US12204365B2
A data receiver, which communicates with a data transmitter through a plurality of lanes, includes: a first reception unit which receives first data through a first lane; a second reception unit which receives second data through a second lane; and a detector which compares the first data and the second data to detect a skew between the first lane and the second lane. The first reception unit includes a first clock data recovery unit which recovers a first clock and first payload data from the first data. The first reception unit controls a loop speed of the first clock data recovery unit based on a skew level of the skew.
US12204361B2
The invention is directed to an improved abacus and related calculating method. The improved abacus and method are adapted to perform mathematical operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and factoring. Additional mathematical operations are performable using described techniques. The improved abacus has a frame divided into an upper and lower section by a horizontal bar. The abacus includes a plurality of rods in which each rod contains four movable beads on the upper section of each rod and one movable bead on the lower section of each rod. The beads in the upper section have a value of two and the bead in the lower section has a value of one. Beads moved toward the bar are counted while those beads away from the bar are not counted. The improved abacus also includes a unit indicator, mathematical operational signs and positive and negative sliding indicators signs on the frame.
US12204359B1
The present technology relates to an automatically locking, releasable, safety knob assembly for a stove. The assembly includes a base with a locking notch. An adapter mates with the stove's valve stem and has a head, a tubular middle section, and an adapter base with a central aperture for receiving the valve stem. The knob includes a housing with a housing disk covering the base, an arm movement channel aligned with the locking notch in the locked configuration, and a central aperture for receiving the adapter head. The assembly further includes a sub-assembly with a slidable button allowing free rotation of the knob in the unlocked configuration, an automatic locking arm biased with the slidable button, and engagement of the button causing the arm to disengage from the locking notch and move in the arm movement channel, enabling the knob to freely rotate and rotate the valve stem.
US12204358B2
The present document relates to a power converter. The power converter may be configured to convert an input voltage at the input of the power converter into an output voltage at an output of the power converter. The power converter may comprise a pass device, a feedback circuit, and a bypass circuit. The pass device may be coupled between the input of the power converter and the output of the power converter. The feedback circuit may be configured to generate, in a voltage regulation mode, a drive signal for driving a control terminal of the pass device. The bypass circuit may be configured to apply, in a bypass mode, a predetermined voltage to the control terminal of the pass device.
US12204357B2
The present disclosure provides a low dropout (LDO) circuit. The LDO circuit includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a cascode operational amplifier, and a power stage. The cascode operational amplifier is electrically connected to the input terminal. The power stage has a first terminal electrically connected to the input terminal, a second terminal electrically connected to an output node of the cascode operational amplifier, and a third terminal electrically connected to the output terminal.
US12204349B2
In a vehicle remote instruction system, a remote commander issues a remote instruction relating to travel of an autonomous driving vehicle based on sensor information from an external sensor that detects an external environment of the autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle remote instruction system sets a range of information to be transmitted to the remote commander among the sensor information detected by the external sensor, as a limited information range, based on the external situation or an external situation obtained based on map information and a trajectory of the autonomous driving vehicle.
US12204345B2
A method of automatically controlling trim position of a marine drive with a control system on a marine vessel includes receiving a user-selected command to enter a launch control mode and then controlling a trim actuator to automatically position the marine drive in a tucked position, tucked position is between a vertical trim position and a minimum running trim position. Once a vessel condition of the marine vessel reaches a first threshold vessel condition the trim actuator is controlled to trim up the marine drive to a predetermined target trim position to generate wave behind the marine vessel.
US12204340B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to detecting obstacles from unknown objects during automated driving by a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, from an image that includes an unknown object, a depth map from a depth estimation component and processed data from a semantic segmentation component in parallel by using a neural network model. The method also includes detecting that the unknown object is an obstacle when the unknown object satisfies criteria using an optical model according to the depth map and a segmentation map. The method also includes determining a height of the obstacle and a distance to the obstacle according to the optical model and the criteria. The method also includes adapting a vehicle plan of the automated driving according to the height.
US12204315B2
An apparatus comprising: a procedure progress database in which progress status and identification information of a relevant member are recorded for each of pieces of work; a team status evaluation unit which identifies a member requiring support on work in the monitoring and control within a team; an operation support content determination processing unit which determines, as support content, information on the possibility of substitution by a member having the operation authority for the work that the identified member is scheduled to perform; and a presentation information generation processing unit which selects a plurality of persons including the identified member as presentation targets of the determined support content, and generates presentation information in accordance with each of the selected persons.
US12204313B2
A method includes calculating a processing tool offset for a processing tool, wherein the processing tool offset is a first portion of a process offset time attributable to a processing tool. The method further includes calculating a product offset, wherein the product tool offset is a second portion of the process offset time attributable to a product. The method further includes determining whether the product offset is stable based on a pre-determined tolerance and a number of processed wafers. The method further includes calculating an offset time for processing the product using the processing tool based on the calculated processing tool offset, without considering the product offset in response to a determination that the product offset is stable.
US12204308B2
A computerized method of machining a workpiece including, prior to machining the workpiece, establishing, based on empirical data obtained from machining activity at an earlier time, an historical mapping indicating pairings of depth of cut and rpm at which undesirable chatter (UDC) did not occur during machining activity at an earlier time using at least one given type of milling machine, at least one given type of cutting tool and at least one given type of workpiece material, prior to commencing machining of the workpiece, programming a machine tool to machine the workpiece using a given type of milling machine, a given type of cutting tool and a given type of workpiece material at at least one depth of cut and rpm, which, based on the historical mapping, avoid UDC and operating the machine tool in accordance with the programming to machine the workpiece.
US12204307B2
A method for generating control command data for controlling a CNC-lathe to perform a turning operation by means of a turning tool. The method includes the steps of generating control command data for commanding the turning tool to perform a first turning pass and a second turning pass, wherein a maximum cutting depth of the second turning pass is greater than a maximum cutting depth of the first turning pass.
US12204300B2
In order to provide power for non-charging loads located at charging sites, the systems and methods disclosed herein provide for controlling electric vehicle charging stations to provide alternating current (AC) power to the non-charging loads from power stored in their batteries. One or more charging stations are configured to charge their batteries from an AC power source that also powers a non-charging load at the charging site. Each charging station includes a battery, a bidirectional inverter, and a system controller configured to determine occurrence of a triggering condition associated with availability of the AC power source and to control the bidirectional inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power from the battery into an AC output current to provide to the non-charging load via a local AC circuit at the charging site. The non-charging load may thus be powered without drawing power from the AC power source.
US12204284B2
The present invention relates to a device (100) for displaying the moon for a timepiece on demand. The display device (100) including a first movable indicator member (110) and having a representation of the moon (111). This representation of the moon (111) is completely or partially occulted by an occulting element (121) that is located on a second movable indicator member (120) when the user so requests and in particular via a control unit.
US12204272B2
A developer supply container is detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus, the developer receiving apparatus including a developer receiving portion provided with a receiving port for receiving a developer and including a portion-to-be-engaged of displacing integrally with the developer receiving portion. The developer supply container includes a discharging portion provided with a shutter opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion, and an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages with the portion-to-be-engaged with a mounting operation of the developer supply container to displace the developer receiving portion so as to bring the receiving opening into fluid communication with the shutter opening. The engaging portion includes a curved portion having an angle relative to a mounting direction of the developer supply container, the angle decreasing with approach toward an upstream side in the mounting direction.
US12204265B2
An image forming apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to measure reflected light from a test image on the image carrier. The optical sensor includes a printed circuit board, with a light-emitting element provided on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and with the light-emitting element being configured to irradiate the test image on the image carrier with light. The optical sensor also includes a light-receiving element provided on the first surface of the printed circuit board, with the light-receiving element being configured to receive the reflected light from the test image on the image carrier. A connector is provided on a second surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the first surface of the printed circuit board, with a cable for controlling the optical sensor being connected to the connector. A support member is configured to support the optical sensor so that the first surface of the printed circuit board faces a surface of the image carrier, and a controller is configured to control the image forming unit based on a result of the reflected light from the test image measured by the optical sensor. A direction in which the cable is inserted into the connector is orthogonal to the second surface of the printed circuit board.
US12204259B2
There is provided a fixing solution capable of improving fixing property while suppressing odor. The fixing solution includes: an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester; a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether; and water. The water is dispersed in the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid ester. The polyethylene glycol alkyl ether has not less than 4 pieces and not more than 12 pieces of an oxyethylene unit.
US12204251B2
A design pattern generation method of an embodiment is a method for generating a design pattern of a template. The design pattern generation method includes: generating an actual pattern including a first pattern protruding from a contact surface of the template with a material layer and extending in a predetermined direction along the contact surface, and a second pattern further protruding from an upper surface of the first pattern; calculating a volume of the first pattern and the second pattern per unit area on the contact surface; and adding, when a difference in the volume of the first pattern and the second pattern per unit area between regions on the contact surface exceeds a specified value, a third pattern to a region where the volume of the first pattern and the second pattern per unit area is small.
US12204240B2
A reflective mask blank includes a substrate; a multilayer reflective film that reflects EUV light; a protection film that protects the multilayer reflective film; and a phase shift film that shifts a phase of the EUV light, the substrate, the multilayer reflective film, the protection film, and the phase shift film being arranged in this order. The phase shift film contains at least one first element X1 selected from the first group consisting of ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and gold (Au), and at least one second element X2 selected from the second group consisting of oxygen (O), boron (B), carbon (C), and nitrogen (N). In the phase shift film, a chemical shift of a peak of 3d5/2 or a peak of 4f7/2 of the first element X1 observed by X-ray electron spectroscopy is less than 0.3 eV.
US12204227B2
A liquid crystal element is provided that can inhibit occurrence of voltage drop between one end and the other end of each electrode. A liquid crystal element (100) includes a liquid crystal layer LQ, a plurality of first arcuate electrodes (1), and a plurality of second arcuate electrodes (2). The first arcuate electrodes (1) are disposed concentrically about an optical axis (AX) of the liquid crystal element (100) and applies first voltage (V1) to the liquid crystal layer (LQ). The second arcuate electrodes (2) are disposed concentrically about the optical axis (AX) and applies second voltage (V2) to the liquid crystal layer (LQ).
US12204226B2
A metrology system includes front and back vision components portions, and is configured to have a workpiece positioned between the two portions. The back vision components portion includes a light source and a diffuser. The front vision components portion includes a variable focal length lens, an objective lens and a camera. The metrology system includes a movement mechanism portion configured to align relative positions between the front and back vision components portions and an aperture defined through the workpiece such that at least a portion of the light from the light source that passes through the diffuser passes through the aperture for providing the illumination for imaging the aperture. The camera acquires an image stack of images of the aperture at different focus positions. Based on an analysis of the image stack, measurements related to workpiece features of the aperture (e.g., including a distance between workpiece features) can be determined.
US12204220B2
A display device includes a pixel layer disposed on a base substrate, a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the pixel layer, a first switch electrode disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer and the first switch electrode, a second inorganic insulating layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer, and a second switch electrode disposed on the second inorganic insulating layer to face the first switch electrode. The liquid crystal layer converts light emitted from the pixel layer into about 90 degree linearly polarized light by an electric field formed between the first switch electrode and the second switch electrode in the private mode.
US12204212B2
A display apparatus having an excellent boosting function is provided. The display apparatus is provided with a pixel having a function of adding data (a boosting function). A capacitor for boosting voltage is provided in the pixel, and data is added by capacitive coupling to be supplied to a display device. The capacitor for boosting voltage and a capacitor for retaining data are placed on top of each other, whereby the capacitance value of the capacitor for boosting voltage can be increased. Thus, the pixel can have an excellent boosting function, without significantly losing the aperture ratio or definition.
US12204208B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, including: a first base substrate; a color conversion layer; a light-emitting device layer; and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer includes a first optical path adjustment portion and a second optical path adjustment portion spaced apart from each other. Orthographic projections of the first optical path adjustment portion and a light-emitting device on the first base substrate at least partially overlaps with each other, and orthographic projections of the second optical path adjustment portion and the light-emitting device on the first base substrate are spaced apart from each other. In response to the second optical path adjustment portion being in a first state, in light emitted by the light-emitting device, light incident to the second optical path adjustment portion through the first optical path adjustment portion is refracted, or is scattered for at least once.
US12204202B1
Polarizers, manufacturing methods thereof, and display panels are provided. The polarizer includes a substrate having an integrated structure. The substrate includes a first part and a second part disposed on a side of the first part. The first part includes lyotropic liquid crystal molecules and is dispersed with a dichroic material. The second part includes lyotropic liquid crystal molecules without the dichroic material. The first part functions as a polarization part of the polarizer, and the second part functions as a compensation part of the polarizer.
US12204197B2
A color filter includes a frame portion in which the reflectance of light incident from the transparent substrate side is less than the reflectance of light incident from the overcoat layer side and an opening portion in which the reflectance of light incident from the transparent substrate side is greater than the reflectance of light incident from the overcoat layer side. The color filter satisfies nbc×dbc<α×A2+β×A+γ, where nbc is the refractive index of the transparent base coat layer, dbc nm is the film thickness of the transparent base coat layer, and A is the opening ratio of the color filter, and where A, α, β, and γ respectively satisfy A=(area of the opening portion)/(area of an active area), α=436.7×nbc−837.2, β=−315.8×nbc+523.7, and γ=−358.3×nbc+771.8.
US12204196B2
A display panel has a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a light-shielding region that separates the sub-pixel regions and surrounds all the sub-pixel regions as a whole. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a light-shielding pattern layer located on the first substrate, the light-shielding pattern layer being located in the light-shielding region and covering part of the light-shielding region; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; and a light-shielding structure layer located on the second substrate, the light-shielding structure layer covering at least a region of the light-shielding region that is not covered by the light-shielding pattern layer.
US12204194B2
A display panel includes a display area, a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area, a plurality of heating wires, a first voltage terminal, and a second voltage terminal. The plurality of heating wires are arranged in the display area. The plurality of heating wires extend along a first direction and are arranged along a second direction. The first direction intersects with the second direction. Each heating wire of the plurality of heating wires includes a first signal end and a second signal end. The first signal end and the second signal end of the same heating wire are arranged on a first side of the display area along the first direction. The first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal are arranged in the non-display area.
US12204191B2
A liquid-crystal display panel includes a first region and a second region, and a transmittance of the first region is greater than a transmittance of the second region; the liquid-crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels; the plurality of sub-pixels include a first-color sub-pixel and a second-color sub-pixel, a transmittance of the first-color sub-pixel is greater than a transmittance of the second-color sub-pixel, and an area of the first-color sub-pixel is greater than an area of the second-color sub-pixel; and the plurality of sub-pixels further include a first-region sub-pixel and a second-region sub-pixel that have a same color, the first-region sub-pixel is located within the first region, the second-region sub-pixel is located within the second region, and a thickness of a color-resistance layer of the first-region sub-pixel is less than or equal to a thickness of a color-resistance layer of the second-region sub-pixel.
US12204190B2
A display device with a built-in camera is provided, including: a display panel, a first backlight module, a second backlight module, a third backlight module, a camera, a first light-shielding column, and a second light-shielding column. The camera is configured to acquire external light to take a picture. The first light-shielding column is configured to block light from laterally entering the first light-shielding column, and the second light-shielding column is configured to block light from laterally entering the second light-shielding column.
US12204189B2
A manufacturing method of a display device, the display device, and a spliced display device are disclosed. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel (LCD display panel), a plurality of pad units, a plurality of conductive units, and a plurality of mini light-emitting diodes (mini-LEDs). The mini-LEDs are manufactured in a bezel area of the LCD display panel to allow the bezel area of the LCD display panel which does not emit light and display originally to display by the mini-LEDs, thereby improving a screen ratio of the display device and improving product competitiveness of the spliced display device.
US12204187B2
An optical scan device includes an optical waveguide array, including a plurality of optical waveguides each of which propagates light along a first direction, that emits a light beam, the plurality of optical waveguides being arranged in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a phase shifter array including a plurality of phase shifters connected separately to each of the plurality of optical waveguides, a control circuit that controls a phase shift amount of each of the plurality of phase shifters and/or inputting of light to each of the plurality of phase shifters and thereby controls a direction and shape of the light beam that is emitted from the optical waveguide array, a photodetector that detects the light beam reflected by a physical object, and a signal processing circuit that generates distance distribution data on the basis of output from the photodetector.
US12204184B2
A structure for an optoelectronics platform and a method of fabricating a structure for an optoelectronics platform such as a Mach-Zehnder modulator or a waveguide. The method comprises the steps of providing a substrate, and depositing a BaTi03, BTO, film on a surface of the substrate and having a thickness suitable for single mode operation with one or more possible polarization configurations with optical confinement in the BTO film at a wavelength or wavelength range of operation; wherein the substrate is chosen to provide vertical refractive index confinement in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate for the single mode operation optical confinement in the BTO film at the wavelength or wavelength range of operation.
US12204181B2
Structures for response shaping in frequency and time domain, include an optical response shaper and/or a modulator device with multiple injection. The device comprises a resonator having an enclosed geometric structure, for example a ring or racetrack structure, at least two injecting optical waveguides approaching the resonator to define at least two coupling regions between the resonator and the injecting waveguides, and may define at least two Free Spectral Range states. One or both of the coupling regions has a coupling coefficient selected for a predetermined frequency or time response, and the coupling coefficient or other device parameters may be variable, in some case in real time to render the response programmably variable. In addition, the injection power at one of the optical waveguides serves to modify the response.
US12204167B2
The optical lenses include a first lenses part including a first lens and a second lenses part including a second lens. The second lens and the first lens constitute an imageable optical system. A first adhesive material is located in a first gap between the first and second lenses parts, the first adhesive material supporting and fixing the first and second lenses parts. The first lenses part has a first bottom surface, and the second lenses part has a second top surface. An adhesive applying area for arranging the first adhesive material is provided on the first bottom surface and/or the second top surface. A first adhesive blocking portion is provided on the first bottom surface and/or a third adhesive blocking portion is provided on the second top surface.
US12204166B2
Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base, a yoke coupled to the base, having an upper surface formed with a hole, a closed side surface, and an opened bottom surface, a bobbin movably installed in an inner portion of the yoke, a lens module coupled to the bobbin to go in and out the hole according to movement of the bobbin, a magnet fixed to an inner portion of the yoke, a coil fixed to an outer portion of the bobbin while facing the magnets, and springs coupled to the bobbin to provide restoration force to the bobbin.
US12204162B2
An optical system for aligning various avionics sensors and displays includes an aircraft having a nose section, a forward fuselage section, and an aft fuselage section, and at least one of a sensor, a display, a sensor substitute, and a display substitute. A laser is attached to a side of the aft section of the fuselage, and is directed toward a corresponding laser target on a laser target board. The laser target board is mounted on a frame and is positioned a distance away from the aircraft, and includes a plurality of laser targets. Between the laser target board and the laser is a reference plate which includes an aperture through which a beam from the laser passes. With the laser aligned with its respective laser target, the relative position of the sensor, display, sensor substitute, or display substitute is determined relative to known positions on the aircraft.
US12204161B2
Methods and apparatuses for aligning and diagnosing the laser beam traversing an optical train in a highly space-efficient, lower cost and/or retrofit-friendly manner are disclosed. The optical components of the optical train are mounted such that one or more optical components can direct their exit laser beam to partially or wholly scan across one or more downstream sensors. Correlation data between physical disposition of optical components and the points of impact data and/or beam quality data are employed to, among others, align and/or diagnose the laser beam and/or localize failure sites and/or optimize maintenance schedule.
US12204155B2
A photonic integrated circuit including multiple elements formed by different processes onto separate chips can be manufactured by defining, via photolithography processes for example, complementary geometries onto each separate chip. Thereafter, the complementary geometries can be aligned and engaged, thereby optically and mechanically intercoupling the several chips to define a single photonic integrated circuit.
US12204152B2
A new fiber optic connector provides a very small form factor with reduced size. The fiber optic connector may comprise a single-body housing having a front end and rear end in a longitudinal direction, two ferrules accommodated in the housing and protruding from the front end of the housing, a back housing positioned adjacent to the rear end of the housing, two springs positioned between the two ferrules and the back housing to urge the two ferrules to move forward, and a boot assembly connected to the rear end of the housing. The housing comprises a latch arm extending obliquely upwards, and the latch arm is in a depressed state when the fiber optic connector is mating with an adapter.
US12204140B2
A gain flattening filter includes a first optical fiber that has a core, a first cladding, and a second cladding and that has a uniform composition in a length direction; and a pair of second optical fibers fused to both ends of the first optical fiber. The first optical fiber has a first section in which a slanted refractive index grating is formed and a pair of second sections connecting both ends of the first section to the pair of second optical fibers. The first cladding contains a photosensitive material whose refractive index increases upon irradiation with light having a specific wavelength. In the core, a tensile stress remains in the first section. An average MFD of the second sections is larger than an average MFD of the second optical fibers and smaller than an average MFD of the first section.
US12204131B2
Backlight module and display device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light source structure and a light guide plate, which includes a body structure and a wedge-shaped structure disposed on the body structure and located at a side adjacent to the light source structure. The body structure includes a light incident surface of body structure. The wedge-shaped structure includes a bottom surface, a wedge surface and a light incident surface of wedge-shaped structure. The light source structure includes a light source, light emitted by which enters the light guide plate through the light incident surface of body structure and the light incident surface of wedge-shaped structure. In a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface, a ratio of thickness of the body structure to thickness of light-exiting surface of the light source is less than or equal to 88%.
US12204126B2
Provided is an optical film and an electroluminescence display device that suppress a decrease in transmittance of a front surface and suppress a change in tint in an oblique direction with respect to the front surface, in a case of being used in a micro LED. The optical film includes a light absorption anisotropic layer containing a dichroic coloring agent compound, in which the light absorption anisotropic layer has an absorption axis in a normal direction of the film and has an alignment degree of 0.7 or greater at 530 nm, and in a case where transmittances at 460 nm, 530 nm, and 630 nm in a direction of 45° with respect to the normal direction of the film are respectively defined as Tb, Tg, and Tr, relationships of Expressions 0.1≤Tb/Tr≤0.5 (1) and 0.2≤Tg/Tr≤0.6 (2) are satisfied.
US12204123B1
A tint film for application to a target surface, such as a headlight, includes a release liner, an adhesive layer, an at least partially transparent cast layer, and a tint layer. The tint layer is provided as an at least partially light-transparent layer, which may be printed upon the at least partially transparent layer using an ink-jet printing process. In addition, the adhesive layer is configured to have low-tack, so as to facilitate the ease in which the tint film is applied. In some cases, the at least partially transparent layer and the at least partially light-transparent tint layer may be formed together as a composite layer in a casting process.
US12204122B2
There is provided a display apparatus of the present invention includes a transparent screen configured by a transmissive or reflective volume hologram, a first image projection section disposed on a first main surface side of the transparent screen, and projecting first image light onto the first main surface; and a second image projection section disposed on a second main surface side of the transparent screen, and projecting second image light onto the second main surface. The display apparatus further includes a first light shielding section preventing external light from being directly incident on the first main surface at least at same incident angle as the first image light, and a second light-shielding section preventing external light from being directly incident on the second main surface at least at same angle as the second image light.
US12204119B2
An optical film includes a film body defining an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and at least one outer edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The optical film also includes at least one energy radiated discolored portion formed in the film body. The at least one energy radiated discolored portion includes a radiation absorbing material.
US12204115B2
In some embodiments, a camera includes a lens assembly in a lens carrier, an image sensor for capturing a digital representation of light transiting the lens, and a voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the voice coil motor includes a spring suspension assembly for moveably mounting the lens carrier to an actuator base, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted to the actuator base through a magnet holder assembly and a focusing coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier and mounted to the actuator base through the suspension assembly. In some embodiments, the permanent magnets each generate a magnetic field of a respective permanent magnet field strength, and the magnet holder assembly generates a holder magnetic field of a holder magnetic field strength.
US12204110B2
A display device includes: a first self-light-emitting panel; a second self-light-emitting panel; a cross dichroic prism configured to cause first image light and second image light to exit as image light of combined light, the first image light exiting from the first self-light-emitting panel and entering, the second image light exiting from the second self-light-emitting panel and entering; a first polarizing plate provided at an exit side of the first self-light-emitting panel; a second polarizing plate provided at an exit side of the second self-light-emitting panel; and a light-guiding optical system including a polarizing mirror and configured to deflect the image light of the combined light. Polarizing axes of the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate and a polarizing axis of the polarizing mirror are perpendicular to or parallel to an intersecting axis of the cross dichroic prism.
US12204104B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a head-up display apparatus further reduced in size, the head-up display apparatus having: an image display apparatus including a light source and a display element; and a virtual image optical system in which light emitted from the image display apparatus is reflected by a windshield or a combiner of the vehicle so that a virtual image is displayed in front of the vehicle, wherein the virtual image optical system has a concave mirror and a distortion correcting lens, and the distortion correcting lens is disposed between the image display apparatus and the concave mirror, the concave mirror is disposed in a housing including an outer case along a shape of an effective light path area of the image light from the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus is attached to part of an outer periphery of the housing.
US12204102B2
Methods and apparatus provide for processing information for a head-mounted display for blocking out an outside world from a user's vision when worn by the user to present a video, by carrying out actions comprising: measuring outside world information; detecting whether or not the measured information contains any notification information to be notified to the user, including detection of moving objects as notification information; and notifying the user when notification information is detected.
US12204098B1
A head-mounted display system is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, a system for body pose estimation in a virtual reality or augmented reality environment includes one or more egocentric cameras coupled to a user configured to capture video data from a perspective of the user; an instrumented flooring system including one or more sensors configured to detect foot placement and/or movement of the user, and generate sensor output data based on the detected foot placement and/or movement of the user; and at least one data processing device being configured to receive and integrate the video data from the one or more egocentric cameras and the sensor output data from the instrumented flooring system using sensor fusion algorithms, thereby generating a comprehensive body pose estimation for the user.
US12204096B2
A beam of light is directed onto, and scanned across, a controllably-selected portion of a concave-curved light-redirecting surface that provides for redirecting and redistributing the light and illuminating a two-dimensional image-display modulation array. A virtual image of the two-dimensional image-display modulation array is formed by an optical subsystem. Light thereof propagating from an aperture of the optical subsystem is collected onto a subpupil within an exit pupil of the optical subsystem on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye location. The subpupil is associated with the controllably-selected portion of the concave-curved light-redirecting surface, and with a corresponding portion less than all of the light of the virtual image that is associated with a gaze direction of the eye when viewing the subpupil. A location of the subpupil within the exit pupil corresponds to a location of the controllably-selected portion on the concave-curved light-redirecting surface.
US12204094B2
A method for operating a MEMS system having a projection unit for providing an image via a light beam, and a deflecting unit for the two-dimensional deflection of the at least one light beam. The method includes: driving the deflecting unit via a reference signal, so that the deflecting unit periodically deflects a light beam at least two-dimensionally, measuring a controlled variable of the deflecting unit that corresponds to an actual position of the deflected light beam, ascertaining a current deviation of the controlled variable from a target variable that corresponds to a target position of the light beam, calculating a compensating variable based on the ascertained deviation, controlling the deflecting unit and/or controlling the projection unit based on the calculated compensating variable for reducing the deviation of the light beam from the target position. The compensating variable is additionally calculated based on an earlier deviation in an earlier period.
US12204093B2
Non-zero deflection angle may be effected by implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure to allow for directing projected energy to a desired region, such as a region closer to the energy directing surface.
US12204090B2
The present invention relates to an optical device (1), comprising: a container (10) enclosing an internal space (11) of the container (10), the internal space (11) being filled with a transparent liquid (12), wherein the container (10) comprises a transparent and elastically deformable membrane (13) delimiting said internal space (11) at least partially, wherein the container (10) further comprises a transparent rigid optical element (2) being connected to said membrane (13), the rigid optical element (2) comprising an optical surface (20) facing the membrane (13), the rigid optical element (2) being configured to receive light (L) for passing the light (L) through the transparent liquid (12) residing in the internal space (11) of the container (10), wherein the optical device (1) further comprises a supporting structure (3) supporting the rigid optical element (2) so that the rigid optical element (2) is tiltable about at least a first tilting axis (X) extending along said optical surface (20) of the rigid optical element (2) to deflect light passing through the container (10), wherein the supporting structure (3) is configured to prevent a translation of the rigid optical element (2) in a direction parallel to an optical axis (A) of the optical device.
US12204087B2
There is provided herein an optical system for a tip section of a multi-sensor endoscope, the system comprising: a front-pointing camera sensor; a front objective lens system; a side-pointing camera sensor; and a side objective lens system, wherein at least one of said front and side objective lens systems comprises a front and a rear sub-systems separated by a stop diaphragm, said front sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first front negative lens and a second front positive lens, said rear sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first rear positive lens, an achromatic sub-assembly comprising a second rear positive lens and a third rear negative lens, wherein the following condition is satisfied: f(first rear positive lens)≤1.8f, where f is the composite focal length of the total lens system and f(first rear positive lens) is the focal length of said first rear positive lens.
US12204083B2
The present disclosure discloses a calibration slide for calibration of an automated microscope. The slide includes at least one calibration zone defined on at least one major surface of the sample slide. The at least one calibration zone is divided by a cross hair to define a plurality of quadrants. Each of the plurality of quadrants is defined with an array of apertures of varying density of arrays. The automated microscope including the calibration slide of the present disclosure enables corrective maintenance. The method of the present disclosure may be employed across various automated microscopes within a lab or at labs at various locations through offline/online mode to achieve similar results when tested on same sample.
US12204082B2
A light microscope has a light source for illuminating a specimen, a sensor array comprised of photon-counting detector elements for measuring detection light coming from the specimen, and a control device for controlling the sensor array. The control device is configured for flexibly binning the photon-counting detector elements into one or more super-pixels.
US12204080B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having a positive refractive power as a whole and including one or more lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units changes during zooming. The first lens unit includes a first subunit having a positive refractive power and a second subunit disposed on the image side of the first subunit. The first subunit includes a first positive lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among lenses included in the first subunit. The second subunit includes a second positive lens and a first negative lens having the smallest absolute value of a focal length among negative lenses included in the second subunit. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US12204073B2
A scale includes: a substrate; scale gratings that are formed on a face of the substrate and has a plurality of gratings at a predetermined interval; and a protective layer that is made of fluoride and covers the scale gratings and an exposed portion of the face of the substrate.
US12204070B2
A method for analyzing signal irregularity of radiation in a lightning leader is provided, which relates to a field of lightning signal processing and includes: S1: acquiring electric field signals; S2: dividing the electric field signals into multiple segments according to time, and calculating an average sample entropy value of each segment of the electric field signals; S3: dividing the multiple segments of electric field signals into three regions according to the time, quantifying irregularity of radiation of the three regions in the leader according to sample entropies and performing classification based on numerical variation characteristics of the irregularity; S4: comparing the classified data with lightning positioning data to form an analysis database; and S5: acquiring real-time electric field signals, calculating average sample entropy values of the electric field signals, and predicting development characteristics of irregular radiation in the lightning leader.
US12204067B1
An automatic recognition method for a dry quasi-stationary front in Kunming, Yunnan, China is provided. The automatic recognition method includes: reading data; calculating, by a differential method, a temperature lapse rate between each layer of each point from a ground surface to 650 hPa, and acquiring a maximum inversion trend value; acquiring an initially selected inversion distribution based on the maximum inversion trend value; removing a nighttime clear sky radiation inversion, retaining only a frontal inversion, and binarizing (0, 1); finding a boundary between inversion and non-inversion; removing the abnormal candidate frontal points, and acquiring frontal nodes; removing meso- and micro-scale systems; and performing one-dimensional Gaussian filtering on longitude data of the frontal nodes, and connecting the filtered frontal nodes to acquire a quasi-stationary front in Kunming, Yunnan, China.
US12204059B2
A system and a method for monitoring and detecting an illegal sump pump in a sewer system is used to accurately detect and locate sump pumps that are illegally connected to the sewer system. Actual audio profiles are collected and timestamped with audio-recording devices. The actual audio profiles from the audio-recording devices are relayed to the remote server. The remote server compares each actual audio profile to a baseline audio profile to identify at least one matching audio profile. If the matching audio profile is identified amongst the actual audio profiles, the remote server geolocates a potential location for an illegal sump pump based on the sewer location of the corresponding audio-recording device for the matching audio profile. The remote server compiles the potential location of an illegal sump pump into a summarization report. The sewer system is continuously monitored by executing several iterations of the overall process.
US12204047B2
A method of determining tumbling characteristics of resident space objects includes acquiring a geometry of a target object, generating a distribution of radio scatterers within the geometry of the target, calculating multiple radar cross sections at different angles for the distribution, finding an autocorrelation for each radar cross section versus each angle, using the autocorrelations to find a decorrelation angle, extracting a decorrelation time from radar data of the object, and finding a rotation rate of the object as the tumbling characteristic.
US12204033B2
A system for multimodal detection is provided. The system comprises a light collection and distribution device configured to perform at least one of collecting light signals from a field-of-view (FOV) and distributing the light signals to a plurality of detectors. The light signals have a plurality of wavelengths comprising at least a first wavelength and a second wavelength. The system further comprises a multimodal sensor comprising the plurality of detectors. The plurality of detectors comprises at least a light detector of a first type and a light detector of a second type. The light detector of the first type is configured to detect light signals having a first light characteristic. The light detector of the first type is configured to perform distance measuring based on light signals having the first wavelength. The light detector of the second type is configured to detect light signals having a second light characteristic.
US12204026B1
Embodiments of the present application disclose a photonic chip module, a LiDAR and a movable device. The photonic chip module includes a photonic chip and a reflection module. The photonic chip includes a plurality of transceiving waveguide modules. A plurality of accommodating grooves are provided on a first surface of the photonic chip. The reflection module has a plurality of reflecting surfaces, and each reflecting surface is arranged at intervals along the second preset direction. The reflection surface is used to reflect the detection light so that the detection light is emitted in a direction that is not perpendicular to the thickness direction. The photonic chip module is conducive to improving the detection field of view of the LiDAR under the condition of the same resolution, or improving the resolution under the condition of the same total detection field of view.
US12204021B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for a ground-penetrating tailgate sensor system. An example method may also include transmitting, using a radar transceiver, a first radar signal towards a location above the tailgate. The example method may also include receiving, based on the tailgate being in a closed or open position and using the radar transceiver, a first return signal from an object located above the vehicle.
US12204020B2
An object detection apparatus is mounted to a vehicle and detects an object by a reflected wave of a probe wave. The object detection apparatus calculates a relative velocity of the object to the vehicle, estimates an azimuth of the object relative to the vehicle, and corrects the estimated azimuth. The object detection apparatus generates a velocity-azimuth curve that indicates a relationship between the relative velocity of the object and the azimuth of the object that is calculated based on a theoretical mounting angle of the object detection apparatus, supplies a weight to an azimuth error that is an error between the velocity-azimuth curve and the estimated azimuth, based on the estimated azimuth, and calculates a correction value of the estimated azimuth by calculating, as an actual mounting angle deviation of the object detection apparatus, a weighted average value of the azimuth error to which the weight is supplied.
US12204016B2
The disclosed system and method transmit a signal from the surface (or surroundings) of a celestial object to a satellite (for which you know the orbital elements) that re-transmits the signal back to a transceiver on the surface of the celestial object from which a time delay to obtain a range measurement and a Doppler shift to obtain the range-rate can be measured. With knowledge of the satellite's orbital elements and the range and range-rate, a location of the transceiver can be determined.
US12204003B2
An MR element includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer has a magnetic shape anisotropy set in a first reference direction, and has a magnetization whose direction changes depending on an external magnetic field, the magnetization being oriented in a first magnetization direction in a state where the external magnetic field is not applied. The second magnetic layer has a magnetic shape anisotropy set in a second reference direction, and has a magnetization whose direction changes depending on the external magnetic field, the magnetization being oriented in a second magnetization direction in a state where the external magnetic field is not applied.
US12203991B2
Voltage detection line includes conductive wire, and tab terminal that electrically connects bus bar electrically connected to output terminal of the battery and conductive wire. Support plate includes base plate on which voltage detection line is placed, and position restricting structure of tab terminal. Position restricting structure includes receiving surface part against which tab terminal abuts, and biasing part that pushes tab terminal toward receiving surface part.
US12203989B2
Method and apparatus for determining a saturation characteristic of a synchronous reluctance machine
A method for determining a saturation characteristic of a synchronous reluctance machine includes applying with a pulse inverter a voltage sequence to a stator of the synchronous reluctance machine, wherein the voltage sequence introduces stator fluxes and is applied such that torques acting on a rotor of the synchronous reluctance machine cancel each other out during the application of the voltage sequence. Electrical currents resulting from the stator fluxes are measured and the saturation characteristic is determined based on the stator fluxes and the measured electrical currents.
US12203986B2
A computer system, computer readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for generating a test program for a device-under-test (DUT). The method includes transmitting a plurality of uncompiled snippets and a plurality of uncompiled micro-functions into a compiler. The method also includes selecting, randomly, a portion of uncompiled micro-functions from the plurality of uncompiled micro-functions. The method further includes compiling the uncompiled snippets and the portion of uncompiled micro-functions, thereby generating a plurality of compiled snippets and a compiled portion of micro-functions. The method also includes interweaving, randomly, the compiled portion of micro-functions with the plurality of compiled snippets, thereby at least partially generating a test program for the DUT. The method further includes executing one or more post-silicon validation tests for the DUT with the test program.
US12203980B2
A wafer-level method of testing an integrated circuit (IC) device includes: (i) applying a plurality of test operation signals to a wafer containing the IC device, (ii) generating a test enable signal in response to detecting, on the wafer, a toggling of at least one of the plurality of test operation signals, and then (iii) testing at least a portion of the IC device in response to the generating the test enable signal. The generating may also include generating a test enable signal in response to detecting, on the wafer, an inactive-to-active transition of a toggle detection signal.
US12203978B2
Presented embodiments facilitate efficient and effective flexible implementation of different types of testing procedures in a test system. In one embodiment, a flexible sideband support system comprises a load board, testing electronics coupled to the load board, a controller coupled to the testing electronics. The load board is configured to couple with a plurality of devices under test (DUTs), wherein the load board includes in-band testing ports and sideband testing ports. The testing electronics is configured to test the plurality of DUTs, wherein a portion of testing electronics are organized in sideband resource groups. The controller is configured to direct testing of the DUTs, wherein the controller is coupled to the testing electronics and the controller directs selective allocation of the testing electronics in the sideband resource groups to various testing operations of the DUTs. In one exemplary implementation, the controller directs a portion of sideband testing of a plurality of DUTs concurrently.
US12203974B2
A control part of a semiconductor fault analysis device outputs an alignment command that moves a chuck to a position at which a target is detectable by a first optical detection part and then aligns an optical axis of a second optical system with an optical axis of a first optical system with the target as a reference, and outputs an analysis command that applies a stimulus signal to a semiconductor device and receives light from the semiconductor device emitted according to a stimulus signal with at least one of a first optical detection part and a second optical detection part in a state in which a positional relationship between the optical axis of the first optical system and the optical axis of the second optical system is maintained.
US12203969B2
A mount board has a plurality of terminals electrically connected to a plurality of pins of a semiconductor device, and a conductor pattern. An electrostatic withstand voltage test device includes a metal plate on which the mount board is installed, a power supply for applying a voltage to the metal plate, an insulator disposed between the metal plate and the mount board, a switch circuit connected between the terminals and ground wiring, and a controller for controlling the switch circuit. The switch circuit includes a plurality of first switches provided corresponding to the terminals and each connecting a corresponding terminal to the ground wiring. The controller turns on at least one first switch selected from the first switches when an electric charge stored in the conductor pattern is discharged to the ground wiring through the semiconductor device.
US12203960B2
A manufacturing process for electrode of neuromodulation probe includes the steps of: preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode of neuromodulation probe; preparing a plurality of the manufacturing fixtures for electrode in a surrounding manner by having the first-layer frames to be externally disposed side by side with the bevels of the two neighboring first-layer frames close to each other, so that the second-layer frames, the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of wires are enclosed thereinside; placing a cylinder amid the plurality of manufacturing fixtures for electrode to have the plurality of wires to surround the cylinder; having a fluid plastic to surround the cylinder by filling all the spaces between the plurality of wires and the plurality of electrodes, and waiting the fluid plastic to cure; removing the plurality of first-layer frames and the plurality of second-layer frames; and, pulling off the cylinder.
US12203947B2
The present invention is directed to devices having a substance receiving portion and a membrane constituting the bottom of the substance receiving portion and having such a structure as to allow fluid disposed in the substance receiving portion to be transferred therefrom through the membrane when a vacuum force is applied to the bottom of the substance receiving portion for the purpose of an in-situ preparation of a sample to detect the presence and/or quantify of clottable fibrinogen. The present invention is also directed to corresponding methods, processes and systems.
US12203943B2
The present invention relates to methods for the prediction of the progression of chronic kidney disease in a patient. More particularly, the invention relates to the early prediction of the fast progression of chronic kidney disease using specific biomarker signatures in urine sample of patients.
US12203938B2
Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed directed at levetiracetam derivatives, immunogens, signal generating moieties, antibodies that bind levetiracetam and immunoassays for detection of levetiracetam.
US12203929B2
Disclosed herein are systems and uses of systems operating between fully quantum coherent and fully classical states. Examples include a hybrid quantum-classical computing system comprising a plurality of quantum processors connected via classical means.
US12203925B2
Embodiments include breath intoxicant monitoring systems and methods of operating a breath intoxicant monitoring system. In an embodiment, a breath intoxicant monitoring system, includes a first detection element, a second detection element, and a control module. The first detection element can be operable to detect a level of an intoxicant in a user's breath and to provide a continuous signal indicating the level of intoxicant. The second detection element can be operable to detect a level of the intoxicant. The second detection element includes a different type of element than the first detection element. The second detection element can have greater accuracy than the first detection element. The control module to selectively operate the second detection element based on the signal received from the first detection element, and to indicate whether the level of intoxicant in the user's breath exceeds a threshold. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12203923B2
Provided is a probe device for testing a sensor chip that detects a target material from an analysis specimen, has a reactant reacting specifically with the target material, and transmits a generated electrical signal through a pad. The probe device can include a lower housing accommodating a circuit board electrically connectable to an external test device; a middle housing positioned on the lower housing, coupled to the lower housing, and having the sensor chip mounted thereon; a probe module having probe pins for connecting a pad of the sensor chip and a connection pad of the circuit board to each other; and an upper housing positioned on the middle housing, coupled to the middle housing, having a recessed portion that opens the sensor chip, and having a guide area for aligning the probe module on the pads of the sensor chip and the circuit board.
US12203917B2
The present disclosure provides a method for determining an ore-forming environment of a porphyry deposit based on a tourmaline component, including the following steps: collecting a tourmaline-containing rock in the porphyry deposit to obtain a rock sample; performing pretreatment on the rock sample to obtain a treated sample; performing an in-situ tourmaline trace element test on the treated sample to obtain a test result; performing data processing and interpretation on the test result to obtain tourmaline trace element data; establishing a discrimination factor based on the tourmaline trace element data; and determining the ore-forming environment based on the discrimination factor. The present disclosure can quickly recognize a forming environment of a newly discovered porphyry deposit, thereby summarizing a rule and quickly giving guidance for a next prospecting direction.
US12203911B1
A sensor discriminator for detecting a gaseous substance includes a power source, a discrimination module, a sensor simulator that simulates a metal organic framework under at least one simulation condition, a simulation circuitry electrically coupling the sensor simulator to the power source and the discrimination module, and a discriminator circuitry that electrically couples the power source and the discrimination module to a gas capture probe. The discrimination module compares a discrimination pulse and a simulation pulse from the power source after the discrimination pulse passes through a metal organic framework of the gas capture sensor and the simulation pulse passes through a simulation component of the sensor simulator. The discrimination module causes a discriminator output that includes the comparison of the discrimination pulse to the simulation pulse. An electrical property of the discrimination pulse depends on an electrical parameter of the metal organic framework that is augmented by the gaseous substance.
US12203899B1
A sample mounting device for direct tensile test of rock mass is provided, which includes a first positioning stage, a second positioning stage, a first support piece, a second support piece, and a screw drive mechanism. The second positioning stage is arranged above the first positioning stage and capable of moving up and down, and cushion blocks for gluing with the rock mass are coaxially and detachably arranged at opposite ends of the first positioning stage and the second positioning stage, and a rock mass mounting area is formed between the two cushion blocks. A screw of the screw drive mechanism includes a first thread segment and a second thread segment with opposite thread directions. The first support piece is connected with the first thread segment through a nut seat, and the second support piece is connected with the second thread segment through a nut seat.
US12203887B2
A photoionization sensor assembly includes a housing defining a chamber with a first end and an opposing second end and being permeable to the analyte gas and non-analyte gases. A radiation source is structured to emit photons into the chamber. A first, second and third electrode are positioned in the chamber. The photons ionize the analyte gas, are insufficient to ionize the non-analyte gases, and causing ejection of photoelectrons from the third electrode. A controller is structured to receive a measurement of a total pressure and electrically bias the electrodes to collect the photoelectrons on the first and second electrodes in a ratio dependent on the total pressure. The controller is structured to determine the ratio of photoelectrons that are collected on the first and second electrodes at the total pressure and determine an amount of electrical current due to ionization by correcting the measured current using the determined ratio.
US12203883B2
The present disclosure pertains to a bimetallic metal-organic framework. The bimetallic metal-organic framework includes a plurality of first metals and a plurality of metal-containing ligands, where each metal-containing ligand includes a second metal and a ligand. The ligand is coordinated with the second metal and at least one first metal. The present disclosure also pertains to a method of detecting an analyte in a sample by associating the sample with a bimetallic metal-organic framework, detecting a change in a property of the bimetallic metal-organic framework, and correlating the change in the property of the bimetallic metal-organic framework to the presence or absence of the analyte in the sample.
US12203876B2
The invention relates to an industrial X-ray workpiece measuring system including an X-ray source (4), which is arranged in an X-ray protective housing (2) and has an X-ray focal spot (3), a workpiece carrier which is arranged in the X-ray protective housing, for accommodating a non-medical workpiece (5) to be examined, and an X-ray detector (10a, 10b, 10c) provided on and/or in the X-ray protective housing, designed to detect an X-ray beam from the X-ray source, which X-ray beam penetrates the workpiece held on the workpiece carrier, and downstream of which X-ray detector, an electronic evaluator can be connected.
US12203870B2
The present disclosure provides a measurement system and a measurement method related to the field of measurement techniques, the measurement system comprising: a light source configured to produce an original beam, wherein a return beam is formed by the original beam returning from a measured area of a measured object; an optical assembly configured to obtain a pending beam based on the return beam, wherein at least part of the pending beam acts as a first beam; a first detection device configured to obtain first detection information based on the first beam; a mobile device configured to move the optical assembly and the measured object with respect to each other in a direction of an optical axis of the optical assembly; and a processing system configured to determine an actual distance between the optical assembly and a fixed plane of the measured object at each first moment according to the first detection information at each first moment of a plurality of first moments.
US12203869B2
A lighting fixture and a multi-station lighting system are provided. The lighting fixture includes: a body module, an adjustment module, a test module, a carrier module, a connecting wire, and a control device. A display screen is mounted on the carrier module, and the test module corresponding to the display screen is mounted on the adjustment module. A first detection point of the test module is correspondingly connected to a second detection point on the display screen through the adjustment module.
US12203863B2
Disclosed is a carboxylic acid-functionalized 3-dimensional SERS substrate. A carboxylic acid-functionalized 3-dimensional SERS substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate; a 3-dimensional nanostructure including a multistacked metal nanowire array formed by alternately and repeatedly transfer printing a single-layer metal nanowire array, laminated on a polymer mold on which a pattern of a master mold is duplicated, onto the substrate 110 to be perpendicular to each other; and a functionalized carboxylic acid into which a residue of the polymer mold present on the 3-dimensional nanostructure is functionalized and which enables a target analyte to immobilize.
US12203860B2
Provided is a biosensor device. The biosensor device includes a light source configured to generate source light, a photodetector configured to detect the source light, and a sample box accommodating a biomaterial that receives the source light to generate structured light beam from the source light. The sample box may include a substrate, a spacer on an edge of the substrate, a cover plate on the spacer, and a lower metamaterial pattern disposed on a top surface of the substrate.
US12203856B2
Provided are a fluorescence generating device and a digital PCR analysis system including the same. The fluorescence generating device includes a clad layer on a substrate, an optical waveguide arranged in a first direction within the clad layer, and a housing which is disposed on the optical waveguide and the clad layer and has a micro fluid channel extending in a second direction. The optical waveguide includes an input waveguide which is provided within one side of the clad layer and provides excitation light to a liquid drop within the micro fluid channel to generate fluorescent light, and an output waveguide which is provided within the other side of the clad layer and has an output inclined surface that reflects the fluorescent light.
US12203854B2
An integrated circuit includes a photodetection region configured to receive incident photons. The photodetection region is configured to produce a plurality of charge carriers in response to the incident photons. The integrated circuit also includes at least one charge carrier storage region. The integrated circuit also includes a charge carrier segregation structure configured to selectively direct charge carriers of the plurality of charge carriers into the at least one charge carrier storage region based upon times at which the charge carriers are produced.
US12203853B2
Apparatus and methods relating to photonic bandgap optical nanostructures are described. Such optical nanostructures may exhibit prohibited photonic bandgaps or allowed photonic bands, and may be used to reject (e.g., block or attenuate) radiation at a first wavelength while allowing transmission of radiation at a second wavelength. Examples of photonic bandgap optical nanostructures includes periodic and quasi-periodic structures, with periodicity or quasi-periodicity in one, two, or three dimensions and structural variations in at least two dimensions. Such photonic bandgap optical nanostructures may be formed in integrated devices that include photodiodes and CMOS circuitry arranged to analyze radiation received by the photodiodes.
US12203849B2
Analytic sensors and methods utilize an attenuated total reflection (ATR) crystal to detect volatile compounds in an arrangement that reduces interference from compounds other than the one of interest. In particular, the components in the measurement stream are limited to those having volatilities close to that of the analyte of interest, which may be identified based on, for example, the temperature of the ATR crystal and the “dwell time”—i.e., an interval of substantially constant temperature as the ATR crystal is heated.
US12203843B2
A two-dimensional multi-point-reflection long-optical-path gas sensor probe includes: a protecting housing and a multi-point total reflection type long-optical-path module arranged in the protecting housing. The multi-point total reflection type long-optical-path module includes two right-angle reflecting prisms or mirror pairs spaced at a set distance, and inclined surfaces of the right-angle reflecting prisms or mirror pairs are oppositely arranged and parallel to each other. A set deviation exists between center lines of the two right-angle reflecting prisms or mirror pairs, and the deviation can enable light beams parallel to the center lines to be reflected for a set number of times between the two right-angle reflecting prism or mirror pairs, so as to form a two-dimensional parallel light beam group. Thereby increasing a measurement optical path of gas absorption, which is beneficial to improve the detection signal-to-noise ratio and the measurement accuracy.
US12203842B2
A heat transfer surface monitoring (HTSM) system and cell for direct detection and monitoring of fouling, scaling, corrosion, and pitting of heat transfer surfaces. The system has a heat transfer plate (HTP) that has a heat transfer monitoring surface (HTMS). The system also includes an edge-lit light guide and light source to illuminate the HTMS, a fluid flow channel module, a heating/cooling module, a surface imaging module to view the HTMS, and a system controller. The environment is controlled to mimic the environment within heat exchange equipment, which are indicative of the changes inside heat exchange equipment. Output of signals relating to the HTMS are used as a guide mitigate problems related to the monitored heat exchange equipment. The system can also use a heat exchanger cylindrical tube with slit light guides along the tube, and the surface imaging module views the inner surface of the heat exchanger cylindrical tube.
US12203840B2
A method of producing a microfluidic chip for use in flow cytometry, the method comprising the steps of providing an opaque substrate, a first surface of which is optically smooth for visible light providing a continuous transparent layer across said first surface by vapour deposition so as to provide conformal contact between the continuous transparent layer and the first surface of the substrate providing a flow channel bounded on a first side by the continuous transparent layer and etching an aperture in a second surface of the substrate extending to the first surface of the substrate so as to provide an optical path between said second surface and the flow channel wherein the continuous transparent layer is less reactive to the etching than the substrate.
US12203833B1
A medical analyzer and coagulation profiler performs various interrogations on specimens. A motor with reduction gearing moves and a video camera observes the samples, the cartridges or parts thereof. Changes in images are compared and recorded with a central processor that controls a display. Power supply, temperature controller, motor and gearing are mounted in a box which attaches to a smartphone. The smartphone provides the video camera, illumination and central processor that control the movement, temperature and display. The device makes testing simpler for small hospitals, clinics, ambulances, remote locations and individuals and controls a number of parallel or serial devices operating simultaneously or sequentially. A cartridge insertion actuates a circular motion to generate a blood profile based on changes. Change is analyzed with a video camera and processor such as in a smartphone and is plotted to show an amplitude and time. A smartphone provides a specific movement pattern.
US12203824B2
A sensor includes a detector including an element substrate, a membrane including an outer surface, an inner surface on an opposite side of the outer surface, and a diaphragm, a side wall provided on the element substrate and supporting a portion of the inner surface of the membrane outside the diaphragm, and a fixed electrode provided on the element substrate and surrounded by the side wall, facing the inner surface of the membrane with a space therebetween and having an electrostatic capacitance between the fixed electrode and the diaphragm. A first recess portion is provided in the outer surface of the membrane between the center of the diaphragm and the side wall in the thickness direction of the membrane.
US12203821B2
An embodiment may provide a sensing device comprising: a stator comprising stator teeth; and a rotor comprising magnets, wherein: the stator teeth comprise a first stator tooth and a second stator tooth arranged to overlap the first stator tooth in the radial direction from the center of the stator; the first stator tooth comprises multiple first teeth and multiple third teeth, and the second stator tooth comprises multiple second teeth; one of the multiple first teeth is arranged to overlap one of the multiple second teeth in the radial direction; and the magnets are disposed between the multiple first teeth and the multiple third teeth, respectively.
US12203817B2
A pressure sensor has a convexly curved surface shape and includes: a capacitive sensor electrode layer including a plurality of sensing parts; a first reference electrode layer having elasticity and facing a first surface of the sensor electrode layer; a second reference electrode layer having elasticity and facing a second surface of the sensor electrode layer; an elastic layer having elasticity and provided between the first reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode layer; and a gap layer having elasticity and provided between the second reference electrode layer and the sensor electrode layer. The sensor electrode layer includes: a curved part; and a plurality of extension parts extending from a concavely curved side of the curved part. The extension parts include the sensing parts.
US12203807B2
There is provided a light receiving element and a ranging system which achieve reduction in the number of signal lines which output detection signals. The light receiving element includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a matrix, and a pixel driving unit configured to control respective pixels of the pixel array to be active pixels or non-active pixels, in which the pixel driving unit controls the pixels to be the active pixels in units of spot including N×M pixels (N>0, M>0, where N and M do not become 1 at a same time), and one signal line which outputs a detection signal is disposed at the pixel array for a plurality of spot constituent pixels of a same type within one unit where the one unit includes L×L pixels (L>1).
US12203799B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an industrial IoT system for factory testing of an ultrasonic gas meter for smart production. The method may include: obtaining a type of a gas meter to be tested based on the smart production data center; determining at least one reference gas meter based on the type of the gas meter to be tested; determining, based on historical application data of the at least one reference gas meter, predicted application data of the gas meter to be tested; determining an application characteristic based on the predicted application data; determining a predetermined test parameter; issuing a test instruction to test the gas meter to be tested; and obtaining a test result based on the smart production object platform and determining a reliability score of the gas meter to be tested based on the test result and display data of the gas meter to be tested.
US12203794B1
A urine collector includes a receptacle formed of a water soluble material, which may be a bioplastic, and has a receiving volume for collecting urine therein defined by its shape. The urine collector is flushable and is configured to float in toilet water for use by a user to collect urine. A threshold volume indicator positioned at a level corresponding to a predetermined threshold volume extends around the circumference. The upper interior surface changes color upon contact with urine, a color change of the upper interior surface indicating that the urine collected is greater than the predetermined threshold volume. A patch may be included in the interior surface to detect the presence and/or level of component in the urine indicative of a condition or infection, e.g., ketone, glucose or hormone levels. The urine collector may include a substrate that facilitates separation from a stack of urine collectors.
US12203787B2
A system and method for measuring an amount of backlash in an actuator assembly that includes a housing assembly, an actuator, a drive source, an actuator position sensor, a drive source position sensor, and a controller. The controller is in operable communication with the drive source, the actuator position sensor, and the drive source position sensor, and is configured to selectively implement a built-in test that determines the amount of backlash in the actuator assembly.
US12203782B2
A proximity sensor includes a conductor, a receiving electrode, and a first transmission electrode. The conductor has an upper surface. The receiving electrode is separate from the upper surface of the conductor in an upward direction and extends along a first direction. The first direction is orthogonal to the upward direction. The first transmission electrode is separate from the upper surface of the conductor in the upward direction and extends along the first direction. The first transmission electrode and the receiving electrode are aligned with each other in a second direction. The second direction is orthogonal to both the upward direction and the first direction. The first transmission electrode has an upper surface having a shape bulging in the upward direction in a cross section orthogonal to the first direction.
US12203781B2
A sensor device for high speed rotating machine includes a rotating body and a sensor assembly. The rotating body includes a magnetic permeable ring and at least one positioning structure. The magnetic permeable ring includes a radial displacement sensing area and a rotational speed sensing area, and the positioning feature is arranged in the rotational speed sensing area. The sensor assembly includes four radial displacement sensors and two rotational speed sensors. The radial displacement sensor is a double-probe type sensor, and the speed sensor is a double-probe or four-probe type sensor. Through different types of the rotational speed sensors and the radial displacement sensors, the rotation speed and turning direction of the rotating body can be calculated.
US12203778B2
A position detector includes a position detection magnet unit installed at each of a plurality of carriers, and a position detection unit. The position detection magnet unit includes a plurality of magnets disposed such that different magnetic poles are arranged alternately in a transport direction of the carriers, and side magnetic shielding portions installed at the ends of the position detection magnet unit. The position detection unit includes: a processing substrate disposed in parallel to the transport direction of the carriers; a plurality of magnetic detection elements disposed side by side in the transport direction of the carriers on a front side of the processing substrate; and a substrate-side magnetic shielding portion opposite the magnetic detection elements, the substrate-side magnetic shielding portion being installed on a back side of the processing substrate.
US12203775B2
The disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of differential transmitters, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to each of the plurality of differential transmitters. The power supply circuit includes a common circuit unit that defines the power supply voltage supplied to the plurality of differential transmitters, and a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit. Each of the plurality of individual circuit units has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit to a corresponding differential transmitter of the plurality of differential transmitters, and respective output nodes of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other.
US12203773B1
Autonomous ground vehicles that are outfitted with onboard cameras and configured to travel within an area or region are programmed with a previously generated visual map of the area or region. The visual map includes a plurality of map points from which images were previously captured and processed to determine visual features of such images. In the event of a loss of one or more position signals, such as GPS signals, the autonomous ground vehicles capture images using one or more of the cameras, and process the images to determine visual features from such images. The visual features determined from such images are compared to the visual map. Positions of one or more of the map points are identified as most likely corresponding to a position of the autonomous ground vehicle where visual features associated with such map points are similar to the visual features determined from such images.
US12203770B1
A haptic navigation system is disclosed, comprising a haptic navigation device with one or more sensors, including an angular sensor, to detect the angle between the device's orientation and a target. The system also includes a vibration motor that generates haptic feedback based on mapped patterns derived from the device's orientation relative to the target. A central processing unit (CPU) interprets the angular data from the sensor, translates it into dynamic haptic patterns, and controls the vibration motor accordingly. The system further includes a memory to store the mapping of the dynamic haptic patterns and a graphic user interface (GUI) to interact with the haptic feedback. This haptic navigation system provides users with tactile guidance and enhances their interaction with electronic devices.
US12203764B2
An information processing device includes a controller, a ride detection device configured to detect a ride of a user, a storage device configured to store action data of the user, an output device configured to output question data for requesting an answer from the user, and an input device configured to receive an input from the user. The controller outputs, from the output device, output data including at least a question regarding an action of the user taken before riding in a vehicle in accordance with positional information of the vehicle when detecting the ride of the user based on a signal acquired from the ride detection device, acquires an answer to the question from the user as input data via the input device, and associates the input data with the positional information of the vehicle or a POI to store the associated data in a storage device.
US12203762B2
Methods and systems are provided for estimating a carbon footprint of a vehicle in real-time. In one example, the carbon footprint is estimated based on blockchain data. The blockchain data may record carbon emissions generated along one or more energy supply chains of the vehicle, and the estimated carbon footprint may be displayed at a user interface at a list of estimated carbon footprints corresponding to recharging or refueling sites.
US12203758B2
Techniques are disclosed for using augmented reality (AR) displays to convey graphical representations of different types of information to a user. The information may be obtained from various sources such as objects and/or features that are dynamically detected by a vehicle or user-generated content. The graphical representations may also be based upon information that may be obtained via the use of crowdsourced AV map data. The graphical representations may be presented in as an AR view in a medium (such as a vehicle windshield) that matches a field of view of a user, thus accurately blending holographic information with the physical objects in the scene.
US12203756B2
A navigation system includes an IMU, a navigation estimator configured to estimate a current navigation solution based on (i) a previous navigation solution, and (ii) a specific force vector and an angular rate vector measured by the IMU, an RI sensor, an RI data preprocessor configured to perform an a priori transformation of RI data acquired by the RI sensor using the current navigation solution to obtain transformed RI data, an RI map database configured to retrieve a valid keyframe map based on the transformed RI data, and an RI filter manager (RFM) configured to construct a map registration cost gradient (MRCG) measurement based on (i) the transformed RI data, and (ii) the known position and the known orientation of the valid keyframe map. The navigation estimator is further configured to determine an absolute navigation solution based on at least (i) the current navigation solution, and (ii) the MRCG measurement.
US12203754B1
A photogrammetric ground control point quality evaluation method based on Monte Carlo test relates to the field of photogrammetry technology. Firstly, aerial photographs and ground control points from a survey area are obtained, the ground control points are numbered, the aerial photographs are performed with point-placing and aerial triangulation densification. Secondly, a Monte Carlo test experiment is designed, a certain number of the ground control points are selected as control points with the rest as check points, ensuring each ground control point as the control point a certain number of times, and average errors of the ground control points are calculated. Thirdly, average values of the average errors of the ground control points are calculated, standard deviations of the average errors of the ground control points are calculated. Finally, a quality coefficient Q of each ground control point is calculated and evaluated according to quality evaluation standards.
US12203749B2
The invention relates to a chain elongation monitoring device having a first differential transformer, a second differential transformer, and a control for recording the measured values, wherein the second differential transformer is arranged at a fixed distance from the first differential transformer, and a method for operating the chain elongation monitoring device.
US12203741B2
A method of optical measurement for determining a spatial position of at least one luminous object in a sample includes: projecting onto the sample a dynamically optimized sequence of compact luminous distributions of different topological families; wherein the dynamically optimized sequence is determined based on data selected from the group consisting of a positioning hypothesis and a first set of measures; for each compact luminous distribution in the optimized sequence, generating an image of the at least one luminous object as illuminated thereby; and algorithmically analyzing the generated images to obtain spatial position information of the at least one luminous object.
US12203737B2
A system and method for a modular, low lethal projectile is provided. The modular, low lethal projectile system comprises an exterior shell, propellant cartridge, and a projectile assembly. A propellant mounting area is arranged at a rear end of the exterior shell and is offset from a center of the exterior shell. A propellant cartridge is secured within the propellant mounting area. A firing pin of a firearm is configured to strike an edge of a cartridge primer of the propellant cartridge, which ignites a primer material and propellant within the propellant cartridge. The resulting hot, expanding gasses propel the projectile assembly form the firearm, and upon contact with a desired target, the capsule tube of the projectile assembly breaks, distributing an effective compound into the air around the desired target.
US12203730B2
Indoor shooting range comprising an interior space for firing ammunition, said indoor shooting range comprising: —an air ventilation system arranged for providing said interior space with fresh air; —a detector unit arranged for detecting a concentration of metallic elements, in said interior space, originating from ammunition fired in said interior space of said indoor shooting range; —a control unit, communicatively coupled to said air ventilation system and said detector unit, for controlling said air ventilation system taking into account a detected concentration, by said detector unit, of metallic elements originating from said ammunition fired in said interior space for maintaining said concentration of said metallic particles in said interior space below a predetermined value.
US12203728B2
Weapon accessory mount assembly, components thereof, and associated methods. A weapon accessory mount assembly mounts on first and second rails having respective first and second slots of different sizes. The assembly includes an accessory mount for attaching to an accessory and a rail mount for attaching to the first and second rails. The assembly also includes a rail slot key having a first key portion to be inserted into the first slot and a second key portion to be inserted into the second slot to inhibit longitudinal movement of the assembly along the respective first and second rails when mounted thereon.
US12203718B2
A firearm system is provided. A pump-action firearm, such as a shotgun, includes a buffer attached to a trigger housing. The buffer consists of a resilient or semi-resilient material and is positioned such as to face towards an opening the receiver in which the magazine tube is partially received. The buffer includes a contoured bottom surface and an upper surface, configured in a way which shortens the space available within an opening of a receiver while accommodating the loading of shells into a magazine tube. Upon moving a shell into the opening, such as by pumping the action, the shell impacts the buffer, which stabilizes the shell prior to being lifted by an elevators. For shorter shells, this reduces the risk of a jamming event. For longer shells, the buffer is configured to compress to accommodate the additional length.
US12203716B2
A firearm barrel is provided having a body defining an outer surface and a bore. The bore may define a rifling profile along at least a portion of a length of the barrel. The rifling profile may define a cross-sectional profile perpendicular to the length of the barrel at a location along the length of the barrel. The cross-sectional profile may include a plurality of arcuate portions and a plurality of linear portions. The cross-sectional profile may define a cross-sectional area defined by a Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) standard rifling profile. Various embodiments may include firearms, assemblies, components, and methods associated with such firearms and firearm barrels.
US12203713B2
In a clip for holding a tube element, a first fitting part is provided on one side surface of the clip, and a second fitting part is provided on the other side surface. A back surface holding part is provided on an open side of the clip, and a front surface holding part is provided on an unopened side. Furthermore, a tongue piece is provided between the back surface holding part and the front surface holding part.
US12203711B2
A heat exchanger core includes: a first passage row which is formed by a plurality of first passages; a plurality of first dividing walls separating the plurality of first passages from each other; a second passage row which is disposed adjacent to the first passage row and is formed by a plurality of second passages; a plurality of second dividing walls separating the plurality of second passages from each other; and a partition wall located between the first passage row and the second passage row, and separating the plurality of first passages and the plurality of second passages. (a) The partition wall has a greater section modulus in an orthogonal direction than either the first dividing wall or the second partition, or (b) a constituent material of the partition wall has a greater breaking strength than a constituent material of either the first dividing wall or the second dividing wall.
US12203707B2
The present invention relates to a high temperature heat exchange and heat storage unit, and mechanism and device thereof. The high temperature heat exchange and heat storage unit comprises a housing containing a plurality of solid heat storage particles. The housing has a fluid inlet on the top of the housing, and has a plurality of fluid outlets on the bottom of the housing; a plurality of overflow ports, a plurality of overflow pipes, and a heat exchange pipe is disposed inside the housing; each overflow pipe communicates with one corresponding overflow port and one corresponding fluid outlet of the housing, and a highest point of each overflow pipe is lower than the top of the housing. No sealing structure needs to be disposed at the fluid inlet of the housing, so that the high temperature heat exchange and heat storage unit is simple in structure. It is also very convenient and flexible to assemble, and the assembly requirements of high temperature heat exchange and heat storage mechanism of various different specifications can be satisfied.
US12203705B2
A combustion method in which heated flue gas heats a regenerator through which a mixture of fuel and flue gas is then passed to undergo endothermic reactions that produce syngas which is fed into a furnace together with a motive gas stream, wherein fuel is combusted with the motive gas stream to provide heat in alternate cycles.
US12203701B2
A hydrocarbon recovery system is integrated with a fluff transfer system. The hydrocarbon recovery system is configured for contacting a wet polymer fluff with a purge gas to provide a purged polymer fluff and an overhead stream, and separating a solids stream, a recovered hydrocarbon stream, and a recovered purge gas from the overhead stream. The polymer fluff transfer system is configured to receive the purged polymer fluff from the hydrocarbon recovery system and transport the purged polymer fluff in the fluff transfer system via circulation of a fluff transfer gas. The hydrocarbon recovery system and the fluff transfer system are integrated by utilizing at least a portion of the recovered purge gas from the hydrocarbon recovery system in the fluff transfer system as the fluff transfer gas and optionally utilizing fluff transfer gas from the fluff transfer system as the purge gas in the hydrocarbon recovery system.
US12203698B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door configured to open/close the cabinet, an outer plate defining a front surface of the door and having an opening formed therein to pass through the door, a door liner defining a rear surface of the door, lighting members configured to illuminate storage spaces of the door and the cabinet, a transparent panel assembly mounted to shield the opening and allowing the storage spaces to be selectively seen according to an ON/OFF state of the lighting members, an insulator filled between the outer plate and the door liner, and a blocking part arranged inside the door along a periphery of the transparent panel assembly and detachably coupled to a peripheral surface of the transparent panel assembly to fix the transparent panel assembly.
US12203691B2
An ice luge mould (1), the mould (1) comprising a first part (2) and a complementary second part (3), the first part (2) and the second part (3) being configured to form an internal cavity therebetween when assembled, the mould (1) further comprising a water inlet (20) and a fluid-tight seal (21, 31) provided around the periphery of the first part (2) and second part (3) and a channel-former (32) configured to form a channel in the ice luge.
US12203684B2
A water heater monitoring and notification method includes determining that an intake pressure switch of a combustion system of a water heater or an exhaust pressure switch of the combustion system of the water heater is open and shutting down a blower of the combustion system in response to the intake pressure switch or the exhaust pressure switch being open.
US12203677B2
An air conditioner housing assembly and an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner housing assembly has a chassis for bearing a weight of the air conditioner. An enclosure plate of the assembly is fixed to an upper side of the chassis, and the enclosure plate extends in an up-down direction and is distributed around a periphery of the chassis. A housing of the assembly is fixed to the enclosure plate or the chassis, or both. An inner side of the housing is enclosed with the upper side of the chassis to form a containing space. The enclosure plate is located on the inner side of the housing. The enclosure plate is provided with a positioning portion, and the housing is provided with a positioning fit portion. The positioning portion is matched with the positioning fit portion to position the housing through the enclosure plate.
US12203664B2
An air conditioner may provide a fan housing assembly that moves in the front-rear direction by the operation of an actuator, and the fan housing assembly moves so as to pass through a front outlet arranged on a door assembly to be in a projected state, and the front end of the fan housing assembly protrudes further to the front than the front surface of the door assembly; and through the projected state, may provide conditioned air by a direct air flow to a long-distance target region. The configuration may enable the minimization of interference between the discharged air and the door assembly, and the minimization of flow loss of the discharged air since, when the fan housing assembly is in the projected state, a steering grill is in a state of protruding to the outside of the door assembly by passing through the front outlet.
US12203663B1
A polymer ring assembly for securing a diaphragm to an inner side of a polymeric vessel, a fiber-reinforced polymeric vessel containing a diaphragm secured using a polymer ring assembly and a method of manufacturing the same. The polymer ring assembly allows for the production of high-quality diaphragm expansion vessels, without the use of metal vessel bodies and metal retaining rings. Also, a ring assembly for securing a diaphragm to an inner side of a polymeric vessel, a fiber-reinforced polymeric vessel containing a diaphragm secured using a ring assembly and a method of manufacturing the same.
US12203660B2
The present fire pit system includes a fire pit stand including a body including a plurality of openings, wherein the walls of a fire pit body can rest upon the fire pit stand. The fire pit stand protects below surfaces (e.g., floor, ground, etc.) from high heat. The openings in the fire pit stand increase airflow. The fire pit stand fits inside the fire pit body creating a portable unit. When the fire pit is being assembled, the fire pit stand can be removed from inside the fire pit body, placed on the ground, and the fire pit body can be placed on top of the fire pit stand.
US12203655B1
A combustor for a gas turbine system includes an additively manufactured (AM) combustor body including a one-piece member that defines a combustion liner and a transition piece at an aft end of the combustion liner. A thermal barrier coating (TBC) is disposed over an inner surface of the combustor body. Adaptive cooling passage(s) are defined in the combustion liner and/or transition piece. Each adaptive cooling passage includes an open end in fluid communication with a coolant air source and a terminating end in the body spaced from the inner surface by a distance. When a spall in the TBC occurs at a location adjacent the terminating end and the high temperature of the body reaches or exceeds a predetermined temperature, the terminating end opens at the location through the distance to allow a flow of the coolant air through to an inside of the AM combustor body.
US12203654B2
A flame producing assembly includes a pocket lighter, an extended wand, a rigid support, and a helical spring. The pocket lighter extends along a longitudinal axis and defines a length. The pocket lighter includes a piezoelectric ignition device operable to produce an electric charge. The extended wand is electrically coupled to the piezoelectric ignition device. The rigid support is disposed inside the extended wand and includes a longitudinal inner opening. The helical spring extends along the longitudinal inner opening and protrudes beyond a free end of the rigid support. The free end is opposite a connecting end that is proximate to the pocket lighter.
US12203652B1
Disclosed is a stove that includes a dome-shaped fire grate comprising a center, a perimeter surrounding and spaced from the center, the center being higher than the perimeter; a plurality of radial stiffening ribs extending away from the perimeter and toward the center; at least one circumferential stiffening ring extending at least partially about the center; and a plurality of ventilation holes between the center and the perimeter.
US12203650B2
A waste heat recovery system and method are disclosed. The waste heat recovery system disclosed herein comprises: a waste heat recovery boiler; a waste heat supply member configured to supply waste heat to the waste heat recovery boiler; and a water tank configured to fluidly communicate with the waste heat supply member.
US12203647B2
A container apparatus can include a container and an insert assembly. The insert assembly can include four elongate members. The four elongate members can include light emitting devices for illuminating the interior of the container and/or temperature altering elements for cooling and/or heating the interior of the container. The container can have a rectangular base and a rectangular sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall can define four corners of the container, and four elongate recesses can be formed in the sidewall proximate the four corners of the sidewall to receive the elongate light members. The recesses can be sized and shaped to conform to the elongate insert members so that the insert members can be releasably retained within the elongate recesses.
US12203640B1
In some implementations, an integrated lighting device includes a housing that includes a lighting unit, a power supply, an antenna, and a controller. A high-voltage power cable provides high-voltage power from a high-voltage power source to the integrated lighting device. The power supply receives the high-voltage power and converts the high-voltage power into low-voltage power. The controller receives low-voltage power from the power supply, provides the low-voltage power to the lighting unit, receives control signals from the antenna that have been wirelessly received from a remote control source, and based on the control signals, provides corresponding lighting control commands to the lighting unit. The lighting unit generates lighting effects based on the lighting control commands provided by the controller, using the low-voltage power provided by the controller.
US12203639B1
A luminaire includes a housing defining an interior volume. The luminaire also includes a lamp within the interior volume and configured to emit light. Additionally, the luminaire includes a wireless antenna positioned within the interior volume, configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal along a first direction, and configured to be operatively coupled to an access point. The wireless antenna can be entirely within the interior volume. The luminaire can include a first reflective surface within the interior volume and configured to redirect the wireless signal. The lamp can be configured to be electrically coupled to a power inserter that powers the access point.
US12203636B2
Provided are a solid-state lighting apparatus composed of a plurality of solid-state lighting units. Each solid-state lighting unit includes inter-unit communication modules, each module located on a corresponding side of the solid-state lighting unit and configured to communicate and interlock with an inter-unit communication module of a corresponding adjacent lighting unit connected to the lighting unit on the corresponding side. The invention allows flexible combination and convenient installation/rearrangement of lighting equipment to satisfy requirements for different lighting areas and working modes.
US12203633B1
The present application provides a quickly-spliceable linear lamp, comprising: a lamp body; two magnetic modules respectively arranged at two ends of the lamp body in a length direction thereof; When two quickly-spliceable linear lamps are spliced together, two magnetic modules between two adjacent ends of the two quickly-spliceable linear lamps magnetically cooperate with each other to connect the two quickly-spliceable linear lamps together. wherein the magnetic module comprises a connecting frame and a magnet, wherein the connecting frame is provided with a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm which are connected to each other, the first connecting arm is arranged in the lamp body and is connected to the lamp body, the second connecting arm is located on an end portion of the lamp body, and the magnet is arranged on the second connecting arm.
US12203619B2
A lamp includes light sources, and MFLs corresponding to the light sources, each light source is configured to output light along an optical axis, each MFL is configured to receive the light output from the respective light source and to transmit the received light, and the MFLs include a central MFL, to which a first light output from a central light source is input, and from which the first light is output to form a central part of a light distribution pattern, a peripheral MFL, to which a second light output from a peripheral light source is input, and from which the second light is output to form a peripheral part of the light distribution pattern, wherein an intensity of illumination of the peripheral part of the light distribution pattern is lower than an intensity of illumination of the central part of the light distribution pattern.
US12203616B1
A vehicle attachment comprising a housing body comprising a pivot. The vehicle attachment can also have a detachable component comprising an elongated body having a multiplicity of sides, wherein a head portion is located on a distal end of the elongated body and a handle is located at the proximal end of the elongated body. The attachment can additionally have a coupling assembly configured to allow the detachable component to be removed and a charging assembly, wherein said charging assembly comprising a battery and an output, wherein the charging assembly is configured to charge the detachable component.
US12203615B2
A luminaire includes an elongated housing having a long axis, a plurality of light emitters extending in a direction of the long axis, a first light shield rotatably coupled to a base of the luminaire and configured to rotate about a first axis parallel to the long axis, and a second light shield rotatably coupled to the base of the luminaire and configured to rotate about a second axis parallel to the long axis. The first light shield and the second light shield are configured to physically couple to form a combined light shield that is configured to block light emitted by the plurality of light emitters.
US12203610B2
A lighting device has a power interface and a control circuit in communication with a program and the LEDs to simulate a flame. The program determines a first group of LED control integers to simulate a perpetual middle with a perpetual middle center and a perpetual middle range within which one or more of the LEDs are to be at least partially actuated. At least one LED is actuated based on the first group of LED control integers. A first target for simulating movement of the perpetual middle center toward the first target and a first acceleration value is defined. The program determines a second group of LED control integers based on the first target and the first acceleration value such that the perpetual middle center becomes closer to the first target. One or more of the LEDs is actuated based on the second group of LED control integers.
US12203604B1
The present invention discloses a filament light source assembly, a filament lamp string and a filament bulb. The filament light source assembly comprises a glass fiber plate and a plastic fixing member. In the present technical solution, LED chips are provided on the glass fiber plate, the glass fiber plate is fixed on the plastic fixing member, and an iron wire bracket is not needed as a supporting component. Moreover, after the glass fiber plate and the plastic fixing member are assembled, a plug-in connection space is formed, and is used for plug-in connection and fixation of two external conductive terminals, such that the conductive terminals are electrically connected to two pads. In addition, since no iron wire bracket needs to be used as a supporting component in the present solution, light emitted from a light source is not blocked, thereby improving the light emission effect.
US12203602B2
A hydrogen supply system is configured to supply hydrogen to a fuel-cell vehicle by using a receptacle for hydrogen transport, and includes: a filling unit provided at a hydrogen filling facility and configured to fill the receptacle with hydrogen; a management unit configured to calculate a transport timing at which the hydrogen-filled receptacle is transported to a business facility that operates the fuel-cell vehicle; a transport unit configured to transport the hydrogen-filled receptacle to the business facility in accordance with the transport timing; and a disposition unit configured to dispose the hydrogen-filled receptacle transported to the business facility at a place to which the fuel-cell vehicle is capable of accessing to have a refill of the hydrogen in the business facility.
US12203597B2
A manufacturing method for a tank including a liner and a reinforcement layer having a first layer made up of a pipe fitted to an outer surface of the liner and a second layer covering the pipe includes forming the pipe by winding first fiber reinforced resin containing a first fiber and a first resin around a mandrel and thermally curing the first fiber reinforced resin under a first condition, forming the first layer by fitting the pipe to the liner, and forming the second layer by winding a second fiber reinforced resin containing a second fiber and a second resin around the liner to cover the first layer and thermally curing the second fiber reinforced resin under a second condition. The second condition defines an upper limit temperature at which a shear strength of the first resin is kept higher than a residual stress in the pipe.
US12203578B2
A suspension assembly (10) comprising: a support member (12) for supporting an item; an elongate suspension article (14) defining a securing opening (30); and a securing device (16) on the support member (12). The support member (12) defines an aperture (38) through which the suspension article (14) can be inserted. The securing device (16) has a securing member (68) movable across the aperture (38) between a securing position and a non-securing position. The securing member (68) is receivable through the securing opening (30) in the suspension article (14) to secure the support member (12) to the suspension article (14) when the suspension article (14) is received through the aperture (38) and the securing member (68) is in the securing position.
US12203576B1
Conduits are held in a desired position inboard of a form board supporting hardening cementitious material through at least one spacer. The spacer is attached at a proximal end to the form board and has a distal end extending out over the hardening cementitious material where a saddle or other engagement supports the conduit. A tab can extend up from the spacer to help support the conduit. One saddle is semi-circular and provided in matching size to various conduits for secure support but easy lateral removal. Spacers can have interlocks, such as male and female dovetail structures, on lateral sides thereof to secure groups of spacers together, and thus precisely align conduits relative to each other. A step and lip near the proximal end of the spacer can engage an outer surface of the form board either for four inch wall conduit positioning or six inch wall conduit positioning.
US12203565B2
In at least one embodiment, a valve removal (VR) system for an oilfield equipment includes a VR plug having a first surface and a second surface. The VR system includes a bushing to be removably associated with the first surface. The bushing is to extend, at least partly, beyond the second surface of the VR plug. The bushing is also to contact an inner surface of a valve of the oilfield equipment and to prevent the second surface from contacting the inner surface of the valve. The VR system includes a guiding rod to be associated with the VR plug to support guidance of the VR plug through the valve of the oilfield equipment. The guiding rod is also to be disassociated from the VR plug to support removal of the guiding rod from the valve with the VR plug remaining in the oilfield equipment.
US12203559B2
A gate valve comprises a valve body including a cavity and a flow bore with a flow axis. A gate in the cavity is movable along a stem axis between an open and closed position. A first seat is in a first pocket of the body on one side of the gate. An upstream seal is disposed between upstream opposing faces of the first seat and the first pocket, these upstream opposing faces being parallel to the bore axis, and the upstream seal is configured to prevent fluid moving axially from the flow bore toward the gate. A downstream seal is disposed between downstream opposing faces of the first seat and the first pocket, these downstream opposing faces being perpendicular to the bore axis, and the downstream seal is configured to prevent fluid moving from the cavity toward the flow bore in a direction perpendicular to the bore axis.
US12203553B1
A wear-resistant and low-friction coated piston ring and a preparation method therefor are provided. The OD surface diamond-like carbon coating consists sequentially of a first metal interlayer, a second metal interlayer, a gradient DLC layer, alternating high/low hardness DLC layers, and an outer running-in DLC layer. The side surface diamond-like carbon coating consists sequentially of a metal interlayer, a gradient DLC layer, and alternating high/low hardness DLC layers. The preparation method employs physical vapor deposition to sequentially deposit composite DLC coatings on the OD surface and side surface of the piston ring. The coating is a tetrahedral amorphous carbon structure, exhibiting good thickness uniformity and fine grain structure. This improves the wear resistance of the piston ring's OD surface and side surface, reduces the aggressiveness of the piston ring side surface against the piston ring groove, and meanwhile avoids adhesion.
US12203541B2
A drive unit for a vehicle, having an electric motor and a transmission unit, wherein the electric motor is connected to the transmission unit via a drive shaft and at least one first output shaft can be driven to rotate by the transmission unit, wherein the drive unit also has at least one brake unit. The rotation of the at least one output shaft can be delayed by the brake unit, wherein the drive unit has at least one of the following: a lubricant circuit through which both the transmission unit and at least one brake unit can be supplied with lubricant, and a cooling circuit through which both (i) at least one of the electric motor and a power electronics system assigned to the electric motor; and (ii) at least one brake assembly can be supplied with coolant.
US12203539B2
An accessory gearbox houses at least one gear train with a series of pinions. The casing has two substantially flat and opposite parallel side walls between which are mounted support shafts for each of the pinions, each of which receives accessories, and which define in the enclosure an internal volume surrounding a shaft supporting at least one hybridization pinion. The gearbox receives at least one electric machine having a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor of the electric machine is supported by the shaft supporting the hybridization pinion of the gear train, and the stator extends around the rotor in the internal volume.
US12203536B1
A gear train includes at least four gears sequentially engaged, multiple links configured to support the rotation shafts of the gears, and pins configured to fix the rotation shafts of the gears to the link, wherein the pins are installed such that, among the rotation shafts of the gears, two non-adjacent rotation shafts have both ends fixed to the link and one of adjacent rotation shafts has only one end fixed to the link.
US12203526B2
A negative stiffness generating mechanism and a quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolator are provided. A housing is mounted on a base, and the axial relative positions of the housing and the base can be adjusted; a negative stiffness unit comprises inner-ring magnets, outer-ring magnets and a supporting shaft, the supporting shaft axially slides on the base and passes through the housing, the inner-ring magnets fixedly sleeve the supporting shaft, and the outer-ring magnets sleeve outside the inner-ring magnets and are divided into upper and lower groups of outer-ring magnets; the upper and lower groups of outer-ring magnets can synchronously move through a negative stiffness adjusting device; and the axial relative positions of the middle planes of the outer-ring and inner-ring magnets can be adjusted by adjusting the axial relative positions of the housing and the base. The isolator comprises a negative stiffness generating mechanism and a positive stiffness unit.
US12203521B2
A damper device for a machine tool, the damper device comprising a tubular element having a cavity and a central axis, the tubular element comprising a first surface; a damping mass arranged within the cavity and movable radially with respect to the central axis and relative to the tubular element; at least one spring element supporting the damping mass relative to the tubular element, the damping mass and the at least one spring element being arranged to attenuate kinetic vibration energy of the damper device; at least one fixed part having a fixed interior portion inside the cavity and a second surface; and a vibration damping material provided between the first surface and the second surface, the vibration damping material being arranged to attenuate potential vibration energy of the damper device; wherein the vibration damping material is substantially evenly compressed between the first surface and the second surface.
US12203518B2
A brake disc configured to be connected to a vehicle axle and to be squeezed between brake pads, comprising a central disc body (30), first and second disc plates (36, 38) releasably securable to the central disc body. Each disc plate has a wear surface and a disc body facing surface. The brake disc has a geometrical centre axis. Each disc plate has an inner periphery and an outer periphery extending from the wear surface to the disc body facing surface. A first ledge (60) mates with the inner periphery of the first disc plate, and a second ledge (60) mates with the inner periphery of the second disc plate. Each ledge comprises at least a ledge portion which is inclined relative to the geometrical centre axis for counteracting axial movement of the disc plates relative to the central disc body.
US12203517B2
A brake disc configured to be connected to a vehicle axle and to be squeezed between brake pads, comprising a central disc body (30) having a first and a second side (32, 34), wherein the second side faces in the opposite direction compared to the first side; a first and a second disc plate (36, 38), each disc plate having a wear surface for producing friction when a brake pad is pressed against the wear surface. The disc plates are releasably secured to said first side and second sides, respectively, so as to enable the first and second disc plates to be replaced by other disc plates. A connecting member (64) prevents rotation of the disc plates relative to the central disc body, the connecting member extending from the first disc plate, through a passage (58) in the central disc body, to the second disc plate. Also presented is a vehicle comprising such a brake disc.
US12203516B2
A brake disc configured to be connected to a vehicle axle and to be squeezed between brake pads, comprising a central disc body (30) having a first and a second side, wherein the second side faces in the opposite direction compared to the first side; a first and a second disc plate (36, 38), each disc plate having a wear surface for producing friction when a brake pad is pressed against the wear surface; wherein the disc plates are releasably secured to said first side and said second side, respectively, of said central disc body, so as to enable the first and second disc plates to be replaced by other disc plates; and an enveloping sleeve (50) releasably secured to an outer circumference of the central disc body so as to apply a radially inwardly directed pressure to the disc plates.
US12203500B2
A captive fastener attachable to a panel along a fastener axis is provided. The captive fastener includes a fastener having a head portion and a shaft extending from the head portion and along the fastener axis. The captive fastener also includes a knob having a proximal end portion engaged to the head portion of the fastener and an annular portion extending radially around the fastener axis and the shaft of the fastener. A ferrule is associated with the knob, the ferrule defining an opening extending along the fastener axis and receiving the shaft of the fastener. The ferrule has a proximal end portion configured to prevent separation of the knob from the ferrule along the fastener axis and a distal end portion configured for engagement to the panel. A spring is positioned to bias the knob or the fastener proximally relative to the ferrule and to inhibit tilting of the knob or the fastener relative to the fastener axis. The proximal end portion of the ferrule having been positioned to be associated with the knob in an insertion direction along the fastener axis, and the head portion of the fastener having been inserted within the knob for engagement to the knob in the insertion direction. The engagement between the proximal portion of the knob and the head portion of the fastener is configured to resist axial movement of the knob relative to the fastener along the fastener axis, rotational movement of the knob relative to the fastener about the fastener axis, and pivotal movement of the knob relative to the fastener axis.
US12203498B2
A shaft assembly for a rotating machine, comprising a shaft, a clamping element and a retaining element. The clamping element can be implemented as a circlip for counteracting or limiting axial movement of a shaft attribute. Further, the retaining element has a mainly annular geometry extending in a circumferential direction around the shaft. Also, the retaining element is provided with a locking element located offset from the shaft such that the clamping element is radially locked between the shaft and the locking element.
US12203488B2
A fan shroud for a vehicle heat-exchange module, having a wall configured to at least partially block the airflow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof, with a first opening for enabling airflow through the fan shroud between a front and a back thereof. The fan shroud further includes fasteners adapted to mount the fan shroud in an inclined position with respect to the ground, and a first drainage opening for a fluid, arranged at a bottom of the fan shroud and a first slope with a lowest point being at the level of the first drainage opening when the fan shroud is in the inclined position.
US12203487B2
Provided is an axial fan including: an impeller cup including a blade extending in a radial direction; a motor configured to rotate the impeller cup; and a housing accommodating the impeller cup and the motor. The housing includes: a casing portion covering an outer periphery of the impeller cup; a base portion supporting the motor; and a spoke portion connecting the base portion and the casing portion. A vibration restraining portion is provided in a portion, which is connected to the spoke portion, of an outer peripheral portion of the base portion, and the vibration restraining portion has lower stiffness than the other portion of the outer peripheral portion.
US12203485B1
The present invention relates to a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) pump, DEF pump system and method for use of a DEF pump in cleaning the exhaust from diesel and diesel-electric engines. The DEF pump includes a plurality of gears, a pump housing, wear plate, pump body cover, a pump body insert, inverter assembly, inverter housing, speed sensor, pressure sensor, controller area network (CAN) connector, inverter cooling pipe, mounting feet or base plate, inlet, outlet, lifting ring, power connector, and motor. The DEF pump system includes a DEF pump, a main DEF tank, a dosing tank, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, a flow control valve, and a relief valve. The DEF pump pulls DEF from a large tank, pumps DEF to a smaller tank injects DEF from the small tank into the exhaust stream where some of the DEF is consumed, and circulates unused DEF back to the large tank.
US12203483B2
A part of a turbomachine made of composite material includes a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weaving including a first set of yarns made of a first material, wherein the fiber reinforcement includes a vibration-damping element formed by a second set of yarns including a second material which is viscoelastic and which is different to the first material, the second set of yarns being woven with the first set of yarns.
US12203473B2
A filter and throttle unit for a scroll compressor. The filter and throttle unit includes a housing which has housing walls, an opening which acts as a throttle, and a filter element which is arranged within the housing walls of the housing. The opening is arranged in one of the housing walls.
US12203466B2
A diaphragm pump, includes a case, a diaphragm dividing a space in the case into a first space and a second space, a liquid feed flow path including an inflow path to introduce a liquid to be fed into the first space and an outflow path to discharge the liquid to be fed from the first space, a drive unit including a compression/decompression device that repeatedly causes displacement of the diaphragm by repeating compression and decompression of a driving fluid filling the second space, and a valve mechanism to open and close the inflow path and the outflow path. The drive unit includes a pressure release mechanism to release pressure of the driving fluid after the driving fluid is compressed or decompressed by the compression/decompression device.
US12203457B2
A fuel pump assembly includes a fuel pump. The fuel pump includes a camshaft having a cam lobe. The camshaft is configured to rotate. The fuel pump includes a first cam roller and a second cam roller disposed about an outer surface of the cam lobe, a first pumping assembly configured to interact with the first cam roller, and a second pumping assembly configured to interact with the second cam roller. The second pumping assembly is offset from the first pumping assembly. The fuel pump further includes a housing configured to support the camshaft, the first cam roller, the second cam roller, the first pumping assembly, and the second pumping assembly.
US12203451B2
A method for carrying out a maintenance operation on a wind turbine, comprising: stationing a maintenance vehicle proximal to the wind turbine, initiating a maintenance operation on the wind turbine, deploying a UAV from the maintenance vehicle, wherein the UAV has a payload including a rescue package, positioning the UAV such that the rescue package is placed on the wind turbine. A system is also provided.
US12203442B2
A wind turbine blade including a shell structure defining a leading edge and a trailing edge, and an upwind shell and a downwind shell joined along at least one of the leading edge or the trailing edge. The shell structure includes an assembly of preformed parts processed into a collection of prefabricated laminates. The invention also includes a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, the method includes processing a number of preformed parts into a collection of prefabricated laminates and assembling the collection of prefabricated laminates to build a shell structure defining a leading edge and a trailing edge.
US12203432B2
A filter monitor system (“FMS”) module is installed on the engine/vehicle and is connected to the filter systems, sensors and devices to monitor various performance parameters. The module also connects to the engine control module (“ECM”) and draws parameters from the ECM. The FMS module is capable of interfacing with various output devices such as a smartphone application, a display monitor, an OEM telematics system or a service technician's tool on a computer. The FMS module consists of hardware and software algorithms which constantly monitor filter systems and provide information to the end-user. FMS module provides necessary inputs and outputs for electronic sensors and devices.
US12203429B2
An aircraft power plant, has: a combustion engine having an outlet outputting combustion gases; a turbine downstream of the combustion engine; a detonation combustion tube fluidly connecting the combustion engine to the turbine; a member having an open position in which the outlet of the combustion engine is fluidly connected to the turbine and a closed position in which the combustion engine is fluidly disconnected from the turbine; a fuel injector fluidly connected to the detonation combustion tube; an igniter operatively connected to the detonation combustion tube; and a controller operatively connected to the fuel injector and to the igniter, the controller configured to, in response to receiving of a command: inject fuel into the detonation combustion tube via the fuel injector, and once the member is in the closed position, power the igniter to ignite a mixture of the combustion gases and the fuel into the detonation combustion tube.
US12203427B2
The multi-temperature double-acting piston includes a peripheral sealing ring, a lower hot crown and/or an upper hot crown, and moves in translation in a cold cylinder of a heat engine which includes a lower cylinder head and an upper cylinder head, the piston including a central piston pin the lower piston rod of which passes through the lower cylinder head so as to be connected to a power transmission housed in a transmission casing, and the upper piston rod of which passes through the upper cylinder head so as to open out into a piston cooling and lubricating chamber, a lubricating-cooling gallery provided in the pin putting the chamber in communication with the casing via an internal piston volume.
US12203415B2
An aircraft engine comprises an exhaust duct receiving an engine gas flow at a first pressure during an operating condition and at a second, lower pressure at shutdown. A heat exchanger duct connected to the exhaust duct has a heat exchanger disposed therein. A cover in the heat exchanger duct includes a closure movable between open and closed positions to fluidly connect or disconnect the heat exchanger duct to the exhaust duct. A biasing member disposed in the exhaust duct, exposed to the gas flow, and operatively connected to the closure biases the closure toward the closed position with a biasing force. First and second forces opposing the biasing force are generated on the biasing member by the gas flow at the first and second pressures, the first being greater than the second. The biasing force is greater than the second force and less than the first force.
US12203408B2
An assembly is provided including a pin and a crank. The crank has a hole in which a connecting region of the pin is fixed by an interference fit to connect the pin and the crank. The hole has a substantially circular cross-section and the connecting portion has a circular cross-section. The cross-section of the hole deviates from the circular shape at one or more places and is larger at any such locations than the cross-section of the connecting portion.
US12203402B2
The present invention provides method and apparatus for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a vessel including the same, in which a risk for a vessel and crew of being exposed to ammonia gas used to collect carbon dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be minimized and an ammonia solution may be recycled and reused to collect carbon dioxide, in order to satisfy regulations on discharge of exhaust gas by the IMO. Also, the present invention provides an apparatus 1000 for purifying exhaust gas of a vessel and a method of purifying exhaust gas of a vessel using the same, in which carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide included in exhaust gas emitted from a vessel may be collected by using a reaction solution and may be changed into a substance that does not affect the environment so as to be stored and transported to land.
US12203400B2
Regeneration monitoring of a particulate filter in an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. Different soot loading stages for the particulate filter are defined. A soot loading of the particulate filter is determined by use of a soot loading model. A soot loading of the particulate filter via a differential pressure measurement across the particulate filter is determined. A regeneration of the particulate filter is initiated when a certain soot loading stage of the particulate filter is reached. A soot discharge from the particulate filter is compared, expected via the soot loading model, to a soot discharge from the particulate filter that is determined via a differential pressure measurement. An error message is outputted when a regeneration stage of the particulate filter, determined by the soot loading model, does not correlate with a regeneration stage that is determined via the differential pressure measurement.
US12203398B2
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for determining the sulfur content in an exhaust tract of a motor vehicle. The method may include: determining a change in the nitrogen oxide abatement efficiency of a coated particulate filter arranged in the exhaust tract and/or a determined ammonia storage capacity change of a coated particulate filter arranged in the exhaust tract; comparing the determined change to a threshold value; identifying an excessive sulfur content if the comparison shows that the determined change exceeds the threshold value; and undertaking one or more corrective actions in response to identifying an excessive sulfur content.
US12203395B2
Method for controlling steam admission into a steam turbine, the turbine comprising a high pressure casing, at least one reduced pressure casing and an admission steam control system, the high pressure casing and at least one reduced pressure casing comprising control valves for steam admission. The admission steam control system manages the following steps: determining a steam flow demand; elaborating a high pressure control valve opening setpoint depending on the determined steam flow demand; imposing the elaborated high pressure control valve opening setpoint to the high pressure control valves; elaborating a reduced pressure control valve opening setpoint depending on the determined steam flow demand through the dynamic interaction between high pressure control valve opening setpoint and reduced pressure control valve opening setpoint; and imposing the elaborated reduced pressure control valve opening setpoint to the reduced pressure control valves.
US12203392B2
A turbine engine with an axis is provided. This turbine engine includes a fan section, a turbine engine core, a bypass flowpath, an engine housing, an evaporator, a condenser and a core flowpath. The turbine engine core is configured to power the fan section. The turbine engine core includes a core compressor section, a core combustor section and a core turbine section. The bypass flowpath is fluidly coupled with and downstream of the fan section. The engine housing includes a cavity radially outboard of and axially overlapping the fan section and/or the bypass flowpath. The evaporator module is within the cavity. The condenser module is within the cavity. The core flowpath extends sequentially through the core compressor section, the core combustor section, the core turbine section, the evaporator module and the condenser module.
US12203390B1
A composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil defining an airfoil interior, and an inner support structure at least partially located within the airfoil interior. The inner support structure can include intertwined fibers defining a three-dimensional structure. A laminate overlay surrounds at least a portion of the inner support structure.
US12203384B1
A method of reducing depletion of elements from an airfoil includes disposing a bond coating on the airfoil, where the airfoil comprises cooling channels. The airfoil includes a material that has an initial composition. A cooling hole is machined in the airfoil to contact the cooling channels such that a fluid travelling in the cooling channel may be discharged via the cooling hole. The machining of the cooling hole results in a formation of a depleted region around the cooling hole. The depleted region is depleted of a portion of the initial composition of the airfoil. A top coat is disposed on the bond coat. The airfoil is subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature effective to promote diffusion of elements from a non-depleted region to the depleted region around the cooling hole.
US12203383B2
A steam turbine according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an outer casing. The steam turbine according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an annular member, which is a single member provided radially inward of the outer casing, and formed in the annular member are a seal region in which a sealing device for sealing a gap between said member and the outer peripheral surface of a rotor is located, a rear-stage-stator-vane-holding region where a rear-stage stator vane is held, and an inner casing region connecting the seal region and the rear-stage-stator-vane-holding region. The steam turbine according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a front-stage vane ring that is attached to the annular member and that holds a front-stage stator vane.
US12203374B1
A system and a method for monitoring overlying roof rock and coal pillar in gob-side entry are provided. The system includes top monitoring stations, coal pillar comprehensive monitoring stations, roof stress monitoring stations, and a master computer. Top monitoring stations are arranged in the crossheading to monitor the working face, coal pillar comprehensive monitoring stations are arranged in the upper roadway of the lower coal seam working face to monitor the coal pillars, and roof stress monitoring stations are arranged in the mining area main roadway to monitor the coal pillars. Monitoring the stress and deformation distribution of coal pillars in the goaf and the movement and failure process of overburden strata structure through the master computer control each monitoring station. The monitoring stations ensure that the overburden strata movement monitoring stations are still in working condition after the goaf is formed by mining in the working face.
US12203373B2
An automatic microseismic monitoring-intelligent rockburst early warning integrated system for TBM-based construction includes a partition plate, a guide rail, a sensor festoon bracket, a trolley festoon bracket, and a trolley. The trolley is provided with a drive wheel adapted and connected to the guide rail. The sensor festoon bracket is provided with a microseismic sensor festoon, and the trolley festoon bracket is provided with a trolley festoon. The trolley is provided with a collaborative robot for clamping a removable anchoring device, and a collaborative robot control cabinet connected thereto. An automatic microseismic monitoring-intelligent rockburst early warning integrated method is further provided.
US12203358B2
In at least one embodiment, a control system may include a processor coupled to the database. The control system may include a memory accessible to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor for: during slide drilling, detecting an increase to a first differential pressure (ΔP) that is greater than a first threshold pressure. In at least one embodiment, the control system may responsive to detecting the first ΔP, determining a time duration for which the first ΔP exceeds the first threshold pressure. In at least one embodiment, the control system may responsive to the first ΔP exceeding the first threshold pressure for less than a first threshold time, continuing the slide drilling without modifying a drilling parameter.
US12203355B2
An illustrative modular manifold system includes, among other things, two or more modular pump manifolds, a low-pressure header, and a main high-pressure manifold. Modular pump manifolds may include a low-pressure manifold for supplying fracturing fluid or water to pumps, a high-pressure manifold for supplying fracturing fluid or water to one or more wells and a bleed-off/prime-up manifold. Each modular pump manifold of the modular manifold system is configured to be fluidly isolatable from the other modular pump manifolds. Each isolated modular pump manifold is configured to be flushed with water, bled off and primed up independently of the other modular pump manifolds. After the bleed off, maintenance procedures may be performed on pumps associated with the isolated modular pump manifold. The modular pump manifolds that are not isolated may continue in active fracing stage operations while a modular pump manifold is isolated.
US12203354B2
An automated zipper manifold with remotely and independently controlled and monitored valves, wherein second pressure transducers are positioned on the zipper manifold and are configured to determine a flow analysis across the valve.
US12203349B2
A method for expanding a two-stage expandable liner hanger includes expanding a first section of an expandable tubular having the first section and a second section. The first section includes one or more anchoring ribs. The method further includes expanding the second section of the expandable tubular after cement is pumped into the expandable tubular.
US12203348B2
A system and method for turning a well over to production. The method may include drilling a wellbore using a drillstring, casing the wellbore, fracturing a reservoir, drilling the wellbore to a plug back total depth using the drillstring to clean out the wellbore, and converting the drillstring from a drilling mode to a production mode.
US12203338B2
A procedure and apparatus for cementing and cleaning a reservoir liner 3 comprises installing a reservoir liner using a drill string 4 which extends only as far as the distal end of a cased part 2 of the well, then, using the drill string, displacing cement into the reservoir liner using completion fluid whereby, when the cement is in place in the annulus around the reservoir liner, the reservoir liner is already clean and filled with completion fluid. A ball valve 6 at the top of the reservoir liner 3 is then closed before the cased part 2 of the wellbore is cleaned, to avoid debris entering the reservoir liner.
US12203320B2
An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit is provided. The apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, and a conveyor. The first plate is configured to hold a first glass pane. The second plate is configured to hold a second glass pane such that the second glass pane faces the first glass pane. The conveyer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to convey the first glass pane onto the first plate and the second portion configured to convey the second glass pane onto the second plate.
US12203313B2
A method for operating a multi-door oven apparatus is provided. In one example, the method comprises moving, by a mechanical device, a first oven door along a first path in a first direction orthogonal to a side surface of an oven, the side surface comprising an entrance to the oven. The method further comprises moving, by the mechanical device, the first oven door along a second path in a second direction parallel to the side surface, wherein moving the first oven door along the second path comprises moving the first oven door past a second oven door.
US12203310B2
An opening apparatus for a motor vehicle door element, the opening apparatus having an electric drive and an actuator, wherein the actuator can be displaced by the drive and a gear mechanism arranged between the actuator and the drive, such that a movement of the door element can be made possible by displacement of the actuator, and a sensor for detecting the door element movement, wherein at least one gear mechanism component of the gear mechanism is pivotably received in the opening apparatus, and the pivoting movement of the gear mechanism component can be detected by the sensor.
US12203309B2
A moving body control device includes a pinching detecting unit. The pinching detecting unit is configured to calculate a first difference between physical quantities at a beginning and an end of a first period, calculate a plurality of second differences for respective second periods obtained by dividing the first period, each of the differences being a difference between physical quantities at a beginning and an end of the corresponding second period, and determine that pinching of an object has occurred in a case in which the first difference is equal to or greater than a first threshold value and a ratio of second differences equal to or greater than a second threshold value to the plurality of the second differences is equal to or greater than a third threshold value.
US12203308B2
A hood for a vehicle is movable between an open position and a closed position for covering a vehicle compartment. The hood includes a hood body having an exterior facing surface and an interior facing surface. A first bracket attached to the interior facing surface of the hood body includes a bottom end having a downward opening slot a rotatable hinge attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment for moving the hood body between the open position and the closed position. A second bracket is attached to the vehicle in the vehicle compartment. The second bracket is attached to a distal end of the rotatable hinge and includes a weld stud extending laterally from a side of the second bracket. The first bracket is seated on the weld stud during installation of the hood.
US12203306B2
A guide system includes a guide rail and a guiding device, and is movably supported between a retracted end position and an extended end position along the guide rail. A cover can cover a front face of the guide rail, and is movable between a first operating position, in which the cover at least partially covers the front face of the guide rail, and a second operating position, in which the cover at least partially reveals the front face. An actuating device can move the cover from the first operating position into the second operating position, and a coupling device can releasably couple the guiding device to the actuating device in a partial section of the guide rail. When coupled, the actuating device can be entrained by the guiding device so as to move the cover from the first operating position into the second operating position.
US12203305B2
A motor-driven cover device for covering and releasing a charging port arranged on the vehicle body of an electric vehicle with respect to a vehicle exterior. A cover plate can cover the charging port in a closed state, a motor can be operatively connected to the cover plate for driving an opening movement and a closing movement of the cover plate. A force transmission device can transmit a motor power for carrying out the opening movement and closing movement of the cover plate. A guide element can guide the cover plate along a movement path during the opening and closing movement of the cover plate. The cover plate can be moved along the vehicle body in a motor-driven manner during the opening and closing movement, the vehicle body covering the cover plate at least partially with respect to the vehicle exterior in an open state of the cover device.
US12203287B2
A skimmer assembly includes a basket assembly and a housing. The basket assembly includes a basket and a handle rotatably coupled to the basket. The handle includes a first end extending outwardly from the basket and configured to rotate between a first orientation and a second orientation about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation extends in a first direction. The housing includes an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a wall disposed between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. The wall includes an aperture defined in part by opposed lateral walls configured to inhibit translation of the basket assembly in a direction transverse to the first direction when the first end is in the first orientation.
US12203281B2
Hybrid buildings, hybrid building systems and methods of constructing hybrid buildings are disclosed. First and second building sections forming part of such buildings are also disclosed. One such hybrid residential building (1600) comprises a first building section (1610) and a second building section (1620). The first building section is an on-site construction at a final location for the building and comprises a lower storey (1611) defining an internal volume (1613) that provides a lower living space (1615) within the building, and an upper storey (1617) defining an internal volume (1619) that provides an upper living space (1621) within the building. The second building section defines an internal volume (1623) and is transportable to the final location in a substantially assembled form. The first and second building sections are connected at the final location to form the building. The second building section defines a circulation space (1649) for the building, access between the upper and lower living spaces of the first building section being provided via the circulation space.
US12203280B2
A temporary step and support assembly includes two primary portions: an attachment member and a horizontal surface member. The attachment member preferably includes three sides for engaging a board or other fixed support, wherein the first side and the third side are disposed in parallel relation, and the second side is preferably angled upwardly from the first side to the third side. The horizontal support member, extends from the first side of the attachment member, and serves as a temporary step, so that a user may attach the temporary step and support assembly to a board or other fixed support for standing or climbing to reach a greater height in an upward direction. Optionally, the horizontal support member may be angularly adjustable with respect to the attachment member for use on angled fixed support studs, boards or framing.
US12203275B1
A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate is optionally MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, and at least one side edge together with a side edge opposite thereto forming a first pair of opposite side edges of said substrate. The first pair of opposite side edges includes mechanical first and second coupling parts, respectively, allowing the floor board to be coupled at the respective side edges with a similar floor board. Also, a floor board covering consisting of a plurality of the floor boards and a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
US12203273B2
The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for covering a wall surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a frame for a wall panel. The frame includes a support strip extending in a lateral direction across the width of the wall panel and has first and second ends. The frame also includes a row of columns extending in a first direction from the support strip. Each column includes a proximal end attached to the support strip and a free distal end. The row of columns includes a first column disposed at a first end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the first end of the support strip, and a second column disposed at a second end of the row of columns and laterally offset from the second end of the support strip.
US12203272B1
A tarp support apparatus comprising an elongated structural member securable to a support surface including upper and lower longitudinally extending parallel track sections each having an interior channel and a longitudinal slot which opens into the interior channel, a plurality of fastener devices each having a base member configured to be positioned in the lower track section, and a connector member which is joined to the base member and configured to secure a tarp to the fastener device, and an elongated diverter member including a base configured to be positioned in the upper track section, and an articulating extension member joined to the base member and configured to extend over the connector member of the fastener device, said structural apparatus configured to support a tarp extending over a ground area under tension in a stretched orientation, with the distal end of the extension member articulated into physical contact with the tarp to direct rain away from gaps formed between the structural member and an edge of the tarp, which the distal end may be weighted.
US12203258B2
A system and method for an underground stormwater storage system which may comprise a pit, a structure, and a liner. The structure may be disposed within the center of the pit and surround by the porous backfill and wherein outlets are disposed on the crown of the structure. A liner may form the outer layer of the pit. A method for releasing stormwater may comprise capturing stormwater from a surface, containing the stormwater within a structure, releasing a volume of the stormwater from the structure and draining an additional volume of the stormwater from the crown of the structure from an outlet when the structure is capturing more stormwater than it is releasing.
US12203256B1
A sink basin support structure includes: at least two support rods parallel to each other, where brackets are disposed at both ends of each of the support rods; each of the support rods is provided with a fixed rod and movable rods movably connected to both sides of the fixed rod; each of the movable rods is provided with a chute, the fixed rod is provided with screw holes, and each of the movable rods is fixed on the fixed rod by a fixing bolt inserted into the respective chute and the respective screw hole; each of the brackets is provided with a support block and a fixing block, and the support block and the fixing block are fixedly connected through a connecting block.
US12203253B2
Fluid-dispensing systems and methods relating thereto are described. A method of dispensing fluid includes: (i) receiving, from a temperature encoder, a temperature signal; (ii) receiving, from a flow rate encoder, a flow rate signal; (iii) providing, based on the temperature signal and the flow rate signal, a first amount of power required by a first motor; (iv) providing, based on the temperature signal and the flow rate signal, a second amount of power required by a second motor; (v) opening, based on the first amount of power, the first valve by a first amount of valve opening; (vi) opening, based on the second amount of power, the second valve by a second amount of valve opening; and (vii) facilitating admixing of a first fluid flow at a first fluid flow rate, received from the first valve, and a second fluid flow at a second fluid flow rate, received from the second valve, to create an admixed fluid stream.
US12203246B2
A blank for fabricating a wear member for a ground-engaging tool includes a one-piece block having a boss channel and a lock bore each formed therein. The one-piece block includes a peripheral edge that projects upon lateral sides and a front end of the one-piece block, the peripheral edge originating and terminating at a back end of the block, to form a continuous welding interface that is partially perimetric of the one-piece block, for welding to a body of a wear member. The blank can be used to fabricate a variety of different wear members including shrouds, tooth tips, edge protectors, or others.
US12203245B2
A locking pin assembly for securing a wear member to a support structure includes a body portion having a head with a non-circular shape and a tip having a non-circular peripheral profile. Engagement of the head with a recess in a wall of a ground engaging member and the tip with a distal recess prevents rotation of the body portion relative to the ground engaging member.
US12203237B2
An excavation attachment device includes a pair of elongated malleable members that are positioned between a rigid top plate and a rigid bottom plate. Each of the malleable members being constructed from rubber and include a forward edge that extends outward beyond the forward edges of the top and bottom plates. A gap is provided between the malleable members for receiving the forks of an excavator bucket. A mounting bracket is positioned along the back edge of the top plate and includes a first set of openings for receiving connectors to selectively engage the bottom wall of an excavator bucket. The mounting bracket also including a pair of protrusions along each end having a second set of openings for receiving connectors to selectively engage the side walls of the excavator bucket.
US12203228B2
This invention is in the field of asphalt construction or pavement applications, compositions and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of asphalt treatment, such as a step of applying onto an asphalt surface, under treatment conditions, a composition containing a biobased ester, at least one monoterpene, propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, a liquid intermediate made from polystyrene foam, sulfuric acid, D-limonene and soy methyl ester; carbon black pigment and styrene-butadiene complex.
US12203221B2
A fibrous structure is disclosed. The fibrous structure exhibits a plurality of discrete knuckles arranged in a pattern of repeat units. The repeat units can include a plurality of rows arranged such that distance between at least two adjacent discrete knuckles are non-uniform such that the repeat unit exhibits varying pillow width distances.
US12203218B2
A recyclable material and packaging is provided. The material includes paper with weight of between 35 g/m2 and 160 g/m2 and maximum thickness of the overall material, excluding the heat-sealing overlapping areas, of between 35 μm and 310 μm.
US12203202B2
Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus having a first front panel disposed on a front face thereof and a first drum disposed therein for accommodating laundry, and a second treating apparatus disposed beneath the first treating apparatus to support the first treating apparatus. The second treating apparatus has a second front panel disposed on a front face thereof and a second drum disposed therein for accommodating the laundry. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a control panel disposed between the first front panel and the second front panel. The control panel is signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus. The control panel is inserted between the first front panel and the second front panel, and is fixed by sliding in a lateral direction.
US12203201B2
A method of operating a washing machine appliance. The washing machine appliance is configured for communication with an external device. The method includes monitoring, from the external device, a new wash cycle activation. The method also includes measuring a load weight of the washing machine appliance and identifying a time of day of the new wash cycle activation. The method further includes comparing a cycle history of the washing machine appliance to the new wash cycle activation and suggesting an operation mode of the washing machine appliance in response to the load weight, the time of day, and the cycle history.
US12203186B2
An environment control system utilizes oxygen and humidity control devices that are coupled with an enclosure to independently control the oxygen concentration and the humidity level within the enclosure. An oxygen depletion device may be an oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell that reacts with oxygen within the cell and produces water through electrochemical reactions. A desiccating device may be g, a dehumidification electrolyzer cell, a desiccator, a membrane desiccator or a condenser. A controller may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of oxygen reduction and may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the dehumidification electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of humidity reduction. The oxygen level may be determined by the measurement of voltage and a limiting current of the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell. The enclosure may be a food or artifact enclosure.
US12203184B2
A system for a multi-chambered electrochemical cell for carbon dioxide removal includes an electrochemical cell. The electrochemical cell includes an anodic chamber at a first end of the electrochemical cell, which includes an anode. The electrochemical cell includes an acid swing chamber adjacent to the anodic chamber and separated by a cation exchange membrane. The electrochemical cell includes a desalination chamber separated from the acid swing chamber by a anion exchange membrane. The electrochemical cell includes a base swing chamber in fluid communication with the acid swing chamber and the desalination chamber. The base swing chamber is adjacent to the desalination chamber and separated by a cation exchange membrane. The electrochemical cell includes a cathodic chamber at a second end of the electrochemical cell, the cathodic chamber comprising a cathode, wherein the cathodic chamber is adjacent to the base swing chamber and separated by a second anion exchange membrane.
US12203180B2
Disclosed are surface modified electrodes, their process of preparation and their use in the electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide, as well as an electrochemical cell including the electrode.
US12203155B2
A steel sheet for cans has a chemical composition containing, in mass percent, C: 0.085% to 0.130%, Si: 0.04% or less, Mn: 0.10% to 0.60%, P: 0.02% or less, S: more than 0.010% to 0.020%, Al: 0.02% to 0.10%, N: 0.0005% to 0.0040%, Nb: 0.007% to 0.030%, and B: 0.0010% to 0.0050%, B/N that is the ratio of the content (mass percent) of B to the content (mass percent) of N being 0.80 or more, the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a ferrite microstructure containing 1.0% or more pearlite in terms of area fraction. The steel sheet for cans has a yield stress of 500 MPa or more, a tensile strength of 550 MPa or more, a uniform elongation of 10% or more, and a yield elongation of 5.0% or less.
US12203154B2
Disclosed are a cobalt-tungsten alloy and a method of fabricating the same. More particularly, cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires according to an embodiment are formed using an electroplating method, a grain structure of the cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires is controlled according to the content of tungsten, and the electrical resistivity of the cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires can be reduced through annealing.
US12203153B2
A nickel-based superalloy part includes a nickel-based superalloy substrate, and a metal sublayer covering the substrate, wherein the metal sublayer includes a first and a second layer, the first layer being located between the substrate and the second layer, the first layer including a first γ′-Ni3Al phase and a second γ-Ni phase, the second layer including a first γ′-Ni3Al phase, a second γ-Ni phase and a third β-NiAl phase, the average atomic fraction of aluminum in the second layer being strictly greater than the average atomic fraction of aluminum in the first layer.
US12203151B2
A method for producing briquettes made of a waste material includes provisioning of at least one metal and at least one organic material. The waste material is mechanically prepared in a single or multiple stages and at least one first fraction of the waste material is separated. A briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction is produced, wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg. A calorific value of the briquette mixture is adjusted by varying at least the first fraction. The briquette mixture is introduced into a briquetting device and pressed into briquettes. Briquettes with a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and with a maximum copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.
US12203149B2
Disclosed is a non-heat-treated steel that has low deformation resistance during cold forging in bolt head forming and excellent product yield, and that can be manufactured without the need to perform heat treatment for controlling strength variation. The disclosed steel has a chemical composition containing C: 0.18-0.24%, Si: 0.10-0.22%, Mn: 0.60-1.00%, Al: 0.010-0.050%, Cr: 0.65-0.95%, Ti: 0.010-0.050%, B: 0.0015-0.0050%, N: 0.0050-0.0100%, P: 0.025% or less inclusive of 0, S: 0.025% or less inclusive of 0, Cu: 0.20% or less inclusive of 0, and Ni: 0.30% or less inclusive of 0, in a range satisfying: 0.45≤C+Si/24+Mn/6+Ni/40+Cr/5≤0.60 and N≤0.519Al+0.292Ti, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a microstructure in which bainite is present in an area ratio of 95% or more, where the microstructure contains prior austenite grains with a grain size number of 6 or more, and strength variation is 100 MPa or less.
US12203139B2
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, compositions, and kits for the high-throughput detection of multi-molecule biomarkers in a biological sample. The disclosed methods, systems, compositions, and kits utilize antibody-oligonucleotide tags to detect two or more molecules that are in close proximity.
US12203138B2
The present invention includes a method, kits, and assays for identifying a human subject as having an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease, or a human subject with multiple sclerosis caused by elevated soluble Interleukin 7 receptor (sIL7R), by obtaining a biological sample and detecting or measuring in the biological sample an amount of a soluble Interleukin-7 receptor (sIL7R) and an amount of an RNA Helicase DDX39B, whereby a lower expression of DDX39B and a higher secretion of sIL7R identifies the subject from which the biological sample was obtained as having an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease, when compared to a human subject not having an autoimmune disease. The present invention also includes a method of modifying a treating of subjects based on the lower expression of RNA Helicase DDX39B alone or in combination with an increase in sIL7R.
US12203116B2
The present invention relates to methods of providing a biomass residuum and compositions thereof. In particular examples, the biomass residuum includes one or more high value amino acids, even after removal of mixed alcohol components. In particular, the methods include implementing pre-treatment conditions and employing fermentation conditions including modified organisms.
US12203111B2
Disclosed herein is a yeast strain capable of fermenting high maltose syrups into ethanol in the presence of glucose. In commercially important fuel ethanol yeast strains, the presence of glucose prevents robust maltose fermentation. This invention causes enhanced co-fermentation of maltose and glucose in strains otherwise identical to commercial fuel ethanol yeast strains.
US12203105B2
Recombinant strains are obtained for the production of allulose, allose, and allitol by regulating intracellular glucose metabolism, reducing the enzyme activity of fructose 6-phosphate kinase, and enhancing the enzyme activities of glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, allulose 6-phosphate 3-epimerase, allulose 6-phosphate phosphatase, fructose permease and fructokinase, and optionally enhancing the enzyme activities of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase, allose 6-phosphate phosphatase, ribitol dehydrogenase, glycerol permease, glycerol dehydrogenase, and dihydroxyacetone kinase. A method for producing allulose and allose is an extracellular multienzyme cascade method. Multienzyme cascade catalysis and fermentation are coupled to improve the conversion rate of starch sugar or sucrose to the synthesized allulose.
US12203100B2
The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) comprising a Δ30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR that removes sequence in the 5′ direction as far as the 5′ boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the Δ30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.
US12203096B2
Certain relatively small cells present in the periphery blood of mammals can be activated to form pluripotent stem cell populations. These small cells are generally less than five micrometers in diameter and are CD45-positive, and are referred to herein as CD45+ cells or dormant tiny cells. Accordingly, provided are cell populations and compositions with enriched dormant tiny cells from blood samples and methods and compositions for activating these dormant tiny cells. Upon differentiation, the activated stem cells can be used for various therapeutic purposes.
US12203095B2
Compositions and methods are described for preparing media, feeds, and supplements. Such methods and medias may display increased stability of labile components and may use, for example, microsuspension and/or encapsulation technologies, chelation, and optionally, coating and/or mixing the labile compounds with anti-oxidants. The compositions may withstand thermal and/or irradiation treatment and have reduced virus number. These techniques may result in product with extended shelf-life, extended release of their internal components into culture, or in product that can be added aseptically into a bioreactor using minimal volumes. The compositions and methods may optimize the bioproduction workflow and increase efficiency.
US12203092B2
The invention relates to vectors based on a virus from the order Mononegavirales, and in particular a rabies virus. More specifically, it relates to a rabies virus vector which, having transfected a target cell, is switchable between replication-competent and replication-incompetent forms. Amongst other applications, the invention avoids the cytotoxicity associated with current vectors based on rabies virus.
US12203086B2
The present application is directed to lettuce plants comprising a mutation in each of at least two different PPO genes, where said mutations reduce the activity of PPO protein compared to a wild type lettuce plant. The present application is also directed to methods for making such lettuce plants.
US12203065B2
A method for culturing natural killer cells uses genetically modified T cells. The method for culturing natural killer cells, using genetically modified T cells enables the effective proliferation and production of natural killer cells from a smaller amount of source cells. In addition, the method enhances the cytolytic activity of natural killer cells. Therefore, the method for culturing natural killer cells, using genetically modified T cells may be suitable for various applications in commercializing cell therapy products. Further, the natural killer cells produced by the culturing method can be useful as a cell therapy product.
US12203060B1
Aspects of the present invention relate to apparatus for use in cell and tissue culture techniques. Particularly, although not exclusively, embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus which contribute to providing a dynamic cell culture environment. Also disclosed herein are methods for culturing cells and/or tissues, together with in vitro methods of testing drug efficacy as well as other subject matter.
US12203057B2
A method for preparing hop extract emulsions is provided. One to two parts hop extract is combined with eight to nine parts diluent oil as an oil mixture. The oil mixture is heated until reaching a viscosity threshold when the heated oil mixture is combined with an emulsifying solution. The emulsifying solution includes an emulsifying agent dispersed in water. Upon combining the oil mixture and emulsifying solution, the emulsifying agent enrobes droplets of the hop extract. The combined oil mixture and emulsifying solution is mixed and homogenized.
US12203053B2
A fabric care composition is provided including water; a cleaning surfactant; a fabric softening silicone; and a deposition aid polymer, wherein the deposition aid polymer is a dextran polymer functionalized with quaternary ammonium moieties; wherein the deposition aid polymer enhances deposition of the fabric softening silicone from the fabric care composition onto a fabric.
US12203041B2
A process for using Rice Husk residue as an alternative fuel to fossil fuels (such as Natural Gas and LPP oils 1 A . . . 9 A), in the combustion chamber of the glass, glaze or similar furnace. Where a waste is collected in dump trucks and unloaded into a proper silo, then passes through a dryer feeding silo where it is atomized in the kiln combustion chamber, a high-pressure, low-flow fan is used to atomize it, along with all the necessary air, which can be used in oxy-combustion kilns; all the combustion gases are cooled by mixing with cold air and the incandescent gas from the kiln; and they are then collected and passed through a sleeve filter for proper filtration.
US12203037B2
A system for treating non-petroleum or renewable feedstocks comprises a reactor having a heat source for heating an interior of the reactor. The reactor receives a feedstock of a non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen or contaminants at certain conditions to form a reactor product having gums and resins of the feedstock removed and/or reduced. A first heat exchanger cools at least a portion of the reactor product to a reduced temperature to form a reduced-temperature reactor product. A hydroprocessing reactor receives at least a portion of the reduced-temperature reactor product to form a hydroprocessed product. A second heat exchanger receives the hydroprocessed product to cool the hydroprocessed product to a temperature of 250° F. or less to form a cooled hydroprocessed product. A separator is configured to separate and remove non-condensable gases, metals and water from the cooled hydroprocessed product to form liquid hydrocarbons that form a final product.
US12203033B2
A process that separates the fillers found in plastics from catalyst and the gases in a fluid bed catalytic pyrolysis process for the conversion of waste plastics, polymers, and other waste materials to useful chemical and fuel products such as paraffins, olefins, and aromatics such as BTX, is described.
US12203031B2
A method to manufacture stable water-in-oil polymer emulsion with low viscosity by using special stabilizing surfactant package is disclosed.
US12203015B2
Dry adhesives and methods for forming dry adhesives. A method of forming a dry adhesive structure on a backing material, comprises: forming a template backing layer of energy sensitive material on the backing material; forming a template layer of energy sensitive material on the template backing layer; exposing the template layer to a predetermined pattern of energy; removing a portion of the template layer related to the predetermined pattern of energy, and leaving a template structure formed from energy sensitive material and connected to the substrate via the template backing layer.
US12203007B2
A polishing liquid for polishing a glass substrate includes cerium oxide as polishing abrasive particles, and a substance that reduces cerium oxide in response to irradiation of light.
US12203000B2
The present disclosure relates, in exemplary embodiments, to coating compositions comprising adhesion promoters and articles comprising the same.
US12202993B2
Print materials described herein include a first polymerization initiator comprising an initiator material having a thermal decomposition rate and a peak photo-initiated decomposition rate, wherein the thermal dissociation rate is higher than the peak photo-initiated decomposition rate; a vinylic monomer; a polyfunctional monomer; scattering particles; and quantum dots. Methods of making a quantum dot material using such print materials, and of incorporating into light emitting devices, are also described.
US12202990B2
An ink composition for an aqueous ballpoint pen may have excellent ink discharging performance even if a pen point is exposed for a long period of time. Such an ink composition may contain at least from 1 to 35 mass % of titanium oxide having an average particle size of greater than 0.1 um and smaller than or equal to 1 μm, and from 1 to 35 mass % of non-tacky urethane particles having an average particle size from 0.1 to 6 μm.
US12202988B2
There is a process for preparing in situ an aqueous gel ink with fixed color having the following steps: (i) preparing a gel-based matrix of aqueous ink comprising 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid as reducing agent, and (ii) adding a solution of metallic salts to the gel-based matrix of aqueous ink prepared in step (i), to obtain an aqueous gel ink with fixed color with metallic nanoparticles dispersed therein. There is also an aqueous gel ink with fixed color obtained according to the process of the disclosure, comprising 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid and metallic nanoparticles. There is also a writing instrument comprising an aqueous gel ink with fixed color according to the disclosure.
US12202982B2
A method of making pigments, such as special effect pigment includes forming a first slurry including a substrate, a polymer precursor, and a radical initiator; forming a solution including an emulsifier; and combining the first slurry and the solution so that the substrate is encapsulated by a first coating. Special effect pigments formed by the method are also disclosed.
US12202976B2
A thermally conductive silicone gel composition contains: (A) an organopolysiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more hydrogen atoms bonded directly to silicon atoms; (C) a platinum group metal-containing curing catalyst in a catalytic amount; and (D) aluminum hydroxide particles as thermally conductive particles in an amount of 200 to 600 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the components (A) to (C). The aluminum hydroxide particles contain, based on 100% by mass, aluminum hydroxide particles (D-1) having a median diameter (D50) of 30 μm or more in an amount of more than 40% by mass and less than 75% by mass; and aluminum hydroxide particles (D-2) having a median diameter (D50) of less than 30 μm in an amount of 25% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less. The thermally conductive silicone gel composition has a relative dielectric constant of 5.0 or less at a frequency of 1 MHz according to a mutual induction bridge method and has a Shore OO hardness of 5 to 60. The silicone gel composition of the present invention, which is composed of substances not classified as hazardous under GHS criteria, has high safety, flexibility, a low dielectric constant, and thermal conductivity.
US12202975B2
The present invention provides a thermally conductive silicone potting composition. In one embodiment the thermally conductive silicone potting composition comprises: a first part comprising: (a) a vinyl organopolysiloxane, (c) an alumina filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 0.1 μm and less than 3 μm, (d) an alumina and/or aluminium hydroxide filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 3 μm and less than 15 μm, (e) an alumina filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 15 μm and less than or equal to 100 μm, (f) a catalyst, and a second part comprising: (b) a hydride organopolysiloxane, (c) an alumina filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 0.1 μm and less than 3 μm, (d) an alumina and/or aluminium hydroxide filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 3 μm and less than 15 μm, (e) an alumina filler having an average particle diameter which is greater than or equal to 15 μm and less than or equal to 100 μm. The present invention also provides a thermal potting adhesive containing the thermally conductive silicone potting composition, a use of the thermally conductive silicone potting composition in an electronic component, and an electronic component, which is potted using the thermally conductive silicone potting composition.
US12202968B2
The disclosure relates to light barrier compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12202958B2
Provided are a polypropylene film that has excellent structural stability relative to heat, is suitable for use in high-voltage capacitors or the like, and, when used in a high-voltage capacitor, has excellent long-term reliability in high-temperature environments; a metal layer laminated film that uses the polypropylene film; and a film capacitor. The polypropylene film has the sum of F5 values for the longitudinal direction and the width direction at 130° C. of at least 15 MPa and, for dielectric breakdown testing at 130° C., a dielectric breakdown voltage (B150) (V/μm) after heat treating for 1 minute at 150° C. and a dielectric breakdown voltage (B0) (V/μm) without heat treating satisfy the following relationship. (B150)/(B0)≥0.80
US12202957B2
Provided is an ethylene-based modifier with which a film having good slipperiness and relatively less fish eyes can be formed. The ethylene-based modifier has a strain-hardening exponent of 0.27 or more and 0.53 or less as determined by the LAOS method.
US12202954B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a rubber composition from which a crosslinked rubber molded product having good softness and excellent resilience performance can be obtained. The present disclosure provides a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an organic sulfur compound, wherein (d) the organic sulfur compound includes (d1) a polythiophene compound having two or more thiophene rings in the molecule.
US12202952B1
Additive-polymer precursor materials for filaments (e.g., for three-dimensional (3D) printing) are provided, as well as methods of fabricating and using the same. One or more two-dimensional (2D) additive materials (e.g., nano materials, such as nanosheets) can be mixed with a polymer base to give an additive-polymer precursor composite material. The additive material can be dissolved in a first solvent to give an additive solution, and the polymer can be dissolved in a second solvent to give a polymer base. The additive solution can be mixed with the polymer base to give a mixed solution. Solvent casting can then be performed on the mixed solution to evaporate the solvent(s) and give the additive-polymer precursor composite material, which can have a layered structure.
US12202936B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a polycarbonate safely and efficiently. A method for producing a polycarbonate is characterized in comprising the step of irradiating a light to a composition comprising a C1-4 halogenated hydrocarbon, the specific diol compound and the specific base in the presence of oxygen.
US12202916B2
A method for producing hollow resin particles, the method comprising a mixture liquid preparation step, a suspension preparation step, a polymerization step, and a solvent removal step; wherein a content of a saturated hydrocarbon solvent is 50% by mass or more with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of a hydrocarbon solvent; wherein a polymerization initiator is an oil-soluble polymerization initiator; and wherein, in the mixture liquid, a crosslinkable monomer contains a tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer, and with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable monomer, a total content of the crosslinkable monomer is 80 to 98 parts by mass, a content of the tri- or higher functional crosslinkable monomer is from 10 parts by mass to 98 parts by mass, and a content of the hydrocarbon solvent is from 300 parts by mass to 1500 parts by mass.
US12202905B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions relating to adenosine A2A receptor libraries having nucleic acids encoding for a scaffold comprising an adenosine A2A binding domain. adenosine A2A receptor libraries described herein encode for immunoglobulins such as antibodies.
US12202890B1
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and antibody fragments useful for detecting, enriching and isolating fetal cells and methods of their use.
US12202884B2
The present disclosure generally relates to, inter alia, a class of chimeric switch receptors containing an endodomain of an IL-9 receptor, engineered to modulate transcriptional regulation in a ligand-dependent manner. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods useful for producing such receptors, nucleic acids encoding same, host cells genetically modified with the nucleic acids, as well as methods for modulating gene expression, modulating an activity of a cell, and/or for the treatment of various health conditions or diseases.
US12202877B2
The present disclosure provides methods for generating MAGE-B2 specific T cells and compositions comprising engineered MAGE-B2-specific T cell receptors. Further provided are methods of treating cancer comprising administering the MAGE-B2-specific T cells.
US12202852B2
The disclosure relates to methods for extracting lignin from lignocellulosic biomass using volatile trialkylamines. A lignocellulosic biomass is combined with an aqueous extraction solution including the trialkylamine and water to provide a biomass extraction mixture that can at least partially extract lignin from the lignocellulosic biomass. The method further includes removing the trialkylamine from the biomass extraction mixture. The method further relates to the utilization of the resulting materials. For example, the lignin extract can be used to make carbon fibers, carbon-carbon materials, or polyamines. The delignified biomass can be used as feed for animals, fungi and/or bacteria. Also, the cellulosic or carbohydrate components of the delignified biomass can be hydrolyzed into pentoses and/or hexoses, which can be used as a feed or starting material for the subsequent conversion into other products. Acetic acid, removed from the biomass in form of trialkylammonium acetate, can be recovered from the mixture for further use or conversion into other chemicals.
US12202836B2
Compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula Ia, as defined in the specification. In an embodiment, a pharmaceutical composition can be in a liquid dosage form and can comprise a therapeutically effective amount of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an adjuvant and a therapeutic agent. In another embodiment, a method of adjuvant treating a disorder or condition can comprising administering the pharmaceutical composition to a patient.
US12202834B2
The present invention relates to solid state forms of oclacitinib maleate and methods for the preparation of the solid state forms of oclacitinib maleate. The solid state forms of oclacitinib maleate of the present invention include amorphous oclacitinib maleate, crystalline tetramethyl urea solvate form of oclacitinib maleate, crystalline monohydrate form of oclacitinib maleate and crystalline form of oclacitinib maleate (form B).
US12202833B2
The present invention provides highly efficient process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched Sitagliptin of Formula (Ia). More particularly, a direct rhodium catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation in the presence of bis-phosphine chiral ligand has been developed to yield enantiopure Sitagliptin product with the highest enantiomeric excess of 85-99.9%.
US12202831B2
2-((1r,4r)-4-(imidazo[4,5-d]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-1(6H)-yl)cyclohexyl)acetonitrile compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by JAK, such as inflammatory bowel disease.
US12202830B2
Provided is, for example, a method for producing a morphinan derivative represented by General Formula (II), including the step of: allowing metal sodium and ethylenediamine to act on a morphinan derivative represented by General Formula (I) in presence of an auxiliary solvent. wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-10 alkyl group, a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, a C2-6 alkenyl group, a C6-10 aryl group, or a heteroaryl group optionally having a substituent, R2 represents an amino protecting group, R3 represents a methoxy group, R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, R6 and R7 represent a hydrogen atom or an electron-donating group, wherein R6 and R7 are not simultaneously a hydrogen atom, and X represents O or CH2.
US12202819B2
Substituted pyridazinone compounds, conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), are disclosed herein. The disclosed compounds are useful, among other things, in the treating of DMD and modulating inflammatory inhibitors IL-1, IL-6 or TNF-α.
US12202817B2
The subject matter described herein is directed to ferroportin inhibitor compounds of Formula I or I′ and pharmaceutical salts thereof, methods of preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of administering the compounds for prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases caused by a lack of hepcidin or iron metabolism disorders, particularly iron overload states, such as thalassemia, sickle cell disease and hemochromatosis, and also kidney injuries.
US12202801B1
Compounds for treating tuberculosis and, particularly, to anti-tubercular compounds that are 4-cyano-1-(2-oxo-2-(substituted phenyl)ethyl)pyridin-1-ium bromides and their use as anti-tubercular agents.
US12202791B2
The purpose of the present invention is to enable the production of 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol (DHMBA), which is a novel antioxidant, from the shellfish meat of a filter-feeding bivalve other than oyster by extracting the shellfish meat of the filter-feeding bivalve under heating or pressurizing. The method according to the present invention is characterized by comprising adding the shellfish meat of a filter-feeding bivalve other than oyster to an extraction liquid and heating the extraction liquid to thereby produce 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol from the thus heated shellfish meat liquid of the bivalve.
US12202783B2
A method for obtaining a salt with a general formula: RxNI, wherein: RxN is an organic cation (RxN+), R represents substituents (R—) independently selected from a group consisting of organic substituents: R1—, R2—, R3— and hydrogen (H—), x is a number of the substituents R— directly linked with the nitrogen (N) atom in the organic cation RxN+, wherein x is 3 or 4, I is an iodide anion (I−). The method comprises: preparing a reaction mixture comprising the steps of: synthesizing hydrogen iodide (HI) in situ by mixing molecular iodine (I2) with formic acid (COOH) in a molar ratio of molecular iodine (I2): formic acid (COOH) of no less than 1.01:1, in a solvent medium, introducing into the solvent medium a compound being a donor of organic cation RxN+ in an amount providing the molar ratio of the donor of organic cation RxN+: molecular iodine (I2) of no less than 1.01:1, and maintaining the reaction mixture at a temperature of not less than 20° C. for the time necessary to obtain the reaction product being the salt with the general formula RxNI. The obtained product is a substrate for synthesis of perovskites.
US12202780B1
There is disclosed a process for debromination of novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) through co-pyrolysis with zinc oxide (ZnO) and franklinite (ZnFe2O4) to effectively restrict brominated species emission from NBFRs during thermal degradation. The method addresses environmental concerns by converting tetrabromobisphenol A 2,3-dibromopropyl ether (TBBPA-DBPE) and tetrabromobisphenol A diallyl ether (TBBPA-DAE) into bromine-free hydrocarbons. Utilizing Zn-based metal oxides from electrical arc furnace dust (EAFD), this process transforms them into metal bromides, facilitating selective zinc extraction. Thermogravimetric analysis guides pyrolysis at up to 500° C., revealing ZnO's efficacy in capturing ˜92% of HBr gas and producing minimal brominated compounds (relative area, 0.83%). Phenol emerges as a significant condensable product, while inorganic gases and methane dominates the non-condensable fraction. The retained metal bromides in pyrochar and <8% HBr gas emissions underscore ZnO's debromination potential. This method also suggests ZnO's application for dehalogenating other polymers and using spinel ferrites in combating brominated polymers.
US12202774B2
An aluminium oxide ceramic material containing the following components: component wt.-% Al2O3 95.0 to 99.989 MgO 0.001 to 0.1 Eu, calculated as Eu2O3 0.01 to 1.0.
US12202769B2
Bulk paint and ceramic powder systems, methods of forming same, and methods of forming a flexible ceramic coating on a metal substrate are disclosed. The systems may include a ceramic composition having between 2 to 30 weight percent of an alkali metal oxide, such as K2O, Na2O, and Li2O or mixtures thereof, between 10 to 74 weight percent SiO2, and between 23 to 79 weight percent B2O3. Additives that are nonwetting with molten metals, such as boron nitride, provide durable coatings for metal processing operations. The ceramic composition may include less than 5 weight percent additional metal oxides. The bulk paint system further may include water and a cellulosic suspension agent to form a bulk paint. The ceramic powder system may be processed to form a uniform powder. The bulk paint or uniform powder may be applied to a metal substrate, such as a ferrous metal substrate, dried, and heated to form a flexible coating on the metal substrate.
US12202764B2
A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.
US12202760B2
The present application provides a glass fiber nozzle structure, bushing and production device. The glass fiber nozzle structure includes a nozzle body and a hole provided on the nozzle body. The hole includes an upper hole portion and a lower hole portion communicated with the upper hole portion and located below the upper hole portion. The lower hole portion has an elongated cross-section. A projection of the lower hole portion is located within a projection of the upper hole portion in a projection on a plane perpendicular to an axis line of the lower hole portion. A length and a width of the lower hole portion have a ratio of 5:1 to 12:1. The glass fiber nozzle of the present application has a simple structure and a long service cycle, and an aspect ratio of flat glass fibers produced by the nozzle structure is maintained between 2.7 and 4.2, thereby effectively improving performance of the flat glass fibers.
US12202745B2
A water tank configured to store water from a water supply includes an inlet configured to receive water from the water supply, and an outlet configured to dispense water. The water tank includes a reflective coating positioned on an inner surface of the tank, and an end wall including a light emitting diode oriented toward the outlet. The light emitting diode and the reflective coating are operable to disinfect water from the water supply.
US12202735B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for chemically modifying particles of a bicarbonate salt in a co-rotating twin-screw extruder and chemically modified bicarbonate particles prepared therefrom. The present disclosure also relates to a method for controlling an amount of carbonate salt formed during chemical modification of bicarbonate salt particles.
US12202727B2
A process for the production of hydrogen by thermal energy based on a closed metal-chloride material cycle, where in the hydrogen release segment the metal is oxidized with hydrochloric acid at room temperature and in the regeneration segment the metal ions are reduced by heat treatment. This is a closed-cycle technological material flow, carried out by use of thermal energy and enables the production of hydrogen at room temperature on the basis of a solid energy carrier represented by metals. The process includes three main technological segments: an oxidation segment in which oxidation of a hydrogen-releasing metal is performed, a regeneration segment in which metal ions are reduced for metal regeneration, and a gaseous HCl capture segment in which gaseous HCl is dissolved in water. The material cycle is closed; there are no emissions or waste. Only water enters the process while hydrogen and oxygen exit.
US12202722B2
A rotary union for distributing flowing material, and includes a central shaft having an upper end defining at least one inlet configured for receiving the material, and being in communication with a pocket configured for receiving the material, a lower end of the pocket defining at least one outlet port. An annular sleeve surrounds and rotates relative to the central shaft, the sleeve being provided with a plurality of radially-spaced outlet nipples. A gap is defined between an exterior surface of the central shaft and an interior surface of the sleeve, and at least one seal is disposed in the gap for isolating the gap from the material flowing through the outlet port and into the nipples. The central shaft is provided in vertically-stacked components including an upper, inlet portion, a middle or central delivery portion including the pockets and the outlets, and a lower-most base portion.
US12202721B2
A water dispenser is provided that includes an upper chamber for receiving liquid, a triptych-layer filtering assembly operably coupled to the upper chamber, a lower chamber operably coupled to the triptych-layer filtering assembly for dispensing filtered liquid, and a float assembly system. In one embodiment, the float assembly is operably coupled to the upper and lower chambers. The float assembly system may include a float body, a float valve and a float seal.
US12202717B2
A transfer device includes: a pusher configured to push a container during a delivery operation; a lockable portion lockable to the container during a pick-up operation; a transfer drive unit configured to cause the pusher and the lockable portion to reciprocate in the transfer direction; and a lock drive unit configured to drive the lockable portion separately from the pusher and causes the lockable portion to change in orientation. The transfer device performs a delivery operation by moving, toward a delivery side in the transfer direction, the pusher in contact with a container rear face portion with use of the transfer drive unit, and performs a pick-up operation by moving the lockable portion in the locking orientation toward a pick-up side in the transfer direction with use of the transfer drive unit.
US12202712B2
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a crane, in which an overall center of gravity of the crane, possibly with a load attached thereto, is determined and monitored in terms of its position in relation to a tipping edge of the crane, wherein possible displacements of the overall center of gravity caused by possible changes in different operating and/or influencing variables, which comprise at least different crane movements, and resultant future overall centers of gravity are determined, wherein the most critical overall center of gravity in relation to the tipping edge is determined from the determined plurality of future overall centers of gravity and a possible restriction of crane movements is determined on the basis of the position of this most critical future overall center of gravity in relation to the tipping edge.
US12202711B2
In a method for determining a load that is lifted or to be lifted by a hydraulic lifting device, for the determining the load lifted or to be lifted, in a reference phase, the lifting device is moved into a reference position in a first loading state of the lifting device. A first detection of the forces currently acting on the lifting device and the current geometry of the lifting device occurs in the reference position. In a measurement phase, the lifting device is moved into a measurement position in a second loading state, and a second detection of the forces currently acting on the lifting device and the current geometry of the lifting device occurs in the measurement position. In a comparison phase, the lifted load is characterized by a comparison of the respective detected forces currently acting on the lifting device and the respective detected current geometry of the lifting device.
US12202692B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes an imaging unit provided to be movable in a direction perpendicular to a conveying surface for conveying a medium, to image the medium, a roller pair provided on an upstream side of the imaging unit in a medium conveying direction, the roller pair including a first roller provided to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the conveying surface, and a second roller facing the first roller, and a conveyance guide provided on a rotation shaft of the first roller, to move in conjunction with a movement of the first roller. The conveyance guide includes a guide surface extending at least from a downstream end portion of a nip portion of the roller pair to an upstream end portion of the imaging unit in the medium conveying direction and being flush with a lower surface of the imaging unit.
US12202691B2
A sheet discharging apparatus includes a stacking portion, a first conveyance portion, a detection portion, a second conveyance portion, a third conveyance portion, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to execute a discharge operation by causing the sheet discharging apparatus to reverse a conveyance direction of a first sheet conveyed from the first conveyance portion to the second conveyance portion and deliver the first sheet to the third conveyance portion by using the second conveyance portion, convey the first sheet toward the second conveyance portion by the third conveyance portion, and discharge the first sheet and the second sheet to the stacking portion by using the second conveyance portion in a state where the first sheet and the second sheet are superimposed on each other.
US12202690B2
A path switcher is provided at a point where a transport path along which a medium is to be transported branches out into a first branch path and a second branch path that are to be switched between by the path switcher. The path switcher includes: a switching component including a first arm and a second arm, the first arm being swingable at the point of branching of the transport path, the second arm being connected to a distal end of the first arm with an aid of a motion-allowing part, the switching component being configured to close one of the first branch path and the second branch path while opening an other of the first branch path and the second branch path; an elastic retaining component provided around the motion-allowing part and configured to elastically retain the first arm and the second arm in a predetermined positional relationship; and a rotary component rotatably provided at a distal end of the second arm and that is to come into contact with the medium.
US12202688B2
A gangway for use with a container to be accessed is provided. The gangway comprises a fixed platform and a support structure connected to the fixed platform in a manner that allows the support structure to rotate with respect to the fixed platform between a raised stowed position and a lowered deployed position. An end platform is pivotally connected at the distal end of the support structure, the end platform defining an upper walking surface and a bottom surface that engages the top of the container, the height between the bottom surface and the walking surface being no greater than one inch.
US12202686B1
A high-rhythm and high-precision 90-degree turnover method including: changing materials; turning a prong over and waiting; driving a first drum conveyor line to move leftward to a turnover station; adjusting front and rear positions of the first drum conveyor line as a whole to make a stacked assembly aligned with a center line of the wooden pallet; driving a first drum conveyor line to move leftward to make a left surface of the stacked assembly abut against a surface of the wooden pallet; driving a prong group to move upward to a second height position to support the stacked assembly; and driving a third support to turn over by 90 degrees reversely to make a second drum conveyor line turned over to a horizontal state.
US12202684B2
A robot 100 includes a base 1 having side portions, an arm 3 rotatably coupled to the base 1, and a hand 8 coupled to the arm 3. A joint between the arm 3 and the base 1 is closest to a first side portion 11a in a plan view. The base 1 houses control components. A second side portion 11b is provided with a maintenance area 12 on which a maintenance component such as a first board 24 is disposed. The maintenance area 12 is used for maintenance of the maintenance component.
US12202682B2
A device for sorting trunks, in particular logs, comprises a conveyor device, which has carriers, and ejectors, which are arranged along the conveyor device, for a controlled discharge from the conveyor device into log magazines according to signals from a superordinate controller. A common rotary drive is connected with each set of at least two ejector pairs, which are drivingly connected together by means of an axle. The rotary drive is a torque motor, the rotor of which is rigidly connected directly to the axle and the stator of which is rotationally fixed relative to the conveyor device.
US12202681B2
Method and machine to carry out a control on a group of articles. An initial conveyor is configured to move the articles along an initial path, which starts in an input station; a final conveyor is configured to move the articles along a final path, which is parallel and next to the initial path and ends in an output station; a control unit is configured to carry out a simultaneous control of all articles of the group of articles; a first transferring device is configured to simultaneously transfer the whole group of articles to be controlled from the initial conveyor to the control unit; and a second transferring device is configured to simultaneously transfer the whole group of articles controlled by the control unit to the final conveyor.
US12202680B1
Disclosed is a clamping device having an automatic direction adjustment function in a vehicle body welding conveying line, including a conveying frame. A driving motor is fixedly connected to a side wall of the conveying frame, and an output shaft end of the driving motor is fixedly connected to a rotating shaft I. The present disclosure facilitates the adjustment of a direction when vehicle bodies to be welded are conveyed on a turning conveying line, and vehicle bodies being conveyed can be corrected to the same horizontal state, to avoid a situation where the clamping device on the conveying line cannot smoothly clamp inclined vehicle bodies for conveying because the vehicle bodies cannot be in the same horizontal plane when being put in.
US12202675B2
The invention relates to a conveying system comprising a plurality of conveying units comprising a chassis, a first and second roll-shaped rotating element (16, 18), a conveyor belt passed around the rotating elements (16, 18), which forms a supporting surface for a product, a first filler piece (20), wherein the first filler piece (20) is connected to the first rotating element (16) in such a way that the first filler piece (20) and the first rotating element (16) are jointly displaceable towards and away from the second rotating element (18), a second filler piece (22) which is fastened to the chassis between the first filler piece (20) and the second rotating element (18), and a removable spacer element (32) which, in use, is provided in a fitting manner between the first and second filler piece (20, 22), wherein a predetermined operating distance between the first and second rotating element (16, 18) is determined as a result of the placing of the spacer element (32) between the first and second filler piece (20, 22).
US12202671B1
A mobile storage goods shelf includes a support device, a rolling device arranged on the support device, a storage countertop arranged on the rolling device, a protective device arranged on the storage countertop and including a first protecting module, a second protecting module with one end being connected to the first protecting module and the other end being connected to a third protecting module thereof. The support device includes a first supporting module, a second supporting module with one end being connected to the first supporting module and the other end being connected to a third supporting module thereof. All the support device, the rolling device, the storage countertop and the protective device extend or add modules along a horizontal direction of the first supporting module to increase or decrease a length of the storage goods shelf according to actual needs, so as to easily use the storage goods shelf.
US12202660B1
An airtight container with a unidirectional exhaust valve is provided. The airtight container comprises: a container, having a storage space; a cover, covered and sleeved on the top of the container; wherein the cover has an outlet groove and a control groove, the outlet groove has an outlet hole, and the control groove has a through hole, the outlet hole and the through hole are communicated with the storage space correspondingly; an elastic outlet unit, elastically abutted on the outlet groove of the cover; and a control unit, having a control member movably arranged at the control groove of the cover. When presses the control member, the through hole of the control groove forms an open state and communicates with the storage space of the container.
US12202657B2
A crush-resistant carton embedded with a metal slat includes a box body and a plurality of strapping bands, all of the strapping bands is bound outside the box body, the box body includes an enclosure plate, two cover plates and a bottom backing plate; the two cover plates are respectively positioned at two ends of the enclosure plate in a height direction; each cover plate includes a main body plate and a plurality of side plates, all of the side plates are disposed around an outer periphery of the main body plate, and a plurality of pressure-resistant slats are respectively disposed on inner and outer sides of a corner portion formed by the main body plate and the side plates adjoined to each other; the bottom backing plate is disposed on an inner sidewall of the cover plate at a lower position.
US12202656B2
The invention relates to a container for accommodating one or more objects, with the container having a main body and a lid, with the main body having a bottom as well as side walls forming a border structure pointing towards the lid, with the container having a connecting edge via which the main body and lid are pivotably connected to one another, wherein the container is provided with a unfoldable figure which is reversibly transferable from a compressed flat state to a three-dimensional expanded state, and means for producing visual and/or acoustic effects, wherein the container has a foldable insert sheet that has at least five sections arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, the 1st section covering the inner side of the lid, the 2nd and 5th sections, laid one on top of the other, being placed into the main body and the 3rd and 4th sections, laid one on top of the other, resting against the inside of the side wall opposite the connecting edge, wherein between the bottom and the 2nd and 5th sections laid one on top of the other there is a compartment formed out for receiving the objects, with means for producing visual and/or acoustic effects being located between the inside of the lid and the 1st section, and the unfoldable figure being located between the 1st and 2nd sections.
US12202654B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a package can include a three-sided body formed of three or more body panels and an autobottom connected to the three-sided body and formed of three or more bottom panels extending from a respective body panel of the plurality of the three or more body panels. The autobottom can connect all of the three or more body panels together in a triangular shape when the three or more bottom panels are interacting with each other.
US12202648B1
A bottle stopper includes an elongated band formed of a thin paper, plastic, or similar material. The band is tightly wound into a compact cylinder that is dimensioned and configured to firmly seat within a bottle neck opening. Preferably, the cylinder includes an outer liner of food-grade material that prevents the cork from contaminating the enclosed wine. A cord is attached to the central core of the resulting compact cylinder and extends a predetermined distance above the bottle neck. When the cord is pulled, the band unwinds into a helical configuration that easily separates from the bottle neck.
US12202639B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat-sealing device capable of preventing problems associated with cap sealing performance and/or sensation of the cap being open due to an inappropriate cap temperature. For this purpose, this heat-sealing device (10), which is used in a manufacturing apparatus (100) for manufacturing a product for which an opening part (1A: mouth part) of a container (1) is sealed with a cap (2), is provided with: a pressing plate (5) which is disposed on a path along which the containers (1) move; a heating unit (3) and sealing heads (4) for pressing the caps (2) sealing the container (1), the heating unit (3) and sealing heads (4) being arranged on the pressing plate (5); a temperature measurement device (7) for measuring the temperatures of the sealing heads (4); and a control device (8: control unit) for transmitting control signals to a container conveyance drive source (for example, inverter) in accordance with the measurement results from the temperature measurement device (7).
US12202634B1
An aerial vehicle configured for operation within indoor spaces has a meshed construction with a housing defined by upper and lower sections having meshes provided above and below propellers and motors of the aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle also includes a suite of sensors such as LIDAR sensors, time-of-flight sensors, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, or others. Meshes of the upper and lower sections include central openings along with spokes and concentric rings provided about the central openings. Meshes of the lower section have substantially larger central openings than meshes of the upper section, but feature more dense spokes or concentric rings beneath tips of the rotating propellers, which may be hinged or foldable in nature. Data captured by sensors of the aerial vehicle may be utilized for any purpose, such as to generate environment maps of an indoor space, or to monitor the indoor space for adverse conditions or events.
US12202627B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for a distributed space transportation network. Satellite launches to orbit are more efficiently performed by large rockets. Modern satellites are in smaller form factor, leaving the large launch rockets with excess capacity. Small satellite operators can use ride-shares, but do not have efficient options for delivering their satellites to their desired destination and may be forced to operate their satellites in compromise orbits. The disclosed distributed space transportation network maintains a fleet of space tugs, which can dock with satellites in space at an initial arrival destination and transport the satellites to their final destinations. In one embodiment, the space tugs can dock with satellite depots to obtain fuel and repairs.
US12202622B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, there is provided a system for an aircraft engine. In embodiments, the system includes an accessory box and a fuel accessory located in an interior space within the accessory box, where a vent is defined through a wall of the accessory box. In embodiments, the vent includes a plurality of holes or slots in an outer wall of the accessory box for passage of gaseous fuel from the interior space. In embodiments, the vent is configured for passive ventilation of the interior space.
US12202621B2
A hybrid multirotor propulsion system for an aircraft includes a plurality of propulsion units, each propulsion unit having a propeller, an electromotor and a peripheral differential gearbox; a plurality of driving elements, each of which is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of propulsion units; a mechanical power source; a main distributor gearbox; at least one electric machine; and a power management unit. The power management unit is configured according to a predetermined operating mode, which causes the mechanical power source to output first and second mechanical power components; and distributing the first mechanical power component to provide each driving element with a direct mechanical propeller power; and causes the electric machine to convert the second mechanical power component into electric power, part of which provides each electromotor with an electric propeller power. The direct mechanical propeller power causes each electromotor to convert the electric propeller power into an indirect mechanical propeller power, outputted to the peripheral differential gearbox; and causes the peripheral differential gearbox of each propulsion unit to aggregate the direct mechanical propeller power and the indirect mechanical propeller power to a total mechanical propeller power which drives the propeller of each propulsion unit.
US12202616B2
A propulsion system including: a fuel cell assembly having a fuel cell defining an outlet positioned to remove output products from the fuel cell and a fuel cell assembly operating condition; a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the combustion section configured to receive a flow of aviation fuel from an aircraft fuel supply and further configured to receive the output products from the fuel cell; and a controller comprising memory and one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the propulsion system to perform operations including receiving data indicative of a mid-flight flameout within the combustion section; modifying the fuel cell assembly operating condition in response to receiving data indicative of the mid-flight flameout within the combustion section; and initiating a relight of the combustion section.
US12202615B2
Electrical power systems for distributing electrical power in arrangements including one or more gas turbine engines; one such system includes: one or more rotary electric machines coupled to a gas turbine engine spool; a set of converter circuits connected to the rotary electric machines converting between alternating current (ac) and direct current (dc), wherein the rotary electric machines and the converter circuits output a number R≥2 of dc power channels, each channel having an index r=(1, . . . , R); and a group of N dc load channels connected to the R dc power channels by a switching arrangement, wherein N>R and each dc load channel has an index n=(1, . . . , N). For each respective N load channels, a current limiting device (CLD) limits the current flowing from power channels to a load connectable to the electrical power system via the respective load channel.
US12202602B2
Fluid systems are described. An example fluid system includes a body and a housing. The body has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first portion, and a second portion attached to the first portion. The second portion is moveable relative to the first portion between a first position and a second position. The housing extends from the first portion to the second portion and is configured to move as the second portion moves relative to the first portion. The housing is moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The housing is in the first configuration when the second portion is in the first position and is in the second configuration when the second portion is in the second position. The housing has a first length when in the first configuration and a second length when in the second configuration that is greater than the first length.
US12202601B2
There is provided an extendable compression chain system for extending a structure. The system includes a track assembly, a curved guide assembly, an extendable compression chain assembly, an actuation mechanism, and a mechanical power apparatus. The extendable compression chain assembly is configured to travel along the track assembly and to follow the curved portion of the track assembly, to move from a retracted position to an extended position, to extend the structure coupled to the extendable compression chain assembly. The extendable compression chain assembly includes a compression chain structure having a first end, a second end, and modules. The modules are movable between a rigid position and a collapsed position, as the compression chain structure follows the curved portion of the track assembly, and wraps around the curved guide assembly. The extendable compression chain assembly includes an actuation end fitting and a structure interface end fitting.
US12202600B1
A variable-sweep wing for a tiltrotor aircraft includes a fuselage link coupled to the fuselage and a pylon link coupled to a pylon. A wing airframe has a root end pivotably coupled to the fuselage link and a tip end pivotably coupled to the pylon link. A driveshaft is coupled between the fuselage link and the pylon link and is positioned within the wing airframe. The driveshaft is operable to transmit torque from the main gearbox to a proprotor gearbox. A crank is coupled between the fuselage link and the pylon link and is positioned within the wing airframe. The fuselage link, the pylon link, the driveshaft and the crank form a linkage such that pivoting the crank relative to the fuselage link causes the wing airframe to shift between a substantially straight wing configuration for low-speed forward flight and a swept wing configuration for high-speed forward flight.
US12202575B2
A standing rigging element, in particular a mast of a vessel, that has a closed profile, and a method of manufacturing the standing rigging element. The halves of the closed profile are made of layers of structural textile saturated with an epoxy resin and have a shape corresponding to the shape of the standing rigging element, after gluing. The mast includes a layer of photovoltaic modules as one of the laminate layers, with a flat set of flexible photovoltaic cells on the outer surface. Cables collecting electricity from photovoltaic modules are routed from each photovoltaic module to common collecting cables, connected to the electric power supply installation of the vessel. The photovoltaic module includes layers of structural textile, wherein one of the layers is a layer of flexible photovoltaic cells.
US12202567B2
A vehicle includes: a power unit including a transmission that changes the speed of rotation produced by output power of a drive source for travel and a case accommodating the transmission, the transmission including a pivotally supported change shaft, the change shaft being angularly movable about an axis to change a gear ratio of the transmission; and an operation unit that operates to angularly move the change shaft, the operation unit including an electric motor and a power transmission structure that transmits power of the electric motor to the change shaft in the form of rotational power by which the change shaft is angularly moved. The operation unit is mounted on an exterior of the case.
US12202558B2
In at least some implementations, a method of controlling assist in a power steering system, includes determining a rate of movement of a steering input over a period of time, determining a rate of vehicle speed over the period of time, and controlling an electric power steering assist actuator as a function of one or both of the rate of movement of the steering input and the rate of vehicle speed. The rate of movement of the steering input is determined using a higher number of output signals from a steering angle sensor when one or both of the rate of vehicle speed is lower and the rate of movement of the steering input is lower, than when one or both of the rate of vehicle speed is greater and the rate of movement of the steering input is greater.
US12202556B2
A work vehicle includes: a body; left and right front wheels provided for the body; and left and right rear crawler units provided for the body. The rear crawler units each include: a drive wheel provided for a rear axle of the work vehicle; a front idler wheel forward of the drive wheel; a rear idler wheel backward of the drive wheel; a plurality of roller wheels between the front idler wheel and the rear idler wheel; a crawler belt wound around the drive wheel, the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; a track frame swingable about a swing shaft that extends in a left-right direction of the body and holding the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; and a position change mechanism configured to move the swing shaft in a front-back direction of the body.
US12202553B2
A steering apparatus for a vehicle includes: a rack housing; a rack bar inserted into an inner portion of the rack housing and moving linearly in a lengthwise direction of the rack housing; a housing mounted on the rack housing; a first sensing section mounted on the housing to sense an amount of movement of the rack bar while being rotated in mesh with the rack bar as the rack bar moves linearly on the rack housing; and a second sensing section mounted on the rack housing to sense the amount of movement of the rack bar within an on-center section.
US12202551B2
A vehicle floor board includes a first plate, a second plate, a main body material, a projection, and an anti-slipping member. The first plate and the second plate are substantially flat and are disposed substantially parallel to each other with an interval therebetween. A space between the first plate and the second plate is filled with the main body material. The projection is provided on the first plate and projects in a direction away from the second plate. The anti-slipping member is provided on a surface of the first plate and at least partially covers the projection. The surface of the first plate races away from the second plate.
US12202548B2
To suppress damage on a bonnet at light collision, a vehicle-body structure includes rear-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a first predetermined load is applied, and front-portion crush cans that perform compressive deformation when a second predetermined load smaller than the first predetermined load is applied. A front portion of a bonnet is positioned on a vehicle rear side of front portions of the rear-portion crush cans.
US12202542B2
A chassis assembly for a vehicle is provided. The chassis assembly includes: an upper frame structure having at least two longitudinally extending upper side regions arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinal centre line. The upper side regions are connected to each other by upper connection portions. A front crash structure is configured to absorb energy during an impact generated from a vehicle collision, and extends in a transverse direction. The upper frame structure is connected to said front crash structure; wherein said chassis assembly further comprises: a lower frame structure having at least two longitudinally extending lower beams arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal centre line, said lower beams being connected to each other by lower connection portions, and said lower frame structure is connected to said upper frame structure and to said front crash structure.
US12202540B2
A body for an electrically operable motor vehicle, includes a vehicle floor, which has a floor element arranged above an energy storage device and, in the region of the end of the floor element, at least one fastening point of the body for a support element is provided. In the event of an accident-induced load introduction of a corresponding force in the region of the fastening point, in order to prevent accompanying damage to the energy storage device, the floor element has a deformation region that can be intentionally deformed away from the energy storage device when the accident-induced force is introduced at the fastening point of the body for the support element.
US12202534B2
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a wheeled transport device featuring at least one castor which has a wheel and a brake system which has a contact member with one opening which is defined by an edge. The contact member is configured to be manipulated between an applied state, where the edge is in contact with the wheel, and a released state where the edge is not in contact with the wheel.
US12202532B2
Collapsible carts are disclosed. The collapsible carts include a frame, a load bearing member and a wheel assembly. The wheel assembly includes a housing with a horizontal pin channel and an elongated diagonal channel. The horizontal pin channel may be adapted to guide a pin to transpose horizontally along the horizontal pin channel while rotatably coupling a leg member of the frame to a horizontal section of the load bearing member. The elongated diagonal channel may be adapted to guide the horizontal section of the load bearing member to pivot around a pin axis and move from a horizontal plane in the open condition to a generally vertical plane in the closed condition. The movement of the horizontal section along the elongated diagonal channel actuates the housing to rotate around the generally vertical axis.
US12202530B2
An intermediate car electric coupler control circuit for a subway vehicle includes a coupling state relay, a power supply circuit for a decoupling electromagnetic valve, a first power supply circuit for an electric coupler control relay, a second power supply circuit for an air path and electric coupler module control electromagnetic valve, and a third power supply circuit for a bus control contactor. A coupler coupling operation is performed exactly according to a sequence of a mechanical coupling, an air path conduction, an electric coupler extension, and a medium- and low-voltage bus closing, wherein contacts of electric couplers are prevented from being damaged. A coupler decoupling operation is performed exactly according to a sequence of a contact heavy-current removal, an electric coupler withdrawal, an air path disconnection and a mechanical decoupling, wherein the contacts are prevented from being damaged by a heavy current arcing and a discharge.
US12202528B2
A configuration that decides whether or not a driver has alertness sufficient for manual driving by analyzing eye behaviors of the driver trying to solve a problem displayed on the display section is realized. It is made possible to decide whether or not the driver of a moving apparatus that can be driven in a driving mode that can be switched to automated driving and manual driving has alertness sufficient to return to manual driving on the basis of eye behaviors of the driver. An eye-behavior analyzing section that analyzes an eye behavior of the driver who observes a problem displayed on a display section and an alertness deciding section that decides alertness of the driver on the basis of a result of the analysis by the eye-behavior analyzing section are included. The alertness deciding section analyzes whether or not the driver executes an eye behavior such as a fixation or a microsaccade for solving the problem, and decides whether or not the driver has alertness sufficient to return to manual driving.
US12202526B2
A processor of a vehicle determines whether remote assistance from a remote facility is necessary during autonomous driving control. When determination is made that the remote assistance is necessary, the processor generates a target trajectory of the vehicle that includes an expected waiting position. The expected waiting position is a position where the vehicle is expected to wait for reception of an assistance signal from the remote facility. The processor calculates a traveling efficiency level indicating a level of traveling efficiency required in the vehicle, and calculates, based on the traveling efficiency level, a request timing to transmit a request signal for the remote assistance to the remote facility. When the traveling efficiency level is low in calculation of the request timing, the processor outputs a late timing.
US12202525B2
A movement control system includes: a moving object; a first control device capable of communicating with the moving object; and a second control device configured to relay the communication between the moving object and the first control device. When communication between the first control device and the second control device is not restricted, the first control device performs first automatic movement control on the moving object via the second control device, and when the communication between the first control device and the second control device is restricted, the second control device performs second automatic movement control on the moving object. The first automatic movement control has fewer tasks assigned to a user of the moving object than the second automatic movement control.
US12202517B2
A system and method for connected vehicle risk detection are presented. The includes computing risk scores for a plurality of behaviors detected with respect to a connected vehicle, wherein each of the detected plurality of behaviors is associated with the connected vehicle based on a contextual vehicle state of the connected vehicle; aggregating the computed risk scores to determine an aggregated risk score; determining a risk level for the connected vehicle based on the aggregated risk score; and causing execution of at least one mitigation action based on the determined risk level.
US12202516B2
A steering control method for autonomous vehicles includes detecting a location of an occupant sitting in an autonomous vehicle, determining, by a controller, a control target location of the vehicle while turning, based on the detected location of the occupant, determining, by the controller, a lateral acceleration of the vehicle at the control target location, determining, by the controller, whether intervening in steering of the vehicle by a rear wheel steering (RWS) device is required, in consideration of a target value of lateral acceleration in response to a driving state of the vehicle and the determined value of lateral acceleration, and performing, when the controller concludes that the intervening in the steering by the RWS device is required, by the controller, the intervening in the steering by controlling the RWS device.
US12202515B2
A vehicle travel control device executes vehicle travel control such that a vehicle follows a target trajectory. An automated driving control device generates a first target trajectory that is the target trajectory for automated driving of the vehicle. The vehicle travel control device further determines whether or not an activation condition of travel assist control is satisfied. When the activation condition is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device generates a second target trajectory that is the target trajectory for the travel assist control. Even when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving, or when the second target trajectory is generated during the automated driving and a priority condition for giving priority to the first target trajectory is satisfied, the vehicle travel control device executes the vehicle travel control by giving more weight to the first target trajectory than to the second target trajectory.
US12202501B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for limiting the maximum acceleration of a motor driven vehicle. The system and method can estimate an acceleration from a speed of a motor driven vehicle, and limit the maximum acceleration of the motor driven vehicle to a level to exert constant traveling performance regardless of the total weight of the vehicle and road gradient conditions using the estimated acceleration as a control variable for limiting the maximum acceleration, thereby improving the ride comfort and the fuel efficiency.
US12202493B2
A drivetrain has at least one electric drive machine configured for driving a motor vehicle, a drivable rear motor vehicle axle for transmitting drive forces of the electric drive machine to a roadway surface, and a vehicle transmission which has at least one transmission ratio stage and which is configured for transmitting drive forces in the direction of the drivable rear motor vehicle axle. The transmission ratio stage can, in at least one operating mode of the drivetrain, be engaged by a transmission control unit. The vehicle transmission can, from the transmission ratio stage, be shifted by the transmission control unit into a neutral position in which a transmission output shaft is freely rotatable relative to a transmission input shaft. For control of the electric drive machine, an electric motor control unit is provided, wherein the electric drive machine is, by way of the electric motor control unit, operable at least in a motor operating mode and in a neutral mode, in which the electric drive machine is rotatable in a manner free from torque. The electric motor control unit and the transmission control unit are connected to one another by at least two control lines configured for transmitting control commands between the control units. A control command can be transmitted by the electric motor control unit via at least one of the two control lines to the transmission control unit, such that the transmission control unit sets the vehicle transmission into the neutral position.
US12202489B2
An alertness level that is the consciousness level of the driver of a vehicle is determined, and the timing of a manual driving return request notification is controlled in accordance with the alertness level. A data processing unit determines the alertness level of the driver of the vehicle, and records evaluation data. The data processing unit acquires observation information about the driver, determines the alertness level of the driver, and evaluates and records the return rate at each time. The vehicle is a vehicle capable of switching between automatic driving and manual driving, and the data processing unit controls the timing of a manual driving return request notification for the driver's return from automatic driving to manual driving, in accordance with the alertness level of the driver. The observation information to be acquired by the data processing unit includes observation information about the driver both before and after the driver gets in the vehicle. For example, passive monitoring, information about the driver's response to a notification, and the like are observed.
US12202479B2
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of preventing a delay in driver's bank angle operation during traveling of a straddle type vehicle on a curve and enhancing safety of the vehicle. The vehicle control device 100 is a device that is mounted on a two-wheeled motor vehicle and controls the vehicle to travel while following a preceding vehicle. The vehicle control device 100 includes a curvature acquisition unit 110 that acquires a curvature of a road in front of the vehicle and a driving force control unit 120 that limits a change amount of driving force of the vehicle per unit time based on the curvature acquired by the curvature acquisition unit 110.
US12202473B2
An obstacle tracking method and apparatus, a storage medium and an unmanned driving device are provided. An obstacle aggregation region in a first point cloud may be determined according to position information of each obstacle in the first point cloud acquired by the unmanned driving device. Then, an aggregated obstacle and a non-aggregated obstacle in the second point cloud acquired by the unmanned driving device are determined according to the obstacle aggregation region. In addition, a matching result of each aggregated obstacle is respectively determined based on a group matching rule, and a matching result of each non-aggregated obstacle is respectively determined based on a non-group matching rule. Finally, an obstacle tracking result is determined according to the matching result of each obstacle in the second point cloud.
US12202466B2
A control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle includes: a generator configured to charge a battery by using power of an engine; an electric motor configured to drive a driving wheel by electric power of the battery; and a particulate filter configured to collect particulate matter contained in exhaust gas from the engine. In the control method, the engine is driven to raise a temperature of the particulate filter when a first temperature rise condition is satisfied in which a first predetermined amount or more of the particulate matter is accumulated in the particulate filter and the temperature of the particulate filter is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature. Drive of the engine is prohibited, when a predetermined first condition that a driver does not intend to drive the engine is satisfied.
US12202465B2
A driver controller of a hybrid vehicle driven by using an electric motor and an engine that is an internal combustion engine. The drive controller can include a storage unit, a temperature detection unit, an environment information acquiring unit, a power consumption calculation unit, and a vehicle control unit. The storage unit can include a power consumption rate map and a power consumption difference threshold map. The environment information acquiring unit can refer to the power consumption difference threshold map to determine power consumption difference thresholds. The power consumption calculation unit can refer to the power consumption rate map to calculate power consumption of the electric motor. The power consumption difference threshold can be a criterion for changing a drive ratio of the vehicle.
US12202462B2
A method for automatically detecting a sensor coupled to an electronic computer including steps of detecting the sensor and steps of configuring a hardware interface.
US12202454B2
Provided is an electric brake device including one caliper including at least two electric mechanisms each configured to apply a braking force to a vehicle and to maintain the braking force. The at least two electric mechanisms are to be driven by one drive circuit output, that is, one output from one drive circuit. In this manner, for example, even when it is required to control a large number of electric mechanisms as in a case in which the electric brake device is applied to a twin-bore caliper, the number of drive circuits for driving the electric mechanisms can be reduced, thereby being capable of reducing cost.
US12202449B1
A support assembly has a cylinder fastened to a frame, the cylinder having an extendable shaft, a foot element comprising a foot plate with a dome having a spherical shape, the dome having a central hole, an adapter element joined to a the shaft, presenting a concave surface downward having a shape of the dome, and a post with a male threaded portion at a lower end, and a key element having a conical shape with a base having a hole along an axis. The key element is under the dome, base downward, with the post passing through the hole in the key element with the key element resting on a lock nut threaded onto the post, such that with the shaft partially extended the foot element is loosely carried by the key element in contact with a lower edge of the hole of the first diameter through the dome.
US12202438B2
A retractable vehicle step includes: a stepping member configured for movement between retracted and extended positions; a first arm having first and second ends, the first end coupled to the stepping member; a mount pivotally connected to the second end and configured to secure to a vehicle, the mount having a housing including an interior to receive a portion of the first arm, the housing having a height, a length, a first axis extending along the height, and a second axis extending along the length and perpendicular to the first axis; and a biasing member in the interior, the biasing member coupled with the second end of the first arm and configured to apply a biasing force to the first arm, the biasing force applied at a first angle with respect to said second axis that is less then approximately 30°.
US12202429B2
An airbag device comprises: an airbag including a head-protecting cushion that protects the head of an occupant by being deployed from an upper portion on the left or right side of a vehicle seat; and an inflator that supplies an inflation gas to the airbag. The head-protecting cushion comprises: a first chamber that protects an area near one side of the head of the occupant; a second chamber connected to the first chamber and which protects the front of the head of the occupant; a third chamber connected to the second chamber and which is deployed to span from the front of the head of the occupant to the other side of the head of the occupant; and a fourth chamber connected to the third chamber and which is deployed in an area near the other side of the head of the occupant.
US12202421B2
A vehicle includes a body. The vehicle includes a front bumper reinforcement that is attached to a front end of the body, and extends along a vehicle width direction. The vehicle includes a lower bumper reinforcement that is attached to the front end of the body, is located under the front bumper reinforcement, and extends along the vehicle width direction. The vehicle includes at least one specific member that is fixed to a partial section of the lower bumper reinforcement along an extending direction of the lower bumper reinforcement. Each of the at least one specific member includes a first portion that covers a front face of the lower bumper reinforcement, and a second portion that protrudes more upward than an upper face of the lower bumper reinforcement.
US12202412B2
A support structure for supporting a flat inverter located between seats aligned along the vehicle width direction is provided. A bracket supports the inverter in a horizontal position above a floor tunnel of a floor between the seats in a passenger compartment such that it is spaced apart from the floor tunnel. The bracket has a pair of rear leg portions aligned along the vehicle width direction. Middle parts of the pair of rear leg portions are formed so as to be easily bent outward or inward in the vehicle width direction. When a load is applied to the bracket due to movement of the seats during a side impact on the vehicle, the pair of rear leg portions bend, and the horizontal position of the inverter is disrupted.
US12202405B2
Systems and methods for deploying emergency roadside signaling devices are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an object placing device of an autonomous vehicle includes a processor, and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a signal comprising instructions to activate the object placing device; and provide instructions to the object placing device to place a plurality of signaling devices in accordance with predetermined criteria.
US12202403B2
A vehicle window pane includes a light guide layer and a lighting device which introduces light from a lamp into the light guide layer via a light-incoupling unit arranged on the light guide layer. The lamp is mounted on a support plate and a fastening device keeps the support plate fixed in such a position on the light-incoupling unit in which the lamp is correctly positioned to radiate light into the light-incoupling unit. The fastening device comprises at least one fastening dome which protrudes from the light-incoupling unit and projects into a fastening cutout in the support plate. The substantially deformation-resistant support plate comprises at least one soft region which delimits the fastening cutout. A spreading portion of the fastening dome spreads the fastening cutout by elastically deforming the soft region.
US12202396B1
An object detection system and method for a vehicle headlight include a visible light emitter and an object sensing subsystem having an infrared line emitter for emitting infrared detection radiation and an infrared line detector. An optical subsystem receives the visible light and directs it into an external region to illuminate the external region and receives the infrared detection radiation and directs it onto an object in the external region. The optical subsystem includes a partially reflective element optically between the infrared line emitter and the external region and optically between the object sensing subsystem and the external region. The partially reflective element is configured to pass one of the infrared detection radiation and the visible light and to reflect the other of the infrared detection radiation and the visible light, such that the object sensing subsystem senses the object in a line-scan-gated mode.
US12202392B2
The present disclosure relates to a seat element, in particular, a headrest for a vehicle seat, the seat element comprising at least one support bar made of metal, a first layer provided at an exterior surface of the support bar, and a cushion made of an upholstery material. Hereby, the first layer is formed by blowing on first fibers made of plastics which are thermally welded directly or indirectly to the exterior surface. At least part of the first fibers extends away from the exterior surface and/or the first layer towards the outside into the upholstery material and is thermally cross-linked with the upholstery material, in particular, blown-on further fibers.
US12202389B2
A vehicle seat frame is proposed. The vehicle seat frame includes: a base frame arranged at a vehicle seat, having a placing space therein; a lock pin lever formed at a center portion of the placing space; an inside gear configured to rotate along an inner surface of the placing space in an operation of the lock pin lever; a gear plate arranged at a lower end of the base frame and an outside gear formed along an outer circumferential surface thereof, wherein when the lock pin lever is operated, the outside gear is engaged with the inside gear of the base frame so that the inside gear rotates.
US12202386B2
A seat rail system for a vehicle includes an upper rail and a stationary lower rail attached to a floor structure. The upper rail is attached to a vehicle seat and is movable relative to the lower rail. The upper rail comprises first and second side sections with a cavity between the side sections. The lower rail includes first and second lateral side elements respectively connected to the first and second side sections. An elongated load member is attached to the lower rail, where an upper part of which extends into the cavity. A lower part of the load member is connected to the floor structure. The first lateral side element blocks lateral movement of the first side section and the second lateral side element blocks lateral movement of the second side section upon deformation of the upper rail in a vehicle impact event.
US12202382B2
The present disclosure relates to an occupancy sensing device for detecting the occupancy of a seat of a vehicle, comprising: a flexible substrate having a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face, a capacitive sensor with interdigitated electrodes, capable of detecting the state of occupancy of the seat, conductive tracks connected to the capacitive sensor with interdigitated electrodes, the capacitive sensor with interdigitated electrodes and the conductive tracks being fixed on the first main face of the flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate is made of an elastic and impermeable material.
US12202378B2
A traction battery assembly includes battery cells of a battery array, and switches of the battery array. The switches are transitionable between a first configuration and a second configuration. When the switches are in the first configuration, the battery cells of the array are partitioned into a first number of groups of battery cells in parallel with each other. When the switches are in the second configuration, the battery cells of the array are partitioned into a different, second number of groups of battery cells in parallel with each other.
US12202376B2
A method of controlling a vehicle where the vehicle includes a first battery, a second battery, a solar cell, a power converter, a power divider, and a power supply. The method includes producing power by the solar cell and converting a voltage of the produced power by the power converter. The method also includes transferring, by the power divider, the power produced by the solar cell to at least one of the first battery or the second battery based on a state of charge (SoC) of the first battery and a SoC of the second battery. The method also includes stopping the power supply from supplying power to the power converter when a time for which the power is supplied to the power converter is longer than or equal to a predetermined reference time.
US12202370B2
Electric vehicle charging management methods and systems with charging rate-based charging are provided. First, the server provides a charging rate corresponding to a charging field, wherein the charging rate is variable. A first specific electric vehicle charging station receives a connection corresponding to a first electric vehicle. The server transmits the charging rate of the charging field to a first mobile device via a second network, and receives a setting of a first specific rate from the first mobile device. When the charging rate is equal to or less than the first specific rate, the server transmits a charging start instruction to the first specific electric vehicle charging station via a first network, so that the first specific electric vehicle charging station starts to perform a charging operation to charge the first electric vehicle.
US12202369B2
An integrated meter in an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) is described. Input power is received at input terminal of the EVSE and carried through a conductor that passes through an opening of a current transformer coil of the meter. The input power is split into a main path and an auxiliary path. The main path is for charging an electric vehicle (EV). The auxiliary path provides power to the meter to the EVSE itself. The auxiliary path passes through the opening of the current transformation coil in a reverse direction before being passed to a power supply of the meter and to a power supply of the EVSE to remove any current not for charging the EV from current measurements. The meter calculates energy measurements that do not include current drawn by the meter and the EVSE and transmits them to a processor of the EVSE.
US12202364B2
Systems and methods for in-transit charging of an electric vehicle. An electric autonomous vehicle (EAV) may request charging services when its battery level falls below a threshold. The EAV may be in transit to a destination when the charging service is requested. A charging range route may be determined for the EAV. A charging-AV may identify one or more candidate merge points. If a feasible merge point is identified, the charging-AV may transit to the merge point and platoon with the EAV. The EAV and charging-AV may platoon with each other so that the charging-AV may provide charging services to the EAV. Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications may be used to synchronize the moments of the charging-AV and EAV while in transit.
US12202363B2
The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle charging, and particularly provides a vehicle charging port mounting assembly and a vehicle. The invention aims to solve the problem that existing charging port components have a poor design of mounting structure and thus cannot well meet the usage requirements. To this end, the vehicle charging port mounting assembly of the invention comprises a body side outer panel, a charging port component, a charging port mounting component, a rear wheel cover outer panel and a rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, wherein the charging port mounting component comprises a mounting bracket and an accommodation support member which is provided with an accommodation chamber, the mounting bracket being disposed in the accommodation chamber and fixedly connected to the accommodation support member, and the accommodation support member being disposed between the body side outer panel and the rear wheel cover outer panel. The charging port component is fixed by both the mounting bracket and the accommodation support member, thereby effectively improving the durability and NVH features of this region. The design requirement of dry-wet separation can also be effectively achieved by means of the accommodation support member, and the local strength of this region can be increased by means of the rear wheel cover outer panel reinforcing plate, thereby effectively meeting multiple requirements.
US12202361B2
This application provides a motor drive system, a power system, and an electric vehicle, and relates to the field of power electronic technologies. The drive system is configured to drive a motor that uses a power battery pack as a power supply. The power battery pack includes at least two battery modules that are independent of each other, the drive system includes at least two direct current-alternating current DC-AC circuits, and the battery modules one-to-one correspond to the DC-AC circuits. Each battery module is correspondingly connected to an input end of one DC-AC circuit, and an output end of each DC-AC circuit is connected to a corresponding winding of the motor. The DC-AC circuit is configured to convert a direct current provided by the corresponding battery module into an alternating current to drive the corresponding winding of the motor.
US12202360B2
Modular coil assemblies for wireless charging of vehicles have coil geometries and communications designed to limit electromagnetic field (EMF) levels in regions where humans or other living objects may be present. The modular coil assemblies are designed with the ability to shape the magnetic field to be predominately within shielding provided by the auto chassis by, for example, providing side-by-side phase cancellation or diagonal versus front-to-back (for 1×3, 2×3 array configurations) phase cancellation. The power levels and frequency offset pairwise compensation of the respective coils may be controlled to improve cancellation and thus to reduce magnetic field exposure potential. The phase cancellation of the magnetic flux density from respective coil assemblies varies over a range to provide, for example, ˜50% cancellation at 125° offset and up to ˜100% cancellation at 180°. Charging profiles for vehicles and charging stations may be used to maximize the magnetic flux density cancellation during charging.
US12202357B2
A safety circuit for a high-voltage (HV) electrical system and a HV electrical device are disclosed. The HV electrical system includes one or more one HV electrical devices. Each HV electrical device includes a low-voltage electrical line. A resistor is connected in parallel to the low-voltage electrical line. A controller is connected to the HV electrical device through the low-voltage electrical line.
US12202356B2
A system includes: a module configured to: compare operating parameters with predetermined thresholds, respectively; and set indicators for the operating parameters based on the comparisons, respectively; a module configured to: set a first indicator to a first state when all of first ones of the indicators are in a first state; and set the first indicator to a second state when at least one of the first ones of the indicators is in a second state; a module configured to: set a second indicator to a first state when at least one of second ones of the indicators are in a first state; and set the second indicator to a second state when all of the second ones of the indicators are in a second state; and a module configured to indicate whether an electric motor is degraded based on at least one of the first and second indicators.
US12202353B2
Disclosed are a backlash vibration reduction apparatus and method capable of sufficiently performing gear alignment even when torque is increased while a vehicle is driven within a low torque range, thereby minimizing rough vibration due to backlash. The backlash vibration reduction apparatus includes a correction determination unit configured to determine whether it is necessary to correct a torque gradient to be applied for an increase to target torque in the state in which the current torque of a vehicle is retained within a predetermined low torque range and a torque gradient correction unit configured to determine a corrected torque gradient in which a torque increase rate per hour is reduced and a torque increase time period is extended by multiplying a correction factor by a first torque gradient as a torque gradient that increases the current torque upon determining that it is necessary to correct the torque gradient.
US12202351B1
Systems, methods, assemblies, and devices for monitoring and controlling a battery notification system for an electric utility vehicle. A battery level and vehicle range may be determined and monitored over time. A notification may be generated including information indicative of the battery level and vehicle range to thereby prevent electrical operations from draining the battery level below a predetermined threshold while the vehicle is parked.
US12202346B2
Provided are a projection assembly, a display system and a vehicle. The projection assembly is applied to the vehicle, and the projection assembly includes: a housing, a bottom cover, a display module, a heat dissipation assembly and an imaging lens. The housing is connected with the bottom cover, and the housing and the bottom cover form an accommodating space, the heat dissipation assembly, the display module and the imaging lens are all disposed in the accommodating space, and the display module is disposed on the heat dissipation assembly; and the imaging lens includes a lens barrel and a lens assembly, the lens barrel is disposed on the heat dissipation assembly, the lens assembly is disposed in the lens barrel, and the lens barrel surrounds the display module, the display module faces the lens assembly, the housing is provided with an opening, and the lens assembly faces the opening.
US12202341B2
A display device for a vehicle includes a plurality of displays mounted in a vehicle; an electronic control unit that controls, in an integrated manner, information displayed on the plurality of displays; and a telltale display that displays a telltale of the vehicle. The electronic control unit includes a first microcomputer that controls a display state of each of the plurality of displays, and a second microcomputer that operates with lower power consumption than the first microcomputer and controls a display state of the telltale display.
US12202337B2
A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit including a display surface that is configured to display information to an occupant of a vehicle; a display control unit that is configured to set the information displayed at the display surface and a display area in which the information is displayed at the display surface; a drive unit that is configured to drive the display unit in and out of an interior member that is disposed in a vehicle cabin; and a drive control unit that is configured to control the drive unit such that the display area and an exposed area, of the display surface, which is exposed from the interior member are proportional to each other.
US12202336B2
A head-up display system of a vehicle visually transmits information to eyes of a first occupant and eyes of a second occupant. The system includes an illumination device emitting first and second display lights having first and second polarizations, respectively. The system includes a windshield and a holographic panel including first and second layers. The display lights emit toward the holographic panel at an entrance angle relative to an axis normal to the holographic panel. The first layer diffracts the first display light having the first polarization in a first exit direction at a first exit angle relative to the axis toward the eyes of the first occupant. The second layer diffracts the second display light having the second polarization in a second exit direction at a second exit angle relative to the axis, and different than the first exit angle, toward the eyes of the second occupant.
US12202335B2
A system for man-machine interaction for a vehicle is disclosed. The proposed system includes an interactive reflected display on a windscreen of the vehicle; an eye tracking module including an eye gaze tracker for tracking eye gaze direction of a user, and a training unit to train the tracking module using a neural network to predict a real-time set of coordinates for eye gaze direction of the user based on a created reference data set of coordinates of the display; a finger tracking module to detect presence of a finger of the user and track movement of the finger; a cursor module configured to, on the basis of a received input, move a cursor on the display to an area of interest on the display; and a wireless switch module operatively coupled to the display for selecting a target in the area of interest on the display.
US12202333B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device may be used for a vehicle and may include a display panel, a window, and a first light control layer. The display panel includes pixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. The window is disposed on the display panel. The first light control layer is disposed between the display panel and the window and including first photochromic lines. The first photochromic lines extend in the first direction and are arranged along the second direction and include a photochromic material.
US12202321B2
The belt molding has a vehicle interior side wall portion, a vehicle interior side lip, a return lip, and a decorative lip. The vehicle interior side lip protrudes from the vehicle interior side wall portion toward a vehicle interior side. The return lip is folded back from a distal end side of the vehicle interior side lip toward the vehicle interior side wall portion. The decorative lip protrudes toward a vehicle interior side from a portion of the vehicle interior side wall portion, which is above the vehicle interior side lip. On a vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle interior side wall portion, at least one first convex portion is formed at a position between the vehicle interior side lip and the decorative lip in a cross-section.
US12202320B2
A panel adjustment assembly for a panel of a vehicle includes a first bracket fixedly coupled to the panel. The first bracket includes a first receiving opening coaxial with a first longitudinal axis. A second bracket has a second longitudinal axis and a channel coaxial with the first longitudinal axis and a second receiving opening coaxial with the second longitudinal axis. A first adjuster coaxial with the first longitudinal axis is coupled through the second bracket and into the first receiving opening in the first bracket, said first adjuster adjusting a first gap between the first bracket and the second bracket. A second adjuster is disposed within the receiving channel and partially within the second bracket. The second adjuster has a locating pin extending therefrom and is received within the vehicle. The second adjuster adjusts a second gap between the vehicle and the second bracket.
US12202315B2
A rotor is disposed adjacent the valves of an HVAC system and is configured to spin as the valves control fluid movement toward the rotor, and a magnet is coupled to the rotor and configured to spin within a stator, wherein a compressor causes fluid to move through the valves thereby causing the rotor to spin the magnet, which in turn generates an electrical current.
US12202307B2
Provided is a removable cover (10) for the trailer hitch area of a vehicle such as an SUV, pickup truck or other vehicle (11). A fascia (12) having an opening (14) for allowing access for a trailer hitch area of a vehicle is provided. A cover member (16) for removably covering the opening (14) is operative for being secured in the opening (14). The cover member includes a lock mechanism for being received in the fascia, said lock mechanism including a depressible button release mechanism (18).
US12202302B2
A tire pressure detection system with separated antennas includes a detection end and a receiving end. The detection end includes tire pressure detectors to detect the tire to obtain the information of tire status. The tire pressure detectors output the information of the tire status in the form of radio frequency signal and Bluetooth signal. In addition to the transmission to the built-in tire-pressure receiving device, the information of the tire status also can be displayed on the in-vehicle audio-video device and the user's mobile device.
US12202299B2
A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes two or more circumferential main grooves in a half region demarcated by the equatorial plane, and land portions defined by the circumferential main grooves. A center land portion closest among the land portions to the equatorial plane includes a center sipe extending in the width direction, the center sipe is a composite sipe including a two-dimensional portion and three-dimensional portions provided on both sides of the two-dimensional portion in the width direction, a middle land portion that is adjacent to an outer side of the center land portion in the width direction includes a middle sipe extending in the width direction, and the middle sipe is a composite sipe comprising a two-dimensional portion provided on an inner side in the width direction and a three-dimensional portion provided on an outer side of the two-dimensional portion in the width direction.
US12202294B2
An ink writing instrument comprising a body extending along an axis and having a first end, the first end being provided with a writing tip and with an eraser, the eraser is movable along the axis with regard to the body, a helical-cam propelling mechanism being configured to move the eraser along the axis between a retracted position and a protruded position, the helical-cam propelling mechanism comprising a helical cam radially protruding from one of the eraser and the body, and two cam followers arranged on the other of the eraser and the body, the two cam followers axially sandwiching the helical cam at least when the eraser is moved between the retracted position and the protruded position.
US12202288B2
Obtaining a reference image of a natural stone; producing a first engineered stone slab which approximates an aspect of the reference image of the natural stone; performing an examination of the first engineered stone slab; using the reference image and results of the examination, to create a first masking image; and printing the first masking image onto the first engineered stone slab. Producing a second engineered stone slab which approximates the aspect of the reference image of the natural stone, wherein the first and the second engineered stone slabs provide different approximations, as caused by random variation in a manufacturing process; performing an examination of the second engineered stone slab to obtain results; using the reference image and results of the examination of the second engineered stone slab, to create a second masking image; and printing the second masking image onto the second engineered stone slab.
US12202282B2
A media processing device includes: a housing; a cover rotatable between open and closed positions; a main logic board (MLB) supporting a controller, and having a slot extending into the MLB from an open end at a perimeter of the MLB, the slot traversing the MLB from an upper surface to a lower surface; a receiver affixed to the MLB on a first side of the slot, and an emitter affixed to the MLB on a second side of the slot, to emit radiation detectable by the receiver; and a tab movably coupled to the housing, to obstruct the slot and prevent detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in a first one of the open and closed positions, and to clear the slot and permit detection of the radiation by the receiver when the cover is in the other of the open and closed positions.
US12202263B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus is configured to drive a driving element in accordance with a driving signal applied by control of the controller. A driving signal includes a first ejection pulse for ejecting liquid, a second ejection pulse for ejecting liquid, and a non-ejection pulse for not ejecting liquid. The controller selects the first ejection pulse and the second ejection pulse to supply to the driving element, when a first amount of liquid is to be ejected from the nozzle in the unit period. The controller selects the non-ejection pulse and the second ejection pulse to supply to the driving element, when a second amount of liquid that is smaller than the first amount of liquid is to be ejected from the nozzle in the unit period. The second amount of liquid is larger than an amount of liquid ejected by only the second ejection pulse.
US12202260B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes liquid discharge head units, an image sensor, and processing circuitry. The circuitry detects, based on image data detected by the sensor, an amount of deviation between positions on an object onto which liquid has been discharged by the head units; corrects a timing of discharging the liquid, based on the amount of deviation; switches between first control of conveying the object at a first speed while the sensor images the object with a first image size and second control of conveying the object at a second speed faster than the first speed while the sensor images the object with a second image size having a smaller number of pixels; and sets pixel positions of the sensor used for imaging during the second control, according to the amount of deviation detected based on the image data imaged with the first image size by the first control.
US12202255B2
A scanner include a scan section configured to intermittently move and perform an intermittent scan, a stop-state analyzing section configured to compare a stop-time image obtained by a scan of an identification pattern on a medium in a stop position where the movement of the scan section temporarily stops and scan results before and after the stop and determine, based on a comparison result, whether the medium moved, and a scan control section configured to cause the scan section to suspend the temporarily-stopped intermittent scan when the medium moved and cause the scan section to continue the temporarily-stopped intermittent scan when the medium did not move.
US12202254B2
Examples of a platen for a printing device are described. In some examples, the platen may include a spit opening located at a side of the platen. In some examples, the spit opening may include an angled lead-in edge to facilitate travel of print media in the printing device. In some examples, an inside portion of a leading edge of the print media contacts the angled lead-in edge of the spit opening and pulls an outside edge of the print media up as the print media moves across the platen.
US12202247B2
A method and apparatus for printing on an article are disclosed. An embodiment of a method may include the generation of a virtual mask that can designate areas for printing and/or designate areas to exclude from printing. A method may include utilization of the virtual mask during either 2D or 3D printing such that a print design is printed in areas designated for printing by the virtual mask.
US12202243B2
A multilayer strip intended to be wound on a form to manufacture a part in composite material, includes superposed fibrous layers, at least one of these layers being pre-impregnated, the superposed fibrous layers including a first layer including a first material on a first side of the width of the strip and a second material, differing from the first material, on a second side of the width of the strip opposite the first side, and a second layer superposed on the first layer and including the first material on the first side and the second material on the second side, with overlapping of a material of the second layer over a different material of the first layer.
US12202239B2
A simple, highly versatile method for fixing smooth materials that utilizes a water pasting method can be provided by interposing an ionic liquid between smooth materials such as glass or resin not impregnated with an ionic liquid and fixing these smooth materials.
US12202238B2
An embossing apparatus for producing a multilayer web product includes a first embossing assembly, a second embossing assembly, and at least one intermediate embossing assembly. A lapping roller is arranged adjacent to the first embossing assembly to lap at least one intermediate web product that is formed with an intermediate embossed pattern and a first web product that is formed with a first embossed pattern together to form a lapped web product. A glue applying device is arranged adjacent to the first embossing assembly to apply glue on one surface of the lapped web product. A laminating roller laminates the lapped web product and the second web product that is formed with a second embossed pattern together.
US12202236B2
A first detection electrode is provided on an insulating layer. A second detection electrode is provided away from the first detection electrode on the insulating layer, and forms a capacitance together with the first detection electrode. The protection layer covers the first detection electrode and the second detection electrode, has a thickness d satisfying 1 μm≤d≤10 μm, and is made of zirconia or alumina. The protection layer is a sintered body.
US12202231B2
A plastic substrate includes: a plastic support member having light transmittance; and a first organic-inorganic hybrid layer on the plastic support member. The first organic-inorganic hybrid layer includes: a first organic-inorganic hybrid matrix; and ions implanted into the first organic-inorganic hybrid matrix at a side opposite to a side adjacent the plastic support member. An amount of the ions per unit area is in a range from about 2×1013/cm2 to about 2×1014/cm2.
US12202228B2
A flashing assembly and related systems and methods are provided. The flashing assembly comprises a fleece layer, an attachment layer, and a flashing layer located between the fleece layer and the attachment layer. The fleece layer covers a portion of the flashing layer. The flashing assembly is configured to be installed on a building structure.
US12202225B2
A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly. The forming assembly is configured to cause lateral edges of the sheet material to roll towards one another, forming a tubular shape. A deflector at a downstream end of the forming assembly is configured to engage the lateral edges of the sheet material and to urge the lateral edges into an interior of the tubular shape. This juxtaposes lateral edge portions of the sheet material adjacent the respective lateral edges. A forming channel at a downstream end of the forming assembly faces the deflector to receive the lateral edge portions and shape them into a tab. Finally, the feeding assembly includes rotating connecting members that engage and connect together the overlapping lateral edge portions of the sheet material forming the tab.
US12202216B2
A material is formed by dividing a fabric into pieces that are substantially parallelogon in shape, the fabric having multiple parallel fibres. The pieces are placed, for example, with a pick and place machine, adjacent to each other on a carrier veil with fibres of adjacent of the pieces in substantial alignment. The pieces are attached to the carrier veil to form the material, the material including the pieces and the carrier veil.
US12202213B2
A system for producing a component or semifinished product with a fibre-reinforced foam core, includes a substrate on which the foam core having a first main surface and an opposite second main surface is to be laid; a sewing device having a needle configured to be moved at least linearly; a fibre supply device for three-dimensional supply of a fibre; and a coating device. The sewing device is configured to position the needle at the first main surface and to pierce the foam core, such that a needle tip penetrates through the first main surface and then through the second main surface. The fibre supply device is configured to position a reinforcing fibre such that the reinforcing fibre is hooked into the needle tip. The coating device is configured to coat a reinforcing fibre hooked into the needle tip with resin immediately before the reinforcing fibre enters the foam core.
US12202212B2
A method for manufacturing a wearable article includes: superposing first and second parts of a continuous material on each other; winding the continuous material around a rotary drum and conveying the continuous material; moving a movable part of a sealer unit outward and homeward in a cross direction crossing a conveyance direction, while the continuous material is conveyed, to form linear sealing areas and joining the first part and the second part through the formed linear sealing areas; and after the superposing and before the joining, inhibiting a movement of the first part and the second part relative to each other by temporary fastening at a place at which the first part and the second part are to be joined together.
US12202210B1
An additive manufacturing system is described that provides centrifuge-based additive object manufacturing includes a drum containing a working material that solidifies after being irradiated by a light source, the working material spreads evenly over an item being manufactured when the drum is in motion, a light source module emitting a light capable of solidifying the working material, and a material delivery system for adding a controlled amount of the working material into the drum. The light source module moves vertically within the rotating drum and selectively emits its light solidifying the part of the layer of working material above a part currently being manufactured.
US12202207B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting a print head of a 3D printing machine to apply 3D printing material at one or more positions in a printed 3D object. Embodiments of the present invention may include, in the selection process one or more elements pertaining for example to: geometry of the received 3D model; colorization of the received 3D model; transparency of the received 3D model; properties of the 3D printing material; and constraints of the 3D printing machine.
US12202196B2
A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles.
US12202188B1
An apparatus for extruding a jacket and/or insulative material onto an extruded product with one or more longitudinal stripes incorporated onto the surface of said extruded product comprising a body, a primary feed conduit for conveying a primary extrusion material, a striping die, a secondary feed conduit for conveying a secondary extrusion material, a striping die adapter, a striping feed conduit extending through the striping die adapter for conveying striping extrusion material. The striping die adapter may also include a thermocouple for maintaining the viscosity of the striping extrusion material and a thermocouple for monitoring the temperature of said striping die adapter. The striping die includes one or more striping extrusion outlets for conveying striping extrusion material onto the extruded product. The striping die may also include a wishbone-shaped trough for delivering equal amounts of striping extrusion material to said extrusion outlets for extrusion onto the product.
US12202186B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing tubular films stretched in-line by blow molding with an extruder, a film blowing line, a lay-flat unit, an oscillating haul-off unit, and a stretching line for monoaxially stretching the film laid flat in machine direction. According to the invention, the stretching line is arranged above the extruder between the lay-flat unit and the oscillating haul-off unit.
US12202179B2
The present application relates to a supercritical fluid injection foaming polylactide foam material and a preparation method therefor. The method includes: first obtaining a surface-modified cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution; then melting and blending the cellulose nanofiber aqueous solution and a polylactide twice; passing same through extrusion, cooling under water, and granulation so as to obtain a polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material; then plasticizing and melting the polylactide/cellulose nanofiber composite material in a microporous foaming injection molding machine; uniformly mixing same with a supercritical fluid foaming agent in the injection molding machine; injecting same into a mold cavity; and subjecting the resultant to post-treatment so as to obtain a polylactide foam material. The polylactide foam material has a sandwich structure, in which two outer surface layers are solid layers that do not contain any foam, and the sandwiched layer is a foam layer having a cellular structure.
US12202174B2
A powder storage apparatus 41 includes: a container 42 having a powder inlet 18A, a powder outlet 10A, and a gas outlet 18B; and a tube 70 connected to the powder inlet 18A. If AS [m2] is a cross-sectional area of a cross section perpendicular to an axis of the tube 70 at a bottom end 70b of the tube 70 and AB [m2] is a cross-sectional area of the gas outlet 18B, the following expression is satisfied. AS/AB<4.
US12202171B2
A battery compartment battery lock mechanism (700) comprising a locking member (710) rotatably supported on a shaft (720) and comprising a leading edge portion (750) arranged to enter a recess (760) formed in a battery (220) to lock the battery in position, The leading edge portion (750) has an arcuate form with a curvature corresponding to that of a circle segment with radius corresponding to the distance from the leading edge portion (750) to the center of the shaft (720) The recess (760) formed in the battery (220) comprises a surface (770) arranged to engage the leading edge portion (750), wherein the surface (770) has an arcuate form to match that of the leading edge portion (750). The invention further comprises an electrically powered hand-held work tool comprising such a battery lock mechanism.
US12202169B2
Apparatus for forming wooden members used to assemble wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list identifying each member included in each trusses. A first conveyor transports wooden members from an infeed chute to a finger-jointer joining wooden members end-to-end. A saw cuts the joined wood, and a second conveyor transports cut wooden members past a face printer for printing a component identifier on the face of such member, and past an edge printer for printing identifying assembled truss information upon an edge of selected members. A sensor detecting a member approaching the printers provides a signal to the control computer to synchronize printing by the face printer and to synchronize printing by the edge printer. The face printer and edge printer may be oriented perpendicular to each other. A related method is also disclosed.
US12202166B2
Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for cutting wood workpieces, such as logs and cants, into desired products. In various embodiments, after a log is chipped into a cant, the cant may be scanned and re-optimized based on the new scan data and information about the source log, such as simulated orientation parameters, a 3D model, and/or potential cut solutions. In other embodiments, data from multiple sensor types may be used in combination to detect splits in logs, cants, or both. Optionally, re-optimization and split detection techniques may be used in combination to improve wood volume recovery, value, and/or throughput speed.
US12202164B2
Systems and methods are provided for inspecting a structure. One embodiment is a method for inspecting a structure. The method includes advancing a structure along a track in a process direction, aligning a Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station at the track with an edge of the structure that was trimmed upstream of the cleaning station, imaging the edge via the Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) station, characterizing the edge based on the imaging, and advancing the structure further in the process direction via the track.
US12202163B2
An electromechanical double-bladed fruit and vegetable peeling and cutting machine comprising a holding mechanism (1), a peeling mechanism (2), and a cutting mechanism (3) sequentially provided in a direction of fruit and vegetable processing. The holding mechanism receives and holds a fruit or vegetable, and pushes the fruit or vegetable toward the peeling mechanism for positioning. The peeling mechanism performs positioning, measures actual cutting height of the fruit or vegetable, and adaptively peels the fruit or vegetable by means of two peeling blades. The cutting mechanism removes a top and a bottom portion of the peeled fruit or vegetable, and cuts the fruit or vegetable into pieces. A processing method for the electromechanical double-bladed fruit and vegetable peeling and cutting machine is also disclosed, and comprises: using a holding mechanism to hold and fix a fruit or vegetable in a processing position; using a peeling structure to accurately measure the height of the fruit or vegetable to be processed; using two peeling blades to efficiently and adaptively peel the fruit or vegetable; and finally engaging a pushing cylinder (27), to sequentially push multiple fruits and vegetables toward a cutting blade (37) such that the fruits and vegetables are cut into pieces. A third telescopic cylinder participates in the processing steps by pushing cutting blades such that the bottoms and the tops of the fruits and vegetables are removed. The invention reduces processing time, and improves productivity.
US12202149B2
A computer-implemented method for generating and evaluating robotic workcell solutions includes: determining a plurality of locations within a workcell volume, wherein each location corresponds to a possible workcell solution; for each location included in the plurality of locations, determining a value for a first robot-motion attribute for a first robot based on position information associated with the location and a trajectory associated with a component of the first robot; and, for each location included in the plurality of locations, computing a first value for a first performance metric based on the value for the first robot-motion attribute.
US12202146B2
A method and system for robotic motion planning which perform dynamic velocity attenuation to avoid robot collision with static or dynamic objects. The technique maintains the planned robot tool path even when speed reduction is necessary, by providing feedback of a computed slowdown ratio to a tracking controller so that the path computation is always synchronized with current robot speed. The technique uses both robot-obstacle distance and relative velocity to determine when to apply velocity attenuation, and computes a joint speed limit vector based on a robot-obstacle distance, a maximum obstacle speed, and a computed stopping time as a function of the joint speed. Two different control structure implementations are disclosed, both of which provide feedback of the slowdown ratio to the motion planner as needed for faithful path following. A method of establishing velocity attenuation priority in multi-robot systems is also provided.
US12202142B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for robotic learning and execution of skills. A robotic apparatus can include a memory, a processor, sensors, and one or more movable components (e.g., a manipulating element and/or a transport element). The processor can be operatively coupled to the memory, the movable elements, and the sensors, and configured to obtain information of an environment, including one or more objects located within the environment. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn skills through demonstration, exploration, user inputs, etc. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or arbitrate between different behaviors and/or actions. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or behaviors using cached trajectories or plans. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills requiring navigation and manipulation behaviors.
US12202133B2
An arm-shaped structure includes a pipe-shaped main body and an attachment interface joined to at least one end of the main body and securable to another component. At least a portion of the main body and the attachment interface is formed by resin containing a continuous reinforcement fiber. The main body and the attachment interface are joined to each other in a state where relative movement along a longitudinal axis of the main body and around the longitudinal axis is prevented in accordance with engagement between a recess provided in one of the main body and the attachment interface and a protrusion provided in the other one of the main body and the attachment interface.
US12202127B2
A gripper may include a plate, a suction manifold, one or more attachment mechanisms, and one or more suction cups. The plate may have a body and one or more extremities and each extremity may have one or more slots formed therethrough. The suction manifold may be connected to the body of the plate. The one or more suction cups may each be attached to the plate via one of the attachment mechanisms and may be fluidly connected to the suction manifold. The attachment mechanisms may each extend through one of the slots of the plate. Each attachment mechanism may be configured to be tightened, loosened, and repositioned by hand.
US12202115B2
A rotary power tool comprises a drive mechanism including an electric motor and a transmission, a housing enclosing at least a portion of the drive mechanism, a spindle rotatable in response to receiving torque from the drive mechanism, a first ratchet coupled for co-rotation with the spindle, a second ratchet rotationally fixed to the housing, a sleeve bushing supported by the housing, and a bearing rotatably supporting the spindle. The spindle has an outer race. And, the outer race of the bearing moves along the sleeve bushing during reciprocation of the spindle when the first ratchet and second ratchet are engaged.
US12202114B2
A slide and pull hammer device includes three major components, namely, a guide sleeve, a drive bar and an impact head. The drive bar is inserted within the guide sleeve. The impact head is secured within the distal end of the guide sleeve, and has a portion which protrudes beyond the guide sleeve distal end. The drive bar is operable to impact both a distal end and a proximal end of the guide sleeve to apply force to objects in at least two opposite force directions. One force applied by the device includes a hammering or compression force, and another force applied by the device includes a tension or withdrawing force.
US12202098B1
The present invention provides a sander vacuum nozzle attachment also known as a dust wing adapter that captures dust while sanding by attaching to a sander and a vacuum system. It comprises of a hollow body with a central intake aperture that attaches to the dust bag mount of the sander and an outlet aperture that attaches to the suction hose of the vacuum system. The device also features a pair of wings that are placed adjacent to the sanding head and to the work surface, each wing has multiple wing intake apertures which allow dust to be drawn into the hollow body by the vacuum system. The design is efficient and compatible with orbital sander and mouse sander, and the shop vac is used as vacuum system.
US12202091B2
The present disclosure relates to an automatic tool changer for a machine tool which can change a tool mounted on a tool post by moving both of a magazine and a tool post to be concentric in order to change a tool in a horizontal type machine tool such as a lathe or a horizontal type turning center; a method of controlling the automatic tool changer and a machine tool including the automatic tool changer.
US12202090B2
A tandem control system for a machine tool, according to the present invention, comprises: a numerical control unit; a main operation unit; a PLC which executes a control command via communication with the numerical control unit or the main operation unit; a servo drive which includes a notch filter unit and executes the control command from the PLC; a servo motor unit which is driven under the control of the servo drive; and a power conversion unit which is electrically connected to the servo motor unit and the servo drive so as to apply current to the servo motor unit, wherein the servo drive suppresses resonance due to the operation of the servo motor unit by controlling the application state of current transferred to the power conversion unit according to changes of notch &; filter coefficients calculated in real time at the notch filter unit.
US12202088B2
Omni-directional computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tool and method of performing the same
A computer numerical control (CNC) machining apparatus and method are disclosed which comprise: a first base; a second base vertically perpendicular to the first base; a tool head support assembly having a tool head, connected to and move a tool head in an omni-directional; and a plurality of rotatable clamps configured to independently hold, release, and move a workpiece along the first base and independently rotate a workpiece 360° around itself.
US12202085B2
A welding torch system includes a receiving assembly to receive a contact tip and a welding nozzle. The welding torch system also includes a locking element that retains the contact tip in a partially secure position. Further, the welding torch system includes the welding nozzle configured to couple to the receiving assembly to retain the contact tip in a fully secure position.
US12202084B2
A system and method for submerged arc welding. The system advances a consumable welding electrode toward a workpiece, and then stops the advancement when the consumable electrode makes contact with the workpiece. The system provides a preheating current level through the consumable welding electrode proximate the workpiece while the consumable welding electrode is in contact with the workpiece during a preheating period of time to preheat the portion of the consumable welding electrode without establishing an arc. The system then retracts the consumable welding electrode from the workpiece and increases the preheating current level to a welding current level over an arc establishment period of time to establish an arc between the consumable welding electrode and the workpiece. The system then begins to form a weld by advancing the consumable welding electrode toward the workpiece again, resulting in melting the consumable welding electrode and depositing molten metal onto the workpiece.
US12202078B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a stage configured to transfer a target substrate and including an opening, an electrostatic chuck disposed on the stage and including a plurality of holes, and a laser irradiation unit disposed above the stage and spaced apart from the stage and configured to irradiate a laser beam on the target substrate. A surface of the electrostatic chuck is in contact with the target substrate, the target substrate includes a plurality of etching regions to be etched by the laser beam and a non-etching region surrounding the plurality of etching regions of the target substrate, and the plurality of holes of the electrostatic chuck overlap the opening of the stage and the plurality of etching regions of the target substrate.
US12202077B2
Transport system for transporting soldering material through a soldering apparatus and soldering apparatus, having two transport tracks running parallel to one another and extending in a transport direction, wherein each of the transport tracks includes two transport rails, and wherein at least one of the two transport rails of the respective transport track is adjustable in the transverse direction running transversely to the transport direction for a width adjustment of the respective transport track. A plurality of guide elements are provided at least on the adjustable transport rails, wherein the guide elements interact with transverse rods extending in the transverse direction, wherein guide elements adjacent in the transverse direction of transport rails adjustable in the transverse direction are each guided displaceably on the same transverse rod toward one another and away from one another, and wherein the guide elements each have at least one recess and/or at least one projection extending in the transverse direction in such a way that a projection of the respective one guide element engages in a recess of the respective other guide element when adjacent guide rail are displaced toward one another.
US12202074B2
A method for cutting a continuous battery electrode material in order to produce battery electrodes includes providing a continuous battery electrode material and providing a transport device which is designed to move the continuous battery electrode material in a movement direction from a starting point to an end point over a machining region, wherein the transport device comprises at least two transport units. Additionally, at least one cutting device is provided. The continuous battery electrode material is then machined while being moved in the movement direction by means of the at least one cutting device such that at least one machining step is carried out on the continuous battery electrode material. At least one dimension of at least one of the at least two transport units is smaller than at least one dimension of the continuous battery electrode material at least in one region.
US12202072B2
The present invention relates to a secondary battery capable of improving the coupling force between a safety vent and a cap-up. For example, disclosed is a secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly coupled to the upper part of the case; and a gasket interposed between the cap assembly and the case, wherein the cap assembly includes a cap-up and a safety vent, which is provided at the lower part of the cap-up and has a vent extension part extending to the upper part of the cap-up so as to encompass the edge of the cap-up, a welding region, in which the safety vent and the cap-up are welded and coupled by laser welding, is formed in the vent extension part, and the welding region is formed in a line shape.
US12202070B2
A laser processing device includes: a device frame; a support unit attached to the device frame and configured to support an object to be processed; a laser output unit attached to the device frame; and a laser converging unit attached to the device frame so as to be movable with respect to the laser output unit. The laser output unit includes a laser light source configured to emit laser light, and the laser converging unit includes: a reflective spatial light modulator configured to reflect the laser light while modulating the laser light; a converging optical system configured to converge the laser light at the object to be processed; and an imaging optical system constituting a double telecentric optical system in which a reflective surface of the reflective spatial light modulator and an entrance pupil plane of the converging optical system are in an imaging relationship.
US12202066B2
A friction stir spot welding apparatus includes a pin member formed in a solid cylindrical shape, a shoulder member formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the pin member being inserted in the shoulder member, a rotary actuator that rotates the pin member and the shoulder member on an axis that is in agreement with an axial center of the pin member, and a linear actuator that linearly moves each of the pin member and the shoulder member along the axis. A tip-end part of the shoulder member is formed in a tapered shape.
US12202064B2
A saw blade for use with a power tool includes a body with a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposite the first planar surface. The saw blade also includes an attachment portion that is configured to couple to the power tool. The attachment portion includes a tang and an aperture. The saw blade further includes a cutting edge with a plurality of cutting teeth and a plurality of hexagons formed on the first planar surface. The plurality of hexagons are arranged in a honeycomb pattern in which at least one side of each hexagon is substantially parallel to a corresponding side of an adjacent hexagon.
US12202063B2
Exemplary embodiments of a “Smart Cut” system and method for efficiently and accurately converting material length using a powered saw, such as a miter saw, are disclosed. Certain embodiments are configured such that a user of a miter saw may position a board or other material beneath the miter saw blade, and cut the material to a desired length, without any need to mark a measurement on the material prior to cutting it. It is an advantage of certain embodiments that a typical retractable tape measurement device, a portable tool that is ubiquitous in the construction industry, may be leveraged to indicate proper positioning of the material prior to cutting.
US12202056B2
A drill (1) for drilling railway sleepers comprises a support structure (2), a motor unit (3) supported by the support structure (2), a handle (4) connected to the support structure (2), at least one control member (5) arranged at the handle (4) for actuating the motor (3), a spindle (7) supported by the support structure (2) and operable by the motor (3), to rotate about a spindle axis (16), wherein a drilling tip (8) can be coupled to said spindle, a protective casing (11) connected to the support structure (2) and sliding in the direction of the spindle axis (16) between an axially protracted position, in which it envelops the tip (8) and an axially retracted position, in which the tip (8) protrudes from the protective casing (11), wherein the handle (4) comprises two gripping portions (36, 37), for the user's two hands, situated on two diametrically opposite sides of the drill (1) with respect to the spindle axis (16), and the motor unit (3) comprises an electric motor which can be powered by means of a rechargeable and replaceable battery (6).
US12202044B2
The invention relates to a manufacturing system including a holder suitable to hold first particles of a first powder in proximity to one another, and a connection scheme which, when employed, connects the first particles to one another to form a part.
US12202039B2
In some examples, a fluid system includes a support structure to attach a fluid dispensing device comprising a fluid chamber to contain a fluid, and an orifice to dispense the fluid from the fluid chamber. The fluid system includes a circulation path comprising a path portion in the fluid dispensing device, the circulation path to circulate a fluid flow through the fluid chamber to remove, from the fluid chamber, a particle ingested through the orifice. A filter in the circulation path is to remove the particle from the circulation path.
US12202028B2
A first member provided with a hole, a second member having a tubular shape, and a composite elastic body obtained by combining at least two types of elastic bodies having different hardness are prepared, the second member is inserted into the hole of the first member, the composite elastic body is inserted into the second member, and the composite elastic body is pressed to cause the second member to bulge out, thereby joining the first member and the second member by press-fitting.
US12202026B2
There is provided a press brake (1) that, if subjecting a workpiece (90) having non-uniform thickness to bending, can efficiently give uniform curvature to the workpiece (90). The press brake (1) includes: a die (2) supporting the workpiece (90); a punch supporting member (4) arranged so as to be opposed to the die (2); a moving mechanism (5) that moves the punch supporting member (4) relative to the die (2); a punch (3) that is supported by the punch supporting member (4), is opposed to the die (2) or the workpiece (90) in a relative movement direction of the punch supporting member (4), and includes punch elements (3a) lined up in a direction orthogonal to the relative movement direction; and punch element adjusting mechanisms that are disposed so as to correspond to the respective punch elements (3a) and adjusts positions of the punch elements (3a) relative to the punch supporting member (4) in the relative movement direction.
US12202024B2
Disclosed is an apparatus (100) for sub-surface injection of constituents of a slurry, wet mixture, and or gas in a phase of entrainment for controlled flow. The apparatus (100) includes a rotary union (113), a drilling assembly (403), hollow shaft injection drilling arrays (1003A), limit switches (1705, 1707, 1709), and encoders (1605B). The rotary union (113) facilitates the filling of the constituent in hollow shaft drilling bits (129) during a drilling process or before the drilling process via an opening and closing of a plurality of valves (111, 215, 505B, 805B, and 1107B). The constituents are capable of being injected through the rotary union, wherein the rotary union (113) is in concert with the valve (111) to dispense predefined quantities of constituents at a specific depth in a sequence of dispersal. The drilling assembly (403) is directed by a GPS (1413C) to control an X plane and Y-plane injection coordinates. The drilling assembly (403) determines through a PLC (1405C), a computer (1411C), and an AI robot (1505) in concert with achieved depths of the Z (cubic) volume of injected material. The hollow shaft injection drilling arrays (1003A) provide the sequential dispensing of the constituents at one or more targeted depths, wherein the hollow shaft injection drilling arrays (1003A) enable capturing of targeted volumes of constituents thereby creating mono or poly constituent horizons. The hollow shaft injection drilling arrays (1003A) are enabled by the limit switches (1705, 1707, 1709), the encoders (1605B), and the AI robot (1505) to sequence the constituents to be injected at specific depths.
US12202014B2
A self-cleaning ion generator device includes a first portion with a base portion that extends to an outer edge and a first pair and a second pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from the outer edge and intersect at corners, forming a cavity therein. A second portion includes a base portion that extends to an outer edge selectively secured to the first portion forming a housing. At least one ion emitting device extending from the housing, and at least one cleaning apparatus for cleaning the at least one ion emitting device.
US12202004B2
A liner machine for applying a sealing compound to a can end or lid. The liner machine includes a motor drive dual turret system. The turret system is installed at the top of a table or platform surface and two turrets rotate in opposition directions from one another, simultaneously or independently at same or different times. Each turret includes a plurality of workstations which extend out from each turret facing away from each other. The workstations receive an individual lid, which is delivered via a starwheel from a downstacker to each turret system. Each rotates in a direction that is opposite the direction that its respective turret system rotates, and in a direction that is opposite the direction that the other starwheel rotates. Sealant injectors in the turret systems apply sealant to each lid as the lids rotate around each turret system.
US12202003B2
The embodiments disclose an apparatus including a dispenser having an elongated compartment configured to contain a liquid solution, a liquid solution contained in the elongated compartment configured to suspend solid nanoparticles in an evaporative liquid, a dispenser handle configured to twist to push a predetermined amount of the liquid solution from the elongated compartment out of an open tip orifice, and at least one applicator tip insertable into the tip orifice configured to receive from the elongated compartment the predetermined amount of the liquid solution to spread over a user's mobile device glass screen.
US12201998B2
The disclosure relates to a bell plate for a rotary atomizer for applying a coating agent (e.g. paint) to a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component). The bell plate according to the disclosure comprises a metallic base body and a transponder which can be read out wirelessly and is integrated in the bell plate. The disclosure provides that the transponder is arranged on the front side in the base body or is embedded in the outer outer circumferential surface of the bell plate, which facilitates the read-out of the transponder. Furthermore, the disclosure comprises a suitably adapted atomizer cleaning device having an antenna for reading out the transponder in the bell plate. Finally, the disclosure also comprises a correspondingly adapted operating method.
US12201995B2
An EFEM includes a circulation path including a transfer chamber configured to form a transfer space where a substrate is transferred and a return path configured to return a gas flowing from one side to the other side of the transfer chamber, the EFEM including: a capture part provided in the return path and configured to electrically capture particles contained in the gas flowing through the return path, wherein the return path and the transfer chamber are provided such that a partition wall is interposed therebetween, and a differential pressure is generated on both sides of the partition wall such that a pressure on the side of the return path becomes higher than a pressure on the side of the transfer chamber in a state in which the gas circulates through the circulation path.
US12201990B2
A grate support element for supporting a grate of an open-ended grinding mill that includes an outer perimeter section, an inner section, and at least one vane extending between the outer perimeter section and the inner section. The grate support element further includes a mounting flange at the outer perimeter of the grate support element configured to enable mounting of the grate support element to a shell of the grinding mill at an area of the shell not intruding to the grinding mill volume. The mounting flange extends outwards from the middle of the cross section of the grinding mill.
US12201989B2
The invention relates to a method of predicting a level of wear of a wear component of a vertical mill, whereby the vertical mill is used for grinding feed material. The method includes, while the mill is in operation, (i) capturing/obtaining a thermal profile of the mill from outside a grinding chamber of the mill, and (ii) determining an indication as to a level of wear of at least one wear component of the mill which is located inside the grinding chamber, based on the thermal profile of the mill. The step of capturing/obtaining a thermal profile may include performing a thermographic analysis of the mill from outside the grinding chamber of the mill. The determining step may include determining whether the wear component requires changing/replacement based on the thermographic analysis of the mill.
US12201968B2
An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
US12201964B2
Disclosed are single atom dispersions and multi-atom dispersions, and systems and methods for synthesizing the atomic dispersions. An exemplary method of synthesizing atomic dispersions includes: positioning a loaded substrate which includes a substrate which is loaded with at least one of: a precursor of an element or a cluster of an element, applying one or more temperature pulses to the loaded substrate where a pulse of the temperature pulse(s) applies a target temperature for a duration, maintaining a cooling period after the pulse, and providing single atoms of the element dispersed on the substrate after the one or more temperature pulses. The target temperature applied by the pulse is between 500 K and 4000 K, inclusive, and the duration is between 1 millisecond and 1 minute, inclusive.
US12201960B2
Methods and compositions for the adsorptive removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from contaminated water sources and systems. The compositions contain carbon fly ash doped with silver nanoparticles at specific mass ratios. Methods of preparing and characterizing the adsorbents are also provided.
US12201958B2
Systems and methods for eliminating carbon dioxide and capturing solid carbon are disclosed. By eliminating carbon dioxide gas, e.g., from an effluent exhaust stream of a fossil fuel fired electric power production facility, the inventive concepts presented herein represent an environmentally-clean solution that permanently eliminates greenhouse gases while at the same time producing captured solid carbon products that are useful in various applications including advanced composite material synthesis (e.g., carbon fiber, 3D graphene) and energy storage (e.g., battery technology). Capture of solid carbon during the disclosed process for eliminating greenhouse gasses avoids the inefficiencies and risks associated with conventional carbon dioxide sequestration. Colocation of the disclosed reactor with a fossil fuel fired power production facility brings to bear an environmentally beneficial, and financially viable approach for permanently capturing vast amounts of solid carbon from carbon dioxide gas and other greenhouse gases that would otherwise be released into Earth's biosphere.
US12201957B2
A helical photoreactor includes a lamp module and a tube coil, which has a plurality of tube windings between an input section and an output section. The tube coil is arranged around the lamp module. The helical photoreactor has a carrier device, which carries the tube coil, and a protective housing, which surrounds a receiving space, in which the carrier device with the tube coil and the lamp module are arranged. The carrier device provides a predetermined positioning of the tube coil with respect to the lamp module and the protective housing. An elongated guide element, on which an engagement element is arranged so as to be capable of being guided in a longitudinally movable manner and so as to be capable of being positioned. The elongated guide element specifies the positioning of the carrier device with the tube coil by the engagement element guided on the elongated guide element.
US12201951B2
A mixing assembly, device, system and method for operating are provided which includes a powder assembly holding a first container containing a powder, the powder assembly having a powder dispensing means for dispensing a predetermined quantity of the powder, a liquid assembly holding a second container containing a liquid, the liquid assembly having a liquid dispensing means for dispensing a predetermined amount of the liquid, and a mixing bowl for receiving the predetermined quantity of the powder and the predetermined amount of the liquid.
US12201948B2
A method of forming an unsintered biaxially expanded PTFE/thermoplastic polymer composite membrane is provided. The method includes blending fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particles and thermoplastic polymer particles where the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer particles is less than the melting point of the fibrillatable PTFE particles. The method further includes forming the blend into a tape and expanding and heating the tape in a first direction at a first temperature. The expanded tape is then expanded, either concurrently or sequentially in a second direction to form an ePTFE composite membrane. The method does not include a sintering temperature. The ePTFE particles and thermoplastic polymer particles have an average particle size of less than 1 μm. In addition, the ePTFE composite membrane has a geometric mean matrix modulus to geometric mean matrix tensile strength ratio of at least about 6 and an absolute dimensional change percentage of less than about 1.5%.
US12201947B2
A method for preparing a nanofiltration membrane and a nanofiltration membrane prepared therefrom, the method comprising the following steps: dissolving a polymer in a solvent to prepare a polymer solution, and curing the polymer solution on a support material to form a base membrane; sequentially applying a first liquid-phase solution and a second liquid-phase solution on the base membrane to form a nascent membrane; densifying the nascent membrane by using a solution that contains an alkaline substance; processing the densified nascent membrane by using a solution that contains an acidic substance; and obtaining the nanofiltration membrane after post-processing and drying.
US12201946B2
A fluid separation element including: a wound body in which a separation membrane is wound around a central pipe; and an anti-telescoping plate, in which the anti-telescoping plate has an opening part that penetrates through the anti-telescoping plate, the central pipe is inserted into the opening part, a depression is formed in at least one of a surface, in the opening part, of the anti-telescoping plate and an outer surface of a portion, inserted into the opening part, of the central pipe, and a gap between the opening part and the central pipe and the depression are filled with a resin.
US12201943B2
The present disclosure relates to biocide compositions, formulations and methods for using formulations. In particular the present disclosure relates to biocide compositions and their use in treating reverse osmosis membranes.
US12201939B2
A filter-drier unit for a refrigerant includes an exterior housing formed of a hard material, and a desiccant material supported within the exterior housing and being formed of a metal-organic framework material having inorganic metal ions and bridging ligands that link the metal ions. The metal-organic framework has a three-dimensional permanently porous structure that has at least one chemically tunable characteristic, such as pore size, pore volume, and surface area.
US12201916B2
A finger mounted spinning device having an elongated housing body, preferably having a plurality of LED lights mounted into the housing body. The housing body is provided with a circular opening adjacent one end, sized such that a finger may be inserted through the opening. An annular gripping member extends inwardly within the opening, mounted to the housing body in rotational manner such that such that the elongated housing body is rotatable about the user's finger while the finger gripping member remains stationary on the user's finger. When spinning about the user's finger, the lights present a visible two-dimensional pattern.
US12201911B2
In an embodiment, a process to predict a probability of a future event occurring in a present competition includes receiving time-stamped position information of one or more participants in the present competition. The time-stamped position information is captured by a telemetry tracking system during the present competition. The process uses the time-stamped position information to determine a first play situation of the present competition. The process determines, based on at least the first play situation and playing data associated with at least a subset of one or both of a first set of one or more participants and a second set of one or more participants, a prediction of the probability of a first future event occurring at the present competition.
US12201909B2
A deck constructed according to a deck recipe corresponding to each level of each CPU player is similar to a CPU player deck corresponding to the CPU player and the level. Thus, a player can understand how to use cards in the deck constructed according to the deck recipe corresponding to the CPU player and the level in the course of repeatedly playing battles against the CPU player at the level. Thus, in this embodiment, it becomes easier for the player to use decks constructed according to deck recipes corresponding to individual levels of individual CPU players in battles.
US12201905B2
Provided is a control apparatus connected to an operating apparatus and to an information processing apparatus. The operating apparatus receives an operation performed by a user. The information processing apparatus performs information processing based on an operation performed by the user at the operating apparatus. The control apparatus receives operation-related information indicating an operation performed by the user at the operating apparatus, acquires setting information regarding an operation content receivable by the operating apparatus, processes the received operation-related information according to the acquired setting information, and outputs the processed operation-related information to the information processing apparatus.
US12201904B2
An aspect of the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for a control interface in a virtual environment. For example, the method includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) with a virtual environment picture of the virtual environment. The GUI includes a first graphical element and a second graphical element. The first graphical element is associated with a first control for a first virtual object and the second graphical element is associated with a second control for the first virtual object. The method further includes receiving a merge setting operation for the first graphical element and the second graphical element, and merging the first control and the second control into a third graphical element in response to the merge setting operation.
US12201895B2
According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
US12201893B2
Embodiments of this application provide a target user locking method and an electronic device, and relate to the field of electronic devices. The method provided in this application may be applied to an artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) fitness scenario, and can ensure accuracy of locking a target user. The electronic device may recognize the target user and track the target user in a fitness process by using a method such as recognizing a user feature, recognizing the user with reference to data collected by a wearable device worn by the user, or recognizing a motion mode of the user.
US12201892B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for fastening components of equipment, specifically a skateboard, among other types of sporting boards or sports apparatuses or wheeled sporting apparatuses. Fastening systems disclosed herein may be utilized to couple a deck of a skateboard to a truck of a skateboard. The fastening systems may reduce the need for a tool (e.g., a hex drive or other tool) that might typically be utilized to engage a head of a fastener to hold the fastener in place while a securement body (e.g., a nut) is coupled to the fastener.
US12201889B2
A hockey goalkeeper leg pad includes a core, a skin covering the core, a lateral leg flap and a medial leg flap defining a leg channel, and a lacing member. The lacing member includes lower tabs and upper tabs. The lower tabs and the upper tabs each defining apertures with a front inner surface of the skin covering the core, and the lower tabs and the upper tabs being attached to the front inner surface at lateral outer ends thereof. The upper tabs are laterally offset outward of the lower tabs relative to a longitudinal centerline of the lacing member. A lace extends through the lower apertures and the upper apertures, as well as through the core to secure the core to the lacing member.
US12201877B2
A golf ball dimple pattern based on a square dipyramid, i.e., two square pyramids connected base-to-base, is disclosed. The dimples are arranged within four substantially identical triangular sections on each of two substantially identical hemispheres of the ball.
US12201872B2
A fitness tool for a user to use in performing stretching or other fitness activities may include a first member including (i) a first elongated shaft, the first elongated shaft including a first interface feature on a first end of the first elongated shaft, and (ii) a handle disposed at the second end. A second member may include a second elongated shaft, where the second elongated shaft may include a second interface feature at a first end of the second elongated shaft. The first and second interface features, when longitudinally engaged with one another, may enable the first and second shafts to rotate relative to one another. The second elongated shaft may include a hand or foot engagement mechanism.
US12201868B2
A weightlifting assembly includes a wall mount bracket configured for mounting to a wall surface and a weightlifting rack assembly connected to the wall mount bracket. The weightlifting rack assembly may have various configurations, including a foldable weight rack assembly, a pull-up bar, a fixed weightlifting rack, a wall-mount weightlifting rack, or various other configurations. The wall mount bracket may be elongated along a lateral width thereof and may have a first mounting region and a second mounting region spaced from each other along the lateral width of the wall mount bracket. The wall mount bracket may also include a central panel that is spaced from the wall surface to provide clearance for fasteners for connection to the weightlifting rack assembly, and in some embodiments, the weightlifting rack assembly may be connected to multiple wall mount panels.
US12201859B2
Respirator masks may include a respirator mask body and a respirator mask gasket. The respirator mask body may include a plurality of openings for the exchange of gas and an air filtration media configured to filter particles from air passing into and out of the respirator mask body. The respirator mask gasket may be coupled to the respirator mask body and may be sized and shaped responsively to a three-dimensional scan of a portion of user's face including the user's nose and mouth and being configured to closely abut the user's face when worn. A combination of respirator mask body and respirator mask gasket may be positioned within a donning mechanism that facilitates positioning of the combined respirator mask body and respirator mask gasket over the user's face and retention thereon.
US12201858B2
Techniques are described for monitoring and controlling fall protection equipment. For example, the techniques of this disclosure may be used to monitor the connection status of fall protection equipment, e.g., whether or not the fall protection equipment is connected to a support structure. The techniques of this disclosure may also be used to control the operation of the fall protection equipment based on the connection status.
US12201856B2
Structures and methods for ultrasound treatment of neurological and psychological conditions, using energy levels which do not cause heating or cavitation. The structure includes an outer casing comprising a first material, and a disk positioned inside the outer casing. The disk comprises a second material that differs in composition from the first material and that has a higher acoustic attenuation of ultrasound energy than the first material.
US12201854B2
Systems, devices, and methods for dosimetric verification of radiation therapy treatments by selective evaluation of measurement points. Systems, methods, and computer program-products for providing dosimetric verification of radiation therapy treatments by evaluating measurement points using different evaluation criteria.
US12201853B2
Described is a device for radiotherapy treatment with a high dose rate of ionizing radiation, comprising an accelerating guide (11) of a medical radiofrequency accelerator, at least two simultaneously thermostated resonant cavities (10) and comprising a first pick-up (12), a second pick-up (12B) in at least two resonant cavities (10) and an optical system (20) of the beam.
US12201845B2
A lead device is provided for a medical treatment apparatus, where the lead device includes protruding anchoring mechanisms for anchoring the lead device in tissue. The anchoring mechanism include permanent anchoring mechanisms, or a combination of permanent and dissolvable anchoring mechanisms, to anchor the device in tissue. The anchoring mechanism resists migration of the lead device in at least one or both axial directions.
US12201843B2
Systems and methods are described herein for use in synchronizing electrical activity monitored by a plurality of external electrodes with supplemental cardiac data for use in evaluating a patient's cardiac condition and configuring cardiac therapy. The supplemental cardiac data may include one or more markers indicative of the occurrence of cardiac events and/or data representative of representative of at least one of cardiac electrical signals, cardiac sounds, cardiac pressures, blood flow, and an estimated instantaneous flow waveform provided by a left ventricular assist device.
US12201835B2
A system may include electrodes on at least one lead configured to be operationally positioned for use in modulating a volume of neural tissue, a neural modulation generator configured to deliver energy using at least some electrodes to modulate the volume of neural tissue, a programming system configured to program the programmed modulation parameter set, including determine electrode fractionalizations for the electrodes based on a target multipole. The programmed parameter set may include the determined electrode fractionalizations. The target multipole may be used to determine electrode fractionalizations having at least three target poles that directionally and progressively stack fractionalizations of target poles to provide a linear electric field over the volume of tissue. The neural modulation generator may be configured to use the programmed modulation parameter set to provide the linear electric field over the volume of tissue.
US12201831B2
Treatment of a target region using alternating electric fields (e.g., TTFields) may be planned by determining, based on a plurality of impedance measurements obtained during a first window of time, a first impedance at each of a plurality of voxels that correspond to the target region. Then, based on the first impedances, a plan for treating the target region with alternating electric fields is generated. Subsequently, an electric field may be induced in the target region based on the plan. In some embodiments, a baseline MRI of the target region is obtained, and contemporaneous baseline impedances are registered to the MRI. In these embodiments, the plan for treating the target region is further based on a comparison between the first impedances and the baseline impedances.
US12201829B2
A medical apparatus for a patient comprises an external system and an implantable system. The external system is configured to transmit one or more transmission signals, each transmission signal comprising at least power or data. The implantable system is configured to receive the one or more transmission signals from the external system, and to deliver stimulation energy to the patient. Methods of delivering stimulation energy are also provided.
US12201820B2
A medical device system includes a cardiac electrical stimulation device and a ventricular assist device (VAD). The cardiac stimulation device and the VAD are capable of communication with each other to confirm detection of cardiac events.
US12201816B2
A syringe that suppresses decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a pre-filled syringe having at least a barrel thereof made of a material having high decomposition capability with respect to hydrogen peroxide, including: a hydrogen peroxide solution therein; and an oil composition applied to an inner wall of the barrel, the oil composition containing silicone oil.
US12201813B2
An automatic medicament delivery device for auto injections that has a re-usable part containing a driving and a signal mechanism and a disposable part containing a syringe or a cartridge with a medicament. The parts can be interconnected simply in one axial move avoiding any rotation or turning. The device is easily and safely connected from two parts prior and during the injection process and automatically dissembled when the injection is completed allowing to remove the disposable part.
US12201808B2
An automated insertion assembly includes a first dermal perforation assembly configured to releasably engage a first subdermal device. A first actuation assembly is configured to drive the first dermal perforation assembly into a user's skin to a first depth and drive the first subdermal device into the user's skin to a second depth. The second depth is greater than the first depth.
US12201805B2
A system includes a drip chamber. The drip chamber has a proximal end coupled with a drug container and a distal end coupled with fluidic tubing. The drip chamber has a proximal check valve configured to prevent fluid flow in a proximal direction and to allow fluid flow in a distal direction when a cracking pressure threshold is overcome. The drip chamber also includes a distal check valve configured to prevent fluid flow in the proximal direction and to allow fluid flow in the distal direction when a cracking pressure threshold is overcome. The cracking pressure threshold of the proximal check valve and the cracking pressure threshold of the distal check valve in combination is greater than or equal to 1 PSId. The system also includes a pneumatic port between the check valves that is configured to pneumatically couple with a pneumatic feedback control system.
US12201802B2
A multi-fluid injector system having a powered injector having a housing enclosing at least one reciprocally operable piston is described. The injector system includes a multi-use disposable set (MUDS) connectable to the powered fluid injector. The MUDS has at least one syringe having a proximal end and a distal end and a plunger reciprocally movable by the at least one piston element within a syringe interior between the proximal end and the distal end; a manifold in fluid communication with the distal end of the at least one syringe; at least one valve in fluid communication with the syringe interior, the at least one valve operable between a filling position for filling the syringe interior with fluid and a delivery position for delivering the fluid from the syringe interior; and at least one connection port in fluid communication with the manifold and the syringe interior when the at least one valve is in the delivery position. The injector system further includes a coupling mechanism for operating the at least one valve between the filling position and the delivery position. Various features of the MUDS assembly and methods of interaction between the injector system and the MUDS assembly are also described.
US12201798B2
Disclosed are a method for increasing the viability of cells by ultrasound irradiation and an ultrasound irradiation apparatus using same. The method comprises: applying a drug and an epidermal drug delivery system onto the epidermis of a subject; and, with ultrasound parameters each being preset within a certain range, an ultrasound irradiation apparatus irradiating ultrasound onto the epidermis of the subject through an ultrasound generation unit placed within a critical range from the epidermis of the subject, wherein the epidermal drug delivery system induces the formation of cavities, i.e., cavitation around the epidermis of the subject when the ultrasound is irradiated, the ultrasound parameters at least include an ultrasound pressure and an ultrasound duty percentage, the ultrasound pressure is 0.5-1 MPa, and the ultrasound duty percentage is 1-5%.
US12201794B2
A method of manufacturing a safety catheter includes providing a catheter having a catheter body comprising an exterior surface, a drainage lumen, and an inflation lumen, forming a balloon inflation port between the exterior surface and the inflation lumen, forming a deflation port between the exterior surface and one of the inflation and drainage lumens, fixing a balloon sleeve to the exterior surface over at least the balloon inflation port to define a fluid-tight balloon interior between an interior surface of the balloon sleeve and at least a portion of the exterior surface, removably inserting a deflation plug in the deflation port to water-tightly seal the deflation port until the deflation plug is removed, connecting a proximal portion of a deflation connector to an inside surface of one of the lumens, and connecting a distal portion of the deflation connector to the deflation plug.
US12201792B2
A guidewire made from a drawn-filled tube composite wire is described. The composite wire has a stainless steel outer sheath jacketing a nitinol core wire. The drawn-filled tube composite wire is ground at its distal end to expose the nitinol core, which has superelastic and kink resistant properties that are desirable for the distal end of a guidewire. The proximal end of the drawn-filled tube is not ground or if ground, the outer sheath of stainless steel is not removed to an extent sufficient to expose the nitinol core.
US12201787B2
A handle assembly includes a drive wire coupled to an expandable end effector, the wire having a diameter of no more than 3 French and a handle cannula receiving the wire therethrough, rotation of the handle cannula transferring torque to rotate the wire. The assembly also includes a shaft receiving the handle cannula, rotation of the shaft transferring torque to rotate the handle cannula. The assembly further includes an actuation assembly receiving the shaft, the actuation assembly coupled to a sheath sized to receive the wire and end effector therethrough, the actuation assembly moveable between a proximal configuration in which the sheath is moved proximally to expand the end effector and a distal configuration in which the sheath is moved distally to retract the end effector, the actuation assembly including a rotation mechanism transferring torque to the shaft to rotate the shaft.
US12201777B2
A humidifier heater base assembly has a heater plate with a thermally conductive portion and a perimeter portion around a perimeter of the heater plate. A resilient member has an inner part attached to the perimeter portion and an outer part adapted to provide a resilient perimeter flange around at least part and preferably the whole of the perimeter portion. The resilient member fixes the heater base to the humidifier by the resilient perimeter flange such that the heater plate and the inner part can move relative to the humidifier in a direction substantially transverse to the general plane of the heater plate. At least a portion of the resilient perimeter flange remains stationary relative to the humidifier.
US12201756B2
A low temperature micro plasma ozone generating device for generating ozone by inhaling external air and reacting the sucked air with plasma. The low temperature micro plasma ozone generating device includes a main body having an accommodating space therein; an ozone generating module installed in an internal accommodation space of the main body to generate ozone; an external air supply line installed to be connected to the ozone generating module from an outside of the main body and configured to supply external air of the main body to an inside of the ozone generating module; an ozone discharge line installed to extend from the inside of the ozone generating module to the outside of the main body to discharge the ozone generated by the ozone generating module to the outside of the main body; and a cooling fan installed on one side of the main body.
US12201755B2
An apparatus and method are provided for capturing and sterilizing contaminants, such as viruses and the like. Air containing the contaminants is drawn into the apparatus that comprises a housing having a customized number and arrangement of dissimilar treatment chambers to remove a particular contaminate targeted for removal. The treatment chambers are selected from a group of pre manufactured, self-contained chambers that are singularly or in combination inserted into the housing and within an air flow path created by a fan. The group of treatment chambers include a UV chamber, a temperature chamber and an ozone converter chamber. The customized arrangement of treatment chambers are each placed in the air flow path and programmed to provide customized sterilization of any type of contaminate while persons are present in the space being treated.
US12201753B2
A substrate subject to degradation at temperatures above 100° C. is coated with a nanostructured ceramic coating having a thickness in excess of 100 nm, formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein a process temperature for deposition of the nanostructured coating does not exceed 90° C. The coating may be photocatalytic, photovoltaic, or piezoelectric. The coating, when moistened and exposed to ultraviolet light or sunlight, advantageously generates free radicals, which may be biocidal, deodorizing, or assist in degradation of surface deposits on the substrate after use. The substrate may be biological or organic, and may have a metallic or conductive intermediate layer.
US12201741B2
Composites, are provided, the composites comprising: mixed conducting particles; and an ion conducting scaffolding matrix. In some embodiments, the mixed conducting particles are made from poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate). In some embodiments, the ion conducting scaffolding matrix includes a chitosan (CS)-based polymer. In some embodiments, devices are provided, the devices comprising: a composite comprising mixed conducting particles and an ion conducting scaffolding matrix; and three electrodes, wherein: each of the three electrodes is in contact with the composite; a first pair of the three electrodes are on opposite sides of the composite and are a distance h apart; a second pair of the three electrodes are on a same side of the composite and are a distance d1 apart; a particle size of the mixed conducting particles is between h and d1; a mean-free-path of the mixed conducting particles is less than d1; and the composite behaves like an anisotropic conductor.
US12201734B2
A method of preparing a sterilized heart valve, the method comprising: compressing a compressible frame of a heart valve from an expanded configuration to a crimped configuration; the heart valve comprising the frame and a plurality of leaflets coupled to the frame; wherein each of the plurality of leaflets comprises a dry, unfixed, decellularized, antigen-free biological tissue that has been treated with a solution comprising a polyol or polyhydric alcohol; packaging the heart valve within a sealed packaging system while the heart valve is in the crimped configuration; and sterilizing the heart valve packaged within the sealed packaging system with one or more cycles of electron beam radiation.
US12201730B2
Provided herein are stimulus-responsive polymer microgelator particles that can activate fibrin fiber formation from their surfaces by actively ejecting thrombin to form an interconnected fibrin network with an increased elastic modulus and desirable microstructure. The use of the microgelators enables the decoupling of gelation rate and gel rigidity.
US12201728B2
The present application provides a microsphere comprising a lactic acid-glycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) or polylactide (PLA) as a main component, in which a biologically active substance is uniformly dispersed, wherein an average volume-based particle diameter of the microsphere is 1 μm or more and 150 μm or less, and a variation coefficient of area ratios in six regions is 0.35 or less, wherein the area ratios in six regions are calculated by (s/A)×100 (%) wherein the six regions are prepared by preparing a cross section observation sample obtained by cutting the microsphere; observing the cross section observation sample with an electron microscope at a magnification capable of confirming the biologically active substance in the microsphere or a higher magnification; and dividing the electron microscope observation image into six regions; and A is an area of a respective divided region, and s is a sum of cross section areas of the biologically active substance included in the respective divided region. The microsphere of the present invention can appropriately control the initial release amount of the biologically active substance and its release rate during a subsequent release period, and can continuously release the biologically active substance in vivo for a predetermined period of time.
US12201725B2
The present disclosure provides a dry powder composition of treprostinil prodrugs and a method of treating pulmonary hypertension (e.g., pulmonary arterial hypertension), portopulmonary hypertension, or pulmonary fibrosis in a patient in need thereof. The dry powder composition includes (a) from about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt % of a compound of Formula (I): or an enantiomer, diastereomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) from about 0.01 wt % to about 3 wt % of DSPE-PEG2000, (c) from about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % of leucine, and the balance being (d) a sugar selected from the group consisting of trehalose and mannitol. The entirety of (a), (b), (c), and (d) is 100 wt %, and R1 is tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, or octadecyl. The method includes administering an effective amount of the dry powder composition to the lungs of the patient by inhalation via a dry powder inhaler. In certain compositions and methods provided herein, R1 is hexadecyl, e.g., linear hexadecyl.
US12201720B2
An orally administrable drug powder composition which forms a gastro-retentive RAFT having at least two trigger pulses is provide. The composition contains, at a minimum, (a) at least one GHB drug in a first pulse release which releases in less than about 3 hours; (b) at least one GHB drug in a delayed trigger release form; (c) at least one non-toxic gas generating agent; and (d) a RAFT system, wherein following oral ingestion, the composition provides a self-assembling gastro-retentive RAFT having entrapped therein, the at least one drug of (a) and (b) and the gas generated in situ by the non-toxic gas generating agent, thereby providing a floating gastro-retentive RAFT having a dual pulse system wherein at least the second pulse is a trigger pulse and which retains the at least one GHB drug in the stomach for at least about 3 hours.
