US12242900B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing method for providing an event timer for event synchronization across Kubernetes clusters. The event timer is configured to provide event synchronization on behalf of microservice instances in the cloud computing environment. In response to a request for an event timer for a timed event, it is determined whether the requested event timer has been started for a second microservice instance. If the requested event timer has been started, a state of the requested event timer is sent to the first microservice instance If the requested event timer has not been started, the requested event timer is instantiated, and a state of the instantiated event timer is stored in a database. The instantiated event timer is independent of the first and second microservice instances. In response to an expiration of the event timer, a single callback for processing of the event is generated.
US12242893B2
A system and method for ranking computing resources in a distributed computing marketplace is disclosed. Ranking may be based on the performance factors that the system predicts will have the greatest impact on the particular application the user plans to run. A performance database stores historical performance data for applications that have been executed on multiple different computer systems. The database is checked to see if the application, or one similar, has already been run on any of the computing systems participating in the distributed computing marketplace. If so, the existing performance data is used to predict which performance factors will have the greatest impact on the application. Those factors are then used to rank the available computing systems options for the user.
US12242888B2
A GPU and a GPU method are provided. The GPU includes stream multiprocessors, an available hardware resource table, resource comparator, stream scheduler, and global dispatcher. Each stream multiprocessor executes at least one thread block. The available hardware resource table records hardware resources available to the stream multiprocessors. The resource comparator selects from first-priority kernel codes in the kernel streams at least one first dispatchable kernel code whose required hardware resources are less than hardware resources available to the stream multiprocessors according to the available hardware resource table. The stream scheduler selects from the at least one first dispatchable kernel code a kernel code as a selected kernel code. The global dispatcher dispatches thread blocks in the selected kernel code to the stream multiprocessors for execution and updates the available hardware resource table according to usage conditions of hardware resources of the stream multiprocessors.
US12242887B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application management method, an application management device, a terminal and a readable storage medium. The method includes: determining an application to be frozen on a terminal; detecting a sensor on the terminal applied for by the application to be frozen; and determining whether to freeze the application based on the application to be frozen and a type of the sensor applied for by the application to be frozen, and performing a corresponding operation.
US12242880B2
A display apparatus for a vehicle includes: first, second, and third displays located in the vehicle, a first signal processing device comprising a first processor configured to perform signal processing for the first display and the second display, and a second signal processing device comprising a second processor configured to perform signal processing for the third display. The first processor is configured to execute first, second, and third virtual machines on a hypervisor in the first processor. The first virtual machine is configured to transmit, from at least one of the second virtual machine or the third virtual machine to the second signal processing device, a remote processing request, receive image data processed by the second signal processing device in response to the remote processing request, and control at least one of the first display or the second display to display an image related to the received image data.
US12242877B2
The present invention relates to a container-oriented Linux kernel virtualizing system, at least comprising: a virtual kernel constructing module, being configured to provide a virtual kernel customization template for a user to edit and customize a virtual kernel of a container, and generate the virtual kernel taking a form of a loadable kernel module based on the edited virtual kernel customization template; and a virtual kernel instance module, being configured to reconstruct and isolate a Linux kernel, and operate a virtual kernel instance in a separate address space in response to a kernel request from a corresponding container. The container-oriented Linux kernel virtualizing system of the present invention is based on the use of a loadable module.
US12242866B2
An electronic device includes a first graphics processing subsystem, a second graphics processing subsystem, and a screen. The first graphics processing subsystem includes a first application processor, a first graphics processing unit, and a first memory. The second graphics processing subsystem includes a second application processor, a second graphics processing unit, and a second memory. The first graphics processing unit renders a first GUI. The screen displays the first GUI. The second graphics processing unit renders a second GUI, and the second GUI and the first GUI belong to different interface types. The screen displays the second GUI. A display processing method applied to the electronic device is also provided, wherein the first graphics processing subsystem can be switched to the second graphics processing subsystem based on complexity of a to-be-displayed GUI.
US12242864B2
Systems and methods for opening files on a client device include receiving a request to open a file and identifying a file type pertaining to the file. A list of software applications is identified that are capable of opening the identified file type, and metadata pertaining to each of the software applications on the list is retrieved. User preference data pertaining to a user requesting to open the file is also retrieved. Scores for the software applications on the list are then determined based at least on the metadata and the user preference data. At least one software application on the list is then selected to open the file on the client device based on the determined scores.
US12242863B2
A method for accelerating the start time of an application is described herein, comprising receiving application chunk information from a user, wherein playtime information is associated with the application chunk information, wherein the application chunk is a discrete portion of the application and the playtime information is an estimated time for one or more similar users to reach a chosen state or landmark in the application; predicting a download duration from the application chunk information and network information; comparing predicted download duration to stored playtime information associated with a previously received application chunk and the playtime information associated with the application chunk information; and installing the previously received application chunk when the predicted download duration is less than the stored playtime information.
US12242855B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a buffer in an interface unit. The buffer may be used to accumulate coprocessor instructions to be transmitted to a coprocessor. In an embodiment, the processor issues the coprocessor instructions to the buffer when ready to be issued to the coprocessor. The interface unit may accumulate the coprocessor instructions in the buffer, generating a bundle of instructions. The bundle may be closed based on various predetermined conditions and then the bundle may be transmitted to the coprocessor. If a sequence of coprocessor instructions appears consecutively in a program, the rate at which the instructions are provided to the coprocessor (on average) at least matches the rate at which the coprocessor consumes the instructions, in an embodiment.
US12242843B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving a software update at a transport of a subset of transports, validating the software update based on one or more of: a period of time when the software update is in use, and a number of utilizations of the software update by the subset of the transports, propagating the software update based on the validating, to a further subset of transports, wherein the further subset of the transports is larger than the subset of the transports.
US12242835B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating, exporting, viewing and testing, and importing custom applications in a multitenant database environment. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide a vehicle for sharing applications across organizational boundaries. The ability to share applications across organizational boundaries can enable tenants in a multi-tenant database system, for example, to easily and efficiently import and export, and thus share, applications with other tenants in the multi-tenant environment.
US12242830B2
As described herein, a system, method, and computer program are provided for creating a computer program from natural language input. Input is received from a natural language processor. The input is processed, using a machine learning model, to predict an intent of the input. A validation of the intent is performed. The intent is automatically converted to one or more executable computer commands, based on a result of the validation of the intent. The one or more executable computer commands are executed to generate a computer program.
US12242828B2
A compilation technique is provided. The technique includes including a first instruction into a first executable for a first auxiliary processor, wherein the first instruction specifies execution by the first auxiliary processor; and including a second instruction into the first executable, wherein the second instruction targets resources that have affinity with the first auxiliary processor.
US12242825B2
Various methods and systems for providing a user interface (UI) generation system for processing UI generation data based on a multi-layer architecture and hierarchically interrelated and supervised scene processes are provided. The UI generation system supports generating UIs based on a scene layer, a viewport layer, and a driver layer that each use protocols and data structures to support UI generation, UI fault recovery operations, and distributed UI generation for UI viewing devices. In operation, scene configuration data is communicated to a viewport engine from a scene engine, the viewport engine uses the scene configuration data to construct a scene management data structure that is defined based on hierarchically arranging and supervising different scene processes. The scene management data structure is used to define scene rendering data that is accessed by a driver engine to cause generation of UI display content, locally or remotely based on the scene rendering data.
US12242824B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training and using machine learning models to generate graphical user interfaces from textual descriptions.
US12242809B2
A data processing system implements a method for training machine learning modes, including receiving a set of one or more unlabeled documents associated one or more first categories of documents to be used to train machine learning models to analyze the one or more unlabeled documents, and fine-tuning a first machine learning model and a second machine learning model based on the one or more unlabeled document to enable the first machine learning model to determine a semantic representation of the one or more first categories of document, and to enable the second machine learning model to classify the semantic representations according to the one or more first categories of documents, the first machine learning model and the second machine learning model having been trained using first unlabeled training data including a second plurality of categories of documents that do not include the one or more first categories of documents.
US12242807B2
Described herein are technologies related to tokenizing alphanumeric text through use of a tokenization algorithm that is at least partially implemented as a finite state machine. The tokenization algorithm is configured to output numeric identifiers that represent tokens or sub-tokens in the alphanumeric text.
US12242806B2
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for extracting structure and headers from a body of text. This computational extraction is based on the visual and logical similarities between portions of text. Structure is derived from a programmatic and methodic computation of similarities between header pairs.
US12242803B2
An ontology matching system performs operations to refine a natural language processing (NLP) model that encodes terms of a first hierarchical ontology and of a second hierarchical ontology as embeddings in a latent space. The operations include performing at least a first round of triplet loss training to decrease separation between select pairs of the embeddings sampled from the different ontologies that satisfy a first hierarchical relation while increasing separation between other pairs of the embeddings that do not satisfy the first hierarchical relation. The system then determines, from the refined NLP model, a stable matching scheme that matches each term in the first hierarchical ontology with a corresponding term of the second hierarchical ontology. Responsive to receiving terms of the first hierarchical ontology from an application, the system uses the stable matching scheme to map each of the terms to corresponding terms of the second hierarchical ontology.
US12242802B2
According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for coordinating professional language is provided. The present invention may include running, by a processor, at least one professional parsing algorithm and at least one non-professional parsing algorithm on an ingested writing; assigning, by at least one of the professional parsing algorithms and at least one of the non-professional parsing algorithms, one or more initial scores to the ingested writing; determining, by a machine learning model, one or more differences between the ingested writing and stored professional data by comparing the one or more initial scores of the ingested writing to the stored professional data; determining a variation percentage score of the ingested writing based on the differences; and transmitting at least one suggested modification of the ingested writing based on the variation percentage score to a transmitting device.
US12242801B2
Software that performs the following operations: (i) receiving a set of graph predictions corresponding to an input text, where graph predictions of the set of graph predictions are generated by different respective machine learning models; (ii) blending the graph predictions of the set of graph predictions to generate a plurality of candidate blended graphs, where nodes and edges of the candidate blended graphs have respective selection metric values, generated using a selection metric function, that meet a minimum threshold; and (iii) selecting as an output blended graph a candidate blended graph of the plurality of candidate blended graphs having a highest total combination of selection metric values among the plurality of candidate blended graphs.
US12242793B2
A control method for displaying inspection images causes a processor to display an image of a model of an inspection object including a plurality of inspection sites, in a first display region and display first inspection information relevant to at least one inspection site, in a second display region, where the at least one inspection site is selected from the plurality of inspection sites in the image of the model displayed in the first display region. The control method further causes the processor to display inspection information prior to the first inspection information, as second inspection information relevant to the model, in a third display region, concurrently with one or more of the first display region and the second display region.
US12242788B2
A method includes providing a placing layout of the integrated circuit; generating a routed layout including a layout region with a systematic design rule check (DRC) violation; and performing a loop when the DRC the systematic DRC violation exists. The loop includes: generating an adjusted routing layout of the integrated circuit by adjusting the layout region with the systematic DRC violation according to a target placement recipe; extracting features of the placing layout to obtain extracted data; extracting features of the layout region with the systematic DRC violation to obtain extracted routing data; generating a plurality of aggregated-cluster models based upon the extracted data and the extracted routing data; selecting a target aggregated-cluster model from the plurality of aggregated-cluster models by comparing the extracted data to the plurality of aggregated-cluster models; and selecting the target placement recipe from a plurality of placement recipes to generate the adjusted routing layout.
US12242783B1
Operations to recognize clock ports within a simulation circuit component and/or recognize a clock signal within simulation waveforms are described. One or more of the operations include generating a plurality of output values at an output port of a circuit simulation component by applying, during a simulation, a plurality of input values to a first input port of the circuit simulation component. The operations also include calculating a correlation vector based on bit sequences in the input values and bit sequences in the output values. The first input port is determined to be a clock port by applying a machine learning model to the correlation vector. One or more of the operations include determining a waveform file comprising signals from a simulation, determining a subset of the signals are bit-level signals, calculating toggle metrics for the subset of the signals, identifying a signal from the subset with a toggle metric satisfying a toggle threshold, calculating, by a processor, multiple duty cycles for the signal, and determining the signal is a clock signal based on the multiple duty cycles.
US12242781B2
Machine assisted systems and methods for enhancing the resolution of an IC thermal profile from a system analysis are described. These systems and methods can use a neural network based predictor, that has been trained to determine a temperature rise across an entire IC. The training of the predictor can include generating a representation of two or more templates identifying different portions of an integrated circuit (IC), each template associated with location parameters to position the template in the IC; performing thermal simulations for each respective template of the IC, each thermal simulation determining an output based on a power pattern of tiles of the respective template, the output indicating a change in temperature of a center tile of the respective template relative to a base temperature of the integrated circuit; and training a neural network. The trained predictor can be used to determine a temperature rise and then can be appended to a system level thermal profile of the IC to generate a detailed thermal profile of the IC.
US12242780B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for using agents at a data lake to assist training, testing, and deploying a model for predicting one or more outputs from specified input to the model, using agents at the data lake. The agents identify at the data lake: hardware resources, a first portion of model input data for training and testing the model, a training language, and a first software resource. A first execution of the first software resource is triggered to split the first portion of the model input data into training input data and testing input data. A first portion of the hardware resources is identified for training and testing the model. A second software resource stored at the data lake is identified for optimizing the model in accordance with an optimization algorithm. Training the model at the data lake is triggered.
US12242777B1
A method for generating a representation of a three-dimensional protective device includes accessing a scan of anatomical data of a target and identifying a reference model of a closest size or proportion to a size or proportion of the target. The method further includes creating a boundary of a three-dimensional protective device using the reference model and the scan of anatomical data of the target. Additionally, the method includes generating a representation of a continuous, three-dimensional surface of the three-dimensional protective device that corresponds to the scan of anatomical data and the reference model within the boundary of the three-dimensional protective device.
US12242770B2
A participant computing device connected to a teleconferencing session receives mixed audio data from a teleconference computing system orchestrating the session. The mixed audio data comprises a mix of audio captured by other devices connected to the session. The mixed audio and audio captured by the other devices prior to receipt of the mixed audio data are compared to determine that the participant computing device is co-located with at least one of the other devices. Information indicating that some of the other devices are featured devices that most actively contribute to the mixed audio is obtained. Co-location information for each of the featured devices is received. The co-location information is indicative of whether a featured device is co-located with the participant computing device. Based on the co-location information, a determination is made that one of the featured devices is co-located with the participant computing device.
US12242769B2
Systems and methods for use in a media playback system comprising one or more playback devices are disclosed, where a playback device has a corresponding first set of device attributes used by a first controller application. The methods include: (i) identifying a second set of device attributes used by a second controller application to control the playback device, (ii) selecting a second device attribute for the playback device from the second set of device attributes based at least in part on a first device attribute; (iii) storing the selected second device attribute in the first set of device attributes; and (iv) controlling at least one function of the playback device using the selected second device attribute.
US12242768B2
Aspects of systems and methods for collaborating physical-virtual interfaces are disclosed. In an example, a method may include transmitting digital content to display in a virtual environment that includes one or more human inhabited characters, the digital content corresponding to content displayed on one or more interactive devices. The method may also include receiving first input data representing content markup of the digital content from a first user of the first interactive device. The method may also include determining an action state or an appearance state for a human inhabited character in response to the first data. The method may also include transmitting the first input data to display in the virtual environment and transmitting the human inhabited character to display in the virtual environment according to the action state or the appearance state.
US12242766B2
A system and method for securely displaying patient data within a plurality of display windows of a display is provided. Additionally, the system is configured to reduce the amount of data transferred between the various computing devices in order to reduce strain on a network. The system generally comprises a first computing device having a first user interface, second computing device having a second user interface, processor operably connected to said first computing device and said second computing device, display operably connected to said processor, and non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to said processor and having instructions stored thereon. The display is configured to receive image data from the first computing device and second computing device and present said image data via a display user interface, wherein said image data pertains to a plurality of application windows of the first user interface and second user interface.
US12242762B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to media type selection for image data are described. Memory systems can include multiple types of memory media (e.g., volatile and/or non-volatile) and can write data to the memory media types. Image data inputs can be written (e.g., stored) in a particular type of memory media characteristics. For instance, selection of memory media can be based on one or more attributes of the image data. In an example, a method can include receiving, by a memory system that comprises a plurality of memory media types, image data from a first image sensor of a plurality of image sensors, identifying one or more attributes of the image data, and writing, based at least in part on the one or more attributes of the image data, the image data to a first memory media type of the plurality of memory media types.
US12242757B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a first set of input/output (IO) requests for one or more storage objects. One or more IO properties may be extracted from the first set of IO requests. Metadata may be associated with the one or more storage objects using one or more machine learning models based upon, at least in part, the one or more IO properties extracted from the first set of IO requests, thus defining storage object metadata. One or more IO processing rules may be enabled based upon, at least in part, the storage object metadata. A subsequent set of IO requests may be received. Processing of the subsequent set of IO requests on the one or more storage objects may be optimized based upon, at least in part, the storage object metadata and the one or more IO processing rules associated with the one or more storage objects.
US12242756B2
A system and method for bidirectionally based electrical information storage, processing and communication. Bidirectional memory (tristate) offers the capability to store and interpret multiple bits (Shannon's) of information per memory cell, for structures such as dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), and read-only memory (ROM), and communication circuits, for operation, rather than traditional memory able to store a single “bit” (Shannon) of information per cell. Where, instead of traditional memory cells capable of two possible states (binary digit) and a single defined bit (1 Shannon), bidirectional memory is capable of three states (tristate), where the third information representing state can be a specifically defined state capable of representing multiple bits (multiple Shannon's) for each individual cell, which may be defined to represent a specific sequence of bits (sequence of Shannon's). Additionally, the 3rd information state of a tristate bidirectional memory cell may be expressed as in a state of constant variability (superposition), where the final determined state may be based on a probabilistic outcome, or probability controlled. The disclosed system and method allows for more complex systems for information storage, compression, processing, communication, and more secure encryption of stored or communicated information.
US12242751B2
A data storage device and method for host-assisted efficient handling of multiple versions of data are provided. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from a host, identification of different versions of data that are to deleted together, store the different versions of the data in areas of the memory that are erasable in parallel; receive, from the host, a command to erase the different versions of the data; and erase the different versions of the data in parallel. Other embodiments are provided.
US12242737B1
A data storage device and method for accident-mode storage of vehicle information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and one or more processors. The memory comprises single-level cell (SLC) memory and multi-level cell (MLC) memory. The one or more processors, individually or in combination, are configured to: receive a command from a vehicle to enter accident mode; and in response to receiving the command from the vehicle to enter accident mode, relocate vehicle information stored in the MLC memory to the SLC memory. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12242736B1
A memory controller includes a command/address generation module; and a row-hammer tracking module configured to track a row-hammer address based on an active command and an address for a target bank and a target row indicated by the active command, the active command and the address being received from the command/address generation module, wherein the row-hammer tracking module includes: a plurality of storage devices each including fields corresponding to banks, each of the fields storing candidate addresses and access counting values for the candidate addresses; and at least one search controller configured to sequentially search, according to a clock, fields of the plurality of storage devices corresponding to the target bank when the active command is input, and search, during one clock, fields of the plurality of storage devices corresponding to different banks based on active commands indicating the different banks.
US12242730B2
A data arrangement method based on file system, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: analyzing a file system stored in a system region to obtain a plurality of first logical units to which a first file belongs and first distribution information of a plurality of first physical units in a storage region, wherein the first physical units are mapped by the first logical units; determining whether to activate a data arrangement operation on the first file according to the first distribution information; after the data arrangement operation on the first file is activated, reading first data belonging to the first file from the first physical units; and writing, sequentially, the read first data to at least one second physical unit in the storage region.
US12242729B2
A reconfigurable on-chip memory bank, reconfigurable on-chip memory, system-on-chip having same mounted thereon, and method for using reconfigurable on-chip memory is provided. The reconfigurable on-chip memory bank comprises a cell array in which a plurality of cells are arranged and data are stored, a first path unit configured to move data in the cell array, a second path unit configured to move data in the cell array and a bank controller operably coupled with the first and second path units, and configured to determine, according to a path control signal during runtime, data path which data are to be transmitted to or received from, to use a first address system when the first path unit is determined to be the data path, and to use a second address system different from the first address system when the second path unit is determined to be the data path.
US12242722B2
Aspects of the present disclosure configure a system component, such as a memory sub-system controller, to store data according to a second memory storage process instead of a first memory storage process based on an underfill threshold.
US12242719B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a split-screen display method and an electronic device. The method includes: An electronic device displays a display interface corresponding to a first task on a display when running a first application to execute the first task; receives, on the display interface corresponding to the first task, a first operation used to enable a second task; and enables a split-screen display mode in response to the first operation.
US12242717B2
Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for facilitating capture and play back of interface event data. One exemplary method may comprise providing, as a function of at least profile data, environmental data, transaction data, relevance data, and implicit data derived therefrom, a dynamic application environment, displaying the dynamic application environment on an dynamic application interface, capturing interface event data, the interface event data being based on user interaction with the dynamic application interface, and comprising of one or more interface events and a particular time at which each of the one or more interface events occurred, providing data to the play back device configured for initializing a play back environment, such that the play back environment receives the interface event data and performs play back, and outputting the one or more interface events in a relative time to the particular time.
US12242714B2
Disclosed are an icon arrangement method, an icon arrangement apparatus, a user terminal, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a target interface; determining at least one first icon in the target interface and an arrangement position of each first icon in the target interface; determining, from a plurality of second icons on the user terminal, a target icon matching the first icon; determining a target position, corresponding to the target icon, in an interface of the user terminal based on the arrangement position corresponding to the first icon that matches the target icon; and arranging the target icon in the interface of the user terminal based on the target position. In this way, automatic arrangement of icons in the interface of the user terminal can be achieved, thereby improving user experience.
US12242695B1
In some examples, an electronic device including a touch screen can sense a stylus proximate to the touch screen. For example, the user can draw or write with the stylus to create a simulated drawing or simulated handwriting displayed on the touch screen. In some examples, the electronic device can sense a series of “points” corresponding to the location of the stylus over time while the drawing/writing input was provided. In some situations, noise in the stylus data can cause the electronic device not to sense one or more noisy points included in the drawing or handwriting input. In some examples, the electronic device can interpolate the noisy points based on sensed points before and/or after the time of the skipped points.
US12242691B2
A sensor system includes first sensor electrode groups and a first integrated circuit, and second sensor electrode groups and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit are controlled such that a first uplink signal, which is transmitted from the first integrated circuit via the first sensor electrode groups, and a second uplink signal, which is transmitted from the second integrated circuit via the second sensor electrode groups, are not transmitted at the same time.
US12242684B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a touch display device. As a shape of a touch electrode adjacent to a boundary of an active area is implemented according to an arrangement structure of a light-emitting area of a subpixel, a touch sensing structure can be disposed to be suitable to an image display structure of a display panel.
US12242680B2
An information processing system includes: an information processing and a pen configured to communicate with the apparatus, in which the apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a movement trace of the pen, a touch sensor unit that detects a contact position of the pen on a screen of the display unit, a display processing unit that displays, on the display unit, the movement trace of the pen based on the contact position of the pen detected by the touch sensor unit, an image transmission processing unit that transmits, to the pen, image data displayed by the display unit and including the movement trace, and a position transmission processing unit that transmits, to the pen, the contact position of the pen detected by the touch sensor unit, and the pen includes a vibration generator that outputs vibration based on a vibration waveform signal.
US12242676B2
A keyboard of the present disclosure has a keyboard housing with a base plate defining a trackpad opening. The keyboard can also include a trackpad assembly disposed within the trackpad opening, the trackpad assembly including: a touch input plate configured to receive a user touch input and positioned above the base plate; and a flexure positioned below the base plate. In some examples the flexure includes: a first attachment portion attached to the touch input plate; a second attachment portion attached to the base plate; and at least one flexible portion connecting the first attachment portion to the second attachment portion and biasing the first attachment portion upward relative to the second attachment portion.
US12242672B1
Aspects of the present disclosure can trigger an action based on a motion detected by an artificial reality (XR) device, such as a head-mounted display (HMD). The XR device can display an XR experience to a user. While displaying the XR experience, the XR device can detect a physical interaction with the XR device using one of more sensors (e.g., sensors of an inertial measurement unit (IMU)). The physical interaction can generate a movement profile captured by the one or more sensors. The XR device can identify the physical interaction as a particular motion (e.g., one or more taps on the XR device) by applying a machine learning model to the movement profile. In response to identifying the particular motion, the XR device can trigger an action on the XR device (e.g., activating pass-through on the XR device).
US12242669B2
A method includes: receiving, in an electronic device having a trackpad, a force signal that a force sensor of the trackpad generates based on a user input at the trackpad; receiving, in the electronic device, a touch signal that a touch sensor of the trackpad generates based on the user input; selecting, by the electronic device and based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal, a first driver signal waveform from among multiple driver signal waveforms applicable to an actuator coupled to the trackpad; scaling, by the electronic device, the first driver signal waveform into a second driver signal waveform, the scaling based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal; and generating, by the electronic device, a haptic output in response to the user input by providing the second driver signal waveform to the actuator.
US12242663B2
An electronic device includes a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes a sensor and low power, low area sensor processing unit. The sensor processing unit performs an unsupervised machine learning processes to learn to recognize an activity or motion of the user or device. The user can request to learn the new activity. The sensor processing unit can request that the user remain stationary for a selected period of time before performing the activity. The sensor processing unit records sensor data while the user performs the activity and generates an activity template from the sensor data. The sensor processing can then infer when the user is performing the activity by comparing sensor signals to the activity template.
US12242659B2
A method for data manipulation detection of numerical data values uses a testing device. A Benford vector is ascertained from the frequencies expected, according to the Benford's distribution, for predefined initial number groups in a transformation unit by use of a composition data transformation that reproduces the frequencies in relation to one another. A random number generator is repeatedly used to generate randomly distributed numerical values, and multiple simulation vectors are ascertained from the frequencies of the initial number groups of the randomly distributed numerical values by the transformation unit. A detection unit is used to ascertain a simulation deviation from the Benford vector for each simulation vector and to store it in a memory, after which a group of numerical data values is read in via an input interface. A test vector and a test deviation of the test vector are ascertained by the transformation unit.
US12242657B2
A method of identifying an attack comprising receiving an input of one or more images, wherein the one or more images includes a patch size and size, divide the image into a first sub-image and a second sub-image, classify the first sub-image and the second sub-image, wherein classifying is accomplished via introducing a variable in a pixel location associated with the first and second sub-image, and in response to classifying the first and second sub-image and identifying an adversarial patch, output a notification indicating that the input is not certified.
US12242654B2
An electronic device includes circuitry and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to execute an application operating on a platform of the electronic device. The application includes a library, and the library controls whether to perform a predefined process, based on version information of the platform acquired from the platform.
US12242645B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing privacy of data are provided. The method includes providing at least one database containing user data, at least one processor in communication with the at least one database, a memory device including readable instructions, and at least one user device in communication with the at least one processor via a network connection; receiving at least one preference related to the user data; storing the at least one preference in the at least one database; and using the at least one preference to prevent at least one interaction with the at least one user device.
US12242632B2
A timeline builder system includes a content management configuration. The timeline builder system further includes a content preparation module. The content management configuration and the content preparation module are housed as applications within a plurality of application servers. A back-end user creates a visual, audio and textual content for a front-end user.
US12242630B2
Methods are provided to secure a mutual Transport Layer Security (TLS) verification between a client computer and a server computer, using an authorized viewer. Methods may include intercepting a file at the authorized viewer. Methods may include using a content inspection Artificial Intelligence (AI) module to inspect the data. Methods may include preventing the transmission of malicious data to a server computer.
US12242624B2
The present disclosure relates generally to data access control solutions. In particular, techniques are provided to implement a secure and distributed file storage scheme and in particular, a managed access system using a blockchain. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes operations for associating a first key share with a first copy of a file, wherein the first copy of the file is stored by a first party, associating a second key share with a second copy of the file, and recording versioning information corresponding with the file on a distributed ledger accessible by the first party and the second party. In some aspects, the process can further include operations for managing access to the file using the first key share and the second key share. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US12242622B1
First data is received which encapsulates second data in a hidden compartment. Thereafter, a password is received by a password encoder which uses such password to generate a key. The first data and the key are combined to generate the second data (i.e., the hidden data). The second data is then provided to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US12242616B2
A method and system of selecting a software testing regimen for a software application. The method comprises receiving, at a security assessing server computing device, a Quality of Service (QoS) performance level in conjunction with a set of technical attributes of the software application, determining a security vulnerability diagnostic score for the software application based at least in part on the set of technical attributes and the QoS performance level, and selecting the software testing regimen in accordance with the QoS performance level and the security vulnerability diagnostic score.
US12242606B2
Forensic analysis on consistent system footprints relates to a system and method for rootkit detection based on forensic analysis performed on consistent system footprints, such as application events, application network communications and application files. The system includes a security system periodically monitoring one or more applications of a computing system. The security system includes a threat detection unit for collecting and storing system memory dumps, a machine learning module trained on clean and infectious memory dump, a similarity scanner to identify similarity between suspicious memory block and consistent system footprints, and a forensic analyzer to perform forensic analysis and detect infection, if any, based on the similarity found. The suspicious memory block is identified by the threat detection unit based on the analysis performed by the machine learning model. Upon rootkit detection an alert and forensic analysis report are generated.
US12242600B2
A system to detect an abnormally permissive role definition, which can include an abnormally permissive custom role definition, and take action is described. The system receives a role definition for a security principal over a scope of resources in which the role definition includes a built-in role and a custom role. Permissions of the role definition and a creation event of the role definition are analyzed. A security score based on the role definition and creation event for the scope of resources is determined. An action is taken based on the security score and the creation event analysis.
US12242585B2
The present application discloses a method, an apparatus, and a device for updating a feature vector database, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a first biological feature in a service request; obtaining, according to the first biological feature, a first feature vector and a second feature vector respectively through a first algorithm model and a second algorithm model, in which a first feature vector database include sample feature vectors obtained based on the first algorithm model; performing validity verification on the second feature vector according to an associated feature vector for a first user corresponding to a first sample feature vector; and obtaining, under a condition that the validity verification on the second feature vector passes, a second sample feature vector for the first user based on the second feature vector, and storing the second sample feature vector in a second feature vector database.
US12242583B2
A user device, such as a smartphone or laptop, may be password (passphrase) protected. The user device may combine biometric input analysis, such as facial recognition, with viseme analysis to authenticate a user attempting to use a password (passphrase) to access the user device. Secure authentication methods and systems are described that account for variations in how, based on the user's emotion (e.g., mood, temperament, unique pronunciation, etc. . . . ), a password (passphrase) may be presented to the user device.
US12242573B2
Systems and methods are described for license management. A system for license management includes a smart contract that records a licensing agreement between a first party and a second party on usage of a network function. The smart contract is persisted in a trade blockchain. The system also includes an e-licensing manager agent. The e-licensing manager agent retrieves the licensing agreement from the smart contract. The e-licensing manager agent monitors a usage of the network function by the second party in real-time based on the licensing agreement, record actions of the usage of the network function, and create a transaction record based on the recorded actions in an operation blockchain.
US12242571B2
The present disclosure provides a method for regional population management in smart cities based on an Internet of Things (IoT). The method includes obtaining population-related data in a historical target time period through an object platform based on a sensor network platform, predicting the a number of children population in a future target time period based on the population-related data, determining a construction plan of children's management institutions based on the number of children population, the construction plan including a number of the children's management institutions, and feeding back the construction plan to a user through a user platform based on a service platform.
US12242565B2
A device analysis apparatus includes: an operation data storage unit storing operation data indicating an operation state of a device; a feature quantity data generation unit generating feature quantity data of the device by using the operation data; a feature quantity data storage unit storing the feature quantity data; a first computation unit generating first data indicating behavior of the feature quantity data in units of a set term by using the feature quantity data stored in the feature quantity data storage unit; a second computation unit generating second data indicating behavior of latest feature quantity data by using one or more pieces of the latest feature quantity data newer than the feature quantity data used in generating the first data, among the feature quantity data stored in the feature quantity data storage unit; and a display unit displaying the first data and the second data in one graph.
US12242562B2
Embodiments use quantum conditional logic in the Quantum Phase Estimation Algorithm (QPEA) to compute eigenvalues prior to inversion. Embodiments estimate the eigenvalues of a unitary, U=eiÂt, generated by a N×N Hermitian matrix Â. The binary representations of the n-bit estimations of eigenvalues of  may be encoded in these states: |λi=|b1b2 . . . bn; λi is an estimation of the i-th eigenvalue, excluding degeneracy, and .b1b2 . . . bn is its binary representation. To perform the eigenvalue inversion, an n-qubit controlled Ry rotation with angle λi/2(n−1) conditioned on seeing |b1b2 . . . bn is applied for each possible n-bit binary string b1b2 . . . bn (2n values). The overall unitary is called a “uniformly controlled Ry rotation” in literature.
US12242561B1
Providing policy check functionality to file uploads is disclosed. An attempted file upload is detected at a browser isolation system. A user of a client is prompted to provide a credential associated with the file and usable to access contents of the file. A policy is applied to the file upload.
US12242560B2
Interest of a user in a website is determined. One or more concepts associated with the website are determined. A version of the website is archived.
US12242535B2
A method, a system for providing sight information, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The system provides a server having a content database and a sight-and-image database. A geographic range can be determined in a server when the server receives a location data from a user device. After querying the sight-and-image database according to the geographic range, one or more sights associated with at least one geographic location within the geographic range can be obtained. Afterwards, the content database is queried for obtaining one or more contents that are associated with the one or more sights. When query results are provided to the user device, the one or more sights are marked within the geographic range on a map interface.
US12242531B2
Systems and methods are described for providing an interface and facilitating selection of sponsored content networks that provide sponsored content items. This may include providing, by a mediation server, a user interface to a publisher server, the user interface configured to provide access to data stored on the mediation server; receiving a metric associated with a rule for filtering content items associated with the publisher; applying the metric to a content network list associated with the publisher using the user interface to generate an updated content network list; and transmitting mediation code including the updated content network list to the publisher server, wherein the mediation code, when executed by a user device, (i) causes the user device to control display of content items according to the updated content network list and (ii) allows the user device to flag at least one content item for modifying the updated content network list.
US12242527B2
Playback and distribution systems and methods for multimedia files are provided. The multimedia files are encoded with flags associated with the content data of the multimedia files. Through the use of the flags, playback of the content is enhanced without significantly increasing the file size of the multimedia file.
US12242518B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to analyzing data stored in a relational database. A method may include installing a structured query language (SQL) server on a host server; installing statistical analysis modules on the host server; executing the statistical analysis modules within a relational database of the SQL server to analyze data stored in the relational database; and generating outputs based on the execution of the statistical analysis modules within the relational database.
US12242507B2
Systems and methods for folder synchronization and offline synchronization via a mobile platform in a web-based collaboration environment are disclosed. One embodiment includes synchronizing user selected folders and/or sub-folders via the mobile platform, using portable devices including smart phones and tablets using any mobile operating system to allow offline access. Child or sub-folders of the selected folders and/or sub-folders are automatically detected and synchronized for offline access. Any change or new content detected on the client side or on the server side is also synchronized such that the selected folders and/or sub-folders on the client and server sides are up to date.
US12242503B1
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for implementing a copilot as a network of microservices including specialized large language models (LLMs) or other trained machine learning (ML) tools. The microservice network architecture supports flexible, customizable, or dynamically determinable dataflow. Compared to much larger competing LLMs, comparable or superior performance is achieved for certain tasks, while significantly reducing hardware requirements and computation time. Disclosed examples incorporate microservices for expansion, retrieval, embedding, and evaluation, in addition to one or more core microservices. Optionally, intermodal I/O, multiple data repositories, competency qualification, or human feedback can be supported. Multiple core microservices can support varying client authorizations or cognitive functions. The disclosed architecture supports any major LLM use case and can be deployed on a single compute node with a single GPU. Techniques are disclosed for multi-recursive retrieval, expansion ML tool training, input/output translation at data producers, and qualification of input/output data against copilot competency.
US12242491B2
A system and method and for retrieving assets from a personalized asset library includes receiving a search query for searching for assets in one or more asset libraries, the one or more asset libraries including a personalized asset library; encoding the search query into embedding representations via a trained query representation machine-learning (ML) model; comparing, via a matching unit, the query embedding representations to a plurality of asset representations, each of the plurality of asset representations being a representation of one of the plurality of candidate assets; identifying, based on the comparison, at least one of the plurality of the candidate assets as a search result for the search query; and providing the identified plurality of candidate assets for display as the search result. The plurality of asset representations for the one or more assets in the personalized content library are generated automatically without human labeling.
US12242486B2
Operating a low-latency database analysis system with phrase translation may include obtaining a locale-specific phrase localization rule and a canonical phrase localization rule for a phrase, generating a locale-specific index and a locale-specific finite state machine for the locale using the localization definition data and a canonical finite state machine, generating a resolved-request by obtaining a locale-specific token representing locale-specific input data by traversing the locale-specific index, obtaining a canonical token associated with locale-specific token, obtaining a locale-specific phrase by traversing the locale-specific finite state machine, obtaining a canonical phrase corresponding to the locale-specific phrase, the canonical phrase including the canonical token, generate a data-query based on the canonical phrase, obtaining results data responsive to the data expressing the usage intent by executing a query corresponding to the data-query by an in-memory database of the low-latency database analysis system, and outputting the results data for presentation to a user.
US12242481B1
Data structures and methods are described to enable a hardware optimized dynamic string table for accelerating relational database queries. A method comprises retrieving a lookup key for a query against a dynamic string table, the lookup key associated with a key length and a key hash. The method further comprises configuring a formatted lookup key as in-line or out-of-line based on whether the key length exceeds a maximum inline key size. The method further comprises replicating, into a first plurality of single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) lanes, the formatted lookup key. The method further comprises writing a candidate bucket, selected from the dynamic string table based on the key hash, into a second plurality of SIMD lanes. The method further comprises performing a SIMD compare of the first plurality of SIMD lanes and the second plurality of SIMD lanes, and returning an associated code when the lookup key is matched.
US12242474B1
Systems and methods are described for a query conversion system to convert a first query string from a first version of a query language to a second version of the query language. The query conversion system may be associated with a tokenizer and parser, code converter, compatibility library, and a query formatter. The tokenizer and parser may tokenize and parse a query string to create a first node tree with commands. The code converter may parse the first node tree while using the compatibility library to convert the commands and generate a second node tree. The query formatter may create a second query string executable by the second version of the query language.
US12242470B2
Systems and methods for generating a data aggregator interactive graphical user interface. An interactive graphical user interface (GUI) includes a selectable symbol region, a query region and a data results region. The selectable symbol region displays predefined symbols. The query region displays user input fields for generating queries. The system receives user input associated with the user input fields of the query region to form a filter set. The data results region is automatically updated responsive to the user input, to display one or more data values from among one or more databases associated with the filter set. The system receives a subscription request to save the filter set as a user-customized query. A custom symbol is created responsive to the subscription request that is associated with the filter set. The selectable symbol region is updated to display the custom symbol together with the predefined symbols.
US12242468B1
A method includes obtaining an input query at a retriever model, where the retriever model includes a reconfigurable sequence of one or more rankers selected from among a plurality of rankers. Each ranker is configured to identify a specified number of information chunks relevant to the input query. The method also includes providing one or more of the information chunks from the retriever model to a generative model. The method further includes using the generative model to create a response to the input query, where the response is based on the one or more information chunks. The plurality of rankers includes a bi-encoder, a cross-encoder, and a large language model (LLM)-ranker.
US12242459B2
Various systems and methods for selective revalidation of data objects are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method includes updating a target data object of a database system according to a definition statement, and determining whether the definition statement changes one or more object properties of the target data object. In response to determining that the definition statement changes the one or more object properties of the target data object, the method includes revalidating data objects depending on the target data object. In response to determining that the definition statement does not change the one or more object properties of the target data object, the method includes not revalidating the data objects depending on the target data object. In this way, database management performance and speed may be improved while maintaining validity of data objects in a database.
US12242456B2
The present embodiments relate to implementing change data on no-master NoSQL data stores. An optimized node can be identified from a plurality of NoSQL data storage nodes and a specialized node can be connected (e.g., collocated) to the optimized node. The specialized node can maintain change data capture (CDC) data provided by client nodes in a hash map that can be used as a point of truth for coordinating CDC data across the plurality of NoSQL data storage nodes. The plurality of NoSQL data storage nodes can identify and coordinate all read/write data obtained from multiple client devices in a geographically separated large-scale (e.g., planet scale) system to identify change data in a distributed data store. The specialized data can provide read data to devices in the large-scale system to reconcile inconsistencies in change data across nodes in the large-scale system.
US12242451B2
Some embodiments provide a program that receives a set of data for a first record in a first table. The set of data comprises a set of values for a set of attributes. In a data loading process configured to load a subset of the set of data into a subset of a first set of columns in the first table, the program determines that a first column in a first set of columns does not belong in the subset of the first set of columns. The program generates the first record in the first table. The program generates a value for the first column in the first set of columns that refers to a second record in the second table configured to represent a defined type of record. The program stores the value in the first column in the first set of columns of the first record.
US12242443B2
Methods and systems are configured to determine a semantic meaning for data and generate data processing rules based on the semantic meaning of the data. The semantic meaning includes syntactical or contextual meaning for the data that is determined, for example, by profiling, by the data processing system, values stored in a field included in data records of one or more datasets; applying, by the data processing system, one or more classifiers to the profiled values; identifying, based on applying the one or more classifiers, one or more attributes indicative of a logical or syntactical characteristic for the values of the field, with each of the one or more attributes having a respective confidence level that is based on an output of each of the one or more classifiers. The attributes are associated with the fields and are used for generating data processing rules and processing the data.
US12242440B2
Methods and systems are presented for collectively storing, managing, and analyzing data associated with different data sources. A data management system defines an enterprise data model schema based on different data model schemas associated with the different data sources. The data management system generates, for each data source, an enterprise data model instance based on the enterprise data model schema. Data is ingested from the different data sources, and then transformed and stored in a corresponding enterprise data model instance based on a mapping between a corresponding data model schema and the enterprise data model schema. Upon ingesting the data from the data sources, one or more consolidated data views are generated that combine at least portions of data from different enterprise data model instances. The data arranged according to the one or more consolidated data views is presented on a device and/or further analyzed to produce an analysis outcome.
US12242438B1
Techniques are provided for implementing a pluggable database monitoring system that groups running processes for the pluggable database into a grouping and monitors resource usage for the grouping to determine whether to migrate the pluggable database to another container. A system identifies a set of running processes associated with a pluggable database. The pluggable database is hosted on a container DBMS, which is hosted on a virtual machine. The system generates a first grouping that contains the set of running processes. The system monitors, in real-time, aggregated resource usage of the first grouping to determine if the aggregated resource usage exceeds a first threshold. In response to the aggregated resource usage of the first grouping exceeding the first threshold, the system migrates the first pluggable database to a second container DBMS.
US12242437B2
Systems and computer-implemented methods select a subset of methods to generate data schemas for input data from a list of methods for generating data schemas, based on output of a regression model; generate a candidate schema for each method in the subset of methods to generate data schemas; and generate a master data schema for the input data by merging the candidate schema for each method in the subset of methods to generate data schemas, utilizing predetermined rules.
US12242436B2
The present invention relates to a method for constructing a database schema model by a user by means of a computer, comprising the steps of: providing a set of collections and/or optionally one or more relationships linking at least two of said set of collections; editing one or more of said set of collections, each of which associated with a schema definition displayed by a single table on an entity relationship diagram on a graphical interface on said computer and comprising at least one object and/or one field, said schema definition editable via a tree diagram on said graphical user interface on said computer; automatically generating by means of said computer said database schema model for a database system or a REST API; characterized in that, said set of collections comprises at least one collection comprising a nested object editable via said tree diagram with two levels or more.
US12242432B2
A technique leverages a machine-trained pattern-completion engine to successively extract items-of-interest from unstructured data, categorize the items-of-interest, and identify relations in the unstructured data. The technique then generates a structured database based on the information it has identified. In some cases, the items-of-interest represent facts expressed by the unstructured data. The technique also leverages the structured database to perform various application tasks. In one approach, in the course of answering a query, the technique extracts supplemental information from the structured database. The technique then feeds the query and the supplemental information to the pattern-completion engine, and, in response thereto, receives output information that addresses the query. In some cases, the query is part of lengthy prompt information. Here, the technique first involves creating the structured database based on the prompt information, and then presenting the supplemental information extracted from the structured database and the query to the pattern-completion engine.
US12242428B2
Techniques are provided for utilizing a log to free pages from persistent memory. A log is maintained to comprise a list of page block numbers of pages within persistent memory of a node to free. A page block number, of a page, within the log is identified for processing. A reference count, corresponding to a number of references to the page block number, is identified. In response to the reference count being greater than 1, the reference count is decremented and the page block number is removed from the log. In response to the reference count being 1, the page is freed from the persistent memory and the page block number is removed from the log.
US12242423B1
In embodiments, computer systems, computer-readable media, and methods perform operations such as deliver, on behalf of a primary entity, data reports to domains. However, before delivering, they check to see if such a data report has already taken delivered, perhaps inadvertently, in case the primary entity had given duplicative instructions for the delivery. The checking can start either directly with a domain online space of the domain itself, or by exploring a partner online space of a partner entity. In each case, the primary entity provides credentials for access to an online space, and of course permission. Access to the online space is accomplished via the credentials, an inquiry is transmitted to the online space, and inquiry results are received in response to the transmitted inquiry. The inquiry results are analyzed and, if it is determined that such a delivery has taken place, the primary entity is notified.
US12242422B2
A data processing system and a method of automatically initiating a process. The data processing system includes a local server and a cloud server. The cloud server includes a storage apparatus and a processor. The processor is coupled to the storage apparatus, and configured to executed a file identification-parsing device and a detection system. The local server outputs a file to the cloud server, such that the file identification-parsing device performs an identification-parsing operation to generate a file content. The cloud server stores the file content in a database. The detection system performs a detection operation on the database to generate a file change content. The detection system generates business process information according to the file change content, and outputs the business process information to a process system. The process system executes the business process information, and displays manual operation information and an execution result on a display screen.
US12242415B2
A multi-core processor includes a primary processor core and a secondary processor core coupled to the primary processor core. The primary processor core has first instruction space, and the secondary processor core has second instruction space. The primary processor core is configured to execute a first code segment in a target program, where the target program further includes a second code segment, the first code segment is a code segment compatible with the first instruction space, and the second code segment is a code segment compatible with the second instruction space, and send an address of the second code segment to the secondary processor core through a configuration interface of the secondary processor core.
US12242411B2
A technique for providing error detection during simplex serial data transmission, as well as associated methods and systems, are disclosed. The technique is based on a readback of the serially transmitted data on the external single wire bus. The readback data is internally processed and compared to the intended transmission data. An error is flagged where the intended and the actual data are not the same. One advantage of this technique is that it can be wrapped around an existing SENT hardware, thereby improving diagnostic coverage while not affecting the SENT protocol implementation itself.
US12242398B2
An example method of input/output (IO) between system software executing in a computer and a storage device includes: sending, from the system software, IO commands to the storage device; handling, by the system software, IO completion messages from the storage device in an interrupt mode; determining, while processing the IO commands, a first value for a measure of IO operations per second (IOPs) of the storage device; determining, by a device driver of the system software, that a first condition is met, the first condition being that the measure of IOPs satisfies a threshold for enabling a polling mode; determining, by the device driver, that a second condition is met, the second condition being that a timer started in an interrupt mode has not expired; and maintaining, by the device driver, the interrupt mode in response to the second condition despite the first condition.
US12242394B2
Techniques for transitioning between memory segment views include: instantiating a first memory segment view that confines access to a memory segment to a first thread; receiving a request to transition ownership of the memory segment to a second thread; responsive to receiving the request to transition ownership of the memory segment to the second thread: instantiating a second memory segment view that permits access to the memory segment by the second thread; copying metadata from the first memory segment view to the second memory segment view; terminating the first memory segment view, to prevent access to the memory segment via the first memory segment view.
US12242390B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to securing memory data are described. A hardware circuit is configured to encrypt and decrypt memory data using a scrambling key unique to a computing process processing the memory data. In writing the memory data, the hardware circuit generates scrambled memory data based on encrypting the memory data according to the security key. The scrambled memory data is stored for the write operation instead of the memory data. When the same process reads back the scrambled data, the same security key can be used to decrypt the scrambled data and recover the initial unscrambled memory data.
US12242388B2
Row hammer attacks takes advantage of unintended and undesirable side effects of memory devices in which memory cells interact electrically between themselves by leaking their charges and possibly changing the contents of nearby memory rows that were not addressed in an original memory access. Row hammer attacks are mitigated by using a victim cache. Data is written to cache lines of a cache. A least recently used cache line of the cache is written to the victim cache.
US12242381B2
In some embodiments, an integrated circuit may include a substrate and a memory array disposed on the substrate, where the memory array includes a plurality of discrete memory banks. The integrated circuit may also include a processing array disposed on the substrate, where the processing array includes a plurality of processor subunits, each one of the plurality of processor subunits being associated with one or more discrete memory banks among the plurality of discrete memory banks. The integrated circuit may also include a controller configured to implement at least one security measure with respect to an operation of the integrated circuit and take one or more remedial actions if the at least one security measure is triggered.
US12242377B2
Transaction mappers, methods and systems are provided. An example transaction mapper includes a table that associates virtual identification values with bus-device-function (BDF) values; and a firewall that receives an input-output request including a first virtual identification value of the virtual identification values, the first virtual identification value being associated with a function of an external peripheral, generates a first BDF value and a first traffic class value based on the table and the first virtual identification value, determine whether the first virtual identification value satisfies a threshold range, and determine whether to forward the input-output request to an external host device based on whether the first virtual identification value satisfies the threshold range.
US12242376B2
Disclosed herein is a thin-provisioned multi-node computer system with a disaggregated memory pool and a pooled memory controller. The disaggregated memory pool is configured to make a shared memory capacity available to each of a plurality of compute nodes, such memory capacity being thinly provisioned relative to the plurality of compute nodes. The pooled memory controller is configured to assign a plurality of memory segments of the disaggregated memory pool to the plurality of compute nodes; identify a subset of the plurality of segments as cold segments, such identification being based on determining that a usage characteristic for each such cold segment is below a threshold; and page one or more of the cold segments out to an expanded bulk memory device, thereby freeing one or more assigned memory segments of the disaggregated memory pool.
US12242375B1
A method for provisioning swap spaces. The method includes: receiving, from a platform orchestrator of a service delivery platform and directed to provisioning a swap space, a swap space instruction specifying a swap space owner and a swap space size; requesting, from the platform orchestrator in response to receiving the swap space instruction and subsequently receiving, a swap space configuration associated with the swap space; based on at least a portion of the swap space configuration: selecting, at least based on the swap space size, at least one physical memory device; creating at least one volume on the at least one physical memory device; creating an emulated memory drive using the at least one volume; and presenting, to the swap space owner, the emulated memory drive as attached swap space representing the swap space.
US12242365B2
In some implementations, there is provided a method that includes monitoring, by an application uptime system, whether execution of an application is successful without causing an incident; in response to the execution of the application being unsuccessful and causing the incident, the method further comprising: collecting one or more end user incident reports including an incident identifier, a start time of the incident, and a stop time of the incident, collecting one or more development system incident reports linked to the one or more end user incident reports, determining at least one end user metric for the application, generating one or more user interface views based on the at least one end user metric for the application, and causing to be presented the one or more user interface views. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US12242361B1
This disclosure presents a system for rectifying server failures in distributed file systems using predictive logical markers. The system begins by receiving user details, a file name, and a block address via a distributed file system (DFS) client. If previous read information exists for the given file and user, a trained machine learning (ML) model predicts logical markers for file fragments. The ML model then transmits remaining block addresses to the DFS client. Concurrently, the system facilitates a data input stream, communicating predicted block addresses between the DFS client and the ML model. Block location information is retrieved from a distributed ledger via a primary node. The data input stream is processed via a secondary node, allowing efficient rectification of server failures.
US12242360B2
A method for performing data access management of a memory device in predetermined communications architecture to enhance sudden power off recovery (SPOR) of page-group-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID) protection with aid of suspendible serial number and associated apparatus are provided. The method may include: utilizing the memory controller to write preceding data and metadata thereof into at least one set of preceding pages in a first active block to make the metadata carry at least one preceding serial number; writing dummy data and other metadata into at least one set of dummy pages in the first active block to make the other metadata carry at least one suspended serial number which is equal to a last serial number among the at least one preceding serial number; and utilizing the memory controller to write subsequent data and metadata thereof to make it carry at least one subsequent serial number.
US12242359B2
Systems and methods include reception of an instruction to recover a first database tenant of a first database instance to a first point in time, the first database tenant associated with first database artifacts of the first database instance, and the first database instance including two or more database tenants and, in response to the instruction, creation of a second database instance, selection of backup data of the first database instance based on the first point in time, execution of a recovery of the backup data on the second database instance, export of second database artifacts of the first database tenant from the second database instance to a storage, truncation of the first database artifacts from the first database instance, import of the second database artifacts from the storage to the first database instance, and deletion of the second database instance.
US12242358B2
The present inventors devised techniques and technologies that streamline the protection of data stored on shared file storage e.g., on file servers, network-attached storage (NAS), share drives, network shares, etc., in a data storage management system. Some embodiments feature a proxy-less backup configuration in which backup services hosts are assigned to perform a secondary copy job, at job runtime, based on host attributes relative to the data source. Some embodiments are configured to, at job runtime, automatically resolve data paths to the source data, and automatically mount the data paths, rather than requiring data paths to be expressly pre-administered on all possible candidate backup machines. Some embodiments automatically protect data from shared file storage that was not expressly given a backup plan (“undefined” data) by applying default preferences for protecting undefined data.
US12242356B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for backing up a data object in blocks. One of the methods includes determining, for a data object of a backup process, whether a size of the data object or an estimated backup time of the data object satisfies a criterion that, when satisfied, indicates that at least two blocks of the data object should be separately fetched from the source system by different workers; determining one or more markers for end points of the at least two blocks using data from a prior backup of the data object; and causing, at least partially concurrently for two or more blocks from the at least two blocks, a respective backup worker to fetch the respective block from a source system using at least one marker from the one or more markers that defines an end of the respective block.
US12242350B2
During operation, a controller node, in multiple nodes in a cluster, may provide to the multiple nodes a set of operations associated with an update of controller software for a controller, where at least the controller node implements the controller. Moreover, at least a first node in the multiple nodes may perform the set of operations associated with the update of the controller software. Furthermore, at least a second node in the multiple nodes may monitor the performing of the set of operations by at least the first node. When the performing of the set of operations is completed by at least the first node, the first node may terminate the performing of the set of operations by the multiple nodes. Alternatively, when a failure occurs during the update of the controller software, at least the first node or the second node may automatically recover the multiple nodes.
US12242344B2
A method of correcting a memory error of a dynamic random-access memory module (DRAM) using a double data rate (DDR) interface, the method includes conducting a memory transaction including multiple bursts with a memory controller to send data from data chips of the DRAM to the memory controller, detecting one or more errors using an ECC chip of the DRAM, determining a number of the bursts having the errors using the ECC chip of the DRAM, determining whether the number of the bursts having the errors is greater than a threshold number, determining a type of the errors, and directing the memory controller based on the determined type of the errors, wherein the DRAM includes a single ECC chip per memory channel.
US12242334B2
Provided is a failover automation system and method comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a process inventory for a failover of an application from a first datacenter to a second data center; generating, by the processor, a data model for the failover based on the process inventor; generating, by the processor, a workflow for the failover based on the data model; assembling, by the processor, a set of one or more virtual engineers to perform the failover for the application based on the workflow; and performing, by the processor, the failover for the application with the set of one or more virtual engineers based on the workflow.
US12242332B2
Techniques are described for identifying root cause anomalies in time series. Information to be used for root cause analysis (RCA) is obtained from a graph neural network (GNN) and is used to construct a dependency graph having nodes corresponding to each time series and directed edges corresponding to dependencies between the time series. Nodes corresponding to time series that do not contain anomalies may be removed from this dependency graph, as well as edges connected to these nodes. This edge and node removal may result in the creation of one or more sub-graphs from the dependency graph. A root cause analysis algorithm may be run on these one or more sub-graphs to create a root cause graph for each sub-graph. These root cause graphs may then be used to identify root cause anomalies within the multiple time series, as well as sequences of anomalies within the multiple time series.
US12242330B2
Techniques are described for monitoring the health of services in a computing environment such as a data center. More particularly, the present disclosure describes techniques for monitoring the health and availability of capabilities in a computing environment such as a data center by enabling alarms to be associated with the capabilities. A capability refers to a set of resources in a data center. By providing the ability to associate an alarm with a capability, the health or availability of the associated capability can be monitored or ascertained by tracking the state of the alarm associated with the capability. For example, if the alarm associated with a particular capability is triggered, it may indicate that the particular capability and the one or more resources corresponding to the particular capability are not in a healthy state. Accordingly, by monitoring alarms associated with capabilities, the health of the associated capabilities can be ascertained.
US12242322B2
The present disclosure provides a system for intelligently sampling information, such as location, activities, etc. on device. Sampling and uploading of background context is optimized using machine learning, such that battery usage is reduced, and quality of metrics based on the reported information is maintained or improved. A policy is generated based on the machine learning, the policy dictating how scanning and upload rates should change in response to conditions on the device.
US12242307B2
An electronic device with movable foot pad, including a body and a foot pad module, is provided. The body has a bottom surface. The foot pad module includes a first foot pad, at least one second foot pad, and at least one rotating shaft connecting the first and second foot pads. The second foot pad is rotated relative to the first foot pad by the rotating shaft to switch the foot pad module between first and second states. An axial direction of the rotating shaft is inclined relative to the bottom surface. In the first state, the body is supported on the platform by the first and second foot pads. In the second state, the second foot pad is rotated 180 degrees relative to the first foot pad in the axial direction and protrudes from the first foot pad to support the body on the platform by the second foot pad.
US12242305B2
A flexible display apparatus including: a first film including a first surface and a second surface that are opposite each other, and a first groove formed in the first surface, the first film having a first rigidity; a third film on the second surface of the first film; a fourth film facing the third film; an emission display unit between and encapsulated by the third film and the fourth film; and a second film on the fourth film and facing the first film, the second film having a second rigidity that is less than the first rigidity.
US12242299B2
A signal synthesizer circuit includes a clock source, a direct digital synthesizer (DDS) circuit, signal paths, and an output. The clock source generates or receives a clock signal having a predefined frequency. The DDS circuit generates a DDS signal. A first signal path is connected to the DDS circuit to receive the DDS signal and includes a multiplier circuit that multiplies a frequency of the DDS signal by a multiplication factor, obtaining a frequency-multiplied DDS signal. A second signal path is connected to the clock source to receive the clock signal and includes a mixer circuit that receives the clock signal and the frequency-multiplied DDS signal. The mixer circuit mixes the clock signal with the frequency-multiplied DDS signal, obtaining a mixed DDS signal. A frequency of the mixed DDS signal corresponds to the sum of frequencies of the clock signal and the frequency-multiplied DDS signal.
US12242296B1
A multidirectional switch activation device, including a control button and an activation disc, and wherein a control button second end is attached or coupled to at least a portion of the activation disc first end; and a button housing, wherein a button housing disc cavity extends to a button housing disc cavity shoulder and a button housing button cavity extends from the button housing disc cavity shoulder to a button housing first end, wherein the button housing disc cavity shoulder protrudes into the button housing disc cavity, wherein the activation disc is positioned within the button housing disc cavity such that at least a portion of the activation disc first end of the activation disc may contact the button housing disc cavity shoulder, and wherein the control button and the activation disc are repeatably slidable relative to the button housing between a deactivated position and an activated position.
US12242295B2
This application is directed to a bias circuit. The bias circuit includes a biasing voltage reference circuit including at least a first transistor. The biasing voltage reference circuit is configured to output a first voltage that depends on a threshold voltage of the first transistor. The bias circuit also includes a differential input circuit coupled to the biasing voltage reference circuit and having two differential inputs. The differential input circuit is configured to receive the first voltage and a reference voltage and generate a second voltage based on a difference between the first voltage and the reference voltage. The bias circuit further includes a buffer circuit coupled to the differential input circuit. The buffer circuit is configured to receive the second voltage and generate a bias voltage based on the second voltage. The bias voltage depends on the threshold voltage of the first transistor.
US12242294B2
This document describes methods implemented by and systems utilizing an alternating-current (AC) power-switching device. The AC power-switching device includes first and second current input/output (I/O) nodes, a current-limiting resistor, and a bypass switch connected between the first and second current I/O nodes. The bypass switch includes a first light-emitting-diode-input normally closed solid-state relay. Further, the AC power-switching device includes a rectifier, a voltage regulator, and a controller. The controller includes a programmable controller chip and is configured to detect a voltage level at the output of the rectifier, activate the bypass switch in response to the voltage level exceeding a first voltage level threshold, set a first lockout timer in response to activating the bypass switch, and deactivate the bypass switch in response to the voltage level dropping below a second voltage level threshold. Thus, the AC power-switching device is effective at switching power between a first and second apparatus.
US12242290B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first die with voltage regulator circuitry and a second die with logic circuitry. The apparatus further includes an inductor, a capacitor, and a conformal power delivery structure on the top side of the apparatus, where the voltage regulator circuitry is connected to the logic circuitry through the inductor, the capacitor, and the conformal power delivery structure. The conformal power delivery structure includes a first electrically conductive layer defining one or more recesses, a second electrically conductive layer at least partially within the recesses of the first electrically conductive layer and having a lower surface that generally conforms with the upper surface of the first electrically conductive layer, and a dielectric material between the surfaces of the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer that conform with one another.
US12242281B2
A method of performing autonomous driving based on platooning by a moving object includes setting a moving path, determining whether platooning is allowed, transmitting moving path information to a first intelligent transportation system infrastructure when the moving object of a plurality of moving objects approaches a preset range of the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure, receiving platooning information from the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure, and performing platooning based on the platooning information, wherein the first intelligent transportation system infrastructure groups ones of the moving objects capable of platooning from among the plurality of moving objects based on the moving path information received from each of the plurality of moving objects.
US12242280B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus, medium, and device for vehicle automatic navigation control. With the solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, in a vehicle automatic navigation control process, a first vehicle-mounted server can receive automatic navigation information corresponding to another vehicle, and determine a vehicle-mounted server identifier of a vehicle to form a platoon with a vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located based on automatic navigation information corresponding to the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located, and transmit a platooning request to a second vehicle-mounted server corresponding to the determined vehicle-mounted server identifier of the vehicle to form the platoon, such that the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located can form the platoon with another vehicle, and the vehicle where the first vehicle-mounted server is located can be controlled to move as a following vehicle of the other vehicle.
US12242271B2
A system and method for providing multiple agents for decision making, trajectory planning, and control for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: partitioning a multiple agent autonomous vehicle control module for an autonomous vehicle into a plurality of subsystem agents, the plurality of subsystem agents including a deep computing vehicle control subsystem and a fast response vehicle control subsystem; receiving a task request from a vehicle subsystem; determining if the task request is appropriate for the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on content of the task request or a context of the autonomous vehicle; dispatching the task request to the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on the determination; causing execution of the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem by use of a data processor to produce a vehicle control output; and providing the vehicle control output to a vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle.
US12242264B2
A system for transportation includes a vehicle, a rider occupying the vehicle, and a hybrid neural network. The hybrid neural network includes a first neural network to process a sensor input corresponding to the rider to determine an emotional state of the rider, and a second neural network to optimize at least one operating parameter of the vehicle to improve the emotional state of the rider.
US12242261B2
Systems and methods for editing routes for robotic devices are disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, Bezier curves and controls are provided to enable a user to intuitively manipulate a robot route, including changing the shape of the route, deleting segments of the route, and/or adding new route segments.
US12242255B2
A method for tracking a component in a production line having a plurality of processing systems includes processing and/or testing, by each of the processing systems, the component, providing a processing signal characterizing the processing and/or testing for a higher-level electronic computing unit, and tracking, by the computing unit based on the received processing signals, the component through the production line. A query signal characterizing a component property of one of the processing systems of the production line is received by the computing unit. The component is ascertained by the computing unit and at least one component information signal characterizing the component property of the ascertained component is provided.
US12242252B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for smart gas full-cycle supervision based on IOT, the method includes: obtaining gas production data; determining base supervision data based on the gas production data; obtaining residual computing resources at a preset frequency; in response to determining that a sum of the reference resource consumption and the residual computing resources satisfying a preset requirement, performing operations including: generating and sending a control instruction to a gas company management platform; evaluating an importance degree of each of the all batches of gas in the target gas based on the target data and the gas production data of the target gas; and adjusting a gas supply volume of the at least one of all batches of gas in the target gas based on the importance degree of the each of the all batches of gas in the target gas and the target data.
US12242241B2
A method and apparatus for designing and manufacturing a component in a computer-aided design and manufacturing environment is disclosed. A method includes obtaining a geometric model of a component from a geometric model database, and determining at least one orientation parameter value associated with the geometric model of the component. The at least one orientation parameter value is associated with an orientation parameter that defines orientation of the component during additive manufacturing of the component. The method includes performing volumetric analysis of the component based on the at least one orientation parameter value associated with the component using the geometric model of the component. The method also includes computing one or more overheating areas in the component corresponding to the at least one orientation parameter value based on the volumetric analysis of the geometric model of the component, and outputting a multi-dimensional visual representation of the geometric model of the component Indicating one or more overheating areas in the component.
US12242237B2
A method includes initiating a connection with a semiconductor manufacturing system. The method further includes generating a set of tool data items associated with the semiconductor manufacturing system. The method further includes providing a graphical user interface (GUI) presenting the set of tool data items associated with the semiconductor manufacturing system and receiving and via the GUI, user input selecting one or more of the tool data items. The method further includes adding configuration data associated with one or more of the tool data items to a data collection plan. The method further includes validating the configuration data by locating, in the manufacturing system, a configuration data file associated with the configuration data. The method further includes executing one or more data collection operations based on the data collection plan.
US12242235B2
Operational historian system retrieving summary data values and source data values based on alignment between a summarization cycle duration and a query cycle duration. A retrieval service process executing on a historian device utilizes a summarization cycle duration, including start and/or end times thereof, and a query cycle duration, including start and/or end times thereof, to determine whether to retrieve, via a communications network, source tag data and/or summary tag data from memory storage devices.
US12242227B2
Interlayers that exhibit superior properties and that provide desirable optical properties when incorporated into laminates, such as windshields, windows or other glazings containing a holographic optical element (HOE) are disclosed. The interlayers, when used in a laminate in conjunction with the HOE film, maintain and do not detract from the HOE film properties.
US12242223B2
A drum cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction; a first drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; and a second drum frame having an outer surface; and a memory having an electrical contact surface. The first drum frame is at one end portion of the drum cartridge in a second direction and the second drum frame is at another end portion of the drum cartridge in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is positioned at the outer surface of the second drum frame and is movable in a predetermined direction relative to the second drum frame.
US12242218B2
A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heater provided inside of the fixing belt, a rotatable pressing member contacting an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt and configured to form a fixing nip portion, and a holding member to hold the heater by an adhesive. The holding member includes a first portion to which the adhesive is applied and a second portion in a region different from the first portion. In a state in which the fixing device is a new state, the heater and the holding member are adhered by the adhesive applied in the first portion. In a state in which the fixing device is reused from the new state, the heater and the holding member are adhered by the adhesive applied in the second portion.
US12242216B2
A transfer unit that transfers a developing agent image formed with a developing agent, includes a belt; and a rotational body that stretches the belt. The rotational body includes a shaft body, and a surface layer provided on an outer side of the shaft body in radial directions. Surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the surface layer is greater than a volume mean particle diameter of the developing agent.
US12242213B2
A cartridge includes: a housing; a storage medium including an electrical contact surface; and a storage medium holder holding the storage medium and movable relative to the housing. The storage medium holder is positioned at one end portion of the housing in a first direction and includes: a first holder holding the electrical contact surface; a second holder positioned spaced away from the first holder in a second direction crossing the first direction; and an elastic member expandable and shrinkable in the second direction between the first holder and the second holder. The first holder has a first hole penetrating the first holder in the second direction. The first hole is positioned farther from the housing in the first direction than the second holder and the elastic member are from the housing in the first direction and is overlapped with the electrical contact surface as viewed in the second direction.
US12242212B2
A developer storage container includes: a container body which includes an opening portion opened toward a conveying direction along a rotation shaft and is rotated in a specific direction about the rotation shaft to convey toner stored therein in the conveying direction and discharge the toner from the opening portion; a cap portion which downwardly guides the toner discharged from the opening portion at a position more on a downstream side of the conveying direction than the opening portion; and an extension portion which is formed integrally with the container body and extends from inside the container body toward the downstream side of the conveying direction beyond the opening portion.
US12242207B2
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium
The image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material using an electrophotographic process, and includes a transfer section that transfers a toner image on an image bearing member onto a transfer-receiving member; and a hardware processor (transfer voltage controller) that controls a transfer voltage to be applied to the transfer section by correcting a reference transfer voltage with a correction amount that is based on an environmental change, wherein, the correction amount depends on at least the transfer voltage, and the hardware processor determines the correction amount for determining the transfer voltage for a current transfer by referring to the transfer voltage for an immediately preceding transfer.
US12242206B2
A method for preparing a substrate for an exposure process of a lithographic manufacturing method, the method including imposing different local temperatures across the substrate so as to induce different thermal expansion across the substrate before the exposure process. This method is for compensating for deformation of the substrate induced when the substrate is positioned on a substrate table of a lithographic apparatus. There is also provided a local temperature applicator to implement this technique and to a lithographic apparatus including such a local temperature applicator.
US12242199B2
A method of controlling a wafer stage includes moving the wafer stage to position an immersion hood over a first sensor in the wafer stage. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over a second sensor in the wafer stage. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over a first particle capture area on the wafer stage after moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over the second sensor. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to define a routing track over the first particle capture area. The method further includes moving the wafer stage to position the immersion hood over an area for receiving a wafer on the wafer stage after defining the routing track over the first particle capture area.
US12242195B2
To provide a method for manufacturing a cured film having high film density, high film hardness and high etching resistance. A method for manufacturing a cured film comprising (1) applying a composition (i) above a substrate; (2) forming a hydro-carbon-containing film from the composition (i); and (3) irradiating the hydrocarbon-containing film with plasma, electron beam and/or ion to form a cured film. Use of the cured film.
US12242194B2
A resist underlayer film-forming composition in which a coating film having high flattening properties is formed on a substrate. A resist underlayer film-forming composition including an epoxy adduct (C) obtained by reacting an epoxy group-containing compound (A) with an epoxy adduct-forming compound (B), wherein one or both of the epoxy group-containing compound (A) and the epoxy adduct-forming compound (B) contain an optionally branched alkyl group having a carbon atom number of three or more. The epoxy adduct-forming compound (B) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid (B1), carboxylic anhydride (B2), a phenol compound (B3), a hydroxyl group-containing compound (B4), a thiol compound (B5), an amino compound (B6), and an imide compound (B7). The optionally branched alkyl group having a carbon atom number of three or more is contained in the epoxy adduct-forming compound (B). The optionally branched alkyl group has a C3-19 alkyl group.
US12242192B2
A photosensitive resin composition including an ethylenically unsaturated compound, a resin having a polarity that increases by the action of an acid, and metal atoms, in which a total content of the metal atoms is from 1 ppt to 30 ppb with respect to a total mass of the photosensitive resin composition, and a content of the ethylenically unsaturated compound is from 0.0001% by mass to 1% by mass with respect to the total mass of the photosensitive resin composition, and a method for producing the same; and a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each of which uses the photosensitive resin composition.
US12242182B2
The present disclosure provides a method for removing particles. The method includes: receiving a pellicle including a pellicle membrane, wherein a particle is disposed on the pellicle membrane; passing a light beam through an object lens, wherein the light beam is focused on a focal region in front of the pellicle membrane by the object lens, and the particle is attracted to be trapped at the focal region; and removing the particle from the pellicle membrane at the focal region.
US12242178B2
A projection apparatus projects an image on a screen based on input data including information on absolute luminance. The projection apparatus includes: a peak luminance value acquisition unit configured to acquire a peak luminance value on the screen when the projection apparatus projects an image on the screen at a maximum output gradation value; a reference luminance value setting unit configured to set a reference luminance value to be higher than the peak luminance value; a relation information setting unit configured to set, based on the reference and peak luminance values, relation information indicating a relation between an output gradation value and a light output value for displaying an output image; an output gradation value setting unit configured to set an output gradation value based on the input data and the relation information; and an output control unit configured to output an image based on the output gradation value.
US12242175B2
A projection system can include a projector, a screen, a spine, a base, a projector shroud, and a shelf. In some embodiments the spine is made of steel piping. In some embodiments, the spine is hollow and can accommodate a first cable. In some embodiments the screen is an ALR screen. In some embodiments, the system utilizes an ultra-short throw projector lens. In some embodiments, the base is a steel plate. In some embodiments, the projector system includes a counterbalance. In some embodiments, the projector shroud and/or shelf is/are configured to increase ventilation and/or act as heat sink(s). In some embodiments, the projection system includes a remote-control extender.
US12242174B2
A device for securing an optical device on a windshield of a vehicle is described. The device comprises a box-shaped bracket in which a holder for the optical device is mounted so as to be pivotable and fixable. It is thereby possible to set various angular positions of the holder relative to the bracket, taking into account different curvatures of the respective windshield. In this way, it is possible to use a single type of securing device to attach optical devices to windshields having different curvatures.
US12242171B2
The present embodiment pertains to a camera module comprising: a first body comprising a lens; a second body coupled to the first body and comprising a connection portion; and a sealing member and a ground member, arranged on the connection portion of the second body, wherein the connection portion comprises a first area having a first hole and a second area having a second hole of which the diameter is greater than the diameter of the first hole, the sealing member is arranged in the second area, the ground member is arranged to be spaced apart from the sealing member, and the second area is positioned between the first area and the ground member.
US12242170B1
A frame assembly constitutes a base or a carrier of the optical actuator, and includes first and second rail shafts formed of a metal, and a frame formed by injecting a resin into a mold into which the first rail shaft and the second rail shaft are inserted. At least a part of each of the first rail shaft and the second rail shaft coming into contact with the ball is exposed through one surface of the frame, and a plurality of first shaft position alignment holes arranged in a longitudinal direction of the first rail shaft to expose the first rail shaft therethrough and a plurality of second shaft position alignment holes arranged in a longitudinal direction of the second rail shaft to expose the second rail shaft therethrough are formed in a remaining surface of the frame.
US12242167B2
A system for generating clock signals for a photonic quantum computing system includes a first pump photon source, a first photon-pair source optically coupled to the first pump photon source, and a first photodetector optically coupled to the first photon-pair source. The system also includes a first clock generator electrically coupled to the first photodetector, a second pump photon source, a second photon-pair source optically coupled to the second pump photon source, and a second photodetector optically coupled to the second photon-pair source. The system further includes a second clock generator electrically coupled to the second photodetector and a clock mediator coupled to the first clock generator and the second clock generator.
US12242164B2
Networks of electrochromic windows and methods of commissioning the windows on such networks are described. The commissioning may involve determining where each electrochromic window is installed and/or which controller is associated with which electrochromic window. In various cases, a number of windows may be simultaneously commissioned.
US12242157B2
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; and a light source apparatus including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are arranged where the plurality of LEDs include a plurality of first LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate, and a plurality of second LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate, and the substrate includes a first connection portion formed between a first LED of the plurality of first LEDs and a second LED of the plurality of second LEDs.
US12242150B2
An electronic device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a black matrix layer disposed between the first and second substrates and including a first pixel region and a first shielding region arranged along a first direction, wherein the first pixel region includes first and sub-pixel openings arranged along a second direction different from the first direction; a scan line disposed between the first and second substrates and extending along the second direction, wherein the first shielding region overlaps the scan line; and first and second pixel color resists respectively disposed corresponding to the first and second sub-pixel openings, wherein in a cross-sectional view, a recess is formed between the first pixel color resist and the second pixel color resist, the recess is disposed in the first pixel region, and the recess comprises a curved side wall.
US12242139B2
The stabilized contact lens methods and apparatus disclosed herein provide improved stabilization of a contact lens placed on a cornea of an eye. The contact lens comprises stabilization zones that allow the lens to repeatedly and consistently orient on the cornea such that a sensing zone located on the lower portion of the lens is located inferiorly to engage the lower eyelid. The stabilized contact lens can provide a lower pressure sensing zone with decreased thickness for pressure or other sensing related to the lower eyelid. The decreased thickness has the advantage of improving coupling between forces from an eyelid and a lower chamber of a fluidic module. The improved coupling allows increased amounts of fluid to move between the lower chamber and an upper optical chamber coupled to the lower chamber, such that the upper chamber can increase curvature and optical power in response to pressures of the eyelid.
US12242136B2
An optical imaging system includes an optical system including at least six lenses, sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side, an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the optical system into an electronic signal, and a variable stop configured to change an incident hole diameter and disposed toward the object side of a lens of the optical system closest to the object side, wherein TTL is a distance to an imaging plane of the image sensor from an object-side surface of the lens closest to the object side and 4.7 mm
US12242132B2
The disclosure defined by this invention includes a housing comprising a first to a fourth corner portions, magnets arranged on the first to the fourth corner portions, respectively, a bobbin disposed in the housing, a first coil including a coil, which is disposed on the bobbin and faces the magnets, a position sensor disposed between the first corner portion and the second corner portion of the housing, and a sensing magnet, which is disposed on the bobbin and faces the position sensor, wherein each of the magnets includes a first magnet part including a first N pole and a first S pole, a second magnet part including a second N pole and a second S pole and disposed under the first magnet part, and a partition wall separating the first magnet part and the second magnet part.
US12242129B2
Provided is an electronic device including a display, a parallax optical element configured to provide light corresponding to an image output from the display to an eyebox of a user, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature around the parallax optical element, a memory configured to store a plurality of parameter calibration models for determining correction information in different temperature ranges for a parameter of the parallax optical element, and a processor configured to determine correction information corresponding to the measured temperature based on a parameter calibration model corresponding to the measured temperature among the plurality of parameter calibration models, and adjust the parameter of the parallax optical element based on the correction information.
US12242126B2
An example optical substrate, according to aspects of the present disclosure, includes a support structure, a plurality of lenses, and a plurality of flexures. Each flexure is engaged with the support structure and a respective lens for allowing independent lateral movements of the lenses during assembly of the optical substrate with another layer of an optical assembly. A first lateral movement provided by a first flexure of the plurality of flexures during the assembly is different from a second lateral movement provided by a second flexure of the plurality of flexures.
US12242122B2
A package includes a first die with a compute element and first region, a second die with a compute element and second region, and a bridging element connecting the first and second dies. The bridging element includes interconnect regions for electrical coupling, a first photonic path from the first interconnect region to the second, and a second photonic path in the reverse direction. A photonic transceiver is integrated into the bridging element, with one portion sending and receiving optical signals via the photonic paths, and the other portion located in an AMS block in the first die or second die near the memory and compute elements. The transceiver portions are connected by a short electrical interconnect (less than 2 mm).
US12242120B2
In order to simplify mounting and cabling of optoelectronic plug connectors (3, 3′) and—equipped therewith—subdistribution units (6) and subdistribution systems, the use of special module housings (100) is proposed. The latter can accommodate a plurality of, in particular eight, identical and/or different optoelectronic transducers (2, 2′) and are installed in the plug connectors (3, 3′) between the electrical plug contacts (311) and the multi-core optical cables (58), i.e. the cores (51) thereof. Susceptibility to errors is considerably improved as a result and mounting is significantly simplified as a result of the improved clarity.
US12242115B2
A cable with a connector includes a plurality of multicore optical fibers and a plurality of connectors attached to ends of the plurality of multicore optical fibers. The connectors are multi-fiber connectors, and a core number density of each of the plurality of connectors is 2 cores/mm2 or more. The cable further includes a sheath that collectively covers the plurality of multicore optical fibers.
US12242111B2
An optical multiplexing and demultiplexing method of the present disclosure includes arranging, face to face, a polished surface of a coated optical fiber whose side surface is polished to a core or a vicinity of the core and a polished surface of an optical waveguide whose propagation constant varies in a longitudinal direction and whose side surface is polished to a core or a vicinity of the core, and aligning the polished surface of the coated optical fiber and the polished surface of the optical waveguide so that desired branching ratio is obtained from one end of the coated optical fiber to the end, distal to the former end, of the optical waveguide by relatively moving the polished surface of the coated optical fiber and the polished surface of the optical waveguide.
US12242099B2
Provided is an input device including an exterior member; a light source housed in the exterior member; a tracked portion that is a part of the exterior member and includes a light emitting portion having an outer surface that emits light toward an outside; and a light guide tube that has an incident surface that receives light of the light source and guides the light of the light source to the light emitting portion, in which a curved surface that widens an angle range of light emitted from the outer surface of the light emitting portion is formed at a boundary surface between light media in an optical path from the incident surface of the light guide tube to the outer surface of the light emitting portion.
US12242092B2
The present invention relates to an optical filter including a resin base material including an infrared-absorbing pigment layer, and a pair of inorganic dielectric layers which are respectively disposed on or above both main surfaces of the resin base material as outermost layers, in which at least one of the pair of inorganic dielectric layers satisfies at least one of a condition in which a film thickness is 4 μm or greater, and a condition in which the number of layers is 30 or greater, and a ratio of a total film thickness of the pair of inorganic dielectric layers to a film thickness of the resin base material is greater than 8%.
US12242086B2
The invention relates to an acrylic light diffusing material providing spectral uniformity over the visible light range, defined herein as from 400 to 800 nm. The light diffusing material provides a uniform light transmission for light engines having two or more light sources with different spectral emission peaks. Due to its high hiding performance, the light diffusing material of the invention is especially useful with LED point light sources. The diffusing material contains a transparent polymer matrix and one or more types of diffusing materials, providing an optimal balance of spectral uniformity, light transmission, diffusion, and hiding performance.
US12242083B2
An optical unit includes an optical system that includes a focal point on an incident side of light at a position for setting a display image of an object and that is configured to emit light from a focal plane as parallel light. The optical unit also includes a housing section housing the optical system and is configured so as to satisfy a condition equation expressed by IB≥7570 mm3 wherein IB is a viewable area where the display image is viewable.
US12242071B2
In an image display method, images of different fields of view (FOVs) are displayed when power statuses of an electronic device are different. The power status includes a status of a connection to an external power supply device or a battery level status. The electronic device may display a small-FOV image when the electronic device is not connected to the external power supply device or a battery level of the electronic device is less than a first battery level. The electronic device may display a large-FOV image when the electronic device is connected to the external power supply device or the battery level of the electronic device is greater than or equal to the first battery level.
US12242060B2
A system includes a transparent rod, a light guide assembly, and first and second transparent monolithic optical parts (TMOPs) having the same refractive index. The first TMOP has a first surface having two prism arrays separated by a flat surface having a partially reflective coating, and an opposite second flat surface. Each prism array has two prisms having first and second surfaces oblique to each other. The prism arrays' first surfaces have a partially reflective coating contrary to the second surfaces. The second TMOP has a surface having a geometrically complementary shape relative to the first TMOP first surface's shape and has an opposite second flat surface. When assembled using a first optically transparent adhesive, the first and second TMOPs' second surfaces are parallel. The rod has a partially reflective gradient coating on one surface where it's assembled with the light guide assembly using a second optically transparent adhesive.
US12242055B2
A method of operating an AR system to display an image viewable by a user's eyes includes tracking, by an eye-tracking subsystem, a position of the user's eyes and determining, based on the position, a focus depth of the user's eyes. The method also includes selecting, from a plurality of light-guiding optical elements, a subset of light-guiding optical elements configured to focus light at a depth plane corresponding to the focus depth of the user's eyes, producing a plurality of light beams using a subset of sub-light sources of a plurality of sub-light sources, the subset of sub-light sources being configured to illuminate the subset of light-guiding optical elements, and imaging the plurality of light beams through an imaging system and onto the subset of light-guiding optical elements such that the image is generated at the depth plane corresponding to the focus depth of the user's eyes.
US12242054B2
A HUD system including a light source projecting p-polarized light towards a glazing, the glazing includes an outer sheet of glass having a first surface and a second surface, and an inner sheet of glass having a first surface and a second surface, and the second surface of the inner sheet of glass has a first coating, where both sheets are bonded by at least one sheet of interlayer material, and the first coating includes at least one high refractive index layer having a thickness from 50 to 100 nm, and at least one low refractive index layer having a thickness from 70 to 160 nm, and the least one high refractive index layer has at least one of an oxide of Zr, Nb, Sn; a mixed oxide of Ti, Zr, Nb, Si, Sb, Sn, Zn, In; a nitride of Si, Zr; or a mixed nitride of Si, Zr.
US12242049B2
A light apparatus includes an optical member, composed of an elastically deformable material, having a reflective surface to reflect light. The optical member moveable between a first state in which the reflective surface has a first structural shape, and a plurality of second states in which the reflective surface has a second structural shape different than the first structural shape. Elastically deformable position adjustment members are operable to move the optical member between the first state and the plurality of second states. The elastically deformable position adjustment members have one or more photochromatic regions that are moveable in response to exposure to UV light. Light sources are operable to selectively emit illuminating UV light in a direction that contacts the one or more photochromatic regions to thereby adjust an orientation of the optical member in a manner which changes a direction of light reflected by the optical member.
US12242039B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens which has refractive power, a second lens which has refractive power, a third lens which has a convex object-side surface, and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, a fourth lens which has refractive power, a fifth lens which has a convex object-side surface, and a sixth lens which has refractive power and an inflection point is formed on an image-side surface thereof, and wherein the first to sixth lens are sequentially disposed from an object side.
US12242036B2
An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element. Each of the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element includes at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens element and the fifth lens element are made of plastic. The fifth lens element includes a concave image-side surface and at least one inflection point. An axial distance is formed between each of the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, and the fifth lens element, and the optical imaging system further comprises a stop.
US12242032B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.4
US12242027B2
An optical lens assembly includes: a diaphragm, a zoom lens group, a light deflecting assembly and a compensating lens group sequentially arranged along an optical axis and from an object side to an imaging plane. The optical axis comprises a first optical axis segment between the diaphragm and the light deflecting assembly, and a second optical axis segment between the light deflecting assembly and the compensating lens group. The zoom lens group is located on the first optical axis segment, and the first optical axis segment is different from the second optical axis segment. The optical lens assembly may be incorporated in a camera unit and an electronic device.
US12242022B2
The accuracy of photovoltaic simulation modeling is predicated upon the selection of a type of solar resource data appropriate to the form of simulation desired. Photovoltaic power simulation requires irradiance data. Photovoltaic energy simulation requires normalized irradiation data. Normalized irradiation is not always available, such as in photovoltaic plant installations where only point measurements of irradiance are sporadically collected or even entirely absent. Normalized irradiation can be estimated through several methodologies, including assuming that normalized irradiation simply equals irradiance, directly estimating normalized irradiation, applying linear interpolation to irradiance, applying linear interpolation to clearness index values, and empirically deriving irradiance weights. The normalized irradiation can then be used to forecast photovoltaic fleet energy production.
US12242020B2
Embodiments are directed towards a safety system that can be used with a high-flux power beam, such as in wireless power transmission. The system includes a transmitter that generates and transmits a power beam and a receiver that receives the power beam. A plurality of sensors is configured to independently detect if an object is near, impeding, or about to impede (i.e., impinging) the power beam. Each of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect the object at different distances between the transmitter and the receiver. A controller triggers the transmitter to stop generating the power beam when any one or more of the plurality of sensors detects the object or a combination of the plurality of sensors detects the object. The controller triggers the transmitter to re-generate and transmit the power beam when each of the plurality of sensors fails to detect the object.
US12242004B2
A radiation imaging system comprising a radiation imaging apparatus configured to detect radiation emitted from a radiation source, and a radiation control apparatus configured to control the radiation source is provided. The radiation imaging apparatus is configured to output dose information, which includes a dose of radiation entering the radiation imaging apparatus and a time at which the dose was detected, to the radiation control apparatus a plurality of times. The radiation control apparatus is configured to set the threshold dose based on a difference between a time included in the dose information from the radiation imaging apparatus and a time at which the radiation control apparatus received the dose information, and control the radiation source to stop radiation irradiation based on the threshold dose.
US12242001B2
A LiDAR sensor includes a first lens, a first laser source configured to emit a plurality of first light pulses to be collimated by the first lens, a flood illumination source configured to emit a plurality of second light pulses as diverging light rays, a second lens configured to receive and focus (i) a portion of any one of the plurality of first light pulses and (ii) a portion of any one of the plurality of second light pulses that are reflected off of the one or more objects, a detector configured to detect (i) the portion of any one of the plurality of first light pulses and (ii) the portion of any one of the plurality of second light pulses, and a processor configured to construct a three-dimensional image of the one or more objects based on the detected portions of first light pulses and second light pulses.
US12241996B1
An example method for using antenna array calibration to adjust radar unit operation involves receiving radar data from a radar unit coupled to a vehicle during vehicle operation in an environment, where the radar unit receives the radar data from the environment via an antenna array of the radar unit. The method also involves detecting an object in the environment based on the radar data, determining that the detected object satisfies a set of conditions, and, in response to the set of conditions being satisfied, estimating a first phase array offset for the antenna array. The method also involves comparing the first phase array offset with a second phase array offset that represents a prior calibration for the radar unit, and, based on a difference between the first and second phase array offsets exceeding a threshold difference, adjusting operation of the radar unit according to the first phase array offset.
US12241979B2
In an optical distance measuring device detecting a distance to an object, a light source is driven at a predetermined timing, and light from the light source is emitted to a predetermined range of a space, and reflected light corresponding to the emitted light is detected by at least one light receiving element. A detection signal corresponding to the reflected light is processed, and an SPAD calculation unit extracts a peak signal corresponding to the reflected light from an object. At this time, the distance to the object is measured according to the time from driving of the light source by an emission unit until output of a peak signal. At this time, performance for measurement of the distance to the object is changed depending on the state of the peak signal. This makes sensitivity appropriate when the distance to the object is optically detected.
US12241978B2
An autonomous vehicle control system may include one or more processors configured to receive an electrical signal generated based on a returned optical signal that is reflected from an object. The one or more processors may determine a Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal over a first duration of the electrical signal. The one or more processors may generate a corrected electrical signal based on the Doppler frequency shift. The one or more processors may determine a range to the object based on the corrected electrical signal over a second duration that is shorter than the first duration. The one or more processors may control at least one of a steering system or a braking system based on the range.
US12241967B2
An active antenna radar able to produce an image with high angular resolution over a wide angular coverage, the antenna includes a number N of transmission channels and a number M of reception channels, each transmission channel and reception channel comprising an elementary antenna: each elementary antenna comprises a lens or a reflector associated with an array of elementary sources, the sources being configured to illuminate the lens or the reflector and at least the apertures being substantially arranged in the focal plane of the lens or centred around the focal point of the reflector; each elementary transmission or reception source being able to form or receive, respectively, a beam focused in a given direction, the directions being different from one transmission or reception source to another of one and the same elementary antenna; each elementary transmission or reception source being connected to a power amplifier or to a low-noise amplifier, respectively, and to switching means allowing the source to be supplied or not to be supplied with power or the signals from the source to be received or not to be received, respectively.
US12241964B2
This document describes techniques and systems related to tracking different sections of articulated vehicles. A vehicle uses a radar system that can discern between unarticulated vehicles and articulated vehicles, which by definition have multiple sections that can pivot in different directions for turning or closely following a curve. The radar system obtains detections indicative of another vehicle traveling nearby. When the detections indicate the other vehicle is articulated, the radar system tracks each identifiable section, rather than tracking all the sections together. A bounding box is generated for each identifiable section; the radar system separately and concurrently monitors a velocity of each bounding box. The multiple bounding boxes that are drawn enable the radar system to accurately track each connected section of the articulated vehicle, including to detect whether any movement occurs between two connected sections, for accurately localizing the vehicle when driving.
US12241963B2
An electronic device includes a processor operably connected to a radar transceiver. The processor is configured to transmit, via the radar transceiver, radar signals to detect an object. The processor is also configured to detect the object using a single radar frame or multiple radar frames from the radar signals. The processor is further configured to determine whether to use the single radar frame or the multiple radar frames based on motion of the object for angle identification between the object and the electronic device. Additionally, the processor is configured to identify the angle using the single radar frame based on a determination to use the single radar frame or the multiple radar frames based on a determination to use the multiple radar frames. The processor is also configured to modify radio frequency exposure levels based on the angle of the object relative to the electronic device.
US12241959B2
Techniques are provided for managing transmit and receive beams in a millimeter wave (mmW) communication system for use in bistatic radio frequency (RF) sensing. An example method of tracking targets with bistatic radio frequency sensing includes receiving one or more sensing reference signals, generating a signal report based at least in part on the one or more sensing reference signals, transmitting the signal report, receiving tracking signal configuration information, receiving one or more tracking reference signals identified in the tracking signal configuration information, and tracking one or more targets associated with the one or more tracking reference signals.
US12241957B2
Example embodiments relate to methods for distance determination. One embodiment includes a method for determining a distance between a first radio signal transceiver and a second radio signal transceiver. The method includes receiving a first set and a second set of measurement results. The first set is acquired by the first radio signal transceiver based on signals transmitted from the second radio signal transceiver and the second set is acquired by the second radio signal transceiver based on signals transmitted from the first radio signal transceiver. The first set is representable as including, for each of a plurality of frequencies, a measurement pair. The method also includes calculating, for each frequency of the plurality of frequencies, a preliminary estimate of a value proportional to a one-way frequency domain channel response. Additionally, the method includes determining a final estimate of the value proportional to the one-way frequency domain channel response.
US12241954B2
A method and system for MRI may be provided. A plurality of signals of a subject generated using an MRI device may be acquired. Each signal may correspond to a set of values in a plurality of signal dimensions of signal acquisition. A primary signal dimension associated with a signal representation of the subject among the plurality of signal dimensions may be determined. A first value and a second value relating to the signal representation may be determined based on the plurality of signals. The first value may represent the signal representation along a first direction of the primary signal dimension, the second value may represent the signal representation along a second direction of the primary signal dimension, and the first direction may be opposite to the second direction. A value of a quantitative parameter of the subject may be determined based on the first value and the second value.
US12241945B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a frangible sensor assembly that includes a circuit board having a retained section, a frangible portion, and a detachable section separated from the retained section by the frangible portion, a conductive element on the retained section that spans the frangible portion, and a sensor sub-assembly electrically coupled to the conductive element. The sensor sub-assembly monitors a continuity signal via the conductive element, detects a break of the frangible portion based on the continuity signal, and generates an alert notification in response to the break of the frangible portion.
US12241944B2
Provided is a distributed insulation detection device for a multi-stage DC system. A basic insulation combination module is configured to detect a ground insulation fault of the multi-stage DC system, a sampling module is configured to collect voltage data and/or leakage current data of the multi-stage DC system, to transmit the collected voltage data and/or the leakage current data to an intelligent control module for data processing, to control a resistance value of the basic insulation combination module and a resistance value of an intelligent resistance switching network module, so as to adjust a total balance resistance of the distributed insulation detection device for the multi-stage DC system.
US12241943B2
A vehicle, system and method of detecting an internal short in a battery pack of the vehicle. The system includes a plurality of sensors and a processor. The plurality of sensors obtains states of charge at battery cells of the battery pack. The processor discharges the battery pack to identify a first set of the battery cells based on the states of charge of the battery cells, charges the battery pack to identify a second set of the battery cells based on the states of charge of the battery cells, and generates an alarm when an intersection of the first set and the second set is non-empty.
US12241931B1
A method of testing an integrated circuit device includes detecting a number of integrated clock gates (ICGs) in the device. Each ICG can stop clock propagation in a respective branch of a clock tree of the device. For each detected ICG, an ICG fanout (a number of digital inputs that the output of each ICG can feed) is compared with a threshold number of registers. When the ICG fanout is greater than the threshold number, it is determined whether a function-enable path of an existing ICG is timing-critical. When the function-enable path of the existing ICG is timing-critical, an additional ICG and a test point are inserted into the device as a clock input to the existing ICG. When the function-enable path of the existing ICG is not timing-critical, a test point and an AND-gate may be inserted in that function-enable path.
US12241930B2
A wafer test system includes a chuck for supporting a wafer including a plurality of dies, a probe head for inputting a test signal for an electrical test to the probe card and receiving an electrical test result corresponding to the test signal, a probe card for inputting test signals to the dies through a plurality of pins and receiving test result, a sensing device mounted on the surface of the probe card, for sensing an active state occurring in the wafer when the electrical test is performed, and a determination unit for receiving the electrical test result and the active state information for the dies and determining whether each of the dies has failed using the result of the electrical test on the wafer and active state information.
US12241926B2
A test apparatus tests a wafer under test on which devices under test each including magnetoresistive memory or a magnetic sensor are formed. In a test process, the wafer under test is mounted on a stage. In the test process, a magnetic field application apparatus applies a magnetic field BEX to the wafer under test. A test probe card is used in the test process. Multiple magnetization detection units are formed on a diagnostic wafer. In a diagnostic process of the test apparatus, the diagnostic wafer is mounted on the stage instead of the wafer under test. Each magnetization detection unit is capable of measuring a magnetic field BEX generated by the magnetic field application apparatus. In the diagnostic process, the diagnostic probe card is used instead of the test probe card.
US12241924B2
Various approaches can be used to interrogate a surface such as a surface of a layered semiconductor structure on a semiconductor wafer. Certain approaches employ Second Harmonic Generation and in some cases may utilize pump and probe radiation. Other approaches involve determining current flow from a sample illuminated with radiation. Decay constants can be measured to provide information regarding the sample. Additionally, electric and/or magnetic field biases can be applied to the sample to provide additional information.
US12241920B2
An integrated circuit can include frequency monitoring circuitry. The frequency monitoring circuitry may include a voltage based frequency monitoring circuit for monitoring an input clock signal having an input clock frequency within a first set of frequencies and a coarse frequency monitoring circuit for monitoring an input clock signal having an input clock frequency within a second set of frequencies different than the first set of frequencies. The voltage based frequency monitoring circuit can be configured to generate an output voltage having a first value when the input clock frequency is greater than a reference frequency and having a second value when the input clock frequency is less than the reference frequency. The coarse frequency monitoring circuit can include a reference counter and an input clock counter that generates a count value used to compute the input clock frequency.
US12241910B2
In an apparatus for calibrating an inertial sensor configured to detect an angular velocity of a vehicle, an angular velocity estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity of the vehicle based on a value for an attitude of the vehicle and a value for a change in attitude of the vehicle estimated by the attitude estimator, and an error estimator is configured to estimate a value for an angular velocity error that is an error between the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle estimated by the angular velocity estimator and the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor. A calibrator is configured to calibrate the value for the angular velocity of the vehicle detected by the inertial sensor based on the value for the angular velocity error estimated by the error estimator.
US12241903B2
Described is a testing system for performing specimen testing, such as residual seal force (RSF) testing and/or compression friction (CF) measurement testing. The testing system comprising a column supported by a base structure, a load cell supported by said column, a specimen plate configured to receive a plurality of specimens, a motor, and controller. The load cell is configured to move along the column toward and away from the base structure via a crosshead coupled to an actuator. The plurality of specimens comprising a first specimen and a second specimen. The controller is configured to control the motor to adjust a position of said specimen plate.
US12241899B2
Systems and methods for automated sample preparation and processing of protein corona are described herein, as well as its application in the discovery of advanced diagnostic tools as well as therapeutic agents.
US12241894B2
The present invention relates to an in-vitro diagnosis device for detecting and/or identifying antigen and/or antibody from a sample of biological fluid, particularly from a sample of blood or sample of blood components. The invention also relates to different uses of this device such as the detection and/or the identification of red blood cells antigens, platelet antigens, viral antigens, bacterial antigens, parasite antigens, the detection and/or the identification of anti-red blood cells antibodies, antiplatelet antibodies, antiviral antibodies, antibacterial antibodies and antiparasitic antibodies.
US12241893B2
A method includes attaching two or more beads to each unit of one or more units of a chemical component in a sample, to form, for each unit of the chemical component, a multi-bead complex including two or more beads and the unit of the chemical component; placing the sample on a surface of an image sensor; at the image sensor, receiving light originating at a light source, the received light including light reflected by, refracted by, or transmitted through the beads of the multi-bead complexes; at the image sensor, capturing one or more images of the sample from the received light; and identifying, in at least one of the images of the sample, separate multi-bead complexes, the identifying of the separate multi-bead complexes including associating the two or more beads of each of the multi-bead complexes based on proximity to one another.
US12241892B2
Provided herein are methods of determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample using in situ serial dilution.
US12241884B2
A chip detection system for an engine fluid system includes an emitter located in a first position proximate to a fluid passage of the engine fluid system, the emitter including a radioactive source that generates ionizing radiation particles and transmits the ionizing radiation particles through a liquid within the fluid passage. A detector includes a detecting element located in a second position relative to the fluid passage with the liquid disposed between the emitter and the detector. The detecting element generates an electric current in response to the ionizing radiation particles contacting the detector. A controller is in communication with the detector to receive the electric current generated by the detecting element. The controller is operable to detect chips in the liquid when the electric current generated by the detecting element is greater than a threshold value of the electric current.
US12241868B2
A system and method for evaluation of material systems including linings bonded to substrates, the system and method including: an ultrasonic transmitter configured to provide an ultrasonic pulse to the material system; an ultrasonic receiver configured to receive ultrasonic signal data related to the pulses; a data storage module configured to store data related to the material system, ultrasonic pulse and empirical data; an analysis module configured to analyze the ultrasonic signal data based on the ultrasonic pulse, the data related to the material system and empirical data; and an output module configured to output the results of the analysis.
US12241856B2
An electrode for enzymatic biosensor being in the form of a fibrous material and comprising electrically conductive fibres and electrically non-conductive fibres, all or part of which are functionalised by enzymes, identical or different. A method for preparing such an electrode and an electrochemical detection enzymatic biosensor comprising same.
US12241852B2
The gas sensor is provided with: a base material; a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on the base material; and a gas detection member connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the gas detection member contains flaky particles of alkaline earth ferrite.
US12241851B2
A signal processing system used for GMR-based detection of a target analyte in a sample under test, comprising: a measurement circuit configuration unit configured to build a GMR sensor measurement circuit by routing in at least one GMR sensor, and to build a reference resistor measurement circuit by routing in at least one reference resistor; a magnetic field excitation unit configured to apply an AC magnetic field of frequency ω2 to the at least one GMR sensor; a carrier signal applying unit configured to apply a carrier signal of frequency ω1 to the GMR sensor measurement circuit, and apply carrier signals of frequency ω1, ω1+ω2, and ω1−ω2 to the reference resistor measurement circuit; a measurement signal pick-up unit coupled to the measurement circuits, configured to collect reference resistor measurement signals from the reference resistor measurement circuit and GMR sensor measurement signals from the GMR sensor measurement circuit; and a phase sensitive solution unit coupled to the measurement signal pick-up unit, configured to analytically solve for resistance change of the at least one GMR sensor based on both the reference resistor measurement signals from the reference resistor measurement circuit and the GMR sensor measurement signals from the GMR sensor measurement circuit.
US12241845B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting surface haze of materials, comprising: optionally, preliminary inspection, which is conducted on materials, to identify the materials with no visible surface defects; and surface haze inspection, to detect the surface haze of the materials; wherein an optical filter module is configured in surface haze inspection setup to filter off the photoluminescence signal of the materials in the light path to the detector, so as to avoid the photoluminescence signal being detected by the detector. The invention further provides a setup for detecting surface haze of materials. By using the invented method and setup for detecting surface haze, it is possible to accurately obtain the surface haze value and/or distribution of the materials.
US12241844B2
A detection method and system for inspecting a defect on a semi-reflective film by way of different light sources illuminated on the semi-reflective film along the same axis. More specifically, a P-polarized light source and an S-polarized light source are used to illuminate the defect on the semi-reflective film, with an illumination direction that is between 5-45 degrees relative to the semi-reflective film. A camera module captures an image to be inspected through the phenomenon that the P-polarized light will partially pass through the semi-reflective film, and the S-polarized light will be almost completely reflected by the semi-reflective film. During the detection, the defect is determined to be located on the front surface of the semi-reflective film when the S-polarized light is present in the image, and the defect is determined to be located on the back surface of the semi-reflective film when the P-polarized light is present in the image and no S-polarized light has entered the camera module.
US12241841B2
State of the art food quality measurement techniques fail to determine quality of the food item once it is packed and sealed in a container. The disclosure herein generally relates to food quality prediction, and, more particularly, to a system and method for predicting food quality in a non-invasive manner. A Color Changing Indicator (CCI) in a biosensor strip forming a component of the enclosed package in which the liquid food item is packed, changes color when came in contact with the liquid food item. For different quality of the liquid food item the CCI has different color. Based on the color of the CCI, and ambient temperature and relative humidity at the time the color of the CCI is determined, a machine learning model determines rate of deterioration of the liquid food item, and then predicts remaining shelf life, which in turn provided as output to a user.
US12241840B2
An airborne silica detection system provides a chemiluminescence reaction for quantitative assessment of silica on an automated basis. A prefilter allows reaction to be sensitive to particle sizes relevant to chronic respiratory diseases.
US12241834B2
Instruments, components thereof, consumables therefor, and associated methods are generally provided. Advantageously, some instruments described herein may be capable of performing and/or configured to perform assays at a rate that is faster and/or requires less input from an operator than assays performed by other methods. Some methods may comprise performing assays at such faster rates and/or involving such reduced input.
US12241827B2
The present invention relates to a device and to a method for detecting at least the presence of gas hydrate crystals (10) formed by a fluid. The device according to the invention comprises: a polychromatic light source (2) likely to emit a radiation (20) at least in the visible spectrum; a body (3, 3′, 3″) comprising a reflecting surface (4) of predefined color in contact with the fluid; means for measuring a light intensity (5) as a function of wavelength, so arranged as to detect a radiation re-emitted in a non-specular manner (21) by reflecting surface (4) when it is illuminated by polychromatic light source (2); means for detecting at least the presence of hydrate crystals (10) from the light intensity measured as a function of wavelength and of at least one predefined threshold.
US12241822B2
There is provided a system and method of selectively monitoring ions in a fluid medium using a graphene sensor, the method comprising the step of adjusting an operating frequency of the graphene sensor to a particular resonant frequency for targeting resonance of specific ions in the fluid medium. In the proposed method, dispersive effect of the fluid medium is used to tune the graphene sensor to a desired frequency, thereby obtaining resonance response for specific ions in the fluid medium. Also, the monitoring of a specific ion in the fluid medium is unaffected by presence of a plurality of other ions in the said fluid medium.
US12241815B1
A method of sample collection includes collecting an analyte from a sampling surface using a rapidly curable liquid gel comprising one or more metal particles; co-aggregating the one or more metal particles from the rapidly curable liquid gel and the analyte from the sampling surface; and rapidly curing the rapidly curable liquid gel. The composition and sample preparation conditions may facilitate improved collection efficiency of analytes during environmental and forensic evidence sampling. In addition, the composition and sample preparation conditions may facilitate enhanced detection and identification of the analyte using e.g., Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrometry (SERS).
US12241809B2
A tire defect detection system for detecting defects in a tire. The system includes at least one infrared camera, a pneumatic source and a computing device. The pneumatic source inflates the tire to a predetermined pressure. After inflation, the infrared camera captures a reference frame of a section of the tire. A period of time after capturing the reference frame, the infrared camera captures a subsequent frame. The subsequent frame is compared to the reference frame to detect a portion of the section of the tire that has a lower temperature. The lower temperature is caused by an escape of air from the tire through a defect. The escaping air cools the area of the tire around the defect, so a decrease in temperature indicates the defect.
US12241804B2
This semiconductor pressure sensor includes: a first semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor substrate; and a first piezoresistance element and a second piezoresistance element provided in the second semiconductor substrate. A first recess and a second recess are formed on the first semiconductor substrate, and a first cavity surrounded by the first recess and the second semiconductor substrate and a second cavity surrounded by the second recess and the second semiconductor substrate are formed. The first piezoresistance element is formed at a position overlapping an outer periphery of the first cavity or a position inward of the outer periphery of the first cavity. The second piezoresistance element is formed at a position overlapping an outer periphery of the second cavity, a position overlapping an inner periphery of the second cavity, or a position inward of the outer periphery and outward of the inner periphery of the second cavity.
US12241803B2
A method measuring a residual stress of a fillet portion, where an angle of incidence of X-rays denoted by Ψ [°], a fillet radius denoted by R [mm], a fillet angle denoted by θ [°], a vertical width of a housing of an X-ray stress measuring apparatus denoted by W [mm], a width of a detection region of a two-dimensional detector denoted by D [mm], a complementary angle of a Bragg angle denoted by η [°], and an interval between a flange portion and an imaginary straight line which passes through a fillet center and is parallel to the flange portion denoted by a [mm], formula 1 is satisfied; when Ψ≥0, an irradiation distance L [mm] of the X-rays, the irradiation distance L satisfies formula 2; and when Ψ<0, the irradiation distance L satisfies formula 3. D≤W 1 - R ( 1 - cos θ ) + W 2 sin ( θ + ψ ) cos ( θ + ψ ) ≦ L ≦ D 2 tan η 2 R sin θ + W 2 cos ( θ + ψ ) - a sin ( θ + ψ ) ≦ L ≦ D 2 tan η 3
US12241800B2
A miniaturized fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogation system may comprise a light source, a FBG sensor, and a photodetector. The FBG sensor may be configured to receive an optical signal from the light source, interact with a transmitted spectrum of the light source over a discriminating spectral domain, and generate a reflected optical signal representative of a change in a physical signal sensed by the FBG sensor. Additionally, the system may include a power management unit configured to reduce power consumption in order to prolong the lifespan of the system.
US12241793B2
A colorimetric based sensor system includes a low power communication system to harvest energy from an interrogator and to broadcast information to the interrogator; a controller operatively connected to the low power communication system; a light emitter, operatively connected to the controller, to emit light; a light detector, operatively connected to the controller, to convert receive light into electrical signals; and a colorimetric based sensor, having a changeable color patch and in optical communication with the light detector and the light emitter, to measure a condition of an object of interest.
US12241775B2
A weighing apparatus includes: a transport unit capable of transporting an article; a weighing unit connected to the transport unit and configured to output an original signal related to a weight; and a weighing control unit configured to output a weighing value of the article by processing the original signal, wherein the weighing control unit is configured: to determine whether or not to adjust a zero point on the basis of a determination signal obtained by applying a first filter to the original signal; to generate an adjustment signal obtained by applying a second filter having more stages than the first filter to the original signal or the determination signal in a case where it is determined that the zero point is to be adjusted; and to perform adjustment of the zero point on the basis of the adjustment signal.
US12241773B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for weighing pharmaceutical containers (19) nested in a carrier (18), wherein the apparatus comprises at least one weighing device (22) and at least one receptacle (20) for the carrier (18) of the containers (19), wherein the receptacle (20) is connected to the weighing station (22) for weight detection.
US12241768B2
A system for monitoring and verifying a delivery process during which a fluid is delivered, via a bunker line, from a supplying marine vessel to a receiving marine vessel is disclosed. A data capture device comprises a measurement apparatus configured to measure one or more parameters related to the delivery process, such as a mass flow rate of the fluid through the bunker line or a density or a temperature of the fluid. A measurement apparatus being configured to generate an electronic record that can be stored in a memory. The system further includes a private network to provide a point-to-point wireless link between the supplying marine vessel and the receiving marine vessel. The client device is configured to generate a dashboard configured to present the electronic record to the first and second users and to accept an electronic signature of each of the first and second users.
US12241759B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for improving quality of service for a vehicular plug-and-play ecosystem. A method according to some embodiments includes receiving environment data describing an environmental condition of a vehicle sensor. The method includes determining a quality of service value for the vehicle sensor based on the environment data. The method includes determining a corrected sensor measurement for the vehicle sensor based on the quality of service value. In some embodiments, the vehicle sensor includes a non-transitory memory that stores digital data that describes the environmental condition and the quality of service value for the vehicle sensor when it operates in the environmental condition. In some embodiments, the quality of service value is a factor that corrects the sensor measurement of the vehicle sensor when it operates in the environmental condition.
US12241757B1
Map data describing various geometric elements in a map used in autonomous vehicle localization is selectively weighted to vary the relative contributions of different geometric elements to an alignment operation. By doing so, the alignment operation may be biased to emphasize geometric elements associated with objects in an environment that are relatively more stable, e.g., roadways, walls, buildings, etc., over objects that are relatively less stable, e.g., vegetation, thereby in many instances improving alignment operation performance and/or availability.
US12241753B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for predicting a trip intent or destination while a user is traveling along a route. The method may comprise: (a) receiving a starting geographic location of the route and data about an identity of the user; (b) retrieving a trained classifier based at least in part on the data about the identity of the user; (c) using the trained classifier to predict the trip intent or destination based on the starting geographic location; and (d) while the user is traveling in a terrestrial vehicle along at least a portion of said route, presenting one or more transactional options to the user on an electronic device, wherein the one or more transactional options are identified based on the trip intent or destination predicted in (c).
US12241752B2
A server programmed for adjusting a familiarity score associated with a merchant location based on a transaction history associated with the merchant location is disclosed herein. The familiarity score may indicate a likelihood of a customer being geographically familiar with the merchant location. The transaction history associated with the merchant location may include a history of financial transactions executed by the customer at the merchant location. A magnitude of an adjustment may be mediated by a machine-learning algorithm trained to adjust the familiarity score to at least raise or maintain a customer engagement score with a transaction map or reduce zoom level adjustments of the transaction map by the customer. The server may also be programmed to adjust the familiarity score based on location data for a mobile device. The location data may include a time-ordered, duration-specified history of the customer relative to the merchant location The magnitude of the adjustment may be mediated by the machine-learning algorithm. The server may also be programmed to select a zoom level of a graphical user interface (GUI), based on the familiarity score, for the transaction map containing the merchant location. The transaction map may be a navigational map displaying at least one merchant location as it relates to at least one financial transaction.
US12241748B2
Systems and methods for generating and presenting an optimized path using sequential location trace clustering is provided. The system receives a request for a transportation service from a client device of a user. The request indicates a destination point (i.e., a pickup location) and is associated with a start point (i.e., a location at a time the user requested the transportation service). Based on the start point and destination point, the system identifies one or more paths between the start point and the destination point, whereby the one or more paths are generated using sequential location trace clustering from previous transportation services involving the start point and the destination point. The system then causes presentation of a path of the one or more paths on a user interface on the client device of the user with which the user can use to navigate to the destination point.
US12241746B2
Systems and methods are provided for validating a map via automatic test generation for multiple test route subsections. Autonomous vehicles required accurate maps. As such, new maps may be added and/or maps map be updated frequently. Verifying these maps requires testing. Maps may be validated via automatic test generation by obtaining route information identifying a route in the map for an autonomous vehicle. The route may be segmented into multiple test route subsections. Features corresponding to one or more of the test route subsections may be identified. One or more validation tests corresponding to the test route subsections may be generated based on a simulated autonomous vehicle traversing the one or more road features. For example, multiple validation tests for corresponding test route subsections may be generated and executed in parallel.
US12241740B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for improved reconfigurable optical sensing are provided. For instance, an example optical sensing apparatus can include a photodetector array including a plurality of photodetectors. The optical sensing apparatus can include circuitry or one or more processing devices configured to receive one or more electrical signals representing an optical signal received by a first subset of the plurality of photodetectors; determine, based on the one or more electrical signals, a region of interest in the photodetector array for optical measurements; and deactivate, based on the region of interest, a second subset of the plurality of photodetectors of the photodetector array.
US12241732B2
A device for automatically detecting a through-hole rate of a honeycomb sandwich composite-based acoustic liner, including a customized tooling, a data acquisition system, a motion mechanism and a data processing system. The data acquisition system is configured to acquire a surface three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data of an acoustic liner using a two-dimensional (2D) laser profile sensor in a manner of parallel movement shooting, and connected with a graphics workstation. The motion mechanism includes an industrial robot, and the 2D laser profile sensor is fixed at an end of the industrial robot. The motion mechanism is configured to support the data acquisition system to perform translational scanning. The data processing system includes the graphics workstation, and plays a role of path planning and data storage. A method for automatically detecting a through-hole rate of a honeycomb sandwich composite-based acoustic liner is also provided.
US12241729B2
Disclosed is a system that includes a magazine. The magazine is configured for holding and dispensing initiation devices or initiation device components having respective non-contact readable identification (ID) codes. The magazine includes one or more initiation device tracking unit(s) configured for reading the non-contact codes of the initiation devices or initiation device components for tracking the initiation devices or the initiation device components.
US12241720B2
A viewing optic has a housing. The base of the housing has a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side which together define an upper surface. A first control is positioned on the left side of the base. A second control is positioned on the right side of the base.
US12241718B2
A launcher for launching a flying vehicle, such as a projectile or missile, includes a cutter for cutting a line, such as an umbilical line, that is coupled to the vehicle prior to launch. An example of a line is a tube for providing cooling for onboard components of the vehicle, such as a seeker of the vehicle. The cutter may be part of a mount of the launcher for mounting the line and other components, such as a compressor. The cutter may be configured so that as the vehicle translates relative to the launcher during the initiation of launch, the line moves against the cutter, severing the line. The cutter may retract after severing the line, for example being pulled away from the vehicle (and into the mount) by a spring mechanism.
US12241715B2
Provided herein is a string shooting device having a string capable of generating lift when propelled from the string shooting device and a guide to readily attach and detach the string from the string shooting device. A string shooting device described herein includes: a body; a housing attached to the body; a pair of wheels, where at least one of the pair of wheels is a driven wheel; and a string, where the string includes a surface texture configured to increase air friction in response to the string being propelled through the air by the pair of wheels. The string of an example embodiment defines an axis along which the string extends, and where the string includes a plurality of fibers extending away from the axis.
US12241711B2
A novel spring and follower design for a firearm magazine that produce a reduced height when the magazine is fully loaded. The preferred embodiments of the magazine spring include a triple-nested bottom three coils, followed by an alternating succession of double-nested pairs of coils. The bottom three coils and the alternating pairs are configured to remain within a double stack portion of the magazine. The magazine spring also includes a transition portion—comprising elongated coils—configured to extend into the upper portion of the magazine when the magazine is nearly empty. The follower is preferably configured to receive the transition portion of the magazine spring into a lower receiver when the magazine spring is fully compressed.
US12241708B2
An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearm's gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pin's annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end. The extractor recess is constructed so that the face of the bolt is round and the adjacent lugs fully supported. The extractor engages approximately 17% more of a seated ammunition cartridge's rim as compared to the prior art AR15/M16 extractor. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability.
US12241693B2
A modular double V stacked dry or adiabatic heat exchanger having a bottom module with two heat exchangers arranged in a V-shape, a top module configured to rest atop and be supported by the bottom module and having two heat exchangers configured to continue and extend the V-shape formed by the two bottom heat exchangers, and a fan module configured to rest atop and be supported by the top module. The modules are factory assembled and configured to for easy shipping and connection to one-another on-site. Adiabatic pads or spray nozzles may be provided to pre-cool the air entering the system.
US12241691B1
Energy storage and retrieval systems are disclosed, along with methods of storing and retrieving the energy. One system includes a thermal energy storage subsystem and a trilateral cycle, with first and second heat exchangers. The first heat exchanger exchanges heat between the energy storage medium and the working fluid, and the second heat exchanger exchanges heat between the high- and low-pressure sides of the trilateral cycle. Another system includes a conduit fluidly connecting pressurized gas in low- and high-temperature thermal energy storage tanks and passing through a heat exchanger in which the gas in the conduit exchanges heat with the thermal energy storage medium and/or the working fluid, enabling recovery of heat lost to evaporation of the thermal energy storage medium during discharge of the stored thermal energy in the system. The methods relate to various operations of the systems.
US12241684B2
A direct reduction shaft furnace having at least one probe disposed vertically within the reduction zone thereof. The probe preferably extends from the top to the bottom of the reduction zone. The probe allows for gas sampling along the length thereof and transmittal of the gas to at least one type of gas analysis device. The probe may also allow for the measurement of the temperature and pressure of the gas sample as it is taken.
US12241681B1
A system for and method of monitoring cooling system parameters where the system identifies characteristic behaviors of the cooling system and establishes limits that identify when a parameter or parameters indicate that the cooling system is experiencing a failure or is predicted to experience a failure in the future. The system includes a processor, memory and instruction that when executed by the processor, perform steps to detect actual failures or predict future failures of the cooling system being monitored.
US12241673B2
Proposed is a refrigerator in which the internal air of a first storage compartment of two storage compartments whose temperatures are controlled by an evaporator is reintroduced into the evaporator by a circulating air path guide to be circulated, whereby even if an evaporator having small capacity is applied, freezing or refrigeration temperature may be freely embodied, and the circulation of cold air can be efficiently performed without interference.
US12241672B2
An ice maker may include a first tray for defining one portion of the ice-making cell, a second tray for defining the other portion of the ice-making cell, a heater for providing heat to the second tray, and a heater case having the heater coupled thereto. In an ice-making process, at least one portion of the heater case may move along with the second tray.
US12241663B2
A process for conditioning air, by means of a main circuit, the main circuit being a vapor compression circuit, wherein a first refrigerant circulates, and a secondary circuit with no compressor, wherein a non-flammable second refrigerant including a hydrofluoroolefin and/or a hydrochlorofluoroolefin circulates, the main circuit and the secondary circuit being coupled to one another; the process including a heat exchange between the surroundings and the first refrigerant, a heat exchange between the first and second refrigerants, and a heat exchange between the second refrigerant and the air to be conditioned. Also, an air conditioning plant for implementing the process.
US12241658B2
Systems and methods for calibrating a heliostat (104) are disclosed. An imaging device (100) is positioned and oriented so that a calibration target (130) reflected by the heliostat (103) is visible at the imaging device and an image taken. Multiple features of the reflected calibration target in the image are identified and used to determine a centroid of reflection within the image which is then mapped to a corresponding centroid position on the calibration target. A vector t that extends between the centroid position on the calibration target and a known position of the heliostat, as well as a vectors that extends between the known positions of the imaging device and of the heliostat, are determined. A normal vector n of the heliostat is determined as the vector that bisects s and t and is used to calibrate the heliostat by updating parameters of a heliostat tracking model.
US12241645B2
A method and device for controlling an air conditioner, and a computer readable storage medium. The method for controlling an air conditioner includes: upon detecting a power-on or power-off command corresponding to an internal unit of a central air conditioner, acquiring a current predicted load of the central air conditioner; determining whether the predicted load meets an external unit change condition; and if so, adjusting an operating state of an external unit of the central air conditioner on the basis of the predicted load.
US12241643B2
One example provides a cooling system, including: an ambient air inlet configured for attachment to an enclosure to be cooled, the enclosure including one or more heat generating components; an enclosure air outlet configured for attachment to the enclosure; a fan; and a controller configured to: determine one or more signals; and responsive to the one or more signals, operate the fan to impart movement of air within the enclosure; whereby operation of the fan mechanically activates one or more of the ambient air inlet and the enclosure air outlet.
US12241634B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a ventilation system includes at least one user directed component and a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of control gestures within a gesture field designated for presentation of control gestures by a user. The ventilation system may further be configured such that a control gesture of the plurality of control gestures is presented within the gesture field for detection of said control gesture by the plurality of sensors, and the plurality of sensors recognizes the control gesture as corresponding to an operation of the at least one user directed component. The ventilation system may still further include a controller for polling the plurality of sensors and converting a recognized control gesture to a command signal for operating the at least one user directed component.
US12241630B2
A listing of each of the plurality of appliances is used, with reference to a command and/or protoctol database, to configure a software agent to exchange communications, via a one or more communication channels, with each of the plurality of appliances. An action triggering state of at least one of the plurality of appliances is associated with an action. The action is performed when it is determined that a current state of the at least one of the plurality of appliances corresponds to the action triggering state.
US12241628B2
A swirler assembly for a combustor includes at least one swirler including a plurality of swirl vanes arrayed about an axis of the swirler. The plurality of swirl vanes includes a first ring of first sub-vanes and a second ring of second sub-vanes, the first ring of first sub-vanes and the second ring of second sub-vanes being separated by a gap therebetween.
US12241626B2
A method for heating a heating chamber to a temperature below the spontaneous ignition temperature of the fuel that is used, wherein fuel and air are reacted in flameless oxidation in a non-stoichiometric mixture ratio in a combustion chamber. The air ratio λ is at least lower than the stoichiometric ratio λ=1 such that the temperature in the combustion chamber does not exceed the temperature at which thermal nitrous oxide generation begins. Otherwise, λ is established such that the spontaneous ignition temperature of the fuel is exceeded. This results in two permissible air ratio ranges, between λmin and λ1 in sub-stoichiometric operation, and λ2 to λmax in superstoichiometric operation of the combustion chamber. The still-reactive gases released from the combustion chamber are made to react in the heating chamber, preferably by flameless oxidation. This avoids thermal nitrous oxide generation in the heating chamber.
US12241620B2
Various embodiments of dual-powered lighting devices are described. In some examples, the device includes a first light source with a first power source, a second light source with a second power source, and one or more switching devices that switch between using the first light source with the first power source, the second light source with the second power source, and a combination of both light sources and both power sources.
US12241612B2
A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes a base plate having a plurality of mounting portions and a plurality of lighting modules detachably mounted to the plurality of mounting portions. The plurality of lighting modules is configured to radiate light and to define a design of the lighting apparatus depending on locations at which the lighting modules are mounted.
US12241611B2
A lighting apparatus includes light emitting elements having an emission peak wavelength of 400 to 510 nm, a first phosphor having an emission peak wavelength of 485 to 700 nm, a second phosphor having an emission peak wavelength of 510 to 590 nm, a third phosphor having an emission peak wavelength of 600 to 700 nm, and a color filter having transmittance for light with a wavelength of 600 to 730 nm that is 80% or more and transmittance for light with a wavelength of 410 to 480 nm that is 3% or more and 50% or less. The color filter transmits a part of light emitted from the first phosphor, at least a part of light emitted from the second phosphor, and at least a part of light emitted from the third phosphor. Light transmitted through the color filter is emitted to the outside.
US12241610B2
A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle. The lighting device contains a printed circuit board populated with light-emitting diodes and a reflector element. The reflector element is on the same side of the printed circuit board as the light-emitting diodes. The reflector element is subdivided into numerous segments. Each light-emitting diode is dedicated to a segment, such that the light from the light-emitting diodes can be reflected away from the printed circuit board by the reflector element in a beam direction (S). An optical element for the lighting device is placed downstream of the reflector element in the beam direction (S). The optical element has different optical properties above the reflective surface of the reflector element.
US12241606B2
A primary optical element, a primary optical assembly, an optical assembly, a vehicle lamp lighting device and a vehicle. The primary optical element comprises a primary optical element main body comprising a light guiding portion and a fusion light-emitting portion which are provided from rear to front, a front end surface of the fusion light-emitting portion is provided as a light-emitting surface, and the light guiding portion comprises a plurality of light guiding columns, the thickness of the fusion light-emitting portion in the up-down direction greater than the thickness of the light guiding portion in the up-down direction, and the fusion light-emitting portion able to fuse light transmitted by the plurality of light guiding columns to the fusion light-emitting portion, and then emit the light by means of the light-emitting surface. The primary optical assembly, the optical assembly, the vehicle lamp lighting device, and the vehicle comprise the optical assembly.
US12241605B2
A method is provided for constructing an optical functional unit that has an optical component. The optical component has a surface, on which an opaque coating is applied, through which light passes. Portions of the opaque coating are removed from the surface forming at least one window through which the light from at least one light source can pass. A frame is provided that has at least two reference points. The optical component is placed on the frame. The reference points are detected on the frame with an optical sensor. The positions of the windows are calculated on the surface through which light passes in relation to the reference points with a control unit. Portions of the opaque coating are removed using a laser beam source to create the at least one window. The light module is placed in alignment with the reference points on the frame.
US12241604B2
A vehicle light includes: a light lens having a base panel made of a transparent plastic material, an outer paint layer disposed on an outer surface of the base panel, and an inner paint layer disposed on an inner surface of the base panel and including a light-transmitting hole formed therein; and a light source installed to be spaced apart from the light lens, in which light from the light source is transmitted out of the light lens through the light-transmitting hole and the base panel.
US12241601B2
A pendant lighting fixture can include an outer casing, a hollow body positioned within the outer casing, a motion generator positioned within the hollow body, and an illumination assembly within a chamber formed by a cover. An upper part of the hollow body is configured to be coupled to a hanging mechanism, and a lower part of the hollow body is removably coupled to the cover. The motion generator comprises a container, a magnetic coil configured to generate a magnetic field, and an object movably responsive to the magnetic field move within the container so that a movement of the object of the motion generator by the magnetic field affects an illumination effect of the illumination assembly.
US12241600B2
A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a reflective layer disposed on the substrate; a light source passing through the reflective layer and disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the reflective layer; and an optical pattern disposed on the resin layer, wherein the light source includes a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device spaced apart from the first light emitting device, wherein the optical pattern may include a first optical pattern disposed on an upper portion of the first light emitting device and a second optical pattern disposed on an upper portion of the second light emitting device, and the first optical pattern and the second optical pattern may have different areas.
US12241596B1
A pipeline intruder locator system is provided. The pipeline intruder locator system comprises a comprehensive mapping system, such as fiber-optic sensors and satellite surveillance, to delineate the entire pipeline right of way (ROW). Equipped with sensors, the mapping system detects unauthorized presence within the ROW, tags the intruder, and assigns a unique identification number to each intruder detected. A follow-on locator system continues to track the intruder's movements inside or outside the ROW in real-time using geolocation technologies. This real-time tracking information is transmitted to security agencies for prompt action, allowing for the effective arrest and prosecution of the intruders.
US12241594B2
Ampoules including a housing, a lid and a floating structure are described. The floating structure includes a float with a volume determined to displace a predetermined volume of liquid within the ampoule. An outlet channel extends from the top surface of the float. A baffle is positioned along the length of the outlet channel and creates a saturation zone between the baffle and the float.
US12241589B2
Proposed is a lubricant injector, which slowly rotates a screw shaft by maximally increasing the reduction ratio in an internal space of a provided lubricant injector having a predetermined size, and thus can increase ejection pressure.
US12241579B2
A connector arrangement for connecting heatable fluid lines including at least one first coupling component and at least one second coupling component. The first coupling component and the second coupling component being connectable to each other, and each including at least one first fluid line, at least one first fluid line interface, at least one first electrical conductor, and at least one first electrical interface. The second coupling component includes at least one second fluid lien, and at least one of the first and second coupling components includes at least one fluid line splitter.
US12241577B2
A fluid pipe connection is disclosed having an inner pipe assembly including a first inner pipe section and a second inner pipe section, and an inner joint between the first inner pipe section and second inner pipe section; an outer pipe assembly having a first outer pipe section, a second outer pipe section, a shroud covering the inner joint and mechanically connecting the first outer pipe section to the second outer pipe section via a mechanical connection, and a hatch fastened to the shroud by one or more fasteners and covering a hole in the shroud, wherein the hatch is moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the inner joint through the hole.
US12241564B2
A device for generating pressure pulses includes a valve member disposed in a fluid passageway, the fluid passageway including a restriction, the valve member movable by an actuator relative to the restriction to generate a pressure pulse in a fluid in the fluid passageway based on varying a relative position between the valve member and the restriction and creating a differential pressure across the fluid passageway, the differential pressure applying a first force on the valve member. The device also includes a piston member in hydraulic communication with the differential pressure, the differential pressure applying a second force on the piston member, the piston member having a locomotive mechanical connection to the valve member.
US12241549B2
A piston pin includes a pipe-shaped main body made of an iron-based sintered alloy. The piston pin is installed to penetrate an upper end of the connecting rod and the piston and the piston pin has an eccentric mass center in a circumferential direction.
US12241547B2
A transmission is between a drive aggregate and a drive output of a vehicle drivetrain and includes a hydrodynamic starting element and a powershiftable main transmission having a plurality of forward gears and at least one reversing gear. The main transmission has frictional shifting elements, where in each gear a first number of shifting elements are closed and a second number of shifting elements are open. A downstream range group is connected downstream from the main transmission and has at least one interlocking shifting element that can be shifted between first a second driving ranges. With the drive aggregate running, the motor vehicle at a standstill or nearly so, and the main transmission in neutral, a shift request to change the downstream range group is received. The shifting elements of a reversing gear are at least partially closed, and the driving range of the downstream range group is then changed.
US12241546B1
A vehicle powertrain shift control method includes a step of determining which of four types of divided hydraulic pressure difference areas a main hydraulic pressure difference belongs, by a controller, the main hydraulic pressure difference being a value obtained by subtracting a coupling-side preparatory hydraulic pressure from a coupling-side preliminary target pressure, and a step of limiting the inclination of the control hydraulic pressure corrected calculated value of a first shift initiation phase or a second shift initiation phase so as not to deviate from predetermined limit values, by the controller, when corresponding to an area in which the main hydraulic pressure difference is equal to/less than a predetermined positive first reference value, and an area in which the main hydraulic pressure difference is equal to/larger than a predetermined negative second reference value, respectively, among the four types of hydraulic pressure difference areas.
US12241544B2
A sphere-type shift control apparatus for an electronic transmission system includes a shift operation unit configured to be operated by a driver of a vehicle for gear shifting on a first hemisphere of a spherical mechanism and a design unit for indirect illumination and image transmission on a second hemisphere of the spherical mechanism. By rotating the spherical mechanism, only the shift operation unit is exposed to a vehicle interior through an opening of a housing when a shift operation is required, while only the design unit is exposed to the vehicle interior through the opening of the housing when the shift operation is not required.
US12241538B2
A drive system includes a motor and a gearbox. A three-bearing architecture is used to constrain a rotor shaft of the motor and a gear shaft of the gearbox. A first bearing interfacing with the gear shaft, a second bearing interfacing to the rotor shaft, and a central bearing are arranged between the first and second bearings. The central bearing includes a first race section configured to interface with the gear shaft and a second race section for interfacing to the rotor shaft. The first race section and the second race section are separate from each other and may be axially proximate to each other. The gear shaft includes a first section configured to interface with an inner race of the central bearing, and a second section configured to interface with the rotor shaft. The first and second sections are separate and may include the same pitch circle diameter.
US12241537B2
A receiving disk for a segmented pulley transmission is provided. The receiving disk comprises: a generally circular body having a pulley facing side and a rear side, opposite the pulley facing side; at least one mating feature located at the pulley facing side of the body, the mating feature being configured to engage a complimentary mating feature, which is secured to a pulley segment of the segmented pulley transmission, when the pulley segment is in an engaged region; and at least one securing feature located in proximity to the mating feature and configured to secure the complimentary mating feature, when the complimentary mating feature is engaged with the mating feature. A segmented pulley transmission comprising the receiving disk is further provided.
US12241524B2
A block lock for connecting two chain ends, wherein, in the locked state, the block lock has two oppositely located block-lock halves which extend in the longitudinal direction, interengage in a form-fitting manner via a respective stub and stub socket and lock to form at least one accommodating opening, preferably two accommodating openings, for accommodating a chain link. The block-lock halves interengage in a comb-like manner at their ends.
US12241523B2
A chain binder to connect and apply tension to chains, straps, or the like used to secure cargo on any type of platform or vehicle. The chain binder includes a lever body; a first side portion; a second side portion; and gears that effectuate two modes of operation. Namely, a power driven mode of operation or a manual lever mode of operation. Rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, toward each other to place tension in the chains or strap. Opposite rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, away from each other to relax the chains or strap. If components are damages during use, they may be replaced on an as-needed basis to reduce operational cost of the chain binder since the entire binder does not need replaced when only one component fails or is damaged.
US12241521B2
A front fork includes a first tube body having an oil flowing therein, a second tube body provided inside the first tube body, the second tube body having the oil flowing therein, and having the oil flowing in an oil passage formed between the first tube body and the second tube body, a partition member provided in the second tube body and partitioning one end of an oil chamber, a rod extending along an axis of the second tube body through the partition member and being configured to move relative to the partition member, an outer periphery of the rod having a dimple portion recessed toward a center of the rod, and a piston provided at a distal end of the rod and allowing the oil to pass, wherein a boundary between an outer peripheral surface of the rod and the dimple portion is formed by a curved surface.
US12241518B2
Various embodiments of a system and method for reducing vibrations in and inspecting a suspended cable are described. In one embodiment, a vibration control robot includes a frame roller cage configured to roll open and closed around a cable, a drive system comprising a motor system to maneuver the robot along the cable, and a vibration absorption system to admit and absorb mechanical vibrations from the cable. The vibration absorption system can include a messenger cable segment of a predetermined length, where the messenger cable segment is mechanically coupled with the frame to admit mechanical vibrations on the cable. The vibration absorption system can also include an absorbing counterweight tip mass, a sliding mass, and a permanent magnet of an electromagnetic transducer device, to convert the mechanical vibrations in the messenger cable into electrical energy.
US12241517B2
A vibration reduction device includes a support plate, one side mass positioned at an edge of one side surface of the support plate, the other side mass disposed to be opposite to one side mass and positioned at an edge of the other side surface of the support plate, and an impact absorbing member coupled to the support plate and configured to come into contact with one side mass or the other side mass.
US12241509B2
The invention relates to a drive unit (10) for a vehicle, comprising an electric machine (12) having a rotor shaft (14) and a transmission (16) having a transmission shaft (18). According to the invention, the rotor shaft (14) and the transmission shaft (18) are interlocking and coupled by means of an interlocking toothing (44), wherein a lubricant channel (46) is formed in the transmission shaft (18), which feeds into an inner space (48) of the rotor shaft (14) at the end facing the rotor shaft (14) in order to provide lubricant for the interlocking toothing (44), wherein the rotor shaft (14) has an end side (50) at the axial end facing the transmission shaft (18), on which end side one or more openings (52) are formed, extending from an inner circumference (54) of the rotor shaft (14) bordering the inner space (48) to the outer circumference (56) thereof, such that the lubricant channel (46) is fluidically connected to the openings (52) via the inner space (48) and the interlocking toothing (44).
US12241503B2
A bearing for an at least partially spherical component, the bearing including a first portion and a complementary second portion integral with the first portion and joined by a folded-over bridge portion, the first portion and the second portion each including an arcuate inner surface, where the first portion and the second portion are adapted to at least partially surround and provide a compressive spring force against the component to form a joint assembly allowing for rotation of the component, where the first portion and the second portion form a semispherical void around the component, and where the bearing includes a metal substrate and a low friction layer overlying at least one surface of the substrate.
US12241469B2
A compressor with a fluid separator is disclosed. The compressor is configured to compressor a first fluid (e.g., a refrigerant gas) having a second fluid (e.g., a lubricant) suspended therein. The fluid separator includes a main body having at least one aperture formed therethrough and is configured to separate the second fluid from the first fluid. The fluid separator is installed in a separation chamber of the compressor, wherein the fluid separator includes at least one retention feature to militate against axial movement of the fluid separator within the separation chamber.
US12241466B2
A hermetic compressor including a casing; a motor inside the casing, and including a rotor and stator; a drive shaft that rotates with the rotor; a compression unit below the motor to compress refrigerant and discharge compressed refrigerant to an inside of the casing; and an oil blocking guide above the motor to rotate with the rotor. The oil blocking guide includes an oil blocking plate formed in a disk shape, an oil guide part extending outward and upward from an edge of the oil blocking plate, and a support part connecting the oil blocking plate to the drive shaft and space the oil blocking plate from the rotor. The oil blocking plate and the oil guide part block upward movement of oil passing through the motor, and guide the oil to an inner circumferential surface of the casing through centrifugal force while the oil blocking guide is rotating.
US12241464B2
A full-plastic liquid pump includes a pump body, a pump head, a piston, a spring, a threaded cover, a one-way valve, and a suction pipe. Two ends of the pump head are respectively provided with a liquid outlet and a sliding pressing rod. The middle portion of the slidable pressing rod movably passes through a cover hole formed of the threaded cover. A piston is connected with the inner wall of the pump body to divide the inner space of the pump body into an air pressure cavity and a liquid storage cavity. A vent hole is formed in the upper portion of the pump body. An axial through hole is formed in the center of the piston. A lower end of the spring is fixed in the liquid storage cavity. The one-way valve is fixed in the liquid storage cavity corresponding to the suction pipe.
US12241442B2
The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
US12241438B1
Disclosed herein is an engine intake device for a forklift. The engine intake device for a forklift includes an intake flow path passing through a counterweight of the forklift, and an intake pipe connected to the intake flow path to provide intake air to an engine of the forklift.
US12241437B1
A barbell with rotating hand grip including a frame assembly, a cover assembly, and a pivot assembly. The frame assembly includes a frame that is coupled at the uppermost side of the engine air filter housing, wherein the frame includes an opening that becomes the intake of said housing. The frame includes knuckles that are adapted to receive a cap, wherein said cap is coupled into said knuckles by means of a pin, allowing the cap to be opened and closed by a spring-loaded mechanism. The cap is opened by means of the air intake pressure of the engine of a vehicle to prevent water from entering inside the engine, thereby the cap when opened activates an alarm to notify the user when water is inside the engine air filter housing.
US12241434B2
A hydrogen fuel system for a work machine is disclosed. The hydrogen fuel system comprises a hydrogen storage tank containing hydrogen, the hydrogen being at least one of a liquid hydrogen or a gaseous hydrogen; a hydrogen power unit configured to consume the hydrogen from the hydrogen storage tank, the hydrogen power unit including at least one of a plurality of fuel cells or a hydrogen combustion engine; a boil-off pressure relief valve in fluid communication with the hydrogen storage tank; and a tank pressure sensor in communication with the boil-off pressure relief valve. The boil-off pressure relief valve is configured to, when the tank pressure sensor detects a pressure inside the hydrogen storage tank that exceeds a boil-off pressure threshold, vent the gaseous hydrogen to a boil-off fuel line fluidly connected to the hydrogen power unit.
US12241433B2
An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes a pivoting door thrust reverser system, and the pivoting door thrust reverser system includes a plurality of thrust reverser doors. Each of the thrust reverser doors is configured to pivot about a respective pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. The thrust reverser doors include a first thrust reverser door and a second thrust reverser door. The second thrust reverser door is arranged to an opposing side of the pivoting door thrust reverser system from the first thrust reverser door. The pivot axis of the first thrust reverser door is angularly offset from a reference line by an acute angle. The reference line is coincident with and perpendicular to a centerline of the pivoting door thrust reverser system.
US12241431B1
An engine block for a vehicle includes a bore surface defining a cylinder bore. The bore surface exhibits a first microstructure and includes a pattern of a plurality of cycloidal features formed in the bore surface. The plurality of cycloidal features each exhibit a first length in a first axis and a second length in a second axis arranged 90 degrees from the first axis. The plurality of cycloidal features also exhibit a ratio of the first length to the second length in a range of 1:1.5 to 1.5:1. The plurality of cycloidal features further exhibit a second microstructure including tempered martensite, wherein the second microstructure is different from the first microstructure. The engine block is included in a vehicle. The cycloidal features are formed with a laser.
US12241428B2
A method for starting an internal combustion engine (ICE) having a crankshaft and an electric turning machine (ETM) operatively connected to the crankshaft is disclosed. The method includes: sensing a voltage of a capacitance connected to the ETM and configured to power the ETM; detecting a rotation of the crankshaft resulting from an actuation of a recoil starter; in response to detecting the rotation of the crankshaft, determining if an assisted start condition is met; in response to the assisted start condition being met, delivering power from the capacitance to the ETM and the ETM assisting the recoil starter; in response to the assisted start condition not being met, continuing to turn the crankshaft with the recoil starter without assistance from the ETM; determining if the ICE has started; and in response to the ICE being started, delivering power from the ETM to the capacitance.
US12241426B2
Provided are systems and methods of controlling load share in a multi-engine propulsion system. A load share participation value indicative of a load share participation regime for a first engine may be received and a load sharing requirement control command for the first engine may be output. The load share participation value may depend or be based at least in part on one or more operating conditions of a second engine. The load sharing requirement control command for the first engine may depend on whether the load share participation value indicates a full-participation load share regime for the first engine, a partial-participation load share regime for the first engine, or a non-participation load share regime for the first engine.
US12241411B1
An accessible debris separator for a gas turbine engine is provided. The accessible debris separator including a chamber formed by a entrance wall, an exit wall, an inner wall, and an outer wall; a plurality of inlet openings in the entrance wall; a plurality of outlet openings in the exit wall; and a component within the chamber, the component forcing cooling air with debris particulates entering the chamber via an inlet opening of the plurality of inlet openings to take a circuitous path thereby separating the debris particulates from the cooling air prior to the cooling air exiting the chamber via an outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings.
US12241405B2
An internal combustion engine to reduce abrasion with a piston while retaining oil film on an upper portion of a cylinder includes: a cylinder block that includes a cylinder, and a piston that is stored in the cylinder in a manner capable of reciprocating along an axis line of the cylinder, in which the cylinder includes a multi-bulging inner circumference portion in which a diameter in a thrust-anti thrust direction is a minimal diameter.
US12241399B2
Described herein is a process for increasing mass flow of an exhaust gas through a catalytic converter system for a vehicle. The process may comprise determining a centerline and corresponding cumulative centerline bend angle of a first catalytic converter system spanning from an inlet point at a first end of the catalytic converter systems exhaust pipe to an outlet point at a second end of the catalytic converter systems extension pipe. Once determined, the cumulative centerline bend angle may be increased by increasing an individual bend radius of at least one bend within the exhaust pipe and/or within the extension pipe.
US12241395B1
Techniques for calibrating a catalyst model for a chemical reaction by a catalyst (e.g., a vehicle three-way catalytic converter) including optimizing an A-value for the chemical reaction by running the catalyst model and adjusting the A-value until results of the catalyst model are within a first threshold of the test data and setting the A-value to the optimized A-value, optimizing an E-value for the chemical reaction by running the catalyst model and adjusting the E-value until the catalyst model results are minimized relative to the test data within a second threshold of the test data, determining a new A-value based on the optimized E-value and setting the A-value to the new A-value and the E-value to the optimized E-value, and determining a reoptimized A-value by running the catalyst model and adjusting the A-value until the catalyst model results are within a third threshold of the test data.
US12241393B2
Determining a functionality of an exhaust gas sensor in an exhaust gas system having a catalytic converter and a first exhaust gas sensor upstream of the catalytic converter and a second exhaust gas sensor downstream of the catalytic converter. The first and the second exhaust gas sensors are heated to a temperature above a minimum operating temperature. A first sensor signal of the first exhaust gas sensor; and a second sensor signal of the second exhaust gas sensor are determined. The first and the second sensor signals are compared in an operating period in which a temperature of the at least one catalytic converter does not exceed a temperature threshold value; and an operating parameter of the first exhaust gas sensor (121) is determined on the basis the comparison.
US12241388B2
A rotor includes a rotatable hub, blades, and two coupling members, namely, a first coupling member and a second coupling member that couple each blade and the hub. The longitudinal directions of the first coupling member and the second coupling member lie along a tangential direction of a rotation trajectory of the hub, and the first coupling member and the second coupling member are spaced apart from each other in a radial direction of the rotation trajectory.
US12241382B2
A system and method for reducing the vibration response of a rotating system are provided. In one aspect, an optimized balance shot or solution that indicates one or more physical locations at which one or more balancing weights are to be added or removed from the rotating system is generated. The balance shot is generated based on a transfer function that is customized specifically for the rotating system. The transfer function is generated by applying one or more machine-learned models to parameter values for parameters that are associated with the rotating system. The machine-learned models can generate main effects plots, and from the plots, an effective set of parameter values can be determined. The transfer function can be generated using the effective set of parameter values so that the transfer function used to generate the balance shot is optimized specifically for the rotating system undergoing the balancing process.
US12241373B1
A unique seal for a wave rotor disk engine is disclosed herein. The seal is operable for sealing a region between a rotor and a rotor casing. The seal is spring loaded and will engage with the tip of the rotor to reduce pressure loss within the wave rotor disk engine.
US12241371B1
Disclosed are an integrated mining method and an integrated mining system of coal breaking, coal extraction and water circulation in a U-well. The integrated mining system includes a first ground facility unit, a second ground facility unit, a jet unit and an extraction unit. The first ground facility unit is configured to transport jet fluid to the jet unit. The jet unit is configured to break a coal seam in a sub-segment to obtain broken cinders. The extraction unit is configured to extract a coal-water mixture. The second ground facility unit is configured to receive the coal-water mixture. In response to determining that an extraction of the sub-segment is complete, the jet unit and the extraction unit is configured to move to a next sub-segment using powers provided by the first ground facility unit and the second ground facility unit.
US12241369B2
Systems and methods are configured to receive one or more photographs depicting a plurality of cuttings, to identify one or more individual cuttings of the plurality of cuttings depicted in the one or more photographs, to extract morphological, color, texture, grain size, and grain distribution data from each individual cutting of the one or more individual cuttings, to perform lithological classification of the one or more individual cuttings at a plurality of hierarchical levels based at least in part on the extracted morphological, color, texture, grain size, and grain distribution data or based at least in part on features directly extracted from the one or more individual cuttings that represent the morphological, color, texture, grain size, and grain distribution data, and to present a consolidated results summary of the lithological classification of the one or more individual cuttings at the plurality of hierarchical levels via the analysis and control system.
US12241363B2
A ranging system having magnets positioned at various locations along the drive system. Location of the magnetics is shifted to different points on the drilling string to remove the need for a nearby bit sub that would detrimentally affect the steerability of the drilling system.
US12241342B2
A detonator interrupter assembly is provided. The detonator interrupter assembly is designed to inhibit the arming of a detonator within the charge tube of a perforating gun assembly. The detonator interrupter assembly first includes a top end plate. The top end plate is configured to reside between charge tubes. The top end plate has a flange intermediate first and second ends. The detonator interrupter assembly also includes a detonator clip. The detonator clip resides proximate the second end of the top end plate. The detonator clip comprises a first slot configured to receive a detonator cord, and a second slot configured to receive a detonator tube which contains an explosive material. The detonator interrupter assembly also includes an interrupter. The interrupter comprises a handle portion and an opposing blade portion. The blade portion is configured to pass through a through-opening through the flange when an operator removes the interrupter from between the first and second slots. The blade portion is fabricated from an impact resistant material.
US12241339B2
A method of modelling one of a plurality of hydrocarbon production wells, wherein each production well is associated with at least one control point in a flow path associated therewith. The method comprises: (i) generating a first model capable of describing for any one of the first plurality of production wells a relationship between flow parameters, well parameters and/or an associated status of the at least one control point, wherein the first model is parameterised by a set of first parameters representative of properties common to all of the first plurality of production wells. The model can be applied to estimate well parameters, flow parameters and/or the status of control points. In addition, the resultant models can be used to optimise production of the production well.
US12241336B2
An annulus flow control tool can include an inner mandrel with a longitudinal bypass flow path, a sleeve on the inner mandrel, the sleeve being displaceable on the inner mandrel between bypass open and bypass closed positions, and at least one annular seal carried externally on the sleeve. A method of controlling annulus flow can include connecting an annulus flow control tool in a tubular string, the annulus flow control tool including a bypass flow path and at least one external annular seal, deploying the tubular string into the well, sealingly engaging a well surface with the annular seal, flowing a fluid through the tubular string into the well, thereby causing another fluid in an annulus between the tubular string and the well surface to flow through the bypass flow path, and closing the bypass flow path, the annulus flow control tool thereby blocking flow through the annulus.
US12241329B1
A casing hanger apparatus includes an upper ring, a lower ring, and a packing element positioned between the upper ring and the lower ring. The packing element has an annular body with a wedge-shaped cross-sectional geometry. Bi-directional pressure intensification (BPI) pins are arranged around the casing hanger in an angularly spaced apart configuration, where the BPI pins extend axially from the upper ring through holes in the packing element to the lower ring. In some casing hanger apparatuses, a bushing member is positioned axially between the upper ring and the lower ring, where the BPI pins also extend axially through the bushing member.
US12241315B2
A system connecting one more flow lines and includes a connector housing and a connector. The connector housing comprises a first connection passage formed through a wall of the connector housing. The connector is disposed withing the connector housing. A first annular flow path connection is formed between the connector housing and the connector. The first housing annular flow path connection is formed by a first housing annular flow path connection groove. The first housing annular flow path connection groove is formed in an outer side surface of the connector. Alternatively, the first annular flow path connection is formed by a combination of the first housing annular flow path connection groove axially aligned with the first connector annular flow path connection groove. The first connection passage through the connector housing intersects with the first annular flow path connection. A related method includes connecting inserting the connector into the connector housing.
US12241296B2
The present sliding door system is designed to reduce opening and closing sliding resistance using magnetic force applied in opposition to the weight of the door. The present system has a particular configuration which is designed to achieve significant magnetic force attraction to overcome the weight of the door despite having compact configuration and which has a mechanism in the form of the horizontal rollers designed to overcome unwanted lateral magnetic force caused by the maximisation of the width of the permanent magnets within the confines of the channel.
US12241292B2
A lock device of a vehicle comprising: a base plate; a guide plate rotatably disposed on the base plate; a pawl rotatably disposed on the base plate, the pawl being engageable with the guide plate in an unlocking position and disengageable from the guide plate between a half-locked and fully-locked position; a ratchet rotatably disposed on the base plate for retaining a striker when in the half-locked or the fully-locked position when the pawl is engaged with the ratchet; and a release member rotatably disposed on the base plate, the release member engagable with the guide plate; the release member is configured to drive the guide plate to engage with the pawl and drive the pawl to decouple from the ratchet.
US12241288B2
The invention relates to a module component (100) for a movable part (201) of a vehicle (200), comprising: a support housing (10) for fastening the module component (100) to the movable part (201) of the vehicle (200), a key device (20) for actuating the movable part (201) of the vehicle (200), wherein the key device (20) comprises a key cap (21) configured to receive an activation action, in particular a touch and/or force, of a user, wherein an activation element (24) is arranged on the key cap (21) to be able to detect a presence and/or an activation action of the user, and an electronic device (30) for providing lighting functions and/or sensor functions when the movable part (201) of the vehicle (200) is actuated, wherein the electronic device (30) is fastened to the support housing (10), wherein the electronic device (30) comprises a sensor device (31, 32) for a presence detection and/or an activation action detection at the activation element (24), and wherein the electronic device (30) comprises at least one lighting device (33) for illuminating through the key cap (21).
US12241278B2
A pick-resistant lock assembly is provided. The lock assembly includes a housing having a main bore and a chamber including a plurality of channels holding a corresponding plurality of pin stacks, a core having a keyway and having a plurality of core openings configured to align with the channels of the housing, and a sleeve configured to fit within the main bore. The pin stacks are each configured to provide a plurality of decoy shear lines in which rotation of the core and the sleeve together is limited by a blocking position and a true shear line which permits rotation of the core and the sleeve together for actuation of the lock assembly when the true shear line is provided in each pin stack of the plurality of pin stacks.
US12241274B2
A skimmer assembly includes a housing, a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, a second outlet, and a valve. The housing includes a first chamber portion, a second chamber portion, and a divider wall. The divider wall is operable to inhibit fluid communication between the first chamber portion and the second chamber portion. The first inlet and the first outlet are in fluid communication with the first chamber portion. The second inlet and the second outlet are in fluid communication with the second chamber portion. The valve is operable in an open state and a closed state. The valve is configured to (i) allow a flow of fluid into the second chamber portion in the open state and (ii) inhibit the flow of fluid into the second chamber portion in the closed state.
US12241273B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for a pool pump and one or more pool hoses. The pool pump may be connected to the pool through the one or more pool hoses. The system provides a pool pump comprising an outlet and an inlet. The inlet may connect to a first inlet hose. The first inlet hose may connect the pool pump to a three-way connection to the pool. The three-way connection may connect the first inlet hose to a second inlet hose and be in fluid connection with an interior of the pool. In some embodiments, the three-way connection may be attached to the pool.
US12241269B2
The invention relates to an adapter element for fastening a planar element, in particular an awning, to a vehicle, including an adapter body, which has a first edge region for fastening the adapter element to a vehicle, and a second edge region for fastening a planar element to the adapter element. The first edge region of the adapter body is equipped with a vehicle connection element for releasably fastening the first edge region to a vehicle. The second edge region of the adapter body is equipped at the second edge region with a planar element connection element for releasably fastening the second edge region to an edge region of a planar element. The invention also relates to a modular system having such an adapter element and having a planar element.
US12241266B2
A concrete trowel includes a frame, a drive assembly including a motor mounted on the frame and a drive hub configured to receive torque from the motor, a rotor rotatable about a rotational axis and including a plurality of blades, wherein the rotor includes an attachment portion that is received within a receiving portion of the drive hub, and a quick-change coupling for selectively attaching the rotor and the drive hub for co-rotation therewith. The quick-change coupling includes a spring that imparts a spring force on the attachment portion of the rotor and wherein the spring remains on the drive hub when the attachment portion of the rotor is removed from the quick-change coupling.
US12241264B2
A building component manufacturing method may include providing an insulated structural component of a building. The insulated structural component may include a frame comprising a plurality of outer components coupled together to define an outer periphery of one or more sections. At least one of the sections may include a cavity. The method may include applying a pour-in-place insulation material within the cavity to insulate the component. The pour-in-place insulation material may transition from a liquid state to a solid state to form a first layer of insulation within the cavity. The method may include monitoring a fill level within the cavity while applying the pour-in-place insulation material. The method may include controlling a flow rate of the pour-in-place insulation material based on the monitoring of the fill level within the cavity.
US12241253B2
A combination rainscreen/lath assembly comprises a corrugated spunbond layer and a lath layer operatively connected to the corrugated spunbond layer. Optionally, the lath layer is corrugated. The assembly is configured and arranged to allow air and moisture to flow therethrough.
US12241250B2
The invention relates to a prestressed concrete body, containing prestressed filament yarns based on cellulose and/or cellulose derivatives. Advantageously, said prestressed concrete body is produced in that: 1.) filament yarns based on cellulose and/or derivatives thereof are clamped into a shaping container, 2.) the clamped filament yarns are wetted with water to make them swell, 3.) a prestress of approximately 0.5 to 10.0 kg/4000 dtex is applied to the wetted filament yarns, 4.) liquid concrete is poured into the shaping container containing the prestressed filament yarns, 5.) the liquid concrete in the shaping container is cured to form precast concrete, maintaining the specified applied prestress. Useful application possibilities are opened up by the invention. Use as components or structural elements with low brittleness and/or high resistance to corrosion, especially in bridge building, especially in bridge girders, in constructing containers, in constructing high-rise structures, in the production of hollow floors or ceilings, hollow core planks, precast floors or ceilings and for recycling once the service life has passed by being ground into concrete granules is advantageous.
US12241248B2
A collapsible assembly configured to change, along a collapsibility axis, between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration is described. The collapsible assembly comprises at least two symmetrical peripheral units, each comprising a primary cell and a secondary cell. The primary cell includes a corresponding cell surface and a primary cell hinge element. The secondary cell includes a corresponding cell surface and a secondary cell hinge element, where the secondary cell hinge element is complementary to the primary cell hinge element. The collapsible assembly also includes an intermediary cell positioned within the two peripheral unit assemblies and is coupled to the secondary cells of each peripheral unit assembly using coupling elements.
US12241240B2
A touchless faucet system may comprise a faucet housing defining an inlet of the touchless faucet. A solenoid valve assembly may be located in the faucet housing. The solenoid valve assembly may be configured to control a flow of fluid to a primary outlet of the faucet housing. A manual actuation assembly may be located in the faucet housing. The manual actuation assembly may be configured to control the flow of fluid to a secondary outlet of the faucet housing. A controller may be configured to send actuation commands to the solenoid valve assembly.
US12241225B2
An oil cooler is disposed on the vehicle body and includes a fan that creates an air flow and a housing that houses the fan. The housing has a first side surface which is disposed on the upstream side of the air flow, a second side surface which is disposed on the downstream side of the air flow, and a third side surface which is connected to the first side surface and the second side surface. The vehicle body is provided with a first passage which is disposed on the side of the first side surface, a second passage which is disposed on the side of the second side surface and on an outer edge of the vehicle body in a top view, and a third passage which is disposed on the side of the third side surface and is connected to the first passage and the second passage.
US12241221B2
A wheel loader includes: a front frame; a bucket; a boom having a distal end connected to bucket, and a proximal end rotatably supported by front frame; a sensor configured to measure a distance between boom and a loading target; and a controller configured to control an action of wheel loader. The controller causes wheel loader to perform a predetermined action for collision avoidance on condition that a distance to be measured by sensor when wheel loader travels takes a value less than or equal to a threshold value.
US12241219B2
A coupler for securing an attachment to an earth working machine. The coupler comprises a coupler body that presents a receptacle having a capture region. A pin of an attachment can move into and out of the capture region. A retainer can capture the pin in the capture region but the retainer can be moved by a hydraulically driven driver to a position to allow release the pin from the capture region. A trigger that the pin will strike when the pin moves into or out of the capture region, decouples the driver from the retainer and the retainer is then allowed to be biased back to its retaining position by a spring.
US12241216B2
Systems and methods capable of processing floating solid materials recovered from a body of water on a vessel are disclosed. In some embodiments, at least first and second debris processors are provided. The first debris processor may be disposed on the vessel between at least one intake opening and at least one discharge port, both of which are fluidly coupled to at least one chamber of the vessel. The second debris processor may be disposed between the first debris processor and the discharge port(s).
US12241205B2
The present invention relates to a coated paper article with an intermediate basecoat layer comprising high void fraction porous hollow sphere polymer particles (HISPs). HSPs with very small pore area density and high void fraction result in increased optical density at a given print energy in thermal printing applications.
US12241204B2
Disclosed is a two layered belt useful in the manufacture of tissue products comprising a first woven layer and a second nonwoven layer joined together in a laminated arrangement. The woven layer typically forms the machine contacting layer of the belt and is woven from a highly abrasion resistant material, while the nonwoven layer contacts the nascent tissue web. The woven layer may be provided with valleys and ridges that the nascent web is molded into, while the nonwoven layer may be provided with elements that impart a visually aesthetic pattern to the web. In this manner the belt may be useful in the production of products having desirable physical properties resulting from molding into the woven fabric while also being visually pleasing to the user.
US12241203B2
A blade segment (4, 4a, 4b, 8, 8a, 8b) for a refiner (1) for refining fibrous material has first (20) and second (21) end edges and first (22) and second (23) side edges, the first (22) and second (23) side edges extending between the first (20) and second (21) end edges. The segment has a refining surface (5, 9) with blade bars (27) and grooves (28) on the segment front surface (25). At least one opening (14, 15) at the side edge (22, 23) extends through the whole thickness of the segment body (24) and towards the opposite side edge (22, 23). A guide element projects from the segment background surface (26) at the side edge which provides a guide surface that intensifies the feed of the material to be refined through the opening to the refining surface of the blade segment into the refining chamber of the refiner.
US12241197B2
A laundry treating apparatus is configured to reduce a volume independently occupied by a driver that rotates a drum for accommodating laundry therein, and a volume of a space defined between a rear surface of the drum and a cabinet rear panel.
US12241190B1
An edge device for guiding movement of a sew head relative to a stationary rail, in at least one embodiment, includes an edge guide mount and an edge guide pivotally connected to the guide mount. The guide mount has a rigid housing a mounting clamp carried by the rigid housing for mounting the guide device to the stationary rail. The mounting clamp includes a pivoting clamping element persistently biased into a locking position. The edge guide has at least one linear or curved edge for guiding movement of the sew head relative to the stationary rail. In use mounted on the stationary rail, the clamping element in the locking position locks a location of the guide device on the stationary rail.
US12241179B2
The present disclosure discloses a high-whiteness polyimide microfiber and a preparation method thereof and use. The polyimide fiber includes polyimide obtained from the reaction of wholly alicyclic dianhydride HTDA and an aromatic diamine monomer containing methyl or trifluoromethyl by chemical imidization. In the present disclosure, the polyimide microfiber has both excellent heat-resistant stability and spinning film-forming property, and the fabric has ultra-high whiteness. The microfiber fabric prepared from the polyimide fiber may be used as a component with high-temperature resistant and high-whiteness in personal protective equipment such as mask and protective clothing, and also may be used as an electronic component in the high-tech field such as aerospace, optoelectronic, microelectronic and automobile.
US12241177B2
A method for manufacturing a device including a diamond crystal, the method including making available a substrate, growing a crystalline diamond layer on the substrate, the layer having a crystal lattice, the layer including at least a first set of XV centers in the crystal lattice, each XV center having a quantification axis, a main direction being defined for the first set, the quantification axes of the XV centers of the first set being parallel to the main direction, the normal direction being distinct from the main direction of the first set, removing a first part of the diamond layer in order to reveal a first face perpendicular to the main direction of the first set, and removing of a second part of the diamond layer in order to reveal a second face perpendicular to the first face.
US12241175B2
Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a diamond substrate, comprising a seed crystal preparing step of preparing seed crystal for a single crystal of high temperature/high pressure grown diamond or for a single crystal of vapor deposition grown diamond, a first growing step of growing the seed crystal through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a first crystal, a second growing step of growing the first crystal through microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a second crystal, and a third growth step of growing the second crystal through a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition method to obtain a diamond substrate.
US12241165B2
Provided is a three-phase system V2O3/VN/Mo2C nanoelectrode material, and a preparation method and application thereof. The nanoelectrode material comprises V2O3 particles, VN particles, and Mo2C particles. The V2O3 particles, VN particles, and Mo2C particles are interlaced in lattice stripes and are uniformly distributed. The mass ratio of the V2O3, VN and Mo2C is (1 to 4):(10 to 40):(4 to 16). The above-mentioned three kinds of nanoparticles are intertwined to form more incoherent interface area. The increase in the area of the incoherent interface area will cause more defects, so that more active sites are provided, and the hydrogen production performance is improved.
US12241160B2
Methods of fabricating fiber structures with embedded sensors are provided. The method includes obtaining a scaffold fiber and forming, by 1½-D printing using laser induced chemical vapor deposition, circuitry on the scaffold fiber to provide a fiber structure with embedded sensor. The forming includes printing a solid state oscillator about the scaffold fiber, and printing a sensing device about the scaffold fiber electrically coupled to the solid state oscillator to effect, at least in part, oscillations of the solid state oscillator. The forming further includes printing an antenna about the scaffold fiber electrically connected to the solid state oscillator to facilitate in operation wireless transmitting of a signal from the fiber structure with embedded sensor.
US12241149B2
An electrical contact element for a plug-in connector has a metallic base body and a wear layer applied to the base body. The wear layer consists of pure ruthenium or of an alloy with the components 50-100% w/w ruthenium, 0-30% w/w nickel, 0-20% w/w chromium, 0-20% w/w cobalt, 0-20% w/w platinum and 0-1% w/w further alloy elements. A metallic intermediary layer is arranged between the base body and the wear layer, which has a thickness ranging from 1.5 μm to 4.0 μm.
US12241145B2
A die-cast aluminum alloy and a preparation method and application thereof are disclosed. Based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy, the aluminum alloy includes: 8-11 wt % of Si, 2.5-5 wt % of Cu, 0.5-1.5 wt % of Mg, 0.1-0.3 wt % of Ni, 0.6-1.2 wt % of Fe, 0.1-0.3 wt % of Cr, 0.03-0.05 wt % of Sr, 0-0.3 wt % of Er, 80.25-88.1 wt % of Al, and 0.1 wt % or below of impurities.
US12241144B2
A nickel-based alloy composition consisting, in weight percent, of: 4.0 to 5.6% aluminium, 0.0 to 1.0% titanium, 0.0 to 4.0% niobium, 0.0 to 11.9% tantalum, 2.0 to 12.7% tungsten, 0.0 to 3.0% molybdenum, 0.0 to 22.0% cobalt, 6.0 to 16.7% chromium, 0.02 to 0.35% carbon, 0.001 to 0.2% boron, 0.00 to 0.5% zirconium, 0.0 to 3.0% rhenium, 0.0 to 2.0% ruthenium, 0.0 to 3.0% iridium, 0.0 to 0.5% vanadium, 0.0 to 1.0% palladium, 0.0 to 1.0% platinum, 0.0 to 0.5% silicon, 0.0 to 0.1% yttrium, 0.0 to 0.1% lanthanum, 0.0 to 0.1% cerium, 0.0 to 0.003% sulphur, 0.0 to 0.25% manganese, 0.0 to 0.1 magnesium, 0.0 to 4.0% iron, 0.0 to 0.5% copper, 0.0 to 1.0% hafnium, the balance being nickel and incidental impurities, wherein the following equations are satisfied in which WNb, and WTa are the weight percent of niobium and tantalum respectively 1.1≤0.3WNb+0.15WTa.
US12241143B2
A compliant mount or mechanism structure includes a titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy including titanium, about 13.5 to about 14.5 wt. % zirconium, and about 18 to about 19 weight % (wt. %) niobium. The titanium-zirconium-niobium alloy has a congruent melting temperature of about 1750 to about 1800° C.
US12241137B2
A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has a specific composition and a steel structure that is, by volume %, 10%-70% ferrite, 1%-10% retained austenite, 10%-60% bainite, and 2%-50% martensite, the average crystal grain size of the ferrite being no more than 6.0 μm, the average crystal grain size of the retained austenite being no more than 4.0 μm, the average crystal grain size of the bainite being no more than 6.0 μm, and the average crystal grain size of the martensite being no more than 4.0 μm. The concentration ratio of the average concentration of Si to a depth of 10 μm from the surface of the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet to the average concentration of Si throughout the high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet is, by mass ratio, greater than 1.00 but less than 1.30.
US12241136B2
Apparatus (1) for cooling an automobile component (20) by means of a gas, the apparatus comprising a cooling box (11) with a re-closeable opening (12) for receiving an automobile component (20) to be cooled, wherein at least one heat sink (13) is provided inside the cooling box (11) for cooling of the gas, and wherein the apparatus (10) includes at least one infra sound pulsator (2,3) arranged to provide an infra sound into said cooling box (11) to improve heat exchange of the gas both with a cooling surface of the at least one heat sink (13), and with the automobile component (20).
US12241135B2
The present invention provides a steel sheet comprising by weight: C: 0.10-0.30%; Si: 0.001-1.0%; Mn: 0.5-2.5%; Cr: 0.001-1.5%; Mo: 0.001-0.5%; Al: 0.001-0.5%; P: 0.001-0.01%; S: 0.001-0.01%; N: 0.001-0.01%; B: 0.0001-0.004%; Ti: 0.001-0.1%; Nb: 0.001 to 0.1%; and the balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities, and satisfying relational expression (1), and a microstructure includes comprising: a martensite phase; a bainite phase, wherein the fraction of the martensite phase is 50-90%, the fraction of the bainite phase is 5-50%, the sum of the fractions of the martensite phase and the bainite phase is 90% or more; and the balance consisting of a ferrite phase. CL<1, [Relationship Expression (1)] CL=−0.692−0.158×[Mn]+0.121×[Mn]2+0.061×[Cr]2−0.319×[Mo]+0.035×[Hardness_HRC] (where CL is an effective cracking index, [Mn], [Cr] and [Mo] are the percentages by weight of respective corresponding alloy elements, and [Hardness_HRC] is a Rockwell hardness (HRC).)
US12241133B2
The present invention relates to a process for the smelting of a metalliferous feedstock material. The process includes the steps of: (i) feeding an agglomerate comprising of a fine metalliferous feedstock material and a fine reductant to a reactor, the agglomerate forming a packed bed within the reactor; (ii) smelting the agglomerate by passing a hot reducing gas counter current through the packed bed to form a molten material comprising a partially reduced metalliferous constituent, an intermediate slag constituent and entrained unreacted reductant constituent; and (iii) channeling the molten material to flow into a vessel to form a metal product and a slag product.
US12241132B2
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for gasifying or liquifying coal. In particular, the method comprises reacting a coal with a molten aluminum or aluminum alloy bath. The apparatus includes a reaction vessel for carrying out the reaction, as well as other equipment necessary for capturing and removing the reaction products. Further, the process can be used to cogenerate electricity using the excess heat generated by the process.
US12241126B2
Provided herein are methods of generating a homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD) score, determining a reference HRD score, determining a HRD status of a test subject having one or more cancer types, and/or treating a disease based on HRD status. Additional methods as well as related systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media are also provided.
US12241123B2
Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands.
US12241121B2
Embodiments disclose methods, systems, and computer-readable media for accelerated base calling of sequencing data. These methods may be adapted to accelerate sequence determination for data arising from a variety of different nucleic acid sequencing platforms. In various embodiments, configurable logic circuits such as FPGAs and GPUs may be adapted to perform raw signal processing, basecalling, and/or sequence determination operations providing further enhancements to the sequence analysis methods.
US12241118B2
An assay is provided for the rapid detection of nucleic acids via a modified LAMP reaction coupled with colorimetric reporter utilizing a gold nanoparticle—peptide nucleic acid (AuNP-PNA) probe system.
US12241117B2
Disclosed here is a method for detecting genome rearrangement in a biological sample, comprising: obtaining a contact matrix plotted from proximity ligation sequencing data of at least one chromosome; identifying an abnormal contact pattern in the contact matrix compared to the contact matrix of a reference genome; comparing the abnormal contact pattern in the contact matrix to one or more known patterns associated with genomic rearrangement to identify a type of genomic rearrangement causing the abnormal contact pattern. Also disclosed is a method for detecting genome rearrangement in a biological sample, comprising: selecting linked chromosomal fragments from proximity ligation sequencing data of at least one chromosome, identifying an abnormal covalent bonding pattern of the linked chromosomal fragments compared to a reference genome; and comparing the abnormal covalent bonding pattern to one or more known patterns associated with genomic rearrangement to identify genomic rearrangement causing the abnormal covalent bonding pattern.
US12241111B2
A method of producing chemicals includes providing fermentative cells; co-feeding any of galacturonate and galacturonate polymers with carbohydrates to the fermentative cells; and producing a chemical from the fermentative cells. The fermentative cells may include any of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum. The carbohydrates may include any of glucose, mannose, galactose, fructose, arabinose, xylose, sucrose, lactose, maltose, cellobiose, and starch. The method may include providing a substantially equal proportion of the any of galacturonate and galacturonate polymers and the carbohydrates for co-feeding to the fermentative cells. The method may include altering a proportion of the any of galacturonate and galacturonate polymers to the carbohydrates. The method may include modulating a production of the chemical by altering the proportion of the any of galacturonate and galacturonate polymers to the carbohydrates. The chemical may include any of acetate and butyrate.
US12241106B2
Provided is a means for increasing mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL) production efficiency. The present invention is a mannosylerythritol-lipid-producing microorganism transformed with an expression vector having a gene that encodes a lipase under the control of E5Pgap promoter or E5Ptef promoter.
US12241101B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a microorganism that efficiently produces a PUFA and a method for producing a PUFA using the microorganism. The present invention relates to a microorganism capable of producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), in which a gene encoding an exogenous polyketide synthase dehydratase (PS-DH) domain having a higher activity against 3-hydroxyhexanoyl acyl carrier protein (3-hydroxyhexanoyl ACP) than an endogenous FabA-like β-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase (FabA-DH) domain has been introduced into a microorganism having a PUFA metabolic pathway, and the like.
US12241100B2
The present invention provides engineered leucine decarboxylase (LDC) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered leucine decarboxylase (LDC) polypeptides. In some embodiments, the engineered LDC polypeptides are optimized to provide enhanced catalytic activity, as well as reduced sensitivity to proteolysis, and/or increased tolerance to low pH environments. In some embodiments, the engineered LDC polypeptides are optimized to provide improved storage stability. The present invention also provides methods for the use of the compositions comprising the engineered LDC polypeptides for therapeutic and industrial purposes.
US12241099B2
Peptide compounds derived from cathepsin G (CG), neutrophil elastase (NE), and cationic antimicrobial protein of 37 kDa (CAP37), and methods of their use in inhibiting and/or reversing polymerization of amyloid β peptide into oligomers and/or fibrils, and/or disaggregating amyloid β plaques, and methods of use of the peptide compounds in treatments of, for example, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, dementia, and/or neuroinflammation, and/or symptoms thereof are disclosed.
US12241098B2
Rapid, animal protein free, chromatographic processes and systems for obtaining high potency, high yield botulinum neurotoxin for research, therapeutic and cosmetic use.
US12241097B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for adoptive cell therapy comprising engineered immune cells that express a tumor antigen-targeted chimeric antigen receptor and a prodrug converting enzyme.
US12241095B2
The present invention provides DNA polymerases that are highly resistant to inhibitors, and that can shorten the entire nucleic acid amplification reaction time by shortening the reverse transcription reaction time in a nucleic acid amplification method, in particular, in PCR or RT-PCR. The DNA polymerase is characterized by having reverse transcription activity, and comprising at least one amino acid modification at position 509 or 744 in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2. In particular, the amino acid modification at position 509 or 744 in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 is substitution with histidine, lysine, or arginine.
US12241092B2
In alternative embodiments, provided are products of manufacture and kits, and methods, to enrich for and/or isolate microbes such as viruses and/or phages capable of targeting, e.g., binding to, targeting, and/or killing or otherwise making non-viable or non-pathogenic, specific or desired microbes such as bacteria. In alternative embodiments, provided are products of manufacture comprising: a virus and/or a phage (a bacteriophage). In alternative embodiments, provided are products of manufacture and kits containing a virus and/or a phage (a bacteriophage) enriched for, selected for or isolated by a method as provided herein, or a microbe containing a virus and/or a phage (a bacteriophage) enriched, selected for and/or isolated by a method as provided herein.
US12241085B2
Described herein is a microphysiological system for models of disease. Specifically, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and iPSC-derived cells, including those obtained from disease patients, are seeded onto microfluidic “chip” devices to study cellular development and disease pathogenesis. Herein, neurodegenerative disease modeling, including Parkinson's Disease (PD) is shown to reproduce key PD pathology in a vascularized human model that contains neurons relating to PD pathology. Such compositions and methods are used for research for PD biomarkers, patient screening for PD risk assessment, and therapeutic discovery and testing. A panel of biomarkers are generated through analysis of living PD-chips by neural activity, whole transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic analysis, and functional enzyme tests of media and tissue. Introducing therapeutics through a vasculature channel, coupled with blood brain barrier penetration studies can be assessed for efficacy in the human neural cells present in the PD-Chip.
US12241081B2
Methods and systems are described herein for generating engineered B cells with modified immunoglobulin genes. The modified immunoglobulin genes encode modified immunoglobulins that can have high affinity for antigens, including antigens that are variable such the types of antigens on various pathogens that can escape mammalian immune responses.
US12241072B2
Lyciumin cyclic peptides and methods of producing lyciumin cyclic peptides are described. A host cell can include a transgene encoding a lyciumin precursor peptide, or a biologically-active fragment thereof. The lyciumin precursor peptide, or biologically-active fragment thereof, can include one or more core lyciumin peptide domains. The transgene can be expressed in the host cell to thereby produce a lyciumin precursor peptide, or biologically-active fragment thereof. The lyciumin precursor peptide, or biologically-active fragment thereof, can be converted to one or more lyciumin cyclic peptides in the host cell. A library of nucleic acids encoding lyciumin precursor peptides, or biologically-active fragments thereof, can be generated.
US12241070B2
Described is a serine recombinase that integrates large sections of foreign DNA into plant chromosomes through non-homologous recombination through attP or attB sites on the foreign DNA but without the engineering of corresponding attB or attP site on the plant chromosome. The serine recombinase-based method has several advantages over other systems, such as Agrobacterium. Also described are related methods, composition, and plants containing exogenous DNA.
US12241064B2
The present invention relates, in general to agents that modulate the pharmacological activity of conjugated siRNAs.
US12241061B2
Provided are a CAR library used to screen scFvs that can be functional in CAR-T cells, and an scFv manufacturing method in which the CAR library is used. A chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) library of the present invention includes nucleic acids coding for first CARs. Each of the first CARs includes a first antigen-binding domain, a first transmembrane domain, and a first intracellular signaling domain. The first antigen-binding domain includes a first single-chain antibody (scFv) to be screened for the ability to bind to a target antigen. The first scFv includes a first heavy-chain variable region and a first light-chain variable region. The first heavy-chain variable region and the first light-chain variable region meet a predetermined condition.
US12241059B2
The disclosure provides methods for creating long oligonucleotide reagents that include barcodes and other element for sequencing library preparation, where the oligonucleotides are created by multiple tiers of ligation of shorter oligos. The disclosed methods work to extend short oligos that are attached to particles, thereby allowing one to create particles that carry large number of long sample preparation oligonucleotides without being required to synthesize those full-length molecules with a polymerase.
US12241057B2
Methods and apparatus of some aspects of the invention relate to the synthesis of high fidelity polynucleotides. In particular, aspects of the invention relate to concurrent enzymatic removal of amplification sequences and ligation of processed oligonucleotides into nucleic acid assemblies. According to some embodiments, the invention provides a method for producing a target nucleic acid having a predefined sequence. In some embodiments, the method comprises the step of providing a plurality of oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotides comprises (i) an internal sequence identical to a different portion of a sequence of a target nucleic acid, (ii) a 5′ sequence flanking the 5′ end of the internal sequence and a 3′ flanking sequence flanking the 3′ end of the internal sequence, each of the flanking sequence comprising a primer recognition site for a primer pair and a restriction enzyme recognition site.
US12241056B2
A method for elongating telomeres of cells comprises steps of: providing physical stimulation directly or indirectly to cells; and culturing a mixture of the cells and a medium for a predetermined time, wherein providing the stimulation directly to the cells comprises applying physical stimulation to the medium containing the cells, and providing the stimulation indirectly to the cells comprises applying physical stimulation to the medium not containing the cells and then mixing the medium and the cells. The method for elongating telomeres of cells is simpler than a conventional method and is superior in terms of time, cost, efficiency, and safety. In addition, the method induces cell division and provides an anti-aging effect, in addition to simply elongating telomeres. Thereby, it is expected that the method can ameliorate and prevent not only problems caused by shortening of telomeres, but also various aging-related diseases and conditions.
US12241053B2
Dysfunctional or exhausted T cells arise in chronic diseases including chronic viral infections and cancer, and express high levels of co-inhibitory receptors. Therapeutic blockade of these receptors has clinical efficacy in the treatment of cancer. While co-inhibitory receptors are co-expressed, the triggers that induce them and the transcriptional regulators that drive their co-expression have not been identified. The immunoregulatory cytokine IL-27 induces a gene module in T cells that includes several known co-inhibitory receptors (Tim-3, Lag-3, and TIGIT). The present invention provides a novel immunoregulatory network as well as novel cell surface molecules that have an inhibitory function in the tumor microenvironment. The present invention further provides the novel discovery that the transcription factors Prdm1 and c-Maf cooperatively regulate the expression of the co-inhibitory receptor module. This critical molecular circuit underlies the co-expression of co-inhibitory receptors in dysfunctional T cells and identifies novel regulators of T cell dysfunction.
US12241047B2
The present inventive concept relates generally to simulating the barrel aging or finishing process of alcohol-containing products in a rapid manner using various microorganisms to impart flavors and aromas during the aging or finishing process. Products and methods used in the process of aging or finishing the alcohol-containing products are also provided.
US12241045B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides having hexosaminidase activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US12241041B2
An acidic liquid fabric care composition that includes: citric acid and/or a salt thereof; a first sulfur-containing compound selected from a sulfate compound, a bisulfate compound, or a combination thereof; a fragrance material; and water. Related methods of making and using such compositions.
US12241040B1
A composition and methods for the manufacturing, repair, maintenance and improvement of the nut and saddle of a stringed musical instrument. The composition is a powder configured to be used in nut and saddle slots to create lubricated, durable, aesthetically pleasing, color matched repairs and adjustments. The composition includes multiple substances to achieve strength, color, and lubrication. According to one aspect, the power may have four main components, including a Bulking Agent, a Hardener, a Color, and a Lubricant.
US12241034B2
Lubricity additives for fuels compositions are provided which are hydrocarbyl-containing oxygenated polyamines according to Formula I: wherein one or more of —R1, —R2, —R3, and —R4 is a carbon- and oxygen-containing group including a hydrophobic hydrocarbyl portion.
US12241033B2
Method to improve or maintain stability and/or compatibility of a residual hydrocarbon fuel comprising: (a) blending at least 5-95% m/m of a residual hydrocarbon component with at least 5-80% m/m of a fatty acids alkyl esters component or (b) blending at least 5-80% m/m of a fatty acids alkyl esters component with a stable residual fuel composition comprising (i) at least 5-95% m/m of a residual hydrocarbon component and (ii) up to 90% m/m of a non-hydroprocessed hydrocarbon, a hydroprocessed hydrocarbon or any combination thereof; wherein the fatty acids alkyl esters component is blended with the stable residual fuel composition before at least one other fuel composition that decreases the asphaltenes solvency power of the residual fuel composition is added thereto.
US12241031B2
The present invention relates to a composition of additives comprising: at least one first compound selected from: (i) copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate having a molar mass Mn included in the range ranging from 10,000 to 60,000 g·mol−1, optionally grafted by at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate group, the alkyl chain of which is saturated and contains from 12 to 30 carbon atoms; and (ii) polymers comprising at least 90 mol % of units derived from alkyl. (meth)acrylate monomer, the alkyl chain of which is saturated and contains from 18 to 22 carbon atoms; and at least one second compound selected from the modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resins. The invention also relates to the use of this composition of additives for lowering the viscosity of a liquid petroleum product such as a crude oil and for reducing the deposition of paraffins.
US12241030B2
The present invention relates to an additized blended fuel composition comprising of 97 to 50 weight % of liquified petroleum gas (LPG); 3 to 50 weight % of dimethyl ether (DME); and a nanocatalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improvement in the combustion efficiency of the DME blended LPG fuel by using catalytic amount of the nano-catalyst, when introduced in ppm level enhances the combustion properties, thereby increasing the flame temperature and reducing the consumption of fuel gas mixture.
US12241024B2
This invention relates to a power recovery process in waste steam/CO2 reformers in which a waste stream can be made to release energy without having to burn the waste or the syngas. This invention in some embodiments does not make use of fuel cells as a component but makes use of exothermic chemical reactors using syngas to produce heat, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. It also relates to control or elimination of the emissions of greenhouse gases in the power recovery process of this invention with the goal of producing energy in the future carbonless world economy.
US12241023B2
Methods include pumping a fracturing pad fluid into a subterranean formation under conditions of sufficient rate and pressure to create at least one fracture in the subterranean formation, the fracturing pad fluid including a carrier fluid and a plurality of bridging particles, the bridging particles forming a bridge in a fracture tip of a far field region of the formation. Methods further include forming a first plurality of fibers in situ into the subterranean formation to form a low permeability plug with the bridging particles, and pumping a proppant fluid comprising a plurality of proppant particles.
US12241022B2
Nano- and micro-particles (NMP) can be formed from an oil/water emulsion. The emulsion is made by mixing a liquid solvent, at least one surfactant, a particle-forming compound, and at least curing agent. If desired, pH control agents and viscosity enhancers can be added to the liquid solvent. The particle-forming compound and the curing agents are mixed together and form the oil phase in the emulsion and after curing, the particles are formed. The nano- and micro-particles can be used as proppant to enhance the conductivity of nano- and microfractures and fluid-loss-control additive for hydraulic fracturing operations.
US12241021B2
Methods for the fracking or stimulation of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation are provided in multiple embodiments. According to one method, it comprises the steps of: providing a wellbore having a casing; inserting a plug in the wellbore at a predetermined location; inserting a perforating tool and an acidic composition into the wellbore; wherein the acidic composition includes a corrosion inhibiting composition comprising at least two compounds selected from: Group A-I, and wherein at least two compounds are selected from different groups of the Groups A-I.
US12241018B2
A high-thermal conductivity slurry composition is contemplated that includes a slurry mixture comprising a high-thermal k material, water, and an optional dispersant. Preferably, the high thermal k material is in the form of a plurality of particles having a wide size distribution that spans across at least 2 log units and is present in an amount effective such that the slurry composition has, upon compaction or settling of the slurry mixture at a target location, a thermal conductivity of at least 3 W/m° K.
US12241017B2
An engineered cementitious composite (ECC) has a tensile strain capacity ranging from 8.6 to 12.5% and includes a cement precursor, unprocessed desert sand, and polymer fibers. The polymer fibers may be ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, polypropylene fibers, or a combination thereof. A method of preparing an ECC structure includes providing a cementitious precursor mixture including a cement precursor and unprocessed desert sand, introducing water into the cementitious precursor mixture to form a cement slurry, and adding polymer fibers to the cement slurry. The polymer fibers may be ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, polypropylene fibers, or a combination thereof. Then, the method includes forming a structure with the cement slurry and curing the cement slurry.
US12241016B2
A low-end rheology modifier for adjusting rheological characteristics of water-based drilling fluid systems, particularly for high salt, high density drilling fluids in high temperature and high-pressure applications. The low end rheology modifier comprises a copolymer and laponite clay, the copolymer comprising tert-Butylacrylamidosulfonic acid (TBAS) and n-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) crosslinked with N,N′-Methylenebis(acrylamide).
US12241009B2
A modified phosphor is described comprising phosphor particles and at least one amphiphilic agent. Compositions comprising the modified phosphor and at least one polymer are also described.
US12241000B2
A moisture-curable hot-melt adhesive composition is disclosed. This moisture-curable hot-melt adhesive composition contains: a urethane prepolymer including a polymer chain, which includes a structural unit derived from a polyol and a structural unit derived from a polyisocyanate, and having two or more isocyanate groups; and a modified urethane prepolymer including a polymer chain, which includes a structural unit derived from a polyol and a structural unit derived from a polyisocyanate, and having one or more isocyanate groups modified with a castor oil monool.
US12240999B2
An adhesive composition comprising a first part comprising an epoxy resin and a second part comprising a multifunctional amine package. The multifunctional amine package comprises bis(hexamethylene)triamine and a synergist. The amine concentration is at least 10% less than the epoxy resin concentration and the adhesive composition demonstrates a sag resistance of greater than 40 mm.
US12240988B2
Provided is an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a fluororesin coating film layer with excellent electrical properties and surface physical properties, and good adhesive properties. A coating composition containing 2 or more kinds of fluororesins, where at least 1 kind of the fluororesin, a fluororesin (I), has a number of functional groups of 30 to 1,000 per 106 main-chain carbon atoms, and where the coating composition further contains an inorganic filler, a surfactant, and a liquid medium.
US12240987B2
An ink composition for ink-jet printing includes a functional material and an alkylene glycol derivative, wherein the functional material includes OTPD.
US12240986B2
A thermally curable ink-jet ink includes a compound having a thermally curable functional group and a gelling agent. The thermally curable ink-jet ink undergoes a sol-gel phase transition depending on temperature.
US12240983B2
A method of forming a protective coating. The method includes providing a substrate including at least one chemical element and a surface; forming a basecoat composition including an aluminium phase including aluminium; applying the basecoat composition on the surface of the substrate to form a basecoat layer; heating the basecoat layer to a first temperature for a predetermined period of time; applying a glow discharge plasma on the basecoat layer; and heating the basecoat layer to a second temperature greater than the first temperature, in order to activate an exothermic reaction between at least the aluminium phase of the basecoat layer and the at least one chemical element of the substrate, wherein the exothermic reaction forms the protective coating on the surface of the substrate.
US12240974B2
A thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) powder is provided. The TPO powder includes an olefin-block copolymer (OBC), polypropylene copolymer, an adhesion promoter, a sulfur-free stabilizer additive, a composition including a non-migratory hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS) and a color pigment, and talc. A TPO material formed from the TPO powder and methods of making the TPO powder and TPO material are also provided.
US12240971B2
Thermoplastic resin composition, method of preparing the same, and molded article including the same
Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article including the same, including a thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin (A) including a vinyl cyanide compound-conjugated diene compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer (A-1) and an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer (A-2); 0.1 to 32 parts by weight of a polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 500,000 g/mol and containing an unshared electron pair; 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an inorganic antibacterial agent (C) including one or more carriers selected from the group consisting of phosphate glass, silica gel, calcium phosphate, and zirconium sodium phosphate; and 0.2 to 10 parts by weight of zinc oxide (D) having a BET surface area of 28 m2/g or more, a method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition.
US12240958B2
A flexible foam composition includes a flexible foam body having a surface, which flexible foam is polyurethane and/or latex flexible foam, and an expandable graphite layer on the surface or within the foam surface adjacent to the surface. The flexible foam composition with the expandable graphite layer imparts improved flame retardant properties to the composition.
US12240955B2
A method for producing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin-containing composition for melt processing includes: heating a material containing a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point peak temperature in differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin and equal to or lower than a melting point peak end temperature in the differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin, wherein the difference between the melting point peak temperature and the melting point peak end temperature of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) resin is 10° C. or more; and extruding the heated material to obtain a composition for melt processing that has a new crystallization peak at a temperature higher than the melting point peak temperature.
US12240951B2
The present invention provides a process for (a) recycling plastic; and/or (b) producing hydrogen; and/or (c) producing syngas; and/or (d) producing carbon nanotubes, wherein the process comprises exposing a solid composition comprising one or more thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers to electromagnetic radiation in the presence of a solid catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises elemental iron (Fe) or an oxide thereof. Also provided is a solid composition comprising a catalyst in intimate mixture with one or more thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers, wherein the catalyst comprises elemental iron (Fe) or an oxide thereof. Also provided is the use of said solid composition to produce hydrogen, syngas and/or carbon nanotubes, and a microwave reactor comprising said solid composition.
US12240946B2
Thermoplastic polyamide moulding composition consisting of: (A) 30-99.9 percent by weight of at least one polyamide selected from the group consisting of: at least one aliphatic or semiaromatic polyamide, in each case with C:N ratio at least 8; at least one aliphatic or semiaromatic polyamide composed of at least one dicarboxylic acid and of at least one diamine and also optionally a proportion below 50 mol percent based on the entirety of dicarboxylic acids and diamine as 100 mol percent, of lactams and/or aminocarboxylic acids; and mixtures thereof; (B) 0.1-5.0 percent by weight of polyethyleneimine (PEI) or copolymers or derivatives thereof; (C) 0-60 percent by weight of fillers and/or reinforcing materials; (D) 0-5.0 percent by weight of additives; where the entirety of (A)-(D) provides 100% of the thermoplastic polyamide moulding composition, and also uses of such moulding compositions in particular in the context of components bonded to mineral glass.
US12240938B2
Disclosed are (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl 2-bromo-2,2-difluoroacetate, a waterborne polyurethane, and preparation methods thereof. The (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl 2-bromo-2,2-difluoroacetate could be used as a modified monomer for preparing a waterborne polyurethane, and substituents at a C2 position of the (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl 2-bromo-2,2-difluoroacetate are two fluorine atoms and one bromine atom. When it is used for preparing the waterborne polyurethane, fluorine and bromine groups are introduced into the structure of the waterborne polyurethane, and the resultant waterborne polyurethane exhibits good moisture resistance and flame retardance.
US12240936B2
The invention relates to medical aids, in particular compression products, such as compression stockings or bandages. Specifically, the invention provides a compression product comprising an elastic component or material that comprises polyurethane polymers and shows a delayed continuous relaxation behaviour. The invention furthermore provides polyurethane polymers containing N-diol having a delayed continuous relaxation behavior and corresponding quaternized polyurethane polymers, a process for producing the polyurethane polymers, a blend with elastane, as well as uses thereof.
US12240935B1
The disclosed technology provides a vitrimeric poly(diketoenamine) network comprising: a plurality of multifunctional triketone dimers; a plurality of multifunctional amine species containing primary or secondary amine groups, but no tertiary amine groups; and optionally, one or more amine-reactive groups. The disclosed technology also provides a method of making a vitrimeric polymer network, comprising: obtaining multifunctional triketone dimers; obtaining a multifunctional imine compound, with imine groups blocking amine groups; mixing the multifunctional triketone dimers with the multifunctional imine compound, thereby forming a polymer precursor mixture; applying the polymer precursor mixture onto a substrate; and allowing the multifunctional imine compound to undergo hydrolysis with water, unblocking the amine functional groups and generating a multifunctional amine compound. The multifunctional amine compound reacts with the multifunctional triketone dimers to form a vitrimeric polymer network. The vitrimeric polymer network may be depolymerized back to monomers, which may be repolymerized in a closed-loop system.
US12240931B2
Provided are a preparation method of a nitrile-based rubber, a nitrile-based rubber prepared therefrom, and a rubber composition including the nitrile-based rubber, and the nitrile-based rubber has a low content of a residual emulsifier and excellent mechanical physical properties by using a emulsifier mixture including a first emulsifier including a sulfosuccinate ester-based compound, and a second emulsifier including a fatty acid or a metal salt thereof, or a rosin acid or a metal salt thereof, each of which has 12 to 18 carbon atoms and a monocarboxyl group, wherein the first emulsifier and the second emulsifier are included at a weight ratio of 2:1 to 6:1.
US12240930B2
Described is a cyclic olefin-based copolymer has a constitutional unit (A) derived from an α-olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a constitutional unit (B) derived from a cyclic olefin without an aromatic ring, and a constitutional unit (C) derived from a cyclic olefin having an aromatic ring. Also described is a medical container containing a cyclic olefin-based copolymer having a constitutional unit (A) derived from an α-olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a constitutional unit (B) derived from a cyclic olefin without an aromatic ring, and a constitutional unit (C) derived from a cyclic olefin having an aromatic ring.
US12240928B2
A polyvinyl alcohol-based crosslinked copolymer may include an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid-based structural unit, wherein an amount of carboxylate-forming structural units in the crosslinked copolymer is 1% by mole or more and 35% by mole or less with respect to all structural units constituting the crosslinked copolymer, and a solubility of the crosslinked copolymer in water is 90% or less.
US12240925B2
A process of preparing a solid catalyst component for the production of polypropylene includes a) dissolving a halide-containing magnesium compound in a mixture, the mixture including an epoxy compound, an organic phosphorus compound, and a hydrocarbon solvent to form a homogenous solution; b) treating the homogenous solution with an organosilicon compound during or after the dissolving step; c) treating the homogenous solution with a first titanium compound in the presence of a first non-phthalate electron donor, and an organosilicon compound, to form a solid precipitate; and d) treating the solid precipitate with a second titanium compound in the presence of a second non-phthalate electron donor to form the solid catalyst component, where the process is free of carboxylic acids and anhydrides.
US12240922B1
The present disclosure relates to an improvement in the process of hydrolysis of cellulose to produce nanocellulose using imidazolium-based ionic liquids with short alkyl chains in the presence of transition metal complex and an oxidizing agent.
US12240917B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies that bind complement C1s protein; and nucleic acid molecules that encode such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods to produce and use such antibodies, nucleic acid molecules, and compositions.
US12240916B2
The present document describes an alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) antibody, antigen binding domain thereof, or a fusion protein thereof, operable to inhibit FUT8 activity in a cell, and methods of producing recombinant proteins, in particular antibodies, having reduced fucosylation. The present document also describes methods of inhibiting expression and/or activity of a protein in a cell by expressing an antibody and/or a fusion protein operable to inhibit expression and/or activity of the protein. The antibody, antigen binding domain thereof, or fusion protein thereof may comprise a transmembrane domain of a protein resident in an endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a cis Golgi apparatus, a trans Golgi apparatus, or a combination thereof.
US12240909B2
Provided are antibodies or fragments thereof having binding specificity to anti-IL-18 receptor alpha or beta. Methods of using the antibodies or fragments thereof for treating and diagnosing diseases such as cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases are also provided.
US12240902B2
In one aspect, antibodies that specifically bind to a human triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) protein are provided. In some embodiments, the antibody decreases levels of soluble TREM2 (sTREM2). In some embodiments, the antibody enhances TREM2 activity.
US12240900B1
This disclosure describes nucleic acids that encode proteins that specifically bind human folate receptor alpha (FRalpha) with high affinity. These proteins include a recombinant human anti-FRalpha IgG1 that is suitable for use as a therapeutic antibody to treat cancers that express FRalpha. Other FRalpha-binding proteins are also described including antibody fragments, antibody conjugates, and fusion proteins.
US12240894B2
Antibody formulations and methods useful for treatment of patients with AL amyloidosis.
US12240888B1
Provided is a composition comprising aflibercept and a variant thereof, wherein the variant is a truncation variant with a truncated VEGF binding portion of aflibercept, and wherein the content of the truncation variant is less than or equal to about 20% by mass percentage. Also provided is a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the composition. Further, provided are a method for detecting the variant and use of the variant in quality inspection or quality control of an aflibercept-containing product.
US12240879B2
Provided herein are a fusion protein comprising an interleukin-22 domain and an albumin binding domain, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof. Also provided herein are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of an inflammatory disease.
US12240864B2
A phosphine oxide group-contained transition metal complex represented by chemical formula (1), and a polymer, a mixture, a composition, and an organic electronic device.
US12240860B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutically acceptable salts of compounds of Formula I that are potent EP4 receptor antagonists and can be used for treating cancer or inflammatory diseases alone or in combination with antibody therapy, radiation therapy, anti-metabolite chemotherapy to a subject in need thereof.
US12240857B2
Compounds of structural Formula I were developed for the treatment of infections by filoviruses including Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus, wherein, R1, R2, R3, X and Y are defined in the specification.
US12240852B2
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for synthesizing co-crystals from the vapor phase without the need for liquid solvent. Also disclosed herein are co-crystals formed from the vapor phase, substrates coated with said co-crystals, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and apparatuses for producing said co-crystals.
US12240847B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of palbociclib, compound of formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein an intermediate, compound (2), is formed by reacting a compound of formula (3) and a compound of formula (4) in a solvent mixture comprising methanol and butanol: The intermediate (2) can be transformed into palbociclib or a salt thereof.
US12240846B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds and compositions for inhibition of Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinases, methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and their use in the treatment of various cancers, such as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
US12240843B2
The invention relates to the field of pesticide technology, and in particular a type of substituted 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives, preparation method, herbicidal composition and use thereof. A substituted 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivative, as shown in Formula I: wherein, Q represents X and Z each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro, etc.; Y represents hydrogen, halogen, formyl, cyanoalkyl; or an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, each of which contains or does not contain a halogen, etc. The compound and its composition have excellent herbicidal activity and higher crop safety, especially good selectivity for key crops such as rice.
US12240832B2
The present application relates to chemical compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit IRAK4 and consequently have potential utility in medicine.
US12240831B2
Substituted pyridazinone compounds, conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), are disclosed herein. The disclosed compounds are useful, among other things, in the treating of DMD and modulating inflammatory inhibitors IL-1, IL-6 or TNF-α.
US12240818B2
Pure crystalline forms of 1-benzyl-N-(4-carbamimidoylbenzyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide acetate, and an amorphous form, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for making the same, are disclosed.
US12240816B2
The present invention provides for the treatment, prevention, and/or reduction of a risk of a disease, disorder, or condition in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis, including ocular disorders, skin disorders, conditions associated with injurious effects from blister agents, and autoimmune, inflammatory, neurological and cardiovascular diseases by the use of a primary amine to scavenge toxic aldehydes, such as MDA and HNE.
US12240813B2
The present disclosure is directed to chemical compounds and to the use of such compounds in the treatment of diseases associated with a serotonin 5-HT2 receptor.
US12240811B2
Provided is a compound of formula I or II, a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a geometrical isomer, a solvate, an active metabolite, a hydrate, a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the medical uses thereof in treating diseases benefiting from the capsid protein assembly inhibitor, particularly diseases caused by hepatitis B virus infection.
US12240809B2
The invention relates to a solid composition comprising at least 90.0 wt. % bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), as based on dry weight and having a pore volume in the range of 0.20 to 1.0 cm3/g. The porosity is above 25% or even above 35%. The solid composition is made by crystallisation, followed by granulation and fluid bed drying.
US12240808B2
The invention discloses novel intermediates in the synthesis of Calebin A represented by formula 3. The invention also covers processes for the synthesis of Calebin-A and its analogs using compounds of formula 3.
US12240806B2
A system for mitigating naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) in an oxidative dehydrogenation process includes a feed stream, an oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) reactor, an effluent stream, a processing unit, and a NORM reduction unit. The feed stream includes oxygen, a hydrocarbon, and NORM. The ODH reactor is configured to receive the feed stream and react the hydrocarbon with the oxygen to form a dehydrogenated hydrocarbon and water. The effluent stream includes the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon, water, unreacted hydrocarbon, and NORM. The processing unit is configured to process the effluent stream to form a product stream and a recycle stream. The product stream includes the dehydrogenated hydrocarbon. The recycle stream includes unreacted hydrocarbon and NORM. The NORM reduction unit is configured to reduce an amount of the NORM in the recycle stream to produce a NORM-reduced recycle stream. The ODH reactor is configured to receive the NORM-reduced recycle stream.
US12240804B2
An onium salt having formula (1) serving as an acid diffusion inhibitor and a chemically amplified resist composition comprising the acid diffusion inhibitor are provided. When processed by lithography, the resist composition forms a pattern having minimal defects and excellent lithography performance factors such as CDU, LWR and DOF.
US12240802B2
A method of producing petrochemicals using a hydrocarbon fuel cell includes the steps of operating the fuel cell to produce electricity, thermal energy, and one or more exhaust stream, the one or more exhaust stream comprising at least a carbon-containing gas and water, reacting at least a portion of the exhaust stream with the reactant stream of natural gas to produce one or more petrochemical streams in a reactor, and heating one or more reactants using at least a portion of at least one of the electricity and the thermal energy.
US12240795B2
The present invention relates to a rheology additive, according to which A) said additive consists of: a) at least one symmetrical fatty diamide of formula (I): (AGH)-CONH-(PMDA)-NHCO-(AGH) (I) with: (AGH): hydroxylated fatty acid residue R1CO2H, without —CO2H group, with R1 of C18 to C20 comprising a hydroxyl group, —NHCO— or —CONH—: amide group, —(PMDA): residue without amine groups of 1,5-pentamethylenediamine; or alternatively according to which: B) said additive comprises: a) at least one symmetrical fatty diamide as defined above according to formula (I) and, in addition, b) at least one other symmetrical fatty diamide of formula (II): (AGH)-CONH-(R)-NHCO-(AGH) (II) with (AGH), —NHCO— and —CONH— having the same definition as that above in said formula (I), and (R) being the residue without amine groups of a diamine, other than (PMDA), chosen from a cycloaliphatic, aliphatic or aromatic diamine.
US12240794B2
A composition for producing an N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide includes (A) an N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide and (B) a carboxylic acid amide other than the N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide and the N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide, and satisfies the following conditions: (1) the composition has a melting point of 0 to 30° C.; (2) a water content is 0 to 1.00% by mass in a total amount of the composition; (3) a content ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) is 4.0 to 20.0 in terms of a molar ratio; and (4) a 5% by mass aqueous solution of the composition has a pH of 4.0 to 8.0. A method for producing an N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide includes thermally decomposing or catalytically decomposing the composition for producing an N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide.
US12240789B2
The present application provides a high-wear-resistance far-infrared ceramic polished glazed tile and preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes application of far-infrared overglaze, ink-jet printing, application of transparent far-infrared polished glaze and application of abrasion-resistant far-infrared polished glaze in sequence on a body, firing, and polishing. By adopting the far-infrared overglaze, the transparent far-infrared polished glaze and the abrasion-resistant far-infrared polished glaze in combination, the polished glaze tile can have a far-infrared function, high transparency, and high abrasion resistance.
US12240778B2
Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high degree of precision and an exact positioning of the anti-resonant elements in a sufficiently stable and reproducible manner on the basis of the aforementioned methods. This is achieved in that the step of providing and/or arranging the anti-resonant element preforms and/or the process of carrying out a hot-forming process includes a fixation measure and/or a sealing measure using an amorphous SiO2 particle-containing sealing or joining compound.
US12240775B2
Disclosed are a core-shell structure membrane scale inhibitor and a preparation method therefor, wherein the core-shell structure membrane scale inhibitor has a core emulsion obtained via emulsion polymerization, and a shell structure obtained via ultraviolet-light grafting functional monomers. The preparation method has first preparing a core by using an emulsion polymerization process, adding a reactive photo-initiator in the later stage of polymerization, so that the reactive photo-initiator is grafted on the surface of the core, and finally initiating the polymerization of functional monomers by means of ultraviolet light to obtain a core-shell structure membrane scale inhibitor. The surface structure of the core is modified, such that a large number of ionizable groups are grafted on the surface thereof, and thus, a large number of scaling ions such as Ca2+, Mg2+ and Al3+ can be adsorbed.
US12240763B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing hydronium ion-dissolved water including: (a) purifying distilled water to prepare deionized water; (b) electrolyzing the water to produce a brown gas stream; (c) mixing air with the brown gas stream to form a mixed gas stream; (d) injecting the mixed gas stream into the deionized water and dissolving the mixed gas to prepare gas-dissolved water; and (e) injecting the gas-dissolved water into thin-layer chromatography, filtering the gas-dissolved water through a stationary phase provided inside the thin-layer chromatography, and then fractionating to adjust the concentration of dissolved gas. Accordingly, functional water in which hydronium ions are dissolved be can effectively prepared.
US12240762B2
A material with pine-branch like samarium oxide/graphene/sulfur gel structure, and a preparation method and use thereof. The material is reduced graphene oxide carrying pine-branch like samarium oxide on the surface to form a cross-linked gel structure, and sulfur is loaded on the gel structure. The preparation method includes: subjecting graphene oxide and a samarium salt to hydrothermal reduction to prepare a reduced graphene oxide/samarium precursor; under an inert atmosphere, thermolysing the reduced graphene oxide/samarium precursor to obtain a reduced graphene oxide/pine-branch like samarium oxide gel; and melting and diffusing the sulfur onto the reduced graphene oxide/pine-branch like samarium oxide gel. The material with pine-branch like samarium oxide/graphene/sulfur gel structure greatly improves the electrochemical performance of lithium-sulfur batteries.
US12240753B2
A micro-electromechanical device and method of manufacture are disclosed. A sacrificial layer is formed on a silicon substrate. A metal layer is formed on a top surface of the sacrificial layer. Soft magnetic material is electrolessly deposited on the metal layer to manufacture the micro-electromechanical device. The sacrificial layer is removed to produce a metal beam separated from the silicon substrate by a space.
US12240752B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a sequencing unit for sequencing a biochemical material. In this case, at least one sequencing pore for sequencing the biochemical material in a precursor layer is created in a thermal lithography process in order to produce a pre-structured layer. The pre-structured layer is then converted into a graphene layer by heating to a conversion temperature in order to produce the sequencing unit. The sequencing pore is reduced to a size suitable for sequencing, depending on the transformation temperature.
US12240751B2
A sensor package substrate has through holes V1 and V2 at a position overlapping a sensor chip mounting area. The through hole V1 has a minimum inner diameter at a depth position D1, and the through hole V2 has a minimum inner diameter at a depth position D2 different from the depth position D1. Thus, since the plurality of through holes are formed at a position overlapping the sensor chip mounting area, the diameter of each of the through holes can be reduced. This makes foreign matters unlikely to enter through the through holes, and a reduction in the strength of the substrate is suppressed. In addition, since the depth position D1 and depth position D2 are located at different depth levels, it is possible to sufficiently maintain the strength of a part of the substrate that is positioned between the through holes V1 and V2.
US12240741B2
The present invention relates to a cable winch, in particular a hoisting gear winch of a hoist, comprising a cable drum, an entry guide for a cable to be wound onto the cable drum, and an actuating drive for adjusting the entry guide relative to the cable drum. The invention also relates to a hoisting device, in particular in the form of a crane, having such a cable winch. According to the invention, a detection unit for detecting an image of the progression of the winding of the cable wound onto the cable drum is provided and the control unit is designed to adjust the entry guide relative to the cable drum depending on the winding progression image captured.
US12240731B2
A sheet separation device that conveys a two-ply sheet in a state where the one side joined is located on an upstream side or a downstream side of the two-ply sheet in a conveyance direction, separates the two-ply sheet into the two sheets, and inserts an inner sheet from a non-joined side opposite the joined side in the sheet conveyance direction so that the inner sheet is sandwiched between the two sheets overlaid with each other includes a conveying roller pair including a pair of rollers and circuitry. The conveying roller pair conveys the two-ply sheet and holds a joined portion of in the two-ply sheet at which the two sheets are joined, at a nip portion of the conveying roller pair when the inner sheet is inserted into the two-ply sheet. The circuitry contacts the inner sheet against the joined portion of the two-ply sheet to perform skew correction.
US12240729B2
A wire body winding device that winds a wire body around a bobbin includes a bobbin pivoting mechanism that pivotally supports and pivots the bobbin, a wire body holding mechanism that holds the wire body, and a wire body moving mechanism configured to move the wire body holding mechanism. When the wire body is pulled out, the wire body moving mechanism moves the wire body holding mechanism between a take-up position where the wire body holding mechanism is capable of holding the wire body and a wire body winding position where the wire body is woundable around the bobbin.
US12240724B2
A control unit controlling an operation of opening and closing a pair of support portions and an operation of displacing a loading tray in a loading direction can acquire curl information including information regarding the degree of curl of a medium. The control unit sets, based on the curl information, a position of the loading tray in the loading direction when the pair of support portions are opened and closed to a first position in a case where a condition when the pair of support portions are opened and closed is a first condition, and the position of the loading tray in the loading direction when the pair of support portions are opened and closed to a second position lower than the first position in a case where the condition is a second condition on which the medium curls more easily than on the first condition.
US12240716B2
The present disclosure is directed generally to wiper seal pad systems for use at a loading dock station, which can include an elongate pad having a first side surface configured to face outwardly from the loading dock and contact an exterior surface of a trailer positioned at the loading dock, and a second side surface opposite the first side surface. The systems can further include a mounting member operably coupled to the upper surface, the first side surface, and/or the second side surface, and a hanger bracket having a base, a flange extending upwardly from the base, and a tab extending downwardly from the base. The flange can be configured to operably couple to the head member of the loading dock and the tab can be configured to operably couple to the mounting member, thereby attaching the elongate pad to the head member.
US12240712B2
An assembly and method thereof creates a stack of objects. The assembly has a diverted to move objects having a desired size from a first conveyor to a second conveyor. The diverted utilizes diversion plates. The second conveyor transfers the objects to an accumulator. The objects that are accumulate are squared and then moved to a raised position. A lift assembly then lifts the accumulated objects that were square and translates the objects to a queuing assembly. The process repeats to construct a stack of objects with multiple layers of objects. The created stack of objects may then be transferred to a subsequent destination for further use or processing.
US12240709B2
A tower lift includes a main frame, a first carriage module and a second carriage module connected with each other inside the main frame at left and right sides of the main frame, respectively, having the same weight as each other, and configured to be moved in a vertical direction, and a driving module installed on the main frame and configured to move the first carriage module and the second carriage module in the vertical direction.
US12240706B2
A method includes emitting a laser including a plurality of laser points onto a surface of a conveyor belt, capturing a plurality of first images of the surface of the conveyor belt during a first cycle of the conveyor belt, creating a first three-dimensional image of the surface of the conveyor belt during the first cycle, each of a plurality of locations of the surface of the conveyor belt in the first three-dimensional image being assigned first position data, capturing a plurality of second images of the surface of the conveyor belt during a second cycle of the conveyor belt; creating a second three-dimensional image of the surface during the second cycle, each of the plurality of locations of the surface in the second three-dimensional image being assigned second position data; and determining whether a difference between the first and second position data exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12240704B2
A belt conveyor includes at least two support elements selected from a group consisting of roller holder elements and core elements for forming a conveyor plane for supporting a belt for conveying the products in a conveying direction. The at least two support elements are formed separately and the support elements directly adjoining one another are rigidly connected to one another by a fastening device. The support elements adjoining one another in the conveying direction have stop surfaces abutting one another so as to ensure a predefined alignment of adjoining support elements in three mutually orthogonal spatial directions. The first spatial direction lies in the conveying plane in the conveying direction, the second spatial direction lies in the conveying plane transversely to the conveying direction, and the third spatial direction lies perpendicularly to the conveying plane.
US12240703B2
A dedicated access module inserted between standard conveyor belt modules in a conveyor belt forms a dedicated opening and closing point for the conveyor belt. The dedicated access module comprises two mating portions, each portion including standard, articulating hinge elements on an outside end and non-articulating connection means on an inside end for connecting to the other, corresponding mating portion.
US12240699B2
An article storage device includes a load port configured to load and unload a plurality of articles, a plurality of shelves configured to load the articles, a transportation robot configured to transport the articles between the load port and the shelves or between the shelves, a receiving part configured to receive operation commands of the transportation robot from an upper system, a calculating part configured to calculate a setting value of an order of priority with respect to the operation commands, and a control part configured to control the transportation robot to perform an operation command having a high setting value of an order of priority among the operation commands.
US12240698B1
The present invention provides a hook-type handling device, transport equipment and a transport method. The hook-type handling device includes a base; a hook mechanism slidably connected to the base along a first direction, wherein the hook mechanism includes a hook claw and a first drive mechanism for driving the hook claw to rotate up and down; and a second drive mechanism disposed on the base, wherein the second drive mechanism is configured for driving the hook mechanism to slide in the first direction. The present invention can solve the problem that the handling mechanism of the prior art results in a low storage density of containers and is not suitable for hollowed-out containers.
US12240696B2
A control unit provided in an automated warehouse system includes a misalignment determination unit that, after storage of an article in a storage rack, determines whether or not an article is estimated to have been subjected to vibration exceeding a predetermined threshold value, and a misalignment correction instruction unit that, if the misalignment determination unit determined that the article is estimated to have been subjected to vibration exceeding the predetermined threshold value, outputs a control signal to a transport device to drive the transport device to execute a misalignment correction operation with respect to the placement position of the article.
US12240688B2
A plastic article useful as a riser assembly for a septic tank or as part of another structure is comprised of a multiplicity of identical shape conical wall plastic risers. The risers are attached to each other at joints by tabs which engage rim segments; each end of the riser has alternating tabs and rim segments. A riser assembly wall undulates in the lengthwise direction. The risers nest within each other for shipment or storage.
US12240678B2
A bag-like container includes a bottom sheet including a first paper base layer and a heating element layer configured to generate heat by absorbing electromagnetic waves; and a top sheet bonded to the bottom sheet in such a manner as to be separable from the bottom sheet with a content to be cooked being contained, wherein the top sheet transmits the electromagnetic waves.
US12240674B2
The present disclosure provides an adhesive cartridge for an automated brick laying machine, the adhesive cartridge comprising a bladder for the adhesive, a shell for the bladder, the shell comprising an aperture therethrough, and at least one valve assembly for controlling adhesive flow, the valve assembly comprising a valve body, at least a portion of which extends through the aperture and into the shell. Also disclosed is a method for assembling the adhesive cartridge, a method of filling the adhesive cartridge and an automated bricklaying machine having a bricklaying and adhesive applying head incorporating the adhesive cartridge.
US12240670B2
A sealing box and a standing device are disclosed. The sealing box includes an upper cover; a lower cover which is detachably connected to the upper cover and encloses with the upper cover to form an accommodating chamber, and defines a sealing groove toward the upper cover and an inflation hole capable of inflating airflow into the sealing groove; and an elastic sealing ring which includes a sealing end sealedly contacting the upper cover and a deformation end extending into the sealing groove. The deformation end is deformed under force of the airflow and squeezes the sealing groove, so as to apply a force to the lower cover toward the upper cover.
US12240669B2
A receptacle forming a chamber partially filled with an active substance, wherein the receptacle is a body and a cap which closes the body. The cap includes a top wall with a first main side facing an interior of the chamber and a skirt formed with the first main side of the top wall. The body includes a bottom wall and a sidewall. The skirt and the sidewall surround one another in contact with each other. The walls surrounding the chamber include the bottom wall, the top wall and either the skirt or the sidewall. At least one ventilation path is provided between the skirt and the sidewall, such that the ventilation path connects the chamber with the outside atmosphere.
US12240648B2
A feeding unit which is configured to feed articles from a pick-up station to a delivery station. The feeding unit comprises: a gripping head provided with at least one gripping means and attached to a shaft. The shaft is configured to translate along the rotation axis between a lowered position, in which the articles are picked up and released by the gripping head, and a raised position, in which the gripping head rotates between the pick-up station and the delivery station. The feeding unit comprises two actuators which are coaxial to the shaft and which are configured to respectively translate the shaft between the lowered position and the raised position along the rotation axis and to rotate the shaft around the rotation axis between the pick-up station and the delivery station.
US12240642B2
The invention is directed to a system and method for hermetically sealing a closure to a container comprising a die assembly and a mandrel assembly. The mandrel assembly comprises an outer mandrel, an inner mandrel, and an ejector disposed within an inner circumference of the inner mandrel. At least the outer mandrel is configured to translate a first distance in a first time period, the inner mandrel and the ejector are configured to translate a second distance in a second time period, the inner mandrel is configured to retract a third distance in a third time period, and the ejector is configured to retract the third distance in a fourth time period.
US12240636B2
A method is provided for filling a bag-on-valve can with a hypochlorous acid solution, including: providing a hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus having an anolyte storage tank in which the hypochlorous acid solution is stored; providing a bag-on-valve canning apparatus having a fluid inlet; connecting a pipe between the anolyte storage tank of the hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus and the fluid inlet on the bag-on-valve canning apparatus in order to provide the hypochlorous acid solution directly from the hypochlorous acid manufacturing apparatus to the bag-on-valve canning apparatus; providing a bag-on-valve can having a can in which a bag and a valve are disposed, wherein the valve seals the bag during non-use, the bag-on-valve can further including an actuator for actuating the valve; and filling the bag with the hypochlorous acid solution provided through the pipe. An apparatus is also disclosed for producing and canning a hypochlorous acid solution.
US12240634B1
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for mission-adaptable aerial vehicle. In some aspects, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle includes a configuration having swappable, manipulatable, and interchangeable sections and components connectable by a connection and fastening system able to be modified by an end-user in the field. In some embodiments, a mission-adaptable aerial vehicle can be configured to include a main center body extending along a longitudinal direction, a wing with a lateral cross-sectional airfoil shape, and/or stabilizer and control surface structures with corresponding cross-sectional airfoil shapes.
US12240633B2
A rotary wing vehicle includes a body structure having an elongated tubular backbone or core, and a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system having rotors with each rotor having a separate motor to drive the rotors about a common rotor axis of rotation. The rotor system is used to move the rotary wing vehicle in directional flight.
US12240630B2
Spacecraft servicing systems include a spacecraft servicing device and at least one mission extension pod comprising at least one spacecraft servicing component. The spacecraft servicing device is configured to transfer the at least pod to a target spacecraft in order to service the target spacecraft with the at least one spacecraft servicing component of the at least one pod. Spacecraft servicing pods configured to be supplied to a spacecraft with a spacecraft servicing device include at least one spacecraft servicing component.
US12240621B2
One variation of a system for generating thrust at an aerial vehicle includes: a primary electric motor; a rotor coupled to the motor; an internal-combustion engine; a disengagement mechanism interposed between the motor and an output shaft of the internal-combustion engine; an cooling shroud defining a shroud inlet between the rotor and the internal-combustion engine, extending over the internal-combustion engine, and defining a cooling shroud outlet opposite the rotor; a cooling fan coupled and configured to displace air through the cooling shroud; and a local controller configured to receive a rotor speed command specifying a target rotor speed, adjust a throttle setpoint of the internal-combustion engine according to the target rotor speed and a state of charge of a battery in the aerial vehicle, and drive the primary electric motor to selectively output torque to the rotor and to regeneratively brake the rotor according to the target rotor speed.
US12240619B2
A hybrid electric engine control module (ECU) configured to be operatively connected to a hybrid electric aircraft powerplant having a heat engine system and an electric motor system to control a torque output from each of the heat engine system and the electric motor system. The ECU can be configured to receive a torque command and split output power between the electric motor system and the heat engine system. Additionally and/or alternatively, the ECU can be configured to balance a total torque against a second total torque of a second aircraft powerplant.
US12240614B2
A power system for an aircraft includes one or more gas turbine engines arranged to burn a fuel so as to provide power to the aircraft; a plurality of fuel tanks each arranged to contain a fuel to be used to provide power to the aircraft; and a fuel manager. At least two of the fuel tanks contain different fuels, which have different proportions of a sustainable aviation fuel. The fuel manager is arranged to store information on the fuel contained in each fuel tank; and to control fuel supply so as to select a specific fuel accordingly to power at least the majority of operations on the ground. The fuel manager may additionally identify which tank contains the fuel with the highest proportion of a sustainable aviation fuel; and that fuel may be used to power at least the majority of operations on the ground.
US12240609B2
A multi-panel system includes a drive panel coupled to an actuator and a follower panel coupled to the drive panel via a first latch rotatably coupled to the follower panel. The drive panel and the follower panel translate along a guide rail configured with a latch keeper at a latch position. The drive panel and follower panel are initially stored substantially superposed to each other. Upon translating the drive panel toward a final position, the first latch is configured to couple the first follower panel to the drive panel when the drive panel is translated from the stored position, and 1) couple to the first latch keeper, and 2) uncouple the first follower panel from the drive panel when the first follower panel has translated to the first latch position.
US12240583B2
A vessel braking control system for a marine vessel that utilizes one or more of the vessel's features and effectors to increase the drag on the vessel both through increased drag on the features and effectors themselves and by creating a downward force on the vessel as a whole, increasing the wetted hull area and increasing hull drag thereby; the control system operates to place the features and effectors in a braking state through rotation relative to the vessel's direction of travel and relative to the water's surface, and may automatically return the features and effectors to their normal operating state upon the vessel's reaching a detected, predetermined speed.
US12240570B2
A ship assistance device including a storage medium storing a computer-readable command and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable command to: calculate a pitching amount of a ship body based on a plurality of images photographed by a camera mounted on the ship body; estimate a pitching cycle of the ship body at least based on the calculated pitching amount; predict pitching of the ship body based on the estimated pitching cycle; and control a throttle of the ship body so as to reduce the predicted pitching of the ship body.
US12240562B2
A derailleur for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, a movable member, a linkage, an electrical actuator, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The base member is configured to be attached to a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle. The movable member is configured to be movable relative to the base member in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction. The linkage is configured to movably connect the movable member to the base member. The electrical actuator is configured to operatively move the movable member relative to the base member. The first biasing member is configured to deform if first external force is applied to move the movable member in the first direction. The second biasing member is configured to deform if second external force is applied to move the movable member in the second direction.
US12240561B2
A system and method for simple transmission of a multi-speed bicycle is provided. A bicycle can have a transmission that can be toggled by a kickback shifting mechanism. A rear wheel hub can support a freewheel having a high speed gear sprocket and a low speed gear sprocket with dedicated chains to create dedicated gear-shifting. Rotating the pedal shaft in the non-drive direction approximately one-quarter rotation can toggle the transmission between the first gear ratio and the second gear ratio with a shifting surface that alternately allows driving engagement of the high speed gear sprocket with the rear wheel driver.
US12240559B2
Various hub motor arrangements, systems, and methods are disclosed. The hub motor arrangement may include a transmission assembly to provide increased torque. The transmission assembly may include a motor gear, a planetary gear, an idler gear, and a ring gear. The idler gear may be positioned farther away from an axis of rotation of the hub motor arrangement compared to the planetary gear. The motor gear may drive the planetary gear, the planetary gear may drive the idler gear, and idler gear may drive the ring gear. The rotation of the ring gear may rotate a housing of the hub motor arrangement to propel a vehicle incorporating the hub motor arrangement.
US12240554B2
An application server for managing electric bikes using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is disclosed. For each of a plurality of electric bikes, the application server is configured to process user information associated with a user using an electric bike from the plurality of electric bikes, sensor information associated with the electric bike, and path information associated with a path being used to ride the electric bike. The application server is further configured to determine whether information states of at least one of the user information, the sensor information, or the path information are deviating from associated predefined thresholds. In response to determining at least one deviation, the application server is configured to generate, an alert signal and transmit a deactivating signal to the at least one electric bike to progressively curtail at least one functioning of the at least one electric bike in response to determining at least one deviation.
US12240550B2
A mobile robot having a removable wheel-drive assembly, comprising a mobile base having a chassis and a first wheel well member with a flange. There is a removable wheel drive assembly with a mounting bracket. There is a motor drive unit disposed on the mounting bracket and a wheel/tire connected to the motor drive unit via an axle. There is a second wheel well member on the mounting bracket and positioned between the motor drive unit and the wheel. The second wheel well member includes a central section having an aperture through which the axle passes and a top surface. The top surface of the central section of the second wheel well member engages with the flange of the first wheel well member of the mobile base.
US12240545B2
A steering angle diagnosis and correction apparatus and method in a steer-by-wire (SBW) steering system including a sensor unit configured to detect information for diagnosing a steering angle alignment error between a steer-side upper system and a wheel-side lower system in the SBW steering system through a plurality of sensors provided in the upper and lower systems, and a plurality of processors configured to execute one or more instructions to diagnose the steering angle alignment error between the steer-side upper system and wheel-side lower system on a basis of the information detected by the sensor unit and correct the steering angle alignment error in real time.
US12240537B2
A steering control device includes a base axial force calculator, a limiting axial force calculator, and a final axial force calculator. The limiting axial force calculator includes a steering angle holder, a reference angle calculator, a final difference calculator, and an axial force calculator. The steering angle holder is configured to hold a steering angle at the time of limiting a turning operation of the turning wheels when the turning operation is limited. The reference angle calculator is configured to calculate a reference angle. The final difference calculator is configured to calculate a final difference which is a final difference between the reference angle and the current steering angle. The axial force calculator is configured to calculate a limiting axial force based on a value of the final difference.
US12240535B2
Various embodiments are directed to an air jet shield. The air jet shield may include a support frame configured to attach to a vehicle utilizing a set of security straps. Sets of V-shaped and concave air ducts may be horizontally and vertically coupled to the support frame, respectively. Each of the air ducts may have a decreasing cross-sectional area and include (i) an inlet that receives air from a surrounding environment during a travel of the vehicle into a headwind or crosswind and (ii) an outlet that dispenses the air received from the inlet as a free air jet. Upon entering a headwind or crosswind, the free air jet creates a wind shear causing rotation at an increased velocity. Within the free air jet and surrounding the vehicle, static air pressure and wind velocity is decreased, thereby causing a reduction in aerodynamic drag during travel.
US12240530B2
A steering device includes a rack shaft that turns wheels, a bush slidably support the rack shaft, tie-rods joined to the rack shaft, boots that cover a joining portion that joins the rack shaft and the tie-rod. A protrusion part is formed on either one of the bush and a rack housing so as to protrude toward the other. A restriction groove into which the protrusion part is inserted is formed on the other. A space inside the first boot and a space inside the second boot constantly communicate with each other via the restriction groove.
US12240527B2
A structural component for a vehicle includes a component including an interior surface defining a first hollow passage and a structural reinforcement contacting the interior surface of the component. The structural reinforcement and component define a cross-section and the structural reinforcement partially fills the cross-section. A process for forming the structural component including inserting a bladder into the first hollow passage defined by the interior surface of the component and inflating the bladder in the first hollow passage, forming a cavity between the bladder and the interior surface, filling the cavity with a polymer resin, and foaming the polymer resin. A system for forming a structural component for a vehicle includes a component including a first hollow passage defined by an interior surface of the component, a bladder insertable into the first hollow passage of the component, and a supply line connected to an interior of the bladder.
US12240526B2
An embodiment is a side sill assembly for a vehicle including a side sill inner part coupled to a floor of a vehicle and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the side sill inner part having an accommodation space formed by recessing a partial section toward an inside of the vehicle and configured such that a link mechanism connected to a door of the vehicle is rotatably accommodated in the accommodation space, a side sill center part having a cross-section extending from the side sill inner part to an outside of the vehicle, the side sill center part extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle along the side sill inner part, and a side sill cover configured to define a closed cross-section by connecting the side sill center part and an upper portion of the side sill inner part in a section except for the accommodation space.
US12240509B2
A failure determination device includes an acquirer to acquire pressure values of air springs provided to bogies included in a vehicle to support a vehicle body included in the vehicle, a compensator to perform compensation of the pressure values of the air springs depending on the position of the vehicle, and a determiner to determine, based on the pressure values of the air springs compensated by the compensator, whether any failure occurs in the air springs.
US12240506B2
The invention relates to a train integrity detection system based on Beidou short message communication, which comprises a vehicle-mounted ATP host, a train rear device and a ground RBC device, wherein the vehicle-mounted ATP host communicates with both the train rear device and the ground RBC device, the vehicle-mounted ATP host and the train rear device each comprise a main control unit, and a wind pressure detection module, a wireless communication module, a speed measurement module and a satellite positioning module which are connected with the main control unit, and the vehicle-mounted ATP host and the train rear device also each comprise a Beidou short message communication module connected with the main control unit. Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages of strong communication jamming resistance and short response time.
US12240502B2
An HCU is to be used in a vehicle including an autonomous driving operation, and includes a function of a presentation control device that controls presentation of information to a driver of the vehicle. The presentation control device determines interruption of a second task other than driving permitted to the driver in an autonomous traveling period where the vehicle travels by the autonomous driving operation. Based on the interruption determination of the second task, the HCU changes a provision method of content provided in association with the second task in the autonomous traveling period.
US12240498B2
A vehicle control system is applied to a vehicle equipped with a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic marker on a road. The vehicle control system executes a self-driving control by which self-driving of the vehicle is controlled. The vehicle control system executes a retreat traveling control using the magnetic marker in response to the occurrence of an abnormality in at least part of components and functions necessary for the self-driving control. The magnetic marker provides guidance information by which the vehicle is guided to a safe area. In the retreat traveling control using the magnetic marker, the vehicle control system acquires the guidance information from the magnetic marker detected by the magnetic sensor and causes the vehicle to travel toward the safe area and stop at the safe area based on the guidance information thus acquired.
US12240494B2
A system 100 for remote assistance of an autonomous agent can include and/or interface with any or all of: a sensor suite 110, a computing system 120, a communication interface 130, and/or any other suitable components. The system can further optionally include a set of infrastructure devices 140, a teleoperator platform 150, and/or any other suitable components. The system 100 functions to enable information to be exchanged between an autonomous agent and a tele-assist. Additionally or alternatively, the system 100 can function to operate the autonomous agent (e.g., based on remote inputs received from a teleoperator, indirectly, etc.) and/or can perform any other suitable functions.
US12240493B2
A vehicle includes a sideslip preventing function of preventing a sideslip of the vehicle by separately adjusting a longitudinal force applied to each of the wheels. A controller controls the vehicle based on requests input from a driver assistance device, thereby causing the vehicle to travel autonomously. The controller calculates wheel lateral force request values based on the requests input from the driver assistance device. The wheel lateral force request values are request values of lateral forces acting on the respective wheels. The controller, when a behavior of the vehicle is in an oversteer state in a case in which the sideslip preventing function is failing, limits the wheel lateral force request values for the front wheels to values less than or equal to a first lateral force limit value, which is a limit value of the lateral force that can act on the rear wheels.
US12240487B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems that utilize the production vehicles to develop new perception features related to new sensor hardware as well as new algorithms for existing sensors by using federated learning. To achieve this, the production vehicle's own worldview is post-processed and used as a reference, towards which the output of the software (SW) or hardware (HW) under development is compared. Through this comparison, a cost function can be calculated and an update of the SW parameters can be locally updated according to this cost function.
US12240485B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support vehicle alerting, such as in autonomous driving networks. Vehicle alerting may provide messages alerting other vehicles and/or network components to instances of autonomous driving disengagement. A vehicle operating according to an autonomous vehicle (AV) mode may transmit an over-the-air message to one or more other devices, such as nodes of an autonomous driving network, to alert the one or more devices to the vehicle disengaging the AV mode. A device receiving an autonomous disengagement message may alter one or more autonomous operation aspects in response to the over-the-air message. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.
US12240476B2
A computer includes a diagnosis unit configured to, for a vehicle in which an abnormality has occurred and continuing traveling by autonomous driving is impossible, determine whether or not the vehicle is able to be restored on a spot and whether or not the vehicle is able to travel by manual driving. Such a computer may be mounted on a vehicle, a server, and a mobile terminal.
US12240474B2
A vehicle system is provided for correcting in real-time a camera-based estimated position of a road object. The system includes a camera for generating an image input signal including image sensor data associated with the road object. The system further includes one or more input devices for generating a vehicle input signal including vehicle sensor data associated with a position, a speed, and a heading of the vehicle. The system further includes a computer, which includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) storing instructions. The processor is programmed to match the image sensor data and the vehicle sensor data to one another based on a common time of collection. The processor is further programmed to determine an error model and a deviation of a current camera-based position from a predicted position. The processor is further programmed to update the error model based on the deviation.
US12240471B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to coordinating and optimizing prediction by a model using intermediate data and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications that improves bandwidth utilization. In one embodiment, a method includes processing acquired data, by a subject vehicle using a prediction model, to execute a vehicle task associated with navigating a driving scene. The method also includes extracting processed data according to the acquired data from intermediate activations of layers within the prediction model according to a cooperation model. The method also includes quantifying relevancy of the processed data, for a target vehicle, to select a subset using the cooperation model. The method also includes communicating the subset to a selected vehicle having the prediction model for additional prediction according to the relevancy and available resources to transmit the subset.
US12240460B2
A method for the satellite-based localization of a vehicle in a map-based reference system. A trajectory in a map-based reference system is determined at regular time intervals, on which trajectory the vehicle is to be brought to a stop at least partially automatically in a defined emergency, and are stored in a circular buffer. In the defined emergency and in the event of failure of the at least one camera used for the full localization, an emergency trajectory is selected from the trajectories stored in the circular buffer. An initial vehicle position in the map-based reference system is determined based on the emergency trajectory. A vehicle orientation is ascertained based on a continuously acquired yaw rate of the vehicle. The stretch of route traveled by the vehicle is ascertained based on position data of the vehicle that are acquired in a satellite-based manner.
US12240449B1
Disclosed are solutions for an autonomous vehicle to real-time detect and determine dynamic and/or obscured obstacles to support navigation and services to within a desired proximity of said obstacles. Certain such implementations are specifically directed to autonomous mowers, for example, capable of real-time object detection to determine location and orientation of solar panels in a solar farm, for example, and based on the location and orientation of such solar panels further determine the location of their corresponding posts that may be otherwise obstructed from direct detection by the autonomous mower's other sensing systems possibly due to vegetation growth around the posts or other reasons.
US12240448B2
In a vehicle steering assist device that includes an electric power steering device that generates a control torque that modifies a return torque for urging a steering wheel to a neutral position, a steering assist ECU that controls the control torque, and a surrounding information detecting device (camera sensor, radar sensor) that detects at least information in front of a vehicle, the control torque is controlled such that a ratio of a change amount of the modified return torque to a change amount of a steering operation amount at the start of avoidance steering decreases when an obstacle is detected in front of the vehicle by the surrounding information detecting device and the avoidance steering for the vehicle to avoid collision with the obstacle is determined to be required.
US12240446B1
Disclosed are solutions for an autonomous vehicle to real-time detect and determine dynamic and/or obscured obstacles to support navigation and services to within a desired proximity of said obstacles. Certain such implementations are specifically directed to autonomous mowers, for example, capable of real-time object detection to determine location and orientation of solar panels in a solar farm, for example, and based on the location and orientation of such solar panels further determine the location of their corresponding posts that may be otherwise obstructed from direct detection by the autonomous mower's other sensing systems possibly due to vegetation growth around the posts or other reasons.
US12240445B1
Techniques for determining attributes associated with objects represented in temporal sensor data. In some examples, the techniques may include receiving sensor data including a representation of an object in an environment. The sensor data may be generated by a temporal sensor of a vehicle and, in some instances, a trajectory of the object or the vehicle may contribute to a distortion in the representation of the object. For instance, a shape of the representation of the object may be distorted relative to an actual shape of the object. The techniques may also include determining an attribute (e.g., velocity, bounding box, etc.) associated with the object based at least in part on a difference between the representation of the object and another representation of the object (e.g., in other sensor data) or the actual shape of the object.
US12240442B2
A vehicle information delivery device includes an image processing unit configured to generate vehicle related images indicating the status of a vehicle moving unmanned in a predetermined target area based on camera images taken in the target area where unattended parking is performed, and an information sending unit configured to send delivery information including the vehicle related images to a display terminal visually recognized by a user of the vehicle.
US12240438B2
To provide a contactor failure determination apparatus capable of appropriately determining failure of a contactor provided in a vehicle, a voltage sensor capable of detecting rising or dropping of a voltage of a second circuit including an external charger is provided. When an external charging request is made, a first control for closing each external charging contactor is executed, a second control for closing a pre-charge contactor is executed after execution of the first control, a third control for closing a second main contactor is executed after execution of the second control, and response to the voltage sensor detecting that the voltage of the second circuit has not risen after execution of the third control, it is determined that at least one of the external charging contactors has failed in an open state.
