US12248434B2
Examples of file analytics systems are described that may obtain event data from a virtualized file server. The event data may be aggregated and/or filtered to provide metrics which may be adjusted based on the operation of an application used to accomplish a user action. For example, actions relating to an application's temporary file handling may be aggregated and/or excluded when reporting metrics for the virtualized file server. To facilitate reporting of metrics, the file analytics system may provide a lineage index storing an association between files related through operation of the application used to accomplish the user action.
US12248414B2
A data transmission control device is provided. The data transmission control device is disposed in a chip that includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interface, and the data transmission control device is coupled to a memory that includes a block. The data transmission control device includes: a control circuit, a PCIe interface controller, and an address monitoring circuit. The PCIe interface controller is configured to receive a data. The address monitoring circuit is configured to issue an interrupt to the control circuit when the data is written to the block.
US12248408B2
When having detected that key data set to an accelerator by command information is not key data permitted to use, a monitor unit issues, to a storage control unit, a suspension request for suspending processing related to writing of data, a compute unit having received an instruction from an application program reads data from the storage device, encrypts read data using the accelerator, and issues, to the storage control unit, an instruction to write encrypted data to the storage device, and when having received the suspension request, the storage control unit suspends processing related to writing of data to the storage device.
US12248406B2
The present application discloses a computing system and an associated method. The computing system includes a memory, a master computing device and a slave computing device. The master computing device includes a memory controller and an input-output memory management unit (IOMMU). When the slave computing device accesses a first virtual address, and a first translation lookaside buffer (TLB) of the slave computing device does not store the first virtual address, the first TLB sends a translation request to the IOMMU. The IOMMU traverses page tables of the memory controller to obtain a first physical address corresponding to the first virtual address, selects and clears a first virtual address entry from a second TLB of the computing system according to a recent use time and a dependent workload of each virtual address entry to store the first virtual address and the first physical address.
US12248399B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to multi-block fetches for cache misses. In some embodiments, cache tag circuitry maintains a tag value that is shared by multiple cache blocks. In response to a miss, the cache may initiate a fetch request to a next level cache or memory. Aggregation circuitry may aggregate multiple fetch requests for cache blocks that share the tag value and fetch circuitry may initiate a single multi-block fetch operation to the next level cache or memory that returns cache blocks for the aggregated multiple fetch requests. In various embodiments, disclosed techniques may improve performance (e.g., by reducing fetch bus transactions), reduce power consumption, or both, relative to traditional techniques.
US12248392B2
In various examples, a diagnostic circuit is connected to a target system to automatically trigger the target system to enter a diagnostic mode. The diagnostic circuit receives diagnostic data from the target system when the target system performs a diagnostic operation in the diagnostic mode.
US12248382B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center management and monitoring operation. The data center management and monitoring operation includes: receiving a plurality of system under test (SUT) test plans, each SUT test plan comprising a plurality of SUT test cases; analyzing the plurality of SUT test cases, the analyzing comprising generating a phase component resolution score for each of the plurality of SUT test cases; generating a continuous schedule for the SUT test plan, the generating the continuous schedule taking into account the phase component resolution score for each of the plurality of SUT test cases; and, continuously orchestrating the SUT test plan based upon the continuous schedule for the SUT test plan.
US12248372B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a storage device controller including a first controller to read commands from a submission queue stored in a shared memory, provide the commands to a second controller, and write completion notices received from the second controller to a completion queue in the shared memory, and the second controller to receive the commands from the first controller, perform storage operations with a non-volatile memory responsively to receiving the commands, generate the completion notices responsively to performing the storage operations, provide the completion notices to the first controller, write recovery data about the commands and the completion notices to a persistent memory, and recover from a failure responsively to retrieving the recovery data from the persistent memory.
US12248361B2
Example embodiments relate to parallelized exception handling for large datasets. One example embodiment includes a method. The method includes retrieving one or more sets of entries to be analyzed. The method also includes selecting an available computing resource. In addition, the method includes causing the available computing resource to perform an analysis of each entry within the respective set of entries to identify previously defined exceptions. Further, the method includes causing, for each entry within the respective set of entries, a list of exceptions associated with the respective entry to be created or updated based on the analysis. Additionally, the method includes causing, for each entry within the respective set of entries, metadata associated with the respective entry to be updated when the list of exceptions associated with the respective entry indicates that no exceptions are associated with the respective entry.
US12248360B2
A storage device and a storage system including the same are provided. The storage device includes a nonvolatile memory with a valid page and a free page; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the nonvolatile memory; and a storage controller configured to implement: a patrol read module configured to read valid data stored in the valid page and identify a number of errors in the read valid data according to a set time period, and a retention module configured to, based on the temperature or the number of errors, read the valid data stored in the valid page, and write the valid data to the free page while controlling a threshold voltage distribution width corresponding to a value of the valid data written to the free page.
US12248348B2
The present invention provides a system and method for optimizing BOM cost of platform SoC for Battery management system. The system (100) comprises a sensor (101), coupled with the device to receive input physical parameters Temperature, Voltage and current and a CPU with SIMD extensions without saturation logic in the instruction set and floating-point unit, wherein Battery management module is implemented (101). Using CPU with SIMD extensions instead of DSPNLIW core in platform SoC helps in lowering the BoM cost and the inventive steps helps in achieving bit-exact results overcoming the limitations of CPU ISA as against DSP ISA. The power consumed in either case (Battery management implementation on CPU, DSP ISA) is the same, thus giving value additions to platform SoC designers and makers.
US12248346B1
A method by a computing system associated with a set of disjoint devices that includes at least one wearable device includes receiving a request to perform a task. The method further includes determining, based on sensor data associated with the set of disjoint devices, a thermal-constraint differential for each device of the set of disjoint devices. The method further includes determining a plurality of workload assignments needed to be performed to accomplish the task. The method further includes distributing, based on the thermal-constraint differentials of the set of disjoint devices, the plurality of workload assignments to one or more devices of the set of disjoint devices to satisfy one or more power or thermal constraints associated with each device of the set of disjoint devices. The method further includes performing the task by causing the one or more devices to execute the distributed plurality of work assignments.
US12248345B2
Aspects of a storage device are provided that apply advanced thermal throttling with multi-tier extreme thermal throttling. Initially, a controller determines whether a first temperature measurement indicates that a temperature of the memory meets a first thermal threshold associated with a first-tier extreme thermal throttling or a second thermal threshold associated with a second-tier extreme thermal throttling. Subsequently, the controller enables the first-tier extreme thermal throttling when the temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the memory meets the first thermal threshold, or the controller enables the second-tier extreme thermal throttling when the temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the memory meets the second thermal threshold. The controller then determines whether a second temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the memory has decreased to avoid thermal shutdown of the storage device. Storage device performance is thus improved through advanced thermal throttling without compromising data integrity.
US12248341B2
A display device includes a display panel, a polarizing plate disposed above the display panel, a support member disposed below the display panel, where a through hole is defined in the support member, an electronic module disposed below the display panel, where the electronic module overlaps the through hole, and a protective layer disposed above the polarizing plate. The protective layer has a thickness direction retardation of greater than about 0 nm and not greater than about 1,500 nm and an in-plane retardation of greater than about 0 nm and not greater than about 200 nm.
US12248340B2
An information processing apparatus (10) according to the present application includes: a detection unit (151) that detects a stretching operation on a display device having flexibility so as to be able to be stretched from a state of being wound in a tubular shape; and a display control unit (153) that displays a plurality of pieces of content in parallel in a stretching region stretched by the stretching operation, in accordance with a mode of the stretching operation detected by the detection unit (151). Furthermore, the detection unit (151) detects a size of the stretching region that changes in accordance with the stretching operation. The display control unit (153) displays the plurality of pieces of content in parallel in the stretching region in accordance with the size of the stretching region detected by the detection unit (151).
US12248337B2
An electronic device having a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure disposed within the first housing, and a mounting member rotatably coupled to the first housing and mounted on or separated from at least a portion of the human body, wherein the flexible display may be rotated and rolled according to rotation of the gear structure in a state in which the first area is exposed to the outside, thereby exposing at least a portion of the second area to the outside.
US12248334B2
The present disclosure relates to clock circuits, computing chips, hash boards and data processing devices. A clock circuit comprises M stages of clock drive circuits that are connected in series, M being an integer that is no less than 2, wherein N inverters connected in series are arranged between an input port and an output port of each stage of the M stages of clock drive circuits, N being an odd number that is no less than 3. The clock circuit may provide clock signals with excellent performance.
US12248332B2
An organ-type pedal device includes a housing attached to a vehicle body. A pedal pad of the pedal device is provided rotatably about a predetermined rotation axis with respect to the housing, and a stepped portion of the pedal pad is arranged above the rotation axis in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The pedal pad rotates in a forward direction in accordance with an increase of a pedaling force of the driver, and rotates in a backward direction in accordance with a decrease of the pedaling force of the driver. A sensor unit outputs an electric signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the pedal pad. A full-close stopper comes in contact with a lower part of the pedal pad with respect to the rotation axis, and prevents the pedal pad from rotating in the backward direction when the pedaling force of the driver is not applied thereto.
US12248330B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and computer program product embodiments for modifying the functionality of an alternating current (AC) controlling device. An example computer-implemented method includes determining whether an electrical terminal of an AC controlling device is connected to a grounded conductor. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a first control signal configured to permit the AC controlling device to perform a function. In response to determining that the electrical terminal is not connected to the grounded conductor, the example computer-implemented method includes generating a second control signal configured to prevent the AC controlling device from performing the function.
US12248328B2
A valve system includes a tank, a valve member, a driving device configured to move the valve member for opening and closing the tank, and a control unit. The circuit of the control unit is programmed to move the valve member in the open direction after beginning of a process, and then reverse a direction of movement of the valve member to a standby position in a valve closed state. If the first rate of pressure change in the internal pressure of the tank since the cycle began is greater than a target rate of change, the circuit determines a waiting time such that a second rate of pressure change of the internal pressure from the start to the end of the cycle is equal to the target rate of change, and then keeps the driving device in the standby position until the determined waiting time has elapsed.
US12248320B2
Autonomous carriers or totes that include vacuum units are provided. As the totes move or are moved through a warehouse carrying products, they collect debris. The debris can be analyzed at the tote, and actions can be performed based upon the analysis.
US12248319B2
In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed that preserve rich spatial information from an input resolution of a machine learning model to regress on lines in an input image. The machine learning model may be trained to predict, in deployment, distances for each pixel of the input image at an input resolution to a line pixel determined to correspond to a line in the input image. The machine learning model may further be trained to predict angles and label classes of the line. An embedding algorithm may be used to train the machine learning model to predict clusters of line pixels that each correspond to a respective line in the input image. In deployment, the predictions of the machine learning model may be used as an aid for understanding the surrounding environment—e.g., for updating a world model—in a variety of autonomous machine applications.
US12248318B1
Disclosed herein is a remotely situated vehicle control device in data communication with a vehicle and operable by a user situated outside of the vehicle to enable the user to remotely control the vehicle. The remotely situated vehicle control device includes a device data transceiver for receiving first-person view (FPV) image data from an FPV camera carried by the vehicle, a device display to display FPV images to the user based on the FPV image data received from the FPV camera while also displaying virtual reality or augmented reality representations of vehicle controls to enable the user to remotely control the vehicle by interacting with the virtual reality or augmented reality representations of the vehicle controls, and a user input device configured to receive user input to interact with the virtual reality or augmented reality representations of the vehicle controls.
US12248311B2
A system for predicting the vulnerability of a building management system (BMS) includes one or more memory devices configured to store instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to establish a first communication link to a first data source and receive a first data using a communication module communicatively coupled to the processor. The first data includes information related to at least one of a plurality of IoT-enabled devices. The system is further configured to generate a historical record composed of a plurality of received data feeds received from a plurality of data feeds at unanticipated time intervals and analyze at least one of the plurality of data feeds with at least one or more of: the first data, the historical record, and another of the plurality of data feeds to predict the vulnerability of the BMS.
US12248310B2
A display system includes a display device in production equipment. The display device includes a control unit, a display unit, a storage unit, and an input unit. The storage unit stores: schematic illustration data that represent a schematic illustration of the production equipment; and causal relationship model data in which one or more cause elements of one or more abnormalities that can occur in the production equipment are selected from driving means for driving the production equipment and monitoring means for monitoring the production, and the cause elements and the relationships between the cause elements are represented as a causal relationship model. The control unit displays the schematic illustration and the causal relationship model on the display unit such that the causal relationship model is superimposed on the schematic illustration so as to correspond to the schematic illustration.
US12248308B2
A height error of a workpiece holding portion is detected based on a height from a mounting pedestal side floor surface, on which a mounting pedestal is mounted, to a connection point between the workpiece holding portion and an arm unit at a point in time at which contact with a detection target is detected by a surface detection sensor, a height from the mounting pedestal side floor surface to a surface of the detection target, and a theoretical value of a height of the workpiece holding portion, and an actual loading height of a workpiece mounted on the mounting pedestal is detected in consideration of the height error of the workpiece holding portion.
US12248307B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for monitoring for specification conformity along a production sequence for the production of a plurality of container base bodies filled with an aqueous system with an aggregate-based production facility. Moreover, the present disclosure relates to a computer-readable storage medium which stores computer-executable commands, which, when executed by a computer device, cause the computer device to carry out a method according to the present disclosure. Finally, the present disclosure relates to quasi-continuous monitoring for specification conformity, along a production sequence for the production of a plurality of containers filled with an aqueous system, in some cases a beverage, in an aggregate-based production facility, in some cases a high-speed production facility.
US12248305B2
A system and method for monitoring, operating and maintaining an industrial plant in the metal-producing industry, including: a mobile terminal device with at least one sensor for recording measured values within the industrial plant, at least one position sensor for detecting the position of the mobile terminal device in the industrial plant, a central data processing device for processing the measured values recorded by the mobile terminal device by the at least one sensor, taking into account the position of the mobile terminal device recorded by the at least one position sensor in the industrial plant, and at least one communication network for exchanging data between the mobile terminal device, the at least one position sensor and/or the central data processing device.
US12248299B2
A control system unit for a 3-dimensional (3D) object manufacturing system is disclosed herein that comprises one or more sensors and a controller. The one or more sensors are to sense 3D-objects manufactured in the manufacturing system in accordance with product specification data and to generate sensor signals representative for the sensed 3D-objects. The controller is to determine 3D-object characteristics of said sensed 3D-objects on the basis of said sensor data signals and to issue one or more corresponding control signals to control a system actuator unit so as to act on said sensed 3D-objects in accordance with their respective determined characteristics. The controller comprises a synthetic sensor data module to generate synthetic sensor data from product specification data of 3D-objects to be manufactured with the object manufacturing system, to therewith simulate sensor data for said 3D-objects to be sensed when manufactured. The controller further comprises a trainable classification module to be trained in a supervised manner with the synthetic sensor data. Therewith human assisted configuration efforts are obviated in that the improved control system unit does not require other input than the product specification data that was already available for the purpose of actually manufacturing the 3D-products to be identified.
US12248296B2
A system includes sensors for monitoring signals, and a processing system executes one or more methods for identification of system events, from the signals, corresponding to state changes and performance of the system and/or its subcomponents. Event identification is performed with classification and/or other machine learning algorithms, with generation of novel training data sets. The sensor(s) can also be used to determine power consumption information about the system and/or its subcomponents. The system processes event-associated outputs for execution of actions for improving system performance, along with other downstream applications.
US12248292B2
A controller includes: a communication port and a connection port that allow communication with another controller; and a hardware processor coupled to the ports. The hardware processor is configured to: transmit a first state signal indicating a state of the controller of an own device to the other controller from each port; receive a second state signal indicating a state of the other controller from the other controller via each of the ports; and switch, when the own device is in a standby state, the own device from the standby state to an operating state, when a breakdown of the other controller indicated by the received second state signal and an unreceived state in which the second state signal is not received for a predetermined time or more from both the communication and connection ports are monitored and at least one of the breakdown and the unreceived state is detected.
US12248288B2
A method of controlling a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) devices included in an IoT ecosystem is provided. A change of a value of a resource of an IoT device from among the plurality of IoT devices is detected, an intent associated with the resource of which the value is changed is identified, a resource associated with the identified intent from among resources of the plurality of IoT devices is determined, and a value of the determined resource is controlled based on a context corresponding to the identified intent.
US12248277B2
A method for manufacturing a spiral spring may include: (a) providing a blank with an Nb—Ti core; (b) beta-quenching the blank; (c) deforming the blank in several sequences; (d) winding to form the spiral spring; (e) final heat treatment on the spiral spring. The blank in (a) may include a layer of X including Cu, Sn, Fe, Pt, Pd, Rh, Al, Au, Ni, Ag, Co and Cr or an alloy of one of these elements around the Nb—Ti core. The method may include heat treating to partially transform the layer of X into a layer of X, Ti intermetals around the Nb—Ti core, and may be carried out between (b) and (c) or between two sequences of (c). The method may include removing the part of the layer of X, which may be carried out between (b) and (c), between two sequences of (c) or between (c) and (d).
US12248274B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that can suppress the surface direction unevenness of an output image throughout repeated image formation. The electrophotographic photosensitive member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support having a cylindrical shape and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the support contains at least one of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and wherein when an area at the maximum frequency calculated from the area distribution curve of the aluminum crystal grains of the surface of the support is represented by A (μm2) and the half-width of the highest peak in the area distribution curve is represented by B (μm2), the support satisfies the following formula (1): B/A≤1.0 (1).
US12248269B2
An image forming apparatus includes a replaceable roller member, an applying unit that applies voltage to the roller member, a current detecting unit that detects a current flowing in the roller member to which the voltage is applied, and a controlling unit. The controlling unit calculates a value of a slope of a current-voltage characteristic of the roller member on the basis of a first current detected when a first voltage is applied to the roller member and a second current that is detected when a second voltage is applied, and determines whether or not the roller member has been replaced on the basis of an amount of change from a value of a first slope calculated at a first timing and a value of a second slope calculated at a second timing later than the first timing.
US12248261B2
A thermal fixer includes a first thermal fixing roller and a second thermal fixing roller. The first thermal fixing roller includes a first heater. The second thermal fixing roller is pressed to the first thermal fixing roller. The second thermal fixing roller includes a second heater and has a diameter, a rigidity, and a surface releasability substantially identical to the first thermal fixing roller.
US12248246B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods of forming a substrate having a target thickness distribution at one or more eyepiece areas across a substrate. The substrate includes eyepiece areas corresponding to areas where optical device eyepieces are to be formed on the substrate. Each eyepiece area includes a target thickness distribution. A base substrate thickness distribution of a base substrate is measured such that a target thickness change can be determined. The methods described herein are utilized along with the target thickness change to form a substrate with the target thickness distribution.
US12248244B2
A mask data generation method including: calculating first evaluation value of projection image based on first mask data in which first value or second value different from first value is set for each of a plurality of unit elements that constitute 2-dimensional grid; generating second mask data by changing value of first unit element to which first value is set to second value and by changing value of second unit element which is disposed close to first unit element on 2-dimensional grid and to which second value is set to first value, among the plurality of unit elements included in the first mask data; calculating second evaluation value of projection image based on the second mask data; and comparing the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value and selecting either the first mask data or the second mask data as output mask data based on the comparison result.
US12248225B2
Various embodiments herein relate to systems for powering electrochromic windows in a building. Systems may include photovoltaic panels configured to generate electrical power, energy storage device(s) configured for storing generated power, and one or more controllers on a network of electrochromic windows that are configured to receive power from the energy storage device(s) and power tint transitions in one or more electrochromic windows. Systems may include various additional circuit components described herein for regulating and/or controlling the generation, storage, and application of electric power. The systems and techniques described herein can be used to design networks of electrochromic windows that are hybrid-solar or off-the-grid (“OTG”).
US12248219B2
An electronic device includes a substrate, an organic layer, a first insulating layer, and a first spacer. The organic layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a first opening and a second opening. The first insulating layer includes a first portion in the first opening and a second portion connected to the first portion and on the organic layer. The first spacer is disposed on the substrate and overlaps the second portion. In a top view of the electronic device, the second portion between the first opening and the second opening has a first length, the first spacer has a second length, the organic layer between the first opening and the second opening has a third length. The first length is greater than or equal to the second length and less than or equal to the third length.
US12248215B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first scanning line, a second scanning line, an inorganic insulating layer, a first projection located just above the first scanning line and disposed on the inorganic insulating layer, a second projection located just above the second scanning line and disposed on the inorganic insulating layer, a first color filter disposed on the inorganic insulating layer between the first projection and the second projection, an organic insulating layer covering the first projection, the second projection, and the first color filter. A width of the first projection is smaller than a width of the first scanning line. A width of the second projection is smaller than a width of the second scanning line.
US12248211B2
A display device includes a display panel having a curved shape in section along one axis, the display panel including a display screen that includes a concave surface, wherein a radius of curvature (R) of the curved shape of the display screen is larger than 2000 mm.
US12248210B2
The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.
US12248209B2
The present disclosure provides a dimming glass and a method for manufacturing the dimming glass. The dimming glass includes: at least one dimming functional layer sandwiched between two glass substrates, where a plurality of conductive leads is connected to a bonding circuit board, and a sealant filled between sealant regions of the two glass substrates. Each conductive lead includes a connecting end, a protruding end and an extension segment. The connecting end is connected to the bonding circuit board, the protruding end extends out of an outer side of an edge of the glass substrate, at least a part of the extension segment extends in a first direction which is an extension direction of an edge of the bonding side of the dimming functional layer, and the extension segment is located in the sealant region and is secured through the sealant.
US12248207B2
An isolator comprises a substrate having a substrate surface; and first and second waveguides that are positioned at least partially side by side along the substrate surface. The first waveguide includes a first core, the second waveguide includes a second core, and the first and second cores are surrounded by a dielectric. The first waveguide includes first and second ends, and includes a port through which an electromagnetic wave is input and output at each of the first and second ends. The second waveguide includes a first portion extending along the first waveguide and a second portion that is not included in the first portion. The second waveguide includes a nonreciprocal member that is in contact with at least a part of the second core of the first portion, and the nonreciprocal member is in contact with at least a part of the second core of the second portion.
US12248203B2
In an embodiment, a modular augmented reality display is provided that incorporates prescription eyewear that can be used separately by the wearer. In an embodiment, an image is generated from a removable display attached to the eyewear and directed into the edge of a prescription lens, which acts as a waveguide. The image is internally reflected within the prescription lens, and is directed to the wearer by an image combiner embedded within the prescription lens. In an embodiment, the augmented reality display includes a wearable belt pouch that includes a battery and support electronics connected to the eyewear so that the weight on the eyewear is reduced.
US12248202B2
The invention relates to filter dedicated to protect eye cone cells and method associated. The eye cone cells protecting filter is intended to be applied to a transparent surface and to filter incident light for preventing eye cone cells of a user, from damages due to illumination at physiological light levels on the eye of said user, and having spectral characteristics to i) filter light wavelengths between 405 and 465 nanometers, and ii) transmit a filtered light reaching the eye cone cells and having a harmfulness on said eye cone cells under a predefined maximum threshold.
US12248199B1
The invention relates to a spectacle temple side shield structure, wherein the two sides of the spectacle frame and the pivot joints of the temples pivotally connect to each other. Each of the temples has a detent seat corresponding with the pivot joint. The side shield device has a shielding piece arranged thereon and a detent unit provided on an inner edge of a top end of the shielding piece, wherein the detent unit has grooves correspondingly arranged on the upper and lower parts thereof, an elastic part formed between the upper and lower two corresponding grooves, and a detent protrusion protruding from the elastic part, which is latch-locked and fixed with the detent seat corresponding to each other. Therefore, users can choose different shapes and color patterns of the side shields according to their own preferences to assemble and fix them on both sides of the spectacle frame.
US12248195B2
A lens driving device includes a movable body including a lens support body and a fixed body for supporting the movable body so as to be able to move in an optical axis direction of a lens. The fixed body includes a through hole, and an opposing face is formed at a periphery of the through hole in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction and opposing the movable body. The opposing face has a protrusion protruding toward the movable body side at a peripheral edge of the through hole, and a recess at a periphery of the protrusion and recessed toward the movable body side. The movable body includes an opening to let light from the lens pass through and a flat face formed at a periphery of the opening in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction and disposed opposing the protrusion and the recess.
US12248193B2
A cable includes a cable core including a central strength member. A plurality of buffer tubes, with each buffer tube including a plurality of optical fibers therein, and a plurality of filler rods are stranded about the central strength member. A characterizing feature is that a diameter of each of the plurality of filler rods is larger than a diameter of each of the plurality of buffer tubes. A jacket surrounds the cable core.
US12248181B2
An optical module is provided with a columnar protrusion over the entire pickup area (EP) for automatic suction by a mounting device at the center of the upper surface of a fiber holding carrier. The protrusion secures a dedicated pickup area (EP1) on a top surface. When an extra length of an optical fiber extending from an optical device is routed and held between a pair of wall portions, the extra length including a tip portion is held in a storage area of the fiber holding carrier by a restoring force caused by being pressed against the wall portions.
US12248172B2
There is provided a method of manufacturing an optical connector, including: preparing a multi-core optical fiber including a glass fiber and a resin coating that covers the glass fiber; inserting the glass fiber exposed from the resin coating into the ferrule such that the glass fiber protrudes from an end surface of a ferrule by a length A; rotating and aligning the multi-core optical fiber with respect to the ferrule; fixing the multi-core optical fiber to the ferrule; and so as to scrap off a tip end of the ferrule by a length. A deviation angle in the circumferential direction between a first initial end surface of the one end of the prepared glass fiber and a cross section of the glass fiber separated from the initial end surface by a length A+B mm is equal to or less than 0.9°.
US12248170B2
A vehicle window assembly and a vehicle are provided. The vehicle window assembly includes a vehicle window glass and a light-guiding assembly. The vehicle window glass includes a first transparent plate, an intermediate layer, and a second transparent plate, and the second transparent plate defines a through-hole. The light-guiding assembly includes a light-guiding member and a fixing member. The light-guiding member is at least partially disposed in the through-hole, and a light-outputting surface of the light-guiding member is disposed facing towards an inner sidewall of the through-hole. The fixing member is disposed on a surface of the second transparent plate facing away from the first transparent plate, and the fixing member and the second transparent plate define an accommodating space configured to accommodate a light source. A light-emitting surface of the light source is disposed facing towards a light-inputting surface of the light-guiding member.
US12248169B2
Backlight module and display device are provided. Backlight module is for providing light source for display panel. Display panel has bonding side at a side of display panel in first direction. Backlight module includes: back plate, including base plate at backlight side of display panel, and first side plate at bonding side, where a side of first side plate away from base plate is bent towards direction away from center of base plate to form top plate supporting display panel; rubber frame, including second side plate at bonding side, where first opening is in middle of second side plate in extension direction of second side plate to accommodate first side plate; main circuit board, including opposite first and second ends in first direction, where first end is inserted between top plate and first side plate, and second end has first bonding area for bonding connection with display panel.
US12248158B2
A multilayer optical film structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The multilayer optical film structure includes a base layer, a first optical structure and a second optical structure. The base layer has a first surface and a second surface. The first optical structure is disposed on the first surface of the base layer. The second optical structure is disposed on the second surface of the base layer, and includes a first structural layer, a second structural layer and a third structural layer. The first structural layer is located between the base layer and the second structural layer, and the second structural layer is located between the first structural layer and the third structural layer. The difference between the refractive index of the first structural layer and the refractive index of the second structural layer is greater than or equal to 0.1.
US12248155B2
A waveguide combiner assembly for an augmented reality or virtual reality display. A waveguide combiner has front and rear surfaces substantially parallel to a waveguide plane. A chassis includes a support arm for supporting the waveguide combiner and defining a cavity between front and rear walls of the support arm which are spaced along a first direction by a distance greater than the thickness of the waveguide combiner. A waveguide axis normal to the waveguide plane and the first direction define therebetween a zero or nonzero offset angle. An edge portion of the waveguide combiner extends into the cavity. At least one actively adjustable mounting structure is configured to hold a respective point of the edge portion of the waveguide combiner at a selected position relative to the support arm, thereby enabling adjustment of the offset angle.
US12248150B2
An optical display, including a first waveguide having a first set of surfaces, an input grating, a fold grating, and an output grating; an image input image node assembly; and a prismatic relay optics is provided. The prismatic relay optics may be configured to be optomechanically connected to the waveguide and the input image node assembly. The optical display is may also be configured to operate alone or as integrated with a headpiece to be used as a HUD. The HUD may have a first and a second configuration wherein the waveguide is decoupled or coupled.
US12248146B1
A system includes a head-up display (HUD) system including a display; a combiner; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to at least one image sensor of at least one tracking system and to the display. The at least one processor configured to: receive image data from one or more of the at least one image sensor, wherein the image data is (i) for performing eye tracking and/or head tracking operations and (ii) for monitoring the displayed images; and detect the at least one malfunction of the HUD system.
US12248136B2
A method for simultaneous imaging and executing contact-free directed hydrodynamic flow in a specimen. At least one light source dynamically heats the interior and/or a surface of the specimen via a light beam, the beam of the at least one light source is directed to the specimen through an objective of a microscope, the light beam is variably guided to specified locations of the specimen inducing a hydrodynamic flow in the specimen, and imaging the specimen via the same objective as used for introduction of the light beam.
US12248125B2
An optical system includes: a first lens having refractive power; a second lens having refractive power; a third lens having refractive power and comprising an image-side surface which is convex in a paraxial region; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power and comprising an image-side surface which is concave in the paraxial region; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a stop disposed in front of an object-side surface of the first lens. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side. A radius of the stop SD and an overall focal length of the optical system f satisfy: 0.2
US12248122B2
A shortwave to midwave infrared (SWIR-MWIR) optical window includes a substrate formed from a nanocomposite optical ceramic material and a coating disposed on the substrate to provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection. The coating is electrically conductive and SWIR-MWIR transparent and comprises a doped zinc oxide material. A method of protecting an EO/IR sensor from electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes depositing a thin film electrically conductive and SWIR-MWIR transparent coating over a surface an optical window of the EO/IR sensor. The optical window is formed from a nanocomposite optical ceramic material and has a curved surface. The thin film electrically conductive and SWIR-MWIR transparent coating comprises an electrically conductive zinc oxide material.
US12248121B2
An optical film having high anti-glare properties and favorable fingerprints wiping off properties is provided. The optical film has a first surface, and a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the optical film comprises an anti-reflection layer and an anti-glare layer in this order from the first surface to the second surface, the first surface has a profile of depressions and projections, the first surface has an arithmetic mean height Sa of 0.05 μm or more specified in ISO 25178-2:2012, and the first surface satisfies the relation represented by the following Expression 1: Sw×Vmp≤2.00 (Expression 1) wherein “Sw” represents a tilt angle (degrees) of 30 μl pure water droplet flowing down on the first surface; and “Vmp” represents a value of a peak material volume (ml/m2) of the first surface specified in ISO 25178-2:2012.
US12248103B2
A system and method for LiDAR defogging is disclosed. The method comprises: applying a detection device to determine the fog status and generate a histogram; determining the fog concentration between a target location and the detection device in the histogram according to the histogram; and applying a defogging method to defog the fog concentration between the target location and the detecting device.
US12248102B2
A lidar system includes a transmitter that encodes successive transmit pulses with different pulse characteristics and a receiver that detects the pulse characteristics of each received (scattered or reflected) pulse and that distinguishes between the received pulses based on the detected pulse characteristics. The lidar system thus resolves range ambiguities by encoding pulses of scan positions in the same or different scan periods to have different pulse characteristics, such as different pulse widths or different pulse envelope shapes. The receiver includes a pulse decoder configured to detect the relevant pulse characteristics of the received pulse and a resolver that determines if the pulse characteristics of the received pulse matches the pulse characteristics of the current scan position or that of a previous scan position.
US12248101B2
Methods and systems for increasing the range of time-of-flight systems by unambiguous range toggling
A method of operating a time of flight system includes detecting first optical signals comprising a first frequency having a first unambiguous range, the first optical signals reflected from a target, processing the first optical signals to determine a first estimated distance to the target, and generating an output frame comprising a true distance to the target based on the first estimated distance and a second estimated distance to the target, wherein the second estimated distance was used to generate a previous output frame.
US12248095B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method for coaxial LiDAR scanning. The system includes a first light source configured to provide first light pulses. The system also includes one or more beam steering apparatuses optically coupled to the first light source. Each beam steering apparatus comprises a rotatable concave reflector and a light beam steering device disposed at least partially within the rotatable concave reflector. The combination of the light beam steering device and the rotatable concave reflector, when moving with respect to each other, steers the one or more first light pulses both vertically and horizontally to illuminate an object within a field-of-view; obtain one or more first returning light pulses, the one or more first returning light pulses being generated based on the steered first light pulses illuminating an object within the field-of-view, and redirects the one or more first returning light pulses.
US12248093B2
A method includes generating a radar-based intensity map and a lidar-based intensity map and performing one or more augmentation routines on the radar-based intensity map and the lidar-based intensity map to generate a radar input and a lidar input. The method includes generating a plurality of teacher-based bounding boxes and a plurality of student-based bounding boxes based on the radar input and the lidar input. The method includes determining a loss value of the plurality of student-based bounding boxes based on the plurality of teacher-based bounding boxes and a plurality of ground truth bounding boxes, updating one or more weights of the student neural network based on the loss value, and updating one or more weights of the teacher neural network based on a moving average associated with the one or more weights of the student neural network.
US12248072B2
An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus 100 includes a wavelength separator 123 having a transmittance of electromagnetic waves in a first wavelength band larger than a transmittance of electromagnetic waves in a wavelength band other than the first wavelength band, a wavelength selector 124 having a transmittance of electromagnetic waves in a second wavelength band larger than a transmittance of electromagnetic waves in a wavelength band other than the second wavelength band, and a first detector 130 configured to detect electromagnetic waves progressing via the wavelength separator 123 and the wavelength selector 124. The first wavelength band and the second wavelength band partially overlap with each other.
US12248062B1
A system for material detection and identification includes an interface configured to access a material database associating each of a plurality of materials with a resonance frequency and one or more transmission parameters; an RF transmitter configured to, for each material of at least a subset of the plurality of materials in the material database transmit into an environment an RF signal the resonance frequency for the material using the one or more transmission parameters; an RF receiver configured to receive a response signal from the environment; and a processor configured to analyze the response signal for resonance characteristics that indicate a presence of the material and identify the material to a user if the presence of the material is indicated by the resonance characteristics.
US12248043B2
A gradient system for a magnetic resonance device, configured to, when arranged in use in the magnetic resonance device, generate a variable magnetic gradient field in a scanning region of the magnetic resonance device. The gradient system includes a first magnetic assembly configured to generate a first magnetic gradient field contribution to the magnetic gradient field. The first magnetic assembly includes one or more components configured to, in use, act as respective non-electric magnets to generate the first magnetic gradient field contribution. A positioning unit is configured to adjust a position and/or orientation, relative to the magnetic resonance device, of the first magnetic assembly and/or of one or more of the components of the first magnetic assembly to adjust the first magnetic gradient field contribution and thereby to vary the magnetic gradient field.
US12248038B2
A Hall sensor is disclosed. The Hall sensor comprises a first Hall element, configured to detect a component of a magnetic field in a first direction a using a sensitive area of the first Hall element. The Hall sensor further comprises a second Hall element, configured to detect a component of the magnetic field in a second direction b using a sensitive area of the second Hall element. The Hall sensor further comprises a conductor track, configured to generate a calibration magnetic field. The calibration magnetic field has a significant component on the sensitive area of the first Hall element in the second direction b. The calibration magnetic field further has a significant component on the sensitive area of the second Hall element in the first direction a.
US12248030B2
A power electronics module for a test arrangement for testing a power electronics controller includes: supply connections for supplying energy; at least one load connection for providing at least one electrical connection variable; a supply circuit for providing electrical control voltages; a selection circuit with circuit breakers for switching one of the electrical control voltages onto the at least one load connection of the power electronics module; and an interface for controlling the circuit breakers. The supply connections of the power electronics module are AC supply connections. The supply circuit is a multi-phase circuit for providing a plurality of phase voltages on a plurality of phase conductors. The selection circuit connects a phase conductor to the at least one load connection of the power electronics module.
US12248029B2
An apparatus for estimating a condition of a battery includes a mode identifying unit configured to identify a usage mode of the battery during a period of time and its corresponding attenuation curve, according to recorded data on battery usage, stored usage modes of the battery and attenuation curves corresponding to the various usage modes, the attenuation curve representing a change of a fully charged capacity of the battery with battery usage; and a condition estimating unit configured to calculate battery degradation according to the recorded data, the identified usage mode and its corresponding attenuation curve, the degradation representing a quantity of the fully charged capacity of the battery that is reduced over the battery usage. The condition of the battery is estimated so as to rationally judge the residual value of the battery in operation.
US12248026B2
An impedance measurement system configured to measure impedance of a measurement target capable of supplying power to an electrical load device includes one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors are configured to perform a process including: acquiring data about output power from the measurement target when an alternating current signal of at least one frequency is superimposed on the output power; calculating impedance at the at least one frequency with data about an exclusion period when waveform distortion of the output power is detected being excluded; and in a case where how many times the data about the exclusion period is excluded at a certain frequency is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, changing of a setting of an operating condition of an electronic device coupled to the measurement target or the electrical load device.
US12248024B2
A battery classification apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to obtain battery information about capacity and voltage of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a corresponding relationship between the capacity and a differential voltage based on the capacity and the voltage, and a control unit configured to obtain the differential profile from the profile generating unit, detect a plurality of peaks in the obtained differential profile, and classify the battery into any one of a plurality of preset groups based on a plurality of classification conditions preset for the number of the plurality of detected peaks and the differential voltage.
US12248023B2
The present invention provides an output voltage compensation method, for a DC voltage source having a constant voltage circuit and a constant current circuit connected in series, and the DC voltage source provides an output voltage to a device under test (DUT), and the output voltage compensation method comprising: generating a voltage compensation value according to a load current and a gain parameter of the DUT; generating a virtual current setting value according to a voltage setting value and the voltage compensation value; generating a duty cycle command according to the virtual current setting value and a load current measurement value of the load current; and generating the output voltage conforming to the voltage setting value according to the duty cycle command. Wherein the gain parameter is related to a multiplier parameter of the constant voltage circuit.
US12248021B2
Systems and methods described herein may relate to data transactions involving a microsector architecture. Control circuitry may organize transactions to and from the microsector architecture to, for example, enable direct addressing transactions as well as batch transactions across multiple microsectors. A data path disposed between programmable logic circuitry of a column of microsectors and a column of row controllers may form a micro-network-on-chip used by a network-on-chip to interface with the programmable logic circuitry.
US12248020B2
A method, apparatus, and product comprising: obtaining a representation of a quantum circuit; determining that a qubit is a candidate auxiliary qubit by estimating that a state of the qubit at a first cycle is identical to a state of the qubit at a second cycle; identifying a function section in the quantum circuit based on the qubit, the function section commencing at a beginning cycle, the beginning cycle is ordered before the second cycle, the function section ending at an ending cycle, the ending cycle is ordered after the first cycle, the ending cycle is ordered after the commencing cycle, the function section utilizing the qubit as an auxiliary qubit; and outputting an indication of the function section.
US12248011B2
This disclosure provides an electromagnetic field detector, and a method of operating the electromagnetic field detector in a wireless telecommunications network, the electromagnetic field detector including a first optical transmitter, a second optical transmitter, and a transmission medium, wherein the first optical transmitter is configured to transmit a probe signal at a probe frequency and the second optical transmitter is configured to transmit a coupling signal at a coupling frequency, wherein the probe frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium from a ground state to a first excited state and the coupling frequency is set to excite electrons of the transmission medium to a predetermined excited state so as to induce an Electromagnetic Induced Transparency (EIT) effect such that an incident electromagnetic field at the transmission medium causes a detectable change in the probe signal.
US12248010B2
The electronic wave leakage measurement system according to the present invention is a system for measuring the electronic wave leakage of an electronic wave shielding structure. The system comprising a signal generator for generating an electronic wave generation signal; a transmitting antenna for transmitting the electronic wave towards a wall surface of the electronic wave shielding structure by receiving the signal from the signal generator; a receiving antenna capable of beam steering and comprising N individual antenna modules for receiving the electronic wave that has passed through the wall surface of the electronic wave shielding structure; and a signal analyzer that analyzes and displays the received electronic wave signal from the receiving antenna.
US12248007B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for measuring a voltage. The apparatus includes a primary integrator circuit configured to operate as a first integral stage of a sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter circuit when switched by a first control signal from a controller, a secondary integrator circuit configured to operate as a second integral stage when switched by a second control signal from the controller, a comparator configured to compare final voltages modulated through the primary integrator circuit and the secondary integrator circuit, and a digital filter configured to delay an output of the comparator by a specified number of clocks according to a switching of the controller, pass the delayed output through a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to feed the delayed output back to the primary and secondary integrator circuits, and receive the delayed output signal of the comparator as an input. An output of the digital filter becomes a final measured value.
US12248000B1
A notched test signal is generated across a frequency band, the notched test signal includes a plurality of frequency notches, each frequency notch associated with one of a plurality of test frequencies. The notched test signal is provided to a device under test at a plurality of different input power levels. An notched output signal is received from the device under test. The notched output signal is filtered to provide a bandpass response at the plurality of test frequencies to generate a filtered notched output signal. A power level of the filtered notched output signal at each of the plurality of test frequencies is measured. A noise performance metric associated with the device under test is determined based at least in part on the power level of the filtered notched output signal.
US12247987B2
Methods of detecting and flagging and/or suppressing aberrant results caused by incomplete dispersion of an immunoassay reagent used in a turbidimetric immunoassay are disclosed.
US12247984B2
The present disclosure is directed to human monoclonal IgE antibodies, and IgG antibodies engineered therefrom. Such engineered antibodies can be used to blunt pathologic IgE responses in subjects, such as in the treatment or prevention of allergies.
US12247979B2
Compositions and kits for exosome capture include an antibody specifically binding the human asparagine-linked glycosylation 6 homolog (ALG6). The compositions and kits may be employed in a method for diagnosing a disease or condition in a subject.
US12247966B2
A seed pod shatter test system for determining the resistance to seed pod shattering in various plants, wherein the system comprises a mobile platform that is structured and operable to traverse at least one row of plants growing in plot, and at least one plant engaging head mounted to a front of the mobile platform. The at least one plant engaging head is structured and operable to condition each of the plurality of plants by contacting each of the plants in the row(s) with a predetermined amount of force as the mobile platform traverse the row(s) of plants. The system additionally comprises a data collections and analysis system that is structured and operable to determine an amount of seed pod shattering that occurred in the plurality of plants as a result of the conditioning.
US12247965B1
An air quality notification system to perform operations that include: causing a sensor device to sample an air quality associated with a location at a predefined sampling interval; determining, at the sensor device, that a value corresponding with the air quality sampled by the sensor device transgresses a threshold value; causing the sensor device to transmit an alert to a server system responsive to the determining that the value corresponding with the air quality transgresses a threshold value; and causing the server system to present a notification at a client device responsive to the sensor device transmitting the alert, the notification including at least a display of an identifier associated with the location.
US12247964B2
A method for using a chemical capture system with integrated calibration having a chamber which comprises an opening and a closing member, as well as a chemical sensor to be calibrated and a photoionization sensor which are positioned in the chamber, in which method: —during a measurement step, the sensor to be calibrated and the photoionization sensor measure the gas mixture present in the chamber, defining an open interior space, so as to identify the gas mixture and—during a calibration step, the photoionization sensor generates ozone by photoionizing the dioxygen in the chamber, defining a closed interior space free of gas mixture, and the sensor to be calibrated measures the generated ozone, the difference between said measurement and a reference measurement making it possible to calibrate said sensor.
US12247948B1
Tubular member electromagnetic inspection apparatus, systems and methods for inspecting tubulars. An EMI shoe includes a generally arcuate body having a non-working major face, a working major face, a trough configured to hold one or more sensors embedded in a potting material, and at least one through hole for mechanical connection to an EMI apparatus. The generally arcuate body includes at least one non-central through hole in which are positioned respective externally threaded cylindrically-shaped set screws, each of the at least one non-central through holes having a wear-resistant friction member movably secured therein and positioned such that a distal portion of each wear-resistant friction member protrudes away from the major working face an initial distance (d1) and configured to wear down over time to a generally arcuate surface that is a distance d2 from the major working face, where d2
US12247947B2
An apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode is placed in parallel with the first electrode to provide constant gap distance. The gap between the first electrode and the second electrode is at atmospheric pressure. Ions are introduced into the center of the gap and travel through the apparatus in a direction parallel to the first electrode and the second electrode. The apparatus is configured as a high-field symmetric-waveform apparatus for filtering high mobility ions or for fragmenting ions. The apparatus is also configured for three modes of operation: as a conventional DMS; as a filter high mobility ions; and as fragmentation device. A symmetric electric field is produced in the gap with a maximum density normalized field strength greater than 10 Td to filter high mobility ions and with a maximum density normalized field strength greater than 100 Td to fragment ions.
US12247943B2
Amperometric gas sensors have unwanted signals that are avoided by using two working electrodes, each having a resistor between the electrode and the current sensing circuit. The resistor has a value of more than 10% of the Faradaic resistor of the electrode. Two different resistors in parallel are switched in and out. The lower value resistor provides fast response for leak detection and safety. A higher value resistor is used for accurate information. The lower value resistor is switched in periodically for diagnostics. Machine-learning uses the periodic switching for determining offset as a function of temperature and humidity.
US12247937B2
An optical fiber-based gamma-ray calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array which uses a thermal mass with a low thermal conductivity is provided. Advantages of the OFBGC sensor array include: 1) the number of sensors in the OFBGC sensor array is adjustable and limited only by the spatial resolution of the OFBGC sensors, within the OFBGC sensor array, and 2) the OFBGC sensor design is simpler to build than a conventional optical fiber-based gamma thermometer (OFBGT) sensor array. One purpose of the OFBGC is to determine the power distribution in nuclear reactors.
US12247931B2
Disclosed herein are methods of disrupting cell-to-cell communication. An exemplary method comprises transmitting one or more microwave signals to a communication molecule located in an environment having a plurality of cells. The one or more microwave signals can comprise a first microwave signal and a second microwave signal. The first microwave signal can have a first frequency corresponding to frequency of a first peak in a microwave spectrum associated with rotational modes of the communication molecule. The second microwave signal can have a second frequency corresponding to a frequency of a second peak in the microwave spectrum associated with the rotational modes of the communication molecule.
US12247927B2
A method of evaluating a semiconductor wafer by a laser surface inspection device. The method includes performing evaluation of the wafer by detecting a defect kind of one of a deposit and a non-deposited convex defect present on a surface of a coating layer as a light point defect based on a plurality of measurement results including three kinds of low incidence angle measurement results obtained by, on the surface of the coating layer, reception of a radiated light radiated by reflection or scattering of a light incident from a first incident system at the surface by three kinds of light receiving systems, and at least one high incidence angle measurement result obtained by reception of a radiated light radiated by reflection or scattering of a light incident from a second incident system at the surface by at least one of the three kinds of light receiving systems.
US12247924B2
Disclosed herein is a composite material suitable for use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering, the material comprising a substrate layer having a surface; a plurality of layers of core-shell particles formed on the surface of the substrate layer, wherein the core is formed from a plasmonic metal nanoparticle, and the shell is formed from a metal-organic framework (MOF), and wherein the plurality of layers of core-shell particles provide a thickness of from 0.5 to 10 um on the surface of the substrate layer. In specific embodiments, the plasmonic metal nanoparticles are silver nanocubes, and the MOF is ZIF-8.
US12247921B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are methods and systems of image analysis useful for rapidly identifying and/or quantifying features.
US12247912B2
A fluid processing device includes a detection assembly having a light source, an adjustment system, and a light detector. The light source is associated with a component of the fluid processing device, provided in an initial position with respect to said component of the fluid processing device, and configured to emit a light. The adjustment system is associated with the light source and configured to adjust the position of the light source. The light detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the light from the light source and generate a signal indicative of the amount of light received by the light detector. The fluid processing device further includes a controller configured to receive the signal from the light detector and control the adjustment system to move the light source to a monitoring position based at least in part on the signal.
US12247909B2
A method of transmitting at least one optical signal through an add-drop filter includes directing the at least one optical signal into a first tapered optical fiber of the add-drop filter. The add-drop filter includes an active resonator side-coupled between the first tapered optical fiber and a second tapered optical fiber, and the active resonator is doped with at least one rare earth ion. A tuned optical gain is produced by delivering a tuned amount of pump laser energy to the at least one rare earth ion at a sub-lasing level, the tuned optical gain configured to compensate an intrinsic loss of the active resonator.
US12247905B2
The invention provides for a system for sample extraction that includes (a) a sample extraction device comprising a tubular structure, at least one channel, a reservoir, a fluid flow unit, and at least one sensor; (b) a container; (c) a motion platform operatively coupled to the tubular structure; (d) an actuator operatively coupled to the motion platform; and (e) one or more computer processors operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the actuator, and the fluid flow unit.
US12247901B1
A soil layer detection drilling device includes a drilling cylinder, and a soil-sampling assembly is provided inside the drilling cylinder. When the soil is drilled, equipment is in a vertical state, a controller is turned on to control a rotary motor to rotate, and the drilling cylinder is driven to drill the soil with the cooperation of drive wheels and a drive belt. Four slide blocks are evenly distributed around an outer circumference of a sliding disk and are matingly connected with slide grooves provided on an inner wall of the drilling cylinder, so when the drilling cylinder rotates, the soil-sampling assembly also rotates. A conical head first in contact with the ground starts to drill the ground, then the drilling cylinder gradually drills into a soil layer, and the drilling cylinder is idled as the drilling cylinder arrives at a certain depth, to clear soil on auger blades.
US12247899B2
An excitation device exciting a vehicle by applying a vibration to at least one of a plurality of tires of the vehicle, which includes: a first restricting part arranged in one of a front and rear direction of at least one of the plurality of tires to restrict a movement of the vehicle in the front and rear direction, a second restricting part arranged in another of a front and rear direction of the one of tires to restrict a movement of the vehicle in the front and rear direction, and an actuator configured to be able to drive at least one of the first restricting part and the second restricting part so as to increase or decrease a distance between each other in a front and rear direction of the vehicle.
US12247881B2
An apparatus is provided for measuring far-field luminous intensity and color characteristics of a light source that includes a lamp test location for receiving a lamp for testing and a mirror positioned in a fixed light receiving position relative to the lamp test location and positioned in a fixed light transmitting position for reflecting a light beam from the lamp at a predetermined angle relative to the light receiving position. A measurement screen is positioned in a location relative to the mirror to receive the parabolically-condensed light image reflected from the mirror at the predetermined angle and a light detector is positioned to capture a light image reflected from the measurement screen. The light detector is configured to convert the reflected light image on the measurement screen to a digital signal and output the digital signal. A computer is configured for receiving and processing the digital signal corresponding to the reflected light image and calibrated for measuring luminous intensity according to an algorithm programmed in the computer.
US12247879B2
Optical spectrometers may be used to determine the spectral components of electromagnetic waves. Spectrometers may be large, bulky devices and may require waves to enter at a nearly direct angle of incidence in order to record a measurement. What is disclosed is an ultra-compact spectrometer with nanophotonic components as light dispersion technology. Nanophotonic components may contain metasurfaces and Bragg filters. Each metasurface may contain light scattering nanostructures that may be randomized to create a large input angle, and the Bragg filter may result in the light dispersion independent of the input angle. The spectrometer may be capable of handling about 200 nm bandwidth. The ultra-compact spectrometer may be able to read image data in the visible (400-600 nm) and to read spectral data in the near-infrared (700-900 nm) wavelength range. The surface area of the spectrometer may be about 1 mm2, allowing it to fit on mobile devices.
US12247877B2
The invention relates to a device for optical applications, which has an optical waveguide (10), to which a light source (11) can be connected. The optical waveguide (10) is designed in such a way that light emitted by the connectable light source (11) propagates along a light propagation axis (12). A wavelength-sensitive grating structure (13) in the optical waveguide (10) has detectors (20), which are arranged in such a way that the detectors absorb partial amounts of the light of the light source (11) that is scattered by the wavelength-sensitive grating structure (13). The grating structure (13) in the optical waveguide (10) is constructed of periodically arranged ellipsoid structural elements (14). The ellipsoid structural elements (14) have a different index of refraction than the material of the optical waveguide (10) surrounding the ellipsoid structural elements. The ellipsoid structural elements (14) have a longitudinal axis and a short axis, which are substantially perpendicular to the light propagation axis (12). Depending on the wavelength, partial amounts of the light scattered by the grating structure (13) are coupled out of the optical waveguide (10). The light hits the detectors (20). An absorbing or partially reflecting filter (30) is arranged between at least one of the detectors (20) and the optical waveguide (10). The detectors (20) have measuring elements for the intensity of the partial amount of the light that hits the detector (20) in question. An evaluation element is provided, which determines a wavelength from the intensity ratio of the plurality of detectors (20). The detectors (20) are arranged in such a way that the detectors either are arranged opposite each other on different sides of the long axes of the
US12247865B1
A portable luggage scale including a housing assembly and a measuring assembly. The housing assembly includes a housing. The housing is removably attached to a suitcase or luggage. The housing has a lid hingedly attached thereto. The measuring assembly includes a weight measuring device and a light emitting diode (LED) display. The weight measuring device measures the weight inside the housing. The LED display is used to visualize the weight measured by the weight measuring device. The LED display and the weight measuring device are powered by a battery.
US12247847B2
Disclosed embodiments include compliant sensors having a signal electrode layer of an elastomeric material with conducting material confined to at least one sensor region, at least one trace connected to the at least one sensor, and a perimeter electrode region. The compliant sensors also include a dielectric layer including an elastomeric material having a first side in contact with the signal electrode layer and configured to allow electrical contact to the perimeter electrode region and a top electrode layer including an elastomeric material with conducting material integrated within and in contact with a second side of the dielectric layer and in electrical contact with the perimeter electrode region. In some embodiments, the top electrode layer includes a portion of electrically conducting material configured in a hatched pattern.
US12247845B2
A vehicle may include a cluster and an engine control unit (ECU), where the cluster may generate a travel distance signal that indicates a travel distance detected by a vehicle speed sensor, and the ECU may be configured to set a travel distance at the time of an immediately previous key-OFF as a current travel distance when the travel distance signal indicates the initial value at the time of an ignition-ON, and to set the temporary previous travel distance and the temporary current travel distance as a previous travel distance and the current travel distance, respectively, when a temporary previous travel distance prior to a current time point by a predetermined period and a temporary current travel distance at the current time point are greater than or equal to the set current travel distance.
US12247838B2
A system and method for vehicle sharing include a vehicle having sensors, a vehicle computing system (VCS) including a processor and a memory communicating with the sensor and programmed to store sensor data associated with a vehicle sharing trip, and a human-machine interface (HMI) communicating with the VCS and displaying a vehicle sharing trip cost using the sensor data associated with vehicle and/or vehicle component wear and tear incurred during the trip, trip cost savings based on the pricing method, and presenting related coupons. Vehicle sharing cost may be determined for a vehicle use, driver, route, road conditions, parking behavior, weather, etc. based on data from vehicle sensors and external sensors to detect ambient and operating conditions. Sensor data may be communicated to cloud-based networks for processing, analysis, and cost determination using models associating sensor data with component wear, driver's characteristics, historical behavior, and related maintenance and repair cost.
US12247835B2
A radio frequency generator has first and second lasers configured to emit first and second optical outputs; a reference module configured to receive at least part of the first and second optical outputs from the first and second lasers; a control module connected to the first and second lasers and to the reference module; and an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter configured to process optical signals, originating from the first and second single-frequency lasers, to provide a radio frequency output. Another radio frequency generator has a control module; and a reference module connected to the control module. The reference module includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having first and second single-frequency lasers configured to emit first and second optical outputs; an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (UMZI) with first and second 3×3 optical splitter/combiners; first and second peripheral splitter/combiners; and an output splitter/combiner.
US12247829B2
A method is disclosed for selecting an optimal value for an adjustable parameter of a structured light metrology (SLM) system, for scanning an object. The SLM system performs test scans of the object to acquire a plurality of sets of measurements of the object, wherein a different value is used for the parameter for each test scan. For each test scan, a value of a quality metric is calculated, based on the set of measurements of the object associated with the test scan and simulation data representing a simulated scan of the object by the SLM system. A test scan is then identified that has a quality metric value that satisfies a specified optimization criterion; and a value of the adjustable parameter that was used for the identified test scan is selected as the optimal value of the adjustable parameter, for scanning the object.
US12247822B2
An image display method includes a determination step, a generation step, and a display step. A processor refers to a reference model indicating a figure expanding two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally in a three-dimensional space including two or more points and determines whether or not a positional relationship between each of the two or more points and the reference model meets a condition that is set in advance in the determination step. The processor generates an image and differentiates a display state of a pixel corresponding to a first point from a display state of a pixel corresponding to a second point in the generation step. The first point meets the condition, and the second point does not meet the condition. The processor displays the image on a display in the display step.
US12247821B2
The present invention provides a two piece and a three piece primer insert for ammunition piece. Each of the individual pieces may be formed by punching, pressing, stamping, molding, milling, coining, or by additive manufacturing. The individual pieces may be joined by clinching, pressing welding soldering, sintering, adhesive gluing, staking, and iterative addition by forming one piece into another piece.
US12247820B2
The disclosure relates to a connector pin, in particular a metal pin, for feedthroughs, in particular glass-metal feedthroughs, with at least one first, elongated portion, as well as at least one adjoining end portion, and the end portion has a rounding with at least radius R. The disclosure is further characterized in that the cone and/or radius R is preferably a cone and/or radius according to a specification and is obtained by means of a material-removing method and/or a non-material-removing method.
US12247804B2
An adjustable cheek riser is described. The cheek riser may include a cheek plate and a mounting plate. The cheek plate may removably couple to the mounting plate and configured to slide laterally along a mounting plate length. The cheek riser may further include a horizontal adjustment mechanism, which may include a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first fastening member may be disposed on the cheek plate and may include a male boss. The second fastening member may be disposed on the mounting plate and may include divots or notches. The first fastening member may engage with the second fastening member to lock a position of the cheek plate on the mounting plate.
US12247792B2
Disclosed is a heat exchanger. An end cover is assembled and fixed to a port of a first header in a lengthwise direction or a port of a second header in a lengthwise direction, and the end cover includes a body and a first opening formed in the body. The body includes a second cavity and a first recess. The first recess includes a first bottom wall close to the first opening, the first bottom wall is provided with a third opening, the third opening is in communication with the first opening and the second cavity, and the first opening is farther away from an inner cavity of the first header or an inner cavity of the second header than the second cavity. The open area of the first recess is larger than that of the third opening.
US12247780B2
The present invention relates to a flexible, collapsible and insulating container cover for enclosing a container that maintains the temperature of the contents of the container. The cover has a closure mechanism positioned near its top opening, so that the same can be opened for inserting the container. At least one pocket is also positioned on the cover, either on a front surface or near a bottom surface of the cover, for receiving and storing a temperature-conforming pack for maintaining a temperature of the contents of the container.
US12247775B2
The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant; an evaporator configured to perform heat exchange using the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an RF output device configured to output an RF signal to the evaporator for removing frost on the evaporator; and a controller configured to control the RF output device, wherein the controller is configured to: based on the RF signal, control the frost to phase change into a liquid by heat radiated from a plurality of metal fins of the evaporator; and after the phase change, control temperature of the phase changed liquid to increase by a water molecule movement based on the RF signal. Accordingly, defrosting may be performed using the RF signal.
US12247769B2
The present invention provides a vapor injection module including a first expansion means having an inlet port into which a refrigerant is introduced, and first line and second line connected to the inlet port so that the introduced refrigerant flows therethrough, the first expansion means being disposed at a connection portion between the first line and the second line and configured to control a flow direction of the refrigerant and whether to expand the refrigerant depending on an air conditioning mode, a gas-liquid separator connected to the first line and configured to separate the introduced refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant, a second expansion means connected to a movement passage through which the liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator flows, the second expansion means being configured to expand the introduced refrigerant, and a first outlet port connected to the second line and the second expansion means.
US12247765B2
Provided is an improved coupling for preventing water leakage in heating systems that include solar collector panels which incorporate plastic or rubber tubes that are connected to inlet and outlet water manifolds. The couplings are reinforced, dual durometer materials that are flexible enough to form a strong seal to any cylindrical tubes or pipes utilized in the heating system as well as rigid enough to tolerate the expansion and contraction of the coupling body during extreme conditions of use.
US12247760B2
An energy recovery ventilation unit includes an energy recovery ventilation core and a dehumidification system comprising an evaporation unit and a condensing unit. The energy recovery ventilation core receives a first and second airflow and discharges the first and second airflow after the first and second airflow experience heat and mass transfer. The evaporation unit generates a first output airflow comprising a lower relative humidity than the first airflow and directs the first output airflow into a building. The condensing unit generates a second output airflow at a higher temperature than the second airflow and discharges the second output airflow to an unconditioned space.
US12247757B2
A door unit for an air conditioning system includes a stationary inner screen part, an outer casing part rotatable between different operational positions in relation to the inner screen part, and a flap member attached to the outer casing part. The outer casing part includes first and second inlet openings. The door unit directs a first flow of air in a first air flow channel and a second flow of air in a second air flow channel to a third air flow channel or to the third air flow channel and a fourth air flow channel. The flap member blocks the first air flow channel or the second air flow channel, wherein an internal volume of the door unit enclosed by the inner screen part and the outer casing part forms the fourth air flow channel.
US12247755B2
A system includes a use side device of an air conditioner; a terminal; and a management server, wherein the terminal transmits first information for identifying the use side device installed in a predetermined property to the management server, and wherein the management server stores second information as information on a use side device to be installed in the predetermined property, and based on the first information and the second information received from the terminal, the management server determines whether the use side device installed in the predetermined property matches the use side device to be installed in the predetermined property.
US12247742B2
Disclosed are a jet nozzle, and a combustor and a gas turbine including the jet nozzle. The jet nozzle is formed on an inner surface of a combustor to supply fluid into an interior of a liner of the combustor in a direction intersecting with a progress direction of combustion gases primarily combusted in a combustion chamber in the interior of the liner. The jet nozzle includes a body section provided with a fluid inlet on one end, through which fluid is introduced, and a fluid outlet on the other end, through which the fluid introduced through the fluid inlet is discharged, and a swirler section provided inside the body section to allow a portion of the fluid introduced into one side of the body section to rotate in a clockwise direction and to allow the rest of the fluid introduced into the other side of the body section to rotate in a counterclockwise direction.
US12247738B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustion chamber defined between an inner shell and an outer shell. The combustor further includes a bulkhead extending between the inner shell and the outer shell. The combustor further includes a liner panel mounted to one of the inner shell and the outer shell aft of the bulkhead. The liner panel includes a first section including a first plurality of effusion holes. A first portion of the first plurality of effusion holes extends in a substantially circumferential direction. A second portion of the first plurality of effusion holes, disposed forward of the first portion, transitions from the substantially circumferential direction toward a substantially forward direction. A third portion of the first plurality of effusion holes, disposed aft of the first portion, transitions from the substantially circumferential direction to a substantially aft direction.
US12247735B2
A regenerative thermal oxidizer assembly includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member defines a regenerative portion and a combustion chamber. The second housing member defines an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. A regenerator is disposed within the regenerative portion of the first housing member and defines a central axial opening extending to the combustion chamber. A thermal element extends through the axial opening to the combustion chamber for providing heat to the combustion chamber for initiating combustion inside the combustion chamber. The first housing member is rotatable around an axis defined by the axial opening relative to the second housing member for rotating the regenerator relative to the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber.
US12247733B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices and methods for improving operation of a combustion system. According to various embodiments disclosed herein, a prefabricated integrated combustion assembly is disclosed that may be installed into a combustion chamber of a combustion system. The combustion system may be a new combustion system that is being manufactured or a conventional combustion system that is being retrofitted.
US12247731B2
An artificial sunlight system for wall installation comprising: one or more modules, each module comprising at least the following, (a) a frame configured to be installed on a wall; (b) at least one panel supported by said frame, said panel having first and second ends and an emission surface for emitting panel light, and said panel being configured to emit said panel light away from said wall when said frame is installed on said wall; and (c) at least one ceiling light emitter supported by said frame, said ceiling light emitter being configured to emit ceiling light upward toward a ceiling when said frame is installed on said wall.
US12247717B1
A clip device for mounting a light fixture to a ceiling tile grid includes a base configured to be located on a surface of the light fixture. An edge portion extends from the base and is configured to be located in a recess in the surface of the light fixture. An arm extends from the edge portion through a first hinge such that the arm is bendable between a substantially horizontal orientation with respect to the surface of the light fixture to a substantially vertical orientation with respect to the surface of the light fixture when installed. A channel element extends from the arm through a second hinge such that the channel element is bendable to form a channel for receiving a portion of the ceiling tile grid to mount the light fixture. A light fixture system incorporating the clip device is also disclosed.
US12247706B2
Disclosed is a BOG reliquefaction system. The BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor compressing BOG; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor as a refrigerant; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a second oil filter disposed downstream of the pressure reducer, wherein the compressor includes at least one oil-lubrication type cylinder and the second oil filter is a cryogenic oil filter.
US12247703B2
An anti-fire safety system for a transport vehicle has one or more storage tanks storing hydrogen. The system includes a first hydrogen-releasing system, which is configured to release outside the vehicle hydrogen contained in at least one of the storage tanks. The system also includes a second release system, which is arranged to intervene and bypass the first hydrogen release system under predetermined operative conditions. The second release system is configured to transform by a chemical reaction, at least a part of the bypassed hydrogen flowing outward from at least one storage tank, into at least one different substance.
US12247700B2
A method of filling a tank with hydrogen includes: a step of attaching a filling tank to a filling device; and a step of controlling hydrogen filling from the filling device to the filling tank based on a temperature sensor provided in a dummy tank.
US12247699B2
A high-pressure tank comprising: a resin liner for a high-pressure tank including at least one opening portion; an aluminum mouth portion attached to the opening portion; and a reinforcement layer formed on an outer surface of the liner, wherein an aluminum oxide coating is formed on a surface of the aluminum mouth portion, the aluminum oxide coating includes a porous surface layer in which columns with an average height of 10 to 100 nm are arranged in a dispersed state, an average value of a percentages of the protruding portion area of the columns in randomly sampled 400 nm square visual fields of the porous surface layer is 5.0 to 26.0%, and an average value of the numbers of the columns in randomly sampled 400 nm square visual fields of the porous surface layer is 500 to 2000.
US12247695B2
A supporting device includes a first assembly, a second assembly and a limiting mechanism. The first assembly is capable of being connected to a supported object. The first assembly and the second assembly are configured to mate with each other. A clamping space is formed between the first assembly and the second assembly after being mated with each other. The clamping space is configured to clamp a target object. The limiting mechanism is capable of making the first assembly and the second assembly in a relatively fixed position.
US12247688B2
A pipe pulling lubrication apparatus includes a pipe anchor having an anchor body. The anchor body includes a first coupling feature near an anchor body proximal portion and a distal pipe coupling feature near an anchor body distal portion. The distal pipe coupling feature is configured to couple and position a replacement pipe exterior surface near an anchor body exterior surface. The lubrication apparatus further includes a lubrication system including a lubricant conduit extending within the anchor body from the distal pipe coupling feature toward an anchor body intermediate portion between the first coupling feature and the distal pipe coupling feature. The lubrication system includes a lubricant distributor having one or more lubricant passages extending from the lubricant conduit toward the anchor body exterior surface, the lubricant distributor is configured to deliver a lubricant to the replacement pipe exterior surface.
US12247685B2
A coupling member for a blind mate fluid coupling includes a housing and a valve body that is self-centering and alignable relative to the housing. The valve body may include at least two radial shoulder portions or abutments that are configured to engage at least two corresponding radial abutments of the housing to improve self-centering when in a decoupled state. A biasing member may urge the valve body abutments against the corresponding housing abutments to compensate for misalignment and/or provide self-centering in both a decoupled and mated state.
US12247682B2
A clamping apparatus connecting tube flanges, includes first and second bracing devices. The first bracing device connects first and second mounting devices and has a partially circular shape with a first inner and a first outer wall. The second bracing device connects first and second connecting devices. The first bracing device inner wall has a first recess. The first bracing device outer wall is configured to contact the second bracing device which is configured to contact the first bracing device outer wall to apply substantially radial force on that first outer wall. The first recess shape is configured to substantially convert the radial force applied to the first bracing device outer wall into an axial force inside the first inner wall. The first and second mounting devices each comprise at least two attachment devices connecting the first and second connecting devices of the second bracing device.
US12247679B2
A self-sealing hose includes an inner rubber layer comprising a first rubber material; and an outer rubber layer comprising a second rubber material. The second rubber material has an ultimate strain of at least 100% and an elastic limit of at least about 7 MPa. The first rubber material has a modulus measured at 250% elongation of less than about 10 kPa.
US12247678B2
A method of providing a drain pipe passageway through a concrete slab wherein a plastic pipe of predetermined diameter, which is greater than the underlying drain pipe, is positioned in an upright manner within a location of a concrete slab to be poured. Concrete is poured around the pipe to a desired level leaving a portion of the pipe exposed above this level, and the concrete is permitted to solidify. Thereafter the exposed portion of the pipe is cut off leaving an upper opening of the pipe flush with the upper surface of the concrete slab. The upper opening of the pipe is closed off with a plastic cap and a passageway of predetermined diameter, which is smaller than the pipe diameter, is drilled through the cap at a newly calculated position of alignment, and a plastic pipe having an outside diameter which will mate with this smaller diameter of the passageway is inserted through the cap passageway and cemented in position.
US12247671B2
A hydraulic valve includes a valve housing, a valve cone, a spring housing, a check valve, a first hydraulic connection and a second hydraulic connection. The valve housing has a valve seat and the valve cone is movable in the valve housing between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the valve cone is in contact with the valve seat and blocks a first flow path between the first and the second hydraulic connection. In the open position, the valve cone is lifted off the valve seat and the first flow path is opened. A spring element is disposed in the spring housing, which biases the valve cone into the closed position. The check valve is disposed in the valve cone and opens a second flow path from the second hydraulic connection to the first hydraulic connection when pressure is applied to the second hydraulic connection.
US12247661B2
A flat gasket, comprising a support body, wherein the support body has at least two segments which are fixed to one another in a positive-locking manner, wherein the segments each have two main sides, wherein a sealing contour is arranged on at least one main side of each segment.
US12247653B2
A transmission gear box includes a cylindrical box body defining a cavity for gears and an end cover fixed on at least one axially opened end of the cavity of the box body. A fitting structure includes an inner fitting surface located on a surface of one of the box body and the end cover and an outer fitting surface located on a surface of the other one of the box body and the end cover. The inner fitting surface and the outer fitting surface are fixed to each other. A clearance fit area with interference fit areas located on both sides thereof is arranged between the inner fitting surface and the outer fitting surface such that during welding of the inner fitting surface to the outer fitting surface, a molten body produced by melting of the interference fit areas flows to the clearance fit area.
US12247651B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a gearbox housing. The gearbox housing has a housing body and an annular gear. The housing body comprises an annular support and a lateral portion provided at a side face of the annular support. The lateral portion has a hole formed thereon for an input shaft to pass through. The annular gear is provided inside of the housing body along a radial direction and adapted to couple to the annular support, wherein a plurality of teeth are circumferentially provided at an inner side of the annular gear. A gear wheel with an output shaft is adapted to couple to the plurality of teeth.
US12247648B2
A ball screw having a threaded stem including a ball groove formed in an outer surface thereof, a ball nut including a central bore formed by an inner surface thereof, the inner surface defining a ball groove, a first recess extending inwardly from an end face of the ball nut and into the ball groove of the inner surface, and a stop pin disposed in the first recess so that a first end of the stop pin extends inwardly into the ball groove of the inner surface of the ball nut, wherein the stop pin is formed by a coiled strip of metal.
US12247632B2
The present invention includes a first attachment member (11, 111), a second attachment member (12, 112), an elastic body (13, 113), a partition member (16, 116), and a movable member (41, 141). An orifice passage (24, 124), a plurality of first communication holes (42a, 142a), and a second communication hole (42b, 142b) are formed in the partition member (41, 141). A tubular member (21, 121) is disposed on a first wall surface (16b, 116b) in the partition member (16, 116). The plurality of first communication holes (42a, 142a) are open to both an inner portion (16f, 116f) and an outer portion (16g, 116g) on the first wall surface (16b, 116b), and one of the partition member (16) and the tubular member (121) forms an elasticity adjusting unit (Z).
US12247629B2
A cup assembly for a pin of a universal joint bearing includes a cup, a first seal ring attached to the cup, and a second seal ring. The first seal ring includes an elastic element and a spring element configured to preload the elastic element toward the pin, the second seal ring includes a dimensionally stable seal section that is configured to sealingly interact with the pin, and the second seal ring is connected to the cup either directly, or via the elastic element or via an elastic retainer. Also a method of installing the cup assembly.
US12247622B2
A bearing unit for a marble cutting machine, comprising a radially outer ring, rotatable about an axis of rotation (X) of the bearing unit and provided with a radially outer flange portion; a stationary radially inner ring having a raceway and a through hole; a row of rolling bodies interposed between the radially outer ring and the radially inner ring; a seat formed in the radially inner ring and shaped as a portion of a circular crown; and a sensor fit in the seat, wherein a ratio between an internal diameter (D) of the through hole and an axial thickness (t) of the radially inner ring is between 6.7 and 11.1.
US12247620B2
A retainer that suppresses retainer sound, includes a main body portion, a plurality of pockets provided in a circumferential direction, and penetrating through the main body portion in a radial direction, and a retaining surface facing a ball, and forming a C shape when viewed from the radial direction. The retaining surface includes a C-shaped outer circumferential corner portion, a C-shaped inner circumferential corner portion, a first retaining surface arranged in a first rotational direction with respect to the ball, and a second retaining surface arranged in a second rotational direction with respect to the ball. The first retaining surface extends along a first spherical surface obtained by rotating a first virtual circle around a virtual line passing through an axial center and a center of the ball. The second retaining surface extends along a second spherical surface obtained by rotating a second virtual circle around the virtual line.
US12247614B2
A drive shaft for transferring torque including a tubular insert extending along an axis and defining a first layer of the drive shaft including at least one straight portion and at least one undulation, wherein the tubular insert includes a first material having a first deformation temperature, and a polymeric tubular covering defining a second layer of the drive shaft surrounding the tubular insert including a second material having a deformation temperature lower than the deformation temperature of the first material, wherein the covering includes at least one straight portion adjacent to the straight portion of the tubular insert and at least one undulation adjacent to the at least one undulation of the tubular insert.
US12247609B2
A fastener system for joining substrates of a workpiece with working and blind sides includes a nut member, a sleeve member and a bolt member. The nut member includes a nut bore with internal threads. The nut member is placed with the nut bore over a joining bore through the substrates on the blind side. The sleeve member includes an outer sleeve surface with a lubricious coating. The sleeve member is inserted in the joining bore from the working side. The bolt member includes a head portion, a threaded portion and a shank portion. The bolt member is inserted in a central bore of the sleeve member. The threaded portion engages with the internal threads of the nut member. As the bolt member becomes fully engaged, the shank portion causes radial expansion of the sleeve member, and the sleeve member provides an interference fit within the joining bore.
US12247603B2
A rotating structure includes a rotating part and a fixing piece. The rotating part has a lateral perforation part, the lateral perforation part is for perforating an object; the fixing piece is combined to the lateral perforation part and the object, so that the rotating part is movably combined with the object for making the rotating part rotate or move the object. Accordingly, the rotating structure of the present disclosure has the effects of simplicity of operation, saving labor and convenience.
US12247595B2
A hydraulic circuit with a compensation and energy recovery function includes a distribution module having at least one spool defining a main delivery branch and a discharge branch. The hydraulic circuit also includes a supply unit and a three-way compensated adjustment device connected to the spool discharge branch and connected to discharge at a second channel. The three-way compensated adjustment device further includes a first piloting line and a second piloting line configured so that a Maximum Load Sensing piloting signal acts on a first side and a Local Load Sensing piloting signal acts on the second side. An energy recovery device and a selection section are configured to receive a signal at reduced pressure and send it to the first piloting line to activate the three-way compensated adjustment device switching to a position where the fluid coming from the discharge branch is sent to the energy recovery device.
US12247589B2
A hydraulic system for a rotary implement, including an oil tank, a main pump, a control valve, and a rotary motor is provided. The oil tank is connected to an oil suction port of the main pump; an oil outlet of the main pump is connected to a P port of the control valve; a T port of the control valve is interconnected with the oil tank; and A and B ports of the control valve are connected to both ends of the rotary motor. The control valve includes a compensation valve connected to the P port and the T port, an electric proportional valve connected to the P port and the compensation valve, and an electromagnetic reversing valve connected to the compensation valve, the T port and the B port.
US12247588B2
A pressure exchanger includes a rotor including rotor ducts extending parallel to an axis, a first end cover disposed at a first side of the rotor, and a second end cover disposed at a second side of the rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate about the axis, communicate first fluid and second fluid through the rotor ducts, control pressure of the first fluid or the second fluid discharging from the rotor, and allow a least a portion of the first fluid to contact the second end cover to thereby reduce or eliminate a dead volume inside of the rotor. The second fluid includes a flush volume that passes through the rotor ducts.
US12247578B2
A rotary machine includes a rotating shaft, a compressor impeller, a compressor housing, a diffuser plate and an impeller installing portion. The diffuser plate is fixed to the compressor housing and forms a diffuser flow path. The impeller installing portion faces the compressor impeller and is located between the rotating shaft and the diffuser plate. The diffuser plate is located around an outer circumference of the impeller installing portion and is attached to the impeller installing portion.
US12247575B2
A sealing member according to the present invention includes a head plate having a through hole and attached to an opening end of a pump column, a lift shaft penetrating the through hole and raised and lowered between a raised position and a lowered position in raising and lowering the pump, and a bellows member extending and contracting corresponding to the raising and lowering of the lift shaft. The bellows member includes a bellows tube covering an outer peripheral surface of a protruding portion of the lift shaft protruding upward from the head plate, a first attaching member disposed contiguously to an upper end of the bellows tube and attached to an upper end surface of the lift shaft, and a second attaching member disposed contiguously to a lower end of the bellows tube and attached to an upper surface of the head plate.
US12247574B2
A device for centering and guiding a shaft of an aircraft turbine engine is provided. The device includes an outer ring of a rolling bearing extending about an axis and having orifices, an annular bearing support extending about the axis and at least partially about the ring, the support having orifices and a series of studs for connecting the ring to the support. The studs can be distributed about the axis and extend parallel to the axis. The ends of first studs can be engaged without clearance in the orifices, and ends of second studs can be engaged with clearances in the orifices of the ring and/or of the support, the clearances being configured so that the device has different stiffnesses in at least two directions perpendicular to the axis.
US12247573B2
A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; and one or more grooves formed over an inner circumferential surface and a side face closer to the blades in the movable member.
US12247571B2
A motor and a fan device are provided. The motor includes a motor bracket; a conductive shaft fixed to a front surface side of the motor bracket; a rotor rotatably supported on the shaft; a stator fixed to the front surface side of the motor bracket inside the rotor and wound with a plurality of coils for generating a magnetic field to rotate the rotor; a substrate, a front surface thereof mounted with a driver circuit for controlling magnetic field generation by the coils; and a driver case fixed to a rear surface side of the motor bracket and forming an accommodation space accommodating the substrate between itself and the motor bracket. A positive wiring of the driver circuit is mounted outside a region on the substrate overlapping the shaft when the motor is viewed from an axial direction of the shaft.
US12247567B2
The invention relates to a scroll compressor for compressing a fluid, comprising a compression section with an inlet for sucking the fluid into the compression section, an outlet for discharging the compressed fluid out of the compression section, a stationary disk having a stationary spiral, and an orbiting disk having an orbiting spiral. The orbiting disk is orbitable relative to the stationary disk to move the fluid from the inlet to the outlet and to compress it thereby. The scroll compressor comprises an oil separator for separating oil from the compressed fluid and a direct oil return for directly returning oil from the oil separator to the compression section, the direct oil return comprising at least one orifice opening. For enabling efficient operation, the direct oil return comprises an outgassing chamber arranged between the first flow valve and the orifice opening and a fluid return for returning fluid from the outgassing chamber to the compression section.
US12247564B2
The present invention relates to a gas supply pump comprising: a camshaft which can be rotated; a plurality of cam noses provided at regular intervals in a lengthwise direction of the camshaft and having an eccentric shape from the center of the camshaft; a cam roller provided to be in close contact with each cam nose; and a drive shaft and a piston provided to neighbor with one side of the cam roller; and a liquefied gas compression device which pressurizes and exhausts a liquefied gas according to a straight reciprocation of the piston.
US12247552B2
A system and method for generating gyroscopic forces. These forces can be used to propel or assist in the propulsion of a vehicle. The gyroscopic forces are generated within modules that are attached to a vehicle. Each module contains flywheel assemblies that include an axle, a flywheel, and a motor. Each axle has an angle of inclination within the module that can be selectively adjusted. Each flywheel is rotated. Once at its operational speed, the angle of inclination for each axle is altered within the module. Once the axle of a spinning flywheel is moved in inclination, gyroscopic forces are generated that act to return the flywheels to their original orientation. These gyroscopic forces can act to provide propulsion to the vehicle. Unwanted precessional forces are cancelled due to the opposed orientation of the flywheel assemblies and the equal angles of inclination.
US12247542B2
The present disclosure relates to a spar cap (10) for a wind turbine blade (1000) comprising: a plurality of spar cap layers (20) and a first interlayer (30) arranged between the first spar cap layer (20a) and the second spar cap layer (20b) and comprising: a number of first interlayer areas (31), including a first primary interlayer area (31a), comprising a first number of interlayer sheets (33) comprising a first plurality of fibres (35); and a number of second interlayer areas (32), including a second primary interlayer area (32a), comprising a second number of interlayer sheets (34) comprising a second plurality of fibres (36), wherein the first number of interlayer sheets (33) is of a different characteristic than the second number of interlayer sheets (34).
US12247535B2
An inertial separator including an inlet tube with an undercut, an outlet tube with a spiral ramp, and a scavenge flow outlet, is disclosed.
US12247522B2
A burner assembly includes a plurality of burners for mixing fuel and air. Each of the plurality of burners includes: at least one fuel nozzle for injecting the fuel; and a mixing passage into which the fuel injected from the at least one fuel nozzle and the air are introduced. Each of the at least one fuel nozzle includes a protruding portion protruding upstream of an inlet of the mixing passage in a flow direction of the air. Each of the at least one fuel nozzle includes at least one fuel injection hole formed on a side surface of the protruding portion. A top surface of the protruding portion includes a convex curved surface.
US12247521B2
A control method is provided during which a turbine engine is operated. The turbine engine includes a plurality of steam cooled zones along a flowpath within the turbine engine. Steam is distributed between the steam cooled zones based on a first distribution while the turbine engine is operating in a first mode. The steam is distributed between the steam cooled zones based on a second distribution while the turbine engine is operating in a second mode. The second distribution is different than the first distribution.
US12247517B2
A system includes a gas turbine system having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The system further includes a power management system configured to supply an injection fluid into a host fluid of the gas turbine system to manage power production of the gas turbine system, wherein the injection fluid comprises a gas mixture comprising oxygen. The system further includes a model-based controller configured to control operation of the gas turbine system, wherein the model-based controller has one or more models including consideration of the injection fluid supplied by the power management system into the host fluid.
US12247514B2
Engines operating using multiple, different types of fuel are described. The engines may include components that control the introduction of fuels and/or reduce premature pre-ignition of fuels, such as a fuel comprising a percentage of hydrogen. The described hydrogen-fueled engines have a reduced carbon footprint.
US12247511B2
In a fuel cell cooling device, sliding damage to a piston and the deterioration of sealing performance are prevented despite using a simple structure in which a portion sliding with the piston is made of a brass bushing and a simple and inexpensive method of setting the assembly of the brass bushing to a press-fitted state by light press-fitting and ball burnishing. Provided is a stainless steel cylindrical guide slidably retaining a stainless steel piston, advancing and retracting according to the expansion and contraction of the thermal expansion body, provided at the open end of a bottomed cylindrical case containing a thermal expansion body. A brass bushing is fitted into the inner circumferential portion of the cylindrical guide by light press-fitting and subjected to precision finishing on the inner circumferential surface, for example, by ball burnishing, to be expanded radially by the pressure from the inside and press-fitted.
US12247507B1
A distribution system for injecting reductant into an exhaust duct of a power plant comprises a first injection grid comprising a first manifold and a first plurality of distribution branches, and a second injection grid comprising a second manifold and a second plurality of distribution branches, wherein the first plurality of distribution branches is interleaved with the second plurality of distribution branches, and the first plurality of distribution branches and the second plurality of distribution branches each receive reductant flow from their respective manifold in opposite directions. A method for injecting a reductant into an exhaust comprises generating a first mass flow gradient of reductant along a first axis, generating a second mass flow gradient of reductant along a second axis, wherein the mass flow gradients decrease in directions along their axes, wherein the first direction and the second direction are disposed in a counterflow arrangement.
US12247506B2
A method of providing a heating cycle for an after-treatment system is described. The method comprises initiating a pre-charge cycle of a DCDC converter and determining a temperature of the after-treatment system. In response to determining the temperature of the after-treatment system is below a threshold temperature and the pre-charge is complete, the method further comprises operating a solid-state switch to electrically connect a high voltage power source to a heating element to of the after-treatment system, and heating the after-treatment system with the heating element until the after-treatment system reaches the threshold temperature.
US12247485B2
A rotary steerable system on a bottom-hole assembly, that includes a first actuator row, that includes a first steering actuator, a second steering actuator, and a third steering actuator, and a second actuator row, disposed at a radial offset from the first actuator row, that includes a fourth steering actuator.
US12247481B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for configuring links or switches that connect analog circuit elements. These analog circuit elements may be connected to a plurality of sensors that may sense different types of data. For example, these sensors may sense acoustic data, electromagnetic (EM) data, temperature, pressure, and possibly other metrics that may be located in a wellbore of an oil or gas well. These analog circuits may be configured as needed (e.g., on-the-fly) to perform optimized types of computations that may include the solving of differential equations. Examples of analog circuits that may be incorporated into a sensing system include yet are not limited to operational amplifier circuits or memcomputing devices, other components, or combinations thereof. Configured analog circuits may be coupled to digital electronics that perform other functions.
US12247480B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for radiation detector windows that have an improved shape or density and/or provide collimation of radiation that passes through. Thus, a radiation-based logging tool may include a source that emits radiation and a detector that detects, through a detector window, a first portion of the radiation scattered off of a geological formation. The detector window may include a dome having a first surface and a second surface and a support structure that provides support for the dome. The detector window may include a window insert that shields the detector from a second portion of the radiation.
US12247479B2
A wellbore magnetic tool apparatus is used for generating a magnetic field emanating from a tubing string. The apparatus has a tubular body for connection in series with the tubing string. Magnetic elements are mounted within one or more cavities in the tubular body such that the field directions of all magnetic elements are aligned in a common direction extending along a diametrical axis of the tubular body. The cavities are open to an interior of the body so that the magnetic elements are inserted into the cavities through an inner longitudinal passage of the tubular body. One or more covers close the cavities relative to the longitudinal passage in the tubular body. Magnet receiving cavities open to the interior enable a proportionally larger cavity with greater density of magnets without weakening of the structure of the body.
US12247473B1
A method for reducing kinetic energy of an energized stimulation fluid upstream of a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of introducing the energized stimulation fluid to an energy dissipating flow block installed in a frac tree, the energy dissipating flow block comprises a body having an internal geometry configured to produce cyclonic flow of the energized stimulation fluid, the body comprising a top and a bottom; an inlet nozzle positioned proximate and parallel to the top of the body; a cushioning sub positioned parallel to the top of the body and opposite the inlet nozzle; and an outlet nozzle positioned perpendicular to the bottom of the body; reducing the kinetic energy of the energized stimulation fluid due to the cyclonic flow in the body; introducing the stimulation fluid to the frac tree; and introducing the stimulation fluid to the wellbore through the frac tree.
US12247470B1
Systems and processes for enhancing connectivity and/or permeability between injector and producer wells using sequenced stimulation. Methods of modeling same.
US12247458B2
A plug assembly, dedicated for ball-in-place operation, includes an expandable assembly, a locking ring, a cup and studs, to be deployed using a retrievable setting tool. The expandable assembly is adapted to be deformed radially over the locking ring and the cup, while the locking ring is retained longitudinally relative to a mandrel of the retrievable setting tool, thanks to the studs positioned within the cup. The locking ring has a stopping inner surface. The combination of the cup and an untethered object is adapted to contact an inner surface of the plug assembly and, using well fluid pressure, to apply forces to the plug assembly. The forces cause the longitudinal movement of the cup and untethered objects while contacting the inner surface of the plug assembly until the cup contacts the stopping inner surface of the locking ring.
US12247442B1
A lifting plug for connection with a tubular member, the lifting plug including a body having an externally threaded portion, a flange at a first end of the body for engagement with a lifting device, and a grease collection groove interrupting at least a part of the externally threaded portion, the grease collection groove collecting and removing excess grease from the threaded portion during use.
US12247426B2
A furniture drive includes a carrier to be fixed a furniture carcass, an actuating arm for moving the movably-supported furniture part relative to the carrier, the actuating arm being pivotable about a first pivoting axis, and an interface for fixing a synchronization shaft, and configured to synchronize a pivotal movement of the actuating arm with a pivotal movement of an actuating arm of a further actuating drive. The interface includes a component pivotable about a second pivoting axis, the second pivoting axis being arranged laterally offset to the first pivoting axis of the actuating arm. The carrier has an upper side which, in a mounted condition of the furniture drive on the furniture carcass, faces towards a top panel of the furniture carcass, and the first pivoting axis has a larger perpendicular distance to the upper side than the second pivoting axis.
US12247424B2
A closure for a door of a structure, for example, a wildlife observation or hunting blind, is provided. The closure can include a base plate, a door latch, a handle, and at least one tracking bar spaced from the base plate to form a gap, sized to receive part of a door panel. The tracking bar can include a primary sliding surface that faces and slides relative to a first side of the panel when converting the closure from a locked mode to an open mode. The plate can include a guide bar slidable within a panel guide slot coextensive with a transverse opening sized so the tracking bar can fit through it and retain the base plate and handle in sliding relation proximate the panel. The door closure can be installed relative to the door manually, without the use of tools. A related method of use is provided.
US12247417B2
A locking device includes a lever configured to sway around a rotation axis and including a restriction part restricting an operation of a handle, a hole, and an attaching portion where a moving member configured to move in accordance with an operation of an actuator is attached; and a pressure member disposed in the hole and configured to make a first back-and-forth movement in accordance with an unlocking operation of a key. The pressure member moves the restriction part from a position for restricting the operation of the handle to a position for allowing the operation of the handle by swaying the lever around the rotation axis by pressing a first portion which is a portion of the hole in a forward movement of the first back-and-forth movement, and moves away from the first portion without swaying the lever in a backward movement of the first back-and-forth movement.
US12247415B2
An exemplary system includes a mechanical key and an access control device. The access control device includes a housing defining a keyway that has a fixed position within the housing. The access control device further includes a root depth sensor assembly, an insertion depth sensor assembly, a control assembly in communication with the sensor assemblies, and an electronic lock device. The control assembly is configured to determine the bitting code of the mechanical key based upon information received from the sensor assemblies, to compare the bitting code of the mechanical key to a lock/unlock bitting code; and to transmit a lock/unlock command in response to the bitting code matching the lock/unlock bitting code. The electronic lock device is configured to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state in response to receiving the lock/unlock command and without requiring rotation of the mechanical key.
US12247414B2
An handleset including a housing, a spring cage assembly, a spindle, and a lever handle. The spring cage assembly includes a spring cage rotatably mounted in the housing, and a bias mechanism biasing the spring cage toward a home position. The spindle extends along a longitudinal axis, and is longitudinally movable between an engaged position in which the spindle is rotationally coupled with the spring cage and a disengaged position in which the spindle is rotationally decoupled from the spring cage. The lever handle is rotationally coupled with the spindle, and the spindle is slidable relative to the lever handle between the engaged position and the disengaged position.
US12247410B2
A prying tool includes a prying end with a first prying member and a second prying member pivotally engaged with a main body of the prying tool. The first and the second prying members are pivotal toward and away from each other. The first prying member has a first claw and the second prying member has a second claw respectively. The first and the second prying members are pivotal between a first configuration in which first and the second claws are adjacent to each other and a second configuration in which the first and the second claws are away from each other.
US12247409B2
An anchor is provided having a lifting pin, with a shaft, a head at an upper end of the shaft, and a foot at a lower end of the shaft, and the anchor further comprising an annular plate with an opening through the center, positioned with the shaft extending through the opening and the annular plate overlaying and supported by the foot. The annular plate has an area that is at least 80% of the area of a hypothetical circle circumscribing the annular plate.
US12247405B2
The invention relates to a glue-down decorative floor covering system. The invention also relates to a glue-down floor covering realized by a plurality of tiles of the glue-down floor covering system according to the invention. The invention further relates to a tile for use in a glue-down floor covering system according to the invention.
US12247404B2
A facade module for separating an interior from an exterior of a building volume includes: a partition plate, including an inner face and an outer face, the partition plate including an inner glazed layer forming the inner face; and a fastening element of the partition plate suitable for fastening the partition plate to a building structure. The partition plate includes at least one stone layer forming the outer face of the partition plate and/or extending over the inner glazed layer.
US12247403B1
The present disclosure provides embodiments of a reinforced porcelain panel product for renovations or new construction in buildings. In an embodiment, a reinforced porcelain panel product includes a porcelain slab and a structural core board. The structural core board includes a foam-core material having a surface area and a thickness larger than the porcelain slab. An upper surface of the structural core board is positioned in contact with a bottom surface of the porcelain slab with an adhesive material. A buffer region is defined by regions of the structural core board extending beyond outer peripheries of the porcelain slab. The buffer region enhances protection from cracking when the reinforced porcelain panel product is handled. The lower surface of the structural core board has a first surface plane parallel to a top surface of the porcelain slab and a lower surface positioned to attach to a mounting surface.
US12247399B2
A roof assembly comprising: a roof deck; a thermoplastic membrane covering the deck; and a fabric having disposed thereon expandable graphite.
US12247395B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide for modular snow and ice retention and mounting systems. In various embodiments, a bracket may comprise a mounting strap, a hybrid pad, a bracket assembly and a rod. The hybrid pad may comprise a face portion and a support portion. The face portion and the support portion may be operatively coupled together. The hybrid pad may be operatively coupled to the mounting strap. The face portion may comprise a stiffening rib. The stiffening rib may be defined in a front surface of the face portion. The stiffening rib may define a first load plane. The face portion may also define a first rod notch. The first rod notch may be defined on a first side of the face portion. The face portion may also define a second rod notch. The rod may be mountable to the hybrid pad.
US12247377B2
An aerator (1) having a housing (2) and a jet-splitting device (3) arranged or formed in the housing (2) for splitting an individual jet into a plurality of separate liquid components. The aerator (1) has at least two flow channels (4), which are oriented obliquely in such a way that the outlet directions (12) defined by the flow channels (4) meet each other. An insert part (5) is inserted into a hole (6) in the main body (28) of the jet-splitting device (3), which hole is oriented in particular in the longitudinal direction of the housing (2), such that the hole (6) is divided into the at least two obliquely extending flow channels.
US12247376B2
In an outflow structure (10) of a jet regulator (1), holes (17, 19, 25) are formed in the edge region of a regular arrangement (12) which are enlarged with respect to the regular arrangement (12), in order to avoid the formation of small holes (17, 19, 25) in the edge region.
US12247368B2
A cage for a monopile of an offshore wind turbine is provided, configured to extend, in an installed state, in a height direction of the monopile, wherein the cage includes one or more supports for holding one or more pipes and/or tubes, and a first inner diameter at a lower portion thereof and a second inner diameter at an upper portion thereof, the second inner diameter) being smaller than the first inner diameter, and wherein the cage is configured to be arranged on the monopile having a conically shaped outer surface tapered in the height direction such that the upper portion of the cage rests at the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile. The cage can be attached by resting it on the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile.
US12247364B2
Some embodiments relate to a boom for containing floating material spilled in water comprising: an elongate sheet comprising a plurality of spaced apart units, each unit configured to self-expand from a folded state upon deployment; each unit comprising: a plurality of plates forming an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion defined along a vertical axis of the boom unit; and a plurality of stiffening elongate rods, each of the plurality of elongate rods interconnecting at least two plates.
US12247351B2
A method for live area printing for textiles includes bulk production of textile blanks having uncolored live areas incorporated thereupon. The live areas are disposed at exact positions upon the blank to correspond to a specific location upon each textile article manufactured from the blank. Manufactured textile articles are thence customizable by printing directly to the live area(s) upon demand. Color is matched using methods based on CIELAB to ensure a seamless transition between the textile article color and the background color applied to the live area.
US12247348B2
Described is a method for decoloring of a textile material, the method includes the steps of: providing a textile material; providing an alkaline solution containing one or more anionic polyelectrolytes; treating the textile material in the alkaline solution during a treatment period; and recovering at least some of the textile material from the alkaline solution.
US12247339B2
A method controls a garment processing device and includes rotating a drum inside a tub at a first rate, measuring a degree of imbalance of laundry while rotating the drum at the first rate, increasing the rate of rotation to a second rate based on a first measurement being less than or equal to a first reference value, rotating the drum at a second rate, measuring the degree of imbalance while rotating the drum at the second rate, stopping rotation of the drum based on a second measurement being less than or equal to a second reference value, accelerating the drum to a third rate higher than the second rate, thereby removing water from the garments, and stopping rotation of the drum based on the degree of imbalance of the drum becoming larger than an imbalance reference value that is set based on the second measured value.
US12247337B2
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed in a client-server environment, such as executing via a Web browser.
US12247332B2
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for seamless and scalable piezoresistive matrix-based intelligent textile development using digital flat-bed and circular knitting machines. Disclosed embodiments allow for combining and customizing functional conductive and polyester and spandex yarns, thus allowing for designing the aesthetics and architecting and engineering both the electrical and mechanical properties of the pressure sensing textile. In addition, by incorporating a melting fiber, disclosed embodiments allow for shaping and personalizing a three-dimensional piezoresistive fabric structure that can conform to the human body through thermoforming principles.
US12247331B2
A weft insertion device includes a first main nozzle and a second main nozzle that is arranged upstream from the first main nozzle in a weft insertion direction and is configured to function as an auxiliary main nozzle. The first main nozzle is connectable to a first valve device by a first piping. The second main nozzle is connectable to a second valve device by a second piping shorter than the first piping. The weft insertion device is configured to supply compressed air to each main nozzle with each valve device being in an open state over a jet period from a predetermined jet starting timing. In a predetermined initial jet period that begins at the jet starting timing, an operating state of the second valve device is put into a small flow rate state, in which a flow rate smaller than a steady flow rate is supplied.
US12247328B2
The present invention provides a composite core yarn comprising at least two conductive filaments as a core and a cover layer which encapsulates the core. For providing an adaptable composite core yarn, the cover layer comprises staple fibers. A woven fabric comprising the composite core yarn as well as an article of clothing comprising the composite core yarn is provided together with a method of producing the composite core yarn and a description of different utilizations of the composite core yarn in different applications is likewise provided.
US12247323B2
Disclosed is a continuous preparation method of cellulose fibers, in which a forming tension of 0.1 to 1.9 cN/dtex is applied to a fine solution stream obtained by extrusion through a spinneret plate and air gap cooling, then the fine solution stream is fed into a coagulating bath at a speed of 80 to 1000 m/min, a traction tension of 0.075 to 1.5 cN/dtex is continued to be applied to washed fibers in a water washing system behind the coagulating bath, and finally, the washed fibers are fed into a post-treatment system for continuous and efficient spinning of finished fibers at a speed of 80 to 1000 m/min.
US12247319B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel technology capable of achieving high-quality SiC seed crystal, SiC ingot, SiC wafer and SiC wafer with an epitaxial film. The present invention, which solves the above object, is a method for producing a SiC seed crystal for growth of a SiC ingot, the method including a heat treatment step of heat-treating a SiC single crystal in an atmosphere containing Si element and C element. As described above, by heat-treating the SiC single crystal in an atmosphere containing the Si element and the C element, it is possible to produce a high-quality SiC seed crystal in which strain and crystal defects are suppressed.
US12247315B2
An apparatus for manufacturing hexagonal crystals using HVPE includes: a reaction tube; a reaction boat disposed on one side in the reaction tube; a halogenation reaction gas supply pipe for supplying a halogenation reaction gas to the reaction boat; a nitrification reaction gas supply pipe for supplying a nitrification reaction gas to the reaction boat; and a heater for heating the reaction tube. The reaction boat includes a source part for receiving source materials; and a crystal growth part disposed beneath the source part and having a depressed growth mold of a predetermined shape. The source part includes: at least one penetration hole formed on a bottom surface; a first allocating area formed around the at least one penetration hole, for receiving aluminum; and a second allocating area formed around the first allocating area, for receiving a main material of the hexagonal crystal and gallium.
US12247312B2
An apparatus and method for a mandrel used during an electroforming process. The mandrel is formed of a structural wax and includes a metallic layer utilized to formulate a metal component. During the electroforming process, the mandrel is actively cooled utilizing a closed loop. The closed loop includes the mandrel and a heat exchanger through which a coolant flows.
US12247310B2
Sequential electrodeposition of metals into through-mask features on a semiconductor substrate is conducted such as to reduce the deleterious consequences of lipseal's pressure onto the mask material. In a first electroplating step, a first metal (e.g., nickel) is electrodeposited using a lipseal that has an innermost point of contact with the semiconductor substrate at a first distance from the edge of the substrate. In a second electroplating step, a second metal (e.g., tin) is electrodeposited using a lipseal that has an innermost point of contact with the semiconductor substrate at a greater distance from the edge of the substrate than the first distance. This allows to at least partially shift the lipseal pressure from a point that could have been damaged during the first electrodeposition step and to shield from electrolyte any cracks that might have formed in the mask material during the first electroplating step.
US12247309B2
A ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance. The ferritic stainless steel with improved corrosion resistance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), N: 0.02% or less (excluding 0), Si: 0.5% or less (excluding 0), Mn: 0.3% or less (excluding 0), Cr: 16 to 20%, Ni: 0.4% or less (excluding 0), the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and a Cr weight % content of a thickness region from a surface of a passivation film to 3 nm is 1.2 times or more than the Cr weight % content of the stainless base material.
US12247308B2
An anode current collector of an electrochemical cell includes an inner portion in which a first hole is formed, and an outer portion located outside the inner portion and in which a second hole is formed. The first hole has a cross-sectional area that increases toward a supply flow path, and the second hole has a cross-sectional area that increases toward an electrolyte membrane.
US12247307B2
An electrolytic eluent generator includes an electrolyte reservoir and at least one eluent generation cartridge. The electrolyte reservoir includes a chamber containing an aqueous electrolyte solution; and a first electrode. The at least one eluent generation cartridge includes a platinum mesh electrode; a polymer screen; a plurality of reinforced membranes; a membrane washer; and a spacer including a central post and an annular projection.
US12247305B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for forming and purifying solid carbon material from a molten carbonate salt electrolyte. Various embodiments also provide methods, apparatus, and systems for recycling certain materials including the carbonate salt electrolyte, carbon dioxide, water, etc. Advantageously, the system utilizes carbon dioxide in one or more processes, for example to purify the solid carbon and regenerate the carbonate salt electrolyte. These methods, apparatus, and systems provide an efficient technique to consume carbon dioxide in the production of solid carbon, with substantial advantages over systems that attempt to form solid carbon from a stream of carbon dioxide provided directly to an electrolysis reactor.
US12247289B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for forming a thin film using a surface protection material comprises: a surface protection layer forming step of forming a surface protection layer on the surface of a substrate by supplying a surface protection material to the inside of a chamber in which the substrate is placed; a step of performing a primary purging of the inside of the chamber; a metal precursor supply step of supplying a metal precursor to the inside of the chamber; a step of performing a secondary purging of the inside of the chamber; and a thin film forming step of supplying a reactive material to the inside of the chamber so as to react with the metal precursor and form a thin film.
US12247283B2
A method of operating a beamline ion implanter may include performing, in an ion implanter, a first implant procedure to implant a dopant of a first polarity into a given semiconductor substrate, and generating an estimated implant dose of the dopant of the first polarity based upon a set of filtered information, generated by the first implant procedure. The method may also include calculating an actual implant dose of the dopant of the first polarity using a predictive model based upon the estimated implant dose, and performing, in the ion implanter, an adjusted second implant procedure to implant a dopant of a second polarity into a select semiconductor substrate, based upon the actual implant dose.
US12247270B2
A method for producing an anisotropic conductive film, which includes: a preparation step wherein a base material that has a plurality of recesses and solder fine particles are prepared; an accommodation step wherein at least some of the solder fine particles are accommodated in the recesses; a fusing step wherein the solder fine particles accommodated in the recesses are fused, thereby forming solder particles within the recesses; a transfer step wherein an insulating resin material is brought into contact with the recess opening side of the base material that includes the solder particles in the recesses, thereby obtaining a first resin layer on which the solder particles have been transferred; and a layering step wherein a second resin layer that is configured from an insulating resin material is formed on the surface of the first resin layer, on which the solder particles have been transferred, thereby obtaining an anisotropic conductive film.
US12247265B2
Solid agglomerated product, usable as a charge material for an electric arc furnace, comprises at least one fraction of by-product deriving from a steel plant and which comprises a first part containing ferrous oxide FeO and a second part containing ferric oxide Fe2O3, a fraction of solid fuel (CR) containing a quantity of carbon and at least one inorganic binder to agglomerate a fraction of by-product and the fraction of solid fuel with each other and give the agglomerated product the required mechanical properties. The inorganic binder at least partly comprises slag.
US12247261B1
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of iron and steel material, in particular to an oriented electrical steel with high magnetic induction and annealing method thereof. Impeccable secondary recrystallization and single Goss texture are formed by controlling the heating rate and the atmosphere of the annealing treatment, confirming beginning and ending temperature in accordance with different heating rate. The orientation density of the Goss texture is more than 145. The magnetic induction intensity B8 is increased by 1-3% compared with products of same grade.
US12247251B2
In various embodiments a molecular circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, and an enzyme molecule conductively attached to both the positive and negative electrodes to form a circuit having a conduction pathway through the enzyme. In various examples, the enzyme is a polymerase. The circuit may further comprise molecular arms used to wire the enzyme to the electrodes. In various embodiments, the circuit functions as a sensor, wherein electrical signals, such as changes to voltage, current, impedance, conductance, or resistance in the circuit, are measured as substrates interact with the enzyme.
US12247250B2
The present invention relates to the rapid and electricity-free, point-of-care, multiplexed detection and quantification of at least one or more nucleic acid sequences from nucleic acids corresponding to a plurality of pathogens or biomarkers using a micropatterned lateral flow device. Rapid and molecular-level sensitive differential diagnosis of a disease condition may be enabled without the need for a delayed laboratory test so that timely treatment can be administered.
US12247249B2
Provided herein is method for, among other things, estimating the number of sequence variations in a sample of DNA. In some embodiments, the method can be used to estimate the mutational load of a sample. In some embodiments, the method makes use of a set of primers that have 3′ ends that specifically hybridizes to a sequence that is repeated multiple times in the genome. Thermocycling a reaction mix containing the primers may produce a reaction product comprising at least 50 amplicons having a total length of at least 100 kb. This product can be sequenced to provide an estimate of the number of sequence variations in the sample, and thus the mutational load of the sample.
US12247244B2
The present invention provides a comprehensive assay capable of comprehensively measuring interactive factors for a variety of different types of proteins. In the present invention, provided is a system for detecting activation of a protein by integrating, with mediation of a plurality of factors, changes in the transcriptional regulatory region of a gene whose expression is changed by activation of the protein. The stimulation response ratio of transcription activity before and after stimulation by ligands possessed by individual transcriptional regulatory regions is synergistically integrated, so that a highly sensitive reporter assay system can be constructed.
US12247243B2
This invention relates to a method for the direct detection of tick-borne infections, wherein the human/animal body fluid sample, ideally blood sample to be examined is obtained directly on a specified amount of cell technology medium establishing a partially hostile (semi-hostile) environment, the sample and the cell technology medium are mixed, incubated and stored, if required, meanwhile, the cells and pathogens of the subject are in the semi-hostile environment, then corpuscles and pathogens are separated; a small amount of blood cells from the “buffy coat” layer and blood cells located a few cell layers beneath it are supplemented to and mixed with the gained plasma, the sample is concentrated and the test is finally performed to detect pathogens in the plasma and in blood cells. The claimed matter covers cell technology medium applied and its application interesting methods.
US12247241B2
The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
US12247236B2
The present invention includes novel systems, methods, and compositions for the enzymatic/chemical production of pseudouridine (Ψ) and its variants, such as N1-methyl-pseudouridine-5′-triphosphate (m1ΨTP).
US12247235B2
The present invention relates to an improved process of treating crop kernels to provide a starch product of high quality suitable for conversion of starch into mono- and oligosaccharides, ethanol, sweeteners, etc. The present invention also relates to polypeptides having GH10 xylanase activity and polypeptides having GH62 arabinofuranosidase activity. Further, the present invention also relates to a process for extraction or separation of crude palm oil.
US12247229B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a novel bacteriophage useful for treating bacterial endophthalmitis and a therapeutic agent for bacterial endophthalmitis comprising the novel bacteriophage. The therapeutic agent for bacterial endophthalmitis according to the present invention is characterized in comprising 1 or more bacteriophages selected from the group essentially consisting of Myoviridae Spounavirinae phiEF7H (accession number: NITE BP-02886), Myoviridae Spounavirinae phiEF19G (accession number: NITE BP-02887), Myoviridae Spounavirinae phiEF14H1 (accession number: NITE BP-02888), and mutants thereof.
US12247213B2
Provided herein are gene therapy methods for the treatment of mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA (MPS IVA) involving the use of recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) to deliver human N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (hGALNS) to the bone of a human subject diagnosed with MPS IVA. Also provided herein are rAAVs that can be used in the gene therapy methods and methods of making such rAAVs.
US12247207B2
The present invention identified BCL2 gene inhibitor based on long non-coding RNA, the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; Which could interact with BCL2 and inhibit its expression effectively, thereby inhibiting the growth and metastasis of tumor, and benefiting patients in the process of tumor treatment.
US12247205B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions of matter and assay methods used to detect one or more target nucleic acids of interest in a sample. The compositions and methods allow one to control reaction kinetics of the cascade assay by two orders of magnitude via molecular design of one of the reaction components; further, varying molecular design also allows for quantification of target nucleic acids of interest over a large range of concentrations or discriminating between extremely low copy numbers of target nucleic acids of interest.
US12247195B2
This invention concerns an integrated microfluidic system that utilizes microfluidic chip technology to receive a patient sample including cells, expand the cells, reprogram the expanded cells and then store the reprogrammed cells in a microfluidic chip. These microfluidic chips with stored reprogrammed cells may then be used in scenarios of genetic differentiation into specific cell types. Overall this system and workflow is suitable as a hospital based device that will allow the generation of iPSCs from every patient for downstream diagnostic or therapeutic use.
US12247191B2
Disclosed is a device for angling a multi-well plate during shaking on a typical low speed laboratory incubator-shaker to facilitate cell growth. An assembly with a holder for a deep-well multi-well plate to attach it to a base has an adjustable-angle joint. The base is attached to a conventional incubator shaker tray via screws or a sticky pad. The adjustable-angle joint allows maintaining the desired angle of the plate, even at full shaking speed.
US12247190B2
The methods and systems described herein provide a cell culture platform with an array of tissue modeling environments and dynamic control of fluid flow. The cell culture platform includes an array of wells that are fluidically coupled by microchannel structures. The dynamically controlled flow of fluid interacts with cells grown within the microchannels.
US12247186B2
A fuser fluid composition is disclosed, including a non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid, and a non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid, where the non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition, and the non-fluorinated non-functional silicone fluid is present in the fuser fluid composition in an amount of from about 50 wt % to about 99 wt % based on a total weight of the fuser fluid composition. The non-fluorinated functional silicone fluid may include an amine-functional group. A cleaning web and a fusing subsystem for a printing system may include a material impregnated with the fuser fluid composition.
US12247171B2
The invention relates to a method for capturing organometallic impurities in a gasoline-type hydrocarbon feedstock containing sulfur compounds and olefins, wherein said feedstock is brought into contact with hydrogen and a capture mass comprising a nickel-based active phase, and a mesoporous and macroporous alumina substrate having a bimodal distribution of mesopores and wherein: —the volume of mesopores having a diameter greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 18 nm corresponds to between 10 and 30% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate; —the volume of mesopores with a diameter greater than or equal to 18 nm and less than 50 nm corresponds to between 30 and 50% by volume of the total pore volume of said substrate.
US12247161B2
A method for sealing a high permeability region in a reservoir is provided. The method includes injecting a gel precursor solution into a high permeability region in a reservoir, injecting a sodium nitrite solution proximate to the high permeability region, and injecting an ammonium chloride solution proximate to the high permeability region. The ammonium chloride solution and the sodium nitrite solution are mixed proximate to the high permeability region. The ammonium chloride solution and the sodium nitrite solution are allowed to react, increasing the temperature of the reservoir proximate to the high permeability region. The gel precursor solution is allowed to react to form a solid gel in the high permeability region.
US12247160B2
Provided are methods for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations for the purposes of selectively reducing excessive production of water and aqueous fluids in oil and gas wells, wherein the methods utilize an emulsion containing a copolymer, which is typically prepared in an aqueous salt media.
US12247154B2
The use of a refrigerant including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene for the heating of a battery of an electric vehicle including at least one electrochemical cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, the electrolyte including a lithium salt and the negative electrode including metallic lithium as electrochemically active material.
US12247149B2
A conductive paste for an electrolytic capacitor used for connecting a cathode part and a cathode lead terminal of the electrolytic capacitor. The conductive paste includes a thermosetting resin, and conductive particles, and the conductive particles include flaky metal particles and acicular conductive particles. The content of the conductive particles in the conductive paste is, for example, 50 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less, and the mass ratio of the flaky metal particles to the total of the flaky metal particles and the acicular conductive particles is, for example, 60% or more and 80% or less.
US12247146B2
A double-sided adhesive tape is provided for bonding two or more adherends. The double-sided adhesive tape has satisfactory rollability, excellent reworkability after cleavage, and excellent shear holding characteristics at high temperatures. The double-sided adhesive tape includes a foam base, a resin layer (A1) disposed in direct contact with one surface of the foam base, an adhesive layer (B1) disposed on A1 on a side opposite to the foam base, a resin layer (A2) disposed in direct contact with another surface of the foam base, and an adhesive layer (B2) disposed on A2 on a side opposite to the foam base. A1 and A2 are each formed of a crosslinked product of a composition containing a resin having a hydroxy group and a compound reacting with the hydroxy group, and the tensile modulus of each of A1 and A2 is 50 MPa or more and 1000 MPa or less.
US12247144B2
The present invention relates to adhesives which are characterized in that they cure in the absence of water and at room temperature with the formation of isocyanurate groups.
US12247143B2
A two-stage epoxy bonding oil includes a main agent A and a curing agent B in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 3:1. The curing agent B includes 70 to 90 parts of a linear bifunctional secondary amine curing agent, 10 to 30 parts of a high-melting-point latent curing agent and 1 to 5 parts of an anti-settling agent. A two-stage curing of epoxy bonding oil includes a first-stage curing at room temperature whereby the cured product is in a thermoplastic state and a second-stage curing at 100° C. to 180° C. whereby the cured product is in a thermosetting state. It solves the contradiction between sticking wheels and bonding performance of the bonding layer in field of road and bridge pavement, exploring a new direction for the waterproof bonding layer materials in road and bridge pavement such as steel bridge deck pavement, concrete bridge deck pavement and tunnel pavement.
US12247131B2
The present invention concerns a process for preparing an aqueous gel ink with fixed color comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a gel-based matrix of aqueous ink; (ii) preparing an aqueous suspension of silver nanoparticles with a fixed color by mixing silver salts with: —water, —a mixture of at least an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of citrate, —an oxidizing agent, preferably hydrogen peroxide H2O2, —and polyvinylpyrrolidone; (iii) adding under agitation the aqueous suspension of silver nanoparticles obtained in step (ii) to the gel-based matrix of aqueous ink obtained in step (i), to obtain an aqueous gel ink with fixed color with silver nanoparticles dispersed therein.
US12247126B2
A luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) device is provided. The LSC device has an active layer including a modified luminophore having a polymethine component including a plurality of methine groups (═CH—)n, where n is an odd integer greater than 1. A hydrogen atom (H) of one of the plurality of methine groups is replaced by one of -AR1R2 or -DR3, where A is selected from nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) and D is selected from oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), and tellurium (Te), R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, aliphatic groups, and aromatic groups bound to A through a carbon atom, or R1 and R2 together form an alicyclic ring containing A, and R3 is selected from H, aliphatic groups, aromatic groups, and alicyclic groups bound to D through a carbon atom.
US12247122B2
The present invention relates to a moulding compound containing: A) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate and polyester carbonate; B) a polymer containing B1) at least one rubber-modified vinyl(co)polymer containing B1.1) 80 to 95 wt. %, based on B1, of at least one vinyl monomer and B1.2) 5 to 20 wt. %, based on B1, of one or more rubber-elastic polybutadiene-containing graft foundations, wherein B1 contains polybutadiene-containing rubber particles, which are grafted with the vinyl monomers B1.1 and contain inclusions of vinyl(co)polymer consisting of the vinyl monomers B1.1, and a vinyl(co)polymer matrix which consists of the vinyl monomers B1.1 and is not bonded to these rubber particles and not enclosed in rubber particles, and optionally B2) further rubber particles, grafted with vinyl monomers, from B2.1) 5 to 75 wt. %, based on B.2, of at least one vinyl monomer grafted onto B2.2) 25 to 95 wt. %, based on B2, of one or more rubber-elastic graft foundations, wherein the weight ratio of the components B1 to B2 is at least 5:1; C) a master batch, which is solid at room temperature, containing C1) one or more copolymers containing structural units derived from an olefin and structural units derived from a polar comonomer; C2) a vulcanised silicone elastomer. The invention also relates to a method for preparing the moulding compound, to the use of the moulding compound for producing moulded bodies, and to the moulded bodies themselves.
US12247120B2
Disclosed is a surface skin which comprises a vinyl chloride resin molded sheet (X) which comprises a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer; and a foamed vinyl chloride resin molded sheet (Y), wherein an amount of the plasticizer contained in the vinyl chloride resin molded sheet (X) is 50 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the vinyl chloride resin, and the foamed vinyl chloride resin molded sheet (Y) is disposed on one side in a thickness direction of the vinyl chloride resin molded sheet (X).
US12247118B2
A method for producing a rubber-plastic composite, including the steps of (a) shaping an unvulcanized elastomer, (b) partially vulcanizing the shaped elastomer at a temperature of at least 140° C. up to a degree of vulcanization in the range from 10% to 40%, (c) cooling the partially vulcanized elastomer to a temperature of less than 100° C. within less than 20 minutes, (d) overmolding the partially vulcanized elastomer with a plastic, and (e) heat treating the partially vulcanized elastomer overmolded with a plastic at a temperature in the range from 100° C. to 170° C. for a duration of from 5 minutes to 5 hours to complete the vulcanization and form a rubber-plastic composite. The method further relates to a rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention and also to a shoe comprising the rubber-plastic composite obtainable by the method according to the invention.
US12247114B1
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing composites from solid elastomer(s) and wet filler(s), as well as products, including composites, vulcanizates, and articles therefrom. The wet filler can have a liquid content of at least 15%. A resulting composite comprises the filler dispersed in the elastomer at a loading of at least 20 phr with a filler yield loss of no more than 10%, wherein the composite has a liquid content of no more than 10% by weight based on total weight of said composite.
US12247108B2
A stretched film, which has excellent impact resistance and oxygen barrier properties and which suppresses the number of pinholes after being bent, a packaging material using the same, and a method for producing the stretched film are provided. The stretched film contains from 80 to 5 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (B) relative to from 20 to 95 parts by mass of a polyamide resin (A), the polyamide resin (A) being an aliphatic polyamide resin, the polyamide resin (B) containing a constituent unit derived from a diamine and a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, 70 mol % or more of the constituent unit derived from a diamine being derived from xylylenediamine, from 30 to 70 mol % of the constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid being derived from an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 8 carbons, and from 70 to 30 mol % of the constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid being derived from isophthalic acid provided that a total of the constituent units derived from a dicarboxylic acid is not more than 100 mol %.
US12247102B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for the production of polyamides having the benefit of simpler process control, lower thermal degradation and greater compositional flexibility. More particularly, it relates to processes of converting salts of diamines and dicarboxylic acids to polyamides in the solid state without a melt phase, by fluidizing solid diacid in a fluidizing gas.
US12247101B2
The present invention generally relates to a powder comprising a PEEK-PEoEK copolymer, wherein the PEEK-PEoEK copolymer having RPEEK and RPEoEK repeat units in a molar ratio RPEEK/RPEoEK ranging from 95/5 to 5/95. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a three-dimensional (3D) object by sintering layers of the powder.
US12247100B2
A polyarylene ether ketone resin has a repeating unit (1-1) represented by general formula (1-1) below and a repeating unit (2-1) represented by general formula (2-1) below. In the formulae, R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Ar1 and Ar2 are each a divalent organic group (3-1) represented by general formula (3-1) below, and n is 0 or 1.
US12247090B2
The present disclosure describes, in part, an enzyme-mediated radical initiating system and methods of using the system to produce polymers, including polymeric hydrogels, at ambient conditions.
US12247077B2
Bispecific EGFR/c-Met antibodies and methods of making and using the molecules.
US12247076B2
The present invention relates to the use of antibody Fc fragments in the treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases, said Fc fragments being isolated recombinant Fc fragments having a modified affinity for at least one of the Fc receptors (FcR), particularly an increased affinity to FcRn.
US12247074B2
The present disclosure, in some aspects, provides antibody molecules, or antigen-binding fragments thereof capable of binding specifically to PD-L1. The present disclosure further provides antibody molecules, or antigen-binding fragments thereof capable of binding specifically to PD-L1 and a second antigen-binding site. Methods of making and/or using such antibody molecules or antigen bending fragments are also provided.
US12247072B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions comprising IL-21 polypeptides, targeted cytokine construct that selectively activates target immune cells (e.g., CD8+ T cells) over other immune cell types. The cytokine of the present disclosure can further comprise mutations that alter its charge distribution to improve its half-life within the blood.
US12247059B2
Conjugates of an interleukin-2 (“IL-2”) moiety and one or more nonpeptidic, water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the non-peptidic, water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided, among other things, are compositions comprising conjugates, methods of making conjugates, methods of administering compositions to an individual, nucleic acid sequences, expression systems, host cells, and methods for preparing IL-moieties.
US12247051B2
Vaccination methods to control PCV2 infection with different PCV2 subtypes are disclosed. Specifically, a PCV2 subtype b (PCV2b) ORF2 proteins or immunogenic compositions comprising a PCV2b ORF2 protein are used in a method for the treatment or prevention of an infection with PCV2 of the same PCV2b and/or different subtype; the reduction, prevention or treatment of clinical signs caused by an infection with PCV2 of the same PCV2b or a different subtype; and/or the prevention or treatment of a disease caused by an infection with PCV2 of the same PCV2b and/or a different subtype. The present invention in particular relates to PCV2 subtype b (PCV2b) ORF2 proteins characterized in that they contain at least one mutation in the BC loop that such that the expressed protein is preferably expressed in a higher amount compared to a PCV2 ORF2 protein that does not contain such mutation.
US12247047B2
This invention generally relates to the field of compounds and methods for enhanced cellular uptake. In particular, the invention relates to N-acetylgalactosamine compounds and their conjugates. Also provided are methods for the preparation of these molecules and possible uses thereof, in particular in medicine.
US12247039B2
Provided are an organometallic compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting device including the organometallic compound and an electronic apparatus including the organic light-emitting device: Formula 1 may be understood by referring to the descriptions of Formula 1 provided herein.
US12247037B2
The present invention relates to 1-(2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-yl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]diazepine derivatives and related compounds of Formula (I): wherein A, B, G, R1, R1b, RiC, R2 and X are as defined herein. The present compounds are vasopressin receptor antagonists (in particular of the Via receptor) for the treatment of neuro-psychological disorders, such as e.g. autism, anxiety, stress-related disorders, depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. The present description discloses the synthesis of exemplary compounds, as well as pharmacological data thereof (e.g. pages 71 to 246; examples 1 to 49; tables 1 to 5). An exemplary compound is e.g. 8-chloro-1-(2-(5-fluoropyridin-2-yl)-2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptan-6-yl)-5-methyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[f][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]diazepine (example 1, compound no. 1).
US12247035B2
Provided is an article which transitions from a first state to a second state in response to actinic radiation. The article includes an indolenaphthopyran, wherein in the first state the article exhibits a percent transmission of greater than 80 percent, and in the second state the article exhibits a percent transmission of between 35 and 75 percent, and a τSB value of less than 20 percent. The article can be a photochromic article selected from ophthalmic articles, display articles, windows, mirrors, active liquid crystal cell articles, and passive liquid crystal cell articles.
US12247030B2
The present invention is related to processes for preparing a composition comprising an enantiomeric excess of a substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine utilizing chiral acids.
US12247028B2
The present invention provides in one aspect azabicyclo and diazepine derivatives useful as modulators of muscarinic receptors. In another aspect, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating ocular diseases, the compositions comprising at least one muscarinic receptor modulator.
US12247025B2
The present disclosure relates to novel processes for the preparation of compounds useful as stimulators of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). These processes are amenable to large scale preparation and produce stable 3-(2-pyrimidinyl)pyrazoles of Formula (I), including Compound (I), Compound (IA) and Compound (IB), in high purity and yields. The present invention has the additional advantage of facile reaction conditions, amenable to scale up for large scale manufacturing. The disclosure also provides novel intermediates useful in the preparation of said compounds.
US12247021B2
Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.
US12247016B2
A process for the preparation of ethylene oxide in which a conventional ethylene oxide process is modified by supplement with a second chiller and a tempered water system.
US12247011B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and methods for their preparation. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for inhibiting the maturation of cytokines of the IL-1 family by inhibiting inflammasomes and may be used in the treatment of disorders in which inflammasome activity is implicated, such as autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancers.
US12247003B2
A system and method for removing organic carboxylates from a mono ethylene glycol (“MEG”) stream includes a reaction vessel; means for cooling and diluting the MEG stream being routed to the reaction vessel; means for acidifying the cooled and diluted MEG stream during its residence time within the reaction vessel; and means for removing an acetic-rich overhead stream from the reaction vessel. The acidification of the cooled and diluted MEG stream occurs under a vacuum. The reaction vessel may be located downstream of a calcium removal vessel and receive a filtered bottom stream from that vessel, or it may be a single reaction vessel that cycles between a calcium removal mode and an acetate removal mode, with the pressure of the single vessel being greater during the calcium removal mode than during the acetate removal mode.
US12246995B2
[A] curable mixture configured to set in the presence of water, wherein the mixture comprises magnesium oxide, a primary cementitious component and at least one accelerant and at least one second accelerant, the at least one second accelerant is different than the at least one first accelerant, wherein a proportion by weight of the at least one second accelerant is equal to or less than 2% of a proportion of magnesium oxide by weight of the mixture. A proportion by weight of the primary cementitious component is 80% to 120% of a proportion of magnesium oxide by weight.
US12246994B2
A method for forming an oxidation protection system on a composite structure are provided. The method includes applying a composite slurry to the composite structure, wherein the composite slurry comprises boron carbide, silicon carbide, borosilicate glass, an oxygen reactant compound including a silica forming component, and a carrier fluid and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a boron-silicon-glass-oxygen reactant layer on the composite structure.
US12246986B2
A laminated body includes a transparent substrate having a laminated film. The laminated film includes a dielectric layer containing silicon nitride, a barrier layer composed of a single film or two or more films, and a metal layer containing silver. The barrier layer has a thickness of from 0.1 nm to 10 nm. Each film of the barrier layer includes a material having a crystal structure of a face-centered cubic structure with a lattice constant of from 3.5 to 4.2, a hexagonal close-packed structure with a lattice constant of from 2.6 to 3.3, a body-centered cubic structure with a lattice constant of from 2.9 to 3.2, or a tetragonal crystal with a lattice constant of from 2.9 to 4.4. The metal layer has a thickness of from 7 nm to 25 nm. An orientation index P of the metal layer falls within a range from 4.5 to 20.
US12246979B2
A method and system of providing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabrication operations is provided. The water is treated by utilizing a free radical scavenging system. The free radical scavenging system can utilize actinic radiation with a free radical precursor compound, such as ammonium persulfate. The ultrapure water may be further treated by utilizing ion exchange media and degasification apparatus. A control system can be utilized to regulate a continuously variable intensity of the actinic radiation.
US12246964B2
A reactor system and a process for carrying out the methanol cracking reaction of a feedstock comprising methanol to hydrogen are provided, where the heat for the endothermic methanol cracking reaction is provided by resistance heating.
US12246959B2
A beverage dispensing nozzle includes a housing having an upper end opposite a lower end, and an inlet at the upper end that is configured to be placed in communication with a source of a base liquid. The beverage dispensing nozzle further includes a chamber within the housing and in communication with the inlet. An aerator is in communication with the chamber, and the aerator includes a plate having apertures. A flavor inlet valve is in communication with a source of a flavoring and is arranged downstream of the aerator. The flavor inlet valve is configured to dispense the flavoring into the housing. The beverage dispensing nozzle additionally includes a nozzle tip arranged at the lower end of the housing.
US12246953B1
A large-scale tool hoisting device for offshore electric power construction is provided. A steel cable retracted to winches is dried using the heat in the operating cabin, thereby preventing the steel cable from being in a wet state for a long time and being corroded by seawater. For different loads at the terminal of the steel cable, a transmission ratio between a drive wheel and a control wheel is changed through the sliding of the drive wheel. Without changing the rotational speed of the drive motor, the moving speed of the steel cable is effectively and correspondingly improved by reducing the pulling force of the steel cable, or a large pulling force can be provided for the steel cable by reducing the moving speed of the steel cable. The transmission ratio can be changed in the hoisting process.
US12246952B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods to deploy and stow a deployable equipment to and from a hoist, to control a load on a suspension without transfer of torque to the suspension cable, for the deployable equipment to obtain data and electrical services from a dock of a carrier, and for the deployable equipment to control the hoist, such as a reel of a hoist, to control a z-axis of a terminal end of the suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control an elevation of a load, such as relative to carrier, ground, or an objective or target, to control a tension on or of suspension cable. Control of the z-axis may be, for example, to control a rate of ascent or descent of a terminal end of suspension cable.
US12246948B2
A method for moving an elevator car of an elevator to evacuate passengers from the elevator car in the event of a power failure, wherein a brake blocks a vertical movement of the elevator car, includes the following steps: transmitting electrical power to the brake of the elevator to release the brake and enable the vertical movement of the elevator car, the brake being moved and held in a large number of positions, ranging between a fully closed position and a fully opened position, according to the electrical power transmitted; determining an actual speed at which the elevator car is moving; comparing the actual speed with a target speed; and adjusting, in particular increasing or reducing, according to a deviation of the actual speed from the target speed, the electrical power transmitted to the brake, so that the actual speed substantially corresponds to the target speed.
US12246947B2
The method according to the invention is a method for safeguarding the car of an elevator, which is provided to form regular unlocking zones in the region around the envisaged stopping points at the stories, against unintended movement. The method monitors the speed of the car, the height position of the car in the elevator shaft and the status of the locking of the car door, and identifies possible stopping of the car, the height position of the car outside a regular unlocking zone, and a possibly unlocked state of the car door. A first sub-method of the method forms a temporary unlocking zone when the car stops outside a regular unlocking zone with the car door unlocked, and it assigns the temporary unlocking zone an upper and a lower boundary above and below the position where the car stops.
US12246945B2
A method of predicting deterioration in a component part of a passenger moving system includes, activating at least one sensor in communication with the component part, performing data acquisition to acquire data from the at least one sensor, processing the data, repeating the processing step over a first specified time period, and triggering a command signal to initiate a maintenance operation and generating a predictive alert, both in response to the processed data reaching a pre-determined threshold.
US12246940B2
An enclosing device to insert an enclosure into an envelope conveyed to an enclosing position includes an envelope conveyor and an enclosing unit. The envelope conveyor conveys the envelope to the enclosing position. The enclosing unit opens a frontage of the envelope such that the enclosure is inserted into the envelope that has reached the enclosing position and includes an opening amount adjuster to adjust an opening amount of the frontage when the enclosure is inserted into the envelope. The opening amount adjuster adjusts the opening amount, depending on a flap length and a body length. The flap length is a length of a flap of the envelope in a conveyance direction in which the envelope is conveyed to the enclosing position. The body length is a length of a body of the envelope in the conveyance direction.
US12246932B2
Assemblies, apparatuses, and methods to extract or convey a material from a source of the material may include a vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly and a material receiver to enhance conveyance the material from the source of the material. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may include a vacuum source positioned to cause a vacuum flow between the source of the material, the material receiver, and the vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly. The vacuum generation and sound attenuation assembly may further include a sound attenuation chamber positioned to receive at least a portion of the vacuum flow from, and attenuate sound generated by, the vacuum source. The material receiver may be positioned an elevated location relative to a source of the material and be capable of staging and metering the conveyance of material when moving material at the top of a structure, such as a refinery tower.
US12246929B2
A method for operating a gripper includes determining a first transport attachment of a plurality of transport attachments to use for moving a piece good and determining whether the first transport attachment is fixed in a first gripping jaw of the gripper, wherein the gripper includes a drop table having at least one storage and dispensing end face; the first gripping jaw and a second gripping jaw each arranged above the drop table and fastened to a gripping jaw guide arrangement, wherein the first gripping jaw has a gripper coupler at an end portion opposite the gripping jaw guide arrangement; and a transport attachment of the plurality of transport attachments with an attachment coupler, wherein the gripper coupler and the attachment coupler interact with one another so that the transport attachment is releasably fixed at the end portion of the first gripping jaw. Grippers and transport systems are also provided.
US12246928B2
A fluid-operated gripping apparatus for holding a workpiece having a curved sidewall in a working orientation, and associated methods for gripping and holding a workpiece, are provided. Three fluid-operated actuators, each including an actuator rod and a moveable piston arranged within a cylinder, are equally spaced around a perimeter of a workpiece and receive fluid from a single pressurized fluid source. A fluid (e.g., hydraulic or pneumatic) circuit causes the actuators to extend during a closing stroke of the gripping apparatus according to the force equalization principle. Each actuator includes an end effector pivotally coupled with an actuator rod and configured to contact a surface of the workpiece at exactly two points. A backstop configured to contact an end face of the workpiece is coupled with a rotational joint.
US12246927B1
Replacement cleaning blades offering flexibility to be installed onto a variety of differently configured conveyor belt cleaning systems. The replacement cleaning blades are suitable for mounting frames having varied through-hole patterns as well as mounting frames that are devoid of any attachment through-holes.
US12246917B2
A logistic system for managing and displacing materials comprises a first series of shelves (23) and a second series of shelves (24); the first series of shelves (23) is arranged in front of the second series of shelves (24), and a central aisle (25) is obtained between the shelves; each shelf is made up of a first pair of uprights (21, 22) facing towards the central aisle and a second pair of uprights (26, 27) facing towards the opposite side. The uprights of each shelf are retained by structural cross members. At the lower portion thereof, the uprights have a recess (35) which enables a carriage (20) equipped with toothed wheels (31) to pass the shelves during the sliding on the ground. The carriage is provided with a lifting system (36), activated by motor organs located inside the carriage (20).
US12246916B2
An automatic control system for a refuse vehicle includes a mode select switch disposed within the vehicle that generates a mode select signal based on input from an operator of the vehicle, a control mechanism disposed within the vehicle that operates in response to the mode select signal, and a plurality of sensors adapted to sense a plurality of characteristics of the vehicle and adapted to communicate the plurality of sensed characteristics. The system further includes a control module that receives control instructions from the control mechanism and selectively controls at least one component of a plurality of components of the vehicle based on the mode select signal, at least one of the plurality of sensed characteristics, and the control instructions.
US12246912B1
A collapsible container including a plurality of panels including an opposing pair of corner panels, an opposing pair of dogleg panels, a front panel opposed from a back panel, and an opposing pair of side panels, wherein each of the front panel, the back panel, and the opposing pair of side panels are pivotally connected to one corner panel of the opposing pair of corner panels and one dogleg panel of the opposing pair of dogleg corner panels, and wherein the collapsible container has an erected configuration and a collapsed configuration.
US12246909B1
An outboard motor packaging assembly includes a container configured to receive an outboard motor therein; a carrier configured to hold the outboard motor securely within the container; and at least one auxiliary element configured to be coupled to the carrier so as to mount the carrier, the container, and the outboard motor to a vertical support structure and/or so as to transport the carrier, the container, and the outboard motor over a supporting surface.
US12246908B2
A bundle of tubular and/or rod-shaped glass articles is provided that includes a longest dimension, a plurality of layers (NL) of the glass articles, and a thread-like element. The longest dimension extends in a first direction. The glass articles in each layer are arranged side by side in a second direction. The plurality of layers are arranged side by side in a third direction. The first, second, and third directions being perpendicular to one another. The thread-like element is around two of the glass articles in at least one layer so that the two glass articles are spaced apart.
US12246905B2
A soft-sided cooler includes a flexible exterior shell, and a lower frame member secured to the upper edge of the exterior shell. A lid is pivotally mounted on the lower frame member with at least one hinge. A latch is mounted on the lower fame member, opposite from the hinge. The surface of at least one of the lid or the upper frame member smoothly slope outwardly toward the other then inwardly away from the other on either side of the latch, peaking at a point intermediate the latch and the hinge, to increase the sealing force between the lid and the upper frame one each side of the cooler, between the latch and the at least one hinge.
US12246894B1
A container having sidewalls that define an interior area for receiving items inside the container and a container lid to close the items inside the interior area of the container. The container lid has a recessed area in its upper surface. The container has a display panel with a display surface on which identifying information describing the items in the container is displayed. The display panel is received in the recessed area when not in use and is moved to a raised position to display the identifying information to prevent persons from unnecessarily opening the lid when seeking an item that is not in the container. A support assembly supports the display panel in the raised position. A writing instrument for writing the identifying information can be attached to the display panel with a clip or other securing mechanism. In one configuration, the container is an ice chest.
US12246888B2
The present invention is to provide an interlocking structure of a bottom surface portion of a paper box, in which the interlocking force between the bottom surface plates constituting the bottom surface portion of the paper box is improved, thereby improving durability of a bottom surface.
US12246884B2
A closure including an upper wall (25) defining an opening (36) and a cylindrical snap on pipe (30) depending from the upper wall. The pipe includes threads (34) designed to mate with external threads on a neck of the bottle. The threads on the pipe and threads on the neck of the bottle pass over each other when the closure is snapped onto the bottle during manufacture. The pipe includes a resistance recess (42) and a guidance recess (70). The resistance recess and the guidance recess accommodate a forcing element (50) on a shoulder (80) of the bottle and permit unscrewing of the closure. The walls (44, 46) of the resistance recess are preferably symmetrical.
US12246878B2
A bottle may have varying depth ribs to achieve a balance of strength and rigidity while maintaining hoop strength. The varying depth ribs may smoothly transition around the circumference of the bottle from a flattened and/or shallow depth rib portion to a deep rib portion. A collection of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs act as recessed columns in the body of the bottle to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The deep rib portions provide hoop strength and make the bottle body more rigid and/or stiffer when gripped by a user. A balance may be achieved between of flattened and/or shallow depth ribs and deep ribs to attain a desired resistance to bending, leaning, and/or stretching while maintaining stiffness in a lightweight bottle.
US12246876B2
The present invention relates to a multilayer container preform and a multilayer container, said preform or container comprising a base, a body and a neck finish, said base and body comprising an outer layer defining an exterior surface, an inner layer defining an interior surface and interior space, and an intermediate layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer, said outer layer and said inner layer comprising a primary material selected from the group consisting of a 2,5-furandicarboxylate polyester or co-polyester or a blend thereof, and said intermediate layer comprising a secondary material different from the primary material, but compatible with the primary material. The invention relates to methods of producing such a multilayer container preform and multilayer container
US12246871B2
A horizontal form, fill and seal (HFF&S) machine having a different package format in the forming section than in the fill and seal section.
US12246869B2
A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor.
US12246867B2
A robot system and a method for packaging coils of sheet metal is provided. The method and robot system for coil packaging, having two industrial robots, each robot being provided with a robot arm provides for a solution where the direction of travel along the envelope surface of the coil is inclined relative the rotational axis of the coil, positioning of the roll of wrapping material in three-dimensional along the circumferential edge may be adjusted for each pass and/or where the positioning of the longitudinal axis of the roll or wrapping material is in an inclined angular direction relative the direction of rotation.
US12246861B2
A transformable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), can operate as a coplanar hexacopter or as an omnidirectional multirotor based on different operation modes. The UAV has 100% force efficiency for launching or landing tasks in the coplanar mode. In the omnidirectional mode, the UAV is fully actuated in the air for agile mobility in six degrees of freedom (DOFs). Models and control design are developed to characterize the motion of the transformable UAV. Simulation results are presented to validate the transformable UAV design and the enhanced UAV performance, compared with a fixed structure.
US12246857B2
An orbital satellite has a pair of multi-axis booms including both thrusters for course/attitude adjustment and an end effector for grappling payloads and manipulating other tools and objects. The satellite may launch with a primary payload affixed to a bus and one or more secondary payloads affixed to an ESPA ring. Once in orbit, the end effector may be used to grapple the primary and/or secondary payloads and rearrange them on the bus. In further aspects, the end effector may be used to make bus repairs or take measurements, or hold tools that are used to make bus repairs or take measurements.
US12246852B2
Systems and methods are provided for assembling aircraft fuselages. One embodiment is a method for assembling a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes indexing an arcuate section of a fuselage to a frame installation station, feeding a frame at the frame installation station into a concavity defined by the arcuate section, placing the frame against an Inner Mold Line (IML) of the arcuate section while the frame is within the concavity, and affixing the frame to the arcuate section.
US12246850B2
An aircraft vibration detecting device applicable to an aircraft having a moving surface to be driven by an actuator includes a difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between a target value of an angle of the moving surface and an actual measured value of the angle of the moving surface, a threshold value determining unit for determining whether an absolute value of the difference is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and a vibration determining unit for determining that the moving surface is vibrating if the absolute value of the difference is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
US12246839B2
An offset leg assembly for a passenger seat for a vehicle such as an aircraft is provided. The leg assembly can include a base leg portion having a lower end configured to operably couple to a seat track coupling assembly and an upper end opposite the lower end, and an upper leg portion coupled to a lateral side of the upper end of the base leg portion, the upper leg portion having an aperture configured to receive a base frame tube of the passenger seat. The upper leg portion can be positioned laterally offset from the seat track coupling assembly along the base frame such that the upper mounting location on the base frame tubes is not vertically aligned with the lower mounting location to the aircraft fuselage attachment points.
US12246838B2
An aircraft cabin (100) is disclosed. The aircraft cabin (100) comprises a plurality of pairs of seat units (120) positioned along an aisle (101). Each aisle seat unit (122A) comprises an aisle seat (125A) and an aisle footwell (126A) and each non-aisle seat unit (123A) comprises a non-aisle seat (127A) and a non-aisle footwell (128A). The aisle seat unit (122A) and non-aisle seat unit (123A) are positioned with respect to one another such that the aisle seat (125A) faces towards a first end of the cabin (100) and has direct access to the aisle (101), the non-aisle seat (127A) faces towards a second, opposite end of the cabin (100). The aisle seat unit (122A) is oriented at an angle with respect to the non-aisle seat unit (123A) to provide the non-aisle seat unit (123A) with an aisle access path (129A) between the non-aisle seat (127A) and the aisle footwell (126A). The width of the non-aisle footwell (128A) is less than the width of the non-aisle seat (127A) and the aisle seat (125A) is positioned directly adjacent the non-aisle footwell (128A).
US12246826B2
In one aspect the subject matter herein describes a cable tilt actuator for an aircraft propulsion unit. One embodiment comprises: a cable spool, fore and aft cable sections, a compression beam, a compression beam guide, and a linear actuator. As the linear actuator drives the compression beam, relative rotation is imposed between the compression beam and the spool. Described, in one aspect, is an embodiment configured to tilt an aircraft propulsion unit.
US12246824B2
A rack assembly for a rack and pinion gear system may comprise: a rack housing; and a rack disposed within the rack housing, the rack and the rack housing at least partially defining a first hydraulic chamber disposed between a first side of the rack and the rack housing, a second hydraulic chamber disposed between a second side of the rack and the rack housing, a third hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the first hydraulic chamber, and a fourth hydraulic chamber disposed within the rack proximal the second hydraulic chamber.
US12246822B2
An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft assembly includes an aircraft control surface and a hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator includes a housing and a piston within the housing. The housing is formed integral with the aircraft control surface.
US12246821B2
A hover and thrust control assembly for dual-mode aircraft including a plurality of flight components mechanically coupled to an aircraft includes a support structure attached to an aircraft frame of an aircraft having a control stick coupled to the support structure. The control stick may include a length and radius and configured to be manipulated along a plurality of axes, wherein the manipulation of the control stick produces an electronic signal, wherein the control stick is further configured to be manipulated rotationally about the length of the control stick. A first interface device disposed on the control stick may be configured to receive an interaction and adjust a lift of the dual-mode aircraft as a function of the interaction. A second interface device may be configured to receive an interaction and adjust the lift of the dual-mode aircraft as a function of the interaction.
US12246818B2
A method for producing an armored wall for an aircraft by determining an available thickness of the wall, an allowable areal mass of the wall, and an available space for a wall deformation due to ballistic impact. The method includes retrieving a parameterization of a plurality of armoring materials, which includes a parameter for each of a plurality of material characteristics for each of the plurality of armoring materials. The method also includes comparing the available wall thickness, the allowable areal mass, and the available deformation space with a corresponding parameter of the parameterization, selecting one armoring material for the wall from the plurality of armoring materials based on a result of comparing, and manufacturing a wall by supplementing the selected armoring material to a basic wall structure.
US12246814B1
A marine vessel with a hull extending horizontally from a bow to a stern. The hull has opposing walls that extend upwardly with at least one of the opposing walls having a first opening therein. A tower has opposing feet with a raised section therebetween. The opposing feet are coupled to the opposing walls and one of the opposing feet is horizontally aligned at least in part with the first opening. An engine compartment is configured for positioning an engine therein. A first conduit fluidly couples the first opening and the engine compartment for at least one of ventilating and exhausting the engine compartment.
US12246807B2
A simple shelter for flood evacuation that is lightweight and easy to carry, compact in storage, and low in cost includes a substantially cylindrical floating body formed by a plurality of floats stacked in a vertical direction, where vertically adjacent floats are connected to each other; and two partition plates provided on the inner peripheral side of the uppermost and lowermost floats, respectively, of the plurality of floats, the inner peripheral surface of the floating body and the two partition plates form a closed accommodation space for accommodating evacuees by preventing water from entering from the outside, and a door for evacuees to enter and exit the accommodation space is provided in the two partition plates.
US12246805B2
An offshore LNG processing plant includes a first module including a personnel accommodation facility on a first vessel, a second module including a gas treatment facility on a second vessel, and a third module including a gas liquefaction facility on a third vessel. Each of the first, second, and third modules are assembled on the corresponding vessels, and then transported to an offshore location in a body of water, such as a river, a lake, or a sea. At the offshore location, each vessel deploys legs to the bed of the body of water to raise a hull of each vessel out of the water. The first module is then coupled to the second module, and the second module is coupled to the third module. A fourth module on a fourth vessel is coupled to the third module to provide LNG storage.
US12246802B2
A surfboard is provided, which may include a first air chamber, a second air chamber, and a partition arranged between the first air chamber and the second air chamber. The partition may comprise: a first connecting portion connected to a top wall of the first air chamber and to a top wall of the second air chamber; a second connecting portion connected to a bottom wall of the first air chamber and to a bottom wall of the second air chamber; and an intermediate portion extending between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion.
US12246800B2
A magnetic release assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, a permanent electromagnet positioned within the cavity, and a microcontroller electronically coupled with the permanent electromagnet. The microcontroller is configured to selectively provide power to the permanent electromagnet. A timer board is in communication with the microcontroller. A power source is electronically coupled with the microcontroller, the permanent electromagnet, and the timer board. The microcontroller is configured to provide power to the permanent electromagnet in response to an alarm from the timer board.
US12246799B1
An expandable drift sock system includes an expandable drift sock having a plurality of expansion sections configured around the circumference of the cylindrical sleeve, each having a first and second expansion portion detachably attached to each other by a section coupler. The first and second expansion portions each have an outer extension and fold portion that folds back to join with an inner extension that extends between the fold portions of the first and second expansion portions. Flaps are configured to fold over each expansion portion to hold the expansion portion in a folded configuration and to prevent water from flowing in between the folds that may produce force the stowed expansion portion to open.
US12246791B2
A bicycle part includes a housing and a lid. The housing includes an inner peripheral portion, an outer peripheral portion, an end wall portion and a connecting portion. The outer peripheral portion is spaced radially outward from the inner peripheral portion with respect to a center axis of the enclosed area. The end wall portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion to at least partly define an internal space. The connecting portion interconnects the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion. The lid overlies the internal space. The lid is welded to the inner peripheral portion along an inner weld path and the outer peripheral portion along an outer weld path. The lid is further welded to at least part of the connecting portion of the housing a connecting weld path connecting the inner weld path and the outer weld path.
US12246778B2
A retrofit tailgate latching mechanism and method for a tailgate. This includes a retrofit housing configured to be connected to the tailgate. Also, there is an actuating handle joined with the retrofit housing. A linkage assembly is joined with the actuating handle at a proximal end of the linkage assembly and extending through and within the tailgate toward the stop catch of the truck bed sidewall. The linkage assembly selectively engages and disengages the stop catch of the truck bed sidewall at a distal end of the linkage assembly. A cable is connected between the proximal end and the distal end of the linkage assembly wherein actuation of the actuating handle to an open position pulls the distal end of the linkage assembly toward the actuating handle and disengages the linkage assembly distal end from the stop catch whereby the tailgate can pivot to a lowered position.
US12246772B2
An automobile suspension structure includes: a subframe; a first link; and a second link, in which the subframe includes: a pair of side members; a pair of cross members; and a link attachment part, the link attachment part is arranged to be continuous with an end of the cross member, the link attachment part includes: a first link attachment part; and a second link attachment part, the link attachment part is joined to an upper surface and a lower surface of the side member in an automobile height direction and an outer surface of the side member in an automobile width direction, the first link attachment part and the second link attachment part are arranged with the side member sandwiched therebetween in the automobile height direction, the first link is attached to the first link attachment part, and the second link is attached to the second link attachment part.
US12246767B1
An adjustable beach cart comprises a cart body, wherein the cart body comprises main body support rods; a bottom of the main body support rod is connected with a loading platform via first connecting pieces, and a top of the main body support rod is provided with an adjustment component; both sides of the adjustment component are respectively provided with a push rod and a suspension support rod; the loading platform comprises a loading support rod and a driving support rod; both ends of the loading support rod are connected to one side of the driving support rod. The adjustable beach cart can be installed with a first net bag through the suspension support rod, and used in conjunction with the loading platform, which greatly increases the loading space. The first net bag is more convenient for loading and taking articles.
US12246764B2
The present disclosure relates to a portable safety terminal based method for processing rail transit resources, and a system for the method. The method includes: in a degradation mode, performing interaction between a portable safety terminal and a wayside controller; providing a driver with safety display of an environment where a train is located, and obtaining a location of the train and information of a relationship between a front train and a rear train; and providing the driver with a means to apply for line resources, such that the driver can, according to the train environment, autonomously apply for the line resources, and release the resources for use by subsequent trains after driving the train to pass through a zone. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of improving the safety of train driving and field maintenance operation, etc.
US12246762B2
A system and method for scanning and evaluating a portion of rail operable for travel by a wheeled bogie having a plurality of electromagnetic engines. The electromagnetic engines are generally operable to generate an electromagnetic field that is operable to penetrate a rail. A resulting eddy current may be generated that is further operable to penetrate the rail. As the electromagnetic engines travel along the rail, readings from the electromagnetic field and resulting eddy current may be used to detect differences in the rail as measured with respect to a nominal rail. The defects detected may be head checks, cracks, corrosion, etc. Further, a treated rail section may be utilized to strengthen the rail itself without compromising non-destructive evaluation. The disclosed system and method may be embodied as a computer program product.
US12246759B2
A method is for controlling the occupancy of the seats of one or more vehicle(s) by passengers using a control device for controlling the occupancy of the seats. The vehicle includes a number of seats equipped with a reading light. The control device includes each reading light, a control system for controlling the reading lights and a controller. The method includes an emission of at least one piece of data related to the seat toward an electronic device of a passenger of the vehicle. The piece of data is emitted using a wireless optical communication technique, which is a technique of visible light communication. The emission of the at least one piece of data related to the seat is carried out by the reading light of the seat controlled by the control system.
US12246756B2
A method for managing a hand-over from an Automated Driving System (ADS) to driver of vehicle, where ADS includes ADS feature being associated with first set of pre-cautionary constraints out of plurality of pre-cautionary constraints imposed by Pre-cautionary Safety (PCS) module while ADS feature controls vehicle. The method includes obtaining request to deactivate ADS feature, and providing partial control of vehicle to driver in order to enable manual driver operation of vehicle based on obtained request. The method includes monitoring manual driver operation of vehicle for a time period, and evaluating monitored manual driver operation of vehicle against second set of pre-cautionary constraints during time period. Then, based on evaluation, the method includes deactivating second set of pre-cautionary constraints upon expiry of time period if manual driver operation passes evaluation, or providing control of vehicle to ADS if manual driver operation fails evaluation.
US12246752B2
A control method for monitoring and responding to hacking into a vehicle, which may monitor whether hacking is performed by cross-checking preset check values for each ID with each other in a state where a plurality of controllers mounted in an autonomous vehicle is connected like a blockchain, and response-control the vehicle in a safe state upon determining that a specific controller is hacked as a result of monitoring.
US12246749B2
Provided are methods, systems, and computer program products for bidirectional path optimization in a grid. An example method may include: receiving vehicle environment data associated with an environment of a vehicle; determining an occupancy map of the environment using the vehicle environment data, the occupancy map identifying at least one obstacle in the environment; generating a reference path to a destination location for the vehicle; determining a travel path to an intermediate location in the occupancy map based at least in part on the reference path and a longitudinal direction variable, wherein the intermediate location is proximate a point on the reference path; and generating actuation commands for the vehicle based at least in part on the travel path.
US12246744B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, at an input of a first machine learning model, first input data representing an environment. The method also includes determining, by the first machine learning model, a set of objects within the environment based on the first input data. The method further includes determining, by a second machine learning model, a set of behaviors for a second set of objects. An input of the second machine learning model is coupled to a set of intermediate layers of the first machine learning model. Determining the set of objects and determining the set of behaviors for the second set of objects is performed at least partially simultaneously.
US12246736B2
Systems, methods and apparatus of integrated image sensing devices. In one example, a system includes a sensor that generates data. A memory device stores the generated data, and further stores a first portion of an artificial neural network (ANN). A host interface of the system is configured to communicate with a host system that stores a second portion of the ANN. The memory device can be stacked with the sensor. The memory device includes an inference engine configured to generate inference results using the stored data as input to the first portion of the ANN. The host interface is further configured to send the inference results to the host system for processing by the host system using the second portion of the ANN.
US12246733B2
An autonomous driving computing system may include an on-board computing system that is configured to perform first operations that include obtaining sensor data relating to an autonomous vehicle (AV). The first operations may include sending the obtained sensor data to an off-board cloud computing system. The autonomous driving computing system may include the off-board cloud computing system, which may be configured to perform second operations that include receiving the sensor data and performing computations relating to the driving operation of the AV based on the obtained sensor data. The second operations may include determining a control signal corresponding to a driving operation and sending the control signal to the on-board computing system. The first operations may involve the on-board computing system receiving, from the off-board cloud computing system, the control signal corresponding to the driving operation of the AV and performing the driving operation by implementing the control signal.
US12246730B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using vehicle telematics to detect, evaluate, and respond to driving behaviors observed during a trip in a vehicle. The vehicle telematics information may characterize the observed driving behaviors, the segments traveled in the vehicle, and type of use of the vehicle. A rate to charge a driver may be based on the observed driving behaviors and a range of rates associated with the driver. The rate may fluctuate across a series of observation periods based on the driving behaviors observed during those observation periods. The rate may be presented to the driver in real-time while the driver operates a vehicle during a trip. The rate to charge the driver may further be based on use of the vehicle for personal use, ride shares, or vehicle shares.
US12246726B2
A sensor and method for sleep position detection including: a transmitter configured to transmit electromagnetic waves between 30 GHz and 300 GHz; a receiver configured to receive the electromagnetic waves from the transmitter, wherein the transmitter and receiver are positioned in relation to person sleeping such that the receiver receives reflected electromagnetic waves; and a control station configured to analyze the transmitted and received electromagnetic waves to determine a position of the person sleeping. In some cases, the method may include: forming a radar cube of results; performing a fast fourier transform (FFT) on the radar cube; applying a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processor to the FFT data; determining a capon gradient; forming a 5-dimensional feature space based on the capon gradient; and conducting an optimization of SVM.
US12246725B2
An attitude estimation system includes an obtainer, an estimator, and an outputter. The obtainer obtains a detection result of a first sensor attached to a vehicle. The estimator calculates a relative angle of a road surface on which the vehicle travels with respect to the first sensor, based on the detection result of the first sensor obtained by the obtainer, and estimates a constant deviation of the attitude of the vehicle with respect to a reference attitude of the vehicle. The outputter outputs attitude information indicating the deviation estimated by the estimator.
US12246712B2
A vehicle constant speed travel control method and device are provided in which a target driving power is calculated based on a difference between a target vehicle speed and a vehicle speed, and then a target accelerator pedal opening for calculating a gear ratio in constant speed travel control is set based on the target driving power. Then, a target gear ratio based on the target accelerator pedal opening and based on a towing state of the vehicle is set where the target gear ratio set higher during towing than during non-towing. The setting of the target accelerator pedal opening is set differently in accordance with the towing state of the vehicle. The setting of the target accelerator pedal opening for calculating the gear ratio to be smaller during towing than the during non-towing with respect to the same target driving power.
US12246702B2
A method for stabilizing a vehicle (100) in which the vehicle (100) has a roll stabilizer (120), which is designed to stabilize a first axle (101) and a second axle (102) as a function of a roll torque distribution between the first axle (101) and the second axle (102). The method comprises a step of determining a sideslip angle index from a difference between a transverse acceleration calculated from a yaw rate of the vehicle (100) and a speed of the vehicle (100), and a detected transverse acceleration of the vehicle (100). The sideslip angle index is related to a sideslip angle of the vehicle (100). The method also comprises a step of generating a control signal (160) using the sideslip angle index. The control signal (160) is suitable for adjusting the roll torque distribution of the roll stabilizer (120) as a function of the determined sideslip angle index.
US12246701B2
The disclosure relates to a vehicle system for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, that includes an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system, and an electronically controllable steering device. The electronically controllable pneumatic braking system has a redundant control unit, which controls the brake circuits in the event of a failure of an electronic stability control of the braking system during travel. In the event of the failure of the electronic stability control during travel, the redundant control unit performs axle-wise control of the front axle with a front axle redundancy brake pressure and/or of the rear axle with a rear axle redundancy brake pressure and the electronically controllable steering device carries out laterally stabilizing steering interventions in order to keep the vehicle in a tolerance corridor of a predefined target trajectory of the vehicle. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle and a method.
US12246700B2
A method of estimating a performance characteristic of a wheel of a vehicle, includes selecting relevant input features based on wheel dynamics and tire behavior, and collecting experimental data for each of the relevant input features at each of a plurality of vehicle operating conditions. The method further includes manually identifying and labeling wheel stability status over time from the experimental data and calculating tractive limit over time from the experimental data. The method also includes training a tractive limit model and training a wheel stability status model. The method further includes receiving a plurality of testing inputs, wherein each of the plurality of testing inputs is received from a sensor on-board the vehicle or from a controller on-board the vehicle and, processing the received testing inputs in a predetermined machine learning process to calculate in one or more data processors a prediction of the performance characteristic.
US12246698B2
A method for controlling a hybrid drive system for a motor vehicle involves, in an operation in which both the internal combustion engine and the electric machine introduce drive torques into the hybrid gearbox to drive the drive wheel, employing third limit torques for the third gearbox gear are provided in a first mode, and second limit torques for the second gearbox gear are provided in a second mode. A maximum third limit torque of the first mode is greater than a maximum second limit torque of the second mode.
US12246690B2
An apparatus for estimating brake judder of a vehicle and a method thereof includes a communication device that receives sensor data from a plurality of vehicles, and a controller that extracts learning data by pre-processing the sensor data, trains a clustering model to group characteristic data corresponding to the learning data into a preset number of clusters, and estimates brake judder of a target vehicle based on the learned clustering model.
US12246686B1
A hydraulic safety motorcycle system that is connected to the hydraulic brake system of a motorcycle. The system includes passive and active security and safety characteristics such as automatic braking when the motorcycle is parked and obstacle sensors that detect possible collisions or crashes. Additionally, the system monitors speed and adjusts braking pressure in steep descends, which improves significantly the riding experience. In terms of antitheft it has a GPS, cameras, movement sensors, and facial recognition allowing remote motorcycle immobilization and notify the authorities of any theft or robbery attempt. The mobile application integration enables remote management of multiple system functions such as the start of the motorcycle and different emergency actions. With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection as well as specialized software, the system ensures that there is an efficient control and response among different situations, offering peace of mind and security for the owners.
US12246682B2
A device for securing a ladder to a ladder rack comprises a first pole segment, a second pole segment substantially parallel to and shorter than the first pole segment, a connecting segment therebetween, and a clamping bar slidably engaged with the first pole segment and selectively slidably engaged with the second pole segment. The clamping bar comprises a trigger handle. The device may be placed around a portion of a ladder and a ladder rack. Repeatedly pivoting and releasing the trigger handle moves the clamping bar proximally-to-distally along the first pole segment such that the clamping bar slidably engages a proximal end of the second pole segment and then tightens against the ladder rack, thereby securing the ladder to the ladder rack.
US12246681B2
A roof rack assembly for a vehicle includes a pedestal including an indentation. A roof rail is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration relative to the pedestal. In the first configuration, a toggle loop of the roof rail is positioned in a first orientation relative to the indentation. In the second configuration, the toggle loop is positioned in a second orientation relative to the indentation.
US12246674B2
A method for locking and releasing a securing device of a vehicle coupling of a vehicle includes switching the securing device between a locked state and a released state by a control command output by an authorization unit where the authorization unit outputs the control command after receiving an initiation command transmitted to the authorization unit by an interface and where a wireless communication interface and a local physical interface are useable as the interface. Sensor data, generated by a sensor that monitors surroundings of the vehicle, is transmitted via the wireless communication interface to a control center. The initiation command is transmitted to the vehicle by the control center via the wireless communication interface as a function of the sensor data. When there is no communication connection between the control center and the vehicle, it is only possible to output the initiation command via the local physical interface.
US12246672B2
A seat belt retractor which is mounted in a mounting space formed on a backrest of a seat installed in a vehicle and comprises a spindle module including webbing and a spindle having the webbing wound on the outer surface thereof, wherein the spindle is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle corresponding to the thickness direction of the backrest in the mounting space, such that by rotating the direction in which the spindle, on which the webbing is wound, is installed, the width in the longitudinal direction mounted on the backrest of the seat can be minimized, thereby making the retractor more slender.
US12246666B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system for guarding a vehicle from an incoming collision. The system can include a plurality of electromagnetic panels installed on a vehicle, each electromagnetic panel being configured to, in response to receiving current, generate a magnetic field comprising field lines external from the vehicle, wherein the magnetic field interacts with a second magnetic field associated with an approaching object to generate a repulsive force; a plurality of sensors installed on the vehicle, each sensor being associated with a respective electromagnetic panel, wherein each sensor is configured to detect the approaching object; and a central component configured to provide the current to at least one of the plurality of electromagnetic panels.
US12246665B2
A power supply configured for installation in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The vehicle includes a battery, an on-board diagnostics (OBD) port, and a vehicle accessory. In at least one embodiment, the power supply includes a controller area network (CAN) input configured for connection to a CAN pin of the OBD port, a battery input configured for connection to a battery pin of the OBD port, at least one power output configured for connection to a vehicle accessory, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit is configured to (i) monitor a CAN voltage provided via the CAN input, (ii) monitor a battery voltage provided via the battery input, and (iii) selectively deliver power to the at least one power output depending at least in part on the CAN voltage and the battery voltage.
US12246659B2
An assembly is provided for fixing and positioning a decorative side profile and a decorative upper profile on the outside of a front or rear door of a motor vehicle, wherein the decorative upper profile includes two longitudinal rims curved towards each other. The assembly includes a trim profile for the doorframe and a sealing profile made of deformable material, fixed to the trim profile, and on which the decorative upper profile is fixed. A blocking part made of rigid material is fixed on the trim profile, and includes a portion for fixing the decorative side profile, a portion for axially and transversely blocking the decorative upper profile and a connecting portion between these two portions. The blocking portion includes an axial groove for receiving a section of one of the rims of the upper profile, which is obturated at one of its ends by an axial stop which cooperates with the upper profile received in this groove, to block the axial displacement of the upper profile.
US12246654B2
An umbrella connection assembly for securing an umbrella to a vehicle hitch. The assembly includes a first arm coupled to the hitch and an end including opposing tabs, where each tab includes an axle pin aperture and a locking pin aperture. The assembly also includes a second arm having a protrusion at one end that is positioned between the opposing tabs, where the protrusion includes an axle pin aperture and a plurality of locking pin apertures. An axle pin is inserted in the axle pin apertures so that the second arm is rotatable relative to the first arm. A locking pin is inserted in the locking pin apertures so that the second arm is locked to the first arm. A third arm is coupled to an end of the second arm opposite to the protrusion so that the third arm is generally perpendicular to the second arm.
US12246649B2
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting arm and a mirror head at one end of the mounting arm distal from an attachment portion of the mounting arm that is configured for attachment at a vehicle. A mirror reflective element is fixedly attached at the mirror head. An innermost side of the mirror reflective element is attached at a front side of an attachment plate. The mirror reflective element moves in tandem with movement of the mirror head relative to the mounting arm when the driver of the vehicle operates an electrically-operable actuator. The attachment plate includes wall structure that extends from the front side of the attachment plate and circumscribes and spans the perimeter circumferential edge of the glass substrate and does not encroach onto and does not overlap the front surface of the glass substrate of the exterior mirror reflective element.
US12246647B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head that accommodates an electronic component and a heatsink assembly. The heatsink assembly includes (i) a first portion that is thermally coupled to the electronic component and draws heat from the electronic component, (ii) a second portion that extends from the first portion, (iii) a chamber extending between the first and second portions and (iv) a phase-changing refrigerant within the chamber. With the refrigerant in a liquid phase and responsive to heating of the first portion, the refrigerant draws heat from the first portion and changes to a gaseous phase. With the refrigerant in the gaseous phase, the refrigerant flows within the chamber and along the second portion and condenses at an inner surface of the second portion to transfer heat to the second portion. The heat is dissipated from the second portion to exterior the mirror head.
US12246646B2
A vehicular trailer hitching assist system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle and viewing at least rearward of the vehicle. The vehicular trailer hitching assist system, via image processing of image data captured by the camera during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle toward a trailer that is spaced rearward from the vehicle, detects the trailer. The vehicular trailer hitching assist system determines relative location of a trailer coupler of the detected trailer to a hitch ball of the vehicle and determines a path of travel for the vehicle to maneuver the vehicle toward the detected trailer to move the hitch ball of the vehicle toward the trailer coupler. The vehicular trailer hitching assist system at least in part maneuvers the vehicle along the determined path of travel to move the hitch ball of the vehicle toward the trailer coupler of the detected trailer.
US12246638B2
A light distribution control device including: an acquirer acquiring information representing a running status of an assistance operation performed for driving assistance from a driving assistance device performing driving assistance of a subject vehicle based on a recognition result of objects disposed in front of the subject vehicle recognized based on detection results acquired by a plurality of sensors including an optical sensor; and a light distribution controller performing light distribution control including change of an output level of a headlight of the subject vehicle, in which the light distribution controller gently performs change of the output level of the headlight in accordance with running of the assistance operation in the light distribution control.
US12246628B1
The present invention is directed to a child car seat head retainer. The child car seat head retainer may comprise a two-part retainer strap. The two-part retainer strap may be adapted to couple to a car seat occupied by a child in order to retain the child's head in an upright position while the child sleeps. The two-part retainer strap may comprise a first strap segment and a second strap segment. The left end of the first strap segment may couple to the left side of the car seat. The right end of the second strap segment may couple to the right side of the car seat. The right end of the first strap segment and the left end of the second strap segment may be adapted to overlap and couple to each other in front of the child's forehead to retain the child's head.
US12246619B2
An apparatus for a ground-based battery management for an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery pack mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft, the battery pack includes at least a battery module that includes at least a battery unit that includes battery cells and a thermal conduit configured to transfer heat between the battery cells and the thermal conduit and a thermal circuit mechanically coupled to the thermal conduit configured to facilitate the heat transfer using thermal media. The apparatus includes a media channel communicatively connected to a computing device and comprising at least a sensor, wherein the media channel is configured to evacuate the thermal media out of the battery pack using the thermal circuit and the computing device that includes a battery management system is configured to receive a condition parameter as a function of the at least a sensor of the media channel.
US12246618B2
The present disclosure relates to a converter system for transferring electric power, a vehicle comprising such a converter system and a method for transferring electric power. The converter system comprises a first DC/DC converter module, a second DC/DC converter module and a control unit. The first DC/DC converter module is connectable to a first high voltage system and at least to a first low voltage system. The second DC/DC converter module is connectable to a second high voltage system and at least to the first low voltage system. The first DC/DC converter module comprises at least a first main DC/DC converter unit and a first micro DC/DC converter unit. The second DC/DC converter module comprises at least a second micro DC/DC converter unit. The first micro DC/DC converter unit and the second micro DC/DC converter unit are connectable via a first bidirectional switch unit. The control unit is configured to transfer the electric power from the first high voltage system to the first low voltage system via the first micro DC/DC converter unit, if the first main DC/DC converter unit is deactivated. The control unit is further configured to open the first bidirectional switch unit to transfer the electric power from the second high voltage system to the first low voltage system via the second micro DC/DC converter unit, if the first main DC/DC converter unit is deactivated and the first micro DC/DC converter unit has a failure.
US12246617B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a circuit for a traction battery of a vehicle, the circuit comprising: switching means configured to electrically interconnect in series a first cell set comprising one or more battery cells and a second cell set comprising one or more battery cells, and configured to electrically interconnect in parallel the first cell set and the second cell set; and at least one component configured to control electrical energy transfer between the first cell set and the second cell set associated with the first cell set and the second cell set having unequal voltages.
US12246610B2
A base station is disclosed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes: an enclosure defining a window that is configured to receive the UAV to allow for entry of the UAV into the base station and exit of the UAV from the base station; a door that is movably connected to the enclosure such that the door is repositionable between a closed position and an open position; a sealing member that extends about the window and which is configured for engagement with the door so as to form a seal therewith in the closed position; and a heating system that is supported by the enclosure and which is configured to heat the door and/or the sealing member to support operation (e.g., opening and closure) of the door in a cold environment, wherein the heating system includes at least one light source and at least one heating element.
US12246607B2
A power supply system can include an electrical power source and a power converter connectable to a load. The electrical power source can provide a first DC voltage with a first potential difference (VH) between a first DC potential output and a second DC potential output, and a third DC potential output having a potential between the potential at the first DC potential output and the potential at the second DC potential output. The power converter can provide a second voltage with a second potential difference (VL) between a first potential output (V+) and a second potential output (V−). The second potential difference (VL) can be less than the first potential difference (VH). The power converter can electrically isolate the first DC voltage from the second voltage, and the second potential output (V−) can be connected to the third DC potential output using a first connection including an impedance.
US12246605B2
A dynamic wireless power transfer system can include a dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system and a dynamic wireless power transfer reception system. The dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system can include a signal receiver, an array of coils of conductors, an array of switches, and a controller. The dynamic wireless power transfer reception system can include a signal transmitter and an array of coils of conductors. The signal transmitter can be configured to transmit, to the signal receiver, a signal. The signal can include information indicative of a size of the array of coils of conductors of the dynamic wireless power transfer reception system. The array of switches can be configured to connect an alternating current source to the array of coils of conductors of the dynamic wireless power transfer transmission system. The controller can control, according to the information, positions of switches of the array of switches.
US12246602B2
A secondary battery including an electrode wound body having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are stacked and wound with a separator interposed therebetween, a positive electrode current collector plate; a negative electrode current collector plate, and an exterior can that accommodates the electrode wound body, the positive electrode current collector plate, and the negative electrode current collector plate. The positive electrode has a first covered portion covered with a positive electrode active material layer and a positive electrode active material non-covered portion on a band-shaped positive electrode foil, and the negative electrode has a second covered portion covered with a negative electrode active material layer and a negative electrode active material non-covered portion on a band-shaped negative electrode foil.
US12246598B2
A vehicle display control device includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: recognize an object ahead of a host vehicle; and cause display of respective superimposed images, having lengths in a vehicle vertical direction, at each side of the recognized object in a vehicle width direction, at a display area so as to be superimposed on a view ahead of the host vehicle, the superimposed images being spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction.
US12246597B2
A system includes a display and a processor coupled to the display. The processor determines a position of a vehicle relative to a road lane and causes the display to depict a set of position indicators to convey the position of the vehicle relative to the road lane. In one state, the set of position indicators include a plurality of empty shape outlines and at least one filled shape outline. The processor also determines a position of a hazard relative to the vehicle and causes the display to depict a set of hazard position indicators to convey the position of the hazard relative to the vehicle. In one state, the set of hazard position indicators include a plurality of empty shape outlines and at least one filled shape outline.
US12246594B2
The proposed invention relates to methods for controlling energy consumption by a motor vehicle and can be used in transportation industry. The technical problem to be solved by the claimed invention is to provide a method, a device and a system that do not possess the drawbacks of the prior art and thus make it possible to generate an accurate energy-efficient track for a motor vehicle that allows to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route. The objective of the claimed invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art and thus to reduce energy consumption by the motor vehicle on the specific portion of the route.
US12246589B2
A vehicle body having a high voltage battery may include a load path formed by a reinforcing frame provided between a vehicle body frame and a battery frame and the battery frame may be installed on the vehicle body frame via the reinforcing frame, improving the robustness and collision rigidity of the battery frame.
US12246586B2
An electric axle arrangement for a drive train of a motor vehicle includes a drivable axle that is or can be drivingly connected to an electric machine, a coolant sump with liquid coolant, and an elevated tank, wherein the liquid coolant is delivered from the coolant sump into the elevated tank via a gearwheel attached to the axle. The elevated tank is connected to a cooling system for cooling the electric machine via a switchable valve. When the valve is closed during an idling operation, the return flow of the coolant into the coolant sump via the cooling system is prevented, and drag losses in the idling operation of the electric machine are reduced, because more coolant collects in the elevated tank and the gearwheel therefore encounters a reduced quantity of coolant in the sump.
US12246576B2
An aeration flap is automatically controlled in a fully variable manner in a vehicle. A target value is read for a flap position or strength of an airflow of an aeration outlet. A plurality of configurations of aeration flap positions are provided wherein each configuration assigns a resultant noise level and a resultant energy demand for each combination of aeration flap positions. A weighting between noise level and energy demand is specified. Each of the read target values are adapted for a flap position or strength of an airflow according to the specified weighting. The development of noise in the vehicle may be influenced advantageously as a result.
US12246575B2
Disclosed is a ventilation outlet including one or more flow directing elements arranged movably in a housing and with an actuating element mounted movably on the housing with an actuating knob for actuating at least one flow directing element for controlling a ventilation gas flow and with a light source for illuminating the actuating knob. A movable mounting of the actuating element permits a movement of the actuating element with at least one degree of freedom and the light source is arranged outside the actuating knob in such a way that light can be coupled into the actuating knob and at least partially illuminates an operating side of the actuating knob from the inside.
US12246570B2
An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis, a plurality of ground-engaging elements configured to support the chassis above a ground surface, and a plurality of support assemblies supporting the chassis on the ground-engaging elements. Each support assembly includes a height-adjustment actuator. A controller is configured to adjust the height-adjustment actuators independently of one another and transfer a load from a first ground-engaging element to other ground-engaging elements. A method of operating an agricultural vehicle includes receiving a command to transfer a load from a first ground-engaging element to other ground-engaging elements, adjusting at least one height-adjustment actuator, and transferring a load from the first ground-engaging element to the other ground-engaging elements.
US12246569B2
An in-corner modular electric wheel system integrating adjustable king pin and king pin type steering unit includes a wheel assembly, a steering system, a king pin inclination adjusting system and a suspension system. The wheel assembly is configured to support a load of a vehicle, transmit a driving torque and determine a toe angle and a camber angle. The steering system is a king pin type steering system, and is configured for an omni-directional independent wheel steering. The king pin inclination adjusting system is sleeved on the king pin, and is configured to adjust an inclination of the king pin without changing the camber angle. The suspension system has an unequal-length double-wishbone suspension structure, and is provided with a coil spring and a shock absorber to mitigate road impacts and improve ride comfort.
US12246568B2
A method of controlling a hydraulic actuator of an active spring damper element in a vehicle for damping a relative movement between a vehicle structure and a wheel suspension. A hydraulic arrangement is provided for controlling the hydraulic actuator, which includes a hydraulic pump and at least one control valve. In a first method step, a relative movement between the vehicle structure and wheel suspension is detected. A force to be provided by the hydraulic actuator and a volume flow to be provided by the hydraulic pump are determined based on the detected relative movement. Then, a speed of the hydraulic pump is set to provide the volume flow required for the position of the force.
US12246562B2
An estimation apparatus includes a rotation speed acquisition unit, a driving force acquisition unit, a slip ratio calculation unit, a slope calculation unit, and an estimation unit. The rotation speed acquisition unit sequentially acquires rotation speeds of the tires. The driving force acquisition unit sequentially acquires a driving force of the vehicle. The slip ratio calculation unit calculates a slip ratio based on the sequentially-acquired rotation speeds of the tires. The slope calculation unit calculates the slope of the slip ratio with respect to the driving force based on a large number of data sets of the slip ratio and the driving force, as a regression coefficient representing a linear relationship between the slip ratio and the driving force. The estimation unit estimates the wear state of the tires based on the slope.
US12246560B2
A pneumatic tire comprises a bead portion including a reinforcing rubber portion disposed adjacently to an axially outer side of a carcass ply. The reinforcing rubber portion includes an inner rubber layer and an outer rubber layer. The radially outer end of the outer rubber layer is positioned radially outside the radially outer end of the inner rubber layer.
US12246554B2
A writing instrument may include a barrel having a longitudinal axis, a cartridge, a writing tip, a self-retracting system for sliding the cartridge inside the barrel between a first position wherein the writing tip extends outside the barrel and a second position wherein the writing tip is retracted, the system comprising a button configured to move the cartridge between the first and the second position, and a sealing member configured to be actuated between a closed position closing a writing passage of the writing instrument, wherein the self-retracting system further comprises a linkage that connects the button and the cartridge, the linkage being configured to convert an actuation of the button into a linear motion of the cartridge along the longitudinal axis.
US12246549B2
Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium being excellent in oil resistance among various performances required for the thermosensitive recording medium, and being further excellent in heat resistance, plasticizer resistance, and printing (recording) run-ability. That is a thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains at least two kinds of urea compounds. The two kinds of urea compounds comprise the first urea compound being represented by the following general formula 1, and the second urea compound being represented by the following general formula 2. wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, wherein R4 to R8 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, and the like, and m represents an integer of 0 to 2.
US12246547B2
One example may include detecting, via a printer, a radio enabled label, retrieving, via the printer, an identifier from a local wireless communication device to assign to the radio enabled label, sending, via the printer, the identifier to a memory of the radio enabled label, and assigning the identifier to a plurality of microcontrollers embedded in the radio enabled label.
US12246542B2
A thermal transfer system includes a winding portion that winds an ink ribbon that includes a support layer and an ink layer after ink in the ink layer is transferred to a transfer receiver, and a heating element that transfers the ink in the ink layer of the ink ribbon to the support layer of the ink ribbon that is located inside the ink ribbon that is wound around the winding portion in a stripe-shaped disturbing pattern DP1 that extends in a direction in which the ink ribbon is conveyed in a manner in which the ink ribbon that is wound around the winding portion is heated from the support layer. The heating element includes a contact portion including multiple projecting portions that come into contact with the ink ribbon and multiple recessed portions that do not come into contact with the ink ribbon.
US12246539B2
A device outputs a first low voltage to a first terminal at a first timing in a period in which a voltage input to a second terminal is a high voltage. After outputting the first low voltage, the device outputs a second high voltage to the first terminal at a second timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a low voltage. After outputting the second high voltage, the device outputs a second low voltage to the first terminal at a third timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a high voltage.
US12246531B2
A method of inkjet printer operation produces a security pattern in a printed document. In one embodiment, the security feature is printed in the document as a line target with printheads that have been rotated so the rows of inkjets in the printhead are not aligned in the cross-process direction. The line target in the original document has a frequency response to that differs from a copy formed with a device that does not have rotated printheads. In another embodiment, a sneeze pattern is modified by shifting pixels of at least one color separation in the sneeze pattern in a cross-process direction or a process direction. A copy is identified because it does not contain the shifted pixels.
US12246530B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a conveying belt, a recording head, and a flushing controller. The conveying belt includes the plurality of openings formed as a plurality of rows of openings, each row composed of openings arranged at predetermined intervals in a widthwise direction of the conveying belt. The openings of each of the plurality of rows of openings include overlapped portions at which the openings are over-lapped with the openings of any other of the plurality of rows of openings along a widthwise direction of the conveying belt. The flushing controller allows the recording head to do flushing by allowing each of all the nozzles inclusive of the nozzles facing the overlapped portions to eject ink a predetermined number of times.
US12246522B2
A nozzle for dispensing adhesive between a first part and a second part comprises a nozzle body. The nozzle body comprises a first-part engagement surface. The nozzle body also comprises a second-part engagement surface, contiguous with the first-part engagement surface and defining an engagement-surface angle, greater than 0° and less than 180°, with a virtual plane, coincident with the first-part engagement surface. The nozzle body further comprises a nozzle-body outlet port, formed in the second-part engagement surface. The nozzle body additionally comprises a nozzle-body inlet port, formed in the first-part engagement surface. The nozzle also comprises a separator plate, coupled with and extending from the nozzle body.
US12246509B2
A coiler for producing tighter or smaller coils of dunnage uses a cam to move fork pins from a dunnage-receiving position inwardly to a more closely-spaced coiling position. The fork pins are coupled to pin mounts that cooperate with the cam and slots in a guide plate to move the parallel fork pins between the dunnage-receiving and coiling positions. The fork pins are mounted to extend perpendicular to and through the guide plate on opposing sides of a path of the dunnage to capture and wind a dunnage strip into a coil.
US12246507B2
A printing device, a printing machine, and a box making machine are provided with printing cylinders on which printing plates can be mounted, ink supply rolls that are placed on the upstream or downstream sides of the printing cylinders in a sheet-conveying direction and that can be in contact with the printing cylinders, ink supply units that can supply ink to the ink supply rolls, first covers that cover the upper parts of the printing cylinders in the vertical direction and that can be opened and closed, and footholds that cover the vertically upper parts of the ink supply rolls and that can be operated by an operator.
US12246501B2
A heating press (1) for vulcanizing a vehicle tire under a vacuum, comprising a heating press upper part (3) and a heating press lower part (6), wherein a container (2) having the mold parts (14, 16, 17, 18, 21) of a segmented vulcanizing mold and a cylindrical hood upper part (4) enclosing said container are arranged on the heating press upper part (3), wherein the hood upper part (4) and the heating press upper part (3) can be moved independently of one another and relative to one another in the axial direction (P1), wherein the cylindrical hood upper part (4) has a length (23) which is sufficient to form a closed hood interior space (12) with the heating press lower part (6) and heating press upper part (4) when the heating press upper part (3) is open, wherein at least one respective vacuum-tight seal (5) is.
US12246492B2
A device for providing a tubular foil comprises a frame (5) with a position for an active product holder (P4) from which the tubular foil (10) can be removed and at least one further position (P1-P5) for at least one subsequent product holder with a subsequent tubular foil (20). The device provides coupling means for attaching a leading end (25) of the subsequent tubular foil (20) to a tail end (15) of a spent tubular foil (10). The coupling means comprise a carriage (110) with a drivable applicator device (100). The applicator device comprises a set of opposite applicator members (130) with mutually facing operative surfaces (135) and can be manipulated between a spread position, wherein the operative surfaces lie removed from each other, and a clamping position wherein the operative surfaces lie clampingly on each other. The applicator device (100) further comprises supply means for providing adhesive strips (60) in the spread position, and can be controlled to bring the applicator members (130) with the adhesive strips (60) into the clamping position, with interposing of the tail end (15) of the spent tube (10) and the leading end (25) of the subsequent tube (20), in order to mutually connect the ends (15, 25), and to bring the applicator members into the spread position in order to release the ends with the adhesive strips.
US12246491B2
A method of additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layerwise deposition of a building material with an inkjet printing system comprising a print head and a building tray, comprises calculating a weighting value for each nozzle, then for each layer obtaining a 2-D map of the layer, comprising active pixels at building material dispensing positions; obtaining a Data Correction Filter (DCF) including a height map of the previous layer, comparing the data of the 2D map to the data of the DCF at each position and determining if the nozzle at that position should dispense, then printing the layer, updating the weighting values and adjusting the position of the print head vis a vis the printing tray. The above is repeated until the three-dimensional object is printed.
US12246490B2
A system for additive manufacturing comprises a dispensing head for dispensing building materials on a working surface, a hardening system for hardening the building materials, a cooling system for evacuating heat away from the building materials, and a computerized controller. A thermal sensing system is mounted above the working surface in a manner that allows relative motion between the sensing system and the working surface, and is configured to generate sensing signals responsively to thermal energy sensed thereby. The controller controls the dispensing head to dispense the building materials in layers, the sensing system to generate the sensing signals only when the sensing system is above the building materials once hardened, and the heat evacuation rate of the cooling system responsively to the sensing signals.
US12246473B2
A curing apparatus (100) includes a housing (102) having a loading portion (108) open to ambient atmosphere, a curing portion (110) having a curing chamber (124) with a controlled atmosphere, and a transition portion (112) extending between the loading portion (108) and the curing portion (110). A carrier (128) is movable between the loading portion (108) and the curing chamber (124) via the transition portion (112). The curing apparatus (100) further includes at least one ultraviolet radiation source (150) operative for transmitting ultraviolet radiation into the curing chamber (124). The transition portion (112) includes a plurality of baffles (158) protruding from a sidewall (120) of the transition portion (112) and configured for minimizing mixing between the ambient atmosphere and the controlled atmosphere during movement of the carrier (128) between the loading portion (108) and the curing chamber (124).
US12246466B2
The present disclosure relates to a cutter bar for chopping machines. The cutter bar includes a cutter bar body that defines an edge groove. The edge groove includes a groove bottom and a groove sidewall. The groove sidewall is formed by the material of the cutter bar body. A wear protection structure extends along a surface of the cutter bar body from the edge groove. The wear protection structure is built up on the surface of the cutter bar body as an additively manufactured metal powder application layer. At least one carbide strip is secured to the edge groove and forms the cutting edge. The carbide strip can be fastened to the edge groove by means of a bonding agent, such as solder or adhesive.
US12246463B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a razor blade and a razor blade. The razor blade extends along a longitudinal axis and comprises a cutting edge portion positioned along a second plane, a base portion positioned along a first plane that is different from the second plane, the first plane intersects the second plane at an angle. The razor blade further comprises a bent portion intermediate to the cutting edge portion and base portion, and an extended portion extending from the base portion away from the second plane. The cutting edge portion, base portion, bent portion, and extended portion are monolithically formed.
US12246460B2
Razor having a hair-severing member having a plurality of sawing teeth arranged along a hair-severing edge of the hair-severing member. Each sawing tooth has a tooth tip and tooth edges mutually connected via the tooth tip. The hair-severing member is mounted for sawing through hairs present on the skin by means of the sawing teeth by moving each sawing tooth in a local direction of extension of the hair-severing edge at the position of the respective sawing tooth. A drive is coupled to the hair-severing member for driving the hair-severing member such that the sawing teeth move with an average velocity larger than or equal to 10 m/s. The spacing between the tooth tips of two successive sawing teeth is between 20 μm and 150 μm.
US12246444B2
One aspect of the present disclosure provides a strain wave gear device including an internal gear, an external gear and a wave generator. The wave generator has a cam and a fourth bearing. The cam has a non-circular outer peripheral surface, and the fourth bearing is positioned between the inner peripheral surface of the external gear and the outer peripheral surface of the cam. The fourth bearing has an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of balls, and a retainer. The strain wave gear device includes a restricting portion provided such that the restricting portion can avoid touching the retainer. The restricting portion can restrict the fourth bearing from moving in the direction extending along the axis of rotation.
US12246435B2
A mobile robot system and method for determining the stiffness of a human arm while moving with a user during overground interaction as the user holds the robot's handle and exchanges forces with it. A mobile base moves with the user, a robot arm interacts with the user, and a controller determines the stiffness. The robot arm includes servomotors driving a linkage mechanism, an end effector including the handle supported by the linkage mechanism, and a force transducer measuring a force applied by the user to the handle. The controller causes the robot arm to generate a force perturbation at the handle, measure a peak velocity achieved by the human arm, determine the stiffness of the human arm as a function of force and displacement, and control operation of the system based on the determined stiffness. A robot body may allow for adjusting the height of the robot arm.
US12246432B2
This application provides a box capable of replacement of a half box body thereof, which includes a first half box body, a second half box body and a hexagon wrench. The first half box body includes a first pivot connecting portion having a first through hole. The second half box body includes a second pivot connecting portion having a second through hole. A hexagonal transverse segment of the hexagon wrench is inserted in the first and second through holes, making the first half box body and the second half box body pivotably connected as a whole. By the structural configuration of the aforementioned box, the user only has to extract or install the hexagon wrench to the first and second through holes to complete the separation or pivotable connection between the first half box body and the second half box body.
US12246428B2
Two balls can reliably retract for smooth insertion of a tip tool into a tool holder. A hammer drill includes a tool holder, two balls in reception holes in the tool holder, a guide washer urging the balls forward in the reception holes with a coil spring, a pressure ring adjacent to a front of the guide washer, and an operation sleeve allowing the pressure ring to move backward and forward between locked and unlocked positions of the two balls. The guide washer includes, on its front surface, a projection toward the pressure ring to cause, with the pressure ring at the locked position, the guide washer to be inclined with respect to an axis of the tool holder for a first ball to move more backward than a second ball.
US12246424B1
An electric nail gun includes a main body, a limiting mechanism, an active mechanism, a passive mechanism, a magnetic attraction mechanism, a striking nail mechanism, a safety mechanism and a lithium battery case. The present invention allows users to activate a motor switch of the active mechanism while holding the main body, enabling beforehand operation of the motor to drive a wheel to reach the preset speed. Once a trigger switch is activated, magnetic force is generated by an electromagnet for attracting a cam to pivot and be pushed by a driving block of the wheel, causing temporary synchronous rotation state of a pulley and the wheel and displacement of the striking nail mechanism indirectly induced by engagement between the pulley and belt for nailing action.
US12246420B2
Pliers having two arms which cross at a pivot bolt, one of which being movable and the other being stationary, with grip sections being formed on one side of the pivot bolt, and interacting jaws being formed as the beak on the other side of the pivot bolt. The stationary arm further has a longitudinal slot with teeth, and the pivot bolt, which is located in a receptacle, is movable about the longitudinal axis thereof, counter to the force of a spring, out of engagement with the teeth into a release position and being held in the direction of the longitudinal axis with the aid of a blocking projection, which interacts with a blocking part in the receptacle. The blocking projection and the blocking part are designed to run over each other during assembly, overcoming the effect of the spring.
US12246410B2
An electric power tool. The electric power tool may include: a motor; a control device configured to control the motor; a power transmission mechanism connected to the motor; a housing that houses the motor, the control device and the power transmission mechanism; an end tool holder connected to the power transmission mechanism; an accessory configured to be detachably attached to the housing; and a detector configured to detect whether the accessory is attached or not. The detector may include: a link member configured to move with respect to the housing according to the accessory being attached or detached; a magnet fixed in position with respect to one of the link member and the housing; and a magnetic sensor fixed in position with respect to another of the link member and the housing.
US12246406B2
A spindle drive tool for adjusting a position of a head of a spindle relative to a piston of an electro-mechanical automatic lubrication system in which the spindle and piston are connected by complementary screw threads includes a mounting portion and a coupling portion connected to the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a bearing surface having a spindle head inlet at a first end, a first cavity and a second cavity. The spindle head inlet opens into the first cavity, the first cavity has a cross section configured to couple with the spindle head such that the spindle head cannot rotate relative to the mounting portion while in the first cavity, and the second cavity is coaxially with the first cavity and has a larger cross section than the first cavity such that the spindle head can rotate freely in the second cavity.
US12246396B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus including: a wire nozzle that feeds a wirelike material onto a workpiece; and a machining head that irradiates the material fed onto the workpiece with a laser beam, and jets shielding gas from a supply source of the shielding gas. The machining head includes: a pipeline having a cylindrical shape and extending in a traveling direction of the laser beam, the laser beam being passed through the pipeline; and a gas supply port from which the shielding gas from the supply source is supplied to the pipeline.
US12246392B2
A friction stir additive manufacturing device configured to join a first work-piece and a second work-piece is provided. In one aspect, the device includes a rotating spindle configured to deposit a filler material over a weld line as the device is advanced along an interface between the first work-piece and the second work-piece. The device also includes a deposition head configured to receive at least a portion of the spindle, the deposition head configured to remain stationary relative to the rotating spindle. The deposition head includes a first semi-cylindrical portion having an inner radius and an outer radius relative to a first axis, and a second semi-cylindrical portion having an inner radius and an outer radius relative to a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis. The second semi-cylindrical portion can include a chamfered inner surface configured to define a weld profile.
US12246388B2
The present disclosure provides a method of resistance spot welding that can inhibit Liquid Metal Embrittlement-induced cracking in zinc-coated steel plates irrespective of the degrees of tensile strength. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of resistance spot welding. The method comprises welding a workpiece with a resistance spot welding apparatus. The workpiece includes two or more steel plates in an overlapping state. The two or more steel plates include at least one steel plate coated with zinc. The welding includes welding while compressing a high-tensile steel plate among the two or more steel plates in a direction intersecting a direction of a thickness of the high-tensile steel plate. The high-tensile steel plate has a tensile strength higher than a tensile strength of another steel plate among the two or more steel plates.
US12246387B2
Device (1) for displacing at least one assembly (2, 2′) between a provisioning zone (3) and a working zone (4) of at least one process chamber (5) of a process chamber apparatus (6) for soldering, in particular for reflow soldering, comprising at least one displacement device (7), wherein the at least one assembly (2, 2′) carries out, at least in sections, a displacement movement (9), or such a displacement movement (9) can be carried out, such that the at least one assembly (2, 2′) is displaced by means of a force (8), in particular pushing force, which is transmitted or generated by the displacement device (7), in particular directly, and acts on the assembly (2, 2′).
US12246381B2
A method for prefabricating pore defects by controlling a SLM process, including performing laser scanning on a specified metal melt layer (LY) according to a first scan path (P1) and a second scan path. The first scan path (P1) and the second scan path (P2) have a path overlap zone (A0), the path overlap zone (A0) has a predetermined width, and laser energy input superimposed in the path overlap zone (A0) is controlled to reach a predetermined energy value, whereby keyholes are formed at a plurality of positions in a lengthwise direction of the path overlap zone (A0), the specified metal melt layer (LY) is taken as a defect layer, and the keyholes in the path overlap zone (A0) is taken as pore defects.
US12246374B2
A method and device are provided for simplifying a flow-drill screwing process. Based on work performed during the process, a process variable E is formed. This variable is compared to analogously formed comparison values in order to be able to determine the proper or faulty running of the process.
US12246363B2
A method for cleaning the interior of pipes using a cleaning device and a cleaning device. The cleaning device has a tube and an advancing unit for moving the tube along a main axis (H) of the advancing unit. The advancing unit has a drive which is frictionally connected to the tube and by which the tube is moved in an axial direction along the main axis (H). The advancing unit is set into a rotational movement about the main axis (H) during the axial movement of the tube, and the drive transmits the rotational movement to the tube.
US12246355B2
A material handling system sorts mixed materials utilizing a combination of x-ray fluorescence and/or a vision system that implements an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification. The system is capable of sorting between materials typically found within Zorba, Zebra, and Twitch.
US12246353B2
There are provided hoppers for separating slack from a mixture of product and slack, and systems and method using such hoppers. Each hopper comprises: an internal gate configured to prevent the passage of product therethrough, but to allow the passage of slack therethrough; and, an external gate configured to prevent the passage of product and the passage of slack therethrough; the internal gate and the external gate being moveable between respective open and closed positions; the hopper configured such that: when the internal gate and external gate are in their respective closed positions and the mixture is introduced into the hopper, product is retained by the internal gate whilst slack passes through the internal gate and is retained by the external gate; and, when the external gate and internal gate are each in their respective open positions, product may exit the hopper along a first path.
US12246343B2
A method for coating a ceramic matrix composite substrate with an environmental barrier coating includes the steps of: treating a surface of a ceramic matrix composite substrate to adjust wettability of the surface; and applying an aqueous slurry-based environmental barrier coating to the surface. The treating step can be a plasma treatment to remove organic contaminants, and can also be a treatment to modify oxidative state of the surface. The treatment can produce a surface for treatment that is hydrophilic and has a contact angle with aqueous-slurry coating materials of less than 40 degrees.
US12246340B1
A method and a system for coating products are provided. The method includes the steps of applying a coating liquid to a product and removing excess coating liquid from the product. It is desirable to provide a method and system for efficiently and reliably coating delicate or easily deformable products, such as products molded from a pulp fiber slurry. The method includes fixing the product to a receiving portion of a product carrier that is configured in the same shape as the product, such that an exterior surface of the product abuts the interior concave surface of the receiving portion of the device. A coating liquid is applied to the product in the product carrier. The product carrier is affixed to a centrifuging device and the coating liquid is dispersed over the surface of the product using centripetal force.
US12246322B2
A method of collecting resin beads includes first to fourth steps. The first step is a step of preparing a sample on a thin film provided on an upper surface of a substrate. The second step is a step of irradiating the thin film with a laser beam and a laser beam with the laser beam and the laser beam being distant from each other. The third step is a step of producing a microbubble at a position irradiated with the laser beam and producing a microbubble at a position irradiated with the laser beam, by heating the sample by irradiation with the laser beams. The fourth step is a step of collecting a plurality of resin beads in a region between the microbubble and the microbubble by producing convection of the sample in a direction perpendicular to a direction of alignment of the microbubble and the microbubble.
US12246319B2
Provided are an active droplet generating apparatus capable of controlling a droplet size, a method of controlling a droplet size using the same, and a self-diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing generation of a droplet, the active droplet generating apparatus including: a disposable microchannel upper plate; a multifunctional lower plate separated from the disposable microchannel upper plate and configured to be permanently used separately from the disposable microchannel upper plate; a functional polymeric film provided on a lower surface of the upper plate; a negative pressure forming means; and a flow velocity control device configured to adjust the droplet size to a desired size by receiving, by feedback, the voltage value measured by the droplet measuring electrode and controlling flow velocities of the oil and the sample, thereby controlling the droplet size in a feedback control manner by quickly and accurately measuring the droplet size using a capacitance impedance technique.
US12246314B2
Provided are a device and a method for purifying an organic amine solution. The device includes an ion exchange bed having an upper feeding port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with an inert gas cylinder, a fifth liquid storage tank and a second liquid adding pump; a lower feeding port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with a first liquid adding pump; a lower discharging port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with a second liquid storage tank, a third liquid storage tank and a fourth liquid storage tank; and an upper discharging port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with the fourth liquid storage tank.
US12246313B2
The present invention provides composite particles which are capable of forming an ion exchange membrane with fewer defects and an ion exchange membrane. The composite particles according to the present invention comprise pellets comprising a fluorinated polymer having groups convertible to ion exchange groups, and a powder held on the pellet surface which comprises a polymer, wherein the powder has an average particle diameter of at least 1 μm and at most 1,000 μm, and the ratio of the average particle diameter of the pellets to the average particle diameter of the powder is 2 to 4,500.
US12246305B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method of regenerating a hydrophobic interaction chromatography column to which a load mass has been applied, the method comprising passing one or more column volumes of an alkaline solution through hydrophobic interaction media within the column, wherein the alkaline solution exhibits a pH of between about 10 and about 14, and a conductivity of between 0.5 mS/cm and about 10 mS/cm, wherein material bound to the hydrophobic interaction media is removed. In some cases, the alkaline solution may include sodium hydroxide at a concentration of between, e.g., about 0.1 mM and 10 mM.
US12246299B2
A reactor system and a process for carrying out steam cracking of a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons is provided, i where the heat for the reaction is provided by resistance heating by means of electrical power, so that a product stream comprising at least one olefin compound is obtained.
US12246296B2
A depolymerization system with a tube-wound heat exchanger (4) comprises a heat exchange device for heating a material, having a material output; a gas-liquid separation device (1) having an inlet and a gas output, connected to the material output of the heat exchange device; and a depolymerization device (2) connected to the gas output of the gas-liquid separation device (1); the heat exchange device comprises at least one tube-wound heat exchanger (4). The depolymerization rate is greatly improved and the service period of the whole depolymerization system can be greatly improved.
US12246295B2
A system for introducing gas from an unconventional source into a gas grid pipeline includes a passive blender (10) that introduces gas from an unconventional source (1) into a gas grid (2), the passive blender (10) having gas inputs (3, 11) from the unconventional source (1) and the gas grid (2) and a blended gas output (12), and wherein an internal flow path within the passive blender (10) is shaped and sized to provide entraining and mixing of the gases. The passive blender (10) acts to entrain gas from a gas grid (2) through input (11) by utilising the flow of gas from an unconventional source (1) through input 3, proportionally blending inputs 3 and 11 before outputting the blended gas back to the main gas grid (2). The system comprises the passive blender (10) of the present invention, a first gas input pipe (11) from a grid gas pipeline (2) into the passive blender (10) a second gas input pipe (3) from the unconventional source (1) into the passive blender (1), and an output pipe (12) from the passive blender (10) into the grid gas pipeline (2). The blender (10) and system are advantageous in that they can greatly reduce the necessary conditioning of unconventional gas before it is introduced into a gas grid supply (2) without additional flow motivation or controls.
US12246292B2
The present disclosure relates to a micro or nano porous membrane composed of a stretched membrane of a fluororesin membrane, wherein the fluororesin membrane contains sintered bodies of a plurality of core-shell particles containing fluororesins, wherein the core-shell particles include cores and shells covering outer surfaces of the cores, wherein an average particle size of the core-shell particles before being sintered is greater than or equal to 100 nm and less than or equal to 1,000 nm, wherein a ratio of a volume of the shells to a volume of the cores in the core-shell particles before being sintered is greater than or equal to 2/98 and less than or equal to 50/50, wherein a fluororesin of the cores is a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer or a combination thereof, and a fluororesin of the shells is polytetrafluoroethylene, and wherein a first heat of fusion of the fluororesins in the core-shell particles is less than or equal to 68 J/g.
US12246282B1
Adsorbent reactors for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere with several types of sealing door valves, ranging from a single valve element to multiple valve elements, are provided. The sealing door valves are configured to open to allow gases into the reactor, such as allowing ambient air to enter during adsorption, and can close to seal the reactor, such as allowing vacuum conditions to be created inside the reactor and/or steam to be injected into the reactor during desorption. The valves are designed to create minimum resistance to valve motion, minimum obstruction to gas flow when open, minimum allowance of fluid passage when closed, and to minimize dead space within the reactor.
US12246280B2
An air cleaning apparatus with a moist filter is disclosed. More particularly, the present invention relates to an air cleaning apparatus with a moist filter, being operated such that: water stored in a bottom reservoir tank flows upward in a centrifugal manner; water molecules are finely cleaved in a microfine state and injected through multiple injection holes in the same centrifugal manner to become moist; under such conditions, water flowing into a rotational column, to which a centrifugal force is applied, is filtered while circulating a cycle wherein external air inflowing through air input holes formed below a moist layer is adhered to water molecules in the moist layer and drops down, thereby enabling ultrafine dust as well as fine dust to be filtered with high efficiency and excellent economic advantage.
US12246275B2
Disclosed herein are disc filters for dewatering a fiber suspension. According to a first aspect, the disc filter includes a vessel comprising an inlet positioned in a wall of the vessel, the inlet introducing a fiber suspension into the vessel. The disc filter further includes a rotor shaft comprising a shaft axis of rotation positioned in a shaft plane, wherein the shaft plane is a horizontal plane. At least one filter element may be coupled to the rotor shaft. At least one injector may be positioned in the wall of the vessel, the at least one injector introducing a secondary flow of liquid into the vessel. The at least one injector may be located in the wall of the vessel at an injector elevation angle αI that is greater than −44 degrees and less than or equal to +22 degrees relative to the shaft plane.
US12246270B2
A method of defoaming a system subject to foaming by using a defoamer composition is disclosed. The defoamer composition contains (a) 80 to 100 wt. % of a decarboxylated rosin acid (DCR) having a density of 0.9 to 1.0 g/cm3, a flash point of 135 to 175° C., an acid value of <50 mg KOH/g, measured according to ASTM D465, and a viscosity of 15 to 60 cSt at 40° C., measured according to ASTM D-445; and (b) 0 to 20 wt. % based on total weight of the defoamer composition of at least one component selected from the group consisting of nanoparticles, surfactants, hydrophobic compounds, and mixtures thereof. The defoamer composition is very effective in controlling unwanted foam formation or reduce already formed foam in the system.
US12246265B2
A magnetic block set comprising a plurality of magnetically connectable magnetic block units. Each magnetic block unit includes a block body having two or more connection faces. Each connection face includes a plurality of connection face edges and a connection face surface and each connection face is a square. Each magnetic block unit also includes one or more magnetic elements on each of the tow or more connection faces, each magnetic element having a magnetic polarity relative to the connection face that is the same as each of the other magnetic elements on all of the connection faces. Each magnetic block unit further includes an outer shell covering both the block body and each of the one or more magnetic elements. The outer shell includes an indicator of the polarity of the magnetic elements within the magnetic block unit.
US12246264B2
A plush toy with a removable wig. The plush toy includes an internal skeleton that provides support for poseable limbs, including arms and legs. These posable limbs may be placed in any configuration desired by the user and are held in place by the internal skeleton. The plush cover is made from polyester plush material but any plush material well known in the art may be used. The interior is stuffed with a variety of stuffing materials including polyester fiber or any other stuffing material well known in the art. Wig may be attachable and detachable from the head or permanently fixed to head by sewing, glue or any other secure attachment means well known in the art.
US12246263B2
A top part includes an upper trunk part, and a bottom part including a lower trunk part and first and second rod-shaped shafts. The lower trunk is attached to the upper trunk. The first and second rod-shaped shafts are interchangeable. The first rod-shaped shaft is inserted in an insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk. The second rod-shaped shaft is inserted in the insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk. When the upper trunk part is rotated and reaches a joint release position, the upper trunk part and the lower trunk part are detached. The bottom part includes first and second engagement part. The first rod-shaped shaft has a first shape to create a first engagement state between the first and second engagement parts. The second rod-shaped shaft has a second shape to create a second engagement state.
US12246261B2
In one embodiment, a system and method for controlling mobile gaming on a vessel may have a plurality of mobile gaming devices, a location server operable to track a device position of each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices and track a vessel position of the vessel, and a mobile gaming management server configured to communicate with the location server and a gaming server, the mobile gaming management server operable to individually control whether each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is permitted to play a game of chance based on the device position and the vessel position.
US12246259B2
A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations: receiving first real-world geolocation data, generating one or more first virtual encounters based at least in part upon the first real-world telematics data and the first real-world geolocation data; generating one or more second virtual encounters based at least in part upon the first real-world environmental data and the first real-world geolocation data; providing a first virtual map; providing a first virtual character associated with the first real-world user; and simulating the first virtual map and the first virtual character in a virtual game, simulating at least one of (i) the one or more first virtual encounters or (ii) the one or more second virtual encounters for the first virtual map and for the first virtual character. Other embodiments are described.
US12246237B2
A golf practice apparatus for putting and short game practices that includes a base, which includes a green portion, a hole, and a coupling groove; a mat which includes a first end portion and a second end portion; and a target assembly that includes a netting, a frame, and a connecting member. The second end portion is attached to the base, and the coupling groove of the base and the connecting member of the target assembly are constructed such that the connecting member is removably received in the coupling groove to secure the target assembly to the base.
US12246236B2
A training aid is disclosed comprising a base; a first member rotatable with respect to the base about a first axis, wherein the base and the first member comprise respective indicia indicating a rotational position of the first member about the first axis; and a second member comprising: a proximal end coupled with the first member and rotatable about a second axis, wherein the first member and the second member comprise additional respective indicia to indicate a rotational position of the second member about the second axis; and a distal end configured to couple with a guide.
US12246230B2
A ball bat includes a continuous tape of fiber material wrapped around the longitudinal axis in a helix extending along the longitudinal axis. Interlaminar interfaces between adjacent turns of the tape are oriented obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the ball bat includes a preform structure, the tape being wrapped around the preform structure. In some embodiments, the ball bat includes a flared element on the preform structure. An end of the continuous tape may be positioned on an angled surface of the flared element. An outer skin may be positioned over the tape. Methods of making ball bats may include attaching a first end of a fiber tape to a flared element on a preform structure or a mandrel and wrapping the fiber tape around the preform structure or mandrel in a helix extending along the longitudinal axis of the preform structure or mandrel.
US12246229B2
Collapsible golf bags, golf bag kits, and related methods are provided herein. A collapsible golf bag can include a collapsible chassis having a top portion and a base with sidewalls therebetween. Additionally, the collapsible golf bag can include a foldable stiffening rod configured to engage a portion of the top portion of the chassis and the base of the chassis to separate the top portion and the base and extend the side walls to hold at least a portion of the sidewall taut. The golf bag kits can include a carrying container having an accessible interior, the collapsible chassis, and the foldable stiffening rod.
US12246225B2
Disclosed herein is a driver-type golf club head including a metallic front body portion having a first front body portion and a second front body portion, both of which are metallic, and portions of each form a strike plate opening that receives a strike plate.
US12246220B2
Example embodiments relate to systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media relating to a user interface, that may for example, receive and/or process physical activity data and allow interaction with the received information in novel implementations. A computing device may use data indicating activity performed by a user for a plurality of time periods to validate an identity of the user.
US12246219B2
An adjustable weight exercise system is provided. A permanent weight assembly and a plurality of interlocking weights are provided. A base comprises an interlocking weight carrier, wherein the interlocking weights are supported on the interlocking weight carrier and an interlocking weight selector, wherein the interlocking weight selector is adapted to cause interlocking weights to be set to be locked to the permanent weight assembly while the permanent weight assembly is not on the base, wherein placement of the permanent weight assembly on the base causes interlocking weights that are set to be locked to the permanent weight assembly to be locked to the permanent weight assembly, and wherein placement of the permanent weight assembly on the base does not cause interlocking weights that are not set to be locked to the permanent weight assembly to be locked to the permanent weight assembly.
US12246216B2
An exercise machine with adjustable handles that provide for multiple handle positions. The exercise machine with adjustable handles generally includes a frame with one or more rails, a carriage movably positioned upon the rails, and a pair of adjustable handles positioned near an end of the frame. The adjustable handles each have a handle portion that is movably connected to a corresponding handle stanchion to pivot from a storage position to an extended position.
US12246213B2
The present invention relates to an exercise support block for supporting weight of a user above a supporting surface, for example the floor, during exercise such as yoga and the like. The support block has four major surfaces joined to define four apexes with a truncated surface being formed at each of the four apexes respectively whereby the support block has an overall truncated tetrahedral shape. The four truncated surfaces can support the user at four different heights relative to the floor by selecting a corresponding one of the four major surfaces to define the bottom of the block that is engaged on the floor.
US12246212B2
A core bladder is disclosed. The core bladder a body, a skeletal load-support matrix, and a valve. The body defines a fluid-receiving cavity. The skeletal load-support matrix is disposed within the fluid-receiving cavity. The valve is supported by the body. The valve is configured to permit fluid communication with the fluid-receiving cavity to selectively arrange the body in one of a compact deflated state and an expanded inflated state. An exercise assembly including the core bladder is also disclosed.
US12246206B2
A fitness device tor exercising by creating opposing muscle resistance instead of employing weights, gravity, or elastic bands, contains a flexible, substantially inelastic strap and a plurality of handles positioned on the substantially inelastic strap. Each handle contains a first grip portion, a second grip portion, and an internal rail. Each handle has a non-movable configuration in which the first and second grip portion are engaged with each other to prevent sliding movement of the handle along the length of the substantially inelastic strap. Each handle has a movable configuration in which the first and second grip portion are disengaged to allow sliding movement of the handle along the length of the substantially inelastic strap. In the non-movable configuration, the handle envelops the substantially inelastic strap and the internal rail to frictionally engage the substantially inelastic strap against the internal rail to hold the handle in the non-movable position.
US12246186B2
Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to techniques for separately transferring power and data from an external device to an implantable component of a partially or fully implantable medical device. The separated power and data transfer techniques use a single external coil and a single implantable coil. The external coil is part of an external resonant circuit, while the implantable coil is part of an implantable resonant circuit. The external coil is configured to transcutaneously transfer power and data to the implantable coil using separate (different) power and data time slots. At least one of the external or internal resonant circuit is substantially more damped during the data time slot than during the power time slot.
US12246184B2
An electromedical device control system includes a power supply device that supplies electric power to an electromedical device; and one or more relay devices that relay between the electromedical device and the power supply device. A type of the electromedical device connected to the relay device is obtained by determination using at least the relay device. The power supply device outputs the electric power in an output mode corresponding to the type of the electromedical device.
US12246181B2
A medical system includes an implantable medical device that carries a first electrode on a distal end of the implantable medical device and a return electrode. The implantable medical device is configured to be positioned within a heart. The implantable medical device further includes a leadlet including a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is attached to the implantable medical device, and the distal end is configured to penetrate tissue of the heart. The leadlet carries a second electrode, and a body of the leadlet between the proximal end and the distal end is configured to flex when the distal end is implanted in the tissue of the heart. The implantable medical device further includes a fixation device attached to the implantable medical device. The fixation device is configured to affix the distal end of the implantable medical device to the heart.
US12246178B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include systems and method for spinal cord stimulation. A spinal cord stimulator may comprise a pulse generator comprising electronic circuitry configured to generate output current; at least one lead in communication with the generator and configured to extend into the epidural space of a patient's spinal column; at least one electrode contact located proximate to a distal end of the at least one lead and configured to provide electric stimulation to a portion of a patient's spinal cord; and at least one sensor located along the at least one lead configured to determine a distance between the at least one lead and a surface of the patient's spinal cord, wherein the generator receives the determined distance, and wherein the generator is configured to adjust the stimulation provided by the at least one electrode contact based on the determined distance.
US12246177B2
Systems, devices, and methods for neurostimulation via vestibular stimulation are described. One example is a device for administering thermal stimulation to an ear canal of a subject. The device may include an earpiece configured to be at least partially insertable into the ear canal of the subject; a thermoelectric device thermally coupled to the earpiece and configured to heat and/or cool the earpiece to thereby heat and/or cool the ear canal of the subject; and a controller configured to administer a selected treatment plan including administering a caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) stimulus to the ear canal of the subject in a condition-treatment effective amount during a first treatment interval. The treatment plan may be effective to produce a durable improvement in at least one symptom of the condition for a time of at least 1 week following cessation of the administering.
US12246172B2
A method of guiding positioning of a headset for transcranial brain stimulation on a head of a user of the headset is disclosed The method includes: capturing, using a camera, one or more head images depicting the head; detecting, in the one or more head images, features of the head; creating, using the detected features of the head, a model of the head; computing, using the model of the head, an intended headset position on the head; and displaying, on a display, a representation of the headset as an overlay on an image of the head of the user. Also a kit includes a headset for transcranial brain stimulation, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is disclosed, which configures an electronic device to perform the method of guiding positioning of a headset.
US12246171B2
A cardiac assist device with an expandable cup (4) having a transport state and an operational state, the expandable cup comprising a plurality of inflow apertures (5), and an outflow nozzle (6), and an inflatable balloon (8) positioned inside the expandable cup (4). A catheter assembly (3) is connected to the inflatable balloon (8) during operation, and a control unit (2) is connected to the catheter assembly (3). The control unit (2) is arranged to operate the inflatable balloon (8) with a frequency of more than 100 beats per minute.
US12246170B2
A needle shield assembly comprises an elongate needle shield comprising a shield portion, a hub connection portion and a bridge portion including a living hinge having a thickness, the bridge portion joining the hub connection portion and the shield portion, the hub connection portion comprising a receiving ring having a diameter sized to frictionally receive the hub outer surface when the needle assembly is inserted through the receiving ring and a flange extending from the receiving ring defining a top planar surface and a bottom surface. The thickness of the flange divided by the thickness of the living hinge defines a ratio of from 1.1 to 6. The shield portion is configured to pivot from an open position in which the needle cannula is exposed, to a closed needle protecting position in which the distal end of the needle cannula is within the longitudinal opening of the shield.
US12246169B2
The present disclosure relates to medical delivery devices that include a barrel having an inner surface that is hydrophobic. The medical delivery device includes a barrel with a hydrophobic inner surface and a stopper that can provide air and liquid impermeability while also possessing on or more of: a low break loose force, a low average glide force, and a low glide force variation. The contact angle of the inner surface of the barrel is greater than 90°.
US12246164B2
The application discloses an assembly including a compressible bag and an apparatus for dispensing a liquid from a bag. The apparatus includes a housing with a dispensing end and an opposite rear end, a bottom part and top part and two side parts. A roller arrangement and a pair of steering tracks are mounted in a track length direction on the side parts, and the roller arrangement includes at least a front roller adapted to roll from the rear end towards the dispensing end. The surface of the roller is adapted for engagement with the compressible bag placed on the bottom part, and a gap is provided between the bottom part and the surface of the front roller, the gap being in the range of 2 to 10 mm where the surface of the front roller is closest to the bottom part.
US12246161B2
Shell (11) for a portable electromechanical apparatus for drug infusion, comprising an outer casing (13) and a support structure (15) housed within the casing (13), wherein said casing (13) has a monolithic ring shape and is entirely made of plastics, and wherein said support structure (15) is at least partially made of metal.
US12246158B2
The invention relates to an automatic valve for regulating a flow rate of liquid intended to circulate in a flexible tube, comprising: a cam system (23) mounted moveably on a base and rotationally around an axis of rotation, a bearing part (24) translationally mounted on the base, arranged to be translationally moved as a result of a rotational movement of the cam system (23), and comprising a compression portion (240), an abutment part (25) positioned opposite the compression portion (240), defining with the bearing part (24) a receiving space intended to receive a flexible tube (3), the translation of the bearing part (24) displacing the compression portion (240) along the direction of translation, in order to modify a dimension of the receiving space, a magnet and a magnetic sensor detecting the magnetic field generated by the magnet.
US12246150B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus including: (a) a frame having a first end and a second end, wherein the frame includes a plurality of struts arranged between the first end and the second end of the frame, (b) a plurality of channels disposed within the plurality of struts of the frame, (c) an infusion balloon coupled to the frame and arranged such that, in an expanded condition, the frame provides a plurality of openings that the infusion balloon is configured to expand through and extend radially outward from the frame, thereby defining a plurality of grooves, (d) a plurality of holes defined in the frame and configured to permit fluid communication between the plurality of channels and the plurality of grooves, and (e) an infusion hub arranged at the first end or the second end of the frame including a reservoir in fluid communication with the plurality of channels.
US12246147B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide an indwelling needle assembly that has a novel structure and improves operability for the practitioner. An indwelling needle assembly 10 in which an inner needle unit 16 comprises a storage housing 14 for storing a protector 52, and which is provided with a connecting member 94 that connects the storage housing 14 to an outer needle hub 20. The protector 52 prevents movement of the connecting member 94 and holds the storage housing 14 and the outer needle hub 20 in a connected state. Deformation or displacement of the protector 52 due to retraction of an inner needle 12 permits the movement of the connecting member 94 and makes it possible to release the connected state between the storage housing 14 and the outer needle hub 20.
US12246138B2
The present disclosure relates to a medical liquid-injecting urinary catheter including a catheter body, an inflation tube, a urination port, an air injection port, and a medical liquid-injection port.
US12246132B2
A medical tube comprises a tail to connect an embedded wire to an electrical component. The tail may comprise a flattened portion and an exposed portion to facilitate attachment of the medical tube to an electrical component. The tail may comprise a second flattened portion. One or more wires, such as a heater wire or a sensor wire, may be embedded in the medical tube. The medical tube may comprise a connector that comprises a printed circuit board to which the one or more wires is attached. The connector may comprise features to support the printed circuit board, aid in assembly of the one or more wires to the connector, and protect electrical components against liquid ingress.
US12246131B2
A patient interface includes a frame assembly including connectors operatively attachable to headgear, a cushion assembly provided to the frame assembly and including a seal-forming structure structured to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth, and an air delivery connector provided to the frame assembly and operatively connected to an air delivery tube for supplying the air at positive pressure along an air flow path. The cushion assembly is structured to releasably connect to the frame assembly independently of the air delivery connector. The air delivery connector is structured to releasably connect to the frame assembly independently of the cushion assembly.
US12246128B2
A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled.
US12246122B2
This document describes medical systems that have features for initiating operational settings during a start-up process. For example, this document describes heart-lung machine systems that are programmed and integrated with features that perform semi-autonomous start-up procedures.
US12246120B2
A device for the measurement of carbon dioxide in a working gas comprises: a tubular body inside which a working gas is conveyed; at least one emitter of an optical signal arranged at the tubular body; at least one receiver of the optical signal arranged at the tubular body on the opposite side of the emitter; heating unit arranged at least one of the emitter and the receiver; wherein the device comprises at least one temperature sensor positioned in the proximity of the heating unit, at least one control unit operatively connected to the emitter, to the receiver, to the heating unit and to the sensor, the control circuit unit comprising correction unit which are configured to correct the value of the optical signal detected by the receiver depending on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.
US12246114B2
A three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold for use in repairing a defect in a tissue substrate is provided. The three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold includes a first layer formed by a first plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers and a second layer formed by a second plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers. The second layer is coupled to the first layer using a coupling process and includes a plurality of varying densities formed by the second plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers. The first and second layers are configured to degrade via hydrolysis after at least one of a predetermined time or an environmental condition. The three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold is configured to be applied to the tissue substrate containing the defect.
US12246113B2
The present disclosure describes additive manufacturing methods, in particular methods for optimizing the manufacture of objects by three-dimensional printing processes. Also provided are bioreactors as well as methods of using thereof.
US12246111B2
Disclosed is a bioresorbable implant with enhanced bone ingrowth and tissue integration utilizing an inside-out resorption mechanism and a method to manufacture a bioresorbable implants for use in osteotomies and bone-soft tissue reconstruction surgeries. The bioresorbable implant includes a polymer A (e.g., an aliphatic polymer matrix) and/or poly(propylene fumarate)), a carbohydrate B (e.g., a bioresorbable natural carbohydrate filler) and a ceramic C. The implant may be a porous scaffold structures with suitable porosity, pore size, pore interconnectivity, and mechanical properties for enhanced osteoblast penetration and bone formation to fabricate tissue integrating bioresorbable implants. The implant may be shaped as wedges, bone void fillers, and soft tissue fixation implant like screws, rods and/or anchors. In some embodiments, the implant may be a putty.
US12246106B2
A portable sanitizing method includes moving a cover of a case assembly between an open position that exposes a storage chamber and a closed position; storing a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp in the storage chamber when not in use; and removing the wand assembly from the storage chamber to disinfect one or more components with UV light emitted by the UV lamp.
US12246099B1
Wound dressings fabricated from a polymeric mixture of cellulose acetate and hyaluronic acid embedded with copper oxide and/or magnesium oxide nanoparticles and a method of making the wound dressing. The method includes combining hyaluronic acid and deionized water to form a first mixture, combining cellulose acetate and acetone to form a second mixture, combining the first and second mixtures to form a third mixture of hyaluronic acid, cellulose acetate, deionized water and acetone, separately adding at least one of a copper acetate solution and a magnesium chloride solution to the third mixture to form a fourth mixture, adding sodium hydride to the fourth mixture to form a final mixture, and drying the final mixture to form a film used for the wound dressing. Different weights of copper oxide and magnesium oxide can be chosen to achieve a certain morphological appearance. The wound dressing is a promising option for wound healing.
US12246096B2
Self-assembled organic ligand functionalized microcapsules encapsulating one or more substrates, which release the substrates upon activation with a power source, are provided. Compositions that include these microcapsules, as well as methods of making the microcapsules and releasing the encapsulated substrates are also provided. The structures, compositions and methods find use in a variety of applications, such as drug and cell encapsulation technologies, for direct delivery, control, and activation of medicines and therapies to specific tissues in a living host.
US12246090B2
The present invention is based on the discovery of new and advantageous properties of a class of known polymeric emulsifiers. The emulsifier class was found to be resistant to degradation by crude bacterial antigen preparations, which degradation caused emulsion instability when using prior art emulsifiers. This allows the formulation of safe, stable, and effective vaccines based on these emulsions of oil and water comprising such bacterial antigens. The polymeric emulsifier is a block copolymer having a general formula A-B-A in which component B is the divalent residue of a water-soluble polyalkylene glycol and component A is the residue of an oil-soluble complex monocarboxylic acid. Preferred emulsifier is a PEG-30-di-(polyhydroxystearate).
US12246088B2
The present invention relates to medical devices in the form of mucoadhesive films for the release of live lactic bacteria and bifidobacteria (probiotics) and/or for the release and maintenance of their pharmacologically useful enzyme activities.
US12246082B2
The present invention relates to sunscreen or daily care composition comprising (i) hexyl 2-[4-(diethylamino)-2-hydroxybenzoyl]benzoate (INCI diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate); and (ii) 1-(4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propane-1,3-dione (INCI butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane); and (iii) 2,4-bis-{[4-(2-ethy-hexyoxy)-2-hydroxy]-pheny}-6-(4-methoxypheny)-1,3,5 triazine (INCI bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine); and (iv) 4,4′,4″-(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyltriimino)tris-benzoic acid-tris(2-ethylhexyl)ester (INCI ethylhexyl triazone) and/or 4, 4′-[[6-[[4-[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]amino]-1,3,5-triazin-2,4-diyl]diimino]bis-benzoic acid-bis(2-ethylhexyl)ester (INCI diethyl-hexyl-butamidotriazone); and (v) at least one organic particulate UV filter, wherein the composition is free of ethylhexyl-2-cyano-3, 3-diphenyl-acrylate (INCI octocrylene), 2-ethylhexyl-(2E)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl) acrylate (INCI ethylhexyl methoxy cinnamate) and pp benzylidene malonates, and wherein the composition comprises diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexylbenzoate and butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane in a ratio of larger or equal to 0.8. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said composition for the administration to sensitive skin. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of said composition to reduce sand adhesion after application of the composition on the skin.
US12246071B2
An exemplary substance is provided that permeates the blood-brain barrier and shows a property of penetrating into the brain. Further, exemplary use of the substance as a drug carrier is provided for delivering into the brain, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the substance. Additionally, exemplary lactose-modified cyclodextrin or dendrimer/glucuronyl glucosyl-cyclodextrin is provided that permeates the blood-brain barrier and shows a property of penetrating into the brain. Exemplary blood-brain barrier permeable pharmaceutical composition is also provided which comprises a lactose-modified cyclodextrin or dendrimer/glucuronyl glucosyl-cyclodextrin, and a drug.
US12246070B2
The present invention relates to hydrogel prodrug compositions comprising cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA), or a derivative or a salt thereof, wherein the cross-linker system comprises a biodegradable spacer, wherein the cross-linked HA comprises a conjugated drug-linker, and wherein the linker is capable of releasing the drug under physiological conditions. The present invention further relates to methods for preparing the hydrogel prodrug compositions. The present invention further relates to methods for treating an ocular condition using the hydrogel compositions.
US12246067B2
Disclosed herein relates to immunotherapeutic compositions comprising immunotherapeutic peptides comprising neoepitopes, polynucleotides encoding the immunotherapeutic peptides, antigen presenting cells comprising the immunotherapeutic peptides or polynucleotides, or T cell receptors specific for the neoepitopes. Also disclosed herein is use of the immunotherapeutic compositions.
US12246061B2
Provided are compositions and methods for selectively reducing the amount of antibiotic resistant and/or virulent bacteria in a mixed bacteria population, or for reducing any other type of unwanted bacteria in a mixed bacteria population. The compositions and methods involve targeting bacteria that are differentiated from other members of the population by at least one unique clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) targeted DNA sequence. The compositions and methods can be readily adapted to target any bacteria or any bacteria plasmid, or both.
US12246053B2
The pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing neuropathic pain includes Polygonati rhizoma, Sorbus commixta Hedl., Geranium nepalense, and Glycine Semen Preparata.
US12246045B2
The present invention falls within the technical field of aquaculture, and specifically, the invention relates to a specific solution for preventing and treating bacterial diseases using a Lactococcus lactis lactic acid bacterium transformed to produce an interferon type II (IFN II) immunostimulating cytokine, particularly interferon gamma (IFNg or IFNy). Said transformed bacterium has been deposited in the Chilean Microbial Genetic Resources Collection at INIA with accession number RGM 2416 dated 22 Oct. 2017.
US12246041B2
A medicament is provided including, for example, a dried particulate mixture of decellularized amniotic material and a powdered, lyophilized mixture of cervical mucus plug. The medicament may be useful in treating infectious disease, for example, viral diseases, in promoting repair of tissue and halting disease progression.
US12246036B2
The present invention relates to a composition for use in a method for the preventive or curative treatment of an iron deficiency and pathologies and disorders connected thereto in a subject. The disclosed methods include administering the composition to a subject in need thereof.
US12246035B2
The invention is used in conducting intestinal lavage and enteral correction of body homeostasis disorders, shortening a regeneration period of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT), reducing a rate of extraintestinal complications related to hyperpermeability of the intestinal barrier, and preventing edemas after intestinal lavage at various diseases. The invention includes an acid-mineral composition (AMC) and a solution of sodium phosphate mono-, or twice-, or triple-substituted, or potassium phosphate mono- or twice-substituted, sodium chloride, sodium acetate, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium sulphate, citric acid, and water. The osmolarity of the solution is preferably in the range from 280 to 310 mOsm/L. The invention may further comprise aminopolycarboxylic acids and short-chain carboxylic (fatty) acids to provide a solution pH from 4.61 to 5.8.
US12246030B2
The disclosure features methods of reducing or inhibiting an anti-drug antibody response in a subject, as well as methods of reducing or inhibiting unwanted immune cell activation in a subject to be treated with a messenger RNA (mRNA), comprising administering to the subject a mRNA, e.g., a chemically modified messenger RNA (mmRNA), encoding a polypeptide of interest, wherein the mRNA comprises at least one microRNA (miR) binding site for a miR expressed in immune cells, such as miR-126 binding site and/or miR-142 binding site, such that an anti-drug antibody response to the polypeptide or interest, or unwanted immune cell activation (e.g., B cell activation, cytokine secretion), is reduced or inhibited in the subject. The disclosure further provides therapeutic treatment regimens designed to reduce or inhibit ADA or unwanted immune cell activation (e.g., B cell activation, cytokine secretion) in a subject being treated with mRNA-based therapeutics.
US12246022B2
Disclosed is a method for preventing, delaying or reversing age-associated inflammation, by administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one reverse transcriptase inhibitor (RTI).
US12246020B2
Provided herein are compounds, crystalline forms, and pharmaceutical compositions of Compound 1 and/or Compound 2. Also provided are methods of treating a disease or disorder such as a cancer or infectious disease that comprises administering to a subject in need thereof one or more of the compounds or compositions of the present disclosure.
US12246019B2
The disclosure relates generally to alpha polyglutamated lometrexol, formulations containing liposomes filled with alpha polyglutamated lometrexol, methods of making the alpha polyglutamated lometrexol and liposome containing formulations, and methods of using polyglutamated alpha polyglutamated lometrexol and liposome containing formulations to treat hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and disorders of the immune system (e.g., an autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis).
US12246017B2
Provided herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, wherein the cancer is extrachromosomal DNA-positive (ecDNA-positive) or therapeutically resistant, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a replication stress (RS) pathway agent alone or in combination with a targeted therapeutic.
US12246016B2
The present invention provides the afatinib or a pharmaceutically salt thereof for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a cancer in a patient suffering from a disease caused by a defect in DNA damage repair mechanism. Surprisingly, when afatinib was administered to FA cells, it was confirmed that there was a therapeutic anti-cancer effect without any toxic side-effect on DNA.
US12246013B2
The invention generally relates to compositions for inducing vasoconstriction. The compositions comprise highly selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, at low concentrations, such as below 0.05% weight by volume. The compositions preferably comprise brimonidine. The compositions preferably have pH from about 4.0 to about 7.5.
US12246002B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of circadian rhythm-related disorders, including an oxyiminomethylbenzene derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12245999B2
There is herein provided valproic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treating or preventing a pathological condition associated with excess fibrin deposition and/or thrombus formation, wherein said treatment comprises treating a patient with valproic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a specific manner, and formulations for use or designed for use in such treatments.
US12245998B2
The present invention includes a method for the use of N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA) or (2R,2R′)-3,3′-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide) (diNACA) for prevention and treatment of radiation pneumonitis and treatment of pulmonary function in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or bronchitis in a human that comprises administering to the human a therapeutically effective amount of NACA or diNACA sufficient to treat, reduce the symptoms, or prevent radiation pneumonitis and treatment of pulmonary function in Cystic Fibrosis (CF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, or respiratory disorder due to oxidative stress, and diNACA for the reduction of mucus viscosity and/or elasticity.
US12245993B2
The present disclosure pertains to the technical field of vitamin K2, and relates to a vitamin K2 microcapsule, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The vitamin K2 microcapsule contains the following components by weight: 0.001 to 10 parts of vitamin K2, 5 to 30 parts of polyunsaturated fatty acid source, 0.1 to 10 parts of vitamin E-polyethylene glycol succinate, 50 to 95 parts of water-phase wall material and 0.01 to 10 parts of antioxidant, the polyunsaturated fatty acid source contains an ω-6 source and an ω-3 source, and the antioxidant is a water-phase antioxidant and/or an oil-phase antioxidant. The vitamin K2 microcapsule prepared by the method of the present disclosure has good water solubility, good stability and high bioavailability, can significantly improve the preventive and/or therapeutic effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and has broad application prospects.
US12245992B2
The invention pertains to the use of therapeutically effective amounts of (a) (i) vitamin C and/or selenium and (ii) at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6; DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5; EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5; DPA), or esters thereof; or (b) (i) vitamin C and/or selenium and (iii) one or more of uridine and cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof; or (c) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii); wherein (a), (b) or (c) optionally further comprises vitamin E, in the manufacture of a product for therapeutically improving synaptic connectivity and/or therapeutically supporting memory and/or cognitive function in a human subject in need thereof.
US12245990B2
The medication container includes a generally card-shaped housing with an interior. The housing has a first opening that is sized to allow a plurality of pills to simultaneously be inserted into the interior of the housing and a first door that is movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively open and close the first opening. The housing also has a second opening that is spaced from the first opening and is configured to only allow a single dose of pills to be dispensed at a time. A second door is movable between open and closed positions. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the interior of the housing and is configured to detect the passage of the pills through the second opening and also to record data pertaining to each dispensing event to a memory contained within the interior of the housing.
US12245986B2
A device for reconstituting a bioactive agent and forming a flowable paste is described. The device comprises a base configured for receiving: a first container containing a liquid, and a second container containing the bioactive agent, a syringe containing a paste forming material, the syringe being attachable to the base, wherein the base has a first conduit for fluidly connecting the first container with the second container and a second conduit for fluidly connecting the second container with the syringe, and wherein the first container is configured to be pressurizable such that when the first and second containers are received at the base, the liquid is forced through the first conduit into the second container, thereby reconstituting the bioactive agent, and the reconstituted bioactive agent is forced through the second conduit into the syringe, such that a paste is formed.
US12245984B2
An automatic pipe clean system for massage bath equipment includes a bathtub, a water-filling pipe, a water-draining pipe, a suction pipe, a pump pipe, a pump connected between the suction pipe and the pump pipe, an automatic water-filling pipe, a water-filling valve and a controller. The controller is configured to: in a cleaning stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to pass and clean the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and in a drying stage: turn on the pump to allow the water to drain out from the suction pipe and the pump pipe; and turn off the pump.
US12245970B2
A system for delivering thermal therapy to a treated body portion of a subject. The system preferably includes a therapy compress having at least one pocket or retainer, and at least one self-heating element configured for removable insertion within the at least one pocket of the therapy compress. In some example embodiments the therapy compress is in the form of an eye mask having first and second eye-covering lobes, each eye-covering lobe having a pocket for receiving a self-heating element. In some example embodiments the at least one self-heating element is air or oxygen activated, for example including a zinc-based self-heating material.
US12245958B2
A knitted interface comprises a knitted structure formed from a plurality of elastomeric polymer filaments having a plurality of interstices permitting a transfer of air therethrough. The elastomeric polymer filaments may have a solid or hollow cross-section. The interstices vary in shape and size according to a knit density of the knitted structure upon movement or radial distension of the knitted interface. The elastomeric polymer filaments may be made from silicone.
US12245940B2
Certain aspects of the disclosure concern a device for repairing or replacing a native heart valve. The device can include a frame including a first set of struts intersecting with a second set of struts at a plurality of strut connection points. The frame can be radially expandable from a radially collapsed state to a radially expanded state. The device can include at least one expansion feature including a screw head and a screw shaft connected to the screw head. The screw shaft can extend through a first strut connection point and a second strut connection point. The device can further include a plurality of penetrating members extending from a first end of the frame. Rotating the screw shaft in a first direction can radially expand the frame from the radially collapsed state to the radially expanded state.
US12245939B2
There is provided a method of treating a patient, comprising: delivering a self-expandable transcatheter heart valve (THV) over a guidewire in a contracted state and within a sheath to a first anatomical location within a heart of the patient, moving the THV relative to the sheath for partially self-expanding a portion of the THV within the first anatomical location, wherein a portion of the THV in the sheath remains in the contracted state and the THV is partially self-expanded, and refraining from moving the partially self-expanded THV, relative to the aortic annulus of the heart.
US12245935B2
Embodiments herein relate to polymer coated prosthetic heart valves. In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a heart valve is included, the method obtaining a frame, attaching a porous web to the frame, applying a coating over at least a portion of the porous web. In an embodiment a heart valve is included. The heart valve including a frame and a plurality of valve leaflets attached to the frame. Each valve leaflet can have a first polymer forming a porous support web and a second polymer forming a coating occluding pores in the porous support web. The valve leaflets can be attached to the frame with a connection structure that is at least partially covered by the coating. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US12245931B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved ophthalmic lenses, particularly intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing dysphotopsia effects, such as haloes and glare. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include an optic including a diffractive achromat configured to direct light to a common focus, with individual zones of the diffractive achromat directing light to the common focus in at least two different diffractive orders utilizing at least two different diffractive powers.
US12245929B2
An airway support device of the present disclosure can be attached to tracheal and/or bronchial cartilage on opposing sides of a tracheal and/or bronchial wall to pull the tracheal and/or bronchial cartilages toward each other to reconstruct and/or reshape to a normal anatomy across the membranous tracheal and/or bronchial wall and thus relieving tension across the tracheal and/or bronchial wall. The airway support device can include at least two longitudinal strips that extend longitudinally along and are attached (e.g., sutured) to the trachea and/or bronchus on opposite sides of the tracheal and/or bronchial wall. Pairs of lateral strips extending from each of the longitudinal strips can be attached to each other under tension. The tracheal and/or bronchial wall can be attached (e.g., sutured) to the lateral strips to open the airway of the trachea and/or bronchus.
US12245922B2
A hot melt wetness indicator comprising an adhesive base composition utilizing a halogen-free species, namely nitrazine yellow, to trigger color change in hygiene articles, such as disposable diapers, to serve as moisture or wetness indicator upon insult. In some embodiments of the invention, the wetness indicator turns from yellow to purple.
US12245902B2
Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for localization of a tag in a tissue of a patient. For example, provided herein are systems, devices, and methods employing a detection component that is attached to or integrated with a surgical device, where the detection component detects a signal from a tag in a patient, where the tag is activated by remote introduction of a magnetic field.
US12245901B2
An implantable adjunct for use with a surgical stapling instrument is provided. The implantable adjunct comprises means for allowing a clinician to determine the degree of skew, if any, that the adjunct may experience when implanted into a subject with a surgical stapling instrument. The implantable adjunct comprises one or more reference systems configured to be compared to the staples, the edges of the adjunct, and/or any other adjunct elements by a clinician once the adjunct has been implanted into the subject. The one or more reference systems comprise references that define one or more zones of the adjunct. A clinician can visually determine what zone, or zones, of the adjunct the staples have satisfactorily, and/or unsatisfactorily, purchased the adjunct.
US12245896B2
Ultrasound imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. A guidance system for obtaining an ultrasound image, comprising a processor in communication with a camera and a display, the processor configured to obtain a first motion control configuration for repositioning an ultrasound imaging device from a first position towards a target image view of a subject's anatomy, the first motion control configuration determined based on a first predictive network; determine positional information associated with the ultrasound imaging device based on an image captured by the camera, the image including the subject's anatomy and the ultrasound imaging device positioned at the first position; and output, to the display, an instruction to reposition the ultrasound imaging device from the first position to a second position based on the first motion control configuration and the positional information associated with the ultrasound imaging device.
US12245895B2
A method and system for two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging (SWEI) that acquires B-mode ultrasound image of a region, selects an area of the B-mode image, automatically acquires two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data related to the selected area, and displays elasticity/velocity map on the selected area and optionally a reliability map. An algorithm takes as input one or combination of data sets selected from B-mode raw data or B-mode image data or elasticity/velocity map or reliability map or—raw two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data inside selected area, or two-dimensional shear wave elastography imaging data at an intermediate stage of processing like displacement curves over time or their peak features, and outputs the 2D coordinate of measure ROI center. Measure ROI overlapped on the B-mode image and/or on the elasticity map and/or on the reliability map is displayed. An elasticity parameter inside the measure ROI is computed, optionally weighted, and displayed.
