US12248696B2
Example compute-in-memory (CIM) or processor-in-memory (PIM) techniques using repurposed or dedicated static random access memory (SRAM) rows of an SRAM sub-array to store look-up-table (LUT) entries for use in a multiply and accumulate (MAC) operation.
US12248692B1
Selective packing of small block write operations is implemented prior to compression, to improve compression efficiency and hence reduce bandwidth requirements of a Remote Data Replication (RDR) facility. Compression characteristics of write IO operations are forecast, and write IO operations with similar forecast compression characteristics are pooled. Write IO operations are also grouped according to extent, device, and storage group. Write operations from a given compression pool are then preferentially selected from the extent-level grouping, next from the device-level grouping, and then from the SG-level grouping, to create an IO package. The IO package is then compressed and transmitted on the RDR facility. By creating an IO package prior to compression, it is possible to achieve greater compression than would be possible if each individual write IO operation were to be individually compressed to thereby reduce network bandwidth of the RDR facility.
US12248683B2
A storage device includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a memory region which includes a first sub-region and a second sub-region. The controller reads assist data from a plurality of memory cells according to an assist read voltage during a read voltage adjusting operation on the first sub-region as a target sub-region, and re-utilizes the read assist data during the read voltage adjusting operation on the second sub-region as the target sub-region.
US12248681B2
Methods, systems, and devices for sequential write operations using multiple memory dies are described. A memory system may be configured to support write operations that include writing respective subsets of a sequence of data to each first memory die of a set of multiple first memory dies, and then writing the sequence of data to a second memory die (e.g., based on reading the respective subsets of the sequence of data from the set of first memory dies). In some examples, such techniques may be implemented with memory dies having different memory cell storage densities. For example, the set of multiple first memory dies may be operated in accordance with relatively lower storage densities to leverage relatively faster access operations, whereas the second memory die may be operated in accordance with a relatively higher storage density to leverage relatively higher capacity.
US12248680B2
Systems and methods for implementing maintenance operations on storage devices in place of drive-based maintenance operations are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes a storage controller configured to receive a plurality of media scan configurations for maintenance from a plurality of storage devices. The data maintenance algorithms implemented across storage device and storage controller is also configured to tune and/or disable drive-based maintenance routines on one or more of the plurality of storage devices. Further, the BMC and/or storage controller is configured to perform controller-based maintenance operations in replacement of the drive-based maintenance routines of the one or more of the plurality of storage devices based on the received plurality of media scan configurations.
US12248670B2
Various methods and systems are provided for a user interface of a medical imaging system. In one embodiment, a method may include displaying a slider bar comprising a track having a fixed range of values, a first slider thumb defining a maximum value of a first adjustable range on the track, and a second slider thumb defining a minimum value of a second adjustable range on the track; operating the first slider thumb and the second slider thumb in one of a linked mode and an unlinked mode; and adjusting one or both of the maximum value of the first adjustable range and the minimum value of the second adjustable range in response to receiving a single user input based on whether the first slider thumb and the second slider thumb are operating in the linked mode or the unlinked mode.
US12248669B2
To allow a user to more intuitively grasp processing executed in accordance with an operation. There is provided a control device including: a reception unit that receives an operation on at least one operation unit, and a control unit that sets, as a specific function, a function of executing at least one processing in accordance with contents of the operation received by the reception unit, and controls a notification unit to perform a notification in accordance with each of processing executed by the specific function.
US12248668B2
A computer-implemented method includes generating and displaying graphical user interface on a display screen of apparatus; receiving a request to move at least one group of objects to a target area on the graphical user interface, and detecting when at least one obstacle lies in a path between the target area and at least one group of objects. When it is detected that at least one obstacle lies in the path, instructions are generated to control the movement of objects of the at least one group in a randomized manner. The instructions indicate at least one random variable parameter to be employed during the movement of a given object in at least one group. The instructions are executed to control the movement of the objects of the at least one group from their respective starting locations to a target area on the graphical user interface.
US12248666B2
In one embodiment, a device identifies a set of attributes from telemetry data generated by one or more agents regarding an online application accessible via a network. The device provides an interactive display to a user interface that includes options for a user to specify a selection of one or more attributes from the set of attributes and to specify an aggregation function. The device updates the interactive display to show a visualization of the aggregation function applied to the selection of one or more attributes and configures the one or more agents to collect only a subset of the telemetry data based on the selection of the one or more attributes and the aggregation function.
US12248662B2
A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to display a first screen on a display which is divided by a folding line into a first area and a second area, the second area being larger than the first area with reference to a folding line and including an exposure area that is exposed while the display is folded along the folding line such that the first area faces the second area, a detector configured to detect, while the first screen is displayed, a first folding interaction of folding the display such that the first area faces the second area and a second folding interaction of folding the display such that a first cover corresponding to the first area faces a second cover corresponding to the second area, and a controller configured to, in response to detecting the first folding interaction, display a second screen related to the first screen on the exposure area, and in response to the second folding interaction being detected, display a third screen related to the first screen on the first area or the second area.
US12248659B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for tailoring composite graphical assistant interfaces for interacting with multiple different connected devices. The composite graphical assistant interfaces can be generated in response to a user providing a request for an automated assistant to cause a connected device to perform a particular function. In response to the automated assistant receiving the request, the automated assistant can identify other connected devices, and other functions capable of being performed by the other connected devices. The other functions can then be mapped to various graphical control elements in order to provide a composite graphical assistant interface from which the user can interact with different connected devices. Each graphical control element can be arranged to reflect how each connected device is operating simultaneous to the presentation of the composite graphical assistant interface.
US12248656B2
A method of interactively navigating a user through a path of menu choices on a user interface may include displaying a current menu of choices on a first portion of a user interface display. The user interface allows for selecting of a menu item from the current menu of choices and to drill down through levels of menu choices based on selecting a menu item from a prior level of menu choices. A second portion of the user interface display presents past selected and past unselected menu items of the drilled-down levels. The past unselected menu items are displayed as selectable options. The user interface allows for jumping to a different path of menu choices by selecting a past unselected menu item from a previously navigated menu level displayed on the second portion of the user interface display.
US12248645B2
The present invention reconfigures the Capacitor Detect Area (CDA) constituting two columns to reduce the number of CDAs constituting one column and increase the number of CDAs constituting the other so that object separation operation is possible in the column in which the number of CDAs is increased.
US12248634B2
An apparatus and method for generating and reproducing pattern data is provided. The apparatus for generating pattern data includes an input data reception unit for receiving input data according to a user selection; a controller for determining pattern information on the basis of the input data and generating pattern data including the determined pattern information; and a communication unit for transmitting the generated pattern data to the apparatus for reproducing pattern data.
US12248626B2
Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that perform gaze tracking using combinations of ultrasound and imaging data. Some implementations detect a first attribute of an eye using imaging measurements in a first image of the eye, and a first location associated with the first attribute is determined in a 3D coordinate system based on depth information. A second attribute of the eye is detected based on depth information from ultrasound based measurements of the eye, and a second location associated with the second attribute is determined in the 3D coordinate system based on the depth information and a 3D model of a portion of the eye. A gaze direction in the 3D coordinate system is determined based on the first location and the second location. In some implementations, user characteristics are identified (e.g., authentication) using ultrasonic biometric characteristics with imaging biometrics.
US12248617B2
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for defending against adversarial attacks in federated learning. In the federated learning comprising an aggregator and parties, the aggregator receives weights sent from the respective parties. The aggregator computes values of a performance metric for weight arrays obtained by the respective parties, using a validation dataset. The aggregator ranks the values of the performance metric in a list. The aggregator recursively splits the list in half until one or more adversary updates of the weights are isolated. The aggregator excludes one or more parties that send the one or more adversary updates from participating in a current round of training in the federated learning.
US12248614B2
Computer-implemented methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for frequency based operations. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for data transfer of a plurality of data elements of a production data environment to a non-production data environment. The method includes determining an access frequency associated with each data element and grouping each data element into a first set of data elements or a second set of data elements based upon the determined access frequency. The method further includes refreshing the first set of data elements according to a first refresh protocol defining a first refresh rate and refreshing the second set of data elements according to a second refresh protocol defining a second refresh rate less than the first refresh rate. The method also includes outputting the plurality of data elements to the non-production data environment.
US12248613B2
A method includes storing a value in data storage so that a third party is prevented from accessing the value, retrieving the value and applying a first transform to the value to form a transformed value having a uniform distribution. Noise is added to the transformed value to form a sum and a second transform is applied to the sum to form a transformed sum having a uniform distribution. An inverse of the first transform is applied to the transformed sum to form a privatized value and the privatized value is provided to the third party.
US12248609B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and systems for screening chat attachments. A chat attachment screening system monitors a chat window of a first computing device associated with a first user during an interaction session between the first user and a second user. An upload of an attachment is detected based on the monitoring. Access to the attachment from a second computing device associated with the second user is blocked, in response to detecting the upload. Content from the attachment is identified and extracted. A type of the attachment is determined based on the content. A determination is made as to whether the second user is authorized to access the type of the attachment. An indication of the determination is presented on at least one of the first computing device or the second computing device during the interaction session.
US12248606B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for identifying unauthorized use of a user's authentication credentials to an electronic network based on non-public data access. The present invention is configured to receive a verified access attempt at a first time for a user account; receive an unverified access attempt at a second time for the user account; determine the unverified access attempt is a credential sharing event for the user account; determine the user account is an internal account; determine an unverified user associated with the unverified access attempt is an external user; receive unverified account access logs associated with the unverified access attempt, the unverified account access logs comprising access to non-public data; and generate an unverified data access interface component to configure a graphical user interface of a device associated with a manager of the system.
US12248602B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for orchestrating personal protection across digital assets are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions in the apparatus, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to monitor digital assets associated with a protection threat surface to detect a protection event, determine one or more protection vectors associated with the digital assets in response to detecting the protection event, the one or more protection vectors including one or more values corresponding to an impact of the protection event on an overall protection posture associated with the protection threat surface, and determine protection remediation action for the digital assets based on the one or more protection vectors.
US12248594B2
Architectures and techniques are described that can translate permissions from a first storage system to a second storage system. Such can be applied during a data migration operation that migrate storage data from the first storage system to the second storage system. A directory tree structure of the storage data can be explored to identify one or more target directories that can be used to leverage an inheritance property. Permissions can be translated based on the identification of the target directories.
US12248586B2
Comprehensive matching allows for automated conversion from runtime policy rules to build time rules that can be applied to an IaC configuration file(s). API specifications of a CSP and resource models defined in an IaC configuration file(s) are parsed and tokenized. The tokenized API specifications are evaluated to identify, for each resource model, a most appropriate API specification for mapping fields. Based on the evaluation and token matching, tokens of the API specifications are mapped to the tokens of the IaC resource models to form a mapping model. In an implementation phase, a runtime policy rule converter replaces tokens of a runtime security policy rule query with IaC tokens based on the mapping index to convert the runtime security policy rule query into a buildtime security policy rule query that can be applied against the IaC configuration files.
US12248580B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media that detect synthetic user accounts of a digital system via machine learning. For instance, the disclosed systems can utilize a machine learning model to analyze account features that are related to a user account and generate an indication that the user account is synthetic based on the analysis. The disclosed systems can further disable (e.g., suspend or close) the user account based on determining that the user account is synthetic. In some cases, the machine learning model provides a precision score that indicates a likelihood that the user account is synthetic, and the disclosed systems disable the user account if the precision score satisfies a threshold. In some implementations, the disclosed systems generate the machine learning model using synthetic user accounts detected via one or more rules and other user accounts that are associated with those synthetic user accounts.
US12248573B2
A Ransomware Activity Detection System (RADS) characterizes historic read/write IO activity on a storage volume, and also characterizes historic data characteristics of the storage volume, such as the percentage reducibility of the data held in the storage volume. The RADS monitors the storage volume to identify differences between current read/write IO activity and historic read/write IO activity, as well as difference between current data characteristics of the storage volume and historic data characteristics of the storage volume. When the RADS detects a significant difference in read/write IO activity on a storage volume, that is coupled with a significant changes to the data characteristics of the storage volume, the RADS protects the storage volume and generates an alert of the possible occurrence of a ransomware attack. Protection may occur prior in connection with any bulk read operation to proactively protect storage volumes against ransomware attacks.
US12248567B2
A system and method detect a row hammer attack on the memory media device and generates a hardware interrupt based on the detection of the row hammer attack. This row hammer interrupt is communicated to an operating system of a host computing device, which in turn performs an interrupt service routine including generating a command to perform a row hammer mitigation operation. This command is provided to the memory controller which performs the row hammer mitigation operation in response to the command such as activating victim row(s) of the memory media device or throttling data traffic to the memory media device.
US12248566B2
An exemplary method includes a data protection system detecting one or more delete requests to delete one or more recovery datasets of a storage system, determining that the one or more delete requests are inconsistent with a recovery dataset deletion pattern associated with the storage system, and determining, based on the determining that the one or more delete requests are inconsistent with the recovery dataset deletion pattern, that data stored by the storage system is possibly being targeted by a security threat.
US12248565B2
A cyber safety system that provides a real-time and independent cyber-attack monitoring and automatic cyber-attack response. The cyber safety system comprises a cyber monitoring logic to generate a cyber attack signal in response to a cyber attack event. The cyber safety system further comprises an automatic segmentation controller to generate a plurality of segmentation voltage signals or a plurality of segmentation messages in response to the cyber attack signal. The cyber safety system further comprises a plurality of firewalls configured to invoke firewall rulesets depending upon an input voltage signal level of the plurality of segmentation voltage signals or the plurality of segmentation messages to segment a site network in a plurality of site network segments and to control one or more physical devices as response to the cyber attack event.
US12248550B2
Provided is to prevent a false determination due to an attachment condition of an apparatus that transmits and receives an acoustic signal, and perform accurate personal authentication. A personal authentication device includes: a personal authentication means that authenticates an individual by using first information at least including an acoustic characteristic calculated from an acoustic signal propagating through the head of the user, which is detected by an apparatus being attached on a head of a user for transmitting and receiving the acoustic signal, and a feature amount extracted from the acoustic characteristic; an attachment trouble rule storage means that stores an attachment trouble rule for detecting an attachment trouble with the apparatus; and an attachment trouble detection means that detects a trouble with an attachment state of the apparatus when the first information satisfies the attachment trouble rule.
US12248548B2
Provided is to prevent a false determination due to an attachment condition of an apparatus that transmits and receives an acoustic signal, and perform accurate personal authentication. A personal authentication device includes: a personal authentication means that authenticates an individual by using first information at least including an acoustic characteristic calculated from an acoustic signal propagating through the head of the user, which is detected by an apparatus being attached on a head of a user for transmitting and receiving the acoustic signal, and a feature amount extracted from the acoustic characteristic; an attachment trouble rule storage means that stores an attachment trouble rule for detecting an attachment trouble with the apparatus; and an attachment trouble detection means that detects a trouble with an attachment state of the apparatus when the first information satisfies the attachment trouble rule.
US12248543B2
At least one processor of a fraud detection system detects a login of a user in a predetermined service. The least one processor displays a user information screen for changing or registering user information on a display for the user who has logged in to the service. The least one processor acquires action information relating to an action of the user in at least a part of a period from detection of the login to display of the user information screen. The least one processor detects fraud by the user based on the action information.
US12248537B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing usage rights with a uniform code. Contract terms for licensing a property, such as a data product, can be represented as combinations of usage rights categories with associated action attributes and provision attributes. These usage rights categories, action attributes, and provision attributes can be encoded to generate a string representing the contract term(s). This string can be leveraged to readily ascertain the usage rights available or desired for a particular property, enabling streamlined management for complex contract terms across numerous properties.
US12248536B2
Disclosed are a system and a method for still image-based media content monitoring and, more specifically, a system and a method for still image-based media content monitoring, in which a copied content obtained by illegally copying an original content, which is a video content such as a movie content or a broadcast content, is monitored on the basis of a still image, thereby preventing illegal distribution of the copied content.
US12248535B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for reducing camera false detections. One of the methods includes providing, to a neural network of an image classifier that is trained to detect objects of two or more classification types, a feature vector for a respective training image; receiving, from the neural network, an output vector that indicates, for each of the two or more classification types, a likelihood that the respective training image depicts an object of the corresponding classification type; accessing, from two or more ground truth vectors each for one of the two or more classification types, a ground truth vector for the classification type of an object depicted in the training image; and adjusting one or more weights in the neural network using the output vector and the ground truth vector; and storing, in a memory, the image classifier.
US12248533B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, apparatus and methods of improving the accuracy of image-based assay, that uses imaging system having uncertainties or deviations (imperfection) compared with an ideal imaging system. One aspect of the present invention is to add the monitoring marks on the sample holder, with at least one of their geometric and/optical properties of the monitoring marks under predetermined and known, and taking images of the sample with the monitoring marks, and train a machine learning model using the images with the monitoring mark.
US12248532B2
A system including digital oscillators and at least one programmable interconnect is described. The programmable interconnect(s) provide weights for and selectably couples at least a portion of the digital oscillators. The digital oscillators and the programmable interconnect(s) form an optimization processing unit (OPU). A system for performing reversible logic is also described. The system includes digital oscillators coupled to perform a logic operation and an error correction unit coupled to the digital oscillators. The error correction unit is configured to sample states of the digital oscillators, detect error(s) in the states, and tune connection coefficient(s) between the oscillators in response to detecting the error(s).
US12248530B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving an updated data set from a backend server system, determining a visible set of data in a user interface displayed on a computing device, and processing, based on the updated data set from the backend server system, each row tuple in the visible set of data in the user interface to generate updated row tuples. The systems and methods further provide for determining one or more data cell that has been changed in the visible set of data corresponding to the updated row tuples, and rendering, in the user interface, only the one or more data cell that has been changed corresponding to the one or more row tuple to update the one or more data cell in the user interface displayed on the computing device.
US12248522B2
The present invention is a system and method for creating a digital and searchable inventory of physically stored, items, objects, or documents. Methods and apparatus of the present disclosure may image physical items as a person removes them from a container. This person may also provide verbal descriptions of items being imaged. Artificial intelligence, such as object recognition, optical character recognition, or natural language processing, may then applied to the captured data to classify the items into a searchable hierarchy. The digital classification of the items and their attributes may be linked to a machine-readable ID, such as a barcode or other identifier, that may allow the items scanned to be associated with a specific physical storage device. This may include using identifiers that were originally on a container and by associating new identifiers with the container.
US12248519B2
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced processing of time series data via parallelization of instructions. An example method includes receiving a query indicating time series datasets and operations to be performed on the time series datasets. Nodes associated with the query are identified, with each node associated with a time series dataset. Nodes associated with operations to be performed are generated. The nodes are assembled into query tree, with parent nodes of the query tree indicating operations that are to be applied to children nodes. Instructions for processing the query tree are generated. At least a subset of the instructions is provided to one or more compute systems for processing in parallel. Results are received, and presented in a user interface.
US12248514B1
A method that incorporates a “detail level” setting by means of a slider bar, which may be presented in a graphical user interface, that can used to choose a display level of data to display. At one extreme, the system generates a data display of minimum and maximum values for a set of data of time-series data set being displayed. At the other extreme, the system provides a single “average.” However, between the extremes, the system displays a representation of sets of data that smoothly transitions between the two extremes and in effect combines the averaging function with the minimum and maximum functions to provide a unique representation of a set of data.
US12248513B2
A group-based communication platform is configured to ascertain the relatedness of various work objects shared among users of the group-based communication platform. Moreover, the group-based communication platform may further receive and process work objects originating from non-users of the group-based communication platform, thereby further expanding the utility of the determined relatedness between work objects. These work objects (or encrypted representations of these work objects) may be indexed and stored in association with the group-based communication platform, thereby enabling users to search for and retrieve work objects originating from a plurality of work object sources simultaneously, and based on various characteristics of those work objects and the determined interrelatedness between various work objects.
US12248511B2
This application provides a video retrieval method performed by a computer device. The method includes: performing feature extraction on an image feature of a query video to obtain a first quantization feature, obtaining a second candidate video with a high category similarity to the query video based on the first quantization feature, and finally taking a second candidate video with a high content similarity to the query video as a target video. The quantization control parameters are adjusted according to the texture feature loss value corresponding to each training sample to cause the target quantization processing sub-model to learn the ranking ability of the target texture feature sub-model, to ensure that the ranking effect of two sub-models tend to be consistent, and an end-to-end model architecture enables the target quantization processing sub-model to obtain the corresponding quantization feature based on the image feature.
US12248506B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a server computer, a plurality of content messages from a plurality of content sources, each content message comprising media content and associated with a predetermined media collection, for each of the plurality of content messages received, analyzing each of the plurality of content messages to determine a quality score for each of the plurality of content messages, and storing each of the plurality of content messages in a database along with the quality score for each of the plurality of content messages. The systems and methods further provided for receiving, from an operator device, a threshold percentage for the media collection, determining a subset of the plurality of content messages associated with the media collection to be made available to the operator device based on the threshold percentage received from the operator device and the quality score for each of the plurality of content messages, and causing only the subset of the plurality of content messages associated with media collection to be displayed on the operator device for the media collection.
US12248503B2
A computer-implemented method, includes accessing, by a processor, a set of asset documents. The method also includes performing, by the processor, feature extraction on text of each document of the set of asset documents using a feature extraction module to generate a set of features, where each feature of the set of features represents a document of the set of asset documents. The method also includes generating, by the processor, a set of lower-dimensional features from the set of features using a singular value decomposition module. The method also includes generating, by the processor, a set of clusters from the set of lower-dimensional features using a clustering module. The method also includes training, by the processor, a machine-learning model of a classification microservice using the set of clusters generated from the clustering module.
US12248496B2
The present disclosure is directed to a leader-based partially synchronous BFT SMR protocol that improves upon existing protocols by exhibiting two rounds of communication latency, linear authenticator complexity, and optimistic responsiveness. This is achieved through the novel use of an aggregate signature scheme as part of the protocol's view-change procedure.
US12248494B2
In an example implementation consistent with the features disclosed herein, high availability of a stateful application is achieved by orchestrating multiple computing clusters. A stateful application is deployed at a first application operator and a second application operator of a first computing cluster and a second computing cluster, respectively. The first application operator includes a first control loop that changes the first computing cluster based on first resources of the first computing cluster. The second application operator includes a second control loop that changes the second computing cluster based on second resources of the second computing cluster. Synchronization of the first resources with the second resources is configured, such as via an object storage service. The first application operator and the second application operator are scaled to, respectively, nonzero and zero. A load balancer is configured to route requests to the first computing cluster.
US12248491B2
Managing access to usage data on a cloud-based data warehouse including storing, by a table manager, usage data for a plurality of organizations in a table within a cloud-base data warehouse; receiving, by the table manager from a first client, a request for usage data for a first organization of the plurality of organizations, wherein the first client is associated with the first organization; and retrieving, by the table manager, the requested usage data for the first organization using a parameterized connection to the cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the parameterized connection provides access to the usage data for the first organization and blocks access to usage data for each other organization in the plurality of organizations.
US12248486B2
The following provides a platform for creating a shared network of data nodes. Each data node is self-describing, self-connecting, and self-securing. The data network taught herein can prevent data silo environments. Each node has: a dataset containing version-controlled data; an access controls layer limiting user access to the dataset; a metadata layer defining characteristics of the dataset and connecting to another node. One or more links are created to associate the node with the subsequent node to create the network of data nodes such that a change in the dataset affects a change in the network of data nodes; and the network of data nodes comprises a query layer to interact with the dataset and the subsequent dataset.
US12248473B1
A future workload may be predicted for a database system using analysis of queries submitted for execution. A feature vector for a query may be determined according to a query plan for the query. If the feature vector has not been previously seen, or has not been sufficiently seen, by the database system, a machine learning inference may be used to predict performance characteristics of the query, the machine learning system trained using previous feature vectors and performance characteristics of executed queries. If the feature vector has been sufficiently seen previously by the database system, a history of performance characteristics of previous queries with similar or the same feature vector may be used to predict the performance characteristics. The predictions may then be used to configure or reconfigure processing cluster(s) of the database system.
US12248459B2
Versioning in editable tables including receiving, by a table manager via a client computing system, an instruction to edit a first row in an editable table in a cloud-based data warehouse, wherein the instruction comprises a column value; determining, by the table manager, a version value for the edit to the first row; and generating, by the table manager, a database statement instructing the cloud-based data warehouse to create, in the editable table, a second row including the version value and the column value.
US12248452B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for processing hierarchies of data. A first changeable version of a current hierarchy of nodes is created to refer to a current stable version and to a first set of new relations associated with changes in a first set of relations between entities in the current stable version is response to a received first instruction. A second instruction to adjust the current stable version is received from a second user. In response to receiving the second instruction, a second changeable version of the current hierarchy of nodes is created. The second changeable version refers to the first changeable version and to a second set of new relations associated with changes in a second set of relations between entities in the first changeable version. A new stable version of a new current hierarchy of nodes is generated.
US12248448B1
Provided herein are systems and methods for configuring integrity constraints (including a check constraint) and row violation logging using error tables. An example method includes decoding a query received at a network-based database system. The query includes a command to perform an operation on a base table. An integrity constraint associated with the base table is retrieved. The integrity constraint specifies a desired configuration for the base table. A verification of the integrity constraint is performed to detect erroneous data of the base table that violates the desired configuration. The erroneous data is input into an error table that is configured as a nested object of the base table. A notification that the erroneous data is available in the error table is generated and output.
US12248445B2
A method for providing an integrated data quality capability for distributed data repositories is disclosed. The method includes identifying, from a data stream, an indication that a job corresponding to a source data set has been started, the job relating to a data ingestion job and a data transformation job; triggering a data reconciliation action based on the identified indication; persisting, in a repository, a first result of the data reconciliation action; initiating a data quality action based on the first result; persisting, in the repository, a second result of the data quality action; initiating a scan action based on the second result; persisting, in the repository, a third result of the scan action; and generating a graphical element and a report based on an analysis of the first result, the second result, and the third result, the graphical element is displayable via a graphical user interface.
US12248442B2
Technologies are provided for database modification using a script component. In some embodiments, a method comprises executing, by a computing system comprising at least one processor, a script component comprising one or more functions to transform a database. The method also includes modifying, by the computing system, the database based on at least one transformation defined by the one or more functions in response to executing the script component.
US12248440B1
The DATA LEARNING AND ANALYTICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DLA”) provides a data learning platform that analyzes and incorporates data knowledge from new data event updates (e.g., in a real-time stream, in a batch, etc.). In one implementation, the DLA provides a real-time data mining mechanism that accommodates an ever increasing data load instantaneously with reduced complexity, e.g., without re-building the data analytical model in its entirety whenever new data is received. In this way, the DLA provides an incremental learning mechanism for data analytics and thus the latency for real-time data assessment is reduced and the data processing efficiency is improved.
US12248433B1
A method for use in a storage system, comprising: identifying snapshot storage space consumption information that corresponds to a snapshot storage space; identifying a snapshot management metric that is associated with the snapshot storage space, the snapshot management metric being identified based on the snapshot storage space consumption information; and outputting an indication of the snapshot management metric for presentation to a user.
US12248431B1
A method for updating file system entity (FSE) metadata. The method may include receiving, by a first computing entity, a request to perform a case-sensitive FSE operation that comprises one of (a) adding a case-sensitive version of a name of a FSE to a data structure, or (b) deleting the case-sensitive version of the name of the FSE from the data structure, the data structure comprises multiple name blocks; finding, by the first computing entity, a certain name block of the multiple name blocks that is associated with the case-sensitive version of the name of the FSE. The method may also include determining, by the first computing entity, whether (a) the certain name block is associated with a case-insensitive version of the name of the FSE, and whether (b) the first computing entity preceded a second computing entity in reaching the certain name block, the second computing entity was requested to perform a case-insensitive FSE operation that corresponds to the case-sensitive FSE operation; when it is found that (a) the certain name block is associated with the case-insensitive version of the name of the FSE, and (b) the first computing entity preceded the second computing entity in reaching the certain name block, then: a) informing the second computing entity that the first computing entity takes over a performing of the corresponding case-insensitive FSE operation; and b) performing the corresponding case-insensitive FSE operation by the first computing entity.
US12248422B2
Systems and method for lane management in a communication bus are disclosed. In one aspects, a communication link or bus between a baseband processor (BBP) and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) may include multiple uplink lanes for transmission and multiple downlink lanes for reception that are frequency constrained and adjust bandwidth by adjusting duty cycles on the lanes. To reduce power consumption by the communication bus, exemplary aspects of the present disclosure contemplate using in-band signaling to turn off lanes selectively during inactive periods such that the lanes do not duty cycle in tandem with active lanes. Additionally, in some aspects, the uplink lanes may be continuously active during transmission while the downlink lanes are turned off. This dynamic lane usage reduces power consumption, does not require additional pins for sideband signaling, and does not introduce any additional latency.
US12248417B2
Transmission terminal, non-transitory recording medium, transmission method, and transmission system
A transmission terminal includes at least one processor configured to transmit a terminal information request to request the number of transmission terminals under transmission to a transmission management apparatus connected via a network; and display image data received from one or more of the transmission terminals under transmission on a display device, and display the number of the transmission terminals under transmission received from the transmission management apparatus in response to the terminal information request on the display device.
US12248412B2
A system having multiple devices that can host different versions of an artificial neural network (ANN) as well as different versions of a feature dictionary. In the system, encoded inputs for the ANN can be decoded by the feature dictionary, which allows for encoded input to be sent to a master version of the ANN over a network instead of an original version of the input which usually includes more data than the encoded input. Thus, by using the feature dictionary for training of a master ANN there can be reduction of data transmission.
US12248411B2
Operations include establishing a queue storing a list of data burst commands to be communicated via a multiplexed interface coupled to the set of memory dies, communicating, during a first time period, a first data burst command in the queue to a first memory die of the set of memory dies via the multiplexed interface, and communicating, during a second time period, a second data burst command in the queue to a second memory die of the set of memory dies via the multiplexed interface, where a first latency associated with the first data burst command occurs during the second time period.
US12248410B2
Apparatus, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for an intelligent Bluetooth beacon I/O expansion of the vehicular telemetry hardware system. The intelligent Bluetooth beacon I/O expansion provides a capability to receive beacon data, log beacon data, communicate beacon data and operate on beacon data to determine and further communicate a range of operational conditions, such as damage, hazardous and missing objects in the form of text messages, audio messages or compliance and management reports.
US12248401B2
An agent may be configured to invoke a first eviction operation that is interruptible by probe operations when receiving a first type of eviction message and invoke a second eviction operation in which probe operations are interruptible by the second eviction operation when receiving a second type of eviction message. In some implementations, the agent may maintain a data storage that is inclusive of at least one of unique or dirty cache blocks in a cache maintained by an agent that transmits the second type of eviction message. In some implementations, the agent may prevent a cache block from transitioning from a modified state to an exclusive state when the agent invokes the second eviction operation to evict the cache block. In some implementations, the agent may convert from the second eviction operation to the first eviction operation when receiving the second type of eviction message.
US12248400B2
A computer-implemented method for allocating memory bandwidth of multiple CPU cores in a server includes: receiving an access request to a last level cache (LLC) shared by the multiple CPU cores in the server, the access request being sent from a core with a private cache holding copies of frequently accessed data from a memory; determining whether the access request is an LLC hit or an LLC miss; and controlling a memory bandwidth controller based on the determination. The memory bandwidth controller performs a memory bandwidth throttling to control a request rate between the private cache and the last level cache. The LLC hit of the access request causes the memory bandwidth throttling initiated by the memory bandwidth controller to be disabled and the LLC miss of the access request causes the memory bandwidth throttling initiated by the memory bandwidth controller to be enabled.
US12248395B2
A data storage device and method are provided for predictable low-latency in a time-sensitive environment. In one embodiment, a data storage device is provided comprising a memory and a controller configured to communicate with the memory. The controller is further configured to: receive, from a host, an indication of a logical block address range that the host will later read; and in response to receiving the indication: read data from the logical block address range; and perform an action on the data to reduce a read latency when the host later reads the logical block address range. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12248389B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for monitoring technology usage and data quality in decentralized pharmaceutical trials. In some implementations, a system receives data collected using one or more technology items for participants in a clinical trial that involves use of a pharmaceutical by the participants. The system evaluates usage of the one or more technology items by the participants in the clinical trial at multiple times during the clinical trial to determine whether the participants use the one or more technology items according to a protocol for the clinical trial or whether the collected data provides a level of data quality needed. The system determines, based on the evaluation, that one or more requirements for the clinical trial are not satisfied. In response, the system provides a notification to one or more devices of a researcher associated with the clinical trial.
US12248386B2
Systems and techniques for application profiling to resize and reconfigure compute instances are generally described. In some examples, a first application executing in a user space of a first compute instance may be determined. A Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) process may be executed in the user space of the first compute instance. The BPF process monitors resource consumption of a first resource of the first compute instance. First consumption data for the first resource may be determined. The first consumption data may be associated with a first process of the first application over a first period of time. The first consumption data may be evaluated using first criteria. A configuration of a second compute instance may be determined based on evaluation of the first consumption data using the first criteria. The second compute instance may be deployed according to the configuration.
US12248381B2
A data retention event preparation/recovery system includes a chassis, a plurality of NAND subsystems included in the chassis, and a data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem that is included in the chassis and coupled to the plurality of NAND subsystems. The data retention event preparation/recovery subsystem determines that the plurality of NAND subsystems will experience a data retention event and, in response, identifies a first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems that exceed an error threshold, identifies at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystem, copies data that is stored on the first subset of the plurality of NAND subsystems to the at least one overprovisioned block in the plurality of NAND subsystems, and power offs the plurality of NAND subsystems to begin the data retention event.
US12248376B2
Techniques are provided for maintaining and recomputing reference counts in a persistent memory file system of a node. Primary reference counts are maintained for pages within persistent memory of the node. In response to receiving a first operation to link a page into a persistent memory file system of the persistent memory, a primary reference count of the page is incremented before linking the page into the persistent memory file system. In response to receiving a second operation to unlink the page from the persistent memory file system, the page is unlinked from the persistent memory file system before the primary reference count is decremented. Upon the node recovering from a crash, the persistent memory file system is traversed in order to update shadow reference counts for the pages with correct reference count values, which are used to overwrite the primary reference counts with the correct reference count values.
US12248375B2
An illustrative data storage management system comprises a management database that stores administrative preferences and system configurations, as well as results and/or statistics of completed secondary storage operations, i.e., information needed by the system to protect customers' data and to track and recover the protected data, including secondary copies such as backup copies, archive copies, etc. The disclosed data storage management system is configured to protect its own system data subject to a very aggressive (short) Recovery Point Objective (RPO), by using an innovative infrastructure that enables the system's storage manager to fail over to any number of other failover destination storage managers, each one comprising a destination management database. An illustrative database granularly tracks whether each and every transaction log file has been successfully applied to each and every destination management database to synchronize with the source management database.
US12248370B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to automated operations management. In various embodiments, a computer system accesses operational information that defines commands for an operational scenario and accesses blueprints that describe operational entities in a target computer environment related to the operational scenario. The computer system implements the operational scenario for the target computer environment. The implementing may include executing a hierarchy of controller modules that include an orchestrator controller module at top level of the hierarchy that is executable to carry out the commands by issuing instructions to controller modules at a next level. The controller modules may be executable to manage the operational entities according to the blueprints to complete the operational scenario. In various embodiments, the computer system includes additional features such as an application programming interface (API), a remote routing engine, a workflow engine, a reasoning engine, a security engine, and a testing engine.
US12248369B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to improving memory reliability. In some embodiments, memory circuitry includes memory cells configured to store data, interface circuitry, and on-die error correcting code (ECC) circuitry. The ECC circuitry may check read data from the memory cells for errors and correct detected correctable errors to generate corrected data. The memory circuitry may provide read data to a requesting circuit via the interface circuitry, including one or more sets of corrected data from the on-die ECC circuitry. The memory circuitry may provide a decoding status flag (DSF) via the interface circuitry, including to: set the DSF to a first value in response to no error being detected for a given set of provided read data, set the DSF to a second value in response to a correctable error that was detected and corrected by the on-die ECC circuitry to provide a given set of read data, and set the DSF to a third value in response to an uncorrectable error detected by the on-die ECC circuitry.
US12248367B2
Novel and useful system and methods of several functional safety mechanisms for use in an artificial neural network (ANN) processor. The mechanisms can be deployed individually or in combination to provide a desired level of safety in neural networks. Multiple strategies are applied involving redundancy by design, redundancy through spatial mapping as well as self-tuning procedures that modify static (weights) and monitor dynamic (activations) behavior. The various mechanisms of the present invention address ANN system level safety in situ, as a system level strategy that is tightly coupled with the processor architecture. The NN processor incorporates several functional safety concepts which reduce its risk of failure that occurs during operation from going unnoticed. The mechanisms function to detect and promptly flag and report the occurrence of an error with some mechanisms capable of correction as well. The safety mechanisms cover data stream fault detection, software defined redundant allocation, cluster interlayer safety, cluster intralayer safety, layer control unit (LCU) instruction addressing, weights storage safety, and neural network intermediate results storage safety.
US12248358B2
Systems and methods related to efficient system on chip (SoC) power delivery with adaptive voltage headroom control are described. A method for adaptively controlling voltage headroom for a system includes, in response to either a detection of a headroom violation by a per core voltage regulator headroom monitor or a detection of a voltage droop by a per core droop detector, independently throttle operating frequency of a respective core clock signal. The method further includes, in response to meeting a predetermined criterion: (1) lowering the operating frequency of the respective core clock signal, (2) monitoring headroom violation events and droop events at the lowered operating frequency, and (3) if monitored headroom violation events or monitored droop events continue to meet the predetermined criterion, changing the voltage set point associated with the motherboard voltage regulator to a second voltage set point corresponding to a higher voltage.
US12248357B1
Embodiments pertain to reducing power consumption in a computing system comprising one or more deterministic processors. A controller generates a plurality of control signals for a voltage regulator to regulate a supply voltage of a respective one of the one or more deterministic processors. A power management module determines an initial profile for power consumption and performance of an algorithm executed on the respective deterministic processor having an initial value for the supply voltage and an initial value for a clock frequency. The power management module further determines a target profile for power consumption and performance of the algorithm executed on the respective deterministic processor. The controller modifies the plurality of control signals based on the initial profile and the target profile. The respective deterministic processor executes the algorithm while the supply voltage is dynamically modified by the voltage regulator based on the modified plurality of control signals.
US12248355B2
A system on chip (SoC) includes an internal read-only memory (ROM) configured to store a first boot loader; a first internal static random access memory (SRAM) configured to receive a second boot loader output from a booting device, store the second boot loader, and perform a booting sequence according to control of the first boot loader; a second internal SRAM configured to receive a third boot loader output from the booting device, store the third boot loader, and perform a wake-up sequence according to control of the first boot loader; and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) controller configured to load an operating system (OS) from the booting device into a DRAM according to control of the second boot loader.
US12248349B2
The present disclosure is directed to a series-connected power supply circuit and a data processing device. The series-connected power supply circuit comprises: at least two layers of to-be-powered chips (A1, A2, . . . , Am) connected in series between a first power supply end (A) and a second power supply end (B), with a highest-layer to-be-powered chip (Am) in the at least two layers of to-be-powered chips (A1, A2, . . . , Am) connected to the first power supply end (A), and a bottommost-layer to-be-powered chip (A1) in the at least two layers of to-be-powered chips (A1, A2, . . . , Am) connected to the second power supply end (B); and each layer of auxiliary power supply units (B1, B2, . . . , Bm), which is respectively connected to each layer of the to-be-powered chips (A1, A2, . . . , Am), wherein the first power supply end (A) is configured to receive a reference voltage.
US12248339B2
An electronic apparatus includes a housing which has an opening in one face, a cover member which is detachably coupled to the housing and closes the opening in the housing, a first board which is housed in the housing, a second board which is supported to the cover member, a first connector which is mounted on the first board and is fixed to the housing relatively and a second connector which is mounted on the second board, is supported to the cover member in a floating state and is connected with the first connector in a state that the cover member is coupled to the housing.
US12248338B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a first pattern layer on one surface of the display panel; and a second pattern layer facing the one surface with the first pattern layer interposed therebetween, wherein: the first pattern layer comprises a plurality of first patterns each having a closed line shape comprising a first opening; the second pattern layer comprises a plurality of second patterns each having a closed line shape comprising a second opening; on the one surface, each of the first pattern layer and the second pattern layer has a deformation rate which is smaller in a direction perpendicular to a tensile direction than in the tensile direction; and on the one surface, the first openings overlap portions of the second patterns.
US12248333B2
Techniques are disclosed for the use of local buffers integrated into the execution units of a vector processor architecture. The use of local buffers results in less communication across the interconnection network implemented by vector processors, and increases interconnection network bandwidth, increases the speed of computations, and decreases power usage.
US12248329B2
An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber positioned within a cabinet and a heating assembly for selectively heating the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has two or more separate regions, and a temperature sensing assembly includes a temperature sensor positioned within each region of the cooking chamber. A switching assembly is coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and is adjustable between a first position that connects the first temperature sensor to a controller and a second position that connects the second temperature sensor to the controller.
US12248324B2
A conveyance robot includes a main body at which a conveyed object can be placed; a driving wheel provided at the main body; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to control the driving wheel such that a progress direction of the conveyance robot is configured to match an extension direction of a running path guide portion, the running path guide portion extending along a running path that is along a wall face of a wall disposed in a building.
US12248322B2
An agricultural machine includes a swath information acquiring module, a first determining module to determine a traveling path of an automatic operation based on a position of a swath, a setting module to set a work continuation width based on the traveling path, a second determining module to determine, when there is a manual operation by a worker during the automatic operation, whether the agricultural machine during the manual operation is within the work continuation width, and an executing module to execute the automatic operation. The executing module restores the agricultural machine to the traveling path after a termination of the manual operation and continues the automatic operation when the agricultural machine is within the work continuation width, and cancels the automatic operation when the agricultural machine is determined to be not within the work continuation width.
US12248315B2
An AMU system includes an Autonomous Mobile Unit (“AMU”), base station, lanyard, and Warehouse Management System (“WMS”) configured to communicate with one another over a network. The AMU includes a microphone configured to receive verbal commands from an individual. The individual can further provide verbal commands through the base station and the lanyard when worn by the individual. The lanyard can also provide a geo-fence around the individual where the AMU slows down to enhance safety.
US12248300B2
A program generation apparatus according to one or more embodiments may extract, from a series of motions defined in a motion program, a motion to be corrected based on a difference in attribute between a first component indicated as a target of a component change and a second component to replace the first component, and generate a new motion program by correcting a command value of the extracted motion to compensate for the difference in the attribute.
US12248298B2
The invention relates to a method for outputting a manufacturing file for producing an optical element (100) from a curable material (50) by using an additive manufacturing technology, comprising the steps of:—acquiring the desired geometry of the optical element,—obtaining a discretization of the desired geometry in volume units described by data relative to position parameters of the volume units and to the dimension of the volume units,—associating at least a volume unit with a kinetic parameter that relates to the curing pace imposed to the curable material of the volume unit,—producing, using at least one processor, a manufacturing file comprising said data and said kinetic parameter for manufacturing at least the optical element, and—outputting said manufacturing file.
US12248293B2
An automated computer-implemented method for generating commands for controlling a computer numerically controlled milling machine to fabricate a machined object from a workpiece, the machined object being configured to facilitate subsequent finishing into a finished object, the method including defining a surface of the finished object, defining an offset surface defining an inner limiting surface of the machined object, defining a scallop surface defining an outer limiting surface of the machined object and calculating a tool path for the milling machine which produces multiple step-up cuts in the workpiece resulting in the machined object, wherein surfaces of the machined object all lie between the inner limiting surface and the outer limiting surface and the number of step-up cuts in the workpiece and the areas cut in each of the step-up cuts are selected to generally minimize the amount of workpiece material that is removed from the workpiece.
US12248291B2
A central plant includes a plurality of subplants and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain an expert model associated with a first subplant of the plurality of subplants. The expert model includes a map of values of independent variables to one or more dependent variables. The circuitry is also configured to receive input data indicating input values for the independent variables and estimate outputs values for the one or more dependent variables associated with the input variables by determining a spatial relationship between the input data and the expert model, reducing the expert model to a reduced model based on the spatial relationship, and performing an interpolation using the reduced model to generate the output values for the one or more dependent variables. The circuitry is also configured to initiate an automated action using the output values.
US12248284B2
A method for training a machine learning algorithm including uncertainties. The method includes: pre-training the algorithm based on initially collected data by a control unit in order to obtain an initial model, determining a set of channels, the data originating from channels contained in the set of channels being intended to be used for retraining the initial model, based on an established data level and on the respective influence, which the data originating from one of the channels have on uncertainties instantaneously contained in the initial model, transferring detected data originating from the individual channels of the set of channels to the control unit, and retraining of the initial model by the control unit based on the data transferred to the control unit.
US12248279B2
An impact striking mechanism (1), in particular for a horological movement (3), the mechanism (1) including at least one resonant element (5) enabling a sound to be emitted when it is struck, and a hammer (8) capable of moving between a rest position (9) and a strike position (11) in which it strikes the resonant element (5) in order to cause it to vibrate, characterised in that it comprises a system for actuating the hammer (8) including a movable impactor (16, 17, 18) configured to move from a release position (19) to an impact position (21), in which it at least partially transmits the momentum thereof to the hammer (8) to move it from the rest position (9) thereof to the strike position (11) thereof in order to cause the resonant element (5) to vibrate.
US12248275B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles, and an external additive that contains particles A containing a perovskite-type compound and having an equivalent circle diameter of 15 nm or greater and 90 nm or less and particles B containing a perovskite-type compound and having an equivalent circle diameter of 1.0 μm or greater and 3.0 μm or less, in which the particles B occupy 0.3% by number or greater and 3.5% by number or less of an entirety of the toner particles.
US12248271B2
A coupling structure is provided in an imager forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material and configured to couple a first member and a second member. The second member includes a sheet metal having an insulative layer on a surface of a metal layer. A first conductive portion is formed in the first member. A second conductive portion includes a projection formed by press working in the second member. A coupling portion couples the first member and the second member in a state in which at least a part of the first conductive portion and at least a part of the second conductive portion are contacted with each other.
US12248270B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a driving source including an output shaft including a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion; a first gear including (i) a first portion provided with a first opening and (ii) a second portion provided with a second opening having a smaller diameter than that of the first opening, and (iii) gear teeth formed on an outer peripheral surface of the second portion, the first gear being mounted on the output shaft such that the large diameter portion is inserted into the first opening and the small diameter portion is inserted into the second opening; and a second gear that engages with the gear teeth of the first gear and is driven by the first gear. Rotation of the first gear with respect to the output shaft is restricted by at least a part of the large diameter portion.
US12248268B2
An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a plurality of drive units configured to drive the image forming unit, a sound detection unit configured to detect operation sounds of the plurality of drive units, and a control unit configured to implement a drive mode for operating at least one of the plurality of drive units and not operating other drive units, without forming an image on a recording material by the image forming unit, wherein the control unit implements the drive mode when the value of a counter reaches a threshold value, the counter being incremented with each image formation on a recording material by the image forming unit, and wherein the identification operation identifies a component causing the predetermined sound based on the operation sounds detected by the sound detection unit during a period in which the drive mode is being implemented.
US12248259B2
An image heating device is provided that includes: a film; a heater with a heat generator; a support member; a roller; and an electrical wire that is joined to the heater using a joining material; and a thermal conductive member that is in contact with the heater and the support member. The heater includes a first region in which the heat generator is provided, a second region in which the joining material is provided, and a third region between the first region and the second region. A surface of the third region of the heater that faces a seat of the support member includes a region that is not in contact with the support member. The thermal conductive member is in contact with the heater and the support member in at least one of the second region and the third region of the heater.
US12248256B2
A charging member includes a support member, an elastic layer provided on the support member, an outer layer provided on the elastic layer, and a protective layer provided as an outermost layer on the outer layer. The protective layer contains silica and has a silicon element concentration of 10 atomic % or more, and the outer peripheral surface has a contact angle with water of 35 degrees or less.
US12248254B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system, a software application, and a method of a lithography process to update one or more of a mask pattern, maskless lithography device parameters, lithography process parameters utilizing a file readable by each of the components of a lithography environment. The file readable by each of the components of a lithography environment stores and shares textual data and facilitates communication between of the components of a lithography environment such that the mask pattern corresponds to a pattern to be written is updated, the maskless lithography device of the lithography environment is calibrated, and process parameters of the lithography process are corrected for accurate writing of the mask pattern on successive substrates.
US12248236B2
An image display device is provided that allows easy adjustment of positional deviation in an optical axis direction of an optical modulation element from the outside. The image display device includes: a housing including an operation surface; an optical modulation element that is housed in the housing and that includes an image-forming surface that modulates light to form an image; a holding portion that movably holds the optical modulation element at least in a direction perpendicular to the image-forming surface; and an adjusting portion including at least one wire member, one end of the wire member being connected to the holding portion and the other end rotatably attached to the operation surface. Holding portion includes a movable portion that is moved in a direction perpendicular to the image-forming surface by the rotation of the other end of the wire member.
US12248234B2
An apparatus including a camera optical element and a tactile indicator associated with the camera optical element for indicating a property of the camera optical element.
US12248232B2
A multifunctional handheld Bluetooth beat aid is disclosed. The multifunctional handheld Bluetooth beat aid comprises a clamping assembly comprising a retractable clamping member and a fixed member. The retractable clamping member configured to clamp a mobile device comprises a first clamping portion orthogonal to a second clamping portion. The retractable clamping member is configured to move away from, and towards the fixing member of the clamping assembly. Further, a fixed seat is rotatably connected to the fixed member. A hollow handle comprises a telescopic rod rotatably connected to the fixed seat and a Bluetooth controller provided towards a second telescopic end of the hollow handle.
US12248226B2
A variable light transmission device has at least one layer of electrophoretic medium comprising charged particles. Application of a an electric field having a waveform formed by a superposition of a carrier and a modulator waveform enables the switching of the device from a closed state to an open state, wherein the open state has higher light transmission than the closed state. As a result, the device enables the selection of the desired optical state by the user.
US12248223B2
An electrode structure, a display panel, an electronic device are provided, the electrode structure includes a first electrode portion, a second electrode portion and a conductive connection portion, the first electrode portion includes a first connection bar having a first side and a second side and a plurality of first electrode strips, ends of adjacent first electrode strips away from the first connection bar are open; the second electrode portion includes a second connection bar at a position of the first side away from the second side and a plurality of second electrode strips, the second connection bar includes a third side and a fourth side; the second electrode strips are connected with the second connection bar, ends of adjacent second electrode strips away from the second connection bar are open; ends of the conductive connection portion are connected with the first connection bar and the second connection bar.
US12248218B2
The present invention relates to material compositions and methods for generating photo-alignable positive c-plate retarders. Because a planar alignment direction can be induced in the surface of the above c-plate retarder by exposure to polarized light, a slave material can be aligned on the surface of the c-plate retarder with a defined azimuthal orientation direction, without the need of an additional orientation layer.
US12248217B2
According to the disclosure, a display apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and configured to emit light, an optical dome formed to enclose the LED chip by being dispensed on the LED chip, and a liquid crystal panel configured to block or pass light output from the LED chip, wherein the optical dome may be formed to satisfy 1.70
US12248206B2
A method of integrating an optoelectronic device comprising a Pockels material, such as lithium niobate (LiNbO3), includes forming an optoelectronic device layer over a semiconductor layer. The optoelectronic device layer includes a patterned optoelectronic device segment in an interlayer dielectric. A window is etched in the interlayer dielectric using the patterned optoelectronic device segment as a sacrificial etch stop. The patterned optoelectronic device segment is removed in the window. The optoelectronic device comprising the Pockels material is formed in place of the removed patterned optoelectronic device segment. The optoelectronic device comprising the Pockels material may be formed from an optoelectronic chiplet.
US12248200B2
An eyeglass frame with an eyeglass front for receiving at least one eyeglass lens, and with a left and right temple, which are pivotably connected to the eyeglass front via a pivot joint connection for holding the eyeglass frame on the head of an eyeglass wearer, wherein the eyeglass front forms at least an upper frame section, wherein the temples can be pivoted relative to the eyeglass front from a position of use into a closing position, in which the temples are arranged above the upper frame section, and vice versa. The temples are arranged in a crossed position relative to each other in their closing position above the upper frame section.
US12248184B2
An optical connector includes: a ferrule having a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted and a guide hole into which a guide pin is inserted; a housing that accommodates the ferrule; and a biasing member disposed in the housing and applies to the ferrule a biasing force directed toward a side close to an opening portion of the housing in an axial direction of the guide hole, the biasing force having nonlinear characteristics.
US12248182B2
The present disclosure relates to fiber optic connectors having integrated features for protecting the optical fibers of the fiber optic connectors. The fiber optic connectors can include protective features such as retractable noses and shutters. The fiber optic connectors can include fiber anchoring units with tapered front sections for preventing micro-bends.
US12248175B2
The disclosed structures and methods are directed to a chip for an optical gyroscope and methods of manufacturing the chip for the optical gyroscope. The chip comprises a substrate, a waveguide having a first waveguide cladding layer and a waveguide core; and a ring resonator having a first ring cladding layer and a ring resonator core attached to the first ring cladding layer. A side wall of the ring resonator core forms an obtuse angle with an upper surface of the substrate. The method comprises etching a ring groove and a waveguide groove; placing the optical fiber ring into the ring groove and the optical fiber waveguide into the waveguide groove. The method further comprising splicing two ends of an optical fiber; annealing the ring junction of the optical fiber ring; and attaching the optical fiber waveguide to the waveguide groove and the optical fiber ring into the ring groove.
US12248166B2
A display system comprises a waveguide having light incoupling or light outcoupling optical elements formed of a metasurface. The metasurface is a multilevel (e.g., bi-level) structure having a first level defined by spaced apart protrusions formed of a first optically transmissive material and a second optically transmissive material between the protrusions. The metasurface also includes a second level formed by the second optically transmissive material. The protrusions on the first level may be patterned by nanoimprinting the first optically transmissive material, and the second optically transmissive material may be deposited over and between the patterned protrusions. The widths of the protrusions and the spacing between the protrusions may be selected to diffract light, and a pitch of the protrusions may be 10-600 nm.
US12248161B2
Provided is an optical filter capable of reducing the dependency on the angle of light incidence. An optical filter 1 includes a hydrogenated silicon-containing film 4, wherein in a Raman spectrum of the hydrogenated silicon-containing film 4 measured by Raman spectroscopy a ratio (SiH/SiH2) obtained from a ratio between an area of a peak derived from SiH and an area of a peak derived from SiH2 is 0.7 or more.
US12248160B2
An optical scanner (100) which comprises: a mirror (200), pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis and is partially transparent from its front face (210) towards its rear face (220) to the light radiation; a light source (300) intended to emit an incident light radiation on the front face (210) of the mirror (200); the scanner is characterised in that the rear face (220) comprises a structuration formed by at least one facet essentially planar and inclined with respect to the front face (210) so that a light radiation, incident on the front face (210), and transmitted by the at least one facet (220i) undergoes a deflection with respect to the angle of incidence of said light radiation on the front face (210).
US12248159B2
The electron tube includes a vacuum container having a light transmitting substrate, a photocathode provided on an inner surface of the light transmitting substrate, an anode provided in the vacuum container, and a prism. The prism includes a bottom surface bonded to an outer surface of the light transmitting substrate, a light incident surface, and a light reflecting surface configured to further reflect light, which is incident to the photocathode through the prism and the light transmitting substrate and reflected at an interface between the photocathode and the vacuum space, so that the light is re-enter the photocathode. The light reflecting surface has an outwardly convex curved surface shape. The light incident surface is located inward of an imaginary spherical surface that is along the light reflecting surface.
US12248157B2
A projection screen, with a design in which the apexes of multiple triangular pyramidal units of the projection screen in an array arrangement change gradually according to a predetermined relation, an image light shone from a projector is reflected by a microstructure layer having the triangular pyramidal units and then converged in a range centered around the human eyes, so as to reduce the degree of difference in brightness at different viewing positions, thus ensuring that the projection screen is provided with excellent uniformity and high gain.
US12248151B1
Illustrative systems and methods for performing extended reality projection using monochrome pixel panels in inverted arrangements are described herein. For example, an extended reality projection system may include a binocular head-mounted display having a left side and a right side, a first set of monochrome pixel panels distributed in a first arrangement and collectively configured to produce a color image for presentation on the left side, and a second set of monochrome pixel panels distributed in a second arrangement and collectively configured to produce the color image for presentation on the right side. In this extended reality projection system, the second arrangement may be inverted from the first arrangement such that a color non-uniformity associated with the presentation on the right side is inverted from a color non-uniformity associated with the presentation on the left side. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US12248148B2
New spectacle related technology is offered for Augmented and Virtual Reality. However, this technology has many drawbacks and is not taking full advantage for other applications, for example driver glasses with enhanced imaging possibilities. Our embodiment offers 3D scanning cameras device built in to a pair of glasses to offer enhanced imaging, preferable for night driving. Special embodiment will offer the scanning device wherein an attachment will facilitate the device to be mounted to the glasses. The glasses themselves may have some other features for offering augmented and virtual reality to better serve the wearer on day-to-day life.
US12248143B2
A compact eyeprint imaging device is provided. The device includes a plano-convex lens, a right angle triangular prism, a micro lens array, an imaging detector and an external package. The plano-convex lens and the micro lens array are glued on an inclined face of the right angle triangular prism and two right angle faces of the right angle triangular prism are coated with reflecting films, so as to form an integrated combined optical unit, which is inserted into the external package together with the imaging detector. The device is wholly installed on a glasses frame. Light emitted by the eyeprint passes through the plano-convex lens to form parallel light beams, which are reflected twice through the two right angle faces of the right angle triangular prism and then focused through the micro lens array, so as to form a multi-aperture eyeprint image array on the imaging detector.
US12248140B2
An optical device includes an optical deflector that emits, through a light exit surface parallel to a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction and in a direction intersecting the light exit surface, an optical beam having a shape extending in the second direction and that is configured to cause a direction of emission of the optical beam to change along the first direction and an optical element, placed on a path of the optical beam, that expands an extent of spread of the optical beam in the second direction.
US12248138B2
A light deflector includes a mirror part, a pair of torsion bars, inside piezoelectric actuators, and a movable frame part. The crystal orientation in the axial direction of the torsion bars is set to <100>. In the joint edge portions of the torsion bars and the inside piezoelectric actuators, radius parts are oriented to <110> and each formed by a curved surface recessed inward. The amount of waviness about a roughness curve derived from the curved surface is set within 600 nm.
US12248137B2
An instrument for the manipulation of the light wavefront, and a method for the manipulation of the light wavefront. The instrument for the manipulation of the light wavefront comprises: two or more active light modulation areas, and an optical system that determines an optical path between the active light modulation areas, which conjugates the planes (2, 6; 9, 12) of the active light modulation areas, the optical system comprising at least one mirror (4; 11) and at least one lens (3, 5; 10), wherein the active light modulation areas have a phase modulation depth of equal to or less than π radians.
US12248134B2
An irradiation unit (14) projects excitation light (LB) having an asymmetric shape with respect to an optical axis (A1, A2). An objective lens (20) concentrates the excitation light (LB) at a measurement-target member (22) including a glass member (22C, 22A) and a measurement-target region (22B). The detection unit (30) includes at least one or more light-receiving units (31) that receive fluorescence emitted from the measurement-target region (22B) in response to the excitation light (LB), and outputs a fluorescence signal indicating intensity values of fluorescence received by the respective light-receiving units (31). The movement control unit (12C) includes a derivation unit (12B) that derives a movement amount and a movement direction of at least one of the objective lens (20) or the measurement-target member (22) on the basis of the fluorescence signal, and moves at least one of the objective lens (20) or the measurement-target member (22) by the derived movement amount in the derived movement direction.
US12248124B2
A violet blue gradient color, blue light resistant and full-screen tempered privacy screen protector, comprising an electroplated oleophobic layer, a diamond explosion-proof layer, a tempered coating, a flexible explosion-proof layer, a silk screen reinforcing layer, a composite violet blue gradient and blue light resistant layer and a privacy protection layer, wherein the composite violet blue gradient and blue light resistant layer comprises a violet blue gradient film and a blue light resistant film. By the nanotechnology used in the present invention, existing spy-proof layers can be coated to be violet blue gradient and blue light resistant layers, and compared with the prior art, the blue light resistant layers can be coated more efficiently and rapidly, so that a plurality of layers are integrated with high efficiencies and yield. The composite violet blue gradient and blue light resistant privacy layer has integrated refraction effects on the basis of existing louver technologies.
US12248116B2
According to one embodiment, a charged-particle measurement apparatus comprising: a plurality of gas detectors in each of which gas for detecting passage of a charged particle is enclosed; a trajectory calculator configured to calculate a trajectory of the charged particle based on detection signals outputted from the gas detectors and each of the parameters associated with the gas detectors; a measurer configured to measure an object based on the trajectory of the charged particle, the object being a measurement target; a signal intensity acquirer configured to acquire signal intensity of the detection signals; an operating state monitor configured to evaluate the operating states of the gas detectors based on the signal intensity corresponding to the gas detectors; and a parameter updating processor configured to update at least one parameter when at least one of the operating states of the gas detectors associated with this parameter changes.
US12248109B2
A method of manufacturing a radiographic imaging apparatus includes providing a flexible base material on a support body and forming a sensor substrate in which a plurality of pixels for accumulating electric charges generated depending on light converted from radiation is provided; forming a conversion layer that converts the radiation into light on a fixing plate; providing the conversion layer in a state in which a surface of the conversion layer opposite to the fixing plate is made to face a first surface of the base material provided with the pixels; fixing one end of the flexible cable to the sensor substrate; fixing the flexible cable to the fixing plate; and peeling the sensor substrate provided with the conversion layer and the fixing plate from the support body.
US12248094B2
A handheld personal care device having one or more light emitting elements and one or more light receiving elements is disclosed. Each of the light receiving elements is configured to receive light and output a respective measurement signal representing measurements of the received light. The handheld personal care device also has a control unit to estimate a position and/or an orientation of the device relative to a subject. The light emitting elements and the light receiving elements are arranged on the device such that, depending on the position and/or the orientation of the device relative to the subject, at least one of the light receiving elements can receive light emitted by at least one of light emitting elements and reflected by a reflective surface in the environment of the subject. The control unit estimates the position and/or the orientation of the device relative to the subject based on an analysis of the respective measurement signals of the light receiving elements.
US12248092B2
A feature quantity extraction unit extracts at least one type of feature quantity using at least one of information associated with an instantaneous value generated by an instantaneous value generation unit and information associated with a target object member generated by a connection determination unit. A virtual image determination unit calculate a virtual image probability from a virtual image distribution and a real image probability from a real image distribution for each target object member generated by the connection determination unit using an extraction result related to the target object member of the feature quantity extraction unit. The virtual image determination unit further determines whether or not the target object member is a virtual image according to a result of integrating the calculated virtual image probability and the calculated real image probability.
US12248087B2
An apparatus, method and computer program is described. The method can include receiving a first measurement report from a first communication node of a mobile communication system. The first measurement report can include downlink measurement data generated at a user device in response to a positioning reference signal sent by the first communication node. The method can further include receiving a second measurement report from the first communication node. The second measurement report can include uplink measurement data generated at the first communication node in response to an uplink reference signal sent by the user device. The method can also include determining an integrity of the measurement data based on a comparison of said uplink and downlink measurement data and setting an integrity verification notification in accordance with the determined integrity.
US12248076B2
A system for determining the distance or range from a LIDAR device and the wind direction uses optics configured in the Scheimpflug condition to establish range from the LIDAR to the atmosphere being measured. This LIDAR embodiment uses correlation techniques to establish wind speed and direction. Multiple laser beam lines of sight are required to determine wind direction and speed.
US12248075B2
Systems and methods for identifying travel way features in real time are provided. A method can include receiving two-dimensional and three-dimensional data associated with the surrounding environment of a vehicle. The method can include providing the two-dimensional data as one or more input into a machine-learned segmentation model to output a two-dimensional segmentation. The method can include fusing the two-dimensional segmentation with the three-dimensional data to generate a three-dimensional segmentation. The method can include storing the three-dimensional segmentation in a classification database with data indicative of one or more previously generated three-dimensional segmentations. The method can include providing one or more datapoint sets from the classification database as one or more inputs into a machine-learned enhancing model to obtain an enhanced three-dimensional segmentation. And, the method can include identifying one or more travel way features based at least in part on the enhanced three-dimensional segmentation.
US12248074B2
Provided is a LiDAR sensor unit in which even when a lens element is provided, measurement data is less likely to be affected by the lens element. A LiDAR sensor unit has: a LiDAR sensor; a lens element that is provided on an optical path of light emitted from the LiDAR sensor; and a processing unit that outputs measurement data which has been measured by the LiDAR sensor and which includes the orientation and the distance of a measurement subject. The processing unit is configured to not output measurement data of a specific orientation which is the same but the distance corresponding thereto differs before and after attachment of the lens element under the same environment.
US12248064B2
Smart glasses including a first audio device, a second audio device, a frame including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the second portion and the third portion are moveable in relation to the first portion, the second portion including the first audio device and the third portion including the second audio device, and a processor configured to cause the first audio device to generate a signal, receive the signal via the second audio device, estimate a distance based on the received signal, and determine a configuration of the frame.
US12248058B2
The techniques and systems herein enable track association based on azimuth extension and compactness errors. Specifically, first and second tracks comprising respective locations and footprints of respective objects are received. An azimuth distance is determined based on an azimuth extension error that corresponds to azimuth spread between the first and second tracks with respect to a host vehicle. A position distance is also determined based on a compactness error that corresponds to footprint difference between the first and second tracks. Based on the azimuth and position distances, it is established whether the first object and the second object are a common object. By doing so, the system can better determine if the tracks are of the common object when the tracks are extended (e.g., not point targets) and/or partially observed (e.g., the track is not of an entire object).
US12248056B2
In implementations of systems for estimating three-dimensional trajectories of physical objects, a computing device implements a three-dimensional trajectory system to receive radar data describing millimeter wavelength radio waves directed within a physical environment using beamforming and reflected from physical objects in the physical environment. The three-dimensional trajectory system generates a cloud of three-dimensional points based on the radar, each of the three-dimensional points corresponds to a reflected millimeter wavelength radio wave within a sliding temporal window. The three-dimensional points are grouped into at least one group based on Euclidean distances between the three-dimensional points within the cloud. The three-dimensional trajectory system generates an indication of a three-dimensional trajectory of a physical object corresponding to the at least one group using a Kalman filter to track a position and a velocity a centroid of the at least one group in three-dimensions.
US12248055B2
A method for recognizing a motion state of an object by using a millimeter wave radar having at least one antenna is disclosed. The method includes the following steps. A region is set to select an object in the region, wherein the object has M ranges and M azimuths between the object and the at least one antenna during a first motion time. Each of the M ranges and the M azimuths are projected on a two-dimensional (2D) plane to form M frames. The M frames are sequentially arranged into a first consecutive candidate frames having a time sequence. The first consecutive candidate frames are inputted into an artificial intelligence model to determine a motion state type of the first consecutive candidate frames.
US12248045B2
Various systems and computer-implemented methods for Radio Frequency (RF) coil attenuation correction are disclosed. PET time-of-flight (TOF) data generated by a PET imaging modality collocated with an MR imaging modality is received. RF coil attenuation data is extracted from the PET TOF data and an initial RF coil attenuation map is generated. A trained model configured to improve a signal to noise ratio of the initial RF coil attenuation map is applied to generate a final RF coil attenuation map. Attenuation correction of the PET TOF data is performed based on the final RF coil attenuation map. An image is reconstructed from attenuation corrected PET TOF data.
US12248041B2
One example includes a vapor cell. The cell includes a transparent enclosure and alkali metal atoms enclosed within the transparent enclosure. The alkali metal atoms can be configured to be stimulated from a first energy state to a second energy state in response to an optical beam provided through the vapor cell and to emit fluorescent light in response to energy of the alkali metal atoms decaying from the second energy state to the first energy state. The cell further includes a reflective coating that is provided on an exterior surface of the transparent enclosure to surround the vapor cell to provide a reflective interior surface with respect to the transparent enclosure of the vapor cell to reflect the fluorescent light. The reflective coating can include a detection window configured to facilitate escape of the fluorescent light from the vapor cell for optical detection.
US12248037B2
A magnetic sensor includes: a non-magnetic substrate; and a sensitive element 31 having a longitudinal direction and a short direction, provided with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, and sensing a magnetic field by a magnetic impedance effect, wherein the sensitive element 31 includes plural soft magnetic material layers 105a to 105d and plural non-magnetic material layers 106a to 106c configured with a non-magnetic material and laminated between the plural soft magnetic material layers 105a to 105d, and the soft magnetic material layers 105a to 105d facing each other with each of the non-magnetic material layers 106a to 106c interposed therebetween are antiferromagnetically coupled.
US12248032B2
A fault managed power system (FMPS) and method monitors and detects fault currents in PoE, PFC, and other cables that indicate likely human contact with cable conductors. The level of current detected through the human body combined with a fast response time limits the energy to prevent a person from experiencing ventricular fibrillation, resulting in a so-called touch-safe level. For overload and short-circuit fault protection, the system automatically and immediately removes power from the cables. This limits the amount of energy provided into the fault, thereby maintaining touch-safe operation and also preventing electrical fires and system component protection. The system/method can accomplish this even at voltage levels considerably higher than existing touch-safe standards, for example. Class 2 (below 50 Vac) power supplies. Such a system/method allows the amount of power in applications like PoE and PFC to be safely increased to levels much greater than the current maximum (100 W).
US12248019B2
A diode test module and method applicable to the diode test module are provided. A substrate having first conductivity type and an epitaxial layer having second conductivity type on the substrate are formed. A well region having first conductivity type is formed in the epitaxial layer. A first and second heavily doped region having second conductivity type are theoretically formed in the well and connected to a first and second I/O terminal, respectively. Isolation trench is formed there in between for electrical isolation. A monitor cell comprising a third and fourth heavily doped region is provided in a current conduction path between the first and second I/O terminal when inputting an operation voltage. By employing the monitor cell, the invention achieves to determine if the well region is missing by measuring whether a leakage current is generated without additional testing equipment and time for conventional capacitance measurements.
US12248018B2
A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor device connected between a first node to which a power supply voltage is applied and a second node to which a ground voltage is applied, a first ring oscillator connected to the first node through a first supply switch and the second node through a first ground switch and a second ring oscillator connected to the first node through a second supply switch and the second node through a second ground switch, wherein the first supply and ground switches are configured to operate in response to a first control signal, thereby operating the first ring oscillator, and the second supply and ground switches are configured to operate in response to a second control signal, thereby operating the second ring oscillator.
US12248014B2
An insulation monitoring device, according to various embodiment of the present application, comprising an impedance formed between a power line and a ground of a system comprises, a signal generation circuit for applying a triangular wave signal to the power line through a signal measurement circuit, the signal measurement circuit for measuring a voltage difference across the detection resistor of the signal measurement circuit or a current flowing through the detection resistor when the triangular wave signal is applied to the impedance, a control circuit for obtaining an impedance value of the impedance based on at least one of the voltage difference and the current, and monitoring the impedance value.
US12248009B2
The invention relates to a method and a system for determining test signals for electromagnetic susceptibility, EMS, testing of a device-under-test, DUT. The method comprises the steps of: receiving at least one DUT parameter which defines a property of the DUT; receiving at least one environmental parameter which defines an electromagnetic environment, EME, in which the DUT is to be used; receiving information on an EM emission behavior, in particular an emission spectrum, of the DUT; and inputting the at least one DUT parameter, the at least one environmental parameter and the information on the EM emission behavior to a machine learning, ML, or artificial intelligence, AI, model. The ML or AI model is configured to determine one or more test signals for EMS testing of the DUT based on the at least one DUT parameter, the at least one environmental parameter and the information on the EM emission behavior.
US12248003B2
An IC device test probe has one or more clusters of a plurality of tapered probe tips that taper upon a taper plane that is orthogonal to a seating direction or force vector of the IC device test probe toward the IC device. Each of the plurality of tapered probe tips is seated against one contact of the IC device. In this manner, the IC device test probe is seated against multiple contacts and may therefore apply test signal(s) to these contacts serially, simultaneously, or the like. The IC device test probe allows the seating to small pitch IC devices and associated testing thereof. This allows for electrical characterization of the IC device by the same test signal(s) through the IC device test probe and ultimately through multiple contacts. The forces associated with seating the IC device test probe against the IC device contacts is effectively spread across multiple contacts.
US12247997B2
A froth bubble moving speed measuring device includes a light source configured to illuminate an upper surface of a flotation tank, an imaging unit configured to capture at least a part of the upper surface of the flotation tank, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to calculate a moving speed of a froth bubble by calculating a moving distance of the froth bubble based on the image processed by the image processing unit.
US12247994B2
A gas densimeter for monitoring a pressure or density of a gas in a gas chamber with a housing having a first housing chamber and a measuring chamber, a first coupling, via which the measuring chamber can be connected to the gas chamber, at least one reference bellows, which is connected directly or indirectly in particular to a transmission element, and at least one transmitting and/or monitoring unit, which is or can be operatively connected directly or indirectly to the transmission element. In this regard, the measuring chamber has a gas-permeable connection to the gas chamber via the first coupling and the reference bellows forms a reference chamber filled with a constant amount of a reference gas. A surface section covering the reference chamber is provided or reachable at least partially within the first housing chamber or measuring chamber as a measuring surface for the gas from the gas chamber.
US12247992B2
Disclosed is an analyzer including an analysis unit configured to analyze a specimen; a first storage part capable of storing a container capable of containing the specimen, the first storage part including an outlet that allows the container to be discharged therethrough; a second storage part capable of storing the container having been discharged through the outlet of the first storage part; a transporter configured to send out, from the second storage part, the container stored in the second storage part; and a discharge controller capable of controlling discharge of the container through the outlet of the first storage part.
US12247990B2
Provided herein are methods for moving molecular hoppers along tracks; methods of characterising an analyte using molecular hoppers; kits for characterising an analyte; and molecule hoppers per se and systems comprising such hoppers. The invention particularly relates to the use of such methods and kits in the characterisation of analytes.
US12247983B2
Methods and system for characterizing a protein using a chromatographic system having a protein A chromatography resin and electrospray ionization mass spectrometer run under native conditions are provided.
US12247975B2
Disclosed is a detection apparatus that transfers magnetic particles through a plurality of chambers in a cartridge which includes the plurality of chambers and a channel connecting between the plurality of chambers, and that causes the magnetic particles to carry a complex of a test substance and a labelling substance, to detect the test substance on the basis of the labelling substance in the complex. The detection apparatus includes: a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the cartridge about a rotation shaft; a magnet configured to collect the magnetic particles in the chambers; a movement mechanism configured to move the magnet in a direction different from a circumferential direction of a circle in which the rotation shaft is centered; a detector configured to detect the test substance; and a controller programmed to control the rotation mechanism and the movement mechanism so as to transfer the magnetic particles from one of the chambers to another one of the chambers.
US12247972B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately measuring and controlling intracellular potential by a simple method that is less invasive to the cell and does not require a skilled technique. The method according to the present invention comprises: by using magnetic force from a magnetic electrode adhered to the surface of a target cell, into which conductive nanoparticles have been preliminarily introduced, or a magnet being in contact with a conductive plate electrode, attracting the conductive nanoparticles inside the cell to the side of the cell surface adhering to the electrode, and then allowing the conductive nanoparticles to pass through the cell membrane to thereby bring the end outside the cell into contact with the magnetic electrode or the conductive plate electrode; or alternatively, adhering the conductive nanoparticles adsorbed on the magnetic electrode surface to the upper side of the target cell, and allowing the conductive nanoparticles to pass through the cell membrane by attracting the conductive nanoparticles to an iron plate disposed on the lower side of the cell to thereby leave the end outside the cell being in contact with the magnetic electrode. A capacitor is fabricated by using the conductive plate in contact with the conductive nanoparticles together with a conductive plate (an aluminum foil). Alternatively, a capacitor is fabricated by disposing a magnetic body via an insulating body on the upper side of the magnetic electrode. This capacitor detects, as a sensor, a change in charge inside the target cell and converts the same into a voltage change to thereby enable the measurement of the intracellular potential. The present invention also makes it possible to monitor the effect of a test reagent, said test reagent being administered to an extracellular solution, on a cell.
US12247971B2
A method for evaluating an aging state of a silicone rubber composite insulator includes: step 1: collecting samples from the silicone rubber composite insulator, and subjecting samples in a surface layer and a center layer successively to hydrophobicity, flexing resistance, hardness, color, and absorbance tests; step 2: determining relevant data of the samples in a natural evolution process according to the tests in step 1; step 3: subjecting the samples to thermo-oxidative aging; and after the thermo-oxidative aging is completed, subjecting the samples to a hardness test of artificial accelerated evolution, and calculating position coordinates (F1, F2) of the samples in an aging space; and step 4: classifying the samples in advance and solving an aging state centroid of each classified population, calculating a minimum aging distance based on the position coordinates in step 3, and evaluating the aging state of the silicone rubber composite insulator.
US12247952B2
Ultrasonic pulse velocity is a parameter for assessing strength of concrete structures and studying elastic properties. A method involves transmission of longitudinal ultrasound by a transmitting transducer and receiving by a similar transducer. A transit time-measurement and associated triggering pulses provide the overall time-measurement resolution of at least 1 μs. An ultrasonic pulse velocity measuring device capable of generating ultrasound in the solid materials supporting the propagation of ultrasound and precisely measuring the ultrasonic propagation delay time or the transit time is also disclosed. An ultrasonic transit time measurement device having provision for automatic pulse threshold error correction is also disclosed. A method to realize fast counting for generation of high resolution with relatively slower microcontrollers is also disclosed. Accuracy in the transit time measurement is improved by subtracting the threshold corrected zero offset (without material under test) from the threshold corrected transit time (with sample).
US12247950B2
A virus detection system is provided for receiving electrical signals that change quantitatively based on an amount of virus, via a communication line, from a measuring device equipped with graphene sensors that output the electrical signals that change quantitatively based on the amount of virus contained in samples collected from subjects and that associate the electrical signals with identification information for each subject. The virus detection further analyzes the amount of the virus contained in the samples collected from each of the subjects based on changes in the electrical signals outputted from the graphene sensors; and sends, via the communication line, analysis results on the amount of virus contained in the samples collected from each of the subjects to the communication terminal pre-registered to each subject.
US12247949B2
A method and apparatus for detecting and classifying cracks in pipelines is disclosed. The method for detecting and classifying cracks comprises the steps of: emitting a first shear wave along a region of inspection, the first shear wave being polarized in a first direction; receiving the first shear wave; emitting a second shear wave along the region of inspection, the second shear wave being polarized in a second direction at a minimal angle of about 10° different from the first direction, preferably at an angle of about 30° or more; receiving the second shear wave; examining the anisotropy of the first and second received shear waves by comparing at least one wave property of said first and second received shear wave for detecting and classifying cracks in the region of inspection. Said apparatus as disclosed herein comprises emitting and receiving EMATs, and is configured to carry out said method.
US12247932B2
An antenna assembly for emitting microwaves comprises a dielectric hollow conductor element and a support element, wherein the hollow conductor element has an electrically conductive surface along a circumferential lateral face, the hollow conductor element has an electrically non-conductive emission face, and the hollow conductor element has a coupler receptacle. The support element contains a material having a modulus of elasticity of no less than 50 GPa. The support element surrounds the hollow conductor element at least along the lateral face. The hollow conductor element is fixed in the support element. The support element has an emission opening, and the emission face aligns with the emission opening. The hollow conductor element has a permittivity of no less than 8 at 2 GHz, the hollow conductor element containing a ceramic material, in particular aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide or titanium oxide.
US12247926B2
A system for detecting a defect of an electrode tab, is capable of easily detecting whether an electrode tab is folded during a manufacturing process of a secondary battery, and a method of detecting a defect of an electrode tab using the same is disclosed. The system includes a gripper configured to grasp a unit cell including an electrode and to transfer the unit cell to a magazine and a visual inspection system to detect the electrode tab.
US12247918B2
The application relates to a method of testing an item with a spectrally precise, artificial solar spectrum including wavelengths from 200 nm to 20 microns and it also relates to a solar spectrum simulator capable of producing a light spectrum including wavelengths from 200 nm to 20 microns. The simulator comprises: a) amplitude optimization software; b) a spectrum controller; c) an emitter controller; d) heat lamp/heater generation sources including: a xenon/infrared (IR) lamp and a blackbody radiator; e) laser generation sources including an ultraviolet (UV) laser source, a visible laser source, a near infrared (NIR) laser source, a short wavelength (SW) laser source, a medium wavelength (MW) laser source, a long wavelength (LW) laser source, and a quantum cascade laser source (QCL); f) a beam combiner; g) a beam profiler; h) a spectrometer; and i) a surface on which can be placed an item to be tested.
US12247917B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to methods of predicting neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDFD) properties of a feedstuff sample. A method of predicting neutral detergent fiber digestibility (NDFD) properties of a feedstuff sample includes collecting a near-infrared spectrum of the feedstuff sample to provide NIR data of the feedstuff sample. The method also includes predicting NDFD of the sample at an elapsed time, NDFD rate of the sample, and/or NDFD extent of the sample from the NIR data using a NIR/NDFD calibration model. Various embodiments provide a method of developing the NIR/NDFD calibration model using in vitro gas production (IVGP). Various embodiments provide a method of predicting digestibility of the feedstuff sample for an animal at a rumen passage rate (eNDF).
US12247907B2
The following is an apparatus and a method that enables the automated collection and identification of airborne particulate matter comprising dust, pollen grains, mold spores, bacterial cells, and soot from a gaseous medium comprising the ambient air. Once ambient air is inducted into the apparatus, aerosol particulates are acquired and imaged under a novel lighting environment that is used to highlight diagnostic features of the acquired airborne particulate matter. Identity determinations of acquired airborne particulate matter are made based on captured images. Abundance quantifications can be made using identity classifications. Raw and summary information are communicated across a data network for review or further analysis by a user. Other than routine maintenance or subsequent analyses, the basic operations of the apparatus may use, but do not require the active participation of a human operator.
US12247897B1
An automated test cell and method for testing a gas turbine test engine is provided. The automated test cell includes a fuel subsystem, an engine lubrication subsystem, a test cell security subsystem, and a system controller. The system controller is in communication with the fuel subsystem, the engine lubrication subsystem, the test cell security subsystem, and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions when executed cause the system controller to: operate the test engine pursuant to a predetermined test cycle, including producing test data; control the engine lubrication subsystem to provide lubrication to the test engine pursuant to the predetermined test cycle; control the fuel subsystem to provide fuel to the test engine pursuant to the predetermined test cycle; control the test cell security subsystem to monitor an environment within the test cell; and report the test data.
US12247890B2
A vacuum gauge protector for deposition systems includes a body comprising an input port that is configured to couple to a vacuum chamber, and an output port configured to couple to a vacuum gauge. A deposition material filter is positioned in the body to present a tortuous path to gases comprising deposition materials entering the body where the surface area of the deposition material filter is greater than 2000 mm2. In addition, the deposition material filter restricts deposition material from passing through the body to the output port so as to reduce vacuum gauge contamination while maintaining enough gas flow through the body to the output port so that the vacuum gauge response time can be less than 10 seconds.
US12247888B2
A space temperature scanner capable of measuring a temperature distribution in a space without requiring troublesome device installation work or complex data processing is disclosed. The space temperature scanner (scanner 100) of the present invention includes a bar-shaped portable support member 110, attachment units 120 arranged along a straight line on the support member 110, and thermocouple units 130 that can be removably attached to the attachment units 120. The thermocouple units 130 can be selectively attached to some or all of the attachment units 120 when temperature measurement is to be performed.
US12247885B2
A method for detecting temperature rise inside a superconducting levitation device based on deep learning is provided. An initial vibration acceleration information, an initial temperature rise information, and a vibration acceleration detection information are obtained. Feature extraction is performed on the initial vibration acceleration information to obtain a high-frequency feature parameter set and a low-frequency feature parameter set. Wavelet band energy calculation is performed for the high-frequency feature parameter set and the low-frequency feature parameter set to obtain a wavelet band energy information. The wavelet band energy information and the initial temperature rise information are input into a preset deep learning network for training to obtain an internal temperature rise detection model of the superconducting levitation device. The vibration acceleration detection information is input into the internal temperature rise detection model to obtain an internal temperature rise prediction information to reflect real-time temperature rise of the superconductor.
US12247883B2
The invention provides a wavelength tracking system comprising a wavelength tracking unit and an interferometer system. The wavelength tracking unit has reflection surfaces at stabile positions providing a first reflection path with a first path length and a second reflection path with a second path length. The first path length is substantially larger than the second path length. The interferometer system comprises: a beam splitter to split a light beam in a first measurement beam and a second measurement beam; at least one optic element to guide the first measurement beam, at least partially, along the first reflection path and the second measurement beam, at least partially, along the second reflection path; a first light sensor arranged at an end of the first reflection path to receive the first measurement beam and to provide a first sensor signal on the basis of the first measurement beam; a second light sensor arranged at an end of the second reflection path to receive the second measurement beam and to provide a second sensor signal on the basis of the second measurement beam; and a processing unit to determine a wavelength or change in wavelength on the basis of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal.
US12247882B2
The invention relates to a device and method for imaging electromagnetic radiation from an object. The device comprises entrance optics for allowing the electromagnetic radiation to enter the device, comprising an image plane onto which an image of the object is to be imaged. The device comprises an interferometer having a measurement arm, wherein the image plane is in the measurement arm. The device comprises a transformation layer, at the image plane, for transforming the electromagnetic radiation into a spatiotemporal variation of the refractive index of the transformation layer for causing spatiotemporal optical phase differences in the measurement arm of the interferometer that are processed to result in a representative image of the object.
US12247880B1
A spectrometer, such as a Raman spectrometer, adapted for analyzing a complex sample is provided. In an example implementation, the spectrometer may be able to determine one or more spectral characteristics of an inner subsurface layer or region of a complex sample (e.g., contents of a container). In one embodiment, for example, A spectrometer includes an excitation source configured to provide an excitation signal; an optical system configured to direct the excitation signal toward a sample and receive a spectroscopy signal from the sample. The optical system may include a spatial filter configured to separate or isolate at least one first portion of the spectroscopy signal from at least one second portion of the spectroscopy signal and pass the at least one first portion of the spectroscopy signal. A detector is configured to determine at least one spectral feature of the at least one first portion of the spectroscopy signal.
US12247867B2
A device for determining a focal position of a laser beam, in particular a processing laser beam in a laser processing head, has an optical decoupling element for decoupling a partial beam from a beam path of the laser beam, a detector for detecting at least one beam parameter of the partial beam, and at least one optical element with an adjustable focal length, which is arranged in a region of the beam path of the partial beam between the optical decoupling element and the detector. Also disclosed is a laser processing head which includes a device of this type, as well as a method for determining a focal position of a laser beam.
US12247864B2
A system for monitoring payload of a vehicle includes at least one wireless transmitter comprising a piezo-resistive pressure sensor, a transceiver and a battery unit, encapsulated in an insulating casing, the at least one wireless transmitter being configured to be attached to an axle beam of the vehicle and to emit a wireless signal in response to a mechanical strain of the axle beam, a wireless receiver configured to receive the wireless signal from the at least one wireless transmitter.
US12247863B2
The innovation relates to a device and a method for measuring a powder mass flow for powder cladding. Before the powder cladding, the powder mass flow is set by means of a powder mass determining device and a powder mass flow sensor is calibrated on the basis of the setting. Then a powder switch is used to begin the powder cladding without interrupting the delivery of the powder mass. During the powder cladding, the powder mass flow is monitored by means of the powder mass flow sensor.
US12247862B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: calculating a total gas flow rate in a testing trap, where the total gas flow rate includes a first gas flow rate in a liquid leg of the testing trap and a second gas flow rate in a gas leg of the testing trap; calculating a total oil flow rate in the testing trap, where the total oil flow rate includes a first oil flow rate in the liquid leg and a second oil rate in the gas leg; comparing the total gas flow rate and the total oil flow rate to a measured gas flow rate and a measured oil flow rate respectively, where the measured gas flow rate and the measured gas flow rate are measured by a multiphase flow meter; and determining, based on the comparison, whether the multiphase flow meter is calibrated.
US12247859B2
A magnetically inductive flow measuring probe comprises a housing that is adapted to be exposed to the medium; two measuring electrodes arranged in a housing end section for forming a galvanic contact with the medium and for sensing a voltage induced in the flowing medium; and a means for producing a magnetic field passing through the housing end section. The means includes a coil arrangement and a field guide body. The field guide body comprises two field guide body legs connected with a coil core, extending to a front section of the housing and adapted to serve as field guideback. Orthogonal projections of the measuring electrodes and the field guide body onto a cross sectional plane are disjoint.
US12247855B2
An inductive sensor may track an angle of a movable element. In some cases, it is desirable to operate the inductive sensor using battery power so that turns are tracked properly even when power is lost. The disclosed inductive sensor includes circuitry to conserve power, such as a non-resonant driver that allows for fast measurements without wasting energy and a difference encoder that can estimate the angle within a range without the need for digitization and complicated processing.
US12247852B2
A magnetic sensor according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions that forms a bridge circuit. Each of the plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions includes a first resistance portion and a second resistance portion that are connected together in series. In each of the plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions, the first resistance portion and the second resistance portion are spaced from each other in a first direction by a distance that is one half as long as a cycle of magnetization of a detection target. In each of the plurality of magnetoresistance pattern portions, the first resistance portion and the second resistance portion are symmetric to each other with respect to a line when viewed in plan in a third direction.
US12247837B2
To enable learning of versatile heuristics with a large reduction in search time. Provided is an information processing device including: a learning unit configured to learn a heuristics function according to path searching, with a convolutional neural network, in which the convolutional neural network carries out learning based on a plurality of obstacle maps, to output a heuristics map expressing the heuristics function as a two or more dimensional image. Moreover, provided is an information processing method including: learning a heuristics function according to path searching, by a processor, with a convolutional neural network, in which the convolutional neural network carries out learning based on a plurality of obstacle maps, to output a heuristics map expressing the heuristics function as a two or more dimensional image.
US12247836B2
An image-processing method includes a measurement step, an index calculation step, a comparison step, and a selection step. A processor measures a distance at each of two or more points in one or more images of a subject in the measurement step. The processor calculates a first index or a second index on the basis of the distance in the index calculation step. The processor compares the first index or the second index with a threshold value in the comparison step. The processor selects at least one image included in the one or more images in the selection step when the first index is greater than the threshold value or the second index is less than the threshold value.
US12247834B2
One or more examples relate, generally, to reducing error in estimated angular position of a rotor of a motor. In one example, a method comprises generating an error signal indicating error in the estimated angular position; determining an adjustment amount associated with an estimated torque-producing component of motor winding current of a stator of the motor; generating an adjustment signal corresponding to the determined adjustment amount; and combining the error signal and the adjustment signal to generate a corrected error signal.
US12247832B2
A method is disclosed, which is carried out by a detection device having a transmitter element for transmitting wave signals and two vertically aligned receiver elements for receiving wave signals, separated by a given spacing. The method includes transmitting, at the transmitter element, a wave signal that is reflected by the target. Each receiver element receives the wave signal reflected by the target, where the wave signal propagates via multiple paths caused by the reflecting surface. While a target distance varies, a phase difference between the reflected wave signals received by the two receiver elements is measured. From the phase difference measurements, a physical quantity fluctuation is determined in relation to the target distance. The information on the target height is then derived from the physical quantity fluctuation.
US12247828B1
Disclosed are solutions for proactively sensing the condition of the ground in the path of the autonomous vehicle in order to mitigate the risks of an autonomous vehicle encountering troublesome terrain, navigation obstacles, and other potential risks to the continued uninterrupted operation of said autonomous vehicle. Accordingly, various implementations disclosed herein are directed to the use of ground analysis sensors to assist in the detection of navigationally difficult terrain including, for example, the use of cantilevered sensors operating well in front of the autonomous vehicle's front wheels (drive wheels or otherwise).
US12247827B2
A bead appearance inspection device includes an input unit configured to enter input data related to a welding bead of a workpiece produced by welding, and a determination unit configured to perform an inspection determination related to a shape of the welding bead based on the input data. The determination unit determines which of a range of a value indicating a non-defective product zone, a range of a value indicating a gray zone, and a range of a value indicating a defective product zone a value obtained from the input data belongs to. The range of the value indicating the gray zone is between the range of the value indicating the non-defective product zone and the range of the value indicating the defective product zone.
US12247826B2
A method of measuring lens shape of a spectacle lens, the method comprising: a) providing a spectacle lens on a surface; b) providing an image recording apparatus comprising a camera and a display; c) positioning the image recording apparatus so that the camera is largely parallel to the surface; d) capturing an image of the spectacle lens, the captured image comprising a total surface area of a camera-facing side of the spectacle lens; e) indicating positions of features of the spectacle lens in the captured image; and f) measuring a shape of the spectacle lens and determining image coordinates of the spectacle lens features.
US12247825B2
A subsidence monitoring system that employs an automated total monitoring stations (AMTS) in combination with a field-array of flush-mount prisms well-suited for monitoring settlement of roadways and other surfaces or structures. A method of installation of said field-array of flush-mount prism assemblies is also disclosed, along with tool for said installation.
US12247816B2
The present invention relates to a novel fireworks safety device. The device is an adjustable tool for securing fireworks in an upright position. The device comprises a square-shaped base component of wood or metal with openings on top to retain fireworks. The device also comprises a sliding tray component and at least one chamber to separate the sliding tray component away from other portions of the device. The sliding tray component slides to adjust to secure different sizes and amounts of fireworks. Further, the device is portable via an attached carrying strap for easy transportation.
US12247806B2
Bullet loading tips for muzzleloading firearms. The bullet loading tips include a stem, a platform, and a cushion. The platform is coupled to the stem. The cushion is coupled to the platform. The stem, the platform, and the cushion are complementarily configured with a barrel of the muzzleloading firearm to insert into the barrel with the cushion abutting a bullet disposed in the barrel. The bullet loading tip is configured to press the bullet down the barrel to a seated position at the end of the barrel when the bullet loading tip is urged down the barrel. The bullet loading tip is configured to apply pressure to the bullet in the seated position without deforming the bullet.
US12247805B2
A rotating lock lever assembly configured as an additional security feature for a holster and may be useable in combination with a first user actuable handgun retention mechanism and a second user actuable handgun retention mechanism. The rotating lock lever assembly may include a housing, a pivot portion pivotally mounted to the housing and an elongate member extending from the pivot portion. The elongate member may include a lever button portion and a blocking projection extending from the pivot portion. The blocking projection may have an engagement surface configured to engage with a protrusion portion of a thumb button of the second user actuable handgun retention mechanism when in the protrusion portion blocking position. The rotating lock lever assembly is configured for manual movement of the rotating lock lever assembly between a protrusion portion blocking position and a protrusion portion non-blocking position.
US12247803B1
A crossbow with an inertia brake cocking device preferably utilizes a one-way bearing to control rotation of the drive unit used to wind (take-up) an elongated connecting device. Functional properties of an inertia brake mechanism (IBM) are well known. In its simplest form, an IBM has at least a first plate floating within a cavity, the first plate having a protrusion along an edge, and the cavity having recesses radially about its perimeter. Under controlled rotation in either direction, the IBM allows for the unrestricted rotation of the mechanism to which it is coupled. If the IBM senses a rapid acceleration of the spool, inertia moves the plate to engage a recess in the perimeter of the cavity, stopping uncontrolled rotation of the spool.
US12247799B1
A barrel system for a paintball gun allows a user to quickly change the magna porting size of the barrel without the need to switch the barrel. A peg is located on an outer surface of the barrel as is a first port. A barrel tip has a second port aligned with a first channel and a third port of a different size relative to the second port, the third port aligned with a second channel. The barrel is received within the barrel tip so that the peg is either received within the first channel and thereby overlaying the second port with the first port, or the peg is received within the second channel and thereby overlaying the third port with the first port. An additional of port of yet another size as well as a null port may be provided, each with its own aligned channel.
US12247798B1
A firearm activation and monitoring system which tracks, monitors, and automatically prevents a firearm from firing when a user is not in a suitable state of mind or is not an authorized user, as well as a method for activating and monitoring a firearm. The firearm activation and monitoring system generally comprises a firearm having a trigger and grip area, a plurality of biometric sensors located on the grip area which measure biometric data of a user, a trigger interlock, and a main microcontroller. The trigger interlock prevents the trigger from firing the firearm when the trigger interlock is in its normal or default position. To unlock the trigger, the user holds the grip area to activate the biometric sensors, and if the user is in an acceptable mental state, the main microcontroller will send an electrical signal to the trigger interlock, which unlocks the trigger and allows the user to pull the trigger of the firearm.
US12247796B2
A system for removing or reducing the accumulation of fouling deposits within furnaces and heat exchangers in industrial systems by introducing a periodic steam blast. The steam blast is directed into the process stream from which fouling deposits precipitate onto the heat exchanger surfaces. The steam blast increases the flow rates, creates turbulence and increases the temperature within the heat exchanger to dislodge foulant in both soft and hardened states from internal surfaces upon which foulants have adhered and accumulated.
US12247794B2
A liquid cooling distribution system can be installed to an information technology (IT) rack to deliver and distribute fluid to IT equipment. The liquid cooling system can include a fluid manifold and a container that is arranged to capture a fluid that leaks from the fluid manifold. A first fluid sensor can be arranged to detect the fluid at a first position in the container. A controller can be configured to reduce a flow of the fluid into the fluid manifold and pump out fluid from the fluid manifold, in response to the fluid in the container being detected at the first position. Further remedial measure can be taken based on various detected leak scenarios.
US12247784B2
The present invention includes a spray drying disposable device for use in a spray drying system. The disposable has a spray drying head and a plasma drying chamber. The head has a spray dry nozzle assembly in fluid communication with the plasma source and the pressurized aerosol gas source. The pressurized gas flows in a vortex pattern that atomizes plasma droplets in the chamber. The head also includes a plenum has uniform air pressure of the drying gas. A baffle plate forms the floor of the plenum having drying gas jets that supply drying gas to the chamber. The atomized plasma droplets evaporate in the presence of the drying gas emitted to from the jets to obtain dried plasma particles and humid air. A capture filter captures the dried plasma particles and allows the humid air to pass. The humid air passes through the gas outlet and the exhaust port.
US12247783B2
A nitrogen liquefier configured to be integrated with an argon and nitrogen producing cryogenic air separation unit and method of nitrogen liquefaction are provided. The integrated nitrogen liquefier and associated methods may be operated in at least three distinct modes including: (i) a nil liquid nitrogen mode; (ii) a low liquid nitrogen mode; and (iii) a high liquid nitrogen mode. The present systems and methods are further characterized in an oxygen enriched stream from the lower pressure column of the air separation unit is an oxygen enriched condensing medium used in the argon condenser.
US12247777B2
A refrigerator and a glass door thereof. The glass door of the refrigerator comprises a glass plate body and an outer frame; the outer frame is configured to be hinged to a refrigerator body or a door body of the refrigerator; the outer frame extends along the edge of the glass plate body and is fixedly connected to the edge of the glass plate body; and the outer frame covers part of the edge of the glass plate body. The glass door has a lighter weight and a better appearance, and causes the overall thickness of the refrigerator having a composite door structure to be reduced.
US12247776B2
A vacuum-insulated door comprises a door skin having a perimeter defined by a top edge, a pair of side edges, and a bottom edge spaced from the top edge by the pair of side edges. A vacuum-insulated cell is located in the vacuum-insulated door. A frame assembly includes a top bracket coupled to the top edge, a bottom bracket coupled to the bottom edge, and at least one top hinge pin connected to the top bracket and at least one bottom hinge pin connected to the bottom bracket. The at least one top hinge pin and the at least one bottom hinge pin are configured to connect to a hinge assembly of a cooling appliance.
US12247764B2
A solar tracking system includes a database to store data associated with a solar field comprising physical location parameters of each of a set of solar panels. The physical location parameters can include a relative row-to-row height and spacing of the solar panels. The system also includes a parameter aggregation tool to aggregate the physical location parameters to generate aggregate time-based output power data associated with the solar field based on geolocation data associated with the solar field. The system also includes a solar tracking tool to generate a solar tracking control scheme for the solar field based on the aggregate time-based output power data, the geolocation data associated with the solar field, and a row-to-row backtracking constraint. The set of solar panels of the solar field can implement solar tracking based on the solar tracking scheme.
US12247762B2
An air guide structure is disposed between an axial flow fan and a heating body. The air guide structure includes a frame body and at least three air guide vanes, and the air guide vanes are arranged in an annular array on the frame body. A curved surface or multiple planar surfaces are provided between an air guide vane leading edge and an air guide vane trailing edge for transition between the air guide vane leading edge and the air guide vane trailing edge, the air guide vane leading edge is parallel to an incoming flow direction of the axial flow fan, and the air guide vane trailing edge is parallel to an air outlet channel of the heating body. A fan heater includes an axial flow fan, a heating body, and the air guide structure.
US12247756B2
The disclosure provides a method for controlling air conditioner temperature. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring the operating mode of an air conditioner at the current moment, wherein the operating mode comprises refrigerating mode and heating mode; acquiring the historical duration of operation of the air conditioner in the operating mode; judging whether the historical duration is greater than the first set duration or not; and if so, setting the current operating temperature of the air conditioner based on the set operating temperature and the optimal reference temperature of the air conditioner at the first specified historical moment. The method has the advantages that the current operating temperature can be set according to the historical operating temperature of the air conditioner, and body feeling delay caused by the fact that a user has to manually set the temperature is avoided.
US12247750B2
The window air conditioning and heating unit controls the environmental conditions within a room of a building. The window air conditioning and heating unit mounts in a window of the room. The window air conditioning and heating unit measures and monitors the temperature of and the humidity in the air in the room. The window air conditioning and heating unit comprises an environmental control structure, a control circuit, and a housing. The environmental control structure provides the heat and mass transfer capabilities required to control the temperature and humidity within the room. The control circuit controls and powers the operation of the environmental control structure. The environmental control structure and the control circuit are contained in the housing.
US12247740B2
A fuel injector has a body extending in an axial direction. The body includes: an axial passage formed so as to extend in the axial direction; a radial passage formed so as to communicate at one end with the axial passage and to open at another end to an outer surface of the body; and an internal passage including a first opening and a second opening open to the outer surface, and formed so as to extend inside the body from the first opening to the second opening. The first opening and the second opening are located opposite to each other across a third opening, through which the radial passage opens to the outer surface, in a circumferential direction centered on an axis of the body.
US12247737B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a fire starter tool is provided and includes a hollow case body having an open end and a closed end, a support platform disposed linearly from the closed end of the case body, an arcuate spark tunnel disposed on the end of the support platform the spark tunnel having a first open end facing the support platform and a second open end facing downward, a spark rod mounted to the support platform between the closed end of the case body and the first open end of the spark tunnel, a striker plate contained within the case body, and a cap for closing the open end of the case body.
US12247732B2
A steam boiler liquid separator having a plurality of liquid separator segments connected together to form a shaft disposed inside a pipe section, with swirl vanes disposed around the shaft. The liquid separator segments each include a shaft segment connected to a pipe segment by a swirl vane such that the shaft segment is disposed radially inward from the pipe segment.
US12247724B2
An illumination device includes an elongated flexible body having a first end connected to a second end via a flexible connecting body and an illumination portion coupled to the first end and a coupling portion coupled to the second end, wherein the illumination portion includes one or more illuminating sources and a first magnetic component housed within the illumination portion, the coupling portion includes a second magnetic component housed within the coupling portion, and the flexible connecting body is capable of folding such that the illumination portion and the coupling portion axially align and the first magnetic component magnetically couples to the second magnetic component.
US12247720B2
A light emitting device is switchable in a first state and a second state. The light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements for emitting lights and an optical element. The optical element is configured to guide the emitting lights generating from the light emitting elements. In the first state, the light emitting device has an output light, a first intensity of the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of 0°, a second intensity of the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of θ2 and an azimuth angle of Φ2, and a ratio of the second intensity to the first intensity is less than or equal to 0.1, wherein θ2 ranges from 35° to 55°, and Φ2 ranges from 0° to 28° or from 152° to 180°.
US12247715B2
A cooling module includes a cooling element having a closed central part and heat-conducting elements on two sides of the central part, as well as a feeding apparatus for air. The feeding apparatus is designed as an integrated twin fan which, on the one hand, feeds ambient air from one side of the central part and, on the other hand, feeds ambient air from the other side of the central part to the cooling element.
US12247710B2
A light source includes a plurality of light-transmissive members and a plurality of light emitting elements. Upper surfaces of the light-transmissive members are flush with each other. The light-transmissive members include a plurality of first light-transmissive members arranged to form a rectangular shape as a whole in a plan view, and a plurality of second light-transmissive members arranged in a rectangular frame shape as a whole surrounding the first light-transmissive members in the plan view. Each of the second light-transmissive members is smaller than each of the first light-transmissive members in the plan view. The light emitting elements are arranged under the first light-transmissive members with none of the light emitting elements being arranged under the second light-transmissive members.
US12247704B2
A fluid storage container includes an inner vessel part having a first interior space (S1) for storing a fluid, an outer vessel part having a second interior space (S2) that accommodates the inner vessel part and spaced apart from the inner vessel part outwards, and a suspension part provided between the inner vessel part and the outer vessel part, one side of which contacts the inner vessel part, and an opposite side of which contacts the outer vessel part. The suspension part includes an inner member, one end of which is coupled to the inner vessel part and which extends from the one end thereof outwards, and an outer member, one end of which is coupled to the outer vessel part, which extends from the one side thereof inwards, and coupled to the inner member. The outer member is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity that is lower than that of the inner member.
US12247693B2
A monitor mounting system which includes a crossbar having at least one monitor mounting bracket positioned thereon. A support arm is configured to adjust the vertical height of the crossbar and a pivot assembly is positioned between the support arm and the crossbar, with the pivot assembly configured to allow limited pivot adjustment of the crossbar in order to level the crossbar to the horizontal position.
US12247692B2
A monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks.
US12247686B2
A method and apparatus for locating respective end regions of wires of an armour layer of a segment of flexible pipe body at a respective desired positions in an end fitting, and apparatus for terminating a segment of flexible pipe body in an end fitting are disclosed. The method comprises providing an annular element radially around an exposed region of an armour layer, of flexible pipe body, that comprises a plurality of wires; locating the annular element against a terminal end of a first collar member disposed radially around the armour layer; bending the wires away from a longitudinal axis of the flexible pipe body against a guiding surface of the annular element, at a predetermined location; urging the annular element away from the first collar member in a first direction; and gripping the wires between an abutment region of the guiding surface and a cooperating abutment surface of a further collar member thereby locating respective end regions of the wires at respective desired positions in an end fitting.
US12247681B1
The adapter assembly extends outward from an inner structure such as an outer barrel or nipple base to attach the inner structure to a housing such as a bowl. Each sized inner structure fits a specified bowl for attachment of the inner structure to the bowl. The adapter assembly extends outward from the inner structure to fit one of the available sizes needed for attachment to the bowl. The adapter assembly is characterized by a first attachment body and a second attachment body. The adapter assembly attaches to the exterior of the inner structure to increase the surface exterior of the outer surface for attachment of the inner structure to the bowl.
US12247672B2
Disclosed herein are components, systems, and methods to improve performance and maintenance of high-pressure fluid systems, such as waterjet cutting systems. Specifically, embodiments of a valve cartridge are disclosed that include a pre-assembled body such that the valve cartridge is able to be inserted into a valve body of a valve assembly without the need for additional assembly or adjustment of the components of the valve cartridge, for example the poppet assembly of the valve cartridge.
US12247669B2
A valve for a well system including a valve housing including a first housing port, a second housing port, and a bore, a piston received in the bore and including a first end, a second end, and an annular flange including a first annular surface and a second annular surface both of which are in fluid communication with the second housing port, a piston seal disposed in the outer surface of the piston and in sealing engagement with an inner surface of the bore, and a cage assembly that includes a cage including a bore, a first cage port, a second cage port, and a third cage port, and a spool disposed in the cage and coupled to the piston, the spool including a throughbore.
US12247668B2
The present disclosure provides a switching valve which includes a valve body provided with a water inlet channel, a first water outlet, and a second water outlet, wherein the valve body is internally provided with a first water outlet chamber and a second water outlet chamber; a driving component having a plug end, wherein the driving component is slidably connected between the first water outlet chamber and the second water outlet chamber; a reset component configured to control the driving component to return to a position where the plug end contacts the end portion of the side wall of the second water outlet chamber, such that the valve body is automatically switched from the second water outlet state to the first water outlet state. After the use of the second water outlet state, the driving rod is controlled to automatically return to the first water outlet state.
US12247666B2
A sliding component capable of maintaining high lubricity for a long period of time by efficiently using a liquid supplied between sliding surfaces is provided. An annular recess portion opening radially over the entire circumference is formed on an inner radial side or an outer radial side of at least one of a pair of sliding surfaces of the sliding component and a supply groove communicating with the annular recess portion and extending radially on the sliding surfaces is formed on at least one of the pair of sliding surfaces.
US12247664B2
A sealing arrangement having a rod seal for sealing a cavity for a flowable medium in the region of a rod includes an output apparatus for discharging the flowable medium. The rod is movably supported in a housing to be displaced in an axial direction. The housing has a bearing portion, wherein the rod seal is supported in a fixed manner and wherein the rod extends through the bearing portion and the rod seal so that a first rod portion and a second rod portion are arranged at different sides of the bearing portion. The first rod portion is located at a side facing the cavity and the second rod portion is located at a side facing away from the cavity. The rod seal is arranged at the side of the bearing portion facing the first rod portion and has a first sealing lip and a second sealing lip that are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction and circumferentially contact the rod. The bearing portion facing the cavity has a discharge structure having a support face which circumferentially surrounds the rod. The rod seal is in abutment with the support face and the support face has a diameter which increases in the direction of the second rod portion.
US12247656B1
A torque converter management system includes a torque converter having a clutch and a torus. The torque converter management system includes memory hardware that stores instructions, that, when executed on data processing hardware of the system, cause the system to perform operations for protecting the torque converter. The operations include receiving torque converter temperature associated with the torque converter. The operations further include obtaining a torque converter protection schedule including one or more torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures each having an associated torque converter protective action and determining whether the torque converter temperature(s) exceeds a first one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures. When the first torque converter temperature exceeds the first one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures, the system initiates a first torque converter protective action associated with the exceeded first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature.
US12247655B2
The present disclosure relates to a working fluid stabilization device for an agricultural work vehicle, the working fluid stabilization device including: a case configured such that a working fluid is accommodated therein; a gear part disposed inside the case; a suction part formed in the bottom of the case, and connected to a suction pipe; and a baffle means disposed inside the case, and configured to alleviate the introduction of bubbles in the working fluid, generated by the rotation of the gear part, into the suction part. According to the present invention, there is an effect of preventing or alleviating the introduction of bubbles into the suction part of a transmission device.
US12247647B2
A table device includes a ball screw including a male screw member extending in an axial direction and a female screw member meshing with the male screw member and movable in the axial direction according to rotation of the male screw member, a slide device that movably supports the female screw member, and a fixing member to which the slide device is fixed. The fixing member includes a first wall section extending in a first direction and a second wall section extending in a second direction crossing the first direction in a cross section including an axis of the male screw member.
US12247642B2
The present application relates to one-motor-duel-drive synchronous drive device. The drive device includes: a housing, wherein the housing is hollow, a telescopic mechanism is connected to the housing, the telescopic mechanism includes a screw rod, and one end of the screw rod extends into the housing; a transmission mechanism, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises a first transmission component rotatably connected to an inner wall of the housing, a second transmission component is fixedly connected to the screw rod, and the first transmission component and the second transmission component are staggered gears engaged with each other; a linkage lever provided between the housings, wherein two ends of the linkage lever are connected to the first transmission component, respectively; and a drive mechanism configured to act on the linkage lever to rotate the linkage lever.
US12247641B2
An automotive intermediate shaft transmission arrangement includes a rotatably and floatingly supported intermediate shaft body which supports an external input toothing and an external output toothing rotationally fixed. The input toothing is oppositely angled with respect to the output toothing so that the resulting axial forces act in opposite directions with respect to each other. The intermediate shaft body is exclusively supported by a plurality of floating radial rolling bearings. Two longitudinal ends of the intermediate shaft body are respectively axially supported by an axial bearing.
US12247640B2
A chain binder to connect and apply tension to chains, straps, or the like used to secure cargo on any type of platform or vehicle. The chain binder includes a lever body; a first side portion; a second side portion; and gears that effectuate two modes of operation. Namely, a power driven mode of operation or a manual lever mode of operation. Rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, toward each other to place tension in the chains or strap. Opposite rotations of the gears causes hooks or connectors, via movement of eye-bolts, away from each other to relax the chains or strap. If components are damages during use, they may be replaced on an as-needed basis to reduce operational cost of the chain binder since the entire binder does not need replaced when only one component fails or is damaged.
US12247639B2
A toothed belt includes: a back portion; at least one tension member embedded in the back portion; tooth portions arranged at a predetermined interval along a belt longitudinal direction on one surface of the back portion; and a tooth cloth covering a surface of the tooth portion and a part of the one surface of the back portion, in which the at least one tension member is a twisted cord including a high-strength glass fiber filament, a tooth pitch, a diameter of the at least one tension member, and a ratio of a thickness of the back portion to a thickness of the toothed belt are in a specific range, the tooth portion is constituted of a rubber composition, a hardness of the rubber composition at 23° C. is 73° or more and 83° or less, and the tooth portion has a specific shape.
US12247638B2
A fluid pressure shock absorber includes a piston connected to an end of a piston rod and slidably moving inside a cylinder tube and dividing the cylinder tube into a piston-side chamber and a rod-side chamber, a rod internal space formed inside the piston rod, a first communication passage communicating the rod-side chamber with the rod internal space, a second communication passage formed in the piston and communicating the piston-side chamber with the rod internal space, and a restrictor provided in the second communication passage to apply a resistance to a flow of a working fluid passing through the second communication passage.
US12247637B2
A fluid-damped valve comprises a body defining an internal cavity having an inlet for ingress of a fluid and an outlet for egress of the fluid, and a closure member having a narrowed end portion. The closure member is movably disposed within the internal cavity intermediate the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The valve includes a seat configured to sealingly receive the closure member. The seat defines a constricted portion of the internal cavity configured to non-sealingly receive the narrowed end portion and damp the flow of the fluid through the fluid-damped valve.
US12247636B2
A torsional vibration damper or torsional vibration absorber has a rotating system with: a primary mass, which is arranged on a rotatable shaft, for example on a crankshaft of an engine, in particular of an internal combustion engine, and preferably can be fastened for conjoint rotation; a secondary mass, which is movable relative to the primary mass; and an assembly for vibration damping and/or vibration absorption of the relative movement between the primary mass and the secondary mass. The assembly for vibration damping and/or vibration absorption of the relative movement between the primary mass and the secondary mass has at least one accumulator inside the rotating system of the torsional vibration damper or torsional vibration absorber.
US12247635B2
Torque is applied to an inner member of a torsional coupling. The first stage (low torque) has a bonded part in series with a set of compression style coil springs. The torsional stiffness of the bonded part is approximately 25% of the resulting torsional stiffness provided by the coil springs. In the second stage (high torque), tangs on the inner member engage with a sprocket plate, transferring torque to the coil springs. The coil springs are held in place by a unique geometry on the sprocket plate and spring holders, which prevent metal-to-metal contact between the coil springs and upper and lower housing portions of the torsional coupling. Surface effect damping occurs at very high torques when the rubber molded around the tangs on the inner member rub on bumps formed on the lower housing portion. A thrust bearing reacts axial forces and eliminates metal-to-metal contact.
US12247634B2
A device for mounting a load to a carrier is described. The device includes a first support configured for fixation to the carrier; a second support configured for fixation to the load. The first and second supports are spaced away from each other viewed along a main load bearing axis of the device. The device further includes an outer shell extending along the main load bearing axis, and an inner member that is within the outer shell. The device includes a damping material connecting the inner member to at least the outer shell, wherein one of the outer shell and the inner member connects the first support and the second support to each other.
US12247626B2
A driveline assembly for use with a well-servicing pump system is disclosed. The driveline assembly comprises a stub shaft attachable to one of a pump or a motor, a flange shaft attachable to the other of the pump or the motor, and a coupling assembly comprising a drive-transfer cylinder and a spring-loaded locking sleeve. In a drivingly-engaged position, rotary drive motion of the motor is transferred to the pump. In an unlocked position, the locking sleeve allows the drive-transfer cylinder to move axially from the drivingly-engaged position where the drive-transfer cylinder connects and transfers rotary drive between the flange shaft and the stub shaft to the drivingly-disengaged position where the drive-transfer sleeve disconnects and allows relative rotation between the flange shaft and the stub shaft. In a locked position, the locking sleeve locks the drive-transfer cylinder in one of either the drivingly-engaged position or the drivingly-disengaged position.
US12247613B2
A ball spline having reinforcement bush parts includes a spline shaft having concave track grooves formed to extend along the longitudinal direction thereof; a nut part in which the spline shaft is inserted and movable along the longitudinal direction thereof; and a plurality of balls provided between the nut part and the spline shaft to circulate, wherein: the nut part includes a nut which is a hollow body where the spline shaft is inserted, and retainers which are hollow bodies which are provided at longitudinally opposite sides of the nut and into which the spline shaft is inserted; two spline parts and two reinforcement bush parts are provided at the nut part; some of the balls circulate and move between a track groove and a load track groove and along a no-load circulation part; and the remainder of the balls roll circulate and move along the reinforcement bush parts.
US12247605B2
A blind fastener is disclosed having a head, a shaft with a tail, a tail of the blind fastener including the tail of the shaft and a sleeve surrounding the tail of the shaft, and a barrier secured to the tail of the blind fastener. The sleeve is configured to expand away from the tail of the shaft to form an expanded sleeve which is forced against a face of a workpiece to clamp the workpiece between the head and the expanded sleeve. The barrier is configured to be forced against the face of the workpiece to form a sealed cover around the tail of the blind fastener.
US12247598B2
A mounting bracket for connecting two objects to one another. The mounting bracket includes an elongate protruding tongue element configured to be inserted in a cylindrical recess in one of the objects. The tongue element has one recess contacting side. A cross section of the tongue element on the recess contacting side is a circle sector with a radius, the other side of the tongue element being adapted to engage with a locking device. The locking device includes a cylinder and a lever connected to the cylinder. The cylinder is configured to be arranged in the recess adjacent the tongue element. The cylinder is configured to act as a cam when the cylinder is turned about its axis in the recess using the lever such that the cylinder is turned from a mounting position to a locking position in which a part of the locking surface pushes the tongue element such that the recess contacting side of the tongue element is in a pressing fit against the side of the recess.
US12247594B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes, a servo configured to control a position of a valve, a driver operatively connected to control movement of the servo, a control module operatively connected to control the driver, can configured to control the driver with pulse width modulated output to control a frequency of a generator through movement of the servo.
US12247593B2
A solenoid valve manifold (10) includes a connector member (70) that is formed by integrating a base portion (71) with a first connector portion (80) configured to electrically connect a first conductive member (52) to a circuit board (41) and a second connector portion (90) configured to electrically connect a second conductive member (62) to the circuit board (41). The base portion (71) has a through-hole (72). The base (30) includes two engagement projections (46). The base portion (71) is elastically deformable in a direction intersecting an insertion direction when the two engagement projections (46) are inserted into the through-hole (72). The connector member (70) is configured to be attached to the base (30) when a part of the base portion (71) around the through-hole (72) is engaged with the two engagement projections (46).
US12247590B2
The present invention relates to a hydraulic system for a hydraulically actuable work machine that comprises a switching valve block having a plurality of valve block inputs for a respective connection to a pressure output of one or more hydraulic fluid pumps; having a plurality of valve block outputs for outputting a pressurized hydraulic fluid; and having at least one valve that is arranged between valve block inputs and valve block outputs and that is adapted to selectively produce a fluid connection between a first valve block input and a first valve block output or between the first valve block input and a second valve block output; a plurality of pressure sources, preferably a plurality of separately controllable pressure sources of which each one is connected to a respective valve block input; and a plurality of hydraulic consumers of which each one is connected to a respective valve block output. The system is characterized in that the first valve block output furthermore already has a fixed fluid connection, preferably a fixed exclusive fluid connection, to a second valve block input and in that the steering is connected to the first valve block output.
US12247581B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an interface for a fan that includes a first bracket coupled to the fan, where the fan is configured to direct a flow of air through an opening of a duct, and the opening comprises a central axis extending therethrough, a second bracket coupled to a frame surrounding the opening of the duct, where the first bracket and the second bracket are configured to surround the opening of the duct, the second bracket is configured to support the first bracket, and the second bracket is partially radially within the first bracket relative to the central axis of the opening, and a gasket disposed between the first bracket and the second bracket, where the first bracket, the second bracket, and the gasket are configured to sealingly engage with one another without mechanical securement.
US12247576B2
An impeller includes: main vanes which are provided in a front stage section of a hub so as to connect an outer surface of the front stage section and an inner surface of a shroud, and are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub, wherein the main vanes generate an oblique flow of crude oil; and splitter vanes which are provided in a rear stage section of the hub so as to be connected to an outer surface of the rear stage section, and are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, wherein the splitter vanes generate an axial flow of the crude oil.
US12247570B2
The CPAP device includes a blower. The blower includes a motor and a blower fan rotatable by the motor. The motor includes a stator assembly including a plurality of coils arranged in a circumferential direction, and a rotor assembly including a permanent magnet and disposed in an inner side portion of the stator assembly in a radial direction. An output shaft is inserted into the rotor assembly. The output shaft rotates together with the rotor assembly. The blower fan is fixed to a tip end of one side of the output shaft. Part of the output shaft is inserted into an insertion hole provided at a center of the base. A plain bearing is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole and an outer peripheral surface of the output shaft.
US12247565B2
Disclosed is a hub and a bearing which cooperate to hold a shaft in steady axial alignment with a rotor. In a preferred embodiment, the shaft is coupled to the rotor of a fluid gear pump. The gear pump is located in a pump assembly between a front cover and a rear casing. A hub receiving pocket is formed in the front cover, and the hub is connected to the front cover for receipt within the hub receiving pocket. The bearing is surrounded by the hub such that the shaft runs through the bearing to be coupled to the rotor of the gear pump. A pair of high pressure seals are located within the hub at which to surround the shaft and prevent leakage. The bearing being surrounded by the hub stabilizes the shaft to minimize wobbling in response to axial and radial loads to which the shaft is subjected while rotating.
US12247559B2
A fluid control device includes: a first flat plate; a frame disposed outside an outer peripheral end of the first flat plate via openings; a connection member connecting the first flat plate and the frame; a plate member having through holes in a portion facing the first flat plate; and a valve member configured to rectify a fluid flow. An outer end of the valve member projects toward an outside of the outer peripheral end of the first flat plate. A portion of the valve member closer to an inner end thereof located closer to a center of the first flat plate is fixed to the first flat plate. The outer end of the valve member is not fixed. The valve member has a first portion closer to the outer end, and a second portion closer to an inner end of the first portion.
US12247558B2
An electric compressor including a rotary shaft, a compression part, an electric motor, an inverter circuit, a filter element disposed on an input side of the inverter circuit, the filter element including a capacitor connected in parallel to a direct current power source, a holder holding the filter element, a resistor having a lead portion electrically connected to the capacitor, and a housing having an inverter accommodation chamber in which the inverter circuit, the holder, and the capacitor are accommodated. The holder includes a metal plate having an internally threaded screw hole. The resistor is held by the holder with the metal plate interposed therebetween with a bolt screwed into the internal threaded screw hole. The holder is fixed to the housing. The holder is interposed between the lead portion and the housing. An insulating heat transfer member is interposed between the metal plate and the housing.
US12247556B2
A pump device having a pump piston (12) longitudinally movable in a pump housing (10), which pump piston is actuated by an actuating solenoid (14) to open an outlet valve (16) for discharging a fluid during a delivery stroke. In a pump space (18) of the pump housing (10), during a suction stroke, the pump piston (12) generates a negative pressure and, upon passing over a control edge (20) delimiting the pump space (18), the piston establishes a fluid connection between a fluid inlet (22) in the pump housing (10) and the pump space (18). The pump space (18), under the negative pressure in the pump space (18), is filled resulting from a fluid flow along the outer circumference (24) of parts of the pump piston (12) toward the outlet valve (16). During the delivery stroke, this filling volume is discharged from the pump space (18) via the outlet valve (16).
US12247555B2
A pump system including a prevention mechanism for preventing excessive fluid temperature buildup of system fluid. The overheat prevention mechanism includes a thermally-responsive control component (130) made with a thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive control component is located in the pump system (112) such that the thermally-responsive material is in thermal communication with the system fluid for effecting a change in temperature of the thermally-responsive material. The thermally-responsive material is configured to have an activation temperature that is a predefined amount less than a maximum operating temperature of the system fluid. The thermally-responsive control component is configured to cooperate with a pump control mechanism in the system to decrease pump output pressure in response to the thermally-responsive material being heated by the fluid to a temperature that is equal to or greater than the activation temperature of the thermally-responsive material.
US12247553B1
A system for generating electricity and/or providing potable water. The system includes a subterranean shaft that extends into a geothermal reservoir and a volume of heat transfer fluid. Heat from the geothermal reservoir is transferred through a wall of the shaft and into the heat transfer fluid. The system includes a water intake conduit extending from the surface of the earth into the shaft interior. The water intake conduit includes proximal and distal ends and downward, return and upward portions. At least the return portion is positioned in the heat transfer fluid. Liquid water received through the proximal end of the water intake conduit moves downwardly along the downward portion and below the heat transfer fluid level. The liquid water is converted to steam via heat transfer from the heat transfer fluid through a wall of the water intake conduit. The steam moves upwardly along the upward portion of the water intake conduit and into the electrical generation stage, where electricity is generated.
US12247546B1
A fluid-turbine system has a yaw method that employs a unidirectional, functional passive-yaw system in combination with controlling-active and supporting-active yaw systems. The combination active and passive yaw system has a yaw pivot point that is laterally offset from the turbine's central axis. The system yaws the turbine into the fluid-flow direction and to an orientation perpendicular to the fluid stream, protecting the turbine in the event of excessive winds, loss of connection to grid power, or other system-protection modes.
US12247544B2
A nacelle for a wind turbine includes a nacelle roof and a first wind turbine component, wherein the nacelle roof is configured to cover the first wind turbine component, the nacelle roof including a first sliding section and a second sliding section, wherein the first sliding section and/or the second sliding section is configured to slide over at least a part of the surface of the nacelle roof, wherein the first sliding section and the second sliding section are moveable between a closed position, in which the first wind turbine component is covered by the nacelle roof, and an opened position, resulting in an opening of the nacelle roof through which the first wind turbine component is hoisted.
US12247533B2
The present disclosure prevents foreign matter such as particles composed of soot and hydrocarbons from entering an EGR passage. Thus, a foreign matter intrusion prevention structure includes: an internal-combustion engine; an intake manifold that introduces outside air into a cylinder of the internal-combustion engine; an exhaust manifold that collects exhaust gas discharged from the cylinder of the internal-combustion engine; an exhaust gas purifying device that is connected to the exhaust manifold through an exhaust duct; an exhaust gas recirculation device that sends a part of the exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold without passing the part of the exhaust gas through the exhaust gas purifying device; and an intrusion prevention net provided in a vicinity of an inlet from the exhaust manifold to the exhaust gas recirculation device.
US12247528B2
A deflector provided with a spoiler for a thrust reverser of an aircraft engine nacelle. The deflector, a lateral deflector or an orbital deflector, may be in an exhaust structure of a thrust reverser and comprises a deflector plate configured to act on an aerodynamic flow. The deflector plate has a concave upstream face and a convex downstream face, as well as an intake end and an exhaust end. The deflector is fitted with a spoiler rigidly connected to the exhaust end of the deflector plate and arranged transversely in relation to the deflector plate. The spoiler endowing the deflector with specific properties to act on the aerodynamic flow.
US12247524B2
A vehicle control system and a method of operating thereof may include determining a first ratio at which to operate a vehicle system at a first location along a route along which the vehicle system moves. The first ratio may be based on an amount of a first fuel of a first fuel source relative to an amount of a second fuel of a second fuel source. The vehicle system may be powered by one or more of the first or the second fuel sources. First operational settings at which to control the vehicle system may be determined based on the first ratio between the first and second fuel sources at the first location along the route. Operation of the vehicle system may be controlled according to the first operational settings to move the vehicle system according to the first ratio at the first location along the route.
US12247523B2
A device, and associated methods, for converting a fuel-injection engine, originally intended for use with a first fuel, allow the engine to operate with a different, second fuel (e.g., bioethanol, alone or mixed with unleaded fuel(s)). The device delivers an adapted injection signal to an injector based on an original injection signal (SI) received from an engine control unit. An analyzing, circuit includes a measuring circuit, to measure the SI; a detecting circuit, to detect an end time of the SI when the measured signal drops below an end threshold; and an updating circuit, to update a value of the end threshold, depending on the measured signal. A signal generator produces a complementary injection signal (SC) starting from the end time. A switching circuit transmits the SI to the injector, then delivers the SC to the injector. The SI and the SC together form the adapted injection signal.
US12247515B2
Presently disclosed is a power production plant that is operable to store and generate power. In a “charge mode” (when electricity price is low), an air separation unit (ASU) cools and liquefies ambient air into liquid oxygen (LOx), which is then stored in a storage vessel. In a “discharge mode” (when electrical price is high), the stored LOx is used by the power production plant to combust a fuel and form a combustion product stream that can be expanded in a turbine to generate power. The power production plant particularly can utilize carbon dioxide as a recycled, circulating or working fluid so that substantially all carbon dioxide produced in the power production can be captured.
US12247509B2
A catalyst temperature control apparatus includes: a calculation part calculating an amount of heat transfer obtained by adding together i) an amount of heat that transfers from a wall surface of a catalyst to exhaust based on an exhaust temperature, exhaust flow rate, and catalyst wall surface temperature of an upstream side of the catalyst, and ii) an amount of heat that transfers from the wall surface of the catalyst to the outside air around the catalyst based on the catalyst wall surface temperature, the outside air temperature, and a vehicle speed; and a heater control part causing a heater provided upstream of the catalyst to generate heat if an estimated catalyst wall surface temperature of the catalyst after a first predetermined time period, which has been estimated on the basis of the amount of heat transfer and the catalyst wall surface temperature, is lower than a threshold.
US12247508B2
In an approach to reduce nitrous oxide emissions using predictive urea dosing control, a route is determined. A set of target coverage fractions of ammonia is determined over a set of steps for the route, where the coverage fraction of ammonia is a ratio of stored ammonia to a maximum storage capacity of ammonia in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device. An actual coverage fraction of ammonia is determined for each step of the route. The actual coverage fraction of ammonia is compared to the target coverage fraction of ammonia for each step. The urea injection rate is adjusted based on a cost function.
US12247502B2
An internal-combustion engine has a plurality of cylinders each with two intake valves driven by respective pumping pistons operatively associated to cams of a camshaft, by respective hydraulic circuits. The hydraulic has its pressure chamber communicating with hydraulic actuators of the two intake valves, so that the two intake valves of each cylinder are controlled, via two different hydraulic circuits, by cams associated to two different cylinders. Each cam is configured to give rise to a cycle of opening and closing of each of the intake valves in an angular range of rotation of the crankshaft less than 180° such that, in each operating cycle of a cylinder, only the first intake valve initially opens and closes while the second intake valve remains closed, and then the second intake valve opens and closes while the first intake valve remains closed.
US12247500B2
A method is provided for the computer-aided open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the operation of an energy generation system. The method may include: creating a simulation model of the energy generation system; providing an efficiency calculation module that is designed to calculate the expected thermal and electrical efficiency of the energy generation system based on the created simulation model and using predefined operating parameters; applying a learning and/or optimization method to the provided efficiency calculation module using previously obtained known operating data of the energy generation system and/or based on simulation data obtained by the simulation model such that the operation of the energy generation system is optimized in terms of at least one thermal and/or electrical operating parameter in line with a target specification; creating a control strategy for the energy generation system on the basis of the trained efficiency calculation module; and operating the energy generation system using the created control strategy.
US12247499B2
A tail pipe (50) comprises: a pipe (51); an acoustic attenuator (61) that forms an acoustic space (Ss) on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51); and a cooling air jacket (65) that forms a cooling air space (Sa) isolated from the outer space (So), which is the space on the outer peripheral side of the pipe (51). The pipe (51) has: a first air flow path (56) that is formed between the outer peripheral surface (55o) and the inner peripheral surface (55i); and an acoustic hole (59) that penetrates from the acoustic space (Ss) to a combustion space (Sc), which is a space on the inner peripheral side of the pipe (51c). The first air flow path (56) has: an inlet (56i) that faces into the cooling air space (Sa) and guides the air in the cooling air space (Sa) into the first air flow path (56); and an outlet (56o) that faces into the acoustic space (Ss) and guides the air passing through the first air flow path (56) into the acoustic space (Ss).
US12247496B2
A gas turbine engine component includes a substrate having first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface, a plurality of holes extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface, the holes defined by a plurality of respective walls each extending from the first surface to the second surface, a metallic bond coat disposed on the first surface, and an aluminide coating disposed on the first surface, the second surface, and the walls. The metallic bond coat is disposed between the first surface and the aluminide coating and the walls are free of the metallic bond coat.
US12247494B2
An assembly including a turbine engine casing, in particular for an aircraft, the turbine engine casing including an annular or cylindrical radially outer shell, provided with a radially inner surface, and an aerody-namic treatment member including a plurality of grooves distributed in a circumferential direction. The radially outer shell includes a circumferential recess in which the aerodynamic treatment member is removably mounted, the treatment member extending along at least one angular sector and having a shape that matches that of the circumferential recess, the treatment member including a circumferential opening into which the plurality of grooves open.
US12247490B2
This shaft sealing device comprises: a housing that has a storage groove; a seal body stored in the storage groove; and a projected part that projects from one of the housing and the seal body toward the other in the storage groove in an axial direction. The seal body divides an annular space into a high-pressure region on a first side in the axial direction and a low-pressure region on a second side in the axial direction. The housing has a connection part that connects the low-pressure region with the inside of the storage groove. The projected part divides a portion between an opposite surface and a low-pressure-side lateral surface of the seal body into a first space on the radially outer side and a second space on the radially inner side. The connection part connects the first space with the low-pressure region.
US12247460B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to float valve assemblies. The float valve assembly comprises a float sub, a first float valve having an outer housing, and a second float valve having an outer housing. The outer housings of the first and second float valves are coupled together and disposed within the float sub in a stacked configuration.
US12247455B2
A wellhead assembly includes a wellhead housing, the wellhead housing including a lock screw receptacle. The wellhead assembly includes an outer nested wellhead component positioned within the wellhead housing, the outer nested wellhead component including a lock screw aperture. The wellhead assembly includes an inner nested wellhead component, the inner nested wellhead component including an inner receptacle. The wellhead assembly includes a nested lock screw. The nested lock screw includes an outer sleeve, the outer sleeve having external threads formed on an outer surface thereof, the outer sleeve threadedly coupled to the lock screw receptacle of the wellhead housing. The nested lock screw includes an inner lock screw, the inner lock screw positioned within and threadedly coupled to the outer sleeve, the inner lock screw passing through the lock screw aperture and engaging the inner receptacle.
US12247452B2
A pumping system includes a plurality of pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to a hydraulic fluid reservoir. The outlet is fluidly coupled to a control pod having a valve and a pair of sensors monitoring upstream and downstream pressures of the valve. The control pod is fluidly coupled to a subsea blowout preventer. A first motor is coupled to a first pump of the plurality of pumps and sets the first pump at a first predetermined pressure. A controller is coupled to and configured to control the first motor, thereby controlling the first pump. The pumping system is configured to: engage and disengage each pump independently; and de-stroke each pump to limit pressure to the valve, when a predetermined pressure for each pump is attained, thereby reducing fluid hammer at the control pod.
US12247449B2
A system for regulating a pump down operation may include a controller, a motor drive, a parameter estimation unit and a controller design unit. In examples, the controller may be configured to identify a difference between a downhole tension set-point to an actual downhole tension. The motor drive may be configured to adjust a line speed set point of the motor drive based at least in part on the difference from the controller to create an actual line speed from the motor drive to follow the downhole tension set-point. The parameter estimation unit may be configured to produce a fluid drag coefficient, a friction coefficient, and a line speed delay constant. The controller design unit may be configured to send one or more control gains to the controller based at least in part on the fluid drag coefficient, the friction coefficient, and the line speed delay constant.
US12247448B2
A modular system for analyzing drilled cuttings includes a sampler unit, a washer unit, an analysis unit, and a central processing unit. The sampler unit receives the drilled cuttings from a shale shaker disposed on a rig site that obtains the drilled cuttings. The washer unit removes debris from the drilled cuttings. The analysis unit determines lithological properties of the drilled cuttings. The packager unit packages the drilled cuttings. The central processing unit coordinates operations to process the drilled cuttings through each of the sampler unit, washer unit, analysis unit and packager unit. The central processing unit facilitates a processing link among the sampler unit, washer unit, analysis unit and packager unit so that the sampler unit, washer unit, analysis unit and packager unit are integrated to form the modular system.
US12247446B2
A rotary slips lift system for oilfield tubulars includes a movable base adapted to move between a first position and a second position where the first position is closer to a bowl in a drilling rig floor than the second position. The system further includes a lifting arm having a first end and a second end where the second end is pivotally coupled to the movable base and where the lifting arm has a first arm position and a second arm position. The system further includes a rotary slips where the rotary slips is removably coupled to the first end of the lifting arm and where the rotary slips is adapted to be in a first slips position when the lifting arm is in the first arm position and the movable base is in the first position.
US12247437B2
The invention is a sill pan system that can be targeted for commercial and/or multi-family use and that works with ADA compliant thresholds. Specifically, the sill pan system includes a left end segment that is configured to fit in the bottom left corner of a framed-in door opening. The system also includes a right end segment that is configured to fit in the bottom right corner of a framed-in door opening. The left and right end segments are joined together at single seam. The top face of the sill pan is sloped to ensure that water and moisture is routed from the interior side of a building.
US12247436B2
A security system for storing a number of valuables. The system includes a body for holding the number of valuables, a lid coupled to the body and being movable between a closed position corresponding to the number of valuables being stored, and an open position corresponding to the number of valuables being exposed. The system includes a locking mechanism having an unlocked state corresponding to the lid being movable between closed and open positions, and a locked state corresponding to the lid being maintained in the closed position, and an interface apparatus coupled to at least one of the body and the lid. Responsive to a wireless signal from a user input device, the interface apparatus causes the locking mechanism to be moved from the locked state to the unlocked state, allowing the lid to be moved to the open position and the number of valuables to be accessed.
US12247430B1
A gate opening apparatus for a door gate includes a housing, a motor, and a gear assembly. The gear assembly includes a gear rod and a driven member. The gear rod has one end connected to the motor without connecting through any clutching device, and another end extending toward a mounting portion of the housing. The driven member engages with the gear rod, in such a manner that when the gear rod is driven to rotate, the driven member is arranged to move along a longitudinal direction of the housing. The gate opening apparatus is arranged to be selectively operated between a power mode and a manual mode, wherein in the manual mode, the motor is cut off from electricity and is arranged to exert minimal mechanical resistance so that a user is able to manually move the door gate for opening or closing thereof.
US12247428B2
A method for adjusting an adjusting part of a vehicle including controlling by an electronic detection device configured to detect a potential obstacle in an adjustment path of the adjusting part based on at least one first measured value and generates at least one control signal. The method including storing and correlating, over a defined time period, at least one of a curve of the control signal the first measured value, and a curve of at least one second measured value changing significantly in response to a collision of the adjusting part and an obstacle for a subsequent plausibility check.
US12247427B2
A hinge for rotating a first object relative to a fixed second object. The hinge has left and right upper rear brackets coupled to a lower edge of the first object at the rear of the first object. Each of the left and right upper rear brackets has a pin coupled thereto. The hinge also has left and right lower rear brackets coupled to an upper edge of the second object at the rear of the second object. An arcuate slot is defined in a portion of the left and right lower rear brackets. The slot is sized and shaped such that at least a portion of the pin can be positioned in and can slidingly move through the slot.
US12247421B2
Security devices include a side panel movably coupled to an attachment mechanism and to a top panel. An extension side panel may be moveably coupled to the side panel and configured to adjust laterally inward and outward relative to the side panel. The side panel is positioned at least substantially transverse to the top panel with the extension side panel extending laterally outward from the side panel when in a secured position, and at least substantially parallel to the top panel with the at least one extension side panel positioned laterally inward and adjacent to the side panel when in a storage position. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US12247412B2
A wave generating foil for use in a wave pool is disclosed. The foil has an inner surface that extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge, and the inner surface also extends below and above the water line of the wave pool. The inner surface faces the shore of the wave pool and is constructed to be propelled along a travel line that defines a shore side and an opposite side. The inner surface has (1) a first section that extends away from the leading edge and runs substantially parallel to the travel line; and (2) a second section that extends away from the first section towards the opposite side.
US12247387B1
Protective covers made of protective material to prevent twisting and kinking of associated apparatus used for clearing obstructions in pipes or other cavities (the apparatus also commonly referred to as drain snakes) are disclosed. The cover bodies encircle the apparatus with an entry opening, closest point to the where the apparatus is coming from when the apparatus is moving toward the drain, and an exit opening, where the apparatus leaves the protective cover and moves toward or into the part being cleaned, which could be a drain, pipe or other part that material flows through. The entry and exit openings could be a section of the protective cover or they could be a separate attachable part. The protective cover body may have a handle, and may be rigid or flexible, with an option to have accordion like flexibility.
US12247384B2
A catch basin system includes a first conduit, a second conduit, a basin, and an access port. The first and second conduits are spaced-apart and are aligned along a first axis. The basin is disposed between the first and second conduits. The basin extends downward from the first and second conduits. The access port is aligned along a second axis, is disposed above the basin, is disposed between the first and second conduits, and extends upward from the first and second conduits. The access port is configured to provide access to the basin.
US12247383B1
A module that is useful for receiving stormwater when buried in permeable media comprises a base from which a plurality of columns extends upwardly, to support two or more different-elevation horizontal plates. Each plate has a plurality of holes, through each of which a column extends. The plates are secured to the columns at their respective elevations by self-acting engaging means comprising a latch, e.g. a peg extending radially from the column, and a mating receiver, e.g., an elastically deflectable plate having a hole that receives the peg. The angular orientation around the column of the self-acting engaging means varies with the plate elevation, so that for example, the first plate is only engageable at the first elevation and the second plate is only engageable at the second elevation. A module is assembled by lifting or lowering each plate along the column lengths until the plate becomes automatically engaged at the particular plate's predetermined elevation.
US12247372B2
A boom turret for a debris body. The boom turret includes an inlet defining an inlet axis and configured to couple to a hose. An outlet defining an outlet axis and configured to rotatably couple to the debris body. The inlet axis is substantially orthogonal to the outlet axis and a debris flow path is defined within the boom turret between the inlet and the outlet. A plate is disposed between the inlet and the outlet and has a surface at least partially defining the debris flow path through the boom turret. A nozzle is coupled to the plate and extends into the debris flow path. A pressure vessel is configured to hold a charge of pressurized fluid, and the pressure vessel is coupled in flow communication with the nozzle and selectively releases the charge of pressurized fluid through the nozzle to dislodge accumulated debris within the debris flow path.
US12247369B2
A wick drain shoe is configured to be connected to a free end of a length of wick drain material and driven by a mandrel of a wick drain insertion system. The wick drain shoe comprises a base portion and an extension portion secured to the base portion to define first and second shoe openings, an anchor portion, and a bearing portion. The wick drain material is connected to the wick drain shoe by inserting the free end through the first and second shoe openings such that the anchor portion and bearing portion engage the wick drain material when the wick drain material is under tension. The base portion is sized and dimensioned to engage the mandrel such that displacement of the mandrel in a first direction causes displacement of the wick drain shoe in the first direction.
US12247367B2
According to the present disclosure, methods and techniques for generating preferred concrete block products are provided. The methods and techniques involve providing addition of color to selected section within the blocks, as described herein, to generate enhancement effects. Typical applications involve spray applications for color pigment to visually distinct sections of the block on one or more decorative surfaces.
US12247366B2
The Utility Scale Hydro Pump (USHP) is a hydromechanical system that uses a water-moving vehicle in a uniquely configured water tower to generate hydropotential energy and electricity. The vehicle operates in a lower chamber of the water tower. An upper chamber in the water tower has two distinct compartments: a body chamber just above the lower chamber to hold water for the vehicle to pump, and a tall and slender head chamber for the head. Lifting the vehicle from the bottom of the lower chamber pushes up water in the upper chamber into an upper reservoir. As the vehicle is lifted, a void is generated in the lower chamber. The void in the lower chamber is filled with water from a lower reservoir. Releasing water from the upper reservoir operates a turbine generator to generate electricity. Hydro-discharge from a turbine generator is collected in the lower reservoir and recycled.
US12247357B2
Present embodiments relate to a tie plate dispenser which selectively changes the orientation of the tie plates being ejected, if needed. An actuator is used to flip the tie plate as it falls from an ejection location of the dispenser.
US12247350B2
This invention relates to a process and apparatus for dyeing of textiles, to an immobilized enzyme comprised in said apparatus required for carrying out the process, and to a method to produce enzymatically indigo and derivatives thereof.
US12247349B2
A method for producing a support for polyurethane-based imitation leather free of dimethylformamide or other solvents or water involves preparing a base. A two-component polyurethane layer is sprayed on the base which includes preparing a first component and a second component. The first and second components are combined to obtain a mixture, and the mixture is sprayed uniformly on the base forming the polyurethane layer. A backing is applied on the two-component polyurethane layer forming a support and the support is dried.
US12247325B2
A composite material includes biodegradable and/or renewable materials such as purified milk protein recovered as a byproduct in cheese making processes. The result is a material suitable for three-dimensional (3D) printing and extrusion based polymer processing, with improved properties but that is still environmentally friendly. Purified milk protein may be used to produce composite thermoplastic materials or resins. Additional chemical modification may improve the blending of purified milk protein.
US12247322B2
A process (100, 101) for the production of spunbonded nonwoven (1) and a device (200, 201) are shown, comprising an embossing pattern (10), wherein a spinning mass (2) is extruded through a plurality of nozzle holes of at least one spinneret (3, 30) to form filaments (4, 40) and the filaments (4, 40) are drawn by a drawing air stream (5, 50), in each case, in the extrusion direction, with the filaments (4, 40) being deposited on a perforated tray (7) of a conveying device (8) to form a spunbonded nonwoven (1). So as to allow an efficient, technically simple and inexpensive introduction of the embossing pattern into the spunbonded nonwoven, it is suggested that the perforated tray (7) has an embossing structure (9) with an embossing pattern (10), the filaments (4, 40) are pressed into the embossing structure (9) by the drawing air stream (5, 50) and the spunbonded nonwoven (1) thus formed is provided with the embossing pattern (10).
US12247317B2
Metal oxides and method for forming the method oxides are provided. The disclosed functional metal oxides are single crystalline or polycrystalline metal oxides, such as, for example, SrVO3, and have dimensions, phase purity, and crystalline quality previously unachievable. The disclosed methods include a combination of a gas atmosphere, vacuum sintering, and laser-based directional solidification of a seed rod in contact with a feed rod that is scalable for production quantities.
US12247316B2
A bipolar nanocomposite semiconductor (BNS) material in which electrons and holes are separately transported throughout the BNS volume via an interpenetrating plurality of networks, where some of the networks have one conductivity type and others have the opposite conductivity type. The interpenetrating networks can include one or more multiple nanocrystalline structures, metal and dielectric networks and are intimately connected to enable band-like transport of both electrons and holes throughout the material.
US12247311B2
Provided is a technique that ensures suppressed deterioration of plating quality of a substrate due to a process gas that remains on a lower surface of a membrane. A plating apparatus 1000 includes a plating tank 10 and a substrate holder 30. The plating tank includes an anode 11 arranged in an anode chamber 13. The substrate holder is arranged above the anode chamber and configured to hold a substrate Wf as a cathode. The anode has a cylindrical shape extending in a vertical direction. The plating apparatus further includes a gas accumulation portion 60 and a discharge mechanism 70. The gas accumulation portion is disposed in the anode chamber so as to have a space between the anode and the gas accumulation portion. The gas accumulation portion covers an upper end, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner peripheral surface of the anode to accumulate a process gas generated from the anode. The discharge mechanism is configured to discharge the process gas accumulated in the gas accumulation portion to outside of the plating tank.
US12247304B2
An electrochemical reaction device includes: a first reactor including a first room and a second room, the first room being configured to store a gas containing carbon dioxide or a first electrolytic solution containing carbon dioxide, and the second room being configured to store a second electrolytic solution containing water; a cathode disposed in the first room, the cathode being configured to reduce the carbon dioxide and thus produce a reduction product; an anode disposed in the second room, the anode being configured to oxidize the water and thus produce an oxidation product; a first pressure adjuster configured to adjust pressure in the first room; a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature in the first reactor to form a detection signal; and a controller configured to control the pressure adjuster in accordance with the detection signal from the temperature detector.
US12247298B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor wafer treatment liquid, the treatment liquid including at least one hypohalite ion, and at least one anion species selected from halate ion, halite ion and halide ion, wherein at least one of the anion species has a content of 0.30 mol/L or more and 6.00 mol/L or less relative to the treatment liquid.
US12247296B2
A member for a plasma processing device includes: an aluminum base material; and an oxide film formed on the aluminum base material and having a porous structure, the oxide film including a first oxide film formed on a surface of the aluminum base material, a second oxide film formed on the first oxide film, and a third oxide film formed on the second oxide film, wherein the first oxide film is harder than the second oxide film and the third oxide film, and a hole formed in each of the first oxide film, the second oxide film and the third oxide film is sealed.
US12247294B2
Device for solidifying a coating layer hot deposited on a wire, corresponding installation and method. The device comprises a cooling liquid injection chamber with a liquid inlet and a wire inlet, a cooling chamber with a liquid outlet and a wire outlet, and a partition arranged between the injection and cooling chambers, comprising a wire passage. It also has a conduit for separating the wire. The partition comprises channels fluidically connecting the injection chamber with the cooling chamber and leading into the center of the wire passage in an eccentric manner and being inclined forming an angle (α) with respect to a longitudinal direction. This directs a jet of cooling liquid on the wire in the direction from the injection chamber towards the cooling chamber.
US12247292B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for the electroless metallization of a target surface of at least one workpiece (5), having a vessel (10) to accommodate a metallization solution having an inlet (15) and an outlet (16) for the metallization solution, and a holder (20) for accommodating the at least one workpiece (5) and can be arranged within the vessel (10), wherein at least one diffuser plate (30) is provided between the at least one inlet (15) and the holder (20) and has a multitude of diffuser openings (35) spaced apart in a plane of a plate (E), and wherein a movement device (40) is provided, which can move the diffuser plate (30) in at least one spatial direction in the vessel (10). The present invention further relates to a method for the electroless metallization of the target surface of the at least one workpiece (5).
US12247277B2
A method for producing an aluminium alloy extrusion, consisting of an alloy with the composition ≤0.30% by weight of silicon, ≤0.40% by weight of iron, 0.01-1.1% by weight of manganese, ≤0.30% by weight of magnesium, ≤0.70% by weight of zinc, ≤0.35% by weight of chromium, ≤0.20% by weight of zirconium, ≤0.25% by weight of titanium, ≤0.20% by weight vanadium, ≤0.10% by weight of copper, up to 0.15% by weight of other impurities, each not greater than 0.03% by weight and the balance aluminium, the method comprising the steps casting the molten metal into extrusion billet a) subjecting the billet to a homogenization treatment at a holding temperature of 550 to 620° C. for 6 to 10 hours b) heating the billet to a temperature of 400 to 550° C. c) extruding the billet to a tube.
US12247274B2
A method of production of a cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet has the following steps: providing a cold rolled steel sheet with a composition including the following elements, expressed in percent by weight: 0.15%≤carbon≤0.6%, 4%≤manganese≤20%, 5%≤aluminum≤15%, 0≤silicon≤2%, aluminum+ silicon≥6.5%, a remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing; heating said cold rolled steel sheet up to a soaking temperature between 80° and 950° C. during less than 600 seconds, then cooling the sheet down to a temperature in a range of 600° C. to room temperature, reheating the steel sheet to a soaking temperature of 150° C. to 600° C. during 10 s to 250 h, then cooling the sheet.
US12247269B2
A method and apparatus for producing solid alloy components from its liquid state are provided. The molten alloy is rapidly cooled using a chill to temperatures below the thermosolutal transition temperature of the alloy. Finite-amplitude acoustic vibration is applied on the chill to shake off dendrites that form on the chill surface, to stir the slurry containing the fragments of dendrites, and to shake off slurry material that sticks on the surface of the chill as the chill is separating from the slurry. The slurry is then immediately poured into a chamber of a forming machine or a mold cavity shaped into solid components.
US12247264B2
A process for manufacturing a bimetallic part by means of a first component formed by a first aluminum alloy and a second component formed by a second aluminum alloy, said process involving: assembling the first component and the second component to obtain an assembled part; applying a thermal treatment to the assembled part at a temperature of 100 to 250° C., the thermal treatment causing the assembled part to deform, in particular as a result of a metallurgical deformation by a precipitation of hardening phases of the first component and/or the second component; cooling the part to ambient temperature, upon which the part remains deformed. The process involves, prior to the assembling step, an estimation of the degree of deformation that the assembled part will undergo under the effect of the thermal treatment.
US12247263B2
A steel sheet of the present invention is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and containing at least ferrite, residual austenite, and/or martensite in a microstructure, and furthermore, is a steel sheet in which, in a plane parallel to a rolled surface, an average distance between centers of high Mn regions adjacent to each other is 1.00 mm or less, a density DA of the high Mn regions at a sheet width center portion and a density DB of the high Mn regions at a ¼ position from a sheet width end portion satisfy a relationship of 0.77≤DA/DB≤1.30, a ratio of an average hardness of the high Mn regions to an average hardness of the low Mn regions is 1.1 to 2.0, and a difference between an average of a top 5% and an average of a bottom 5% of Mn contents in the low Mn regions is 0.3% or more.
US12247260B2
The present invention relates to scrap leather re use which is fully based on sustainable and the process of enhancing leather wastage and scrap into beautiful leather product. More particularly, the present invention relates to converting leather scrap into leather sheet with the help of glue. Further, the present invention effectively saves wastage of leather and save environment from the pollution.
US12247258B2
The present invention relates to an epigenetic method for identifying IPEX (immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked) syndrome and/or IPEX-like syndrome in a human subject using the methylation status of F0XP3 and a control gene specific for a CD4 and/or CD3 T cell. The method is used to distinguish IPEX from IPEX-like and from IPEX-unrelated disorders.
US12247256B2
A method of identifying a subject having Kawasaki disease (KD), which includes discriminating the subject from a subject having another condition, for example other infectious and inflammatory conditions, such as those that present similar symptoms to KD. Also provided is a minimal gene signature employed in the method, as well as primers, probes and gene chips for use in the method.
US12247246B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of TIR NADase activity, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same. The present invention is useful for inhibition of TIR-domain NADase activity and/or treating microbial infection and/or modulating microbial physiology.
US12247238B2
Monk fruit extracts containing mogrol glycosides such as mogroside V may be treated with enzymes under specific reaction conditions to shift distribution of the Siamenoside I reaction product. Modified enzymes are also employed to shift Siamenoside I distribution to increase yield of Siamenoside I and reduce reaction contaminants. Methods of purifying bioconversion reaction product are also described. Siamenoside I obtained using these methods is a useful sweetener and flavor enhancer for food and beverage compositions and the like.
US12247237B2
The present invention relates to polypeptide variants and methods for obtaining variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US12247232B2
Provided are ADAM9 modulating peptides and methods for using the same to modulate ADAM9 biological activities in vitro and/or in vivo, to inhibit ADAM9 biological activities associated with diseases or disorders in subjects, to decrease inflammation, and to inhibit undesirable cellular proliferation, fibrosis, and angiogenesis. In some embodiments, the ADAM9 modulating peptides include modifications of one or more amino acids of the human ADAM9 prodomain amino acid sequence, and in some embodiments the ADAM9 modulating peptides include other modifications such as but not limited to the addition of PEG groups.
US12247231B2
Systems comprising a first polynucleotide comprising a regulatory element operatively linked to an open reading frame encoding an invertase enzyme and a second polynucleotide comprising a repressible regulatory element operatively linked to an open reading frame encoding a glucose oxidase enzyme wherein the repressible element inhibits transcription in response to hydrogen peroxide are provided. Cells and compositions comprising a system of the invention, as well as methods using the system of the invention, are also provided, as is artificial honey.
US12247228B2
A method of non-covalently loading a plant picornavirus is described. The method includes contacting a plant picornavirus in solution with a molar excess of a cargo molecule to load the plant picornavirus with the cargo molecule, and then purifying the loaded plant picornavirus. Examples of cargo molecules include imaging agents, antitumor agents, and antiviral agents. Loaded plant picornaviruses prepared in this manner can be used to delivering cargo molecule to cells.
US12247219B2
The present invention relates to a method for inducing the differentiation of corneal epithelial cells from pluripotent stem cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for autonomously differentiating pluripotent stem cells, such as human iPS cells, into ectodermal cell lineage in a serum-free medium without using feeder cells and inducing the differentiation of the resultant ocular surface ectodermal lineage cells into corneal epithelial cells.
US12247218B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing expandable cultured brain cells. The brain cells are neurotrophic factor (NTF) positive. The expandable cultured brain cells are obtained by culturing a biopsy obtained from the cortical and/or subcortical brain region of a living subject. The biopsies can be obtained during neurosurgical procedures such as deep brain stimulation. The expandable cultured brain cells of the present invention are useful for the treatment of neurological diseases and other medical conditions.
US12247215B2
The present invention relates to a lysosomal protein composition comprising a plurality of lysosomal proteins that are potentially diversely glycosylated according to a glycosylation pattern, wherein said glycosylation pattern has at least 45% paucimannosidic N-glycans; a method of manufacturing the lysosomal protein composition in a bryophyte plant or cell, and medical and non-medical uses of the lysosomal protein composition. E.g. the lysosomal protein can be α-Galactosidase for the treatment of Fabry Disease or β-Glucoceramidase for the treatment of Gaucher's Disease. The unique glycosylation results in improved therapeutic efficacy—surprisingly even without mannose-6-phosphate that is common for CHO cell produced lysosomal proteins.
US12247211B2
Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.
US12247209B2
The present invention relates generally to genes and polypeptides which have utility in glycosylating quillaic acid in host cells, including enzymes capable of successive glycosylation at the C-3 position of quillaic acid. The invention further relates to systems, methods and products employing the same.
US12247206B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating an autoimmune disorder or a cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising: administering an effective amount of a composition comprising an oligonucleotide that specifically binds a complementary sequence of the Interleukin-7 receptor (IL7R) pre-mRNA that influences splicing of exon 6, wherein the SM-ASO increases or decreases inclusion of exon 6 in IL7R pre-mRNAs and respectively decreases or increases expression of the soluble isoform of IL7R (sIL7R). In certain embodiments, the oligonucleotide is an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), or a splice-modulating antisense oligonucleotide (SM-ASO).
US12247203B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The antisense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a seed region; the dsRNA comprises at least four 2′-fluoro modifications, and the sense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises ligand, wherein the ligand is an ASGPR ligand. Other aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA molecules suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA molecules, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
US12247201B2
The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with autosomal dominant RP, both ex vivo and in vivo; materials and methods for editing a RHO gene in a human cell; and materials and methods for editing a P23H mutation in a RHO gene in a human cell. In addition, the present application provides one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing a RHO gene; one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing a P23H mutation in a RHO gene; and a therapeutic comprising at least one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing a P23H mutation in a RHO gene. The present application provides a therapeutic for treating a patient with autosomal dominant RP. The present application provides a kit for treating a patient with autosomal dominant RP. In addition, the present application provides a self-inactivating CRISPR-Cas system.
US12247197B2
Systems and methods are provided for classifying microbial cells according to morphological features of microcolonies. A dark-field objective is employed to acquire a dark-field image of a microcolony during a microcolony growth phase that is characterized by phenotypic expression of microcolony morphological features which evolve with time and are differentiated among classes of microbial cell types. The dark-field image is processed to classify the microcolony according to two or more microbial cell types, such as Gram status and/or speciation. The dark-field objective may have a numerical aperture selected to facilitate the imaging of microcolony morphological features, residing, for example, between 0.15 and 0.35. A set of dark-field images of a microcolony may be collected during the microcolony growth phase and processed to classify the microcolony. Classification may be performed according to a temporal ordering of the dark-field images, for example, using a recurrent neural network.
US12247194B2
Nitrogen in a form suitable for feeding a population of microbes in a bioreactor is produced by reacting nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas to form ammonia plus an unreacted gas stream under conditions favorable to having little unreacted nitrogen gas in the unreacted gas stream. The ammonia, or a compound derived from the ammonia is fed to the microbes and the unreacted gas stream is optionally fed back into the reaction, or fed into the bioreactor. Oxygen can be produced, such as by electrolysis, and also provided to the microbes. Hydrogen from the electrolysis can be added to the hydrogen being reacted with nitrogen gas, and/or can be added to the bioreactor. Where nitrogen gas is produced from air separation, the residual gases can be another source of oxygen.
US12247189B1
The present disclosure generally relates to an alignment mount for electrode device used to measure transepithelial/transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) for cell culture models of endothelial and epithelial monolayers. The TEER electrode alignment mount includes a base having a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall shaped to fit within a culture tray chamber. An extension arm projects from a top wall of the base. A pair of through apertures are formed in the base on opposing sides of the arm to receive first and second electrodes therethrough, respectively. An optional adjustable sliding sleeve for changing the height of the arm can be selectively coupled to the extension arm.
US12247169B2
Described herein is a cost-effective and time-efficient method for producing photochromic contact lenses, in particular, preferably photochromic silicone hydrogel contact lenses, from a polymerizable composition comprising an unique selection and combination of main polymerizable components, a photochromic compound and a visible-light photoinitiator, based on the Lightstream Technology™. This invention also provides photochromic contact lenses or more preferably photochromic silicone hydrogel contact lenses made according to a method of the invention. A photochromic contact lens of the invention is capable of undergoing a reversible color change upon exposure to UV-irradiation or high-energy-violet light (HEVL) (with wavelengths from 380 nm to 440 nm).
US12247167B2
Provided are water-soluble polymers that may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. The water-soluble polymers may include a reaction product of a first monomer that has a vinyl-containing group linked to a pendant carbohydrate moiety; a second monomer that has a vinyl group, a carbonyl group and a nitrogen; an anionic monomer in a water-soluble anionic terpolymer; and a cationic monomer in a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. Further provided are aqueous solutions that may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer. Further provided are methods of use that may include introducing an aqueous solution into a formation such that the formation fractures, where the aqueous solution may include a water-soluble bipolymer, a water-soluble anionic terpolymer, and a water-soluble cationic terpolymer.
US12247163B2
Compositions, methods, and systems for treating a subterranean formation for carbon dioxide sequestration include introducing a ferrate(VI)-based hydraulic fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation. The ferrate(VI)-based hydraulic fracturing fluid comprises ferrate(VI) oxidizing agent having the formula M2FeO4, where M is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, and an aqueous carrier fluid. Reacting the ferrate(VI) oxidizing agent with a surface of the subterranean formation increases a pore volume of pores therein and interacting the ferrate(VI) oxidizing agent with carbon dioxide (CO2) sequesters the CO2 with the ferrate(VI) oxidizing agent within the pores.
US12247158B2
A method of producing a cementitious material includes combining a reaction mixture to form a slurry and curing the slurry to form the cementitious material. The reaction mixture may include a mineral mixture, an organic compound, and CO2. The mineral mixture may include calcium and the organic compound may be 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine, methyl salicylate, or both.
US12247157B2
Methods for cementing. An example method provides a cement composition comprising an aqueous fluid, a cement, and a cement retarder; wherein the cement retarder is a waste residue from a manufacturing process of a sweetener and comprises a sugar concentration of at least 40%, a Brix value of at least 60, a nitrogen-free extract concentration of at least 50%, a total solids concentration of at least 60%, a crude protein concentration less than 10%, a fat concentration less than 5%, a fiber concentration less than 5%, and an ash concentration less than 10%. The method also introduces the cement composition into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation and pumps the cement composition to a location within the wellbore, and allows the cement composition to set in the location.
US12247148B2
To provide a method for protecting a Low-E glass plate, the method being capable of preventing or inhibiting alteration of Low-E layers. Provided is a Low-E glass plate protection method. The protection method includes a step of applying a protective sheet to a surface of a Low-E glass plate having a Low-E layer comprising a zinc component. Here, the protective sheet has a PSA layer. The Low-E layer comprises a zinc component. The PSA layer includes an adsorbent capable of adsorbing ammonia.
US12247140B2
A slurry for polishing a carbon-containing silicon oxide, the slurry containing abrasive grains and a liquid medium, in which the abrasive grains include first particles and second particles in contact with the first particles, a particle size of the second particles is smaller than a particle size of the first particles, the first particles contain cerium oxide, and the second particles contain a cerium compound.
US12247139B1
A paint remover composition including (a) tetrahydrofuran (THF) at a sufficient concentration to remove paint; (b) a low vapor pressure (LVP) coupling co-solvent present at an effective amount to maintain miscibility of the single-phase paint remover composition and to remove paint; (c) an amine with a molar volume of <100 cm3/mol; and (d) water at a concentration of greater than 18 wt % of an overall concentration of the single-phase paint remover composition and the methods of making and using the same.
US12247124B2
A resin sheet is made using a resin composition containing a thermosetting component (A) and a thermally conductive filler (C). The thermosetting component (A) contains a maleimide resin. A thermal diffusion rate of the thermally cured resin sheet is 1.0×10−6 m2/s or more. When a cross section (P) of the resin sheet taken by cutting the resin sheet in a vertical direction to a surface of the resin sheet is observed in an area (P1), a condition represented by a numerical formula (F1) below is satisfied, the area (P1) being defined by a square whose sides are four times as large as a thickness of the resin sheet and including two surfaces of the resin sheet, 0.25≤Ld/Lt≤1 (F1) where Ld is a vertical length of a filler particle having a largest cross-sectional diameter in the vertical direction of the thermally conductive filler (C), and Lt is a length of the resin sheet.
US12247116B2
An antenna module is provided. The antenna module comprises a dielectric on which is disposed one or more antenna elements configured to transmit and/or receive a radiofrequency signal; a communication circuit for processing the radiofrequency signal; an interconnect member that is electrically connected with the communication circuit and the antenna elements, wherein the interconnect member optionally contains a substrate on which a metal coating is disposed; and optionally, a shield member covering the communication circuit that contains a substrate on which a metal coating is disposed. The dielectric, the substrate of the interconnect member, and/or the substrate of the shield member contain a polymer composition comprising silicate fibers distributed within a polymer matrix that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer.
US12247110B2
Provided is a polyolefin microporous membrane containing polyethylene, wherein the melting peak of nonrev. heat flow measured by a temperature-modulated DSC method at a temperature rise rate of 1° C./min of the polyolefin microporous membrane is within the range of 141.0° C. to 150.0° C.
US12247109B2
The present invention discloses a method of making a non-biodegradable flexible packaging substrate biodegradable. The method comprises the steps of (i) providing a substrate web from an unwind to a coating station (402), (ii) applying thin layer of uniform deposition of a curable coating on at least one surface of the substrate partially or completely by the coating station wherein the external surface of the substrate is essentially coated, (iii) curing the coating applied on the substrate web by a curing unit, and (iv) collecting the coated substrate web in roll at rewind. Further, the thickness of the thin layer of uniform deposition is in the range of 0.01 gsm to 10 gsm.
US12247107B2
Polymers useful for imparting flame resistance to fibers and textiles are provided herein. The polymers are water-soluble, phosphine oxide-containing polymers that may be reaction products of hydroxymethyl phosphonium salts or hydroxymethyl phosphines with linking monomers, wherein at least 20% of the phosphorous atoms of the polymer are present as phosphine oxides. Formulations including the polymers and methods of using the polymers to impart flame resistance to fibers and textiles are also disclosed.
US12247106B2
The present invention relates to an onium-functionalized siloxane having the general Formula (X) or (X-A) as defined herein; a method for preparing the onium-functionalized siloxane; and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12247099B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing particles of polyphenylene sulfide polymer (PPS), based on the use of a polyester polymer (PE) comprising units from a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component, wherein at least 2 mol. % of the diol component is a poly(alkylene glycol). The process comprises the melt-blending of the PPS with the PE, the cooling the blend and the recovery of the particles by dissolution of the PE into water. The present invention relates to PPS particles obtained therefrom and to the use of these particles in SLS 3D printing, coatings and toughening of thermoset resins.
US12247098B2
An illustrative embodiment of a manufactured surface component may be comprised of a textile material on a first face and an elastomer material on a second face, wherein said elastomer material is bonded to said textile material, wherein said manufactured surface component is substantially planarly configured, wherein an area of said first face and said second face is from about 0.04 square inches to about 4.0 square inches, wherein a thickness of said manufactured surface component is from about 0.3 mm to about 2.5 mm, and wherein said manufactured surface component is substantially free of any petrochemical-derived plastics, petrochemicals, and toxins.
US12247097B2
Epoxy curing agents are disclosed having an epoxy curing agent comprising at least one room temperature ionic liquid salt, the room temperature ionic liquid salt being a reaction product of (a) at least one polyalkylene polyamine compound represented by formula (I): wherein x, y, and z are integers of 2 and 3, m and n and integers of 1-3; and (b) an organic acid having pKa (the negative of the logarithm of the acid dissociation constant) less than 6. The liquid salt is a stable liquid at a temperature greater than 15° C. Curable epoxy-based compositions including the curing agent and articles formed by the curable epoxy-based compositions are also disclosed.
US12247093B2
A water-repellent composition containing (1) a polymer having 2-100 wt %, with respect to the polymer, of a repeating unit derived from an amide group-containing monomer (a) represented by the following formula [wherein R1 is an organic moiety having an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group, R2 is a C7-30 hydrocarbon group, and R3 is a C1-5 hydrocarbon group], (2) a co-agent containing at least one co-agent compound selected from the group consisting of a blocked isocyanate compound, a melamine resin, a silicone polymer, a wax, an acetylene-based emulsifier, and a polyoxyalkylene group-containing emulsifier, and (3) a liquid media. Preferably, the water-repellent composition includes no fluoroalkyl group-containing monomer, and preferably no fluorine-containing monomer. Also disclosed is a method for producing the water-repellent composition, a method for treating a substrate with the water-repellent composition, and a method for producing a treated textile product which includes treating a textile product with the water-repellent composition.
US12247085B2
Hybridoma cell line of secreting cyproheptadine monoclonal antibodies and preparation method thereof
A hybridoma cell line of secreting cyproheptadine monoclonal antibodies with a preservation number of CGMCC No. 14699 belongs to the field of food safety immunological detection. BALB/c mice are immunized through one time immunization with complete freund's adjuvant, three times of booster immunization with incomplete freund's adjuvant and one time of rush immunization with cyproheptadine complete antigen without adjuvant; the spleen cells from BALB/C mice immunized with high potency and low value of IC50 are fused with murine myeloma cells; and then the hybridoma cell line is obtained through indirect competitive ELISA screening and three sub-clones. The monoclonal antibody secreted by this cell line has good specificity and detection sensitivity to cyproheptadine (value of IC50 is 0.37 ng/ml), being suitable for detection of cyproheptadine in food.
US12247079B2
There are provided inter alia polypeptides capable of inhibiting IL-7 and/or L-TSLP binding to IL-7R (IL-7R), as well as to constructs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polypeptides.
US12247070B2
The present disclosure relates to the pharmaceutical use of antagonists (e.g., an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof) that specifically bind to FAM19A5 to treat an atherosclerosis in a subject in need thereof.
US12247063B2
Provided herein are peptide amphiphiles (PAs). In some embodiments, provided herein are targeting PAs comprising a PA backbone and a targeting moiety. In some embodiments, the peptide amphiphiles are assembled into nanofibers. In some embodiments, provided herein are cells coated with a targeting PA or a nanofiber comprising the same, and methods of use thereof.
US12247060B2
Provided herein are nucleic acid constructs, polypeptides and T cells related to antigen binding domains that bind to mutant calreticulin; and methods of use thereof for the treatment of diseases, including cancer.
US12247048B2
The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of cortexolone 17α-propionate, comprising a hydrolysis reaction of an ortho-ester of formula (III) in which R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, in the presence of a dilute solution of acetic acid. The present invention is also directed to a hydrated crystalline form of cortexolone 17α-propionate obtained by such process.
US12247042B2
A compound having a structure of Formula I In Formula I, M is Pd or Pt; each of X1 to X12 is independently C or N; ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; K1 and K2 are selected from a direct bond, O, S, and NR; L1 is an organic linker; Y1 is selected from O, S, BR, PR, Se and NRY; each R, RY, RA, RB, RC, and RD is hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents can be joined or fused to form a ring. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
US12247029B2
Compounds of the following formula: having defined substituents. The compounds can inhibit class II phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling and are useful for the treatment of a medical condition associated with defective PI3K signaling, such as myopathy, cancer, diabetes, thrombosis or cardiovascular disease.
US12247024B2
Provided herein is a process for the preparation of (R)—N-(5-(5-ethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, intermediates thereof, and salts of the foregoing.
US12247019B2
Disclosed herein are dihydroceramide desaturase 1 (Des1) inhibitor compounds and compositions, which are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as metabolic disorders, where inhibition of Des1 is expected to be therapeutic to a patient. Methods of inhibition of Des1 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
US12247018B2
A compound of formula (Ic) wherein X2 represents a —CO—NRk— group, wherein Rk represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a —NH—CO—NH— group, a —OCH2— group, a —CH(OH)— group, a —NH—CO— group, a —O— group, a —O—(CH2)s—O—, a —CO— group, a —SO2— group, a divalent 5-membered heteroaromatic ring comprising 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms, a —NH—SO2— or a —SO2—NH— group; Y2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a (C1-C4)alkoxy group, a a group, a group, a morpholinyl group, optionally substituted by a (C1-C4)alkyl group, a piperazinyl group, a piperidinyl group, or a —CR1R2R3 group, or any of its pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
US12247017B2
The present invention relates to uracilpyridines of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, process for preparation their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one uracil pyridine of formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
US12247010B2
Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment for various diseases, such as cancer. In one aspect, the method comprises the treatment of brain cancers or metastatic cancers that spread to the brain.
US12247000B2
A dehydrohalogenation product includes a hydrochlorofluorocarbon mixture of a fluoroolefin of formula RCX=CZQ and a halofluoroalkane of formula RCXYCZQT. R is a perfluorinated alkyl group and X, Z, and Q are independently H or halogen. One of Y and T is H and the other is Cl, Br, or I. About 80% or greater of the hydrochlorofluorocarbon mixture is the fluoroolefin. The dehydrohalogenation product also includes a caustic agent and a solvent. In some embodiments, the dehydrohalogenation product is free of any catalyst, including any phase transfer catalyst.
US12246997B1
Methods for manufacturing organic fertilizer and soil products from animal tissue and other biomass are disclosed, along with the fertilizer and soil products produced therefrom.
US12246991B1
A chemical processing method includes decomposing a metal carbonate in a first tube by exposure to a first quantity of heat, producing a metal oxide and carbon dioxide; and hydrating the metal oxide in a second tube concentric with the first, by exposure to steam, producing a metal hydroxide and a second quantity of heat. The partial pressure of the steam and/or of the carbon dioxide is controlled so that the hydration reaction occurs at a second temperature above a first temperature at which the decomposition reaction occurs. The inner one of the concentric tubes has an inner tube wall. At least some of the second quantity of heat flows from the second tube through the inner tube wall to the first tube, providing at least a part of the first quantity of heat.
US12246985B2
Scratch-resistant coatings, especially for cooktops, and substrates or products having said scratch-resistant coatings and methods for the production thereof are described herein. More particularly, scratch-resistant coatings obtained via sol-gel approach and coated substrates having thereon a hard material layer comprising metal nitride(s) and/or metal oxynitride complexes are described, as well as the manufacturing thereof.
US12246982B2
Described is a process for the production of synthetic fused silica in which the deposition surface is located for a period of at least 50% of the build-up time of the soot body at a burner distance in which the horizontally integrated luminous intensity of the flame of the burner used in the targetless state is still at least ⅔ of the maximum horizontally integrated luminous intensity of the flame.
US12246972B2
The present invention relates to a solid precipitation apparatus and a solid precipitation process, wherein said apparatus and said process, particularly when used for the desalination of a high-salinity wastewater, can meet the requirement of stable operation for a long period, can realize efficient removal of salts from the wastewater, and solve the problems of difficult desalination of high-salinity wastewater, easy blockage, and the like. The solid precipitation apparatus comprises a housing, an inlet for a stream, a discharging outlet, and a support disposed in an inner chamber of said housing, wherein the configuration of said support is suitable for a solid substance to be deposited and loaded thereon.
US12246970B2
A reactor system and a process for carrying out the reaction of a feed gas comprising an alkane such as methane, and ammonia to hydrogen cyanide and/or a nitrile are provided, where the heat for the endothermic reaction is provided by resistance heating. In particular, the reaction is the BMA (Blausäure aus Methan und Ammoniak) reaction.
US12246946B2
A system for detecting an out-of-operation state of an elevator system includes a monitoring unit and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured to: detect at least one event indicating a generation of an elevator call and provide a message indicating the generation of an elevator call to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit is configured to: initiate a time measuring function in response to receiving the message from the sensor unit, monitor a response of the elevator system to the generated elevator call. A method for detecting an out-of-operation state of an elevator system is also disclosed.
US12246942B2
Method for monitoring the speed of an elevator car, with the car door in particular unlocked, within the unlocking zone of the elevator shaft, having a first speed-limit curve, having a first switchover event, having a second speed-limit curve, and having a second switchover event. The first speed-limit curve has a range of values between a first maximum value at the entry to the unlocking zone and a first minimum value at the envisaged stopping point. The first switchover event corresponds to the car traveling beyond the stopping point or to a stoppage within the unlocking zone. The second speed-limit curve has a range of values between a second maximum value at the envisaged stopping point and one or two second minimum values at the entry to, and exit from, the unlocking zone. The second switchover event corresponds to a departure signal or to the locking of the car door.
US12246933B2
A stacking apparatus and method for product layers, it loads each of the product layers in a box-like and stackable slip-on container, open at the bottom, and stores the product layer with this container in a container stack, and/or removes product layers in slip-on containers from a container stack and unloads the individual product layer from the slip-on container. A handling apparatus having a multi-axially movable handling device for the slip-on containers, wherein the handling device is designed to handle the slip-on containers and wherein the product layers in the container stack are located on a container base of a lower slip-on container and are surrounded laterally and at the top by an upper slip-on container positioned above said lower slip-on container. A row arrangement of a plurality of stacking places, having a movable support which moves the handling device along a first, facing side of the row arrangement.
US12246915B2
A surface cleaning device designed for the safe collection and encapsulation of potentially harmful waste. It addresses the challenge of hygienically collecting waste from surfaces while preventing exposure to hazardous materials. The device features a hollow chamber (1) with an opening equipped with a first actuator and scooping member (5) that efficiently collects surface waste into disposable containment tube material (10) drawn over the chamber opening. A rotatable containment tube store (3) twists the tube around a pinch point created by the scooping actuator (5) during extension, sealing the waste into distinct compartments and ensuring containment. A second actuator (7) moves the disposable containment tube from the store. Repeat actions create multiple compartments within the tube, enhancing safety and efficiency. The primary use of this invention is in environments requiring the safe cleaning and disposal of hazardous waste, effectively isolating waste into sealed sections and minimizing risks associated with direct handling.
US12246913B2
A fitting, and method for mounting the fitting, to a water tank including a wall defining an inlet opening. The fitting comprising a solar shield for mounting to an edge of the wall, the edge defining the inlet opening. The solar shield including a base defining a lower region; at least a first arm extending upwardly from the base, the first arm having a portion that overlies an external surface of the tank when the fitting is fitted to the tank; at least a second arm extending upwardly from the base; and, a solar shield adapted to allow fluid to pass located, wherein the solar shield is adapted to snap fit into the inlet opening when the fitting is fitted to the tank without the use of additional fasteners, joiners and/or adhesives.
US12246911B2
A transport container for bulk cargo/materials has a rectangular base and four sidewalls. The sidewalls are hingedly connected to the base and movable from an erect condition, providing a box structure for loading of the container, into a folded flat condition for stacking of the container. The base includes hinged floor for discharge of the particulate material contents by lifting the container with forklift engaging formations at an upper end of two oppositely arranged sidewalls. Forklift sleeves on an underside of the floor allow for movement of the loaded container.
US12246906B2
Aiming to replace a vast assortment of plastic packages currently in massive use worldwide, the present invention relates to a dispenser that reduces waste with the ability to be periodically recharged with new refill packages made up of environmentally sustainable materials, being the core of the present invention the ability to cause an opposite movement of a loaded container against a piston located on top of a pin centralized at the set of parts that conform the lower half of the dispenser body, causing the compression and further expelling of the stored cargo through the container's nozzle, insofar that the referred container will be progressively embedded by screwing action enabled through compatible threading on the exterior of the refill packages and on the interior of a doubly threaded tube section which partially composes the lower half of the dispenser.
US12246901B2
A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the shipping and dispensing construct and including a front panel, a top panel, at least one central panel, and at least one side panel. The shipping and dispensing construct further includes dispensing features for removal of one or more of the product holding containers, the dispensing features including a plurality of dispensing portions comprising at least a portion of the at least one central panel, the dispensing portions for being removably attached to a respective container of the plurality of product holding containers and being separable from a remainder of the shipping and dispensing construct for allowing access to the respective container of the plurality of product holding containers.
US12246885B2
A preform for being blow-molded to form a container is provided herein. The preform comprises a finish portion that includes an opening to an interior of the preform and includes a tamper evidence ledge. The tamper evidence ledge cooperates with a tamper-evident ring portion of a cap to indicate that the cap has not been previously loosened after being installed by the manufacturer. A neck portion is disposed adjacent to the tamper evidence ledge. A tapered portion transitions from a diameter of the neck portion to a smaller diameter of a cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion comprises an elongate member that culminates in an end cap. Threads disposed on the finish portion are configured to threadably receive the cap. A handling valley is disposed between the tamper evidence ledge and the threads. The handling valley enables gripping fingers to engage with and air-convey the container along a manufacturing assembly.
US12246875B2
A cross seal device 100 is provided. The device 100 comprising a cross sealing table X having a cross sealing station (A) and a toggle assembly (B). The cross sealing station (A) comprising a front seal assembly (1) and a rear seal assembly (2) configured to engage and disengage by controlled oscillation of first pair of C shaped actuator levers (6c, 6d) and second pair of C shaped actuator levers (6a, 6b) via sealing drive shaft (5) of toggle assembly B. The cross sealing station (A) performs horizontal reciprocating action for sealing. The cross sealing device 100 further comprising Cross Sealing Up Down control assembly C which controls vertical reciprocating movement of cross sealing table X employing Stripping System D to ensure no PIS (Product in Seal) and improves packaging capacity.
US12246868B2
A method of forming an automatic dishwashing pouch comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of material (10); identifying one or more regions of the material; heating the material with a heating device having a non-uniform heating profile, the non-uniform heating profile arranged to heat the identified region(s) to a greater temperature than other regions of the material; and forming the material in a mould to form the automatic dishwashing pouch, the automatic dishwashing pouch including a plurality of cavities (12).
US12246862B1
Provided includes the main body part 100 in which a number of rotors 101 controlled by the control unit 110 are installed on the outside, a number of wing bodies 200 in which the elastic member 220 is opened to both sides to absorb the impact in the event of a collision with the guide 210 placed on the outer side of the rotor 101, a parachute deployment unit 300 installed on the upper side of the main body part 100 and ejecting the parachute canopy 320 upward in an emergency situation, a lower airbag ejection unit 400 installed under the main body part 100 and inflating the lower airbag 401 downward in an emergency situation, and a landing gear unit 500 installed under the main body part 100.
US12246860B2
A Remote Drop Zone Atmospherics and Marking Platform provides wind speed and direction information to parachutists or operators who are using parachutes to deliver a parachutist or autonomous load to the ground.
US12246856B2
A database (102) of a rocket launch assistance device records orbit forecast information of a mega-constellation satellite group (301) that is acquired from a space information recorder included in a mega-constellation business device and space object information that is acquired from a rocket launch business device. The orbit forecast information of the mega-constellation satellite group (301) is composed of a prediction value of an orbit of at least one representative satellite (331) out of the mega-constellation satellite group (301) and a prediction value of an orbit of a constituent satellite (332), which is a value relative to the prediction value of the orbit of the representative satellite (331).
US12246853B2
A turbine engine cleaner assembly comprising: at least one drive block coupled to a driver for rotatably driving said at least one drive block, said at least one drive block comprising at least one passageway having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet coupled to a pneumatic supply; and a wiper comprising at least one paddle, said at least one paddle having at least one inflatable bag detachably mounted thereto, said at least one paddle adapted to be detachably mounted to said at least one drive block so that when air is received in said inlet, it passes into and through said at least one passageway and said outlet to inflate said at least one inflatable bag, said at least one drive block rotatably driving said at least one paddle so that said at least one paddle is rotatably driven.
US12246847B2
This invention pertains to reliable, lightweight and efficient hybrid electric powertrain and components thereof to power hybrid electric aircraft from one or more sources of electrical energy. In particular, a novel architecture is proposed for power panels that receive, condition and distribute high levels of electrical power to and from the propulsion electric motors and the one or several sources of electrical energy. Systems and methods for architecting the power panels using efficient, reusable and modular power electronics building blocks (PEBBs) is described, along with additional systems and methods for the optimal control of the power panels and components thereof. In addition, novel systems and methods are described for the efficient and lightweight thermal management for hybrid electric powertrain components, ranging from distribution manifolds for the powertrain or power panels, to micro fluid channels for cooling electronics with extreme heat flux. Additional disclosures are made pertaining to fail-safe architectures for plug-in series hybrid-to-electric powertrain, to the efficient in-ground charging of the stored electric energy sources, to the efficient control of permanent magnet generators, and to novel inverter technologies for the hybrid electric powertrain.
US12246844B1
A hybrid aircraft power plant includes an air mover for propelling an aircraft, a gas turbine engine operable to drive the air mover, a bifurcated exhaust duct conveying combustion gas from the gas turbine engine, and an electric motor mounted to the exhaust duct and operable to drive the air mover. The turbine engine includes a turbine extracting energy from an annular stream of the combustion gas and being rotatable about a rotation axis. The exhaust duct includes a first branch conveying a first portion of the combustion gas toward a first direction away from a rotation axis of the turbine, and a second branch conveying a second portion of the combustion gas toward a second direction away from the rotation axis.
US12246840B2
A cooling system of a vehicle including an inlet for receiving a medium and a turbo-generator fluidly connected to the inlet. The turbo-generator includes a turbine operably coupled to a generator by a shaft. The turbine has a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet, the turbine inlet being fluidly coupled to the inlet. The medium is ram air.
US12246827B1
An exemplary tiltrotor aircraft having a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight mode and a forward flight mode includes tiltable rotors located at forward boom ends, tiltable ducted fans located at wings aft of the forward boom ends, and aft rotors located on aft boom portions.
US12246817B2
A panel for covering a part of a structure in an interior space of an aircraft is disclosed including a main panel section having an interior side and an exterior side, and at least one attachment device coupled with the exterior side. The main panel section is exclusively made from a single thermoplastic material, and the at least one attachment device is adapted for attaching the panel to the respective interior structure.
US12246812B2
A stowable propulsion system for a marine vessel. A base is configured to be coupled to the marine vessel. A propulsion device is configured to propel the marine vessel in water. A shaft extends along a length axis and pivotably couples the propulsion device to the base. The propulsion device is pivotable into and between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein pivoting the propulsion device causes the shaft to rotate about the length axis.
US12246809B2
A vessel propulsion apparatus includes an engine and a propulsion unit to be driven by the engine. The engine includes cylinders arranged in series, exhaust ports respectively connected to combustion chambers of the cylinders and curved in a predetermined downstream direction to allow exhaust gases to flow out from the combustion chambers, and a collecting exhaust pipe. The collecting exhaust pipe is integral with the exhaust ports, and extends in the downstream direction to allow exhaust gases in the exhaust ports to flow in the downstream direction. At least one of a plurality of connector portions that individually connect the exhaust ports to the collecting exhaust pipe includes a concave portion at an inner surface thereof.
US12246793B2
Transportation vehicles, suspension systems and related methods are provided herein. A three wheeled vehicle can include a frame having first and second sides and front and rear ends and a steerable front wheel secured to the front end of the frame. The vehicle can also include a first trailing wheel arm with a first rear wheel and a second trailing wheel arm with a second rear wheel. The vehicle can include a horizontal linkage having first and second ends and a midsection therebetween. The horizontal linkage can be pivotably connected to a pintle on the frame at the midsection with the horizontal linkage linked to an underside of the first trailing wheel arm between the first wheel and the central suspension joint and linked to an underside of the second trailing wheel arm between the second wheel and the central suspension joint.
US12246787B2
A support structure for a vehicle includes: a body portion (22); a damper attachment portion (24); a tie-rod attachment portion (26); and a lower arm attachment portion (28). The vehicle supporting structure (20) has a first rib (32) that connects the damper attachment portion (24) with the tie-rod attachment portion (26), a second rib (34) that connects the tie-rod attachment portion (26) and the lower arm attachment portion (28), and a third rib (36) that connects the first rib with the second rib. The first rib is inclined to have a height that gradually decreases from the damper attachment portion toward the tie-rod attachment portion, forming a first inclined portion (32a) and a first thinned portion (32b). The third rib is inclined to have a height that gradually decreases from the second rib toward the first rib, forming a second inclined portion (36a) and a second thinned portion (36b).
US12246786B2
A method for reconfiguring a truck body that includes selecting a truck with a cab section and two original frame rails extending from beneath the cab section and rearwardly to a distal first and second end. The truck body also includes an axle with a differential. The truck body also includes a drive shaft with a first end and a second end, the first end of the driveshaft operably connected to an output shaft of a transmission, the drive shaft extending rearwardly for operable engagement of the second end with the differential. Next, the drive shaft and axle are disconnected and the two frame rails are severed proximate the cab section resulting in new first and second distal ends for the frame rails and an operable unit supported by a support frame is secured to the new distal ends of the frame rails.
US12246774B2
A vehicle side body structure including: i) a side sill disposed along a front-rear direction of a vehicle body; and ii) a separate sill parting member coupled to a upper portion of the side sill. The sill parting member may include a protrusion portion extending upward from an upper surface of the side sill and along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
US12246773B2
A fastening arrangement for a passenger motor vehicle includes an integral support fastened to longitudinal supports of a body of the passenger motor vehicle that are distanced from each other in a transverse direction of the passenger motor vehicle and are disposed above the integral support. An electrical energy store is disposed behind the integral support in a longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle. The integral support has a step on an end that faces the electrical energy store where an upper support surface and a lower support surface are formed by the step. The upper support surface is disposed opposite a crossmember of the body in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle and the lower support surface is disposed opposite a support element of the electrical energy store in the longitudinal direction of the passenger motor vehicle.
US12246755B2
A vehicle controller includes a processor configured to determine whether to transfer driving control of a vehicle under autonomous driving control to a driver, notify the driver of a transition demand via a notification device in the case where driving control will be transferred to the driver, execute deceleration control of the vehicle at predetermined timing after notification timing of the transition demand, and continue deceleration control of the vehicle even after a predetermined period from the notification timing in the case where the speed of the vehicle decreases to a predetermined speed threshold or less within the predetermined period and where operation by the driver to take over driving is not detected.
US12246717B2
A system, method, and apparatus includes management of engine off coasting during operation of a vehicle. The engine speed is increased and/or fueling of the engine is re-initiated before the engine and driveline are finally engaged when the engine off coasting mode of operation is terminated.
US12246710B2
Path generation apparatus configured to generate target travel path of own vehicle traveling in travel lane, includes: external sensor mounted on own vehicle and configured to detect external situation centered on advancing direction of own vehicle; vehicle speed sensor configured to detect travel speed of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory coupled to processor. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: setting target passing point on travel lane based on external situation; and generating target travel path from current location point of own vehicle to target passing point. Setting target passing point includes setting target passing point after predetermined time period when travel speed is equal to or higher than predetermined value, while setting target passing point to predetermined distance ahead from current location point when travel speed is lower than predetermined value.
US12246703B2
An apparatus and a method for controlling motion of a vehicle to improve turning motion performance are provided. The processor determines a riding position of a user, receives information about a steering angle of the vehicle, and outputs a vehicle control signal with regard to turning motion performance according to at least one of a phase difference between a yaw rate and lateral acceleration or a lateral slip angle with respect to the riding position, based on the received steering angle. A controller controls the vehicle in accordance with the vehicle control signal. The apparatus provides a passenger of the vehicle with optimal turning motion performance.
US12246693B2
A computer system comprising processing circuitry is configured to determine, for a vehicle comprising a driver's cabin, that an engine or a motor of the vehicle has been turned off; receive, from a gradient determining device provided on the vehicle, information indicative of the gradient of the ground on which the vehicle stands; receive, from a sensor device of the vehicle, information indicative of the vehicle being in motion; determine, based on information or based on lack of information from an in-cabin sensor of the vehicle, that the driver is outside of the cabin; and control a gear arrangement of the vehicle to engage a forward gear or a reverse gear based on the information from the gradient determining device, in order to counteract movement of the vehicle due to the gradient of the ground.
US12246692B2
A transport refrigeration system includes a trailer having a brake; a transport refrigeration unit mounted to the trailer, transport refrigeration unit configured to cool a cargo compartment of the trailer; a socket configured to provide a connection with shore power, the socket contained in an enclosure having an access panel; a switch configured to detect opening and closing of the access panel; a controller in communication with the switch, the controller configured to engage or disengage the brake in response to the switch.
US12246689B2
Method and equipment for estimating a brake temperature, method for estimating a braking factor and computer program product, including a method for estimating a brake temperature of a brake disc of a vehicle, by performing the following: virtually separating the brake disc in a brake disc body and a brake disc contact surface layer; and estimating the temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer in dependence of the temperature of the braking disc body and a heat input in the brake disc contact surface layer due to a braking action, in which the estimated temperature of the brake disc contact surface layer corresponds to the brake temperature.
US12246685B2
A multi-disk brake for a motor vehicle has two multi-disk mechanisms and an actuation device for brake actuation and/or brake release of the multi-disk mechanisms, and an electric drive for translational actuation (spreading) of the actuation device, such as, in particular, the ramp unit. During a spreading operation, the multi-disk mechanisms are pretensioned in a metered manner by the actuation device and produce a desired frictional engagement, and a correspondingly reversed activation of the actuating mechanism enables a correspondingly metered brake release. By means of the electric drive, the action of the multi-disk brake can be metered overall in a particularly precise, sensitive and compensated manner in modern vehicle topology, including all peripheral brake components and systems, including recuperation.
US12246684B2
A vehicle cleaner system includes a cleaner unit discharges a cleaning fluid toward a cleaning target mounted on a vehicle; a motor pump supplies the cleaning fluid to the cleaner unit; a normally closed type solenoid valve provided between the cleaner unit and the motor pump and switches between permission and non-permission of movement of the cleaning fluid from the motor pump to the cleaner unit; and a cleaner control unit controls the motor pump and the solenoid valve. The cleaner control unit sets an operation stop time period for stopping an operation of at least one of the motor pump and the solenoid valve, and after the cleaning fluid is discharged to the cleaning target, stops the operation of at least one of the motor pump and the solenoid valve during the operation stop time period based on a predetermined condition.
US12246680B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an automobile accessory comprising first and second attachment means configured to engage with attachment locations provided on an automobile to mount the accessory to the automobile, wherein: the first attachment means comprises a first fixing element configured to engage with a first attachment location on a roof of the automobile, and the second attachment means comprises a second fixing element configured to engage with a second attachment location on a side of the automobile at or above a waistline of the automobile such that the accessory, when mounted to the automobile, is mounted on the side of the automobile.
US12246678B2
Mounted retractable catwalk for trucks, utility, construction, and industrial vehicles and equipment
A catwalk includes a mounting frame or other connection to a side of a vehicle/equipment, a floor, and at least one railing/railing-portion; an actuator system to move the catwalk enclosure between retracted and deployed positions; and a guide arm for guiding/controlling pivoting of the at least one railing/railing-portion relative to the floor. The actuator system and guide arm are preferably substantially or entirely outside of the catwalk walkway space, for easy movement along the walkway, easy access to the walkway at one or both ends, and obstacle/barrier-free passage from one catwalk to another on the same vehicle/equipment. The actuator system prevents the catwalk from collapsing/retracting when a person is on the catwalk, for example, by the lift capacity of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder being controlled/tuned so that the cylinder does not have the capacity/capability to lift and retract the catwalk when the catwalk is occupied.
US12246676B2
To determine whether a user is authorized to make a particular audio request during navigation, a client device receives a request for navigation directions from a starting location to a destination location. The client device provides a set of navigation directions for traversing to the destination location along a route. During a navigation session, an audio request related to the route is received from a user. The client device determines an authorization level of the user based on the audio request, and provides a response to the request based on the authorization level of the user.
US12246668B2
A method for controlling an inflatable airbag system in a motor vehicle having a seatbelt includes detecting a position of a vehicle occupant relative to an airbag suppression zone (ASZ). Electronic input signals are received from a sensor suite, including an occupant position signal and a seatbelt usage status signal. A restraint capacity setting of the airbag is adjusted in response to the electronic input signals such that corresponding restraint activation logic is executed by the controller based on whether the occupant is belted or unbelted. Different ASZs may be used for belted and unbelted occupants. A motor vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior, an airbag, a seatbelt, a sensor suite for detecting a position of an occupant relative to the ASZ, and a controller operable for controlling a restraint capacity setting and location of the ASZ in accordance with the method.
US12246667B2
A method for dynamically restraining an occupant fastened into a vehicle seat with a seatbelt in a vehicle, where a transverse acceleration of the vehicle and a course of a road ahead of the vehicle are determined and the seatbelt is tightened with a predefined belt force a predefined length of time before the vehicle enters a bend that has a predefined curvature. The method includes assigning a respective comfort speed to different turning angles of turnoffs and turnings at which it is possible to comfortably drive into the turnoffs or around the turnings. When the vehicle nears a turnoff or a turning at a current driving speed that exceeds the comfort speed assigned to the turning angle by a predefined value, the seatbelt is tightened with a predefined belt force before the turnoff or the turning is reached.
US12246663B2
A door wiring module includes: a first service hole cover covering a first service hole formed in an inner panel; a second service hole cover covering a second service hole formed in the inner panel; and a plurality of wiring members, wherein the plurality of wiring members include: a first wiring member held by the first service hole cover to be directed to a first door apparatus; and a second wiring member held by the second service hole cover to be directed to a second door apparatus, and the plurality of wiring members include a connection route portion connecting the first service hole cover and the second service hole cover, and being bendable.
US12246656B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving sets of measurement parameters associated with a sensed object and respectively captured by sensors. The method includes determining a relative orientation between the sensors based on comparison of the received sets of measurement parameters. The method includes determining one or more calibration factors based on comparing the determined relative orientation between sensors to an expected relative orientation between the sensors. The method includes applying at least one of the determined calibration factors to one or more of the measurement parameters captured by the sensors.
US12246655B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods used in the development and validation of autonomous vehicles ability to track objects with sensors. This application describes a self-propelled autonomous platform and methods for carrying a pedestrian, cyclist or vehicular type target in a predetermined pattern during one or more testing runs. The self-propelled autonomous platform includes a sensor configured to retract within a platform housing of the self-propelled autonomous platform when being driven over during a test run.
US12246651B2
Sensor module for mounting on a motor vehicle panel component having a sensor housing, at least one environment sensor, at least part of which is disposed in the sensor housing, and which is configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals to thus detect a vehicle environment, and a kinematic system having a drive configured to move the sensor housing from a retracted position into at least one deployed position. The kinematic system is configured to move the sensor housing into a first deployed position, which activates the at least one environment sensor to detect the vehicle environment in a portion of its field of view, and to move the sensor housing into a second deployed position, which activates the at least one environment sensor to detect the vehicle environment in its entire field of view.
US12246648B2
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head movably mounted at a mounting arm via a pivot link. A locking mechanism includes a driving link, a receiver attached to the driving link, and a locking arm. The receiver receives a portion of the pivot link therein and includes a biasing element disposed at each end of the receiver and engaging respective sides of the portion of the pivot link. When the mirror head is moved relative to the mounting arm, the receiver moves to pivot the pivot link and swing the mirror head between retracted and extended positions. When the mirror head is moved to either position, the driving link is pivoted and causes a portion of the locking mechanism to engage the locking arm to move the locking arm into engagement with the mirror head to retain the mirror head in the respective position.
US12246639B2
This invention provides a method for operating an automotive lighting device comprising at least one solid-state light source. This method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of sensors, configured to provide some device data, provide a control unit configured to receive and process the device data, generate an estimated condition of the lighting device based on the device data and controlling an operation parameter of the automotive lighting device using the estimated condition. The invention also provides a data processing element and a computer program to carry out this method and an automotive lighting device comprising a control unit which carries out this method.
US12246633B2
A device and a method for controlling a seat of a vehicle includes a detector for detecting vehicle environment information, a vibration generator mounted on the vehicle seat to generate the seat vibration, and a controller electrically connected to the detector and the vibration generator, and the controller detects seat environment information through the detector, determines a weight and a sitting posture of a user seated in the vehicle seat based on the seat environment information, determines a vibration pattern and a vibration excitation force based on the weight and the sitting posture of the user, and generates the seat vibration by controlling the vibration generator based on the determined vibration pattern and vibration excitation force.
US12246632B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a seat cushion (1) including a compressible member (15) and at least one insert (16). The insert (16) has one or more inflatable bladders (17-n). The at least one insert (16) is at least partially encapsulated within the compressible member (15). Further aspects of the present invention relate to a method of forming a seat cushion (1); a seat assembly (2) and a vehicle (V).
US12246629B2
A child safety seat and base assembly wherein a base is arranged to be secured with respect to a motor vehicle and a seat is arranged to be removably secured is disclosed. The assembly includes: a rotary element rotatably mounted to the base; a seat latch on the rotary element that engages the child safety seat to releasably hold the child safety seat to the base and rotary element; a seat latch actuation assembly for opening or closing the seat latch wherein opening the seat latch releases the child safety seat; and an interlock mechanism actuated upon opening the seat latch that prevents rotation of the rotary element with respect to the base. The seat latch actuation assembly may include a slidably mounted handle, wherein in use, the base blocks access to the handle when the seat is in any position other than one or two side-loading position(s).
US12246625B2
A seating assembly is provided that includes a seating assembly frame that includes a seatback frame, and a seat frame. The seating assembly further includes a seatback panel coupled to an upper portion of the seatback frame and movable between a stored position relative to the seatback frame and an extended position relative to the seatback frame, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the seatback panel and the seating assembly frame and movable between a first position and a second position in response to an actuating force.
US12246624B2
A frame structure of the vehicle seat includes: a seat frame that constitutes a seat surface part of the vehicle seat; a pinion that is rotatably attached to the seat frame, and protrudes from an outer side to an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a drive input gear that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame, is rotatable about a rotary shaft at a position different from the pinion, and enmeshes with the pinion; a reinforcement member that is disposed between the seat frame and the drive input gear in the vehicle width direction, and is fixed to the seat frame; and a support member that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame with the drive input gear and the reinforcement member interposed therebetween, supports part of the pinion, and is fixed to the seat frame, and part of the support member comes into contact with the seat frame through an insertion part provided to the reinforcement member.
US12246623B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening.
US12246622B2
Provided is a seat system which can change a surrounding environment of a user including illumination according to the movement of the user's body. A seat system comprises a seat body on which a user can be seated; a plurality of sensors provided on or in the seat body or on a structure arranged around the seat body and configured to detect a touch operation by the user seated on the seat body; an output device configured to output at least one of sound, light, and vibration; and a control device configured to control the output device such that, when one or more of the sensors detect a touch operation, the control device causes the output device to generate a corresponding predetermined output.
US12246608B2
An apparatus, system and method for a multilevel electrical vehicle (EV) motor drive circuit with an integrated battery charger. The apparatus, system and method may include a direct current (DC) battery for the EV connected in parallel with a capacitance; and a three level inverter circuit in parallel with the DC battery and connected in neutral point bisection with the capacitance, comprising: a high frequency low voltage pulse width modulation circuit; and a low frequency fundamental switching circuit at least partially in parallel with the high frequency low voltage pulse width modulation circuit. Additionally included may be motor windings connected in neutral point bisection with the low frequency fundamental switching circuit; and a power factor correction boost charging circuit connected to the three level inverter circuit, and connected to an alternating current grid.
US12246596B2
The invention provides device, system, and method for projecting light in the interior of an automotive vehicle. The method includes sending data to the light projector regarding the lighting conditions in the interior of the automotive vehicle, using the data to modify some projection parameter of a light pattern, and projecting the light pattern.
US12246581B2
A flow-directing element for a heating apparatus, in particular a heating apparatus with an evaporator burner, having a body which comprises a laterally arranged inflow region on an underside of the flow-directing element, having a centrally arranged outflow region, which includes a through-passage from an underside of the flow-directing element to an upper side of the flow-directing element, the upper side being located opposite the underside, and having at least one guide element, which is arranged such that it allows flow to be guided from the inflow region to the outflow region.
US12246580B2
A vehicle has a battery and an air conditioner heating a vehicle compartment. The vehicle travels by electric power of the battery. An operation mode in which heating of the vehicle compartment is performed includes an outside-air-heat absorption mode in which the vehicle compartment is heated by absorbing heat from outside air without absorbing heat from the battery, and a battery-heat absorption mode in which the vehicle compartment is heated by absorbing heat from at least the battery. The heating control method for the vehicle includes, after an operation of the air conditioner is started in a state where the battery-heat absorption mode is selected, switching from the battery-heat absorption mode to the outside-air-heat absorption mode, or reducing an amount of heat absorbed from the battery in the battery-heat absorption mode, based on a predetermined condition.
US12246574B2
A wheel suspension system can include a wheel interface having a wheel interface axis about which a wheel rotates when connected to the wheel interface, and an arm connected to the wheel interface and rotatable with respect to the wheel interface about a first axis, wherein the arm is connectable to a reference frame and rotatable with respect to the reference frame about a second axis. In some embodiments, the first axis and the second axis are offset with respect to the wheel interface axis. In some embodiments, the first axis and the second axis are off-parallel.
US12246573B2
The present disclosure relates to a suspension apparatus for a vehicle, the suspension apparatus including an axle carrier to which a wheel is rotatably coupled, a torsion beam axle having a trailing arm coupled to the axle carrier, the torsion beam axle being disposed in a width direction of a vehicle, a spring lower pad coupled to the axle carrier and having a bump stopper, a spring seated on the spring lower pad, and a shock absorber coupled to the axle carrier and disposed to be inclined toward a rear side of the vehicle.
US12246572B1
A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an inner volume, a flow controller positioned within the inner volume, a plug positioned within the inner volume, and a biasing element. The plug is spaced from the flow controller such that an intermediate chamber is defined between the plug and the flow controller. The biasing element is positioned in the intermediate chamber between the plug and the flow controller. The plug is repositionable within the inner volume and, as the plug moves within the inner volume, the plug interacts with the biasing element such that the biasing element provides a biasing force to the flow controller. The flow controller defines a passage having a varying size profile that varies in size based on the biasing force.
US12246567B2
A suspension mount comprising a carrier with a first portion and a second portion, an activatable material selectively disposed on the carrier, one or more bridges connecting the first portion and the second portion of the carrier, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the carrier each include one or more damper mounts, and wherein the first portion corresponds to a left side and the second portion corresponds to the right side so that the suspension mount is attachable to a vehicle in one direction.
US12246546B2
A device (1) is for guiding printer (20). The device (1) is utilized in a method for using a handheld electronic printer (20) with the device (1). The device (1) includes a base (2) having at least one guide (5), and a carriage (3) having at least two separate links (26, 27) engaged with the at least one guide (5). The at least one guide (5) has at least two linear sections (7, 8) being spaced apart and parallel. The at least one guide (5) includes at least two changeover sections (10, 11), each connecting two linear sections (7, 8). The changeover sections (10, 11) are arranged at different positions of the linear sections (7, 8) the changeover sections respectively connect.
US12246544B2
An elongated printing tape includes a heat-sensitive layer, a first protective layer, a second protective layer, and a first adhesive layer. The heat-sensitive layer produce color at temperatures within a prescribed range. The first protective layer is provided on the heat-sensitive layer. The second protective layer is provided on the side of the heat-sensitive layer opposite the first protective layer. The second protective layer contains at least one resin selected from a group consisting of fluorine-based resins, silicone-based resins, olefin-based resins, polyester-based resins, epoxy/polyester-based resins, and silicon-based resins. The first adhesive layer is provided on the side of the second protective layer opposite the heat-sensitive layer. The first adhesive layer contains at least one adhesive selected from a group consisting of (a) emulsion-type adhesive compounded with tackifying resin and containing acrylic polymer and rubber-based adhesive, (b) silicone-based adhesive, and (c) rubber-based adhesive.
US12246538B2
Provided are a head maintenance system, a printing system, and a head maintenance method with which preferable washing of a nozzle surface can be realized and a damage to the nozzle surface can be suppressed. The head maintenance system includes: a wiping device (3) including a wiping sheet (10) for wiping a nozzle surface (52) of an ink jet head (50); a relative movement device (2, 3) that relatively moves the ink jet head and the wiping sheet; and a pressing device (18, 56) that presses the wiping sheet against the nozzle surface, in which the wiping device includes the wiping sheet having a value of linearity of compression in a range of 0.3 or more and less than 0.6, the linearity of compression being measured using a compression tester.
US12246536B2
Provided is a technique that enables voltages to be applied, with high precision, to an electrode layer for inhibition and removal of koge while suppressing increase in the size a substrate. A liquid ejection head substrate includes: electrothermal conversion elements that apply heat to a liquid; an upper electrode part in which a plurality of upper electrodes that protect the electrothermal conversion elements are formed at positions where the upper electrodes come into contact with the liquid; a counter electrode part which is provided to correspond to the upper electrode part and in which a plurality of counter electrodes are formed to be electrically connectable to the upper electrodes via the liquid; and a generation unit that generates a voltage to be applied to at least one of the upper electrode part and the counter electrode part.
US12246534B2
A liquid droplet ejecting device includes a channel member and an actuator. The channel member has a channel. The channel includes a nozzle and a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle. The actuator is on the channel member and configured to apply a pressure to a liquid in the pressure chamber. A diameter of the nozzle and a natural frequency of the channel are parameters of the liquid droplet ejecting device to satisfy that (1) the actuator has a threshold drive frequency of 100 kHz or more, (2) the nozzle ejects a liquid droplet having a volume of 1.8 pl or more, and (3) the Ohnesorge number is 0.2 or more.
US12246525B2
A bonding step in a method of producing a bonded body includes a first bonding step of forming a sealing layer (4) by irradiating a sealing material (6) belonging to an inner group (IG) with a laser beam (L), and a second bonding step of forming a sealing layer (4) by irradiating a sealing material (6) belonging to an outer group (OG) with the laser beam (L) after the first bonding step.
US12246520B2
Microporous battery separator membranes, separators, batteries including such membranes, separators are provided. A battery separator for a secondary or rechargeable lithium battery may have low Electrical resistance of less than 0.95 ohm-cm2. The inventive battery separator membrane may provide a means to achieve an improved level of battery performance in a rechargeable or secondary lithium battery based on a possibly synergistic combination of low Electrical resistance, low Gurley, low tortuosity, and/or a unique trapezoid shaped pore. Certain multilayer embodiments (by way of example only, a trilayer membrane made of two polypropylene layers with a polyethylene layer in between), the inventive microporous membrane or battery separator may have excellent onset and rate of thermal shutdown performance.
US12246497B2
A method and apparatus for cutting a Non-Crimp Fabric for improving edge stability and reducing stitch retraction is disclosed. The part of the NCF to be cut is treated with a binder and heated to activate the binder and therefore bind the tows and stitches together. By treating only the cutting path the drapability of the wider fabric is maintained. This may be achieved by heating only the part of the NCF to be cut, or applying binder to only the part of the NCF to be cut. The NCF may be compressed and cooled before cutting to improve binding action. A ply cutter may be adapted to carry out the invention by including a heat source and optionally a binder dispenser, compressor and cooler.
US12246494B2
Automated manufacturing of composite laminates for structures, preferably structures of an aircraft, by using laying machines. More particularly, a method for determining the energy of debonding between layers of a laminate of composite material by means of a laying machine, and a laying machine for performing the method.
US12246493B2
Optimizing automated fiber placement in fabrication of a fiber-based laminate includes identifying a plurality of individual tows within a ply of the fiber-based laminate, each of the individual tows having a respective design length, specifying a minimum tow length, identifying a first set of tows that includes each of the individual tows that has a length less than the minimum tow length and that extends to a boundary of the fiber-based laminate, increasing a design length of each of the first set of tows to match the minimum tow length such that each of the first set of tows extends across and beyond a boundary of the fiber-based laminate, identifying a second set of tows that includes each of the individual tows that has a length less than the minimum tow length and that does not extend to a boundary of the fiber-based laminate, and increasing a design length of each of the second set of tows to match the minimum tow length.
US12246486B2
A three-dimensional (“3D”) printing system for printing on a substrate, the printing system including a plurality of powder feeders, the plurality of powder feeders dispensing a powder on the substrate in a first direction and in a second direction; and a powder uniformization device located adjacent to the plurality of powder feeders, the powder uniformization device rotatable along the substrate in directions opposing the first direction and the second direction.
US12246485B2
A three-dimensional (“3D”) printing system for printing on a substrate, the printing system including a powder distribution device dispensing powder on the substrate and including a blade-shaped end, the blade-shaped end disposed at a height above the substrate; a powder uniformization device located at a distance from the powder distribution device along a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the substrate; one or more sensors disposed upstream from the powder uniformization device and configured to determine one or more parameters of a thickness of the dispensed powder at one or more locations; and a control apparatus configured to determine whether the one or more parameters of the thickness is above a predetermined threshold value, and if the one or more parameters is determined to be above the predetermined threshold value, to adjust the powder distribution device.
US12246482B2
A control apparatus which controls a force applied to an object, includes a driver configured to apply the force to the object, an estimator configured to estimate, based on information related to a state of the object, an estimated value of a disturbance force to be applied to the object, a corrector configured to correct, based on the estimated value, a command value provided to the driver so as to reduce an influence of the disturbance force, and a determiner configured to execute processing for determining a plurality of parameter values to be used by the estimator to obtain the estimated value based on the information.
US12246476B2
The present application describes injection molding machines and, more particularly, a removable nozzle tip and nozzle assembly for use with an injection molding machine and an engagement tool and methods for replacing a nozzle tip. In an aspect, an injection molding machine may include a nozzle. The nozzle may include a nozzle housing and a nozzle tip threadably attached to the nozzle housing. At least a portion of an exterior wall of the nozzle housing and at least a portion of an exterior wall of the nozzle tip may align to provide a cylindrical surface. The injection molding machine may further include a tubular heater enclosing at least a portion of the continuous cylindrical surface. The nozzle tip does not include a torque feature in any location that is downstream of the tubular heater and upstream of a mold gate of the nozzle.
US12246474B2
There is provided a control system for an apparatus for taking out a molded product, the apparatus performing appropriate operation when a collision occurs while a servo system control section is manually operated. When a collision detection section outputs an operation stop command, a deviation clearing section performs clearing operation to bring deviations in a servo system control section to zero with the servo system control section kept on. Positioning is completed as the deviations are brought to zero, which enables operation to be performed again. When a retracting operation is performed after the operation is stopped, servomotors are operated according to an operation command, which allows smooth retraction from the collision state.
US12246472B2
Provided is a mold core structure, which is arranged on a mold. The mold core structure includes a mold core body, which is a solid body made of three-dimensional printing, wherein one side of the mold core body is provided with a molding part, which is combined with an internal structure of the mold to form a cavity, there is a conformal air duct inside the mold core body, the conformal air duct has at least one main air duct and a plurality of secondary air ducts, the main air duct has a first end and a second end, the first end is located on one side of the mold core body, and connected to an external pneumatic control device, the pneumatic control device controls air to enter or exit the cavity through the conformal air duct, the second end thereof is located inside the mold core body, a path of the main air duct is freely wound around the molding part between the first end and the second end, one end of each of the secondary air ducts is communicated with the main air duct, and another end thereof is communicated with the molding part and disposed towards an ejection direction of a finished product. Accordingly, the finished product is released from the mold by controlling the air through the pneumatic control device.
US12246464B2
Certain embodiments of a folding knife are disclosed. In one embodiment, an example knife may include a handle and a blade carrier. The blade carrier may be rotatable about the handle and may include a left and a right cap. A blade may be removably disposed within the blade carrier. The knife may further include a blade release mechanism. In one embodiment, the blade release mechanism may include a compression spring and a lift bar. In another embodiment, the blade release mechanism may further include a wheel. In yet another embodiment, the blade release mechanism may include a leaf spring and a slide bar. When the blade carrier is rotated such that the knife is not in a cutting position, at least a portion of the blade release mechanism is exposed. When the blade release mechanism is activated, the blade may be removed from within the blade carrier.
US12246454B2
A robot system includes a robot installed in a work area and controlled by a second control device, a 3D camera operated by an operator, a sensor that is disposed in a manipulation area that is a space different from the work area, and wirelessly detects position information and posture information on the 3D camera, a display, and a first control device. The first control device acquires image information on a workpiece imaged by the 3D camera, acquires, from the sensor, the position information and the posture information when the workpiece is imaged by the 3D camera, displays the acquired image information on the display, forms a three-dimensional model of the workpiece based on the image information, and the acquired position information and posture information, displays the formed three-dimensional model on the display, and outputs first data that is data of the formed three-dimensional model to the second control device.
US12246451B2
A method to control a robot to perform at least one Cartesian or joint space task comprises using quadratic programming to determine joint forces, in particular joint torques, and/or joint accelerations of said robot based on at least one cost function which depends on said task.
US12246448B2
A system and method for identifying a shape and pose of an object is provided. The system includes a controller and a grasping device. The grasping device includes a plurality of fingers that are moveable relative to a base. The fingers include one or more tactile sensors attached thereto. The tactile sensors are configured to collect data, such as a 2D image or 3D point cloud, based on points of contact with the object when the object is grasped. The grasping device is configured to roll the object within the fingers and collect additional data. The controller may combine the data and determine the shape and pose of the object based on the combined data.
US12246443B2
An arm joint for a manipulator having a motor with a transmission, comprising a gear wheel that can rotate about a transmission axis of rotation, wherein the gear wheel is rotatably mounted in a housing of the arm joint and has an adapter on at least one of its end sides, and wherein the adapter has an opening that is central relative to the transmission axis of rotation on the side facing away from the end side of the gear wheel The central opening has an internal thread for the purpose of a simple construction, easy assembly and a great number of variation possibilities in terms of construction and application.
US12246442B2
An articulated arm coordinate measuring machine includes an arm having multiple segments and an end assembly. The end assembly has multiple accessory interfaces that allow multiple accessories to be coupled to the end assembly. The accessory interfaces are configured to allow the accessories to be repeatably interchanged between the accessory interfaces.
US12246433B2
A process for removing webs formed on a wall of a central channel of a propellant charge, the process including removing webs by levelling the wall of the central channel of the propellant charge with a levelling tool installed on an articulated robotic arm during which the movements of the robot arm are controlled by a user interface which includes a controller configured to be used by a user; a force sensor measures the force applied by the levelling tool; a control unit connected to the force sensor regulates the movements of the robot arm by maintaining the force applied by the levelling tool below a first predetermined force threshold, the control unit also regulating the movements of the robot arm by maintaining a movement speed of the levelling tool which is below a predetermined speed threshold value.
US12246421B2
A fastener driver includes a housing, a cylinder supported by the housing, and a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder. A driver blade is attached to the piston and movable therewith between a top-dead-center position and a driven or bottom-dead-center position. The driver blade includes a body having a first side and an opposite, second side with the driving axis passing therebetween, a plurality of teeth extending from the first side of the body, and a plurality of projections extending from the second side of the body. The body and the projections are bisected by a common plane. The teeth extend at an oblique angle from the first side of the body relative to the common plane.
US12246411B1
A fluid-driven dual-mode abrasive perforation tool which is selectively operable to switch between abrasive and neutral mode is disclosed. In the abrasive mode, jets of abrasive fluid are delivered on to perforate the target site. A ratchet path having mated peaks and valleys on the surface of a J-slot piston included in the tool is engaged with guiding pins. On longitudinal sliding of the piston due to guided inflow and interruption pressurized abrasive fluid through the tool, the guiding pins cause rotation of the piston. Rotation of the piston alternately aligns a pair of flow channels included in the piston with flow paths for ejecting jets of pressurized abrasive fluid and flow paths for non-abrasive ejection of pressurized fluid. When the pair of flow channels of the piston get aligned with flow paths for ejecting jets of pressurized abrasive fluid, the tool is operated in the abrasive mode.
US12246401B1
An ergonomic method for a composite floor structure with metal decking having ribs and flat sections with openings in the flat sections over the center of the I-beams for fastening and flattening the decking on the I-beams, removing contaminates from the I-beams through the openings to form a clean welding zone and welding studs in the clean welding zones. Tools for fastening, removing contaminates and welding are carried by carts having a bottom frame with rollers and an outrigger that keeps a working end of the tool perpendicular to the composite floor structure. In operation as the carts are rolled over the metal decking the rollers contact the ribs while other rollers extend over and free from contacting the flat sections. The carts have a tool balancer to minimize the effort required of a worker to raise and lower the tool into working position from an upright position.
US12246398B2
A solder bump forming member including: a base substrate having a plurality of recesses; and solder particles in the recesses, in which the solder particle has an average particle diameter of 1 to 35 μm and a C.V. value of 20% or less, and a part of the solder particle projects from the recess, or in cross-sectional view, when a depth of the recess is designated as H1, and a height of the solder particle is designated as H2, H1
US12246395B2
A rotary laser engraving device for retaining and rotating an object for engraving includes a frame, a first support assembly and a second support assembly mounted on the frame. To support the object the first support assembly includes a set of driven rollers and the second support assembly includes a set of free rollers, each being diagonally offset from the frame. The second support assembly is configured to slidably move on the frame to vary a longitudinal separation between the driven rollers and the free rollers. The second support assembly further includes a vertical adjustment assembly configured to move the free rollers vertically to vary a vertical separation between the driven rollers and the free rollers. In some aspects, the first support assembly also includes a fixed vertical adjustment assembly configured to move the driven rollers vertically to vary a vertical separation between the driven rollers and the free rollers.
US12246394B2
An optical resonator of wavelength beam combining type, includes: a laser diode array having a plurality of laser elements arranged along a predetermined direction and configured to emit light beams having wavelengths different from one another; a diffraction grating that diffracts the light beam emitted from each of the laser elements at a diffraction angle corresponding to the wavelength of the light beam; an output coupler that reflects a part of the light beam diffracted by the diffraction grating toward each of the laser elements; and an optical system provided between the laser diode array and the diffraction grating and configured to align the light beams emitted from the laser elements with one another; wherein the optical system includes a first lens element having a negative power only in the predetermined direction and a second lens element having a positive power only in the predetermined direction.
US12246390B2
This disclosure relates to a two-piece friction stir welding (FSW) tool insert. The tool insert has a longitudinal axis of rotation and comprises a stirring pin and an annular shoulder coaxially mounted about the stirring pin. The stirring pin and annular shoulder each comprise polycrystalline cubic boron nitride. The annular shoulder is a thin disc with a thickness of 1 to 12 mm and the shoulder comprises a tapered, central aperture, through which the stirring pin protrudes.
US12246382B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus is an additive manufacturing apparatus that performs an additive manufacturing process by depositing a molten fabrication material at a working position while moving the working position on a workpiece, and forms a manufactured product by repeating the additive manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a height measurement unit that outputs a measurement result representing the height of the manufactured product having already been formed on the workpiece at a measurement position, and a control unit that controls a machining condition to be used when new deposition is made at the measurement position, in accordance with the measurement result.
US12246371B1
A progressive die manufacturing method for producing pull tabs with raised lift ends for beverage containers utilizes an ear carry process, producing tab blanks from a carrier sheet fixed by carrier strips at attachment points. At a tab station, blanks are formed into pull tabs with specific features including a nose, rivet receiving portion, lift portion, and preferably a finger hole. A lift station creates deformations elevating the lift portion relative to a highest continuous surface of the pull tab, prior to any deformations or bends. The carrier strips are then cut to release the finished pull tabs. Optional enhancements include an integrated or modular lift station, specific bending angles and distances, and a center bar for indicia application. This method combines the benefits of the ear carry process with improved ergonomics, enhancing user experience while minimizing machinery modifications.
US12246369B2
A press brake assembly configured to bend a workpiece that includes an upper beam configured to hold an upper punch and a lower beam configured to hold a lower die. A safety latch is disposed within a safety latch cavity of the upper punch, and the upper punch is partially housed within a first cavity of the upper beam. A biasing member is also disposed within the safety latch cavity. A pin extends from a lateral side of the upper punch through the safety latch, and the safety latch is configured to rotate about the pin. The safety latch includes a cam configured to engage the upper beam within a second cavity of the upper beam. The biasing member is configured to bias the cam in a forward direction towards the upper beam cavity to prevent the upper punch from disengaging the upper beam.
US12246365B2
A combined casting and rolling installation and to a method for operating the combined casting and rolling installation. The combined casting and rolling installation comprises a rough-rolling mill train, a discharging device, a first transporting device, a quenching device, and at least one severing device. The rough-rolling mill train is configured to roll a continuously cast hot billet to form a rough-rolled strip. The discharging device is downstream of the rough-rolling mill train with respect to a conveying direction of the rough-rolled strip. The severing device is between the rough-rolling mill train and the discharging device and cuts up a first sub-portion of the rough-rolled strip into a rough-rolled strip piece. The discharging device discharges the rough-rolled strip piece. The first transporting device connects the severing device to the quenching device and transports the rough-rolled strip piece to the quenching device, which is configured to quench the rough-rolled strip piece.
US12246352B2
A mechanical separation device optionally includes one or more of a housing, a screen a rotary assembly, one or more wash bars and a plurality of nozzles. The screen can be positioned within the housing to separate at least a portion of the liquid medium from the solids. The rotary assembly can be within the housing and can be configured to move the solids and the liquid medium along an axial length of the housing toward the discharge outlet. The one or more wash bars can be within the housing and can be positioned adjacent the screen. The plurality of nozzles can be spaced along the one or more wash bars. The one or more wash bars can be configured to receive a wash fluid and the plurality of nozzles configured to discharge the wash fluid against the screen.
US12246351B2
A screen arrangement (10) including a stringer (16), a securing arrangement (18), and a plurality of screen panels (20) adapted to couple to the stringer (16) by the securing arrangement (18). The plurality of screen panels (20) may each include a side notch (22) arranged to define a screen aperture (24) between adjacent ones of the plurality of screen panels (20) and the stringer (16) includes a stringer aperture (26) aligned with the screen aperture (24). The securing arrangement (18) may include an expandable part (28) adapted to extend from the screen aperture (24) into the stringer aperture (26) and a fastener (30) adapted pass between the screen aperture (24) and the stringer aperture (26) so as to expand the expandable part (28) within the stringer aperture (26). A related method is also disclosed.
US12246349B2
An apparatus designed to mix powders or fluids, or both, with the least amount of effort and energy. The mixing is accomplished with an assembly similar to an audio speaker connected to a container. The apparatus is charged with an electrical source which causes it to agitate the container so that its contents are mixed. Through a variety of different methods, the apparatus is caused to go into mechanical resonance thereby maximizing its agitation and thus its mixing efforts. An internal computer is used to monitor, maintain, and help place the apparatus in mechanical resonance. There is an option to add a cover to the apparatus which acts as both a sound reduction mechanism and a safety mechanism ensuring that anything that might become loose from the container will not come in contact with the operator.
US12246346B2
A drive control device is provided that drives an ultrasonic motor element including a piezoelectric element. The drive control device includes a voltage divider circuit unit resistor forming a voltage divider circuit unit together with an identification resistor that identifies the ultrasonic motor element; a control circuit unit connected to the voltage divider circuit unit and that sets a drive condition of the ultrasonic motor element according to a voltage of an identification signal for identifying the ultrasonic motor element; and a drive circuit unit that applies a drive voltage to the piezoelectric element based on the drive condition set by the control circuit unit.
US12246345B2
A method of forming a multilayer coating on a substrate is provided. The multilayer coating exhibits reduced strike-in and mottling. The method includes the steps of providing the substrate including a primer disposed thereon, applying a basecoat composition on the primer, applying a clearcoat composition on the basecoat composition, and curing the basecoat composition and the clearcoat composition to form the multilayer coating on the substrate. The basecoat composition includes a film forming resin, a pigment, and about 5% to about 75% by weight on binder of a cyclic lactone modified branched acrylic polymer having a hydroxyl monomer content of about 1% to 65% by weight, all or part of which has been reacted with a cyclic lactone, and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of about 10,000 to about 150,000 g/mol.
US12246337B2
A portable granular material spreader including an enclosure adapted to dispense granular material through an outlet, and a pressurized air source. A chamber has first, second, and third passageways, and containing a distributor therein, the first passageway in fluid communication with the outlet to receive the granular material by virtue of gravity from the outlet with the distributor controlling a flow rate of the granular material in the chamber, the second passageway in fluid communication with the pressurized air source, and the third passageway for discharging the granular material entrained in pressurized air from the pressurized air source. A conduit being in fluid communication with the second passageway and the enclosure, the conduit end being sufficiently distal from the outlet to not result in aerating the granular material proximate the outlet while preventing a reverse flow of the granular material at the outlet during operation of the spreader.
US12246333B2
A full-plastic trigger spray pump, wherein a lower part of the pump body is connected to a locking cover, a liquid spray channel is in the pump body, a nozzle is provided at an outlet of the liquid spray channel, a liquid outlet channel is communicated with the liquid spray channel, a liquid guide chamber is provided on the liquid outlet channel and a liquid inlet channel, the upper part of the liquid guide chamber is in communication with the liquid outlet channel by a normally open port, a pumping piston is in the liquid guide chamber, a trigger capable of driving the pumping piston is hinged onto the pump body, an elastic arm capable of driving the trigger is provided thereon, a lateral one-way valve adapted to open during the return movement of the pumping piston enables the liquid guide chamber to communicate with the liquid inlet channel.
US12246332B2
The presently claimed invention relates to a process for the beneficiation of coal and other hydrophobic materials, wherein a collector composition comprising by-products obtained by hydroformylation of octene isomers as a first component and diesel, kerosene and/or C8-C20 olefins as a second component is used.
US12246330B2
A dust collecting apparatus for an electric precipitator, capable of adsorbing and filtering fine dust contained in air in an air ventilation apparatus such as an air conditioner or an air purifier and, more specifically, to a dust collecting apparatus for an electric precipitator which is capable of improving manufacturability and dust collection performance because the dust collecting apparatus comprises a first connection unit that is continuously provided on one side of a plurality of first dust collection plates, and is capable of improving assemblability because a first dust collection unit and a second dust collection unit can be assembled at accurate positions in a first case and a second case, respectively.
US12246328B2
A system, apparatus and method for magnetically separating a fluid flow passing through a pipeline are provided. A magnetic separator assembly having a plurality of elongate magnetic members is provided. Each magnetic member can have a first end and a second end. A cleaner plate can be provided that can move along the magnetic members. After the magnetic separator assembly is used to collect magnetic particles from a fluid flow in a pipeline, the magnetic separator assembly can be cleaned by sliding the cleaning plate along the magnetic members.
US12246327B2
Disclosed is an underwater crushing mechanism for an aluminum housing battery, including a crusher, where the top end of the crusher is provided with a feed port, and a crushing mechanism is arranged inside the crusher below the feed port; a water body is stored in an inner cavity of the crusher, and the crushing mechanism is immersed in the water body; the crusher is provided with a spray mechanism; the crusher at the side of the spray mechanism away from the feed port is provided with a channel communicated with the inner cavity of the crusher, an opening is provided at the side of the channel away from the spray mechanism, and at least two crushed material collection chambers are arranged in the crusher at the side of the opening; and a collection frame is movably arranged in the channel.
US12246325B2
A column tube holder includes: a first side rail extending vertically; a second side rail extending vertically; a first shelf extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail; a second shelf extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail, the second shelf disposed below the first shelf; and a third shelf extending horizontally between the first side rail and the second side rail, the third shelf disposed below the second shelf. The column tube holder is composed of a conductive material, an anti-static material, and/or a static dissipative material.
US12246321B2
The present invention generally relates, in some aspects, to articles and methods relating to nanosensors for determination of molecules and other features, e.g., via surface plasmonic resonance, electric resonance, magnetic resonance, color changes, or the like. These articles and methods may be used, for example, for sample detection. The articles described in some aspects of the invention include a microwell array and a nanosensor array. In some embodiments, The nanosensor arrays may utilize nanoparticles positioned on nanostructures that are able to interact with a sample suspected of containing an analyte, such as a single cell. The interaction between nanoparticles and a sample can be detected by a change in applied energy, such as altered electromagnetic radiation caused by surface plasmonic resonance of incident visible light, and/or other types of resonance. Electromagnetic radiation may be applied to a microwell array and nanosensor, and the applied electromagnetic radiation may be altered as a nanosensor interacts with a sample suspected of containing an analyte.
US12246317B2
A microfluidic test system and method are provided. The microfluidic test system includes a control apparatus and a microfluidic chip. The control apparatus stores a test protocol of a biomedical test. The microfluidic chip includes a top plate and a microelectrode dot array having a plurality of microelectrode devices connected in series. The control apparatus provides a location-sensing signal to the microfluidic chip so that each microelectrode device detects a capacitance value between the top plate and the corresponding microfluidic electrode accordingly. The control apparatus provides a clock signal to the microfluidic chip so that each microelectrode device outputs the corresponding capacitance value accordingly. The control apparatus determines the size and location of a test sample within the microfluidic chip, generates a control signal according to the test protocol, the size, and the location, and provides the control signal to the microfluidic chip.
US12246316B2
An auto-pipetting apparatus includes a dispensing head with at least one pipetting tip mandrel having an elongated stud body with an insertion end. The at least one pipetting tip mandrel mates with a pipetting tip. A first adjustable seal, disposed on the elongated stud body, and a second adjustable seal, disposed on the elongated stud body, seal the pipetting tip mated to the at least one pipetting tip mandrel. The first adjustable seal defines a snub surface. The snub surface effects a substantially continuous circumferential contact seal with radially impinging contact between the pipetting tip and the at least one pipetting tip mandrel. The second adjustable seal is adjustable between a disengaged position and an engaged position and effects a releasable grip and another substantially continuous circumferential contact seal between the pipetting tip and the at least one pipetting tip mandrel around the pipetting tip.
US12246312B2
Disclosed herein are methods for preparing fluorided solid oxides by contacting an acidic fluorine-containing compound with an inorganic base to form an aqueous mixture having a pH of at least 4, followed by contacting a solid oxide with the aqueous mixture to produce the fluorided solid oxide. Also disclosed are methods for preparing fluorided solid oxides by contacting an acidic fluorine-containing compound with a solid oxide to produce a mixture, followed by contacting the mixture with a inorganic base to produce the fluorided solid oxide at a pH of at least about 4. The fluorided solid oxide can be used as an activator component in a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins.
US12246309B2
A catalytic carbon capture material is provided. The catalytic carbon capture material includes a microporous polymer including a Tröger's base moiety, and a transition metal is coordinated within the microporous polymer. The catalytic carbon capture material selectively captures carbon dioxide (CO2) and also is a catalyst that simultaneously converts the captured carbon dioxide into one or more carbon dioxide-based products. A method of making the catalytic carbon capture material and a method of selective carbon dioxide capture and conversion are also provided.
US12246307B2
Ceramic articles such as catalyst carriers that include a continuous matrix and a dispersed phase distributed within the matrix as a plurality of discrete regions are disclosed. The matrix and discreet regions have different dye penetration test values. The disclosure also relates to methods of making and characterizing ceramic articles, and to catalyst bodies including the ceramic articles.
US12246306B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of length L and at least two washcoat layers A and B wherein washcoat layer A comprises alumina; ceria; an alkaline earth compound and/or an alkali compound; platinum, palladium or platinum and palladium; washcoat layer B comprises a zeolite and palladium, wherein the palladium is present as palladium cation in the zeolite structure or is wholly or partially present as palladium metal and/or as palladium oxide in the zeolite structure and/or on the surface of the zeolite structure; and wherein washcoat layer A is arranged below washcoat layer B.
US12246303B2
Water-absorbing resin particles, in which a light transmittance at a wavelength of 425 nm when the water-absorbing resin particles are swollen 30 times with a physiological saline solution is 20% or more, are disclosed.
US12246293B2
An elongate diffuser is disclosed comprising a diffuser body and a membrane attached to the diffuser body. The membrane is connected to the diffuser body so that introduction of gas at a working pressure into the diffuser displaces part of the membrane from contact with the diffuser body to provide an elongate sealed compartment between the membrane and a surface of the diffuser body. The compartment has a first lateral side interface region where the membrane contacts the diffuser body, a laterally intermediate region where the membrane is spaced apart from the diffuser body and a second lateral side interface region where the membrane contacts the diffuser body. The diffuser body surface which bounds the compartment comprises a recessed portion which is recessed away from the membrane between the first second lateral side interface regions.
US12246290B2
A membrane filtration device includes a plurality of membrane separation units vertically disposed in multiple stages. The membrane separation unit has a primary side communicating with a backwash drainage system and a flushing-air supply system to receive supplied raw water and a secondary side communicating with a backwash-water supply system to collect permeate. The backwash-water supply system includes a backwash-water main pipe and a plurality of backwash-water branch pipes to feed the backwash water into the membrane separation units. The backwash drainage system includes a plurality of backwash-drainage branch pipes and a backwash-drainage main pipe connected in parallel to the backwash-drainage branch pipes. The flushing-air supply system includes an air main pipe for passing flushing air upward and a plurality of air branch pipes for feeding flushing air into the membrane separation units, the air branch pipes being connected in parallel to the air main pipe.
US12246288B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an article comprising a membrane. In some embodiments, the membrane comprises a first surface. In some embodiments, the first surface of the membrane comprises an inner region and an outer region. In some embodiments, the adhesive layer is disposed on the outer region. In some embodiments, the article exhibits a water entry pressure that is 25% to 50% higher than a comparative article when tested according to the Assembly Water Entry Pressure Test (“Assembly WEP Test”). In some embodiments, the comparative article is identical to the article except that the inner region of the first surface of the membrane of the article has a perimeter that is 10% to 75% higher than a perimeter of an inner region of a first surface of a membrane of the comparative article.
US12246284B2
A system for exhaust gas remediation includes an engine, a plasma reactor, and a pulse source. The engine emits exhaust gas that includes NO molecules and NOx molecules. The plasma reactor includes an internal chamber that is fluidly connected to the engine such that the exhaust gas flows into the internal chamber. An electrode is disposed within the internal chamber of the plasma reactor. The electrode is electrically coupled to an electrical pulse source. The electrical pulse source delivers electrical pulse to the electrode to form a plasma from the exhaust gas, which removes at least a portion of the NO molecules and at least a portion of the NOx molecules.
US12246281B2
A bearing device in a radial flow adsorber with a gas flow guide function includes a bearing platform, a supporting cylinder, a flow guide pipe, an annular bottom plate, a limiting block and a supporting frame, wherein an upper portion of the bearing platform is filled with adsorbent, an interior of a lower portion of the bearing platform is connected with the annular bottom plate through the supporting cylinder, a backing plate is arranged between the bearing platform and the supporting cylinder, on the supporting cylinder or the annular bottom plate is opened a hole and arranged a plurality of flow guide pipes for guiding gas flow, the annular bottom plate is placed on the supporting frame, the limiting block is arranged on the supporting frame, and the supporting frame is fixed on a cylinder body or a lower head of the adsorber by welding.
US12246277B2
A sealing element (5) for a filter element (2) in a housing body (1) of a filtration device, preferably in a cross-flow filtration device. The sealing element (5) is of one-piece annular design and comprises a section for the sealing arrangement of the filter element (2) in the housing body (1) and a section for stop damping the filter element (2).
US12246269B2
This disclosure relates to a separating element for separating gas bubbles from a liquid, in particular from hydraulic oil, which includes a volume body with an open-pored material structure which has a plurality of cells which are arranged offset with respect to one another in such a manner that a plurality of flow paths for guiding gas bubbles through the material structure run in labyrinth-like manner, wherein the material structure includes at least one contact region in which at least two of the flow paths approach one another at least in sections, so that, in operation, the gas bubbles guided on the flow paths contact one another and thus join together to form a larger gas bubble. The disclosure further relates to a separating unit, a filter element, a filter housing, a filter device and a separating method.
US12246266B2
The present invention includes a spray drying disposable device for use in a spray drying system. The disposable has a spray drying head and a plasma drying chamber. The head has a spray dry nozzle assembly in fluid communication with the plasma source and the pressurized aerosol gas source. The pressurized gas flows in a vortex pattern that atomizes plasma droplets in the chamber. The head also includes a plenum has uniform air pressure of the drying gas. A baffle plate forms the floor of the plenum having drying gas jets that supply drying gas to the chamber. The atomized plasma droplets evaporate in the presence of the drying gas emitted from the jets to obtain dried plasma particles and humid air. A capture filter captures the dried plasma particles and allows the humid air to pass. The humid air passes through the gas outlet and the exhaust port.
US12246255B2
In an example of a game program, a ground boarding target object or an air boarding target object is selected by a selection operation, and a player character is caused to board the selected boarding target object. If the player character aboard the air boarding target object moves toward the ground, the player character is automatically changed to the state where the player character is aboard the ground boarding target object, and brought into the state where the player character can move on the ground.
US12246250B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a gaming system that cooperates with a graphical user interface to enable user modification and enhancement of one or more audio streams associated with the gaming system. In embodiments, the audio streams may include a game audio stream, a chat audio stream of conversation among players of a video game, and a microphone audio stream of a player of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12246246B2
A heel unit including a base comprising a fastening arrangement for fastening to a gliding board, a binding body, and coupling means arranged on the binding body. The coupling means engage with a heel portion of a gliding board boot in a downhill position of the gliding board binding to securely hold the gliding board boot on the gliding board binding. The coupling means protrude in a longitudinal direction from the binding body in the downhill position. The heel unit includes an Mz release mechanism to preload the coupling means into the downhill position so that, in the downhill position, the coupling means are freed from engagement with the gliding board boot upon action of a force exceeding a predetermined release force, and so that the coupling means move from the downhill position into a release position via rotational movement of the binding body about the release axis of rotation.
US12246243B2
Fender assemblies are disclosed, each assembly including a frame and a fender. The frame has a first leg including a first coupling portion and a second leg including a first latch portion, and the frame is configured to be coupled to the vehicle with the first leg and the second leg on opposite sides of a wheel. The fender has a first end and a second end, the first end having a second coupling portion configured to releasably mate with the first coupling portion of the frame to form a manually releasable joint, the second end comprising a second latch portion configured to mate with the first latch portion of the frame to releasably secure the second end to the frame.
US12246241B2
The present disclosure relates to system and method for coordinating and providing overall feedback for one or more users performing one or more physical activities at one or more locations. The feedback may be generated as AI feedback or human feedback. The method involves data capturing and coordinating the physical activities of the multiple users. The information to be captured is regarding performance activity of the multiple users and processing the same information in real time using AI assisted model. The method includes comparing each user's activity performance data including various performance parameters having a set of target activity performance parameters. The method includes generating feedbacks based on the comparison of the performance parameters. The feedbacks generated are shared with the users and rendered on the multimedia output device available to the users. The method includes sending the feedback to external portals via corresponding Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
US12246234B1
A bag stand, including a base comprising two or more legs, one or more wheels attached to each of the two or more legs, a support bracket disposed at an intersection of the two or more legs, the support bracket attaching an arm to the two or more legs, and a bag support disposed at a distal end of the arm.
US12246226B2
A state of a head placed such that its shaft axis is vertical to a horizontal plane and a face normal line is parallel to a perpendicular plane on which the shaft axis lies is defined as a 0-degree state. A direction parallel to the perpendicular plane and parallel to the horizontal plane is defined as a projection direction. A projected area of the head projected in the projection direction when the head is rotated by θ° about the shaft axis toward a back side from the 0-degree state is denoted by WAθ. WAθ is divided by the shaft axis into an area Afθ and an area Abθ. Airflow causes a force acting on the area Afθ in a face-closing direction and a force acting on the area Abθ in a face-opening direction. (Af90−Ab90) is −4500 (mm2) or less. (Af15−Ab15) is 4700 (mm2) or less.
US12246221B2
A user-specific workout can be generated by adjusting transform parameters of a user-agnostic training profile to conform to a user boundary specifying a user's ability to perform work. The user-agnostic training profile can be defined in a training space, specifying a power curve in a time domain whereas the user boundary can be defined in a boundary space, specifying amounts of user-produced work in a time window size domain. A training boundary can be generated based on the user-agnostic training profile by determining the largest area under the user-agnostic training profile power curve for various time window sizes, where each largest area under the user-agnostic training profile power curve produces a data point for the training boundary for that window size domain value. The training boundary can be transformed based on the user boundary, causing corresponding transformations to the user-agnostics training profile, converting it to a user-specific workout.
US12246215B2
A gaming exercise bike includes a main body, a driving mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism. The driving mechanism is at a lower end of the main body, the auxiliary mechanism is at a front end of the driving mechanism, and the main body includes a handlebar disc, a main frame disc and a rubber block assembly. The main frame disc is movably installed to a lower end of the handlebar disc, the rubber block assembly is movably installed to an upper end of the main frame disc, and the driving mechanism includes a front handlebar plastic part, a front main frame plastic part and a main frame tube. With the installation of the driving mechanism, the flywheel assembly can provide resistance, reserve mechanical energy for the rotation of the generator, stabilize idle speed, and make gaming and exercising process safer.
US12246214B2
A translatable carriage exercise machine comprising elongate side rails. A moveable carriage is translatable along the side rails. An upper support surface on the carriage is useable to at least partially support a user. A plurality of elastic tension members can be secured to a bottom of the moveable carriage and are fixable to a plurality of spring anchors near an end of the machine. A pair of handles under elastic tension are directed toward an end of the machine. An upright footbar can be positioned at an end of the machine. A rotational resistance mechanism is integrated in the machine comprising an elongate resistance band having an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The rotational resistance mechanism comprises a resistor comprising a load member. A user can option to utilize one or more of the elastic tension members and/or rotational resistance mechanism during exercise on the machine.
US12246211B2
A support assembly and exercise system provides safe and unconstrained movement of free weights within a movement zone encompassing normal travel of the free weights during exercise. The system allows safe user engagement and disengagement with the free weights while continually tethered against uncontrolled and possibly harmful movement. The support assembly is defined by a generally free-standing frame with rigid uprights for supporting takeoff and landing zones for the free weights, as well as tether attachments for movably supporting the free weights through the movement zone. A support member has a pivotal attachment to the upright frame for suspending the free weights against an uncontrolled release or fall. Launch and landing platforms attach to the upright frame for ideal positioning of the free weights prior to and following a usage session (workout).
US12246210B2
A monolift assembly includes a carriage assembly configured to be releasably secured to a post of a rack for weightlifting equipment. A pivoting piece is pivotally connected to the carriage assembly and has a hook at a first end thereof and a counterweight at a second end thereof. The pivoting piece includes a central plate, a first exterior plate abutting a first side of the central plate and a second exterior plate abutting a second side of the central plate.
US12246209B1
Disclosed is a weight plate, including a front fixing member, provided with a first snapping portion and a first channel, where the first channel penetrates the first snapping portion and the first snapping portion is provided with a first snapping recess; a rear fixing member, fixedly connected to the front fixing member and provided with a second channel; a snapping module, movably disposed between the front fixing member and the rear fixing member, where the first snapping portion of an adjacent weight plate is capable of being inserted into the second channel to be snapped with the snapping module; a pressing module, movably connected to the front fixing member through the first channel, to drive the snapping module to open and close; and a first limiting sleeve, sleeved on the pressing module and fixedly connected to the front fixing member, for limiting a maximum stroke of the pressing module.
US12246208B2
A fastening device for sports equipment comprising a first weight plate and a second weight plate, the fastening device comprising: a first fastening mechanism provided on a face of the first weight plate comprising: an annular groove formed by a radial inner wall and a radial outer wall depending inwardly from and axially aligned with the face of the first weight plate, a plurality of circular cavities formed by a radial inward and a radial outward extension of the inner wall and the outer wall of the groove, the cavities located at a plurality of substantially evenly-spaced locations around the groove, a plurality of curved guides formed by radial recesses within the inner wall and the outer wall of the groove, each guide starting at a cavity and extending an equal length along the groove in a first direction and having a width substantially equal to a diameter of the cavity, and a notch formed by walls extending radially from an outer edge of the first weight plate to the annular groove and located at a circumferential notch position, a second fastening mechanism provided on a face of the second weight plate comprising: an annular ridge formed by a radial inner wall and a radial outer wall depending outwardly from and axially aligned with the face of the second weight plate, a plurality of circular cavities formed by a radial inward and a radial outward extension of the inner wall and the outer wall of the ridge, each located at a plurality of substantially evenly-spaced locations around the ridge, a plurality of rollers each located within one of the cavities and having a width less than a diameter of the cavity, a flexible clip located in a recess provided in the second weight plate at a circumferential clip position offset from the circumferential notch position by the length of the guides, the clip comprising a first portion received and attached within a first recess part in the face of the second weight plate extending radially from an outer edge of the second weight plate through the ridge and having a protrusion extending radially from the outer edge of the second weight plate towards the ridge and a second portion received within a second recess part extending axially from the outer edge and across a side wall of the second weight plate which second portion can be flexed to axially retract the protrusion.
US12246207B1
A dumbbell with multiple gears of weight adjustment is provided, which includes a dumbbell body, dumbbell pieces provided at two ends of the dumbbell body, and two adjustment mechanisms respectively provided at the two ends of the dumbbell body. The dumbbell body includes a grip rod, a center rod, and two sets of shell components respectively provided on two sides of the grip rod. The center rod is rotatably provided at a center position of the grip rod; each shell component includes a main body shell and a plurality of connection discs. The main body shell is rotatably connected to the grip rod and fixed to the central rod. The connection disks are fixedly provided on the central rod and are distributed along a central length direction. The present application has the effect of improving a weight adjustment efficiency of the dumbbell.
US12246204B2
A sprinkler includes a sprinkler body having a fluid inlet; a seal configured to prevent fluid flow through the sprinkler body when the seal is in a first position; a bulb configured to retain the seal in the first position, the bulb configured to break at a temperature and allow the seal to move to a second position allowing fluid flow through the sprinkler body; and an identification device located within the bulb.
US12246199B2
The present disclosure provides a fall protection system. The fall protection system includes a lanyard defining a first end, a second end, and a third end. The lanyard includes a one-piece webbing including a first portion including the first end and a second portion including the second end. The second portion is continuous with the first portion at the third end. The lanyard further includes a main connected portion connecting the first portion to the second portion proximal to the third end. The fall protection system further includes a truss extending between the first portion and the second portion and connected to each of the first portion and the second portion. The truss is disposed proximal to the main connected portion, such that the main connected portion is disposed between the third end and the truss.
US12246194B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a pathology, comprising: an ultrasonic generation device (1), a remote control unit (2) to supply electricity to the device (1), electrical connection means (31, 32) between the device (1) and the control unit (2), remarkable in that the control unit (2) is programmed to assess the quality of the acoustic coupling between the ultrasonic device (1) and a tissue to be treated.
US12246175B2
The present technology is generally directed to methods for addressing a patient's sleep apnea. At least some of the methods can include one or more of percutaneously inserting an implantable signal delivery device at an insertion point on the patient's neck, moving the signal delivery device in a medial-to-lateral direction toward an ansa cervicalis nerve of the patient, and implanting the signal delivery device at a target location at least proximate to the ansa cervicalis nerve. The signal delivery device can include at least one electrode positioned to deliver a modulation signal to tissue at least proximate to the target location, such as a portion of the ansa cervicalis nerve. In some embodiments, delivery of the modulation signal can induce caudal traction in the patient and thereby address the patient's sleep apnea.
US12246168B2
A needleless injector for performing a subcutaneous injection without a needle. The needleless injector has a drive end having a drive spring for driving a piston system against a plunger to push liquid out a nozzle of an ampoule with sufficient velocity to deliver a subcutaneous injection without a needle.
US12246159B2
A fluid delivery device for administering a first medicament and a second medicament includes a first fluid reservoir configured to contain the first medicament and a second fluid reservoir configured to contain the second medicament. The fluid delivery device may include one or more basal drive mechanisms to provide a basal delivery of one or more of the first and second medicaments. The fluid delivery device may further include one or more bolus drive mechanisms to provide a bolus delivery of one or more of the first and second medicaments.
US12246155B2
A product includes an elongated carbon-containing pillar having a bottom and a tip opposite the bottom. The width of the pillar measured 1 nm below the tip is less than 700 nm. A method includes masking a carbon-containing single crystal for defining masked regions and unmasked regions on the single crystal. The method also includes performing a plasma etch for removing portions of the unmasked regions of the single crystal, thereby defining a pillar in each unmasked region, and performing a chemical etch on the pillars at a temperature between 1200° C. and 1600° C. for selectively reducing a width of each pillar.
