or the hub unit.
US12193864B2
The invention relates to a method for determining at least one property of an object, the method comprising a step of: a) obtaining first data relative to the object by an ultrasound imaging technique imaging the object at a frame rate superior to 300 Hz, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of: b) obtaining second data relative to the object by imaging the object with at least one of a X-ray and a γ-ray, and c) determining the at least one property of the object based on the first data and the second data.
US12193860B2
The present disclosure relates to a C-shaped arm for use with a medical imaging system. In accordance with certain embodiments, the C-shaped arm comprises a C-shaped portion, a radiation source carried by the C-shaped portion, and a radiation detector carried by the C-shaped portion, wherein at least a portion of the C-shaped portion is formed of a unidirectional ultra-high modulus carbon fiber material.
US12193859B2
A system for performing robotic surgery on a patient disposed on a bed includes a gantry comprising a computed tomography (CT) diagnostic device, a platform supporting the gantry, and a robotic arm assembly attached to the platform. The gantry slides along the platform via a first carriage to allow entry of at least part of the patient into the bore of the CT device. The robotic arm assembly is attached to the platform via a pivot arm and a second carriage to allow the assembly to slide along the platform to enable surgery to be performed on the patient. The pivot arm is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the platform.
US12193854B2
A radiological imaging device that includes a source that emits radiation that passes through at least part of a patient, the radiation defining a central axis of propagation; and a receiving device that receives the radiation and is arranged on the opposite side of the patient with respect to the source. The receiving device includes a first detector to detect radiation when performing at least one of tomography and fluoroscopy, a second detector to detect radiation when performing at least one of radiography and tomography; and a movement apparatus arranged to displace the first and second detectors with respect to the source. The movement apparatus provides a first active configuration in which the radiation hits the first detector and a second active configuration in which the radiation hits the second detector.
US12193851B2
A cover for an endoscope storage tray is provided. The cover comprises a flexibly deformable material substantially impermeable to fluids. The flexibly deformable material is configured to be temporarily secured to the tray so as to cover an endoscope storage compartment of the tray. A one-way valve is attached to the cover that is configured to release air flowing from the endoscope storage compartment of the tray to the cover. Systems and methods are also provided.
US12193849B2
This disclosure describes example alarm notification systems that can enable a clinician to respond to an alarm notification received via a computing device, which may have more advanced functionality than a pager. The clinician device may be a mobile device, such as a cellphone or smartphone, tablet, laptop, personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like. The clinician device may communicate with a remote server to obtain patient data generated by a patient device at the point-of-care (such as a bedside device or patient-worn monitor). This patient data may be continuous monitoring data for one or more patients. A mobile application (optionally a browser application) on the clinician device can enable the clinician to view continuous monitoring data for multiple patients, as well as view and respond to alarms and alerts, all from the clinician device, regardless of location.
US12193843B2
An on-body sensing system (30) comprises a plurality of skin interface elements for coupling electrical signals to and from the body. The system is adapted to derive an indication of a position of at least one positionable interface unit (32) based on transmission of signals between the positionable unit and a set of spatially separated reference units (34), the reference units being positioned at a set of known locations on the body. Transmitted signals are sensed at multiple pairs (52) of electrodes on each reference unit and signal characteristics derived for each pair, and based on this a direction of arrival of the signal determined. By collating all of the measured arrival angles, and by reference to a reference dataset containing information indicative of known signal arrival angles when signals are transmitted internally between the reference units themselves, an indication of position of the positionable unit is derived.
US12193841B2
An electronic device tubular structure with sensors to control the device's functions.
US12193838B2
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like.
US12193829B2
A swallowing analyzing system (S) includes a swallowing sensor (1) and a swallowing analyzer (30). A piezoelectric film sensor (3) of the swallowing sensor (1) includes a plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B) in a longitudinal direction of the neck region. The piezoelectric film sensor (3) is located within a range of movement of thyroid cartilage (103), which occurs along with swallowing, and is attached to skin of an anterior neck region (102). The piezoelectric film sensor (3) individually outputs analog signals (S1a) and (S2a) along with deformation of the plurality of sensing portions (3A) and (3B). A body (20) of the swallowing sensor (1) determines whether the swallowing occurs based on displacement signals that are low frequency components of the analog signals (S1a) and (S2a). The body (20) extracts data on the signals during the swallowing and wirelessly outputs the data to the swallowing analyzer (30).
US12193822B2
A physiological measurement system comprises a digital module, which receives an analog bio-signal, a digital unit, which converts the at least one analog bio-signal into a digital signal form, and a first 5-pin-USB-connector, which output the bio-signal in the digital signal form. A bio-signal processing unit, which comprises a counter 5-pin-USB-connector, which is connected with the first 5-pin-USB-connector and receives the bio-signal from the digital module, and alternatively receives analog bio-signal in an analog signal form. The bio-signal processing unit distinguishes between the digital and analog signals and performs: an electric connection of the counter 5-pin-USB-connector with an input of an analog-to-digital converter circuit, an output of which is electrically connected with a digital data processing unit of the bio-signal processing unit, in response to detection of the analog signal received from the counter 5-pin-USB-connector, and an electric connection of the counter 5-pin-USB-connector with the digital data processing unit in response to detection of the digital signal received from the counter 5-pin-USB connector.
US12193816B2
An apparatus includes a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume and has an inlet port that can be fluidically coupled to a patient and an outlet port. The fluid reservoir is disposed in the inner volume to receive and isolate a first volume of a bodily-fluid. The flow control mechanism is rotatable in the housing from a first configuration, in which a first lumen places the inlet port is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a second configuration, in which a second lumen places the inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet port. The actuator is configured to create a negative pressure in the fluid reservoir and is configured to rotate the flow control mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration after the first volume of bodily-fluid is received in the fluid reservoir.
US12193813B2
An active-pulse blood analysis system has an optical sensor that illuminates a tissue site with multiple wavelengths of optical radiation and outputs sensor signals responsive to the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue site. A monitor communicates with the sensor signals and is responsive to arterial pulses within a first bandwidth and active pulses within a second bandwidth so as to generate arterial pulse ratios and active pulse ratios according to the wavelengths. An arterial calibration curve relates the arterial pulse ratios to a first arterial oxygen saturation value and an active pulse calibration curve relates the active pulse ratios to a second arterial oxygen saturation value. Decision logic outputs one of the first and second arterial oxygen saturation values based upon perfusion and signal quality.
US12193808B2
A training method is provided to train changing muscle contribution in a human subject while the human subject is performing a complex movement. Feedback is provided in a simple understandable fashion by one or more data points calculated based on electromyography signals obtained over e.g. a stance phase of a walking cycle. The training method showed a significantly increased training effect in subjects performing these complex movements where these subjects were able to change the muscle activation given a specific goal. The training could be setup of a single muscle or multiple muscles. The data point feedback could be a measure for the single muscle or some relative measure for the multiple muscles. The training method results in improved coordination strategies and could be useful for retraining purposes as well as intervention methods for musculoskeletal pathologies or movement disorders.
US12193800B2
An optical sensor module for measuring both speckleplethysmography (SPG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) signals at human or animal tissue, the optical sensor module comprising: a first light source, for illuminating the tissue for use with SPG measurements, the first light source comprising a laser; a second light source, for illuminating the tissue for use with PPG measurements; and one or more optical sensor(s) for receiving light from the illuminated tissue.
US12193797B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a first sensor using a light source, a conductive, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to receive a first data from the first sensor, to receive a second data from at least one conductive electrode, to process the first data using a first pulse wave velocity (PWV) manner, based at least in part on a correlation of waveforms included in the first data, and to process the first data and the second data using a second PWV manner different from the first PWV manner, based at least in part on frequencies associated with the first data and the second data.
US12193791B2
A handheld device for photoacoustic microscopy. The handheld device includes an optical assembly, a light beam scanner and a transducer unit. The optical assembly is arranged to provide a light beam. The light beam scanner includes a reflector arranged to reflect the light beam from the optical assembly to provide a reflected light beam to an object, a first drive mechanism operable to move the reflector relative to the optical assembly to move the reflected light beam relative to the object, and a second drive mechanism operable to move the reflector relative to the optical assembly to move the reflected light beam relative to the object. The transducer unit is arranged to detect photoacoustic signals emitted by the object in response to receiving the reflected light beam.
US12193790B2
An optical system comprises a wearable device for measuring one or more physiological parameters. The physiological parameters may change in response to stretching of the hand or movement of fingers or thumb of the user, or the parameters may be related to blood constituents or blood flow. The wearable device comprises a light source with a plurality of semiconductor diodes and a detection system that measures reflected light from tissue comprising skin. The semiconductor diodes may be light emitting diodes or laser diodes. The signal to noise ratio for the output signal may be improved by synchronizing the detection system to the light source, increasing light intensity of at least one of the plurality of semiconductor diodes from an initial light intensity, and using change detection that compares light on versus light off for the detection system output. The wearable device is also configured to identify an object.
US12193787B2
A viewing navigation grid and imaging display especially useful for viewing recorded skin images.
US12193782B2
An ambulatory medical device and a method of communication between medical devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the medical device includes a module for communication with at least a second medical device wherein the module for communication is adapted to be activated by a value of a physiological parameter of an animal. In one embodiment, the method of the present invention involves a first medical device and at least a second medical device wherein the communication between said medical devices is activated by a value of a physiological parameter of an animal.
US12193775B2
A method and system for controlling the configuration and/or orientation of an adjustable instrument using a remotely located robot. The remotely located robot is utilized in conjunction with replicated specifications of a three-dimensional (3D) dataset defining a spatial target within an object. The obtained information will be utilized to perform a step that will alter or manipulate the object using the adjusted instrument.
US12193773B2
An interface structure for detachably interfacing a surgical robot arm to a surgical instrument, the interface structure comprising: a base portion comprising a first surface for facing the surgical instrument and a second surface for facing the surgical robot arm; and a plurality of first fasteners supported by the base portion and protruding from the first surface, the plurality of first fasteners configured to engage the surgical instrument so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical instrument. The interface structure engages the surgical robot arm so as to retain the interface structure to the surgical robot arm, wherein the plurality of first fasteners and the remainder of the interface structure are shaped such that when the surgical instrument is detached from the surgical robot arm the interface structure is retained to the surgical robot arm.
US12193772B2
A system for determining relative positions of subsystems of a robot-assisted surgical system includes a subsystem component including a plurality of manipulator arms and a surgeon console. Each subsystem component includes at least one of an optical tracker and a light emitter. Image data from the optical trackers is analyzed to determine the relative positions of the subsystems.
US12193769B2
A robotic surgical system comprises a horizontal platform to support a patient, a rail positioned about the horizontal platform, a carriage operatively coupled to and configured to translate along the rail, and a robotic arm operatively coupled to the carriage and translated about the patient by the rail. The robotic arm is configured to operate on the patient in a variety of positions provided by the translating carriage. The rail provides a rounded path for the carriage, such as a U-shaped path. The U-shaped path may comprise a first leg and a second leg, the first leg longer than the second leg. Furthermore, the system may comprise a plurality of carriages operatively coupled to the rail and a plurality of robotic arms. Also, the system may further comprise a central base which the horizontal platform can articulate relative to, such as by translating horizontally or vertically, rotating, or titling.
US12193758B2
A surgical navigation system comprises a computer system, a tracking system and a projector. The computer system includes instructions for performing a surgical plan. The tracking system is electronically connected to the computer system and has a viewing area in which markers can be located within a three-dimensional space relative to the viewing area. The projector is electronically connected to the computer system and has a beam projectable into the viewing area to display a step of the surgical plan based on a location of a marker. A method for guiding a surgical instrument comprises tracking a surgical instrument within a three-dimensional space using a computer-operated tracking system, matching the surgical instrument to a step in a surgical plan for conducting the surgical procedure using the surgical instrument, and projecting a visual instruction into the three-dimensional space for the step in the surgical plan related to the instrument.
US12193750B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a surgical procedure are provided. A coordinate system of a first robotic arm and a second robotic arm may be co-registered or correlated to each other. One or more poses of an imaging device may be determined to provide real-time intraoperative imaging of a region of interest during a surgical procedure. Anatomical elements may be identified in the real-time images of the region of interest from which a surgical tool should maintain a predetermined distance. The surgical tool may be prevented from approaching the identified anatomical elements by less than a predetermined distance using the co-registration of the coordinate systems.
US12193747B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for the selfie image sourced diagnosis of prospective eye disease. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for diagnosing prospective eye disease includes acquiring a selfie image with a portable communications device, recognizing a portion of the selfie image as an eye and comparing the portion of the selfie image to a pre-stored image of the eye in order to detect a threshold change from the pre-stored image to the selfie image. Thereafter, in response to detecting the threshold change, an alert is displayed in a display of the portable communications device. In this regard, optionally, the threshold change can be classified, and the classification correlated to a prospective ophthalmological diagnosis through the use of a classification table. Then, the prospective ophthalmological diagnosis can be included in the alert.
US12193740B2
The exemplified systems and methods disclosed herein involve the contemporaneous and concurrent stimulation of both eyes of a patient with dissimilar visual scenes that substantially span an expected or normal visual field of both eyes. During an assessment via the exemplified system and methods, a test eye (i.e., eye being assessed) is presented a visual scene that is rich in contours (e.g., a scene with rich texture patterns) that substantially span an expected or normal visual field of a person while the non-tested eye is presented an impoverished visual scene (e.g., a contour-free or non-distinguishing-contour scene, e.g., with a homogeneous color, with respect to the contour-rich scene). Defects in the visual field can be detected by assessing for breaks or discontinuity in the observation of the contour-rich scene by the person.
US12193732B2
The invention relates to an ablation catheter for treatment of a patient's tissue, for example for a PVI procedure on a patient's heart, comprising an elongated catheter shaft and an ablation portion being arranged at a distal end of the catheter shaft with a plurality of electrodes accommodated along the ablation portion, wherein the ablation portion comprises at least two loop sections forming a three-dimensional spiral. In order to increase safety of ablation treatment, spare adjacent tissue (e.g. nerves, vessels, esophagus) and shorten ablation time, a pitch, or clearance of two neighboring loop sections is greater than an ionization threshold of the medium around the distal section, for example blood or gases resulted from electrolysis. The invention further relates to an operation method of such ablation catheter.
US12193728B2
An ablation catheter for treating electrical rhythm disorders includes an array of sensor electrodes to detect electrical signals to determine a location of a target region for treatment. If the catheter is not optimally positioned at the target region, a controller uses the detected signals to guide movement of the catheter towards the target region. Once proper positioning is ascertained, the controller activates ablation components within the catheter to deliver energy to modify tissue at the target region.
US12193725B2
A surgical clamp including a pair of jaws, which may be used to ablate or create lesions in tissue. In an exemplary embodiment, the jaws are movable between an articulated position in which the jaws are separated and not parallel to one another, an opened position in which the jaws are separated and substantially parallel to one another, and a closed position in which the jaws are adjacent and substantially parallel to one another.
US12193722B2
An illuminated energy device includes a handle, an optical waveguide coupled to the handle, and an energy tip such as an electrode coupled to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is preferably adjustably coupled to the optical waveguide, and adjustment of the optical waveguide moves a distal end of the optical waveguide closer to or further away from a target such as tissue in a surgical field.
US12193719B2
Methods of using hardware (e.g., bone screws, anchors or other devices) previously inserted within the body to facilitate energy delivery are disclosed. The energy delivery (e.g., thermal energy) may be used for neuromodulation (such as stimulation or denervation), tissue heating and ablation, curing, and other applications in the spine and non-spine orthopedic locations.
US12193716B2
An insert for receipt within a plate aperture having an inner wall along the plate aperture includes a body and collar. The body has inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface defines an insert aperture having a longitudinal axis. The collar extends from the outer surface in a first radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extends along only a portion of the outer surface in a second radial direction transverse to the first radial direction and the longitudinal axis. The collar defines a first radial distance from the longitudinal axis at a first position of the collar and a second radial distance from the longitudinal axis at a second position of the collar that differs from the first radial distance. A fixation system includes the plate and insert which is receivable within the plate aperture such that the collar contacts and is slideable along the inner wall.
US12193701B2
A medical device for removing an object in a body cavity includes a rotatable drive shaft having a lumen, a cutter disposed at a distal portion of the drive shaft and by which the object is cut, a handle disposed at a proximal portion of the drive shaft and including a first motor configured to rotate the drive shaft, a fluid flow path having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet communicating with the lumen, a rotatable portion in the fluid flow path, and a second motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion such that a fluid that has flowed into the fluid flow path from the inlet moves toward the outlet.
US12193697B2
Some implementations provide a high-powered compact ultrasonic transducer having an integral piezoelectric ceramic force sensing element utilized to enable enhanced tissue selectivity with a piezoelectric based transducer. Some implementations additionally or alternatively relate to methods and apparatus for driving ultrasonic surgical devices, such as methods and apparatus that modulate an amplitude of a drive signal, provided to an ultrasonic surgical device, in accordance with a selected tissue selectivity level. For example, the amplitude of the drive signal for a given tissue selectivity level can be varied with time in accordance with amplitude modification parameters that are particularized to the given tissue selectivity level. Some of those implementations additionally implement a corresponding duty cycle, for the drive signal, that corresponds to the selected tissue selectivity level.
US12193693B2
A tissue retrieval system including a tissue retrieval bag deployable by an actuator from an introducer and suspended in an open configuration by support arms can be serially redeployed between a partially or fully stowed configuration and a first deployed configuration to be used in procedures to collect multiple samples. The system can include defeasible proximal and distal stop mechanisms to limit movement of the actuator for serial redeployment. The tissue retrieval system can include a retention latch to couple a bead of the tissue retrieval bag to the actuator with the retrieval bag in the first deployed position and a user-selectable deployment release to allow deployment of the retrieval bag to a fully deployed position where it is released from the actuator. A bead stop is positioned to engage the introducer to prevent reintroduction of the bead and bag into the introducer once the bag has been fully deployed.
US12193691B2
A system includes a catheter including an elongated carrier, a balloon about the carrier in sealed relation thereto, the balloon being arranged to receive a fluid therein that inflates the balloon, and first and second electrodes within the balloon arranged to carry a voltage there-across including an initial high electrical voltage at an initial low current. The initial high electrical voltage causes an electrical arc to form across the first and second electrodes within the balloon. The electrical arc causes a gas bubble within the liquid, a high current to flow through the first and second electrodes, a decrease in the initial high electrical voltage, and a mechanical shock wave within the balloon. The system further includes a power source that provides the first and second electrodes with a drive voltage that creates the initial high electrical voltage at the initial current and that terminates the drive voltage in response to the decrease in the initial high electrical voltage.
US12193680B2
A method of using an occlusion clamp, the method comprising: (a) repositioning a tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs, the tongs comprising a first longitudinal segment operatively coupled proximally to a second longitudinal segment, the tongs including a first spring exerting a proximal bias tending to direct a proximal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another, where each of the first and second longitudinal segments includes a distal free end; (b) repositioning a second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments to exert a bias tending to direct a distal portion of each of the first and second longitudinal segments toward one another, where repositioning of the tongs so that tissue interposes the tongs precedes repositioning the second spring distally along each of the first and second longitudinal segments.
US12193678B2
An occlusive implant system may include a catheter having a lumen extending therethrough, a core wire slidably and rotatably disposed within the lumen, the core wire having a threaded member disposed at a distal end, and a medical implant having an expandable frame, an occlusive element disposed on the frame, and a threaded insert coupled to a proximal portion of the frame, wherein the threaded member is removably coupled to the threaded insert.
US12193669B2
A surgical tool includes a drive housing having opposing first and second ends and a drive input rotatably mounted to the drive housing at the first end, a carriage mounted entirely within the drive housing and movable between the first and second ends via actuation of the drive input, an instrument driver matable with the drive housing at the first end, a drive output matable with the drive input such that rotation of the drive output rotates the drive input and translates the carriage within the drive housing, a shaft coupled to and extending distally from the carriage and penetrating the first end and the instrument driver, and a fin connected to the carriage and accessible by a user at an exterior of the drive housing, the fin being manually translatable along the exterior of the drive housing between the first and second ends to thereby translate the carriage.
US12193666B2
A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly having a drive assembly, an anvil, and a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes a replaceable staple cartridge that includes an actuation sled assembly having an actuation sled, a knife bar, and a retractor link. The retractor link is secured to the knife bar such that the actuation sled assembly is movable through a cartridge body of the staple cartridge. The retractor link is movable from a non-deformed condition disengaged from the drive assembly to a deformed condition engaged with the drive assembly to facilitate retraction of the actuation sled assembly after the stapling device is fired.
US12193649B2
This invention relates to a fluid conduit module for attaching a receptacle holding sterile water or detergent to air and water ports of an endoscope. A fluid conduit module comprises a first port for connection to an air line of an endoscope; a second port for connection to a water line of an endoscope; a connector configured to attach said receptacle to the fluid conduit module; a first fluid flow path between the first port and the connector; and a second fluid flow path between the second port and the connector.
US12193643B2
A stereoscopic endoscope comprises at least one image sensor for sensing a first image and a second image of a pair of stereo images. The first image is sensed based on light passing through a first aperture within the stereoscopic endoscope. The second image is sensed based on light passing through a second aperture within the stereoscopic endoscope. The stereoscopic endoscope further comprises a liquid crystal layer disposed between two layers of glass. The two layers of glass comprise a first arrangement of electrodes, such that each of the first aperture and the second aperture is created in the liquid crystal layer using a portion of the first arrangement of electrodes. A polarization state associated with each of the first and second apertures are controlled using corresponding control signals provided through the first arrangement of electrodes.
US12193631B2
Systems and methods for improved control of nonholonomic robotic systems are disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, a holonomic reference point on or nearby a nonholonomic robot may be determined and utilized to navigate the robot along a target trajectory. Due to the holonomicity of the reference point, control logic of the robotic system may be greatly simplified, thereby enhancing accuracy of navigation and navigation capabilities of nonholonomic robotic systems.
US12193627B2
Assemblies and method to extract a material from a material source may include a vacuum and material collector assembly to enhance extraction of the material from the material source. The vacuum and material collector assembly may include a material collector comprising a high volume pressure vessel having an interior and a high-pressure vacuum source pneumatically coupled to the pressure vessel. The vacuum source is operable to generate a high-pressure vacuum of a fluid flow through the interior of the pressure vessel to extract the waste material from the waste material source into the interior of the pressure vessel. The vacuum source may be connected to the pressure vessel of the material collector to form a unified vacuum and material collector assembly which may be supported on a single mobile chassis.
US12193621B2
A cleaning device for cleaning a surface is described. The cleaning device includes at least one cleaning element and a wetting system to supply a cleaning liquid to the at least one cleaning element. The wetting system is operable in one of at least one normal operation mode and a boost operation mode involving an increased supply rate of the cleaning liquid with respect to the at least one normal operation mode. During start-up of the cleaning device in a wet cleaning mode thereof, a start-up operation mode of the wetting system is determined to be one of the normal operation mode or the boost operation mode on the basis of assessment of an actual value of at least one parameter that is indicative of whether or not the at least one cleaning element is in a wet cleaning condition.
US12193616B2
A self-lowering toilet seat system includes a toilet bowl and a toilet seat. The system includes a hinge rotatably coupling the toilet seat and the toilet bowl. The hinge is configured so that the toilet seat is transitionable between a down position and an up position. A lowering device is configured to self-lower the toilet seat towards the down position. A fixedly sealed hinge housing has a delay device therein. The delay device is configured to cause a seat time delay before the lowering device causes the toilet seat to lower towards the down position. The delay device is engaged by applying a seat lifting force to raise the toilet seat towards the up position and removing the seat lifting force from the toilet seat. The delay device is configured to reset the seat time delay when the lifting force is reapplied before the delay device has expired.
US12193615B2
A dispenser is disclosed that facilitates loading of new rolls of material and the removal of empty cores. The dispenser includes a cradle roller spaced from a pair of abutment rollers. As a roll of material is dispensed, the diameter of the roll reduces causing the roll to drop from the cradle roller to a collection device. A transfer assembly pivots with the roll so that the sheet material continues to be dispensed from the dispenser without interruption. Once the roll of material drops to the collection device, a new roll of material can be loaded into the dispenser for automatic transfer to the new roll once the first roll of material has been completely depleted.
US12193610B2
A drive assembly for a blender appliance includes an output drive shaft and an inner one-way bearing member received in an interior cavity of the output drive shaft. An outer bearing member is oppositely configured relative to the inner one-way bearing member and includes a receiving bore. The receiving well of the output drive shaft is received in the receiving bore of the outer one-way bearing member. An input drive shaft includes a first end received in a receiving bore of the inner one-way bearing member. A planetary gear system includes a sun gear that is operably coupled to the input drive shaft and gearingly engaged with a ring gear through a plurality of planet gears. A carrier member is operably coupled to the plurality of planet gears and includes a receiving bore in which the outer one-way bearing member is received for rotation therewith.
US12193609B2
A blender comprises: a jar in which a blade is placed; a body in which the jar is seated and having an opened lower surface; a motor which is provided inside the body and rotates the blade; a fan which is provided at the lower end of a rotary shaft of the motor and rotates when the motor is driven to generate an air flow inside the body; a PCB placed between the body and the motor; a base plate which blocks the lower surface of the body and includes a suction port via which air is sucked into the body, and a drain port via which air is discharged outside of the body; and an air guide which connects the motor to the drain port to form a discharge path of air, the PCB being placed over the suction port and cooled by the sucked air.
US12193607B2
A container when assembled includes a body, a cover, a lower grinding component, and an upper grinding component. The body includes a primary storage area compartment, the lower grinding component includes a grinding area compartment, and the upper grinding component includes a secondary storage area compartment. The upper grinding component partially nests within the lower grinding component. The lower grinding component defines a recess that includes the grinding area compartment. The upper grinding component is inserted into and partially received within the recess of the lower grinding component to form a grinder. The lower grinding component partially nests within the body of the container and the cover fits over the upper grinding component and partially over the lower grinding component when the cover is secured to the body of the grinder, whereby the grinder is completely enclosed within the body and cover of the container.
US12193600B2
A food cooking appliance includes a panel having a thermal inertia, and a heater to heat the panel from the bottom face thereof. The panel has at least two plates that lie on top of each other. Plates are made of different materials and are in close contact with one another across part of the facing surfaces thereof. The upper plate being suitable to receive the food to be cooked, and is made of stainless steel or titanium. The lower plate is made of cast iron. A method for manufacturing a panel consisting of two metal plates that are made of different materials and are bonded together in a metal casting process.
US12193595B2
A beverage brewer includes a pump, an intake tube assembly connected to an inlet port of the pump at a pump end, an outflow tube assembly connected to an outlet port of the pump at a pump end, a brewing material holder assembly configured to hold ground brewing material and arranged at an issue end of the outflow tube assembly, and a container volume configured to accommodate a container assembly, arranged at an issue portion of the holder assembly. A suction end of the intake tube assembly is arranged within an interior of the container volume. The pump is configured to draw fluid from within the container volume through the intake tube assembly and to issue the fluid into the holder assembly through the outflow tube assembly, thereby brewing a beverage in the holder assembly. The holder assembly is configured to issue the brewed beverage into the container volume.
US12193589B2
A mounting device for a curtain includes a bracket, an adapter mounted to the bracket for connecting the curtain, and a cover forming an abutting block and slidably mounted to the bracket, to cover the adapter. The bracket forms a first insertion portion and defines an engaging hole. The adapter forms a second insertion portion, and a connection portion for connecting the curtain. The adapter forms an elastic tab, and a pin extends from a distal end of the elastic tab. The first insertion portion is engaged with the second insertion portion, and the pin is aligned with the engaging hole. When the cover slides to an assembly position relative to the bracket, the abutting block is abutted against a side of the elastic tab away from the bracket, to allow the elastic tab to deform toward the bracket, and allow the pin to engage in the engaging hole.
US12193588B1
A system includes a bracket, the bracket comprising a back portion, an arm and a curtain rod cradle, and a fastening plate, a rear of the back portion configured to slidably receive the fastening plate. The rear of the back portion includes a channel formed with a pair of opposing side rails, an upper stop and a lower opening. Methods for using the system to install curtain rod brackets and secure curtain rods to a wall with the curtain rod brackets are also disclosed.
US12193580B2
A data structure embodied on a computer-readable medium is disclosed. The data structure may include database schema such as a structured query language (SQL) database. The database schema may include a tiered reward schema that cooperates with a competition schema to reward contestants based on their status in the tiered reward schema. The tiered reward schema may encourage contestants that introduce and promote new songs and artist via their virtual or digital record label.
US12193578B2
A chair comprises a seat pan member, a seat back member having a lumbar support member, a lumbar support assembly operatively connected to the lumbar support member and configured for moving the lumbar support member, with respect to the seat pan member and the seat back member, between at least a first position and a second position, and an actuator configured to operate the lumbar support assembly for movement of the lumbar support member between at least the first position and the second position. When the lumbar support member is in the second position, the lumbar support member is positioned forwardly, in a direction toward the seated user's lower back, relative to the seat back member so as to enable the user to be seated forwardly on the seat pan member while being engaged with the lumbar support member.
US12193568B1
A magnetic divider system for a storage receptacle including a plurality of elongate panels. Each panel may include a pair of bands of magnetic material, for example steel, extending along the length of the panel. Each panel may also include a pair of magnets located at each end and arranged to magnetically attract and attach to the pair of magnetic material bands when the end of a first panel is butted against the side of a second panel. The panels may optionally include a layer to cover the sides and/or ends of the panel, Including the magnets and magnetic material bands, for example a veneer or other material. Panels may be different lengths and a uniform height to provide a desired configuration of some sub compartments within a storage receptacle, for example a drawer, cabinet, shelf, container, and the like.
US12193567B2
A drawer glide mechanism includes a first elongate guide member, a second elongate glide member, and a v-notch socket. The first and second elongate members are ball-bearing guide members. The first elongate guide member includes a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket, thereby locking it in place.
US12193563B1
The present invention is a container clip for securing a container to a pocket, including a clip body having a first end and an opposing second end. In some embodiments, the first end of the clip body terminating with a resilient U-shaped clip having two prongs configured for securing around a portion of the container in a common plane, each prong terminating at a distal end thereof at an inwardly-facing projection. In some embodiments, the second end of the clip body terminating at a token holder configured for holding a token having one of a plurality of different visual appearances. In some embodiments, the clip body curved downwardly away from the common plane of the U-shaped clip such that the container clip curves down around a top portion of the container.
US12193561B2
A portable mobile food preparation station has a body with a fillable water tank, a pump, a battery, a hose, silverware, a cutting board, a sink, and a task light. Retractable handles allow for a stovetop and the sink to be mounted to the sides of the body, allowing for access to the cutting board and silverware while using the stovetop, sink, or both. The task light, made of high-brightness LEDs, is placed on the inside of a hinged lid, and facilitates use of the food preparation station in low light conditions.
US12193560B2
A method for forming a textile strap including a textile matrix formed by stacking at least one first material layer atop at least one second material layer in alternating order. The at least one first material layer is bonded to the at least one second material layer in a manner to fix the at least one first material layer to the at least one second material layer. A plurality of apertures are cut into the formed textile matrix inward from an edge of the textile matrix, such that the textile matrix with defined apertures is predictably flexible in each of two directions. The textile matrix with defined apertures is sheathed in a stretch outer layer configured to substantially enclose the textile matrix with defined apertures. The stretch outer layer is bonded to the textile matrix.
US12193548B2
Broadly, the present invention is of an articulated light transmitting cover apparatus adapted to attach to an article with a display, the cover apparatus including a light transmitting planar cover that is adapted to be removably adjacent to the article display, the light transmitting cover having a cover lengthwise axis and a perpendicularly positioned cover crosswise axis, further the light transmitting cover has a cover primary margin and an opposing cover secondary margin with the cover lengthwise axis spanning therebetween, in addition the light transmitting cover has a cover initial end portion and an opposing cover subsequent end portion with the cover crosswise axis spanning therebetween.
US12193539B1
A shoe assist system including an insole assembly, a sliding assembly, and a spring assembly. The insole assembly includes an insole. The insole can be inserted in the shoe to provide support to the user. The insole has an opening on a central portion thereof. The sliding assembly includes a slidable element. The slidable element slides back and forth in the opening of the insole. The spring assembly includes at least one spring inserted in the insole. The spring provides cushioning to the insole while walking or running.
US12193538B2
Described are soles for shoes, and shoes with such soles. The sole includes a first partial region and a second partial region, a cushioning element, and a protection element. The cushioning element is arranged within at least a portion of the first partial region and within at least a portion of the second partial region. The protection element is also arranged within at least a portion of the first partial region and within at least a portion of the second partial region. The cushioning element has a greater stiffness in the first partial region than in the second partial region. When a wearer treads down with the sole on a surface, the protection element has a larger contact area with the surface in the first partial region than in the second partial region.
US12193530B2
A device and method for protecting the hands, knuckles and fingers of a user using an elongate tool such as a straightening bar to apply a desired straightening force to a structure to be straightened, such as sheet metal structure, using a fulcrum-lever approach to apply straightening force to the structure. The hand protecting device may comprise a base portion and a grip portion molded in one piece. The user's hand may grip the device while the structure of the device prevents crushing of the user's hand when the device is used at the fulcrum point, between the elongate tool and a fulcrum structure. The device and method of the system allow the user to use their hand to make needed adjustments to the placement of the elongate tool to apply the desired straightening force, without crushing the hand of the user when the straightening force is applied.
US12193525B2
A bra wing includes a base material, a fold edge, and a bonding material. A fold in the base material creates the fold edge, an inner base material layer, and an outer base material layer. The inner base material layer and the outer base material layer are joined with the bonding material to create a 2-ply structure. A bra includes the bra wing, a first cup, and a second cup. Methods of constructing the bra wing are also disclosed.
US12193520B2
An adaptive article of apparel can include a textile with an opening that is configured to admit a body part of a wearer, and an electroadhesive clutch secured to the textile and extending around at least a portion of the opening. The electroadhesive clutch can be configured to permit or inhibit changing a size of the opening.
US12193516B2
A puff detection device (10) comprising a capacitive puff sensor (C2), a detection signal generator (140) for connection with the puff sensor (C2) and having an ESD diode (D2) at an input node (IN2), and a reference signal generator (120) which is configured to generate a train of reference pulses (CKI) having a reference frequency and comprises a reference capacitor (C1). The reference signal generator (120) includes a compensation device (D1) which is configured to provide a leakage current path at a charging node (IN1) of the reference capacitor (C1).
US12193507B2
An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device, includes an outer body; an induction coil arranged inward of the outer body; a heating compartment defined inward of the induction coil and arranged to receive, in use, a body comprising a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; wherein the separation between the outer body and the induction coil defines an air vent arranged to allow air flow around the induction coil and to the heating compartment.
US12193500B2
Disclosed is an aerosol generating system including a cigarette and an aerosol generating device. The cigarette includes a first substrate section and a second substrate section which include a non-tobacco material sheet containing an aerosol generating material, and the aerosol generating device includes a single heater disposed so that a heating area of the first substrate section is different from a heating area of the second substrate section.
US12193489B2
The method includes defining a cavity within a housing of a vapor-generating article, the vapor-generating article having a first end, a second end and a middle section, first inserting at least one portion of a retention medium within the housing between the first end and the middle section, and second inserting a first frangible capsule to be near or at least partially within the retention medium, the first frangible capsule including a first volatile substrate.
US12193484B2
An aerosol generating system includes: a cigarette including a first segment and a second segment; a heater generating an aerosol by heating at least a portion of an aerosol generating substrate arranged in the first segment and the second segment; a cigarette recognition sensor detecting an identification element arranged in the first segment or the second segment in the cigarette; and a controller identifying a type of the cigarette on the basis of a result detected by the cigarette recognition sensor and controlling a power supply to the heater to heat the cigarette according to a temperature profile corresponding to the identified type.
US12193482B2
The container includes a main sidewall, a first end-wall connected to a first end of the main sidewall, and a first structure, a first side of the first structure being connected to a second end of the main sidewall, the main sidewall, the first end-wall and the first structure at least partially defining a primary storage area, the first structure including a secondary sidewall extending from a second side of the first structure, and a including a protrusion extending from a first side of the cover, the protrusion being inserted within the secondary sidewall to be releasably mated with the secondary sidewall, a first central portion of the cover and a second central portion of the first structure at least partially defining a secondary storage area, a first peripheral portion of the cover and a second peripheral portion of the first structure at least partially defining a peripheral cavity.
US12193477B2
A device for combining filter segments with cigarette rod segments includes a first feed device for feeding a succession of gummed connecting strips and a second feed device for feeding a succession of groups, each including at least one cigarette rod segment and one filter segment, abutted end to end. A combining conveyor receives the groups in a first receiving station and the succession of strips in a second receiving station downstream of the first receiving station so that each gummed connecting strip is applied in flag-like manner on a respective group to connect the cigarette rod segment to the filter segment. A rolling drum receives the group with strip and rolls the strip round the group. A compression device downstream of the second receiving station and upstream of the release station produces compression between each group and the respective strip.
US12193466B2
A food freezing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a transport unit having multiple vertically spaced levels provided so as to continuously transport food; a cooling unit for cooling the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit; a pre-freezing unit for pre-freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been cooled; a freezing unit for freezing the food transported by the multiple levels of the transport unit after having been pre-frozen; and a defrosting unit connected to the freezing unit so as to remove frost that forms inside the freezing unit.
US12193464B2
Nowadays consumers are looking for “natural” food ingredients for keeping them healthy and fit in all foods. “An Organic Natural Microbial Inhibitor” is an organic antimicrobial ingredient that is synthesized from the fermentation of natural raw materials including rice flour, wheat hydrolysate and corn steep liquor. An amount of 0.1 to 1.5% during preservation of different food products like pickles, salads, beverages, and meat etc., keeps the food free from the microbial contaminations, increases flavor, and meat tenderness. It is produced through co-fermentation of Acetobacter aceti and Lactobacillus delbrueckii that are modified by way of strain improvement through medium optimization experiments. The major ingredients of the product include combination of naturally produced organic acids like acetic, lactic and propionic acids in addition to other acids in trace amounts in liquid form and also in powdered form. These are in combination responsible for the antimicrobial property with simultaneous flavor enhancement.
US12193463B2
A method of processing products in a retort having a length includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along at least a portion of the length of the retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along at least a portion of the length of retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.
US12193453B2
The present invention relates to a process for making an anhydrous fatty preparation to be incorporated in a product selected from a bakery product, a personal care product, cosmetics, dermocosmetics, soaps, varnishes, paints or snacks, preferably a bakery product, wherein said fatty preparation does not comprise fats with a saturated fat content higher than 35% by weight, nor trans fats, nor animal-derived products, nor totally or partially hydrogenated oils or fats, nor interesterified or transesterified fats, nor palm or coconut-derived oils or fats. The present invention further relates to a anhydrous fatty preparation and to a bakery product, a personal care product, cosmetics, dermocosmetics, soaps, varnishes, paints or snacks, preferably a bakery product comprising the same.
US12193445B1
A preparation method of a Pueraria lobata nano-silver composite hydrosol includes: dispersing Pueraria lobata powder in water, then heating to perform gelatinization, then adjusting a pH value, then sequentially adding an alkyl polyglucoside solution, a silver nitrate solution, and a sodium chloride solution, and performing a reaction by microwave heating to obtain the Pueraria lobata nano-silver composite hydrosol. The Pueraria lobata nano-silver composite hydrosol promotes seed germination of a Polygonatum Mill genus, and is applied in antibiotic detection and agricultural sterilization used as a fungicide. Organic solvents, harmful reducing agents, and dispersing agents are completely avoided to be used, and raw materials for preparing the hydrosol are safe and environment-friendly; the preparation method is simple, no harsh conditions are needed, and reaction conditions are mild; a required time is extremely short, energy is saved, consumption is reduced, and a basic principle of green chemistry is completely met.
US12193442B2
A method of effecting at least one biological process in a plant is disclosed. The method comprises contacting a part of a seed, a plant, or the locus thereof with a mixture comprising an agriculturally acceptable mixture of (i) complex polymeric polyhydroxy acids and (ii) a phytotoxic amount of one or more alkali (earth) salts and/or a synergistic amount of at least one source of an agriculturally acceptable transition metal ions.
US12193441B2
Suggested is a synergistic antimicrobial mixture comprising a hydroxyacetophenone and one additional antimicrobial agent. The mixture is particular useful for fighting Aspergillus brasiliensis.
US12193440B2
Shelf-life extender compositions, kits, and methods are provided for use with live plant items such as, for example, rootless plant cuttings and plant liners. The shelf-life extender composition is preferably applied on at least a portion of the surfaces of a live plant item prior to shipping the treated live plant item.
US12193439B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to an agricultural formulation comprising an anucleated minicells and an anucleated cell-based platforms for encapsulation and scalable delivery of biologically active compounds. Disclosed herein are compositions for the stable and targeted delivery of biologically active compounds within achromosomal and/or anucleated cells onto and/or into a target cell. The present disclosure also provides methods of improving encapsulation and retention of biologically active compounds in achromosomal and/or anucleated cells and delivering biologically active compounds into a target cell.
US12193437B2
Non-water-continuous pesticidal microemulsions are described as well as methods of preparing these microemulsions and methods of using these microemulsions to prepare pesticidal application mixtures that are oil-in-water (O/W) macroemulsions. Herbicidal concentrate compositions having a high loading of an auxin herbicide are also described along with methods of preparing these concentrate compositions, and methods of using these concentrate compositions in preparing certain non-water-continuous herbicidal microemulsion compositions. Further, various herbicidal compositions having improved chemical stability and extended residual weed control are described.
US12193425B2
A rotatable, hands free fish dehooking device used for safely removing hooks and lures from a fish's mouth and/or body. The hands free dehooking device has a rigid ring located on an end of an elongated arm that is mounted to a fixed or stationary object, such as a box, boat, or other object that anchors the ring and arm in a fixed position for use. The ring and arm may also be rotatable between stored and in-use positions.
US12193419B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to a water filter for an aquarium that includes a housing, a cover, a removable first and second body, and an actuator. The housing includes an interior area configured to house filtration cartridges and an opening closable by the cover. The first body is configured to be in operative fluid connection with a water inlet and the second body is configured to be in operative fluid connection with the housing interior area through the cover, and is operatively releasably engageable therewith. The first and second bodies are releasably engageable in fluid tight connection, and each include a valve in operative connection therewith. The actuator is in operative connection with at least one of the valves and operation thereof is operative to simultaneously change each valve between the respective open and closed positions.
US12193401B2
A soybean cultivar designated 18310201 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 18310201, to the plants of soybean cultivar 18310201, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 18310201, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 18310201. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 18310201. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 18310201, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 18310201 with another soybean cultivar.
US12193391B2
A soybean cultivar designated 10540814 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 10540814, to the plants of soybean cultivar 10540814, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 10540814, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 10540814. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 10540814. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 10540814, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 10540814 with another soybean cultivar.
US12193388B2
A soybean cultivar designated 11220464 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11220464, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11220464, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11220464, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11220464. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220464. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220464, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11220464 with another soybean cultivar.
US12193383B1
A novel maize variety designated X08V012 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08V012 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08V012 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08V012, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08V012 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08V012 and methods of using maize variety X08V012 are disclosed.
US12193375B2
The present disclosure provides a personalized plant care method and system, and a readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving a plant added by a user, and obtaining attribute information of the plant; determining an initial care scheme of the plant according to the attribute information of the plant; obtaining care skill level information of the current user to adjust the initial care scheme, so as to determine a personalized care scheme of the plant; and outputting the personalized care scheme of the plant to the current user.
US12193370B2
A hydroponic water treatment system incudes a supply tank configured to receive water having contaminants dissolved therein. An irrigation pump is in fluid communication with the supply tank. The irrigation pump is configured to pump the water out of the supply tank. One or more above ground first containerized plant systems include a first growing container. A first plant having a first root system is disposed in a substrate contained in the first growing container. A first holding container is configured to contain the first growing container therein. The first holding container includes a fluid connection. The fluid connection is in fluid communication with the supply tank. The first root system is configured to receive a first portion of the water from the irrigation pump via drip irrigation and the fluid connection is configured to return a second portion of the water to the supply tank.
US12193363B2
A mower system comprising a powered mower, a connecting device connected to the powered mower and an attachment connected to the powered mower through the connecting device for conducting specified function during the operation of the mower system. The connecting device includes a mounting assembly mounted to the powered mower and a base rotatably mounted to the mounting assembly for driving the attachment being rotated together with the base in a horizontal plane relative to the powered mower. The utilization rate of the powered mower is effectively improved because other working functions can be conducted by the attachment which is connected to the powered mower through the connecting device.
US12193356B2
A system for adjusting a force acting on a row cleaner of a row unit for an agricultural implement may include a first frame member, a second frame member pivotably coupled to the first frame member, at least one cleaning wheel rotatable relative to the second frame member, a biasing member configured to apply a force against the second frame member along a line of action, an actuator configured to actuate the biasing member to adjust an orientation of the line of action of the force, and a controller configured to selectively control an operation of the actuator. The biasing member extends between first and second biasing ends, with the first biasing end being pivotably coupled to the second frame member. The actuator extends between first and second actuator ends, with the second actuator end being pivotably coupled to the second biasing end.
US12193355B2
An agricultural machine includes a seeding system having a seed transport mechanism configured to transport a seed along a transport route, a seed sensor configured to sense presence of the seed at a first location along the transport route, and a motor configured to drive movement of the seed transport mechanism to transport the seed from the first location to a second location in which the seed is released from the seed transport mechanism. A processing system is configured to track a position of the seed along the transport route based on an indication of the sensed presence of the seed at the first location and detected movement of the seed transport mechanism, and generate a motor operating parameter based on the tracked position of the seed and a target parameter for releasing the seed. The motor of the seeding system is operated based on the motor operating parameter.
US12193352B2
A product control assembly for an agricultural product meter includes a first product control barrier configured to extend along a product path. The product path extends from an agricultural product storage area to an outlet, the first product control barrier includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion is pivotally coupled to the first portion, the second portion is configured to contact an outlet barrier while the agricultural product meter is in a non-working position. The product control assembly also includes a second product control barrier configured to form an end of the agricultural product storage area and to be spaced apart from the outlet barrier, and the first and second product control barriers are configured to cooperate to substantially block flow of the agricultural product from the agricultural product storage area into the outlet while the agricultural product meter is in the non-working position.
US12201026B2
Provided is a low frequency vibrating actuator device including an actuator configured to generate a vibration by receiving a voltage, a spring structure disposed on the actuator, and a vibrating mass part disposed on the spring structure. Here, the spring structure includes a first thin-film, a first spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the actuator, and a second spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the vibrating mass part. Also, the first spacer and the second spacer are horizontally offset from each other.
US12201024B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a transducer for a deployable catheter. In one example, a method for forming the transducer includes coupling an acoustic stack to a shape memory material while in a planar configuration to form a transducer and exposing the shape memory material to a curling stimulus to adjust the transducer to a curved configuration.
US12201021B2
A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly energy harvesting element is provided. A configuration of the energy harvesting element causes the energy harvesting element to autonomously generate renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The energy harvesting element includes a first conductor layer, a low work function layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer that are particularly configured in a manner to promote electron migration from the low work function layer, through the dielectric layer, to the facing surface of the second conductor layer in a manner that develops an electric potential between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. An energy harvesting component is also provided that includes a plurality of energy harvesting elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the electric harvesting component.
US12201019B2
Provided are the compound represented by Formula 2-K, an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electronic device thereof, and by including the compound represented by Formula 1 and compound represented by Formula 2 or the compound represented by Formula 2-K in the organic material layer, the driving voltage of the organic electric element can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency and life time of the organic electric element can be improved.
US12201015B2
An iridium complex compound denoted by a formula (1) below. A ring Cy1 represents a monocyclic or fused aromatic ring or a monocyclic or fused heteroaromatic ring, which includes carbon atoms C1 and C2. A ring Cy2 represents a monocyclic or fused heteroaromatic ring, which includes carbon atom C3 and a nitrogen atom N1. Each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. At least one of R1 and R2 is a substituent denoted by a formula (2) below or a substituent further substituted with a substituent denoted by a formula (2) below.
US12201013B2
Provided is an Ir compound including a ligand LA of Formula I wherein the variables are defined herein.
US12201009B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) including at least one emitting material layer (EML) disposed between two electrodes and comprising a first compound including a fused ring of boron and oxygen as a nuclear atom and a second compound including a fused ring of born and nitrogen as a nuclear atom and an organic light emitting device including the OLED is disclosed. The first compound and the second compound may be the same emitting material layer or adjacently disposed emitting material layers. The OLED can lower its driving voltage and improve its luminous efficiency using the first and second compounds with adjusting their energy levels.
US12201005B2
An optical system includes an optical film curved about a first axis and a light control film curved about the first axis. The light control film can be disposed between a light source and the optical film. The optical film includes a microstructured first major surface and an opposing second major surface. The microstructured first major surface defines a linear Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel elements extending longitudinally along the first axis. The first major surface of the optical film faces the light control film. The light control film can include a plurality of alternating optically transmissive and optically absorptive regions extending longitudinally along the first axis such that in a cross-section orthogonal to the first axis, for at least a majority of the optically transmissive regions, a centerline between adjacent optically absorptive regions is substantially normal to a major surface of the light control film.
US12201000B2
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a light-emitting layer, an encapsulation layer, and a light-filtering layer. The light-filtering layer is used to filter and adjust light emitted by the light-emitting layer to improve luminous purity of a red light-emitting unit and a green light-emitting unit, thereby adjusting the light emitted by the light-emitting layer of the display panel to R (0.708, 0.292), G (0.170, 0.797), and B (0.131, 0.046), thereby effectively achieving high BT2020 color gamut coverage and improving the color display capability of the display panel.
US12200997B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a first area and a second area. A pixel density of the first area is greater than that of the second area. In the second area, each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel are in a same sub-pixel row. The first sub-pixel is between the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are in a same sub-pixel column. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are respectively in adjacent sub-pixel rows. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel has a same emission color. The first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel have different emission colors.
US12200996B2
Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
US12200987B2
A transparent display device may have high transmittance and at the same time have high resolution. The transparent display device comprises a first signal line portion extended in a first direction, including a first sensing scan line, a second sensing scan line, an initialization line and a light emission control line, a second signal line portion extended in a second direction, a transmissive area provided between two adjacent first signal line portions and between two adjacent second signal line portions, and a pixel provided in an intersection area where the first signal line portion and the second signal line portion cross or overlap each other. The light emission control line overlaps the initialization line in at least a partial area.
US12200985B2
The display device comprises a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of first electrodes; a second electrode formed on the plurality of first electrodes and common to the plurality of pixels; and a routing wiring formed in the same layer as the first electrode, wherein the routing wiring includes a line portion extending in a first direction between the adjacent pixels, and an extension portion extending in a second direction from the line portion toward at least one first electrode included in one of the adjacent pixels and in which the other first electrode of the one pixel is arranged in the first direction, and a part of the second electrode is in physical contact with the extension portion to be electrically connected to the routing wiring.
US12200984B2
A display panel including a display area and a non-display area located on peripheral side of the display area, wherein the display panel includes: an array substrate comprising a first substrate and a second substrate that are laminated, wherein the second substrate is a flexible substrate, the second substrate comprises a first extension portion and a second extension portion, the first extension portion is located at the display area, the second extension portion extends from the first extension portion along a direction away from the first extension portion to the outside of the first substrate via the non-display area, and the second extension portion is disposed with a connection circuit for being electrically connected with an external device; a package cover plate located on one side of the second substrate away from the first substrate to encapsulate the array substrate.
