US12196421B2
An injector for a combustor of a gas turbine engine is provided with a plurality of first vanes radially arrayed about a central axis of the injector and a plurality of second vanes radially arrayed about the central axis of the injector and disposed radially inward of the plurality of first vanes. A plurality of fuel injection holes are disposed nearer to a trailing edge than to a leading edge of the second vanes for injecting fuel into compressed air passing through over the second vanes. The trailing edge of each of the second vanes includes a non-planar profile configured to induce turbulence in the compressed air to thereby mix the fuel with the compressed air and reduce the surfaces on which undesirable flame anchoring may occur.
US12196417B2
A treatment method and apparatus is provided to effectively use a combustible waste such as waste plastic, waste tires, rice husk, wood shavings, PKS, RDF and sludge while maintaining stable operation; to improve the combustion efficiency of a fossil fuel such as coal and coke; and furthermore to reduce the NOx concentration in a cement kiln exhaust gas. An apparatus 1 for treating a combustible, the apparatus comprising: a mixer 3 for mixing a combustible C with a preheated raw material R2, which has a temperature of 600° C. or higher and 900° C. or lower and which is drawn from a preheater cyclone of a cement burning device 10, to gasify the combustible; and a feeder 5 for feeding the gasified combustible and the preheated raw material (mixed raw material M) to a region from an inlet end 13a of the cement burning device to a calciner 12. When the combustible and the preheated raw material are mixed, moisture may be added to cause water gas shift reaction, and the resultant water gas and the preheated raw material may be introduced to the region from the inlet end of the cement burning device to the calciner.
US12196415B2
A burner and a method utilize a burner tile with an outer surface extending along the furnace wall and an inner surface defining a passageway. A fuel duct extends at least partially through the passageway and discharges fuel onto a burner head. The burner head forms a coanda-curved surface, wherein the fuel is directed onto the coanda-curved surface such that the fuel flows along the coanda-curved surface to the outer surface of the burner tile. There is an air channel defined by an outside edge of the coanda-curved surface and in fluid flow communication with the passageway such that air flows from the passageway through the channel to mix with the fuel so as to produce the combustible mixture.
US12196413B2
A system for removing and replacing fire-tubes. The system can include a powered system, a fire-tube puller coupled to said powered system. The fire-tube puller has a puller back which is coupled to a plug rest. A plug rest is approximately perpendicular to the puller back, and the fire-tube will rest upon the plug rest when the fire-tube is being removed or installed. The system can also include a stack adjuster which is coupled to the plug rest. The stack adjuster can couple to a stack so as to reposition the stack.
US12196399B1
A swivel hook pistol light includes a main body, a handle assembly, and a hook assembly foldably installed on the main body, wherein when the hook assembly is in the using state, the hook assembly is away from the main body, and the hook assembly is suitable for being suspended, wherein when the hook assembly is reverted and supported on a supporting surface, the hook assembly and a back end part of the main body form a supporting structure for supporting the swivel hook pistol light, wherein when the hook assembly is in the folding state, the hook assembly is attached to one side of the main body.
US12196398B2
A hand holdable light comprises: a light body having a forward portion, and a central or second portion; a light source proximate a forward end; and one or more switch actuators for controlling the light source. A rearward portion may have a non-circular cross-section; the actuators is/are on the forward portion; and the central or second portion may have a recess opposite the actuator. The light is holdable by a hand in several ways wherein a finger or thumb is proximate an actuator. A battery assembly comprises: a battery housing for receiving and connecting a battery; an electrical switch on a first end of the battery housing; and a pattern of electrical contacts on a second end of the battery housing, wherein ones of the electrical contacts are connected to the battery.
US12196391B2
The present disclosure discloses a light distributing component and a lighting apparatus. The light distributing component includes a first lens and a first clamp holding portion; the first lens has a first light incident surface, a first light emergent surface, and a side portion located between the first light incident surface and the first light emergent surface; the first clamp holding portion is arranged on the side portion of the first lens; wherein, the first lens is a light path deflecting element, and an included angle is between the first light incident surface and the first light emergent surface; the first light incident surface is arranged on a transmission path of emergent light of the lighting apparatus, and is used to receive the emergent light; and the first light emergent surface emits out the emergent light to change a propagation path of the emergent light.
US12196389B2
In a vacuum valve, as a heat dissipation structure thereof, a heat dissipation layer is provided to a part of the surface of each of a fixed conductor and a movable conductor which are a heat generation part, and a radiation heat absorption layer is provided to an insulation cylinder so as to be opposed to the heat dissipation layer. The heat dissipation layer and the radiation heat absorption layer are each formed from a ceramic having a high emissivity. Heat generated at the fixed conductor and the movable conductor is radiated by the heat dissipation layer, to be absorbed by the radiation heat absorption layer, and then radiated to the outside of the vacuum valve from the radiation heat absorption layer and a ceramic layer.
US12196386B2
A light guide plate guides light from a light source to form an image in a space, and includes a light introduction portion and a light emitting portion. Light from the light source is incident on the light introduction portion. The light emitting portion includes a curved emission surface that emits light from the light source incident from the light introduction portion, and is bent and connected to the light introduction portion.
US12196383B2
A lamp for vehicle, and a vehicle including the same, including a lamp apparatus including a light source part including a plurality of light sources for radiating light forward and a lens part configured to receive the light radiated from the light source part, a vertical focus position of the lens part and a horizontal focus position of the lens part are different from each other, the vertical focus position of the lens part is observed along an up and down direction of the lens part, where the horizontal focus position is observed along a left and right direction of the lens part.
US12196380B2
A portable illumination apparatus such as, for example, a task light, that is lightweight and compact to provide enhanced illumination in an ambient environment when placed in one of a plurality of operating modes. The portable illumination apparatus includes a support base and a light module that includes one or more light sources and a rechargeable power source. The light module may be manually manipulated for movement between a collapsed, stowed position and a deployed position by rotation of about a first rotational axis. In the deployed position, the light module is rotatable about the second rotational axis that is perpendicular to the first rotational axis. The support base incorporates a carabiner clip member that facilitates secure attachment of the portable illumination apparatus to an object or surface in a manner that facilitates hands-free use of the portable illumination apparatus.
US12196378B2
In an embodiment a lamp includes a lamp body extending in a first direction along a longitudinal axis between a proximal base portion and a light-reflective distal front surface, the distal front surface extending transverse to the longitudinal axis and having an outer edge and a linear array of a plurality of solid-state light sources arranged distally of the distal front surface of the lamp body, the linear array of solid-state light sources extending in a second direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and having a length in the second direction longer than a width across the second direction, wherein the light-reflective distal front surface tapers from the outer edge towards the linear array of solid-state light sources and comprises two opposed surface portions each extending from the outer edge to a linear inner edge line.
US12196376B2
The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising one or more light generating devices (100), a lightguide element (500), a reflector (410), and optionally a light transmissive envelope (600), wherein: (A) the one or more light generating devices (100) are configured to generate device light (101); (B) the lightguide element (500) comprises a light transmissive body (510) comprising light transmissive material (502), which is light transmissive for the device light (101); wherein the light transmissive body (510) comprises an axis of elongation (501) and a body length (L1), wherein the light transmissive body (510) comprises a first end (511) and a second end (512); wherein the light transmissive body (510) comprises (i) a first outer face (521), comprised by the first end (511), (ii) a second outer face (522), comprised by the second end (512), and (iii) an external side face (523) bridging a distance between the first outer face (521) and the second outer face (521) and having a distance (d1) to the axis of elongation (501); wherein d1
US12196370B2
Disclosed is a gas fuel supply system including a main fuel inlet, a pressure regulating valve, a pneumatically controlled shutoff bleeder valve and a main fuel outlet that are connected through pipes. The pneumatically controlled shutoff bleeder valve includes a pneumatic control valve and a shutoff bleeder valve. The shutoff bleeder valve is configured to open or close a gas fuel delivery passage from the main fuel inlet to the main fuel outlet, or configured to discharge the gas fuel in the pipe. The pneumatic control valve is configured to control the shutoff bleeder valve to be in a desired state. The gas fuel supply system does not need connection to an additional gas source, and the gas supply stability is improved.
US12196360B2
A foot assembly for a leg of an equipment support, components thereof, and associated methods. The foot assembly includes a spike selectively configurable in a stowed orientation and in a deployed orientation.
US12196355B2
The present disclosure relates to a water drain arrangement for a body of a vehicle. The water drain arrangement includes a drain channel, a tubular feed-through device extending through a first opening of a first wall panel of the body and a second opening of a second wall panel of the body. The water drain arrangement includes a body shell-fixed sleeve extending through the first shell opening of the first wall panel and is coupled to the first wall panel in a fluid-tight manner. A first end of the feed-through device is inserted through a first end of the body shell-fixed sleeve and includes a drain extending through a second end of the feed-through device. A free end of the drain channel is held in a fluid-tight manner in a seat of the feed-through device, which is disposed at a second end of the feed-through device.
US12196353B1
A downspout adapter includes a first part. The first part includes a mouth portion and a hollow structure extending from the mouth portion. The hollow structure includes at least one ratchet member and at least one recessed portion. The downspout adapter includes a second part configured for receiving the hollow structure therein. The second part includes at least one protruding member configured to removably engage with a corresponding recessed portion of the at least one recessed portion while the hollow structure is inserted within the second part. The second part includes at least one engaging member including an engaging end configured to selectively engage with a plurality of teeth of the at least one ratchet member while the hollow structure of the first part is inserted within the second part, thereby detachably coupling the second part with the first part.
US12196347B2
A grip lock connector member which connects a supply pipe from a source of water to a fire sprinkler through an interior grip lock connector. The grip lock connector includes a multiplicity of gripper teeth which form a tight grip connection to the supply pipe. The supply pipe is retained within an interior chamber and grasped and retained by the multiplicity of gripper teeth at the interior end of the interior chamber. A gasket or O-ring directly behind the gripper teeth facilitates a leakproof connection. At its opposite end, the grip lock connector includes female mating threads which receive male threads at a top location of a fire sprinkler.
US12196341B2
A closure member is configured for use in a valve. These configurations may include a plug with grooves or “flutes” that extend along its length. Inserts in the flutes may comprise materials, like ceramics, that are different than the material that forms the core or base portion of the plug. These inserts are useful to slow erosion of the device, particularly in the flutes, which form an outwardly-facing surface that is subject to high velocity flow in the valve. This feature can extend service life of the plug, particularly in highly-erosive process fluids, like particle-entrained fluids commonly found in hydrocracking or refining operations.
US12196337B2
A directional and flow control valve includes: a housing with a pump port, a first supply/discharge port, a second supply/discharge port, and a tank port, the housing including therein a first pilot chamber, a second pilot chamber, and a third pilot chamber; and a first spool and a second spool, which are independent of each other. The first spool includes a first end surface facing the first pilot chamber and a second end surface facing the third pilot chamber. The second spool includes a first end surface facing the second pilot chamber and a second end surface facing the third pilot chamber. The first spool brings the first supply/discharge port into one of the pump port or the tank port, and the second spool brings the second supply/discharge port into the other one of the pump port or the tank port.
US12196334B2
To provide a simple-structured check valve unit that allows for retention of a seat relief in an attachment part of a plunger bore, facilitates production without increasing components, and prevents deformation of the plunger. The check valve unit includes the seat relief and a cap member. The plunger has an outlet relief hole in the attachment part for communication between the inside and outside of the plunger. The cap member includes a cap top, an oil flow portion, and a skirt wall. The skirt wall includes a plurality of outwardly raised contact surfaces and a plurality of inwardly raised contact surfaces. The circumscribed circle of the outwardly raised contact surfaces has a larger radius than the inside radius of the attachment part, and the inscribed circle of the inwardly raised contact surfaces has a smaller radius than the outside radius of an engaging part of the seat relief.
US12196333B1
A concealed valve body includes: a water mixing seat, including a water mixing chamber, a first inlet hole communicated with the water mixing chamber, and a second inlet hole communicated with the water mixing chamber; a first inlet pipe, having a first inlet channel that is communicated with the first inlet hole; a second inlet pipe, having a second inlet channel communicated with the second inlet hole. The first inlet hole and the second inlet hole are distributed along an axial direction of the water mixing chamber, and a height difference is present between the first inlet hole and the second inlet hole.
US12196332B1
A valve assembly includes a valve body, a bonnet coupled to the valve body, a stem within the stem bore, a bonnet cap axially aligned with the bonnet along a stem bore axis, and a valve drive train coupled to the stem. The valve assembly also includes a first eutectic ring, positioned between a bonnet cap interior surface and an upper shelf of the valve drive train, the first eutectic ring blocking axially upward movement of the valve drive train when in a solid state, and a second eutectic ring, positioned between a lower bonnet cap interior surface and a lower shelf of the valve drive train to fill a gap, wherein the bonnet cap is configured to move in an axially downward direction after the first and second eutectic ring transition to a flowable state.
US12196329B2
A reed valve assembly includes a retainer, one or more reed cages, and a plurality of reed petals. The retainer includes a flange, first and second openings, and a center retainer separating the first and second openings. The reed cages are configured to be advanced from the bottom of the retainer and partially through the first and second openings of the retainer and have at least two inner openings generally facing each other and at least two outer openings generally facing away from each other. The inner and outer openings are configured to be fluidly coupled to the first and second openings of the retainer. The reed petals are configured to extend over the inner openings and the outer openings. The center retainer and reed cages include one or more reed cage grooves and reed cage flanges configured secure the reed cages to the retainer.
US12196325B2
An outer peripheral surface of a compression ring includes a barrel curved surface, in a case where a width of the outer peripheral surface in an axial direction of the compression ring is set as L1, a condition of 0.2 mm≤½×L1 is satisfied, and in a case where a distance in a radial direction of the compression ring between an outer peripheral peak and each of two points on the barrel curved surface separate from the outer peripheral peak by 0.1 mm in the axial direction of the compression ring is set as d1, and a distance in the radial direction of the compression ring between the outer peripheral peak and each of two points on the barrel curved surface separate from the outer peripheral peak by ¼×L1 in the axial direction of the compression ring is set as d2, a condition of d1
US12196321B2
The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly comprising a slide ring seal (2) having a rotating slide ring (3) with a first slide surface (30) and a stationary slide ring (4) with a second slide surface (40), a sealing gap (5) being defined between the first and second slide surfaces, the stationary slide ring (4) having a through hole (42) extending from a rear side (41) of the stationary slide ring to an orifice (43) of the second slide surface (40) and a gas supply line (8) extending from a gas source to an inlet (44) of the through hole (42) at the rear side of the stationary slide ring, wherein grooves (6, 7) are formed in at least one of the sliding surfaces (30, 40), the grooves being arranged in radial direction between the orifice (43) of the through hole (42) and a radially outer outlet portion (50) of the sealing gap (5).
US12196294B2
A crank device or crank drive is disclosed which has a crankshaft, into which a variable first force can be introduced by way of a transmission element over a variable first lever spacing. Here, the first variable force has a predefined profile and/or predefined change. A profile of the first variable lever spacing is designed in a manner which is dependent on the predefined profile of the first variable force in such a way that an effect of change in the first variable force on the crankshaft is at least partially compensated for. The compensation is provided over a rotational range of the crankshaft, which is preferably less than one revolution of the crankshaft.
US12196293B2
A gear box includes a first planetary gear and a second planetary gear. The gear box further includes a first carrier of the first planetary gear coupled to a second ring gear of the second planetary gear. The gear box also includes a first ring gear of the first planetary gear coupled to a second carrier of the second planetary gear. The gear box further includes a first sun gear of the first planetary gear coupled to a first output shaft. The gear box also includes a second sun gear of the second planetary gear coupled to a second output shaft.
US12196286B2
A pendulum damping device includes a support free to rotate about an axis; at least one pendulum body that is able to move relative to the support; and at least one rolling component guiding the movement of the pendulum body relative to the support. The rolling component cooperates with at least one first raceway integral with the support and with at least one second raceway integral with the pendulum body. One from among the first raceway and the second raceway defines an arc of a circle and the other one from among the first raceway and the second raceway defining a form other than an arc of a circle.
US12196284B2
A vibration-damping device includes a partition member provided with an orifice passage that allows a main liquid chamber and an auxiliary liquid chamber to communicate with each other, a plurality of first communication holes that allows the main liquid chamber and an accommodation chamber to communicate with each other, and a second communication hole that allows the auxiliary liquid chamber and the accommodation chamber to communicate with each other. A tubular member that protrudes in an axial direction toward the elastic body is disposed on a first wall surface of the partition member to which the first communication holes are open and which constitutes a portion of an inner surface of the main liquid chamber. The plurality of first communication holes are open to both an inner portion located inside the tubular member and an outer portion located outside the tubular member, on the first wall surface.
US12196283B2
A fastening element and a decoupling assembly, the fastening element for add-on parts connected to a body structure of a motor vehicle, a method for producing the de-coupling assembly and assembling it.
US12196277B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary lock assembly includes an epicyclic gear assembly having a sun gear assembly, a ring gear assembly, and a planet gear assembly having a collection of planet gears mechanically engaged to the sun gear assembly and the ring gear assembly, and a planet carrier mechanically engaged to the planet gears and configured to be rotated by the planet gears, a lock rotor configured to be rotated by the ring gear assembly, and a rotary output assembly configured to be rotated by the planet carrier.
US12196271B1
A method of preventing damage to a clutch housing includes removing material such that the castellations that are adjacent to each other are separated by second distances that are greater than first distances therebetween before removing the material, where the first distances are sufficient for positioning splines of a clutch plate therein. The method further includes positioning wear inserts where the material was removed from the castellations. The wear inserts positioned with castellations that are adjacent to each other are separated by third distances that are less than the second distances between the castellations that are adjacent to each other. The third widths are sufficient for positioning the splines of the clutch plate therein. The wear inserts prevent the splines of the clutch plate from damaging the clutch housing in use.
US12196270B2
A switching device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a housing in which a first and a second driveshaft are rotatably mounted. The first and second driveshafts are arranged coaxially with one another so that they have a common rotation axis; The switching device further including switchable clutch device arranged between the first and the second driveshaft. The clutch device is transferrable into a disengaged open switched position, in which the first driveshaft is freely rotatable relative to the second driveshaft, and into an engaged switched position, in which the first driveshaft is connected to the second driveshaft via the clutch device for conjoint rotation. The control element is formed by a sliding sleeve, with an annular space being formed between each of the clutch elements, the corresponding drive shaft and the control element. The control element is arranged displaceably relative to the clutch element over a delimited axial path of movement, such that the volume of the annular space is variable.
US12196268B2
A retention assembly for a bearing assembly is disclosed herein. The retention assembly includes an inner ring defining an outer surface including a shoulder on an axial end of the inner ring. The outer surface includes at least one first area having a tapered profile and at least one second area defining a seat with the shoulder defined between the at least one first area and the at least one second area. A collar includes an inner surface defining a groove. A snap ring is arranged partially within the groove of the collar and is configured to face the shoulder and the seat of the inner ring.
US12196265B2
A motor vehicle drive wheel assembly comprising a fixed subassembly comprising two outer raceways; and, a rotating subassembly comprising a first inner race, a second inner race and two rows of balls arranged in two pitch planes PP1 and PP2. The second inner bearing race has an outer diameter, measured in a section plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation and located between the first pitch plane and the second pitch plane, at a measurement distance DM of the first pitch plane, which is greater than a given threshold value VS.
US12196264B1
Disclosed is a rotatable module, which includes a lower ring and an upper ring, wherein a top surface of the lower ring forms a concentrically-arranged annular groove, and the upper ring is embedded in the annular groove to form a coaxial rotational fit with the lower ring; the lower ring includes a first half-ring and a second half-ring that are detachably spliced into a ring, and the upper ring includes a third half-ring and a fourth half-ring that are detachably spliced into a ring. The invention is easy to collect and store, takes up less space, and has better portability.
US12196258B2
A spherical plain bearing includes an outer ring having a concave interior spherical surface, and an inner member having a convex exterior spherical surface. The inner member is pivotally disposed in the outer ring such that the inner member and the outer ring are angularly misalignable relative to one another. The spherical plain bearing includes an angular misalignment restraint system which includes an inner member restraint feature on the inner member and an outer ring restraint feature on the outer member. The first and second portions are spaced apart when the inner member and the outer ring are angularly misaligned relative to one another by less than a predetermined maximum angle θ, and come into abutment when the inner member and the outer ring are angularly misaligned relative to one another by angle θ. The abutment prevents any further relative angular misalignment of the inner member and the outer ring.
US12196255B2
A hub bearing 1 including an outer ring 2 that serves as a stationary side raceway ring, a hub wheel 3 and an inner ring 5 serving as a rotatable side raceway ring, balls 4 serving as a plurality of rolling elements disposed between a raceway surface of the stationary side raceway ring and a raceway surface of the rotatable side raceway ring, and grease that lubricates a rolling contact part between each of the raceway surfaces and the rolling elements. The surface roughness of at least one raceway surface selected from the raceway surface of the stationary side raceway ring and the raceway surface of the rotatable side raceway ring in the rolling contact part is 0.03 μm Ra or less.
US12196252B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods of a variable position ball joint with dynamic length are disclosed and include a ball, and a seat with a guide surface; an arc of the ball defines endpoints of an arc path for revolving the ball in the guide surface; a center point of the ball is concentric with a center of rotation of the seat so that the center point of the ball and the seat move in a single axis of movement; and an interface that guides the ball along the guide surface, wherein the guide surface is parallel to the single axis of movement to cause the ball to traverse the seat travel arc while maintaining a center of rotation concentric with the seat resulting in a change in length of an attached component with respect to a concentric center point of rotation during an articulation action of the ball joint.
US12196251B2
A bearing assembly includes a housing, an annular outer race located at least partially within the housing, a bearing located at least partially within the outer race, and a nut configured to be secured to a second axial end of the outer race. The outer race has a central axis and comprises a flange at a first axial end, wherein the flange is configured to prevent movement of the outer race relative to the housing in a first axial direction. The nut is configured to prevent movement of the outer race relative to the housing in a second axial direction, the second axial direction being opposite to the first axial direction.
US12196244B2
A nutless bolt 10 for fastening a wear plate 12 to a structure 14 comprises a body 16 having a shaft 18 and a stop 20 coupled to the shaft 18. Shaft 18 is dimensioned to pass through a hole 22 in structure 14 while stop 20 is configured to stop the body 16 from falling wholly into or through the hole 22, and to engage with the wear surface plate. An axial bore 24 is formed in body 16 and houses locking balls 58 and a rod 28. The body 16 also has radial channels along which the balls 58 can roll. The rod 28 has a tapered portion 70 which increases in outer diameter from a first location L1 to a second location L2. In use the balls 58 are initially at the first location L1 on the rod 28 and partially within respective channels 56. Pulling the rod 28 in an up-hole direction results in the rod 58 moving in a radial outward direction as they roll along the tapered portion 70 to the location L2. The balls now lie partially outside of the of the body 16 locking the bolt 10 in the hole 22. Applying additional pulling force on the rod increases tension in the rod to intentionally cause a controlled break or separation of the rod into a first portion 72 that is withdrawn from the bore and a second portion 62 that remains in the bore and bearing against the balls 58.
US12196241B2
A combined thread forming and thread locking fastener is disclosed. A fastener includes three thread zones. A first thread zone utilizes a first thread forming thread profile with an increasing outer diameter. A second thread zone extends from the end of the first zone utilizing the first thread forming thread profile and continues with a constant diameter. The third thread zone utilizes a thread locking thread profile continuing along substantially the remainder of the shaft of a fastener.
US12196238B2
A system and method for a quick detach shooting stick. The system includes a body coupled to at least one leg via a flexible joint. The body has a recess and a lip disposed within the recess. The body has a release switch which is coupled to a stopper. The body can be coupled to an adaptor which has a groove to match the lip and a void which matches the stopper. The adaptor slides into an open side of the adaptor and is engaged with the groove. The adaptor is locked in place via the stopper.
US12196230B2
This control device controls movement of a valve body of a valve device included in a hydraulic system and includes: a stroke command calculator that calculates a stroke command for the valve body on the basis of an opening command that is input to the stroke command calculator; an observer that estimates, on the basis of the stroke command, a dynamic deviation of a stroke of the valve body that corresponds to the stroke command; and a flow force estimator that estimates, on the basis of the stroke command and the dynamic deviation, a flow force acting on the valve body. The stroke command calculator calculates the stroke command on the basis of the flow force in addition to the opening command.
US12196228B2
An example system includes an electric motor (102); a pump (104) coupled to the electric motor; a hydraulic circuit (108) fluidly-coupled to the pump and configured to receive fluid flow from the pump; a hydraulic line (110) fluidly-coupled to the hydraulic circuit, wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured to provide a fluid signal to the hydraulic line, wherein the fluid signal is indicative of a fluid flow demand of the hydraulic circuit; a pressure sensor (112) mounted to the hydraulic line and configured to provide sensor information indicative of pressure level of fluid in the hydraulic line; and a controller (114) configured to control a speed of the electric motor to vary fluid flow rate provided by the pump to the hydraulic circuit to meet the fluid flow demand based on the pressure level indicated by the sensor information.
US12196225B2
A vacuum pump is provided that can remove deposits without overhauling and also detect completion of removal of deposits. A cleaning function portion for a cleaning function that performs cleaning of a deposit in a vacuum pump and a deposition sensor for a deposition detection function that detects the deposit are provided. A reading circuit portion and a cleaning completion determination circuit portion for a cleaning completion determination function that determines completion of cleaning are provided. The cleaning completion determination circuit portion outputs a cleaning completion signal indicating completion of the cleaning, based on a detection result of the deposition sensor.
US12196221B2
The present disclosure relates to a blower. The blower according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a lower case in which a suction port is formed; a fan disposed inside the lower case and blowing air introduced through the suction port upward; a first tower elongated to an upper side from the lower case and formed with a first discharge port opening forward; a second tower spaced apart from the first tower in a horizontal direction, elongated to an upper side from the lower case, and formed with a second discharge port opening forward; an air guide disposed inside the first tower and spaced apart from a front end of the first tower and elongated along a front and rear direction toward the first discharge port; and a handle disposed between the fan and the air guide and elongated from upstream of the air guide toward the front end of the first tower. The handle is disposed between the fan and the air guide, so that the blowing performance of the blower can be enhanced.
US12196208B2
A compressor includes a tubular shape casing, a compression mechanism adjacent one end of the casing in the casing, a motor arranged adjacent another end of the casing in the casing, a suction pipe opening between the compression mechanism and the motor, a gas flow path formed between the motor and an inner peripheral surface of the casing, and a gas guide facing an open end of the suction pipe. The gas flow path allows internal regions of the casing adjacent axial ends of the motor to communicate with each other. The gas guide includes a first flow path configured to guide a portion of a gas that has passed through the suction pipe toward the compression mechanism, and a second flow path configured to guide a remaining portion of the gas that has passed through the suction pipe toward the gas flow path.
US12196203B2
A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and a movable scroll. A facing surface of the fixed scroll that faces the movable scroll has a fixed oil groove. The fixed oil groove has a fixed circumferential groove portion. The fixed circumferential groove portion has a circular-arc portion that extends in the circumferential direction, and a wide portion wider in a radial direction than a groove width of the circular-arc portion. A facing surface of the movable scroll that faces the fixed scroll has a movable oil groove. The movable oil groove has a movable circumferential groove portion, and a radial groove portion that communicates with the movable circumferential groove portion. In a predetermined region of an angle range where the movable scroll makes an orbiting motion, a portion of the radial groove portion overlaps the wide portion as viewed from an axial direction.
US12196201B2
The present invention concerns a hydraulic pressure amplifier device comprising a casing (10) having two chambers (12, 14) of different cross-sections which house a staged piston (20) comprising two piston sections (22, 24) with cross-sections respectively el matching the chambers (12, 14), and means (30) for controlling the movement of the piston (20), characterised by the fact that the control means (30) are formed of an electronic control driven by means for estimating the ends-of-stroke of the piston (20) without an end-of-stroke sensor or mechanical stop.
US12196199B2
An intermittent flushing plunger packing assembly is described herein. The packing assembly includes a plurality of annular seals disposed about the plunger configured to reciprocate along a linear axis within the fluid bore of the pump, and an annular packing nut disposed circumferentially about the plunger and configured to retain the plurality of annular seals and adjust a combined height of the plurality of annular seals. A selected one of the plurality of annular seals proximate to the fluid cylinder of the pump has a flushing fluid chamber in fluid communication with a flushing fluid port coupled to a first one-way check valve allowing a pressurized flushing fluid to be introduced and retained within the flushing fluid chamber and creating a fluid barrier to prevent frac fluid in the fluid cylinder from bypassing the annular seals.
US12196197B2
An apparatus for cooling-water extraction for a robot installation plate is characterized by an adjustable extraction volume. The extraction volume is achieved by a sufficiently large extraction cylinder which has a maximum extraction volume, wherein the extraction volume is adjusted by a mechanical stroke limit of a piston located in the extraction cylinder. In at least one embodiment, the mechanical stroke limit is realized by an adjustment screw that is on or in the extraction cylinder. The adjustment screw forms a stop that provides an end position limit or stroke limit of the piston.
US12196191B2
A joint for the angularly adjustable drive-connection of a cylinder block and a driveshaft of a hydrostatic bent axis piston unit. The joint has a shank which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis defining a joint axis, on both ends of the shank roller carriers project radially and basically perpendicular to the joint axis. On each roller carrier a roller is provided rotatable around a roller axis. The rollers are secured in axial direction against slipping-off of the roller carriers by means of an embossed area located axially outside of the roller on the respective distal end portion of the roller carrier.
US12196184B2
A nacelle for a wind turbine includes: a nacelle housing; a rotor hub; and a rotor bearing for bearing the rotor hub on the nacelle housing, wherein the rotor bearing has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element, wherein at least one oil-lubricated sliding bearing element is formed between the inner ring element and the outer ring element. In the nacelle housing and/or in the rotor hub, a lubricating oil sump is formed in such a manner for receiving a lubricating oil for the sliding bearing element. The lubricating oil sump can be filled with lubricating oil up to a lubricating oil level, wherein at least a section of the rotor bearing is arranged in the lubricating oil sump vertically below the lubricating oil level.
US12196181B2
Temporary enclosure (1) for at least a part of a rotor blade connected to a wind power plant having a tower and a rotor top part, the enclosure (1) having a framework (2); one or more walls (3); a roof (4); said roof extends from said wall towards said blade; said framework (2) stretching said walls (3) said that a volume is enclosed below the roof (4) wherein said framework (2) includes one or more frame parts (5), a connection (6) for connection of the one or more frame parts (5) and an activation means (7) for activation a change in the framework (2) whereby the volume enclosed by the enclosure (1) change.
US12196176B2
An articulated support fixture for a wind turbine blade includes a base frame with first and second bearing slide areas and first and second bearing blocks disposed to slide thereabout, each bearing block including a laterally oriented bearing. A fixture mount with a laterally oriented axle engages the laterally oriented bearings enabling the fixture mount to articulate about the lateral axle. The first and second bearing slide areas are configured to enable the first and second bearing blocks, together with the fixture mount, to slide along a generally longitudinal path, and to enable rotation of the fixture mount about a vertical axis as the first and second bearing blocks cooperatively slide upon the first and second bearing slide areas. A wind turbine blade interface is attached to the fixture mount, to enable engagement with, and support of, the wind turbine blade.
US12196169B2
A hydro turbine of a hydroelectric power plant operates with reduced cavitation at low power levels. A using at least one motion sensor coupled to a rotor of the hydro turbine, during operation of the hydro turbine is used to generate at least one metric indicative of an effect of cavitation on the hydro turbine. The metric is used by an automated governing system to change the operation of the hydro turbine to reduce cavitation.
US12196168B2
A sparkplug includes a sparkplug housing, a cathode including at least one electrode prong and being formed predominantly of iridium, and an anode formed at least predominantly of iron or steel. The material compositions of the cathode and anode provide for extended sparkplug service life, especially in high power density applications employing a prechamber sparkplug. Related methodology is also disclosed.
US12196166B2
In order to provide a solenoid valve (1) with a valve housing (2), in which an electric coil (3) and a magnet armature (5) are arranged, and with a valve element (8) which can be actuated by the magnet armature (5) in an axial actuation direction for opening and closing the solenoid valve (1), wherein a valve lift of the valve element (8) can be limited in a simple manner, it is provided according to the invention that the coil (3) be arranged on a coil carrier (4), wherein an end section (4a), axially facing the magnet armature (5), of the coil carrier (4) is designed as an end stop for the magnet armature (5) in order to limit an axial movement of the magnet armature (5), and that the coil carrier (4) be formed from a plastic, wherein the coil (3) is at least partially integrated into the coil carrier (4).
US12196162B1
A fuel injection system is provided. The system includes a completely sealed housing surrounding the key components of the fuel injection system.
US12196151B2
A control method for the combustion system comprises: a fuel injector conducts first primary spray and second primary spray at intervals, and the fuel injector injects fuel to a first arc ridge during the first primary spray; and the fuel injector sprays fuel to a second arc ridge during the second primary spray. By adopting a combustion chamber having two arc ridges and respectively injecting fuel to the two arc ridges by means of the fuel injector, it can be ensured that the amount of fuel shared by each arc ridge is reduced, gathering the fuel at a single arc ridge can be avoided, and it is beneficial to exert the improvement effect of the arc ridge on a wall impact jet flow velocity field at the tail end of a fuel beam, such that the fuel and gas distribution in a cylinder is facilitated.
US12196145B2
A method of controlling an idle speed of an engine of a vehicle, includes the steps of determining that the engine is decelerating to or is operating at a nominal idle speed, determining that a vehicle brake is applied, determining an actual or projected electrical load of at least part of a vehicle electrical system is beyond an electrical load threshold, and increasing the engine speed to or maintaining the speed of the engine at a speed greater than the nominal idle speed range as a function of the electrical load to increase the electrical output of a generator coupled to the engine. The method may include determining that the brake is ceasing to be applied and then decreasing the engine speed to or toward the nominal idle speed.
US12196143B2
A vehicle controller includes a plurality of detectors, a control unit, a data collecting unit, a serial communication line, and a transmission order setting unit. Data that changes at a speed that is lower than a given speed value is transmitted in a period in which a communication volume is lower than a given communication volume value. The transmission order is an order in which the pieces of detection data are serially transmitted from the data collecting unit to the control unit.
US12196141B2
Systems and methods for stable operation of a compressor of a gas turbine engine include axial stages, each including a series of rotor blades. A centrifugal stage has a centrifugal impeller disposed downstream from the axial stages. Air flows through the compressor first through the axial stages and then through the centrifugal stage. Each respective axial stage includes mechanisms for the avoidance of certain operating conditions of the compressor such as surge. The mechanisms include variable vane sets disposed upstream from a series of the rotor blades or a bleed port or ports around the respective axial stage downstream from the series of rotor blades to selectively extract air from the respective axial stage.
US12196140B1
A method of operating a turbomachine includes producing an estimate of a power gain resulting from operation of an inlet conditioning system of the turbomachine using a statistical model and producing an estimate of an economic benefit resulting from operation of the inlet conditioning system of the turbomachine using an economic model. The method further includes activating the inlet conditioning system of the turbomachine based on the estimate of the economic benefit.
US12196122B2
A casted thermostatic housing for an engine coolant system. The housing has a plurality of exterior heat dissipating projections. An interior post for contacting a thermostatic element is circular and preferably tapered. The housing is casted metal and is preferably aluminum.
US12196121B2
A drive system including a motor that includes stator coils and a rotor having permanent magnets, a battery that supplies electric power to the stator coils of the motor, an engine that rotates a drive shaft connected to the rotor to generate a driving force of a vehicle, a generator that generates electric power by using exhaust of the engine, and a control part that controls a power source of the electric power to be supplied to the stator coils, wherein the electric power generated by the generator is supplied to the stator coils when an operating state of the engine satisfies a predetermined condition.
US12196118B2
An exhaust system has at least one exhaust tailpipe which is led through a rear apron of the motor vehicle. The drive train of the vehicle has a rear axle. An air duct is provided in a rear region, which air duct supplies exterior air to the at least one exhaust tailpipe at least in sections. The rear axle has at least one rear axle cover at least in sections. An air inlet opening of the air duct is arranged behind the rear axle cover in a travel direction of the motor vehicle. As a result of the design of the motor vehicle, the rear apron is protected from impingement by hot exhaust gases.
US12196117B2
Embodiments described herein methods can be used in particulate filter regeneration, such as particulate filters used for filtering the exhaust of an engine, e.g., a diesel engine. Systems herein can be configured to dispense combustion gas(es) into housing were a particulate filter is contained and to ignite the combustion gases. Methods for conducting a safety verification process of such systems are disclosed, as well as methods for regenerating the filters. Still other embodiments are described.
US12196111B2
A method of generating syngas as a primary product from renewable feedstock, fossil fuels, or hazardous waste with the use of a cupola. The cupola operates on inductive heat alone, chemically assisted heat, or plasma assisted heat. Cupola operation is augmented by employing carbon or graphite rods to carry electrical current into the metal bath that is influenced by the inductive element. The method includes the steps of providing a cupola for containing a metal bath; and operating an inductive element to react with the metal bath. A combination of fossil fuel, a hazardous waste, and a hazardous material is supplied to the cupola. A plasma torch operates on the metal bath directly, indirectly, or in a downdraft arrangement. Steam, air, oxygen enriched air, or oxygen are supplied to the metal bath. A pregassifier increases efficiency and a duct fired burner is added to a simple cycle turbine with fossil fuel augmentation.
US12196108B2
An article for high temperature service is presented herein. One embodiment is an article including a substrate having a silicon-bearing ceramic matrix composite; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer includes silicon and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum. In another embodiment, the article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate, wherein the composite includes a silicon-bearing ceramic and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum; a bond coat disposed over the substrate, where the bond coat includes elemental silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, or combinations including any of the aforementioned; and a coating disposed over the bond coat, the coating including a silicate (such as an aluminosilicate or rare earth silicate), yttria-stabilized zirconia, or a combination including any of the aforementioned.
US12196106B2
A tie for a component includes a body including an elongate portion and an arch disposed adjacent to the elongate portion. The arch includes first and second middle surfaces extending between a pair of first and second outer curved surfaces, respectively. The body defines a minimum cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and passing through the elongate portion. The body further includes a minimum tie width at the minimum cross-sectional plane along a second transverse axis. The minimum tie width is greater than each of a first minimum arch width of the first middle surface and a second minimum arch width of the second middle surface by a width factor greater than or equal to 3 to less than or equal to 10.
US12196095B2
A gas turbine engine component includes an airfoil body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and having a suction wall and a pressure wall. An outer surface of the airfoil body is formed by an outer coat defining around the pressure and suction sides, a leading edge and a trailing edge. An internal cross-rib is formed within a cavity in the airfoil body. The internal cross-rib extends to be secured to the outer coat adjacent the leading edge and the trailing edge, and extending across the internal cavity to form a junction such that the cross-rib is x-shaped. The outer coat and the cross-rib are formed of ceramic matrix composites. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US12196092B2
A method of evaluating performance of a gas turbine includes: acquiring static operation determination data and acquiring index value data; storing the acquired data; determining whether or not the gas turbine is in a static operation state in accordance with whether or not the static operation determination data for each of a plurality of times in a period in the past set in advance from a determination time among the static operation determination data for each of the plurality of times stored in the storing of the data entering a range of a variation width set in advance; and acquiring the evaluation index value using the index value data at the determination time at which the gas turbine is determined to be in the static operation state. The static operation determination data includes a cavity temperature between an inner shroud of a turbine vane and a rotor shaft.
US12196081B2
A non-metallic liner for wellbore sidetrack operations is included in a wellbore tool assembly. The assembly includes a wellbore milling bottom hole assembly (BHA) that can mill through a wellbore liner material and material softer than the wellbore liner material. The assembly includes a wellbore liner that can be installed within a main well. The wellbore liner includes a first length segment made of the wellbore liner material and a second length segment axially attached to the first length segment. The second length segment is made of the non-metallic material. A window to form a lateral well is in the second length segment. The assembly includes a whipstock that can be installed within the main well in the first length segment of the wellbore liner after the wellbore milling BHA has milled the second length segment. The whipstock can guide the wellbore milling BHA towards the window.
US12196079B2
Formation testing apparatus including a downhole testing tool for subterranean formation testing within a borehole of a well, the tool including a downhole sampling device having: a test tool body having an outer surface; and assembly extendable out of and retractable into an opening in the outer surface. The assembly includes a seal pad at a first end of the formation probe sampling assembly, the seal pad operable to contact a formation wall of the borehole when the seal pad is extended past the outer surface to thereby define a seal space between the borehole and the seal pad. The seal pad includes at the first end includes a metal plate with a trough therein, the trough defining a closed track in the metal plate, the trough having dimensions to hold a portion of an inflatable elastomeric ring shaped to fit in the trough. Methods of assembly and testing are disclosed.
US12196072B2
A method of performing a remediation process on a flowline comprises: calculating an asphaltene deposition profile characterizing blockage of the flowline by a deposit of asphaltene; determining, based on the asphaltene deposition profile, whether the blockage exceeds a predetermined level of blockage; and treating the flowline with an asphaltene solvent to dissolve at least a portion of the deposit when the blockage exceeds the predetermined level. A computer program product comprises instructions that are stored on a computer-readable medium and that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to: calculate an asphaltene deposition profile characterizing blockage of a flowline by a deposit of asphaltene; determine, based on the asphaltene deposition profile, whether the blockage exceeds a predetermined level of blockage; and determine to treat the flowline with an asphaltene solvent to dissolve at least a portion of the deposit when the blockage exceeds the predetermined level.
US12196070B2
A setting tool is disclosed for setting an acoustic telemetry unit in tubing, such as wellbore tubing. The setting tool comprises an anchor motor for driving an expandable anchor, a control unit for controlling the anchor motor, and an acoustic receiver. The control unit is arranged to determine whether an acoustic signal is successfully received by the acoustic receiver and to control the anchor motor in dependence thereon. By providing the setting tool with the acoustic receiver and determining whether an acoustic signal is successfully received by the acoustic receiver, it can be judged whether an acoustic signal from another acoustic telemetry unit in the tubing can be successfully received by the acoustic telemetry unit which is being set. This may facilitate deployment of a repeater unit at an optimum distance from another acoustic telemeter unit which is already in the tubing.
US12196066B2
A fracturing system includes an energy storage having a battery and a switch, a switch cabinet, a plurality of transformers, a plurality of rectifiers, and a plurality of inverters respectively corresponding to and connected with a plurality of fracturing apparatuses. The switch cabinet is connected with the plurality of transformers. The plurality of transformers are respectively connected with the plurality of rectifiers. Each of the plurality of rectifiers is directly connected with a DC bus and the energy storage. The DC bus is directed connected to the plurality of inverters. The energy storage is directly electrically connected with the DC bus or each of the plurality of inverters. The energy storage is configured to power the plurality of fracturing apparatuses.
US12196058B1
A subsurface safety valve includes an interior bore extending along an entire length of the subsurface safety valve, a valve actuatable between an open position and a closed position, and a locking recess for securing an isolation tool within the interior bore. The isolation tool includes a locking mandrel having a fish neck disposed on an upper surface of the locking mandrel, the locking mandrel engaging the locking recess of the subsurface safety valve, and a sleeve threadedly coupled to the locking mandrel. A hydraulic valve assembly is disposed fluidly downstream of the locking recess, the hydraulic valve assembly having one or more apertures fluidly coupling an upper portion of the wellbore to a lower portion of the wellbore. A control line controls the subsurface safety valve at a surface of the wellbore.
US12196056B2
A downhole tool includes a bridge plug and an anti-spin device operatively coupled to the bridge plug and including an elongate housing coupled to a downhole end of the bridge plug and defining an internal cavity, one or more slips radially aligned with a corresponding one or more slots defined in the elongate housing, a mandrel movably arranged within the internal cavity and terminating with a head, and a slip activator moveably arranged within the internal cavity and being engageable with the one or more slips when translating within the internal cavity. Placing an axial load on the bridge plug causes the anti-spin device to transition from a non-compressed state, where the slip activator is disengaged from the one or more slips, to a compressed state, where the slip activator engages and urges the one or more slips radially outward and through the corresponding one or more slots.
US12196039B2
A coupling for a roller tube of a window treatment system may include a body and/or one or more compliant members. The body may include a bore through a rotational axis of the coupling. The body may be configured to be received within the roller tube of the window treatment system. The body may define an outer surface. One or more compliant members may extend at an oblique angle from the outer surface of the coupling. The one or more compliant members may be configured to engage a smooth inner surface of the roller tube. The use of compliant members may enable a rigid connection of the coupling to the smooth inner surface of the roller tube surface, without the use of fasteners.
US12196038B2
A shutter system for a window or door is disclosed that includes at least one panel. The at least one panel includes: an inner frame; an outer frame configured for connection to the inner frame; a drive train that is supported by the inner frame; and a plurality of louvers that are connected to the drive train such that operation of the drive train moves the plurality of louvers between open and closed positions. The inner frame includes first segments each defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of corner stakes that extend between and connecting the first segments. The outer frame includes second segments each defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of brackets extending between and connecting the second segments.
US12196033B2
Modular components of modular door lite frame systems are disclosed. In some cases, a modular door lite frame system includes matching first and second modular frames, one or more modular male alignment members, and one or more modular female alignment members. In some cases, the modular alignment members can be coupled to modular frames of various sizes. In some cases, the modular components can be formed by casting ABS between no more than two opposed mold portions.
US12196032B2
The present invention relates to a frame profile of an outer frame and/or leaf frame of a window or of a door, with a core profile of plastic, wherein a casing shell is arranged on at least one of the oppositely situated outer walls of the core profile, wherein at least one of the outer walls has at least one fastening groove which extends in the longitudinal direction of the core profile, wherein the casing shell is fastened to and/or in the fastening groove and covers the fastening groove. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a frame profile.
US12196031B2
A sealing system for joints of joinery construction elements, especially windows and exit doors, includes an insulating material, an internal sealing layer disposed over an interior surface of the insulating material and an external sealing layer disposed over an exterior surface of the insulating material. The internal sealing layer has a low vapor permeability with an equivalent diffusion resistance factor (Sd) equal to or greater than 30 m, and the external sealing layer has a vapor permeability greater than the vapor permeability of the internal sealing layer with an equivalent diffusion resistance factor (Sd) not greater than 2 m.
US12196025B2
A lifter plate assembly for holding a window of a motor vehicle door assembly and facilitating adjustable movement of the window along a vertical direction, and method of construction thereof are provided. The lifter plate assembly includes a main body having a rail guide hook for sliding receipt of a window regulator rail. A window holder is fixed to the main body for fixed receipt of an edge of the window. A cable holder is coupled to the main body via an adjustment mechanism for fixed attachment to at least one cable. The adjustment mechanism is adjustable via a plurality of tool-receiving features to move the main body and the window holder relative to the cable holder along the vertical direction. Each tool-receiving feature is accessible along separate first, second and third axes from one another.
US12196022B2
A vehicle door device includes: first and second link arms; a door-side engagement portion that is provided at a close-side end portion of the door that opens and closes a door opening of the vehicle; and a vehicle body-side engagement portion that is provided at a close-side end portion of the door opening that the close-side end portion of the door comes into contact with and separates from, in which one side of the door-side engagement portion and the vehicle body-side engagement portion includes an axial engagement portion extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle, the other side of the door-side engagement portion and the vehicle body-side engagement portion includes a guide groove having a pair of side wall portions, and the axial engagement portion is disposed inside the guide groove at an opening-and-closing operation position in the vicinity of a fully closed position of the door.
US12196016B2
A handle of a door leaf for a motor vehicle includes a gripping element and a detection device. The gripping element includes an external surface facing outside of a vehicle passenger compartment and an internal surface facing inside of the vehicle passenger compartment. The gripping element is movable relative to a support and fixed to at least one lever configured to displace the gripping element. The gripping element is flush with the door leaf in a closed position. The detection device is configured to detect a predetermined pressure exerted on the gripping element and to send, when such predetermined pressure is detected, an opening signal of the door leaf to an opening device configured to open the door leaf. The detection device is disposed relative to the gripping element on the internal surface of the gripping element.
US12196013B2
A striker system includes a chassis, a striker, an actuator, and a controller. The striker is pivotable relative to the chassis and configured to be received by and couple to a latch. The actuator is configured to pivot the striker. The controller operates the actuator to pivot the striker relative to the chassis in a range of motion greater than 60 degrees.
US12196007B2
A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.
US12196000B2
A lock assembly includes a plug with a keyway, primary pins aligned with the keyway for controlling rotation of the plug, a sidebar for controlling rotation of the plug, secondary pins adjacent the keyway for controlling movement of the sidebar, and at least one supplemental sidebar control element for controlling movement of the sidebar. The lock assembly is operated by simultaneously manipulating the primary pins, the secondary pins, and the supplemental sidebar control element to place each in a respective position and/or orientation to permit rotation of the plug and to permit sufficient movement of the sidebar to permit rotation of the plug and then applying torque to the plug.
US12195999B2
An exemplary ring lock generally includes a housing, a shackle, a lock cylinder, and a first frangible component. The shackle is movable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The lock cylinder is operable to maintain the shackle in the closed position, and is selectively operable to permit movement of the shackle from the closed position to the open position. The first frangible component is configured to break in response to application of a first threshold torque to the lock cylinder. With the first frangible component broken, the lock cylinder is prevented from permitting movement of the shackle from the closed position to the open position.
US12195996B2
Disclosed is an intelligent anti-seismic device for a shallow foundation ancient building, which may include a land, a foundation base and an ancient building body, foundation pit is excavated on a surface of the land, a plurality of piles are arranged on an inner wall of the foundation pit, a foundation side beam is integrally formed by pouring on tops of the plurality of piles, a first earthquake proof mechanism capable of being lifted and lowered is fixed on a top of the foundation side beam, a well-shaped base is integrally formed on the inner wall of the foundation pit, a second earthquake proof mechanism is fixed on a surface of the well-shaped base, a frame is fixed on both tops of the first earthquake proof mechanism and the second earthquake proof mechanism, a grillage beam is integrally formed on an inner wall of the frame.
US12195995B2
The present invention relates to a swimming pool structure having at least one edge zone and a water collection, filtering and recirculation circuit, the latter including at least one well zone (WZ) for falling water, at least one filter mounted in the well zone and designed to intercept the water falling into it.
US12195986B2
A fall protection system includes a guardrail support frame comprising: a substantially vertical first guardrail post; a substantially vertical second guardrail post; and a substantially vertical reinforcement post disposed between the first and second guardrail posts; a first pillar attachment assembly configured to secure the first guardrail post to a first structural component and a second pillar attachment assembly configured to secure the second guardrail post to a second structural component; and a flexible lower guardrail strap and a flexible upper guardrail strap, each of the flexible lower and upper guardrail straps coupled to and extending laterally between the first guardrail post and the second guardrail post; wherein the reinforcement post engages each of the flexible lower and upper guardrail straps, and wherein the reinforcement post is configured to be freestanding.
US12195978B2
A wall system comprising a frame and one or more panels removably attached to the frame, wherein the one or more panels are positioned over one or more cutouts of the frame to form a substantially coplanar surface.
US12195974B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a roofing membrane, which may include a cap, a scrim, and a core. In some embodiments, the roofing system may also include an adhesive film, which may include a first adhesive layer adhered to the roofing membrane, a second adhesive layer configured to adhere the roofing membrane to a roofing substrate, and a barrier layer positioned between the first and second adhesive layers. Methods of manufacturing roofing systems are also disclosed.
US12195972B2
The present disclosure provides a heating device for the removal and/or prevention of ice masses or snow. The heating device can include a heating cable formed in a pattern of loops, arcs, or other shapes. Power can be applied to the heating cable and, when placed on top of an ice mass or within a concrete or asphalt surface, the heating device can melt the ice mass or snow.
US12195969B2
A drip edge with gutter guard support device is formed from a longitudinal sheet of waterproof material. An angled upper first member integrally joined to a vertical lower second member form an angled structure. The first member is configured for placement on a roof edge and under a roof shingle and the second member is configured for placement to a fascia, the lower portion of the second member being configured for placement over a a gutter's back end. Vertically stacked ledges extend outwardly from the second member into an opening of the gutter. Separations between adjacent ledges form varying height receiving channels for placement of a roof-side end of a gutter guard. The device is a single piece drip edge and gutter guard fascia-side attachment device.
US12195962B2
A retractable roof for a building having a supporting frame and a high structure extending vertically above the supporting frame. The roof has at least one structure section with first and second panels. The first panel is hingeably mounted on the supporting frame at a proximal hinge and the second panel is hingeably mounted on the first panel at a distal hinge. A distal end of the second panel is suspended to the high structure with a distal cable connected to a distal motorized winch. A tackle member connects to both first and second panels adjacent the proximal hinge and the distal end, respectively, and includes a tackle wire that forms a wire side of a triangular cross-sectional shape with the first and second panels. The tackle wire connects to a winch mechanism to control a length of the wire side.
US12195960B2
A panel assembly includes a vertical panel, an overhang panel and a curved transition panel disposed between the vertical panel and the overhang panel. A fabric layer may be applied to one or more of the various panels by way of a stay being engaged with fabric layer and inserted through an opening in the one or panels. A light assembly may be secured to the panel assembly with a mounting portion. A hook assembly includes vertical and horizontal flanges, with a magnet coupled to the horizontal flange and a hook connected to the vertical flange.
US12195956B2
The present invention relates to an electronic tap cartridge which includes a magnetic sensor on the three Cartesian axes for the detection of the position of the controller or handle, by measuring on the said three Cartesian axes the magnetic field generated by a magnet-type element attached to the turning and rotating movement of the controller and handle, determining in an electronic way the regulation set by the user with the movement of the controller or handle, transmitting it to the corresponding devices that perform the mixing and regulate the flow of supply, the invention also referring to the tap containing said cartridge with the magnetic triaxial sensor.
US12195946B2
A construction machine includes a cabin, an operator seat provided in the cabin, a seat right side console provided on the right side of an operator to be seated in the operator seat, and extending along a front-to-back direction of the operator seat, a right operating lever provided at the front of the seat right side console, a switch panel provided on the seat right side console, and a right armrest extending from the back side toward the front of the operator seat, and placed above the seat right side console. The switch panel is placed between the right armrest and the right operating lever.
US12195941B2
An attachment system for attaching an implement mounting assembly to a vehicle, the attachment system including a vehicle attachment component that is fastenable to a front portion of the frame of the vehicle, and a frame attachment component that is removably attachable to the vehicle attachment component on one end via a securing axis, and pivotably attachable to the implement assembly on another end about a pivoting axis. When fastened to the vehicle, the vehicle attachment component is located upward from the underside of the frame. When the frame attachment component is attached to the vehicle attachment component, the securing axis is located upward from the underside portion of the frame, and the pivoting axis is located downward therefrom.
US12195937B2
A dynamically deployable, low visibility pneumatic cofferdam for flood mitigation is disclosed. The cofferdam includes a first planar component, a second planar component, an inflatable hermetic airbag sandwiched therebetween, and connection members attached to the first planar component, a second planar component to form a cofferdam unit. The connection members are adjustable to apply and maintain a desired amount of pressure on the airbag to enable a watertight seal to be formed. The cofferdam units may be sized and designed to sealingly mate adjacent cofferdam units in a variety of configurations to form watertight seals. The cofferdam units may also be sized and designed to attach to seawalls, flood walls, sidewalks, or other infrastructure. When in a deployed state, the height of the cofferdam may be adjusted to a desired height to provide flood mitigation. When in an undeployed state, the cofferdam remains in a substantially flat and unobtrusive position.
US12195934B2
Vehicle barrier systems that can selectively move a barrier arm between a first position that prevents a vehicle from passing, or a second position that allows the vehicle to pass, wherein the barrier arm moves both upwardly away from a travel path and laterally along the travel path in a direction away from the vehicle. The barrier arm movement thereby leads the driver of the vehicle through the barrier system in a sweeping or leading movement. In some embodiments, an actuator assembly of the barrier system includes a breakaway assembly coupled to the barrier arm. In the event that an abnormal force (e.g. vehicle strike, vandalism, etc.) applied to the barrier arm exceeds a predetermined threshold, one or more drive magnets of the breakaway assembly disengage from the one or more magnetically-attractive elements to prevent damage to the barrier system.
US12195923B2
A method of producing a 3D molded product comprises applying a pulp slurry layer to a porous forming face of a first mold, pressing the pulp slurry layer against the porous forming face of the first mold, while heating the pulp slurry layer and drawing a vacuum through the porous forming face of the first mold, transferring the pulp slurry layer to a porous forming face of a second mold, in a subsequent forming step, pressing the pulp slurry layer against the porous forming face of the second mold, while heating the pulp slurry layer and drawing a vacuum through the porous forming face of the second mold. In the method, a first pressure at the rear side of the forming face of the porous forming face of the first mold is lower than a second pressure at the rear side of the porous forming face of the second mold.
US12195922B2
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.85% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
US12195918B2
A system for automatic monitoring of smelt flow exiting a recovery boiler based on optical information. A processor is used to read at least one stationarily imaged video sequence, comprising digital image frames, including an area under examination representing at least part of the smelt flow exiting the recovery boiler. The processor is used to identify, in the area under examination, an area distinguishable based on colour and/or intensity information. The processor is used to determine, based on the identified distinguishable area, a monitored flow property of the smelt flow.
US12195916B2
A wire cable construct including a plurality of strands each made of a plurality of wire filaments, the strands and wire filaments arranged in a 37×7 configuration of 37 strands of 7 wire filaments each, with the strands arranged in four layers including a first, central layer of a single strand, a second layer of six strands, a third layer of twelve strands and a fourth, outermost layer of eighteen strands. The cable may have a small diameter for use in medical device applications, and the strand and wire element configuration allows the cable to carry high axial loads, minimizes bending stress when the cable is routed around a tight turn such as a small pulley, and minimizes torsion in the cable due to axial loading.
US12195909B2
A chemistry dispensing assembly for a laundry appliance includes a reservoir that dispenses a laundry chemistry to a treatment chamber. A mixing channel is positioned below the reservoir that receives the laundry chemistry dispensed from the reservoir. A fluid assembly delivers a fluid carrier through a flow path that includes the mixing channel. The mixing channel is defined between an underside of the reservoir and an upper surface of the mixing channel.
US12195906B2
A washing machine has a rotatable drum and drum drive and a drum container for it, an inlet device to introduce water into the drum onto laundry therein, a pump and water pipes, several temperature sensors on the drum container, a heater for heating water and a washing machine controller connected to everything. Laundry in the drum is moistened with a defined quantity of water, wherein the moisture penetration varies depending on the fiber type of the laundry. Then a predefined quantity of water with a predefined temperature is applied to this laundry. The washing machine controller can deduce the fiber type of the laundry from the way how quickly and to what extent heat is extracted from this quantity of water.
US12195899B2
A processing data generation device includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes. The processes include acquiring processing of acquiring a pattern represented by a contour, division processing of dividing the pattern into a plurality of pattern pieces, and offset setting processing of setting an offset line disposed at a position separated to an outside, from an adjacent portion, by a predetermined distance. The processes include processing line setting processing of setting, for each of the plurality of pattern pieces, a processing line including the offset line and surrounding a pattern piece and processing line processing of generating processing line processing data, for each of the plurality of pattern pieces, for processing a sheet-shaped workpiece along the processing line, using a processing device configured to perform processing on the workpiece.
US12195898B2
Binder compositions are described that include at least one formaldehyde-containing compound, a cyclic urea-dialdehyde compound, and a polyamine compound. The polyamine compound may be selected from melamine and dicyandiamide. The weight ratio of the at least one formaldehyde-containing compound to the combined weight of the cyclic urea-dialdehyde compound and the polyamine compound may be greater than or about 1:1. As described are binder-containing fiberglass products that include glass fibers and a binder. The binder may include a formaldehyde polymer characterized by crosslinking with a cyclic urea-dialdehyde and a polyamine. The binder-containing fiberglass products have reduced formaldehyde emissions.
US12195894B2
The present invention provides a knitted fabric with leather fibers comprising a ground yarn layer and a face yarn layer directly connected with the ground yarn layer through double knitting. The ground yarn layer includes a plurality of first yarn loops, each of the first yarn loops is formed by a plurality of ground yarns. The face yarn layer includes a plurality of second yarn loops, each of the second yarn loops is formed by at least one face yarn attached with the leather fibers obtained from a piece of leather by a pulverization operation. A course ratio of the face yarn layer to the ground yarn layer is in a range between 1:1.25 and 1:4.
US12195891B2
A visual barrier windscreen comprising a first series of monofilament threads, a second series of monofilament threads, and a third series of monofilament threads. The first series of threads may be formed in pillar stitches, the second series of threads may be formed in zig-zag stitches, and the third series of threads may be formed in zig-zag stitches. A pattern of wind-passage holes may be formed by a cooperation of the first series, the second series, and the third series of threads. At least a 75% visual block may be attained with the cooperation of the first series, the second series and the third series of threads. The cooperation of the first series, the second series, and the third series of threads may achieve an air flow permeability that may be greater than 755 cfm/ft2.
US12195889B2
A knit component may include a knit-in tensile area, which may include an opening at least partially bounded by a first intersecting portion and a second intersecting portion. A course of tensile material that is integrally knitted with the first intersecting portion via a knit stitch may include a float extending from the first intersecting portion, across the opening, to the second intersecting portion. A knitting method may knit courses of the knit component on needle beds and then widen and/or narrow parts of the opening by transferring stitches of one of the courses of the knit component to different needles.
US12195888B2
The present invention relates to: a light-blocking fabric usable in blinds for shading or wind protection; and a manufacturing method therefor. The light-blocking fabric including: two light-shielding parts which are made of a non-transparent fabric; and a light-transmitting part located between the two light-shielding parts, and attached to a position that is at least half of any one surface of the light-shielding parts so as to overlap therewith in the longitudinal direction, wherein the light-shielding parts and the light-transmitting part can be attached together by various methods such as hot melting, an adhesive, sewing, or ultrasonic welding.
US12195880B2
Provided herein are methods that enable parallel evaluation of multiple functional nucleic acids in individual cells or subpopulations of cells, in the context of incubation with other types of single cells. The key insight is concurrent measurement of polynucleic acids derived from small populations of at least two different cell types, such that function in one cell type is linked to the clonal identity of another cell. These methods simultaneously process thousands, millions, or more single cells or small populations of cells. The method integrates molecular, algorithmic, and engineering approaches. This invention has broad and useful application in a number of biological and medical fields, including immunology and drug discovery.
US12195878B2
The present invention provides monocrystalline 4H—SiC semi-finished products having a specific orientation of its crystal structure which is set such as to reduce or even eliminate the occurrence of cracks or fissures during mechanical processing, and method of producing same. The monocrystalline 4H—SiC semi-finished product, which has a longitudinal axis and an at least partially curved lateral surface parallel to said longitudinal axis, is characterized in that the crystal structure of the 4H—SiC semi-finished product is oriented with respect to the longitudinal axis such that at each position on the lateral surface of the semi-finished product there is a line segment which is intersected by at least a predetermined minimum number of parallel cleavage planes of the {1010} form per unit length, wherein the line segment is defined by a plane tangent to the lateral surface at said position.
US12195873B2
Crystal pulling system having a housing and a crucible assembly are disclosed. The system includes a heat shield that defines a central passage through which an ingot passes during ingot growth. A cover member is moveable within the heat shield along a pull axis. The cover member may include an insulation layer. The cover member covers at least a portion of the charge during meltdown.
US12195870B2
A neutralizing composition comprising ascorbic acid as a reducing agent, citric acid as a chelator and a pH adjusting agent applied to microetched copper substrates bussed to stainless steel, which have been cleaned with an agent comprising permanganate ions. Unlike the prior art neutralizing agents comprising oxalic acid, which leave insoluble residue on the surface of the copper substrate, the present neutralizing composition leaves no residue and acts quickly. A surprising reduction in defects of Ni—Au plated copper substrates is achieved by utilization of the neutralization composition in a manufacturing process.
US12195868B2
It is provided a surface-treated steel sheet that can be produced without using hexavalent chromium and has excellent film wet adhesion and coating secondary adhesion as well as high film corrosion resistance and coating corrosion resistance. It is a surface-treated steel sheet having: a steel sheet; a metallic Cr layer disposed on at least one surface of the steel sheet; and a Cr oxide layer disposed on the metallic Cr layer, and the surface-treated steel sheet has a water contact angle of 50° or less and a total atomic ratio of K, Na, Mg, and Ca adsorbed on the surface to Cr of 5% or less.
US12195863B2
Methods, systems, and assemblies for detecting faults in an electrolyser having a plurality of electrolysis cells are described. The method comprises obtaining voltage measurements of the electrolysis cells during operation of the electrolyser, generating synthetic cell voltages for the electrolysis cells using a neural network architecture that takes into account normal cell degradation based on cell-specific parameters, comparing the voltage measurements to the synthetic cell voltages for corresponding ones of the electrolysis cells to obtain voltage differences, and detecting a fault in the electrolyser when at least one of the voltage differences reaches a threshold.
US12195854B2
A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a substrate process chamber having a plasma generation space where a processing gas is plasma-excited and a substrate processing space communicating with the plasma generation space; a substrate mounting table installed inside the substrate processing space and for mounting a substrate; an inductive coupling structure provided with a coil installed to be wound around an outer periphery of the plasma generation space; a substrate support table elevating part for raising and lowering the substrate mounting table; a gas supply part for supplying the processing gas to the plasma generation space; and a controller for controlling the substrate support table elevating part, based on a power value of a high-frequency power supplied to the coil, so that the substrate mounted on the substrate mounting table is positioned at a target height according to the power value and spaced apart from a lower end of the coil.
US12195847B2
A multilayer system having at least one anticorrosion layer and a wear protection layer, wherein the anticorrosion layer is formed by a metal nitride or a metal carbonitride which contains at least titanium and magnesium as the metal, wherein the metal nitride or the metal carbonitride further includes at least one rare earth metal, and the wear protection layer is formed by at least one diamond-like metal-free carbon layer. A component having such a multilayer system and a method for producing the multilayer system or the component are also provided.
US12195846B2
Exemplary methods of forming semiconductor structures may include forming a silicon oxide layer from a silicon-containing precursor and an oxygen-containing precursor. The methods may include forming a silicon nitride layer from a silicon-containing precursor, a nitrogen-containing precursor, and an oxygen-containing precursor. The silicon nitride layer may be characterized by an oxygen concentration greater than or about 5 at. %. The methods may also include repeating the forming a silicon oxide layer and the forming a silicon nitride layer to produce a stack of alternating layers of silicon oxide and silicon nitride.
US12195843B2
Apparatus and methods for multi-cathode barrier seed deposition for high aspect ratio features in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process are provided herein. In some embodiments, a PVD chamber includes a pedestal disposed within a processing region of the PVD chamber. The pedestal rotates with a workpiece on it. The PVD chamber includes a lid assembly includes a first target and a second target of a same target material, where a first surface of the first target defines a first zone of the processing region a first distance from the upper surface of the pedestal, and a second surface of the second target defines a second zone of the processing region a second distance from the plane of the upper surface of the pedestal. A system controller is configured to simultaneously control a first voltage bias for the first target and a second voltage bias for the second target.
US12195841B2
A method for film coating by pulsed laser deposition with a plasma grating includes: in step 1, providing a substrate and a target material; in step 2, generating a femtosecond pulsed laser beam which is split by a beam splitting module so as to form a plurality of femtosecond pulsed laser sub-beams; in step 3, performing a first excitation on the target material by one of the split femtosecond pulsed laser sub-beams as a pre-pulse after focus, to generate a first plasma; in step 4, synchronizing the rest of the split femtosecond pulsed laser sub-beams as post-pulses to form, after focus, filaments arriving at a surface of the target material simultaneously, to generate the plasma grating; and in step 5, performing a secondary excitation on the target material by the generated plasma grating to generate a second plasma depositing on the substrate to form the film.
US12195840B2
According to one or more embodiments, a method of growing crystals on a QCM sensor may include treating a crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor with a coupling agent, applying a cation stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, and applying an anion stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor. The crystals forming a crystal layer may have an average thickness greater than 5 nanometers. According to one or more embodiments, a QCM sensor may include a crystal layer on a crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, where the crystal layer is formed by a process including treating the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor with a coupling agent, applying a cation stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor, and applying an anion stream to the crystal growth surface of the QCM sensor.
US12195838B2
The invention relates to a method and a vacuum-coating system (10) for coating a band-type material (11), in particular made of metal. For this, the band-type material (11) is moved, via a conveying section (12), in a transport direction (T) and is vacuum-coated within a coating chamber (14), in which a vacuum is applied. As seen in the transport direction (T) of the band-type material (11), at least one flatness optimization device (39) is arranged upstream of the coating chamber (14), through which flatness optimization device the band-type material (11) can be guided. In this way, a desired flatness is generated for the band-type material (11).
US12195821B2
A method for manufacturing a steel strip for a blade and a steel strip for a plate, said method includes a batch annealing step for annealing a material for cold rolling having the aforementioned metal composition in a batch annealing furnace and a cold rolling step for forming a steel strip by performing cold rolling one or more times on the material for cold rolling that has been batch annealed. The batch annealing step includes a first uniform temperature step for maintaining heating for 1 to 12 hours at an internal furnace temperature exceeding 450° C. and less than 770° C. and a second uniform temperature step, carried out after the first uniform temperature step, for maintaining heating for 1 to 16 hours at an internal furnace temperature exceeding 770° C. and less than 900° C.
US12195814B2
Methods, devices, compositions and kits are provided for analysis of the microbiome or individual components thereof in an individual. The methods find use in a determination of infection, in analysis of the microbiome structure, in determining the immunocompetence of an individual, and the like. In some embodiments of the invention, the individual is treated with an therapeutic regimen, e.g. drugs, diet, radiation therapy, and the like.
US12195808B2
Circulating free RNA (cfRNA) is used for monitoring status and/or treatment response for neural tumors, and especially glioma, glioblastoma, and neuroblastoma. Particularly preferred cfRNAs include those that encode a marker that is specific to a neural tumor, but also markers that are specific to DNA repair status and/or immune status.
US12195798B2
Presented are methods and compositions for obtaining sequence information from one or more individual cells. The methods are useful for obtaining sequence information for a single nucleotide sequence, and for multiplex generation of sequence information from one or more individual cells.
US12195794B2
Provided are methods of analyzing capped ribonucleic acids (RNAs). The methods include translocating an adapted RNA through a nanopore of a nanopore device. The adapted RNA includes an RNA region, a 5′ cap, and an adapter polynucleotide attached to the 5′ cap. The methods include monitoring ionic current through the nanopore during the translocating, translocating the 5′ cap through the nanopore, and identifying one or more ionic current features characteristic of the 5′ cap (e.g., a triphosphate linkage between the 5′ cap and nucleotide N1 of the RNA region, a 5′ to 5′ orientation of the 5′ cap and nucleotide N1 of the RNA region, and/or the like), translocating through the nanopore. Also provided are computer-readable media, computer devices, and systems that find use, e.g., in practicing the methods of the present disclosure.
US12195790B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and systems for improved in situ detection of analytes and spatial analysis using, e.g., a sequencing readout.
US12195783B2
The invention relates to methods to determine KDM1A target engagement and chemoprobes useful therefor. In particular, the invention relates to non-peptidic KDM1A chemoprobes carrying a tag or label that can be used to assess KDM1A target engagement in cells and tissues. These chemoprobes can also be used to identify KDM1A interacting factors and analyze expression levels of KDM1A.
US12195782B2
A low-cost process is provided to render lignocellulosic biomass accessible to cellulase enzymes, to produce fermentable sugars. Some variations provide a process to produce ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass (such as sugarcane bagasse or corn stover), comprising introducing a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to a single-stage digestor; exposing the feedstock to a reaction solution comprising steam or liquid hot water within the digestor, to solubilize the hemicellulose in a liquid phase and to provide a cellulose-rich solid phase; refining the cellulose-rich solid phase, together with the liquid phase, in a mechanical refiner, thereby providing a mixture of refined cellulose-rich solids and the liquid phase; enzymatically hydrolyzing the mixture in a hydrolysis reactor with cellulase enzymes, to generate fermentable sugars; and fermenting the fermentable sugars to produce ethanol. Many alternative process configurations are described. The disclosed processes may be employed for other fermentation products.
US12195771B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods and kits for the treatment of cancer. Particularly, the present disclosure provides synergistic compositions comprising at least one cytotoxic ribonuclease and at least one MAPK-pathway inhibitor.
US12195754B2
The present invention relates to a cell differentiation medium composition, a high secretion insulin-producing cells and a preparation method thereof. The high secretion insulin-producing cells obtained by using the cell differentiation medium composition to induce stem cell differentiated under specific conditions can secrete a large amount of insulin in a short time, and when the high-secreting insulin-producing cells are transplanted into the human body, they are not easy to be swallowed by macrophages, which can improve the survival rate of the insulin-producing cells and prolong the time of insulin secretion thereby.
US12195751B2
This disclosure provides methods and landing pad constructs for generation of parental cell lines suitable for targeted integration. A method is provided by the parental cell line development; this is, the introduction of binding sites of BPV1 E2 protein to landing pad vectors so that expressed BPV1 E2 protein could locate the vector to transcriptionally active region in the genome. Cells with high expression level of reporter genes are selected for the next stage and will be used in the development of cell lines expressing another recombinant protein by recombination mediated cassette exchange (RMCE). Landing pad constructs include recombination target sites for site-specific recombinases, and therefore, it could be replaced with gene-of-interest expression construct containing the same set of recombination target sites. This yields the generation of producer cell lines with less effort compared to traditional cell line development by random integration.
US12195744B2
Disclosed are compositions, kits, and methods for identifying genes that are involved in T-cell trafficking. In particular, the compositions, kits, and methods may be used to identify genes involved in T-cell trafficking and/or infiltration into tumors such as genes that encode immune checkpoint regulators and/or stimulatory agents. The disclosed compositions, kits, and methods utilize the Sleeping Beauty® transposon system in a mouse tumor model to identify genes that are involved in T-cell trafficking and infiltration into tumors. The genes identified in the disclosed methods may provide immunotherapy targets in the tumor microenvironment. The identified genes may be utilized in order to develop therapies that enhance T-cell trafficking and infiltration into tumors and/or T-cell killing of tumors such as in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies.
US12195735B2
Provided herein are promoters and related compositions and methods of use. Such promoters are useful for expression cassettes for plants, such as soybean. Such expression cassettes are useful, e.g., to drive expression of trait genes in plants, such as soybean. In some aspects, the disclosure provides an expression cassette comprising a promoter, a 5′ UTR, and an intron.
US12195729B2
A portable kit for nucleic acid sequencing is disclosed, the kit including a DNA extraction system configured to perform a DNA extraction protocol, a DNA sequencing preparation system configured to perform a DNA sequencing preparation protocol, a sequencer system, and a portable enclosure configured to house the DNA extraction system, the sequencer preparation system, and the sequencer system.
US12195724B2
The present invention provides methods for producing cell populations enriched for stable, regulatory T cells (Tregs). In particular, the invention relates to methods for culturing T cells such that the final culture is enriched for stable, regulatory T cells. It also relates to methods for stabilizing regulatory T cells. Also provided are compositions enriched for stable, regulatory T cells, which are useful for treating individuals in need of such treatment. The methods and compositions disclosed herein can also be used to treat an individual suffering from an immune-mediated disease.
US12195714B2
A bioreactor for growing micro-organisms, has a reaction chamber containing a reaction mixture with a reaction medium and micro-organisms. A draft tube is arranged inside the reaction chamber, which has a gas inlet, an inlet for the reaction mixture at its first end, and an outlet for the reaction mixture at its second end. The bioreactor includes means for generating flow of the reaction mixture within the reaction chamber and a first blade structure arranged inside the reaction chamber, surrounding the draft tube. The first blade structure has blades arranged at, at least one of an angle α1 with respect to a direction defined by the height of the reaction chamber, or an angle α2 with respect to a direction defined by the height of the reaction chamber. The bioreactor also includes an inlet for reaction medium and an outlet for withdrawing medium with grown micro-organisms.
US12195711B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, apparatuses, devices and methods for a bioreactor which, in some embodiments, comprises a drawer cage, housing or frame (such terms being used interchangeably throughout), at least one drawer arranged within the drawer cage, where each drawer can be configured to contain a plurality of bioreactors for cultivating biological matter, and a platform upon which the drawer cage is positioned. The platform can include a first axis upon which the drawer cage rotates or tilts thereon.
US12195709B2
A co-culture apparatus includes: a first airtight container; a co-culture device disposed outside of the first airtight container; a first culture medium source disposed in the first airtight container and storing a first culture medium; a second culture medium source storing a second culture medium having a lower dissolved oxygen concentration than that of the first culture medium; and a first conduit connected to the co-culture device and the first culture medium source. The co-culture device includes: a membrane having a first main surface, and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface for culturing cells; a first flow path partially defined by the first main surface and disposed such that the first culture medium flows therethrough; and a second flow path partially defined by the second main surface and disposed such that the second culture medium flows therethrough. The first flow path has an inlet connected to the first conduit.
US12195706B2
A method for producing tissue constructs comprising two or more distinct regions, each of which comprises a different cell population or lineage is described. The method involves providing a support substrate or substrate assembly comprising two or more physically distinct regions, wherein the two or more physically distinct regions of the support substrate or substrate assembly are different from each other; and depositing/positioning one or more cells on the support substrate or substrate assembly. The cells can form a continuous monolayer with at least two zones, e.g., a proliferative zone and a nonproliferative zone, that can act as in vitro intestinal models. The models are two-dimensional, thus facilitating rapid and facile imaging. Systems comprising the tissue constructs and methods of using the constructs to study the effects of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and metabolites on intestinal cells are also described.
US12195705B2
Systems, devices, and methods for producing a tissue specimen and performing subsequent biomechanical testing thereof to quantify various biological/physiological properties and characteristics. The system may include a bioreactor device for producing the tissue specimen which includes a packaged/sealed seeding cup containing a scaffold in a sterile environment amenable to seeding with cells. After seeding, the cup may be stored in a standard laboratory culture tray for incubation. The produced tissue specimen may next be transferred to a testing instrument under control of a microcontroller which automatically performs a series of tests on the tissue and generates testing data communicated to an external electronic device which can operably interact with and control operation in part of the testing instrument via software. Tissue integrity in the instrument may be maintained by sterile fluid circulation and heating systems. The system advantageously provides efficient and reproducible tissue growth and analysis.
US12195696B2
A method for re-refining used oils comprises contacting feedstock comprising purified used oil with extraction solvent to perform continuous liquid-liquid solvent extraction, to produce an extract stream comprising the extraction solvent and an extract dissolved in the extraction solvent. The feedstock and the extraction solvent are agitated by a variable speed agitator during the solvent extraction at a selected agitation speed. The extract is separated from the extraction solvent and subjected to a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation treatment to produce an oil product. A system for performing the method includes a purification unit for purifying the used oil; an extraction column for extracting the extract from the feedstock; and a continuous flow liquid phase hydrogenation unit. The extraction column comprises an agitator configured to agitate the feedstock and the extraction solvent flowing through the extraction column at a variable agitation speed.
US12195694B2
A method for forming a coating film on a sliding surface of a sliding member includes: a first contact step of supplying a lubricant composition containing tungsten disulfide to the sliding surface to bring the tungsten disulfide into contact with the sliding surface; and a second contact step of bringing a silane compound that is dialkoxysilane, trialkoxysilane, tetraalkoxysilane, or a polymer or a copolymer of dialkoxysilane, trialkoxysilane, and tetraalkoxysilane into contact with the sliding surface.
US12195691B2
A lubricating oil additive composition that is suitable as a load bearing additive, and is excellent in wear resistance, extreme pressure property, and thermal stability, and a lubricating oil composition containing the lubricating oil additive composition. A lubricating oil additive composition containing a poly(meth)acrylate-based copolymer (X) containing a structural unit (a) derived from a particular alkyl (meth)acrylate (A), a structural unit (b) derived from a particular hydroxy group containing (meth)acrylate (B), and a structural unit (c) derived from a particular phosphorus-containing (meth)acrylate (C).
US12195688B2
Methods of pre-conditioning and lubricating the rubbing surfaces of steel substrates are provided. The methods include a pre-conditioning step in which a hydrocarbon fluid having cycloalkane carboxylic acid additives dispersed therein is used to form a tribofilm on a rubbing surface of a device, following by replacing the pre-conditioning lubricant with a cycloalkane-carboxylic acid-free hydrocarbon lubricant for the regular operation of the device. The tribofilm formed during the pre-conditioning step provides long-term friction and wear reduction at the rubbing surfaces, even after it is replaced, and allows for the subsequent operation of the device without the need to change the composition of the regularly used lubricant.
US12195687B1
A reformed fuel manufacturing apparatus and method is provided, including a water tank unit configured to pretreat a water introduced therein by using a carbon filter and a reverse osmosis purifier, the water is additionally pretreated by applying voltage therein with an electrolysis device, an oil tank unit configured to store an oil introduced from an oil inlet, a mixed oil unit connected to the water tank unit and the oil tank unit and configured to produce a mixed oil by using an inline mixer, and an ionization catalyst unit connected to the mixed oil unit and configured to convert the mixed oil to a reformed fuel.
US12195685B2
The invention is directed to a process to prepare a char product by pyrolysis or mild gasification of a solid biomass feed thereby obtaining a gaseous fraction comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a mixture of gaseous organic compounds and a solid fraction comprising of char particles having a reduced atomic hydrogen over carbon ratio and a reduced oxygen over carbon ratio relative to the solid biomass feed. The solid biomass feed are pellets of a solid torrefied biomass feed. The pyrolysis or mild gasification is performed at a temperature of between 500 and 800° C. and at a solid residence time of between 10 and 60 minutes.
US12195682B2
Process and plant for producing hydrocarbon products from a solid renewable feed-stock, where in a thermal decomposition section such as a pyrolysis section for the treatment of the solid renewable feedstock, a pyrolysis off-gas stream and a pyrolysis oil stream are generated, and where after hydroprocessing of the pyrolysis oil in a hydroprocessing section, a hydrogen-rich stream and an off-gas stream comprising hydrocarbons are produced. A portion of the hydrogen-rich stream is used as a recycle gas stream in the hydroprocessing section for the production of said hydrocarbon products, such as naphtha and diesel, and another portion may be used for hydrogen production in a hydrogen producing unit, while the off-gas stream is used together with the pyrolysis off-stream in the hydrogen producing unit. The produced hydrogen, i.e. make-up hydrogen, is used in the hydroprocessing section.
US12195681B2
The present invention provides a process to prepare middle distillates and base oils from a Fischer-Tropsch product, by (a) subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch product to a hydroprocessing step in the presence of a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve with a pore size between 5 and 7 angstrom and a SiO2/Al2O3 ratio of at least 25, preferably from 50 to 180 and a group VIII metal to obtain a mixture comprising one or more middle distillate fractions and a first residual fraction and a naphtha fraction; (b) separating the mixture as obtained in step (a) by means of atmospheric distillation into one or more middle distillate fractions, a first residual fraction and a naphtha fraction; (c) separating the first residual fraction by means of vacuum distillation into at least a distillate base oil fraction and a second residual fraction.
US12195680B2
A process for preparing hydrocarbons from an oxygenated hydrocarbon feedstock, such as animal fat, having a high nitrogen impurity is described. Hydrotreatment of the oxygenated feedstock occurs in a first hydrotreating bed arranged downstream of a polishing bed. A gaseous phase is removed and the liquid hydrotreated phase is fed to the polishing bed arranged upstream of the first hydrotreating bed together with fresh hydrogen. The process effectively removes nitrogen impurities from the resultant hydrocarbon product causing an improved cloud point after isomerisation, and the arrangement makes efficient use of fresh hydrogen for polishing, providing a polished hydrocarbon product rich in dissolved hydrogen. Part of the product can be used as hydrocarbon diluent in the downstream hydrotreating bed, and/or withdrawn between the polishing and hydrotreating bed and isomerised in an isomerisation reactor.
US12195673B2
A method of producing biofuels, based on pyrolysis of biomass from macrophytes, includes: pre-treatment of biomass, including processes of drying and crushing the biomass, followed by injection of pre-treated biomass into a pyrolysis reactor; biomass pyrolysis in pyrolysis reactor; a first separation of products; a second separation of products; a third separation of products; burning or collecting gases, wherein the method produces at least four different types of products, including: biochar, pyroligneous extract, vegetable tar and synthesis gas; whereby, the biochar product is collected in the first product separation through the use of a cyclone, the pyroligneous extract product is collected in the second product separation through the use of a condenser, the vegetable tar product is collected in the third product separation through the use of a centrifuge, and the synthesis gas product is collected in the gas burning or collecting step.
US12195666B2
A method of making a thermal interface material includes: combining a powder of diamond particles having a nominal dimension of 1,000 nm or less with a volatile liquid hydrocarbon material to provide a diamond dispersion; and combining the diamond dispersion with a first mixture to provide the thermal interface material, wherein the first mixture includes a matrix material and particles of a first material have a nominal dimension in a range from 1 micron to 100 microns, and wherein the diamond particles compose 0.5 wt. % to 5 wt. % of the thermal interface material, the matrix material composes 10 wt. % or less of the thermal interface material, and the first material composes at least 40 wt. % of the thermal interface material.
US12195665B2
A heat storage material composition includes a main agent composed of a calcium chloride hexahydrate, an ammonium bromide, and a potassium bromide, wherein a 5° C. range lower-limit temperature T5L is in a range of 15° C. or more to less than 20° C., and a 5° C. range latent heat of melting H5 is 140 J/g or more. Preferably, the heat storage material composition includes 79 to 90.9 mass % of the calcium chloride hexahydrate, 2.7 to 12.3 mass % of the ammonium bromide, and 1.8 to 14.4 mass % of the potassium bromide in 100 mass % of the main agent.
US12195664B2
Compositions comprising multi-fluorinated olefins and HFC-32 are disclosed. Such compositions are useful particularly for in stationary refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
US12195663B2
The present disclosure relates to an efficient biodegradable dust suppressant for an open-pit mine and a preparation method therefor. The dust suppressant includes the following components in percentage by weight: 2%-3.5% of gallic acid, 1.5%-2% of sodium alginate, 0.25%-2% of a surfactant, 0.5%-1% of an antifreeze liquid, and balance water. The preparation method includes the following steps: (1) preparing the gallic acid; (2) preparing the antifreeze liquid; (3) weighing the components in parts by weight; (4) mixing the gallic acid, water, sodium alginate and antifreeze liquid; (5) adding the surfactant; and (6) adding the balance water to prepare the efficient biodegradable dust suppressant for an open-pit mine. The present disclosure has the characteristics of low temperature resistance, high temperature resistance, bonding, wetting, coal dust consolidation and the like, is biodegradable, and does not cause secondary pollution. Meanwhile, the present disclosure causes no harm to human body and the environment.
US12195659B2
The present disclosure provides a greenhouse gas emission reduction method for a heavy metal contaminated soil, falling within the technical field of emission reduction of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. Specifically, hydroxyapatite (HAP) is added to a soil to effectively reduce the emission of nitrous oxide in the soil, and at the same time, the treatment of heavy metal contamination is realized, which is very suitable for the promotion and use of nitrous oxide emission reduction in the contaminated soil.
US12195657B2
A color conversion panel that includes a color conversion layer including one or more color conversion regions, and optionally, a partition wall defining the regions of the color conversion layer, and a display device including the same. The color conversion region includes a first region corresponding to a first pixel, and the first region includes a first composite including a matrix and a plurality of luminescent nanostructures dispersed in the matrix. The luminescent nanostructures include a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound and a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a zinc chalcogenide. The Group III-V compound includes indium, phosphorus, and optionally, zinc or gallium, or zinc and gallium, and the zinc chalcogenide includes zinc, selenium, and sulfur. The luminescent nanostructures do not include cadmium. The luminescent nanostructures further include fluorine, and in the luminescent nanostructures, a mole ratio of fluorine to indium is greater than or equal to about 0.05:1.
US12195653B2
According to one embodiment, a scintillator includes a first layer. The first layer includes a first organic substance capable of emitting light, and a second organic substance. The second organic substance includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group, phosphine oxide, and a sulfinyl group. The first layer emits light based on beta rays incident on the first layer. A period from a time of a maximum value of an intensity of the light until the intensity of the light drops to 1/2.72 of the maximum value is not less than 10 ns.
US12195652B2
Backing films for adhesive tapes are presented, as well as adhesive tapes comprising such backing films, which may include tapes used in construction such as seam sealing tapes, roofing tapes, and flashing tapes. The backing film comprises a core layer, a first skin layer, and optionally a second skin layer, where the backing film has a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 90 ppm/° C. measured in at least one direction within the plane of the film, and, in some embodiments, a Young's modulus of less than 550 MPa as measured in at least one direction. In some embodiments, the backing film has a coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than 91.8 ppm/° C. and a Young's modulus of not more than 540 MPa as measured in any direction within the plane of the film. In some embodiments, the core layer comprises a polyolefin, and skin layers comprise a thermoplastic elastomer.
US12195620B2
Disclosed are reversibly-expandable polymer-integrated crystals (PIX) materials, devices, and methods for controllably encapsulating and releasing molecular cargo. The disclosed PIX materials are engineered crystalline materials with large pores that can entrap macromolecules, such as proteins and nanoparticles. The material expands and contracts reversibly, allowing controlled encapsulation and release of guest/cargo molecules.
US12195603B2
A substrate is described having a treated contact surface comprising a carbon or silicon compound comprising from 1 to 30 atomic percent oxygen, from 0.1 to 30 atomic percent nitrogen, or both, each as measured by XPS. A method is also provided for treating a surface of a substrate. The method includes treating the surface with plasma comprising one or more non-polymerizing compounds. The treated contact surface has a biomolecule recovery percentage greater than the biomolecule recovery percentage of the surface prior to treatment according to the method.
US12195595B2
The invention relates to organopolysiloxanes comprising at least one structural unit with at least one C8-28 alkyl group and at least one urea group, a method for their preparation, a preparation comprising the organopolysiloxane, and the use as a hydrophobizing agent.
US12195589B2
A method for producing a polyalkylene oxide includes step 1 of performing a polymerization reaction of an alkylene oxide in the presence or absence of a chain transfer agent to obtain a high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide; and step 2 of irradiating the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide obtained in step 1 with radiation to obtain a polyalkylene oxide, wherein the amount of the chain transfer agent when used is less than 300 mass ppm relative to the alkylene oxide, and the high-molecular-weight polyalkylene oxide obtained in step 1 has a viscosity at 25° C. in a 1 mass % aqueous solution of 7500 mPa·s or more.
US12195587B2
The present invention is a method to produce a biodegradable thermally induced shape memory polymer (SMP) based on poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and ethyl cellulose (EC). In this synthesis method, after grafting the PCL on the linear EC, the PCL chains are end-functionalized with furan and maleimide moieties. The cross-linked network is prepared via Diels-Alder (DA) reaction between furanyl and N-maleimidyl PCL chains. The synthesized SMP demonstrates excellent shape memory properties at near body temperature (41° C.). Moreover, the polymer network is recyclable and re-processable, since the DA reaction is thermally reversible. The SMP of the present invention is well suited for numerous applications, especially in medical devices, given their excellent shape memory performance, tunable materials properties, body temperature-based stimulus, biocompatibility, and potential for biodegradation and resorption.
US12195585B2
Provided herein is a copolyetherester resin formulation that is suitable for the manufacture of CVJ boots showing reduced squeak. Further provided are CVJ boots comprising the copolyetherester resin formulation.
US12195575B2
Described herein is a composition including at least one polyurethane polymer. Also described herein are a method of using the composition including at least one polyurethane polymer for metal pre-treatment and a process for metal pre-treatment.
US12195571B2
The present invention relates to an unsaturated polyester resin, and a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The unsaturated polyester resin is prepared of the following raw materials in parts by mass: 50-90 parts of a prepolymer, 10-30 parts of phenylethylene, 5-15 parts of methyl methacrylate, and 5-15 parts of 1,3,5-triglycidyl isocyanurate. The prepolymer is formed by combining polyol, a benzene-containing polybasic acid, and an unsaturated polybasic acid with a molar ratio of (2.2-4.5):(1-1.5):(1-1.5); and in the prepolymer, the molar ratio of hydroxyl to carboxyl is (1.0-1.5):1. The unsaturated polyester resin has good yellowing resistance and also has good heat resistance, and a thermal deformation temperature is generally higher than 130° C.
US12195560B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a process for manufacturing a processable dried cellulose nanomaterial using a co-solvent of tert-butyl alcohol (TBA), of which unique physical/chemical properties enable facile modification/derivatization. This present disclosure also relates to materials and process of generating of superhydrophobic surface coating using hydrophobic carboxylic acid modified cellulose nanofibers. Both the processes and the products thereof are within the scope of this disclosure.
US12195548B2
The disclosure relates to caninized chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies to the canine protein CD20 and methods of use to treat certain disorders such as non-Hoiodgkins B-cell lymphoma in dogs.
US12195545B2
Provided in the present invention are an anti-OX40 monoclonal antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a corresponding isolated polynucleotide, expression vector, recombinant cell, pharmaceutical composition, and application thereof. The present antibody can be used for the treatment of cancer or autoimmune disease.
US12195542B2
The invention relates to anti-Tie2 antibodies and methods of using the same.
US12195533B2
The invention relates generally to multispecific polypeptides that bind at least CD3, a second antigen, and a receptor of a T cell, such as a costimulatory receptor or an inhibitory receptor, in which the multispecific polypeptide constructs are able to engage CD3. In some embodiments, the multispecific polypeptide constructs bind a costimulatory receptor and provide costimulatory binding activity. In some embodiments, the multispecific polypeptide constructs bind an inhibitory receptor and block inhibitory activity. In some aspects, the multispecific polypeptides have constrained CD3 binding and bind to or engage CD3 only upon binding to the second antigen, such as a tumor associated antigen. In some embodiments, the multispecific polypeptides contain cleavable linkers that, when cleaved, result in dual effector functions. Also provided are methods of making and using these multispecific polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
US12195531B2
Compositions and methods for targeted delivery of active agents to cells are provided. The compositions comprise a wholly or partially double-stranded synthetic DNA carrier, and an active agent intercalated in double-stranded portions of the DNA carrier. The DNA carrier may also be linked to a targeting agent. The compositions are useful for delivering an active agent into a targeted cell type, for example a cytotoxic agent.
US12195524B2
Provided are multi-specific antigen binding molecules, including bispecific antibodies, that bind to CD3 and an HIV antigen, including HIV envelope protein gp120. Also provided are methods of using such antigen binding molecules to treat or prevent HIV infection.
US12195520B2
Compositions, methods, and uses of recombinant immunoglobulin proteins, recombinant immunoglobulin protein complexes, carrier protein complexes, and a pharmaceutical composition including one or more of those to increase immune therapy effectiveness are presented. Preferred protein and protein complex comprise one or more functional moieties that includes a binding motif to a tumor-associated antigen, a T-cell activating molecule, and a chemokine. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition includes two or more protein complexes, which are functionally distinct from each other. In other embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition includes a genetically-engineered microorganism including a first tumor-associated antigen and a T-cell activating molecule, a recombinant immunoglobulin protein complex, and a chemokine.
US12195512B2
The present invention relates to ligand that may be a peptide compound as well as peptoid or retro-inverso analogues thereof with binding affinity for the Fc region of immunoglobulins. The invention further relates to the application of such peptides and variants thereof for purification of immunoglobulins on the basis of affinity chromatography, non-covalent antibody labelling, antibody detection or immobilization of antibodies to solid support.
US12195511B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions of insulin-Fc fusion proteins and their use to treat diabetes.
US12195500B2
Described herein are methods and antibodies useful for reducing, eliminating, or preventing infection with a viral population in an animal. Also described herein are antigens useful for targeting by heavy chain antibodies and VHH fragments for reducing a viral population in an animal.
US12195499B2
The present disclosure involves optimized methods for production of biologically active proteins termed optimally manufactured stradomers. The present disclosure further provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, or infectious diseases.
US12195497B2
Disclosed is a chromatographic method for separating and purifying a recombinant human fibronectin from a genetically engineered rice seed that expresses the human fibronectin. In the method, the genetically engineered rice seed is milled, mixed with an extraction buffer, and then filtered to obtain a crude extract comprising the recombinant human fibronectin; the crude extract comprising the recombinant human fibronectin is subjected to cation exchange chromatography, so as to perform primary separation and purification, thereby obtaining a primary product comprising the recombinant human fibronectin; and the primary product is subjected to anion exchange chromatography so as to perform final separation and purification to obtain the recombinant human fibronectin as a target substance. The method is low cost and easily utilized on an industrial scale. The obtained OsrhFn target substance has a SEC-HPLC purity greater than 95% with excellent bioactivity.
US12195487B2
The present disclosure is related to organometallic sandwich and half-sandwich tin (bearing η5-C5—Sn π bond) compounds as extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist. Organometallic half-sandwich (η5-cyclopentadienyl) tin hydroxide oxide represented by the chemical formula (η5-C5R5)SnO(OH) is described including the methods for preparation and purification, wherein R is H, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cycloalkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group with 6-20 carbon atoms. Cyclopentadienyl comprises (C5H5), or substituted η5-cyclopentadienyl η5-C5H4R, η5-C5H3R2, η5-C5H2R3, η5-C5HR4, and or η5-C5R5. The solution compositions of organometallic sandwich and half-sandwich tin (bearing η5-C5—Sn π bond) compounds are suitable for EUV photoresists, and/or as the precursors of EUV photoresists for radiation sensitive coating and forming nanoscale patterns through photolithography.
US12195486B2
A method for converting organosilanes by reacting at least one silane (1) of the general formula RaSiCl4-a (I) with at least one further silane (2) of the general formula RbSiCl4-b (II) wherein silane (2) is identical or different from silane (1), optionally with additional use of silanes (3) which contain Si-bonded hydrogen and have the formula RdHeSiCl4-d-e (III) in the presence of aluminum salts, preferably aluminum halides, as catalysts and in the presence of cocatalysts, to obtain at least one silane (4) which differs from silanes (1) and (2) and has the general formula RcSiCl4-c (IV).
US12195479B2
A five-membered-fused six-membered compound, and a preparation method therefor and a pharmaceutical composition and the use thereof. The five- and six-membered compound is a compound as shown in formula I, II or III. The compound has an inhibitory effect on FLT3 and/or IRAK4.
US12195462B2
The invention relates to a particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline, in free, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving the 5-HT2A receptor, the serotonin transporter (SERT), and/or pathways involving the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor signaling system.
US12195458B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z (I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated.
US12195453B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I′, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer).
US12195451B2
Provided are compounds of Formula III that enhance the efficacy of viruses by increasing spread of the virus in cells, increasing the titer of virus in cells, or increasing the antigen expression from a virus, gene or trans-gene expression from a virus, or virus protein expression in cells. Other uses, compositions and methods of using same are also provided.
US12195423B1
Provided herein are reactive aromatic molecules (e.g., substituted chrysene heterodimers) encodable as base-four sequences for the design and integrated synthesis of nucleic acids (e.g., DNA, RNA, hybrid DNA/RNA) and associated phospholipid bilayers (e.g., cellular membranes). For example, 3,6,9,12-tetrasubstituted chrysene is coupled with 6,12-disubstituted chrysene through π-electron stacking to form a base-four heterodimer. The orientation of the ring structure of the tetrasubstituted chrysene in this heterodimer comprises a base-two (binary) structure and the relative alignment of the ring structure of the disubstituted chrysene to the tetrasubstituted chrysene comprises a second independent base-two (binary) structure. This collectively results in a base-four (quaternary) complex composed of four independent reaction environments. Methods of using and forming these molecules and systems associated therewith are also described.
US12195419B2
Glutamine antagonists and their use for treating oncological, immunological, and neurological diseases are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating an oncological, immunological, infectious or neurological disease or disorder, the method comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a glutamine antagonist of the disclosure or the pharmaceutical composition thereof. Also disclosed are methods of enhancing the effects of an immune checkpoint inhibitor, enabling a subject to respond to an immune checkpoint inhibitor, or enabling the toxicity or the dose or number of treatments with an immune checkpoint inhibitor to be reduced, comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a glutamine antagonist of the disclosure or the pharmaceutical composition thereof, and an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also disclosed are methods for treating an oncological, immunological, infectious or neurological disease or disorder that is refractory to checkpoint inhibitor therapy, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, and having the refractory disease or disorder, a therapeutically effective amount of a glutamine antagonist of the disclosure or the pharmaceutical composition thereof.
US12195416B2
A process for converting C2-5 alkanes to higher value C5-24 hydrocarbon fuels and blendstocks. The C2-5 alkanes are converted to olefins by thermal olefination, without the use of a dehydrogenation catalyst and without the use of steam. The product olefins are fed to an oligomerization reactor containing a zeolite catalyst to crack, oligomerize and cyclize the olens to the fuel products which are then recovered. Optionally, hydrogen and methane are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization. Further optionally, C2-5 alkanes are removed from the product olefin stream prior to oligomerization.
US12195415B2
A process and system for converting bio ethanol to high purity isobutene is provided. The system includes a dehydration unit configured to receive a bio ethanol containing stream, convert the bio ethanol to bio ethylene, and produce a bio ethylene containing stream, a dimerization unit configured to receive the bio ethylene stream, dimerize ethylene, and produce an n-butenes containing stream, a skeletal isomerization unit configured to receive the n-butenes containing stream, convert n-butenes to produce a skeletal isomerization stream comprising an isobutene, isobutane, n-butenes, and n-butane, and a catalytic separation unit configured to receive the skeletal isomerization stream, convert olefins and/or isoolefins contained therein to produce a converted skeletal isomerization reaction product, and to fractionate the skeletal isomerization reaction product and produce bio isobutene.
US12195409B2
There is provided herein a process for the compaction of Polyhalite, comprising: mixing a feed of polyhalite with an inorganic binder in a mixer to yield a mixture; compacting said mixture in a compactor to yield masses; crushing said masses in a crusher to yield particles; and screening said particles in a screener to yield particles in three different sizes: oversized fine particles which undergo a second crushing process and are retuned to said screener for screening, undersized fine particles which are transferred to said mixer for further mixing and compacting, and desired size fine particles which are transferred to a polish screener for glazing and oiling.
US12195402B2
Disclosed are a multi-layer composite ceramic plate and a manufacturing method thereof. The composite ceramic plate includes at least one basic sandwich structure. The manufacturing method includes: preparing a sheet-like green body with ceramic powders; pre-sintering the green body at a pre-sintering temperature lower than the sintering temperature to obtain a pre-sintered ceramic member with certain strength; forming a metal electrode layer on an upper surface of the pre-sintered ceramic member; placing the pre-sintered ceramic member in a mold, with the upper surface coated with the metal electrode layer facing upwards; providing a ceramic precursor layer on the upper surface of the pre-sintered ceramic member; carrying out hot-pressing sintering in the axial direction of the pre-sintered ceramic member at the sintering temperature to form an integral structure, wherein by the hot-pressing sintering, a second ceramic layer is formed by the pre-sintered ceramic member, a first ceramic layer is formed by the ceramic precursor layer, and the metal electrode layer is located between the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer to from a basic sandwich structure together with the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer.
US12195394B2
A recycling apparatus of used bituminous conglomerate and an airtight support device for rotating cylinders are described.
US12195392B2
Compositions and methods for producing materials for construction and for dust control utilizing enzyme producing cells, an amount of a nitrogen source such as urea, and an amount of calcium such as calcium chloride. Calcium contributes to the formation of calcium carbonate which creates a solid structure, layer or shield. One or more compositions containing components of the invention can be sprayed or otherwise applied to surfaces for erosion control, foundation support, prevention of sink hole formation, prevention of dust formation, or other applications. Ammonia, water and other by-products of the process can be recycled and re-utilized for the same or other purposes including, for example, as fertilizers and energy sources, or independently fermented from selectively cultivated microorganisms.
US12195386B2
The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass including alkali metal ions, having a thickness of 0.20 mm or smaller, and having a pair of major surfaces that are opposed to each other and have been subjected to a chemically strengthening treatment, in which at least one of the pair of major surfaces has a core roughness depth Sk of 0.90 nm or smaller and a mean summit curvature Ssc of 13.0×10−4/nm or smaller.
US12195383B2
A plate including functional material to be deposited onto a target surface using monochromatic radiation having a wavelength is described. The plate further includes a substrate with a first surface directed towards the target surface and with a second surface to receive the monochromatic radiation. The first surface is patterned with recessed areas that have a dielectric coating and that are filled with the functional material. The dielectric coating includes a sequence of dielectric coating layers alternating in refractive index. The dielectric coating therewith has a relatively high reflectivity for said monochromatic radiation incident perpendicular to the dielectric coating in comparison to a reflectivity for said monochromatic radiation incident at an angle of 45 degrees to the dielectric coating. As such shear forces are mitigated without requiring a high alignment accuracy. The present application further describes a deposition device including the plate and a method involving the plate.
US12195377B2
A process for PFAS decontamination comprises exposing water comprising PFAS contaminant to gas to accumulate a PFAS concentrate and separating the PFAS concentrate. PFAS separation is enhanced by the addition of a hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant, such as 1,1,1,2 tetraflouroethane, difluoromethane or pentaflouroethane to the gas wherein it is believed that with carbon-fluorine bonds of the hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant aid in attracting the carbon fluorine tail of all types of PFAS compounds to the water-gas interface and especially aids separation of smaller molecular weight PFAS molecules, including beyond what can be achieved using charged or ionised gases alone, thereby allowing a larger spectrum of PFAS molecules to be extracted from soil or water.
US12195370B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for wastewater treatment. In some embodiments, a system may include one or more of a pair of electrodes, a first membrane selectively permeable to a first wastewater nutrient, a second membrane selectively permeable to a second wastewater nutrient, and at least one spacing frame comprising a structural element, a gasket, and a flow channel. In some embodiments, the system may further include a septic tank.
US12195367B2
The present disclosure provides an electrolytic module unit based on a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode, including a water flow guide module and an electrolytic module. The electrolytic module is provided within the water flow guide module. The electrolytic module includes a BDD electrode including a main body portion and a plurality of branch portions disposed on two sides of the main body portion. The main body portion and the plurality of branch portions on two sides of the main body portion constitute a fishbone-like structure. The BDD electrode of the electrolytic module unit is of the fishbone-like structure.
US12195365B2
The present invention relates to an electrode for electrochlorination processes, optionally operable under polarity reversal conditions, comprising an active layer provided with a doped Ru—Ti catalytic composition.
US12195358B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a method, apparatus and system for the evaporation of produced water and dirty water from oil and gas production and other dirty water sources. The evaporation system may consist of a portable pond embodied in an Above Ground Storage Tank (AST) system and a fluid projection system which may be controlled and employ optimized operating conditions to maximize the evaporation of produced water under varying meteorological and chemical condition.
US12195350B2
An adhesive layer is provided including composite tungsten oxide particles and/or tungsten oxide particles; a dispersant; a metal coupling agent including an amino group; an adhesive agent; and a cross-linking agent.
US12195346B2
A functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite includes a framework comprising aluminum atoms, silicon atoms, and oxygen atoms, the framework further comprising a plurality of micropores and a plurality of mesopores. The functionalized fibrous hierarchical zeolite is functionalized with at least one amine. A plurality of nanoparticles comprising nickel are immobilized on the framework.
US12195335B2
A feed gas reforming system is provided. The system includes a reformer configured to receive feed gas and supply water and to produce and discharge mixed gas including hydrogen, a pressure swing absorber (PSA) configured to receive the mixed gas and to refine and discharge hydrogen gas, a feed gas supply unit configured to control the supply amount of feed gas, a supply water supply unit configured to control the supply amount of supply water, a hydrogen gas supply unit configured to control the amount of hydrogen gas, and a control unit configured to control the flow rate of hydrogen gas, to control the feed gas supply unit based on the pressure of the discharged hydrogen gas, and to control the supply water supply unit based on the flow rate of feed gas.
US12195332B2
A method for producing a weakly acidic hypochlorous acid aqueous solution comprises (A) an ion-exchange step for generating molecular hypochlorous acid dissolved in a mixed solution by mixing a raw material aqueous solution composed of an aqueous solution of a metal salt of hypochlorous acid with an acidic ion-exchange resin to perform ion exchange between the metal ions and the hydrogen ions, and (B) a separation step for separating the acidic ion-exchange resin from the mixed solution after the ion-exchange step and obtaining weakly acidic hypochlorous acid aqueous solution in which molecular hypochlorous acid is dissolved.
US12195330B2
A method for producing a plurality of sensor devices. The method includes: furnishing a substrate having contact points in a plurality of predetermined regions for sensor chips; disposing the sensor chips in the predetermined regions on the substrate, and electrically contacting the sensor chips to the contact points; attaching a frame structure with an adhesive material on the substrate and between the sensor chips, the frame structure proceeding laterally around the sensor chips, the frame structure extending, after attachment, vertically beyond the sensor chips and forming a respective cavity for at least one of the sensor chips, and a membrane spanning at least one of the cavities for the sensor chips so as to cover it; and singulating the substrate, or the frame structure and the substrate, around the respective cavities into several sensor devices.
US12195326B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprising a wafer including a MEMS device in a substrate of the wafer is mounted to a fluid dispenser stage. The MEMS device has a damping structure coupled to a suspended element and one or more fluid confinement structures. The suspended element is connected to a fixed part of the substrate by one or more flexures configured to permit movement of the suspended element relative to the fixed part of the substrate. The damping structure extends into a gap between the suspended element and fixed part of the substrate. The fluid confinement structures permit movement of the damping structure within a limited portion of the gap and confine a viscoelastic fluid to the limited portion of the gap. A viscoelastic fluid is deposited onto the wafer in an area of the wafer configured to communicate the viscoelastic fluid into the limited portion of the gap.
US12195324B2
The present invention relates to a micro-electromechanical transducer comprising a pressure detection arrangement and a sub-assembly adapted to cooperate with the pressure detection arrangement via a coupling volume, said sub-assembly comprising one or more moveable masses, a suspension member suspending a number of moveable masses, wherein the coupling volume is at least partly defined by the suspension member, and wherein the coupling volume is acoustically connected to an interior volume of the pressure detection arrangement, and wherein the suspension member comprises a viscoelastic material with a predetermined viscous and sealant behaviour in order to dampen one or more resonance peaks of the micro-electromechanical transducer and acoustically seal the coupling volume. The present invention further relates to a hearing device comprising such a micro-electromechanical transducer.
US12195323B2
A sump space unit for dewatering fuel in an underground fuel storage tank includes fuel filtration, coalescing, and water separation with water storage. The system includes a) a housing configured to be placed within a fuel delivery sump space above an underground fuel storage tank; b) A particulate media element within the housing; c) A coalescing media element within the housing; d) A water separation media element within the housing; and e) A water/fuel storage area within the housing. In one operational mode the flow is directed through at least one of the particulate media element, the coalescing media element and the water separation media element. In one operational mode the system receives water from the underground storage tank into the housing bypassing each of the particulate media element, the coalescing media element and the water separation media element.
US12195321B2
An apparatus, including a monitor system including a microphone, first power supply; and transmitter which transmits a first sound indicative of a normal flow of a fluid into a tank and a second sound indicative of a need to cease the flow of the fluid; an attachment device, wherein the monitor system or microphone is attached to the attachment device, and the attachment device is attached to, or attached to an object in a vicinity of, a ventilation pipe; and a receiver system which is headset, earpiece, wearable device, or handheld device, which includes a housing; receiver which receives the first sound or second sound; second power supply; and speaker. The speaker outputs the first audio output indicative of the normal flow of the fluid into the tank and outputs the second audible sound indicative of the need to cease the flow of the fluid.
US12195320B1
A fuel contamination detection system includes a fuel quality analyzer, a multiway valve, and a controller. The multiway valve includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The multiway valve also may include a switching device. The controller is electrically coupled to the analyzer. The controller may be coupled to the switching device, if present. Fuel is flowed through the fuel quality analyzer and an output current is measured to determine whether the fuel includes impurities. The controller is operable to signal a fuel dispensing system to dispense fuel if the fuel is sufficiently clean or cease dispensing fuel if the fuel is impure.
US12195312B1
A personnel lift for agricultural vehicles is shown and described. The lift includes a main column; an electric motor with a first sprocket coupled to the main column; an idler bracket with a second sprocket coupled to the main column. A roller box assembly is disposed inside the main column, with upper and lower chain attachment points and a first roller disposed in the roller box. A roller chain is connected to the upper and lower chain attachment points and in a continuous loop over the first and second sprockets. Upper and lower mounting brackets are provided to mount the personnel lift to a specific make and model of agricultural vehicle. A lifting platform with a support column is provided and two intermediate supports couple the support column to the roller box, the intermediate supports have a second roller.
US12195308B2
In a working machine, a plurality of diagonal members includes a plurality of first diagonal members for connecting a first main member and a second main member with each other, the first diagonal members including a first nearest diagonal member located nearest to a first connector connected to an end of the first main member. A first reinforcement part extends from the first nearest diagonal member to the second main member or a second connector in a first specific direction for connecting the first nearest diagonal member and, the second main member or the second connector connected to an end of the second main member with each other.
US12195305B2
A vessel and a method for installation of a pile adapted to support an offshore wind turbine are described. The method includes a) suspending the pile from a hoisting cable in a substantially vertical orientation; b) providing a lower end of the pile in a pile holding system limiting horizontal motion of a pile portion held by the pile holding system; and c) lowering the pile with the pile being held by the pile holding system. The lowering includes at least lowering the pile through a splash zone of a body of water, and during step c), two tugger lines are directly or indirectly connected to the pile at a location between the pile holding system and the hoisting cable, said tugger lines being operated to damp motion of the pile in two respective horizontal directions.
US12195292B2
A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheets is provided with a delivery roller for delivering sheets on a stack tray, and an air blower mechanism for blowing air to the sheets on the stack tray, and selects to execute one of first operation for blowing air to the sheets to handle the sheets on the stack tray in a state in which the delivery roller is brought into contact with the sheets stacked on the stack tray, and second operation for blowing air to the sheets on the stack tray to handle the sheets in a state in which the delivery roller is retracted from the sheets stacked on the stack tray.
US12195291B2
According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying device includes a tray, a pickup roller, a movement mechanism, a holder, a biasing unit, and a detecting mechanism. The movement mechanism moves the tray between a raised position and a lowered position. The raised position is a position where sheets come into contact with the pickup roller. The holder holds the pickup roller so that the pickup roller is displaceable when pushed up by the sheets. The biasing unit applies a biasing force to the holder pushing down the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism detects when the sheets push up the pickup roller. The detecting mechanism includes a detection unit and a sensor. The detection unit is switchable between a reference position and a detection position according to displacement of the holder accompanying the movement of the tray. The sensor detects when the detection unit reaches the detection position.
US12195290B2
A sheet conveyance device of an embodiment includes a carrying-in unit feeds a sheet to a stacking unit; a lower conveyance unit applies a force to a lower side of a sheet stacked on the stacking unit to move the sheet; a lifting and lowering unit lifts and lowers at least an end of the lower conveyance unit on a side close to the carrying-in unit in at least three stages (lower, middle, and upper); an upper conveyance unit faces the lower conveyance unit and applies a force to the upper side of a sheet pinched between the upper conveyance unit and the lower conveyance unit that is moved to the upper stage to move the sheet; and a stopper protrudes above the lower conveyance unit placed at the lower stage by the lifting and lowering unit, and the downstream end in the feeding direction of a sheet abuts on the stopper.
US12195289B2
A reel handling machine includes first and second re-reeling assemblies coupled to a frame. The re-reeling assemblies each include a reel mount supporting a first reel and a re-reel mount supporting a second reel. The re-reeling assemblies operated to unwind a product strip from the first reel and rewind the product strip on the second reel. The reel handling machine includes a reel manipulator positioned proximate to the re-reeling assemblies configured to automatically remove the second reel from the re-reel mount after the product strip is rewound on the second reel and move the second reel to a remote location.
US12195284B2
According to an embodiment, a supply apparatus includes first, second and third conveyance portions. The first conveyance portion removes processing targets from a feeder in which the processing targets are placed. The first conveyance portion conveys the processing targets along a first conveyance direction. The second conveyance portion is disposed on a downstream side of the first conveyance portion. In the second conveyance portion, a plurality of conveyance portions having mutually different conveyance directions are sequentially connected. The second conveyance portion conveys the processing targets from an upstream side to the downstream side along a second conveyance direction. The third conveyance portion is disposed on a downstream side of the second conveyance portion. The third conveyance portion conveys the processing targets along a third conveyance direction while separating the processing targets from each other at a predetermined pitch.
US12195270B2
Mechanisms and methods for pressurized fluid injection and sealing into containment vessels using a divided valve mechanism are disclosed. The invention describes designs and methods in which a valve may be plugged by an actuator, and then the valve and actuator are disjoined, allowing the containment vessel to then be sealed but without the additional mass or volume of the actuation mechanism and without fluid loss from the containment vessel.
US12195261B1
An airbag and a method for inflating the airbag using an inflation system. The airbag includes a packaging body. The packaging body includes a front wall, the front wall has a top edge; a rear wall, the rear wall has a top edge, wherein the top edge of the front wall and the top edge of the rear wall forms an opening for receiving an article; a first adhesive liner coupled to an inner surface of the rear wall, the first adhesive liner positioned adjacent to the top edge of the rear wall, the first adhesive liner runs along and parallel to the top edge of the rear wall; a second adhesive liner coupled to the inner surface of the rear wall, the second adhesive liner adjacent to the first adhesive liner, the second adhesive liner runs along and parallel to the first adhesive liner, wherein the first adhesive liner and the second adhesive liner comprises a permanent adhesive; and a line of weakness in the rear wall runs parallel to the first adhesive liner and between the first adhesive liner and the second adhesive liner.
US12195259B2
A package structure is disclosed herein, including: a case having a first surface, second surface and side surfaces, and a tray housed within a space defined by the case, the tray including: a first part on which a product is disposable, a second part extending from the first part at least partly facing the first surface, a hanger part extending from the second part outwards from the case through an opening, the case further including third, fourth, fifth and sixth surfaces, and an extension portion facing a second part of the tray disposed partly between the extension portion and the first surface.
US12195252B2
A handling system suitable for interaction with both a plurality of containers suitable for carrying hot and cold beverages and a plurality of carriers suitable for carrying a plurality of containers; said plurality of containers comprising a base; a walled portion upwardly extending from said base; and a lid for attachment to said walled portion; said plurality of carriers comprising at least one compartment for receiving lids and at least a second compartment for receiving containers; wherein both said carriers and said containers comprise a remotely interrogatable tag for respectively identifying said carrier and said container; wherein said system further comprises a remote processing module; and a plurality of points of interaction with said remotely interrogatable tags which provide one or more of the following factors: a date and time stamp of an interaction, an identification of the point, an identification of an individual interacting with the system and an identification of the container or carrier which interacts with said system; and a communication link for dispatching signals representative of said factors to said remote processing module.
US12195250B2
Device including a cap having a skirt provided with at least one thread element and with at least one relief that is separate from the thread element. A container provided with a neck having at least one screw thread in which the thread element can engage, at least one housing, the relief on the cap being configured to snap-fit in the housing at the end of a movement for pre-positioning the cap on the neck. The preferably has at least one ramp having an opposite slope and at least one space for receiving the thread element in the pre-positioned position, situated between a passage for introducing the thread element into the screw thread and an upright at least partially delimiting said housing.
US12195248B2
A wine cork display and aerating system is disclosed. The wine cork system includes a plug with a corresponding sleeve operable to form a fluid tight seal inside the neck of a bottle, a holder operable to secure a wine cork and a plurality of aeration holes in communication with the bottle's contents to allow the wine to breathe and to prevent contamination of the wine.
US12195247B2
At least one example embodiment relates to a container. The container includes a base, a canister configured to engage a portion of the base, and a lid configured to be removably coupled to the canister such that the lid is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The base includes a bottom wall having a central portion, a peripheral portion, and an angle portion between the central portion and the peripheral portion. The base includes a first sidewall extending from a periphery of the peripheral portion and about a periphery of the bottom wall and a second sidewall extending from an end of the peripheral portion opposite the first sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall extend perpendicular to the peripheral portion such that the peripheral portion, first sidewall, and second sidewall define a first gap.
US12195246B2
Examples include a consumer product comprising a box comprising a detergent product, a lid and a lock. The lid comprises flanks covering a specific portion of a sidewall of the box. The lock comprises a specific actuator moveable by applying an actuation pressure, the specific actuator being connected to the specific portion, the flanks comprising a specific actuation area facing the specific actuator and permitting displacing it by applying the actuation pressure.
US12195245B2
A carton blank includes a first main panel, a second main panel, a third main panel, and a fourth main panel. The blank further includes a pair of parallel lines of separation that extend through the first main panel, the second main panel, and the fourth main panel. The pair of parallel lines of separation are equidistant from one another throughout the first main panel, the second main panel, and the fourth main panel. Further, the pair of parallel lines of separation define a first tear feature that extends through the first main panel and the second main panel, and a second tear feature that extends through the fourth main panel. The blank also includes a single line of separation that extends through the third main panel, connecting the first and second tear features.
US12195244B2
The invention relates to a box casing (1), such as a transport box, for shipment and/or storing of goods, which is cost-effective to produce and easy to assemble while at the same time having a considerable strength. The box casing comprises a tray-like bottom member (2) and two wall members (7, 8), each having three interconnected casing walls (9, 10a-b, 13, 14a-b). The wall members are foldable to a position standing in the bottom member and to a substantially flat state to be placed lying on the bottom member, for transferring the box casing between an assembled and a collapsed state. Each wall member comprises corner elements (15) configured to hold the casing walls in place by a resilient function. The invention also relates to a kit for creating such a box casing, as well as use thereof.
US12195242B2
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a flip top, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some configurations, the base has a central opening through which the fluid exits and an internal shaft with a non-planar end surface opposite the central opening. In some configurations, the non-planar end surface and the disk define channels between the mixing chamber and the internal shaft. In some embodiments, the disk includes a central opening, a plurality of partial annular openings through a planar surface of the disk, and projections extending into the mixing chamber.
US12195238B2
The present invention relates to a disposable folding paper cup that folds flat and, when unfolded by the pressing of a folded portion, has a cylindrical upper end, the paper cup comprising: a cup body, which is made of a coated paper of which the inner surface is coated with a cup body coating layer, forms a cylindrical shape when unfolded, and forms a flat surface when both sides thereof are folded at folding lines; bending lines forming oval press parts that unfold bisymmetrically around each folding line when the folding line height center portion of the cup body is pressed, and dividing the oval press parts, spaced from the upper and lower ends of the cup body, therefrom; a bottom sheet which is a coated paper having a bottom sheet coating layer formed on the surface thereof so as to be fused with the cup body coating layer at the inner side of the lower end of the cup body, of which both ends are primarily fused therewith while the bottom sheet is folded along a transverse center folding line that is upwardly convex, and which is fused with the bottom edge of the folded cup body to form a bottom fused band; and fusion columns at which the front and rear surfaces, having the folding line at the center thereof, and the bottom sheet, having the end portion fitted therebetween, form a column shape higher than the fusion height of the bottom fused band and lower than the lower end of the bending line, thereby fusing, at a portion at which the bottom fused band and the folding line meet, the end portion of the bottom sheet through the three sides altogether.
US12195233B2
A foldable container includes a foldable supporting frame, at least one operation switch arranged on the foldable supporting frame, and a container body supported on the foldable supporting frame. The operation switch is actuated through a pulling operation to move the foldable supporting frame between an unfolded mode and a folded mode. The container has an edge and an opening formed within the edge. At the unfolded mode, the opening is opened. At the folded mode, the opening is closed. The container body is automatically folded as the foldable supporting frame is moved from the unfolded mode to the folded mode. Via a folding method, the foldable supporting frame is folded to reduce an overall size for occupying less storage space when it is not in use.
US12195230B2
A stackable storage system includes a first container, a second container, and a latch moveable between a first position and a second position. The first container includes a projection extending away from the first container along a stacking direction. An edge portion extends from the projection along a plane substantially perpendicular to the stacking direction. The second container includes a recess. The recess receives the projection when the first container and the second container are stacked relative to one another in the stacking direction. The latch overlaps the edge portion with respect to the stacking direction while in the first position to secure the first container and the second container. The latch and edge portion are positioned in a non-overlapping manner relative to one another while the latch is in the second position to permit separation of the first container from the second container.
US12195228B2
An assemblable pallet is provided. The assemblable pallet mainly includes a plurality of top plates, a plurality of bottom plates, a plurality of upper support plates, a plurality of lower support plates, and a plurality of feet stacked correspondingly. The above plates are all sheets. Then a plurality of fasteners is inserted through corresponding fastening holes of the above plates and bent to be locked at the fastening holes. Thus the plurality of plates is combined to form a pallet which can be assembled and disassembled more easily and conveniently.
US12195224B2
An apparatus for the production and filling of food containers includes at least one device for forming a sheet made of polymeric material to provide accommodation receptacles which have at least one access opening, at least one filling unit adapted to fill, through the access opening, the accommodation receptacles with at least one type of food, and at least one sealing unit to seal the access opening with a closure film. The apparatus includes at least one device for removing portions, and at least one laser emitter for providing a weakening portion at a respective connecting edge between adjacent accommodation receptacles. The polymeric material is chosen from polyethylene terephthalate and polypropylene and copolymers thereof. The apparatus includes a first section which accommodates the filling unit, the sealing unit, and the device for removing portions, and a second section, separate from the first section, which accommodates the laser emitter.
US12195223B2
A device for applying an article to a moving object includes an applicator member having a base element and an arm element. The arm element is telescopically coupled to the base element such that the arm element is movable between a retracted state and an extended state. A biasing member biases the arm element towards its extended state and an actuator shaft is pivotably connected to the base element. The actuator shaft is eccentrically arranged and rotatable about a first rotation axis RA1, and a support member is pivotable about a second rotation axis RA2 and slidingly supports a mid-section of the arm element. An applicator head is cyclically movable between a retrieval position and an application position in response to rotation of the eccentrically arranged actuator shaft about the first rotation axis RA1. The arm element can be brought to its retracted state during movement of the applicator head from the retrieval position to the application position and can assume its extended state during movement of the applicator head from the application position to the retrieval position.
US12195221B2
A cleaner assembly for an apparatus for making pouch products includes a cleaner roller and a poker roller. The cleaner roller may counter rotate with a rotatable drum of the apparatus, in contact with an upper surface of a first elastic layer on the rotatable drum, and at a greater tangential speed than at least one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drum or an upper surface of the first elastic layer. The poker roller includes projections that are each configured to extend into one or more divots of the rotatable drum. The poker roller may counter rotate with the rotatable drum and at a same tangential speed as the at least one surface such that the projections extend into and out of separate, respective divots of the rotatable drum based on the counter rotation of the poker roller and the rotatable drum.
US12195220B2
To provide a drug discharge device capable of reducing complexity when distributing a drug into a manual distribution device. A drug discharge device includes a manual distribution member 15 that includes a plurality of recessed portions 20 in which a solid drug is distributed, discharge means that discharges the drug distributed in the recessed portions 20 to a downstream side directly or via another member, and a control device that controls the discharge means, in which the discharge means is capable of individually discharging a drug corresponding to a predetermined recessed portion 20, the control device assigns the same drug to the recessed portions 20 in adjacent regions based on prescription information including information on a drug to be provided to a plurality of patients or one patient, and the discharge means discharges the drugs in a predetermined order.
US12195217B2
A web of bags configured to be guided through a filling station is provided. The web of bags may include a continuous guide of a guide material configured to be guided through the filling station. The guide may be connected with one or more bags of a bag material and with a bag opening. Also provided are methods of filling such bags on a web of bags and use of such web of bags.
US12195213B2
The invention discloses an energy self-control base station for battery replacement based on solar power supply with independent UAV take-off and landing, which comprises a UAV take-off and landing device, an automatic battery replacement device and an energy supply device. The foldable solar panel structure is driven by a motor. The invention has simple structure and is convenient for automatic battery replacement. The UAV damage caused by UAV position deviation is effectively avoided when the platform descends. The invention adopts an electric mechanical claw to cooperate with a liftable battery compartment, so as to automatically replace UAV batteries. After the electric mechanical claw is aligned with the predetermined position, the batteries can be grasped and placed by lifting the battery compartment or the annular lifting platform, which simplifies the mechanical structure of the automatic battery replacement device.
US12195206B2
An electrospray thruster with integrated propellant storage directly embedded into small satellite structural elements integrates the volume of the thruster into the volume of the rail.
US12195194B2
A propulsion system having a chassis, two fan cowls and, for each one, an articulation system fastened between the chassis and the fan cowl, so as to move the fan cowl between a closed position and an open position and a locking device like a clamping screw, wherein each articulation system has, for each fan cowl, two pantograph hinges. With such an arrangement, each fan cowl moves away laterally as soon as its opening starts.
US12195191B2
A propulsor includes a propulsor body and a prop assembly in rotational communication with the propulsor body. The prop assembly includes a plurality of prop blades configured for rotation about an axial centerline of the propulsor. The plurality of prop blades are rotatable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The propulsor further includes at least one linkage having a first linkage end and a second linkage end. The first linkage end of the at least one linkage is rotatably mounted to the propulsor body and the second linkage end is configured to be rotatably mounted to an aircraft body. The propulsor further includes a first motor coupled to the at least one linkage and configured to rotate the at least one linkage relative to the propulsor body between a first rotational position and a second rotational position.
US12195190B2
A disclosed device allows a person to fly. A disclosed wearable flight system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies including a left-hand propulsion assembly configured to be worn on a user's left hand and/or forearm and a right-hand propulsion assembly configured to be worn on a user's right hand and/or forearm. A further embodiment includes a body propulsion device that is configured to provide a net force along an axis defining a net body propulsion vector and a support device configured to support a user's waist or torso. The support device is configured to hold a user's body relative to the body propulsion device such that a line extending between center the of the user's head and the center of the user's waist extends, relative to the orientation of the net body propulsion vector during use, by a body propulsion elevation angle that is greater than zero.
US12195181B2
An apparatus for fastening a component to an aircraft cabin attachment structure, the attachment structure having a fastening tube with a longitudinal axis. The apparatus has an internally bored sleeve rotatably positionable on the fastening tube and an external thread. A holding body connects to the component and has two spaced-apart limbs and a bearing surface enclosed by the limbs, and on which, an internal thread configured to the sleeve external thread, is arranged. A device fixes the holding body to the threaded sleeve and the fastening tube, the external and internal threads being non-self-locking. When the holding body internal thread presses against the threaded sleeve external thread, the threaded sleeve rotates until the external and internal threads align. The fixing device connects the threaded sleeve to the holding body in a rotationally fixed manner and fixes the holding body transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US12195173B2
A landing gear for an air and/or space vehicle has a body (G); at least one wheel (T) which enables the body (G) to move on the ground; at least one strut (2) located on the body (G); at least one opening (3) forming a space in cylindrical form substantially along the strut (2); a fluid (A) which is located in the opening (3) to provide damping; at least one damper (4) located between the strut (2) and the wheel (T) to move within the opening (3) and which compresses the fluid (A) to provide damping.
US12195171B2
An aircraft hydraulic actuation system for retracting an aircraft landing gear. The actuation system includes a supply line arranged to carry hydraulic fluid pressurised by a pump, a return line arranged to return hydraulic fluid to a reservoir, and a hydraulic actuator 128. In a first mode of operation, a first chamber 130 of the actuator 128 is supplied with pressurised hydraulic fluid from the supply line such that a piston 134 is moved in a first direction so as to move a load such as a landing gear. In a second mode of operation, the first chamber 130 is taken out of fluid communication with the supply line and a second chamber 132 is in fluid communication with the return line, such that the piston 134 is able to be moved under the influence of the load, for example when the landing gear extends under gravity.
US12195160B2
A device for producing energy includes an air-towed vessel, and at least one water current turbine linked to the vessel by at least one electric cable. The water current turbine is linked to the vessel by at least one mechanical linking cable to be towed by the vessel. The water current turbine is spaced apart from the vessel, which makes it possible to increase the diameter of the turbine and to reduce the interactions between the turbine and the vessel. Moreover, it is then possible to provide a plurality of water current turbines towed by the same vessel.
US12195147B2
A position locating system to determine relative position information between a marine vessel and a trailer includes a first GNSS receiver located on one of a marine vessel and a trailer to receive a positioning signal from a positioning satellite, a second GNSS receiver located on the other of the marine vessel and the trailer to receive the positioning signal from the positioning satellite, a registering unit to register a current position of the trailer based on the positioning signal received by the first GNSS receiver when the trailer is stationary, a direction obtaining unit to obtain a direction of the marine vessel, a generating unit to generate correction information in real time based on the current position and the positioning signal received from the positioning satellite by the first GNSS receiver, and a position locator to determine relative position information between the marine vessel and the trailer.
US12195144B2
A subsea buoy comprises a rigid watertight external shell extending continuously around a supporting internal structure that is sealed and fully enclosed by the shell. The shell is formed integrally and simultaneously with the internal structure by the same additive manufacturing process. The internal structure comprises cavities disposed between structural members, such as struts of a lattice or webs of a matrix. The structural members and cavities can be in a hierarchical or fractal array comprising a relatively narrow outer tier adjoining the shell and at least one relatively wide inner tier within the outer tier.
US12195140B2
A sonar device including a tow cable and a towed body elongate along a longitudinal axis from a first longitudinal end to a second longitudinal end. The towed body includes a plurality of electroacoustic transducers aligned along the longitudinal axis and is connected to the tow cable, so it is able, when it is towed and fully submerged, to be oriented along a vertical axis. At least one towed body is connected to the tow cable by a first hanger and a second hanger. First ends of the first and second hangers are connected to the tow cable and a second end of the first hanger is attached to the towed body at a first fixing point near the first longitudinal end and a second end of the second hanger is attached to the towed body at a second fixing point near the second longitudinal end.
US12195130B2
A connected component platform (CCP) is disclosed. The CCP receives information about at least one connected component on a vehicle and sensor derived performance information for the vehicle. The CCP develops a suspension setup recommendation for the vehicle based on the information about the at least one connected component and the sensor derived performance information. The suspension setup recommendation for the vehicle is presented on a display.
US12195129B2
A mobile device holder for mobility object includes: a main body coupled to a top end of the mobility object; a display positioned on a top surface of the main body and configured to provide a passenger of the mobility object with information; and a holder configured to be stored in the main body when coupled to a first side of the main body, and configured to be coupled to a second side of the main body and mount a mobile device thereon when separated from the first side, wherein the mobile device is supported together on the holder and a top surface of the display when mounted.
US12195125B2
A clevis for a rack and pinion steering box is provided. The clevis includes a base and two arms extending from the base to form a U-shape with each arm having an aperture with aligned axes. A clevis pin extends through the base in a direction opposite of the two arms. The clevis includes two clocking protrusions extending from the base in a direction opposite the two arms with the clevis pin is located between the two clocking protrusions. The rack includes two flat portions and the two clocking protrusion are configured to automatically orient the clevis at a predetermined angle with respect to the rack when the clevis pin is coupled to the rack. In operation, a clevis is coupled on opposing sides of the rack and clevis pivot points are maintained at a width length defined between the clevis pivot points, such as less than 350 mm.
US12195118B2
A method for providing steering assist for a vehicle includes determining whether a primary communication system of the vehicle communicated a first vehicle speed signal, the first vehicle speed signal indicating a first vehicle speed of the vehicle. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the primary communication system did not communicate the first vehicle speed signal, detecting a fault in the primary communication system. The method also includes, in response to detecting the fault in the primary communication system, determining whether a secondary communication system communicated a second vehicle speed signal, the second vehicle speed signal indicating a second vehicle speed of the vehicle. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the secondary communication system communicated the second vehicle speed signal, selectively providing steering assist to a steering mechanism of the vehicle based on the second vehicle speed of the vehicle.
US12195102B2
An electric truck steer-by-wire system and a net-work uncertainty control method therefor. Said system comprises: a master control electric power module (14), a slave control electric power module (18), a road-sensing motor module (4), a steering wheel (1), an upper steering column (3), a lower steering column (10), a rack and pinion steering mechanism (12), wheels (13), a first steering angle sensor (2), a second steering angle sensor (11), a steering domain controller (8), and a vehicle-mounted CAN network (9). By means of the design of the master and slave controllers and actuating mechanisms, the system combines the advantages of steering angle tracking, torque tracking and current tracking, there-by satisfying the steering response requirements and power requirements of the electric truck, and further enhancing the robustness and fault-tolerant performance of the system under a random network time lag.
US12195098B2
An opening/closing mechanism for a tail gate includes a hinge device configured to rotate the tail gate relative to side walls, and a latch device configured for engagement with a striker provided on the side wall to hold the tail gate in a closed state. The hinge device includes an electric driving device provided on the tail gate and configured to rotate the tail gate by means of a motor, and a coupling configured to couple a body-side engagement portion provided on the side wall and an output shaft of the electric driving device together. The output shaft of the electric driving device fits in a fitting hole portion in a first cylindrical portion formed at one end side of the coupling, and the body-side engagement portion fits in a fitting recessed portion in a second cylindrical portion formed at the other end side of the coupling.
US12195091B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a vehicle body structure includes: a roof side rail; a front pillar connected to the roof side rail; a cowl member connected to the front pillar, and extending in a width direction of a vehicle; a cowl cross bar located below the cowl member, connected to the front pillar, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; and a connection bracket connecting the front pillar, the cowl member, and the cowl cross bar.
US12195084B2
Provided is a steering assist apparatus configured to perform a steering assist control for changing a steering angle of a vehicle in such a manner that the vehicle moves along a target path; determine whether a newly-detected object is a stationary object or a moving object; cancel the steering assist control and inform a driver that the steering assist control is cancelled when the newly-detected object is the stationary object and a cancel condition is satisfied; pause the steering assist control and inform the driver that the steering assist control is paused when the newly-detected object is the moving object and a pause condition is satisfied; and resume the steering assist control when a resume condition is satisfied.
US12195083B2
A method in a data processing system including at least one processor and at least one memory including instructions executed by the at least one processor to implement a lane change system is provided by the present disclosure. The method includes receiving, from at least one of a plurality of sensors coupled to a vehicle, information associated with a location of an object longitudinally ahead of the vehicle, determining a sequence of control inputs associated with a time horizon to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the object based on a constraint and the location of the object, and the determining the sequence of control inputs including minimizing a maximum tire slip angle of the vehicle during the time horizon subject to the constraint, and causing a vehicle control system of the vehicle to perform a vehicle maneuver based on the sequence of control inputs.
US12195081B2
The present document relates to a steering sensor assembly comprising an axle housing and a kingpin rotatably mounted on the axle housing, wherein the kingpin features a through hole extending through the kingpin. The steering sensor assembly further comprises a mounting member connected to the axle housing and at least partially disposed in the through hole extending through the kingpin, and a steering sensor comprising a first sensor portion coupled to the kingpin and a second sensor portion coupled to the mounting member.
US12195068B2
A simulated track inductor mount including a base configured to be fixed against a supporting surface and an inductor hub attached to and extending from the base. The inductor hub includes one or more surfaces defining a margin and being configured to engage with an inner surface of the simulated track inductor, and the one or more surfaces are fixed to a camming tab configured to flex to removably seat the simulated track inductor on the inductor hub.
US12195060B2
A method for operating a rail vehicle includes depicting a spatial area in front of the rail vehicle in at least one image by at least one image capturing device and detecting a presence of a tunnel entrance or a tunnel exit prior to an entry or exit of the rail vehicle into or from a tunnel by evaluating at least one image. The method further includes generating at least one control signal for at least one rail vehicle system when a presence of the tunnel entrance is detected prior to the entry of the rail vehicle into a tunnel or when the presence of the tunnel exit is detected prior to the exit of the rail vehicle from the tunnel. The rail vehicle system may be a pantograph control system of the rail vehicle, or a climate control system or a ventilation system of the rail vehicle.
US12195055B2
A vehicle for transporting cargo has a deck and a group of cradles. Each cradle in the group is pivotable relative to the deck between an extended configuration in which the cradles extend at a transverse angle relative to the deck, and a collapsed configuration in which the cradles are substantially flush with the deck. The vehicle has an actuator adapted to concurrently pivot two or more cradles in the group between the extended configuration and the collapsed configuration.
US12195053B2
A container accessing station for accessing a storage container of an automated storage and retrieval grid. The container accessing station comprising: an access opening through which a human and/or robot may access contents of the storage container; a base opening; and a lifting device arranged to retrieve the storage container from a first level beneath the base opening and lift it up through the base opening to a second level so that the storage container may be accessed through the access opening. The invention is also directed to a container accessing system and a method thereof.
US12195051B2
A vehicle driving mode switching control method is provided to switch from a driving assist mode in which a driving operation performed by a driver is assisted by autonomous travel control having a plurality of assist levels to a manual driving mode in which the driver performs the driving operation. The vehicle driving mode switching control method sets a threshold value higher for a driving assist mode in which the assist level is relatively high than for a threshold value of a driving assist mode in which the assist level is relatively low. The vehicle driving mode switching control method detects an input value from the driver with respect to a steering wheel of a host vehicle, and switches from the driving assist mode to the manual driving mode when the input value from the driver is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
US12195044B2
A number of variations may include a method or system using human driving characteristics in autonomous vehicle driving method or system.
US12195043B2
Provided herein is technology relating to automated driving and particularly, but not exclusively, to an intelligent information conversion system and related methods for providing collaborative automatic driving to intelligent transportation systems, vehicle networking systems, collaborative management control systems, vehicle-road collaborative systems, automated driving systems, and the like.
US12195042B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for validating protolanes. For example, the method includes determining a protolane level flowchart from one or more flowcharts corresponding to one or more gates of a protolane selected from a set of protolanes of a geonet, wherein the one or more flowcharts correspond to conditions that can be encountered by an actor approaching the corresponding one or more gates, and wherein the geonet comprises a plurality of lane segments associated with the set of protolanes. A graph through the protolane level flowchart is generated that corresponds to actions of an actor. Reasoning of the actor is validated by testing the actions of the actor against the graph through the protolane level flowchart.
US12195041B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer program products for biasing a trajectory of a vehicle. The methods comprise: identifying a lane biasing interval of a lane in which the vehicle is to travel based on a lane width; obtaining a first reference path of travel for the vehicle that passes through the lane biasing interval; generating a second reference path of travel for the vehicle using a plurality of lateral offsets and the first reference path of travel for the vehicle; and adjusting the trajectory of the vehicle using the second reference path of travel. The lateral offsets are based on a lateral offset from each index point of the first reference path that resides in the lane biasing interval.
US12195037B2
Methods and systems for tracking driver behavior across a variety of vehicles are described herein. One or more first performance metrics which indicate performance of a first vehicle when driven by a user may be determined. One or more second performance metrics indicating performance of a second vehicle when driven by the user may be determined. The first vehicle and the second vehicle may be compared to determine a vehicle difference. The performance metrics may be compared. One or more third performance metrics that predict performance of a third vehicle, different from the first vehicle and the second vehicle, when driven by the user may be determined based on the vehicle difference and the comparison. Whether to provide the user access to the third vehicle may be determined based on the one or more third performance metrics.
US12195034B2
An electronic control device is mounted on a vehicle and executes automatic driving control using a plurality of pieces of map information. Each piece of the map information includes one or more pieces of partial data corresponding to a predetermined geographical area and being information of a predetermined attribute related to a road of the predetermined geographical area. The electronic control device includes a storage unit that stores one or more pieces of the map information, a specification unit that specifies the map information corresponding to a traveling position of the vehicle, and a control unit that determines a control method of the vehicle at a traveling position of the vehicle according to the partial data included in the map information specified by the specification unit.
US12195033B2
The present disclosure involves systems and methods for detecting road blockages and generating alternative routes. In some cases, a system detects, based at least in part on sensor data associated with an autonomous vehicle, a portion of an environment that impedes a planned path of the autonomous vehicle. The system determines a semantic classification associated with the portion of the environment and transmits a re-routing request comprising the semantic classification to one or more remote computing devices. The system receives an instruction associated with navigating the autonomous vehicle around the portion of the environment from the remote computing devices, where the instruction includes an alternative route determined from a plurality of alternative routes. The system further controls the autonomous vehicle to navigate around the portion of the environment based at least in part on the instruction.
US12195030B2
A respective range of environment recording sensors of the vehicle is estimated by evaluating sensor signals of the sensors to check whether the ranges of the sensors respectively is sufficient for automated driving operation. If only one of, or only a predetermined subset of, the sensors do not have a sufficient estimated range, the vehicle continues to be moved in automated driving operation maintaining a speed of the vehicle or reducing it to a predetermined limited extent. A request to take over a driving task is output instantly or after a pre-determined time delay. If all of the sensors or more or different sensors than the predetermined subset do not have a sufficient estimated range, the vehicle continues to be moved with the speed of the vehicle reduced to a predetermined more significant extent, and the request to take over the task of driving the vehicle is instantly output.
US12195023B2
A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.
US12195021B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems that utilize the production vehicles to develop new perception features related to new sensor hardware as well as new algorithms for existing sensors by using self-supervised continuous training. To achieve this the production vehicle's own perception output is fused with other sensors in order to generate a bird's eye view of the road scenario over time. The bird's eye view is synchronized with buffered sensor data that was recorded when the road scenario took place and subsequently used to train a new perception model to output the bird's eye view directly.
US12195015B2
A driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle calculates a vehicle speed of a random vehicle present ahead of the vehicle, and momentum of a front part or a rear part of the random vehicle, on the basis of detection data by a surrounding environment sensor configured to detect data regarding surrounding environment around the vehicle, and estimate a slip angle or a slip angular speed of a rear wheel of the random vehicle, on the basis of data regarding at least the vehicle speed of the random vehicle and the momentum of the front part or the rear part of the random vehicle, and data regarding an estimated distance from the rear wheel of the random vehicle to the front part or the rear part of the random vehicle.
US12195008B2
An information recording and reproduction device includes a processor including hardware and configured to: acquire first information indicating information relating to a behavior of a driver from a first device mounted in a vehicle; acquire second information indicating information relating to a behavior of the vehicle from a second device mounted in the vehicle; and accumulate the first information and the second information in a memory in a synchronously reproducible manner.
US12194997B2
A method for controlling a subject vehicle with a braking system, a drive system and a distance control system, wherein the distance control system is configured to control an actual following distance between the subject vehicle and a vehicle ahead to a predetermined target following distance, wherein the target following distance is predetermined as a function of an activated operating mode of the distance control system, including performing a plausibility check by checking whether V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over a V2X connection, and activating, if no V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over the V2X connection, a first operating mode in which a first target following distance is predetermined as a function of a reaction time of a driver of the subject vehicle.
US12194993B2
A collision avoidance support device comprises target detection unit, target type determination unit, relative position determination unit, target track prediction unit, and vehicle track prediction unit, obstacle determination unit. The vehicle track prediction unit is configured to enlarge said width of a vehicle predicted track compared with a case where an enlargement condition is not satisfied when the enlargement condition is satisfied. The enlargement condition is satisfied when the relative position determination unit detects that a target determined to be a pedestrian by the target type determination unit is positioned on a travel lane at least once.
US12194988B2
Systems and methods of controlling an active safety feature of a vehicle are provided. The systems and methods receive radar data from a radar device of the vehicle and image data from a camera of the vehicle. Object detection and tracking processes are performed on the radar data and the image data to identify and track objects in an environment of the vehicle. Conditions are assessed with respect to identified objects to ascertain whether a radar track is erroneously reported as a separate object to a camera track. When the conditions are assessed to be true, an object corresponding to the camera track is used as an input for controlling an active safety feature of the vehicle and an object corresponding to the radar track is discounted for controlling the active safety feature of the vehicle.
US12194985B2
A system for mitigating a sway of a trailer. The system includes a sensor set configured to sense a plurality of operating characteristics of a vehicle and an electronic processor connected to the sensor set. The electronic processor is configured to receive the plurality of operating characteristics from the sensor set, determine whether the trailer is swaying based on the plurality of operating characteristics, determine, in response to the trailer swaying, a target deceleration, determine, in response to the trailer swaying, a target yaw value, and modify a current yaw value to counter the trailer sway until reaching the target yaw value.
US12194984B2
A drive control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a controller that controls an engine, a traveling motor, a transmission, and an output clutch. The controller estimates the rotation angle of the motor by a first estimation method and controls the motor on the basis of the estimated angle. The estimation method is executable when the rotation speed of the motor is a threshold or higher. When a rotation angle sensor for the motor is in an abnormal state and a specific driving state is present, the controller controls one or more of the engine, the transmission, and the output clutch differently from when the sensor is in a normal state, and thereby maintains the rotation speed at the threshold or higher. The specific driving state is a state in which the rotation speed is lower than the threshold under the control when the sensor is in the normal state.
US12194972B2
A vehicle braking system includes a master cylinder having a pedal feel simulator incorporated therein, a reservoir configured to retain a volume of unpressurized brake fluid for use in the vehicle braking system, a wheel cylinder coupled to the master cylinder via a first braking circuit, an electronically-controlled pressure generating unit configured to move fluid through the first braking circuit to the wheel cylinder in a first mode of operation, and a two-way valve positioned in the first braking circuit and configured to selectively decouple the master cylinder from the wheel cylinder. In the first mode of operation, the master cylinder is decoupled from the wheel cylinder via the two-way valve and the master cylinder is coupled to the reservoir via the two-way valve. In a second mode of operation, the master cylinder is coupled to the wheel cylinder via the two-way valve.
US12194969B2
Disclosed is to an electronic brake system. The electronic brake system includes an integrated master cylinder having a simulation chamber, a first master chamber, and a second master chamber arranged in order from a side of a brake pedal, wherein the integrated master cylinder includes a simulation piston provided to be displaceable by the brake pedal to pressurize the simulation chamber, a first master piston configured to pressurize the first master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the simulation piston, a second master piston configured to pressurize the second master chamber and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first master piston, and an elastic member interposed between the simulation piston and the first master piston to provide the brake pedal with a reaction force.
US12194964B2
A cleaning unit for cleaning a sensor window pane of an optical sensing device, in particular for optical distance measurement, more in particular a LiDAR sensor device, of a motor vehicle. The cleaning unit comprises a wiper. Further, the cleaning unit comprises a drive unit which is arranged for wiping the wiper over the sensor window pane. Advantageously, the cleaning unit can be arranged for wiping a first portion of the wiper, such as a first wiper tip, over the sensor window pane from a first position towards a second position to wipe at least a first portion of the sensor window pane located between said first and second positions. The cleaning unit can then also be arranged for moving the wiper back from said second position substantially towards said first position without said first portion of the wiper wiping over said first portion of the sensor window pane.
US12194961B2
Provided is a console for a vehicle capable of providing a large storage space and various types of usability in, for example, a high-performance vehicle and reducing costs while securing rigidity of the console and improving an aesthetic effect. The console for a vehicle includes a frame installed on a floor of the vehicle, and a console body mounted on the frame and having at least one article receiving part, wherein the frame is at least partially exposed externally of the console body.
US12194959B2
A vehicle control device includes: a peripheral target recognition unit that, based on a detection signal of an object detection sensor, recognizes a target existing around a vehicle; a person determination unit that, when the target is recognized, executes a person determination process of capturing the target with a first camera having a first resolution, and determining whether the target is a person; and a user authentication unit that, when the target is determined to be the person, executes a first user authentication process of capturing a first target person determined to be the person by the person determination unit, with a second camera having a second resolution higher than the first resolution, and collating a face image of the first target person with a face image of a registered user of the vehicle to determine whether the first target person is the registered user.
US12194957B2
An information processing device comprises a controller configured to detect, in relation to an area associated with a predetermined facility, entry or exit of a predetermined vehicle, transmit, to a facility device corresponding to the facility, in a case where the vehicle enters the area, an electronic key for enabling movement of the vehicle, and invalidate the electronic key transmitted to the facility device in a case where the vehicle exits the area.
US12194955B2
A seat belt retractor includes a housing including a first side wall and a second side wall facing each other, a winding drum configured to wind up a webbing, a locking base, a torsion bar including one end side, which is opposite to the locking base, coupled to the winding drum without being rotatable relative to the winding drum, and the other end side coupled to the locking base without being rotatable relative to the locking base, a pretensioner including: a pretensioner casing attached to the first side wall; and a drive wheel attached to the locking base, a lock member located in the locking base, and a stopper member being screwed onto a male screw of the locking base.
US12194950B2
A seatbelt device for a motor vehicle, including: a diagonal belt portion and a lap belt portion, each of which is connected to a seatbelt retractor that can be fixedly secured to the vehicle, a seatbelt buckle that can be fixedly secured to the vehicle, and a seatbelt tongue that can be locked to the seatbelt buckle. One end of the lap belt portion is secured to the seatbelt tongue, and one end of the diagonal belt portion is secured to a fitting, the fitting being rotatably connected to the seatbelt tongue. At least one sensor is provided and designed to detect the rotational angular position of the fitting with respect to the seatbelt tongue and/or the seatbelt buckle. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.
US12194948B2
An airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system has an actively releasable tether element (14) disposed in an interior (16) of the airbag (10) which is connected, at an airbag-side fixation (18), permanently to the airbag (10) in the region of a contact zone (20) for the occupant, and which comprises a detachable fixing point (22) for the release. The airbag (10) can take up a smaller first filled volume (V1) in which the tether element (14) and the detachable fixing point (22) are not released, and a larger second filled volume (V2) in which the tether element (14) is released at the actively detachable fixing point (22). In addition to the tether element (14), a tether element restrainer (26) disposed in the interior (16) of the airbag (10) is provided which acts upon a point of action (28) on a vehicle-side portion (34) of the tether element (14) distant from the airbag-side permanent fixation (18) of the tether element (14) and which is permanently fixed to a coupling point (30) distant from the contact zone (20) so that the vehicle-side portion (34) of the released tether element (14) remains connected fixedly to the vehicle via the tether element restrainer (26).
US12194940B2
The invention relates to a vehicle steering wheel, comprising: a framework, a safety module comprising a first decorative component, a base component, at least one centering component, attached and fixed to the base component by an irreversible connection and arranged to position the safety module with respect to the base component, at least one second decorative component mounted on the framework, wherein the irreversible connection is arranged to permit an adjustment of the position of the centering component on the base component before fixing the centering component on the base component, characterized in that the irreversible connection is provided by laser welding of the centering component on the base component.
US12194936B2
Disclosed is a method for predicting collision severity, including: establishing a first learning model, and inputting vehicle data and collision accident scene feature data into the first learning model; obtaining a predicted collision acceleration curve outputted by the first learning model, the predicted collision acceleration curve being established based on a plane rectangular coordinate system; establishing a second learning model, and inputting the predicted collision acceleration curve, the occupant feature data and the restraint system feature data into the second learning model; obtaining a plurality of predicted collision kinematics and dynamics curves of human body parts outputted by the second learning model; generating a collision severity parameter according to the plurality of predicted collision kinematics and dynamics curves of the human body parts, the collision severity parameter being configured to evaluate the collision severity.
US12194932B2
An electrical assembly includes a primary controller, a secondary controller, and a switch assembly. The primary controller, the secondary controller, and/or the switch assembly may be electrically connected, and/or the secondary controller may be configured to control the primary controller according to a position of a switch of the switch assembly. The switch assembly may be connected to the primary controller, and/or the primary controller may be configured to control movement of a vehicle seat according to the position of the switch. The primary controller may include a first state and/or a second state; and the primary controller may be configured to instruct the secondary controller to change the primary controller from the second state to the first state. The first state of the primary controller may be a low power mode.
US12194926B2
A trailer for use with a truck has a wheeled chassis having at least one wheeled axle at a rearward end of the wheeled chassis. A body has a cargo deck supported by the wheeled chassis. A camera is mounted to at least one of the wheeled chassis and the body so that a field of view of the camera includes a tractor when the tractor is operatively coupled to the wheeled chassis.
US12194921B2
A method for assembling a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror mount and a mirror head. The mirror head includes a transparent mirror frame and a mirror reflective element accommodated at the transparent mirror frame. The transparent mirror frame has a patterned front side having a plurality of channels established thereat and a rear side opposite the patterned front side. An illumination source is provided at the mirror head. The patterned front side of the transparent mirror frame is patterned to reflect light emitted by the illumination source, when powered, so that an illumination pattern is visible to a person viewing the rear of the transparent mirror frame. The mirror head is pivotally mounted at the mirror mount.
US12194915B2
An agricultural work vehicle includes a chassis, a cab mounted to the chassis and including a work space for an operator to control the work vehicle, and a controller for controlling operation of the work vehicle. The work vehicle further includes a lighting system having at least one array field light for illuminating an area on or around the work vehicle. A light control module is disposed in electrical communication with the controller and is configured to operably control the at least one array field light. The controller transmits a signal to the light control module, and the at least one array field light transmits a light signal corresponding to the signal which is receivable by a receiving module on another work vehicle or implement.
US12194914B2
When a first driver setting mode indicates an “OFF mode” or an “AUTO mode,” a VP accepts a light operation mode request from an ADK. When an operation is performed by a user, the VP changes an operation mode of a headlight in accordance with the operation by the user. When the operation by the user has not been performed, the VP changes the operation mode of the headlight in accordance with the light operation mode request.
US12194910B2
Cargo systems are provided for vehicles that include, in one embodiment: a variable cargo surface disposed within a body of the vehicle behind one or more occupant seats, the variable cargo surface including: a low friction surface that facilitates movement of cargo within the cargo system, the low friction surface having a first coefficient of friction; a high friction surface that inhibits movement of cargo within the cargo system, the high friction surface having a second coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction; and a control device that selectively activates the low friction surface and the high friction surface based on conditions for the vehicle; wherein the low friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the low friction surface is activated; and the high friction surface contacts the cargo within the cargo system when the high friction surface is activated.
US12194909B2
A system includes several load cells, each coupled to a lashing that secures shipping containers, accelerometer cells, each coupled to a shipping container at the top of a stack, and an inclinometer cell coupled to a cargo ship. The cells are configured to transmit data to a computer. All the cells comprise a processor programmed to acquire a time series of measurements and, preferably, decompose the time series into a sum of sinusoidal signals, each having a frequency and an amplitude. Alternatively, the computer can be programmed to decompose the time series. The computer is programmed to identify the signal components caused by the roll of the cargo ship or by resonances in shipping container stacks. The computer estimates cumulated damages caused by fatigue in the lashings and/or twist locks. The system is used to trigger alarms and/or schedule maintenance.
US12194903B2
A kinetic seat assembly includes a primary seat back frame, a secondary seat back frame, and an upper pivot mechanism coupling the secondary seat back frame to the primary seat back frame. The upper pivot mechanism includes a bracket, and a pivotable link extending from a pair of opposite sides of the bracket and interconnecting the bracket and the primary seat back frame. A first end of each of the pivotable links is pivotally attached to the bracket, which is coupled to the secondary seat back frame, and an opposite second end each of the pivotable links is pivotally fixed to the primary seat back frame. The secondary seat back frame is permitted to move in a kinetic seat vertical direction relative to the primary seat back frame as the pivotable links permit the bracket to move in the kinetic seat vertical direction relative to the primary seat back frame.
US12194892B2
An electric vehicle, and braking system and a method of operating the electric vehicle. The braking system includes a mechanical braking system, a regenerative braking system, and a controller. The controller is configured to calculate a total braking torque for operating the electric vehicle at a selected velocity during braking, determine an available regenerative braking torque via the regenerative braking system, calculate a mechanical brake torque for the mechanical braking system from the total braking torque and the available regenerative brake torque, and apply the mechanical brake torque at the mechanical braking system.
US12194889B2
Various methods and systems are provided for energy management at a consist. In one example, a method for the energy management includes coordinating a distribution of a power demand in response to a power output of each of a fuel cell system, a battery system, and an engine system. The power output of each of the fuel cell system, the battery system, and the engine system may be selected based on a respective efficiency of each system.
US12194886B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for temperature-based vehicle operation analysis. A thermal sensor measures a temperature associated with an energy storage unit that stores energy. A vehicle attribute sensor measures one or more attributes of a vehicle. The energy storage unit is configured to power a propulsion mechanism of the vehicle. A control system with a processor and memory identifies an effect of the measured temperature associated with the energy storage unit on the one or more attributes of the vehicle. The control system identifies a change to vehicle operation of the vehicle based on the identified effect of the measured temperature associated with the energy storage unit on the one or more attributes of the vehicle. An output interface outputs an indication of the change to vehicle operation of the vehicle.
US12194883B2
Methods and systems for supplying electrical power from a vehicle to an external accessory are described. In one example, two different voltages may be applied at different times to a connector so that the external accessory device need not include a battery. In particular, a first voltage may power a main load of the external accessory and a second voltage may power a microcontroller that communicates with the vehicle.
US12194882B2
Example embodiments enable a scalable method (200) to manage faults of a wide network of electric vehicle charging stations comprising even thousands electric vehicle charging stations. The occurred faults may be solved automatically when possible. The faults may be prioritized based on one or more criterion. The method (200) and an apparatus (600) is provided to handle the faults more efficiently.
US12194880B1
An example operation includes one or more of reserving an available charging point at a charging station for a vehicle at an arrival time at the charging station when one other charging point at the charging station will be available for one other vehicle in a time less than a threshold time after the arrival time.
US12194879B2
Systems and methods for flexible charger reservations are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes providing, from a charging entity, a user a flexible charger option for charging an electric vehicle at a first place at a first time. The flexible charger option is associated with a flexible charger compensation offer including a user benefit. The method includes generating an initial reservation for the user at the first place and the first time. The initial reservation is associated with a first cost for the charging entity. The method includes providing the user with the user benefit in response to the user selecting the flexible charger option. The method includes detecting a grid event that changes the first cost for the charging entity. The method includes generating a revised reservation for the electric vehicle associated with a second cost for the charging entity that is less than the first cost.
US12194877B2
Disclosed is a method for calibrating an AC/DC converter with power factor correction, including the following steps: —connecting the input connector of the converter to a predetermined DC voltage power supply, such that this predetermined DC voltage is applied between the terminals of the input connector; —measuring, with a voltage measuring unit, the resulting calibration DC voltage which is delivered by the switching module when the predetermined DC voltage is applied between the terminals of the input connector; and —calibrating the voltage measuring unit by performing a calibration bringing the resulting calibration voltage back to the level of the predetermined DC voltage.
US12194876B2
A traction powertrain system of an electrified vehicle includes a power electronics module and a controller. The power electronics module, such as in the form of an inverter, is configured to drive a traction motor with power from a traction battery via a DC-link capacitor. The controller has an on-board power source, such as in the form of a super capacitor. The controller is configured to, in response to detecting an event in which the DC-link capacitor is to be discharged, use power from the on-board power source for controlling the power electronics module and control the power electronics module to operate in a manner causing the DC-link capacitor to be discharged.
US12194874B2
A power supply device includes a moving unit that moves a power supply fitting body in an insertion-extraction direction, an up-down direction, and a lateral direction that is orthogonal to the insertion-extraction direction and the up-down direction, and a controller that controls the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A position detection device moves in linkage with the movement of the power supply fitting body by the moving unit. A power reception fitting body includes first structures extending along the lateral direction and second structures related to a central position of the power reception fitting body in the lateral direction. The first structure and the second structure are formed protruding to one side of the up-down direction with respect to a ceiling surface. The distances between the second structures and the first structures in the insertion-extraction direction are set in advance.
US12194869B2
An in-vehicle power supply system includes a first power storage device including one or more lithium ion secondary batteries, a second power storage device connected in parallel to the first power storage device, and a charge/discharge control device. The second power storage device includes lithium ion capacitor groups constituted by a first capacitor group including one or more lithium ion capacitors and a second capacitor group connected in parallel to the first capacitor group and including one or more lithium ion capacitors. The charge/discharge control device controls charging/discharging of the first and second power storage devices to supply electric power to a drive source of a vehicle and recovers regenerative energy of the vehicle. When the first capacitor group discharges electric power preferentially over the second capacitor group, the charge/discharge control device performs control such that the second capacitor group is charged preferentially over the first capacitor group.
US12194865B2
There is provided a method of controlling an electric vehicle. The method includes obtaining by a controller of the electric vehicle a first state indicator of a state of the electric vehicle, receiving at the controller a status indicator of an operating status of the electric vehicle, and updating by the controller the state of the electric vehicle based on the status indicator to an updated state. The updated state may be associated with a second state indicator. The method also includes determining by the controller a given braking type of a braking to be applied to the electric vehicle. This determining may be based on one or more of the second state indicator and the status indicator. The method also includes applying to the electric vehicle the braking of the given braking type. Systems for applying such braking are also provided.
US12194847B2
An accelerator device includes a pad, a case portion having a front wall with an opening, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, an internal movable mechanism with a shaft, and an arm. The first side wall has a first bearing portion for receiving one end of the shaft, and at least one first groove portion provided vertically below a central axis of a surface facing the shaft of the first bearing portion and connected to the first bearing portion. The second side wall has a second bearing portion for receiving the other end of the shaft, and at least one second groove portion provided vertically below a central axis of a surface facing the shaft of the second bearing portion and connected to the second bearing portion.
US12194835B2
Typical active grille shutter vanes meet the frame at either end, with a small clearance between the parts, to avoid the parts binding together. This invention adds a set of soft flaps, which are molded in a two-shot process, to allow the vanes to seal against the frame while closed but sit free of the frame while open. This clearance is accomplished by adding a stepped wall to the frame component, to create an interference between the vane flaps while turning to the closed position, causing the flaps to be deflected in a gradual manner, so the actuator motor is not taxed with a sudden increase in required torque.
US12194828B2
A vehicle body includes: a vehicle body floor having a battery housing portion; a pair of left and right side sills; a front cross member disposed in front of the battery housing portion; a rear cross member disposed behind the battery housing portion; and a battery cover that covers a battery from above. A widened portion of which a height in a vertical direction increases with respect to a center region of the front cross member in a vehicle width direction and of which a front-rear width expands to a vehicle rear side with respect to a front-rear width of the center region of the front cross member in the vehicle width direction is provided on an end portion of the front cross member on an outer side in the vehicle width direction. The battery cover is made of a metal and includes an outer connecting portion connected to the widened portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
US12194823B2
A pickup truck that includes a cab section located in front of a bed section is provided. The pickup truck comprises a tonneau cover that covers the bed section. The tonneau cover includes a plurality of panel sections; and wherein each of the plurality of panel sections is movable with respect to each other to allow access to, or conceal the bed section underneath. At least one prop rod assembly includes a longitudinally extending first rod having a first end and a second end. The first end of the longitudinally extending first rod is pivotably and removably coupled to a side rail that is secured to the first side of the bed section, and the second end of the longitudinally extending first rod is located opposite the first end and pivotably coupled to the first latch assembly of the third panel section.
US12194822B2
The truck bed enclosure is an apparatus that provides a comfortable and secure environment within a truck. The apparatus includes a first bed cover, a second bed cover, a first side rack, a second rack, and a truck bed. The first bed cover and the second bed cover uphold the first side rack the second side rack, respectively, as well as open and close the truck bed. The first side rack and the second side rack serve as a rack to secure and uphold various items while in a retracted configuration. The first side rack and the second side rack also serve as a bench while in an extended configuration. The first bed cover and second bed cover also include a first window and second window. The truck bed upholds the first bed cover, the second bed cover, a variety of items, and individuals.
US12194820B2
The invention relates to an access control method for a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has at least a first and a second access element automatically adjustable between a closed position and an open position. The method comprises at least the following steps: detecting at least one position of a key element carried by a user relative to the motor vehicle by radio; calculating a probability of use for each access element depending on the at least one detected position of the key element; adjusting both the first access element and the second access element from the closed position to the open position if: the probability of use of each of the first and second access elements is above a predetermined first threshold value; and an absolute value of a difference in the probability of use of the first and second access elements is below a predetermined second threshold value.
US12194819B2
A door module and presenter assembly therefor, the door module having a carrier module, a handle chassis, an extension member extending from the carrier module to support the handle chassis, wherein the handle chassis is moveable relative to the carrier module.
US12194816B2
An air flow control system includes a plenum having an air inlet, a first air outlet, a second air outlet and a third air outlet, a vent door, an air guide, carried on the vent door, and an actuator. The actuator displaces the vent door between a first position closing the first air outlet and a second position opening the first air outlet. A climate control method for an autonomous vehicle is also provided.
US12194801B2
A roll control system for a vehicle capable of improving the versatility compared to the related art is obtained. A roll control system according to the invention includes: a first component connected to a right connecting device that connects a vehicle body and a right wheel; a second component connected to a left connecting device that connects the vehicle body and a left wheel; and a damper. The damper includes a first damper component and a second damper component reciprocatably connected to each other. The first component includes a first base portion rotatably held by the vehicle body, a first wheel-side arm portion rotatably connected to the right connecting device, and a first damper-side arm portion rotatably connected to the first damper component. The second component includes a second base portion rotatably held by the vehicle body, a second wheel-side arm portion rotatably connected to the left connecting device, and a second damper-side arm portion rotatably connected to the second damper component.
US12194791B2
A valve stem for controlling inflation and deflation is provided. The valve stem includes a valve body having a central passage and a lateral port venting to the atmosphere. A valve core can be positioned within the central passage and configured to permit gas flow into the central passage. A collar is configured to surround an intermediate portion of the valve body, with the collar movable between a first position, where the collar occludes the lateral port to prohibit gas flow out of the lateral port, and a second position, where the collar opens the lateral port to permit gas flow from the central passage through the lateral port. A pressure set assembly can couple to the valve body and be set to a pressure at which the pressure set assembly closes to prohibit gas flow through the pressure set assembly and through the lateral port.
US12194788B2
A tire includes tread having at least one ring-shaped steel belt extending in a circumferential direction of the tire, and a pair of beads having bead filler extending to an outer side of a tire-radial direction of the bead core, in which an electronic component is embedded in a region between a tire-radial direction outside end of the bead filler and a tire-width direction outside end of the steel belt.
US12194784B2
This invention relates to pneumatic radial tires which exhibit improved rolling resistance (provide better fuel economy) and improved performance characteristics. More particularly, this invention relates to the structure of radial ply tires for heavy load vehicles such as trucks, buses, and the like. It is based upon that finding that a defined profile of the outer surface of the sidewall portion can lead to a tire with reduced rolling resistance and a reduced generation of heat. The reduction in rolling resistance is obtained by a specific shaping of the bead portion of the tire which allows a bead mass reduction with an acceptable trade-off with regard to bead durability.
US12194782B2
A motorcycle tire includes a tread portion including a crown portion that is a region of 50% of a tread development width centered on a tire equator, a first shoulder portion that is an outer region of the crown portion, and first lateral grooves. Each lateral groove includes a first groove portion in the crown portion, a second groove portion in the first shoulder portion, and a third groove portion connecting the first and second groove portions. A groove depth and a groove width of the third groove portion are respectively smaller than groove depths and groove widths of the first groove portion and the second groove portion, respectively. More than 80% of a tire axial length of the third groove portion is in the first shoulder portion.
US12194781B2
A tire comprising a plurality of tread blocks. At least one tread block includes one or more piers for stiffening the tread blocks while allowing normal lateral (tangential) or circumferential strain for normal braking and motive traction. The piers can extend the entire length dimension of the tread block or portions thereof.
US12194779B2
Implementations disclosed and claimed herein provide systems and methods for identifying and mitigating lug nut loosening. In one implementation, an indicator body of an indicator has a top surface connecting a front surface and a back surface. A first side of the indicator body is disposed opposite a second side of the indicator body. A receiver extends from the top surface into an interior of the indicator body. The receiver is configured to form a translational relationship of the lug nut with the indicator through a mating fit of the lug nut within the receiver. The translational relationship generates a corresponding rotation of the indicator body in response to a rotation of the lug nut. The corresponding rotation of the indicator body provides an indication that the lug nut is loose.
US12194776B2
A vehicle equipped with a plurality of omni-directional wheels includes a grounding part that supports the vehicle by grounding to a ground surface, a moving mechanism to protrude the grounding part from the bottom of the vehicle toward the ground surface, and a controller for controlling the moving mechanism so as to ground said grounding part to the ground surface. The controller is configured to control the moving mechanism so as to ground the grounding part to the ground surface when the vehicle is detected to have stopped.
US12194775B2
A sparkling fabric includes: a fabric substrate; and a tri-layer adhered to the fabric substrate. The tri-layer includes: an adhesive layer that adheres the tri-layer to the fabric substrate; an exposed design layer; and a metal plating layer between the exposed design layer and the adhesive layer. The tri-layer is distributed as a plurality of separable and identifiable tri-layer pieces across the fabric substrate such that the distribution of tri-layer pieces has a density on the order of 15-25 pieces per centimeter squared (pcs/cm2) and a size of a piece is less than 1 millimeter (mm).
US12194773B1
A writing instrument includes an elongate hollow body having a distal tip and a proximal end portion, a marking medium located at least partially inside the hollow body and extendible from the distal tip, and a scent substrate in the proximal portion of the hollow body. An inner cap is disposed over the proximal portion. The cap has at least one scent opening. An outer cap is disposed over the inner cap such that rotation of the outer cap relative to the inner cap to a first position covers the at least one scent opening and rotation of the outer cap relative to the inner cap to a second position reveals the at least one scent opening.
US12194765B2
A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing, and a pressing portion and a first non-pressing portion on the front wall. The pressing portion and the first non-pressing portion are positioned to oppose tape type detecting switches of the label printer when the cassette is in the label printer. The pressing portion is configured to change a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches, and the first non-pressing portion is configured to avoid changing a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches. The first non-pressing portion is a planar area of the front wall extending in a tape width direction from a top surface of the housing to a bottom surface of the housing.
US12194756B2
An inkjet printer and method of operating the inkjet printer modifies the image content data for an ink image to be printed on a media sheet to maintain the operational status of each inkjet in the inkjet printer. For each inkjet that is operated less than an operational threshold, image data is added to the image content data to operate each inkjet at the operational threshold.
US12194750B2
An ink heating device (7) includes a heater circuit (91) including a heater (71) which heats ink and an auto-return type bimetal switch (92) which is provided between the heater (71) and a power source (A); a relay (5) provided between the bimetal switch (92) and the power source (A); and a controller (4) which opens or closes the relay (5) according to a state of the heater circuit (91).
US12194748B2
A conveying belt has a plurality of flushing openings and a detection hole, and the plurality of flushing openings are arranged in at least two rows along the main scanning direction. Furthermore, the discharge timing controller (a) detects a position of the detection hole in the main scanning direction with a belt sensor, (b) identifies the flushing opening corresponding to the nozzle based on the position of the detected detection hole in the main scanning direction, and (c) causes the print engine to perform flushing of the nozzle at a timing corresponding to the flushing opening.
US12194745B2
A recording device includes a sandwiching member coming into contact with a first guide shaft at a guide shaft-side contact surface and disposed between a carriage and the first guide shaft in a second direction and a cam member coming into contact with a first curved surface of the sandwiching member and configured to rotate about a first direction as a rotation axis relative to the carriage in a state of being engaged with the carriage. The cam member presses the first curved surface with the second curved surface slidably fitted to the first curved surface in the second direction and changes a position of the carriage relative to the sandwiching member in the second direction as a distance in the second direction of a position at which the second curved surface presses the first curved surface relative to the rotation axis changes along with rotation of the cam member.
US12194744B2
The present disclosure provides a composition with an ingredient derived from a turmeric.
US12194741B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a first discharge section that has a first piezoelectric element and discharges liquid by driving the first piezoelectric element with a driving signal; a driving signal generation section that generates the driving signal; a first selection section that performs a selection operation of selecting whether or not to apply each voltage of a plurality of driving waveforms included in the driving signal to the first piezoelectric element, based on a print data signal; a residual vibration detection section that detects residual vibration of the first discharge section after a voltage of a first driving waveform among the plurality of driving waveforms is applied to the first piezoelectric element; and a control section that generates the print data signal, in which the control section stops the driving signal generation section when causing the residual vibration detection section to detect the residual vibration.
US12194733B2
An image forming apparatus capable of executing a single-sided recording mode in which an image is recorded on one side of a recording medium and a double-sided recording mode in which an image is recorded on both sides of the recording medium, the image forming apparatus includes: a first temperature adjustment device that adjusts a temperature of the recording medium; an inkjet head that ejects ink onto a surface of the recording medium; a reverse unit that reverses front and back surfaces of the recording medium by switching a conveying direction of the recording medium when the double-sided recording mode is executed; a second temperature adjustment device that controls the temperature of the recording medium in which the front and back surfaces are reversed; and a control device that controls at least one of the first and second temperature adjustment devices.
US12194730B2
A recording apparatus includes a supply portion for supplying an airflow, a blowing port that is formed in a slit-like form following a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a discharged medium, for blowing out the airflow supplied from the supply portion, the blowing port being formed with a channel, through which the airflow flows, extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveyance region of the discharged medium, from an inlet side at which the airflow is introduced, to an outlet side, and a supporting member provided on the inlet side of the blowing port to support opposing wall faces of the blowing port, while allowing passage of the airflow. The blowing port has a narrow portion that partially narrows a width of the channel, father on the outlet side than the supporting member of the wall faces forming the channel.
US12194726B2
The present disclosure relates to a heat press, especially knee lever-transfer press with at least one socket, with at least one base plate and with at least one heatable counter plate pivotable towards the base plate, wherein the knee lever-transfer press further has a control unit, by which the knee lever-transfer press is controllable in an open-loop manner and/or closed-loop manner and wherein the control unit constitutes a first modular unit of the knee lever-transfer press and wherein the socket constitutes at least one second modular unit, and the base plate and the counter plate constitute at least one third modular unit and wherein at least the first modular unit and the second modular unit and/or the third modular unit are separable from each other and/or are formed to be replaceable for functional comparable modular units.
US12194708B2
Thermally insulated pipes including thermal insulation, outer jacket and medium pipes, wherein the thermal insulation includes a foam having a density of 30-80 kg/m3, the outer jacket includes a thermoplastic plastic (21) having a modulus of 300-1400 MPa and having a corrugated shape. The invention further relates to the use as well as the manufacture of such tubes. Furthermore, the invention relates to composite materials, their use for thermal insulation, as well as their manufacture.
US12194701B2
A method for curing a tire during which a green tire is pressed against the lining of a curing mold provided with a venting device, the molding surface of the lining forming protrusions that define cavities, the venting device comprising vents that pass through the lining, one cavity being divided into chambers by a protrusion in the form of a blade (26), each cavity closing on one or more vents, at least one of the chambers not closing on a vent, at least one duct (42) passing through the blade (26) so that the chamber(s) that does/do not close on a vent communicate(s) through the duct with a chamber that does close on a vent. The cross-section of the duct (42) has an area of between 0.0001 mm2 and 0.25 mm2 and, more preferably, 0.01 mm2 and 0.1 mm2.
US12194697B2
A method for modifying optical properties of a synthetic resin increases a transmittance by modifying, removing, or reducing factors which absorb wavelengths in an ultraviolet range, such that it is possible to maintain stable and excellent reliability even after a long-term use. In a method for modifying optical properties of a synthetic resin, a modification treatment which is an energy irradiation treatment is performed on a cured product made of a synthetic resin to increase a transmittance in an ultraviolet range. For example, the modification treatment which is at least one of a photo-oxidation treatment and a thermal oxidation treatment is performed on the cured product made of the synthetic resin to increase the transmittance.
US12194692B2
A fiber arranging device includes first guides, a first moving mechanism, second guides, a second moving mechanism and a roller. The first guides guide a first feeding of first tapes in a first feeding direction. The first tapes are first fibers or prepregs. The first moving mechanism changes an interval between the first guides, for the first feeding of the first tapes with a first interval. The second guides guide a second feeding of second tapes in a second feeding direction. The second tapes are second fibers or prepregs. The second moving mechanism changes an interval between the second guides, for the second feeding of the second tapes with a second interval. The roller feeds the first tapes and the second tapes in a same feeding direction by disposing the first tapes and the second tapes alternately.
US12194687B2
Method for forming multi-material mechanical functional member in additive manufacturing and product
A method for forming a multi-material mechanical functional member in additive manufacturing. The method includes the following steps: S1: dividing an object to be formed into a plurality of portions, analyzing and measuring mechanical properties of each portion, and constructing a unit cell library; S2: forming a lattice structure by using a unit cell structure in the unit cell library to obtain the lattice structure corresponding to each portion; S3: selecting a raw material of the lattice structure, measuring and comparing mechanical properties of each lattice structure with the mechanical properties of each portion of the object to be formed, where when the mechanical properties of each portion are satisfied, the lattice structure is the required lattice structure, otherwise, step S2 is repeated; and S4: forming a three-dimensional model by a method of additive manufacturing to accordingly obtain the required object to be formed.
US12194686B2
An apparatus, a system, and a method for improvements in fused filament fabrication (FFF). Characteristics of a filament may be measured during production of the filament and the characteristics stored in a memory for retrieval by a 3D printer. The 3D printer adjusts print settings as necessary based on the measured characteristics, thereby resulting in better print quality.
US12194676B1
The invention discloses a multi-cell digital light processing printer and method controlled by “light field-magnetic field” coupling. The invention couples a magnetic field generating device and a light curing device, and uses the magnetic field to control the material changing of microspheres carrying different cells and different magnetic contents in the vat, so that the material changing process and the printing process are in parallel, and the printing efficiency is improved; at the same time, a single vat is used for non-contact material changing, which reduces cross-contamination and can produce multi-cell biological structures with “high accuracy, high efficiency, and high cell activity”.
US12194670B2
A method for forming an article includes providing a sheet of material, optionally conditioning the sheet with a surface of a roller, forming the sheet to provide a web, and separating an article from the web to provide the article. An apparatus adapted to form the article from a sheet is provided.
US12194665B2
A resin molding apparatus includes: a mold die that is configured to hold an object to be molded, the object including a substrate and a chip on the substrate, and that has a cavity configured to receive a resin material through a gate; a mold clamp mechanism configured to clamp the mold die; and a control section configured to control how the mold die and the mold clamp mechanism are operated, the mold die including: a movable block configured to narrow at least a portion of an internal flow path of the cavity in which internal flow path the chip is not disposed; and a driving mechanism configured to drive the movable block with use of a fluid, the control section being configured to change a driving force of the driving mechanism during resin-molding of the object.
US12194663B2
A mold comprising a first mold element and a second mold element releasingly engagable between an open position and a closed position to define a mold cavity in the closed position and a first part line between the first mold element and second mold element. The first mold element comprises a first mold portion and a second mold portion configured to be reversible separable with respect to one another to define a second part line therebetween disposed interiorly with respect to a periphery of the first part line. At least one vent is disposed in the second part line. In one embodiment, the at least one vent comprises a passageway configured to permit mold material in the mold cavity to enter but not to exit the passageway to cause at least partial curing of the mold material in the passageway.
US12194649B2
Disclosed is a safe hand-pulled vegetable chopper, which relates to the field of food processing tools. The vegetable chopper herein includes a cup body, a lid matched with the cup body, a puller cord driving member in the lid, and a blade assembly in the cup body and detachably connected with a driving end of the puller cord driving member, a circular skirt-like enclosure is provided from a bottom of the lid around an outer periphery of the blade assembly for shielding the blade assembly, the skirt-like enclosure is on an inner side of the cup body when the cup body engages the lid, and the blade assembly stays on the lid when the cup body and the lid are separated.
US12194648B1
A utility knife includes a housing pivotally fixed with a blade holder that can move between a retracted position with the blade holder at least partially contained within the housing, and an extended position. A spring clip spans at least partially across the blade holder and traverses a spring clip slot to engage a notch of a utility blade held within the blade holder. When pressed upwardly, the spring clip clears the notch of the blade, releasing the blade within the blade holder such that the blade can be pulled out of and away from the blade holder. In use, with the blade holder in the retracted position, the blade holder can be moved into the extended position by pressing against the actuator section of the spring clip. The utility knife can be used in this manner with either the left or right hand.
US12194640B2
The invention provides a system of mobile robotic devices configured to install the posts, racks, and photovoltaic (PV) panels of a solar farm. The invention also provides a computer command system (CCS) to direct the robotic devices for installation of the posts, racks, and panels with optimum speed and efficiency.
US12194638B2
The present disclosure provides a control method of a robotic system. The control method includes: deriving an approach location at which the end effector grips an operation object; deriving a scan location for scanning an identifier of the operation object; and based on the approach location and the scan location, creating or deriving a control sequence to instruct the robot to execute the control sequence. The control sequence includes (1) gripping the operation object from a start location; (2) scanning an identifier of the operation object with a scanner located between the start location and a task location; (3) temporarily releasing the operation object from the end effector and regripping the operation object by the end effector to be shifted, at a shift location, when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and (4) moving the operation object to the task location.
US12194633B2
Provided is a method for controlling a robot including a base, a robot arm coupled to the base, and a drive unit including a motor for driving the robot arm. The method includes a first step of acquiring weight information including information on a weight of an end effector installed on the robot arm and a weight of an object to be worked by the end effector, a second step of determining a frequency component to be removed from a drive signal for driving the motor based on the weight information acquired in the first step, and a third step of removing the frequency component determined in the second step from the drive signal to generate a correction drive signal.
US12194627B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for modular robotic manipulation systems. In one embodiment, an example modular robot assembly may include a housing having a base, and a robotic manipulator coupled to the base, where the housing is configured to provide the robotic manipulator access to a first side, a second side, and a third side of the modular robot assembly. The module robot assembly may include a first camera system, a controller, and an optional display coupled to the housing. The modular robot assembly may be configured to be coupled to other modular robot assemblies, and the housing may be configured to be secured, such that the modular robot assembly can be independently transported.
US12194617B2
A three-dimensional measuring device, comprising an arm having a free end provided with an interface body carrying a measuring member and a handle enabling an operator to point the measuring member at a zone of the object that is to be measured, the measuring device being characterized in that the handle is tubular in shape with a grippable outside surface and an inside surface that defines a housing in which there is engaged a reinforcing portion of a fastener base, which portion has an end portion that projects from the handle and that is fastened to the interface body.
US12194605B2
A clamp includes a first clamp body and a second clamp body, which intersect and are fastened by a pivot mechanism, form a jaw opening at one end of a pivot mechanism, and have respective handles at the other end of the pivot mechanism. A stop mechanism is disposed on the first clamp body and an anti-pinch flange is disposed at a position, corresponding to the protruding stop mechanism, on the second clamp body to prevent the two handles of the first clamp body and the second clamp body from further closing.
US12194602B2
A light unit is less likely to have lower light emission performance upon receiving a shock. An electric work machine includes a motor, a housing including a motor compartment accommodating the motor and a grip protruding downward from the motor compartment, an output unit located frontward from the motor and operable with a rotational force from the motor, a substrate extending above, on a left, and on a right of the output unit, and a plurality of light emitters mounted on a front surface of the substrate at intervals in a circumferential direction of the output unit. A light emitter of the plurality of light emitters nearest an apex of the substrate immediately above the output unit is at a position shifted circumferentially by a predetermined angle from the apex.
US12194599B2
Knife sharpener systems and methods are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a knife sharpening system can include a support structure configured to hold a knife having a handle and a blade extending therefrom, and a carriage assembly mounted on the support structure. The carriage assembly can have a sharpening element that is configured to sharpen a cutting edge of the blade. The carriage assembly can be movable relative to the knife blade to cause the sharpening element to apply a force to the cutting edge of the knife blade.
US12194593B2
The present application relates to a method for controlling a repairing apparatus and a repairing apparatus. The method for controlling the repairing apparatus includes: measuring, by a sensor, a height of a target object when a grinding part of the repairing apparatus completes positioning the target object; calculating an idle distance of a grinding belt on the grinding part in a predetermined process according to the height of the target object, in which, the predetermined process is the grinding part descending from the initial position to the highest position of the target object; and driving a motor to rotate back the grinding belt on the grinding part for the idle distance, and repairing the target object through the grinding belt on the grinding part.
US12194582B2
A frame splining system for fitting substrate to a frame comprises a splining head that translates in three dimensions and rotates around a vertical axis. The splining head comprises a positioning wheel that translates ahead of a pressing wheel along a track of the frame to seat a spline in the track. A substrate cutting wheel runs ahead of the pressing wheel on an outer edge of the frame.
US12194576B2
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods are disclosed relating to a welding-type power supply with a pre-regulator circuit configured to provide a pre-regulated direct current (DC) bus at two or more voltage levels, responsive to various operating conditions. In some examples, the pre-regulator circuit may be configured to provide a pre-regulated DC bus voltage at one voltage level for certain input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels, and at another voltage level for other input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels. In some examples, the pre-regulator circuit may be configured to provide a pre-regulated DC bus voltage for certain input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels and an unregulated DC bus voltage at other input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels. In some examples, the pre-regulator circuit may be configured to provide a pre-regulated DC bus at a service voltage in response to detecting a service mode of operation, and/or at an idle voltage in response to detecting an idle mode of operation.
US12194574B2
A system and method generates a short circuit arc welding waveform output, having a pinch phase with a break point and a necking threshold, between a welding electrode and a work piece during a short circuit arc welding process. A necking threshold energy and a break point energy of the short circuit arc welding waveform output are monitored during the short circuit arc welding process, and a running average of the necking threshold energy is generated. An actual pinch energy relationship value is calculated based on the running average of the necking threshold energy and the break point energy, and is compared to a previously specified pinch energy relationship value. The break point energy of the short circuit arc welding waveform output is adjusted in response to the comparison to maintain the actual pinch energy relationship value to be at the specified pinch energy relationship value.
US12194569B2
A system includes a robotic arm, a rotisserie control linkage, and a computer system. The robotic arm includes a touch probe and laser head. The rotisserie control linkage is configured to couple to a transport cart. The computer system is communicatively coupled to the robotic arm and the rotisserie control linkage and is configured to control the system to probe, using the touch probe of the robotic arm, a transparent outer layer of an aircraft canopy located on the transport cart in order to determine surface measurements of the aircraft canopy. The computer system also controls the system to ablate, using a plurality of predetermined parameters and the laser head of the robotic arm, an interface layer located between the transparent outer layer and the aircraft canopy, wherein movements of the robotic arm during the ablation are based on the surface measurements.
US12194561B2
An ultrasonic oscillation system with a converter which can convert an electrical alternating voltage into a mechanical oscillation, and a sonotrode of mass ms, which is intended to be set into oscillation with the mechanical oscillation, the converter being coupled to the sonotrode in such a way that the vibration generated by the converter generates a vibration excitation of the sonotrode, the ultrasonic vibration system being intended to be operated with a vibration of wavelength λ. In order to provide an ultrasonic oscillation system in which the problems described are at least reduced, the ultrasonic oscillation system has a mechanical resonator of mass mr, which can be brought into resonant oscillation with an oscillation of wavelength λ, the mass mr of the resonator being larger than the mass ms of the sonotrode.
US12194558B2
A method is provided comprising identifying an alignment point of a workpiece; positioning a first end of an electrode in the direction of the alignment point of the workpiece; applying a first voltage to the electrode wherein the applied first voltage generates a spark; rotating the electrode in a first direction; advancing the electrode toward the alignment point by a first distance wherein advancing the electrode and applying the first voltage creates a first orifice section; applying a second voltage to the electrode and modifying one or more operational parameters of the electrode; advancing the electrode toward the alignment point by a second distance wherein advancing the electrode and applying the second voltage causes formation of at least a second orifice section; wherein the first and second orifice sections cooperate to form an orifice comprising a first flow area and a second flow area.
US12194554B2
A method for deburring an internally toothed workpiece includes providing a workpiece and a deburring tool. The workpiece has an inner toothing produced by hob peeling, with first and second tooth flanks. The deburring tool has a first cutting plate and a second cutting plate, diametrically opposed to the first cutting plate. The method includes rotating the workpiece in a first rotating direction and deburring the first tooth flanks with the first cutting plate while the deburring tool is not rotating. The method also includes shifting the deburring tool relative to the workpiece such that the first cutting plate and the second cutting plate do not contact the workpiece, rotating the workpiece in a second rotating direction, opposite the first rotating direction, further shifting the deburring tool relative to the workpiece, and deburring the second tooth flanks with the second cutting plate while the deburring tool is not rotating.
US12194544B2
An attachment apparatus for laser engraving comprising a chuck housing comprising a plurality of channels; a plurality of self-centering jaws bases disposed within the plurality of channels, the plurality of self-centering jaws bases further comprising at least one jaws base hole; and a scroll wheel in mechanical communication with the plurality of self-centering jaws bases.
US12194540B2
In a method for producing a material sheet, in particular a metallic material sheet, a green body containing solid-state particles is sintered at a sintering temperature by heating the green body during sintering at least partly using microwave energy in accordance with a defined temperature profile having a heating phase and an essentially isothermal hold phase. A temperature of the green body is ascertained contactlessly with a sensor, and a supply of heat energy is controlled as a function of the temperature of the green body. During the heating phase an average microwave power is supplied and during the hold phase another average microwave power is supplied which is less than the one average microwave power.
US12194534B2
A method for controlling an energy beam in an additive manufacturing machine when forming a three-dimensional article layer by layer by successive fusion of selected areas of powder layers, which selected areas correspond to successive layers of the article. The method includes steps of radiating a powder layer by the energy beam and creating a set of images of the powder layer for a set of positions on the powder layer by detecting particles emitted, backscattered or reflected from the powder layer when being radiated, comparing data representing the set of images and reference data with each other for identifying a difference between the energy beam when used on the powder layer and the reference data, with respect to at least one energy beam parameter, and adjusting the energy beam based on such an identified difference between the energy beam when used on the powder layer and the reference data.
US12194526B1
A method of manufacturing a part with a plurality of cut segments includes receiving a sheet of material with a machining apparatus, removing material with the machining apparatus to form a plurality of segments in the sheet of material, and forming complementary shapes in ends of two or more segments of the plurality of segments. The method further includes forming slots in the two or more segments, aligning the slots in the two or more segments to form a cavity, and inserting a connecting device to fill the cavity.
US12194524B2
In this press forming method, a formed product which has a hat-shaped cross section, and which is provided with a top surface portion, an outward corner portion, a vertical wall portion, an inward corner portion, and a flange portion, is formed. In a draw forming step, an intermediate formed product 8 including a protruding portion 81 and a recessed portion 83 is formed. The curvature of the protruding portion 81 and the recessed portion 83 are greater than those of the outward corner portion and the inward corner portion, and the cross-sectional shape of the protruding portion 81 is caused to bulge further toward the top surface portion side in a pressing direction F than the outward corner portion. In a restrike forming step, the outward corner portion and the inward corner portion are formed by pushing the protruding portion 81 down in the pressing direction F.
US12194521B2
Equipment for manufacturing a separator plate for a fuel cell, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes: a first uncoiler uncoiling a first metal strip; a second uncoiler uncoiling a second metal strip; a press receiving the first metal strip and the second metal strip to respectively form patterns thereon; a welding machine overlapping and integrally bonding the first metal strip and the second metal strip, transferred from the press, by a welding process; and a cutter cutting a bonded body of the first metal strip and the second metal strip, transferred from the welding machine, wherein the press, the welding machine, and the cutter are sequentially arranged, and the first metal strip and the second metal strip are passed through the press, the welding machine, and the cutter, while connected to each other, to be processed.
US12194511B2
The present disclosure relates to a climbing robot platform. The climbing robot platform is a climbing robot platform of a building facade cleaning robot, and includes a body, a lifting device installed in the body, moving up by winding a rope and moving down by unwinding the rope, and a feeding device installed in the body to feed the rope by adjusting a feed point of the rope.
US12194499B2
A vibrating apparatus includes two axles, two composite wheels, a timing belt, a multi-ridged belt and four rods. The axles are parallel to each other. Each of the axles includes two eccentric sections. The composite wheels are respectively connected to the axles. Each of the composite wheels includes a timing pulley and a multi-ridged pulley coaxially in one piece with the timing pulley. The timing belt is wound around the timing pulleys. The multi-ridged belt is wound around the multi-ridged pulley. The rods are pivotally connected to the eccentric sections of the axles.
US12194496B2
A resonance method for a vibration system for resonant vibration of an excitation unit having a vibrating mass includes detecting a deflection of the vibrating mass, differentiating the deflection to form a velocity of the vibrating mass; generating from the deflection and the velocity a mechanical phase position; forming from the mechanical phase position a corrected phase position by using a correction value; forming, based on the corrected phase position, an electrical angular frequency with a P-regulation; integrating the electrical angular frequency to determine an electrical phase position; forming from the electrical phase position a correction factor by using a trigonometric function; and applying the correction factor to an excitation setpoint value to generate a corrected excitation setpoint value. Also disclosed are a converter, an excitation unit having the converter, and a vibration system having the excitation unit and the vibrating mass.
US12194494B2
The present invention provides a coloring base coating material capable of forming a base coating film superior in design property (e.g., unevenness of a luster pigment), adhesion, and water resistance while satisfying environmental considerations such as shortening of drying time, and also provides a coated article obtained from the coloring base coating material. The present invention provides a coating method including: a step of applying a coloring base coating material to a molded article for an automobile part made of a plastic material to form an uncured first coating film, a step of applying a two-pack clear coating material to the uncured first coating film to form an uncured second coating film, and a step of baking and curing the uncured first coating film and the uncured second coating film to form a multilayer coating film, wherein the coloring base coating material is specified.
US12194491B2
The present invention relates to a surface treatment composition comprising, on the basis of 100 wt % of the solid part of the composition, 20-40 wt % of a water-soluble polyurethane resin, 40-60 wt % of a silane-based sol-gel resin in which three types of silane compounds are cross-linked, 5-15 wt % of a curing agent, 0.5-1.5 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.1-1.0 wt % of a molybdenum-based compound, 1.0-3.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent; 1.0-2.0 wt % of an organometallic complex, 1.0-2.0 wt % of an acid scavenger, 0.1-1.0 wt % of an aluminum-based compound, and 1.0-2.0 wt % of a lubricant. A ternary hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet treated with a chromium-free surface treatment coating agent, according to an exemplary embodiment in the present invention, has excellent resistance to blackening, alkali and corrosion, and provides excellent effects without concern for problems, in chromium treatment, of additional equipment installation, an increase in manufacturing costs and environmental pollution.
US12194480B2
A nozzle assembly includes a hollow nozzle body having a central bore and a plurality of ports extending through the body from the central bore; a switching valve assembly disposed in the central bore that directs fluid flow to ports upon application of fluid flow above a predetermined threshold to the inlet and direct fluid flow to different ports upon fluid flow having subsequently dropped below the predetermined threshold and then exceeding the predetermined threshold; and a flow insert configured to replace the switching valve assembly for directing flow through all of the ports when switching functionality is not needed. This flow insert may be made of a low pressure material such as a polymer.
US12194479B2
When this centrifuge is operated, local stress applied to a liquid-feeding groove formed in the upper surface of a rotor core is averaged to minimize deformation of the rotor core. A rotor core, which is mounted inside a rotor used for continuous centrifugation, has a columnar solid section, blades expanding radially outward from the solid section, and a disc section extending radially outward from the upper surface of the solid section, the upper surface of the rotor core being provided with a liquid-feeding grove that continues radially outward from the center vicinity to the outer side. A stress-mitigating groove that extends radially outward is formed in the lower surface of the liquid-feeding grove. The stress-mitigating groove is formed in a position overlapping the position of the liquid-feeding grove when the disc section is viewed along the axial direction.
US12194462B2
The present disclosure concerns a system for imaging and monitoring fluids to identify the presence of objects therein. Objects that are being identified by the system include, for example, microorganisms, particles, bacteria, cells, foreign substances (e.g. bubbles of air in a liquid, substance that may change visual parameters of the main liquid such as color and transparency), etc. Identification of the objects by the system is then may be followed by analysis to conclude the status of the system (e.g. identifying contamination, impurities, etc.).
US12194460B2
In one embodiment, a microfluidic device has a substrate that defines a first inlet for a continuous phase fluid, a second inlet for a dispersed phase fluid, and droplet generators that can produce micro-droplets from the continuous and dispersed phase fluids. The substrate defines (i) a plurality of delivery channels in fluid communication with the first and second inlets, each delivery channel having a first dimension along a first plane that is perpendicular to a transverse direction, and (ii) a plurality of trenches that extend from the delivery channels towards the droplet generators along the transverse direction. Each trench has a second dimension along a plane that is perpendicular to the transverse direction that is smaller than the first dimension. The substrate defines a plurality of vias that extend from the trenches to the droplet generators so as to fluidly connect the delivery channels with the droplet generators.
US12194452B2
A process for large scale and energy efficient production of oxygenates from sugar is disclosed in which a sugar feedstock is introduced into a thermolytic fragmentation reactor including a fluidized stream of heat carrying particles which are separated from the reaction product and directed to a reheater comprising a resistance heating system.
US12194448B2
Catalysts and methods for transformation of glycerol and a carbon feedstock, such as CO2, a carbonate salt or a bicarbonate salt, are described herein. Homogeneous catalysts include compounds of formula M[NHC-R-linker]aLbXc, where M is a transition metal, NHC is an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, R is an alkyl or aryl group, linker is a polar group, L is a neutral ligand, X is an anionic ligand, a ranges from 1-3, b ranges from 0-3, and c ranges from 0-3. Heterogeneous catalysts include a solid support with a catalytically active compound immobilized on the solid support, where the catalytically active compound has the formula M[NHC-R-linker]aLbXc where M is a transition metal, NHC is an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand, R is an alkyl or aryl group; linker is a polar group, L is a neutral ligand, X is an anionic ligand, a ranges from 1-3, b ranges from 0-3, and c ranges from 0-3.
US12194439B1
Described herein relates to methods for optimizing a transmittance and/or a self-cleaning property of a substrate using a self-cleaning coating. As such, the substrate may be treated using a photocatalytic reaction of titanium dioxide (hereinafter “TiO2”)-based solution via a light treatment. The substrate may be treated using a combination including but not limited to wet chemicals, dry-cleaning, and/or mechanical polishing. Additionally, the substrate may then be overlayed with a self-cleaning coating, such that the transmittance and the self-cleaning properties of the substrate may be optimized. Furthermore, the methods for optimizing the transmittance and/or the self-cleaning functionality of the substrate may also enhance self-cleaning, anti-fouling, anti-fogging, anti-icing characteristics of the substrate.
US12194416B2
A membrane distillation module comprising a membrane distillation cartridge and a membrane distillation housing, wherein: the cartridge comprises a anchoring part in which porous membranes are anchored by resin; the housing comprises a housing body and a housing lid; the membrane distillation module comprises a support part where the outer surface of the anchoring part is supported by the inner surface of the housing with a seal member interposed therebetween; and a value C in the cross section of the support part is at least 30° C. as represented by the formula, where dF is the equivalent circular diameter (mm) of the outer circumference of the anchoring part, kF is the linear expansion coefficient (1/° C.) of the resin, dE is the equivalent diameter (mm) of the inner circumference of the housing, and kE is the linear expansion coefficient (1/° C.) of a portion where the housing contacts the seal member.
US12194407B2
A system, that includes a gas treating system having at least one of (i) an absorption-based system, having at least one absorber, and/or (ii) an adsorption-based system having at least one adsorber. The system further includes a combustion device, operatively coupled to the gas treating system, an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) operatively coupled to the combustion device and/or to the gas treating system, and a control module, wherein the control module is configured to cause energy to be diverted from one or more of combustion device exhaust flow, thermal fluid, stripped gas, compressed stripped gas, natural gas, compressed natural gas, ORC propellant, chilled thermal fluid, jacket water fluid, auxiliary cooling water, and/or turbine lube oil, through any of the gas treating system, the combustion device and/or the ORC to provide heat and/or cooling and/or power.
US12194406B2
A purifying device for purifying a process fluid that flows in a dehumidifying plant for dehumidifying plastics includes a first layer configured for filtering the process fluid, and a second layer configured for reducing, by adsorption, substances that are harmful for health, in particular COV/SOV, which are present in the process fluid.
US12194405B2
Disclosed is a method for reducing the increase in temperature at the surface of the earth and the increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to the fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel combustion operations, remarkable in that it consists in reducing the increase in the temperature of the earth and the increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which reductions in the temperature of the earth and of the content of carbon dioxide are achieved by reducing the drop in the oxygen content in the atmosphere, which reduction in the drop in the oxygen content includes: producing pure oxygen or producing hydrogen peroxide, and using for fuel combustion the oxygen or hydrogen peroxide to reduce the consumption of oxygen contained in the air during the combustion operations. Also disclosed is the device, the vehicle and the plant for carrying out the method.
US12194398B2
The present invention is concerned with a screening assembly comprising a separating device connected to a conduit for an effluent stream comprising a polymer and a mixture of hydrocarbons, wherein the separating device is configured to separate the effluent stream into a polymer-rich stream and a polymer-lean vapor stream, wherein the first separation device comprises an inlet, a first outlet for withdrawing a polymer-rich stream, and a second outlet for withdrawing a polymer-lean vapor stream, a screening device connected to the separating device via a conduit for the polymer-lean vapor stream, wherein the screening device comprises a first inlet connected to the conduit for the polymer-lean vapor stream, a first outlet for withdrawing a cleaned vapor stream, a second outlet for withdrawing a polymer-comprising condensed vapor stream, and at least one second inlet for introducing a condensed vapor stream.
US12194397B2
A measurement portion and an antenna are allowed to be provided in a filter device by simply mounting one member. An antenna unit that includes an antenna configured to communicate with an IC tag is provided in a vicinity of a first end face as one end of a case. A sensor is provided inside the case and a back side of the case with respect to the antenna unit.
US12194396B2
A cylindrical filter element having a central longitudinal axis and filter media including a plurality of radially extending pleats arranged in a pattern that repeats around the central longitudinal axis. Each of the pleats comprises an inner pleat tip, wherein the inner pleat tips of each pattern define an open area that extends along a height of the filter element, and wherein each pattern of pleats comprises a first series of intermediate pleats that descends in length from a major pleat to a minor pleat and a second series of intermediate pleats that ascends in length from the minor pleat to a major pleat of an adjacent pattern of pleats.
US12194388B2
A computer implemented server is configured to provide a computer implemented game. The server receivers, from a user device, data defining a user input and a simulation for a game entity determined by the user device with that user input. That user input is used by the server to generate a server simulation. The server simulation is compared to the user device simulation. If the difference between the simulations is within a threshold, the server simulation is updated by a bias. The bias depends on the difference between the simulations.
US12194387B2
A method including executing game logic of a video game to generate a plurality of video frames for a game play of the video game by a player, wherein game state data is generated during the executing the game logic. The method including determining a current context in the game play of the video game based on the game state data. The method including determining a user sentiment of the player towards the current context in the game play of the video game. The method including determining that the user sentiment of the player is inconsistent with an expected user sentiment for the current context. The method including generating an in-game effect for the current context. The method including presenting the in-game effect simultaneous with one or more video frames associated with the current context in the game play of the video game.
US12194386B2
An avatar or avatar environment to visualize data may be provided within a social networking system or service, for example as part of the Internet, and/or within a desktop widget, panel, gadget, or the like. The avatar may further evolve or alter its appearance, animation, or other visual or audio characteristics in response to the data or other input such as athletic activity performed by a corresponding user. In particular, the avatar of an embodiment may respond to and provide visualization of athletic or sport performance data.
US12194382B2
A place designated by a player on a user interface is set according to an operation input. An item or character that the player is to transmit to another information processing apparatus for exchange is designated according to an operation input. In the exchange, information about the place and information about the item or character are transmitted as information about a thing to be exchanged to the another information processing apparatus. Information about the place designated by an exchanging partner and information about the item or character designated by the exchanging partner are received as information about a thing to be exchanged from the another information processing apparatus. The item or character that has been obtained as the thing to be exchanged from the exchanging partner by the exchange, is displayed on the user interface at the place designated by the exchanging partner.
US12194378B2
A system/method for a cloud game can improve sharing to a social application that is locally running on a terminal. The system/method improves the scalability of cloud games, provides improved information processing, improves the sociality of cloud games, achieves a high degree of dissemination of cloud games, improves the degree of participation of players in cloud games, and improves the interaction rate of cloud games. The system/method includes logging, by a terminal, in to a cloud game installed in a server based on a trigger instruction of a cloud game login portal, transmitting an operation instruction to the server on which the cloud game is installed, and receiving sharing information including data to-be-shared transmitted by the server. The terminal can share the data to-be-shared to a target social application.
US12194366B2
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.
US12194361B2
A portable fielding system comprising a Chassis Assembly, a motorized Yaw Mechanism connected to said Chassis Assembly, a motorized Pitch Mechanism connected to said Yaw Mechanism, a Ball Launcher Mechanism connected to said Pitch Mechanism, a Ball Feeder Mechanism connected to said Chassis Assembly and Ball Launcher Mechanism, and a Control System Assembly connected to said Chassis Assembly, wherein said Yaw Mechanism positions the Pitch Mechanism and Ball Launcher Mechanism at some angle about their yaw axes, wherein said Pitch Mechanism positions the Ball Launcher Mechanism at some angle about its pitch axis.
US12194358B2
The present disclosure relates to a wheelchair treadmill that helps a wheelchair user do an aerobic exercise by rolling driving wheels of a wheelchair in place while in the wheelchair. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a wheelchair treadmill that supports home fitness of a wheelchair user, the wheelchair treadmill including: a footplate portion configured to assist entry or exit of a wheelchair; a roller portion which has a plurality of roller members disposed in parallel corresponding to first and second driving wheels of the wheelchair and configured to roll in a predetermined rolling direction due to rolling of each of the first and second driving wheels; a support portion coupled to one side of the footplate portion and configured to rollably support the plurality of roller members; and a brake portion rotatably coupled to the support portion and configured to stop the roller portion by being coupled to a rolling shaft of the roller members.
US12194355B2
A kit of parts for playing a tag game in low-light conditions includes first and second base markers, first and second plurality of team identifiers, and first and second plurality of batons. The base markers, team identifiers and the batons emit light.
US12194348B2
A swimming starting block front foot support that can be provided in several configurations and can be strapped or otherwise removably secured to a conventional swim starting block or built into new starting blocks. The front foot support block allows the front foot to be in a substantially horizontal position, which reduces reaction time and increases stability during start, and allows the toes of the front foot to wrap around or otherwise contact a front curved portion of the front foot support, which allows the user to have more force when jumping/diving off the swim block and into an adjacent swimming pool.
US12194341B2
A system for analyzing athletic activity is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors configured to sense force exerted by a user's foot, an electronic module contained within the article of footwear, and a plurality of sensor leads connecting the sensors to the electronic module, wherein the electronic module collects data based on force input from the sensors and transmits the data. The system also includes an electronic device in communication with the electronic module. The electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern to determine whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist, which may also include a degree of such deviation.
US12194338B2
A foldable gymnastic machine comprising a supporting structure to rest said gymnastic machine on a resting surface, comprising a front portion, comprising a resistance member, and a rear portion, an exercise device, through which a user performs a gymnastic exercise, coupled to said supporting structure and to said resistance member, capable of resisting during the exercise, said exercise device comprising a second pair of levers for the feet, comprising a first and a second lever, each provided with a first end, coupled to said supporting structure, and a free second end, capable of fitting said user's feet during the exercise, said gymnastic machine being characterized in that said first and second lever of said second pair of levers are capable of passing from an open position, in which the user can perform the exercise, to a closed position, when the gymnastic machine is not in use.
US12194328B2
A fire-protection system and a method for a container-type energy storage device and a storage medium are provided. The system includes at least one detector module, a data prediction apparatus and a fire-protection host of the container-type energy storage device, and the data prediction apparatus is communicatively connected to the at least one detector module and the fire-protection host of the container-type energy storage device, respectively. The current detection data of the detector can be predicted by using the historical detection data in the event of an abnormal communication link between the detector module and the fire-protection host of the container-type energy storage device. The detection data can be sent to the fire-protection host to ensure that data can be continuously provided to the fire-protection host.
US12194327B2
The present disclosure is directed to materials and method for genetically modifying Wolbachia, as well as arthropods comprising the modified Wolbachia.
US12194326B2
System and methods to provide ceiling-only suppression fire protection of up to fifty feet (50 ft.) of rack storage of cartoned unexpanded plastic commodities and less hazardous commodities, such as for example, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 and/or combinations thereof beneath a ceiling having a maximum ceiling height up to fifty-five feet (55 ft.). The systems and methods provide for hydraulic and system parameters that include a hydraulic design area based upon five to no more than twelve hydraulically most remote sprinklers spaced at a preferred sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing of eight to ten feet (8-10 ft.) coupled to two to four branch lines tied to a common cross main supply pipe of firefighting fluid.
US12194311B2
A method for constructing a photon source model function of a medical linear accelerator, for calculating the dose of rays in a radiation therapy scheme is disclosed. A source model of a therapeutic photon beam of the accelerator includes a primary ray photon source model and a scattered ray photon source model. Physical parameters in the two parts of source model functions include the position coordinates of an emission point of a particle, a projection value of a unit momentum vector in a three-dimensional orthogonal direction, and the energy of the particle. By utilizing the model functions, photon fluence information, energy spectrum information, and unit momentum direction information of photons on any phase space plane can be accurately calculated. The method and thought for constructing the source model are applicable to construction of source models of photon beams with various nominal energies of the accelerator used in a radiation therapy.
US12194301B2
Devices, systems, and methods may manage therapy delivery to a patient based on one or more physiological markers. In some examples, a method includes detecting a physiological marker that occurs prior in time to a dysfunctional phase of a physiological cycle, wherein a dysfunctional state of the physiological cycle occurs during the dysfunctional phase without treatment, responsive to detecting the physiological marker, initiating a first phase of the physiological cycle having a duration of time. The method may also include, responsive to the first phase elapsing, controlling a therapy delivery module to deliver neurostimulation therapy during a second phase that begins prior to the dysfunctional phase, wherein the neurostimulation therapy is configured to treat the dysfunctional state.
US12194290B2
An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the length direction and that extend in the width direction to such an extent that they extend completely around the cuff body inner lumen when the cuff body is in the pre-set furled shape, and a plurality of relatively narrow electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the width direction and are located between the first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts.
US12194284B2
A syringe includes a plunger having multiple sections of differing diameters or materials, and a barrel with a cavity into which the plunger is inserted. The barrel includes a first probe and a second probe opposite to one another such that an interior volume of the barrel is radially between the first and second probes. A microcontroller is configured to measure a capacitance between the first and second probes, with the measured capacitance having a first capacitance value when the first section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes and a second capacitance value different from the first capacitance value when a second section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes. The microcontroller is configured to determine that an injection has been completed when the second capacitance value is measured.
US12194280B2
Drug delivery devices and associated heating and/or cooling devices are disclosed. In an example, a drug delivery device includes a housing, a container, a therapy layer, and a first adhesive layer. The housing includes a top wall and a bottom wall. The container is at least partially disposed within the housing. The container has an inner volume to contain a drug. The therapy layer have a first side and a second side. The first side faces the bottom wall and the second side faces away from the bottom wall. The first adhesive layer couples the first side of the therapy layer and the bottom wall. The therapy layer is adapted to at least one of heat or cool an area adjacent an injection site.
US12194265B2
Devices and methods for delivering oxygen and other therapeutic gases to a target, such as a tissue, a tissue-engineered construct, and a wound, in a controlled and sustained manner are disclosed.
US12194264B2
A carrier device and methods of use are described. The device and methods are directed toward implanting in biological tissue and for releasing a medical payload or functional material in biological tissue according to a remote magnetic trigger. The carrier device has a cavity with an opening through an external surface of the device. The carrier device includes at least one moveable, magnetic element sensitive to a magnetic field gradient. When a magnetic field gradient, rotating magnetic field, or uniform magnetic field, or a combination of thereof is applied to the tissue, the moveable magnetic element provides release of the medical payload or functional material through the cavity opening. In some embodiments, payload release can be started, stopped, and restarted at a later time or place. In addition to payload release, devices of this invention are equipped with a propelling element, the propelling element is responsive to external stimuli that enables propulsion and navigation of the device.
US12194262B2
The invention related to a balloon dilation device having a distal end and a proximal end. The balloon dilation device comprises a handle, a shaft, an inflatable balloon and at least one sensor coil. The handle extends from the proximal end of the balloon dilation device towards the distal end of the balloon dilation device. The shaft extends from the distal end of the balloon dilation device towards the proximal end of the balloon dilation device, said shaft having an inflation lumen. The inflatable balloon is fixedly arranged at the shaft. The balloon is fluidly connected to the inflation lumen such that the balloon can be inflated and deflated by feeding a fluid through the inflation lumen into the balloon. The at least one sensor coil is arranged at the shaft. The at least one sensor coil is configured for capturing an electromagnetic field and for providing a sensor coil signal representing position and orientation of the sensor coil.
US12194256B2
A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.
US12194254B2
The present invention relates to peripheral intravenous catheters, and in particular to an integrated peripheral intravenous catheter having a low profile securement platform, a needle hub having an interior compartment and further comprising a paddle grip, and an extension tube coupled to the catheter and stored within the interior compartment of the needle hub prior to catheterization.
US12194248B2
A method of making a medical device includes: obtaining an assembly having a tubular structure, a polymeric tube, and a stretched rod, wherein the stretched rod is inside a lumen of the polymeric tube, and wherein the polymeric tube is between the tubular structure and the stretched rod; and expanding the stretched rod to urge the polymeric tube radially outward towards an inner surface of the tubular structure.
US12194246B2
A catheter device and manufacturing process for manufacturing the catheter device, wherein the catheter device has a halo-shaped coiled portion extending away from a perpendicular stem portion through a swan neck portion. Eyelets on the halo coil portion and swan neck portion facilitate flow out of the bladder through the catheter device vertical to the catheter, rather than perpendicularly as is the case with existing catheters. The catheter device is formed by using a straight catheter tube, heating and cooling it within a formed mold to have the halo coil and swan neck, such that it can be straightened using a pusher and stylet, inserted into the body while straightened, and thereafter return to its coiled shape when the stylet is removed.
US12194235B2
An aerosol delivery device includes at least one housing, a heating element, a sensor, and a microprocessor coupled to the heating element and the sensor. The at least one housing encloses a reservoir configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition. The sensor is configured to produce measurements of differential pressure between an ambient atmospheric pressure and a pressure caused by airflow through at least a portion of the aerosol delivery device. The sensor is also configured to convert the measurements of differential pressure to corresponding electrical signals. The microprocessor is configured to receive the corresponding electrical signals and operate in an active mode only in an instance in which the differential pressure is at least a threshold differential pressure. The microprocessor in the active mode is configured to control the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
US12194230B2
Provided herein is a method of pulmonary delivering to a subject at least one pharmacologically active agent being in a plant material, which is effected by pulmonary delivering the agent to the subject using a metered dose inhaler device that is configured to vaporize at least one pre-determined vaporized amount of the agent upon controllably heating the plant material, wherein the pre-determined vaporized amount is selected so as to achieve at least one pre-determined pharmacokinetic effect and/or at least one pre-determined pharmacodynamic effect induced by the agent in the subject.
US12194223B2
A collecting unit, which receives secretion from a patient. The collecting unit comprises a cover (2) and a bag (3), which is mechanically connected to the cover (2). The bag (3) can be converted from a folded state, in which a portion of the bag (3) is folded about a fold axis (FA), into an unfolded state. Two overlapping overlap areas (3.1, 3.2) of the bag (3) that have each a connection area (VB.1, VB.2), are formed in the folded state. These connection areas (VB.1, VB.2) are detachably connected to one another, and preferably in a positively connected. The fold axis (FA) forms a common edge of the two overlap areas (3.1, 3.2).
US12194206B2
A universal expandable system for purification and disinfection of air and methods of its use, and in particular to a system and apparatus that eliminates harmful airborne particles and microorganisms from ambient air as it passes through the system, so as to prevent the organisms and particles from entering the body of an individual user of the system. An air purification and disinfection device that is a major component of the system includes a housing having at least one disinfection chamber. Each disinfection chamber has a UV light source and a helical air flow diverter. Air purified and disinfected as it is passed through the device before the air flow is delivered to the user(s) of the device.
US12194200B2
A microneedle or microneedle device includes a microneedle body extending from a base to a penetrating tip formed from a silk fibroin based material, which is easy to fabricate and highly biocompatible. The microneedle device can include one or more microneedles mounted to a substrate. The silk fibroin can include active agents to be transported into or across biological barriers such as skin, tissue and cell membranes. The silk fibroin microneedles can be fully or partially biodegradable and/or bioerodible. The silk fibroin is highly stable, affords room temperature storage and is implantable. The silk fibroin structure can be modulated to control the rate of active agent delivery.
US12194196B2
Synthetic polymeric vascular grafts that promote endothelial healing and methods of their preparation and use are provided.
US12194193B2
The present invention relates to an extrudable photocrosslinkable hydrogel comprising a biochemically modified extracellular matrix (ECM) with an electroconductive nanomaterial embedded; a photoinitiator and a solvent, the method for its preparation starting from decellularized extracellular matrices (dECMs) and its applications for preparing electroconductive scaffolds, electroconductive extrudable hydrogels for in situ defect-filling, conductive grafts, in situ or in vitro printed tissues or organs, adhesives for different tissues, or bone adhesives.
US12194191B1
A nanobandage solution having Faidherbia albida nanoparticles, olibanum gum, and polyvinyl alcohol and methods of making the nanobandage solution and topically applying the nanobandage to a subject in need thereof are provided.
US12194190B2
The present disclosure provides a medical adhesive and a preparation method thereof, comprising a component A and a component B: the component A comprises a cycloketene acetal compound and an oxidizing agent; the component B comprises a vinyl monomer, a cross-linking agent and a reducing agent, wherein the cycloketene acetal compound is selected from one or more of 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane, 2-methylene-4-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane, 5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane and 4,7-dimethyl-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane. The medical adhesive overcomes the disadvantages of conventional medical adhesives.
US12194182B2
A plant to continuously decontaminate containers, comprising: a decontamination chamber having a tray having through openings and a feeding grid to feed at least one row of containers, which are aligned according to a first direction, along the tray, in a second direction, which is transverse to the first direction; a vaporized hydrogen peroxide generator to generate a gaseous mixture comprising air and vaporized hydrogen peroxide; a forced ventilation system to generate, in the chamber, a first flow of gaseous mixture that hits the row of containers from above; and a dispenser system arranged under the tray to generate a second flow of gaseous mixture, which hits the row of containers from below, through the through openings. The feeding grid comprises pushing members uniformly equidistant to each other along the second direction so that any pair of pushing members adjacent to each other can accommodate a row of containers.
US12194179B2
A sanitizing device includes an enclosed chamber, an ionic air mover and a closed recirculation path. The chamber is designed to contain the object to be sanitized. For example, if the object is a mobile phone (or other portable electronics or small objects), the chamber may have the same approximate shape as the mobile phone. The chamber may contain a lid that is opened to allow insertion of the mobile phone into the chamber and then closed with a good seal to create an enclosed chamber with low leakage. The ionic air mover performs two functions. It creates an air flow through the use of corona discharge. It also ionizes oxygen to create ozone that will be used to sanitize the object of interest.
US12194178B1
A beverage container sanitizing device is a cleaning device having a flat tubular structure with an interior helical scrubbing brush and a means of dispensing a sanitizing liquid. The interior of the device is provided with a reservoir that holds food safe (non-toxic) sanitizing solution. The solution is automatically applied to the exterior of a beverage can or bottle, via an internal brush, whereupon a slight twisting motion cleans the exterior surface of the beverage container.
US12194170B2
A germicidal lighting system may include a directional germicidal light source for emitting a beam of germicidal light. The directional germicidal light may be mounted movably with respect to a structure, which can in turn be movable. The directional germicidal light source may be moved and oriented relative to surfaces to be irradiated using the motion relative to the structure or the motion of the structure. The directional germicidal light source may be moved to scan a surface to smooth out dosage. Dosage may also be controlled using sensors to monitor the dosage applied.
US12194169B2
According to one aspect, a vehicle includes a first compartment, a system, and a first sanitizing arrangement. The first compartment has a plurality of walls that define a space, and the system is configured to enable the vehicle to travel autonomously. The system includes a power system configured to provide power to the first compartment. The first sanitizing arrangement includes at least a first sanitizing component, the at least first sanitizing component being included in the first compartment, wherein the first sanitizing arrangement is configured to be activated to sanitize the plurality of walls and the space.
US12194156B2
Multi-layer microcapsules comprising a core comprising one or more active agents and two or more shells comprised of a wall-forming polymeric material, an opaque substance and a fatty acid salt, which are rupturable upon rubbing or pressing on the skin, are disclosed. The microcapsules are characterized by improved lightness values (L*) and/or compatibility in aqueous solution-containing formulations. Cosmetic or cosmeceutic formulations comprising the microcapsules, which can be, for example, body skin care formulation or facial skin care formulations, are also provided.
US12194148B2
The present invention is directed to the field of RNA formulation, in particular to lyophilization of RNA. The invention provides a method for lyophilization of RNA. The present invention further concerns a lyophilized composition obtainable by the inventive method, a pharmaceutical composition, a vaccine and a kit or kit of parts. Moreover, the present invention provides a novel use of a lyoprotectant for lyophilizing RNA, the use of the inventive method in the manufacture of a medicament as well as the first and second medical use of the composition obtainable by the inventive method, the pharmaceutical composition, the vaccine or the kit or kit of parts according to the invention.
US12194143B2
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a suspension for oral delivery. Some embodiments provide a pharmaceutical composition in the form of a suspension for oral delivery comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient; water, a suspending agent; a buffering agent; and one or more of a wetting agent and a binder/filler. In some embodiments, the active pharmaceutical ingredient is selected from quetiapine, sildenafil, tadalafil, cinacalcet, ticagrelor, mycophenolate, aprepitant, zonisamide, and primidone.
US12194142B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating gastrointestinal irregularity, as well as promoting, maintaining, and restoring gastrointestinal regularity, and maintaining healthy gut microflora in an individual. The present invention relates to methods comprising orally administering to an individual a Bacillus subtilis composition wherein the individual's gastrointestinal irregularity is treated, and/or the individual's gastrointestinal regularity and/or healthy gut microflora is promoted, maintained, and/or restored.
US12194141B2
Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.
US12194140B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for topical treatment of infections. The compositions comprise glycerol monolaurate or a derivative thereof, and are administered topically, for example, to treat viral, fungal or bacterial infections.
US12194134B2
Disclosed is a two-dosage-form essence including oil gel and hydrogel. The oil gel and the hydrogel are mixed according to a preset ratio during use. The oil gel includes the following components in parts by weight: 0.1-6 parts of active ingredient; 15-35 parts of polyol; 0.1-1 part of SODIUM SURFACTIN; 10-70 parts of oil; and 1-10 parts of water. The two-dosage-form essence according to the present application is mixed according to a preset ratio during use, and the oil gel and the hydrogel have a transparent appearance and good stability. Also disclosed is a method for preparing a two-dosage-form essence. The oil gel and the hydrogel are prepared separately. The oil gel is prepared by a D-phase emulsification method. A low amount of emulsifier can emulsify an oil phase with a high oil content.
US12194124B2
Compositions, such as personal care compositions, and methods for selectively inhibiting the growth of a detrimental bacteria and promoting the growth of a beneficial bacteria are disclosed. The composition may include a base and one or more fatty alcohols. The one or more fatty alcohols may be present in an amount effective to selectively inhibit the growth of at least one detrimental Gram-positive bacteria and promote the growth of at least one beneficial Gram-positive bacteria on skin. The detrimental Gram-positive bacteria may include Corynebacterium, and the beneficial Gram-positive bacteria may include Staphylococcus.
US12194118B2
A detergent product containing a detergent composition is provided.
US12194116B2
A compressed body exfoliating device for ameliorating the process of exfoliating the body includes a base. The base is grasped by a hand of the user. The base has a circular shape with a sponge surface and a hand surface. A exfoliating mesh fabric is adhered on the sponge surface of the base. The exfoliating mesh fabric has a spiral shape upon the sponge surface of the base wherein the spiral shape is provides equal coverage of the exfoliating mesh fabric upon the surface of the body. Furthermore, an alternate embodiment of the compressed mesh exfoliating device includes the base lacking a circular shape and having an oval shape. The base of the alternate embodiment has a strap attached to the hand surface of the base. The exfoliating mesh fabric of the alternate embodiment has a layered shape.
US12194111B2
Compositions, methods, and uses of an alpha emitter are provided in which the alpha emitter is coupled to carrier protein via a cleavable coupling moiety. The coupling moiety is preferably cleavable in an acidic tumor microenvironment, and as such will enrich the alpha emitter upon cleavage within the tumor microenvironment.
US12194099B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing saposin C and phosphatidylserine that are useful for treating various cancers.
US12194097B2
The present invention relates to water for use as a medicament, characterized in that to the water, electromagnetic energies in the form of: (i) light energy with a wavelength of between 500 and 700 nm, (ii) light energy with a wavelength of between 701 and 1050 nm, and (iii) an electrical energy with a maximum voltage of 240 V, are simultaneously applied, wherein at least one of the electromagnetic energies (i), (ii) and (iii) is applied to the water in the form of trains of pulses having at least two discrete frequencies, wherein a first frequency is between 0.1 to 10 Hz and a second frequency is between 40 and 1500 Hz.
US12194096B2
A composition for treatment of African Swine Fever in swine includes avian-sourced antibodies specific for an African Swine Fever Virus isolate. These antibodies are produced by avian animals immunized against the African Swine Fever Virus isolate and mixed with a protective/reactive matrix obtained from, isolated from, or derived from, non-hyperimmune colostrum.
US12194092B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the fields of immunology and molecular biology. More specifically, provided herein are pharmaceutical combinations comprising (A) antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, directed against LY75, and (B) Venetoclax; methods for preparing pharmaceutical combinations; and methods for the treatment of diseases, such as cancers mediated by LY75 expression or activity.
US12194084B2
Provided herein are subunit vaccine compositions comprising a nanocarrier and a lipid antigen, a peptide antigen or combinations thereof that elicit bother a CD1-restricted and an MHC-restricted T cell response in a subject. Methods for making and using the subunit vaccine compositions are also provided.
US12194079B2
Methods of treating Fabry disease via administration of stabilized plant recombinant human alpha galactosidase protein comprising at least two alpha-galactosidase monomers being covalently linked to one another via a linking moiety, and unit dosages of protein are disclosed herein. The disclosed protocols are safe, have greater than 2 week intervals between administrations and exhibit important improvement in patient's disease parameters, in terms of reduced Gb3 accumulation, pain and GI parameters, kidney and cardiac stabilization in the clinical setting.
US12194064B2
It is provided processes for generating a therapeutic concentrated phospholipid composition from raw krill oil containing high content of free fatty acids. Particularly it is provided a process producing a concentrated phospholipid composition comprising the steps of: fractionating a raw hill oil (RKO) containing at least 7% of free fatty acids (FFA) obtaining a fraction enriched in phospholipids and an undesired layer; and separating said fraction enriched in phospholipids from the undesired layer, producing the therapeutic concentrated phospholipid composition with a yield of at least 30%.
US12194063B2
The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine mixture with a function of promoting directional differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes, which comprises syngnathus, cornu cervi pantotrichum, hippocampus, ginseng, astragalus, epimedium, placenta hominis, salvia miltiorrhiza, gynostemma pentaphyllum and saussurea involucrata. The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine effective ingredient compound with a function of promoting directional differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes. The invention further discloses a chemical compound with a function of promoting directional differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes, which is a brand-new chemical compound from a mixture of velvet antler polypeptide, a syngnathus extract and a hippocampus extract—a new isomer of iridoid glycoside Scropolioside D. The invention further discloses uses of the mixture, the compound and the chemical compound in preparation of a drug or a kit for promoting directional differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes and in scientific research.
US12194047B2
Emulsion formulations and systems for the intravenous or parenteral administration of neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonists for treatment of emesis are provided. Methods for preparing the stable NK-1 receptor antagonist emulsions and pharmaceutical formulations are further provided. The emulsion formulations are prepared and characterized as a formulation and process that will allow an NK-1 receptor antagonist compound to be incorporated into an emulsion for intravenous injection and remain stable during the shelf life of the formulation. Specifically, emulsion formulations have an oil phase that includes oil, ethanol, egg lecithin, and the further addition of sodium oleate that is mixed with an aqueous phase and processed to form the emulsion formulation.
US12194037B2
A pharmaceutical composition and method for treating opioid overdose, opioid dependency, and xylazine exposure is disclosed, utilizing an aqueous solution of sodium chloride. This solution contains active ingredients such as naloxone and yohimbine in specific concentrations, with naloxone targeting opioid overdose and yohimbine aimed at counteracting xylazine effects. In various embodiments, additional components like tolazoline and different buffers can be included. The disclosure introduces a unique delivery system that features a capsule with a vibrating mesh atomizer for efficient administration. Specifically, for yohimbine, a dual-reservoir capsule design facilitates controlled mixing with diluents or buffers. The administration of this pharmaceutical composition can be achieved through multiple methods, including intramuscular, intravenous, and atomized routes. The atomizing device incorporates a removable cap and a resilient air bladder, ensuring effective drug delivery. This system offers precision and adaptability in treating conditions related to opioid overdose, dependency, and xylazine exposure.
US12194036B2
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 having mild or moderate hepatic 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.
US12194034B2
The present invention is directed to compounds and compositions comprising thereof. Further, methods of use such as for the treatment and prevention of a neutrophil-associated disease or condition in a subject in need thereof are also provided.
US12194032B2
A method of treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with a compound of Formula I is provided. FSGS may be primary (no known cause) or secondary. The secondary FSGS may be associated with infections or viruses such as HIV, diseases such as sickle cell disease or lupus, toxins or drugs such as anabolic steroids, heroin or pamidronate, nephron loss and hyperfiltration, such as with chronic pyelonephritis and reflux, morbid obesity, or diabetes mellitus.
US12194029B1
Methods of treating cancer in a patient by administering ethyl-1-(substituted benzoyl)-5-methylpyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylates to a patient in need thereof.
US12194027B2
The invention relates to a class of small molecule inhibitors of GPR68/OGR1, a proton-sensing/stretch-sensing/sheer-stress-sending G-protein coupled receptor, and related receptors GPR4 and GPR65. These inhibitors are useful as a therapeutic for glioblastoma and other neoplasms, as a monotherapy or adjuvant, and also can be used as a treatment for other conditions, such as osteoporosis, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis and inflammatory pain syndromes, GERD, aspiration pneumonitis, bacterial and viral pneumonia, COPD, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and COVID-19.
US12194018B2
A cannabinoid composition including a cannabinoid oil, such as THC oil or CBD oil, one or more thickeners such as gums, and a compound that forms an inclusion complex with the cannabinoid oil. The composition may include water, and in intermediate stages can include an alcohol. The composition can also include a sweetener to make it a sugar or a syrup. In some embodiments there are no other oils in the composition.
US12194014B2
The present invention relates to platinum (IV) prodrug lipid-based amphiphiles and compositions thereof. In particular, it relates to cisplatin, oxaliplatin and carboplatin prodrugs with the capacity to make stable liquid crystalline nanoparticles and crystalline nanoparticles, and uses thereof to treat cancer in animals, including humans.
US12194013B2
Chlorogenic acid and/or coumaroylquinic acid are employed in preparation of drugs for treating squamous cell carcinoma. Chlorogenic acid or coumaroylquinic acid can effectively treat squamous cell carcinoma. A combination of chlorogenic acid and coumaroylquinic acid can also achieve effective treatment, can yield a synergistic effect, and has excellent application prospect.
US12194003B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compositions comprising unique combinations of cannabinoids, antioxidants, and cofactors. The present disclosure also provides methods of making the compositions and methods for using the compositions for the treatment of mitochondrial ATP deficit disorders.
US12193991B2
A chest compression device includes a piston to apply compression to the sternum and incorporates leaf springs simultaneously driven by the piston to apply lateral compression to the thorax during chest compressions. A motor in the chest compression device provides motive power to cyclically extend and contract the piston to provide therapeutic chest compressions. One end of each leaf spring is operably connected to the piston and the other end of each leaf spring is secured to the backboard/base or to a support leg of the chest compression device such that during extension of the piston, each leaf spring is compressed against the device base or leg which causes the springs to flex and provide lateral compression of the patient's thorax in addition to the sternal compression of the piston.
US12193985B2
A strength assist device includes: a multi-link part including one or more links; a profile controller that is connected to one end portion of the multi-link part, and rotates around a central rotational axis; and an elastic force providing part that is connected to the other end portion of the multi-link part, and provides an elastic force to the multi-link part. When the profile controller rotates and one end portion of the multi-link part revolves around the central rotational axis, the elastic force applied to the multi-link part varies.
US12193976B1
A biodegradable casket assembly for burying remains of a deceased individual includes a casket which is comprised of pressed cannabis thereby facilitating the casket to decompose when the casket is buried with human remains. An insert is insertable into the casket and the insert is comprised of a rigid material such that the insert impart structural rigidity to the casket. A lid is comprised of pressed cannabis thereby facilitating the lid to decompose when the lid and the casket are buried with human remains. A plurality of rods is each of the rods is coupled to and extends away from the casket such that each of the rods can be gripped for carrying the casket.
US12193974B2
Devices and methods are described for electrolytically, ultrasonically, or both electrolytically and ultrasonically disrupting debris on an eyelid margin. A device includes an eyelid contacting portion having at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power supply electrically coupled to at least one of the first and second electrodes. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally have a shelf separating an upper portion from a lower portion with electrodes on the upper and lower portions. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally include at least one channel with electrodes. The device may optionally include an ultrasonic driver. Another device includes an ultrasonic driver but no electrodes. A method contacts debris on an eyelid margin with a first electrode and contacting a surface of an eyelid with a second electrode and supplying electrical energy to one of the first or second electrodes to disrupt the debris. Another method applies ultrasonic energy to the eyelid margin to disrupt debris on the eyelid margin.
US12193963B2
Disclosed is a monitor device (6) for coupling to a sensor assembly of an ostomy appliance, the monitor device comprising: a monitor device housing (100), electronic circuitry, and an appliance interface (424) configured for coupling the monitor device to the sensor assembly, the appliance interface comprises a plurality of terminals (212) for connecting with a plurality of electrodes of the sensor assembly, wherein a coupling element of the sensor assembly is receivable by the appliance interface through an interface opening. The monitor device comprises a transparent part located near the interface opening.
US12193958B1
A methodology for correcting the hip displacement of an injured patient of practically any size with the use of an apparatus assembly structured to enable the helper not only to adjust the thigh vertically (to position the displaced femoral head at substantially the same level as that of the pelvic acetabular fossa) but also to reorient the femur angularly at least with respect to yaw and pitch to ensure reliable application of a lifting traction force to the injured lower extremity to effect the safe and atraumatic return of the dislocated femoral head to the vacated acetabular fossa.
US12193936B2
Methods of minimally-invasively treating mitral valve regurgitation. The methods include advancing an intraluminal cardiac device in a collapsed configuration into a coronary sinus, retracting a catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause a first expandable anchor of the device to self-expand within the coronary sinus, retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to expose a connecting member of the device, pulling proximally on the cardiac device to reshape mitral valve tissue to reduce mitral valve regurgitation, retracting the catheter proximally within the coronary sinus to cause a second expandable anchor of the device to self-expand within the coronary sinus, and releasing the intraluminal cardiac device from a delivery device.
US12193934B2
A method of delivering a prosthetic mitral valve includes delivering a distal anchor from a delivery sheath such that the distal anchor self-expands inside a first heart chamber on a first side of the mitral valve annulus, pulling proximally on the distal anchor such that the distal anchor self-aligns within the mitral valve annulus and the distal anchor rests against tissue of the ventricular heart chamber, and delivering a proximal anchor from the delivery sheath to a second heart chamber on a second side of the mitral valve annulus such that the proximal anchor self-expands and moves towards the distal anchor to rest against tissue of the second heart chamber. The self-expansion of the proximal anchor captures tissue of the mitral valve annulus therebetween.
US12193931B2
Methods for producing a custom-made stapes prosthesis for a patient and stapes prostheses so produced. The methods may include obtaining a three-dimensional image of a natural stapes bone of the patient; and forming a stapes prosthesis that closely approximates a three-dimensional shape of the natural stapes bone via an additive manufacturing technique based on the three-dimensional image. The stapes prosthesis comprises a suitable material that is not osteogenic and is not cytotoxic. The stapes prosthesis may include a plurality of pores having an average size of from about 5 to about 100 micrometers and may exhibit a frequency of sound transmission in a range of from about 2 to about 30 kilohertz.
US12193914B2
The present disclosure relates to a hearing protection device 10, 10′ for protection in different hearing situations A, B, C. The device 10, 10′ comprises a microphone 30, 30′, 32, 32′, a sound reproduction unit 38 having a loudspeaker 50, 50′, 52, 52′ and a controller 60 for processing an ambient electrical signal. The present disclosure further relates to a controller 60 for such a hearing protection 10, 10′. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a method of switching such a hearing protection device 10, 10′ in different hearing situations A, B, C.
US12193913B2
A pet-care kit comprising a container, a quick-reference card, a number of alcohol wipes, a thermometer, a supply of hydrogen peroxide, a supply of over-the-counter medicines, an oral syringe, a pill splitter, a set of latex-free gloves, and a supply of lubricant. The container includes means for holding a photograph of a user's pet for associating the container with the user's pet and forms a chamber for retaining the other components of the pet-care kit. The quick-reference card includes information for responding to emergencies related to pet's health.
US12193911B2
An anatomical healing abutment is configured to connect to a dental implant. The healing abutment has a body portion which includes at least three reference marks that provide data to orient the connection axis of the abutment with the that of the dental implant so that certain conventional steps, including healing abutment manipulation, multiple scans, and the taking of impressions, can be eliminated, thereby saving time and effort on the part of the practitioner.
US12193909B2
A dental implant with an implant extension that are formed along a longitudinal axis. The dental implant has apical and coronal ends and a section for receiving and securing an abutment. The implant extension is formed in one piece with the implant and extends away from an end face of the apical end along the longitudinal axis. The implant extension has a first section along the longitudinal axis with an annular constriction directly connected to the apical end face of the implant. The implant breaks off from the implant extension at the constriction. The second section and splined shaft section are arranged along the longitudinal axis following the first section so as to be further away from the implant than the first section. The second section includes an outer annular groove that is designed to be clamped in the direction of the longitudinal axis to hold the implant extension.
US12193906B2
Systems for fabricating dental appliances are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprising one or more processors, and a memory operably coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to determine an appliance geometry for a dental appliance including a shell configured to move the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement toward a target arrangement. The appliance geometry can include a first power arm having a first connection point for connecting to the shell, a second power arm having a second connection point for connecting to the shell or to a tooth, an elongate connecting structure coupled to the first and second power arms, and an elongate counter-force connector coupled to the first power arm and extending toward the second power arm.
US12193903B2
The present disclosure provides a composite material. The composite material includes 20 to 40 weight percent (wt. %) of a polymerizable component; 6 to 40 wt. % of ceramic fibers; and 30 to 70 wt. % of nanoclusters. Each of the ceramic fibers has a diameter and a length, the ceramic fibers having an arithmetic mean diameter of 0.3 micrometers to 5 micrometers, and the length of fifty percent of the ceramic fibers (based on a total number of the ceramic fibers) is at least 10 micrometers and the length of ninety percent of the ceramic fibers is no greater than 500 micrometers. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the composite material. The method includes obtaining components and admixing the components to form a composite material. Further, the present disclosure provides a method of using a composite material including placing a composite material near or on a tooth surface, changing the shape of the composite material near or on a tooth surface, and hardening the composite material. In addition, the present disclosure provides dental products and kits. Hardened composite materials can exhibit high strength.
US12193898B1
The present disclosure is generally directed toward a pontic material that is pliable and easily moldable, possesses a higher tear resistance to resist fragmenting and thus is long lasting, can be pigmented to achieve a good color match to adjacent teeth, and be fashioned into a pontic by the patient at home so as to free the orthodontist and their staff from having to do this purely aesthetic and time-consuming procedure. In addition, the pontic material of the present disclosure is typically permanently pliable so that an untrained person such as a patient would have unlimited time to make corrections to the shape of the material to obtain an aesthetically pleasing shape and typically do so without the use of tools or any specialized tools or equipment.
US12193893B2
The invention relates to a projector construction (86) arranged both structurally and operatively integrated into a dental operating light (8) so as to be a part of the dental operating light (8) and wherein the dental operating light (8) illuminates a first area on a surface whereas the projector construction (86) is configured to project graphics, pictures and/or video in essentially the same direction as the operating light (8) on the surface, on a second area.
US12193881B2
Systems and methods described herein include receiving, by a processor, one or more data files from an ultrasound shear wave elastography apparatus configured to capture viscoelastic tissue properties in an area of a subject using ultrasound shear wave electrography, processing the one or more data files to compute viscoelastic tissue parameters related to the area of the subject, compiling the viscoelastic tissue parameters and one or more associated data file identifiers to generate a processed data file, wherein the one or more associated data file identifiers includes at least one of: user characteristics, exercise characteristics, a footwear type, or an apparel type, and generating a recommendation report, wherein the recommendation report includes a footwear recommendation selected based on one or more trends from the viscoelastic tissue parameters.
US12193875B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image generator that generates ultrasound image data based on a reception signal received from an ultrasound probe that sends and receives ultrasound waves; a fastener that attaches the ultrasound probe to a subject and fastens the ultrasound probe on the subject such that a pressure applied to the subject to which the ultrasound probe is attached is adjustable; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor controls driving of the fastener, based on difference information between before fastening the ultrasound probe and during/after fastening the ultrasound probe, the difference information being on at least one of positional information on a position of an observation target of the subject, angle information on an angle of the observation target, and pressure information on a pressure applied to the subject.
US12193871B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a thermal ablation probabilistic controller (30) employing an ablation probability model (32) trained to render a pixel ablation probability for each pixel of an ablation scan image illustrative of a static anatomical ablation. In operation, the thermal ablation probabilistic controller (30) spatially aligns a temporal sequence of ablation scan datasets representative of a dynamic anatomical ablation, and applies the ablation probability model (32) to the spatial alignment of the temporal sequence of ablation scan datasets to render the pixel ablation probability for each pixel of the ablation scan image illustrative of the static anatomical ablation.
US12193868B2
A radiographic phantom comprises: a body comprising a wax material or a wax-like material, wherein the body has an x-ray attenuation value that is approximately the same as that of a human tissue; and a plurality of crystalline test objects positioned on or within the body. A method comprises: obtaining a radiographic phantom comprising a body and a plurality of crystalline test objects positioned on or within the body, wherein the body comprises a wax material or a wax-like material, and wherein the body has an x-ray attenuation value that is approximately the same as that of a human breast tissue; performing an operation of the radiographic phantom and using a device; and assessing a performance of the device based on the operation.
