US12203156B2
A steel for forging mechanical parts including of the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 0.15%≤C≤0.22%; 1.6%≤Mn≤2.2%; 0.6%≤Si≤1%; 1%≤Cr≤1.5%; 0.01%≤Ni≤1%; 0%≤S≤0.06%; 0%≤P≤0.02%; 0%≤N≤0.013%; and having optional elements 0%≤Al≤0.06%; 0.03%≤Mo≤0.1%; 0%≤Cu≤0.5%; 0.01%≤Nb≤0.15%; 0.01%≤Ti≤0.03%; 0%≤V≤0.08%; 0.0015%≤B≤0.004%; the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel having microstructure by area percentage including of cumulative presence of residual austenite and martensite-austenite island between 1% and 20%, the remaining microstructure being bainite having at least 80%, wherein the fraction of grain boundaries of bainite with a misorientation angle of 59.5° are at least 7% and with an optional presence of martensite between 0% and 10%.
US12203148B2
This hot-rolled steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, in a microstructure at a ¼ position of a sheet thickness in a sheet thickness direction from a surface, a primary phase is bainite, a secondary phase is martensite or a martensite-austenite mixed phase, an average grain size of the secondary phase is 1.5 μm or less, an average grain size of particles having grain diameters that are largest 10% or less out of all particles in the secondary phase is 2.5 μm or less, a pole density in a (110)<112> orientation is 3.0 or less, and, in a microstructure from the surface to a 1/16 position of the sheet thickness in the sheet thickness direction from the surface, a pole density in a (110)<1-11> orientation is 3.0 or less.
US12203147B2
A metal casting is heated using infrared energy by introducing the metal casting into a heating system with infrared emitters directed towards the casting, and activating at least a portion of the emitters. The heating system includes a heating chamber, a plurality of directional infrared emitters in the heating chamber, an optical temperature sensor directed towards a part location in the interior of the heating chamber, and a thermal shield that is movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, the thermal shield comprising an observation duct. The observation duct provides a line-of-sight path between the optical temperature sensor and the part location when the thermal shield is in the deployed position, and the thermal shield is between the plurality of infrared emitters and the part location when the thermal shield is in the deployed position.
US12203145B2
Provided herein is a nucleic acid detection system comprising: a CRISPR system comprising an effector protein and one or more guide RNAs designed to bind to corresponding target molecules; an RNA-based masking construct; and optionally, nucleic acid amplification reagents to amplify target RNA molecules in a sample. In another aspect, the embodiments provide a polypeptide detection system comprising: a CRISPR system comprising an effector protein and one or more guide RNAs designed to bind a trigger RNA, an RNA-based masking construct; and one or more detection aptamers comprising a masked RNA polymerase promoter binding site or a masked primer binding site. In some embodiments, the system may be used to detect viruses in samples.
US12203132B2
Provided are a method for determining a fetal fraction and a computer readable medium in which a program to be applied to performing the method is recorded. According to the method, the fetal fraction may be accurately determined even for a small sequencing coverage. Therefore, highly cost-efficient and accurate measurement of a fetal fraction may be performed.
US12203125B2
The present invention provides methods for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of a microorganism in a clinical sample said method comprising removing a test aliquot from a clinical sample culture before the culture reaches 0.5 McFarland units, isolating the microbial cells and transferring the cells into a suitable culture medium for microbial growth, and performing an AST assay using the isolated microbes, wherein the concentration of microbial cells in the microbial cells used to set up the AST assay is measured before the degree of microbial growth in the different growth conditions of the AST assay is measured. Devices for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of a microorganism in a clinical sample are also provided.
US12203123B2
This invention relates to recombinant Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) arrays and recombinant nucleic acid constructs encoding Type I-E CASCADE complexes, plasmids, retroviruses and bacteriophage comprising the same, and methods of use thereof for screening for variant cells of an organism.
US12203120B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of nucleic acids, and in particular, to a method for precisely preparing a circular RNA with an Anabaena intron self-cleaving ribozyme. By redesigning a target nucleic acid sequence of a linear RNA, selecting a site suitable for precise cleavage by the intron self-cleaving ribozyme, and removing exon sequences from the Anabaena intron self-cleaving ribozyme, precise cyclization of RNAs after in vitro transcription is achieved. The method provided by the present invention solves the problem in the prior art that linear RNAs cannot be precisely cyclized during the process of generating circular RNAs in vitro, and provides an ideal in vitro preparation method for circular RNA applications.
US12203115B2
Methods and compositions are described for selecting and identifying orthogonal aminoacyl synthetase-tRNA pairs and their use to incorporate unnatural amino acids in a site-specific manner in proteins. Specifically described is a novel E. coli tyrptophanyl synthetase-tRNA pair that functions as both an opal and amber suppressor and that incorporates tryptophan analogs into proteins.
US12203109B2
Provided in the present invention is a phospholipase C mutant with high enzyme activity, a polypeptide with the sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:7, or a polypeptide derived from the phospholipase C formed by performing substitution, deletion or addition of one or a plurality of amino acids on the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:7 while retaining the phospholipase C activity provided by SEQ ID NO:7. The phospholipase C mutant of the present invention can improve degumming efficiency and increase the yield of diacylglycerol (DAG) during degumming.
US12203103B2
The present invention is within the field of industrial protein production. The invention provides a novel expression system using dehydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) as a selection marker in combination with leflunomide or a metabolite thereof, notably for use in mammalian cell lines. Expression vectors encoding DHODH, cell lines comprising said vectors and methods of producing recombinant proteins are also provided.
US12203097B2
A method of generating retinal pigment epithelium cells is disclosed. Cell populations comprising same and uses thereof are also disclosed.
US12203089B2
Provided is a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, wherein the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
US12203087B2
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ω3 destaurases, Δ5 elongases and Δ6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.
US12203077B2
Provided are base editors containing a cytidine and a catalytically inactive version of Lachnospiraceae bacterium Cpf1 (LbCpf1). The new base editors have greatly improved editing efficiency and fidelity as compared to Cas9-based base editors, and have different editing windows.
US12203072B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of bringing about specific editing of a target nucleotide (adenosine) in a target RNA sequence in a eukaryotic cell, wherein said oligonucleotide does not, in itself, form an intramolecular hairpin or stem-loop structure, and wherein said oligonucleotide comprises a non-complementary nucleotide in a position opposite to the nucleotide to be edited in the target RNA sequence.
US12203056B2
The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
US12203047B2
Provided is a defoaming agent showing an excellent defoaming property. Specifically, the defoaming agent includes a polymer containing as a polymerization component a polymerizable monomer (1) having a urethane bond and a fluorine-containing functional group and/or a silicone chain-containing functional group.
US12203046B2
The present invention relates to a grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a rust inhibitor; and an extreme pressure agent, in which the rust inhibitor includes, with respect to a total mass of the grease composition: 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a calcium sulfonate; 0.20 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc sulfonate; and 0.10 mass % to 10.00 mass % of a zinc carboxylate, and the extreme pressure agent includes, with respect to the total mass of the grease composition, 2.00 mass % to 14.00 mass % of a zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.
US12203043B2
The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition used in the reduction gearbox or transmission of an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle, wherein the lubricating oil contains a base oil, and the aromatic ring content of the base oil is from 3,500 to 15,000 ppm in terms of the mass of the base oil.
US12203040B2
A two-stage syngas production method to produce a final product gas from a carbonaceous material includes producing a first product gas in a first reactor, separating char from the first product gas to produce separated char and char-depleted product gas, and separately reacting the separated char and the char-depleted product gas with an oxygen-containing gas in a second reactor to produce a final product gas. The separated char is introduced into the second reactor above the char-depleted product gas. The solids separation device may include serially connected cyclones, and the separated char may be entrained in a motive fluid in an eductor to produce a char and motive fluid mixture prior to being transferred to the second reactor. A biorefinery method produces a purified product from the final product gas.
US12203029B2
The problem of lost circulation is pertinent to the oil industry. To prevent fluid loss, a lost circulation material (LCM), or more generally, a plugging material, can be used to effectively plug the fractures in the rock formation. If the fractures are in the production zone, it is also ideal to unplug them when the drilling operation is complete. Therefore, a material engineered to degrade after a desired period would be useful. In examples, a plugging material has been developed by gelling an oil-based fluid using a low molecular weight gelator, dibenzylidene sorbitol (DBS). DBS gels are robust and show plugging behavior. DBS is shown to chemically degrade in presence of an acid. Hence, a self-degrading gel can be synthesized by incorporating an acid into the system. Further, by varying the type and concentration of the acid, the degradation time of the gel can be controlled.
US12203024B2
A liquid crystal composition, which is a material used for an element for electromagnetic wave signal control in a frequency range of 1 GHz to 10 THz, satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and a large refractive index anisotropy and a small dielectric loss tangent (tan δ) in the frequency region used for control, and has an excellent balance of characteristics, and an element containing the composition. A liquid crystal composition including: at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1). For example, R1 is C1-12 alkyl; Z11 is a single bond; L11, L12, L13 and L18 are hydrogen; L17 is methyl; Y11 and Y22 are hydrogen; and a, b, and c are respectively 0, 1, and 0.
US12203023B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula GF in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined in claim 1, to a liquid crystal medium comprising a compound of formula GF and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g. phased array antennas.
US12203018B2
In the present invention, compounding an addition-reaction-curable organopolysiloxane composition with a specific amount of an organopolysiloxane compound that has three or more (meth)acryl groups in the molecule and a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or greater yields an organopolysiloxane composition for use in a release paper or release film in which addition reactions can occur using a small amount of platinum family metal catalyst, cured films can be formed having a peeling strength approximating levels encountered in the past, and addition-reaction-prompted curing will proceed even on a base material containing a catalyst-poisoning component.
US12203016B2
An article of manufacture, such as a weighted blanket, a cushioning element, or the like, includes an elastomeric element that includes elongated elements that follow nonlinear, partially overlapping paths and voids between adjacent portions of the elongated elements. Such an elastomeric element may define a weighted layer of a weighted blanket, a cushioning layer of a cushioning element of the like. The elastomeric element may be secured directly to a substrate, such as a fabric layer. Alternatively, an adhesion layer may secure the elastomeric element to the substrate. An adhesion layer may cover only a portion of the substrate. A cover may be provided over the elastomeric element. Together, the cover and the substrate may contain the elastomeric element.
US12203013B2
Two-part cyanoacrylate/cationically curable adhesive systems, are provided.
US12203009B2
The adhesive tape has excellent drop impact resistance. It can be removed more easily and more rapidly from an adherend in addition to the excellent drop impact resistance. The adhesive tape includes an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer contains particles having an average particle diameter of 4 to 40 μm and a surface of which is a silicone resin, and an adhesive resin, and the particles has a content of 3 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the adhesive resin. In addition, the adhesive tape of the present invention includes the adhesive layers on one side or both sides of a base material layer, and the base material layer has a thickness of 10 to 500 μm, a breaking strength of 10 to 90 MPa, and a breaking elongation of 400 to 1,500%.
US12203001B2
The disclosure generally relates to compositions of a soft touch material, and methods of preparing the compositions thereof. The compositions are suitable for use in apparatuses such as wearable devices, e.g., in-ear earpieces.
US12202994B2
A thermochromic pigment composition including: (A) at least one electron-donor organic dye compound, (B) at least one electron-acceptor compound, and (C) at least one compound responding to the following formula (I), in which: R1 is H or a phenyl group, —R2 is H or a phenyl group, and -n=1-8. The thermochromic pigment composition includes thermochromic pigment microcapsules ink compositions including such thermochromic pigment microcapsules, and writing instruments including such ink compositions.
US12202989B2
The present invention concerns a process for preparing in situ an aqueous gel ink with variable color comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a gel-based matrix of aqueous ink comprising 0.005 to 0.1 mol·L−1 of ester(s) of retinol represented by formula (I), and (ii) adding a solution of 0.002 to 0.05 mol·L−1 silver salts (Ag+) to the gel-based matrix of aqueous ink prepared in step (i), to obtain an aqueous gel ink with variable color with silver nanoparticles dispersed therein. The present invention also relates to an aqueous gel ink with variable color obtained according to the process of the invention, comprising said ester of retinol represented by formula (I) and silver nanoparticles. The invention finally concerns a writing instrument comprising an aqueous gel ink with variable color according to the invention.
US12202984B2
Compositions including a filler, an emissivity agent, a crosslinking facilitator, and a metal silicate binder are disclosed. The compositions can be curable at ambient conditions. Methods of coating overhead conductor and power transmission line accessories with such coating compositions are also disclosed.
US12202977B2
Provided is rubber composition that can improve wear resistance and cutting resistance while having good fuel efficiency when applied to a tire. The rubber composition contains a rubber component containing natural rubber and/or synthetic isoprene rubber, and syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, where the syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene has a crystal content of 7 J/g to 40 J/g and a number-average molecular weight of 6.5×104 or more.
US12202973B1
A faced polyisocyanurate foam board comprising a halogen-free foam made from a halogen-free foam formulation comprising isocyanate, polyol, and phosphorus-containing flame retardant, and 1.06 to 1.66 kg/m3 (30 to 47 g/ft3) of glass fiber distributed in the foam throughout the thickness of the board; wherein the polyisocyanurate foam board has a trimer content of 11 to 19.5 weight percent, at least 0.1 weight percent phosphorous, and as measured by ASTM E84, a Flame Spread Index of 0 to 25 and a maximum Smoke Development Index of 450 or less.
US12202972B2
A co-layer surface-adhesive rule (SAR) that has a pre-defined cross-section profile. The co-layer surface-adhesive rule (SAR) has two or more layers, wherein at least one layer is made from flexible material and wherein at least two layers differ one from the other.
US12202971B2
Modeling material formulations and formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, featuring, when hardened, a Shore A hardness lower than 10 and/or a Shore 00 hardness lower than 40, are provided. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and formulation systems, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby, are also provided.
US12202966B2
A resin composition is based on a resin selected from the group consisting of vinyl ester resins and unsaturated polyester resins, a crosslinking initiator and a crosslinking agent of general formula (I) in which i is an integer between 2 and 4, X is an i-valent group comprising at least one ring of 6 atoms selected from carbon and nitrogen and comprising at least 2 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen and oxygen, and R is an acrylate group, methacrylate group, vinyl group, alkenyl group bearing an unsaturated carbon at the chain end, or alkynyl group bearing an unsaturated carbon at the chain end.
US12202965B2
The present disclosure provides a block copolymer composition for a flexographic plate comprising a block copolymer A represented by the following general formula (A) and a block copolymer B represented by the following general formula (B), wherein: a content of aromatic vinyl monomer units relative to all monomer units constituting polymer components of the block copolymer composition for the flexographic plate is 18% to 70% by mass; a type A hardness is 25 to 65; and an anisotropic index is 2.0 or less.
US12202963B2
Methods for making water-soluble films include forming a film base composition comprising a biodegradable polymer and a film base solvent, forming a casting base composition comprising a polyhydric alcohol, a polyhydric acid, or combinations thereof, a chelating agent, an emulsifier, a bulking agent, and a casting base solvent, and mixing the film base composition with the casting base composition to form a casting composition. Then, a film is cast from the casting composition to form a resulting water-soluble film. The water-soluble film includes 20 wt. % to 50 wt. % biodegradable polymer, 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % polyhydric alcohol, polyhydric acid, or combinations thereof, 4 wt. % to 10 wt. % emulsifier, surfactant, or combination thereof, 5 wt. % to 25 wt. % chelating agent, and 15 wt. % to 45 wt. % bulking agent, which are each based on the total weight of the water-soluble packaging film.
US12202961B2
A resin composition includes a polyimide, an ultraviolet (UV) absorber represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a remaining N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each selected from a hydrogen group, a halogen group, an aliphatic substituent, and an aromatic group.
US12202945B2
An improved method forms and employs a wax to modify asphalt. The method includes: (a) selecting a solid polymeric material, (b) heating the solid polymeric material in an extruder to produce a molten polymeric material, (c) filtering the molten polymeric material, (d) placing the molten polymeric material through a chemical depolymerization process in a reactor to produce a depolymerized polymeric material, and (e) adding the depolymerized material to a pre-wax mixture to produce a polymer-modified asphalt. The addition of wax reduced the mixing time necessary to achieve improved polymer dispersion compared to the control formulation modified bitumen and reduced the viscosity of the neat bitumen. Pre-polymer addition of wax is detrimental to most properties of the resulting modified asphalt. Post-polymer addition improved viscosity reduction, higher softening point and improved dimensional stability.
US12202942B2
Functionalized silicone polymers incorporating segments formed from medium-chain fatty acids are generally disclosed herein. Methods of using such compounds, for example, as surfactants, are also disclosed herein, as well as methods of making such compounds, for example, from medium-chain fatty acids derived from natural oils.
US12202937B2
A polyetheramine produced from a cyclic amide initiator which is first alkoxylated and then reductively aminated to form the polyetheramine. The polyetheramine of the present disclosure may be used in a variety of applications, such as a raw material in the synthesis of a dispersant for use in an aqueous pigment dispersion or as a fuel additive in a hydrocarbon fuel composition.
US12202918B2
Photocurable (meth)acrylate compositions for forming features on the surfaces of membranes, and particularly, on membranes used in osmosis and reverse-osmosis applications, such as membrane filters.
US12202902B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising an antigen binding domain specific for FLT3, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular T cell signaling domain. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the CARs are disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of a proliferative disorder, e.g., cancer, in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, e.g., cancer, in a mammal are also disclosed.
US12202894B2
The present disclosure provides anti-TIM-3 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, isolated polynucleotides encoding the same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and the uses thereof.
US12202892B2
Methods for administration of an anti-IFN-α/-ω antibody by subcutaneous or intravenous administration in a clinically proven safe amount are provided. Also provided are methods for clinically proven safe treatment of IFN-I mediated diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), by subcutaneous or intravenous administration of an anti-IFN-α/-ω antibody.
US12202891B2
Disclosed are an antibody capable of binding to thymic stromal lymphopoietin and the use thereof. Disclosed are an anti-TSLP antibody, comprising a murine antibody, chimeric antibody and humanized antibody of the light chain and heavy chain variable regions of the anti-TSLP antibody and antigen-binding fragments thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvent compound thereof, and the use thereof as a medicament for treating asthma, especially the use thereof in the preparation of a drug for treating TSLP-positive diseases or conditions.
US12202885B2
This disclosure relates to formulations of peptide agents, e.g., antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind hemagglutinin protein of influenza viruses, and methods of their use.
US12202876B2
The present invention relates to a transmembrane domain derived from human LRRC24 protein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a transmembrane domain derived from the human LRRC24 protein (LRRC24P transmembrane domain) or a cell-penetrating peptide, and an intracellular delivery system comprising same. The transmembrane domain derived from the human LRRC24 protein of the present invention can be used to deliver cargo materials such as compounds, biomolecules, and various polymer materials into cells. Since the LRRC24P transmembrane domain of the present invention exhibits higher cell penetration efficiency compared to conventional cell-penetrating peptides and is derived from human proteins, thus avoiding side effects and immune responses caused by peptides derived from foreign proteins, it can be usefully used as an effective intracellular delivery method for compounds, biomolecules, and various polymer materials applied to the human body.
US12202875B2
The present invention relates to genetic engineering, biotechnology, immunology, and microbiology. Recombinant GBD-SSTad-SSTad protein and a method for preparation thereof on glucan are described, including the binding of GBD-SSTad-SSTad protein in cell extracts of E. coli BL21 [pGBD-SSTad-SSTad] strain to an alpha-glycan-containing sorbent due to affinity interaction during the incubation procedure, subsequent washing from unbound bacterial proteins and isolation of the desired product. The invention also relates to an immunogenic composition and a kit comprising said peptide. The invention also relates to the use of the obtained protein to increase the number of maturing follicles and improve the quality of sperm. This technical result, an increase in the number of maturing follicles and an improvement in the quality of sperm is based on the use of the KNFFWKTFTS peptide, which is part of a recombinant protein that is capable of eliciting autoantibodies to somatostatin.
US12202872B2
Disclosed herein are fusion proteins comprising: (a) a first polypeptide comprising Interleukin-2 (IL2); and (b) a second polypeptide, fused in frame to the first polypeptide, wherein the second polypeptide comprises an extracellular domain of Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha (IL2Rα), wherein IL2 or IL2Rα comprises at least one fewer glycosylation site compared to native IL2 or native IL2Rα. Methods of production and methods of therapeutic use of the fusion proteins are also disclosed.
US12202870B2
The invention relates to novel TNF family ligand trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising (a) at least one moiety capable of specific binding to a target cell antigen, (b) a polypeptide comprising three ectodomains of a TNF ligand family member or fragments thereof that are connected to each other by peptide linkers and (c) a Fc domain composed of a first and a second subunit capable of stable association, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same.
US12202869B2
A method of inhibiting myostatin signaling via a myostatin splice variant-derived protein is provided. The protein and an expression system thereof are applicable to therapy for diseases in which myostatin is involved.
US12202863B2
The technology described herein is directed to CAR polypeptides and systems comprising repressible proteases. In combination with a specific protease inhibitor, the activity of said CAR polypeptides and systems and cells comprising them can be modulated. Also described herein are methods of using said CAR polypeptides and systems, for example to treat various diseases and disorders.
US12202861B2
Drug-inducible, tunable, and multiplexable Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (Cpf1)-based activators, and methods of use thereof.
US12202851B2
The present invention is directed to a method for producing oxidized lignins.
US12202843B2
This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where m, p, q, W, Z, Y, X1, X2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein.
US12202828B2
The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocycle compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US12202826B2
This invention relates to compounds. More specifically, the invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of the Wnt signalling pathway. Specifically, inhibitors of Porcupine (Porcn) are contemplated by the invention. In addition the invention contemplates processes to prepare the compounds and uses of the compounds. The compounds of the invention may therefore be used in treating conditions mediated by the Wnt signalling pathway, for example treating cancer, sarcoma, melanoma, skin cancer, haematological tumors, lymphoma, carcinoma, and leukemia; or enhancing the effectiveness of an anti-cancer treatment.
US12202825B2
Pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) shown herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing one of the pyrimidine compounds and methods of using the pyrimidine compounds to treat or prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
US12202824B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein A, X, R1, R4 and n are as defined herein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and methods of using the compounds of formula I as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds may be useful in treating diseases and conditions mediated by TRPA1, such as pain.
US12202821B2
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as herbicides.
US12202820B2
The present invention discloses a novel pyrimidine derivative and a preparation process thereof and a use thereof in anti-tumor drugs. It is demonstrated through the tests on anti-tumor activity at the cellular level (tumor cells expressed with c-Met) that, through the introduction of a chiral structure in the molecule, the introduction of an isotope of hydrogen (deuterium) at the sites that are prone to metabolism in the molecule, and the introduction of atoms or groups such as sulfur, selenium and sulfoxide in the molecule, the compounds of the invention have excellent anti-tumor activities, and the stabilities of the anti-tumor compounds are significantly improved.
US12202807B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to improved methods for the synthesis of activated fumarate intermediates and their use in chemical synthesis. Disclosed embodiments describe the synthesis of activated fumarate esters including those derived from activating groups including: 4-nitrophenyl, diphenylphophoryl azide, pivaloyl chloride, chlorosulfonyl isocyanate, p-nitrophenol, MEF, trifluoroacetyl and chlorine, for example, ethyl fumaroyl chloride and the subsequent use of the activated ester in situ. Further embodiments describe the improved synthesis of substituted aminoalkyl-diketopiperazines from unisolated and unpurified intermediates allowing for improved yields and reactor throughput.
US12202805B2
The present invention relates to a novel and improved process for preparing (5S)-{[2-(4-carboxyphenyl)ethyl][2-(2-{[3-chloro-4′-(trifluo-romethyl)biphenyl-4-yl]methoxy}phenyl)ethyl]amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylic acid of the formula (I) and to novel crystalline forms of it, which is i.a. the pseudopolymorphic form monohydrate I (I-M-I) or the pseudopolymorphic form monohydrate II (I-M-II), furthermore the present invention relates to a novel and selective crystallization process for preparation of the pseudopolymorphic form monohydrate I (I-M-I) or the pseudopolymorphic form monohydrate II (I-M-II), preferably monohydrate I of formula (I-M-I) and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising monohydrate I of formula (I-M-I) and to its use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of pulmonary and cardiopulmonary and cardiovascular diseases.
US12202797B2
The present invention provides a production method of a 3-cyanopyrrole compound possibly useful as an intermediate for pharmaceutical products. A production method of compound (II) including subjecting compound (I) to a reduction reaction, in which the aforementioned reduction reaction is continuous hydrogenation reaction in a fixed bed reactor filled with a supported metal catalyst. A production method of compound (III) including subjecting compound (I) to a reduction reaction followed by a cyclization reaction, in which the aforementioned reduction reaction is continuous hydrogenation reaction in a fixed bed reactor filled with a supported metal catalyst.
US12202792B2
A preparation method for optically active citronellal, which can obviously enhance the catalytic stability of an optically active transition metal catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation of homogeneous catalysis and thereby achieve higher turnover numbers. In the preparation method for optically active citronellal, a substrate is subjected to an asymmetric hydrogenation reaction in the presence of the transition metal catalyst to generate the optically active citronellal, wherein the transition metal catalyst is obtained by reacting a transition metal compound with an optically active ligand containing two phosphorus atoms, and the raw material of the substrate is one of neral and geranial or a combination thereof to control the hydroxyl value to be less than or equal to 6 mgKOH/g and/or the iron content to be less than or equal to 50 ppm in the raw material of the substrate for the asymmetric hydrogenation reaction.
US12202790B2
A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is useful in therapy, e.g. for the treatment of a condition or disorder associated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4 or 2 (Nox4 or Nox2) activity. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound.
US12202789B2
A process for the production of methanol from hydrogen and carbon monoxide includes contacting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a liquid in at least one bubble or loop or jet loop reactor. The liquid comprises at least one solvent, an alcohol and/or an amine as a nucleophilic promoter, optionally an additional base and a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a transition metal and at least one Lewis base ligand. At least one device is provided for heat removal from the reactor. Methanol is formed as a product.
US12202785B2
A method of treating Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), tobacco use, pain, or proinflammatory disorders comprising: providing a subject with an effective amount of a modified tetracycline or derivative thereof to ameliorate or eliminate the AUD, SUD, tobacco use, pain, or proinflammatory disorder, and wherein the modified tetracycline or derivative thereof has reduced binding to a microbial ribosome and has the formula: wherein R1 is acetyl, R2 is OH or acetyl, R3 is acetyl, R4 is H or acetyl, and R5 is acetyl.
US12202782B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates for the synthesis of certain compounds that inhibit MCL1, for use in the treatment of cancers.
US12202771B2
To provide the friction material for the disc brake pad manufactured by forming the NAO friction material composition, enabling to restrain the brake vibration during braking in a high temperature. The NAO friction material composition does not contain the copper component but contains, relative to the entire amount of the friction material composition, 5-9 weight % of the binder with 1-4 weight % of the silicone rubber modified phenol resin as a part of the binder, the fiber base, 1-4 weight % of a cashew dust as the organic friction modifier, 0.5-3 weight % of a fused silica with the average particle diameter of 15-40 μm as the inorganic friction modifier, and 0.1-2 weight % of the electromelting zirconium silicate beads with the average particle diameter of 10-30 μm as the lubricant.
US12202758B2
A method for evaluating the sensitivity of a glazing to forming quench marks depending on its anisotropy, the sensitivity being evaluated by computing parameter σv, the quench marks resulting from different optical phase shifts in different regions of the glazing for a vision in transmission or reflection and from either side of the glazing, the method including computing a transmission parameter T1, T2 through face 1 or 2 or a reflection parameter R1, R2 from face 1 or 2, this computation being done for a region of the glazing without optical phase shift and for a region of the glazing inducing an optical phase shift δ; computing a parameter ΔE(δ) corresponding to the color difference between said regions, based on at least one of T1, T2, R1, R2, and computing σv by applying a function G dependent on computed ΔE(δ) and where appropriate on the one or more corresponding δ.
US12202755B2
Example methods and systems for segregation and treatment of waste water streams for enhanced oil recovery are disclosed. One example method includes generating concentrated solution by treating, using a forward osmosis process, waste water of one or more gas streams from a gas plant associated with one or more gas wells, where draw solution of the forward osmosis process includes produced water from one or more crude oil production traps, and the waste water contains kinetic hydrate inhibitor (KHI). The concentrated solution is treated using an oxidation process to generate oxidized solution by decomposing the KHI in the waste water. The oxidized solution is injected into an oil reservoir through a water injection well for enhanced oil recovery.
US12202749B1
A water processing system provides prevention of scale formation in both interrupted and recirculating flow operations. The system includes an inlet for receiving an inlet water flow, a magnetizing chamber, and an outlet for providing an outlet water flow. The magnetizing chamber is included in a device that has at least one permanent rod/bar magnet at least partially disposed within the water flow. The magnet has an axis extending between the poles thereof in a direction perpendicular to the flow, so that the magnetizing chamber exerts a magnetic force on scale suspended within the inlet water flow, and so that the suspended scale remains in suspension in the outlet water flow.
US12202744B2
The present invention relates to the field of water treatment/fluoride removal and to materials/devices useful in such processes. Specifically, the invention provides for hybrid materials comprising amyloid fibrils and ZrO2; and to composite materials further comprising a support material. The invention further provides for the treatment of water using such hybrid or composite materials.
US12202732B2
An aqueous hydrophobic silica dispersion includes a hydrophilic particulate silica, a hydrophobic particulate silica having a methanol number of at least 60, and a dispersant having at least one cationic or cationizable group and an HLB ratio of 2 to 20.
US12202728B2
A method for producing a carbon nanomaterial for use as a catalyst, including the steps of: (a) providing a precursor which is a source of lignin, (b) heating the precursor to an activation temperature from 700° C. to 800° C. in the presence of an alkali solution in order to produce an activated precursor, and (c) reacting the activated precursor with a source of nitrogen atoms in order to dope the activated precursor with nitrogen atoms, wherein the precursor is heated in step (b) to the activation temperature at a rate of at least 500° C. per minute.
US12202720B2
A mechanism for dispensing fluids to a manufacturing process includes a vented fluid reservoir, a pressure chamber, and a pump in fluid communication with the vented fluid reservoir and the pressure chamber for pumping fluid from the vented fluid reservoir to one end of the pressure chamber. The mechanism also includes an air compressor for supplying air under pressure to an opposite end of the pressure chamber, a fluid level sensor responsive to the level of fluid in the pressure chamber, and a controller connected to the fluid level sensor and to the pump. The mechanism also includes a pressure chamber outlet, and a fluid dispensing component. The fluid dispensing component includes a first venturi at an inlet into a supply chamber, a second venturi at an outlet from the supply chamber, and an electrically controlled valve in fluid communication with the second venturi.
US12202718B2
A fluid material dispensing apparatus includes: a material outlet chamber; multiple pumps arranged to respectively extract multiple fluid materials stored in multiple material containers, and to operably push corresponding fluid materials forward; a fluid output device positioned on a bottom of the material outlet chamber and comprising multiple fluid outlets, wherein the multiple fluid outlets are respectively coupled with the multiple pumps through multiple material transmission paths; a cold air tunnel coupled with the material outlet chamber and arranged to operably introduce cold air into the material outlet chamber, so as to maintain an internal temperature of the material outlet chamber to be lower than a predetermined temperature; a first air extraction device located at an air inlet of the cold air tunnel; and a second air extraction device positioned inside the cold air tunnel.
US12202713B2
A system for changing work tools on a loading crane includes a first coupling member on the work tool side or the loading crane side with a receiving opening and a second coupling member on the loading crane side or the work tool side with a guide member extending along a longitudinal axis. The guide member engages in the receiving opening by moving the first and second coupling members toward each other. The first coupling member comprises a support surface for axially abutting the second coupling member and the second coupling member comprises a bearing surface complementary to the support surface and a locking element which is movable by a drive between disengaged and engaged positions. The locking element has a clamping surface for frictionally abutting the first coupling member and the first coupling member has an abutment surface complementary to the clamping surface for zero-play axial clamping of the first and second coupling members.
US12202710B2
This crane is provided with a counterweight which includes an engaging part, a swivel body which is configured to be capable of swiveling, and a fixing unit which is provided on the swivel body, includes an engaged part that can connect with the engaging part, and can adopt a front position and a rear position; in each of the front position and the rear position, the fixing unit and the counterweight are linked by the engaged part being arranged in a position corresponding to that of the engaging part and being connected to the engaging part.
US12202707B2
A method for constructing an elevator includes providing a hoisting machine unit, a guide rail line, an elevator car, a counterweight, and a hoisting roping; using the elevator car for transporting passengers and/or goods while the hoisting machine unit is in a first position; installing one or more guide rail sections into the guide rail line above a guide rail section of the hoisting machine unit; removing the hoisting machine unit from the first position; installing a guide rail section into the guide rail line in place from where the guide rail section of the hoisting machine unit was removed; hoisting the hoisting machine unit; mounting the hoisting machine unit to a second position which is higher than the first position; and using the elevator car for transporting passengers and/or goods while the hoisting machine unit is in the second position. An elevator arrangement is described for implementing the method.
US12202701B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for correcting misalignment of a strip, wherein the apparatus includes a correction device with an alignment surface for supporting a strip in a support plane, wherein the support plane extends at a support angle with respect to a first vertical plane in a range of five to thirty degrees, wherein the support plane intersects with a second vertical plane that is perpendicular to the first vertical plane at an intersecting line, wherein the correction device further includes one or more correction elements for exerting a displacement force onto said strip in a correction direction parallel to the support plane and transverse to the intersecting line.
US12202700B2
A method and apparatus are provided for producing a multicomponent feedstock being delivered through a print head of a 3D printer. Multiple component lengths are produced from separate feedstocks and are aligned to form the multicomponent feedstock which is fed into the print head for extrusion. The method includes providing at least two sources of feedstock of different material, feeding a distal end of a first feedstock along a feed path, cutting the first feedstock at a pre-determined length to provide a length of first feedstock having a proximal end. The method includes feeding a distal end of a second feedstock along the feed path and aligning the distal end of the second feedstock with the proximal end of the length of the first feedstock. The second feedstock is cut at a pre-determined length to provide a length of the second feedstock serially aligned with the length of first feedstock, to form a length of multicomponent feedstock. The length of multicomponent feedstock is fed into the print head.
US12202698B2
A bobbin and spool management system includes a bobbin topper having a central disc with upwardly and downwardly extending stanchions projecting therefrom, each being capped with a mushroom bolster and having a medially located chamfered collar. The upwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to mate with an axial bore in the barrel of a bobbin and retain the bobbin while the downwardly projecting stanchion is adapted to penetrate the axial bore in the barrel of a supply spool and be retained on the supply spool.
US12202696B2
A debonding support device includes a suction plate including a support region for supporting a glass assembly, the support region including at least two suction regions applying different suction forces per unit area, the suction regions including a debonding initiation portion suction region for sucking a debonding initiation portion at which debonding of the glass assembly is to be initiated, the debonding initiation portion suction region applying the strongest of the different suction forces per unit area; a vacuum pump connected to the suction plate to provide a vacuum pressure for the suction plate, and a controller.
US12202687B2
An article processing apparatus includes: a configuration determination unit configured to determine a configuration of at least one transport unit including articles and stacked article groups each including a pallet, and at least one of the articles placed on the pallet, wherein first article groups are article groups excluding uppermost one of the stacked article groups; a palletizing mechanism configured to place the at least one of the articles on the pallet so as to form each of the stacked article groups; and a stacking mechanism configured to stack the article groups formed by the palletizing mechanism so as to form the transport unit, wherein the configuration determination unit is configured to determine the configuration of the at least one transport unit such that a load applied to each of the first article groups is smaller than a load index set to each of the first article groups.
US12202677B2
A conveyor roller tube (1) including a plurality of co-extruded polymer layers (2, 3). The tube (1) includes an inner layer (2) and an outer layer (3), and an optional intermediate layer. The inner layer (2) is formed of a first polymer material. The outer layer (3) is formed of a second polymer material. The outer layer is formed to have high wear properties and is also formed to be of a different color to the adjacent layer (2) thereto so that a visual indication of the wear of the roller tube (1) is provided.
US12202676B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for setting an object conveying speed, relating to the technical field of computers. The method comprises: acquiring historical feature data of an object within multiple predefined time periods, and constructing a conveying speed level model, which indicates a corresponding relationship between the historical feature data and a conveying speed level, and which further includes a feature index that indicates the conveying speed level (S101); acquiring feature data of an object to be conveyed, and determining, by using the conveying speed level model, the conveying speed level of the object to be conveyed (S102); and determining the conveying speed of the object to be conveyed according to the conveying speed level (S103).
US12202672B2
A storage system is disclosed which includes a series of fire detection, suppression and extinguishing capability. The system can include containers formed as structural composites. The containers can have multiple portions of a structural or storage nature. The system can use the containers and the system itself to reduce a likelihood of fire spreading through large grid based systems.
US12202667B2
An apparatus includes a flexible sheet of material having a perimeter edge and a central opening forming a discharge chute, and first and second clips coupled to the flexible sheet for securing an open end of a bag around an outer circumferential surface of the discharge chute, wherein the first and second clips are spaced apart about the outer circumferential surface of the discharge chute. With the discharge chut inserted into the bag and the bag secured to the clips, the flexible sheet is laid on the group and debris or other solid materials may be raked, shoveled, or otherwise placed on the flexible sheet. Raising the flexible sheet, such as by lifting with handles around a perimeter edge, causes the debris to pass through the discharge chute and into the bag. The size of the apparatus may be adapted for the application, such as leaf collection or sandbag preparation.
US12202662B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for controlling scent delivery by a scented article for beverage containers. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a cap attachable to a beverage container; and a scented article that couples to the cap, wherein the cap comprises a base, a movable component coupled to the base and able to move between a first position and a second position, and a scent chamber including an encasement to which the scented article is attached, the encasement coupled to the movable component or the base, wherein a portion of the scented article is exposed to air from an outside environment with respect to the cap when the movable component is in the second position, and wherein the encasement creates a contact seal to enclose the scented article within the scent chamber and lock in the scent when the movable component is in the first position.
US12202653B2
A method of producing a gable-top paper or paper-board based packaging container is disclosed, the packaging container having a plurality of top-closure sub-panels, including a top-closure sub-panel (132) configured to form a pouring spout of the packaging container when the packaging container is in an open position, the top-closure sub-panel being configured to form a pouring spout comprising top-fin panel sections (182a, 182b) being at least partially hot-sealed to each other prior to a first opening of the packaging container, the top-fin panel sections abutting one another in a contact region when the packaging container is in a closed position. The method comprises the steps of: producing a blank (100) from a laminate packaging material having an outside heat sealable layer; and treating the outside heat sealable layer in a sub-region (192a, 192b) of at least one of said top-fin panel sections (182a, 182b) reducing or eliminating the heat-sealing capacity of the outside heat sealable layer in the sub-region. A related blank and a packaging container produced from such a blank is also disclosed.
US12202652B2
A method and system is disclosed which provides for cooling beverage containers in a retail consumer multiple beverage container package which includes expandable corners, movable panels, and the ability to expand the interior space in the retail consumer multiple beverage container package so as to permit introduction of ice into the retail consumer multiple beverage container package. The interior space is expanded by stretching accordion joints between panels.
US12202647B2
A bung plug seal for bung containers, the bung plug seal having a bung plug for being disposed in a bung socket of the bung container, the bung plug having a plug depression for inserting a fitting tool, the plug depression having a depression bottom provided with at least one ventilation opening, and the bung plug being provided with a ventilation plug which is disposed in the plug depression and a thread bolt of which is accommodated in an internal thread of a receiving hole formed in the depression bottom and which has a lid disk provided with a handling unit and connected to the thread bolt for sealing the ventilation opening in a closed position of the ventilation plug.
US12202644B2
Disclosed is a hole-in-the-ground beverage cooler, comprising a plastic jacket tube which can be inserted vertically into a hole in the ground and which is provided at the bottom with a tightly sealing base and at the top with a removable cover, and in the interior of which jacket tube a support device is situated that can be moved axially upwards and out of the jacket tube, on which support device a plurality of axially-spaced-apart disc-shaped beverage holders are fastened. The beverage holders can be slid into the jacket tube and are each provided with a plurality of hooking-in openings for hooking in the necks of beverage bottles, which hooking-in openings are distributed around the circumference of the beverage holder and are accessible from the periphery.
US12202643B2
A modular pastry packaging carousel is disclosed, which provides the ability to individually store wedge-shaped pastry slices in a respective wedge-shaped pastry module. In a version of the application, the modular pasty packaging carousel generally comprises a bottom plate, a top plate, and a spacer positioned between the bottom plate and the top plate, providing a radial gap therebetween. The modular pastry packaging carousel further provides a plurality of wedge-shaped pastry modules, each comprising a sector-shaped removable base. The sector-shaped removable base includes a means for engaging the pastry module with the base tray radial connection channels. In certain versions, a radial pastry slicer assembly, which has a plurality of radially positioned slicers, is provided.
US12202638B2
A system for closing a shipping container that has a rectangular bottom wall, upstanding side walls extending from the periphery of the bottom wall, and an open top end, includes a sled capable of moving the container between a first station and a second station spaced from the first station, and a flap-folding assembly movable with the sled. The flap-folding assembly is configured to inwardly fold flaps of the container while the sled moves the container between the first station and the second station.
US12202637B2
A filling and covering machine for centrifuge tubes with tethered caps includes a conveying device, a cap-flapping device, a filling device, and a cap-pressing device. The cap-flapping device has an upper planar surface and a cap-guiding member having a starting end portion, an ending end portion that is opposite to the starting end portion, and a guiding surface extending from the starting end portion to the ending end portion, and cooperates with the upper planar surface to define an included angle therebetween decreasing gradually from the starting end portion to the ending end portion to guide a cap of each of the centrifuge tubes with tethered caps toward a tube body thereof.
US12202636B2
A method for packaging masonry products, comprising stacking the masonry product. Wrapping the masonry product with a packaging film from a first position to a second position below a top of the product. Placing a top sheet on the top of the masonry product, the top sheet forming at least one vent assembly. Wrapping the masonry product and the top sheet with the packaging film below the vent assembly.
US12202633B2
A heat dissipation structure includes a housing configured to accommodate a heating element of an aerial vehicle. The housing includes a first air vent configured to guide an airflow into the housing and a second air vent configured to guide the airflow out of the housing. The airflow includes a propeller-generated airflow generated by a propeller of the aerial vehicle during rotation. The housing is located at an end of an arm of the aerial vehicle, away from the propeller in a longitudinal direction of the arm. A projection of the housing on a plane on which an area of rotation of the propeller lies at least partially overlaps the area of rotation of the propeller.
US12202631B2
A servicing system for on-orbit spacecrafts is disclosed. The system comprises a servicing or host spacecraft configured to perform on-orbit servicing of client spacecrafts. The servicing spacecraft comprises a dedicated, deployable, boom having capture and docking mechanisms. The capture mechanism comprises one or more electromagnets spaced apart and suspended on a frame that may include means for compensating for any out of plane misalignments during capture. The client spacecraft includes a striker plate that covers an area, nominally larger than the footprint of the capture mechanism, that is sized to accommodate a capture envelope determined by the rendezvous and proximity sensing systems. The electromagnets attract the striker plate to capture the client spacecraft in order to provide on-orbit servicing. The docking system has multiple degrees of freedom that are independent of the capture system; docking is accomplished by mechanically coupling the two spacecrafts together, post capture. During docking, electrical and fluid transfer connections may also be accomplished. The servicing spacecraft further comprises a manipulator arm that may be configured to position/align the captured client spacecraft for docking, thereby permitting a very flexible, larger, capture envelope, and reducing operational complexity.
US12202628B2
Systems and method for controlling the attitude maneuvers of a spacecraft in space are provided. The method automatically generates optimal trajectories in real-time to guide a spacecraft, providing a much more robust and efficient method than predefined trajectories, to model errors or disturbances. These methods do not rely in predefined trajectories and their associated feed-forward term. The systems comprise sensors, attitude control mechanisms, and a control module to orient the spacecraft in real-time, such that the spacecraft reaches a desired target attitude following an optimal path in the state space and is locally and asymptotically stable.
US12202618B2
A fan device includes: a fan including a plurality of blades each extending in a radial direction relative to a rotation axis, the fan being configured to rotate about the rotation axis and generate an airflow; a rotor core provided outside in the radial direction of the fan; a stator core provided at a position facing the rotor core in the radial direction; a housing that forms an inner circumferential surface surrounding the fan about the rotation axis and that internally includes an accommodation space accommodating the rotor core and the stator core; and a compressor configured to compress air. The inner circumferential surface of the housing has a cylindrical surface and a nozzle surface whose diameter expands outward in the radial direction along the rotation axis in downstream in a flow direction of an airflow relative to the cylindrical surface.
US12202610B2
An ice protection system for an aircraft includes one or more heaters configured to be coupled to a surface of a wing of the aircraft. The ice protection system also includes a controller configured to, in response to a first determination indicating presence of an icing condition, determine a setpoint temperature for a first location of an outer surface of the wing configured to be heated by a heater of the one or more heaters. The controller is also configured to control power provided to the heater based on the setpoint temperature. The setpoint temperature for the first location is determined to cause a second location of the outer surface of the wing, which is heated by the heater and is located at a particular distance from the first location, to remain above a threshold temperature based on a projected temperature profile of the outer surface heated by the heater.
US12202597B2
A control device controls an electric drive system mounted on an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a rotor, and including a drive motor that turns the rotor. The control device controls the electric drive system to operate selectively in any one operation mode of at least two operation modes: a normal mode and a functional test mode. In the normal mode, the control device controls the drive motor in accordance with a command from a body control device that controls the flight of the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. In the functional test mode, the control device controls the drive motor in accordance with a command sent from outside according to a functional test program, or in accordance with the functional test program preset in the control device.
US12202596B2
A rotor assembly including a fixed fairing including an interface portion and a hub fairing including a depression. The depression is configured to receive at least a portion of the interface portion. The hub fairing is rotatable relative to the fixed fairing.
US12202588B2
A method for controlling a propulsion system of a marine vehicle is disclosed. A controller forms data on pitch angles of at least two foils, which are in a rotatable manner attached with a foil wheel, based on at least an angularly variable eccentricity of the at least two foils and an angle of rotation of the foil wheel. The variable eccentricity is limited at a portion of the angle of rotation of the foil wheel. An actuator arrangement receives the data from the controller and sets the at least two foils at the pitch angles based on the data.
US12202584B2
A handheld, detachable implement for propelling a paddleboard which affixed to a distal end of an oar, the implement comprising a propeller, motor and power supply. The oar and propulsion implement may be formed as a single integrated piece or held together using a friction fit. A plurality of sensor and indicator integrate into the implement.
US12202581B2
A gripper multi-tool for an underwater vehicle comprises one or more mechanical gripper jaws; a motor; a torque controller operatively in communication with the motor; a cathodic protection (CP) probe disposed on at least one mechanical gripper jaw; a tool interface operatively connected to the motor and configured to selectively receive and/or discharge a tool selected from a plurality of tools; and a power source operatively in communication with the plurality of tools, the torque controller, and the motor. Gripper multi-tool is deployed subsea, such as via an underwater vehicle, and receives and engages a tool selected from a plurality of tools into the tool interface which, once engaged and effectuated, is used to perform a predetermined function. When the predetermined function has completed, the tool may be disengaged and removed from the tool interface and replaced with a further tool to perform a further function.
US12202579B1
A watercraft assembly is configured to provide an area protected from splashing water and sunlight. The watercraft assembly has a kayak with an open bow. A canopy assembly attached to the open bow. The canopy assembly further comprising a lower rod attached to the bow with a line clamp. A mounting bracket assembly is arranged above the line clamp, and joined to a small rod and a large rod. A canopy tarp is arranged over the lower rod, the small rod and the large rod wherein the canopy tarp covers a protected area protecting the protected area from water splashing and sunlight.
US12202577B2
A cable management system for one or more floating solar PV arrays including a cable tensioning system that adjusts the length of, or maintains the tension in, a power or communication cable that runs from shore to the floating solar array, or between floating solar arrays while permitting the floating solar array(s) to move on the water. The cable tensioning system optionally includes a winch, a counterweight, an elastic member and/or one or more floating towers.
US12202574B2
Disclosed herein is a buoyant structure for offshore deployment. The buoyant structure comprises a first deck having a first channel through the first deck; a second deck having a second channel through the second deck, wherein the first deck and second deck are coupled to each other and arranged spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of floatable substructures coupled to and around at least one of the first deck and the second deck, the plurality of floatable substructures arranged spaced apart from one another, wherein the first channel and the second channel are aligned to receive at least a portion of a tower of a wind turbine.
US12202569B2
A vibration absorbing handlebar of a bicycle has a steering module, a left handle, and a right handle. The steering module has a stem. The left handle has a bar, and a first elastic component having two ends. One of the two ends of the first elastic component is connected with an end of the bar, and the other one of the two ends of the first elastic component is connected with the stem. The right handle has a bar, and a second elastic component having two ends. One of the two ends of the second elastic component is connected with an end of the bar, and the other one of the two ends of the second elastic component is connected with the stem.
US12202562B2
A device for space-optimised bicycle storage as well as protection against the most frequent conventional thefts, including those using bolt cutters. The device comprises a bike rack that is fixed to the wall, floor or ceiling, and a retaining bar with a lock that is anchored to the bike rack in order to protect the bicycles. Apart from fulfilling two functions simultaneously, the invention comprises an innovative structural design of the assembly and its elements such it allows reduced cost production, even for small production runs, using materials available on the market and processed using laser-cutting machinery configured with the design specific parameters. This eliminates specific manufacturing tooling and minimises operating costs for batch production arrangements. Moreover, this innovative structural design also enables entirely manual assembly of the components without the need for machinery.
US12202561B2
The present invention provides a scooter stand configured to receive a foldable scooter in a vertical position with the rear wheel of the scooter placed above its front wheel. The scooter stand comprises a vertical frame, a horizontal frame perpendicularly coupled to the vertical frame, a ramp and a wheel stop. The vertical frame comprises an adjusting mechanism to vary a height of the vertical frame. The ramp is carried by the horizontal frame and the wheel stop is disposed on the horizontal frame and between the ramp and the vertical frame. The ramp, the wheel stop, and the horizontal frame form a receptacle configured to receive a front wheel of a scooter.
US12202550B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tire containment device securely mounted to an axle of a vehicle to contain shrapnel caused by a tire blowout. In an illustrative example, the tire containment device may include an axle bracket and a tire fender. The axle bracket, for example, may be mounted to an axle of the vehicle. The tire fender may, for example, have a substantially continuous containment cavity. In some examples, when the tire fender is coupled to a vehicle axle by the axle bracket, the containment cavity may extend over at least a top and an exterior face of an upper third of a diameter of a tire. For example, the containment cavity may substantially intercept shrapnel from failure of the tire before it reaches a body of the vehicle. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce damage to a body of the vehicle during a tire blowout.
US12202546B2
An embodiment vehicle rear structure includes a rear pillar, including a rear pillar inner and a plurality of reinforcements mounted on the rear pillar inner. A component mounting bracket is attached to the rear pillar and has a receiving portion in which a portion of a vehicle component is received. The reinforcements are disposed to surround the component mounting bracket.
US12202536B2
A steering system for a skid steered vehicle has a variable-speed steering motor, and an asymmetrical steering differential operatively connected to the steering motor and rotatably mounted on a first side of the chassis separately from the propulsion system. The steering differential has a first differential shaft and a second differential shaft, where the asymmetrical differential imparts a greater speed change on the second differential shaft than the first differential shaft. The first differential shaft is connected to a first steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the first side of the vehicle. A speed reducer connecting the second differential shaft to a second steering output shaft operatively connected to at least one ground-engaging element on the second side of the vehicle so that the second steering output shaft experiences the same speed change but in an opposite rotational direction as the first steering output shaft.
US12202533B1
A driving device for a campervan. The driving device includes a wheel hub, a motor, and a tire, where the tire is sleeved on the wheel hub and rotatable relative to the wheel hub, the motor is fixedly disposed on the wheel hub and configured to drive the tire to rotate through a transmission mechanism. An axis of the output shaft of the motor is parallel to an axis of the wheel hub. The transmission mechanism includes an active small gear fixedly connected to the output shaft of the motor, a driven large gear fixedly connected to the tire, and a reduction gear set rotatably disposed on the wheel hub and meshing with the active small gear and the driven large gear. The driven large gear is detachably arranged on the tire by means of a socket structure.
US12202531B2
In a method for calculating, by an estimator, an instantaneous velocity vector {right arrow over (Vu)} of a rail vehicle, the estimator receives measurements from an inertial unit at a fixed point in the vehicle body and determines a mathematical model M of the dynamics of the vehicle moving on a track, the model being dependent on the bias of the inertial unit and installation parameters, a virtual sensor is determined based on the model M, the virtual sensor enabling calculation, from model parameters, two theoretical transverse velocities δvyc, and δvzc along axes yc and zc, respectively. An iterative estimator calculates {right arrow over (Vu)}, and includes the virtual sensor, the estimator being configured so the two theoretical transverse velocities are zero regardless of the rail configurations, the estimator enabling correction of the biases of the inertial unit and estimate installation parameters. Auxiliary velocity or distance travelled sensors are not used to calculate {right arrow over (Vu)}.
US12202524B1
Techniques for item delivery including autonomous delivery vehicles used to identify optimal delivery locations and/or deliver physical items to pedestrians are discussed herein. In some examples, a vehicle may receive the instructions from a fleet management system. The vehicle may determine that the instructions cause the vehicle to deliver a quantity of goods to a specified region within the environment. Based on the instructions, the vehicle may transition to a delivery vehicle and navigate to the region. Upon arriving to the region, the vehicle may receive sensor data captured from sensor devices of the vehicle. Such sensor data may be used to detect a plurality of pedestrians within the region. Based on identifying the plurality of pedestrians within the region, the vehicle may determine a dispensing strategy. In some examples, the vehicle may deliver the goods to the plurality of pedestrians within the region according to the dispensing strategy.
US12202520B2
A method of operating an autonomous vehicle includes detecting, based on an input received from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle that is being navigated by an on-board computer system, an occurrence of a driving event, making a determination by the on-board computer system, upon the detecting the occurrence of the driving event, whether or how to alter the path planned by the on-board computer system according to a set of rules, and performing further navigation of the autonomous vehicle based on the determination until the driving event is resolved. The driving event may include a presence of an object in a shoulder area of the road. The driving event may include accumulation of more than a certain number of vehicles behind the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a slow vehicle ahead of the autonomous vehicle. The driving event may include a do-not-change-lane zone is within a threshold.
US12202505B2
A method of providing an onboard assistant for a vehicle, comprising: receiving sensor data from sensors of the vehicle; transforming the sensor data using a trained machine learning model to provide transformed sensor data; inferring from the transformed sensor data that a special condition for the vehicle requires intervention; and contacting an operator of the vehicle to inform the operator of the special condition and receive instructions for handling the special condition.
US12202494B2
A control unit of an information processing apparatus acquires the number of times of operations or an operation time of an operation unit provided in a vehicle at a time at which the operation unit has operated, acquires surroundings information around the vehicle at the time at which the operation unit has operated, and calculates a wear degree of the operation unit by multiplying a wear coefficient which corresponds to surroundings indicated by the acquired surroundings information by the acquired number of times of operations or operation time.
US12202491B1
An electronic tag device includes: a processor and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag chip; the processor is configured to acquire detection signals from a vehicle and process the detection signals to obtain current load information of the vehicle; and the processor is further configured to convert a data format of the current load information of the vehicle to obtain the converted load information meeting ISO18000-6C of the vehicle; and the RFID tag chip is configured to obtain and store the converted load information meeting ISO18000-6C of the vehicle from the processor to thereby allow a server to obtain the converted load information meeting ISO18000-6C of the vehicle from the RFID tag chip. The electronic tag device can be used in the variety of application scenes.
US12202488B2
The present application relates to the technical field of vehicle controlling technology, and provides a method and a device for gradient calculating. The method for gradient calculating includes: acquiring current operating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operating parameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, a current lateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a current vehicle speed; determining a first influence value of the current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed; determining a second influence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed; correcting the current longitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and the second influence value; and determining the gradient value based on the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.
US12202486B2
This application discloses a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for constructing a simulated vehicle lane change trajectory and control a vehicle based on it. One method includes: determining a target preceding vehicle according to a position of a lane change vehicle; determining target longitudinal traveling data; determining at least one lane change trajectory in a determination of at least one of following conditions: whether lane change condition is met; whether it is determined to continue to change lanes; and controlling the lance change vehicle based on the at least one lane change trajectory.
US12202485B2
A monitoring system for a combination vehicle comprises at least one image capture device mounted on a tractor, which has a trailer mounted control system within its field of view. The trailer mounted control system has a visual indicator. A controller is associated with the at least one image capture device. The controller captures images of the visual indicator, determines if the visual indicator meets a predetermined event condition and provides notification to at least one of a driver of the tractor and a remote fleet operator in response to the visual indicator meeting the predetermined condition.
US12202484B2
An automatic reverse driving controller includes a control unit. The control unit includes a traveling information input unit, a traveling information storage unit, an automatic reverse traveling instruction input unit, and a processing unit. The traveling information input unit inputs information on a traveling trajectory of the vehicle and a road surface condition. The traveling information storage unit stores the inputted information on the traveling trajectory and the road surface condition. The automatic reverse traveling instruction input unit receives an input of an instruction to switch from traveling by a driving operation of a driver of the vehicle to automatic reverse traveling by the control unit. The processing unit corrects, in response to the input of the instruction, a traveling trajectory of an outward route on the basis of the road surface condition to determine a traveling route for a return route, and control reverse traveling of the vehicle.
US12202480B2
A control system includes a plurality of request generation devices each of which outputs first and second requests based on a request generated by at least one application, an arbitrator that arbitrates the first and second requests and that outputs a single first request and a single second request, and a control apparatus that controls an actuator based on a final request obtained by arbitrating the first and second requests from the arbitrator and a request made by a driver. The arbitrator specifies the request generation device that has output a request corresponding to the final request based on the final request, the self-output first request, and the self-output second request. The request generation device specified by the arbitrator specifies the application that has generated the request corresponding to the final request based on the self-output first request, the self-output second request, and the request made by the driver.
US12202476B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a set of points indicating a lane boundary; select a first subset of the points, wherein the set of points includes a first point that is not in the first subset; determine a path of the lane boundary based on the first subset of the points; and, upon determining that the first point is greater than a threshold distance from the path, add the first point to the first subset.
US12202475B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle including a camera provided in the vehicle, a lidar sensor provided in the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the vehicle to prevent to deviate from a lane based on lane information obtained by the camera and the lidar sensor, wherein the controller excludes the lane information obtained by the camera and controls the vehicle to prevent to deviate from the lane based on the lane information obtained by the lidar sensor, when the vehicle enters a tunnel.
US12202467B2
Provided are a hybrid electric vehicle and driving mode control method and apparatus for the same. An engine start request is generated by a heating controller of the vehicle. A second time is determined on basis of a first time between the cancellation of a prevent engine start request and the generation of the engine start request. The engine is controlled so that the engine is further maintained in a started state during the second time after the engine start request is cancelled.
US12202456B2
An automatic vehicle braking arrangement includes a vehicle control unit configured to determine whether one or more conditions that must occur to activate an automatic braking function of the vehicle are occurring, to automatically activate the automatic braking function after determining that the one or more conditions are occurring, and to automatically release the automatic braking function after determining that one or more conditions that must occur to release the automatic braking function are occurring. A method for operating such an arrangement is also provided.
US12202450B2
A rapid deceleration mechanism for a vehicle is provided herein. The rapid deceleration mechanism decelerates a body of the vehicle traveling on a road surface. The rapid deceleration mechanism includes at least one bollard attached to the body and at least one energetics arrangement. The at least one energetics arrangement propels the at least one bollard from the body toward the road surface to decelerate the body such that at least one of a portion of the body or the at least one bollard is deformed.
US12202440B2
A device and system to hold cargo when rear vehicle seats do not lay flat to assist a person with storing and safely securing cargo. The device is made of a flat shelf to hold cargo, connected to a middle crosswise brace and longitudinal braces for support. A compartment area is created by the crosswise brace and longitudinal braces to store or hide small items. Using the device will protect the seats and give stability to the cargo.
US12202435B2
A transportation vehicle having an actuator for automatically adjusting a windowpane and/or a sliding roof of the transportation vehicle; a UWB system having a UWB transceiver and a first and a second antenna, each of which sends and receives UWB pulses; and a control device connected to the UWB system and the actuator to carry out a method based on channel impulse response measurements for detecting objects in a collision region by using the first antenna and the second antenna, and to send a signal that is based on a result of the detection method to interrupt an automatic adjustment of a windowpane and/or a sliding roof of the transportation vehicle to the actuator. Also disclosed is a method and communication system for a transportation vehicle.
US12202434B2
A method for granting access to vehicle functionalities is provided. The method includes receiving a signal from a device that is external to the vehicle, the signal including identification data of an object associated with the device, comparing the identification data with user identifications stored in the memory of the vehicle, and granting, to the object, access to a first set of functionalities of the vehicle in response to determining that the identification data matches a first user identification of the user identifications stored in the memory of the vehicle.
US12202431B2
To prevent outward gas leakage between the airbag cushion and inflator during expansion and deployment with a simple configuration. The present invention provides an airbag device including: an airbag cushion having at least two panels; an inflator that discharges gas inside the airbag cushion; a first piece extending from an edge of a first panel of the two panels that is folded in the middle into the airbag cushion; a second piece provided on a portion near the edge of a second panel facing the first piece inside the airbag cushion and sewn to the folded part of the folded first piece; and an insertion passage for the inflator formed from sewing the folded part and the second piece, and extending from inside the airbag cushion to outside.
US12202424B2
An airbag device mounted on a steering wheel of a vehicle having a rim with a shape in which a distance from the center of rotation to an upper edge part is shorter than a distance to the left and right edge parts, including: a gas generator secured to the steering wheel and for generating expansion gas; and an airbag cushion that expands and deploys toward an occupant side by the expansion gas. The airbag cushion has a vent hole for exhausting the expansion gas. Furthermore, when an occupant comes into contact with the expanded and deployed airbag cushion, the airbag cushion deforms toward the front of the vehicle, and when a portion of an upper region of the airbag cushion advances more forward than the rim of the steering wheel, the vent hole is provided at a position that is blocked by contacting an automobile interior component.
US12202419B2
A power supply system includes: a first system having a first power supply; a second system having a second power supply; and an inter-system switch provided in a connection path connecting the first and second systems. First and second paths are provided in parallel between a connection point, at which the connection path is connected with the second system, and the second power supply. The power supply system further includes: a charging unit provided in the first path to charge, with the inter-system switch closed, a storage battery of the second power supply; a discharge restriction unit provided in the second path to restrict discharge of the storage battery; an abnormality determination unit that determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the discharge restriction unit; and a use restriction unit that restricts use of the second power supply upon determination that an abnormality has occurred in the discharge restriction unit.
US12202418B2
A vehicle power supply system, mounted on a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, includes: a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply. A starter motor that starts the internal combustion engine is connected to the main power supply system. At least one of a vehicle control device, configured to control the main power supply system, the backup power supply system, the internal combustion engine and the starter motor, and a backup power supply control device of the backup power supply system is configured to execute an abnormality determination processing of determining whether an abnormality occurs in the main power supply system, and does not execute the abnormality determination processing when the starter motor is in operation, or determines that no abnormality occurs in the main power supply system in the abnormality determination processing.
US12202413B2
A vehicle may have a vehicle body and one or more movable sensors mounted to the body. A movable sensor may be rotated, linearly translated, or otherwise moved between multiple positions in response to location information, driving mode information, vehicle speed, and/or other information. The movable sensor may be moved to track objects, to provide pedestrians and others with visual feedback, to allow the sensor to gather desired sensor information to support driver assistance and autonomous driving operations, to place the sensor in a stowed position, and to perform other functions. The movable sensor may be protected with a movable cover. A cleaner may clean the sensor. The sensor may be a radar sensor, lidar sensor, camera, or other sensor. Information from the sensor may be used to detect roadway obstructions, to detect objects near the vehicle, to monitor pedestrians, and to monitor other conditions.
US12202407B2
An event detection system is for a vehicle. The system includes a processor, a sensor suite electrically connected to the processor, and a memory. The memory has instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the operations including receive an ON command, and receive data from the sensor suite. The data is indicative of the event, and the event includes the planting of unknown cargo on the vehicle.
US12202397B2
A headlight for vehicles, having a light source unit for emitting light, an optical unit for deflecting the light in accordance with a predefined light distribution, and a control unit for generating a control signal, by means of which the light source unit and/or the optical unit can be controlled, wherein the control signal is generated depending on a number of environmental parameters, wherein an optimization program is stored in the control unit, by means of which optimization program the control signal is calculated from a plurality of individual control signals, wherein by means of the individual control signals different partial light distributions, each dependent on the environmental parameters, can be generated.
US12202394B2
A material transportation system for a working machine is provided. The material transportation system comprises a load implement body with a plurality of air flow channels. The air flow channels comprise a set of heat insulated air flow channels, and a set of heat transfer channels, wherein each air flow channel of the set of heat insulated air flow channels comprises a heat insulating structure. When the temperature level of the load implement body is below a predetermined threshold limit, pressurized air is directed to the set of heat transfer channels.
US12202393B2
An electric headrest sliding device includes a slider configured to be movable upwards and downwards by driving of a motor, a front frame of a headrest, and a rotation link configured to connect the slider to the front frame, wherein the rotation link is rotated forwards or rearwards to push or pull the front frame during upward-and-downward movement of the slider, thereby accurately adjusting the front and rear positions of the headrest.
US12202384B2
A revolveable door chair for a vehicle includes a support frame including a base, a side member extending upwardly from the base, and a chair support. The side member is pivotally mounted to a vehicle support. A ground support leg is pivotally connected to the base. A chair is positioned in the support frame. The chair rests in the chair support.
US12202381B1
A vehicle seat with an embedded occupancy detector system and manufacturing method for same, and an occupant protection system including an occupancy detector system embedded in a vehicle seat as described herein. Examples include a molded vehicle seat with one or more inserts including an occupant detection system with one or more sensor pads. A gap housing one or more sensor pads of an occupant detection system may be provided between a surface of an insert and a recessed surface of the molded vehicle seat.
US12202380B2
Systems and methods for energy storage and management may be useful for a variety of applications, including launch devices. A system can include a direct current (DC) bus configured to operate within a predetermined range of voltages. The system can also include an array comprising a plurality of ultra-capacitors connected to the DC bus and configured to supply the DC bus with energy. The system can further include an input configured to receive energy from a power grid, wherein the power grid is configured to supply fewer than 250 amps of power. The system can additionally include an output configured to supply more than 250 amps of power. The system can also include a controller configured to control charging and discharging of the array of ultracapacitors and configured to control the DC bus to remain within the predetermined range of voltages.
US12202379B2
A method is for operating a trailer vehicle having an electric drive and friction brakes. The method includes determining a differential mass between a first mass of a driven axle of the trailer vehicle and a second mass of a non-driven axle of the trailer vehicle, and determining a deceleration torque depending on the differential mass. The method further includes generating at least or exactly the determined deceleration torque with the electric drive when the friction brakes are activated. A trailer brake control unit is for the trailer vehicle. The trailer vehicle includes the trailer brake control unit. A combination includes a towing vehicle and a trailer vehicle having the trailer brake control unit.
US12202362B2
An electrical power circuit (100) is disclosed, comprising a charging input (102) for receiving electrical energy at a first or second voltage for charging a traction battery (106) of the vehicle; a battery connection terminal (104) for electrically connecting to the traction battery to supply electrical energy from the charging input for charging the traction battery at the first or second voltage and to receive electrical energy from the traction battery to power one or more traction motors (108) of the vehicle at the second voltage; and a DCDC converter (112) coupled to the charging input and to an output for connecting the DCDC converter to an electrical bus for providing power to one or more electrical units at an output voltage, the DCDC converter configured to receive electrical energy from the charging input, and to provide electrical energy at the output voltage whilst the traction battery is charged at the first voltage.
US12202348B2
A 360-degree rotating wheel apparatus may include a cap unit defining a driving space at a lower side of the cap unit; an in-wheel driving unit provided in the driving space in the cap unit and configured to generate a driving force during operation thereof; and an angle adjustment unit coupling the in-wheel driving unit and the cap unit to each other and configured to cause the in-wheel driving unit to rotate in a circumferential direction of the cap unit so that a traveling direction of the 360-degree rotating wheel apparatus determined according to operation of the in-wheel driving unit is changed by 360 degrees around a vertical axis, increasing the traveling range of the wheel apparatus, and which is easily applicable to a mobility to be improved in usability thereof.
US12202345B1
A display includes a first housing portion having graphic openings therein, a second housing portion spaced apart from the first housing portion and a first circuit board having a plurality of light emitting diodes. The first circuit board is disposed between the first housing portion and the second housing. The first housing portion and the second housing portion form a first photon recycling cavity having the plurality of light emitting diodes disposed therein so that light from the plurality of light emitting diodes is indirectly communicated through the graphic opening after reflecting within the photon cavity.
US12202339B2
A remote control an automotive vehicle, the remote control including a 3-D shaped object, stretch sensors connecting the 3-D shaped object to a structure of the vehicle and a control unit configured to collect information from the stretch sensors, the remote control being configured to control a display of the automotive vehicle, the remote control being configured to be integrated in a stretchable fabric part of an interior of the vehicle.
US12202334B2
A device for controlling a vehicle and a method for outputting platooning information are provided. The device includes a display, a communication device, and a processor connected to the display and the communication device, and the processor is configured to receive information on an image of a region ahead and platooning state information from a leading vehicle through the communication device during platooning, synchronize the information on the image of the region ahead with a vehicle location when a platooning state is a stable state based on the platooning state information, and output the synchronized information on the image of the region ahead on the display.
US12202330B2
A battery cooling device capable of cooling an entire battery more evenly includes a one-side heat exchanger configured to cool a one side surface, and an other-side heat exchanger configured to cool the other side surface, which is a surface facing the one side surface. The one-side heat exchanger includes heat exchange units from a one-side first heat exchange unit to a one-side nth heat exchange unit in an order in which refrigerant flows. The other-side heat exchanger includes heat exchange units from an other-side nth heat exchange unit to an other-side first heat exchange unit in the order in which refrigerant flows. The other-side first heat exchange unit to the other-side nth heat exchange unit are provided at positions where the other-side first heat exchange unit to the other-side nth heat exchange unit face the one-side first heat exchange unit to the one-side nth heat exchange unit, respectively.
US12202327B2
A vehicle lower structure, including: a base member provided under a floor of a vehicle; a pair of reinforcement members; a slope device accommodated above the base member and between the pair of reinforcement members; and a vehicle body floor, both the slope device and the vehicle body floor being fastened to each of a rear flange of a front reinforcement member and a front flange of a rear reinforcement member of respective pairs of the flanges of each of the pair of reinforcement members, and a first fastening portion being disposed so as not to contact the vehicle body floor, and a second fastening portion at which the vehicle body floor is fastened to the rear flange of the front reinforcement member and to the front flange of the rear reinforcement member being disposed so as not to contact the slope device.
US12202324B2
A battery case for a vehicle includes a lower panel supporting lower sides of a plurality of battery modules, the lower panel including a sidewall bent and extending upwards from the lower panel, a side member surrounding and supporting the sidewall of the lower panel to protect side surfaces of the battery modules, and a plurality of reinforcing members, each of which is disposed between neighboring ones of the battery modules such that two opposite ends of the reinforcing members are coupled to and supported by the sidewall.
US12202316B2
An HVAC system includes a variable-speed compressor which compresses refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system, a blower which provides a flow of air through the HVAC system at a controllable flow rate, and a controller communicatively coupled to the variable-speed compressor and the blower. The controller receives a demand request, which includes a command to operate the HVAC system at a predefined setpoint temperature. In response to receiving the demand request, a setpoint temperature associated with the HVAC system can be adjusted to the predefined setpoint temperature. A speed of the variable-speed compressor is decreased to a low-speed setting. Based on the decreased speed of the variable-speed compressor, an air-flow rate can be determined to provide by the blower. The controllable flow rate of the flow of air provided by the blower can be adjusted based on the determined air-flow rate.
US12202304B2
On a tread of the pneumatic tire, circumferential grooves extending along the tire circumferential direction are formed. The spiral belt has a reinforcing cord wound in the tire circumferential direction. The tensile elongation at break of the reinforcing cord is 10 cN/dtex or more, and the elongation at break of the reinforcing cord is 13% or less. The spiral belt is formed by winding a cord unit, in which a plurality of reinforcing cords are arranged along the tire width direction, around the tire circumferential direction. The width of the cord unit in the tire width direction is narrower than the width GW of the circumferential groove in the tire width direction.
US12202300B2
A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion having circumferential grooves and land portions. The circumferential grooves include two shoulder circumferential grooves and a crown circumferential groove. The land portions include two of shoulder land portions and two crown land portions. The width W3 of the shoulder land portion is 17% to 28% of the tread width TW. The crown land portion is divided by crown shallow groove into crown blocks. The groove depth of the crown shallow groove is smaller than the groove depth of the crown circumferential groove. The groove bottom of the crown shallow groove is provided with a groove bottom sipe. The ground contacting top surface of the crown block is hexagonal, and the maximum circumferential dimension is 100% to 200% of the maximum axial dimension.
US12202289B2
A cut material includes an infusible ink layup, a laminate layer, and a backing layer. The laminate layer is disposed between the infusible ink layup and the backing layer.
US12202286B2
The present disclosure relates to a stamp, comprising at least a stamping component and a stamping insert. The stamping component is formed of a top part and a bottom part with a cushion -receiving element and the stamping insert is connected to the top part via a reversing mechanism. The stamping insert is mounted via a continuous axle in an axle bearing element. In the resting position a text plate and/or MB unit (mounted band unit) mounted on the impression unit butts against an ink cartridge with ink pad soaked with stamping ink in the cushion-receiving element and in a stamping process for producing a stamp impression in a stamp position the stamping insert can be shifted by the reversing mechanism into a stamping position. The axle bearing element can be inserted and fastened in the top part via guide webs.
US12202279B2
Methods are disclosed relating to the operation of a micro-structural fluid ejector in a fluid printing apparatus. The methods include providing an imaging system, capturing a digital image of the micro-structural fluid ejector and its surroundings, and pre-processing the digital image to detect edges. A method of detecting contact of a micro-structural fluid ejector to a substrate includes repeatedly lowering the print head and measuring the length of a detected edge until the currently measured length is determined to be longer than a previously measured length. A method of adjusting contact of a micro-structural fluid ejector to a substrate includes calculating a bending coefficient A of the micro-structural fluid ejector and lowering the print head toward the substrate if the bending coefficient A is less than a minimum threshold value Amin, raising the print head away from the substrate if the bending coefficient A is greater than a maximum threshold value Amax, and making no change to the vertical displacement of the print head if the bending coefficient A is in the range of Amin to Amax. A method of detecting a fault condition in fluid flow from a micro-structural fluid ejector onto a substrate includes analyzing the digital image to determine whether edges are present in a region of interest where fluid dispensed from the micro-structural fluid ejector should be present.
US12202277B2
A printhead in a digital printing includes an array of light sources for exposing a photosensitive medium moving past the printhead. Artifacts are reduced in a high-speed print mode by defining first and a second power level control values that differ by at least 20%. The light sources used to print odd-numbered image pixels are activated responsive to the first power level control value and the light sources used to print even-numbered image pixels are activated responsive to the second power level control value.
US12202274B2
A printing device includes a thermal head, a rotation shaft extending in an axial direction and rotatably supported, a pivot member connected to the rotation shaft and configured to pivot integrally with the rotation shaft about the rotation shaft, a biasing unit configured to bias the thermal head upward, a first pivot shaft supported by the pivot member, extending parallel to the axial direction, located below the rotation shaft, and configured to pivot integrally with the pivot member about the rotation shaft, a support member supported by the first pivot shaft to be movable along the first pivot shaft and to be pivotable about the first pivot shaft, the support member including a lower end portion located below the rotation shaft, and a pressing portion provided on the lower end portion of the support member and configured to press the thermal head downward.
US12202268B2
A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having: a nozzle surface; and a nozzle in the nozzle plate, a liquid being discharged from the nozzle of the nozzle surface side in a liquid discharge direction; a nozzle protector covering at least a part of the nozzle surface of the nozzle plate other than the nozzle; a nozzle protector holder including a peripheral wall bonded to a peripheral end portion of the nozzle protector; and a resin member between an edge face of the peripheral end portion of the nozzle protector and an end surface of the peripheral wall facing the nozzle protector.
US12202262B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus including: a print head including a printing element array provided with printing elements each configured to generate thermal energy required to eject an ink, a supply flow channel provided along the printing element array and configured to supply the ink to the respective printing elements, an opening provided to the supply flow channel and configured to cause the ink to flow in, and heating units provided along the supply flow channel and configured to heat the ink inside the supply flow channel; and a heating control unit configured to carry out heating control of the heating units based on a heating pattern determined based on heating intensity distribution, the heating intensity distribution representing heating intensities corresponding to the respective heating units and representing the heating intensities corresponding to positions in a direction of the printing element array.
US12202258B2
A printing apparatus includes: a roll sheet container that contains a roll sheet around which a recording sheet is wound; a first sheet guide that makes contact with a first surface of the recording sheet; a second sheet guide that makes contact with a second surface of the recording sheet; and a transport roller that transports the recording sheet. The first and second sheet guides are disposed so as to face each other to form a sheet route along which the recording sheet is to pass. The transport roller transports the recording sheet that passed along the sheet route. The second sheet guide includes: a projection that protrudes toward the roll sheet container; and a pushing section that extends from the projection along an outer circumference of the roll sheet and in a direction away from the first sheet guide.
US12202257B2
A printing cassette that is to be attached to and detached from a printing apparatus main body is provided. The printing cassette includes: a first roll in which a first tape is wound around a winding center axis parallel to a first direction; and an input gear that is disposed at a different position from the first roll in the first direction, engaging another gear, and configured to transmit a driving force of a drive shaft of the printing apparatus to the another gear. The first roll has a cylindrical shape in which a hollow portion is defined by an inner peripheral surface. The drive shaft is inserted into the hollow portion of the first roll and the input gear is engaged with the drive shaft in a state where the printing cassette is attached to the printing apparatus main body.
US12202256B2
A printing device comprises a housing, a print head provided in the housing, a mount to which a roll body is detachably mounted, a conveyor configured to convey a printing medium unwounded from the roll body along a conveying path including an upstream path extending from the mount to the print head, and a cutter configured to cut the printing medium at a particular position in the upstream path. The roll body is a sheet type printing medium wounded into a rolled-up state. The conveyor comprises a holder arranged, in the upstream path, at a position between the cutter and the print head. The holder is configured to hold the printing medium in a state where the printing medium is deformed to be corrugated along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.
US12202223B2
A machine for forming packing templates includes a infeed mechanism that can feed multiple feeds of sheet material into the machine without repositioning the infeed mechanism or forming creases or bends in the sheet material. The machine also includes a separation and cutting systems with one or more cutting tables and biased knives that cut the sheet material packaging templates. The machine also includes creasing roller(s) that forms creases in the sheet material. The machine also includes a system for reducing or eliminating the impact of irregularities in the sheet material.
US12202220B2
Mold assemblies for curing non-pneumatic tires include first and second mold sections that are axially displaceable relative to one another. A primary conductive heat source is in thermal communication with the mold sections. One radiative heat source is supported on the first mold section and another radiative heat source is supported on the second mold section. A non-pneumatic tire is positioned with the mold assembly between the radiative heat sources. Tire curing systems including such mold assemblies and methods of manufacturing nonpneumatic tires are also included.
US12202219B2
A system cures and manufactures a partially-cured tire assembly. The system includes a plurality of elongate spacer members for maintaining corresponding a uniform cavity tension in the partially-cured tire assembly, each spacer member including a first longitudinal body member axially opposed to a second longitudinal body member, two cam bolts for adjusting a radial gap between the first longitudinal body member and the second longitudinal body member, and two springs each attached to the first body member and the second body member for maintaining a radial compressive force against the cam bolts; a first annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other; and a second annular curing platen for securing spacer members relative to each other.
US12202215B2
A method of manufacturing a backed cross-ply prepreg comprises cutting, using a cutting machine, a first continuous length of a unidirectional prepreg into first prepreg segments, each having an opposing pair of segment cut edges that are non-parallel to a lengthwise direction of the unidirectional prepreg. The method also includes picking up, using a pick-and-place system, the first prepreg segments off of the cutting machine, and placing the first prepreg segments in end-to-end relation onto a conveyor belt of an adhesion machine, and in an orientation such that the segment cut edges are generally parallel to a lengthwise direction of the conveyor belt. The method also includes feeding, using the conveyor belt, the first prepreg segments to an adhesion station of the adhesion machine, and adhering, using the adhesion station, the first prepreg segments to a continuous length of a backing material.
US12202208B2
The present subject matter is directed towards a system and a method for selectively post-curing a three-dimensional (3D-printed) object to attain variable properties. The system comprises a selective post-curing chamber coupled to a computer in communication with a database for accessing a digital model or data concerning the 3D-printed object. The chamber comprises a movable light source assembly and a mounting platform for supporting at least one 3D-printed object thereon. The computer includes one or more executable instructions for selectively emitting a curing light onto the 3D-printed object along a predetermined curing toolpath based on the digital model. The curing of the 3D-printed object along the predetermined curing toolpath generates variable properties along different regions of the 3D-printed object.
US12202204B2
A method for making a rapid prototype of a patient's mouth to be used in the design and fabrication of a dental prosthesis. The method takes an impression of a mouth including a first installation site having a dental implant installed in the first installation site and a gingival healing abutment having at least one informational marker attached to the dental implant. A stone model is prepared based on the impression, including teeth models and model markers indicative of the at least one informational marker. The model is scanned. Scan data is generated from the scanning. The scan data is transferred to a CAD program. A three-dimensional model of the installation site is created in the CAD program. The at least one informational marker is determined to gather information for manufacturing the rapid protocol. Rapid prototype dimensional information is developed. The rapid prototype dimensional information is transferred to a rapid prototyping machine which fabricate a rapid prototype of the patient's dentition as well as a dental implant analog position.
US12202201B2
A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures is provided. The system includes plurality of printing stations and a robotic unit configured to interact with the plurality of printing stations, each of the plurality of printing stations being arranged to be accessible by the robotic unit. Each printing station includes a station controller for controlling at least one deposition control parameter. The system further includes a system controller configured to operate the robotic unit, and wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of printing stations for controlling at least an execution of printing tasks being performed on the plurality of printing stations. The station controllers are at least partially controllable by means of the system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to adjust at least one deposition control parameter of each printing station independent of deposition control parameters of other printing stations of the plurality of printing stations.
US12202200B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.
US12202194B2
Equipment and a method for the three-dimensional printing of continuous fiber composite materials are described, and the equipment comprises:—a supplying head (1) to supply at least one filiform element of continuous fiber (4) comprising at least one fiber;—a movement assembly for the relative movement between the supplying head (1) and the three-dimensional object (20) so as to exert traction of the continuous filiform element (4);—a coupling unit to couple a quantity of material powder onto said filiform element (4); said coupling unit (2) being configured to deposit a determined quantity of powder on the continuous filiform element so as to form a prepreg filiform element (4′);—an energy source (6) configured to induce a phase change to the prepreg filiform element (4′) from the solid state to the liquid state; said energy source (6) being positioned downstream of said coupling unit (2).
US12202192B2
A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures on a substrate, comprises a carrier element for carrying a substrate having a curved surface, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive means for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, second drive means for causing rotational movement of the substrate having the curved surface such as to establish a rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer in a contact zone, said contact zone being arranged in the exposure field, and first control means configured to control said first and/or second drive means so that said rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer is essentially slip-free.
US12202173B2
After peel-off layers have been formed in a workpiece of monocrystalline silicon such as an ingot, a bare wafer, or a device wafer with use of a laser beam having a wavelength transmittable through monocrystalline silicon, a substrate is separated from the workpiece along the peel-off layers acting as separation initiating points. The process results in increased productivity for the manufacture of substrates, compared with a process of manufacturing substrates from a workpiece with use of a wire saw.
US12202170B2
A concrete structure forming system includes a panel formed of a concrete material and a void former disposed on a section of the panel that is less than an entirety of the panel. The void former is monolithically formed in a single piece of a plastic material. The void former is removable from the panel in the single piece to leave a recess in the panel when the concrete material has reached a cured state.
US12202168B2
The invention relates to a wood conditioning system comprising: a first chamber; a second chamber; at least one air conveyor device for circulating air between the first chamber and the second chamber; the second chamber comprising at least one device for spraying water substantially against a direction of the circulated air. Some aspects of the invention relate to a method for wood conditioning.
US12202161B2
Described herein is an improved shaving device. The shaving device can include a first finger portion defining a first aperture configured for a user to place a first finger therethrough, a second finger portion defining a second aperture configured for a user to place a second finger therethrough, and a shaving holding portion under the first and second finger portions. The shaver holding portion can define a cartridge apertures in an underside thereof configured to hold a razor cartridge. The shaving device can include male and female connectors such that it can be connected to other such devices for, among other things, increased shaving area.
US12202160B2
A razor assembly includes a razor cartridge, a connecting head, a razor handle, and first and second magnets. The razor cartridge includes a blade housing for housing shaving blades. The connecting head has a first side detachably coupled to the razor cartridge. The razor handle is coupled to the connecting head to be rotatable about a rotational axis. The first magnet is disposed on a second side of the connecting head and co-rotates with the connecting head about the rotational axis. The second magnet is disposed at a fixed position on the razor handle and placed opposite to the first magnet at a neutral position such that the first and second magnets and razor handle are aligned with a longitudinal axis of the razor handle. Magnetic force between the first and second magnets biases the connecting head toward the neutral rotation position with respect to the razor handle.
US12202154B1
A pocket knife includes a chassis and a blade having a retracted position in which the blade is locked inside of the chassis and a deployed position in which at least a portion of the blade is locked outside of the chassis. An actuator is slidingly engaged with the chassis to reposition the blade between the retracted and deployed positions. A lock is pivotally connected to the chassis and has a surface defined by the lock. A first projection extending from the surface of the lock engages with the blade in the deployed position to lock the blade in the deployed position.
US12202153B2
A robot system includes: a conveying device configured to convey a workpiece; a robot configured to execute an operation on the workpiece; and circuitry configured to: identify a current position of the workpiece and an object area occupied by an object; identify an interlock area that moves with the current position of the workpiece being conveyed by the conveying device; check an overlap between the interlock area and the object area; and control the robot to execute the operation based on the current position of the workpiece in response to determining that the interlock area does not overlap the object area.
US12202152B2
This disclosure relates to a spatial calibration method and apparatus of a robot ontology coordinate system based on a visual perception device and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining first transformation relationships; obtaining second transformation relationships; using a transformation relationship between a visual perception coordinate system and an ontology coordinate system as an unknown variable; and resolving the unknown variable based on an equivalence relationship between a transformation relationship obtained according to the first transformation relationships and the unknown variable and a transformation relationship obtained according to the second transformation relationships and the unknown variable, to obtain the transformation relationship between the visual perception coordinate system and the ontology coordinate system.
US12202151B2
A method for correcting a robot is provided. The method includes: providing a correction device, wherein the correction device comprises a jig wafer; grabbing and/or transferring the jig wafer by using the robot to obtain collected data; determining, based on the collected data, whether the robot needs to be corrected; and in response to that the robot needs to be corrected, obtaining a compensation value according to the collected data, and correcting the robot based on the compensation value.
US12202125B2
Implementations set forth herein relate to a robotic computing device that can perform certain operations, such as communicating between users in a common space, according to certain preferences of the users. When interacting with a particular user, the robotic computing device can perform an operation at a preferred location relative to the particular user based on an express or implied preference of that particular user. For instance, certain types of operations can be performed at a first location within a room, and other types of operations can be performed at a second location within the room. When an operation involves following or guiding a user, parameters for driving the robotic computing device can be selected based on preferences of the user and/or a context in which the robotic computing device is interacting with the user (e.g., whether or not the context indicates some amount of urgency).
US12202117B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a hydraulic tool including a hydraulic actuator cylinder, a piston, a fluid reservoir, a pump, a regeneration check valve, and a pilot-operated valve. The regeneration check valve is disposed in a regenerative extension fluid path that fluidly couples a first and second chamber of the hydraulic actuator cylinder. The pilot-operated valve is disposed in a power extension fluid path that fluidly couples the second chamber to a fluid reservoir.
US12202116B2
An impact rotary tool includes a hammer, an anvil, an output shaft, a housing, and a bearing (first bearing). The bearing (first bearing) is held by the housing. The anvil includes a first contact portion. The output shaft includes a second contact portion. The second contact portion receives, from the first contact portion, force that causes the output shaft to rotate. The bearing (first bearing) is in contact with at least one of the first contact portion or the second contact portion and supports at least one of the output shaft or the anvil rotatably.
US12202109B2
A method of detecting a workpiece jam condition in a pneumatic tool includes striking a workpiece by a blade of the tool, detecting whether a piston to which the blade is attached reaches a predetermined position within a predetermined time, and determining a workpiece jam condition has occurred if the piston does not reach the predetermined position within the predetermined time.
US12202106B1
A lifting and transporting device for lifting a load and transporting the same transversely to the lifting direction. The lifting and transporting device being for use in manufacturing a screwed flange connection. The lifting and transporting device having a frame for picking up and lifting a load, a holder for holding the load and comprising a hoist for lifting and lowering the holder with the load attached thereto, includes a tensile anchor which is operatively connected with the bolting tool and in a state of the lifting and transporting device mounted on a flange can releasably be connected with the flange or with at least one screw bolt connection and is designed to limit the lift-off path of the bolting tool in the hoisting direction to a specified amount in the case of a fracture of the screw bolt connection to be pretensioned or of the connection of the bolting tool with the screw bolt connection to be pretensioned during the pretensioning of this screw bolt connection.
US12202099B2
A coated abrasive article having a plurality of formed ceramic abrasive particles each having a surface feature. The plurality of formed ceramic abrasive particles attached to a flexible backing by a make coat comprising a resinous adhesive forming an abrasive layer. The surface feature having a specified z-direction rotational orientation, and the specified z-direction rotational orientation occurs more frequently in the abrasive layer than would occur by a random z-direction rotational orientation of the surface feature.
US12202095B2
A clamping device for holding a workpiece, in particular a cutting tool, during machining in a grinding machine, wherein peripheral grinding of the workpiece is performed by means of a particularly approximately cup-shaped grinding wheel, wherein the clamping device comprises a support unit provided to be mounted on the grinding machine, a clamping unit comprising a clamping anvil supported in a clamping anvil holding element and translationally drivable to apply a clamping force parallel to a clamping axis, and a drive unit comprising a drive anvil supported in a drive axis and rotationally drivable for rotary orientating the workpiece by means of the drive axis. The clamping unit and the drive unit are provided as individual components, which are releasably or slidably attached to the support unit to form a workpiece spindle headstock of the grinding machine.
US12202093B2
A cutting tool sharpening angle aid including a spirit level vial; a first spirit level vial harness to which the spirit level vial is configured to be attached; a first member to which the spirit level harness is attached; a base which is attached to the first member; and a first attachment device which is configured to attach the base to a blade of a cutting tool. The first attachment device may be a magnet. The first attachment device may be an elastic band. In at least one embodiment, both a magnet and one or more elastic bands may be used for the first attachment device, and/or a first and a second attachment device may be provided. The first member may be triangular shaped. The base may be rotatably attached to the first member or fixed to the first member.
US12202083B1
Systems and methods described herein are configured to control welding systems, for example, controlling welding process variables based at least in part on nominal stresses estimated using finite element (FE) algorithms. The systems and methods described herein may be utilized to identify nominal stress in welded structures and components to enable adjustment of welding process variables for the manufacture of subsequent welded structures and components, for example, performed by the same welding system. The systems and methods described herein also allow readily available FE stress results to be utilized in a consistent manner, as well as providing user feedback regarding the accuracy of the nominal stress approximations. Furthermore, the systems and methods described herein are generally faster and less error prone than conventional techniques, and are relatively insensitive to mesh density of the FE stress calculations.
US12202080B1
A high-strength, high-toughness, and corrosion-resistant welding method for TKY nodes in a deepwater jacket includes the following steps: preheating T/K/Y nodes at a predetermined temperature according to a wall thickness of a base material; setting different welding parameters for different welding processes; and performing rooting weld on the preheated T/K/Y nodes through an electrode arc welding process, then performing filling weld through a gas metal arc welding process, and finally performing capping weld through the gas metal arc welding process. A corresponding electrode is selected for the rooting weld, a welding wire is selected for the capping weld according to low-strength matching, a welding wire is selected for the filling weld according to an equal-strength matching principle, and diffusible hydrogen contents of any electrode and any of the welding wires are all less than or equal to a predetermined diffusible hydrogen content.
US12202079B2
A welding device for a plate laminated body according to an embodiment includes a welding torch, a chuck for gripping a plurality of laminated plates with a lamination direction being in a horizontal position, and at least one support extending along the lamination direction for supporting the plate laminated body from below.
US12202075B2
A welded joint comprising: a pair of steel base materials having a sheet thickness of 0.4 to 4.0 mm, and at least one of which has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more; and a weld metal that welds the pair of steel base materials, wherein, when the weld metal is seen in plan view, a weld toe of the weld metal has peaks and valleys, an average distance in a direction orthogonal to a weld line direction between a top point of a peak and a bottom point of a valley that are adjacent to one another is 3.0 mm or less, and an average number of a total of peaks and valleys, at which the distance in the direction orthogonal to the weld line direction between the top point of the peak and the bottom point of the valley that are adjacent to one another is 0.1 mm to 3.0 mm, is 2 to 30/15 mm, and an automobile component having the welded joint.
US12202057B2
According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.
US12202045B2
The present invention relates to a doctor blade unit for an additive manufacturing system having a pulverous starting material. By means of the doctor blade unit according to the invention, improved linearity of the doctor blade and parallelism with respect to the build plane are achieved. The doctor blade is suspended on a crossmember by means of adjustable fastening elements, and the crossmember in turn is fastened, on one side by means of a fixed bearing and on the other side by means of a floating bearing, to a guide support.
US12202040B2
A method for preparing Mg-RE alloys with high strength and ductility using selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing technology includes the following steps of: A. preparing Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr pre-alloyed spherical powder by gas atomization; B. molding the Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr pre-alloyed spherical powder using SLM to obtain the Mg-RE alloys with high strength and ductility; and C. conducting heat treatment on the Mg-RE alloys prepared in step B: solid solution+aging treatment or only aging treatment The method adjusts and controls microstructure and mechanical properties of the alloys by adjusting and controlling process parameters of SLM (laser power, scanning speed, hatch spacing, spot diameter, layer thickness, interlayer rotation angle, substrate preheating temperature, partition width and overlapping area width) and process parameters of subsequent heat treatment (temperature and time) to prepare the Mg-RE-(Zn)—Zr alloys with high strength and ductility using SLM process for the first time.
US12202036B1
The application discloses a system and method for centrifugal intrusion of molten metal into porous media and then solidification positioning, including: test cups, used for placing test medium and molten metal intrusion; a rotor block, used for mounting the test cups, where one end of each test cup for placing the test medium is far away from the rotor block; a constant temperature oil bath preheating device, used for preheating the test cups and the rotor block; a centrifugal device, internally provided with the rotor block, used for performing a centrifugal operation on the test cups, where the test cups and the rotor block are installed inside the centrifugal device after being preheated; and an infrared heating and compression refrigerating device, arranged inside the centrifugal device, used for controlling a temperature of the test cups.
US12202034B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed for forming an item in a mould using a casting process, typically a counter gravity casting system. Heating assembly, transfer assembly and mould filling assembly can be used in combination. The transfer assembly includes apparatus and method for removing sedimentation from the liquid metal and/or metal alloy received from the heating assembly and extracting the same prior to the metal and/or metal alloy reaching the mould filling assembly at which the same is supplied to fill a cavity of a mould and which, once filled, can be slid to a location to cool and thereby make available the mould filling assembly for the next mould to be filled. This apparatus and method provide an efficient, high throughput system, along with high quality cast items.
US12202029B2
An automatic tool changer includes first and second tool change units that is driven respectively by a pair of servo motors and move along an arrangement direction of a plurality of tools installed on a tool installation unit, a torque detection unit that detects a torque of each of the pair of servo motors, and a control device that controls operations of the first and second tool change units. The control device fixes the first tool change unit at a reference position, and moves the second tool change unit toward the first tool change unit. The control device determines, based on a torque change of each servo motor, that a plurality of upper tools are brought together at the first tool change unit as a result of a movement of the second tool change unit.
US12202025B2
This press-formed article includes: a top sheet portion; a sidewall continuing to the top sheet portion via a convex ridge line portion; a flange continuing to the sidewall via a concaved ridge line portion; and an outward flange continuing from an edge portion of the top sheet portion to an edge portion of the flange, via an edge portion of the convex ridge line portion, an edge portion of the sidewall, and an edge portion of the concaved ridge line portion, wherein in the same unit, an average thickness TAve, a minimum thickness TMin, and a maximum thickness TMax of the outward flange satisfy Equation 1 and Equation 2. 0.8×TAve≤TMin
US12202019B2
Method and system for the removal and/or avoidance of contamination in charged particle beam systems
A charged particle beam system is disclosed, comprising: a charged particle beam generator for generating a beam of charged particles; a charged particle optical column arranged in a vacuum chamber, wherein the charged particle optical column is arranged for projecting the beam of charged particles onto a target, and wherein the charged particle optical column comprises a charged particle optical element for influencing the beam of charged particles; a source for providing a cleaning agent; a conduit connected to the source and arranged for introducing the cleaning agent towards the charged particle optical element; wherein the charged particle optical element comprises: a charged particle transmitting aperture for transmitting and/or influencing the beam of charged particles, and at least one vent hole for providing a flow path between a first side and a second side of the charged particle optical element, wherein the vent hole has a cross section which is larger than a cross section of the charged particle transmitting aperture. Further, a method for preventing or removing contamination in the charged particle transmitting apertures is disclosed, comprising the step of introducing the cleaning agent while the beam generator is active.
US12202016B2
A substrate cleaning apparatus includes: a support part configured to support a substrate by bring into contact with a rear surface of the substrate; an annular member disposed to surround a periphery of the substrate supported on the support part and including an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane in a diametrical direction of the annular member; a rotation part configured to rotate the support part and the annular member; a first supply part configured to supply a cleaning liquid toward the rear surface of the substrate supported on the support part; and a second supply part configured to supply the cleaning liquid toward the inclined surface.
US12202009B2
A method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising sequentially applying a first colored paint (X), a second colored paint (Y), and a clear paint (Z) to a substrate, and heating the three layers of the obtained multilayer coating film separately or simultaneously to cure these layers. The first colored coating film has a lightness L* within the range of 30 to 60, the second colored coating film has a light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 700 nm or less within the range of 15% or more and less than 30%, and |h(X)−h(S)|, which is a difference between a hue angle h in the L*C*h color space diagram of the first colored coating film (h(X)) and a hue angle h in the L*C*h color space diagram of the multilayer coating film (h(S)), is within the range of 0 to 30.
US12202005B2
A slot die coating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a slot die containing a first die block and a second die block, and a sensor unit for measuring the flow rate of an electrode active material slurry which is discharged through a discharge port formed by the coupling of the first die block and the second die block, wherein the sensor unit is formed inside the first die block, and the sensor unit is connected to the discharge port via an energy dissipation part and an energy absorption part.
US12201994B2
A magnetic particle manipulating apparatus includes a magnetic force source moving mechanism, an operation controller configured to control operation of the magnetic source moving mechanism, an openable cover for covering the device holder, a pressing mechanism provided on the cover to press the tubular device held by the device holder when the cover is closed so that warpage of the tubular device is corrected, an open/close state detector provided so as to detect an open/close state of the cover. The operation controller is configured to execute the processing operation only in a case where the open/close state detector detects that the cover is closed.
US12201979B2
A microfluidic device includes a microchannel, which defines a flow path for a liquid. It further includes a liquid-pinning trench, which is arranged so as to form an opening that extends across the flow path. In addition, the device includes an electrode extending across the flow path so as to at least partly overlap the trench. The trench and overlapping electrode make up an electrowetting gate, which allows an efficient, reliable, and easy-to-implement flow control mechanism. In addition, such a mechanism requires relatively low actuation voltages (less than 10 V) to resume the liquid flow. Thus, a microfluidic chip having gates such as described herein can be controlled with a portable system, e.g., a smartphone connectivity. The present devices may notably be embodied as point-of-care diagnostic devices. Related devices, as well as methods of operation and methods of fabrication of such devices, are also disclosed.
US12201975B2
The present disclosure is directed to a coating process for chromatographic surfaces. Embodiments of the present disclosure feature a two-step, vapor-liquid phase organosilane deposition method for creating a hydrophilic, non-ionic surface in a chromatographic system.
US12201972B2
An ion exchange tank is provided. The ion exchange tank includes a processing chamber and an additive chamber separated by a weir system, the weir system having a flow channel fluidly connecting the processing chamber to the additive chamber, wherein the flow is divided from the additive chamber by a first partition and divided from the processing chamber by a second partition, wherein the additive chamber comprises a solids-absorbing material disposed therein.
US12201969B2
A method of forming an inorganic oxide coating on a monolith article to produce a coated monolith article suitable for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprises spraying, as a dry particulate aerosol, inorganic particles and a silicone resin to form a coating layer. The present invention also provides an uncalcined porous monolith article for use in forming a monolith article for the treatment of an exhaust gas. The uncalcined monolith article comprises a dry particulate composition comprising inorganic particles and a silicone resin.
US12201966B2
Catalyst compositions and methods of preparation comprising: exchanging a rare earth element into a molecular sieve; incorporating a promoter metal into the molecular sieve; wherein the rare earth element exchanging step and the promoter metal incorporation step are performed as separate steps.
US12201959B2
A flexible material is disclosed comprising a flexible substrate, a sorbent comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, wherein the solids weight ratio of the binder to the zirconium hydroxide is in the range 1:1 to 1:120. Also disclosed is a process for production of a fabric, comprising: providing a flexible material, providing at least one sorbent dispersion comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, applying the sorbent dispersion to the flexible material to produce a treated flexible material, squeezing the treated flexible material under pressure, and passing the pressed treated flexible material through a stenter.
US12201950B2
Devices and methods related to a graphene oxide-based membrane are provided. A method comprises immersing graphene oxide-based layers in a water-based solution, stirring the water-based solution in a swirling motion until the graphene oxide-based layers each physically curve, adding a crosslinker to the water-based solution to cause the formation of saccate graphene oxide-based cells that are connected to each other via channels, and stacking the saccate graphene oxide-based cells on a substrate to form a graphene oxide-based membrane.
US12201935B2
A gas accumulation and combustion control device combining a sorption system, a ventilation system, a control system, and sensor system, with the sensor system configured to detect gas contaminants, transmit a gas detection signal to the control system, the control system configured to adjust the ventilation system based on the gas detection signal, the ventilation system configured to draw the contaminated air in from the atmosphere and lead it toward the sorption system, which in turn is configured to adsorb or absorb the gas contaminants.
US12201928B2
An air filter includes an air filter pack includes air filtration media folded along fold lines to define adjacent walls separated by connecting peaks at the fold lines; and a beam defined on both sides of the air filtration media and extending transverse to the fold lines. A frame can enclose the filter pack, and methods for making are also disclosed. The beam can be formed of cured adhesive and reinforces the filter against bending due to upstream air pressure.
US12201927B2
Provide is a distillation tower management system, a distillation tower state analysis method, and a distillation tower management method that are capable of predicting abnormality in distillation towers before the abnormality becomes apparent and capable of taking preventive actions. The distillation tower management system includes a measurement unit 10 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a pressure measurement unit 11, a temperature measurement unit 12 and a chlorine measurement unit 13, an operation data unit 20 for producing operation data containing measurement data measured with the measurement unit 10, an analysis unit 30 for analyzing the state of a distillation tower 103 from the operation data and producing analysis data regarding the state of the distillation tower 103, and a control unit 40 for producing, based on the analysis data, control data regarding a differential pressure-eliminating agent that is added to the distillation tower 103.
US12201925B2
Methods of filtering a liquid feed are disclosed. In one version, the method comprises passing a liquid feed through a single pass tangential flow filtration (SPTFF) system and recovering the retentate and permeate from the system in separate containers without recirculation through the SPTFF system. In another version, the method of filtering a liquid feed, comprises passing a liquid feed through a tangential flow filtration (TFF) system, recovering permeate and a portion of the retentate from the system in separate containers without recirculation through the TFF system, and recirculating the remainder of the retentate through the TFF system at least once. The methods can be performed using an SPTFF or a TFF system that comprises manifold segments to serialize the flow path of the feed and retentate without requiring diverter plates.
US12201920B2
The present invention relates to a spray dried plasma composition having one or more of the following characteristics: when reconstituted, largely amorphous and has no cholesterol crystals; when reconstituted, the number of large particulates is reduced; has low residual moisture; reconstitutes rapidly in under four minutes; highly stable when stored under refrigeration, at room temperature or at elevated temperatures and allows for storage for longer periods of time; when reconstituted, exhibits recovery of the most fragile of proteins, including von Willebrand's factor; when reconstituted with Sterile Water for Injection (SWFI), reconstituted plasma is at a pH that is near normal plasma pH, and does so without treatment or storage in CO2 or other pH adjustment; and when reconstituted, has reduced complement activation (C5A, C3A).
US12201918B2
Disclosed herein is an adjustable brightness flying suitable for both recreational and professional uses. The flying disc may comprise a light strip that illuminates when in use. In some embodiments, one or more properties of the light strip can be dynamically adjusted based on the intended application, environmental lighting conditions, and/or the player's preferences. The flying disc may have high-impact resistance, sand resistance, and/or water resistance so that it can be used for different applications and in different environments such as rough terrain, dusty environments, and/or in water. The flying disc may automatically detect a motion state and turn the light strip on or off accordingly. The illumination allows players to use the flying disc for different applications and in different environments, such as in low-lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the brightness may be adjusted and on-time of the light strip may be manually set or adjusted by a player.
US12201915B1
A toy figure is presented herein with a connector for coupling two parts of the toy figure together. The connector has a first connector portion, a second connector portion, and an intermediate connector portion located between and coupled to both the first connector portion and the second connector portion. The intermediate connector portion has two spaced apart middle portions that define a channel therebetween and which can move toward and away from each other. The first connector portion has two side portions that can also move toward and away from each other.
US12201913B2
A system and method for providing instant games in both physical scratch-off and virtual forms wherein at least a portion of the winning value of the instant game is determined by a plurality of planar layers with the concordance of the planar layers determining value enhancements. The distribution and composition of the concordance of the plurality of planar layers is configured to ensure compliance with a predetermined prize outcome prize fund.
US12201912B2
An approach is provided for streaming of media streams (e.g., from a game console). In one implementation, a media stream that includes a secondary view of the game world may be generated at the game console. The secondary view may be of a lower-quality version of a primary view of the game world. The generation of the media stream may include: prefetching, to a cache of the game console, portions of the primary view and/or instructions for encoding the portions; and encoding, based on the prefetching, the portions to produce the secondary view. In another implementation, game play information may be executed to reproduce previous game play of a previous game session during a reproduction of the previous game session. Augmentation content may be added to the reproduced game session during the reproduction of the previous game session, creating an augmented game session having one or more views for streaming.
US12201903B2
A computerized method for facilitating execution of an interactive live game by a processor of a game server, is provided. The method includes receiving a request of a player to participate in an interactive live game; executing an interactive game; based on the executed game, transmitting, to a video processor, game display data and virtual reality data, the virtual reality data including data pertaining a virtual reality environment comprising at least two themes. Based on the executed game, transmitting game events, thereby facilitating the player's device to create a composited video stream comprising a live game video stream captured in a live studio in which an operator operating a mobile activation button, and data that pertains to the generated game events. In response to receiving an input from the mobile activation button, game server transmits transition data indicative of switching between the at least two themes in the environment.
US12201902B2
A screen switching method includes obtaining, by a first client, a switching instruction, the switching instruction being generated by a second client, the first client and the second client being different clients, and the switching instruction instructing screen switching, and obtaining, by the first client, a first screen according to the switching instruction, the first screen being a preset screen. The method further includes switching, by the first client, a second screen displayed on a display interface of the first client, to the first screen according to the switching instruction, and the first screen and the second screen being different screens.
US12201896B2
The application provides a game controller and a game console. The game controller comprises a first button electrically connected with a first main board, when the first button is triggered, the first main board can generate specific feedback information, so that a game character can perform specific operations. By arranging the first button at a position at the rear shell of the controller, a user can press the first button through a middle finger or a ring finger, which is convenient for the user to operate with multiple fingers at the same time. Furthermore, by rotating the pressing structure at the junction of the rotating structure and the pressing structure as a pivot to press the first button, the shape of the pressing structure can be adapted to the actual needs of the user, and the user has a better operational experience.
US12201894B2
A mouse and a gaming system are respectively provided. The gaming system includes a mouse and an intermediate application program. The mouse includes an operation module, a solid-state disk (SSD), and a processing module. The processing module is connected to an electronic device. When the electronic device runs a game, the processing module records an operation signal generated by an operation of a user in the SSD. The processing module can store settings made by the user to the game and to the mouse in the SSD. When the game is ended in the electronic device, the processing module stores a game result information in the SSD. When the electronic device runs the same game and the same mouse is used to play the same game, the user can read the settings in the SSD to quickly perform the same settings on the game and the mouse.
US12201880B2
A golf club head with improved striking face performance is disclosed herein. More specifically, a golf club head includes a striking face with a thickened central region surrounded by transition region that reduces radially in thickness as it extends away from the central region is disclosed. The striking face geometry results in more uniform characteristic time measurements across a large percentage thereof.
US12201867B2
A male-female quick connect system is described, along with related methods and uses. Example applications include using the strap as an exercise resistance trainer band, a boating mooring connector, a replacement or supplement to freight transport tie-downs, and others. An interchangeable strap connection system is described, having: a male connector; a strap connected to the male connector; a plurality of female sockets spaced from one another and anchored to a substrate, with each female socket structured to permit the male connector to interchangeably quick connect with and quick release from the female socket.
US12201850B2
Disclosed is a system for quality assurance of high dose rate radiation therapy. The system includes a radiation delivery system configured to deliver high dose rate radiation therapy, with the radiation delivery system including a radiation source and a collimating system. The system also includes a radiation detection system having a diode to measure high dose rate radiation from the radiation source, an operational amplifier to transform the output of the diode to a measurable voltage, and a voltage source configured to apply a reverse bias to a component of the radiation detection system.
US12201848B2
A device for removal of bio-film without cutting or injury to tissue is provided which is an elongated, thin and flexible member which encases a fiber optic piece and having a downward curved section at or near one end. The fiber optic protrudes from the end of the member and is covered by a diffuser to create a light emitting head, which can be used to direct light energy to a selected treatment site. Disclosed are safe, simple and effective broad-spectrum treatments for bio-film removal, such as halitosis and other microbial infections of the non-dental upper respiratory tract useful to treat bacterial and other microorganism species, including anaerobic bacteria. Electromagnetic radiative energy including visible, and optionally, thermal, RF and/or microwave wavelengths, is topically applied to internal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract to destroy or incapacitate superficial microorganisms without the use of antibiotics.
US12201825B2
An implantable medical device assembly comprises a sealed housing; a motor including a rotating output shaft within the sealed housing; a first coaxial shaft within the sealed housing, the first coaxial shaft being mechanically coupled to the rotating output shaft such that rotation of the rotating output shaft drives rotation of the first coaxial shaft; a second coaxial shaft external to the sealed housing, the second coaxial shaft being in axial alignment with the first coaxial shaft; an oscillating component mechanically coupling the first coaxial shaft to the second coaxial shaft, wherein rotation of the rotating first coaxial shaft drives the oscillation of the oscillating component, wherein the oscillation of the oscillating component drives rotation of the second coaxial shaft; and a flexible seal including the oscillating component. The sealed housing and the flexible seal combine to form a substantially sealed enclosure encasing the motor and the first coaxial shaft.
US12201824B2
One aspect relates to a medical electrode, having a conductor, an insulation, which surrounds the conductor at least in some sections over its entire circumference, protrusions in the insulation, electrode segments arranged between the protrusions, and insulating areas arranged between the electrode segments, wherein the electrode segments have steps, wherein the steps engage with the insulating areas.
US12201819B2
An injection device uses telescoping and/or nested components and other features to make the overall device compact in size. The device is configured to have a storage position and an extended position, such that its needle is positioned within the housing of the device in a storage position, with the needle extending beyond the device housing when needed for an injection. The telescoping plunger mechanism has a storage position and an extended position for use. The device includes a needle depth cover, which extends from the device housing for use, and guides the user as to the correct depth for the needle to penetrate the user's skin. A switch allows different depth settings, for example allowing a deeper penetration for injection into a leg, and shallower penetration for injection into an arm.
US12201814B2
A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device is described. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge including a dispensing end; a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, where the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section; and a fixing feature. The fixing feature includes a fixing surface, in particular a radially oriented surface, which is arranged to abut a cartridge surface of the cartridge, in particular a radially oriented surface, to prevent removal of the cartridge from the cartridge holder such that the cartridge is permanently secured in the cartridge holder.
US12201807B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for identification of medical fluid treatment to a medical patient. Systems and their operations are disclosed to identify a fluidic treatment protocol among a plurality of medical infusion lines. The system includes medical infusion pumps, illuminating medical infusion lines, and computing resources to initiate identification. Fluidic medical treatment is prone to error, cognitive load is elevated in healthcare operations, the various embodiments disclosed herein are systems and methods to decrease error and reduce cognitive load by identifying as a visual cue the medical fluid treatment protocol.
US12201804B2
An energy delivery system for delivering electrical energy to tissue, includes an elongate catheter member defining a longitudinal axis and dimensioned for passage within a body vessel and an expandable treatment member mounted to the catheter member. The treatment member includes an inflatable element adapted to transition between an initial condition and an at least partially expanded condition upon introduction of an anesthetic solution within the inflatable element, an electrode for delivering electrical energy to at least the nerve tissue associated with the body vessel to cause at least partial denervation thereof and at least one aperture dimensioned to permit passage of the anesthetic solution from the inflatable element to contact the body vessel whereby the solution at least enters the body vessel to at least partially anesthetize the nerve tissue therewithin. The electrode may be mounted to at least the inflatable element of the treatment member and may be generally helical.
US12201799B2
Needleless connectors are described herein. A needleless connector includes a housing comprising a cavity and a proximal fluid port in fluid communication with the cavity. The connector further includes a filter support disposed at least partially within the cavity. The filter support can include a distal fluid port in fluid communication with the proximal fluid port. The connector further includes a filter disposed circumferentially around the filter support and between the proximal fluid port and the distal fluid port.
US12201797B2
An automatic tattoo apparatus can be used to robotically apply tattoos. A customer can shop on an online tattoo marketplace to select designs created by various artists located anywhere. The online tattoo marketplace can process and manage payments, artist and/or customer profiles, bookings, tattoo design uploads, browsing and design selection, design changes, and/or perform other actions. The automatic tattoo device can apply tattoos precisely, quickly, and may with reduced pain. The tattoo apparatus can apply a wide range of different types of tattoos, including but not limited to micro tattoos, dotwork, blackwork tattoos, realism tattoos, fine-line tattoos, etc.
US12201791B2
An intravenous (IV) device assembly may include a catheter adapter and a needle guard residing within a bore of the catheter adapter. The needle guard may include a needle formed through a guard bore. The guard bore may include a first internal diameter along a first bore portion and a second internal diameter, smaller than the first bore portion, along a second bore portion. A clip may be coupled to the exterior surface of the needle guard. The clip may include a first arm, which may include a first end guard, and a second arm, which may include a second end guard. The clip may be slidable distally along the exterior surface of the needle guard to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration, thereby blocking distal motion of the needle within the needle guard.
US12201783B1
A method of using blue-light filtering eyeglasses for the treatment of symptoms associated with restless legs syndrome is provided. The method involves providing eyeglasses that can block or filter-out blue-light, wearing the eyeglasses beginning at dusk for a time period of at least two hours while being exposed to blue-light; and removing the eyeglasses, whereby the symptoms associated with restless legs syndrome are reduced. Preferably, the user wears the blue-light filtering eyeglasses for a period of about two to about six hours between the time of dusk and sunrise while being exposed to blue-light.
US12201778B2
A water tank mounting structure and a ventilation treatment apparatus for such structure. The water tank mounting structure comprises a cavity for containing a water tank and a side wall defining the cavity, wherein the side wall comprises an inner side wall spaced apart from an outer side, a first gas hole provided in the inner side wall, and a second gas hole provided in the outer side wall, both holes arranged in a staggered manner perpendicular to the side wall. The arrangement of the double-layer side wall, and the first and second gas holes in the inner and outer side walls, respectively, allows for hot gas in the cavity to be effectively removed. The staggered arrangement of the gas holes allows for water to flow downward along the side wall without invading the cavity when water enters through the second gas hole. A waterproof effect is achieved.
US12201776B2
An apparatus or kit for a respiratory support system for delivering humidified gas to a user or patient. The apparatus comprising a humidifier chamber in pneumatic communication with a gases source, an inspiratory conduit in pneumatic communication with the humidifier chamber downstream of the humidifier chamber, a filter that is in pneumatic communication with the inspiratory conduit downstream of the inspiratory conduit, and a patient interface for delivering humidified gas to a user or patient, wherein the patient interface is in pneumatic communication with the filter downstream of the filter, or is configured to be placed in pneumatic communication with the filter downstream of the filter.
US12201767B2
A system for aerosolization of compartmentalized materials is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising vaporizing, by a heater, at least a portion of a first material to form a first vapor, wherein the first material is stored in a reservoir coupled to the heater. The operations can further comprise providing, through a draw channel comprising the heater, the first vapor to a second material within the draw channel, wherein the second material comprises one or more of nicotine and an acid, wherein the second material is positioned between the resistive heater and an exit point of the draw channel. The operations can also include forming, based on the first vapor passing through and/or around the second material, an inhalable vapor. Related systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US12201759B2
A dialysis system has a module with a dialyzer configured to remove one or more substances from a dialysis solution as it passes through a dialyzer. The module has a fluid line, a sorbent cartridge, and a sodium control system adapted to actively alter a sodium concentration of dialysis solution passing through the fluid line as the dialysis solution exits the sorbent cartridge. The sodium control system has a conductivity sensor that sends a signal indicating the conductivity of the dialysis solution as the dialysis solution exits the sorbent cartridge, the conductivity meter being in communication with the sodium control system, a processor configured to receive the signal from the conductivity sensor, compare the conductivity signal to a threshold value lower than a prescription value, and cause the sodium control system to stop actively altering the sodium concentration if the signal is greater than the threshold value.
US12201751B2
Medical devices that are flushable in a standard toilet are disclosed. The medical devices are made at least in part of material that when introduced into water (of a toilet) disintegrate and/or fragment or are fragmentable before or after introduction into water such that they can be easily carried by the water through the disposal system. At least a portion of the device is intended for insertion into a patient or subject wherein the body-insertable portion retains its structural integrity while in use but is fragmentable once outside the body and exposed to a selected condition.
US12201746B2
The disclosure relates to an expandable scaffold and a method for fabricating the scaffold. The expandable scaffold includes a three-dimensional porous structure comprising a composite material composed by a first material and a second material. The 3D porous structure has a tunable expansion capacity. When applied in a liquid, the 3D porous structure may uptake the liquid and expand from an original volume to an expansion volume up to 1000 times of the original volume. The 3D porous structure may be formed by a plurality of layers of the composite material, and architecture and shape of the layers of the composite material are arranged in accordance with a shape and a size of the expansion volume. Applications of the scaffold may include a bone or soft tissue regeneration system or a bleed stopping device.
US12201739B2
What is presented and described is a method for avoiding the microbial attack of a cleaning apparatus, in particular a cleaning apparatus for a metering system, wherein the cleaning apparatus has at least one mechanical cleaning element with at least one cleaning surface, wherein the method is characterized in that the at least one cleaning surface of the at least one mechanical cleaning element is exposed, at least temporarily, to an oxidizing agent. The present invention further relates to a method for cleaning a metering system, in particular for a dispersion, especially a paint-metering system, to a cleaning apparatus, and to a metering system.
US12201738B2
This invention serves to repurpose existing ethylene oxide sterilization chambers utilizing a novel chemical means of sterilization. Ethylene oxide is a longstanding gaseous sterilant for medical devices but has increasing problems associated with its hazards. Ethylene oxide is a carcinogenic and explosive chemical, and its emissions can be very harmful and cause serious health risks. Due to this, the FDA and many medical device manufacturers are trying to reduce or eliminate the use of the gas. Chlorine dioxide gas is a nearly identical alternative mode of sterilization that is non-carcinogenic and non-explosive. If firms choose to eliminate the use of ethylene oxide but do not want to waste the capital expenditure on existing sterilizers, they can instead utilize the ethylene oxide-to-chlorine dioxide conversion system of the present invention and use an effective and environmentally friendly form of sterilization in a system they already possess.
US12201726B2
Provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preparing pharmaceutical compositions that preserve the coating of coated API particles in a pharmaceutical suspension. Pharmaceutical compositions include coated active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) particles comprising: an API particle; a first coating comprising one or more deformed components coating the API particle; a second coating comprising silica surrounding and/or partially or fully embedded into the first coating, a matrix former, and a structure former.
US12201721B2
Embodiments provide devices, preparations and methods for delivering therapeutic agents (TAs) such as clotting factors (CFs, e.g., Factor 8) within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device e.g., a capsule for delivering TAs into the intestinal wall (IW). Embodiments also provide TA preparations configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the IW and/or surrounding tissue (ST) and degrade to release the TA into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect (e.g., improved clotting). The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the IW or ST (e.g., the peritoneal cavity). Embodiments are particularly useful for delivery of CFs for treatment of clotting disorders (e.g., hemophilia) where such CFs are poorly absorbed and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US12201703B2
A radioactive thermogel suspension, including a thermogel and a plurality of insoluble radioactive isotope phosphate particles, such as yttrium phosphate, suspended in the thermogel. The thermogel is PLGA-g-PEG. The thermogel contains less than 65 ppm stannous octanoate. The plurality of radioactive yttrium phosphate particles are between 0.03 μm and 10 μm in diameter. The plurality of radioactive yttrium phosphate particles are generally spherical. The YPO4 particle concentration is in the range of 3 mg/ml to 100 mg/ml.
US12201699B2
This application provides improved methods of genome editing. Cas9 molecules can be used to create a break in a genomic region of interest. To increase the likelihood that the break is repaired by HDR (homology-directed repair), the cell can be contacted with molecules that bring a template nucleic acid in close proximity to the break, under conditions that allow the cell to repair the break using the template nucleic acid.
US12201696B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for identifying materials suitable for functional delivery of a bioactive agent to a target tissue. These compositions and methods have the advantage of simultaneously screening a library of materials for the ability to deliver a bioactive agent to a cell, tissue, or organ. The compositions and methods can also be used to confirm that the agent is delivered in a manner sufficient for function of the agent.
US12201693B2
The invention relates to a conjugate comprising (a) an amatoxin comprising (i) an amino acid 4 with a 6′-deoxy position; and (ii) an amino acid 8 with an S-deoxy position; (b) a target-binding moiety; and (c) optionally a linker linking said amatoxin and said target-binding moiety. The invention furthermore relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such conjugate.
US12201687B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for increasing an immune response in a subject, immunizing a subject and/or treating a disease in a subject that relate to keratinocytes. It is a surprising finding of the present invention that modulation of an XBP1 pathway creates a keratinocyte that is itself an immune modulator, or adjuvant. In some embodiments, the concentration of antigen is increased in the vicinity of the keratinocyte, further increasing the immune response by effector cells within that vicinity.
US12201685B2
The present disclosure provides vaccine compositions comprising at least one adjuvant and at least one therapeutic factor. The disclosure also provides methods of reducing an immune suppressor cell population in a mammal, methods of argumenting an immune response in a mammal, and methods of treating a diseases in a mammal utilizing the vaccine compositions.
US12201680B2
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence, comprising or coding for a coding region, encoding at least one peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, at least one histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal. Furthermore the present invention provides the use of the nucleic acid for increasing the expression of said encoded peptide or protein. It also discloses its use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, especially a vaccine, e.g. for use in the treatment of infectious diseases. The present invention further describes a method for increasing the expression of a peptide or protein comprising a pathogenic antigen or a fragment, variant or derivative thereof, using the nucleic acid comprising or coding for a histone stem-loop and a poly(A) sequence or a polyadenylation signal.
US12201677B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods of treating ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, including administering to a subject in need of treatment a composition comprising an mRNA encoding an ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) protein at an effective dose and an administration interval such that at least one symptom or feature of the OTC deficiency is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency or has delayed onset. In some embodiments, the mRNA is encapsulated in a liposome comprising one or more cationic lipids, one or more non-cationic lipids, one or more cholesterol-based lipids and one or more PEG-modified lipids.
US12201676B2
A composition includes diamine oxidase for use in prevention or treatment of symptoms and disorders caused by fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome.
US12201669B2
The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting amyloid synthesis in a subject using small molecule inhibitors. The invention also includes methods of treating disease associated with amyloid synthesis, such as Alzheimer's disease. The small molecule inhibitors disclosed herein are compounds which are non-immunosuppressant cyclosporin including the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US12201664B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of an allergic disease comprising a mixed extract of two or more selected from the group consisting of Asiasarum root, Platycodon root, and Cinnamomi ramulus as an active ingredient; a method for prevention or treatment of an allergic disease using the pharmaceutical composition; and a health functional food and a feed composition for improvement of an allergic disease. The composition and method of the invention can specifically inhibit the differentiation of Th2 cells and thus can be effectively used as a composition for prevention or treatment of an allergic disease.
US12201652B2
The present invention provides methods for inducing tolerance and/or suppressing an immune response to an antigen by passing a cell suspension containing an anucleate cell through a constriction, wherein the constriction deforms the cell thereby causing a perturbation of the cell such that an antigen and/or tolerogenic factor enters the cell. In some embodiments, the anucleate cell is delivered to an individual and the antigen is delivered to and processed in a tolerogenic environment to induce tolerance and/or suppress an immune response to the antigen.
US12201645B2
Methods of monitoring therapeutic efficacy in a subject with MDS are provided. Also provided is a method of identifying a subject with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) for treatment with a telomerase inhibitor, and methods of treating MDS. The subject methods can include administering to the subject an effective amount of a telomerase inhibitor and assessing the hTERT expression levels in a biological sample obtained from the subject. In some cases, a 50% or greater reduction in hTERT expression level identifies a subject who has an increased likelihood of benefiting from treatment with the telomerase inhibitor. The subject can be naive to treatment with a HMA, lenalidomide, or both. In some cases, the subject is classified as having low or intermediate-1 IPSS risk MDS and/or MDS relapsed/refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA). In some instances, the telomerase inhibitor is imetelstat sodium.
US12201640B2
Provided herein are 19-nor C3,3-disubstituted C21-pyrazolyl steroids of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein , R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and/or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and/or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.
US12201639B2
Provided is an aqueous oral pharmaceutical suspension composition comprising vamorolone Form I. Also provided are methods for its preparation and its use.
US12201635B2
A multi-target kinase inhibitor is shown in formula (I), in which R is selected from formula (a), formula (b), formula (c), formula (d), formula (e) and formula (f). The multi-target kinase inhibitor can effectively inhibit the enzymatic activities of RET, VEGFR3 and PDGFRA, and can effectively treat diseases that are regulated and controlled by multi-target kinases and are related to abnormal signal transduction pathways of the multi-target kinases, including cancers of breast, respiratory tract, brain, reproductive organ, digestive tract, urinary tract, eye, liver, skin, head and/or neck and distant metastatic cancers thereof, and lymphoma, sarcoma, leukemia and the like. The active ingredients of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprise a multi-target kinase inhibitor, which accounts for 1-50 wt % of the composition.
US12201631B2
The present invention features a method of reducing tactile dysfunction or anxiety in a subject diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett Syndrome, or Fragile X syndrome by administering a GABAA agent having reduced blood brain barrier or by expressing a nucleic acid encoding an exogenous alpha or beta subunit of a GABAA receptor in dorsal root ganglion neurons in the subject using a vector.
US12201630B2
Provided is an injectable sustained release pharmaceutical formulation, including 3-acyl-naltrexone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a biocompatible organic solvent, and optionally a biocompatible polymeric material. Also provided is a method for treating opioid use disorder or alcoholism, including administering the injectable sustained release pharmaceutical formulation to a subject in need thereof. The pharmaceutical formulation provides a sustained release profile after one single injection, and the plasma levels of naltrexone in minipigs could provide a sustained release for 2 months.
US12201625B2
DP-2 antagonists reversed PGD2-mediated human hair growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner in vitro by reducing PGD2-triggered apoptosis and maintaining proliferation of keratinocytes. Hair follicles from approximately half of the alopecia patients exhibited little susceptibility to PGD2's effect in vitro. SNPs in the human DP-2 gene were identified that are associated with hair growth inhibition by PGD2. These findings underscore the role of DP-2 in regulating hair growth and indicate that DP-2 can be an effective approach in preventing and/or treating androgenetic alopecia in patients sensitive to PGD2. Furthermore, the SNPs identified here can be used to identify patients who will benefit from treatment.
US12201620B2
The present invention features methods for increasing sensitivity and/or reversing resistance to chemotherapy, methods for treating or preventing a cancer in a subject, methods for treating clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential in a subject, and methods of identifying resistance or sensitivity to chemotherapy in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods contain the step of administering an agent that inhibits the expression or activity of a Protein phosphatase 1D (PPM1D) polypeptide or polynucleotide. The present invention also features compositions for increasing sensitivity and/or reversing resistance to chemotherapy.
US12201617B2
Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing metabolic disease with an HDAC6 inhibitor. Also provided herein are methods of treating or preventing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with an HDAC6 inhibitor. A variety of HDAC6 inhibitors are described herein for use in treating or preventing metabolic disease or heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. In one aspect, described herein are methods of treating a human patient by orally administering an HDAC6 inhibitor, such as an inhibitor of Formula (I) or Formula (II).
US12201611B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising high purity pyrrole derivative and method for preparation thereof. The present invention particularly relates to compositions comprising Saroglitazar magnesium having purity of 99.0% or more, and one or more of an aldehyde compound of Formula (II), diketo oxirane compound of Formula (III), hydroxy methyl compound of Formula (IV) or dimer compound of Formula (V), relative to saroglitazar magnesium, each present in an amount of about 0.15% or less, respectively, by weight, when measured by area percentage of HPLC.
US12201609B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the formula (I) for the prevention, delay of progression, or treatment of a disease or condition from hepatocellular carcinoma. The present invention further provides the composition of formula (I) useful in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
US12201607B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising a stable water-in-silicone emulsion, and methods and kits comprising the compositions for treating conditions.
US12201604B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.
US12201592B2
Provided is a treatment of cancer using a dual modulator of Insulin Receptor Substrate (IRS) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3), as well with other agents. The combination can be used to treat a tumor that has developed resistance to an EGFR inhibitor, EGFR antibody, mTOR inhibitor, MEK inhibitor, mutated B-Raf inhibitor, chemotherapeutic agents, and certain combinations thereof, or to prevent acquired resistance of a tumor to any of said inhibitors or agents, or to prevent tumor recurrence following cease of treatment with any of said inhibitors or agents or a combination thereof. The subject matter further provides a treatment of cancer using combination therapy comprising a dual modulator of IRS and Stat3, in combination with an immunotherapy agent. The combination can be used to sensitize a tumor to immunotherapy.
US12201577B2
A reciprocating stimulation device includes a handle portion including a rotating motor disposed therein. A stimulation body is disposed over the handle portion and includes a stimulation component. A stretchable tube connects an exterior of the handle portion with an exterior of the stimulation body. A screw is coupled to the handle portion and is configured to be driven in rotation by the rotating motor. A nut is coupled to the stimulation body, the screw is threaded through an opening of the nut. The nut is configured to drive a reciprocating motion of the stimulation body relative to the handle portion as the screw rotates therein.
US12201572B2
A massage device includes a shell configured to be inserted into a vagina, a lateral wall of the shell concaved inwardly and laterally relative to an outer lateral surface of the shell to define a moving space which communicates with an outside environment out of the outer lateral surface of the shell; a driving member arranged in a chamber of the shell, wherein the chamber is adjacent to and not communicating with the moving space; and a massage member connected to the driving member in a transmission way. The massage member is swingable in a lateral direction of the shell, wherein when the massage member swings, a portion of the massage member is reciprocating to at least a first position inside the moving space of the shell and at least a second position in the outside environment out of the outer lateral surface of the shell.
US12201570B2
Systems/methods for user control of a vending massage chair. The methods comprise: detecting, by the vending massage chair, when a mobile communication device is located in proximity to the vending massage chair; triggering operations by the vending massage chair to relinquish operational control to the mobile communication device, in response to a detection that the mobile communication device is proximate to the vending massage chair; receiving, by the vending massage chair, a wireless signal that was transmitted from the mobile communication device; performing operations, by the vending massage chair, to relinquish control of at least one massage chair operation to the mobile communication device in response to a reception of the wireless signal; and performing the at least one massage chair operation by the vending massage chair in response to a wireless command issued by the mobile communication device.
US12201563B2
A modular insert for a patient room, the modular insert having a headwall with supply connections for electricity and medical grade vacuum, air and oxygen, and a lightbridge with medical examination lighting, the lightbridge coupled to the headwall. Further a lifting frame for transporting the modular insert to a patient room and facilitating installation thereof in the patient room, the lifting frame having a floor member for removably attaching to the headwall and a wall member for removably attaching to the lightbridge, the wall member pivotally attached to the floor member. Still further, a method for transporting the modular insert to a patient room and installing the modular insert in the patient room using the lifting frame.
US12201554B2
An equine cryotherapy overleg device that encircles the lower limb of a subject horse and provides cryotherapy to the subject horse. The one-piece device includes upper and lower fasteners, a pastern area that will hold ice and ice water and a vertical zipper. The arrangement of the hoof cover, and hoof slipper allow for free movement of the subject horse and for a thermal fluid to contain ice and prevent the ice from migrating under the subject horse hoof.
US12201547B2
A method of providing a signal to alert an ostomate of an imminent leakage of stoma fluids relative to their ostomy device is disclosed.
US12201541B2
A guide sheath device with an integrated stabilization wire is provided. The guide sheath device includes an elongate member having a proximal and distal end and a lumen there between and a stabilization wire integrated to the elongate member.
US12201533B2
Technologies for determining seating of an orthopaedic implant during an orthopaedic surgical procedure includes an impaction sensor and an impaction analyzer. The impaction sensor produces sensor data, in response to an impaction between an orthopaedic mallet and a surgical tool indicative of an initial impact and a secondary impact of the impaction. The impaction analyzer analyzes the sensor data to determine a temporal length between the initial and secondary impacts and determines whether the orthopaedic implant is sufficiently seated into the bone based on the temporal length.
US12201530B2
The spinal stabilization device is implanted using a surgical procedure referred to as an anterior lumbar interbody fusion (AILF). The body of the device includes upper and lower surfaces that are placed in direct contact with the adjacent vertebrae. After placement of the device between the vertebrae, a threaded member is rotated to cause the anchoring element to push into the body of the device, causing the extension of tangs through the upper and lower surfaces and into the adjacent vertebrae of the patient. Movement of the anchoring element with respect to the body is caused by rotation of a threaded actuator. The threaded actuator is a permanent element of the spinal stabilization device, rather than being integrated into a temporary tool.
US12201528B2
An apparatus for deploying a tissue anchor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a catheter tube having a proximal end and a distal end defining the catheter's length, where the distal end has an anchor housing configured to hold a tissue anchor before deployment; and a pusher wire positioned within the catheter tube and extending through the length of the catheter tube. The apparatus is configured to provide a pushing force on the pusher wire from the proximal end of the catheter tube, thus displacing the pusher wire in a distal direction to the pusher wire's fully extended anchor deployment position which in turn deploys the tissue anchor from the anchor housing in the distal direction by pushing the tissue anchor in the distal direction.
US12201527B2
Disclosed herein are methods, implants and systems for treatment of mitral valve prolapse by subannular fixation of the prolapsed mitral valve. The disclosure relates generally to the field of heart valve repair devices, methods and kits and more specifically to trans catheter methods and devices for insertion of tethers and anchors to the mitral valve leaflets for reduction the prolapsed mitral valve and subannular fixation of the prolapsed leaflet to treat mitral valve regurgitation.
US12201524B2
Methods for the rapid retraction of trans-catheter heart valve delivery systems are provided. A rapid retraction trans-catheter heart valve delivery system comprises a catheter based delivery system. The delivery system has internal mechanisms that allow for the controlled deployment of a heart valve prosthesis, as well as mechanisms that allow for quickly closing the catheter once the heart valve prosthesis has been implanted. This rapid retraction ability allows for reduced procedural durations and thus reduced risk to the patient.
US12201517B2
Examples of a mitral heart valve apparatus are described. In one example, the apparatus has an annular body made of a first material, and a plurality of first anchor members and at least two paddles made of a second material extending from the annular body. In a compressed state, the first anchor members extend substantially longitudinally from the first end of the annular body, and the paddles extend substantially longitudinally from the second end of the annular body. In an expanded state, the annular body has a larger diameter, the first anchor members extend outward from the first end for engaging an upstream portion of a mitral valve annulus to resist displacement of the annular body towards a left ventricle, and the paddles extend outward from the second end for engaging chordae tendineae. In another example, the annular body, anchor members, and paddles are made of the same material.
US12201513B2
Aspects of the present invention may include systems and methods for intraocular lens selection using a formula and a deep learning machine to estimate the error of the formula. In an aspect, the disclosure provides a method for intraocular lens selection. The method may include obtaining at least two ocular measurement parameters and a lens selection parameter for an eye. The method may include determining an intraocular lens power based on a formula using the at least two ocular measurement parameters. The method may include determining an estimated error of the formula using a deep learning machine trained on verified post-operative results using intraocular lenses selected by the formula. The method may include adjusting the lens selection parameter based on the estimated. The method may include redetermining the intraocular lens power based on the formula and the adjusted lens selection parameter.
US12201510B2
An endovascular stent-graft is provided, including a plurality of circumferential strut members disposed at respective axial positions along a self-curving longitudinal portion thereof. Each of the circumferential strut members is shaped so as to define a plurality of proximal peaks. When the stent-graft is unconstrained in a radially-expanded state, for at least one of the circumferential strut members, a first set of the proximal peaks of the circumferential strut member, which includes at least a circumferentially-closest one of the proximal peaks to an outermost curve of the self-curving longitudinal portion, are bent radially inward at least an average angle of 20 degrees toward a central longitudinal axis of the self-curving longitudinal portion, and a second set of the proximal peaks of the circumferential strut member are not bent radially inward by at least an average angle of 20 degrees toward the central longitudinal axis. Other embodiments are also described.
US12201507B2
Multi-filter endolumenal methods and systems for filtering fluids within the body. In some embodiments a multi-filter blood filtering system captures and removes particulates dislodge or generated during a surgical procedure and circulating in a patient's vasculature. In some embodiments a dual filter system protects the cerebral vasculature during a cardiac valve repair or replacement procedure.
US12201504B1
Apparatuses of reusable diapers with feces sensing and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, a diaper includes an interior layer includes an excretion area, where the excretion area includes one or more openings configured to drain excretions of a user away from the interior layer; a middle layer configured to house an excretion collection unit, where the excretion collection unit is configured to store the excretions from the interior layer, and the middle layer further includes a feces sensing unit configured to detect feces discharged from the user; a feces monitoring module electrically coupled to the feces sensing unit, where the feces monitoring module is configured to monitor the feces sensing unit and communicate status of the feces sensing unit to one or more caregivers; an exterior layer configured to conceal and prevent leakage from the middle layer of the diaper; and a support frame configured to hold the interior layer, the middle layer and the exterior layer of the diaper together.
US12201502B2
A urine incontinence pad has an absorbent core having a first core layer and a fluid control layer. The absorbent core has a varying thickness profile as seen in the longitudinal direction, with the intermediate portion having a first thickness under a load of 0.5 kPa and a first compressed thickness under a load of 2.5 kPa. The rear and front portions each have a second thickness under a load of 0.5 kPa and a second compressed thickness under a load of 2.5 kPa, wherein the second thickness is from 37% to 15% of the first thickness, the second compressed thickness is from 37% to 15% of the first compressed thickness and a ratio between the first and the second compressed thickness under a load of 2.5 kPa is equal or greater than a ratio between the first and the second thickness, under a load of 0.5 kPa.
US12201481B2
Systems and methods for reducing speckle while maintaining frame rate are disclosed. Multiple sub-images associated with different receive angles are acquired for a single transmit/receive event at an observation angle. The sub-images are compounded to generate a final image with reduced speckle. In some examples, multiple sub-images from multiple transmit/receive events are compounded to generate the final image. The observation angle and/or the receive angles may vary between transmit/receive events in some examples.
US12201478B2
An acoustic wave probe (2) includes a reception circuit (13) that generates a sound ray signal from a reception signal of a transducer array (11); a Doppler processing unit (15) that performs Doppler processing on the sound ray signal to generate Doppler data; a Doppler image generation unit (16) that generates a Doppler image; a compression processing unit (17) that compresses the Doppler image; a wireless communication circuit (18) that wirelessly transmits the compressed Doppler image to the information terminal; and a processing frequency setting unit (19) that sets a processing frequency F2 of the compression processing such that the processing frequency F2 becomes a frequency higher than twice a processing frequency F1 of the Doppler processing, and at least the reception circuit (13), the Doppler processing unit (15), the Doppler image generation unit (16), and the compression processing unit (17) are disposed on the same substrate (24).
US12201474B2
Imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly directed to imaging a region of interest in tissue with photoacoustic and ultrasound modalities. In some embodiments, a medical sensing system includes one or more external optical emitters and a measurement apparatus configured to be placed within a vascular pathway. The one or more optical emitters and the measurement apparatus may be moved together synchronously. The measurement apparatus may be configured to receive sound waves created by the interaction between emitted optical pulses and tissue, and transmit and receive ultrasound signals. The medical sensing system may also include a processing engine operable to produce images of the region of interest and a display configured to visually display the image of the region of interest.
US12201472B2
An ultrasound processing unit and method for use in ultrasound fetal monitoring are provided. The processing unit is configured to receive Doppler ultrasound data corresponding to one or more initial trial depth windows within the fetal region. From these, an ultrasound signal for each trial depth window is extracted. Unlike approaches of the state of the art that seek the optimum depth range based on signal strength, in the present disclosure a defined measure of statistical structure of the signal is computed for each depth signal, wherein the measure of statistical structure corresponds to an intrinsic statistical property or characteristic of the signal. A new recording window is then selected for acquiring a fetal heart rate signal, based on selecting a window which is estimated to maximize the measure of statistical structure of ultrasound signals derived from the new window.
US12201469B2
A portable electronic device for assessing a human cardiovascular activity includes first and second probes substantially parallel to each other and located on either side of a third probe, substantially perpendicular to the first and second probes, each probe comprising an array of ultrasound transducers, and a control circuit configured to: a) estimate, by means of a first ultrasound beam emitted by the first probe, a position of a blood vessel with respect to the device; and b) adjust a second ultrasound beam, emitted by the third probe, according to the estimated position of the blood vessel.
US12201465B2
The present invention relates to a calculation device (10) for comparing dark-field X-ray images. The calculation device in (10) is configured for receiving a first dark-field X-ray image (11) describing first dark-field X-ray signals of a patient at an expiration state and for receiving a second dark-field X-ray image (12) describing second dark-field X-ray signals of the patient at an inspiration state. The calculation device is further (10) configured for normalizing the first dark-field X-ray signals of the first dark-field X-ray tin image (11) with a lung thickness value describing the lung thickness at the expiration state and for normalizing the second dark-field X-ray signals of the second dark-field X-ray image (12) with a lung thickness value describing the lung thickness at the inspiration state. Further, the calculation device (10) is configured for comparing the normalized first dark-field X-ray signals with the normalized second dark-field X-ray signals, thereby determining a comparison result (13) and for determining whether at least one area of the patient's lung with a ventilation defect exists based on the comparison result (13).
US12201462B2
A patient treatment table for prone patient breast examination and treatment is described. The table may be in the form of a table base and table extension, the table extension being removably attached to the table base. The patient treatment table extension includes one or more hand rails for grasping by the patient above and along one or both longitudinal sides of the device to assist the patient in getting onto the treatment table. The handrails are mounted such that they can be removed or swung out of the way of medical equipment once the patient is positioned on the table. The table may also be in the form of a couch-top overlay.
US12201454B2
A medical system is configured to deliver an implantable medical device to a targeted implant site. The system may include a processor configured to receive a cardiac electrical signal and determine a feature of the cardiac electrical signal. The processor may be configured to determine a position of the delivery tool based on at least one feature of the cardiac electrical signal. The processor may detect a deployment position of the delivery tool in response to the cardiac electrical signal feature meeting criteria for detecting the deployment position.
US12201452B2
A system for monitoring at least presence of a bioanalyte. The system comprises: a substrate having a skin contact surface, a microneedle outwardly protruding from the skin contact surface, a sensing complex positioned in the microneedle, and a circuit attached to the substrate. The sensing complex can comprise a nanostructure modified by a functional moiety covalently attached thereto, and an affinity moiety effective to react specifically with the bioanalyte to produce a reaction product. The circuit can apply voltage to the nanostructure and monitor changes in an electrical property of the nanostructure responsively to reaction between the reaction product and the functional moiety.
US12201451B2
A patient monitoring sensor having a communication interface, through which the patient monitoring sensor can communicate with a monitor is provided. The patient monitoring sensor includes a light-emitting diode (LED) communicatively coupled to the communication interface and a detector, communicatively coupled to the communication interface, capable of detecting light. The patient monitoring sensor includes an optically absorptive material at least partially between the LED and the detector to reduce or prevent shunting of light to the detector.
US12201445B2
Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user.
US12201444B2
The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to methods and/or apparatus for measuring the effectiveness of a renal denervation treatment. In some embodiments, a method for determining effectiveness of the denervation treatment comprises tracking at least one of arterial wall movement, arterial blood flow rate, arterial blood flow velocity, blood pressure and arterial diameter at one or more selected locations in the renal artery over time, and assessing the effectiveness of said renal denervation treatment according to results obtained by tracking.
US12201439B2
A device for photographing a human face comprising: a) a light-excluding housing configured to receive a human face at an aperture in said housing; and b) a stand on which the light-excluding housing is mounted at one or more (preferably two rotatable pivot points, such that rotation about said pivot points results in movement of the aperture upwards and/or downwards.
US12201438B2
A method of determination of a cause of hemorrhoids in a subject includes a determination of the presence of hemorrhoids in the subject by visual inspection, and by one or more of a non-invasive medical imaging procedure and/or an intra-vascular visualization procedure, determining if there is an obstruction or occlusion in an iliac vein of the subject, and if so, determining that the hemorrhoids were caused by such obstruction or occlusion. If the obstruction or occlusion are determined to be the cause of the hemorrhoids, a procedure for compressing the obstruction or occlusion in the iliac vein of the subject, such as by angioplasty or stenting, is performed. After an appropriate time period, changes to the hemorrhoids in the subject are determined by a subsequent visual inspection.
US12201433B2
A method includes detecting whether one or more myocardial infarctions (MI) has occurred using vectorcardiographic (VCG) signals with gradient boosting, the VCG signals including VCG loops, and determining an MI location using the VCG signals and gradient boosting.
US12201427B2
This invention is a head-worn device (e.g. headband, halo, or headset) with sensors (e.g. electrodes) which record brain activity. In an example, the device can be undulating with concave undulations which rest on the tops of a person's ears. In an example, the device can further comprise right side and left side ear prongs (e.g. arms, segments, or portions) which curve around the posterior and upper surfaces of a person's right and left ears.
US12201426B2
An electronic device for providing biometric information is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor module, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor module and the memory. The processor obtains a biometric signal from the sensor module at a predetermined time interval, determines whether a user is in a first state on the basis of the obtained biometric signal, in case the user is in a first state, obtains a representative value for a respective of the at least one biometric signal, defines the obtained representative value for the respective of the at least one biometric signal as a candidate reference value for a corresponding biometric signal, determines a candidate reference value satisfying a predetermined condition as a first reference value for the corresponding biometric signal, and updates a second reference value previously configured for the corresponding biometric signal on the basis of the first reference value.
US12201424B2
A biological fluid collection device that allows a blood sample to be collected anaerobically is disclosed.
US12201417B2
Various analyte sensor systems for controlling activation of analyte sensor electronics circuitry are provided. Related methods for controlling analyte sensor electronics circuitry are also provided. Various analyte sensor systems for monitoring an analyte in a host are also provided. Various circuits for controlling activation of an analyte sensor system are also provided. Analyte sensor systems utilizing a state machine having a plurality of states for collecting a plurality of digital counts and waking a controller responsive to a wake up signal are also provided. Related methods for such analyte sensor systems are also provided. Systems for controlling activation of analyte sensor electronics circuitry utilizing a magnetic sensor are further provided. One or more display device configured to display one or more analyte concentration values are also provided.
US12201414B2
Disclosed is an implant and method of making an implant. The implant having a housing that defines a cavity. The housing includes a sensor comprising a base attached to a diaphragm wherein said base may be positioned within said cavity. The sensor may be a capacitive pressure sensor. The diaphragm may be connected to the housing to hermetically seal said housing. The sensor may include electrical contacts positioned on the diaphragm. The base may define a capacitive gap and a vent wherein the electrodes may be positioned within said capacitive gap such that at least a portion of the electrical contacts extend through the vent. The implant may include a coil in electric communication with the sensor, said coil may be positioned within said housing. A printed circuit board having at least one component may be attached to the floating base.
US12201409B2
A biological information measuring apparatus (10) includes a compression belt (20) to be wound around a part of a living body, a pressure adjusting unit (51) configured to change an internal pressure of the compression belt, a data acquiring unit (52) configured to acquire time-series data indicating a change in each of the internal pressure of the compression belt and a capacity of the compression belt in a period in which the internal pressure of the compression belt is changing, and a tonus-information calculating unit (53) configured to calculate, based on the time-series data, tonus information indicating a correspondence relation between a first indicator indicating pressure applied to a blood vessel wall (100) of the living body and a second indicator indicating a capacity on an inner side of the blood vessel wall.
US12201405B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for assessing, predicting and/or effectiveness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (“CPR”), in some cases, noninvasively. In various embodiments, tools and techniques are provided for implementing rapid estimation of a patient's compensatory reserve index (“CRI”) before, during, and after CPR is performed, and using the CRI and variations in CRI values to determine, in some instances, in real-time, the effectiveness of CPR that is performed.
US12201396B2
An optical speckle receiver for receiving a speckle signal from a sample, the optical speckle receiver comprising an optical detector and an aperture and/or lens array. The aperture and array respectively comprise a plurality of apertures or lenses and is located between the sample and the optical detector such that the received speckle pattern is obtained from multiple discrete sample locations.
US12201369B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing robotic surgery in an extended-reality (XR) surgical simulation environment are disclosed. The disclosed systems provide a surgical metaverse in which a surgical robot network receives medical images of a patient. A digital twin is generated from the medical images that enables generation of a virtual surgical simulation environment for performing a surgical procedure. Necessary workflow objects for the procedure are selected and surgical actions are performed on the digital twin. Data of the workflow objects and actions in relation to the digital twin are stored. The surgical robot network generates a surgical workflow based on the workflow objects and actions and compares the surgical workflow to historical workflows to allow adjustment of the workflow in the surgical simulation virtual environment. The workflow, workflow objects, and actions in relation to the digital twin are sent to the surgical robot.
US12201368B2
A system for sizing an implant for a patient pre-operatively comprises a processor unit. A non-transitory computer-readable memory may be communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for obtaining at least one radiographic patient image of at least one patient bone with a scale marker relative to the bone, the scale marker having a known geometry, setting a scale of the at least one radiographic patient image using the known geometry of the scale marker, generating a three-dimensional bone model representative of the at least one patient bone using the at least one radiographic patient image and the scale, identifying an implant size and/or an implant model using implant models and dimensions of the three-dimensional bone model based on said scale, and outputting the implant size and/or the implant model for the patient.
US12201360B2
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for imaging a retina applies a user specific focus correction to focus a sample arm light beam on the user's retina. An OCT image detector generates an OCT signal. A control unit monitors the OCT signal, controls a reference arm optical path length adjustment mechanism to identify a length of the reference arm optical path for which the OCT signal corresponds to an OCT image of the retina, and varies an operational parameter of the sample arm light beam focus mechanism over a range, while maintaining the length of the reference arm optical path for which the OCT signal corresponds to the OCT image of the retina, to identify a focus correction for the user, based on the OCT signal, for application to the sample arm light beam.
US12201356B2
Laser ablation devices and related systems and methods may have laser outputs with multiple wavelengths. Laser ablation devices may include a laser energy source that can emit two or more laser outputs with different wavelengths. Some laser ablation devices include a processor to control the laser energy source to cause the laser energy source to emit a target wavelength blend with the laser outputs.
US12201355B2
An auxiliary return system for use with a bipolar electrosurgical device includes a tissue guard defining an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a lumen extending therethrough between the open proximal end and the open distal end. A ground plate is disposed along an inner peripheral surface of the lumen and is operably coupled to a first end of a ground wire extending from the tissue guard. A coupling is included having a bore defined therein for receiving a cable from an electrosurgical device therethrough, the cable including active and ground leads. The coupling has a flange extending therefrom defining a receptacle therein configured to operably receive a plug connected to a second end of the ground wire. The receptacle is configured to provide electrical continuity between the ground lead disposed within the cable and the plug coupled to the ground wire which, in turn, provides electrical continuity to the ground plate.
US12201339B2
A surgical system is disclosed including an end effector comprising a clamp arm, a tissue contacting surface, and a circuit defining a plurality of segmented sections. The plurality of segmented sections comprises a first segmented section comprising a first impedance sensor configured to sense a parameter associated with tissue positioned in the first segmented section and deliver electrosurgical energy to the tissue. A motor is configured to move the clamp arm. A current sensor is configured to sense a current draw of the motor. A control system is configured to interrogate the first impedance sensor to determine a value of the parameter, interrogate the current sensor to determine the current draw, compare the value of the parameter to a threshold value, compare the current draw to a threshold current draw, and divert the electrosurgical energy away from the first segmented section based on the comparisons.
US12201330B2
Threaded sacro-iliac joint stabilization (e.g., fusion, fixation) implants and methods of implantation and manufacture. Some implants include a threaded distal region, an optionally threaded central region, and an optionally threaded proximal region. The distal, central, and proximal regions have lengths such that when the implant is laterally implanted across a SI joint, the distal region can be positioned in a sacrum, the central region can be positioned across an SI-joint, and the proximal region can be positioned in an ilium.
US12201322B2
A medical device for performing a surgical procedure may include an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The medical device may also include a handle connected to the proximal end of the elongate member, an end effector assembly connected to the distal end of the elongate member, and a cutting device configured to extend from the end effector assembly, wherein the cutting device has a retracted configuration in which the cutting device is withdrawn into the end effector assembly and a deployed configuration in which the cutting device extends from the end effector assembly.
US12201318B2
The present disclosure provides a tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen that includes an elongate body, a handle, tissue-removing element, liner assembly, and coupling assembly. The elongate body is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. The tissue-removing element is mounted on a distal end portion of the elongate body and removes tissue as rotated by the elongate body. The liner assembly defines a guidewire lumen. The coupling assembly is coupled to the liner assembly with a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the coupling assembly. The first orientation permits distal movement of the liner assembly relative to the coupling assembly prior to rotation of the elongate body to rotate the tissue-removing element. The second orientation is relative to the coupling assembly after rotation of the elongate body to prevent distal movement of the liner assembly relative to the coupling assembly.
US12201315B2
A clot removal device for removal of an occlusion from a lumen in a patient's body is provided. The clot removal device has a lumen, an elongated member positioned within the lumen and extending axially from a proximal end to a distal end of the lumen, a handle attached to the proximal end of the lumen, a first expandable member positioned along a length of the elongated member, a second expandable member positioned along the length of the elongated member, wherein the second expandable member is distal to the first expandable member relative to the handle. The handle has at least one actuation mechanism and at least one of the following applies: a) the first expandable member is coupled to the at least one actuation mechanism and is configured to be moveable relative to the second expandable member upon manipulation of the at least one actuation mechanism; b) the first expandable member is configured to mechanically expand or contract by manipulating the at least one actuation mechanism; c) the second expandable member is coupled to the at least one actuation mechanism and is configured to be moveable relative to the first expandable member upon manipulation of the at least one actuation mechanism; or d) the second expandable member is configured to mechanically expand or contract by manipulating the at least one actuation mechanism.
US12201311B2
A dynamic aspiration method including engaging a distal end of an aspiration catheter against an occlusion in a blood vessel, applying a vacuum through an aspiration lumen of the aspiration catheter using a vacuum source coupled to a proximal end of the aspiration lumen by a connecting tube, whereby portions of the occlusion are drawn into the aspiration lumen, through the connecting tube and into a collection receptacle by the vacuum source, sensing flow through the connecting tube, and automatically generating pressure differentials when a clog or restricted flow is detected.
US12201310B2
Provided is a guide assembly for guiding a bone cutting tool through a small incision in the skin near the bone that allows movement of the cutting tool in the bone in a wide angle while the cutting tool is rotated about a pivot point that is located at the small incision. The guide assembly includes a 2-piece construction that includes a guide component that holds the cutting tool and a track component having a semicircular arc shape on which the guide component is slidably engaged whereby sliding the guide component along the track component guides the movement of the cutting tool to rotate about a pivot point that is the center of curvature of the semicircular arc shape of the track component.
US12201307B2
Assemblies, systems, and methods are directed at a neuromonitoring bone drill bit. The assembly may include a surgical bone drill bit, a neuromonitoring connection in electrical communication with the drill bit, and a shield extending over a distal end of the drill bit. The shield may be configured to withdraw proximally as the drill bit is advanced into a subject's bone. The assembly may be connected to a surgical drill and used in a surgical spinal procedure. In operation, the assembly may be advanced to a subject's bone at a surgical site and the drill bit may rotate into the subject's bone. In response, the shield may engage the bone and the drill bit may be advanced with respect to the shield. The shield may electrically insulate tissue from electrical current passing through the drill bit as it is inserted at the surgical site.
US12201304B2
A surgical system comprising an end effector, a firing driver movable during a firing stroke, a motor to drive the firing driver during the firing stroke, and a control circuit is disclosed. The control circuit is to initiate the firing stroke to drive the firing driver in a first mode, wherein, in the first mode, the motor is to drive the firing driver at a first speed; detect a first motor stall condition in the first mode; transition from the first mode to a second mode based on the detected first motor stall condition, wherein, in the second mode, the motor is to drive the firing driver at a second speed less than the first speed; detect a second motor stall condition in the second mode; and pause driving the firing driver for a period of time based on the detected second motor stall condition.
US12201301B2
A surgical stapler for creating an anastomosis includes a stapling head assembly having a deck member that incorporates an alignment feature. The alignment feature aligns with a transection staple line prior to creating the anastomosis. In some versions the alignment feature is a groove formed in a surface of the deck member. The surgical stapler may include an anvil with a complementary stepped feature to the alignment feature of the deck member. Various surgical staplers with an alignment feature can be oval shaped, circular shaped, or dog-bone shaped. In some versions different staple geometries are used along the deck member incorporating the alignment feature.
US12201297B2
A loading unit for use with a surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes a tool assembly having a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly that are movable in relation to one another; a surgical buttress releasably secured to a tissue contacting surface of the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly, wherein each surgical buttress is secured to the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly by at least one anchor; a release assembly associated with the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly; and a drive assembly slidably translatable through the tool assembly between proximal and distal positions, wherein the drive assembly actuates the release assembly to thereby release the anchor to free the surgical buttress from the anvil assembly and/or the cartridge assembly.
US12201295B2
A bone fixation system can be used to stabilize two bone portions intended to be fused together. The system include a bone staple or clip that includes a cross bar and two legs. The system can include a plurality of screws or other additional implant(s) configured to be implanted at an angle to the legs of the bone staple on opposite sides of the interface between two bone portions. The system can improve fixation strength and/or stability of the two bone portions. The fixation system can be used, for example, in small bones such as bones in the foot or hand.
US12201282B2
An endoscope assembly includes a base module, an injection needle, and an image sensing unit. The base module includes an illumination input end. The injection needle is tubular, is connected to the base module, and has a needle shaft. The needle shaft has a bevel surface that is formed on a distal end thereof. The image sensing unit includes a tube portion that extends inside the needle shaft, and an image sensor that is connected to a distal end of the tube portion and that is adjacent to the bevel surface of the needle shaft. Additionally, a passage is formed between the tube portion and an inner surface of the needle shaft.
US12201280B2
A console light guide device for use with a control console includes an interconnected light tube array. The light tube array includes a translucent surface, a shaped body substantially surrounding an output connection port on an external face of a console panel, and linear branches arranged relative to the shaped body. Side-firing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emit light into a corresponding end of the light tube array. An opaque light guard defines a shaped channel and branch channels. The light tube array nests within the opaque light guard such that light from the side-firing LEDs is emitted uniformly through the translucent surface without any internal scattering or bleeding of the light within the console. A control console such as an ophthalmic surgical console is also disclosed herein that includes the console light guide device.
US12201265B2
A location pad includes two or more field-generators, and a frame. The field-generators are configured to generate respective magnetic fields at least in a region-of-interest (ROI) of a patient organ, for measuring a position of a medical instrument in the ROI. The frame is coupled with tissue that is at least partially surrounding the organ and is configured to fix the two or more field-generators at respective positions surrounding the ROI.
US12201264B2
A surgical instrument assembly comprises a guide tube and a first instrument. The first instrument includes a first elongated shaft and a first proximal arm link coupled by a first shoulder joint, the first proximal arm link and a first distal arm link coupled by a first elbow joint, and the first distal arm link and a first end effector coupled by a first wrist joint. The surgical instrument assembly also comprises a second instrument that includes a second elongated shaft and a second proximal arm link coupled by a second shoulder joint, the second proximal arm link and a second distal arm link coupled by a second elbow joint, and the second distal arm link and a second end effector coupled by a second wrist joint. The surgical instrument assembly also includes an imaging assembly. The first and second end effectors are within the imaging assembly's field of view.
US12201262B2
Provided are a surgery assistance apparatus, a surgery assistance method, and a computer readable recording medium that includes a surgery assistance program recorded thereon that improve the accuracy of endoscopic surgery by identifying a target part image. A surgery assistance apparatus 1 includes a feature amount calculation unit 2 that calculates, from a human-body internal image captured using an endoscope, a feature amount of a target part image corresponding to a target part, a similarity degree calculation unit 3 that calculates a similarity degree of the features amount between different human-body internal images, and an identification unit 4 that identifies the target part image in each of the different human-body internal images if the similarity degree is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US12201259B2
A suction device and a suction force adjustment method thereof are provided. An optical detection unit is disposed on a suction path of a suction pipe to detect an object flowing through the suction pipe. Physical features of the object are determined according to a sensing result of the optical detection unit. A suction force of a suction unit is regulated based on the physical features of the object.
US12201256B2
A water-using household appliance includes an electrically controllable actuator, a first voltage source designed to provide a switch-on power amount to the actuator, a second voltage source designed to provide a holding power amount to the actuator, and a control unit designed to electrically connect the first voltage source to the actuator in order to switch on the actuator and, after a switch-on interval, to electrically disconnect the first voltage source from the actuator and to electrically connect the second voltage source to the actuator.
US12201255B2
A domestic appliance includes: an appliance housing which provides an appliance compartment and has a loading opening for access to the appliance compartment; an appliance door mounted so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis for closing the loading opening; a motor unit in operative connection with the appliance door and by which the appliance door is transferrable from an open position to a closed position closing the loading opening; and a clutch device arranged between the motor unit and the appliance door and in operative connection with the motor unit on a drive side thereof and with the appliance door on a driven side thereof. The clutch device has a clutch that is switchable and transferrable from a disengaged position to an engaged position and vice versa, the clutch causing an automatic switching from the disengaged position to the engaged position during operation of the motor unit.
US12201251B2
A surface cleaner is provided. The surface cleaner comprises: an operating component configured to perform a function of the surface cleaner; a base moveable along a surface; an accelerometer configured to generate a signal; and a controller in communication with the accelerometer and the operating component, wherein the controller is operable to control the operating component based on the signal, and wherein the operating component is selected from a group consisting of a suction motor operable to generate an airflow, a brushroll motor operable to drive a brushroll, an actuator operable to adjust a height of a brushroll from the surface, a pump operable to deliver a cleaning fluid, an actuator operable to control an airflow or fluid valve, and an indicator operable to indicate a parameter of the surface cleaner.
US12201250B2
A robot (100) working area map construction method and apparatus, a robot (100), and a medium, wherein the robot (100) working area map construction method comprises scanning in real time an obstacle in a driving path and recording position parameters of the obstacle (S102); obtaining in real time image information of the obstacle in the driving path (S104); according to the position parameters and the image information, determining working area-based reference information of the obstacle (S106); and dividing the working area into a plurality of sub-areas on the basis of the reference information (S108). By means of radar scanning and image capture by a camera for double insurance, the robot (100) working area map construction method significantly improves recognition accuracy for room doors and avoids room division confusion caused by the incorrect recognition of doors.
US12201240B2
A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A), a first air sending unit (14), and a second air sending unit (13). The heating cooking chamber (100A) accommodates an object to be heated. The first air sending unit (14) supplies a first hot air (F1) to the heating cooking chamber (100A). The second air sending unit (13) supplies a second hot air (F2) to the heating cooking chamber (100A) from a direction different from the supply direction of the first hot air (F1) supplied by the first air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) includes an accommodation space (120) that accommodates an object to be heated.
US12201235B2
A curved curtain rod is provided with adjustable rods and an adjustable end cap assembly. The adjustable end cap assembly includes a user accessible drive element that can be rotated to operate the adjustable end cap assembly.
US12201229B2
A drinking vessel has a body with a plurality of chambers formed therein and an access channel opening to a compartment at a base of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens to the compartment at the bottom of the body. Each of the plurality of chambers opens at a top of the body. The access channel is adapted to receive a straw or a tube therein. The body is a plurality of walls formed therein. The plurality walls define the plurality of channels in the body. The plurality walls extend from an inner wall of the body to an exterior of the access channel.
US12201224B2
A seat, particularly for playing video games, includes a tubular frame, a seat surface and a backrest. The seat surface and the backrest are formed by a piece of cloth tensioned in the frame, and the frame includes two lower frame parts extending forward from the backrest and each having a curved progression which is convex in downward direction. Each lower frame part can have a front outer end and a rear outer end, and the two lower frame parts can be connected to each other close to their front outer ends and close to their rear outer ends by front and rear transverse frame parts, which can each have a curved progression which is convex in upward direction. A tubular frame and a cloth are configured for application in such a seat.
US12201221B2
A bedding system comprises an anchor assembly and a comforter to provide optimal sleep experience and minimize the effort of making of a bed for sleep. The anchor assembly is formed to “box” in a mattress with the comforter installed on the front face of the mattress. Various types of adjustable anchors are attached to an anchor band of the anchor assembly and connect to the comforter along two longitudinal sides and a bottom side of the mattress so that the comforter can stay tucked on the mattress at all times. The anchors allow a user to make adjustments of tightness of the comforter to achieve ultimate comfort and high-quality sleep while the user is tucked in during sleep. The bedding system provides efficient connections between the anchors and the comforter, and/or a fitted sheet, thus facilitating easy disconnection of the system for washing and/or replacement.
US12201218B2
A lift and recliner mechanism for use in seating units is provided that allows the ottoman to be extended independently of the back recline. In some aspects, the seat pitch is changed through a linkage as the ottoman extends, and as the back reclines. In other aspects, the seat pitch is changed using a separate motor. The seating unit can be moved to a lifted position, a TV position, a fully-reclined position, or a zero-gravity position with the ottoman partially extended, the seat pitch partially changed and the back partially reclined.
US12201215B2
An adjustment mechanism assembly for adjusting a work surface position vertically includes a vertical guiding element, a work surface support element engaged with the vertical guiding element and configured to be movable vertically with electric actuation, and means for the electric actuation comprising a cable. The adjustment mechanism assembly includes a vertical support member which extends vertically from within the vertical guiding element to outside it or resides completely within the vertical guiding element. The cable includes a spiraled portion between its termini, which spiraled portion is supported with respect to its central axis by the support member. The disclosed solution also has a wall structure and a table comprising such an adjustment mechanism assembly.
US12201206B2
A device for applying a cosmetic product includes a cup comprising at least one lug; a guide comprising a slot passed through by an associated lug of the cup, the slot comprising an upper edge; a sheath comprising internally a helical groove for receiving the lug of the cup; and the lug (32) having an upper flattened area. The upper edge of the slot is inclined with respect to a radial plane.
US12201195B2
A slide fastener includes a pair of waterproof stringers comprising a pair of woven and/or knitted fastener tapes, a pair of coil elements respectively secured to opposing side-edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes, and waterproof films respectively overlaid via adhesives on tape top surfaces of the fastener tapes of the pair of fastener tapes, and a slider that moves forward to engage the pair of coil elements and moves rearward to disengage the pair of coil elements. Each of the waterproof films has a film edge positioned over a space between the opposing side-edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes, the film edge supported by a supporting portion made of the adhesive solidified, the supporting portion partially occupying the space between the opposing side-edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes, and the supporting portion having a thickness greater than a thickness of the film edge.
US12201190B2
An article of cleated footwear includes an outsole plate and an upper. The outsole plate includes a rigid first member and a second rigid member. The first rigid member extends substantially along the length of the outsole, and the rigid second member is attached to the first member. The first member and/or the second member has a ground-engaging profile. The upper is attached to the first member.
US12201188B2
Described are articles of wear including with a material with color changing properties. The material includes at least one elastic portion having an unstretched colored appearance and a stretched colored appearance. The material also includes at least one fixed portion having the stretched colored appearance regardless of a magnitude of an external force applied to the at least one fixed portion.
US12201179B2
A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes an elastic region and a structural region. The elastic region may be positioned about a perimeter of an opening into a cavity configured to receive a wearer's foot, and the elastic region may be configured to secure the shoe to a wearer's foot. The elastic region may have a first elasticity that is greater than a second elasticity of the structural region. In an unworn configuration, the elastic region may cause a tread surface of a sole of the shoe to have a continuous curvature. In a worn configuration, substantially all of an intermediate section of the tread surface may contact a surface on which the shoe is placed. The elastic region may improve the performance of the shoe, including the comfort and durability.
US12201178B2
The invention relates to a shoe, especially to a sports shoe, having a shoe upper. The shoe upper consists at least partially of a knitted fabric. The shoe upper has a plurality of loops for threading a lace to allow the tying of the shoe at the foot of a wearer by means of the lace. To provide an easy and efficient method for adjusting the lacing or tying of the shoe at the foot of the wearer individually, at least a part of the loops consist of a knitted fabric. The loops have the shape of a tubular body which forms a passage for the lace.
US12201174B2
A method and apparatus for displaying a dart on a pattern piece receives a position of a second dart to be generated in association with a first dart included in at least one pattern piece that forms a garment, sets a pivot point by an intersection point between a first extension line extending from the first dart and a second extension line extending from the second dart, generates the second dart in the pattern piece based on a width of the first dart that is changed by rotating at least a portion of the pattern piece around the pivot point, and displays a pattern piece including the generated second dart.
US12201172B2
The present invention generally relates to an eco-friendly wearable article comprising a nutrient complex capable of efficiently able to reduce or eliminate methane gas emission during biodegradation of the article, and a method of making the eco-friendly wearable article containing the nutrient complex. Preferably, the nutrient complex typically comprises anionic sulphate ions and cationic salts of iron(II) and copper(II), thereby facilitating methane oxidation in an anaerobic environment such as a landfill.
US12201169B2
An electrically heatable, above-the-calf, oversock is formed by interconnected fabric sections. The oversock defines a foot section and a leg section interconnected with one another. The foot section has a toe heating section secured thereto. The leg section is formed of interconnected pattern fabric panels secured together by thread seams. In one embodiment of the oversock, the pattern fabric panels include two elongated side fabric panels extending from a top end of the leg section to the foot section, a front panel and a rear panel. At least the lateral one of the two elongated side fabric panels is formed by two or more superimposed side panel pattern pieces interconnected to one another by stitch seams and defining there between a channel through which extends a power feed wire from a switch secured in a upper part of the channel and accessible from an outer surface of the lateral side panel. The feed wire extends to the toe heating section where it is secured to a toe heating wire. An oversock retainer is secured about a top end of the leg section for retention of the oversock above the calf of a wearer person's leg.
US12201158B2
A re-fillable liquid tip or pod for a vaping device that includes capacitive sensor plates in the tip liquid reservoir. A liquid re-filling device provides liquid to the vaping device, drawn from a refill bottle; the re-filling device includes a capacitance measuring circuit; a microcontroller uses the data from the capacitance measuring circuit to determine if the level of liquid in the tip liquid reservoir is above or below a threshold level; if below, then a liquid pump in the re-filling device is activated to draw liquid from the refill bottle and pump it through the vaping device and up into the tip liquid reservoir. Pumping ceases once the liquid reaches the threshold level.
US12201156B2
An electronic cigarette with a memory and ability to record the amount and duration of inhalation of nicotine vapor. The electronic cigarette may be integrated with a smart phone application or other software to record usage and provide feedback to the smoker. The application may include an algorithm for the development of a withdrawal schedule for the user to quit smoking or vaping.
US12201153B2
An aerosol provision devices are described. One such device comprises a receptacle configured to receive aerosol generating material, wherein the receptacle comprises a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The device further comprises an insulating member extending around the susceptor, wherein the insulating member is positioned away from the receptacle to provide an air gap around the susceptor. The device further comprises an inductor coil extending around the insulating member such that the insulating member is positioned between the inductor coil and the susceptor, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field. Another such aerosol provision device comprises: a susceptor configured to receive aerosol generating material, wherein the susceptor is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field; an insulating member extending around the susceptor, wherein the insulating member is positioned away from the susceptor; an inductor coil extending around the insulating member such that the insulating member is positioned between the inductor coil and the susceptor, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field; and an outer cover forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the aerosol provision device, wherein an inner surface of the outer cover is positioned away from an outer surface of the susceptor by a distance of between about 4 mm and about 10 mm.
US12201142B2
The present invention relates to a filter comprising a nonwoven substrate having a low density and comprising natural fibers and a binder. The filter can be used as a filter for a smoking or vaping article.
US12201135B1
An apparatus for treating a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a water supply tank with a level line and a reservoir filled with water to the level line. The water supply tank may automatically replenish water upon detection of depletion of water beneath the level line. A reaction chamber is communicatively connected to the water supply tank. The reaction chamber contains a pair of electrodes which define a reaction region between each electrode, where the reaction region may surround the substrate. A control module is communicatively connected to at least the reaction chamber and may a control signal. An injector connects the water supply tank to the reaction chamber may generate a dispersion of microfine water droplets from water extracted from the reservoir in response to receipt of the control signal. A platform may support at least the reaction chamber and lay on a flat surface.
US12201129B2
The present invention concerns use of a composition as an additive in a feed for improving slaughtering and/or meat quality parameters of meat obtained from an animal to be consumed, wherein said composition comprises at least one polyphenolic compound.
US12201128B2
Animal feed formed with a base of palm fronds and combined with palm fruit, such as dates, is a sustainable and affordable feed product that can be developed in hot climates. Palm fronds with a desired moisture content are shredded, chopped, and/or ground, and mixed with palm fruit. Additives such as urea can increase the nutritional content. Feeds with palm fronds, palm fruit, and/or additives can serve as a base feed for other components. Palm fronds can also serve as a base feed for other components. Animal feeds with a variety of bases can have palm fruit added. Animal feeds with a variety of bases, including palm fronds, can include a variety of other components added.
US12201125B2
The present invention relates to a pea protein composition the nutritional quality, and in particular the PDCAAS, of which is improved, as well as to a method for preparing same and to the use of this composition in a food or pharmaceutical composition.
US12201124B2
A method for obtaining products for the food industry and/or feed industry from insects at the larval stage involves: a) comminuting the insects to form an insect pulp; b) shifting the pH-value of the insect pulp to an acid range by adding an acid and malaxing the insect pulp for a period of at least 45 minutes; and c) fractioning the insect pulp using centrifugal treatment into at least two fractions i) a solid fraction, ii) a fatty phase; and a fat-reduced solid phase.
US12201109B2
A method for mosquito control is provided in the form of mosquito larvicide carrying insects which can be introduced in a mosquito population to thereby control the mosquito population. The larvicide carrier insects may include artificially generated adult insect carriers of a mosquito larvicide in which the mosquito larvicide has minimal impact on the adult insect carrier and which mosquito larvicide affects juvenile mosquito survival or interferes with metamorphosis of juvenile mosquitoes to adulthood. The larvicide carrier insects may be either male or female and may include mosquitoes and non-mosquito insects.
US12201104B1
In some examples, a sensor node is mounted, using two metal fasteners, to a wood item located indoors. The sensor node measures, using a thermometer, an ambient temperature of a location in which the wood item is located, measures, using a hygrometer, an ambient humidity of the location, measures, by an ohmmeter, a resistance of the wood item between the two metal fasteners, determines, based on the resistance, a moisture content of the wood item, and determines, based on the ambient temperature, the ambient humidity, and the moisture content, that conditions are conducive to pest activity. The sensor node captures audio data. using a microphone coupled to the wood item, determines that the audio data indicates pest activity, and sends a notification of pest activity. The notification includes the ambient temperature, the ambient humidity, the moisture content, and the audio data.
US12201096B2
Non-human animal genomes, non-human animal cells, and non-human animals comprising a humanized coagulation factor XII (F12) locus and methods of making and using such non-human animal genomes, non-human animal cells, and non-human animals are provided. Non-human animal cells or non-human animals comprising a humanized F12 locus express a human coagulation factor XII protein or a chimeric coagulation factor XII protein, fragments of which are from human coagulation factor XII. Methods are provided for using such non-human animals comprising a humanized F12 locus to assess in vivo efficacy of human-coagulation-factor-XII-targeting reagents such as nuclease agents designed to target human F12. A short isoform of F12 that is produced locally in the brain, and methods of using the short isoform, are also provide.
US12201091B2
An artificial and/or simulated environment is used to raise a domestic or commercially raised animal to promote a positive health feedback and to minimize stress on the animal. The simulated environment is used to create the façade of a free range or cage free environment, while also minimizing the exposure to inclement weather, potential predators, and other unknown or stress-inducing situations. The results include animals that have higher resistance to diseases and have a lower stress. The artificial environment can be created by projecting or otherwise showing images and/or videos depicting simulation of environments, climate, and/or other unknown situations to normalize the animals to the same.
US12201087B2
Disclosed is a harness for animals, the harness including a chest rest configured to wrap a chest or the chest and a part of an abdomen of an animal, wherein the chest rest includes a main body portion including a front area and a rear area each having a relatively large width and a middle area extending from the front area to the rear area, the middle area being long and narrow, and a plurality of bands coupled to the main body portion, each of the bands being provided at one end thereof with a first fastening member configured to perform fastening when the harness is worn, and a three-dimensional pattern is formed in left-right symmetry at an inner surface of the chest rest that abuts a body of the animal when the chest rest is worn.
US12201084B2
The present invention relates to a rain and sun shield device for pet crates/cages that prevents rainwater from accumulating inside the crates. More specifically, the rain and sun shield device includes multiple lip structures designed to be mounted on the top surface of the crate, such that the lip structures deflect any rainwater pouring over the crate and prevent any rainwater from entering inside the crate. The rain and sun shield device can be retrofitted to existing animal crate/cage designs or incorporated into the manufacturing of new models to provide protection against rainwater and sunlight. The device protects pets from the elements while being kept in a crate or cage placed in outdoor settings or while being transported in the bed of a pickup truck. The device ensures that pets remain safe, shaded, and dry.
US12201081B2
A milking device is provided with milking device, a control unit, a milk line for transporting the milk from the milking device to a milk tank, a milk filter for filtering the milk passing through the milk line, and a cleaning device for the milk filter with cleaning liquid. The milk filter includes a housing surrounding a filter volume and has a milk inlet and a milk outlet, and a filter component in the filter volume. The filter component includes a circumferential plate part with filter holes, and divides the filter volume into a central inner filter volume and an outer filter volume surrounding the latter. The milk filter is configured to be flushed, in use, with the milk to be filtered from the milk inlet to the milk outlet. The cleaning device is configured to clean the milk filter by passing cleaning liquid through the milk filter in a countercurrent direction in consecutive pulses, in such a way that, in each pulse, during a first pulse stage more cleaning liquid is supplied than is discharged, and subsequently, during a second pulse stage, at least as much cleaning liquid flows from the filter volume as is supplied. As a result thereof, an amount of cleaning liquid always collects in the filter volume up to a liquid level, which surrounds at least some of the plurality of holes. The next pulse makes cleaning liquid collide with the liquid level, which improves the cleaning of the filter.
US12201076B2
A method for obtaining regenerated seedlings of Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis from embryonic tip tissues, including the following steps. A seed is inoculated to a germination medium for dark culture for 60 h. The testa, root tip, two cotyledons and middle growing point of the resultant germinated seed are removed, and an embryonic tip with a length of 3-5 mm is retained as an explant. The explant is sequentially subjected to low-temperature pre-culture in a pre-culture medium for 36 h, room-temperature shaking culture in a liquid bud induction culture medium for 10 min, and bud induction culture in a bud induction culture medium for 20 d. A regenerated plant with 5-6 leaves is transferred to a rooting medium for rooting culture for about 2 weeks, and a well-rooted plant is collected, and subjected to hardening and transplantation into a filed.
US12201069B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method that may include receiving a watering restriction for a location, detecting that a sprinkler controller is associated with a property within the location, and transmitting, to the sprinkler controller, the watering restriction. Additionally, a method may include receiving, at a sprinkler controller, a watering restriction for a location, the sprinkler controller associated with a property within the location, and adjusting, in response to the watering restriction, a sprinkling schedule for the property. Furthermore, a method may include receiving weather prediction information associated with a property, updating, in response to the weather prediction information, a sprinkling schedule for a sprinkler system associated with the property, receiving, after a time period, updated weather prediction information for the property, and updating the sprinkling schedule based on a comparison between the sprinkling schedule and the weather prediction information over the time period.
US12201066B2
A six-device-in-one landscape barrier, comprises: a barrier, a end-wing molded to the barrier for saving materials during manufacturing, being half of the length of comparable prior art and saving money for consumers by requiring less overlap at the ends of the landscape barriers and preventing animals from digging beneath the landscape barrier, when inserted into the soil vertically and bending to create a variety of corner angles, corner-angling holes cut out from the barrier for lockingly supporting a garden-plant cage and promoting bending of the end-wing to form a variety of corner angles, tongue-locking openings cut out from the end-wing, barrier-locking tongues molded to the end-wing for saving materials during manufacturing, being half of the length of comparable prior art and saving money for consumers by requiring less overlap at the two barrier ends of the landscape barriers and securely supporting solar-stake-mounted lights or a trellis for vines or climbing plants or an umbrella pole or a sprinkler head or drip line and securely connecting multiple landscape barriers together by inserting through the tongue-locking opening and wrapping over the top or under the bottom of the barrier and securely locking multiple landscape barriers together by inserting through the tongue-locking openings, wrapping in the opposite direction through the corner-angling holes, and again through the tongue-locking opening and anchoring the landscape barrier into soil and protecting garden plants from animals and saving materials during manufacturing, being half of the length of comparable prior art and saving money for consumers by requiring less overlap at the ends of the landscape barriers, a fold-over ridge folded from the top of the material-saving barrier for connecting the ridge of one landscape barrier to the ridge of an another landscape barrier to create a shield to protect garden plants from animals and to create a shield to protect saplings from animals and to create a shield to protect trees from animals and to create a barrier to protect garden vegetation from animals and to create a tonneau cover of a truck bed and providing a guide for the end-wing to slide into, at least one serpentine stake punched out of the barrier for frictionally anchoring the stake into soil by providing a serpentine stake shape and securing the landscape barrier into soil on an inclined or level surface and piercing into soil angledly or vertically, root-gripping tunnels punched out of the barrier for saving materials during manufacturing by stamping out the stake from the barrier and saving time and energy costs when the stake is stored within the root-gripping tunnel during packaging and storage and shipping the landscape barrier to reduce the space needed in each shipping container and to reduce the space needed for the landscape barrier and to reduce unit cost of the landscape barrier and securing the landscape barrier into soil by providing tunnel openings through which grass and plant roots may grow and soil may fill and locking into soil by providing tunnel lower edges below the root-gripping tunnels, stake-locking nipples formed into the barrier for locking the stake to the barrier to provide a secure place to store the stake when not in use and to prevent loss of the stake, a stopper formed into the stake, a stake-locking hole punched out of the stake for locking the stake tip to the barrier for storage and shipping and securing the stake in the soil by providing an opening through which grass and plant roots may grow and creating friction against the soil to secure the stake, at least one single-angled sheath and double-angled sheath and triple-angled sheath, molded to the barrier for connecting multiple landscape barriers by providing an opening for a strap to be threaded therethrough to create a shield to protect gardens or saplings or trees from animals and a barrier to protect garden plants from animals and a tonneau cover of a truck bed and securing the landscape barrier to the utility holes of a pickup truck by providing an opening for the stake to be threaded therethrough to create a vertical truck-bed extender and securing multiple landscape barriers to each other vertically by providing an opening for a stake to be threaded therethrough to create a tree ring or planter ring of varying heights and guiding a stake while being inserted vertically or angledly, ridges respectively pressed into the stake for wedging into the single- and double- and triple-angled sheaths to securely lock the stake for storage and shipping and wedging into the double-angled sheath to securely lock the stake and wedging into the triple-angled sheath to securely lock the stake and frictionally securing the stake into soil, having friction provided by serpentine ridge-shapes, to prevent lifting when ground expands and contracts due to changes in temperature and securingly locking the stake to the barrier by snap-locking to the triple-angled sheath.
US12201061B2
A cleaning arrangement for separating a billet material from an extraneous plant matter in a sugarcane harvester includes a cleaning chamber defining an inlet for the billet material and the extraneous plant matter, a first outlet for the extraneous plant matter, and a second outlet for the billet material. A fan is positioned within the cleaning chamber and configured to generate an airflow to direct the extraneous plant matter toward the first outlet. A billet deflector is located between the inlet and the first outlet and configured to direct the billet material toward the second outlet. An actuation mechanism is coupled to the billet deflector and is controllable to adjust the position of the billet deflector. A sensor is configured to generate a signal. A controller is programmed to activate the actuation mechanism to adjust the position of the billet deflector based on the signal.
US12201060B2
A work equipment (10) is described, comprising: —a pole (20); —a work apparatus (W) fixed to a first end of the pole (20), comprising a work tool (30), —a support body (45), fixed to a second end of the pole (20), for housing a power supply battery (P) operatively connected to the work apparatus (W), said power supply battery (P) being removably associated with the support body (45), characterized in that a damper element (95) is positioned between the support body (45) and the power supply battery (P).
US12207574B1
The disclosure discloses a reconfigurable heterojunction memristor, a control method, a fabrication method, and an application thereof. The functional layer designed by the disclosure comprises a PN heterojunction of n-AgO and p-Ag2O or a PN heterojunction of n-CuO2 and p-CuO. In the analog type, multiple resistance state performance is exhibited based on charge trapping and releasing, and self-rectification characteristics are exhibited, without the need for a selector, which facilitates large-scale integration; in the digital type, the presence of Ag/Cu ions in the layer helps to form Ag/Cu conductive filaments, the switching threshold voltage is small, and the advantages of fast switching speed and low switching power consumption are provided. The disclosure realizes a PN heterojunction device of an N-type oxide layer and a P-type oxide layer through electrochemical principles, and is analog type-digital type reconfigurable between a self-rectifying analog type device and a digital type device.
US12207573B2
A memory, system, and method to improve integration density while maintaining thermal efficiency through a phase change memory cell with a superlattice based thermal barrier. The phase change memory may include a bottom electrode. The phase change memory may also include an active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The phase change memory may also include a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier. The system may include the phase change memory cell. The method for forming a phase change memory may include depositing an active phase change material on a bottom electrode. The method may also include depositing a superlattice thermal barrier proximately connected to the active phase change material. The method may also include depositing a top electrode proximately connected to the superlattice thermal barrier.
US12207570B2
A phase change memory (PCM) semiconductor device is provided. The PCM semiconductor device includes: a phase change material stack on a substrate, the phase change material stack including at least two phase change material layers each separated by an insulating layer; a first electrode on a first side of the phase change material stack; and a second electrode on a second side of the phase change material stack, wherein a first one of the phase change material layers has a length that is different from a length of a second one of the phase change material layers.
US12207568B2
Disclosed are a fabrication method for a superconducting circuit and a superconducting quantum chip. The fabrication method includes: determining, on a substrate, a first junction region located between a first electrical element and a second electrical element, and a second junction region located between a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate that are formed in advance; forming a Josephson junction in the second junction region; detect an electrical parameter of the Josephson junction, and determining whether the electrical parameter is within a target parameter range; if yes, separating the Josephson junction through cutting, and moving the Josephson junction to the first junction region; and forming a first connection structure connecting the first superconducting layer to the first electrical element and a second connection structure connecting the second superconducting layer to the second electrical element.
US12207560B2
There is provided piezoelectric actuator including: vibration plate; first and second piezoelectric layers; a plurality of individual electrodes arranged on actuator surface, of the second piezoelectric layer, on first side in first direction of the second piezoelectric layer; first and second common electrodes; first surface electrode arranged on the actuator surface at an end portion in second direction orthogonal to the first direction; second surface electrode arranged on the actuator surface; and non-conductive electrodes arranged at end portions in the second direction of at least two of the actuator surface, and the first and second boundary surfaces, and which are not in conduction with any of the individual electrodes, and the first and second common electrodes. The non-conductive electrodes are arranged at least in an area of an end portion in the second direction of a stack of the vibration plate, and the first and second piezoelectric layers.
US12207559B2
In an embodiment a method includes applying an AC voltage to an input region, converting, by the input region, the AC voltage into a mechanical oscillation, converting, by an output region, the mechanical oscillation into an electrical voltage and igniting a plasma at an output-side end side of an piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer includes the input region and the output region, wherein the piezoelectric transformer includes a longest edge and a shortest edge, and wherein the longest edge has a length that is twenty times a length of the shortest edge or less.
US12207556B2
In a method for sputter depositing an additive-containing aluminium nitride film containing an additive element like Sc or Y, a first layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film is deposited onto a substrate disposed within a chamber by pulsed DC reactive sputtering. A second layer of the additive-containing aluminium nitride film is deposited onto the first layer by pulsed DC reactive sputtering. The second layer has the same composition as the first layer. A gas or gaseous mixture is introduced into the chamber when depositing the first layer. A gaseous mixture comprising nitrogen gas and an inert gas is introduced into the chamber when depositing the second layer. The percentage of nitrogen gas in the flow rate (in sccm) when depositing the first layer is greater than that when depositing the second layer.
US12207555B2
A thermoelectric element according to one example of the present invention comprises: a first substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate; a first bonding layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first bonding layer; a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer; a P-type thermoelectric leg and N-type thermoelectric leg, disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the P-type thermoelectric leg and N-type thermoelectric leg; a third insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; and a second substrate disposed on the third insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer is composed of a composite comprising silicon and aluminum, the second insulating layer is a resin layer composed of a resin composition comprising an inorganic filler and at least one of an epoxy resin and a silicone resin, and the first bonding layer comprises a silane coupling agent.
US12207548B2
A light-emitting device includes a first electrode, an emission layer, an electron transport layer, a metal-nucleation inducing layer, and a second electrode. The metal-nucleation inducing layer is in direct contact with the second electrode, and includes a metal-nucleation inducing material having at least one metal-nucleation inducing group. The second electrode includes a metal-containing film that is hybridized with the metal-nucleation inducing material. The metal-nucleation inducing group is a π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group that is unsubstituted or substituted with at least one R1 or a group represented by one of Formulae 1A to 1E, and does not comprise a group represented by *—C(═O)(OH) and a cyano group. The emission efficiency and/or lifespan of the light-emitting device may be improved because of the metal-nucleation inducing layer.
US12207547B2
The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound, an organic electroluminescent material, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure can provide an organic electroluminescent device having improved lifespan properties compared to the organic electroluminescent device comprising a conventional organic electroluminescent compound.
US12207543B2
A light-emitting layer for a halide perovskite light-emitting device, a method for manufacturing the same and a perovskite light-emitting device using the same are disclosed. The light-emitting layer can be manufactured by forming a first nanoparticle thin film by coating, on a member, a solution comprising halide perovskite nanoparticles having a halide perovskite nanocrystalline structure. Thereby, a nanoparticle light emitter has therein a halide perovskite having a crystal structure in which FCC and BCC are combined; and can show high color purity. In addition, it is possible to improve the luminescence efficiency and luminance of a device by making perovskite as nanoparticles and then introducing the same into a light-emitting layer.
US12207536B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a film forming method for an organic semiconductor film, with which an organic semiconductor film having good uniformity and high mobility can be manufactured with good productivity. A coating liquid is prepared by dissolving an organic semiconductor material in a solvent, the coating liquid is sprayed by a spray unit, and the coating liquid is applied onto a temperature-controlled substrate while the coating liquid during the flight which has been sprayed by the spray unit is being heated, whereby problems are solved.
US12207535B2
A method of fabricating an organic optoelectronic device comprises positioning a patterning layer over a substrate, etching the patterning layer using a photolithographic process to create an etched patterning layer, positioning a layer of an organic material over the etched patterning layer, and removing at least a portion of the etched patterning layer and at least a portion of the layer of the organic material to create a patterned organic layer over the substrate.
US12207520B2
A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode, he light emitted from the light-emitting device may display a white color, the light-emitting layer may include a plurality of emission stacks, each of the emission stacks includes at least one emission material layer, one of the emission stacks may include a stacked structure of a red emission material layer and a blue emission material layer, thus improving the white balance and increasing color viewing angle.
US12207516B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes: a display panel having a first display area and a second display area, the first and second display areas having different light transmittances from each other in a unit area, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes disposed in the first display area and the second display area, wherein a first organic light-emitting diode disposed in the first display area and a second organic light-emitting diode disposed in the second display area each include at least one light emitter, and the number of the light emitter included in the second organic light-emitting diode is greater than the number of the light emitter included in the first organic light-emitting diode.
US12207515B2
A display apparatus may include a display area including a plurality of pixels arranged over a first substrate along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, a circuit layer disposed in the display area and configured to include a plurality of pixel driving lines coupled to the plurality of pixels, a planarization layer covering the circuit layer, a light emitting device layer disposed over the planarization layer, a first encapsulation layer wholly or fully covering the light emitting device layer and directly contacting an uppermost surface of the circuit layer, a second encapsulation layer wholly or fully covering the first encapsulation layer and directly contacting the uppermost surface of the circuit layer, and a third encapsulation layer wholly or fully covering the second encapsulation layer and directly contacting the uppermost surface of the circuit layer.
US12207511B2
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a flexible substrate, a first insulating film disposed on the flexible substrate, a switching element disposed on the first insulating film, a signal wiring electrically connected with the switching element, a first organic film disposed on the signal wiring, a connection wiring disposed on the first organic film, a second organic film disposed on the connection wiring and a pad electrode disposed on the second organic film. The connection wiring is located between the first organic film and the second organic film and is in contact with the first organic film and the second organic film.
US12207505B2
There are provided a display unit and an electronic apparatus that are capable of preventing color mixture in adjacent color pixels, and improving color reproducibility and chromaticity viewing angle. The display unit includes: a drive substrate having a plurality of pixels with a partition therebetween; and a first light shielding film provided on the partition.
US12207495B2
The present disclosure provides a display device including a display panel, an optical layer, and a cover layer. The display panel has a substrate with two opposite first edges. The optical layer is disposed on the display panel, and the optical layer has two opposite second edges corresponding to the two opposite first edges respectively. The cover layer is disposed on the optical layer. One of the two opposite first edges and one of the two opposite second edges corresponding to the one of the two opposite first edges are not aligned.
US12207490B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a display panel. The method includes: providing a display back plate, wherein the display back plate is provided with a light emitting side; attaching a protective film on the light emitting side of the display back plate, wherein the protective film comprises a transparent adhesive layer disposed on the display back plate and a heavy release film disposed on a side, distal from the display back plate, of the transparent adhesive layer; treating the transparent adhesive layer; and removing the heavy release film, and attaching a functional layer on a side, distal from the display back plate, of the transparent adhesive layer.
US12207488B2
A display device includes a front area, a side area, a display panel, and a protective element. The side area peripheral to sides of the front area. The display panel includes a flat surface in the front area and a curved surface in the side area. The protective element is disposed on a lower surface of the display panel. The protective element has different thicknesses in the front area and the side area.
US12207487B2
A display device is disclosed, which may reduce an interval between subpixels and maximize a light emission area. The display device comprises a substrate provided with a first subpixel and a second subpixel arranged to adjoin the first subpixel, a first electrode provided in each of the first subpixel and the second subpixel on the substrate, including a first material, and an oxide insulating film provided to cover at least a portion of a side of the first electrode and made of a second material. The first material is a metal material, and the second material is an oxide of the first material.
US12207484B2
The display panel is a display panel that is flexible, including: an EL structure layer including a plurality of EL elements arranged two-dimensionally; a foamed resin layer on a side of the EL structure layer that is opposite to a light emitting surface of the EL structure layer; a metal layer provided between the EL structure layer and the foamed resin layer; and a first adhesive layer provided between the EL structure layer and the metal layer and comprises an adhesive having an elastic modulus of 90 kPa or more.
US12207483B2
An imaging device includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first electrode, a second electrode positioned on or above the first electrode and facing the first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first charge-blocking layer positioned between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer. The first charge-blocking layer of the first pixel is separated from the first charge-blocking layer of the second pixel. The photoelectric conversion layer is disposed continuously to the first pixel and the second pixel. An area of the first charge-blocking layer of the first pixel is larger than an area of the first electrode of the first pixel in plan view.
US12207482B2
A method for electrically conductively contacting an optoelectronic component having at least one protective layer, including: providing the optoelectronic component having the at least one protective layer with at least one busbar arranged below the at least one protective layer, forming at least one opening by at least one laser beam in the at least one protective layer, wherein at least one busbar arranged below the at least one protective layer is partly exposed, such that the at least one busbar is not damaged, introducing a low-melting solder into the at least one opening of the at least one protective layer, aligning and fixing an electrically conductive element that is flexible on a side of the at least one opening opposite the at least one busbar, and forming an electrically conductive connection element in the at least one opening.
US12207476B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip. The integrated chip includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) disposed on a first electrode within a dielectric structure over a substrate. A first unipolar selector is disposed within the dielectric structure and is electrically coupled to the first electrode. A second unipolar selector is disposed within the dielectric structure and is electrically coupled to the first electrode. The first unipolar selector laterally extends between a first vertical line intersecting the MTJ and the substrate and a second vertical line intersecting the second unipolar selector and the substrate.
US12207468B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a cell unit including a stack structure and a channel structure penetrating through the stack structure, the stack structure including at least one string selection gate and a plurality of cell gates, cell separation structures separating the cell unit in a first direction, and gate cutting structures defining regions within the cell unit between adjacent cell separation structures. The cell unit includes a first region defined between a first cell separation structure and a first gate cutting structure and a second region defined between the first gate cutting structure and a second gate cutting structure. A ratio of a region of the at least one string selection gate that is occupied by a conductive material in the second region is greater than a ratio of a region of at least one cell gate that is occupied by the conductive material in the second region.
US12207467B2
A semiconductor device including a substrate; a lower structure including a sealing layer on the substrate and a support layer on the sealing layer, the sealing layer and the support layer both including a semiconductor material; a mold structure on the lower structure and having an interlayer insulating film and a conductive film alternately stacked therein; a channel hole penetrating the mold structure; a channel structure extending along sidewalls of the channel hole; an isolation trench penetrating the mold structure and extending into the lower structure; and a poly liner extending along sidewalls of the isolation trench, the poly liner being connected to the lower structure and including the semiconductor material.
US12207461B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology for forming a pre-offset platform on top of a substrate. A memory block is formed, where the memory block includes a staircase area and a memory array area located adjacent the staircase area. The memory array area includes a plurality of memory pillars extending into the memory block. The staircase area has a first height, the memory array area has a second height, and a tier expansion height is defined as a difference between the second height and the first height. The pre-offset platform is located between the substrate and the staircase area of the memory block. The pre-offset platform is oriented and arranged to offset the tier expansion height so that an upper surface of the staircase area and an upper surface of the memory array area are located in a same plane.
US12207453B1
An electronic display assembly includes a housing having an intake and an exhaust, a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) interior to the housing, a backlight interior to the housing and rearward of the LCD, a cover forward of the LCD, and a panel interior to the housing, at least part of which is spaced apart from a rear surface of the backlight. An airflow pathway extends, at least in part, from the intake, rearward of the backlight and forward of the panel, and to the exhaust. A second airflow pathway is separated from the airflow pathway, and forms a closed, continuous airflow pathway extending, at least in part, rearward of the backlight and a rear surface of the panel. At least one electronic component for operating the electronic display assembly is located at the rear surface of the panel and within the second airflow pathway.
US12207447B2
A heat sink is provided. The heat sink includes a base board and a rib board. The base board includes a base board cavity, and the rib board includes a rib board cavity. The base board includes a first board face and a second board face. A groove is disposed on the second board face. The base board cavity is filled with a liquid working medium. The rib board includes at least one partition board. The at least one partition board separates the rib board cavity into at least two chambers. The at least two chambers are separately connected to the base board cavity. One end of the rib board is inserted in the base board through the groove. One end of the partition board is located in the base board. A communication device that includes the heat sink is also provided.
US12207444B2
Methods and systems for an electronic package for a vehicle are provided. In one example, the electronic package includes a chassis having a plurality of bent tabs forming a plurality of respective vent openings in the chassis, and a circuit board coupled to the chassis, wherein the bent tabs directly contact the circuit board.
US12207434B2
A cooling device cools an electronic component using a plasma actuator provided with a dielectric, a first electrode arranged on one surface of the dielectric to generate an induced flow, and a second electrode arranged on the other surface of the dielectric, in which the electronic component and a third electrode are arranged in a flow direction of the induced flow, and a voltage applied to the third electrode is a voltage that generates a potential difference, which is capable of attracting the induced flow, between the first electrode and the third electrode.
US12207430B2
A substrate reinforcement or stiffener can be toolless, slide-on, slide-off, and removable. A hold down can carry pre-attached solder balls, solder units, or fusible elements. Fusible elements can be shaped to reduce thermal and mechanical stresses when reflowed onto a substrate. A heat-producing article can include a heat-dissipation material selectively located on, or immediately adjacent to, a heat-producing article. Clips with a plurality of fingers can be added to power conductors. Graphene strips, graphene coatings, or nanomaterials can be applied to electrically non-conductive articles and are able to selectively direct unwanted heat away from the heat-producing article. Electro-magnetic interference can be reduced by selective placement of voids in a shield of an electrical component.
US12207422B2
A display device, includes: a housing including a first opening; a display component mounted on the housing and including a second opening aligned with the first opening, the first opening and the second opening being used for a camera of the display device to collect ambient light; a first dust-proof part located between the display component and the housing; where, a surface of the housing toward the first dust-proof part is recessed inwardly to form an accommodating groove used for accommodating the first dust-proof part.
US12207418B2
In a method for manufacturing a display panel according to an embodiment, a first anisotropic conductive layer is formed by ejecting a first anisotropic conductive layer forming material in order to bond the circuit board to the display panel, a reinforced curing layer is formed by ejecting a reinforced curing layer forming material onto a side surface of the first anisotropic conductive layer, a second anisotropic conductive layer is formed by ejecting a second anisotropic conductive layer forming material to an inner side of the second anisotropic conductive layer and the reinforced curing layer in order to bond the display drive integrated circuit, and a pixel is formed by ejecting a material for pixel printing to an inner side of the second anisotropic conductive layer for fixing the display drive integrated circuit.
US12207415B2
In some examples, a system derives a first representation of an assembly of components based on a first source of information, and derives a second representation of the assembly of components based on a second source of information that is of a different type than the first source of information, where the second representation includes any or a combination of an indication of a source of a respective component of the assembly of components, or placement location information of a component in the assembly. The system compares the first representation to the second representation to identify a deviation between the first representation and the second representation, the deviation corresponding to an alteration of the assembly of components.
US12207411B2
A printed wiring board is disclosed, with a build-up lamination material comprising a die side and a land side; a recess in the build-up lamination material at the die side, the recess comprising a recess floor; a first wall orthogonal to the recess floor; a second wall orthogonal to the recess floor, the second wall spaced apart from and opposite the first wall; a first recessed contact pad including a first vertical portion substantially in the recess at the first wall; a second recessed contact pad including a second vertical portion substantially in the recess at the second wall; and electrical coupling structures within the build-up lamination material, the electrical coupling structures coupled to each of the first recessed contact pad and the second recessed contact pad.
US12207406B2
A light fixture for producing a light output. The light fixture includes a control printed circuit board and a light module printed circuit board. The control printed circuit board includes an aperture and a first number of printed circuit board layers. The control printed circuit board has a first surface area. The light module printed circuit board is configured to electrically connect to the control printed circuit board at the aperture to allow light from the light module printed circuit board to pass through the aperture. The light module printed circuit board includes a second number of printed circuit board layers. The light module printed circuit board has a second surface area. The first number of printed circuit board layers is greater than the second number of printed circuit board layers. The first surface area is larger than the second surface area.
US12207401B2
An embedded smart module including a twistable substrate, an electrode layer, a circuit layer, an insulating layer, an electronic component and a sensing component is provided. The electrode layer is disposed on the twistable substrate. The circuit layer is disposed in the electrode layer and exposed at the surface of the electrode layer. The insulating layer is disposed between the electrode layer and the circuit layer. The electronic component is disposed on the electrode layer and the circuit layer and electrically connected with the electrode layer and the circuit layer. The sensing component is disposed on the electrode layer and the circuit layer and electrically connected with the electrode layer and the circuit layer.
US12207398B2
An electronic device carrier structure can include a substrate including a plurality of electrical contacts spaced apart on the substrate, a plurality of electrically conductive balls, each of the electrically conductive balls being on a respective one of the plurality of electrical contacts, solder attaching each of the electrically conductive balls to respective ones of the electrical contacts to form an attachment boundary where the solder ends on a surface of each of the plurality of electrically conductive balls, and a polymer layer extending on the substrate onto the plurality of electrically conductive balls to form a surface of the polymer layer at a contact point on the plurality of electrically conductive balls that is above the attachment boundary and below an apex of each of the plurality of electrically conductive balls.
US12207391B2
An information handling system includes a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes first and second pads of a first differential pair, a hatched ground, and first and second traces of a second differential pair. The first and second pads of the first differential pair are routed a surface of the printed circuit board. The hatched ground routed within a first layer of the printed circuit board. The first and second traces of the second differential pair are routed below the first and second pads and the hatched ground within a second layer of the printed circuit board. The hatched ground dampens crosstalk between signals on the traces and signals on the differential pair pads.
US12207388B2
A fastening system, including: a fastener including: a hollow shaft; a threaded portion positioned on an outer surface of the hollow shaft; a first protrusion extending from an inner surface of the hollow shaft, the first protrusion including: a first angled surface; a first engagement surface; a nut corresponding to the fastener, including: a cavity having threaded portion; a projection positioned within the cavity of the nut, the projection including: a first locking feature positioned on an outer surface of the projection, the first locking feature including: a second angled surface; a first locking surface; wherein, in a first state of engagement of the fastener with the nut, the first angled surface of the first protrusion of the fastener engages with the second angled surface of the first locking feature of the projection to rotate the fastener with respect to the nut in response to downward force on the fastener.
US12207385B2
A plasma apparatus of a plasma processing system is provided. The plasma apparatus defines a toroidal plasma channel and includes multiple end blocks defining respective portions of the toroidal plasma channel. Each end block includes an end-block tube constructed from a first electrically conductive material and a dielectric coating disposed on an interior surface of the end-block tube. The plasma apparatus also includes multiple mid-blocks defining respective portions of the toroidal plasma channel. Each mid-block includes at least one heat sink located adjacent to a substantially linear tube with a thermal interface disposed therebetween. The thermal interface is in physical communication with the tube and the at least one heat sink. The mid-block tube has a substantially uniform wall thickness and is constructed from a dielectric material. The at least one heat sink is constructed from a second electrically conductive material.
US12207383B2
The invention relates to a microwave driven plasma ion source (1) for ionising a sample to be ionised to sample ions, the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) including a sample intake (6) for inserting the sample from an outside of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) into an inside (3) of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1): a microwave generator (10) for generating microwaves for generating a plasma (101) from a plasma gas (100): a plasma torch (20) providing a plasma torch orientation direction (29) having an inside (21) for housing (2) a process of generation of the plasma (101) from the plasma gas (100) and for housing a process of ionising the sample to the sample ions by exposing the sample to the plasma (101), wherein the plasma torch (20) comprises a torch outlet (22) for letting out the plasma (101) and the sample ions from the inside (21) of the plasma torch (20) essentially in the plasma torch orientation direction (29) to an outside of the plasma torch (20), the torch outlet (22) having a torch aperture. Furthermore the microwave driven plasma ion source (1, 201) includes a shielding (4) for shielding off the microwaves from passing from the inside (3) of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) to the outside of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1), wherein the shielding (4) comprises a shielding outlet (5) for letting out the plasma (101) and the sample ions from the inside (3) of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1) essentially in the plasma torch orientation direction (29) to the outside of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1), the shielding outlet (5) having a shielding aperture. Thereby, the shielding outlet (5) is fluidly coupled to the torch outlet (22) for letting out the plasma (101) and the sample ions from the inside (21) of the plasma torch (20) essentially in the plasma torch orientation direction (29) to the outside of the microwave driven plasma ion source (1), wherein a size of the shielding aperture is less than 150%, preferably less than 125%, particular preferably less than 110% of a size of the torch aperture, wherein both the size of the shielding aperture and the size of the torch aperture are measured in units of area.
US12207380B2
A system is for controlling a high voltage for x-ray applications. In an embodiment, the system includes a controller including at least one input for a mains input voltage, and one output for outputting a primary-side transformer current; and a distance compensation suited to providing the primary-side transformer current with a determined pulse frequency or a determined pulse length.
US12207377B2
A cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber wall delimiting a cooking chamber and including an opening, and a motor-movable changing device arranged outside the cooking chamber and including at least two sensor units for detecting a property of the cooking chamber. The changing device can be set in such a way by motorized movement that one of the at least two sensor units can be positioned in front of the opening at a time for detecting the property of the cooking chamber through the opening.
US12207372B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first light-emitting module, a second light-emitting module, and a control unit. The housing includes a first light-emitting region and a second light-emitting region. The first light-emitting module includes a plurality of first light-emitting units arranged in the first light-emitting region in an array, and the first light-emitting unit includes a light-emitting ink layer. The second light-emitting module is disposed in the second light-emitting region. The control unit is electrically connected to the first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module, and generates a first light-emitting signal and a second light-emitting signal in response to an instruction, to respectively control the first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module to emit light.
US12207370B2
The present invention provides a luminaire (1), in particular a street lamp. The luminaire comprises at least one lighting means (5), such as at least one light emitting diode, at least one sensor unit (15) including an acoustic sensor (2) configured to measure environmental sound, and further comprising a processing unit (3). The processing unit (3) is configured to identify an environmental situation of the luminaire (1), in particular the street condition at the street lamp, on the basis of at least one characteristic of the measured environmental sound, such as the amplitude, frequency or pattern of the measured environmental sound and/or control information for controlling light emission.
US12207367B2
Presented are systems and methods for controlling a compensation circuit. In embodiments, a detection circuit receives a set of control signals that have been generated by a control circuit to drive a set of light emitting diode (LED) switches. The switches control a set of LEDs driven by a DC-DC converter that is coupled to a feedback loop to which the compensation circuit is removably coupled. In embodiments, the detection circuit determines whether the status of an LED is about to change and, in response, uses the compensation circuit to control the feedback loop in a manner such as to reduce a current overshoot or current undershoot in the LED current.
US12207361B2
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid from which aerosol may be generated, an electric heater, a capillary wick extending between the liquid storage portion and the electric heater and configured to convey liquid from the liquid storage portion to the electric heater and electric circuitry connected to the electric heater. The electric circuitry may be configured to: activate the electric heater for a first heating time period in response to an input to vaporize liquid in the capillary wick, activate the electric heater for a second heating time period upon the elapse of a first cooling time period after the first heating time period, record a temperature measurement of the electric heater during the second heating time period, and determine an amount of liquid in the liquid storage portion based on the temperature measurement.
US12207355B2
A random access method and apparatus, and a computer readable storage medium. The method is applied to a multi-card terminal, and at least two subscriber identification module SIM cards are installed on the multi-card terminal, the method includes: obtaining first random access preambles selected by the at least two SIM cards; and selecting different modes for the at least two SIM cards to carry out a random access in response to the first random access preambles selected by the at least two SIM cards being the same.
US12207347B2
The present disclosure relates to a verification information processing method and an apparatus, a terminal device and a storage medium thereof. A verification information processing method applied to a first device includes in response to entering a verification scenario of performing a predetermined function, sending request information to a second device; receiving response information returned based on the request information; and writing verification information carried in the response information into an input position of the verification information; wherein the verification information written into the input position is used to verify whether the first device performs the predetermined function.
US12207345B2
A communication method and apparatus, where the method includes: a session management network element sending location area information; a mobility management network element receiving the location area information from the session management network element; obtaining location information of a terminal; determining, based on the location area information and the location information, that the terminal is located outside a service area indicated by the location area information; and in response to the determination, sending, to the session management network element, a message for triggering update of a session management information.
US12207344B2
A communications method includes determining a session management function entity based on at least one of a data network name, slice information, and an application function service identifier, and sending a first message to the session management function entity, where the first message is used to subscribe to a terminal event, the first message includes service description information, and the service description information is used to indicate a service corresponding to the terminal event.
US12207339B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for releasing an RRC connection by a user equipment (UE). A method that may be performed by the UE includes establishing an RRC connection, determining a time duration for a release timer, resetting the release timer, monitoring the RRC connection, and releasing the RRC connection.
US12207335B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for a first device to perform wireless communication is proposed. The method comprises: obtaining a sidelink discontinuous reception (SL DRX) configuration; receiving first sidelink control information (SCI) for scheduling a first physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) through a first physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) from a second device; receiving second SCI and first data from the second device through the first PSSCH; and determining a first physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource based on an index of a slot and an index of a subchannel which are related to the first PSSCH, wherein a first timer included in the SL DRX configuration is started based on skipping of a first PSFCH transmission related to the first PSSCH on the first PSFCH resource.
US12207316B2
A channel access method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining, by a station, backoff duration based on a current first contention window; determining random padding duration based on a current second contention window when the backoff duration is reached; sending, on a channel, padding data whose duration is the random padding duration; detecting a state of the channel after the padding data is sent; and sending data on the channel if the state of the channel is an idle state.
US12207312B2
A scheduled entity in a wireless communication network, configured to receive, and a scheduling entity configured to transmit, a physical random access channel (PRACH) indication indicating resources of: at least one reference slot, at least one joint random access channel (RACH) occasion (RO) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) (joint RO and PO) slot within the at least one reference slot, and at least a first RO and at least a first PO within the at least one joint RO and PO slot, the at least the first RO and the at least the first PO corresponding to each other and corresponding to a first beam of a plurality of beams of the scheduling entity. According to some aspects, the joint RO and PO slot corresponds to a plurality of contiguous slots that collectively include a plurality of RO and PO combinations scheduled consecutively in time.
US12207308B2
A random access method and an apparatus. In the method, random access is completed in a manner in which an agent terminal performs access, so that an access requirement of a terminal can be satisfied under low energy consumption. The method and the apparatus may be applied to application scenarios such as an internet of things (IoT), machine type communication (MTC), massive machine type communication (mMTC), an internet of vehicles, and a connected vehicle.
US12207305B2
Described are methods, devices and systems for addresses efficient signalling of the association between downlink signals (e.g. SS/PBCH (synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel) blocks (SSBs) or CSI-RS (channel-state information reference signal)) and physical random access channel (PRACH) resources. In some embodiments, the “number of SSBs per PRACH resource” parameter value is associated with the number of frequency multiplexed PRACH resources and/or the number of symbols in the PRACH preamble format. Embodiments of the disclosed technology enable more flexible random access configurations and allow a wider range of network implementations.
US12207299B2
One aspect of the disclosure provides a method performed by a transmitting device, for transmitting wirelessly to a receiving device in a wireless network. The method comprises: obtaining information which is indicative of a level of wireless activity caused by interfering transmissions by one or more interfering devices, experienced by one or more receiving devices on one or more first channels configured for transmissions by the one or more receiving devices; and determining whether to transmit to a receiving device of the one or more receiving devices using one or more second channels based on the information indicative of the level of wireless activity experienced by the one or more receiving devices on the one or more first channels.
US12207288B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for sidelink communication are disclosed. A WTRU may receive a first SCI element from a second WTRU within a group. The WTRU may receive a first RCI element within a first set of resources scheduled by the first SCI. The first RCI may include information about which WTRU in the group is scheduled to use a second set of resources. The WTRU may determine, based on the first RCI, that one or more subresources within the second set of resources are available. The WTRU may transmit data in the one or more subresources. The first SCI and the first RCI may be received in a first reservation period and the one or more subresources may be in a second reservation period.
US12207287B2
Aspects presented herein may enable a network entity, such as a base station or a component of a base station, to indicate a PUCCH repetition factor to a set of UEs via group-common DCI. In one aspect, a network entity transmits, to a set of UEs, an indication associated with a number of PUCCH retransmissions via group-common DCI. The network entity receives, from one or more UEs in the set of UEs, one or more PUCCH retransmissions based on the transmitted indication. In another aspect, a UE receives, from a network entity, an indication associated with a number of PUCCH retransmissions via group-common DCI. The UE transmits, to the network entity, one or more PUCCH retransmissions based on the received indication.
US12207272B2
A method for transmitting data by a communications device to an infrastructure equipment in a cell of a wireless communications network is provided. The method comprises receiving an indication of a plurality of configured grants, each of the configured grants allocating a set of communications resources for the transmission of the data by the communications device within one of a plurality of bandwidth parts defining a frequency range within a system bandwidth of the cell, determining that one or more of the plurality of configured grants should be activated and/or determining that one or more of the plurality of configured grants should be deactivated, and transmitting, to the infrastructure equipment, one or both of an activation signal if the communications device determines that one or more configured grants should be activated and a deactivation signal if the communications device determines that one or more configured grants should be deactivated.
US12207267B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a base station may indicate a dormancy status, such as dormant or non-dormant, for each of one or more control channel resources configured for a user equipment (UE) via a dormancy indication in downlink control information (DCI). The dormancy indication may include a set of bits, each bit indicating a dormancy status for a control channel resource or a group of control channel resources. The UE, based on determining the value of each bit of the set of bits, may determine the dormancy status of each of the one or more control channel resources and may monitor the control channel resources accordingly. For example, the UE may monitor control channel resources having a dormancy status of non-dormant and may refrain from monitoring control channel resources having a dormancy status of dormant.
US12207265B2
A method includes performing blind detection on a PDCCH in at least one subframe or slot to acquire first downlink control information and second downlink control information; and performing uplink data transmission and downlink data transmission with a base station according to the acquired first downlink control information and second downlink control information, wherein the first downlink control information is one of downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and the second downlink control information is the other one of the downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and the downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and wherein a location where a PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected is associated with related information of the first downlink control information, or the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on the same PDCCH.
US12207261B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may support communicating uplink control messages over a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using a time domain waveform. For example, the base station may configure the UE with a first group of PUCCH resource sets associated with a first type of time domain waveform and a second group of PUCCH resource sets associated with a second type of time domain waveform. The base station may transmit downlink control information (DCI) to the UE that indicates a type of time domain waveform and a PUCCH resource of a PUCCH resource set. In response, the UE may select the PUCCH resource set from either the first group or the second group and may transmit an uplink control message using the indicated PUCCH resource and type of time domain waveform.
US12207260B2
Embodiments of the present invention describe a feedback information transmission method and apparatus. The feedback information transmission method may include receiving, by a first terminal, first data sent by a second terminal. The method may also include sending, by the first terminal, feedback information for the first data to the second terminal in a first subframe, where there is second data to be sent by the first terminal in the first subframe. The feedback information may be carried in sidelink control information (SCI) of the second data, or the feedback information may be carried in a data packet carrying the second data.
US12207256B2
Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment (UE), for communicating via a plurality of nodes in a wireless network. Such methods include receiving a plurality of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) states, and receiving, via a single physical control channel, scheduling information for a plurality of physical data channels carrying a respective plurality of repetitions of a data block. The physical data channels can be respective layers of a PDSCH, or each physical data channel can be a subset of all layers of a PDSCH. Such methods include assigning one or more of the TCI states to the plurality of repetitions, and receiving the plurality of repetitions via the plurality of physical data channels based on the scheduling information and the assigned TCI states. Embodiments also include complementary methods performed by a wireless network, as well as UEs and wireless networks configured to perform such methods.
US12207254B2
Embodiments of the present application pertain to control information for scheduling a transmission resource for downlink and uplink communications between one or more TRP and one or more UE. One Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for DL control information transmission is assumed to carry at least one assignment or scheduling information block for at least one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) for DL data transmission or for at least one Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) for UL data transmission. Embodiments of the present application provide methods of providing configuration information that can be used by a user equipment (UE) to determine transmission mode for the PDSCH and PUSCH as well as information to determine where to monitor for the PDSCH, PUSCH and PUCCH information.
US12207246B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs for determining in a new radio (NR) integrated access and backhaul (IAB) system available soft resources for an IAB node. In one aspect, a method includes determining, by a mobile termination (MT) of the IAB node, a time-domain soft resource configuration for a distributed unit (DU) of the IAB node. The method further includes transmitting the time-domain soft resource configuration to the DU.
US12207242B2
There is provided a method in a controlling node for determining channel assignment for different network nodes. The method comprises: determining a channel assignment based at least on a factor, the factor including one or more of channel usability, contiguous spectrum allocation, spectrum allocation stability and user value; and transmitting the determined channel assignment to a network node.
US12207232B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a first source UE of two or more source UEs, an indication of a first resource allocation for transmitting first data. The UE may transmit, to a second source UE of the two or more source UEs, an indication of a second resource allocation for transmitting second data. The UE may receive, from the first source UE, the first data using the first resource allocation. The UE may receive, from the second source UE, the second data using the second resource allocation. The UE may transmit the first data and the second data to at least one destination UE. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12207231B2
The present disclosure relates to a paging handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: registering to a first network and a second network; establishing a connection with the first network; receiving, from the first network, information for a release timer; starting the release timer after receiving a paging from the second network; and upon an expiry of the release timer: releasing the connection with the first network without receiving a radio resource control (RRC) release message from the first network; and establishing a connection with the second network based on the paging from the second network.
US12207211B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to generate a message comprising coordination information, wherein the apparatus is associated with a first AP, the message to be used for coordinated communications by the first AP and a second AP, wherein the first AP and the second AP are associated with different basic service sets (BSSs), and an interface configured to output the message for transmission during a networking coordination window of a networking cluster.
US12207208B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are transmitting and/or receiving a synchronization signal block. One method includes receiving a synchronization signal block. The method includes detecting a primary synchronization signal and a broadcast channel of the synchronization signal block. Receiving the synchronization signal block includes receiving at least one synchronization signal block of multiple synchronization signal blocks within a time window and the broadcast channel includes multiple sub-bands.
US12207200B2
A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a control section that uses a first cell and a second cell of business operators different from each other; and a receiving section that receives downlink transmission having transmission power different depending on at least one of a business operator, frequency, time, and interference in the first cell and the second cell. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, deterioration of communication quality due to interference between networks of different business operators can be suppressed.
US12207193B2
A method in a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising determining one or more parameters of an expected signal; calculating a performance metric for each of a plurality of receiver modes of the UE, based on the determined one or more parameters; selecting a first receiver mode among the plurality of receiver modes based on the calculated performance metrics.
US12207192B2
A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from a second WTRU, sidelink control information (SCI), including first information indicating if a resource is reserved by the second WTRU, and second information indicating if the second WTRU is a power saving or non-power saving. The first WTRU may measure a reference signal receive power (RSRP) of signals transmitted by the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add a resource to a set of available resources if the first information indicates that the resource is not reserved by the second WTRU. If a resource is reserved, the WTRU may set an RSRP threshold to a first set or second threshold based on a power saving mode of the second WTRU. The first WTRU may add the resource to the set of available resources if the measured RSRP is less than the selected RSRP threshold.
US12207190B2
A method and wireless device (WD) for autonomous WD wake up are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a wireless device configured to communicate with a network node is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry configured to determine that a transmitted wake up signal has been missed before a discontinuous reception (DRX) ON-duration, and perform at least one action during the DRX ON-duration based at least in part on the determination that the wake signal has been missed.
US12207188B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a first indication that a network node is in a sleep mode. The UE may receive a second indication of periodic wake-up signal (WUS) occasions associated with the sleep mode. The UE may receive a third indication to defer, for one or more WUS occasions, a transmission of a WUS associated with data, deferral of the transmission being based at least in part on a latency parameter associated with the data. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12207187B2
A method and a system for electronic shelf label network access and roaming communication are disclosed in the present disclosure. The present disclosure greatly improves the success rate of a background server in selecting an optimal base station to timely communicate with an electronic shelf label that has newly entered a coverage area of an electronic shelf label system or moved, and ensures the reliability and stability of the communication between the background server and the electronic shelf label.
US12207182B2
Provided in one disclosure of the present specification is a user equipment (UE) for establishing a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session. The UE may include: a transmission and reception unit; and a processor for controlling the transmission and reception unit. The processor may perform: a step for assessing whether there is a possibility of the PDU session being handed over to a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access; a step for determining the ID of the PDU session according to the assessment; and a step for transmitting a message including the determined ID of the PDU session.
US12207178B2
A base station transmits, to a wireless device and via an unlicensed cell, downlink signals during a time window. The base station receives, from the wireless device, an RRC message indicating a radio link failure (RLF) of the unlicensed cell based on a counter, wherein the counter is incremented in response to a radio link quality of the downlink signals being worse than a threshold during the time window.
US12207172B2
An emergency event detection and response system detects an occurrence of an event associated with a user and initiates an emergency response flow. A user may be associated with a wearable device and have in his home a base station and portable or stationary wireless devices containing sensors capable of detecting an emergency event. The emergency event may be detected based on voice or non-voice audio input from the user, data monitoring by the wearable device, base station, and/or portable or stationary wireless device, or by physical button press. Responsive to determining that an emergency event has occurred, the system triggers an emergency response flow by notifying a call center and contacting one or more caregivers associated with the user. Caregivers may access a response system application to receive updates regarding the detected emergency and to contact the user and/or a provider associated with the call center.
US12207169B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a management network node may receive, from a communication network node, a plurality of non-data wireless service (NDWS) configurations. The management network node may transmit, to the communication network node, a configuration indication associated with a selected NDWS configuration of the plurality of NDWS configurations. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12207163B1
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) receives assistance data for enabling the UE to estimate a location of the UE, the assistance data including a relative location of each of a plurality of transmission points, wherein the relative location is represented as a hierarchy of two or more levels of description, wherein a highest level of description is relative to a fixed reference point, receives, from each of at least a subset of the plurality of transmission points, at least one positioning reference signal, and estimates the location of the UE based on characteristics of reception of the at least one positioning reference signal from each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points and the two or more levels of description and the fixed reference point for each of the subset of the plurality of transmission points.
US12207160B2
The location of a user equipment (UE) is determined at a scheduled location time based on location measurements for the UE received from one or more other entities. The location measurements are obtained at a plurality of times based on the scheduled location time. An uncertainty of the location that indicates a difference between the location and an actual location of the UE at the scheduled location time is determined and the location and the uncertainty of the location are sent to a requesting entity. The uncertainty of the location is based on a location uncertainty and a time uncertainty relative to the scheduled location time, which are combined into a single location uncertainty.
US12207158B2
Techniques are described for securely locating a user equipment (UE). Positioning measurements from the UE, which may be spoofed or not spoofed, are received by a location server, and used to determine a location uncertainty, which is used to determine whether the positioning measurements may be spoofed. The location uncertainty, for example, may be compared to an expected location uncertainty for positioning measurements that are not spoofed. If the location uncertainty is greater than the expected location uncertainty by more than a predetermined threshold, the positioning measurements may be spoofed. Positioning assistance data provided to the UE including information related to transmission times and transmission locations for positioning signals may be incomplete or inaccurate. Spoofed positioning measurements generated by a UE based on the incomplete or inaccurate information will include errors that produce a relatively large uncertainty compared to actual positioning measurements for which uncertainty would be smaller.
US12207157B2
Servers and methods for determining geo-relevant interactive assets are provided. A server and method can be configured to determine a starting location, a direction, and a speed of travel. The server can then calculate future location information, and use the future location information to filter one or more geo-relevant interactive assets. Filtered geo-relevant interactive assets can be added to a map, and current location information can be determined. Geo-relevant interactive assets can be played or displayed according to the current location information.
US12207154B2
A method for providing better connecting signals is disclosed. Coordinates of multiple mobile terminals are obtained. Distances between a mobile Wi-Fi (MIFI) device and the mobile terminals are calculated according to received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values between the mobile terminals and the MIFI device, and a relative coordinate of the MIFI device is then calculated based on the distances. Unit vectors of the mobile terminals relative to the MIFI device are calculated according to the relative coordinate of the MIFI device and the coordinates of the mobile devices. Reference signal receiving power (RSRP) values of the mobile terminals are calculated and are multiplied by the unit vectors to obtain RSRP vectors of the mobile terminals. The RSRP vectors are added up to generate a position where the MIFI device moves to a base station.
US12207153B2
A method, device, and system for limiting mobile device functionality in a geographic area. When a mobile device is located within a predetermined geographic area, the mobile device receives a disabling signal from a disabling device. A Device Owner Application on the mobile device responds to the disabling signal, restricting functionality of the mobile device. Such restrictions may include restricting the mobile device's ability to send and receive text messages and email messages; restricting the mobile device's ability to respond to user input; restricting the mobile device's ability to place and receive phone calls; restricting the mobile device's ability to place and receive phone calls requiring user interaction with the mobile device; restricting the mobile device's ability to utilize a web browser application; restricting the mobile device's web browser from accessing predetermined web sites; and any other predetermined restriction of mobile device functionality as may be desired.
US12207152B2
An entity in a wireless network 100 retains contexts for each wireless terminal 140 served by a serving cell in a serving Radio Node (RN) 110 after that serving cell experiences an outage. The contexts may be retained by the serving RN 110 of the serving cell and/or by the wireless terminal served by the serving cell. The retained contexts are then provided to neighbor RNs 120 to facilitate connection reestablishment for the wireless terminals 140 previously served by the serving cell now experiencing an outage with a neighbor cell, e.g., another cell in the serving RN 110 or a neighbor cell in a neighbor RN 120.
US12207151B2
This application relates generally to the field of network communications and, more particularly, to transmitting data over power lines.
US12207146B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, for a network application, identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a first performance characteristic of first base station equipment, wherein the first base station equipment is actively communicating with a user equipment via a first network connection. The method can further include, based on the first performance characteristic being in a condition in relation to a first threshold, determining, by the system, to execute a handover of the user equipment to a second network connection with second base station equipment, resulting in a handover determination. Further, the method can include, based on the handover determination, facilitating, by the system, executing the handover of the user equipment to the second network connection.
US12207143B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method of uplink beam management are provided. The method includes being configured, by a source cell, an uplink transmit beam for an uplink transmission for a target cell and transmitting, to the target cell, the configured uplink transmit beam for the uplink transmission. During a handover from the source cell to the target cell, the uplink transmit beam for the UE to the target cell is determined based on collaboration between the source cell and the target cell. The method enables a random access channel-free (RACH-free) handover procedure which reduces latency of handover and overhead of signaling and resource.
US12207126B2
The communication apparatus (2) comprises a setting unit (32) configured to set slice information for identifying a type of a network slice in a Flow Label field in a header of a packet compliant with the IPv6 protocol, and a transmitting unit (33) configured to transmit the packet with the header set by the setting unit.
US12207125B2
Presented herein are embodiments that provide mobile edge computing (MEC) with low latency traffic segregation within a packet data network (PDN) using dedicated bearers. Techniques are provided that are performed at an edge user plane entity and a control plane entity to coordinate the directing of low latency traffic over a dedicated bearer broken out at the edge, and to communicate normal latency traffic over a default bearer that is centrally broken out.
US12207124B2
This disclosure provides methods and devices for managing the allocation of resources for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmissions associated with a scheduled time period. In some implementations, a wireless station (STA) transmits, to an access point (AP), a request frame indicating a bandwidth or a quantity of spatial streams (or both) for the UL transmissions, and indicating a bandwidth or a quantity of spatial streams (or both) for the DL transmissions. In some instances, the request frame also may indicate the STA's intention to transmit UL data as duplicates carried on different communication links. The STA receives a trigger frame indicating that the STA is scheduled to transmit or receive data during the time period. The STA transmits data to, or receives data from, one or more other devices during the time period.
US12207121B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and computer readable storage medium of communication. The method implemented at a first device comprises receiving, from a second device, a message for bandwidth part switching for the first device, the message triggering the first device to activate a measurement gap configuration, the measurement gap configuration indicating one or more measurement gaps. The method further comprises delaying to apply at least one measurement gap of the one or more measurement gaps. In this way, the delay of the bandwidth part switching procedure is controllable and predictable for both the first and the second device, and further the required necessary interaction after the bandwidth part switching is ensured thereby, while the new measurement gap configuration may be activated as soon as possible.
US12207114B2
Provided is a method for a first base station operating with a cellular network, covering a first cell area and being connectively coupled to a second base station supporting beamforming, covering a second cell area, wherein a plurality of user equipments is located in said first cell area. It includes sending a message representative of an instruction to perform at least one automatic neighbor relation measurement to at least one of the plurality of user equipments located in said first cell area, receiving at least one automatic neighbor relation message from said at least one user equipment, and omitting said at least one user equipment from further considering for further automatic neighbor relation evaluation, when said automatic neighbor relation message indicates that said user equipment is located outside of the second cell area.
US12207113B2
According to certain embodiments, a wireless device is configured to operate in a regular-power mode and a low-power mode, and a method of detecting wireless device movement includes: performing a link characterization measurement in the low-power mode using a low-power radio; determining, based on the low-power radio link characterization measurement, that the wireless device is not stationary; and performing radio resource measurements in the regular-power mode. In particular embodiments, performing the link characterization measurement using the low-power radio includes measuring a stationary reference signal (e.g., secondary synchronization signal (SSS)). Measuring the stationary reference signal uses a time-domain correlation receiver on the stationary reference signal.
US12207091B1
A client-side electronic device includes a receiver, a processor, and a memory. The receiver communicates with a message server over a communication medium of a communication network. The memory stores computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the device to receive, from the message server, a broadcast message, a timestamp associated with the broadcast message, and a first digital signature of the broadcast message and a second digital signature of the timestamp. The executed instruction further cause the device to verify an integrity of the broadcast message based the first or second digital signatures, determine a freshness of the broadcast message based on the received timestamp, calculate a trust state of the broadcast message based on the integrity verification and the freshness determination, and store the broadcast message in the memory along with the calculated trust state.
US12207083B2
One feature pertains to a method for secure wireless communication at an apparatus of a network. The method includes receiving a user equipment identifier identifying a user equipment and a cryptographic key from a wireless wide area network node, and using the cryptographic key as a pairwise master key (PMK). A PMK identifier (PKMID) is generated based on the PMK and the two are stored at the network. A PMK security association is initialized by associating the PMK with at least the PMKID and an access point identifier identifying an access point of the apparatus. An association request is received that includes a PMKID from the user equipment, and it's determined that the PMKID received from the user equipment matches the PMKID stored. A key exchange is initiated with the user equipment based on the PMK to establish a wireless local area network security association with the user equipment.
US12207080B2
The present disclosure provides a method and device for multicast transmission, wherein a method for multicast transmission performed by a first network device includes: receiving a first message for requesting handover from a second network device; transmitting a second message for responding to the first message to the second network device.
US12207076B2
Embodiments include methods, performed by a user equipment (UE), for reporting radio link failure (RLF) in a cell of a wireless network. Such methods include performing measurements of a plurality of cells, which can include a serving cell and multiple neighbor cells. The measurements for each cell are based on one or more types of reference signals (RS) transmitted in the particular cell and include one or more measurement quantities. Such methods include determining that an RLF occurred in the serving cell and sorting the neighbor cell measurements into one or more measurement lists based on one or more sorting criteria, which can be related to the RS types on which the measurements for the respective neighbor cells are based and/or the measurement quantities available for the respective neighbor cells. Such methods include transmitting, to a network node, an RLF report including the one or more measurement lists.
